Jagged Wings

Chapter 110 Steel Arsenal!
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This score has not changed for 10 minutes since the start of the second half.Barcelona is still behind, but they have not given up their efforts to equalize and overtake.

Reyes was also pressed into the midfield to defend. So far, in the second half, he has only entered the opponent's 30-meter area once, which shows Arsenal's passivity.

"Only 10 minutes into the second half, Barcelona has scored five shots, an average of one every 2 minutes! Unfortunately, they met Arsenal!"

Although it was more embarrassing than in the first half, Arsenal's defenders really gave this game. Facing Barcelona's tide-like offensive, they froze to defend the goal behind them.Hleb, who withdrew to the midfielder, after the initial discomfort, used his all-out efforts to contain the opponent's attack.

During this period, Arsenal has been in a state of embarrassment. Lehmann used his hands and feet to stop Barcelona's ubiquitous shots. He experienced the feeling of Valdes at the beginning of the first half.

Of course, this embarrassing effort still pays off, and they have not conceded a goal so far.Barcelona's attack seems to have encountered a big obstacle.

Without Gilberto, Arsenal lacked defensive strength in midfield.But Arsenal's defense is full participation. Their formation at this time is like a "9-0-0", and all players including Henry are defending.

At every point, Barcelona faced close defense from Arsenal players. They may not be proficient in defense, but the ferocity and physical fierce confrontation made Barcelona very unbearable.

This is naturally an English defense. The Spanish defenders are very good, so the forwards playing in La Liga rarely encounter such a defensive lineup, and they are all at a loss.

Moreover, Wenger's defense still refers to Mourinho's "bus defense".Since there is a purely utilitarian football coach like Mourinho, the average lower limit of Premier League coaches has dropped a lot.

He parked the bus in front of his door, no matter how sharp Barcelona's attack was, he couldn't do anything.

Because of this, Arsenal can defend Barcelona's offense.

No matter how good a striker is, there is no way he can score goals calmly in the face of endless defenses.

Arsenal's defense now gives the Barcelona players a feeling on the field, as if they can't run out of defensive players. They have already passed two people, and when they kick off, another person will appear in front of his ball.

Each of them is desperate and working hard!
Even if Ronaldinho is the World Player of the Year, there is nothing wrong with Arsenal's stalking defense. After all, Barcelona only has one Ronaldinho, while Arsenal has 10 full-back defenders.

Ronaldinho worked very hard, but he fell into Arsenal's crowd tactics. He got rid of two people, and then came another one. After barely getting rid of them again, the two people he got rid of just now appeared in front of him again...

This is not a live game. It is obviously unrealistic for him to pass all 10 Arsenal players by himself.

"Spanish, come and experience England's defense!" Wenger thought to himself.

Wenger is very confident in his team, but the assistant coach Patrice is very anxious and keeps standing on the sidelines, watching the field nervously.I'm afraid that every time Barcelona's attack leads to a goal, or their own defense makes mistakes that shouldn't be made.

Once Barcelona equalize the score, the initiative of the game will return to their hands, and it will be difficult for Arsenal to play without one player.

Rijkaard can also see it clearly off the field. In the face of dense defense, Barcelona has always had few options.In this Champions League, Barcelona encountered two Italian teams, AC Milan and Udinese, and they encountered great difficulties.Although the Italian league has declined, Italy's "chain defense" still made Barcelona suffer.

But, isn't it Barcelona who won and advanced in the end?
In the face of dense defense, Barcelona has rich experience. We have even defeated the so-called strongest "chain defense". Afraid of you, a half-way Arsenal?
Thinking of this, Rijkaard turned around and said hello: "Andres, go warm up and be back in 5 minutes!"

The young player named "Andres" on the bench showed joy on his face, then quickly took off his yellow vest and ran out to warm up.

On the jersey on the back of the young general, you can see his name: Iniesta!
"Barcelona took the lead in making substitutions. They replaced Edmilson with young player Iniesta. Iniesta is an excellent youth training product in the Barcelona team. He has exquisite skills and a good overall situation. It seems that Ridge Calder brought him in to step up the offense."

