Volume 2 Chapter 16 Arsenal! OUT!
In the sixth round of the 2012/2013 Premier League, Arsenal vs. Chelsea.
In this game, fans suddenly felt that something was wrong.
The entire Arsenal organization became chaotic.
Although the defense is still extremely solid, the offense is really not satisfactory, and there are frequent huge mistakes.
This also made Arsenal fans extremely confused.
Why is there such a sudden change?
Moreover, their eyes turned to Lucky.
The feeling that Kodak gives them now is... trying to seize organizational power again?
What are you doing!
Arsenal fans were full of confusion, as were their opponents and commentators.
"What... are you doing?"
When Lekai suddenly passed the ball, the two retreating wingers suddenly started to surround the center again.
The result was that they failed to get the ball.
This pass gives people a puzzling feeling.
And Lucky himself also had his hands on his hips, looking helpless.
"What happened? This pass shouldn't have happened!" Zhan Jun was puzzled. Why did Lekai, who had performed so well before, suddenly become like this?
Coach Zhang Lu also kept shaking his head and said, "I don't understand. You said that Luka was trying to seize the organizational power, so Arteta should have scolded him, but look, there was no response. It's hard to understand what Arsenal is doing."
Five minutes later, Lekai completed a very beautiful offensive organization and put the ball into the empty space on the right.
At this time, Walcott's position was too central, and behind the empty space, Arteta stood there stupidly.
Seeing this, Zhan Jun became anxious.
"Why are you standing there?! Run! Arteta! Run forward!"
Ultimately, Arteta failed to move forward and ruined the attacking opportunity.
Both Luka and Arteta looked helpless.
The commentators and fans were stunned.
What is Arsenal doing?
Not only the fans are confused, but also Luka and Arteta are confused.
Arsenal was originally doing well, but the professor insisted on pulling him over and asking him to organize the game with Arteta.
Well, now something went wrong with the organization.
Arteta is the core of the organization. After Lukay's intrusion, everyone feels that he is trying to steal the organizational power.
But it’s really not!
This is what the professor asked.
Lucky was helpless.
So, what ultimate move should we practice?
Just play the game honestly.
Our opponent is Chelsea, you are so brave, Professor!
In fact, he had already shown this trait in the later period of Wenger's time.
Incomprehensible deployment of troops, random use of tactical structures, etc...
This is also the reason why Wenger encountered criticism in his later years.
However, Lucky did not expect that Wenger has already begun to show this trait!
Be it arbitrary and tyrannical, or be willful in old age!
Wenger is the head coach, and the players just need to listen!
Although Kodak complains about it, it still has to keep working.
One of them is responsible for the left side and the other is responsible for the right side.
Then the rhythm was out of gear and the formation was off track.
Arsenal have to run back to defend again.
Lekai must be so tired from running!
You have to be organized when attacking, and you have to be on the defensive!
I'm so busy!
The whole game just saw Lucky jumping up and down.
In the 76th minute, Chelsea player Mata suddenly attacked and passed the ball to Torres.
Torres took advantage of the situation and dribbled the ball towards Arsenal's goal.
Vermaelen was forced to bear the pressure alone.
At this moment, Arsenal fans' hearts were about to jump out of their chests.
Although Torres had missed an empty goal before, it was still terrifying.
Vermaelen handled the situation calmly, blocking Torres' straight-line breakthrough path and forcing Torres to move diagonally.
Torres pedaled the bicycle a few times and suddenly pushed the ball to the right, trying to speed up and overtake.
This is his best way of passing the ball.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared from behind, squeezed Torres hard, hooked the ball with his toes, turned 90 degrees on the ground, stood up and walked away.
That elegant tackling posture is very similar to Maldini!
Torres was still in a daze.
He didn't even have time to fall to the ground and cheat.
At this time, Lekai had already picked up the ball and ran away.
“Nice steal!”
Commentator George Adams exclaimed, took a long breath, and then said with some depression, "At least it shows that Kai's ability on the defensive end is still fine! But on the offensive end..."
Looking at Lucky's performance, he suddenly thought of Alexander Song!
After regaining possession of the ball, Arsenal's clumsy attack began again.
This scene made Arsenal fans angry and helpless.
Even Lucky felt that they were about to get into trouble.
Sure enough, after the 87th minute, Chelsea took advantage of a corner kick and scored a goal with a header.
