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Chapter 542 It's Time to Desperate
The Newcastle players certainly had reason to be angry. They believed that Bostock’s hand was raised unconsciously. At most, it could only be regarded as an unintentional handball. The young Bostock was so excited that his eyes were red. This was his first time participating in the Champions League final.

Although Newcastle's players surrounded the referee to complain, the referee was unmoved-of course he also had reasons to make such a penalty, not to mention whether Bostock's handball was intentional or unintentional.

However, in such an important final, in such a stalemate situation between the two sides, it takes a lot of courage to have the courage to make a penalty kick.

The Newcastle players were a bit reluctant. Fortunately, Mourinho calmed down first off the field and yelled for the players to disperse so as not to get unnecessary yellow cards. The Newcastle players slowly dispersed. What's more, in such an important situation, who can be sure that the player who takes the penalty will not kick the ball away because of too much psychological pressure?

There are countless examples of kicking penalty kicks in important competitions, and there are countless superstars who fell on the [-]-yard point.

Arsenal's penalty kick was of course their captain, Cesc Fabregas with the best mental quality.

He placed the ball securely on the penalty spot, then straightened up and let out a long breath.

Cech, too, was bent over Cesc Fabregas's feet, and unlike goalkeepers who like to jump around and disturb the opponent's mind, he is quieter.But for free-throw shooters, sometimes a silent goalie puts more pressure on them.

The referee blew his whistle, Fabregas took a few steps back, and then suddenly started running. After running into the ball, he did not make any fake moves, and directly pumped his right foot on the ball.

Cech pounced to the left, but the ball flew into the goal from where he had just stood - in the middle!The power is so great that the ball net is raised high!
The Arsenal fans in the stands cheered even louder than before. They were ahead of the mighty Newcastle!After scoring the penalty, Fabregas clenched his fists and raised his head to the sky and roared, and then he was immediately pressed to the lawn by his ecstatic teammates.

Two to one!Arsenal scored a goal in each half after conceding a goal shortly after the opening, successfully overtaking the score!

Wenger, who has always been calm, also clenched his fists, jumped a few times like a child, then turned around and hugged the assistant coaches one by one.

Newcastle's coaching bench was silent. Mourinho sat on the chair without saying a word. After a minute, Pei Wei forced a smile: "Jose, it's okay. It's just an accidental conceded goal. We didn't make any mistakes."

Mourinho shook his head. It was indeed just an accidental conceded goal, and Newcastle did not make any mistakes, but what is the point of saying this at this time?Football games are all about winning and winning the championship, and the result is the most important thing. Even if you have a huge advantage in the whole game, but lose the game because of an extremely accidental opportunity, you can at most get sympathy from neutral fans-this kind of sympathy is the cheapest.

"I don't want to be a fucking uncrowned king!" Mourinho thought in his heart, but there was not much he could do at this time. The team did not make any mistakes and performed very well.

So he can only wait at this time, and he can only choose to trust the players on the field, believing that they can regroup under unfavorable circumstances, launch an attack, and equalize the score as soon as possible to eliminate the adverse effects of being behind.

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It is impossible to say that this conceded goal did not affect the Newcastle players. No matter how good the Newcastle players are, no matter how many battles they have experienced, they are after all living and flesh-and-blood people, not machines. Individuals know what it means to fall behind by a goal in the middle of the second half.

But there is another old saying that people are different.

This is an old saying, but old sayings are often very reasonable words.

If it is said that all living beings are equal, why do some people have high achievements while others have low achievements?Some people stand tall and stand on the roof of the world, but some people can only work hard for their lives?Even in the world of football, why are some players able to carry out their careers smoothly, earn high salaries, go in and out of the spotlight, and enjoy the most enthusiastic admiration, while others can only struggle in the low-level leagues, playing for their own food and clothing after retirement?
But in some respects, these situations are fair, just like some people are born with golden keys in their mouths, some players are born with extraordinary talents and can easily achieve extraordinary achievements.

