My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 24 The Eve of the Derby
The trend after this game made it difficult for senior football commentators to describe.

For example, Martin Taylor, the gold medal commentator of Sky Sports, during the game, he repeatedly emphasized: "This is Arsenal's game. Since they can play [-] to [-] with Newcastle, then today's performance is not surprising."

In the second half of the game, Blackburn and Arsenal fans were stimulated to secrete adrenaline like crazy.

Desperate Arsenal not only did not choose to let the full-back retreat more to stabilize the position, but simply put them on in circles, attacking Blackburn's wings in turn.

This also gave Chen Yao a better understanding of Wenger: the professor seemed gentle and gentle, but when he was crazy, he was not ordinary crazy.

It's no wonder, Chen Yao remembers that Arsenal played an epic score of [-] to [-] against Reading in another time and space. In that game, the professor frantically set up a five-forward formation.

Chen Yao also wrote this down in his notebook.Every famous coach is a bit stubborn, and some of them are a little crazy, but they have neither. A good coach must not be a famous coach.

Blackburn's defense quickly surrendered, and Arteta made a bold move forward on 55 minutes, grabbed the space in the middle, and shot through Blackburn's goal from long range.

In 63 minutes, Blackburn's counterattack successfully hit Arsenal's two lines-in fact, the midfield coaching staff had arranged for it. In the second half, Alexander Song stayed in front of the back line to protect, but his running ability And defensive positioning is obviously not enough.

This counterattack easily managed Arsenal's central defender combination.Although Mertesacker is tall and steady, his turning speed has also been sacrificed.Without a centre-back who can accurately attack and recover quickly to help him clear the ball behind him or push forward that may pose a threat, Mertesacker is a target.

Hoilett and Yakubu played a simple combination and faced the goal.

Two to two, this attack penetrated the gate guarded by Szczesny without any suspense, and Yakub scored twice.

Since then, the game has been more open and close, No. 701 minutes and No. 805 minutes, Arsenal and Blackburn once again scored a goal in a mirror-like manner.The coaches of the two teams did not adjust their strategies anymore, because the game has been played to this point, and there is no need to keep it.

No. 901 minutes, stoppage time, Arsenal ushered in a godsend opportunity.But Gervinho's performance personally deepened Chen Yao's stereotype of him.

Facing the exhausted Blackburn defense, the Ivory Coast winger flashed and maneuvered into the penalty area. At this time, Van Persie was unmarked, but Gervinho persistently chose to shoot directly, and finally missed the chance to win the game.

Van Persie was going crazy and ran over and shouted at Gervinho: "What are you thinking? Why don't you pass the ball? I'm open!"

Gervinho just looked at Van Persie with a strange look on his face, shrugged and said: "I didn't see it. Who will pay attention to your position when passing someone."

This is not a provocation, but a lone-pressing winger like Gervinho, who was produced in Ligue [-] and has excellent physical fitness and a brain full of muscles. He himself has no sense of coordination.

However, Van Persie was eager to win and became angry at what Gervinho said. Chen Yao had been paying attention to this side for a long time, and quickly pulled Van Persie aside.

"Robin, forget it, forget it..."

Van Persie walked away angrily, glanced at Chen Yao, and said a dry sentence.

"You'd better think about why Cesc left."

Three to three, this draw left Chen Yao speechless, which also strengthened his determination to find opportunities to reshape the team's defense.

Of course, he is not the head coach...the decision still rests with Wenger.

Chen Yao suddenly had some thoughts, on this timeline, will Wenger retire early?

Wouldn't it be better if I were the head coach earlier?
He was taken aback by his own thoughts, and it had only been a long time since he entered the first-team coaching staff, so he kicked his nose in the face.

Even if you are allowed to take over, are you capable enough?Chen Yao laughed at himself, let's accumulate more now.

At least raise the level by one level.He is only level 20 now, and he still needs to improve a lot to reach the level of a qualified head coach.

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The sixth round of the Premier League will be held a week later, with Arsenal playing against Bolton at home.

Koscielny was fine and returned in time.Before the game, Chen Yao also emphasized the issue of discipline in individual communications with the players.

Considering that Santos's discipline was appallingly poor, Chen Yao told Jenkinson to look less at the front and more at the sides.

"If you find that there are only two central defenders in the backcourt, and Alexander or Mikel are too high up, you don't go up. You can try to retract a little bit to prevent the opponent from directly playing between the two lines. Adapt to the situation. , Karl, but remember what I said."

Jenkinson had no other talents, but he was obedient.The game was uneventful. Arsenal defeated Bolton [-]-[-] and Szczesny received the clean sheet bonus for the first time.

"Coach, I must treat you to a barbecue." Szczesny said emotionally, "In the future, please ask them not to lose their positions casually."

Winning is always a pleasure, and the actual combat experience also gave Chen Yao faster experience.At the end of September, he went up one more level, reaching level 21.

After allocating attribute points, Chen Yao looked through the schedule and suddenly found out that the next match was the North London Derby.

On October [-], Arsenal will play away against Tottenham.

But before that, Arsenal still have a Champions League game to play.

On September 29, Arsenal played against Olympiacos.In order to reserve strength for the league, Arsenal made a large rotation in this game, and ended up shaking hands with Olympiacos awkwardly.

After two consecutive away draws, Arsenal only scored two points, and the situation of qualifying for the Champions League is extremely unclear.

This also illustrates a problem. Arsenal is so weak this season that it is difficult for them to cope with high-level two-line operations. Intercontinental competitions have placed a great burden on them.

But look at Arsenal's opening performance, six rounds with two wins, one draw and three losses, only scored 7 points, ranked No.12 in the league, just escaped the relegation zone...

And Manchester United, Manchester City, and Chelsea at the top of the list are almost [-] points away from Arsenal.

There is no hope of winning the championship, and it is impossible to reach the final of the Champions League. Arsenal's main attention is still focused on the league.At the end of each season, the broadcast income of tens of millions of pounds and the qualification for the Champions League next season are the lifeline of Arsenal's finances.

What's more, the game against Tottenham, the North London Derby, is a game that cannot be lost in the eyes of all Arsenal fans.

(End of this chapter)