Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 383

[Finally replaced Eriksson, the first half was blown up]

[Last season lost 3-2 away to Nana, Saka stared at Eriksson and scored a goal]

[Upstairs, you don't really think McTominay is better than Eriksson, do you? 】

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From the feedback from Manchester United fans in the barrage, it can be seen how unsatisfactory the team's midfielder configuration is.

Last season, the fans were imagining that McTominay and Fred would have to go one by one, and the club had scandals with Mount, Barrera and others at one time, but in the end the arrival of Chen Xiaoliang made Manchester United fans completely disappointed. The tree was destroyed, but it also caused another problem. After investing more than 3 million pounds, Xia Chuang did not have enough financial balance to buy another practical midfielder, and it would not be possible to sign again until the winter window .

But Chen Xiaoliang has only one. In the 11 rounds of the Premier League, the team scored 29 goals in total. Chen Xiaoliang scored 13 goals alone, plus 4 assists, and directly created 17 goals. The team's offense was almost completely carried by him. On the shoulders, the time and opportunity to appear in the backcourt is destined to be greatly reduced by repeatedly advancing forward and uninterrupted high-position pressing. The team's defense in the backcourt requires teammates to come forward.

In the second half, Chen Xiaoliang, who took the heavy responsibility of reversing the game, directly focused on Zinchenko who had just taken a breath from the intermission.

Both sides have bright or dark growth points.

It is obvious that Arteta replaced Amadou Onana, who performed well in the first half, and replaced the former West Ham midfielder Rice, who was introduced at a high price.

Rice and Xhaka did almost nothing else in the second half. They focused on helping Zinchenko defend Chen Xiaoliang. Arteta believes that as long as Chen Xiaoliang can be restrained by more than 30% of his performance, the 2-goal lead in this game will not only be able to Keep it, and it is possible to expand your advantage.

On Chen Xiaoliang's side, the passive skill [Big Heart] was triggered when he was 2 goals behind, and the 2-point temporary increase in the attribute was followed by the bounce. The bounce that had just been raised to 18 through the huge reward of the Golden Globe a day ago was temporarily increased to 20. .

Chen Xiaoliang, who was surrounded by three people, changed his strategy.

In the second half, B Fei, Kwa, and Fred tried to pass the ball to him several times, but whether it was a high ball or a low ball, it was difficult to accurately send it to Chen Xiaoliang's feet.

Rice and Xhaka have always moved inside and behind Chen Xiaoliang, cutting off Manchester United's passing line from the midfield.

Only B Fei kicked the ball behind him in the 48th minute, allowing Chen Xiaoliang to forcibly overtake Zinchenko and then received the ball. However, because he was too close to the bottom line, after the three people surrounded him, he hardly had any breakthrough line. Zhong also hit Rice's body and popped the bottom line.

Not only the commentary of the Red Country, but even Sky Sports and Eurosport said that Arteta was dealing with Chen Xiaoliang as if he were dealing with the king of the ball.

Either you can't pass it in, or you can't pass it out after you pass it in.

Thinking of the agreement between the midfielder and Ten Hag to cut in more and attack the goal more, Chen Xiaoliang could only say sorry in his heart, attacking the goal is necessary, but there is really no way to cut in.

Let's take it in.

In the 51st minute, he made a gesture to B Fei and returned to the middle.

Zinchenko was the happiest in this change of position. He was much calmer in the face of B Fee, while the midfielder Erdegaard on the other side began to join Xhaka and Rice in double-teaming to prevent Chen Xiaoliang from receiving the ball.

Although some teams have used this tactic in Serie A, Erdegaard and Rice, who are both 24 years old, are at the most energetic moment in their careers. They intercept from the outside, and although they are slow, But Xhaka, who is accustomed to physical confrontation and is extremely aggressive, still makes it impossible for Manchester United's midfield to pass the ball in.

But this is the case outside the restricted area, what about in the restricted area?

In the 53rd minute, just 2 minutes after Chen Xiaoliang and B Fei changed positions, Fred pressed from the left and cooperated with Luke Shaw. The road is close to the penalty area line and directly kicks the pass.

