My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 186 Glory’s debut
Michael Worm watched helplessly as the ball fell into the goal he was guarding. The Swansea goalkeeper's eyes were full of unwillingness, but his fingertips could not touch the curve.

The score was rewritten as one to zero.

Chen Yao waved his fist excitedly. Taking the lead at this time is the best thing for Arsenal.

Scoring before half-time not only allows the team to enter the halftime break and the second half with a lead, but the blow to Swansea's morale is even more visible to the naked eye.

The look on Swansea goalkeeper Michael Vorm's face said it all. Next to him, captain Ashley Williams gritted his teeth and looked at the ball in the net. The other players stood dumbly with their arms akimbo.

"Cheer up, you weaklings!" Ashley Williams knew that if he didn't speak, the morale of the team would collapse. As the captain of the team, even if he was disappointed with the goal he just conceded, , no matter how unwilling you are, you must cheer up at this moment.

"Get back in position and hold on until the end of the first half. In the second half, we will come back." Ashley Williams shuttled among his teammates to encourage them.

Michel Laudrup was also hit by this goal. The Dane's face darkened visibly, but when he saw his players on the court losing their minds, Laudrup immediately put down his hands holding his head. He stood down, looking calm and calm.

He knows that as the head coach, he is a spiritual sustenance for the team.

If at this time, one of his players looked up at the sidelines and found his coach there holding his head and crying, then Swansea might be able to withdraw from the game and surrender now.

Michel Laudrup adjusted his expression, sauntered forward, clapped his hands, and gave his players a look of indifference.

"Let me tell you, Michel's mentality is pretty good." Dennis Bergkamp looked at Michel Laudrup jumping around in Swansea and complained about this man who has also been to Swansea. Danish Superstar by Jax.

"He needs to do this. Otherwise Swansea will lose." Chen Yao said.

……

When the referee blew the halftime whistle, the score was [-]-[-].

Arsenal chose to control the rhythm in the remaining time, and Swansea did not dare to rush forward to equalize the score.

They can't afford to risk conceding another goal.

Wembley was like a world of ice and fire. Fans wearing Arsenal jerseys were singing and dancing, singing songs with strange tunes. Swansea fans were dejected, but they also gave their home team applause and songs.

It's normal to be behind Arsenal. In the eyes of Swansea fans, it's damning if they can really win the game easily.

But a football match lasts 10 minutes. Hasn’t it only been 45 minutes now?
……

in the locker room.

"Very beautiful, boys. You contributed a perfect half." Chen Yao enthusiastically praised his players, "You have done a good job in the deployment of the coaching staff. You guys withstood Swansea's opening attack. Pressure – they actually have far fewer offensive tools than we do.”

"After that, your exciting attack took control of the situation. Aaron, I have to praise you in front of the whole team, your inserted shot destroyed the Swansea defense. Speaking of which, how did you end up in that position? I didn’t even notice.”

Aaron Ramsey scratched his head shyly, while several of his fun-loving team-mates moved over to slap the Welshman heavily on the shoulders and sing some strange lyrics.

The atmosphere in the locker room was very cheerful. Chen Yao knocked on the tactical blackboard and said sternly: "But I must remind you that your lead is only one goal and there are still 45 minutes in the game. Your physical fitness will decline. You maintained it for 45 minutes. Attacking, and Swansea spend the same amount of time in their own penalty area, you have to pay more attention and run more."

"That means that at some point in the second half, there's going to be a counterattack - and I don't want you to be blindsided by that sudden counterattack. I want you to hold on to your leads and extend them to more than two goals. I want you to hold on to those leads and extend them to more than two goals. Let this champion stay firmly on our side - do you understand?"

Chen Yao said in a cold voice: "If any guy without a brain makes an intolerable mistake... I don't need to scold you. You yourself know how painful it is to lose the championship."

The players were silent.

