knife guard

Chapter 970
When the commentator on the imperial court was discussing whether Arsenal's success was due to the professor or Li Huan, the match had already begun.

Atletico Madrid did not adopt the offensive method as the court guessed. Kugo Flores is very clear-headed. He understands the gap between his team and Arsenal, and thinks that this kind of tasteless competition is for a giant like Arsenal. Demonstrating to the whole of Europe in the form of a military parade, it is very pragmatic to adopt defensive counterattack tactics.

And Professor Wenger did not regard this game as tasteless, but they are double champions. They have achieved complete victories in the warm-up match, Community Shield Cup and league. It really means to demonstrate to the whole of Europe. The lineup has only one purely defensive midfielder Alexander.Song, Rosicky, Nasri and Cesc Fabregas have average defensive capabilities. Van Persie on the front line is a typical non-defensive striker. In this game, Arsenal is a typical game that focuses on offense and light defense.

After the opening, Arsenal played the momentum of the double crown.

Eboue and Li Huan flew with both wings, and Rosicky and Nasri, under the pressure of Arshavin, managed to get the chance to start, one by one desperately rushed forward.In such a tasteless match, Fabregas faced his hometown team, and it was impossible to organize honestly behind him. He also wanted to score goals, so the only player Arsenal really defended was Alexander. .Song, and two central defenders Vermaelen and Koscielny.

In the first minute of the game, Arsenal played a beautiful and smooth cooperation. Li Huan moved a wide range from the wing and talked directly with Eboue. Eboue crossed the ball back to Fabregas in the middle. Atletico Madrid was a bit empty in the middle, Fabregas immediately went straight into the penalty area, Walcott actively advanced forward, pushed the ball with one foot, and the ball missed the post slightly.

There was an exclamation in the stands of the Louis II Stadium, and Arsenal fans stood up and applauded their team. The Arsenal fans who won the double crown were extremely confident, and their passionate shouts became Louis II. A beautiful landscape on the field.

Two minutes later, Arsenal got another chance, this time with the cooperation between the two forwards, Van Persie intercepted the clearance ball and made a ball for Walcott, Walcott received the pass and pushed directly, but Under Godin's interference, Walcott pushed the ball directly into the arms of goalkeeper De Gea.

In the 4th minute of the game, Li Huan's corner kick turned directly to the back corner. Goalkeeper De Gea reacted quickly and hit the ball out of the small penalty area with one hand. The offense was very layered. Fabregas followed up with a long-range shot, and the ball flew into the stands against the goal post again.

In the first 5 minutes, Arsenal got consecutive shots. Atletico Madrid, who was a little flustered, had a lot of people in the backcourt, but they didn't stop Arsenal's quick cooperation and widening of the two wings. It seemed that Arsenal might break the goal at any time.

On the sidelines, Professor Wenger stood with his hands behind his back, with a relaxed expression, while Atletico Madrid coach Flores remained calm, not sure if he was really confident or simply dumbfounded.

"...The Champions League champions play the Europa League champions. There is really nothing to say. Isn't it a ball of the same level? These three offensive opportunities, as long as the Arsenal players wear shooting boots, at least there is a chance. A goal . . . ”

Tao Wei, the narrator of the court station, began to speak nonsense again.

Zhang Lu agrees with Tao Wei's opinion, "The Europa League is a competition between second-rate teams for a conciliatory prize, so as not to make trouble for them. The battle between the champion of the Europa League and the champion of the Champions League cannot be called the Super Cup, and the winner is not worthy. Called Wang Zhongwang, the real Wang Zhongwang should be the champion of the Club World Cup."

Just when everyone thought that Arsenal would soon get rid of Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid suddenly showed their strength. In the 6th minute, Atletico Madrid opened the scoring. Assuncao stole Van Persie and launched a fast break. , Reyes passed consecutively and hit the left side after Eboue's assist. Reyes broke into the left side of the penalty area. Into the near corner! 1-0, Atletico Madrid took the lead.

This was like a slap in the face. Two of the three commentators on the imperial platform held up their teacups to cover up their slip of the tongue. Only Duan Xuan exclaimed, "Atletico Madrid scored a goal! It's unbelievable that they scored in a single counterattack." Yes! Luck, luck, how important luck is..."

When the Atlético fans in the stands were almost desperate, they suddenly found that the team had scored a goal. It was like encountering a bright light in the dark. They didn't react and even forgot to applaud.

