Chapter 88 Heavyweight Dribbling
Dortmund's high-pressure pressing was very light, and so was Arsenal.
The two sides had a fierce collision from the front court, which also caused the rhythm to continue to accelerate.
Arsenal is not afraid of this fast-paced style of play, after all, they play like this in the league.
Dortmund is also not afraid, they are also familiar with this fast pace.
Now the cheers of Dortmund fans are extremely loud, and in this case, Dortmund players are also working harder and their state is gradually improving.
In the 9th minute, Dortmund passed the ball to Lewandowski after a short pass in the front court.
Lewandowski flicked the ball to the left and glanced at Arsenal's goal. There was no angle for shooting.
He could only flick the ball to the left and pull out of the gap.
But just as the ball was flicked out, a figure suddenly sandwiched between himself and the ball and blocked Lewandowski tightly outside.
"Beautiful!!"
Sky Sports commentator Paul Mossen shouted.
Lucky's timing for this forward interception was simply perfect.
It was inserted just at the moment when Lewandowski dribbled the ball. Lewandowski slammed his head on Lekai's back. At this time, Lekai had separated the ball from Lewandowski.
Shhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!——
The Dortmund fans at the scene booed Lekai.
Lekai ignored it. After getting the ball, he passed it to Sagna.
At the same time, he stepped forward to respond.
When Sagna passed it back to Lekai again, Reus stepped forward to press.
But after stopping the ball, Lekai took a step forward with his left leg, put his center of gravity on the left, and hit Reus hard with his shoulder.
Reus and Lekai were not in the same weight class at all. Lekai easily knocked Reus away, and at the same time, he touched the ball with his arch of the foot, and scooped it towards the heel of his supporting foot, turned around and walked away.
"Heavyweight dribbling!"
Zhan Jun couldn't help laughing.
There are many technical players in the midfield. In order to ensure possession of the ball, they need to use flexible body movements and techniques to protect the ball.
But there is also another type of midfielder.
They also have the ability to protect and hold the ball, but not through speed, but through body.
This type of player often has good ball stopping and ball sense, but lacks some flexible attributes, so they are more willing to use a physical confrontation to get rid of it.
Obviously, Lucky is this type.
Although this type of player lacks some dribbling beauty, it highlights a sense of calmness.
Lucky rarely loses the ball, because if you want to grab the ball from Lucky's feet, you have to force him away.
But with Lucky's current tonnage and physical fitness, few people can interfere with Lucky physically.
In addition, Lucky almost never makes sudden stops and turns. This action that requires constant changes in the center of gravity leaves the opponent no chance to take advantage.
It can be said that although Cazorla is currently the strongest dribbler in Arsenal, Lucky is far lower than Cazorla in terms of ball loss rate!
Of course, there is also the factor that Lukay can hardly dribble, but as a midfielder, Lukay's data is luxurious enough.
Lukay took a few steps forward, but he did not pass to Cazorla.
Cazorla also pulled back.
Although Cazorla is the organizer in the frontcourt, Lukay has a higher priority than him.
Therefore, when Lukay stepped forward, Cazorla needed to fill in.
Lukay crossed the half court with the ball and found that there was no good opportunity, so he passed it to Rosicky.
Rosicky passed the ball back to Lukay again, and Lukay passed to Walcott.
Walcott passed the ball to Suarez.
Suarez tried to dribble and break through, but the opponent's defense was very dense and it was too difficult to break through, so after trying it, he passed it back to Lukay again.
Lukay shook his head, he was ready to retreat.
Suddenly, he saw that Durm's retreat speed was a bit slow after the previous rob.
And Walcott was obviously a little eager to move.
Lekai immediately took a step forward and pretended to catch the ball leisurely, but the next second, his calf swung gently and his toes rubbed the bottom of the ball.
The ball immediately flew behind Dortmund's left-back Durm.
At the same time, Walcott also started quickly, and his speed suddenly soared in a short period of time under his strong explosive power.
