What ball king, call me ball god

On September 9, the focus of the seventh round of the Premier League, the Red Devils Manchester United and the Gunners Arsenal, will be held at the Old Trafford Stadium in the Theater of Dreams.

The Red Devils Gunners battle has been the main theme of the Premier League championship for a long time, but now that Ferguson and Wenger have retired one after another, the confrontation between the two teams is the focus of the battle, but it is no longer the main theme of the championship.

However, this game still got a level of attention that previous Manchester United and Arsenal games did not have.

Because this game is Lin Kedi's first home game after winning two trophies in a row.

From UEFA's best player in Europe to winning the World Player of the Year on September 9, for almost a month, whether it was Manchester United or the national team, Lin Kedi played away games.

Therefore, this game between Manchester United and Arsenal is a game that all Manchester United fans are looking forward to.

Before the game, Lin Kedi will show off his two personal trophies.

Lin Kedi will become the Premier League's first UEFA European Player of the Year and the second World Footballer of the Year.What makes Manchester United fans proud is that the first Premier League World Player of the Year also belongs to Manchester United.

The club is intensively preparing for its home debut.

And Ten Hag is considering the formation against Arsenal.

Now everyone is back from injury.

Arsenal is also well-organized, young and strong, with strong troops.

During the coaching staff meeting, Ten Hag pointed out: "Arsenal's frontcourt players need to pay attention to Saka the most. Center Aubameyang only needs to restrict his route. I don’t think he has the ability to play in the Premier League at all. I don’t need to think too much about it. This is Saka, young, aggressive, a explosive player, and his shooting skills are average. On the whole, Arsenal’s formation is 433, The interception ability in the middle is not enough, Xhaka kicks the midfielder too much, it is easy to get cards, and Guendouzi and Torreira are not creative midfielders, and the skills at their feet are difficult to talk about. However, Emery's tactics are not good. It is very pragmatic, so we need to stick to our tactics at specific times.”

"As for this game, we will play 433-[-] and play against Arsenal. If you have a single midfielder, who do you think is better, let's talk about it."

Although the members of the coaching staff usually talk to Ten Hag casually, but when it comes to the tactical meeting, which is a professional time, Ten Hag is very strict, and it’s okay to have something to say. But talking nonsense will be criticized by Ten Hag.

At this time, assistant coach Mitchell usually speaks first.

This time is no exception.

"This time Arsenal's three players in the frontcourt are flexible and fast. Judging from the performance of the past few rounds, it is more reasonable for us to play Matic, but as I said earlier, Saka, Pepe and O'Neill Bameyang is all about speed, so I have some doubts about Matic, Eric, I believe you and I think the same."

"Yes. I also think the same way. If the opponent is the kind of high center forward, it is okay to use Matic, but today the three players on the opposite side are all fast and agile. It is unrealistic to use Matic. But the rest Guimaraes or Fred or McTominay, or Bentancur playing the midfielder, what do you think?"

At this moment Carrick spoke.

"I have also played as a defensive midfielder. I have played as a defensive midfielder for a large part of my career. I can also play as a central midfielder. From my point of view, I think I can go to Guimaraes."

Ten Hag looked at Carrick after hearing this answer.

"Michael, I forgot about your brilliant player career, since you nominated Guimarães, can you tell me your reasons?"

"Of course. Guimaraes is 1 meters tall, not very tall, but this height has made him flexible enough, and he has enough physical confrontation ability, and his ability to compete for the top is also good. In addition, he is a Brazilian after all. , His technical ability is the best among several defensive midfielders. His passing rate is very high. Unlike many Brazilian players, he does not stick to the ball. This is very important, because there is one in our team who likes to stick. The Brazilian midfielder with the ball—”

At this point, everyone laughed, and everyone knew that he was talking about Fred who had not corrected the shortcoming of sticking the ball many times.

"As a Brazilian midfielder, it's great that he doesn't stick to the ball. Secondly, his range of activities and coverage are huge, and his ability to intercept and steal is also relatively outstanding. Of course, his shortcomings are also obvious. There are some problems in the selection of the other candidates. But I have also said that Fred’s shortcomings are too fatal. McTominay’s strength is indeed insufficient. As for Bentancur, his defensive focus is not enough, and his defensive strength and defensive ability It's not enough either."

