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Chapter 527

Chapter 527

May [-], St James' Park.

The eyes of the whole of England are focused on this stadium. Although the relegation battle is exciting, the two Manchester teams are still fighting fiercely for the last place in the Champions League.

Will this season's Premier League champion be produced after this round of the league?Everyone has everyone's opinion, but there is no doubt that whether it is Newcastle or Arsenal, they are the best performing teams in the Premier League and Europe this season.

But one mountain cannot contain two tigers, unless there is one male and one female.One is enough for the best teams, two are not needed and should not be.

This game will prove who is the best team in England, and the game in two weeks will prove who is the best team in Europe.

Although in the football world, it is impossible to start thinking about how to play next season's game without playing this season's game, but for Newcastle and Arsenal now, they must not only think about this game, they are very familiar with each other, and it is impossible to have any secret weapon until now. The reason why Castle's point advantage will no longer exist is because no matter who it is, they must actively strive for victory in this game.

When players from both sides appeared in the middle of the field, there was a huge cheer from every corner of St. James' Park, whether it was Newcastle fans or Arsenal fans, of course they cheered for different objects.

Amid the deafening cheers, Mourinho walked to the visiting team's bench and shook Wenger's hand tightly.

"Jose...you have taken a lot of things from me over the years..." Wenger showed a wry smile on his face. The young coach who was coaching in China at the Korea-Japan World Cup 12 years ago is now a super coach who is so strong that even he has to avoid the limelight.

Mourinho showed a smile on his face: "No way, I haven't won the championship for two years, so my appetite has become very big this year."

Wenger shook his head. Words are of no use at this time. No one can give up the honor that is about to be obtained. Everything can only be watched on the court.

Pei Wei next to him came up with a strange smile: "Oh, my dear professor, every time I play against you, I always feel unbearable. We have been friends for so many years, but we have to fight each other on the court. There is nothing more tragic than this in life."

Seeing Pei Wei pulling up his clothes to wipe his tears, Wenger could not help but feel the urge to beat him violently. For the coaches of the Premier League, dealing with Mourinho alone is already very uncomfortable. With Pei Wei who often does not play cards according to the cards, Newcastle's combination is really unique in the world.

Wenger shrugged helplessly at Pei Wei, and then walked to his seat. Pei Wei looked at Mourinho and smiled.

The starting lineups of both sides today are quite satisfactory, basically the main lineup of this season, Newcastle goalkeeper Petr Cech, defenders Maicon, Dawson, Taylor and Bell, midfielders Essien, Gerrard and Bostock in the middle, Ribery on the left, Messi on the right, and Long Bisheng at the top. However, the players under Mourinho will not be limited to their positions. , This is also a trend in modern football. The so-called formation is no longer the only way to win. No matter where the players appear, even if the central defender rushes into the penalty area, as long as they can score goals, they are good.

Arsenal's lineup is [-]. The goalkeeper is the Argentine goalkeeper Ustari. The four defenders are Eboue, Vermaelen, White and Correa Gilbert. The midfielder Song is the midfielder. Fabregas controls the center.Arsenal's four midfielders are all good players in the middle, but Nasri and Wilshere are both capable of playing in the center and on the side. Their attacking ability in the center is extremely good, and the offensive ability in the side seems to be weak, but under the instigation of Cesc Fabregas, it will definitely not be too bad.

Newcastle's wing attack is more distinctive than Arsenal's, but they don't have the ability of Arsenal to tear apart the opponent's defense. Mourinho's tactics are simple and practical, and this tactical spirit has been deeply engraved in the hearts of every Newcastle player.

The two sides have their own strengths and are opposite each other. They are simply natural rivals. In the past games, no one can definitely overwhelm the other. Newcastle has a slightly higher winning rate, but last season they were defeated by Arsenal twice. Besides last season, Arsenal also struggled against Newcastle.

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White secretly grabbed Long Bisheng's jersey from behind and pulled it down, and then jumped up ahead of Long Bisheng to push the long pass from Newcastle's backcourt, but Long Bisheng's reaction was much faster than he expected, and he jumped up immediately.

White is desperately interfering with Long Bisheng. His confrontation ability is much stronger than before. Long Bisheng did not entangle him too much, but passed the ball to Ribery who was inserted from the side, and then ran into the penalty area by himself.

Ribery broke through with the ball, and Eboue came up to him. Ribery led Eboue to go inside, and then gave the ball to Bell who inserted the edge from the wing. This is Newcastle's usual offensive method.

Wilshere withdrew. This 16-year-old player who had received great acclaim was not as physically fit as an Englishman, which restricted his development. If Ramsey hadn't been injured in this game, Wenger probably wouldn't have played him.

Eboue came back to stop Bale's inward cut. Bale immediately knocked the ball back to Ribery.

Arsenal launched a counterattack, and Cesc Fabregas is still the core of their midfield organization. The 27-year-old player is at the peak of his life. He has gradually replaced the old Harvey in the national team. In Arsenal, he is like a superlative conductor, directing the team with his sense of rhythm, running, and sublime shots, playing one wonderful note after another.

What he needs to do as a central midfielder is not to pass several opponents by himself and send the ball to the goal. Such a central midfielder does not exist after Maradona. In modern football, the closer to the goal, the easier it is to score. Scoring can be the responsibility of each player, but most of them are the responsibility of the striker. Moreover, it is too difficult to cultivate such an attacking core.The ability of a striker is excellent, and scoring becomes easier. At the same time, the time for an excellent striker to integrate into the team is definitely shorter than that of an equally good or even better midfielder. This is why there are fewer and fewer midfield cores who control the entire field, but there are more and more super strikers.

