My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 255 Goodbye Lanqiao

August 2013, 12.

Goodison Park.

In the fifteenth round of the Premier League, Arsenal faced Everton.

The TV broadcast camera seemed to stay on Everton's half, and the commentator kept describing the game situation with a dry mouth.

"Arsenal - they've been attacking for fifteen minutes straight and Everton can't fight back."

On the TV screen, the director cut out the data comparison at this time: ball possession rate, Arsenal 70%: 30% Everton, number of shots, Arsenal led 5:0.

"Everton was beaten without any power to fight back. Arsenal's condition seems to have improved a lot compared to a week ago. The most eye-catching thing in this game is Arsenal's wing attack, Theo Walcott Knocked Everton's left wing out!"

Twenty-nine-year-old Everton left-back Leighton Baines huffed and puffed.

His heart is somewhat broken. Logically speaking, he is also an experienced left-back with a registered permanent residence in the Premier League, and there are many wealthy teams who are interested in him.

But in this game, no, in the first fifteen minutes, I'm afraid his worth will be reduced by five million pounds.

Theo Walcott is like a divine assistant. His speed and high-speed movements on the ball make Baines unable to parry.

Everton's formation was forced to compress, and left winger Eden McGrady had to drop deep to help Baines guard the wing.

Arsenal's attack on the right wing seems to be much more flexible than in the past. Without the ball, Walcott does not hug the wing, but will take the initiative to cut inside, change positions, and seek small-scale cooperation to provide Bayern with more opportunities. Ens and McGrady had problems and mobilized Everton's defense.

Since Everton's two wide players are firmly pressed in the backcourt, Dani Carvajal can also boldly press forward to create opportunities on the wing.

"Walcott—he's like the wind!"

Theo Walcott got the ball again. He made no adjustments, started with the ball at full speed, and passed McGrady in a blink of an eye.

Leighton Bynes felt that his head was getting bigger. When Walcott became closer and closer in his field of vision, Bynes even felt that the area he was guarding was so vast.

As long as Walcott easily changes direction, he can get past himself...

Walcott did make a change of direction easily.

Although he is moving at extremely high speed, his control of the ball has not shrunk much.

He smashed the ball inward, completed a sharp change of direction, and entered the penalty area.

Everton's wide defense fell apart.

In the blink of an eye, the penalty area was filled with Arsenal players. After the team broke through the defense, Arsenal created multiple shooting points in front of the goal and waited for opportunities.

Walcott passed the ball to the inverted triangle in the center. Aubameyang calmly took two steps, avoided the interception of Everton center back Jagelka, and shot towards the goal guarded by American goalkeeper Tim Howard.

"The ball went in! Arsenal's crushing touches in the penalty area paid off. Everton lost the ball, one to zero!"

David Moyes watched silently, like a sculpture, as his team fell behind.

He felt like his team was like a small boat on a stormy sea.

Arsenal's attack gave him a suffocating sense of fear.

why?

Moyes couldn't understand. He had obviously made a lot of tactical arrangements for this game, but Arsenal's transformation speed was too scary.

Their improvement last season was eye-catching, and this season, Arsenal will have a group of players shine every few rounds, and the entire team's level will rise to a higher level.

Moyes doesn't believe Arsenal's young coach has magic, and he certainly doesn't think Arsenal cheated - no one would dare to use cheating methods such as drugs in the Premier League.

So where did Arsenal's progress come from?

Moyes has been thinking about this issue for the past ten minutes.

The Arsenal players lined up one after another like setting off fireworks. The only explanation is that Chen Yao's coaching skills can be called money-ball... How did he do it?

Moyes' thoughts drifted back to a few months ago, when Sir Alex Ferguson had discussed with him the possibility of taking over Manchester United. At that time, Moyes was very ambitious and he was waiting for an opportunity to join a giant.

Now, this opportunity has not come, but Moyes does not think that he does not have that ability, it is just that the time has not come yet.

But now, he began to waver—does he really have this ability?

Is a coach who has been involved in professional football for decades still inferior to a coach who has only one full year of coaching experience?

While Moyes was stunned, Everton's goal was breached again.

2:0, the goal was scored by Walcott, who scored a goal himself.

Aubameyang returned the favor and created an opportunity for Walcott who cut into the penalty area without the ball.

In the second half, Chen Yao replaced Kanter early to give him time to adapt to the game.

"Coach Chen Yao seems to be sure of victory... He replaced N'Golo Kante, a player who has not yet shown his adaption to the Premier League. However, Everton's performance in this half really failed to bring any improvement to Arsenal. To threaten.”

Chen Yao originally planned to replace Wilshere to find his condition, but his team bans on Szczesny and Wilshere continued.

He also wants to see the status of these two players in training. If their attitudes have really improved significantly, it will not be too late to let them play.

Chen Yao remembered that after completing the mission, the system gave several of his players the [Professional Qualification] ability, but humans are complex animals after all. Have they really changed?

The effect is concluded based on actual observation, not just based on system prompts.

"N'Golo Kante...seems to be a little stronger. Although he still staggered during the confrontation, he was almost not behind."

Everton's young English midfielder Ross Barkley complained about Kante's positioning.

Everton was already severely compressed into a small area by Arsenal and beaten. Ross Barkley occasionally created opportunities through difficult pass-and-run coordination.

But as long as he wants to pass through Arsenal's midfield, this black boy who appears out of nowhere will appear next to him inexplicably and haunt him.

Ross Barkley is regarded by David Moyes as the star of hope in the midfield. He is still very young and is not as strong and well versed in the essence of small movements as the veteran Premier League players.

Therefore, in the confrontation with N'Golo Kante, Ross Barkley did not get any favors at all and was repeatedly intercepted by Kante.

After Barkley was intercepted by Kanter for the fourth time, his mentality was distorted.

Kanter is like a wall, blocking Barkley and Everton, preventing their offense from flowing smoothly.

According to Moyes' plan, center Romero Lukaku should be at the front, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

But Lukaku has been doing nothing on the front line, and he simply cannot get the shells delivered by his teammates.

At the back, even Lukaku retreated to the half court dejectedly, formed a defensive formation with his teammates, and took the beating honestly.

The overall situation of the game was decided. Chen Yao looked at the schedule. The highlights of the December schedule were the next two games.

In the sixteenth round of the Premier League, Arsenal will face Manchester City.

In the seventeenth round of the Premier League, Arsenal will face Chelsea.

Manchester City is Arsenal's old rival. This season, Mancini's team is obviously lagging behind. The top four teams have been in the hands of Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea.

Chelsea is an interesting opponent. "Madman" Mourinho returned to the Blue Bridge and brought something different to this team.

Last season, Arsenal doubled Chelsea in the Europa League. What surprises will Mourinho bring to Mourinho this time he returns to the Blue Bridge?

Chen Yao still remembers that in another timeline, Wenger's Arsenal suffered a defeat when they met Mourinho's team.

This kind of thing will never happen again.

(End of this chapter)