The Midfield Master

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Under the leadership of Xia Ze, Everton aroused their fighting spirit after falling behind by one goal, and gradually recovered their disadvantages on the scene.

However, Arsenal's midfield strength is still very strong. Everton did not fully occupy the advantage on the scene.

Everton seems to have returned to the traditional English football team led by Moyes, constantly attacking Arsenal's defense through crosses from both sides.

On the other hand, Arsenal penetrated through the ground and used the ball to kill the fighting spirit of the Everton players. Both sides had their own targets, and the scene was very intense.

Although the team's situation has improved, Martinez is still frowning on the sidelines.

Originally, he had already made arrangements before the game to use fierce tackles to block Arsenal's midfield transmission. But during the game, he found that Arsenal's midfielder was not easy to deal with.

Ozil is certainly a world-class midfielder, but today Cazorla and Ramsey played even better. Everton's midfielders simply cannot compete with each other in terms of numbers.

It can restrain Ozil, but it cannot stop Cazorla and Ramsey, so although they are fierce in pressing, they have no way to stop Arsenal's attack.

The midfielder had no way to win the possession of the ball. Through the crosses from both sides, most of them were cleared by Merdesacker, who is extremely capable of controlling the air, so Lukaku got very few opportunities.

And Xia Ze didn't have many chances to get the ball in the midfielder position, so he couldn't create too many threats to the team.

An Özil is already difficult to deal with. Today Ramsey and Cazorla seem to be in better condition than him, so the Everton players are a little at a loss.

Martinez could only think hard on the sidelines, but there was nothing he could do.

"If this goes on like this, the team's newly built self-confidence will definitely be consumed by the opponent, and we can't follow the opponent's rhythm!" After the team lost the ball again, Xia Ze ran back to grab the ball while thinking hard Take countermeasures.

Ozil's possession of the ball in the midfield made Xia Ze and the others helpless. The German midfielder's passing ability is so good that it is impossible to limit him without two or three players.

And once he was surrounded by two or three players, Cazorla and Ramsey immediately showed open space,

Allowing Ozil to move the ball easily was a headache for them.

After organizing an attack, Xia Ze responded to Baines' cross in the middle of the first half, and Ospina bravely resolved the volley from the edge of the penalty area. Other than that, Everton couldn't have been more threatening in the first half.

Arsenal, on the other hand, was better at pass control and created more opportunities, but the attacking players in the frontcourt were not good at seizing opportunities and failed to expand their lead. At the end of the first half, Arsenal led Everton 1-0.

Goodison Park, inside the home team's locker room, Xia Ze was panting and was wiping his sweat with a towel, while the whispers of teammates next to him came over. Everyone's expression is very dignified, and the conversation is also a little helpless.

In the first half of the game, although the Everton players were ambitious, they had nothing to do with Arsenal. Before the game, they thought of limiting the opponent's performance with fierce tackles, but they didn't expect that almost everyone in the opponent's midfielder performed very well, and they couldn't limit it at all.

Because there was no lively conversation in the locker room, the sound of Martinez's footsteps walking in could be heard clearly from the corridor.

Before he stepped into the gate, everyone stopped discussing and looked at the door together, waiting for Martinez's instructions.

Martinez, who was slightly bald, appeared at the door, his brows were slightly wrinkled, his face was heavy, and he was obviously thinking hard about countermeasures.

After all, he is a coach with several years of coaching experience, and his coaching performance at Everton last season was very good, so the players in the locker room have great confidence in him.

After pondering for a while, Martinez just raised his head, whispered softly, and said to his players: "We fell behind in the first half, not because the opponent performed well, but because we did not perform well!"

He said this very seriously and solemnly, which shocked all the players in the locker room. They think that their performance is not too bad, it's just that the opponent's players are too good.

Seeming to sense the doubts in the players' hearts, Martinez glanced at everyone and continued: "We failed to limit the performance of the opponent's midfielders. This is a manifestation of our failure to perform well. Although you can follow my pre-match deployment, Using fierce shovels to block opponents, but not able to limit their performance, this obviously failed to grasp their weaknesses!"

After what he said, some players in the locker room were dissatisfied, but they had nothing to say at this time, because what Martinez said was correct.

"Gareth, in the second half I need you to keep Ozil tight and don't let him have any performance! As for Ramsey and Cazorla, you don't need to worry about it, you just need to be responsible for marking Ozil to death." Martinez looked at Barry and said firmly.

After hearing the order, Barry nodded firmly.

"The reason why we were not able to limit the opponent's midfielder in the first half was because our defensive attention was attracted by Ramsey and Cazorla, while Özil was ignored."

"Although these two players are very strong, they are not the hub of Arsenal's midfield. What we need to restrict most is Ozil. As long as we restrict him, we will grasp Arsenal's weakness!"

What Martinez said made Xia Zemao suddenly understand, and the look in his eyes was also shocked.

Why didn't I think of it myself? Arsenal's offense was initiated by Ozil, although the running and shooting of Cazorla and Ramsey made the players on the field feel that they were more threatening than Ozil.

But before they shoot, it's Ozil who sorts out the attack and passes them the ball.

To put it bluntly, Ozil is their midfield engine, almost all offensives are instigated by him.

As long as Ozil's performance is restricted, other players will not be able to get his pass supply, making Ozil unable to organize the offense smoothly, and Arsenal's threat will be reduced by more than half.

Although players like Cazorla and Wilshere also have good creativity, the current players on the Arsenal field use Ozil as the core of the organization, restricting Ozil, and other players on the field Even if you want to react, it will take a while.

And this time difference is our chance to fight back!

After sorting it out like this, Xia Ze immediately understood how to deal with it in the second half.

With the encouragement of Martinez, the Everton players also regained their confidence and were bound to save the team from the defeat in the second half! c