Football’s First Defender

Facing Yang Feng's goal, Wenger, who has been watching the game from the sidelines, is also very helpless!

I asked Bendtner to defend, Yang Feng obviously performed better and better, but Bendtner himself is really not up to the mark on the defensive end!

Wenger himself has always admired Bendtner's talent these years. At this age, although Bendtner's shooting skills are not excellent, there is definitely room for further improvement!

What Wenger appreciates the most is Bendtner's ability to handle the ball and his excellent vision when passing the ball! A fulcrum-type center forward, his own skills are not bad at his feet, and he can create his own opportunities to hit the goal!

In Wenger's expectation, Bendtner can be trained as an excellent high center forward! A complete high center forward! It can not only attack the city for the team, but also serve as the fulcrum of the frontcourt to deliver ammunition for the team's offensive system!

But in the past few years, Wenger has been paying attention to Bendtner's development, but the growth rate of Bendtner has made Wenger feel that he is a bit misjudged!

Although Bendtner's physical fitness does have the prerequisites to become a superstar! But on psychological issues, perhaps Bendtner needs more guidance!

Missing training, resisting some basic training, bad temper, a little out of group, still on the defensive end, always unable to meet his defensive requirements!

As a European, Bendtner has the rebelliousness of South American players, and he also has an unprofessional attitude of seeking pleasure and being drunk now!

Wenger really cherishes his talents, but if things go on like this, Wenger feels that maybe he should really let him go to other teams to hone his skills!

In this FA Cup final, Bendtner's task is to ask him to provide excellent screens for Arshavin on the offensive end, to act as a fulcrum, pass the ball to Arshavin, and to a certain extent, rely on himself His height advantage disrupted Chelsea's defense!

Wenger's tactic of playing two sides is to allow Bendtner to complete the task of grabbing points and directly hit the goal with a header, or to receive a pass to create opportunities for Arshavin behind him!

It's just that his team's offense has not yet scored a goal, but on the defensive end, Chelsea scored a header. Wenger feels that it may be really difficult to be the first to fall behind in this game!

Perhaps at the beginning of the season, for the FA Cup and the English League Cup, which consume the team's precious physical energy and have a large number of rounds, the rich teams will not care too much! Sending the youth team and substitute players is perfunctory!

But now that they have reached the final stage, no team will say anything, and they don't care about a domestic cup championship!

In any case, it is also a team honor. Although it is not worth the league championship, and the Champions League trophy is very good, but for the fans of their own team, any championship is the accumulation of the team's historical heritage! It is the source of joy for the fans to have a carnival!

Even if Chelsea is really strong, even if Chelsea's defense is still the top iron wall in Europe, Wenger still needs to use offense at this time to bring back the suspense of the game and strive to complete the comeback in the final!

The first half is not over yet, and they are only one goal behind. Wenger is not going to make substitutions now and fight to the death! It just kept signaling on the sidelines that the team moved as a whole to put more pressure on Chelsea's defense! He is also constantly allowing his two full-backs to bravely attack, so that the team's side attack tactics can have more follow-up forces to achieve the purpose of tearing Chelsea's defense apart!

As far as the offensive effect is concerned, Arsenal's left attack, with Clichy's continuous assists, obviously took the lead and played a good effect!

Although Chelsea replaced Bosingwa with a stronger defensive ability in this game, there is no orthodox wide player in front of Bosingwa to help him form the first line of defense!

Although both Essien and Mikel are defensive midfielders with excellent defensive capabilities, sometimes they also help block Arsenal players on the wing!

However, there are still many differences between the position of the defensive midfielder and the defensive habits of the wide players, and the defensive methods. Essien and Mikel occasionally appear on the side to defend well. After the wing is really settled, the defensive effect But not necessarily very good!

With Arsenal constantly attacking from the side, Chelsea's left side has Malouda defending on this side, and the number of times Arsenal threatens to attack is not many!

However, Chelsea's right line of defense began to loosen under the repeated attacks of Arsenal players, Nasri and Clichy!

Especially the French player Nasri, his speed, explosive power, and various small skills are all excellent! The only weakness to be said may be that it is too thin to withstand too much physical confrontation!

