Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium are always very enthusiastic.
Although Arsenal have not won a decent championship for several years and have continued to sell off their main players, their enthusiasm has not diminished much.
Because they believe in Wenger.
After all, Arsenal had been in decline for a long time before Wenger took over. It was the Frenchman who quickly reversed Arsenal's decline and made Arsenal Manchester United's only opponent in the early stages of the Premier League. Although now other strong teams have
With the increase, Arsenal has begun to lag behind. They have not won any decent honors after the 2003-04 season. This season they have lost a core like Cesc Fabregas and have begun a new round of reconstruction.
This is actually Wenger's habit of building a team. It takes two or three years to build an excellent team and then strive for honors. This is how the undefeated team in the 2003-04 season was built, but Fabre
The team of Gass, Nasri and Van Persie has begun to fall apart before they can win the honor, which makes many people feel that this kind of thinking is out of date.
Of course, it's too early to talk about this now.
Even though Arsenal suffered a series of disastrous defeats before this game, and even though Arsenal were missing seven members of the first team in this game, Arsenal fans still shouted and supported their head coach.
When the players from both sides dispersed on the field and the game started, huge cheers enveloped the entire Emirates Stadium.
The two sides quickly started fighting on the court.
Needless to say, Arsenal have always been a representative of the technical flow of the Premier League. The ball is constantly passed around at their feet, and then they score goals through penetration. This kind of offense will be very pleasing to the eye when played well. Arsenal's
The game viewing has indeed always been very high.
However, such tactics are based on excellent tacit understanding and top-notch organizers. Wenger is not a stickler for old times. His Arsenal has played more and more delicate and gorgeous games in the past few years. It is not Wenger.
He has to play like this because he has a core like Cesc Fabregas.
Now that this core has left, Arteta, who has been brought in again, is also a member of La Masia's youth training and an organizational midfielder, but Arteta, who has played in the Scottish Premiership and Premier League all year round, is not that delicate.
He is the midfielder, and it will take time to launch an attack around him.
So Arsenal's offense still looks the same as before, but underneath it has undergone huge changes.
Although Southampton has always been used to controlling the ball at their feet, in this game, they played a simpler and more direct way.
When attacking, try to pass the ball to Mkhitaryan and create opportunities through his breakthrough. After disrupting the opponent's defense, he will distribute the ball when he has the opportunity. If he has no chance, he will pass the ball to Matuidi who is following behind.
Or Schneiderlin, and then they distribute the ball to the wing to launch an attack.
This style of play sounds simple, but the level is quite high, especially when Southampton has two high-level wingers.
Nolito is also an excellent winger. He is not slow, has excellent foot skills and accurate crosses. His failure to play in Barcelona is not because he is too bad, but because Barcelona's system is too strong now, and every position
The players on the team are also becoming perfect, let alone him, players like Ibrahimovic and Yaya Toure can't even get in.
From this perspective, the exclusivity of Barcelona's system is indeed very strong.
William on the other side is even more of an outstanding center.
In addition, the Arsenal left back who is marking him is Gibbs, who has only been established this season. He is also a newcomer, and his cooperation with his teammates is not good to begin with, so it is even harder to get support from his teammates.
Sagna was still struggling to support Nolito's impact, but Gibbs couldn't stand it anymore.
At the 13th minute of the game, Matuidi gave the ball to Willian, who dribbled the ball forward. His speed was not particularly fast, but he was very stable in holding the ball and had a strong ability to move forward.
First, a fake move on a bicycle caused Gibbs' center of gravity to shift. William quickly accelerated towards the baseline and broke through, tempting Gibbs to chase. Then he made an emergency stop, dunked the ball horizontally, and headed towards the penalty area.
Breakthrough within!
When Gibbs turned around again, William was already in the penalty area. Gibbs, who had lost his position, could only continue to interfere from behind.
Giroud struggled with Mertesacker in the penalty area. He rarely encountered a central defender whose height could suppress him. Koscielny came to fill in and block Willian's progress.
As soon as William raised his foot, he passed the ball to the edge of the penalty area. Mkhitaryan, who advanced forward, received the ball and raised his foot to shoot.
Frimpong rushed up from the side, made a perfect block, and used his body to block Mkhitaryan's shot.
He is too inexperienced - although Mkhitaryan can be considered a young player, his experience is much higher than that of Frimpong, who has just played in the first team.
The moment he touched the ball, he changed the way he touched the ball, moved the ball diagonally forward, rushed past Frimpong, who had lost his reaction space, and then broke into the penalty area...
What happens next is simple.
Although Mkhitaryan is not as comprehensive as Vidal and has become a substitute, his direct threat to the goal is much better than Vidal.
Giroud held Mertesacker, and Szczesny could only attack, trying to stop the ball before Mkhitaryan shot.
However, as soon as Mkhitaryan entered the penalty area, he quickly kicked off the shot close to the penalty spot!
The ball roared into the upper right corner of the goal. Szczesny only had time to wave his arm, and the ball had already entered the net!
"The ball went in! With a wonderful combination, Mkhitaryan scored! Arsenal's defense was completely stretched out! What was their midfield doing? They didn't provide enough protection for the defense at all!"
The commentator shouted loudly that in Southampton's series of attacks, Arsenal's midfielder did have some problems. Ramsey didn't know where he went, and Frimpong was easily got rid of...
"Man, what can you do if you don't have a strong waist?" Ji Ya sighed.
In fact, Arsenal's backbone this season is just being adjusted and is not bad. However, the bad suspension and injuries have made their backbone very fragile now.
And Southampton can rotate the two main players, and the offense and defense in the midfield will not be affected at all.
This is Southampton's biggest advantage in this game.
Their current advantage on the field is also established through the midfield.
This makes Arsenal fans extremely depressed and helpless.
