I'm a striker

Chapter 365 Top Duel
This is the third time Song Rentou has seen the British bald referee Webber this season.

Of course, the FA will not slack off in such a top game.

You must know that the attention of this game is very high, and almost the whole world will turn its attention to Manchester in the British Isles at this noon.

Sky TV even defined this game as a British pound war.

Both sides invested more than [-] million in the summer, but who can be the last laugh?

"Sky UK..."

"China Central Television..."

With Webber signaling the captains of the two teams, Song Rentou and Kompany to lead their teammates to the Etihad Stadium, the first battle of the Premier League in the [-]-[-] season, that is, the fifth round of the English Premier League. The contest finally kicked off!
More than 5 Manchester City fans turned the entire Etihad Stadium into a blue ocean.

Blue Moon is Manchester City's nickname.

Blue is also the most common color in the Premier League.

The sky in Manchester is also exceptionally blue today, and the haze over this city, which is no less than a smoggy city, seems to have completely dissipated in order to cater to the whole game.

Kompany, the Premier League No. [-] iron guard with a strong body, a tough style, and a high golf quotient, led his teammates into the Etihad Stadium amidst cheers.

All Manchester City fans applauded and cheered for this team.

Don't underestimate any Premier League team, you can say they are upstarts, you can say they have no background, but you can't say they have no history!
In the UK, there may be a little-known team with a history of more than a hundred years.

This is the birthplace of modern football, and the enthusiasm of the British for football is absolutely no less than that of South America.

Even more than that.

After the two sides lined up, Song Rentou and Kompany also walked towards Weber.

"Very good, I'm glad we met again." Webber looked at Song Rentou and Kompany with a smile and said. This season, Weber has officiated three Arsenal games and two Manchester City games. For him, Kompany He Song Rentou has long been an old acquaintance with him.

Song Rentou and Kompany looked at each other and smiled.

Tossing a coin to choose the side, Song Rentou asked for tails.

He also lost the toss as he wished and won the kick-off.

Kompany signaled that they were about to broadcast the right side of the camera, and Webb nodded, signaling the captains of both sides to let their players take their positions.

On Arsenal's bench, Jack Wilshere also stood up.

Wenger glanced at him, showing a relieved smile.

There is no doubt about Wilshere's loyalty and love for Arsenal. As long as he works hard, Wenger will give him a chance.

Weber had already started to look at his watch.

The atmosphere at the Etihad Stadium is also getting hotter and hotter.

Along with Song Rentou who created the tradition of fans standing and applauding the team after the opening game in Deportivo and not sitting down until the team completes the first attack, now fans of major teams throughout Europe They also began to follow suit one after another, and each team began to create its own unique opening tradition.

At the Etihad Stadium, the tradition of Manchester City fans also started this season.

When Weber was about to blow the whistle, all the fans started to wave from the main stand of Manchester City!

Manchester City fans wearing blue jerseys turned the entire Etihad Stadium into a sea of ​​blue!

Everyone can feel a powerful aura at this moment.

And as Weber nodded to indicate that the players on both sides are ready, Song Rentou, with his hands on his hips, also walked to the middle circle.

Standing beside him is the veteran Rosicky.

Song Rentou has already felt the gaze cast by his former teammate Jovetic.

"B—————!!" The bald referee Weber whistled, and the game officially started! !

"China Central Television!"

"British Sky TV!!"

"What you are watching now is the [-]-[-] season brought to you by us, the fifth round of the English Premier League, Manchester City vs. Arsenal at home, this game is also the The first battle of the season for the first time!!"

At the beginning of the game, veteran Rosicky first returned a pass to Arteta in the backcourt, and Manchester City's midfielders also rushed up immediately!
This is Manchester City's iconic style of play, because this team has strong personal abilities, so once they are allowed to steal the ball and counterattack, it is tantamount to handing over their fate.

The biggest difference between modern football and classical football is speed and oppression!
Many times, people ask, why are there fewer and fewer maverick talents in modern football?

It's actually very simple, because modern football can't give you such a large space for a player. When defending, the defensive player will use the most basic two methods to compress your space.

The first method is to return to defense quickly, which is also known as busting.Last season, Chelsea relied on this style of play all the way to the Champions League final, and a group of old boys succeeded in realizing their dreams.

This kind of defensive method is relatively passive, and the advantage is that it is relatively stable. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, this trick has been tried and tested in modern football.

And another defensive method also began to emerge last season.

That is Dortmund and Deportivo's strategy of using defense to drive offense. Through high-position pressing, double-teaming and pressing in man-to-man areas, and continuous pressure on the ball holder, this defensive method borrowed from the basketball court requires the team to have Extremely high personal ability, tacit defensive cooperation in a small area and strong physical support.

It is generally applicable to the situation where I am strong and the enemy is weak.

It is worth mentioning that although these two defensive methods have existed since the birth of football, they have been continuously developed and utilized, and they became popular after Barcelona's invincible ball possession and ground flow.

Although neither of these two sets of styles of play was invented by Jose Mourinho, it is true that he has let countless people know these two defensive methods of modern football.

