There is a dream called football

Veteran Cocu was holding his waist and breathing heavily. For him, such a game was already a bit tiring.

And this feeling is not only shared by Cocu, his teammates also have this feeling to some extent, that is, there is a physical problem in the second half.

This is normal, because Arsenal has always been the side in possession of the ball, while PSV has always been the passive side.

You must know that in a game, defense consumes more physical energy, while offense consumes less physical energy because it takes the initiative.

Koeman checked his watch. It was still early in the second half, only 10 minutes had passed. In this case, the substitution was obviously a little too early, so he could only wait and wait for changes on the court.

After all, PSV is in the lead now, and when you have a lead in your hands, people will be conservative.

And Koeman thought the same way. The idea in his mind was how to maintain the 2-1 advantage. This seemed to be the most important thing.

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Fabregas took the ball on the left, and suddenly, several defensive players from PSV pounced on him, seemingly trying to hold Fabregas down.

And this situation is actually very unfavorable, because if Francesco concedes the ball at this point, the opponent is likely to counterattack directly from Arsenal's left.

And Fabregas was also a little panicked. He passed the ball to the middle, but the accuracy of the pass in such a hurry was often not high, and it ended up being intercepted by Cocu in the middle.

I thought I could counterattack, but just when Cocu was about to pass the ball, someone stretched out his leg to block it.

Li Qiao!!

Cocu really didn't expect that because there should be no defensive players around him, it was because he was too careless and regarded Li Qiao as a defensive player, and Li Qiao's execution of defensive tactics was also in place. As long as he was within his defense zone,

, he would chase after him desperately, and because of this, Arsenal destroyed a very exquisite fast break of the opponent.

Fabregas immediately ran over and patted Li Qiao on the shoulder, "Thank you for saving me. Otherwise, if my opponent succeeded in counterattacking this time, it would be my loss."

Li Qiao chuckled.

And Koeman began to re-examine this opponent, and it was indeed different. They were not blindly attacking quickly, but on this basis, they would also defend very actively.

Wait a moment!!

Isn’t this actually Total Attack and Defense in Dutch football?

In other words, strong teams can do it. In short, Koeman puts the opponent's difficulties in a higher position because he knows that if he is just a little bit negligent, the goal may be reversed.

In the second half, PSV played much less precise long passes from the backcourt, mainly due to the decline in physical fitness.

Some people may wonder, if the decline in physical fitness does not affect the long pass, isn't it just a pass with the leg swinging in place?

However, the decrease in physical energy will have a great impact on long passes, because professional players have a very complex structure, and their passes have been honed thousands of times, so as long as there is a little problem, the whole process will get stuck.

This is somewhat similar to a computer program.

In the second half, Cone and Tardelli could only raise their hands frequently and give a thumbs up, telling their teammates that the pass was really good.

But in fact, these passes are far away, and this is helpless. Generally, teammates will raise their hands to signal when their passes are outrageous, because this is also a kind of comfort to teammates.

As the forward gave more and more thumbs up, Koeman began to make steady gestures, because this was already a waste of his own possession of the ball, which PSV Eindhoven fought hard for.

Come on, if the frontcourt cannot hold the ball after the big foot passes, then the possession of the ball will be lost immediately. In this case, it is actually doing the opponent a favor in disguise.

So after Eindhoven took control of the ball, they also started to stay in the backcourt for a while, make a few short passes, and then move forward if there was a chance.

"Cunning," was Wenger's thought.

Because a slower pace of the game is more conducive to the defensive side, and what Arsenal want is to continue to increase the pace and make the atmosphere of the entire game tense, so that they can score another goal and equalize the score.

Chulina controls the ball. The Australians can be said to have harassed Li Qiao countless times in this game, but now, it is Li Qiao who goes to grab the ball from the opponent's feet. Li Qiao presses for a while, Chulina's ball handling skills

He was still very experienced. He protected the ball and passed it back, and then continued to block Li Qiao's running route.

In this way, PSV players are all like Culina, passing and blocking, one person is used as two people, which is similar to the pick-and-roll in a basketball game, and in this case, the movement of the ball will be a little stuck.

And for teams chasing fluid football, this is certainly disadvantageous.

At this moment, Wenger was ready to make substitutions, and he substituted two players at once.

Both Babtista and Adebayor will appear in the game, so who will be replaced?

After the answer, it was Fabregas and Rosicky who were replaced. Van Persie retreated to the left wing, while Babutista played as an attacking midfielder. This is an impactful attacking midfielder, because if the area in front of the penalty area cannot be opened,

It's useless no matter how exquisite Rosicky's passing is.

Wenger's idea is right, and Eindhoven is actually preparing to make substitutions, and Sun Xiang is warming up.

This scene was too exciting for Chinese reporters, and the Chinese Derby seemed very likely to happen.

Sun Xiang was just warming up on the sidelines, and Koeman replacing him was more like replacing a battery, increasing the physical strength of the already stretched defense line.

Five minutes later, Koeman finally made a substitution, replacing Sun Xiang and removing the right back.

And domestic fans immediately cheered the historical moment on the forum.

On the court, Sun Xiang naturally had no time to greet Li Qiao. The two could only look at each other from a distance because the game was too intense.

Wenger's substitution immediately had an immediate effect. Unlike Rosicky, Babtista's confrontation ability is first-rate. In the position of the attacking midfielder, he forced his own confrontation and squeezed the opponent away before completing the game.

A shot was taken, and the threat of the explosive shot was quite great, forcing Gomez to make a wonderful save.

This is the role of Babutista, and this is why Wenger replaced him. Wenger finally smiled, because many things on the court seemed to be moving in a direction that was beneficial to Arsenal.

Wenger believes that Adebayor and Babutista, two dark and tough players, can eventually solve the problem, and their physical confrontation will play a key role at the last moment.

And Adebayor stood on the forward line and was more daring to take the ball. At this moment, Li Qiao sent a very good curve ball from the wing.