Chapter nine hundred and nineteen fierce competition
Taking advantage of the home court, on the day of the game, Arsenal team worked hard at their own training base for a long time before setting off for the Emirates Stadium.
In this game, the team's condition was not good but not bad. After several decisions, the professor finally arranged a 4231 formation.
Liu Feng was placed on a single arrow, behind him were Wilshire, Ganso and Ramsey, and then there was the de Jonga Granero combination who performed significantly well in the last game.
Such five midfielders have offense and defense and are sufficient in thickness, and the high-altitude ball protection of several players is quite good, which is an effective restraint for Everton, who likes to play traditional long passes and rushes in the Premier League.
On the back line, Alba and Alves are one left and one right, and Mertesacker and Vermullen are paired with two defenders, which is the strongest back line the Gunners are used to.
As for the goalkeeper position, the Gunners' current goalkeeper Szczesni is naturally the only one.
Overall, after setting up such a lineup, the Gunners seem to have both offense and defense. Viganla's fast attack and fast defense in the three-midfielder plus Liu Feng is enough to cause a lot of trouble for the opponent.
Granero and De Jong are a long pass expert and an interceptor engineer combination to form the team's second midfield defense line on the midfield defense line, and they can directly connect with Liu Feng on the front line at any time.
The professor formulated the tactics of ball control and counterattack for the team, which is very consistent with this formation and lineup.
Perhaps the only thing that Wenger regrets is that Rosici suffered a minor injury in the last game. He cannot start in this game. Otherwise, as the midfielder who best suits his passing and control philosophy, he will definitely be playing Rosici in this game.
When the Gunners arrived at the Emirates Stadium, their opponent Everton had also come from afar.
Compared to Arsenal in Wednesday's match, Everton is extremely relaxed. They only had one game in the whole week, which was a showdown with Arsenal.
They were within three-pointers of the sixth position in the league and fourth place in the league, and they spent six days preparing for this game. They coach Moyes targeted them from almost every angle and tactic.
For Moyes, who has taken over Everton for more than ten years, there is almost no situation where his team can implement his own tactics.
Therefore, when we came to Emirates Stadium to start warming up, the morale of the Toffees team was quite high.
Although it was a away game, their opponents were exhausted enough to get to their own matches in Wednesdays. If they could not defeat them, they deserved to enter the Champions League.
Since the warm-up, the Everton players looked at the Gunners with a desire to challenge. They can't wait to experience the strength of their opponents at home in the league leader's opponent.
Time flies, and the time from warm-up to before the start of the game quickly passes.
When both sides stood on the court and Everton took the lead in getting the kickoff and put it off, everyone's eyes gathered on the court.
"Shh!!!"
"CCTV CCTV, good evening, audience, you are watching the 29th round of the 2012-2013 Premier League season. I am commentator Liu Jianhong."
"Hello everyone, I am the commentator Zhan Jun."
As the referee whistle sounded, the game officially kicked off. The eyes of the two commentators came to Everton with the camera, and Zhan Jun took the lead in introducing the team's starting lineup.
"In this game, Moyes lined up 442 formations for his team. Miraras and Annichebe played together in the forward position, and the four midfielders were Fellaini, Gibson, Ottoman and Pinal... "
The starlight in Everton's formation is extremely rare, but this contrasts the value of this team being able to firmly grasp the top six positions in the league this season.
In the four-back position, Distin, Jagilka, Barnes and Coleman, although the four teams are not famous this season, they are truly the first starters of several best defense lines in the Premier League.
As for the goalkeeper position, it is American goalkeeper Howard.
During the period when Zhan Jun introduced the start, Everton's pass in his midfield also came to an end. As the Gunners' Liu Feng and three midfielders slowly pushed up, Gibson, who controlled the ball in the middle, scored a diagonally, and Fellaini on the left got the ball.
As a young player who is now highly valued in Everton, Fellaini showed his own characteristics as soon as he got the ball. With his long legs, he pushed him into the Gunners' half.
Arsenal's three midfielders quickly retreated to make up for defense, while the two midfielders Granero and De Jong looked at each other on the left and right.
"De Jong and Fellaini faced each other head-on. The veteran did not rob it rashly but slowly retreated to slow down Fellaini's speed."
Ramsey's pursuit speed is very fast. While Fellaini was still thinking about how to deal with the ball under his feet, Ramsey was already very close to him.
After Gibson, who was responding in the middle, waved loudly, Fellaini quickly passed the ball.
However, before Gibson could receive the ball, Gansuo returned to the ball with one leg and kicked it.
"It directly destroyed the opponent's pass, and the ball quickly rolled towards Granero and stopped. Granero did not let Annichebe's counterattack, and took a long pass and transferred it!"
"Swish~"
With Granero's long pass, the ball had left from the backcourt and returned to the opponent's half.
On the left, Wilshire, the only one who chased back slowly, turned around and rushed forward. When the ball fell, he stretched out his right thigh and broke the ball.
"Arsenal's offense has begun. Wilhelm was moving fast and moving forward all the way. This is the home team's offensive time."
The offense and defense were changed in an instant, but Arsenal's offense was prepared by Everton early on.
When the small threat hit the threat area, there was a player who followed him in front and side of him who had already followed up and began to interfere with him.
Seeing that there was no chance to continue to advance, Wilshire decisively chose to pass the ball, and Gansu, who was on the side, took the ball with the opportunity.
Then, before Gansuo could make any moves, two more defensive players came over. This time he was not as lucky as Wilshire. The close defender around him quickly pushed and soon, Gansuo couldn't get the ball.
"The ball under Gansuo's feet was broken, and Everton's tight pressing worked."
Looking at the anxious situation on the court, everyone clearly realized that it would be difficult to get a result without a fight in this game.
On the court, the game became more and more intense with the cheers of Arsenal fans and Everton fans.
Chapter completed!