Until the end of the game, Arsenal failed to score a goal.
They lost the game at home!
The Arsenal players left the field with their heads down, their expressions depressed.
This game was just terrible.
Moreover, they also had to face the doubts of home fans.
Luka and Arteta were even more depressed.
At the post-match press conference, Wenger took the initiative to explain Arsenal's attack when answering questions from the media.
He said: "We are practicing a brand new tactic, so we need enough time to run in. I don't think this game is fruitless. On the contrary, fans can look forward to a better Arsenal!"
After saying that, Wenger left.
Thanks to Wenger's explanation, the fans finally realized that it was not Lucky's fault that he played badly.
It was Wenger's instructions.
Now, all the pressure and accusations are on Wenger, and there is a lot of criticism about Wenger on the Internet.
Wenger fell, but players like Lukaku were freed.
The head coach took the initiative to bear the pressure, which prevented Lekai and others from being too passive.
Moreover, even in such an environment of public opinion, Wenger still advocates continuing to practice new tactics.
There is nothing that Lekai and others can do. They have to listen to Wenger in the club. There can't be a second voice here.
Practice it!
Another week of training and almost no progress.
In the sixth round of the Premier League, Arsenal faced the Hammers West Ham United away from home. After leading 1:0, they started to recklessly play again.
Arsenal began to let themselves go.
The chaotic organization and command system made Arsenal's situation worse.
When the 90-minute game ended, the final score was West Ham United 3:1 Arsenal.
They lost again.
And the loss was extremely ugly!
Now the fans can’t help it!
Even the local media in London couldn't help it.
"Arsenal's performance is infuriating, they don't know what they are doing!"
"Wenger's new tactics = losing!"
"A crazy tackling demon, but Wenger wants him to dance like a Brazilian samba!"
The current situation of Arsenal can .
1. Chelsea: 6-1-0, 19 points.
2. Manchester United: 5-0-2, 15 points.
3. Manchester City: 4-3-0, 15 points.
4. Tottenham Hotspur: 4-2-1, 14 points.
5. Everton: 4-2-1, 14 points.
6. West Bromwich Albion: 4-2-1, 14 points.
7. West Ham United: 4-2-1, 14 points.
8. Fulham: 3-1-3, 10 points.
9. Stoke City: 2-4-1, 10 points.
10. Newcastle United: 2-3-2, 9 points.
11. Sunderland: 2-3-2, 9 points.
12, Swansea: 2-2-3, 8 points.
13. Arsenal: 2-2-3, 8 points.
They slipped three places from seventh place in the league standings two rounds ago, and they only played two games.
This also makes Arsenal fans anxious about the team's current situation.
Even many media are beginning to predict Arsenal's defeat.
Many people also compared him with the departed players such as Van Persie, Fabregas, and Alexander Song.
It is said that Arsenal’s highlight players have all left, and what remains is just a bunch of trash!
Such remarks also angered Arsenal fans.
They wanted to get the club back to where it was before, but Wenger was clearly a stubborn person.
Arsenal gave the fans another big gift!
In the eighth round of the Premier League, Arsenal 0:1 Norwich!
Another loss!
And it was a home loss!
Arsenal fans completely exploded.
That day, all Arsenal players, including Wenger, were criticized.
What greeted them were roars and curses.
The Emirates Stadium was almost demolished that day by angry Arsenal fans.
Arsenal's overall poor performance made many people gloat over it.
For example, Tottenham Hotspur, the North London rivals, began to make sarcastic remarks.
Tottenham fans: "The man who claims to be the best at business made the stupidest deal! Oh~~ They sent away two captains!"
If it was anyone else, it would be fine.
But Arsenal fans obviously could not tolerate the ridicule from Tottenham fans.
Arsenal fans hit back: "Have you forgotten Sol Campbell? You also sold the captain, and we bought him back! At least our captain didn't go to the terrible Tottenham!"
Immediately, fans of both teams started to quarrel.
Online wars of words and real-life fights have plunged the entire North London into chaos.
But this doesn't solve anything.
Arsenal's situation is bad enough.
With this game, they have moved to 14th place in the standings, only four teams away from the relegation zone.
It can be said that this is Arsenal's worst period in recent season.
For this reason, a London media outlet was even more straightforward:
《Arsenal! OUT! 》
