Chapter 67: Arsenal's Central Axis

On March 8, Arsenal ushered in the sixth round of the FA Cup, which is the quarter-finals.

Arsenal's opponent is Everton. In the draw, Arsenal needs to play away from home.

In this game, Wenger sent most of his substitutes on to give the main players enough rest.

For Wenger and Arsenal in the past, their condition was not good and their form was not outstanding. Therefore, the FA Cup became their only channel to win the championship.

Therefore, Arsenal continues to compete in the FA Cup.

But today's Arsenal has the ability to compete for the league title. At the same time, it defeated Bayern Munich away in the Champions League quarter-finals and maintained a certain advantage.

In this case, only a fool would compete for the FA Cup, which has the lowest gold content.

In the past, there was no choice, but now we have to make a choice!

In this game, Lucky, Cazorla, and Suarez were not included in the squad at all and were directly ordered to rest.

Most of the other main players also sat on the bench and watched the entire game.

Even if Arsenal fell behind, Wenger only substituted a few main players for a symbolic kick.

In the end, Arsenal lost to Everton with a score of 2:3 and were eliminated from the FA Cup.

Arsenal lost, but the fans didn't think so.

Because they also know very well that compared to the FA Cup, there are bigger championships for them to compete for.

The next day, with almost no rest time, Arsenal played another round of the 29th round of the league without stopping.

However, since most of the main players were fully rested, it did not have much impact on the game.

They faced Swansea at home in round 29.

Facing the challenge from Swansea, Arsenal showed an extremely tough offensive attitude at the beginning of the game.

Arsenal, with Lucky and Cazorla as the core, continued to conduct ground passes, and scored four goals in 40 minutes with kick after kick.

Suarez scored two goals, Cazorla and Walcott each scored one goal!

Arsenal's offensive firepower is extremely strong.

Seeing this scene, the Sky Sports commentator couldn't help but sigh; "This Gunners have undergone a transformation. They are no longer a team that relies on a certain player or a certain person to win the game, but a team that relies closely on each other to win the game." Let’s work together and use the strength of the entire team to defeat our opponents!”

"Such gunmen are terrifying. They are a well-disciplined wolf pack. Under the leadership of Kai, they pounce fiercely. Once the gunman bites his throat, they will bite hard and not let go until the other party gives up. "

"We have said before that Arsenal's game is too beautiful and lacks enough blood!"

"Looking at Arsenal now, they are not only bloody, but also cruel!"

Yes, Arsenal is cruel!

After scoring their sixth goal in the second half, Arsenal still did not stop attacking.

Obviously they saw this game as a good opportunity to improve their numbers.

It wasn't until the 80th minute, when Arsenal scored their seventh goal, that Lucky stopped this crushing attack.

Lucky can clearly feel that Swansea's players are on the verge of collapse. If they really kick these guys out, they don't know what they will do.

So give in when it's time to give in.

Wenger also made substitution adjustments, and he put the substitute on for training.

With a seven-goal lead, unless there is a miracle, Swansea can't come back!

90 minutes passed.

In the end, Arsenal 7:0 Swansea, after Southampton, once again became a victim of Arsenal's gun!

And this big victory also raised Arsenal's morale to the limit.

Arsenal players are very satisfied with the result of this game.

It's just a matter of brushing data.

Suarez completed a hat trick, Cazorla scored twice, and Walcott and Ramsey both scored.

And Lucai also came out with two assists.

Today, Suarez leads the scorer list with a huge advantage.

Cazorla tied with Gerrard for the top spot in the assists list with 9 assists.

The third place is occupied by Lucai with 8 assists.

Arsenal alone has taken two of the top three assists spots, and is the absolute top scorer!

This shows from the side how sufficient offensive firepower Arsenal currently has.

Suarez, the goal harvester, combined with Lucky and Cazorla, the two cannonball-carrying configurations, Arsenal's central axis is simply too strong!