"Okay." Chen Yao soothed his tone, "I'm glad that everyone has corrected their attitude. Now, let me emphasize a few more issues..."

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In the Swansea dressing room, Michel Laudrup was also giving a speech to his players.

The Dane originally wanted to scold these idiots. In his opinion, many of the technical actions of Swansea players could be done better. They should have done it within the first 5 minutes before Arsenal had entered the state. Just one goal first.

But the result?
As a result, their offense in the first five minutes was quickly extinguished, and then they switched to positional defense for four and 5 minutes, and successfully conceded a goal.

The goal that Swansea lost cannot be said to be whose fault it was, and Laudrup also knew that his group of players could not be compared with his former teammates in Barcelona, ​​so he suppressed his anger and comforted the players with gentle words. .

"We have gone through no less hardships than any other team to get here. Maybe this goal conceded is also part of the hardship." Michel Laudrup said, "Being behind by one goal is not a problem. But we can no longer Continuing with the performance of the first half. We were suppressed by Arsenal near the penalty area and this is intolerable.”

"Be brave, boys. We are already behind, and there is no point in continuing to be cautious... Ji (Shengyong), I want to commend you for your courage, you dare to send threatening through balls - but less in the second half, Arsenal already have a way of dealing with it. We have to take possession of the ball back from them."

Laudrup looked at his watch and dragged over the whiteboard, "There's still a little time, let's make some adjustments."

……

The second half of the game started as scheduled.

The first wave of attacks was launched by Swansea.

Michel Laudrup adjusted the way his team built their attack, with the two full-backs Nel Taylor and Angel Rangel opening up the width and pressing heavily, allowing the Swansea backline to move forward. The field was frighteningly empty.

Jonathan de Guzman retreated slightly, and as his main job is to defend, he stood in a half-defender position to maintain the stability of Swansea's backcourt.

Michael Worm's pass went directly to the defender on the wing. After receiving the ball, Nell Taylor immediately advanced from the wing.

He was positioned very high up the pitch and Arsenal's front pressing was unable to cope with this situation.

Chen Yao lowered his head and thought for a while. This situation did not surprise him. Arsenal's frontcourt players themselves lacked some tacit understanding when organizing high-position presses. After all, they had not yet engraved a sophisticated high-position pressing system on them. A player at heart.

Nell Taylor dodged the pressure of Theo Walcott. The "Little Tiger" was not wary of the sudden acceleration of the Swansea defender. Nell Taylor took advantage of the situation and sent the ball forward to the feet of Scott Sinclair. , Swansea's attack speed is not slow at all.

Michel Laudrup applauded his disciples. Arsenal's defensive formation had not yet been organized, and Swansea had a chance.

Michu was constantly observing the situation before receiving the ball. The Spanish forward felt that the reason why he was able to score so many goals this season was inseparable from his habit of looking up and observing.He saw Swansea gain the upper hand on the left, Arsenal's only defender was Kieran Gibbs, and Scott Sinclair won a one-on-one duel with Gibbs. At the advantage of half a body position.

Arsenal's defensive formation was tilting to the left, and Michu keenly noticed that there was space in Arsenal's right rib.

Scott Sinclair passed back to Nell Taylor, and Nell Taylor hit Ki Sung-yung on top. Swansea's offensive players arrived one after another.

There was no panic or rough handling of the ball in Arsenal's half. Michel Laudrup brought a touch of Barcelona and Ajax to this team, who dared to play in their opponents' Half court possession.

Michu had already run to the position he was looking for. At the intersection between Mertesacker and Carvajal, he noticed that Dani Carvajal was eager to press. The young defender seemed to be burning all the time. Offensive blood.

Ki Sung-yong distributed it to Angel Rangel on the right. Rangel and Pablo Hernandez conducted a two-person pass-and-run cooperation. Pablo Hernandez still had the ball. Si's feet.

His position had been moved from the right back to the center. Michu stretched out his hand to ask for the ball, and Pablo Hernandez saw it.