Arsenal were hurt by the goal, a little embarrassed and angry, and then launched a more violent attack, but after Atletico Madrid took the lead, their self-confidence increased greatly, without the panic before, the defense was very tight, and the counterattack was also very good. The game became more and more methodical, and the game entered a new stage after this goal. Arsenal attacked wildly, and Atletico Madrid densely packed the backcourt, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

Although Atletico Madrid has shown a strong combat effectiveness and game state at this time, the Arsenal fans and players on the field, as well as reporters and commentators are still optimistic about Arsenal, thinking that this invincible team is nothing but Take a nap and they'll tear Atletico apart in no time.

However, 10 minutes later, Arsenal still did not equalize the score; 10 minutes later, Arsenal still did not score, but at this time Atletico Madrid's counterattack was more sharp, and the delicate footwork of La Liga players gradually showed. , The tacit cooperation of the three or two players in the frontcourt made Arsenal's defense a little difficult to parry, and they had to make frequent fouls to block the attacks of Aguero, Forlan and Reyes.

"... Seeing Reyes' current state, does the professor regret selling the Spaniard? If Reyes is given a little more time, maybe Arsenal won't be unable to win the League Cup for five years To..." A Spanish commentator defended Reyes.

And another commentator beside him smiled and teased the professor: "Arsenal at that time was different from other giants. They used how much money they made every year as the standard for measuring the team. In Manchester United Chelsea Real Madrid Barcelona, ​​and even Manchester City's ambitious When rushing to the championship, Nana was proud of: how much I have earned this year, hehe! You poor ghosts who owe a lot of debt."

Wenger is restless, and there is still a lot of time, but he is an old coach who has coached for many years. He is keenly aware that this Atletico Madrid team has found the weakness of Arsenal's defense. There is a lack of interceptions in the center and too few defensive players in the backcourt. Go on, there is no guarantee that Atletico Madrid will not score again.

However, Wenger believes that it is too early to adjust the lineup now, and if he adjusts the lineup now, it is not telling the outside world that his starting arrangement is wrong and his pre-match preparations are not enough. Thinking of this, Wenger gave up the meaning of adjustment, just hoping The players on the top can perform well, at least they can't let the opponent score again.

When the team is passive, the professor has poor on-the-spot command ability, and his stubbornness is undoubtedly reflected. If it is Mourinho and Ferguson, they will admit their mistakes without hesitation, and make substitutions and adjustments to change the passive situation on the field .

Fortunately, the professor is lucky. He has an on-court coach——Li Huan. After becoming the captain, Li Huan has more and more influence on the team. It turned out that he used actions to influence his teammates more, and became the captain. After that, Li Huan had to use his mouth to direct his teammates while moving his feet.

Li Huan felt that the back line was not stable, and Eboue continued to provide assists according to the professor's request. He didn't want to change the coach's meaning, but his side was relatively free, so Li Huan reduced his assists and moved closer to the middle to let Vermaelen Moved with Koscielny to fill in Eboue's absence.At the same time, discuss with Cesc Fabregas and let him move forward to increase the pressure on Atletico Madrid's frontcourt.

Li Huan's adaptability on the field made Arsenal's defense immediately stable, and Fabregas' attack power was also released to the maximum, and the pressure on Atletico Madrid's defense suddenly increased.

At 32 minutes into the game, the three talented players Fabregas, Nasri and Rosicky finally planned a perfect attack in the middle. Their consecutive two-for-one cooperation penetrated the thick defense of Atletico Madrid. Van Persie and Walcott completed a clever pick-and-roll in the penalty area, and the Tigers made a push to equalize.

1:1. The field has returned to balance.

The Arsenal fans who had been silent for a long time finally broke out. They jumped up excitedly and applauded the stadium. They once again chanted the slogan of winning six championships.

The professor breathed a sigh of relief and equalized the score. There were still more than ten minutes left in the first half, and a midfielder was added during the intermission, and then Li Huan could be released.

However, the game was not as the professor envisioned. The equalizer did not dampen Atletico Madrid's fighting spirit. They continued to make a fuss on Eboue's left. Although Koscielny defended Eboue's left, Kos Czerny is not a full-back after all. There are many places where a central defender is not used to playing a full-back. However, Eboue sees someone behind him filling his position, and his assists are even more unscrupulous. Reyes and Aguero specifically target him to break through. Koscielny received two yellow cards in a row within 10 minutes, two yellow cards turned into one red, and was expelled by the referee Busacca.

At this time, the game had just passed 43 minutes, and there were at least five or ten minutes before Arsenal would play 10 against 10. This was simply a huge test for Arsenal.

In the last few minutes, Arsenal was in torment. From last season to now, Arsenal has basically been smooth sailing. It is rare for one person to be sent off before halftime. Some players can't accept it. , the attention has been unable to concentrate on the game, from the striker to the defender made mistakes, but fortunately only a few minutes, Atletico Madrid did not seize the opportunity to score the second goal.

