80_80813 When the front court players pressed heavily and the whole team took a high press, Toni Kroos appeared in the Arsenal half.

He has been playing in midfield for more than a season and has played dozens of games.

In the past dozens of games, he has also been constantly summing up his experience and experience, and at the same time, he is also trying to make up for his shortcomings.

His slower style of play, for example, has changed a lot in the last year or so.

Now his style of play is much more concise.

But this brevity is an improvement that he has made while maintaining his character!

This season, the team brought in Modric, and after the run-in at the beginning of the season, he found that he and Modric were getting more and more compatible, and he also learned a lot from the Croatian.

But, Modric is Modric and Toni Kroos is Tony Kroos.

He'll never be Modric, and the reverse is true!

With Southampton's winning streak in the Premier League this season, the back-to-back duo of Toni Kroos and Luka Modric has become the focus of attention and talk of countless fans.

Some people even quarreled on the Internet about who is the core and who is the deputy between Tony Kroos and Modric, but they don't know that both of them are the team's offensive and defensive conversion hubs, and there is no distinction between the core and the deputy at all.

Since it is two people, there must be some division of labor and cooperation.

Toni Kroos's defence has improved a lot compared to his time in the Bundesliga, but he still can't do it on his own, so he needs team-mates to cooperate, but Modric doesn't, so the Croatian is eye-catching in this aspect.

Luka Modric is more familiar with the Premier League, and his ability to run and defend, as well as his ability to get away and push with the ball, all play a key role at both ends of the pitch, so Bielsa has given Modric more room to play tactically.

Therefore, it is often seen that Modric advanced to the front with the ball to help the team open up the offensive situation, and even passed a threatening kick, followed by him to retreat to his own defense to participate in the defense.

When it comes to dealing with the onslaught of Premier League players, Modric is also better.

These are Modric's strengths!

But what about Tony Cross?

When Luka Modric receives and dribbles up front, Toni Kroos needs to be behind the Croatian and act as a receiving point, and if the attack up front is weak, Toni Kroos is the first consideration for his team-mates up front.

When the Croatian retreats to the defensive line to participate in the defense, Kroos needs to stand in front of the defensive line, link the defensive line and the midfield, act as a defender of the defensive line, and he is also the first point of everyone's consideration after the team grabs the ball.

The tactical role meant that Toni Kroos couldn't be as free and eye-catching as Modric.

Does that mean that Toni Kroos is not as good as Modric?

Wrong!

It's just a different division of labor!

Many people don't know that every cooperation on the football field is carefully designed.

And Tony Cross is the chief designer of Southampton!

When he feels that the team's tempo needs to be slowed down, he will use guò gestures and back-and-forth passes to tell his teammates that we need to slow down.

Because even if you pass the ball in front, it's probably hard to create a threat.

Therefore, at this time, the team's teammates in the front court will actively retreat to respond, including the front trident.

But as long as he finds the weakness in the opponent's defense, he will take the initiative to press his position forward.

At this time, every pass he made represented the direction of the team's attack.

To David Alaba on the left means that the team will launch a fierce attack on the left.

To the right side, it means that the team will attack from the right side.

To Modric, to Vidal, or even directly to Ibrahimovic and Drogba, all represent the direction of the team's attack.

These are the tactical roles of Tony Kroos!

Of course, not absolutely.

Modric himself also has a very good sense of the big picture and passing ability, so with him on the field, Toni Kroos is much easier and more comfortable at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

In the Arsenal game, Bielsa rotated and replaced Luka Modric with James Rodriguez.

Not only that, but Southampton have adopted targeted tactics, with James Rodriguez cruising up front behind Drogba and holding back Arsenal's trailing playmaker Mikel Arteta.

The starting left winger, Eden Hazard, was further down than James Rodriguez, while Gareth Bale on the right winger was more likely to cut inside on the right.

In midfield, there is no good partner Modric, replaced by Vidal, who goes straight up.

To say that Vidal, in terms of running ability and defensive ability, and even the ability to insert attack, is better than Modric.

But in terms of organization, response and passing, Vidal is not as good as Modric.

This puts a lot of pressure on Tony Kroos in the middle of the field!

Once Vidal presses up, then Toni Kroos will be a single midfielder!

Can there be no pressure on Germans who are not very good defensively?

Fortunately, Hazard, James Rodriguez, Vidal, Drogba and Gareth Bale were all actively involved in pressing and pressing, relieving the defensive pressure on Toni Kroos.

Judging from the opening stages, Southampton pressed heavily and created a huge threat for Arsenal.

In particular, the pressing of James Rodriguez and Drogba in the middle of the field has caused big problems for Arsenal's two central defenders and the lagging midfielder Mikel Arteta.