At the other end, Chen Xiaoliang had already raised his hand in advance to signal for the ball.

Luke Shaw's cross went straight to the back point, and Cesco advanced in the middle. The two central defenders, Ben White and Gabriel, retreated all the way to defend. The high pressure is all on the two of them.

Cesco knew that the ball was not passed to him, but the supportive rush in the middle was to prevent Arsenal's central defender from assisting Chen Xiaoliang.

Xhaka and Rice followed the defense all the way, one in front and one behind, almost sticking to Chen Xiaoliang, but when the ball fell, Xhaka and Rice, who were 186 tall, realized that they had become the foil!

Luke Xiao's pass was obviously too big. Judging from the predicted path of the ball, the two believed that Chen Xiaoliang would never be able to hit the ball.

After all, Chen Xiaoliang is 183 cm tall, a few centimeters shorter than the two of them.

But the two of them obviously didn't consider one thing, that is, if everything was within the range of ordinary people's predictions, the man in front of him would have been defended to death by Manchester City's double-teaming, so why would he fight back and win the Triple Crown? Aspire to the Golden Globes?
Any player who has won the Ballon d'Or, at least that season, can be said to have touched the threshold of demigods in football.

Chen Xiaoliang jumped up.

Xhaka and Rice bent their knees slightly, but did not move. Only their eyes and neck moved up and down.

Seeing him jumping high, seeing him head the ball, seeing him hit the goal.

Arteta on the sidelines is not like the spectators in the stands. He stands on the sidelines and watches every moment on both sides of the court from a parallel perspective.

As an experienced former professional player and also a midfielder, he, like the goalkeeper Ramsdale on the field, believes that Chen Xiaoliang cannot reach the ball.

Or in other words, no one can top it at all!

For a moment, Arteta's breathing stagnated, until there was a "bang", the sound of the camera and the pickup hanging above the goal hitting the goal frame was played inside the stadium and on the screen, and he and the stands uttered "Oh !” Like the fans who exclaimed, let out a long sigh of relief!

Chen Xiaoliang couldn't help laughing himself. His bounce is full, but the header is almost meaningless. If the header attribute of this ball is higher, it will not hit the crossbar, but fly to the bottom of the crossbar. The door is closed.

He gave a thumbs up to Luke Shaw who was sighing in the distance, then reached out to his teammates and raised his right index finger, and then pointed to himself with his left index finger.

This is the most basic "Tactical No. 1", which is to play crosses, but during extra training, this tactic is developed around Cesko, so he pointed at himself, meaning that now he will start crossing. High ball to yourself.

In the 56th minute, Manchester United followed suit.

Chen Xiaoliang continued to contain the defense of the three midfielders alone in the middle of the penalty area, allowing Fred and McTominay to press forward with confidence, and cooperated with the players on both sides to play more and less to create opportunities for crosses.

This time it was Fred's cross. This game was like taking a big pill. He was too excited in defense and not calm enough to pass the ball. He passed to the right side of the penalty area.

Chen Xiaoliang ran a few steps towards the landing point. This time Rice and Xhaka did not dare to neglect. Although they could not hold Chen Xiaoliang in the penalty area to prevent him from moving, they surrounded him one after the other. The more vigorous Rice also took off, while Xhaka made some small movements on the ground, touching Chen Xiaoliang's calf and footsteps.

Even if you can't destroy the high-altitude ball, it's good to interfere.

But when the two people who jumped vertically collided in the air, Rice's body was pushed away, not to mention interference, they couldn't even push Chen Xiaoliang out of the air.

From the corner of his eye, Chen Xiaoliang saw that Ramsdale was already guarding the goal post, and he raised his forehead. This time, it was not an angry head like a headbutt, but a small arcing header. The ball was hoisted to the other post!
Ramsdale hurried to the other side, and Sesco, who rushed into the small penalty area, also changed direction and rushed to the left post!

The two jumped at the same time!Although Cesko was in place first, Ramsdale was able to use his hands to get the ball out of the baseline first!

"Hey!"

Two consecutive missed goals made the Manchester United fans who were traveling with the team beat their chests.

Rice looked at Xhaka panting after landing, and the two blinked their eyelids, but there was nothing they could do.