Ten Hag listened carefully to Carrick's words, then nodded.

"Well, Michael, I agree with your thoughts. Well, Guimaraes will be the single midfielder for tomorrow's game."

So, the next day.

game day.

Manchester United vs Arsenal, Old Trafford.

At this time, the stadium was full of voices.

Everyone is looking forward to a person's presence.

Players from the two teams have already entered the court one step ahead.

Stand in the center circle.

Afterwards, the live DJ yelled: "Let us shout out the name of today's hero -- Lin --"

"Defeat the enemy!"

"Link the enemy!"

Tens of thousands of people shouted Lin Kedi's name together.

Lin Kedi and his girlfriend Janissa walked into the court together.

"Oh! We saw Lin Kedi walking into the stadium with his girlfriend Janissa Endy! Link is holding the World Footballer's trophy, and Janissa is holding the European Player of the Year trophy! Of course, it is very difficult for one person to hold two trophies at the same time!"

Lin Kedi and Janisa walked to the stadium together in front of the red table that had been set up in advance.

Lin Kedi put the trophy on the stage, Janissa also put it on the stage, and then Janissa kissed Lin Kedi on the cheek.

"Defeat the enemy, tonight is your big day!"

After all, he walked off the court.

Afterwards, Lin Kedi lifted up the two trophies one after another and showed them to the fans!

The fans shouted Lin Kedi's name, and the noisy and enthusiastic atmosphere reached its peak.

Standing in the middle circle, Rashford looked around the Old Trafford stadium. He had been to this stadium many times, but it was the first time he heard this stadium calling someone in such a loud voice. name.

This feeling shocked Rashford.

Also feeling the shock was Arsenal's Saka.

Looking at Lin Kedi holding the trophy high, he felt inexplicably depressed. He was only 3 months younger than him, but the achievements he had achieved were truly extraordinary.

But immediately, Saka's mood cheered up again. He looked forward to defeating his opponent and disrupting the situation on today's big day that belonged to Lin Kedi.

Soon, 10 minutes passed, and Lin Kedi's presentation ceremony ended.

Lin Kedi handed the trophy to the staff of the club, and then walked onto the field.

"The game is about to start! Today, both sides are playing in a 433-[-]-[-] formation. For Manchester United, the goalkeeper is De Gea, and the defense line from left to right is Luke Shaw, De Ligt, Smalling and Phil. Terman. The defensive midfielder is Guimaraes, the left midfielder is Bentancur, the right midfielder is De Jong, the left winger is Rashford, the right winger is Perisic, and the center is Link!"

"Arsenal's 433 formation, the goalkeeper is Leno. The defense line from left to right is Kolasinac, David Luiz, Papaste Thorpoulos and Chambers. The midfielder is Xhaka, left Midfielder Guendouzi, right midfielder Torreira. The left winger is the 18-year-old Saka, the right winger is Pepe, and the center is Aubameyang."

"The game has begun! In the first half of the game, Arsenal went first!"

The formation that Emery's Arsenal often uses is 433. Emery's 433 formation needs to keep high pressure on the opponent, and also needs to put the defense forward. Arsenal also likes to start from the defense and control the ball. Rate.

This tactical play has become a defensive counterattack tactic under Emery.

As I said just now, although Emery's Arsenal will do some high-pressure moves, in the final analysis, what he does is to defend and counterattack.

But for defensive counterattacks, the ability to play the ball is particularly important. Therefore, many players Emery uses on the defensive line have a certain ability to play the ball.

But obviously, this line of defense is not outstanding.

David Luiz, a former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain player, is known for his fierce defense. He is also a Brazilian player. His skills are very slippery, but this season, David Luiz's state has declined.

David Luiz has balanced left and right feet, can play both central defender and left flank, has excellent air defense ability, outstanding speed and agility in the same body, is good at reading the game, and can attack from the defensive area. He is a "crazy" player , is also the best "unreliable" central defender in the world. Not only is he defensively aggressive, he can put tremendous pressure on the opponent's striker, but he also has good skills at his feet and has a knack for setting the ball.But his spirit is not stable enough, and he will make some low-level mistakes from time to time.

