My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 185 Endless Penetration
5 minutes later, Ki Sung-yong tried to do the same thing again.

He sent a pass from near the center circle that hit the ground, and the ball rolled forward against the turf.

In the frontcourt, Michu and Danny Graham changed positions. Michu moved from the second forward position to the center position, and Danny Graham dropped back to play the ball.

Danny Graham thought this would be the same tactical combination as five minutes ago. Michel Laudrup had them practice this routine many times during pre-match training.

Pablo Hernandez and Scott Sinclair both pulled high and Swansea's attacking shape spread out to cover Arsenal's penalty area.

Danny Graham stretched out his foot, and before he touched the ball, a figure flashed out of the corner of his eye and kicked the football away before him.

Aaron Ramsey.

The Welsh saw Swansea's routine. When Danny Graham and Michu started changing positions, Ramsey was ready to block Ki Sung-yong's passing line.

After all, Ki Sung-yong's skills were a bit weak. His passing was not disguised enough and the ball speed was not fast enough. Ramsey completed the interception without difficulty.

His interception also had other intentions - Ramsey looked at the position of his teammates before touching the ball, Mikel Arteta waved to him not far away, Ramsey slightly adjusted the angle of the ball, The interception bounced the ball straight to Arteta's feet.

Arteta's first reaction was to control the ball. He controlled the ball for a second and heard the coach's shout from the sidelines: "Mikel, pass forward!"

The Spanish defensive midfielder's character does not like to create too many risk factors, which has something to do with his professional resume.

He has been wandering around and spent most of his career in small teams. Arteta cannot afford to make mistakes in every step. If he makes another mistake, he may not be able to make it to Everton in his career.

Most of the games of small teams are under pressure. There are only one or two opportunities in each game. There are only one or two times when the midfielder needs to send a fatal through ball. The other times exceed 90.00% of the time. , what they have to do is: make no mistakes.

Arteta grew up in this environment.

After arriving at Arsenal, as a veteran of the team's midfield, Arteta needs to grasp the stability of the rhythm and maintain the balance of the team's operation when the young players get carried away.

This is not an easy task. Arteta gave up his position as the core of Everton's midfield. At Arsenal, he had to do a lot of dirty work and use a lot of running to balance Arsenal's offensive and defensive formations. When his younger brothers fought hard in the opponent's penalty area, they vigilantly guarded the last line of defense in front of the defender.

- But now, Arteta heard the coach's shout.

Chen Yao also knows Arteta's temperament and characteristics. He has too many cross passes and back passes. Many times this is a helpless move, but Arsenal does need someone to make this team attack forward. When you get carried away, you can calmly control the rhythm.

Just not now.

Now, Arsenal needs an impact and needs to beat Swansea back before their momentum has fully picked up.

Arteta stepped on the ball, adjusted his body direction, and before turning around, he saw Michu running wildly back from Arsenal's penalty area, preparing to press his pass.

Michu was a step slower, and Arteta passed the ball to the right with his right foot before he arrived.

Dani Carvajal accelerated past Scott Sinclair's interception. Carvajal has always felt frustrated this season. He has to compete with the experienced and stable Bakari Sagna for playing time, and Sagna Nia's stability is indeed above his own.

Seeing the attackers in the frontcourt turbulent in the opponent's penalty area, and his own starting opportunity was not guaranteed, Carvajal was holding back his energy to prove himself.

Sagna is not young, and he is the future of this team's wing.

Michel Laudrup's tactical philosophy absorbed Cruyff's views. His team took this game extremely seriously. After losing the ball in the frontcourt, all players immediately turned to counterattack on the spot.

However, Scott Sinclair's pressure on Carvajal and Michu's pressure on Arteta failed.

Arsenal's right counterattack team began to speed up, and Swansea's formation was forced to shrink towards the penalty area.

Theo Walcott, Tomas Rosicky and Dani Carvajal formed an attacking group on Swansea's left flank, with Arteta trailing behind and Aaron Ramsey also running forward. Pressing towards Swansea's penalty area.

Chen Yao looked at the red and white colors rushing past like a tide, feeling slightly excited.

These are the players he has coached, playing the football he wants to present.

