Chapter 96 - Chapter 97 Arsenal's Weakness

Although his opponent is only a League Two team, Arsenal fans are not unfamiliar with this low-level team in London. Thanks to a famous Arsenal fan Nick Hornby, who wrote a novel in the form of a memoir while seeing a psychologist. Originally, he just described a football fan's personal journey in detail with a detailed structure of chronicles, which is also a way to treat mental illness. But who knew that after this book was published, it unexpectedly became a bestseller and became a bestseller.

The classics of football books were later changed into movies. The most important part is that it describes Arsenal's goal in the last minute of the game, which determined the goal of the whole season, creating a historic classic scene of winning the championship in the last minute. Before that, the male protagonist vented after Arsenal lost: "If Arsenal always looks like this, I might as well support the Eastern team!" It is precisely because of this sentence that Arsenal fans remembered this classic novel and this classic movie when they saw that their opponent was Leiden Oriental...

Arsenal fans may have great resonance when they see this movie, while Leiden Oriental fans often swear by it after seeing this movie - "It's better to support the Oriental team!" This is a bit uncomfortable to hear.

Since this game is the first game of acting coach Riocci, although Arsenal's performance in the league was not very good some time ago, nearly 30,000 Arsenal fans still poured into the Highbury Stadium, all of whom hope that Arsenal can win a beautiful victory in this game and then clear up the decline.

Compared with nearly 30,000 Arsenal fans, more than a thousand Leiden Oriental fans are like water droplets in the sea, not at all. Sawyer, who led the lead, looked at the Arsenal fans who sang helplessly, completely suppressing the shouting of Leiden Oriental fans, and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, after the game is over, you all come to support the Eastern team! Xiao, you must kill them and let them know how powerful Leiden Oriental is!"

Although he opened a bar, Sawyer always went to watch the game on site during the game, so the bar was handed over to the people who worked for him. Seeing Leiden Oriental's outstanding performance now, Sawyer also gradually became confident in the team. Besides, although Leiden Oriental has only one mortal enemy, that is, West Ham United, due to his excellent relationship with Tottenham, Tottenham and Arsenal are absolutely mortal enemies (Chelsea cannot compete with these two teams now), and the relationship between Leiden Oriental and Arsenal can only be said to be average...

"Winger hasn't come yet, we don't have a chance to win. Although Arsenal is now defending tightly and playing roughly, it's not without weaknesses." Xiao Ming thought secretly, especially after seeing Arsenal's starting lineup, Xiao Ming has more confidence in this game.

Arsenal's weakness is not their defense or their offense. In terms of defense, the five defenders are the first-class defense line in the entire Premier League. They cooperate tacitly and have rich experience; in terms of offense, Borgkamp's skills need not be said, Wright is the super scorer with the most goals among Arsenal's active players. Although he is a little older, he still has a strong sensation.

Arsenal's weakness lies in their midfield.

Although the midfielder composed of Palol, Pratt, Mosen and Heddle is not very famous, the two players in the middle of the midfield Pratt and Mosen are both technical players with average defensive ability. Pratt, who has played in Italy for several years, is still both offensive and defensive, but Mosen is hard to show off his defensive ability.

The protection at the front of the penalty area is not enough, and no matter how hard the defender works, it is useless. No wonder Wenger's first thing after taking office was to bring Vieira and then buy Petit. The first thing to make up for is the position of defending the midfielder in the middle. After buying Vieira, he immediately won the Premier League championship in the 1997-98 season.

Since he knows what Arsenal’s biggest problem is now and if he doesn’t prescribe the right medicine, Xiao Ming will have atrophy of the cerebellum.

After carefully studying the game video of Leiden Oriental that can be found, Riocci found that Leiden Oriental's most threatening is their attack from both sides. Jin Klaze's skill and Pobosky's speed both made him frightened, and Jankoler's high-altitude advantage in the penalty area also made him frown tightly. In his opinion, with these three people alone, Leiden Oriental's offense is enough to sweep most of the League Two teams.

However, Rioc was not particularly worried about this. Arsenal's wide defense was quite good. Dixon and Winterburn were both full-backs with excellent defensive abilities, and Palor and Heddle were also players with strong physical and excellent running abilities. This is not surprising. After Graham coached for nine years, Arsenal has always been known for its fierceness and savage violence, so that Wenger transformed Arsenal into a gorgeous army in his first season.

In Riocci's view, with Arsenal's defensive ability on the wing, it is not difficult to block Leiden East's offense. With the reduction of crosses on the wing, I believe that Jankoler will not play any role under the control of captain Adams. On the offense, Riocci bet on the middle offense. Mosson and Pratt are both rare technical players in England. Borgkamp's skills are undoubtedly, and Ian Wright's ability to grab points in front of the goal is also superb. Several players in Leiden East's middle are very good in physical fitness, but these excellent players seem to be unable to do so.