Sure enough, Iniesta brought the latest instructions from the head coach. He told the Barcelona players on the field, attack!Try to score a goal as quickly as possible to get the game back on track.

"Arsenal brats, I'm getting serious!" thought Rijkaard.

After Iniesta came on the field, Barcelona suddenly increased their attacking power. Their central defenders and full-backs even overwhelmed the half-court, which suddenly increased the pressure on Arsenal's defense.With strong support from the backcourt, Barcelona's frontcourt offense can choose more ways.

Iniesta is characterized by a good view of the overall situation, few turnovers, and excellent passing. With him appearing in the midfield, Ronaldinho's pressure is largely shared.

And the Arsenal players obviously don't know much about this young player who doesn't play many games. Although Reyes knows the horror of "Little White", what's the use if he is the only one who pays attention to it?
Facing Hleb's defense, Iniesta used an unimaginable method to pass the football to Deco not far behind him, and then Deco distributed the football to the side, and then hit the football from the side. In the middle, a series of passes made the Barcelona fans hooked.

After all, Arsenal's two wings are stronger in offense than defense. Such a large-scale dispatch will obviously make Arsenal, who has one less player, uncomfortable, and their defense will also have loopholes.

Deco raised his foot to hit the goal, Xiaofa rushed over in a hurry, but Deco just dunked, and then passed the football to the open space, Giuly suddenly stepped in and caught the ball, then did not adjust, and did not rush to the Arsenal defender When it's time to come up, lift your foot and shoot!
The football hit the turf quickly towards Arsenal's goal.

Lehman flew towards the football, and his fingers touched the football a little bit. Because of the suddenness of Giuly inserting and shooting, Lehman's reaction like this can be regarded as a quick reaction.

The football changed its trajectory slightly, but it still flew towards the goal.In the end, the football was rejected by the post.

The football hit the goal post, bounced back, and was caught in the arms of Lehman who got up.

"It's luck! Shit luck!" Barcelona fans in the stands cursed loudly.

"Luck! It's great! God is on Arsenal's side!" The commentator leaning towards Arsenal exclaimed loudly.

Rijkaard watched the ball pass Lehmann's defense, fists clenched in front of his chest, ready to jump up and cheer at any time.But the football ended up in Lehmann's arms, and Rijkaard's outstretched fists turned into palms before covering his head.

His eyes were full of disbelief: Didn't the ball go in?
Barcelona's attack continues!
Iniesta dribbled horizontally in front of the penalty area, and then suddenly kicked a shot, but the football flew out against the goal post, causing the Arsenal fans in the stands to sweat.

Although no goal was scored, the strong offensive pressure of Barcelona has made Arsenal's defenders and goalkeepers a little bit powerless. A strong defense will consume the team's physical energy. All the players fell into a low ebb of stamina. If the opponent continued to bombard them indiscriminately like this, maybe at some point, Arsenal, the camel, would be crushed to death by the last straw.

So it must be time for a change!

Wenger stood up and paced the sidelines.

Wenger let his players defend crazily at the beginning, just to attract the opponent to attack with all their strength. This is a big game.If the opponent scores a goal, then your team will be passive.

But looking at it now, he succeeded.

Since this is the case, then we must seize the opportunity. Now that Barcelona is on the attack, there is a lot of space behind them that can be used.

Just three meters away from him, Hleb used an unconventional sliding shovel to shovel Xiaobai's breakthrough and dribble out of the baseline.After doing this, Hleb seemed to have exhausted all his strength, lying on the sideline and breathing heavily, unable to stand up again.

Wenger went up and stretched out a hand, pulled Hlei up, and then patted him on the back, satisfied with his desperate performance.

Then he whispered a few words in Hleb's ear, and then Hleb conveyed the coach's instructions to the team.

Let's attack!

Giuly took the ball, facing Cole's defense, he chose to cut inside with the ball.But Campbell was lying behind Cole, with a height of 188 centimeters and a weight of 91 kilograms, making Giuly think he had hit a wall.

Then the natural ball was lost.

After taking the ball, Campbell kicked the football forward vigorously, and it flew towards Barcelona's backcourt!

At the end of the football, Reyes has already plugged in at high speed!
(End of this chapter)