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Chapter 538 The Most Familiar Way

10 minutes into the game, Newcastle took the offensive initiative surprisingly. Apart from the first shot at the opening, Arsenal had no other offensive. The last game.

In the 8th minute, Maicon passed the ball from the side. Long Bisheng received the ball from the front of the penalty area and passed it back. Messi followed up with a long shot and the ball was narrowly saved by Ustari.

In the 10th minute, Gerrard passed the ball directly into the penalty area from the backcourt. Long Bisheng took the ball with his back to the goal and quickly passed the ball outside the penalty area.

"Long Bisheng has only one shot. Franck Ribery and Messi have already had two each..." Wenger was not disturbed by Newcastle's continuous shots, but immediately discovered what was hidden under Newcastle's violent attack.

Wenger knew the threat level of Long Bisheng in the penalty area, so when defending, he required the defenders to have enough protection in the penalty area, so that even if he could get a header, he could not directly pose a threat to the team. However, the most direct consequence of this approach was that the protection at the front of the penalty area was reduced.

Wenger's only doubt now is whether this is Mourinho's conscious arrangement before the game or the player's spontaneous behavior on the field-if it is the former, targeted adjustments must be made, but if it is the latter, it will be a bit scary-has the personal resilience of Newcastle players reached such a point?
Wenger decided to take another look. Even though Newcastle is playing against his team, the defense led by Vermaelen has not made any mistakes. Ustari's performance is also very stable. There is no need to rush to change tactics. That is not only a denial of himself, but also a distrust of the players on the field.

Ustari threw the ball in his hand to launch an attack. Song immediately handed the ball to Fabregas' feet. This pass with obvious intentions was almost blocked by Gerrard in advance, but Fabregas still got the ball, and then quickly knocked the ball to Nasri on the left.

Nasri dribbled the ball inside and passed it back after encountering Essien's interception. Fabregas scored the ball and assisted Eboue who stepped forward to receive the ball and still passed a beautiful cross under Bell's defense.
Cech took off from the spot, and his height gave him a clear advantage at this time. Although the jump from the spot made him not too high, he still stretched out his hand to hold the ball under the ball and lifted the ball out of the baseline.

"Arsenal is not to be outdone! This is their second shot of the game, and every shot forced Cech to make a wonderful save! Although the number of attacks is unexpectedly less than that of Newcastle, the quality of each attack by Arsenal is very high!" The commentator of ESPN shouted excitedly: "Although the game is still zero to zero, both sides have shown their courage in attacking! We can imagine that there will be a wonderful confrontation in the future. In today's football game is more and more utilitarian, we can appreciate it. Such a game is becoming more and more rare...Professor Wenger has always been a supporter of gorgeous attacks. If the goalkeeper Lehmann hadn't been sent off early in the final in 06, the final might have become more exciting. Mourinho also adopted an open style of play which is rare today. We hope to continue and dedicate a wonderful game to fans all over the world..."

The commentator's words aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Newcastle fans watching the game in front of the TV: "Shit! What we want is the championship! It's none of our business whether it's beautiful or not!"

Nasri swayed the ball on the corner, and he didn’t straighten up until he was satisfied. Newcastle’s penalty area was extremely chaotic, which made Nasri a little confused. The highest point in Arsenal’s team, White, did not come up in order to defend Long Bisheng. Now there is a lack of a beacon-like figure in the penalty area.

Fabregas ran towards him, and Nasri immediately pushed the ball to him. Fabregas caught the ball and turned around, and saw Essien appear in front of him. Fabregas circled the ball with his left foot, pretending to dribble the ball across, and then suddenly dunked the ball near the baseline, ready to break through.

Naturally, Essien would not be confused by his fake action, and immediately turned around in front of Fabregas. Fabregas immediately stopped and turned around, and secretly knocked the ball back with his heel.

Compared with just now, the situation in the penalty area has become very clear now. Nasri's pass accurately landed on top of Bendtner's head. The Danish center immediately shook his head and pushed the ball back. Wilshere, who came out of the crowd, swept the ball with his feet!

The ball quickly flew towards the goal. Bell, who was standing in front of the goalpost just now, blocked Wilshere's shot with his body, and then kicked the ball forward and far with his big foot.

"Gareth-Bale! He blocked Wilshere's shot in front of goal! A save worth a goal!"

The commentator shouted at the top of his voice, but he soon discovered that this rescue was not just worth a goal...

