Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 349 Champions League semi-final

In fact, it doesn't matter whether Arsenal score or not. What Arsenal really need to do in this game is to contain Monaco's offense.

Judging from the current performance, Arsenal have done very successfully in this regard. After more than 20 minutes of the game, Monaco basically did not have any advantage, let alone threaten Arsenal's goal.

On the contrary, Arsenal created several threats. Among other things, Welbeck alone almost scared Monaco.

As time goes by, the mentality of both sides will undergo tremendous changes, and the change of mentality will also directly affect the performance of the players on the court.

No. At 305 minutes, Kondogbia thought it was an unnecessary foul and applied for the first yellow card of the game. If it was normal, Kondogbia would definitely not do such a stupid thing.

This is the hidden danger brought by the fruitless attack. In contrast, the more Arsenal players kicked back, the calmer they behaved, and even the better their condition.

In the 307th minute, Arsenal once again entered the Monaco half. Wilshere and Welbeck hit the wall and passed to Griezmann who inserted from the side. The latter made a slight adjustment and shot and almost broke the deadlock.

Griezmann's shot Subasic reacted a step slower. For the goalkeeper, a slower reaction is fatal. Unfortunately, the ball finally hit the post.

This was also Arsenal's best chance before the end of the first half. Although Arsenal had another shot afterwards, the last shot did not hit the goal frame.

As for Monaco, the offense was still working hard, but the result was not good, but the score was still 0:0 when the referee Kron blew the whistle at the end of the first half.

For Arsenal's performance in the first half, Wenger expressed his satisfaction, but the game is not over yet, Arsenal still needs to be careful, and Monaco is likely to be even crazier in the second half.

"Counterattack, we must seize a chance to counterattack in the second half." Although Wenger was very satisfied with the performance of his disciples in the first half, if he wanted to completely kill the game, he still needed an away goal.

In the case of being unable to score in the first half, Monaco will definitely be more anxious in the second half. This will also be an opportunity for Arsenal. This has been proved in the second half of the first half.

In fact, Monaco was indeed more anxious in the second half. Before Arsenal had the ball across the half, Monaco's players had already rushed forward to press.

Monaco has no way out. If they don't want to be eliminated just like that, they must make a last-ditch effort. This is an opportunity for Arsenal.

Arsenal played very patiently. Facing Monaco's crazy press, Arsenal's players made full use of passing to consume the physical fitness and patience of Monaco's players.

In the first 4 minutes of the second half, the ball was always at Arsenal's feet. Monaco, who was still unable to get the ball, finally ended Arsenal's possession of the ball with a foul.

Monaco's foul gave Arsenal an indirect free kick, Griezmann sent the ball into the penalty area, Mertesacker jumped high and dived with a header, which was saved by Subasic.

Arsenal's corner kick, Wilshere sent the ball into the penalty area, Abdul Noor beat Koscielny to finish a few points, Monaco wanted to rely on this opportunity to counterattack Arsenal.

The Arsenal players are not stupid. They chose to foul Martial at the first time. This allowed Monreal to get Arsenal's first yellow card in this game.

This is the first yellow card for Arsenal, but it is also the only yellow card for Arsenal in this game. Five minutes after receiving this yellow card in Monreal, Arsenal completely crushed Monaco.

Monaco's offense came from Carrasco's wing breakthrough and then made a pass. The Belgian sent the ball to the penalty area. Martial threw away the defensive player and shot.

Martial worked very hard for this shot, but his desperate efforts did not allow him to touch the ball because someone completed the clearance first.

Monaco's corner kick, I am afraid no one would have thought that this corner kick would actually become a reminder for Monaco. Moutinho sent the ball directly into the penalty area. Just a second later, the ball flew out of the Arsenal penalty area and directly flew to Walcott's feet.

"Counterattack~~~" Possessing the ball and turning around, Walcott immediately rushed towards the Monaco half.

Fabinho, the Brazilian who played as a full-back in this game, immediately rushed to intercept Walcott, while Kurzawa immediately retreated.

Facing Fabinho, Walcott made a strong move, but in fact he just feinted the ball and passed the ball to Welbeck, but at the same time, Walcott also passed Fabinho.

In terms of speed and explosive power, I am afraid that among the 22 players on the field, only Li Shou is faster than Walcott, so when Walcott rushed forward, Fabinho could only follow behind to eat dirt.

On the other side, when Welbeck received the pass, Kurzawa could only shift his defensive focus to Welbeck, but after Kurzawa shifted his focus, Welbeck sent the ball back to Walcott.

"Single sword~~~" But when the ball returned to Walcott's feet, no one in Monaco could stop the little tiger's progress.

"Monaco must be very familiar with this scene, not only because of such a one-handed fight in the first round, but also because Monaco often had such counterattacks before." In the Louis II stands, the Monaco fans were very complicated at the moment.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOL~~~ It's over~~~ It's over~~~ Subasic failed to create a miracle, Arsenal broke the deadlock." Facing Subasic who was attacking, Walcott calmly pushed and shot.

"This is Walcott's goal in two consecutive games relying on the counterattack opportunity created by Li Shou." Walcott used the counterattack to complete the goal in the FA Cup semi-final.

"1:0~~~Arsenal scored an away goal" An away goal plus the original two goals, Monaco must break through the goal guarded by Li Shou four times in the next game if they want to advance.

is it possible?

Although the world of football is full of miracles, it has never been impossible to say that, but facing Li Shou, this is really impossible.

Because Li Shou has conceded 4 goals in his entire career, 3 of which were conceded when he played for Monaco. He has conceded 1 goal since joining Arsenal this season.

At this time, Arsenal's opponent was Monaco. Many players had been teammates with Li Shou for two years. They knew better than the average opponent the difficulty of breaking Li Shou's goal.

Desperate because of understanding.

This despair also directly affects the mentality of the Monaco players. In the 603rd minute, Kondogbia's foul made him apply for the second yellow card of the game.

Two yellows turned into one red, and the game completely lost its meaning.

(End of this chapter)