At this time, the captain Erdegao came to command, and he asked the two central defenders to pay attention to defending Chen Xiaoliang and defending the air together.

Seeing Erdegaard's shout, Chen Xiaoliang, who was squatting down on one leg to tighten his shoelaces, couldn't help laughing. He raised his head, looked through the crowd, and looked at Kewa.

Kewa was retreating on the corner of the penalty area and waiting for B Fei to take a corner kick. Seeing Chen Xiaoliang looking at him, the two nodded respectively, and immediately understood what each other wanted to express.

Kewa walked towards B Fei who was about to kick off, whispered a few words, B Fei nodded.

The referee Michael Oliver blew the whistle, B Fei didn't run up, and pushed the ball to Kwa, who was close to the corner flag area.

Tactical corner kick!

Thomas in the penalty area rushed forward immediately, but seeing B Fei rushing into the penalty area, he was afraid that Kwa would pass the ball back to B Fei, so he had to stop.

Kwa took two steps in the direction of the penalty area, and made a pass directly!
The moment the ball came out, Chen Xiaoliang rushed towards the back post!
Just now when a tactical corner kick was taken, Manchester United's players moved in the penalty area, which made the positions of both sides in the penalty area messy. Fred, who ran halfway, was blocked!

Fortunately, the two central defenders, Ben White and Gabriel, had just been reminded by captain Odegaard, and at this time they rushed towards Chen Xiaoliang together.

Already almost conceded the ball twice, I can't give this bouncing perverted Manchester United No. 7 any chance to dominate the air!
Even Ramsdale focused more on Chen Xiaoliang.

But!They regretted it when the ball flew halfway!
This is a short pass, and the landing point is clearly directed at the near post!
But at this moment, there was no time for the two of them to turn back!

At this time, on the left side of the small penalty area, Cesko had already bypassed the dense crowd in the middle and rushed up. He jumped high, and without any defense, he pushed the ball directly into the inside of the left column!

Lou Yichen: "2 to 1! Slovenian striker Cesko scored his third goal in the league this season!"

"Manchester United successfully disrupted Arsenal's deployed defense through a tactical corner kick and a running position in the penalty area. When Cesko finally attacked the goal, he was in an unmarked state..."

Liu Yue: "Arsenal got off to a very successful start today. Although a wing was blasted in the first half, they relied on blocking and defending in the middle of the penalty area. Xiao Liang failed to help his teammates score with several precise crosses. It can be said that The lead in the first half was due to defense."

"In the second half, Manchester United's style changed drastically. They began to frequently take advantage of Xiaoliang's jumping advantage and hit high-altitude balls. Arteta also replaced Amadou Onana, who has a strong aerial ability. The remaining players , Whether it is Rice, Xhaka or Gabriel, they can hardly compete with Xiaoliang in air defense."

Lou Yichen: "Xiaoliang has shown great power since he came to the Premier League this season and scored goals again and again, but Cesco and Kwa, the right-hand men beside Xiaoliang, seem to be still adapting to the rhythm of the Premier League, especially the physical confrontation. aspect."

"However, the successful connection between the two just now made people see the tacit cooperation between them when they killed the Quartet in Rome last season. Once the two can adapt to the rhythm and find the state, Manchester United's frontcourt attack will become smoother. and horror."

After the goal, Cesko rushed into the goal and picked up the ball. While beckoning to Kwa to thank him for his assist, he rushed to the center line to save unnecessary dead ball time.

Arteta on the sidelines is full of regrets. How could his carefully arranged substitution plan be manipulated by Manchester United in turn?
He thought well. In the first half, Amadou Onana clamped the middle. In the second half, Manchester United will definitely attack Chen Xiaoliang's dominant side, and then replace Rice, who is energetic and active in defense, to deal with Chen Xiaoliang. field.

But Chen Xiaoliang in front of him looked a bit like Chef Fan who didn't look at the recipes and the art of war. He was like a second center like never before, rushing into the penalty area and playing high-altitude balls to cooperate.