When thinking about this, Leochi would never have thought that he would touch an iron plate because Xiao Ming also pressed Bao on the middle lane.

If Horan and Brynn in Leiden's Eastern Middle Road are only physically reasonable, but Barack and Stam... if they have bodies alone, will they achieve future achievements?

What's more, sometimes, technical players are afraid of the rushing and striking of muscular men, not to mention that Barack and Stam are both big guys and great wisdom.

Paul Mosen controlled the ball at his feet, looked at the tall German young man in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face.

Mosen is a rare local technical genius. His outstanding footwork can even compete with Gascoin. Another thing that looks very similar to Gascoin is that he will not be worse than Gascoin when he drinks heavily. After using a free kick to help Adams score a goal and defeat Tottenham in the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1993, Mosen was excited to make alcoholic moves in the stands to fight back against the criticism of him. This celebration is considered one of the most controversial celebration moves in English football history.

Although he is twenty-seven years old, Mosen's temper has never changed. He is very confident in his skills. Although the big guy in front of him is about ten centimeters taller than him, is it useful to have height on the football field?

German football is very good, and one of their veterans is also very good, but among the young German players, there seems to be no outstanding players. Besides, if he is really outstanding, will he play football in a League Two team?

Moxon's idea is very good. After the group of German players represented by Klinsmann and Mattus, German football did have a talent gap, and there were few stars who could show off. But Barack was called the only midfield superstar in the German team in the 2002 World Cup!

After dribbing the ball close to Barack, Mosen first dunked the ball to the left. Seeing Barack shifting his center of gravity to block his progress, he immediately quickly moved the ball back. Barack also quickly moved his body to defend. A cunning light flashed in Mosen's eyes, and his ankle shook, dunked the ball back again, then pushed the ball through Barack's wide legs, and as soon as he lowered his body, he flashed past Barack.

This series of actions was done in one go, and Mosen felt that he was in good condition today, but when he bypassed Barack, he was stunned - there was only a green lawn in front of him, and he couldn't see the black and white elf...

Just as he was about to poke the ball between Barack's legs, Barack had quickly intercepted the ball from the middle, and then rushed forward with two big steps, throwing Mosen a distance away.

"This German boy reacted very quickly..." Pratt thought in his heart and greeted Barak. Barak did not get into him much, but made a straight pass, passing it to Jinklaze who moved from the left to the middle. Jinklaze dribbled the ball and counterattacked. Seeing Jankoler running out of the penalty area, he immediately passed the ball straight, but Adams quickly defended it and cut the ball off in advance.

"Adams... is worthy of being Arsenal's decisive needle, but such a front-circling defense is very risky. Can you really not make any mistakes at once?" Xiao Ming thought coldly.

The ball was passed to Mosen's feet again. Mosen's skills were indeed excellent. Moreover, the tactics that Riocci arranged before the game was to attack from the middle and focus on defense on the wing. After nine years of training by Graham, Arsenal players were quite determined to perform tactics, so despite the first attack being blocked, Arsenal passed the ball to Mosen for the second time and asked him to organize the attack.

After being intercepted for the first time, Mosen felt that he seemed to underestimate the opponent. If the ball could be controlled more tightly, this big guy would not be able to cut off his ball. So after dribbled the ball and approached Barack, Mosen shook it twice in a row, and immediately drove the ball to his right, forcibly using his speed to get rid of the opponent!

Barack is so big that his speed is definitely not as fast as himself. At the same time, the right-footed player is generally slower than moving to the right. Mosen chose this breakthrough method and this breakthrough direction, which is considered to be extremely detailed.

But just as he forced a breakthrough, Barack turned around at the same time and his body pressed on Mosen. Under Barack's strong body, Mosen immediately lost his balance. Barack took a few steps and caught up with the ball, then passed the ball to Stam behind. Stam immediately passed the ball to the right, and Daniel rushed forward after receiving the ball.

Although Xiao Ming asked the players to try their best to play in the middle before the game, he did not forbid them from attacking from the wing. After Daniel took the ball, he saw that the defense in front of him was not particularly strong, so he dribbled the ball over the midfield and then passed the ball to Pobosky in front.

Poboski forced a breakthrough under Winterburn's defense, and after dodging a pass, he passed the ball into the penalty area. This time, Jankoler relied on his height to block Adams behind him. Just as he was about to jump up and head the ball, Shiman attacked in time and grabbed the ball from the air in front of Jankoler.