Back in the locker room, Wenger criticized Eboue with an ugly face, saying that he was not flexible at all in the game and his ability to read the game was too poor.

Eboue thought to himself, isn't this all arranged by you before the game?But even though he was not convinced, he didn't dare to contradict Wenger in public, so he could only sit on the side angrily.

In the locker room, Wenger made adjustments to the game. The back line should not be incomplete. It happened that Wenger was also preparing to take the lead and then replaced Sagna. Now he pushed Li Huan to the position of central defender and let Sania play early. Right back, Li Huan can support both sides at any time in the middle, and Li Huan can also attack directly in the middle. Wenger remembers that when Li Huan cameo as a defensive midfielder, he played very well.

After the start of the second half, the Atletico Madrid players found Arsenal's full-back Li Huan. The dangerous man they had heavily marked came to the position of the central defender. This is a position that Li Huan had never played before. The Atletico Madrid players relaxed their vigilance. They thought that since Li Huan came to such an important position, he might not have as many assists as on the side. Moreover, during the intermission, Flores did not expect that Li Huan would play as a central defender, so he did not make any arrangements. Now Seeing Li Huan appearing in the central defender position, Flores also needs to think carefully about how to deal with it, so there are no timely contingency measures.

At the beginning of the second half, Atletico Madrid began to advance from both sides when attacking, using their numerical advantage, trying to open Arsenal's arms and attack Arsenal's center.

Sagna has not played a game for a long time, and his condition is average. His right side is often broken by Simao, but there are Li Huan and Vermaelen in the middle, two players who are more familiar and tacit, Atletico Madrid's center Forlan and Aguero Didn't get any good shooting opportunities.

After playing more than ten minutes in the second half, Li Huan was very eye-catching at the central defender position, but he was also very quiet. He did not often visit the front of the opponent's penalty area as he did at the full-back position. Arsenal's corner kicks were also taken by Fabregas came to take the penalty.Atletico Madrid's players also completely lost their vigilance, thinking that Li Huan was playing as a central defender, and did not take on the task of attacking.So the attack became more violent, and they wanted to use the advantage of numbers to solve Arsenal within 10 minutes.

The good times didn't last long. In the 23rd minute of the second half, Simao made a cross from the wing, and Aguero and Fran grabbed the spot in the middle. Before Fran jumped up, Li Huan rushed over as fast as he could. Headed the ball out.

After the header was cleared, Li Huan did not stop. He used the inertia of his body to rush out of the penalty area. Only then did everyone realize that the ball had landed in front of Fabregas. Fabregas saw Li Huan rushing out of the penalty area. He tapped the ball lightly with his head knowingly, and the ball just flew to the running line of Li Huan.

Li Huan rushed over quickly and grabbed the ball with his chest. The ball just changed its flight trajectory, from the front to Raul.Garcia's flight turns into a fly past him, Raúl.Garcia watched helplessly as the ball and Li Huan quickly passed by him, but he was unable to make any blocking moves.

Li Huan and Cesc Fabregas made this cooperation to get past Raul.After Garcia, there was a large gap in front of Li Huan, allowing Li Huan to increase his speed easily.

Li Huan, who dribbled the ball from the middle lane, was like a raging beast. The players of the Sheets Corps were frightened and rushed to intercept. Changing direction and swaying, he didn't even have time to make a foul.

Seeing that within the range of 30 meters, the opponent also concentrated his forces to intercept the front of the penalty area, Li Huan slightly adjusted his pace, swung his feet and volleyed vigorously.

Bang!
The ball came out like a cannonball and flew straight to the middle of the goal.

At first the ball was still flying in a straight line, but after passing through the penalty area, the arc of the ball flight became larger and larger. When the goalkeeper De Gea rushed over, the ball had already flew obliquely to the left post of the goal, making De Gea Ya's judgment has gone wrong, and he can only watch the ball fly farther and farther away from his hand.

boom!
Second bang!
The ball hit the inside of the post and bounced into the net!

2: 1.
Arsenal, who played one less player, overtook the score, and Li Huan scored in four consecutive games.

The Arsenal fans in the stands jumped up immediately. They waved their arms and shouted Li Huan's name. It was a game that Arsenal fans felt had no suspense, but now it was so thrilling that Li Huan's The goal made the fans even more crazy than the first goal.