Bayern Munich, Guardiola's coaching staff are also analyzing Arsenal's game!

"Arsenal's central axis is already stronger than us, and we can only make a fuss on the wings!"

an assistant coach suggested.

But opposition quickly arose.

"In the last round, we just played two wide players, but Kai made Robben and Gotze completely lose their voices!"

"Kai is indeed a problem, but Robben + Ribery have a chance to break through Kai's defense!"

"We cannot base the outcome of the game on probability, we need a clear answer!"

The coaching staff was in a quarrel.

Obviously, Arsenal's win at Bayern's home court puts them under great pressure.

Guardiola also touched his shiny bald head and looked at the information in his hand.

As a world-class coach who developed Tiki-taka and single-handedly assembled the Dream Three Dynasties, he clearly understands the core of "pass and control".

Does Arsenal play a pass-and-control game?

Yes! And no!

In the past, Arsenal was definitely the leader in the passing and controlling system, and even had the capital to compete with Barcelona.

Both Wenger and Guardiola knew very well what the core of passing and controlling was.

But now Arsenal is not playing passing and controlling at all.

But it is not a defensive counterattack!

This feeling is very strange.

They say they are not playing passing and controlling, but they do keep the ball firmly under their feet.

But even if they cannot control the ball, they can rely on the sweeping tactics in the midfield and backcourt for defensive counterattacks.

And Wenger has also begun to use high-pressure pressing!

Yes, this Arsenal team is doing very well in high-pressure pressing.

The speed of the rush is very fast, the timing is also very accurate, and it can always form a situation of more people against fewer people.

These problems combined, Guardiola is a little confused.

Now Arsenal seems to have integrated all these systems, but they have digested them perfectly and run them smoothly.

Arsenal's lineup is definitely not the top.

Maybe their central axis is definitely the top of the Champions League!

But their other positions still need to be strengthened.

However, Wenger has brought such a team together and maximized their potential.

Guardiola feels that even he cannot bring this Arsenal to this level.

If Wenger is given a more powerful lineup, he should be really scared!

Dongdong!!

Guardiola slapped the table, and the coaching staff members who were arguing before turned their heads to look over.

Guardiola said; "In fact, we have no better way. Our central axis cannot compete with Arsenal. We can only use two wingers. You are right. We can only hope that Robben + Ribery can play a sufficient role!"

"At least from the performance in last season's game, Kai has limited ability when facing Robben and Ribery alone, but when the two play together, Kai's defense will also have problems."

"So leave these problems to the players and let them make up for it with their performance. We can't continue to issue more brilliant instructions in tactics!"

Hearing this, the coaching staff members smiled bitterly.

Bayern Munich has always had injury problems this season, which also prevented them from determining the main lineup in the first place.

But they did not expect that the sequelae of rotation would break out at this point in time!

On the other side, at the Kearney training base.

Wenger was also explaining the tactics.

But the players are very familiar with this set of tactics.

It is the 4-1-2-3 set that played away against Bayern!

There is no need for Arsenal to change the tactics. They won the last game, which shows that this set of tactics is still effective.

Therefore, how to solve the problem is Bayern's share, and Arsenal only needs to continue to do it according to the experience of the last victory.

Of course, some details cannot be ignored.

"In the next game, we are likely to welcome a complete Bayern!"

Schweinsteiger and Ribery have all recovered from their injuries.

This will significantly improve the strength of Bayern's lineup!

Wenger looked at Luka and said; "Robben + Ribery, can you defend them?"

Other Arsenal players also looked at Luka, with absolute trust in their eyes.

Lekai took a deep breath and nodded seriously.

Although he was still a little unsure, the atmosphere was so good that Lekai couldn't shake his head.

"Very good!"

Wenger clapped his hands and said, "Take a good rest during this period. I will try to reduce the amount of training. You need to adjust your physical condition to the best in a short period of time to prepare for the qualifying match of the Champions League quarter-finals!"

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