Coaching legend

After more than 20 minutes of attack, Arsenal players gradually began to lose patience. Arsenal won the Premier League championship, and I don't know how many Premier League teams they defeated. But they have never played such a cowardly game as today.

In the Premier League, whether it is a strong team or a weak team, there is no such utilitarian style of play as Burnley. At present, Burnley's rogue tactics of strict defense are very hated by English fans. Although English football cannot compare with South American players in terms of technology, they like the open style of play.

Therefore, although Arsenal led by Graham was strong, it was a headache for many teams. Graham ruled the army with an iron bowl and created an Arsenal team with a strong style and tough playing style. But it was because of the boring 1:0 doctrine and conservative style of play that was criticized by the British football world.

Although Graham brought many championships to Arsenal, even some Arsenal fans at that time felt that Arsenal's games were too ugly. Some even joked that Highbury in Graham's era was a library, because the games were boring and the fans were not interested, and the Gunners were too physical, and their style was so brave that it was rough, which was also criticized by critics. This is the English fans of this era.

Wenger has been in charge of Arsenal for less than two years. Although he also defends and counterattacks, he has made Arsenal a team with smooth cooperation and gorgeous offense.

Even if Arsenal encounters the weakest team in the Premier League, they have never experienced defense like Burnley. The patience of Arsenal players was worn out bit by bit, Vieira and Petit's positions kept moving forward, and later Arsenal's defense line began to move forward.

Although the offense was blocked, Arsenal's offense still revolved around Overmars on the left and Bergkamp in the middle.

As Burnley retreated further and further, Arsenal's defense line also moved forward.

The game passed by minute by minute, and soon it was thirty minutes. Bergkamp couldn't turn around with the ball, because Neil Lennon was following him like a shadow. Whenever Bergkamp got the ball, he would keep hitting him from behind.

Bergkamp looked around and saw that all the Burnley players were wearing red and sky blue, and only a few Arsenal players were wearing yellow. Bergkamp had no choice but to pass the ball back to Vieira. Vieira passed the ball to Overmars on the left.

As soon as Overmars got the ball, Camoranesi came to defend. Speaking of which, Camoranesi's defensive ability as an offensive winger is very poor, but Camoranesi has a tough style of play and is also good at playing tricks as he grew up in South America. So Overmars was very uncomfortable.

Camoranesi's tricks were basically those that would not get him a card, but they made Overmars, who was dribbling the ball, quite annoyed.

As soon as Overmars dribbled the ball, Finnan in front of him had already stood in position. But Overmars is not afraid. It is common to pass one or two people, or even two or three people in the Premier League. Overmars has such strength, so Overmars changed direction slightly and increased his speed.

But the space here is too narrow. As soon as Overmars accelerated, Matthew Holland in the middle made a tackle and left the ball in place. Of course, Overmars was hooked, but the referee did not blow the whistle. There are many tackles and collisions of this degree in England, and English referees also allow it.

Finnan saw the ball left in place and naturally passed the ball to Ballack in the middle. This is a habit formed over the past season. When Burnley players don't know how to handle the ball, they will give the ball to Ballack to handle.

Ballack's defensive task in this game is heavier because Matthew Holland has to take care of the defense on the right. Although Overmars has not shown much power yet, who can ignore it. Once Overmars breaks in, he will have the ability to kill. So Matthew Holland had to help Camoranesi and Finnan defend Overmars.

Neil Lennon, who was always responsible for Burnley's central defense, had the task of keeping an eye on Bergkamp in this game. Wherever Bergkamp went, Neil Lennon would follow. Therefore, among Burnley's three defensive midfielders, Ballack had the heaviest task. Ballack was the last barrier in the middle to protect the back line.

Although Vieira's offensive ability is not very strong now, it does not mean that Vieira really has no offensive ability. It's just that compared with the mature Vieira in the future, Vieira is more immature now. So Ballack has been busy defending in the middle.

But Ballack is Ballack after all, and George didn't let Ballack play just for defense. George gave Ballack a lot of power, allowing him to choose defense and offense according to the situation on the field. Therefore, Ballack has been observing the situation on the field until Arsenal's defense began to move forward, knowing that the time for counterattack has come.

Finnan's ball came to Ballack's feet, and Ballack didn't hesitate and passed it directly to the left.

"Daniel, it's Daniel... not Ljungberg, but Daniel received the ball." Ballack passed the ball to the left, but Ljungberg did not move forward, but Daniel rushed up from behind.

Seeing Daniel take the ball, Petit stepped forward to defend Daniel. Daniel seemed to have not seen Petit, and passed Petit at full speed.

Arsenal's defense did not ignore Burnley just because Burnley had not counterattacked. Seeing Daniel take the ball, Dixon stepped forward to press, and the overall defense began to retreat. Daniel, who had already increased his speed, saw Dixon coming to defend, and rushed towards Dixon without any intention of braking.

When he was two meters away from Dixon, Daniel suddenly kicked the ball between Dixon and Keown, and then he went around Dixon from the side.

"A beautiful man-ball split... When Daniel accelerated, he was still two meters away from Dixon. But within a few steps, Dixon was already four or five meters behind Daniel. Daniel's speed was too fast!" Martin Taylor saw Daniel's man-ball split and was surprised at Daniel's amazing speed.

Daniel's small skills were not as good as Ljungberg's, and his breakthroughs in a small range were not as good as Overmars, but in terms of absolute speed and dribbling speed, he was far better than Ljungberg and Overmars. Daniel's speed was completely comparable to that of Henry, the later gun king. Like Henry, Daniel was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and once he ran with his long legs, no one could defend him.

Therefore, it was not just Martin Taylor who was surprised, Dixon was even more surprised. Arsenal's defense line has been pure in playing offside tactics since the Graham era. But now that several people are old, they are most afraid of the counter-offside of speed players. Dixon knew that if Daniel ran over, it would be a fatal crisis for Arsenal.

So Dixon risked getting a card and wanted to grab Daniel with his hands. Unfortunately, Daniel flew past Dixon like the wind, and Dixon's hands could only grab the air. He stared blankly at Daniel's rapid departure.

However, Arsenal's defense line lived up to their years of cooperation. Keown immediately came to assist, while Adams continued to return to defense. Keown didn't expect that he could stop Daniel. As long as he could slow Daniel down, the goal would be achieved.

"Daniel's amazing speed... Arsenal is in danger, Daniel is going straight into the penalty area. Fortunately, Adams rushed to the penalty area at the last minute and prepared to defend Daniel. Daniel's speed slowed down... Winterburn has also entered his own penalty area and is ready to defend!"

After Daniel reached the penalty area line, he slowed down in front of Adams. Although Daniel was conceited, he was not sure to get rid of Adams in such a small space. Adams did not kick rashly, and he retreated while tightly protecting the penalty area.

"Daniel, slow down... Daniel! Pass the ball, Daniel passes the ball... This is a very beautiful pass, in the middle... Robbie Keane! Empty goal! It's an empty goal!" Martin Taylor started to explain without listening from the moment Daniel took the ball and ran.

Daniel made a false appearance of breaking out, and then passed the ball horizontally into the penalty area. This shook all the defensive sights of Arsenal, including Adams and Seaman. Seaman's attention was on Daniel, and this pass immediately created a large empty goal for Arsenal's goal.

Winterburn, who had just returned to defense, had not yet completely found his defensive position, and Robbie Keane faced this situation very easily. With just a gentle push, the ball slowly rolled into the Arsenal goal.