Monday, March 31, 2008

The day when i see the possible revival of Total Football

Half time, 2-0 down, 1 man off. Come back seems impossible especially when ur not winning for 5matches in the BPL.
U need something special to do it. Wenger did.
On the hour mark, he bravely intro Adebayor n Walcott into the pitch. and its all different.Monsieur Wenger took off Senderos, centre back, to subs with Walcott. an attacker.
by then, Arsenal shift Toure to the centre, with Gallas. in Fact, walcott was asked to play as Wing Back with Clichy. so the formation seems to be 2-5-2.2 defensive players as seen in the formation wise, but when Bolton attack, Clichy drop back, Walcott, and Flamini too. make it 5-3-1.
Basically, Walcott was alone on the right flank. i could see Gallas in the penalty box of Bolton, where Flamini dropping back to fill his gap. Adebayor drop tp the left, while Hleb and fabregas make forward runs. look at the 2nd goal, it was the initial Flamini shot that lead to it. yeah, even him attack. see where was Walcott, in the penalty area also, a wing back. but Van Persie, a striker, was way behind the goal.
that was the essence, everyone can attack, everyone can defend. defender attack then attacker drop back to defend. with the change of position, it make the defenders diff to defend. we couldn't see the diffrence between 10men or 11men. becos everyone is covering each other.
i watched the only Dutch game of 1988 2yrs ago, TOTAL FOOTBALL. one match and i m in love. A shadow of that is enough for me.
Final score, Bolton 2- 3 Arsenal

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