What makes people even more helpless is his unattainable bounce!
How to do?
How to do?
Arteta still had his hands crossed in front of his chest, and his brows were slightly frowned. From the outside, he looked dissatisfied at most, but in fact he was already a mess in his heart.

Usually, as long as the ball enters dead time, he will ask the players to come to his side and give him orders. Now he is standing there alone, which is a bit unreasonable.

He counted the candidates on the bench, deliberated, deliberated, and finally raised his hand to let Fu An Jianyang warm up quickly, and then in another dead ball 6 minutes later, he replaced him. The mediocre Zinchenko.

Arteta's abacus is to add a high point in the penalty area, and use the ground encirclement of Chen Xiaoliang to encircle the air, so as not to give him too much space in the penalty area to compete for the top, thereby inhibiting the power of Manchester United's cross.

But this time he adjusted, he just entered the cycle of treating head for headache and treating foot for foot pain, which is an emergency short circuit of the brain.

He was so jumped by Chen Xiaoliang's extreme bounce again and again that he forgot that this person was called Chen Xiaoliang.

That's right, Fuan Jianyang is 188 tall. As a Japanese player, he is a typical Japanese player who is determined to fight, has a positive attitude, works hard, and has good small skills.

Although he is right-footed, the full-backs on both sides of Fuan Jianyang can play, but Arteta forgot that although the Japanese international is not slow, in terms of flexibility, he is better than Zinchenko who just replaced him. Much worse.

In the 65th minute, Saka shot high from a long distance and Manchester United scored a goal kick. Chen Xiaoliang appeared on the right rib again. Xhaka and Rice still followed him closely, while Odegaard guarded the middle and Fu Anjianyang guarded On the side, no matter which way Chen Xiaoliang goes to attack, they can immediately form a double-team with Rice and Xhaka.

Manchester United's midfield line, which is wandering in the midfield and unoppressed, has completely controlled the ball since the second half. The possession rate of 41% to 59% in the half has pulled the ball possession rate to 49% to 51%. Fighting Arsenal has started to fall behind.

Kwa moved to the middle and began to harass Odegaard, and Luke Shaw's edge pressing prevented Thomas from following Kwa all the way.

McTominay passed straight forward to Kwa, and Kwa rushed towards the top of the penalty zone. Erdegaard had no choice but to turn to block Kwa, and Fu Anjianyang on the right retracted, getting closer to Chen Xiaoliang .

Kwa took him in front of Erdegaard, pulled him away and passed a pass to the right back to B Fei on the right. B Fei did not advance with the ball, but sent a direct pass directly over the top Passed to the back of Fu An Jianyang who just stepped forward!

As soon as the through pass came out, Chen Xiaoliang slanted to the right. Although Fu Anjianyang's turning speed was not as exaggerated as that of the Ma aircraft carrier, it was still far behind the thunderous Chen Xiaoliang. He just adjusted his center of gravity. , Chen Xiaoliang, who was running without the ball, had already roared past him.

Xhaka and Rice are chasing after him, but who else in this world can catch up with Chen Xiaoliang who is off the ball?
Arteta turned around and looked at the scene that happened near the bottom corner on the wing, wishing to curse "Baga"!
What the hell just made a replacement to strengthen the air defense, and this guy started hitting the ground and speed again!
In terms of through pass ability, B Fee is still outstanding in the Premier League.

从2020年1月，到2023年6月赛季结束，B费甚至是全英超创造机会最多的球员，以260次的数据超过排在第2的德布劳内20次，第3和第4分别是萨拉赫和格拉利什。

Although this has something to do with his iron man's physical attributes and almost never playing every game, it is enough to prove that Big B's worth of 8000 million euros is justified.

The ball he sent to Chen Xiaoliang had just the right amount of power. As soon as Chen Xiaoliang stretched out the instep of his right foot and stopped, the ball slowed down in front of him.

He didn't wait for the pursuers to follow up, and directly crossed with his right foot from a position 3 meters away from the corner flag area!
His cross, the ball is fast, the arc is strong, and people he is not familiar with, let alone opponents, even his own teammates can't predict where it will fall!

And when the ball flew a short distance to see where it landed, the ball was already about to fall to the designated position, and it was too late to react.