Seeing this scene, Leocci felt relieved: "Well, it seems that there is no problem with the defense of the two sides. With Dixon and Winterburn, even if the two young wing players can form crosses, they will not be able to cut inside and break through and then pass the threatening ball... If it is just a cross, with Himan's air blocking and Adams' interference, it will be no difficulty for Leiden East to score. Now it's only a matter of whether the frontcourt can break through their defense. That German boy's defensive ability is really good."

Xiao Ming frowned - Arsenal's wing defense is indeed quite good. It seems that he has done the right arrangement before the game. Only in the middle can he find a chance to score.

After Mosen took the ball for the third time and was intercepted by Barack twice in a row, Mosen never dared to underestimate the German midfielder again. Maybe he is not experienced enough, but his excellent physical fitness can completely control most of his breakthrough methods. And depending on the frequency of his running, even if he shakes past him, he can catch up and defend quickly, unless he can completely shake him down - but is it easy to see Barack's sense of balance shown in the game?

So when Mosen spiked away from Barack's block, he immediately passed the ball to Borgkamp who pulled out of the penalty area to meet. Although Borgkamp's position is a striker, he is not the forward who broke forward. Using his skills and ball-making ability to connect to the midfield is what Borgkamp is best at.

This is also the biggest reason why Borgkamp was snatched away by Paul Sousa's main striker position in Inter Milan - Inter Milan did not let Borgkamp play the second striker, but let him stand at the forefront and hope to play his scoring ability. But you should know that except for Ajax who scored more than twenty goals in three consecutive seasons, he has not scored twenty goals in each season since then! Even in the 1997-98 season, which helped Arsenal win the league championship and was recognized as the best performance, he only scored sixteen goals - a striker like him is not originally reflected in the goals!

After receiving the ball, Borgkamp immediately showed his graceful dance moves. With a light pull, he dodged Holland who rushed to fill the position and faced Leiden East's defense line directly.

The first one to pounce was Bogkamp's Dutch compatriot Stam.

Borgkamp, ​​Dutchman, striker, was born in 1969 and is now twenty-six years old.

Stam, Dutch, defender, was born in 1972 and is now twenty-three.

Although he is only three years older than Stam, Borgkamp's reputation is now thirty times greater than Stam.

He was born in the most famous Ajax youth training camp in the Netherlands. He had a record in the Eredivisie at the age of 16, won three top scorers in the Eredivisie and countless personal honors. He then joined the Serie A giant Inter Milan, played for the Dutch national team at the age of 21, and participated in the European Cup at the age of 23. He is known as the "Ice Prince". He is the number one striker and chief scorer of the Dutch national team now.

If Borgkamp is the most orthodox sect, then Stam is a wild player who works hard among the gangs in the world. He is still playing in the Dutch N-level team at the age of 22 and has never been selected into any first-level Dutch national team. Compared with Borgkamp, ​​he is simply in the sky and underground.

But on the football field, it is always the fairest. When two players meet, their background, honor, and resume are of no use. Only the ability of individuals to play on the court can they compete and win.

Seeing Stam rushing towards him, Borgkamp's cold face, which was as cold as ice and snow, moved slightly. He knew that there was a Dutch player in Leiden East, but he didn't care at the time. After the Bosman transfer rules began, Dutch players became popular figures in major European leagues. I wonder how many players play football abroad. After all, the income from playing football in those places is more than in the Netherlands. But judging from the momentum of this guy rushing up, it seems that he is not at an average level. Why haven't you heard of this name before?

With a thought in his mind, Borgkamp's feet were not slow at all. He directly pushed the ball to the side, dodged Stam's foot, and then jumped over Stam's side with almost no trace of fireworks.

The acclaim and applause of Arsenal fans sounded in the stands. Although he had only been at Arsenal for half a season, the Dutch had already conquered the hearts of all Arsenal fans with his excellent skills. After getting used to Graham's violent football that uses long passes and rudeness to the extreme, Borgkamp's skills made all Gunner fans feel another kind of football.

But the cheers stopped. After everyone clearly saw that the stretched out feet were avoided by Borgkamp, ​​Stam did not hesitate at all. He immediately turned his body quickly with the support foot as the axis, and then turned around and hit the shoulders of Borgkamp, ​​who had just started to take a sluggish footsteps!

Although Borgkamp is an excellent technical player, his physical fitness is not bad. His height of 1.83 meters and 78 kilograms make him not inferior in most of the confrontations. However, the power of Stam hitting him was too great, and he happened to have only one foot on the ground. After being hit, Borgkamp was hit and almost half a meter away, so the ball was naturally lost.

The stands were quiet for a second, then immediately there were huge booing and roars, and countless roars sounded: "Foof! Does that mist want to kill someone? Referee, send him off!"

