The Godfather of Football

Whether Wenger's private dream of a wealthy boss falling from the sky can be realized is still unknown, but one thing is very clear, that is, with the current Arsenal lineup, it is difficult to challenge the powerful Tottenham Hotspur.

However, if Tottenham Hotspur is not in good shape, that is another matter.

Wenger's calculations are also very loud when visiting White Hart Lane, that is, taking advantage of Tottenham Hotspur's continuous battles, especially the two Champions League games with Barcelona, ​​taking this opportunity to kill Tottenham Hotspur in one go and wipe out the shame of the first round of the round-robin war.

Tottenham Hotspur is in poor shape, which is obvious to everyone with eyes, and Wenger will naturally not miss it. So the Gunners visited White Hart Lane and launched a large-scale offensive flag at the beginning of the game, which was unusual, and kept attacking Tottenham Hotspur's defense line, while Tottenham Hotspur, who was playing at home, adopted a steady defense and counterattack tactic.

In this game, Arsenal's starting lineup is goalkeeper Almunia, the back line is Clichy, Silvestre, Vermaelen and Sagna, the double defensive midfielders are Arteta and Alexander Song, the front court is Rosicky, Nasri and Walcott, and the single striker is Bendtner.

Ye Qiu was also very careful in this game against Arsenal. The main players were all out. The goalkeeper was Cech, the back line was Coentrao, Kompany, Thiago Silva and Alves, the midfield was David Silva, Yaya Toure and Fabregas, and the front court was Hazard, Falcao and Messi.

Ribery played the whole game against Barcelona, ​​and he also played a lot of games in the past few games, which caused his body to be very tired. Peter Brandt suggested to Ye Qiu that he should rest, so Ye Qiu played Hazard in this game.

Falcao is currently the top scorer of Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. The goal this season is no longer the Premier League single-season goal record, but 40 Premier League goals, which makes Falcao the hottest super scorer in European football this season. Almost everyone is surprised by his steady scoring ability.

Wenger obviously learned from the mistakes made by Barcelona when playing Tottenham Hotspur before. He did not adopt a crazy on-the-spot counter-grabbing tactic because he did not want to repeat Barcelona's mistakes, so he chose to launch a steady attack.

Tottenham Hotspur greeted Arsenal as if they were facing a great enemy, but there was no fear at all. Instead, the entire defensive formation was spread out, opening up two flanks. When Ye Qiu arranged the defense, he focused on instructing the two full-backs to let Arsenal's flanks go down, but prevent them from cutting inside.

As for Arsenal's main center forward Nicolas Bendtner, Ye Qiu knew very well that Wenger used him in the hope that he could play the kind of dominance that Adebayo had in and outside the penalty area last season, as well as the strength to capture the city for the team, but after a season of testing, it turned out that Bendtner failed.

The reason is very simple. He is neither Henry nor Ibrahimovic, but the problem is that he thinks of himself as both Henry and Ibrahimovic.

Whether in terms of height or technical characteristics, Bendtner is very similar to Ibrahimovic, but in terms of ball sense and technical details, the gap between Bendtner and Ibrahimovic is really not a little bit, especially in stopping and handling the ball.

Ibrahimovic's biggest advantage is that he is not only technically delicate, but also very good at using his physical fitness to play his physical advantages. Coupled with delicate technology, his ability to hold the ball is very good, and he can suppress any defensive player unscrupulously, which is very similar to Drogba.

But Bendtner is not like that. The Dane has the height of a Nordic man, but he is not strong enough, lacks strength in confrontation, and his heading ability is not outstanding. His turning speed is very good among tall players, but he does not take advantage of central defenders like Thiago Silva and Kompany.

More importantly, Bendtner always thinks he is Henry. He does not like to be entangled in the penalty area. He likes to pull to the side, just like Henry in his peak period, pulling to the side to get the ball and then attacking the ribs and entering the penalty area.

Ye Qiu has always felt that personality is a very important link for a young player to succeed.

Just like Messi, although he is very talented, he also trains very hard, and more importantly, he has a very humble personality; and like Cristiano Ronaldo, he is very inferior in his bones, so don’t look at him as if he is very arrogant, but in fact he has very high requirements for himself, but this kind of high is not exaggerated, but he desperately wants to win everyone and prove himself, which will make him constantly raise his requirements for himself, constantly practice hard, and constantly improve his strength.

In other words, the player's character is the key factor that determines whether the player has the ability to keep learning and growing.

Bendtner's character obviously does not belong to this type. He performed well last season, but he clashed with Adebayor. When he performed well, he even dared to ask for the No. 9 jersey from the Croatian player Eduardo da Silva who had a broken leg and publicly asked the team to renew his contract.

Perhaps people who like Bendtner will think that this is a player with overflowing self-confidence, which is a good phenomenon, because Ibrahimovic is also famous for being overconfident, but the problem is that Ibrahimovic's confidence is based on strength, or on the basis of constantly improving his strength, and what about Bendtner?

