Fighting in the player tunnel is nothing new. Both Vieira and Solin understood that this was just to put psychological pressure on the other party, so there was no further conflict, they just trash-talked each other.

Soon, as the whistle sounded, the two teams came onto the stage with their ball boys. When they ran out of the tunnel, Solin stared at Chen Mo and pointed his finger at Chen Mo.

"Wowo."

Chen Mo rolled his eyes and ignored him, but this scene was captured by the camera and broadcast to thousands of households. The people who paid the most attention to this game were undoubtedly Argentinians around the world.

A luxury villa with a swimming pool in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

"This little guy seems to have a weak temper? Jose, you should know that playing in the national team is one thing, but unless the playing skills reach my level, it is impossible for a player with a weak personality to integrate the Argentine locker room."

The beautiful woman was splashing in the swimming pool, taking a sip of red wine, holding a cigar in her mouth, and watching the TV screen. The fat Maradona frowned and blew out a puff of smoke, flicking the ashes.

On the sofa next to him, Pekerman shook his head, took a sip of yerba mate and said with a smile: "No, Diego, he is not the same type of leader as you. He usually prefers to unite the players around him, but when necessary, his temper can change."

It’s very explosive. He should be the only player among all current players who has more red cards than yellow cards.”

"More red cards than yellow cards?"

Manadola stopped smoking his cigar and raised his eyebrows in an interesting way. Pekerman shrugged: "Yes, he doesn't have a temper, he just prefers to show kindness first. Well, it's the kind of person who gets angry and gets angry directly.

A ruthless character with ruthless hands.”

"Hahaha, interesting, it sounds like the gangsters I came into contact with in Naples. Next, let me see how far he has grown in the past few years, and he actually asked you to come to me personally to help him stand up

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Chen Mo didn't know what was happening in the outside world. After he came on the field, he didn't think about anything else at all.

Standing near the center circle, stretching his arms, Chen Mo turned his attention to the Villarreal players and observed the opponent's position. Although the game had not started yet, he could more or less deduce it based on the position of the players.

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Seeing this, Chen Mo raised his eyebrows, "4312? You are so confident."

Back four: Venta, Alvarez, Peña, Arua Barrena.

Central midfielder: Senna, Hosico, Solin.

Single attacking midfielder: Riquelme.

Double arrows on the front line: Diego Forlan, Jose Mari.

The 4312 formation looks like some of the centers playing as a false nine in the 433 formation, but the style of play is completely different. In the 433 formation, even if the center drops back to play as a false nine, it will only be a cameo to help relieve the midfield pressure and will not become a problem.

The core, and the offensive core of 4312 is this 1, which is the attacking midfielder!

"Do you really want to prove yourself?"

Chen Mo set his sights on Riquelme. The attacking midfielder position was right in the triangle between him, Vieira and Essien. It was not easy to get the ball here.

Not only Chen Mo found it strange, but the commentator was also a little curious.

"Villarreal actually uses 4312? Isn't this crazy?"

"Indeed, the whole world now knows that Arsenal's most stable defensive area is the midfield. Even Chelsea and Manchester United cannot break Arsenal's defense in the midfield area, but I think this is also the case for Villarreal.

It's a helpless move. After all, even with Cristiano, Robben, Duff, Giggs and other wing players with strong explosive ability, Chelsea and Manchester United actually didn't get much advantage from Arsenal on the wing.

. None of them can do it, let alone Villarreal, who are not strong on the wings, so they can only take a gamble and bet that the team's core player Riquelme can open up the situation in the middle."

"That's true. Okay, dear spectators and fans, now the two sides have finished choosing sides. Villarreal, wearing the yellow jersey, has the right to kick off. They attack from right to left, and Arsenal, wearing the red and white jersey, has the right to kick off.

Then it’s on the left.”

The whistle sounded in my ears, and soon, Forlan, who was serving in the center circle, passed the ball back to Riquelme. After receiving the ball, the latter did not distribute the ball immediately, but lightly dribbled the ball with his feet while running.

, while looking up to observe the position of his teammates, but the next second Chen Mo was already close to him. At the same time, Pires Henry Bergkamp on the front line, Vieira and Essien in the rear also pressed for the first time!

4312 is equivalent to pulling the two full midfielders of the 442 formation near the center, and then letting one of the midfielders move forward, forming a four-point diamond position in the midfield.

With four players in the middle, the control of the middle is definitely stronger, but no formation is perfect. The backlash of the increase in the number of players in the middle is that the lethality of the two wings is weakened.

If you don't have two wings flying together to hit you behind, you still have to be afraid of a hammer!

Moreover, Villarreal's problem is not only that its wings are weak, but more importantly, Riquelme is very sticky to the ball. To what extent, as a classical attacking midfielder who is not strong in physical fitness and is not responsible for defense, he even knows how to stick to the ball.

He often retreats to the midfielder position, takes the ball from the defender's feet, and then keeps the ball under his own feet to dribble until he attracts the opponent's defensive center of gravity before passing the ball.

Riquelme takes the ball to attract the defense, and the other players move around him without the ball.

A very typical big-core playing style, but I have to say that it makes sense for Villarreal’s coach to dare to let Riquelme play like this. His dribbling ability is indeed top-notch, and in the face of Chen Mo’s crazy pressing

, still firmly controls the ball at his feet, and will only pass the ball to his teammates when absolutely necessary. In addition to dribbling, his short passing ability is also top-notch.

Time passed bit by bit, and soon, the audience was surprised to find that Arsenal's high press did not work!

