The Midfield Master

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After the start of the match, although it was just a warm-up match, neither of the two sides planned to show mercy. The press was fierce, the kicks were decisive, and the pace was so fast that it didn't look like a warm-up match at all.

Compared with Arsenal's players, Everton's players are more hardworking, and Arsenal's lineup has not changed, but Everton's lineup has been strengthened in two places.

Deulofeu on the wing replaced Maggiedi, and his breakthrough ability on the wing was greatly enhanced. He and Miralas formed two wings together, plus the two full backs Coleman and Baines. After inserting an assist, he completely suppressed Arsenal's offense on the wing.

Although Arsenal's wing attack ability is not weak, they rely more on the short pass cooperation of Ozil, Cazorla and other players in the center.

But unlike last season's FA Cup, now is the preseason, and the players' state and physical fitness have not yet recovered. It is not easy to play a wonderful short pass, but it will be much easier to destroy the opponent's offense.

On the other hand, after Cleverley replaced Barry, although he is not as good as Barry in the overall situation of the midfielder position, his running is much more active than the veteran Barry, and the coverage is large. Together with Xia Ze and Gibson, It messed up Arsenal's midfield. Under the active running of the three, Arsenal couldn't play any decent cooperation.

The side was suppressed, and the short pass from the center could not penetrate. As a result, Everton intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Xia Ze, Cleverly and Gibson took turns to transfer long passes to the side, giving Miralas and Deulo Fau hit the opponent's defense in the frontcourt.

Lukaku in the middle also put a lot of pressure on the opponent, so after a period of stalemate in the opening game, Everton almost took control of the game after 20 minutes, and all threatening attacks came from Everton's side. Arsenal have possession of the ball, but they can't penetrate the ball into the threat zone.

In the 25th minute, Everton counterattacked. After Xia Ze got the ball in the middle circle, he pushed away Coquelin who came up to press. After the confrontation in the FA Cup last season, Xia Ze already knew how to confront this midfielder, so he was not afraid of the opponent's pressing at all.

After taking Coquelin away, the two wide players have already left behind, Miralas on the left, Deulofeu on the right, and Lukaku in the middle, three ghosts hit the goal in the frontcourt .

The full-back Coleman also plugged in at high speed, making Arsenal's players even more sluggish.

Xia Ze did not indulge in the breakthrough with the ball, but directly passed the ball to Deulofeu on the right.

Facing the opponent's right back Monreal's defense, Deulofeu made two consecutive changes of direction to shake the opponent away.

After breaking into the penalty area, Lukaku, Miralas and Xia Ze in the middle are already running to grab points.

Miralas is at the back, Lukaku is in the middle, and Xia Ze is at the top of the penalty area.

No matter which position is passed, teammates have a chance to score, because when the defensive player and the offensive player are equal, the offensive player will always have the upper hand.

The fans in the stands were already clamoring, and the stands behind the goal happened to be fans wearing Everton jerseys. Seeing that the team I support is launching a threatening attack, I can't help but stand up.

Because Lukaku was closely watched by Mertesacker at the front point, Deulofeu picked up the ball and passed it to Miralas at the back point.

But the arc of the ball seemed to be slightly lower. Arsenal goalkeeper Ospina jumped up to pick the ball with both hands when he saw the opportunity.

The expectant fans couldn't help sighing after seeing Deulofeu's pass and Ospina's provocation to pick the ball.

Those who have been watching football games know that such a pass is basically confiscated by the goalkeeper.

However, what was unexpected was that when Ospina picked up the ball, his hands slipped, and he just touched the ball and missed it.

When Ospina attacked to pick the ball, Arsenal's players relaxed their vigilance, but they didn't expect Ospina to turn out to be buttery.

Such a change caught them off guard, and Lukaku, who had long been ambushing in the penalty area waiting for an opportunity, certainly would not waste such a good opportunity, with a light push, the ball was pushed into the empty goal.

1 to 0, with Ospina's buttery hand leaking the ball, Lukaku helped Everton advance a goal.

The fans who thought there was no chance for this goal were stunned for a moment when they saw that Lukaku scored a goal, and then burst into cheers, sometimes mixed with taunts at Ospina.

Wenger put his pockets on the sidelines, the wrinkles on his face deepened, and his brows were furrowed.

When he first came to Singapore, the media asked him at the press conference if he planned to find a better goalkeeper.

After all, Chelsea's goalkeeper Petr Cech has already stated that he wants to leave Chelsea, and Abramovich has no intention of obstructing it. So Cech was linked to many teams at once, including Manchester United and of course Arsenal.

Wenger's answer at the time was that he did not intend to buy a new goalkeeper because he trusted the current Ospina.

In the warm-up match with Stoke City three days ago, Ospina did show a good state.

But who would have thought that less than half an hour into the game, Ospina would show up and give Lukaku such a big gift.

This is simply slapping Wenger in the face, making what Wenger said at the press conference a few days ago a joke.

Does Arsenal really not need an excellent and stable goalkeeper now?

Martinez on the other side doesn't have the troubles of Wenger. Howard may not be as good as Cech or De Gea's top goalkeepers, but Howard's performance in the Premier League is definitely stable, not like Ospina Or a nerve knife like Szczesny.

"Continue to press like this, don't be stingy with your physical strength!" Martinez yelled at his disciples. What he was most worried about was that his players would relax their press on the midfield and shrink instead after scoring a goal. defense.

But it is stupid to behave like this in the warm-up match, because the warm-up match is originally a time to improve the players' physical and state, and more importantly, to build self-confidence.

Now that we have the opportunity to play out the offense, we cannot shrink the defense because of a goal.

The Everton players obviously didn't have such an idea. Under Xia Ze's organization, they launched waves of fierce attacks on Arsenal's goal.

The morale of Arsenal's players also plummeted because of Ospina's own goal, and they were completely suppressed by Everton later, and they did not have the style of the FA Cup champion last season.

Before the end of the first half, Everton scored a goal each from Deulofeu and Xia Ze, extending the score to 3-0, and the game basically lost its suspense.

After the second half came out, the two sides made substitutions and adjustments, but Arsenal's offensive still did not improve. Instead, Everton scored another goal from substitute striker Kone, and the final score was fixed at 4-0.

Everton scored a big win! c