At this corner kick, Newcastle's three frontcourt players did not return to defense, but were cruising near the midfield. Bell's long pass flew straight to Arsenal's half.

"Interfere with him!" Vermaelen stepped back while commanding White loudly. Neither of Arsenal's two central defenders rushed forward for the corner kick just now. What they were afraid of was Newcastle's counterattack. If there is no big man in the backcourt to interfere, Long will win. With his ability to compete for the top, almost any long pass in the backcourt can create a threat.

White kept up with Long Bisheng closely, but unfortunately Long Bisheng had already occupied the landing point one step earlier. He had no advantage in taking off while running. Long Bisheng jumped up high, then shook his head to meet the ball, and threw the ball forcefully to the right!
He was very hard on this ferry, and the ball flew directly to the right side of the penalty area. Behind the ball, Messi, who had already run out of his highest speed, was unstoppable!
Sagna, who had made an assist just now, had already been thrown away by Messi. Vermaelen rushed to the ball decisively, intending to relieve the danger before Messi could touch the ball.

He was closer to the ball than Messi, and it seemed that he could get the ball ahead of Messi, but when he ran close to the ball's landing point and tried to stretch his foot to stop the ball, he found that he couldn't reach the ball—Vermaelen's judgment was wrong!
Just when he stretched out his feet and failed to reach the ball, Messi ran past him like a gust of wind, stretched out his feet and stopped the ball!

"Damn it!" Vermaelen cursed in his heart, and immediately chased Messi. If he didn't chase, he broke into the penalty area directly, and it would be game over. It's not too late to catch up now, as long as he cuts his inward route, he won't be afraid of him turning into waves.

Although there was an action of catching the ball in the middle, Messi's forward momentum remained undiminished. Vermaelen was chasing closely behind him, and then he saw Messi turn the ball inward, and then planned to forcefully cut inward!

Vermaelen immediately made a big stride, intending to block Messi in front of him. Now that he is in the penalty area, he did not take foul actions, but small actions are inevitable when he is close to the body. The referee will not rush to call a penalty in this situation.

But when he flew to block, Messi's movement changed completely. He dunked the ball back, and then wiped past Vermaelen, who was too late to close his feet, and was about to cross!
Vermaelen tried his best to twist his body, trying to stretch his foot to reach the ball. Messi pushed the ball out again, dodging Vermaelen's outstretched foot, and wiped it across.

Sagna, who returned to defense, rushed over, Messi flicked his ankle and passed the ball!
Long Bisheng and White ran towards the ball at the same time, and White blocked the path of Long Bisheng's shot, but Long Bisheng raised his foot but did not touch the ball, and the ball slipped past his feet...

This omission surprised everyone, and White almost watched the ball fly past Long Bisheng's feet and flew to the back point.

On the other side, Franck Ribery, who had already caught up with the ball, kicked the ball directly. Just as Ustari turned around, he heard a "swish" sound from the net behind him!
"Damn—" Arsenal's commentator lay on the broadcast booth and lamented.

"Wonderful - GOAL -" Newcastle's commentator opened his arms and shouted loudly: "Frank - Ribery! Wonderful quick counterattack! This is Newcastle's usual style! Bell's clearance ball in the backcourt was pushed to the side by Long Bisheng. Messi's speed played a huge role at this time. He beautifully swayed Arsenal's deep-back defender Vermaelen and sent a deadly pass to Ribery! Of course, this goal is thanks to Long Bisheng That beautiful miss, if he had the ball under his feet maybe the attack would have been over, on the pitch sometimes doing nothing is more important than doing something! While Messi and Long Bisheng had enough attention from the Arsenal defense, Ribéry's crossing was completely unattended! All he had to do was send the ball into most of the empty goals from [-] yards! Perfect quick counter-attack! Newcastle maintained their advantage and good form against Arsenal in the league! He blocked Arsenal's inevitable shot in front of the goal, and at that time he could think of a counterattack! The outcome is often decided in an instant, and Newcastle is indeed a team that puts counterattack into its bones!"

Franck Ribery lifted the jersey up, and then put it down - he didn't want to get a yellow card for this, and then he rushed to the stands where the Newcastle fans were, and shook his fist violently.

This is Ribéry's first goal in the Champions League final - although he won the Champions League once with Newcastle, he didn't score that time.

