football world number one

Chapter 1249

Compared with Arsenal's difficult victory against Dortmund, Marseille's second round of the Champions League group stage can be said to have taken the Hornets lightly.

They won Dortmund at home with a score of 2-0, and because of the advantage of goal difference, they are now ranked first in Group F.

People are speculating that Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund will eventually advance to this group, but Marseille changed everything with their actual performance.

The day before the game, Wenger began to announce the team's starting lineup.

In view of Marseille's performance in the two rounds of the group stage, the professor chose a relatively safe lineup allocation - 442.

Center forward Giroud and shadow forward Liu Feng form the team's double forward combination.

In the midfield, Chamberlain, Wilshere, Rosicky and Walcott formed the team's four midfielders.

The instruction given to them by the professor is very clear, that is to control the situation in the midfield through cooperation and linkage.

"Take possession of the ball into your own hands and don't give your opponent too much possession."

Wenger was very cautious in tactical arrangements. He repeatedly emphasized the importance of the team's midfield, and then announced the defense of the back line.

"Alves, Mertesacker, Phil Jones and Maicon, the four form a central defender combination."

"understand!"

"Goalkeeper Fabianski."

"learn!"

After the starting lineup was determined, Wenger also quickly announced other players who entered the Champions League squad.

That night, the Arsenal team took a flight to Marseille.

The players arrived at the five-star hotel arranged by the team after resting on the flight for a period of time. There was no interference from rival fans, and everyone had a good night's sleep.

Early the next morning, Wenger took the team to the training base contacted in advance for a simple warm-up.

Compared with Marseille, which occupies the advantage of the home court, the Arsenal team obviously needs to spend time adapting to the rhythm and environment here.

Fortunately, France and England are on the same latitude, and there is not much difference in every respect.

After a morning of recovery and adaptation, the players quickly entered the state.

That night, amidst the wild boos of the Marseille fans, the entire Arsenal team started their own warm-up. Compared with the Marseille team that had stepped on the field early, they really had no way to compare in this regard.

"CCTV, CCTV, good evening, viewers and friends, welcome to the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League Group F group match match between Marseille and Arsenal at home in the third round. I am the commentator Liu Jianhong."

"I'm explaining Zhan Jun."

When the voices of Liu Jianhong and Zhan Jun came from the screen, the fans who stayed up all night waiting in front of the screen finally saw the picture on the court.

In the early hours of the morning, those who can wait for this Champions League are real fans.

After taking a sip of strong tea and watching the intense warm-up on the court, everyone has already begun to look forward to the scene after the game starts.

As the final waiting time in the locker rooms of the two teams ended, the two sides returned to the court again.

As the captain of Arsenal, Liu Feng and the captain of Marseille had a finger-guessing activity, and finally won the kick-off for the team.

"Giroud and Afeng stood in front of the ball and Arsenal won the kick-off."

With all the players on their feet, the game is about to start.

"Shh!!!"

With a long whistle, the game officially started.

"Giroud puts the ball out, Frederick gets it and moves back, Rosicky in midfield gets the ball and Arsenal start possession."

As Rosicky began to command the midfield, the game officially kicked off.

After the opening game, Arsenal's solid possession of the ball gave Marseille no opportunity to take advantage of it. As the home team's favorite, they could only continue to adjust with the Gunners' possession of the ball.

This also gave Liu Jianhong and Zhan Jun the opportunity to broadcast the double-reverse lineup.

After Liu Jianhong finished reading Arsenal's starting lineup, Zhan Jun also began to read Marseille's starting lineup.

"In this game, Marseille's lineup is 433. They have shown a great desire to attack at home."

"Up front, Valbuena, Remy and André Ayew formed the attacking combination of the home team, while Luis Oscar Gonzalez, Cherrou and Diarra formed a midfield three."

Looking at the scheduling of the players on the court, Zhan Jun's broadcast was very fast when no effective attack was born for a while.

"In terms of defense, Marseille have sent Azpilicueta, Morel, Diawara and Nkuru, and their goalkeeper is Mandanda."

Compared with Arsenal's well-known stars, Marseille's layout can only be said to be average.

There are no big-name players in charge, and there are no-names. People don't think this team can pose much threat to Arsenal.

However, the facts are far from people's imagination. When the game started 10 minutes later, the Arsenal team, which hadn't started their offense for a long time, was hit head-on by their opponents.

"Diarra steals the ball in midfield and Wilshere, who advances, fails to break the opponent head-on."

As the Gunners failed in a pass in midfield, Arsenal suffered a direct counterattack from their opponents.

"Diarra gave the ball to Remy, two to one to escape Arsenal's counter-robbery, the ball has passed the halfway line."

It was too late, and when Remy, who was in possession of the ball, crossed the center line and successfully broke through the confrontation with Rosicky, the rhythm of Marseille came.

"Divide the ball! André Ayew got the ball from the wing, he was very quick and Maicon chose to attack."

Veteran Maicon's defensive experience is full, but he can't stand the operation of directly splitting the ball when Ayew is about to meet him with the ball.

"The ball to the center, Valbuena, Marseille's attack came to the area in front of the penalty area."

Mertesacker attacked directly after the opponent's center took the ball, and his movements were fierce and extremely impactful, which gave the Gunners fans a sense of security for no reason.

However, this sense of security became a false product in the next moment.

"Valbuena scored again! Marseille slowly opened the gap in the Gunners' defense in the frontcourt with pressing and constant scheduling."

When Marseille's Remy on the right got the ball again, their offense had penetrated into the Gunners' penalty area.

The unprepared Gunners' defense did not arrange an effective defense afterwards.

"Remy passed the ball in an inverted triangle! Valbuena made a quick shot!!!"

"Oh!"

In the 207th minute of the game, the ball rolled into the goal as the Marseille center shot in the center of the penalty area.

Although Fabianski, who was standing in front of the gunner's door, had already made a save, he still couldn't catch up with the speed of the foot-to-the-ground cut.

"Goal! Goal! Goal! Valbuena, he took the lead for Marseille."

As the ball rolled into the goal, the home team also temporarily took the lead in this game.

　Chapter 1 here!There is only one chapter tonight. I drank too much and I can’t write it anymore. Please forgive me.

　　
　
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