"Oh! Goalpost...Goed in! Li Huan scored a goal! Beautiful! So beautiful!" The voice of the commentator Duan Xuan suddenly raised an octave, "Li Huan's iconic long shot, Li Huan's goal in the center back The position still does not change the true nature of the guard with a knife. In the situation where the team played one less player, Li Huan helped Arsenal overtake the score. Although Arsenal lost one player, but with Li Huan, Arsenal is still the big favorite to win the championship. . ..."

Wenger was very calm. He habitually walked to the sidelines and clenched his fists with both hands. He lowered his arms and made a sullen gesture of raising his arms, and then walked back to the coach's bench.

The coach of Atletico Madrid, the cool guy Flores, shook his fist angrily. Why can't he figure it out? With so many people in the middle, why can't they stop Li Huan's breakthrough shot?

After a brief celebration, the two sides continued the match, and the time was close to 10 minutes. Atletico Madrid had one more player and still had a chance of winning. After Flores made adjustments to the defense in the middle, Atletico Madrid continued to attack Arsenal.

Although Arsenal played one less player, they were not conservative. They increased their investment in counterattacks while ensuring a solid defense line. Sagna also started to assist from the wing. Although his cross was too bad, Sania now Ya also learned how to behave. If he was not sure about not passing, he would hand it over to Fabregas or Nasri to organize after halftime.

It took less than 10 minutes for Arsenal to score. Sagna, who had been crossing without a mark, did not pass the ball to the middle again. He made a pass to deceive Ujfalusi and took the ball to the center. bottom line.

Ujfalusi followed closely and wanted to intercept Sagna. Sagna was very decisive this time and passed the ball directly to the middle to find Van Persie.

The Dutch Robinson headed the ball between the two central defenders, and the central defender Dominguez hit the ball almost at the same time, and the ball flew to the right under the collision of the two.

Eboue, who made a major mistake in an assist in the first half, wanted to make up for his mistakes in the second half. He just arrived, unloaded the ball from his chest, and then hoisted it into the penalty area.

At this time, a tall figure leaped high from outside the penalty area and almost glided into the penalty area. The header of central defender Godin smashed the ball into the goal, and then rolled into the goal.

"Goal in! Goal in again! Who grabbed the point... Li Huan! It was Li Huan! Li Huan grabbed the point from the central defender and scored twice to seal the score for Arsenal. ...Arsenal, who played one less player, broke out, and Atletico Madrid became the victim of Arsenal's sharp counterattack..."

The fans in the stands realized that it was central defender Li Huan who grabbed the spot after Li Huan got up from the goal. Suddenly, the fans of Arsenal and Li Huan went crazy. They waved their scarves and turned the Louis II Stadium into a There was a sea of ​​red, "Li Huan! Li Huan!" Their shouts soared into the sky, spreading the name far and wide to the entire Principality of Monaco.

Assistant coach Rice rushed out of his seat and hugged Wenger, "It's beautiful! It's so beautiful! Li Huan can score as a central defender, that's great! We won!"

Wenger hugged the old assistant tightly, and said with the same excitement: "Yes! We won, they are out of the game! They have one more person, and they are also out of the game!"

Flores punched hard on the windshield of the coach's bench. He was extremely angry, not only to his defensive players, but also to Li Huan, a central defender, who scored goals every game. Defender?Still a central defender?It's nothing more than an assist with the ball, but you even stepped forward to grab a point!It was too much for Flores.

The old chairman Hill Wood in the VIP box was beaming. When Koscielny was sent off, he thought the championship was lost, but Li Huan's first goal made him immediately full of confidence. Li Huan is here!Everything is possible!Now Li Huan really lived up to his trust, the Chinese helped Arsenal seal the victory with two goals.

"There are about 10 minutes left in the game. Arsenal have one player and two goals to lead. Now, let's count down to Arsenal's fourth championship this year! If you count the Emirates Cup, this is the fifth championship. . ..."

With 10 minutes left in the game, Atletico Madrid, who were two goals behind, finally let go of all their burdens. Flores put on two forwards to attack Arsenal with all their strength. They almost all pressed to the center circle, trying to suppress Arsenal in their own The penalty area, but Arsenal's technical football is not self-proclaimed. Under the crazy counterattack of Atletico Madrid, they still organized two wonderful counterattacks. Spaniard Cesc Fabregas went straight to deceive goalkeeper De Gea and scored another goal. .

4: 1.

Fabregas completely cut off Atletico Madrid's dream of winning the championship, but Atletico Madrid, who played one more man, did not give up. In the last minute of stoppage time, Atletico Madrid won a corner kick, and in the chaos, Agui Luo scored with a low shot three meters in front of the goal, saving a bit of face for the Europa League champion.

(End of this chapter)