Faced with the sudden change, Durm was startled and turned around to run.
But he didn't start in time and fell behind in acceleration.
Seeing that Walcott was about to surpass him, Durm could only pull frantically.
But he still couldn't stop Walcott, until Durm fell to the ground, still holding Walcott's jersey in his hand, and was dragged 2-3 meters away.
Walcott looked at the ball flying out of the baseline and turned his head angrily to question.
"Durm! This is too wrong to pull someone!"
Zhan Jun looked at Durm awkwardly dragging Walcott's jersey and being dragged for three meters, and said with both laughter and anger; "This needs to be given a card, this is a serious interference with the attack!"
Zhang Lu said; "It must be given a card, this action is too obvious!"
As the two commentators said, Durm received a yellow card and a warning.
Arsenal got a set-piece opportunity in the flank area measured by Dortmund.
Cazorla ran to the penalty spot, and Lekai and others also walked into the Dortmund penalty area.
Dortmund put more power on Mertesacker, after all, this is Arsenal's most threatening point for headers.
Cazorla stood at the penalty spot and looked towards the penalty area.
He found that Lekai kept moving left and right, quite active, and looked towards the back point from time to time.
Cazorla made a decision immediately.
"Cazorla's penalty! The ball flew into the penalty area! Is this ball a bit high? Mertesacker! Ouch!! It's too high!! This ball is Lekai!!! - Ah!!!!!! Goalpost!!"
Zhan Jun hugged his head and said regretfully; "This is a back penalty! We thought it was kicked high, but Cazorla was looking for Lekai! But bad luck, this ball was rejected by Dortmund's goalpost!"
Lekai squatted on the ground, he also hugged his head, with a look of discomfort on his face.
If he had just retracted it towards the inside, this ball would have been there!
Lekai was quite regretful!
Lekai's header scared Dortmund so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Hummels roared; "Why did you miss someone? Why is no one watching Kai?"
The Dortmund players also looked at each other.
They were attracted to Mertesacker at first, and they were more concerned about Suarez at the back point. Kai rarely made such a header.
But this time, Kai used a header to make them sweat.
On the other side, Paul Mossen, the Sky Sports commentator, praised: "Kai's header ability is very good. Although there is no header, his header ability should never be ignored."
Dixon: "Yes! Last season, when Arsenal faced Stoke City, Arsenal suffered from the aerial battle. Since then, we often see Kai retreating to participate in the header. A player who can compete for the header, his header ability will not be too bad!"
Kai retreated, although a little depressed, but soon put it behind him.
He has a good header ability, which mainly comes from Stoke City.
In the past two seasons, Arsenal has only won one of the four games against Stoke City.
Sky City brought them a lot of trouble.
In order to solve this problem, Lucky also trained his heading ability.
After all, the pressure of competing for the header cannot be placed entirely on Mertesacker.
In the competition with Crouch and other tall players, Lucky's grasp of the timing of set pieces and corner kicks is becoming more and more proficient.
This is also the reason why he dared to show his heading ability in this game.
Lucky's heading ability sounded the alarm for Dortmund.
After all, Arsenal's previous ground play was already strong enough, and now Mertesacker and Lucky have added two aerial forces, which makes Dortmund feel that they cannot give Arsenal too many corner kicks and set pieces.
In the coaching booth, Klopp pursed his lips tightly, his expression was extremely serious.
Something is wrong with this game.
Arsenal's offensive routine is no longer as monotonous as before, but presents a feeling of blooming.
They can play on the ground, play aerial battles, play quick counterattacks, and rely on passing and controlling to fight positional battles!
Arsenal's individual firepower may not be enough, but when these things are combined together, the feeling is not good.
Klopp suddenly felt like he was surrounded by a pack of wolves!
Yes!
Arsenal is now like a pack of hungry wolves!
Their individual attack power may not be strong enough, but they have strict discipline and organization, and with a variety of offensive routines, Arsenal's offense has become more and more unpredictable!
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