Mourinho waved his hand violently, then turned around and slapped Pei Wei hard. Although it was different from what he expected, scoring a goal is the hard target. He would not be like Van Gaal in Barcelona before, because Rivaldo did not follow his request. He went to the center to score the goal and got angry.

One to zero!This is enough for Mourinho. After taking the lead, he and his team can easily drag the rhythm of the game to the way he is most used to. No matter how hard Arsenal struggles, it is impossible to disrupt Newcastle's most familiar defensive counterattack rhythm...

Wenger shook his head helplessly, and still lost the ball on the counterattack. Newcastle's quick counterattack became more and more powerful after joining Long Bisheng. The team did not make any mistakes just now, and there were three or four players defending in the backcourt, but they still couldn't withstand Newcastle's sharp and quick counterattack...In such an important game, conceding a goal so early is undoubtedly quite fatal, but what can he do?All that needs to be done has been done...

Newcastle stormed for a long time, and the one who scored the goal finally relied on the counterattack... I have to say that although this Arsenal team has matured a lot, it still lacks some experience compared with Newcastle.

The Newcastle fans in the stands let out huge cheers. Nie Fei was as happy as a child. He approached Aylin and the others to give each other a high-five.

The expressions of Newcastle fans and Arsenal fans were the same as theirs. They were extremely happy and extremely unconvinced at the same time.

"What else do you have besides counterattack? What else?" Arsenal fans made up a song to mock Newcastle, while Newcastle fans sang a counterattack in unison: "We will fucking counterattack! Who is it that passes and passes but can't score? It is Arsenal, it is Arsenal, who can score with two passes? It is Newcastle, it is Newcastle, who is leading now? It is Newcastle, who is behind now? It is Arsenal. After the game, Newcastle Paul shouted: 'Now belongs to us!' After the game, Arsenal shouted: 'The future belongs to us!' What we want is the present, not the future. Arsenal can only hope for the future, not the present!"

With the score ahead, the Newcastle fans were naturally more excited. The newly compiled song was spread all over the stadium, and at the end there was a sentence: "We are fucking rich!"

Ever since Pei Wei took over, Newcastle fans have been elated. Although Newcastle used to claim that they never lacked funds, they actually didn’t spend much money. Buying some high-priced and low-powered players wasted the team’s funds. Among the stars, only Shearer, Asprilla, Ginola, etc. can be regarded as first-class stars. After Pei Wei took over, they have made big money almost every season and achieved good results. After Abramovich began to reduce investment in Chelsea, Newcastle Castle's expenditure per season is almost the highest in the Premier League, and Newcastle fans shouting "We are fucking rich" is becoming more and more confident.

Compared with Newcastle, Arsenal's financial situation is relatively poor. Although after the Emirates Stadium was put into use, Arsenal's income per season has increased by leaps and bounds, but the construction of the Emirates Stadium has also burdened Arsenal with heavy interest expenses. Senna lacks real first-class players. Even if Arsene Wenger is good at training young players, it takes time for young talents to grow into stars. Newcastle fans seized on this and laughed at them. They laughed at Arsenal. They can only pin their hopes on the future, and the future will always be the future...

Wenger stretched out his hand to pass Cesc Fabregas. There is also an advantage of conceding the ball now, that is, there is enough time to get back the score: "Cesc, the next game may be very difficult... They are very likely to launch a defensive counterattack immediately after leading, because this is their best way. Don't worry. No matter how closely they stare at you, there will be loopholes. You can delay your position a little bit, give full play to your ability to distribute the ball, and let your teammates attack. This is what you are best at. As long as you don't lose your calmness. Be patient. Just be patient. We are Arsenal and we will not be beaten by a single goal."

Fabregas saw firmness and confidence in Wenger's eyes. He nodded, pursed his lips, turned and walked onto the pitch.

"On the whole, we are worse than Newcastle, and Mourinho's commanding ability is no worse than mine." Wenger thought silently in his heart: "So, Cesc, your performance will be the biggest reliance on whether we can win this game... Don't lose your cool because of this conceded goal. You are the brain of Arsenal. Without you, Arsenal can't run!"

On the other side, Mourinho also held back Taylor who walked past him after the celebration. Before he could speak, Taylor smiled and said, "Boss, are you going to launch a defensive counterattack?"

Mourinho laughed and patted Taylor on the back: "Yes, go! The worst way to make them suffer!"

(End of this chapter)