After a hard freeze in January and February, the team's energy is starting to bloom again.

Nell Taylor was almost penetrated by Arsenal's wing overload attack within three seconds. After two or three consecutive passes and cuts, Carvajal still controlled the ball, but his position was very close to the Swansea penalty area. .

Ki Sung-yung filled Nell Taylor's position, and other Swansea players were also rushing back. The South Korean midfielder hoped to block the flow of Arsenal's offense. After gaining 1 minute, his teammates could Return to defensive zone.

Carvajal made a diagonal pass to the left, and Ki Sung-yong blocked the passing route and did not cover this route.

Walcott speeded up and got in from behind Ki Sung-yong, pushed his right foot forward, and made an inverted triangle pass while traveling.

The ball flew across the turf, rolling between the feet of Ashley Williams, the outside of the instep of Eymeric Aubameyang, who was grabbing the spot, and the other side of Swansea's side. A defender, Chick Flores rolled behind the heel...

Aaron Ramsey was in the path of the ball.

Jonathan de Guzman didn't know when Ramsey started to speed up. He was originally well guarding the edge of the Swansea penalty area. Ramsey was still a few meters away from him, so it was nothing to worry about.

His attention was attracted by the offense and defense on the other side. Jonathan De Guzman was thinking whether he should move to his own weak side to maintain the stability of the regional defense.

Before he could figure it out, Arsenal had already found an opportunity to send a cross. Their point-grabbing player did not get the ball, and Swansea's defender did not destroy the ball. But Aaron Ramsey, when did he Did you notice this offensive opportunity?

Aaron Ramsey hit the ball and shot. His first shot after coming on the field seemed a bit staggering. Michael Worm saved the ball and was shocked.

There was a sigh in Wembley.

The commentator of Sky Sports commented: "In the first 5 minutes, Swansea gave Arsenal's defense a surprise. In the next 5 minutes, Arsenal also brought danger to Swansea's penalty area. Aaron Ramsey His deep penetration is very threatening. When Arsenal's frontcourt attack gradually loses its power due to player injuries, maybe this will gradually become the new weapon coach Chen Yao brings to Arsenal?"

This is indeed the new weapon Chen Yao wants to bring to Arsenal.

Aaron Ramsey has grown rapidly. After being given opportunities during this period, Ramsey gradually regained his confidence.

Ramsey does not need to play tricks in front of the penalty area. What Chen Yao needs is his running and impact. If at the same time he can activate some of Ramsey's remaining technical talents, that will be the icing on the cake.Ramsey is Arsenal's player with the largest vertical coverage now. The Welshman is not dissatisfied with the large amount of running responsibilities he has been given. On the contrary, in running, Ramsey discovered new spaces in the game.

He has a strong desire to penetrate forward, and now he finds that Arsenal's offense is to continuously create space for him to penetrate.

"As soon as you find an opening, run forward. Don't hesitate, don't doubt. If we don't want this space, then this space will be meaningless." Chen Yao said this to Ramsey.

Mr. Coach always likes to find a way to play that suits our habits, so trust him.

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Swansea goalkeeper Michael Vorm's spirits were on high from the 10th minute.

Arsenal's attack gave him an unpredictable feeling of powerlessness.

Michel Laudrup could partly relate to his goalkeeper's feelings, rubbing his chin and observing the play.

It seems that their frontcourt attack hub is Tomas Rosicky.

The Czechs alone are not a problem. Laudrup feels that he can almost understand Arsenal's offensive intentions. The rapid impact from the wing breaks into the penalty area. Rosicky will approach the strong side and provide a small range of passing and cutting options for his teammates. Create opportunities to cut into the penalty area for shots or crosses.

But...Aaron Ramsey, his insertion frequency and path selection are too weird.

Michel Laudrup did not specially arrange to mark Aaron Ramsey. He thought that Arsenal's starting choice would be Jorginho or Verratti. Both players have excellent vision and good vision. A player whose passing rhythm is acceptable but whose impact is temporarily insufficient.

Therefore, Laudrup did not arrange any special defense against them. He just asked Jonathan de Guzman and Ki Sung-yung to cover the top of the gourd when they were in position, taking care of the defense on the wing.