When Mikel and Bosingwa found opportunities for physical contact several times, Nasri had no way to get rid of it!

But as the game progresses! Nasri himself is constantly adapting to Chelsea's defensive rhythm!

Nasri gradually began to run forward without the ball! And Cesc Fabregas, who is responsible for the organization of the Arsenal midfielder, can always pass the precise pick pass before he rushes forward to offside, giving him a chance to hit Bosingwa behind!

Although Bosingwa's recovery speed is much faster than his competitor Ivanovic in this position, Arsenal's style of play does not have the expectation of killing Bosingwa with a single stick!

Just to give the two of them a 1v1 chance deep in the wing in an instant!

At this empty stage when Chelsea's midfielder had no time to supplement the defense, Nasri alone fully demonstrated his personal skills and the ability to force a breakthrough!

Even under the defense of Bosingwa, the success rate of Nasri's breakthrough is not particularly high, but every successful breakthrough means an excellent opportunity to pass the ball, or for Nasri to enter the penalty area opportunity within!

Arsenal's double forwards, at this time, played a containment role. Even at the moment Nasri broke through, Walcott, Arsenal's right winger, would move to the back of the penalty area and act as a sniper in the penalty area depending on the situation. point player!

After attacking from the left a few times, Nasri alone created two excellent pass opportunities, but these two passes were intercepted by Yang Feng alone!

Terry defended Bendtner with ease, and Arshavin has always been cruising around the penalty area. Chelsea's defensive tactics also include Essien who specifically marks Arshavin, so Yang Feng, who acts as a free defender, has enough There is a large room for movement and a degree of freedom. When Nasri tried two passes from the front point and the middle position, they happened to be within Yang Feng's control and were successfully resolved by Yang Feng!

And Bendtner, who has been entangled with Terry, was still in the process of running to the position after Nasri passed the ball twice, and saw that Yang Feng was already in position, occupying the best position for competition!

And Bendtner, who was at a disadvantage in the matchup with Terry, naturally couldn't do 1v2 anymore, so he couldn't effectively interfere with Yang Feng!

Hiddink was on the sidelines, and he also discovered that Arsenal's offensive on the left is very active, especially Nasri. His personal breakthrough ability has caused a great passivity to Bosingwa's defense! Although so far, Arsenal has no threatening shooting opportunities on the offensive end, but the emergence of loopholes also reminds Hiddink to deal with it carefully!

Hiddink, without too much hesitation, directly moved Mikel closer to the right, and moved Bosingwa's position back a distance! The purpose is not to give Nasri enough space, but also to allow Mikel to complete part of the consumption tasks first!

Hiddink has no pure wide players on the right side, so he can only choose to believe in Mikel's defensive coverage ability and excellent recovery ability, but he can definitely help Bosingwa as much as possible!

Although Mikel's position on the right side may reduce Chelsea's defense in the middle, but in this game, Arsenal's attack in the middle is indeed a bit self-defeating!

Nasri and Walcott are pure wide players, and Cesc Fabregas is not the kind of player with a strong breakthrough ability. As for the other midfielder Denilson, this game is on the defensive end It provides more energy, and on the offensive end, it has only been used as a passing point for Fabregas!

Just after Mikel increased the protection of Bosingwa on the right, Nasri's next attack was directly strangled by the two generals of Chelsea on the wing!

In the first half of the game, it was about to enter the intermission with Chelsea taking a 1-0 lead. At this time, when Arsenal's offensive tactics stagnated, they might only be able to rely on the personal performance of the superstar!

And the person who was going to stand up was actually Arshavin who wanted to prove himself all along!

As Arshavin, who transferred to Arsenal at the buzzer at the last moment of the winter transfer window, he actually suffered tremendous psychological pressure this season after the end of the European Cup!

After the European Cup, Arshavin agreed to Zenit's request to finish the remaining Russian Super League and chose to stay in the team for at least half a year. However, due to Zenit's continuous make-up matches in the Russian Super League, the team has already had a somewhat thin lineup and no longer Can continue to maintain the strength of the lineup!

