Strong Waist

"Arsenal plays defensive counterattack!" 》

"Wenger: Only defensive counterattacks can save Arsenal!" 》

"Wenger adopted the most boring way to play!" 》

The next day, various reports about Arsenal began to spread overwhelmingly in the British Peninsula.

Even though they won, some media were still mocking Wenger for using defensive counterattack tactics.

This tactical system was once disparaged by Wenger and was worthless.

Now Wenger has actually used it himself. Even though the effect is good, he still cannot avoid the fate of being ridiculed.

Many people followed suit and laughed at this.

But Arsenal did not fight back.

After the 20th round of the league, Arsenal won 2:0 at home against Newcastle United and gained three points of victory.

This also puts them firmly in fourth place in the league.

Current Premier League standings.

1: Manchester United, 15-1-4, 46 points.

2: Manchester City: 12-6-2, 42 points.

3: Chelsea: 11-6-3, 39 points.

4: Arsenal: 11-4-5, 37 points.

5: Tottenham Hotspur, 11-3-6, 36 points.

Arsenal's position is not safe, and the league has entered a points battle, and all teams have begun to work hard.

Especially for the two teams in the championship echelon, the Manchester duo still maintain a clear advantage.

Compared with other teams, Arsenal's situation is not very good.

While other teams were working hard, they fell into a wave of injuries and had to use defensive counterattack tactics to stabilize their current points.

To a large extent, Arsenal have to give up a lot of things in order to guarantee a place in the Champions League.

For example, the FA Cup and the Champions League!

Under past circumstances, Arsenal would never have given up on the FA Cup, but the current situation is not optimistic.

There is no way Wenger can use a bunch of baby midfielders to compete for Arsenal's championship.

Although Lucai's performance is extremely impressive, he still has many flaws and needs to grow slowly.

In the Champions League, Arsenal finished second in Group B.

This also increases their burden in the knockout rounds.

After all, their opponent is the top player in other groups.

A total of eight group toppers are Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke 04, Malaga, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Manchester United.

Avoid the same group and the same division, so the two teams Schalke 04 and Manchester United can be eliminated.

Arsenal's opponents are reduced to six teams.

Paris Saint-Germain, with its signings in this season's transfer window, has seen a huge jump in its strength. Although it is not in the championship echelon, it is already extremely strong.

Malaga is a dark pony team. They won AC Milan 1:0 at home, and then drew 1:1 with the Rossoneri on the road, entering the knockout round with an unbeaten record of 3-3-0.

Under the leadership of Klopp, Dortmund blew the clarion call of youth storm, and a group of players led by Reus, Lewandowski and Gotze performed extremely well.

After Juventus returned to Serie A, they once again showed their dominance in the league and began to challenge for the Champions League.

Needless to say, Bayern Munich and Nan Dawang are still a strong group.

The Barcelona Cosmos' recent state has been somewhat ups and downs, and the Cosmos has gradually begun to have some problems, but it is still extremely strong.

For Arsenal, the two opponents they most want to avoid are Bayern Munich and Barcelona.

But when the group draw ended, everyone was silent.

Champions League quarter-finals, Arsenal VS Bayern Munich!

All right!

Five years at Bayern! Three years at Barcelona!

The curse is beginning to come true!

Another battle to defend the earth!

Perhaps because they were drawn against Bayern Munich in the Champions League knockout round, the mood of the Arsenal players was obviously a little fluctuating.

This sentiment is also extremely evident during training.

But Wenger had no choice. Although he had basically decided to give up the Champions League, he could not say it directly.

Wenger looked towards one end of the pitch, where training was taking place in full swing.

It was Patrice who still took Lucai for training.

Patrice threw the ball to Lucky and asked him to shake his head before and after catching the ball.

This is also a problem that Patrice discovered on the court. Lucky's observations were too few. He obviously had a wide field of vision, but this guy just didn't look up.

This was a bad habit he had developed since childhood, and now he wanted to correct it.

"Shake your head! Observe!"

Patrice threw the ball to Lucky and watched as the opponent continued to move his head from side to side before catching the ball, and then continued to move his head from side to side after stopping the ball.

"Remember, as a midfielder, you have to remember where your teammates are on the pitch and anticipate where they will move next."

Patrice pointed to his eyes and said, "Use your eyes to observe instead of looking down at the ball. You must get rid of this problem."

Lucky could only smile bitterly while training.

He found that Patrice had become more stringent recently.

In the past, he only focused on general training content, but now he has begun to delve into details.

Of course, there are real problems with Lucky’s habits.

He would not move his head to observe. This was a habit he had developed over a long period of time. It was not easy to change, so he could only force him to correct it.

Every time before catching the ball, Lucky would shake his head to observe, but his shaking of the head was not pretending.

Instead, really observe the next movements of other teammates.

This is more conducive to his combined use in the game.

But seriously, it’s so tiring!

After every observation, Lucky will have a slight lag when stopping the ball. Although it is a small lag, in the top league, this is a mistake and is likely to be stolen by the opponent.

Therefore, Lucai must perform this set of movements without any hindrance and smoothly.

Lucky is studying hard, and Patrice is also teaching hard.

Now Patrice is full of energy every day, and he doesn't look like a 64-year-old man at all.

He gets up early every day, drives to the training ground, and starts training Lucky from the first minute.

If anything, his previous expectation for Lucky was to become Vieira.

Well now he wants Lucky to surpass Vieira.

And it's not hopeless.

Lucky has fully proven his talent in previous games.

The incredible key pass during the attack, coupled with the magical arcing slash from the previous game!

These all prove Lucai's ability on the offensive end.

He knew Vieira couldn't make that kind of pass.

In fact, the current entire Premier League cannot be played.

This is talent!

Coupled with Lucky's control of offensive timing and strong defensive ability.

All this told him how exaggerated Lucky's talent was.

Therefore, Patrice must use every minute and every second to let this little sapling fully absorb knowledge and grow.

In his plan, Lucky is not a scavenger who does dirty work, but a super core who can do both offense and defense!

Even a B2B midfielder like Yaya Toure is not impossible!

Every time he thought of this, Patrice's heart became hot.

"Twenty more times! This time, move left and right, don't forget to look up and observe!"

Wenger looked at the two of them with a smile on his lips.

Goalkeeper coach Gerry Payton came over. He followed Wenger's gaze at Patrice and Lucky and said, "His recent performance has been very positive!"

He was talking about Patrice.

In response, Wenger smiled and nodded: "He has a great plan!"

Gripayton turned to look at Wenger in surprise, then smiled and said, "Is it related to Kai?"

Wenger smiled and said nothing.

After a moment, Wenger turned around and asked: "How is Szczesny's injury?"

"It has basically recovered and I will be able to play next week or the week after."

Hearing this, Wenger slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

No one knows how much pressure the professor is under due to injuries.

Szczesny's return is good news.

At least the real goalkeeper is back, and the defense will be more stable.

"Tell him to quit smoking as soon as possible. Athletes can't touch this thing." Wenger frowned.

Szczesny has a bad habit, that is smoking.

This is not allowed at Arsenal. Although he has made repeated mistakes, he has no intention of changing.

"I will try my best to urge him!" Gripayton nodded. He knew that Szczesny's problem had caused great dissatisfaction among the professor.