Sawyer and a group of people were shouting, "It's against your mother's rules!" But the shouts of less than a thousand of them were too small, and they were easily suppressed by the other party's roar...

However, the referee was not disturbed by the atmosphere in the stands. Even if Stam was drifted by Borgkamp, ​​he would face most of the defense line in Leiden East. This was not a very serious foul, nor was it a foul that intentionally hurt people. Borgkamp looked exaggerated when he flew out, but in fact he was not hurt.

The referee warned Stam a few times but did not show a yellow card. The booed above the Highbury Stadium even louder, and the fans of Leiden East were laughing.

Xiao Ming looked at the stage, and a sneer flashed across the corner of his mouth.

Hush, shit, my players will not be affected, but will the Arsenal players who have just experienced the turbulent coach change, bear such an impact? The louder you shit, the more help you will help us...

Borgkamp slapped the dirt on his body and stood up without changing his face. Stam's collision just wanted to stop him and did not intend to hurt him. And this time he was knocked out was not without gains - Arsenal got a direct free kick twenty-six meters away from the goal, which was within his range.

At the same time, he also felt that although his Dutch compatriot was big, he was not slow to turn around at all, and his judgment ability was excellent...

It seems that the head coach's judgment before the start of the game was wrong. Such a defender is difficult to defeat purely with his skills.

Leiden East lined up a five-man wall, Solskjaer, Jankoler, Poboski, Jinklaze, Horan, and others were all helping to defend in the penalty area. Borgkamp's free kick was very outstanding. His footwork was delicate and his control of the ball was quite accurate, which was quite threatening in this position.

Jiwen loudly directed the wall to block the goal on one side tightly. He put Yankolle on the outside and then lined up from high to low in turn. With Yankolle's height, it was unlikely to hit the ball from his head, but the height of others was much worse, especially Jinklaze, who was just over 1.7 meters tall, and he could only put it in the inside line.

After seeing the human wall being laid, Ji Wen came to this side near the far corner, bent down slightly, took a deep breath and stared at Borgkamp's movements.

The referee blew a whistle that could take the penalty, and Borgkamp started running. After running close to the ball, he raised his right foot and kicked the middle and lower part of the ball!

The ball flew up from the lawn and brought up a piece of grass chips.

The human walls in Leiden East almost did not play much role. Borgkamp did not choose the top of Jankoler's head, but directly let the ball go around Jinklaze's head, and then directly arced outwards and flew towards the blind spot of the goal!

A perfect free kick!

Just as Borgkamp shot the ball out, Ji Wen kicked his feet, ready to go, and he burst out with huge power, his whole body flew out, then stretched out his right hand in the air, and saw the falling ball with force!

The ball was plucked out!

"Excellent save!" John Motson, a famous commentator of bbc, couldn't help but shout loudly: "Borgkamp's direct free kick can be considered perfect, but Sai Jiwen's save is even more impeccable! It's hard to believe that he is only 1.81 meters tall... The defense of Michel Barak and Japi Stam is enough to surprise, but Jiwen's performance is even more exciting! He saved Borgkamp's direct free kick! It's hard to imagine that the League Two teams can have so many outstanding players, let alone them

The two-wing Georgian Jozel Jinklaze and Czech Karel Pobosky were the last time Leiden Oriental appeared on the British National Channel in 1994. At that time, their former chairman sold the club to the current head coach for a low price of five pounds due to bankruptcy, a Chinese-American Chinese restaurant owner. Unexpectedly, Leiden Oriental had a complete change after that... This boss is Xiao Ming, who is now commanding the game in the coach's seat! A very amazing young man, both as a boss and as a coach..."

Jiwen saved the ball from the baseline just now, so Motson had time to start his chatter. Before the start of this game, he realized that this would be a game with enough information to dig, and now Leiden Oriental's performance has not disappointed him!

Palor took a corner kick. Wright was about to grab a shot from the front point, but Daniel, who was guarding the front point, pushed the ball out first. The ball fell to Jinklaze's feet in front. Jinklaze turned around and dodged Pratt's robbery, and then passed the ball into Arsenal's half!

Pobosky ran quickly towards the landing point of the ball. Fortunately, Boulder, who was guarding the backcourt, made a accurate judgment and almost rushed to the sideline before Pobosky got the ball. Otherwise, after Pobosky got the ball, it would be rare to catch up with Arsenal's older defense line.

"I suddenly had a premonition when seeing Leiden East's performance so far." Motson smiled and said, "Maybe there will be no good luck in coaching the first game. Look at Leiden East's performance. Is this the strength of a League Two team? Obviously, they have hit a solid ball in this game!"

"Damn Motterson, what are you talking nonsense!" For a moment, I don't know how many Arsenal fans yelled in front of the TV.
Chapter completed!