Clichy's left wing faced huge defensive pressure and it was difficult to play any role on the offensive end. Therefore, when Arsenal counterattacked, they could only find a way from their own right wing.
However, Li Ang was already prepared for this.
Sagna is indeed a very capable player. He was really stable in the first few seasons after arriving at Arsenal. He won the Premier League's best right back of the season and even pushed Eboue to the right midfielder. However, Li Ang
I have studied this player thoroughly. Clichy’s biggest shortcoming is that his offensive methods are too monotonous. He always crosses from outside to the bottom, and the passes are not accurate. Let’s put it this way. Generally speaking, Sagna is famous.
A qualified defensive back... It is unrealistic to expect Sagna to cause too much trouble for Inter Milan on the offensive end. At the very least, Inter Milan, who has been prepared for it for a long time, is not afraid of this.
When Modric was injured, Li Ang sent Muntari to start. Compared with Modric, Muntali's role on the offensive end was greatly reduced, but his contribution on defense was more. Under Li Ang's
Under the arrangement, Muntari paid attention to help defend his left side. When Evra pressed out, Muntari protected his side's left side very well and restricted Sagna very well.
The French full-back, who has performed well this season, was very uncomfortable in this game...
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In the 21st minute of the game, Sagna went down again and prepared to cross.
Muntari's judgment was accurate. Before Sagna's cross, he stretched out his legs to block the ball. After the football hit Muntari's legs, it rebounded to Sagna's legs. Except for the sideline, Arsenal did not even have a sideline ball.
Didn't catch it.
Muntari quickly threw the sideline ball, and Inter Milan quickly launched a counterattack.
When Sagna desperately returned to defense, Inter Milan passed the ball continuously, and the football came to Mata's feet. The Spanish star dribbled the ball and deceived Senderos who came to cover in the movement, and then, fiercely
He accelerated into the penalty area and was pushed to the ground by French national team teammate Cesc Fabregas who rushed back to defend.
The Inter Milan bench cheered. They stood up on the bench and shouted - they all thought it was a foul. Fabregas fouled Mata in the penalty area and Inter Milan should be given a penalty kick.
Li Ang also stood up from the coaching bench.
No penalty!
The referee Hansen from Belgium waved his hand for Mata to stand up.
Li Ang was furious on the sidelines. Of course he thought his players had been violated. This was definitely a penalty kick!
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"No penalty! No penalty! Referee Hansen thinks there is no penalty!"
"Counterattack! Inter Milan presses hard, this is Arsenal's chance to counterattack!"
At this time, Arsenal had already launched a counterattack.
Fabregas passed the football quickly. After Eboue took the ball, he dribbled the ball at high speed. At the same time, Hleb, Diaby and Adebayor all pushed forward desperately.
Sagna, who was desperately returning to defense, also began to run back to participate in the attack.
Arsenal's attack this time was still a familiar formula after advancing into the frontcourt.
The football was eventually passed to the feet of Sagna on the right. However, after repeated sprints back and forth, the French right back was obviously unable to keep up physically. His subsequent pass was not a threat and was easily passed by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar from the air.
picked.
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After so many rounds, the game entered an anxious state, with both sides playing aggressive football. It was very lively.
"It's an open game!"
"For the fans, such a game is definitely worth the price of admission!"
There was a lot of excitement on the field.
But if you look closely at the inside, you will find that the situation is very different for the two teams.
Even though they were fighting each other, they were still playing well.
But Inter Milan's morale is higher, their running is more active than Arsenal's, Inter Milan's players are flying all over the field.
Moreover, the most important thing is that Inter Milan's offense is more coordinated. They advance very quickly, run in a timely manner, and cooperate very well. Almost every attack is enough to make Arsenal break into a cold sweat.
Arsenal's offense seems to be very powerful, but there are very few opportunities to truly threaten Inter Milan's goal.
Moreover, as Li Ang predicted, after he asked the team to put more pressure on Clichy's side, Arsenal's offense seemed to be lame and could only rely on Sagna's side, while France
The right back's assist ability obviously cannot support Arsenal's effective offense.
Moreover, I don’t know what Wenger’s considerations and arrangements were. Arsenal reduced their ground attacks today and increased their crosses from the wing. It seems to be to take advantage of Adebayor’s header in front of the goal.
and the ability to grab points.
However, it is obvious that Li Ang has been prepared for this. Neither Samuel nor Chivu are afraid of Adebayor in high-altitude balls.
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Under such circumstances, Inter Milan's offense became more and more threatening, while Arsenal, on the other hand, began to become more impatient even though it was difficult to actually threaten Inter Milan's goal.
Li Ang could see clearly from the sidelines that he wanted to speed up Arsenal's impatience.
Obviously, the best way to attack Arsenal most effectively and make Arsenal fall into chaos due to impatience is: score goals!
Inter Milan needs to score more goals to put pressure on Arsenal.
Now one goal ahead of Arsenal, which puts the entire Arsenal team under pressure!
If another goal is scored, it won't just be pressure.
It will make Arsenal feel a little desperate: at home, in the two-round knockout round, trailing 2-0 at home. What a terrible situation this is. I believe Arsenal's players will understand it deeply.
In extreme cases, this may even accelerate Arsenal's collapse!
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Li Ang could see the impatience of Arsenal players on the field, and Wenger could certainly see it too.
"Do you want to recycle the formation?" Wenger's assistant and legendary Arsenal defender Steven Bold asked. He believes that under such circumstances, Arsenal should play defensive counterattack, and the team should try to avoid conceding goals again.
Now we need to focus on stability.
Wenger did not answer immediately, he was thinking about it.
Subsequently, Wenger did not accept the advice of his assistants. I don't know if it was because of his "must win" remarks before the game that made Wenger extremely eager to win. Instead, the Arsenal head coach chose more aggressive tactics.
Wenger then conveyed his tactical instructions to the whole team: Arsenal must play more aggressively and be oppressive!
"Arsena!" Steven Bould also wanted to persuade Wenger.
"We need to score goals now!" the professor said, breathing heavily.
Bould shrank his neck and said nothing more. After all, in the final analysis, he is just an assistant and can only provide advice. Wenger is the head coach and the one who makes the decisions.
