They flew back to London City overnight. After the winter break, the Arsenal team's schedule began to fill up again. On the third day after the draw ceremony, they had to go to the fourth lap of the FA Cup away.

Their opponents are not strong in this game. They are now preparing to advance to the Premier League in the English Championship. For this team that was just relegated last season, all other events this season have no meaning.

So it is actually foreseeable that even if you face Arsenal at home, Brighton will not play too hard.

They may only line up their main players because of their fans' attraction because of their home court. As for what they play, it's different.

However, even when facing such an opponent, the professor was meticulous and rigorous in the arrangement of troops. The day before the game, after the team's training ended another day, he summoned all the players to the conference room.

“We will rotate tomorrow’s game.”

“…”

Just as the team's substitute became instantly happy because of the coach's words, the professor continued to say it immediately.

"But if I find that anyone's performance on the court makes me unhappy, I don't mind letting him do it well and feel the temperature of the bench."

He said a harsh word, and the Gunner's locker room was drained by a basin of cold water just as he wanted to get lively.

Obviously the professor said this was not a joke. When he turned around and started to turn on the electronic screen to show the team formation, the players sitting turned to each other and looked at each other.

"Then, the formation we will play in the away game tomorrow is 442."

With the away game plus rotation, the professor's arrangement is mainly stable.

"In the forward team, Giroud and Neymar, left forward Chamberlain, right forward Cassorla."

A new forward team has appeared, and Girogan Neymar's partner has not appeared in the team's game. This is also the first time Neymar has appeared in the shadow forward position outside the winger position when starting.

He was reluctant to speak but stopped and chose to shut up after seeing the professor's trusted eyes. Obviously, the professor did not want the player's talent to be limited to one position, but chose to develop it in an all-round way.

"Rossicki and Ramsey are in the double midfield. You two tasks are to stabilize the team's offensive rhythm. What I need is a sustainable rhythm~"

It is obvious that the tactical ideas of teaching this game are not as strong as their overall strength. Instead of being able to attack fast attacks and fast defenses that are easily injured and fouled, it is better to sharpen the flesh with a blunt knife and take it slowly.

As long as you can seize one or two opportunities, the team will be enough to win the game.

"Back, Alba, Vermalen, Koscheerny, Macon, goalkeeper Fabianski."

Even the goalkeeper was rotated, and it can be seen that the professor was determined to let some main players rest in this game, and no one had any objections to this.

Liu Feng and Gansuo, who were sitting together, just looked at each other and smiled helplessly. In fact, they were still in a qualified state during training, but the professor may have considered that they had a long-distance flight with him or not put them in the starting position.

"Come in the parking lot at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, don't let me see anyone late."

"clear!"

There was not much nonsense. After the lineup was announced, the professor directly announced the disbandment. The team members dispersed and waited for the next day to set off.

...

American Express Community Stadium, Brighton's home court, had countless fans gathered here long before the Arsenal bus arrived.

Compared to the occupancy rate of this stadium that can accommodate more than 30,000 people during the home team's game, which can accommodate more than 30,000 people, the tickets for this game have been sold out early.

Obviously, Arsenal has a very big influence. Except for about 20,000 home fans, there are a total of 10,000 tickets purchased by Arsenal.

On both sides of the street outside the home team's stadium, even many Brighton fans came here to meet the Gunners' big stars.

"boom!!!"

When the Gunners' bus appeared, they were not booing but huge cheers, which stunned the players in the car.

After seeing the Arsenal flags and scarves everywhere outside the car window, the Gunners who reacted interacted with the fans one after another. The interactions did not end until the bus entered the parking lot.

This scene continued until both sides warmed up, and the excited Gunners fans cheered no more than those of Brighton. Both teams felt the enthusiasm of supporting their own teams.

When the game started, the constant calls from Arsenal and Arsenal made the Gunners feel that this was a away game.

In this game, both sides are not at the same heavyweight category, there is no doubt that.

Brighton coach Garcia knew this very well. He set up a 451 bus formation from the beginning to play against Arsenal. Even in the captain's rock-scissors-sports, they still chose to kick off even though Brighton won.

This also leads to the fact that after the game started with a whistle, the game went directly into the bus offensive and defensive battle.

Due to the professor's tactical arrangement, Arsenal was not in a hurry at all. Rosici played steadily and controlled the ball and then completed several beautiful breaks and outs in the midfield from time to time. Other players also moved with his rhythm.

Such a game was undoubtedly slow. The fans in the stands of the entire stadium were cheering passionately for more than ten minutes and the fans on both sides began to make shocking calls only when their teams performed well.

"Arsenal has been passing steadily. They are all waiting for Rosici to find the gap in their opponent's defense, but this is very difficult, oh~, pass the ball to Neymar, and Neymar retreated to the center circle to get the ball."

In the 35th minute of the game, just as Zhan Jun was racking his brains to provide some ideas for the Gunners' offense, changes finally occurred on the court.

When Neymar just got the ball, Brighton's midfielder David Lopez appeared in front of him, but he didn't slow down at all and rushed forward to his opponent without slowing down.

"The bicycle movement and change direction are done in one go! Neymar's center of gravity has changed too quickly, which makes Lopez unable to keep up with his pace at all."

The gap appeared, not through transmission, but through one person, Neymar continued to dribble the ball forward, Brighton's 5 midfield layout was disrupted, and the Gunners' offensive players quickly moved.
Chapter completed!