Chapter 106 The Role of Matt
The soft lights of the Wembley Rainbow Bridge spread evenly on every leaf of the turf, and the players from both sides ran into the court under the light!
Nearly 90,000 fans cheered, and the second half of the game is about to begin!
Adam and Matt stood on the sidelines. One of the two men was 198 cm. Although the other had grown to 170 cm, the contrast in height was still very strong.
They all have their own shortcomings, but the same, their characteristics are also very prominent.
This is also the reason why Gao Bo used the two of them as regular substitutes for the ball.
There are many players with shortcomings on the football field, but as long as there is a very prominent feature, such players tend to be better than those with average abilities.
Just like now, Gao Bo wanted to increase his personal breakthrough, so he replaced Adam. He wanted to strengthen aerial operations, so Matt could go into battle.
Taking advantage of almost a minute before the second half of the game began, Gao Bo put his arms around Matt and explained in detail: "Arsenal's wing is likely to have a lot of crosses in the second half. I need you to control the high point in the penalty area and return when defending. Go to our penalty area and rush to their penalty area when attacking!! Just like the last time I did with Manchester City! Understand? Matt!"
Matt bending over is a bit uncomfortable, but in order to take care of the head coach's height, he still tries to bend down and listen. When Gao Bo finished speaking, he nodded sharply.
"I see, boss!"
Gao Bo patted Matt on the back: "Focus!! Matt, you must stay focused on the court!!!"
At this time, the fourth official has raised the sign for substitution.
"Before the start of the second half, Luton is going to make a substitution! On the 11th, Adam played, he replaced the 7th Lewis Emanuel, and the 19th Matt Schmidt replaced the 32nd. Hassan Ali!!!"
At this time, the two players to be replaced are already sitting on the bench, so the fourth official sign was raised, and the two immediately got the referee's permission and ran into the field.
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Wenger sat on the coach's bench. He had basically expected Luton's substitution before the end of the first half.
Do you want to change to a high center forward to press up and attack?
Wenger smiled slightly, young people are just impulsive...
If Luton pushes forward, their formation must be close, and behind them will be the grassland where the Arsenal forwards are galloping.
There is basically no suspense in this game!
Wenger sat on the coach's bench and thought, he looked at Gao Bo, who was standing on the other side, with a pity.
To be honest, Wenger admired the refreshing tactical system that Gao Bo created in Luton.
The overall dense formation, coordinated movement, whether it is to press on offense or retreat to defense, or to press for the frontcourt, is the cooperation of the team as a whole. This is a team that is very good at accumulating absolute numbers of advantages in the local area. Defeat the opponent's team.
If the difference between the players of the two sides is not that big, it will not be easy for Arsenal to defeat such a well-trained team...
But it's a pity, it's a pity that Wenger must get the ticket to the FA Cup final.
Arsenal have been without a championship for four years. If this year continues to be unable to win a championship with sufficient weight, Wenger will be under greater pressure...
This year is the best chance to beat Luton and reach the final! !
Wenger's eyes are firm!
At the beginning of the second half, things seemed to be what Wenger expected. Luton was indeed seeking an attack after he got the ball.
In fact, Luton also played the tactic of directly playing the high ball to get the center forward. They still like to play to the front court through cooperation, tearing up the space and then passing the threatening ball.
Drinkwater and Vardy passed the ball and pushed the ball to the frontcourt. Afterwards, Drinkwater passed the ball to Adam White's feet.
The pass in front was laid out for this, and gave Adam White a chance to create one-on-one sideways!
This is Luton's flank hot spot!
Now Adam White is facing Ebou with the ball one-on-one. He first gives the ball to his main foot and then slows down.
Gao Bo has already equipped Adam White with all his cards. With the increase in cards, Gao Bo believes that in a one-to-one situation, Ebb is definitely not Adam's opponent.
Sure enough, Adam's very fast fake movements made Eb's faint a bit, and then Adam suddenly cut in from the outside line and was about to wipe it from Eb's side.
Eb's head is sober at this time, and Adam must not be allowed to break into the restricted area like this! !
So he reached out and knocked Adam to the ground!
beep...
The referee's whistle sounded!
Foul! !
Gao Bo rushed to the sidelines. He was just about to put pressure on the referee loudly so that the referee would give a yellow card or something.
But as soon as he rushed out, he saw that the referee had taken out the yellow card from his pocket, so Gao Bo immediately clapped vigorously and even gave the referee a thumbs up.
Now it's Wenger's turn to be dissatisfied, and he also rushed to the sidelines and spread his hands.
"Is this a yellow card?!!!"
Wenger questioned loudly.
"Of course this is a yellow card!! How could this not be a yellow card!!!"
After hearing Wenger say this, Gao Bo said immediately.
"There is nothing wrong with you here, brat!!"
"Hey..."
The two head coaches are getting closer and closer, and it looks like they are going to meet directly.
The fourth official ran over immediately and stood between the two.
"Pay attention to your position, Mr. Coach!!"
Both head coaches walked away angrily.
Wenger looked at the situation on the court.
Do you want to use personal breakthroughs to create threats?
What Wenger worries most is that if Eb is dealt with by Adam again and gets the second yellow card, it will be very difficult to do...
"Alexander!!! Go and help Emman!!!" Wenger shouted to Alexander Song from the sidelines.
Song also knows that the opponent is now replaced by a flank blaster. It seems that Ebé can't have the upper hand in the fight against the opponent, so he needs to lean more towards Ebé's next.
Adam created a free kick on the left front of the team. Two central defenders came up to participate in the attack The two forwards Valdy and Matt Schmidt were also in the penalty area.
Kevin Keane will handle the ball.
When he passed the ball into the penalty area, this point passed well! !
Matt Schmidt rushed for the ball! !
The weakness of the two Arsenal centre-backs' lack of height has been exposed! Matt Schmidt easily won the high-altitude ball scramble.
It's just that he topped the ball a little bit higher.
Rao was so, and also caused an exclamation from the stands.
Arsenal fans were full of fortunate after exclaiming, and for Luton fans, they immediately gave out a burst of enthusiastic cheers!
This is Luton's closest attack since the start of the game! And it was the offensive that Luton took the initiative to create, which gave Luton fans the hope of equalizing the score.
Wenger was also taken aback. To tell the truth, it was really difficult to guard against the opponent's set-piece attack. After all, the back line was full of wounded soldiers, so Wenger had to send such a pair of central defenders. In the high-altitude defense, Kolo Toure, who is not tall enough, and Silverets, who is already old, can hardly compete with the young Luton center.
still have to score the second goal as soon as possible! !
The emergence of such a dangerous situation made Arsenal realize that a one-to-zero lead is definitely not safe.
So next, Arsenal seemed to be irritated, and they immediately launched an attack!
This time Wenger discovered the difference between Luton, their high center Matt Schmidt returned to the penalty area to participate in defense?
what is this?
Fengwei swingman?
When Wenger saw Matt Schmidt throw Arshavin's cross over the sideline, the French coach twisted his face...