My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 18 Efficiency Football
In recent days, the atmosphere at the Colney training base has become positive again.

The disastrous defeat at Old Trafford in the last game and Wenger's depressed mood made the Kearney base become a vortex of low pressure for a while.

Fortunately, with the addition of new faces one after another, the low pressure at the Kearney base was gradually dissipated.

There are three players who joined the first team directly, namely Arteta, Mertesacker and Santos.

The addition of Arteta immediately brought a long-lost leadership and desire to win to this team.

The Basque man's physique is not strong, and his deep eyes and elegant temperament make him not a tough guy in the traditional sense, perhaps more like a writer or actor.

But Arteta's influence goes beyond his appearance.After many years of wandering around, he developed calmness and dignity at Everton. He quickly won respect with his strict self-discipline on the training ground.

"An excellent deal, isn't it?" Wenger said with great interest to Chen Yao beside him.

Wenger reintegrated into training, and the addition of fresh blood made the old man feel better.The pain of being betrayed can only be healed by devoting yourself to work.

Moreover, when people are busy, they forget to care about gains and losses.Wenger no longer reflects on his decisions over the past few years

——at least not so often as to reflect on, so as to bring guilt.

"With excellent leadership and overall perspective, he can bring something different to the team. And..."

Chen Yao opened his notebook and found a page of notes that was obviously written in the past few days.

"The technique is excellent. Mikel's short pass success rate has reached more than 90%. His basic skills are very solid. And Mikel is a smart player, and we can't do without him in the process of advancement."

Wenger looked at Chen Yao's notebook with a smile and said, "Chen, this is a good habit, it will help you become an excellent coach."

Chen Yao smiled. He didn't know what kind of coach he could be.But now, his role has been slightly improved compared to two months ago.

Originally, Chen Yao's role was only a starting point in the coaching staff. The team's training was mainly organized by Pat Rice and Primorac, and the specific sub-training was also completed by the goalkeeper coach and physical coach.His role is simply that of an observer and learner.

More often, his main job is to conduct video analysis and provide tactical advice to the team.But he didn't do this job for too long. Due to Wenger's indescribable subtle trust, this offseason, Chen Yao's role is more like a scout, looking for young talents for Arsenal.

After the off-season, Chen Yao returned to his job.As for the tactical advice he provided, Wenger selectively absorbed part of it.

"It's right to focus on the wide. But for England's football coaches, the wide attack has never been an unfamiliar style of play. The British are very experienced in containing the wide. We can give more status to the wide players, but We can’t quite move towards that style.”

When Wenger responded to Chen Yao, he was like a patient professor answering his young students' questions.

"Chen, you have to remember that football tactics are never a simple matter of choosing to play on the wing or in the middle. I appreciate your thinking and foresight on the history of tactical development, but sometimes you need to pay more attention to details and how to organize players. into a whole.”

This benefited Chen Yao a lot.With the help of the "Logical Thinking" badge, he eagerly studied Wenger's ideas, knowledge and experience.

As a result, he must admit, Wenger is indeed a world-class tactical master - at least in terms of attack.

Wenger places great emphasis on passing in training, not only the technique of passing, but also the choice of passing path.His requirement for players is that they must be in a position to have a ball route at all times.

To achieve this goal, he allows talented players to choose their own running positions to create passing lanes.For other players, Wenger will tell them what their task is, where they need to run, so as to create the most passing opportunities.

"Continuous, pressing, quick passing is the key to our victory."

The part Wenger absorbed Chen Yao’s suggestion was that he agreed with the idea of ​​passing the midfield quickly, passing the ball to the front and wing as soon as possible, creating one-on-one opportunities to attack the opponent’s defense, and creating space for the center to complete the finish.

"Beautiful idea, Chen." Wenger said.

"I think this kind of football may not make our fans look good, but it must be exciting and efficient enough. This will help us win the game." Chen Yao replied confidently.

On September [-], Arsenal returned to the Emirates Stadium to face Swansea.

Arsenal, which has lost three games in a row, has no room for another loss.They are already in the relegation zone.

In this game, Laurent Koscielny returned and partnered with the newly joined Per Mertesacker.

At this time, Koscielny was 26 years old and Mertesacker was 27 years old. They are both about to reach the golden age of their careers, but they have not won enough heavyweight championships.

At this time, neither of them realized that this was the starting point of a wonderful journey and the first collaboration between a pair of partners who had been working side by side for many years.

"Happy cooperation." The tall Mertesacker extended his hand to Koscielny, and Koscielny shook his hand tightly.

"Happy cooperation." The taciturn Koscielny replied.

Arteta also won the chance to start. Chen Yao pulled him aside and gave instructions to the player who was several years older than him.

"Mikel, you are the most experienced and calmest player on the field. We need you to retreat to the center circle to get the ball, and then choose the direction of attack."

Chen Yao pointed to the players in the corner of the locker room, "I hope you remember their faces, Robin, Theo... Your task is to find the fastest way to get the ball to them after receiving the ball .”

"I see, coach." Arteta may not be a creative player, but he is no stranger to tasks like transitioning.

"And... Mikel, although you are not the captain, I hope you will play the role of the captain. Always be the toughest and most stable person in the team." Chen Yao patted Arteta on the shoulder.

"Thank you, I will." Arteta's entrustment to Chen Yao was very useful, and his heart was a little bit excited.

After wandering for half his life, he finally had the opportunity to compete for a first-class football club.Moreover, the coaching staff trusts themselves so much...

Thinking of David Moyes's retention and helplessness when leaving Everton, Arteta said silently in his heart that it was all worth it.

"Children, it's time to go." Wenger clapped his hands.

"Now, go out and get your first three points of the season!"

　I would like to talk a little bit about player rotation.Our factory has a long-standing habit of stocking up on midfielders. Readers may be worried about players’ roles (playing opportunities)... Don’t worry about this, because there will always be people lying in the team doctor’s room (no). In short, we will try our best to provide players that everyone loves. They all have interesting plots!The protagonist of this book is not only the time traveler, but also the coaches and players of our factory that we love.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)