Carvajal's reaction was a beat slow.

He thought the team could intercept the ball early, so he ignored the Swansea players around him.

When Carvajal saw the understanding look on Pablo Hernandez's expression, he secretly thought something bad and immediately turned around, only to see Michu nodding the ball with his head.

The 1.8-meter-[-] Spanish forward controlled the ball lightly, turned around smoothly, and in an instant, he entered Arsenal's penalty area.

There was only Per Mertesacker in front of Michu. Mertesacker held his position and did not give Michu a chance to go deeper.

The stability of the Germans has always been trustworthy.

Michu moved his body, but Mertesacker remained unmoved.

He knew that it was impossible to shake off the German Iron Guard. Michu did not dare to stop his movements. This opportunity was hard-won.

Michu directly chose to shoot. He suddenly fired a cold arrow on the spot. Mertesacker did not react, and the ball ran towards the goal close to his face.

"boom!"

The Polish goalkeeper was very focused and had the ball in his arms.

Szczesny glanced at Michu and said nothing.

Michu also looked at Szczesny. He was very aware of the suddenness of his shot just now. Szczesny's reaction was so quick, which only shows that the seemingly immature goalkeeper never relaxed his vigilance for a moment.

Although they are young, they are indeed an outstanding team.

Michu felt a little sad. If he had the choice, he also hoped that he could join a team like this and compete with a group of talented young players to compete for honors that he could not even think about now.

Unfortunately, it was not until these two seasons that Michu finally had a stable performance, but he is getting older, and perhaps no wealthy team is willing to gamble on him anymore.

……

Swansea's offensive organization gradually became stagnant.

After the tactical advantage period of Michel Laudrup's midfield adjustments passed, Swansea's advantageous situation disappeared.

Chen Yao turned on the hairdryer twice on the sidelines. Wilfred Zaha and Theo Walcott both braced themselves to keep an eye on Swansea's full-backs, while Eymeric Aubamey Young would occasionally go up and harass Michael Worm and Ashley Williams.

Swansea's goalkeeper and central defender obviously do not have the ability to make complex technical movements under harassment, and Swansea's backcourt ball suddenly turned into aimless big feet.

Michel Laudrup scratched his head in distress. Arsenal's current playing style can hardly help but remind him of Johan Cruyff, and this may be more modern than the football envisaged by Cruyff.

Even the team in front of them is not their most complete lineup...

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No. 60 minutes, Chen Yao waved to two players on the bench, Nacho Monreal was one of them.

The Spanish defender stood up eagerly. With him was Jorginho. Chen Yao was ready to make some adjustments to the formation on the field. Monreal got his first chance to play in England.

"Are you nervous Nacho? The first time you play is the game that determines the cup championship." Dennis Bergkamp asked Monreal with his arms around him.

"Oh Dennis, I love occasions like this so much."

Nacho Monreal smiled happily and looked behind him, where Santi Cazorla was wearing a down jacket and applauded his Spanish compatriots.

"Santi!" Monreal shouted, "Get ready to win the championship while lying down!"

……

Monreal replaced Kieran Gibbs. The England defender's performance in this game was lackluster. Compared with Swansea's wide players, Chen Yao was more worried about their number one shooter Michu.

Chen Yao's instruction to Monreal was to block Michu's insertion space.

After Monreal came on, Arsenal's defensive formation underwent some changes, and Nacho Monreal's position was not limited to the left wing.

Many times, he would wander to the left rib to block Michu's forward space, and even come to the center back position, allowing Arsenal's defense to form a three-back layout, thus freeing Carvajal to press forward.

Time continued to pass, and Swansea's offense became more and more sluggish.

Michel Laudrup frowned and looked at the time. Michu was locked up, and the offensive structure in the backcourt was locked up. If he couldn't think of another way, the outcome of this game might be decided. .

He was awakened again by Wembley's call.

(End of this chapter)