Newcastle's players can reach this height. Their talent, hard work and willpower are top choices, and Mourinho pays more attention to the players' fighting spirit and mental strength when selecting players.

This is not a league game. Even if you lose one or two games, you may not be able to lose everything. This is a cup game!And it's the final of the Champions Cup!How could he lose his fighting spirit at this time?
Winning this game is the quadruple crown, and losing this game will greatly reduce the glory of this season. If you don’t fight at this time, when is the time to fight?
The Newcastle players echoed this sentence in their minds, and the negative psychology caused by losing the ball was swept away. They have now begun to devote themselves to the game without any other complicated thoughts.

After gaining the lead, Arsenal quickly seized possession of the ball while the Newcastle players lost their minds, and then used their best short pass penetration to launch wave after wave of attacks, but when the Newcastle players came back to their senses, their offense immediately began to fall into a misfire situation.

The running ability of all Newcastle players is quite good. When stimulated, they all got leg cramps and started to run desperately. Under the close pressure of Newcastle's midfielder and backcourt, Arsenal encountered great difficulties in passing.

Pressed by Bostock and Gerrard, Wilshere had no choice but to pass back to Cesc Fabregas. Franck Ribery, who returned to the defense, suddenly rushed out from a diagonal thrust and cut the ball ahead of time!

After stealing the ball, Ribery pulled the ball without stopping and turned around to avoid Fabregas's first press. Then, under the entanglement of Fabregas, he knocked the ball to Long Bisheng, who responded in the middle, and continued to advance.

Song and White attacked Long Bisheng at the same time. They planned to stop Newcastle's attack in the midfield, and then seized the gap when Newcastle's offense and defense did not switch in time to score another goal.

Long Bisheng safely stopped the ball at his feet, faced White's uphill grab and pulled the ball to the side to avoid the opponent's feet, and then gave the ball to Messi before Song came up.

Messi began to break through quickly along the side. When he saw Sagna coming up to defend him, Messi passed the ball non-stop to Long Bisheng who was following him. Then he accelerated and ran forward. Long Bisheng caught the ball and then sent a diagonal pass!
Seeing Messi catch up with the ball after sprinting along the sidewalk at high speed, Wenger shouted from the sidelines: "Return to defense!"

Although he was thrown away by Messi, Sagna was still chasing closely behind him, and Vermaelen in the middle also moved over, blocking Messi's way to break through to the middle-after suffering a loss in the first conceded goal, Vermaelen will no longer be played by Messi like he did in the first half.

Fabregas, who was chasing back, noticed Long Bisheng who followed up in the middle. He loudly directed White not to worry about other people staring at Long Bisheng. He ran to the left to defend Ribery who was plugging in. The first goal was that Long Bisheng attracted enough defense from Arsenal in the middle, allowing Ribery to score easily with no one behind.

Messi dropped the ball directly into the middle of the penalty area this time. Long Bisheng, who followed up, bounced the ball despite White's personal harassment.

The ball flew near the center circle, and Bendtner planned to fight for the top and then ferry the ball out. In this game, he completely defeated Dawson in the confrontation. His activeness in the frontcourt made the 31-year-old Dawson look so old. I don’t know how many reporters in the stands have already thought of the headline after the game-aging and complete defeat in front of young people. Newcastle lost the game only because Mourinho used the wrong one.

After Bendtner occupied the first landing point, he thought that this time the long pass from the backcourt would be challenged by him to gain an attacking opportunity like before, but just when he was about to jump, a strong and powerful body suddenly stuck up behind him.

After landing, Bendtner staggered, and then he saw that it was "Old Man" Dawson who had defeated him many times behind him.

Dawson didn’t look at him. Before this game, there were many arguments that Dawson’s physical fitness was indeed on the decline. For an English central defender, age is the biggest natural enemy. Many people believed that Mourinho should replace Dawson’s main central defender with the younger Huntington to partner with captain Taylor.