Ye Qiu had coached Ibrahimovic before, and he knew very well that although Ibrahimovic was good at talking, this kid had a good attitude in training. He was a big mouth, but he knew very well what he needed to do. As for Bendtner, Ye Qiu didn't know.

But in this game, Bendtner, who had a very ups and downs in Arsenal this season, was very good when he was good and very bad when he was bad, was not taken seriously by Ye Qiu from beginning to end.

The defensive focus of Tottenham Hotspur in this game was to suppress Arsenal's midfield, so that their ground penetration could not be effectively passed into Tottenham Hotspur's threatening area, forcing Arsenal's offense to go more to the wing, and without a center forward like Adebayor to follow up, would it be useful to have more crosses from the wing?

Therefore, the start of this game actually reflected Ye Qiu's intention of this set of targeted play. Arsenal's wing played very actively, whether it was Rosicky on the left or Walcott on the right, they were very active, and they got a corner kick in less than a minute after the start.

Then Arsenal also frequently created threats on the wing, and Clichy and Sagna also actively participated in the attack. The whole offensive became very powerful, while Tottenham Hotspur still organized the defense steadily, so Arsenal's attack seemed a bit thunderous but little rain.

But Arsenal is not Barcelona after all. The Spanish team's attack is very threatening. After all, there are Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets in the midfield, and Iniesta's ability to control the ball is also quite good. The trident of Van Persie, Pedro and Alexis Sanchez is also very complementary, making Barcelona's attack very threatening.

These are what Arsenal does not have. Whether it is the trident or the midfield, it is obviously not as good as Barcelona.

In this case, Tottenham Hotspur quickly counterattacked.

In the 12th minute, Arsenal launched an attack. Bendtner moved to the left to meet Rosicky. After receiving the pass, the Dane wanted to dribble inside, but was disturbed by Alves. When he cut inside, he took a big step. Thiago Silva quickly intercepted the ball.

One aspect of Bendtner being better than Ibrahimovic is that he is more committed to the game and has a stronger sense of teamwork. So after losing the ball, he immediately went to counter-rob. After Thiago Silva intercepted the ball, he quickly protected the ball, blocked Bendtner with his body, and then passed the ball to Alves on the right.

Facing Rosicky, Alves kicked the ball forward directly, and he quickly bypassed Rosicky and chased him directly. With a beautiful man-ball split, he directly passed the Czech midfielder and continued to dribble to the right.

At this time, Arsenal's entire back line was retreating quickly, but Alves was very fast. After crossing the center line, he obviously took an inward diagonal line. Falcao and Messi pinned down three Arsenal defenders who had chased back. Alexander Song rushed to Alves at the first time and stuck to Alves. The two competed in speed.

Three defending two, and because of Alexander Song's close proximity, Alves couldn't speed up, and the distance between him and Falcao and Messi was a bit large. If he passed the ball at this time, it would basically pass the ball to Arsenal's defender. So Alves saw that he couldn't get rid of Alexander Song, and there was even a risk of being intercepted, so he chose to stop suddenly.

Just saw an emergency stop, Alexander Song rushed a little too far, although he immediately reacted and caught up again, but still gave Alves some breathing space. The Brazilian right back saw Hazard running from the left to the middle to meet.

I was overjoyed. My first reaction was that this kid was smart enough to know that I was too far away from the two teammates in front of me, so Alves immediately passed the ball to Hazard before Alexander Song.

The entire Arsenal midfield was chasing back quickly. Alves was concerned about Alexander Song, so this pass was a little inaccurate. It was not passed in front of his teammates according to Tottenham Hotspur's usual passing standards, but behind Hazard.

Arteta was retreating quickly. When he saw the opportunity, he immediately urged the fastest speed to catch up, trying to steal the ball before Hazard, but the Belgian reacted quickly, pulling the ball in front of him with his left foot, making Arteta miss, and then rushed over his head, then turned around, blocked Nasri who was chasing behind him on the right side behind him, and stepped the ball to the left with his left foot.

This step is crucial. It avoids Nasri's physical entanglement and also gives him a loose kicking opportunity. Even though there is still a distance of about 30 meters from the goal, Hazard took a chance and looked ahead. He found that there were three teammates in front of him, namely Falcao, Messi and Alves, but there were six defensive players. If Nasri next to him is counted, a total of seven Arsenal defensive players are in place.

If anyone told Hazard at this time that Arsenal did not attach importance to defense, Hazard would definitely slap him and tell him, did your math teacher teach you? Don't you know how to count?

There is no chance to pass the ball, because no matter which angle you pass, there are at least two defensive players blocking it. This is obviously also Arsenal's defensive strategy for Falcao and Messi.

Seeing that there is no chance, Hazard took a dead horse as a living horse and directly swung his left foot, facing the ball with the back of his foot and volleyed it hard.

