If you understand the organizational form of the League Cup, you know why it has been at the top of the "chicken rib" list for so many years. On the influence, it certainly can't touch the Champions League; on the ability to make money, it is the Nine Bulls of the Premier League; on the inspirational index, it only plays in the Premier League, the Championship, the League A, and the League Two, and no grassroots team can output chicken soup; even, the championship prize money of this tournament is only 1 million pounds, which is only enough to pay C Luo half a month's salary...
So, the only attraction that the League Cup has had for Premier League teams over the years is that it's a cup.
With this little excitement, arsenal and Liverpool in the semi-finals finally got serious. In this game, both teams played their main forces, but after everyone was piled up, you would find Arsenal... No waist.
With Xhaka suspended for a first-round red card and Thomas having just shipped back from the Africa Cup of Nations, Arsenal were only able to drain the Lokonga +X back combination, with Smith Rowe and Erdegaard taking turns to retreat when unknown, randomly falling next to Lokunga when they returned to defense.
This arrangement doomed Arsenal's midfield defense to be unable to carry heavy work, so Arteta could only give the frontcourt players a more aggressive way of playing.
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Add martinelli and Saka's personal breakthroughs to prevent Robertson and Arnold from taking off.
This proactive attack did give Arsenal a certain advantage, and in the opening 4 minutes, Saka's breakthrough took the lead in brushing a free kick in front of the field, forcing Liverpool to line up a wall and a horizontal player... According to the usual international practice, the candidate for lying flat is generally a small head or an older person or a small and older person, which is a stage for the old and the young.
Although arsenal dominated the opening situation, this kind of betting on high-level pressing is actually a big gamble. Because fans familiar with the history of the two teams know that arsenal and Liverpool have a low success rate in playing against each other, but it is easier to retire when they eat red cards early when they play 10 to 11.
Therefore, Liverpool play Arsenal will generally show a little horse's foot first, and after drawing the opponent out, the Red Army will begin to turn into a horse and run wildly. Moreover, the Arsenal's single kidney play in this game added to the difficulty of detoxification, and once the gambling siege failed in the front, then the Reds could immediately twist the song in midfield.
Soon, Arsenal began showing 100 ways their backs were disconnected from the front. All the moments when Martinelli failed and Tierney didn't have time for reinforcements became a huge void for Liverpool's attack – Arnold's frequent appearances in the middle of the midfield with no defensive holes behind him were like adding a De Bruyne to the Reds while subtracting an InternalCo Williams.
How did Arnold's style of playing be so advanced?
So, Firmino made a heel out of the blue, Arnold inserted a diagonal pass, Jota received the ball for five or six seconds without encountering decent resistance, and let Arnold brush an assist.
Seeing that Rowe and Erdegaard's defensive abilities really didn't help Lokunga, Arteta changed his defensive strategy with a big wave of his hand - Gabriel began to take the initiative to protect the opponent's counterattack. However, with such a tone, there are two side effects.
A. Firmino frequently retreated, luring the Gabu beast out of the cage, and Ben White's side panicked again.
B. Erdegaards don't come back, and the pressure of the ball falls on Lokunga... But this guy, the weak foot won't shoot the ball.
Yes, the elimination of the sky's feet has gradually become a trend in the development of world football, because just blocking him is equivalent to cutting off his passing button. So Arsenal had only two attacking styles left after the second half of the first half. One is that Martinelli takes advantage of Arnold's absence to force the wing operation; the other is to cross the midfield line and directly let the backfield contact the front court to go crazy.................. lose...... go out...
Obviously, arsenal defenders are very unstable in this regard, with a lot of balls at the feet of the forwards leaving only a little bit of loose silver, and Arsenal's long passing point and success rate... Anyway, with Tengger's nine shallow and one deep singing method to watch, the effect is excellent.
Therefore, Liverpool's defensive plan for this game is very simple, that is, to send heavy troops to cut off the connection between Arsenal's two full-backs and Lokunga, and let Luo Xiao operate on his own. The only problem was that Henderson and Fabinho added their own task of no-ball belt gabes, and then possession often fell at Jones' feet. The guy also passes in midfield, but once he's brought to thirty metres from goal, most of his subsequent moves are to pave the way for his own shots.
Therefore, Xiao Luo, the factory office, and Jones, who was in the army, echoed each other so far away that they became Wolong Phoenix Chicks. This is also strange to say, these two people are still technical players, but the two brothers Rory's way of carrying the ball has added a touch of jerkiness to the two midfielders, that feeling is like watching Li Kui and Zhang Fei ride bicycles in the desert hand in hand, and the ruts are still square.
Coupled with the fact that Liverpool also has a tool man Gordon, so the Reds have little to do after getting the ball. As a result, the two teams played a lively first half, but in fact, they were both Mang Han embroidery or nationally renowned power chess players.
In the second half, Liverpool first made adjustments – Jotara went to the left to deprive Jones of some of the ball. This way of demonizing immediately made The bad-looking Kenyang Fuan scramble, forcing Arsenal to shift their defensive formation to Jota's side, and then gordon on the right, revealing Gordon.
Then you see that picture.
Even the rare geniuses in the academy for a hundred years always have tender places to come out of the water. The most obvious difference between young players and old players is calm when facing opportunities. It reminds me of a conversation in the FIFA group the other day —
Me: I've been shooting lately and want to change to a more stable striker. How many brothers recommend players with a relatively high calm value in front of the goal?
Group friend: Your own composure is low, and no matter how high the players are, it is useless...
So, calm this thing, e-sports and football, one has to rely on talent, the other has to rely on exercise. At this point, soccer double players can go through a double workout and grow faster. As a result, the first professional players in the Premier League, Jota and Arnold, the champions and runners-up of the FIFA Tournament, quickly joined forces and delivered a goal that ranged from passing and shooting to the extreme.
Ruota at the moment of picking and shooting, I don't know if the hand also subconsciously pressed the L1 + shot.
In fact, before Jota scored, in order to solve the problem of Lokunga's ball and advance, Arteta had forcibly summoned Thomas to work overtime. But it turns out that overtime tends to put work at a high risk and applies to social animals in all fields.
So, Thomas rushed back in a hurry, and he was furiously eaten a red card, and in just 15 minutes, he staged a series of "Africa Cup of Nations out of the line of fire, League Cup return of the line of fire out".
In the last 3 days and 2 games, Thomas has been eliminated in 2 cup games in a row, and after the game, he issued INS to apologize to the fans for his red card: I accept all criticism
In the end, Arsenal lost 2-0 and stopped in the semi-finals of the League Cup.
Looking back, Klopp has been in Liverpool for so many years, and apart from the first season, this is the first time that he has not given up on domestic cup matches. He probably also knew that the current economic situation in the village could only support him to look forward to the domestic cup. So, while he began to think about pulling the team out on tour to make extra money, he looked at a scout-like reinforcement list in the winter window - such as Fulham's 19-year-old Carvalho, Lyon's 18-year-old Cherki, The 17-year-old Galby of Paris...
After years of watching together, Liverpool have finally lived themselves into arsenal.
I don't know if the "warm" cup will also be online after the "warm" cup is guaranteed.
Salah, who is accompanying Egypt to the Africa Cup of Nations, cheers on his brothers
But until then, congratulations to Liverpool on reaching the League Cup final – a win with Chelsea.
Author: Ned