Toni Kroos was behind, and when he saw Arsenal's strong pressing after Southampton, left-back Vermaelen exposed a problem on this side, he couldn't help but feel happy, the opportunity has come!

So, after receiving the ball from a team-mate, he spotted an opportunity, and a diagonal pass was diverted to the right.

Gareth Bale carried Vermaelen on the right flank, and in the face of Tony Kroos's pass, he stopped with his chest and pushed his left foot to Vidal, turning and rushing forward quickly.

Vidal also understood it and passed the ball over as soon as possible.

The ball got past Vermaelen and fell to Gareth Bale and the Welshman sprinted to get it.

After receiving the ball, Gareth Bale took advantage of the situation and cut diagonally into the penalty area.

Arsenal's defence had also returned to the box, with Mertesacker following Drogba and Koscielny standing on the edge of the penalty area, following Gareth Bale and blocking the Welshman's route.

Everybody knows that once the left-footed player cuts inside range, he can hit the goal with his left foot, which is quite threatening!

Gareth Bale has scored a lot of these goals so far this season!

The Welshman saw that there was no chance, so he had no choice but to force a breakthrough, but in fact, he knocked the ball to Vidal, who followed behind, and went into the penalty area to grab the point.

After receiving the ball, Vidal avoided Vermaelen and crossed diagonally to the right.

Danilo, the starting right-back in this game, was very fast, and the Brazilian, who was speeding from the right flank, caught up with Vidal's pass and went down to the bottom line.

There was a sudden burst of enemies in the forbidden area!

Whether it's Didier Drogba or Gareth Bale, they're all pretty dangerous scorers!

Danilo only glanced at the penalty area and saw James Rodriguez raising his hand outside the box.

Arsenal is a hundred dense, and the front of the big penalty area is undefended!

This time there is a play!

Then, a thud was heard, and Danilo fired a low cross that went to the edge of the penalty area, instead of finding Drogba and Gareth Bale, as the Arsenal players had hoped.

I saw James Rodriguez quickly follow up and hit a volley with his left foot!

Danilo's ball pass is quite good, and James Rodriguez's volley is also very beautiful!

I saw the ball cross a strange arc, bypass the crowd in the big penalty area, and go directly into the upper left corner of Arsenal's goal.

“goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll！！！！！！”

With the commentator's long score sound, more than 30,000 Saints fans at St. Mary's Stadium rushed out of their seats in a frenzy, cheering in unison, chanting the name of James Rodriguez!

'Less than eight minutes into the game, Southampton's brilliant high press forced Arsenal to go through a problem and break down the Gunners' goal to get off to a fantastic start!'

"1-0, the goal came from James Rodriguez!"

After the Colombian player scored a goal, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly, waving at the fans in the stands.

Behind him, Southampton's players also rushed up.

It's so pretty, isn't it?

Such a volley, such a goal, can be called a world wave!

It's even comparable to Zidan's Flying Immortals, is there?

While the whole stadium was boiling, Yang Huan in the chairman's stand also stood up from his seat excitedly and applauded vigorously, such a world wave goal is really powerful!

"James Rodriguez is really good, I heard he is only twenty-one years old!" David Bernstein also laughed.

Southampton's youth team has been one of the most beautiful sights in the Premier League this season.

Not only James Rodriguez, but also Pogba, Ravel Morrison, Hazard, Neymar, Sturridge and other players have quite good performances.

"He entered this world wave, and he must have become famous in one fell swoop after the game!"

"Who's to say it isn't? This goal is indeed wonderful, and the best goal of this round must not have run! ”

"The ball feels so good, it's hard to hold that kind of ball!"

"Well, that's why I said he was talented!"

Martin Hunt was also very pleased with James Rodriguez's goal, but he was more likely to see the improvement of another player, Toni Kroos.

"Young Master Huan, Tony Kroos has improved quite obviously, the break before the goal is that he stuck the passing line in the middle, forcing Arsenal to transfer the ball to the side, Southampton can break it, and as soon as this side is broken, that side immediately obliquely long pass to plan the attack, which is quite good!"

Yang Huan also smiled and nodded, "Bielsa is also quite satisfied with his progress, he is a smart person, he has a strong learning ability, and he has made obvious progress, this season can be regarded as an enlightenment!" ”

Martin Hunter smiled and nodded.

Tony Kroos spent 60 million pounds to bring him in, and the team has high hopes for him, and Bielsa usually gives him a small stove and trains him.

Now it seems that he has indeed improved significantly!

"Arsenal are hanging in the balance!" David Bernstein shook his head and sighed.

The Gunners are not good at playing against the wind, but now they are playing away from home, and they conceded a goal not long after the opening, and Wenger's team is in big trouble!

Yang Huan also smiled slightly.

Although he didn't say anything, his eyes were full of confidence!

At St Mary's, Southampton are confident of taking out any opponent!