From the previous game, it seems that Mourinho's choice is obviously wrong, but from now on, Dawson intends to prove the correctness of Mourinho in employing people!
Bendtner instinctively felt that Dawson's aura was indeed different, not only because Dawson completely beat him in the top fight just now, but because Dawson's aura and fighting spirit made him feel a real difference!
Soon, what Bendtner felt was felt by every other Arsenal player.

Essien caught the ball that Dawson pushed out. Seeing Wilshere approaching him, Essien made a pass fake first, then suddenly dunked the ball back, accelerated to get rid of Wilshere's defense in an instant, and began to break forward!
In Newcastle Essien has always played the role of a sweeper who is ubiquitous in the backcourt, but you must know that his offensive ability is also very good, especially his long-range shots after inserting the backcourt can often bring one or two world waves.

Essien dribbled the ball forward very fast, and Gerrard and Bostock in front of him also began to consciously attract the attention of other Arsenal defensive players through their running positions. Because they valued the ability of Newcastle's offensive players too much, Essien rushed to a place 30 meters away from the goal without hindrance, and then suddenly kicked a long shot!
The ball just flew out of Essien's feet with a roar, and before it flew off the ground, a foot protruded from the side, and abruptly cut off the ball in the middle - Fabregas once again showed his value as the core of offense and defense. He was the first to discover Essien's intentions. Although he didn't stop Essien's shot immediately, he still blocked it!
It's just that the power of Essien's shots has always been great. In a hurry, Fabregas just stretched out his foot to block the ball, and failed to control the ball under his feet.

The ball rolled sideways, and Gerrard and Song rushed towards the ball at the same time. The distance between them and the ball was about the same. After catching up to the ball, Song immediately fell to the ground and made a flying tackle, intending to tackle the ball in advance. He was the one who made the first tackle.

But what Song didn't expect was that Gerrard would not dodge this action that might hurt him. First he stretched out his foot to dunk the ball, and then flicked the ball to the side, avoiding Song Liang's spikes narrowly!

Song slid past Gerrard with a look of disbelief. If Gerrard had hesitated just now, Song would have definitely shoveled or cleared the ball first, but he didn't hesitate—was it worth it?Just for this one not decisive chance?

You know, sometimes you don’t need to be too rational on the football field. If you are too rational, the players’ abilities will not be fully utilized. If you think too much, you will often fall into chaos. This is the case with Newcastle before. They just didn’t make mistakes.
And it is precisely because of being pushed into a desperate situation by Arsenal, after the most difficult period of time, the players of Newcastle have completely let go of their ideological burden and thoughts of worrying about gains and losses, and exploded with amazing fighting spirit.

After Gerrard broke the ball, he looked up at the goal. He was about 30 meters away from the goal, and the angle was not good. He was not directly facing the goal. Anyone who has played the ball knows that the more you face the goal, the wider the shooting angle is, and the closer you are to the side, the narrower the shooting angle is, and the easier it is for the goalkeeper to block.

Shooting in this place is not a good choice, but Gerrard has chosen to do so.

The ball took a step forward, and then Gerrard slammed his right foot and slammed the ball hard!

There are at least three to four Arsenal players on his shooting route, but none of them can react in time to block the ball, even the goalkeeper Ustari failed to react!

The next moment, the ball hit the top of the crossbar hard, making the whole goal buzz, and then flew into the sky!
Only then did Ustari react. He jumped high and took advantage of his ability to use his hands to snatch the ball off Long Bisheng's head.

"Another goal post! Gerrard's shocking long-range shot from 30 meters away from the goal! If this goal is scored, it will become a classic shot in the history of the Champions League final! It is a pity that luck did not favor him at that moment! There are only 15 minutes until the end of the game. Newcastle's luck in this game is really bad!"

The commentator's words were full of regret, but after the shot, the Newcastle players didn't even have a trace of regret in their hearts. They only had one thought now, that is to continue the game, continue to attack, and continue to seize the opportunity to score!
Now is the time to get desperate!The most important final, the situation behind, the time left, the most powerful opponent - if you don't fight at this time, when will you fight?
(End of this chapter)