Chapter 26 Fragmentation Attack
After the tactical speeches between the two sides ended, the speed of time elapsed once again. After the staff knocked on the doors of the locker rooms of the two teams, the two teams with equal momentum quickly entered the player channel.
In the player channel, Liu Feng, who was following Fabregas, easily felt the hostility of a player standing on his right hand.
That was Black's striker wearing the No. 9 jersey. Liu Feng remembered Wenger's name when introducing the opponent's core player: Kalinic.
However, after experiencing so many games and being compared by the media and various geniuses, Liu Feng was immune to this challenging look. He just turned his head and smiled slightly at Kalinic, and then looked ahead with concentration.
This made Kalinic, who thought the eyes of both sides were about to have a fierce confrontation in advance, was stunned, and finally he had to touch his nose bored.
This season has just begun, and Kalinic performed well in the first two games and contributed one goal and one assist.
Although it seems a bit inadequate compared to Liu Feng, it is enough for the identity of a challenger.
In today's football world, who doesn't want to put forwards like Messi, Ronaldo and Liu Feng under their feet?
"The good players on both sides have officially entered the court. Arsenal on the left are wearing yellow away uniforms in this game, and Black on the right is wearing blue and white home uniforms."
As the two teams followed the coaching staff members into the stadium, Zhan Jun and countless fans waiting in front of the screen for the game were cheered up.
"The captains of both sides went to the referee to perform the captain's rock-scissors, oh~ Xiaofa took the ball and walked towards the kick-off point, and he chose the kick-off right for the team."
From the ball being firmly placed in the center of the circle to the fact that Liu Feng and Chamak stood opposite each other in front of the serving point, all the players had already stood in their own positions, and the next thing they had to wait for was the whistle.
"Shh!!!"
The referee did not ask everyone to wait too long. After another proofreading, he decisively blew the whistle to start the game.
"The game has officially begun. Liu Feng pushed the ball out. Chamak got the ball and passed it back directly to Fabregas in the middle. Arsenal began to control the ball."
At the beginning of the game, the situation on the court was not that fierce, and both teams seemed quite cautious in facing opponents' tests without any flaws.
On the visiting team Arsenal, with small tricks as the center, Arsenal's front, middle and back courts were subsequently involved in the control of the ball. The participation of the entire team made their strategic space very large, which made the opponent unable to touch the ball for a while.
However, Blackburn's response method is very simple, using fierce and continuous pressing to interrupt Arsenal's ball possession rhythm.
With their unique tactical styles, they formed a 343 formation in this game, and put heavy troops in both the midfield and the frontcourt. Therefore, after a period of time the game began, the home team's playing style had a very good effect.
First, Wilhel lost the ball under the pressing of two players in the fifth minute of the game, and then it was like opening the block. Arsenal's possession time could no longer be connected to a large scale.
This led to a long time when Arsenal had an advantage in ball control, but it was not able to make a wonderful ball control attack.
The Gunners' few attacks depend mainly on the players' personal performance, such as Xiaofa's straight pass after breaking through the middle to create murderous intent, such as Liu Feng's cross from the left side to threaten the cross after a continuous pass.
But Blackburn's side gradually became like fish in water, because they had successfully pulled Arsenal to the level of competing with them in fragmented attacks.
When a team has to confront opponents in aspects that they are not good at, they often cannot perform as much as possible.
In the 35th minute of the game, after Chamack once again missed a long pass from the Fabregas hanger, Blackburn launched a very Premier League-style counterattack.
"Jermaine Jones took the ball forward. He stuck Chamake behind him in the perfect position just now, and kicked the ball directly. The ball was passed to Santa Cruz on the right. The winger quickly stepped forward, which was the home team's counterattack."
Due to the overall pressure during the attack, Arsenal's formation position was very forward, which led to the direct opponent of Crish when Santa Cruz ran from the right with the ball.
However, the winger was not even thinking about what Krish thought, so he directly chose to start again.
"Santa Cruz chose to kick the ball just after crossing the midfield line, and passed it with a long diagonal pass, and the attack moved to the left. Oh~, Pederson did not lose his way in the fight with Sarnia, and the header was given a little ball to the middle."
This long pass cooperation is obviously Blackburn's specialty, and it is not difficult to see from the appearance of their three forwards being tall and big.
When Kalinic pushed his chest in front of Squillac who was rushing towards him and changed the direction of the ball, the young Croatian striker instantly started.
"In the midfield's heart, Kalinic knocked away Squillac who was unable to react. He came to the top of the penalty area and continued to move forward. Arsenal's defense was broken through!"
"Bang!"
Just as the team's counterattack was as straightforward as Kalinic crossed the penalty area line, and did not give Vermalen, who was desperately chasing back, and directly chose to shoot.
This was a powerful shot. Even if Amunia judged the right direction, she could not dive into the fast-flying ball. The ball entered the net and the score changed.
"The ball is in!!! In the 38th minute of the game, Kalinic helped the home team win the first goal. This was a beautiful counterattack. Blackburn showed his strength to the Gunners who came to challenge!"
"boom!!!"
The entire stadium, the home team fans, who occupied the vast majority of the positions, also cheered at this moment. After the goal-winning hero Kalinic came to the stands, they cheered freely, not like the Arsenal fans in the stands, who threw provocative booing.
On the court, Blackburn's attack brought a lot of impact to Arsenal, especially Squillac, who had just made his Premier League debut. His rash attack gave Kalinic a chance to make a breakthrough calmly.
"Everyone cheer up and don't give your opponent a second chance."
Compared to this new player, Wenger on the sidelines was very calm. Although his expression was annoyed at the first time when his opponent scored a goal, he then began to comfort the players on the field with the role of Dinghai Shen Needle.
After Vermullen also sent comfort to Squillac, the mentality impact of this goal on the Gunners players was minimized.
Chapter completed!