This shot has a long range, and the timing of the kick is very sudden, because it has just entered the thirty-meter area, and it is really surprising to shoot it directly, and more importantly, if it is Falcao Or if it's Messi, I believe Arsenal's defenders will pay more attention, after all, they are Tottenham Hotspur's scorers.

The problem is, Hazard is only eighteen years old. Although he has played in Tottenham Hotspur's first team for two seasons, he should be chosen in terms of seniority, strength and influence. Passing the ball to Falcao and Messi, so no one expected that the Belgian teenager would directly take such a kick.

Falcao and Messi were not too surprised. When they saw Hazard take off, they both rushed towards the goal, ready to pick up the miss.

But no one got there first. Hazard's shot had a small arc, but it was powerful and very fast. Almunia reacted, but the ball missed the left post and went through. Scored the goal, 1:0!

More than 30,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans in the entire White Hart Lane stadium were shocked. Just scored like this?

Even Hazard, the hero of the goal, was shocked. He did not expect that the goal would be scored like this!

Nearly thirty meters. Such a long-range shot is simply unbelievable for a young player who is only 18 years old!

Therefore, after scoring the goal, the Belgian obviously stood there, stunned for a full two or three seconds. It was not until Fabregas and others behind him rushed up and hugged him that he realized that he was A goal was scored.

Falcao and Messi also rushed up, hugged Hazard tightly, and celebrated him for scoring such a wonderful world wave!

"A world-beating goal from 28 meters away, from Tottenham Hotspur's 18-year-old Belgian winger Eden Hazard. This is a wonderful world-beating long-range shot. !”

"Eden Hazard has established himself in Tottenham Hotspur's first team since last season. Together with Welsh youngster Ramsey and local right back Kyle Walker, he is regarded as a Tottenham hotspur first team player. Tenham Hotspur's future rookie, and these players have performed very well this season, especially Eden Hazard, who has performed well as a substitute on the two wings. "

"This kick was very exciting and very sudden. It was obvious that even the players themselves were surprised!" Andy Gray was obviously joking when explaining, and laughed: "But sometimes football is like this, you say He scored, but the shot was very good from both the arc and the angle, and he hit the goal with his left foot, which looked very smart!”

The live camera was repeatedly replaying the entire process of Eden Hazard's goal. Nasri was already close to him. If he had hit the goal with his dominant right foot, Nasri could have done it directly. Interception or tackle, so the smart thing about Eden Hazard is that he uses his left foot to control the ball and block Nasri on the right side of his body.

"Very smart in handling the details of the ball. We noticed that everyone at Tottenham Hotspur pays great attention to the details in these aspects. We also heard that Tottenham Hotspur has a lot of equipment specifically for Helping players deal with and calmly deal with these seemingly insignificant details on the football field.”

"And it is precisely these details that determine the success or failure of a game!"

"1:0, Tottenham Hotspur took the lead at home, and now the situation is very unfavorable for Arsenal!"

Yes, after being unable to attack for a long time, the opponent's counterattack penetrated the goal. Such a blow would definitely be a nightmare for Arsenal. If Ye Qiu didn't know how to make good use of this advantage, then he really wasn't. The leaves are autumn.

I saw Ye Qiu pulling the players to his side while the team was celebrating a goal and explaining the mission loudly.

After the game restarted, Tottenham Hotspur immediately launched a crazy round of pressing against Arsenal, and the defense also pressed forward directly. It was clear that the goal was to take advantage of the first goal, and when Arsenal's morale was exhausted. , chasing the gunman fiercely.

And it turns out that Arsenal is now in a fragile period, being suppressed by Tottenham Hotspur, and their defense immediately became confused. This is also because the two central defenders Vermaelen and Sylvie have been unable to do so this season. The cooperation between Stern and each other was very unfamiliar, which led to Arsenal's defense handling the blocking, marking, movement and assisting defense very poorly.

When Arsenal encountered strong teams this season, they almost always ended in complete defeats. Not to mention not being able to win against Manchester City, they suffered disastrous defeats against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Chelsea, and Arsenal was defeated by Benitez's Liverpool and Chelsea. West Ham United vented their anger.

In this case, Tottenham Hotspur's fierce pursuit immediately exposed Arsenal's defensive weaknesses and deficiencies. In the 23rd minute, Fabregas passed behind Arsenal and Arsenal Na wanted to create an offside, but Vermaelen was delayed at the end, causing the offside trap to fail. Messi got the ball and entered the penalty area, and Sylvester stepped forward to block it.

The Argentinian made a selfless cross into the middle of the penalty area. Falcao followed up and easily pushed the ball through the Arsenal goal again.

2:0!

Falcao's goal almost sentenced Arsenal to death, especially in less than half an hour in the first half, he penetrated Arsenal's goal twice, which had a huge impact on the morale of the Gunners players. In addition, this group of players themselves have no psychological advantage when facing strong teams, and their morale is almost exhausted.