But Sesco in the penalty area is "different". No one in the world knows Chen Xiaoliang's playing style better than him. It is the result of three years of getting along day and night and training together. It is a tacit understanding formed by countless sweats!

Wandering around the penalty spot, he rushed directly to the near post. After flying halfway, the ball suddenly turned inward and then fell rapidly!
Cesko took off and headed forward to rub the ball!
This time it is not a powerful head hammer at close range, but lightly uses the speed of the ball itself to flick the ball back with the head!
Ramsdale, who saw Cesko rushing to the near post and making a save at the near post at the same time, made a pounce, subconsciously fished with his right hand but only got a lonesome.

Lou Yichen: "Hey! 2 to 2! Beautiful!"

"Manchester United's sudden high play in the second half made Arsenal very uncomfortable!"

"Cesko, if you don't get in, you're done, once you get in, you get two!"

"Rice and Xhaka were discussing something with Fu Anjianyang there. It seemed that the three of them were not convinced, and then the camera turned to Arteta!"

"It can be said that the sudden change in the second half today has nothing to do with his substitution."

Liu Yue: "That's right. In the first half, although Xiao Liang had a lot of chances on the wing, he was blocked in the middle like a fence. Instead, he didn't have many opportunities to cut inside. , or even with one against three, basically the ball in the pass is not a threat."

"I didn't expect that when Rice changed in the second half, the alarm on Sesco's side was lifted, and Xiao Liang didn't play with you anymore. Everyone went into the penalty area to play high-altitude balls together."

"Arteta saw that the situation was not right, so he replaced Fu'an Jiankang as a guest left back. As a result, he just made up for the air defense, and Xiao Liang used the space behind Fu'an Jianyang to play a cross again."

"Without the defense of Amadou Onana, Sesco finally seized an opportunity to tie the score."

On the sidelines, after celebrating, Ten Hag simply sat on the bench.

Arteta called a few defenders to ask for more requests, reminders and reminders, and then saw Ten Hag sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and couldn't help but curse MMP in his heart.

"After equalizing the score, he actually put on a relaxed look, what an old fox."

Of course, Ten Hag couldn't hear the little Jiujiu in Arteta's heart, but what echoed in his mind were the words Sir Alex Ferguson said to him. He thought to himself:

"This is a top player? Is this how Mourinho uses him? Put him on the field, and then what the head coach has to do is to set up the framework, arrange the defensive tactics in place, and leave the offense to him to lead his teammates to adapt to the situation?"

At this time, McLaren next to him patted him.

I think that when Ten Hag first chose to work as a coach after retiring, his first first-team job was as an assistant to the head coach McLaren of the Eredivisie Twente team at the time.

Although the two don't know each other well, they know each other quite well.

McLaren knew that his old colleague would keep silent and blink faster when he was indecisive or encountered something incomprehensible.

"Young people have great ideas, and their decisions are right. We should take some measures to help them implement their ideas. If the situation is not right, we will have time to intervene."

Ten Hag nodded slightly. After all, McLaren was one of the few people he trusted very much at Manchester United.

The Dutch coach just didn't quite fit in.

I'm not very used to being a coach, but I just need to sit on the sidelines without saying a word, and then watch the ace player under him control the balance of victory or defeat on the court.

　Thanks to the executive director of the club【Oh oh oh oh! ! ] 10 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [卍亚杰卍] for the 4 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Ahahahahahahaha] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the club executive director [Zai Lan] for the monthly pass!

　　【Technical attributes】

　　20 passes, 18 crosses, 15 markings, 15 penalties
　　Skills 15, Corners 2, Dribbling 18, Throw-ins 5
　　20 steals, 16 shots, 15 stops, 15 free kicks
　　15 headers, 18 long shots
　　【Physical Attributes】

　　Burst 20, Bounce 18, Agility 18, Stamina 18
　　Balance 15, Strength 20, Speed ​​20, Constitution 15
　　Height 183, weight 75 kg
　　Right foot 20, left foot 20
　　【Hidden property】

　　Injury 1, Stress 20, Sportsmanship 12, Professionalism 17, Leadership 20
　　The number of words is not enough, the skills and passive skills will be listed tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)