Cesc Fabregas is a completely different midfield core. His physical fitness is not good, and his speed and breakthrough ability cannot be said to be top-notch. His strength lies in scheduling and distributing the ball. He uses his computing power like an information feedback center to receive the ball and pass it quickly, and then pass it to the most suitable player. It is like a lubricant, making Arsenal, a huge machine, run smoothly.

For such a player, staring is not very effective, because he seldom lets the ball stay under his feet for a long time. Almost before he catches the ball, he thinks about his next move, and he only lets the ball stay under his feet for less than a second before passing it immediately.Therefore, Newcastle adopted another method. In addition to pressing Cesc Fabregas for the first time, he cut off his possible passing routes and the routes passed to him by other Arsenal players, so that he could reduce the number of balls. Fabregas’s fewer times of holding the ball meant that Arsenal had fewer threatening attacks.

But this defensive method consumes a lot of energy. Arsenal players may run aimlessly, but Newcastle players have to follow them, because if they don’t keep up, maybe empty running becomes purposeful running, and the lack of marking in one place will make the running of other teammates useless.

However, under Newcastle's level of pressing, it is also difficult for Arsenal to attack smoothly, especially when Newcastle shrinks their defense. No matter how sharp a pass is, it is difficult to find a gap and send it to the striker's feet. The wing attack cannot open the situation under Newcastle's tight defense. Yes, even long-range shots are likely to be blocked by the opponent's defender with his body.

And Arsenal didn't dare to attack without any scruples. Newcastle's quick counterattack is famous all over the world. In this season's Champions League, except for Benitez's Inter Milan who put down their figure and Newcastle's better defense than Newcastle and almost eliminated Newcastle with two slightly lucky goals. The other teams basically died under Newcastle's fast break. Arsenal's defense is definitely not as good as their offense.What's more, there is a dragon that looks harmless but has great lethality!

Therefore, in the offense, relying on technology and anticipation ability, Arsenal can always restrain Newcastle's counterattack very well, allowing them to turn the counterattack into a positional battle. Although they must win, Wenger is not afraid of a stalemate. Exceptions, after all, are just exceptions.

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Three and 10 minutes into the first half, in a flash, Arsenal had the advantage in possession of the ball, but Newcastle had more shots. Newcastle's offense was more concise, while Arsenal's offense was more patient. The stalemate continued, but it was not known when it would be broken.

The battle between the top players is often not as good as two ordinary players. The same is true on the football field. The stronger the team is, the more cautious they will be, because they know that they cannot make mistakes in the face of such opponents. Sometimes a single mistake will lead to the loss of the entire game.

This is especially true for defenders. Forwards can make mistakes and fail to seize opportunities, but defenders can't make mistakes. If they make mistakes last time, they may regret it for the rest of their lives-of course White understands this truth, and now he hates it so much!

Why can't defenders make mistakes?Why did this guy come to him to fight?With such a rapid consumption of physical energy, can I guarantee that I will not make mistakes for nine to 10 minutes?

So far, White has done a good job, and Long Bisheng will appear in the camera almost at the same time, but White himself knows that in many cases, Long Bisheng took the initiative to find him, take the initiative to confront him, and take the initiative to consume his physical energy.

What he didn't know was that since the game against Inter Milan, Long Bisheng learned another way to win the confrontation with the defender, that is, when facing a defender whose physical fitness is not as good as his own, he will take the initiative to find the opponent and constantly engage in physical confrontation. While consuming his own physical energy, he also consumes a lot of the opponent's physical energy-especially when the season is coming to an end, his extraordinary physical fitness can give him more initiative.

But outsiders can't see this. They can only see that White is following Long Bisheng's side, making the Premier League's top scorer have no outstanding performance so far. Even Wenger can't see this. Instead, they think that White's performance today is indeed outstanding, and he has completely completed the task assigned to him by Wenger.

Of course, the main reason Wenger didn’t focus on White was the main reason. Long Bisheng took the initiative to find White to charge, basically when he couldn’t get the ball, and naturally he would not become the focus of Wenger’s eyes. Every time Wenger noticed Long Bisheng, it was when White was desperately trying to stop Long Bisheng. White did a good job in this regard, so Wenger was not too worried about White.

Although the current situation is still stalemate, Wenger is not in a hurry. Newcastle, who pressed the defense from midfield in the first half, will definitely consume too much energy in the first half.

Deep in Wenger's heart, even if he exchanged the league title for the Champions Cup, it would be cost-effective. After all, he has won several league titles, but he always lacks a Champions Cup.

Of course, he would not be so stupid as to say to the players before the start of the game: "It doesn't matter if we lose this game, we just need to win the Champions League final." Such nonsense, in some respects, football coaches are like women, even if they know that there will be 100 million in front of them, they must first grasp the [-] that they can see.

If Wenger had said such things to the players in advance, then Arsenal's players would definitely not be able to perform to their due level on the field, just like if a strong team goes against a weak team with no distractions, they are very likely to win, but if they play with the idea of ​​a draw, they will probably lose the game.

So now Wenger is paying close attention to the situation on the field, watching Newcastle's players use a wide range of running to force Arsenal's players to fail to perform at a normal level, but ignores White's rapid physical consumption under the impact of Long Bisheng.

He thinks that his team is constantly consuming Newcastle's physical energy, but he doesn't know that Long Bisheng is also constantly consuming White's physical energy. As the only defender in Arsenal's defense to mark Long Bisheng, as long as White makes a slight mistake, Long Bisheng can seize this opportunity and drive Arsenal into the abyss.

(End of this chapter)