The entire Villarreal fans began to cheer, but on the sidelines, Villarreal head coach Manuel Pellegrini frowned deeply and paced back and forth with a complicated expression.

He glanced at Wenger, who was not far away, with the old man in his pocket.

“Very strange feeling”

He had the upper hand on the court, but an uneasy feeling spread in his heart. Manuel rubbed his chin nervously and looked at the players running around on the court uneasily. As a head coach, his understanding of the game was obviously more important.

Much higher than the fans.

In his eyes, because of Riquelme's top passing ability, Villarreal does take the initiative now, but the ball can never be pushed past half-court, and Arsenal seems to be pressing the whole court, but in fact they are not.

Show off the terrifying midfield pressure you had against Chelsea before!

Are Arsenal players in bad form?

No no no, absolutely not!

But what is the reason for this strange feeling?

I am puzzled!

At this moment, a flash of lightning flashed in his mind. Manuel immediately clenched his fists and ran to the sidelines shouting: "Solin! Hosico! Give Riquelme more support!"

"Have you figured it out?"

"It's a pity it's useless."

Watching Manuel roaring on the sidelines, Wenger, wearing a red tie, put one hand in his pocket and looked serious, but a smile flashed in his deep eyes.

Arsenal is indeed pressing high, but their real intention is not to steal the ball. Riquelme's passing ability is very strong, and he is a four-man midfielder with one more contact point. It is difficult to steal the ball directly from the opponent's feet, and it may even be possible because of the high ball.

He grabbed too deep and was hit behind by Riquelme's scalpel. Therefore, the first-half defensive tactics he arranged for the players before the game were not to steal the ball, but to drive it away!

Just like a sheepdog driving a flock of sheep, unless there is an excellent opportunity, don't blindly steal the ball. Just keep forcing Riquelme to run around, constantly giving him physical strength, stripping him of cocoons, and constantly consuming his already unavailable energy.

Great physical energy!

As long as his big core loses power, Villarreal's tactical system will collapse directly, and this task will naturally be handed over to Chen Mo, a physical monster who can run 16 kilometers in a single game!

Manuel's shouts from the sidelines were heard by Solin. He immediately followed the coach's instructions and led his teammates closer to Riquelme to provide support, but it was of no use. They were all engineering players, facing those mid-range players.

They still have some role in the team, but now Arsenal's midfield defense is the best in the world!

They couldn't organize an effective attack after receiving the ball. In the end, the ball had to return to Riquelme's feet to launch the attack. The key point here is

"Damn! He's too fast!"

When the ball was passed to his feet again, Riquelme leaned on Chen Mo with his right shoulder, preparing to pull the ball with his left foot and turn around, but in the next second, he immediately caught Chen Mo's left foot from the corner of his eye.

to the back of his left heel, completely blocking the path for pulling the ball backwards!

"Put your crotch on? No, no, no, I can't squeeze through!"

His physical fitness was not at the same level. He hit the wall when he turned around. Riquelme had no choice but to pass the ball back to the defender. He turned to look at Chen Mo with a very unwilling look. Three years ago, Chen Mo was still a little kid worth mentioning in his eyes.

But three years later, he was able to defend himself alone in the Champions League!

Chen Mo didn't know Riquelme's complicated emotions, he just kept shaking his head to observe, and based on the transfer of the ball, he moved his steps to block Riquelme's receiving route.

"It was very difficult for Riquelme to play under Chen Mo's defense. It seems that it will not be easy for Yellow Submarine to win at home in this game."

"Indeed, Chen Mo's defensive mode is not the type of standing one-on-one with the opponent. He is very aggressive and likes to engage in constant physical confrontation. He is also one of the rare players who has both strength and flexibility.

It is very difficult for Kelme to get rid of him."

"Yes, but the key now is that no matter how difficult it is, he must find a way to get rid of Chen Mo! Villarreal's team lineup is completely built with him as the core, and the entire team is serving him. If he

Being frozen out, the whole team will lose momentum."

The commentators chattered on and on, and the football-savvy fans on the sidelines were silent. Their Yellow Submarine style of play was very similar to that of Argentina in 1986. It was the "Sun Play", or to put it another way - the King of Football's play.

The entire team has only one big core, Riquelme, and all the players revolve around him. How much heat this big core can exert will directly determine the upper limit of the entire team.

Fans understand the truth, but Riquelme understands it even more. Less than ten minutes into the game, under the watchful eyes of 22,000 spectators, he no longer insisted on fighting with Chen Mo, but instead faced Chen Mo.

He ran into the circle surrounded by three people.

"Oh! Here it comes! Riquelme enters the circle to attract the defense! Riquelme attracts the defenders to shrink in the core area of ​​the opponent's defense, allowing other teammates to gain more space, and when other teammates gain space opportunities

After that, it will be difficult for the opponent to guard him again, and he will also gain more space at this time! This tactic is one of the reasons why the Yellow Submarine finished fourth in La Liga last season.

Another important reason is that their style of play is to completely abandon the wing play, so there will be an extra supporting player in the midfield. In this case, the strength gap between the two midfielders will be partially made up!"

The commentator was very excited, and the Villarreal fans suddenly became excited again. But at this moment, Chen Mo, who had been running around to observe, shouted loudly to Ashley Cole and Lauren, waving his hands inwards, signaling them to let them go.

The two full-backs were raised diagonally towards the center to participate in the defense of the center. At the same time, Vieira was behind to defend Riquelme alone, while Chen Mo and Essien went further forward, cutting off Riquelme in the 4312 formation from the three behind him.
To be continued...