Aaron Ramsey's impact disrupted Swansea's defense. Jonathan de Guzman basically couldn't keep up with Ramsey's rhythm. After breaking into the penalty area, Aubameyang was a As an astute poacher, Ramsey can wait for opportunities to shoot, and Swansea's two central defenders have nothing to do.

"boom!"

In the [-]th minute, Arsenal's transition attack, Rosicky's pass, Ramsey's shot was blocked by Vorm.

"boom!"

In the 7th minute, Arsenal organized an attack from the left. Ramsey ran a line, passed Jonathan de Guzman and then went straight into the penalty area. Gibbs' cross fell on top of his head, and Ramsey headed The ball was headed towards the goal by Ashley Williams.

"boom!"

In the 26th minute, Ramsey found another opportunity to sneak into the penalty area and shoot. After more than 20 minutes of competition, Ramsey's foot became much smoother. This shot almost got into the dead corner and was missed by Ashley Williams. Desperately making a save on the goal line...

Michael Worm's spirit was so tense that he lost count of how many shots Arsenal sent. After his teammates were broken through the defense line in the first two times, they began to reduce the intensity of their counterattacks, which provided Arsenal with more of pressure space.

Since then, Swansea has not pressed out.

They were beaten by Arsenal for two and 10 minutes, with Ramsey constantly testing his reflexes with endless back-and-forth shots.

"Do something! Guys!" Michael Worm couldn't help shouting at his teammates. He took advantage of a throw-in to urge his teammates to think of a solution.

Michel Laudrup was gesturing and saying something on the sidelines, and Vorm patted centre-back Ashley Williams to tell him to pay attention.

Ashley Williams called a few players over and whispered a few words to them, and now they couldn't talk to Michel Laudrup and were left to figure it out among themselves.

If Ramsey cannot be kept in check, Ashley Williams is certain that the goal will be conceded sooner or later.

Swansea's defensive organization has undergone some changes. Michel Laudrup is a little relieved. He just shouted at the players a few times. He is not sure whether his meaning has been understood by the players. Got it, but it seems to work pretty well.

Jonathan de Guzman kept his eye on Aaron Ramsey and never gave the Welshman a chance no matter where Ramsey went.

This adjustment left Swansea with a gap in the defensive zone, and Laudrup asked his team to shrink the defensive width and cover the space in front of the goal with faster rotations of zone defenders.

The Dane looked at the time, and it was almost the 40th minute. Swansea was suppressed by Arsenal for nearly 10 minutes, which was unprecedented in the previous two games.

"Farke... is indeed an outstanding team." Michel Laudrup sighed with regret. If the League Cup final was placed a month ago, his probability of winning the game would be greatly increased.

It happens to be now, it happens to be when Arsenal is gradually getting rid of the gloom and finding a new way of playing...

Fortunately, the first half was almost over, and Michel Laudrup was thinking about the midfielder's move. At this moment, Wembley was suddenly enveloped in deafening cheers.

The Danes raised their heads and quickly locked onto the target of their cheers.

That's...Wilfred Zaha?

The space left by Swansea's wing gave Zaha a chance. Aaron Ramsey took away Jonathan De Guzman. Zaha unhindered and broke through the right back Ange in the 1V1. Rangel's defense.

Zaha's cutting skills are still relatively immature. The step he took to cut inside was too big, and the ball was pushed a little further.

It was precisely this small flaw that caused Pablo Hernandez to take the wrong shot.

In the eyes of the fans, Zaha deftly brushed past Pablo Hernandez's defense - a brilliant one-two.

Jonathan de Guzman had to let go of Ramsey and take over Zaha's defence.

Zaha knew that his posture was difficult to support a high-quality shot. He seemed to hear the coach shouting "Aaron" from the sidelines. He couldn't find Aaron in his desperation, but he saw someone rushing into the penalty area.

Zaha's right foot went straight and hit the ankle of the Swansea player. It bounced not far. Tomas Rosicky tapped the ball in the air and the ball arced towards the far corner.

Aaron Ramsey appeared and he gently nudged the ball into the goal.

(End of this chapter)