It's almost the opposite of Arsenal's process.
No right or wrong, only what fits.
Barça's early playing style coming to the Premier League would not pass the fan test.
Bang!
In the blink of an eye, Arsenal swiftly crossed half the field with Olic's aggressive advance.
But San Remo's left midfielder Lu Yang disrupted the ball under Olic's feet with a timely tackle in a one-on-one.
This was their second duel, and Olic suffered another setback.
Bear in mind, Olic cost Arsenal twenty-eight million euros!
And he was a direct competitor for purchase with Lu Yang!
San Remo fans were jubilant.
Arsenal fans began cursing Lu Yang's recent injury.
To tackle so cleanly, just recently down in the penalty area and not getting up!
However, Olic indeed felt something was wrong with Lu Yang's left hand... at least it seemed uncomfortable at this stage.
Because on the left, Lu Yang should tackle with his left side.
This way even if Olic avoids the tackle and wants to cut in, Lu Yang's right hand can immediately pull on Olic.
Yet, just now Lu Yang went down on his right side.
If Lu Yang failed in the tackle at that moment, Olic could have cut inside with the ball.
A wide defensive player's primary duty is to cover the baseline direction but not allow cutting inside.
Lu Yang is a defensive expert, he should understand this principle.
In this light, his choice just now seems intriguing.
The supporting hand needs to aid and balance the body's position...
Olic's eyes brightened, signaling to his teammates to keep passing the ball to him later.
Following this, San Remo launched another wave of offensive.
At this stage, Arsenal players had abundant energy and speed, although not pressing immediately, they applied considerable defensive pressure once San Remo entered Arsenal's half.
This defensive system made it difficult for San Remo to find any opportunity.
As Morici's long-range shot went wide, the ball possession returned to Arsenal.
Olic received a pass from his teammate and started advancing on the right flank.
Bai Zhami retreated to press.
San Remo utilized a perfect misplaced+positioned defensive system, focusing on getting back possession up front and applying pressure.
Midfield players focused on challenges and pressing, offering substantial defensive pressure, and primarily intercepting the ball.
Defensive players focused on encircling opponents, maintaining positions, only actively challenging if supported, otherwise held back.
Combined with Lam's adaptable attributes between midfield and defense, Kaint and Lu Yang's sweeping attributes, theoretically, this defensive system was perfect.
It wouldn't provide too much organizing space like positioned defense.
Nor would it result in large gaps like misplaced defense.
Of course, this was merely theoretical.
In practice, some discrepancies would occur.
Moreover, even with a perfect defensive system, it doesn't mean never conceding a goal.
Coincidence and exceptional play by opponents could still render defense ineffective.
Olic passed back to midfield Nils, who sent it back to Olic, freeing him from Bai Zhami.
But by then, Lu Yang had returned to his defensive position and rushed at Olic.
Olic normally reached out to hold off Lu Yang, facing away from him, seemingly preparing a Marseille Turn to break through on Lu Yang's right, smoothly cutting inside.
Yet in the next moment, the ball at Olic's feet went around his supporting foot and flew left past Lu Yang.
Olic also turned left after faking a right turn.
A beautiful feint past the opponent!
Of course, such abrupt stops and starts primarily rely on explosive power and first-step ability. Prior movements intend to shift the defender's balance to prevent catching up.
But Olic didn't anticipate that Lu Yang adjusted his balance excellently, wasn't deceived by the feint, and followed quickly.
Plus, Lu Yang's explosive power didn't lag far behind Olic's.
It appeared Olic's breakthrough would fail.
Olic suddenly pushed Lu Yang's left hand away.
During breakthroughs, small hand movements between players are entirely normal.
Chelsea's right back Reece James suppressed England's top winger Sterling by pulling his shirt.
But Olic's swipe directly slowed the chasing Lu Yang.
Lu Yang's left hand recoiled instinctively away from Olic.
Olic seized the chance to outpace Lu Yang and completed the breakthrough.
Morici's pupils contracted during the retreat.
Lu Yang's move just now was... painful!
Was he really injured?
"Ding! Your arm received a strong external hit, injury worsened."
"Ding! Superstar Skill Ironman activated, injury temporarily frozen, won't actively worsen..."
The presence of Ironman made Lu Yang's injury seem frozen.
Yet... external force could introduce new complications, resulting in a passive worsening! Turning into a newer harsher injury!
Although Ironman would still freeze new injuries, Lu Yang could feel the pain during this process.
Ironman allowed Lu Yang not to fear injury, to continue in the match despite hardware damage but couldn't take away the fleeting pain.
Theoretically, as long as Lu Yang didn't allow anyone to touch his left arm in the following match, he wouldn't be affected.