Throwing a corner kick is synonymous with danger in the Arsenal. The Gunners have scored 53 goals from set pieces in the last year and a half, thirteen more than any other team in the league. Premier League. Until now, it seemed practically impossible to stop the tactics of Mikel Arteta and his ‘staff’ in this type of actions. The idea is to surround the goalkeeper with tall players and put the ball in that area, or extend the ball to the first or far post and finish the play at the goal mouth.
But in the second leg of the semifinals of the League Cup English disputed between Arsenal y Chelsea At the Emirates Stadium this Tuesday, something unprecedented happened. Liam Roseniorcoach of the ‘blues’, ordered three of his players to leave the area and go to the center of the field when his rival was preparing to take a corner kick. This way, Malo St, Liam Delap and Joerel Hato They followed their coach’s instructions and left the area.
The move bore fruit, because Arsenal were forced to follow the mark of the three Chelsea players to avoid a possible counterattack with numerical superiority, leaving the area of the defenders depopulated. Roses. As a result, the visitors defended the corner much better and were able to ward off the danger without problems.
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A tactic that no team had applied against the Arsenal so far and it worked perfectly. Who knows if, seeing the result, the other teams will replicate it to stop the Gunners’ set-piece actions. All this shows that even corner kicks are prepared in detail in training.