In the Russian Super League, Zenit's performance plummeted! And in the UEFA Champions League in the new season, last season's dark horse in European football, after losing its main players one after another, no longer has the strength of a dark horse. It collapsed in the group stage and participated in the European Cup as the third place in the group Knockout!

And Arshavin, after the team quickly prepared to enter the rebuilding period, also successfully had the opportunity to move to a higher stage!

However, due to the winter transfer window, the financial impact of the financial crisis, and Arshavin's performance in the past six months has not been impressive, only Arsenal, which has been saving money, has signed Arshavin to supplement the striker! The other giants did not have the enthusiasm they had after the European Cup!

Although Wenger likes Arshavin's playing style very much, but Arshavin himself is in the Premier League, but because of the language communication and the difference in playing habits, the speed of integrating into Arsenal is not too fast!

Moreover, Arshavin has to face the competition for the starting position. If he wants to firmly occupy the starting position, he can only rely on his own outstanding performance and the full help of his teammates!

But in professional football, you have to show your strength on the field before you can win the trust of your teammates!

Facing the Chelsea players, before the end of the half-time, the slackness and the space in the middle were also revealed. Arshavin was like a cheetah waiting for the prey to appear. As the opportunity appeared, he jumped out suddenly, showing his strength The explosive power!

"Cesc Fabregas holds the ball in midfield, but facing Chelsea's tight defense, it seems that there are not many chances!"

Arshavin saw that as Nasri continued to advance at full speed, the two-man defense of Mikel and Bosingwa moved further to the side, and the long-awaited space was in sight! Arshavin, who has been acting as Bendtner's shadow forward and waiting for Bendtner to play the ball, this time, wants to get in touch with the Arsenal midfielder directly!

Arshavin, who was cruising around Chelsea's penalty area, followed his own running route, intending to continue to move to the right to open up space with Bendtner!

At this time, there was a sudden turn and acceleration, and it moved quickly to the left!

Essien's reaction was already very fast, and he also quickly wanted to follow Arshavin, but the Russian "tsar" had the advantage of being the first to move, and maintained a positional advantage!

But in the hinterland of Chelsea's penalty area, although Arshavin ran to the left position due to Mikel's key defense on the right, there is a defensive vacuum for Chelsea!

But this kind of defensive gap is definitely not big. In a short moment, Mikel, Essien, and Yang Feng in the penalty area can complete the three-person encirclement and block this gap!

But for a short moment, it takes time!

Arshavin's chance was real. Although this sudden movement was not a step in Arsenal's prescribed tactics, the player who got the ball was the world's top passer, Cesc Fabregas!

Faced with the space Arshavin suddenly created, Fabregas didn't hesitate at all. Relying on his feeling, he directly kicked the ball to the front of Arshavin's running route. Amount in advance!

"Cesc Fabregas, suddenly a long through ball!"

"Arshavin, after a sudden lateral shift to the left, received a through ball from Fabregas! He led the ball lightly and directly controlled the through ball under his own feet!"

"Several Chelsea players in blue jerseys, surround them!"

"But Arshavin, after receiving the ball, swung his left leg and hit the goal!"

"The ball has an outspin!"

"GOAL! Goal! Goal!"

"Arshavin!"

"Before the end of the half-time game, we completed a direct connection with midfielder Fabregas and scored Arsenal's first goal of the final!"

"Arsenal, the Arsenal, tied the score at 1-1 before halftime!"

"Chelsea's defense, just a little bit of space, was caught by Arshavin by running without the ball, and cooperated with Cesc Fabregas' precise through ball to complete the fatal blow!"

Yang Feng was really helpless for this ball. When Arshavin suddenly turned back and ran, Yang Feng had already discovered something was wrong, and wanted to come directly to defend!

But Yang Feng's own position is deep in the penalty area, and the distance from Arshavin outside the penalty area is too far. Moreover, Arshavin did not procrastinate when receiving the ball, and did not waste any time. It had already been planned before, and after catching the ball, he directly completed the goal. Essien's follow-up was only a little bit short, and he completed the shovel and interception!

In this way, in the remaining time of the game, neither side created any great opportunities. Chelsea and Arsenal entered the intermission with a score of 1 to 1!