Mourinho's Premier League era is the reason why Chelsea is the best, because Mourinho used the first defense against strong teams, and the second defense against weak teams. I can look at the ball and sigh.

With the development of football, in order to fight against Barcelona's possession flow and to improve better tactics, last season Dortmund's coach Klopp and Deportivo's coach Jose Oltra used fast whirlwind shocked Europe.

There is no eternal invincible tactics in football, only constant targeting, constant affirmation and constant negation.Any tactic has its scary and weak places.

Take Barcelona's possession flow as an example. With the decline of players' aggressiveness and ability, when you can't control the field as before and the turnover rate increases, the fast whirlwind of Dortmund and Deportivo will make all kickers Teams in possession feel intimidated.

And this season, another Bundesliga team has started a whirlwind, and they will once again become another cosmic team in Europe in a few months.

Manchester City play Arsenal, the players still have a psychological advantage.

Because Arsenal has really been too weak in recent years.

It's good against the underdogs, Wenger can use his pre-match arrangement and Arsenal's advantages to defeat the underdogs to ensure a stable increase in the team's points.But when it comes to playing against a strong team, Arsenal are not good at fighting tough battles, and they are afraid that their weaknesses will be completely exposed in tough battles.

But how do people still remember Henry's Arsenal era, the king of guns once singled out the seven superstars of the Galactic Fleet at the Bernabeu, and returning to Highbury is even more memorable. Arsenal in that period not only had powerful The ability to abuse food, and the team's kingly spirit from the bottom to the top make them invincible in the dialogue between the strong and the strong.

Last season, after Arsenal lost [-]-[-] against Manchester United, many British Fleet Street media used the description that the Arsenal dynasty is dead and there is no possibility of revival.

Because of that game, Arsenal not only lost the result, but also lost all their own temperament.

Therefore, Manchester City's defensive strategy today is very active, expanding the press, just not giving you the opportunity for Arsenal to easily control the ball.

Arteta handed the ball to Ramsey's feet.

Manchester City's two forwards Jovetic and Aguero also quickly double-teamed.

In modern football, the striker is the first line of defense for the team, and this line is a very critical defensive existence.

Ramsey pulled with his right foot, took a step forward, and made an emergency stop with his left foot to avoid the pressure of the two forwards of Manchester City, and then handed the ball to Cazorla who came back to respond.

"Aaron Ramsey has become more and more popular this season!" Although it doesn't have as many TV audiences as Datianchao Wutai, Zhan Junjun's passionate voice is still the favorite of die-hard Premier League fans.

Even if the signal of the live webcast is unstable and the picture is not clear enough, there are still a large number of fans who choose to watch Premier League games through the live webcast.

Ramsey, who is becoming more and more general in Zhan Jun's mouth, also jumped halfway, and Rosicky returned to his position. This hard-working veteran of one of the Czech double walls is also teaching the off-court with his own performance Jack Wilshere.

Looking at Rosicky's running position, Wilshere also nodded secretly. If Ramsey made an assist and stepped forward, then as a teammate, he should fill his position instead of following him forward.If two people move forward at the same time, once Manchester City fights back, Arsenal will have no power to fight back.

Glancing at Wilshere, who was watching the game seriously, Wenger also smiled in relief. He hoped that Wilshere would understand his intentions.

Don't waste any 1 minute of your time.

Both on and off the pitch.

On the football field, when you waste time, you will be surpassed by others.

There is only continuous improvement. The confrontation on the court is a good opportunity to learn, and the observation off the court is the key to progress.

Arsenal didn't panic at all after the opening, which made Gary Lineker secretly surprised: "It seems that the arrival of Song, the improvement is not only the firepower of Arsenal's frontcourt, after the battle of Riazor and the battle of Anfield , the Arsenal team seems to have gotten rid of our previous impression of them, but it is a bit like Henry's Arsenal at that time."

"Not in a hurry, the ball is also leisurely walking, quite confident. They can easily pass through Manchester City's double-team press. You must know that when they were a guest at the Etihad last season, the Arsenal players were scrambling to defend and The constant mistakes because of the nervousness made us sweat for them." Martincher also seconded.

If the double-teaming is not successful, the training of the Italian coach is reflected. Although Mancini is not a top coach, he is still worthy of a famous coach.

Manchester City's players closely maintained the position of the three lines. Yaya Toure, Kompany and others all had strong personal defensive capabilities. Song Rentou touched the ball for the first time in the opening 41 seconds of the first half.

He turned around after receiving the ball with his back, and Kompany followed up.

Looking at this tall Belgian, Song Rentou didn't have the slightest desire to make a breakthrough.

If it is said that Pepe who is not brain-dead is equal to Kompany, then Kompany is equal to an enhanced version of Pepe who will never be brain-twitching.

Steady and old-fashioned, it really makes it impossible to see that he is only in his 20s.

It is indeed the first iron guard in the Premier League.

The former Rio Ferdinand was by no means better than Kompany.

Song Rentou also felt the strong oppression brought by the Premier League after he came to the Premier League in a real sense.

(End of this chapter)