These characteristics allowed him to achieve the level of a world-class central defender during Chelsea and Paris. Because of his aggressiveness, because of his physical and mental attributes, he can often break the ball at the striker's feet. At that time, his speed Fast, good physical fitness, aggressive steals.

But in the last season of the Blues' second entry, he has actually begun to decline, otherwise the Blues would not have been sold to the same city team Arsenal at a price of 800 million pounds.

However, for Arsenal, they missed the Champions League last season, so it was difficult to buy players. They can buy an experienced David Luiz. Although he has declined, Luiz is still the strongest in Arsenal's defense. , This makes Arsenal fans desperate.

Emery asked David Luiz to play the ball immediately after receiving the return pass from the midfielder, and not to dribble forward, at least not to do this kind of dribbling work when facing Manchester United!
After all, in the first 6 games of the Premier League, Manchester United showed the success rate of their high press.

Especially Lin Kedi is very determined to press the opponent's central defender.

A center back like David Luiz whose physical condition is declining and who likes to dribble and stick to the ball is Lin Kedi's favorite target.

That's why Emery gave thousands of instructions before the game.

And such exhortations have indeed played a role.

The game was played back and forth, until about 30 minutes, David Luiz did not make a mistake.

In the first 30 minutes, the two teams fought against each other, but after 30 minutes, both sides had only one shot. Manchester United's Link's shot was within the range of the goal and was on target. Yes, and on Arsenal's side, Saka shot high.

The defenses of both sides were very busy during this period. Whenever the ball reached the offensive third area, the defensive players of both teams bravely blocked it.

Arsenal can only rely on this method to defend, and their defensive strength is also carried out by central defenders.

On Manchester United's side, the first line of defense is always the frontcourt, the midfield, and then the defenders in the backcourt.

It's really not the same.

Although it seems that the two teams have formed a terrifying balance in the first half, if you beat me, I will beat you, but this balance is very fragile, and it only takes one link to make a mistake, and the whole line will be cut off immediately.

And Arsenal ushered in this flaw.

At the 41th minute.

Arsenal had the ball, and Torreira was blocked from dribbling forward. He wanted to pass it to the right back Chambers on the wing, but Chambers did not step forward to assist near the midfield at this time, so Torreira could only sideways. Turn around and kick the ball to the right behind you.

After Chambers gets the ball, he can go forward or pass it to the goalkeeper, allowing Leno to control the ball and control the rhythm. In fact, both options are possible.

And Chambers chose the safer one. He kicked the ball in an arc and gave it to Leno.

After Leno got the ball, he controlled the ball.

After seeing Lin Kedi approaching, he picked up the ball.

As soon as Lin Kedi saw Leno pick up the ball, he turned around and ran back from the penalty area.

At this point, Leno throws the ball to David Luiz.

It stands to reason that Luiz is the most important point in the backcourt. Before this game, Emery also asked many times to play the ball quickly and not dribble.

Especially now that Lin Kedi was on his right.

He still chose to move forward with the ball.

Lin Kedi immediately rushed to his position.

But he saw Perisic rushing forward first.

Although still a little distance.

But Louis has already observed, so Louis turned his body slightly to the right, and after he took a step forward, he was about to kick the ball to the midfielder Xhaka.

Xhaka's position at this time is relatively forward, standing between Guendouzi and Torreira.

Lewis crosses the ball diagonally.

But this pass, the power is too small.

Lin Kedi intercepted the ball directly on the passing route.

When walking forward, Lin Kedi saw Leno's position very forward from the corner of his eye, so Lin Kedi directly kicked up a lob shot from a place that was still far away from the penalty area.

Very decisive, not sticky at all——

Shot!
The ball flew into the net with a beautiful and deadly arc.

Leno was stunned, and Luiz grabbed his afro and looked into the goal.

The referee's arm is already pointing to the center circle.

"The goal is valid! Lin Kedi scored the first goal! On this day that belongs to him, Lin Kedi scored the first goal of the game! A very classic interception lob! 1-0! "(end of this chapter)