Chapter Seventy-Seven: Defending and Counterattacking, First of all, you must be able to defend it.

When the game began, it was discovered that Professor Arsene Wenger had indeed fielded a defensive formation away from home.

Arsenal's position in this game is very clear, midfielders Ramsey, Elneny, Coquelin, Xhaka midfielders stand in parallel, standing in front of the backline, in the middle of Elneny and Coquelin, on both sides of Ramsey and Xhaka.

In front, at the top is Sanchez, behind him is Ozil, from the standing, Arsenal is a 4411 position, striker Sanchez, Ozil behind him as a forward role, and in front of Chel, is the back line plus the midfield two lines of defense.

In fact, when the game started, it was discovered that even Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, who were in front, actually had quite a defensive task.

"Professor Wenger made changes to Arsenal's formation in this game, from the beginning of the game to the current nearly ten minutes of the process, Arsenal's arrangement for this game has obviously been premeditated for a long time, the front, middle and back three lines, Arsenal's distance is kept very well, in defense, Arsenal players play very actively, from the beginning to now, Manchester United has not been able to find a good opportunity to break through in the face of such a defense!" Andy Gray summed it up after ten minutes of play.

"I think for Manchester United, the most important thing to be careful about is the combination of Ozil and Sanchez, although Arsenal has not had a chance to counterattack until now, but if Manchester United concedes the ball in front of the field and gives Arsenal a chance to counterattack, Ozil's passing ability coupled with Sanchez's speed and foot skills will be a big test for Manchester United's defense." Gary Neville added: "Mesut Ozil's creativity combined with Alexis Sanchez's attacking prowess on the back of the net will be Arsenal's sharpest weapon in attack in this game. ”

Carlo Ancelotti watched from the sidelines for ten minutes and was a little surprised that Wenger had chosen such a line-up, but Ancelotti didn't think much of it at first.

Dense defense, Manchester United is not untouched, Wenger's lineup is out, Ancelotti knows that the opponent is going to defend and counterattack - if it is to defend a draw, Wenger will definitely not put two attackers in front.

And it's not realistic to stick to a 90-minute strategy – because tactics are executed by players, and it's hard to make sure that the players are in a state of high concentration for 90 minutes.

However, Ancelotti watched the past ten minutes and saw a little Wenger's thoughts.

When Pogba got the ball, Arsenal were soon surrounded by players.

This is to open a breakthrough in Pogba!

When Pogba plays on the pitch, he can sometimes stick to the ball, which is also a headache for Ancelotti.

Obviously Arsene Wenger has noticed this, and in Wenger's view, Pogba is a double-edged sword when he is a player, he is very sharp when he is bullish, but when he makes a mess, he can also hurt himself.

Arsene Wenger asked Arsenal's players to harass Pogba as much as possible and make him uncomfortable in midfield. It would have been better if Pogba had managed to confine himself to fighting with Arsenal's players.

Ancelotti frowned, just after Pogba got the ball, he tried to force a breakthrough of Coquelin and Elneny's joint encirclement, but it didn't work, fortunately Pogba was strong and didn't lose the ball, otherwise, let Arsenal play a counterattack in this place, it would be too dangerous!!

Carlo Ancelotti was pondering whether to wait for the dead ball to knock Pogba and calm him down.

At this time, he saw Li Qingshan withdraw from the front court, and after whispering a few words to Pogba, the situation on the field changed.

Li Qingshan and Pogba completed a change, apparently Li Qingshan let Pogba go to the front, and Li Qingshan returned to the midfield to participate in the responsibility of organizing the pass.

At the end of their careers, some good center forwards will sometimes come back to play as a forward midfielder and organize the front court attack or something after their physical function has declined.

Typical examples are former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney, as well as Robin van Persie, who now plays in the Turkish Super League, and Paris Saint-Germain's center forward Ibrahimovic, all of whom have the ability to play as a midfielder.

First, these veterans have a lot of experience in the game, they often know when to play, and they have been playing in the center position for a long time, they have a clear idea of the way the strikers like to pass and receive the ball, and as a center forward, the ability to hold the ball is also quite good, and they will not lose the ball easily, so many center forwards will change the way they play at the end of their careers, but these are based on their rich game experience.

And Li Qingshan is only twenty-three years old now, a twenty-three-year-old striker, when he comes back, he can also connect the team's offensive organization as smoothly as a front midfielder, which has to be said that Li Qingshan's ball quotient is indeed high.

And after such a change, Wenger's deliberate tactic of "encircling and suppressing Pogba" was declared bankrupt.

Li Qingshan's way of playing is very concise, there are no too good opportunities, he will not choose to pass easily.

At first, Elneny, Coquelin and others wanted to encircle Li Qingshan like Pogba, and pounced on him to grab the ball at his feet.

However, after Li Qingshan retreated to the midfield, he did not choose to break forward with the ball by himself, but made a continuous kick, Manchester United passed quickly in the midfield, and soon let Coquelin and others save the air.

In the sixteenth minute of the game, Li Qingshan received a pass from Herrera and suddenly turned the ball, and the sudden change of rhythm caught the Arsenal midfield defense off guard.

Juan Mata didn't stop the ball on the run, he pushed the ball straight into the box with the arch of his foot!

Pogba took the ball with his back in the penalty area, he made a feint to break forward, which startled Mustafi, but Pogba stepped on the ball and stopped in the penalty area, and then faced Koscielny's grab, Pogba made a pull to get rid of the ball, avoiding Koscielny's foot that stretched out to grab the ball...

And just as Pogba pulled the ball away, he immediately shook his ankle and knocked the ball with his heel!

The football came from between Koscielny's legs!!

"Beautiful!! Crotch pass!! ”

Li Qingshan has inserted into the forbidden area at the right time!!

Monreal retracted the defense, Li Qingshan picked up his right foot in the run, and it looked like he was about to shoot!!

Monreal stretched out a kick to try to block Li Qingshan's shot, and Cech was ready to save!!

However, when Li Qingshan's right foot looked like he was about to shoot, he lightly buckled the ball with his right foot and dunked the ball past Monreal, and then his left foot quickly connected, and with a push of the arch of his foot, the ball was pushed to the far corner.

The Arsenal players could only watch as the ball rolled slowly but surely into the Arsenal goal...

A link between two of United's talented players in the box tore apart Professor Arsene Wenger's carefully arranged defence!!