Smiling Proudly

Chapter 82 Monaco

December 2015, 2, Emirates Stadium.

In the 65th minute of the second half, the scoreboard on the stadium was a dazzling 1 to 3, with the home team ahead.

Wang Yi lowered his head on the field and panted heavily.

He looked helplessly at Ramsey in midfield.He didn't know what was going on with all this.

It was so good at the beginning. In the opening 3 minutes, Wang Yi caught Sanchez in the middle and crossed, pushing and scoring.

It was a very good start.

As a result, in the 40th minute of the first half, Monaco center Falcao received a pass from midfielder Moutinho and scored a goal.

A goal was scored by the opponent before the half-time break, and it was a very valuable away goal.

There are many young players in the Arsenal team, and there are many advantages of having more young players. I am too lazy to talk about it here, but there is also a disadvantage of having more young players, that is, the stability may be insufficient, especially when encountering setbacks.

In the following time, including the beginning of the second half, the Arsenal team made every effort to overtake the score.Although the score of 2 to 1 is not an ideal score for the home team, it is better than a draw after all. In the second half, the whole Arsenal team attacked with the mentality of overtaking the score.

Instead, the Monaco team defended firmly and put a Falcao in front to counterattack.

Originally, the Monaco team had no chance of attacking.

However, a poor pass back from centre-back Koscielny gave Falcao his chance.

He passed it down.

"Why do Arsenal players always make mistakes in the Champions League? This time it is Koscielny's turn. His stupid mistake directly caused the team to concede another goal. Now it is 1 to 2."

"Monaco has too much advantage. With two away goals, unless the score is equalized in the next game, even if the score is equalized, I think Arsenal will be absolutely at a disadvantage."

The commentator revealed in the commentary the unreusable pastime of Arsenal.

But the game on the court continued.

Wang Yi told the truth, he really wanted to criticize Koscielny, what did he think? Could it be that he was under heavy pressure and was stupid.

However, the current Wang Yi is not qualified to spray.

Wang Yi can only ask for more balls in the frontcourt.

As soon as Ramsey saw Wang asking for the ball, he naturally sent the ball over immediately.

At this time, Wang Yi still trusts himself more, he wants to form a breakthrough on the wing.

But I didn't expect that this time, he was cut off directly by Fabinho, who was in good form.

He played as a left back this time. When Wang saw the pre-match introduction, he said that he could play right back and midfielder. Unexpectedly, he played as a left back in the official game.

At that time, Wang Yi was still a little arrogant and wondered if he was here to defend himself.

Unexpectedly, the first breakthrough in the second half fell directly into the hands of Fabinho.

After Wang Yi was intercepted, he desperately chased back.

I want to break the ball.

Fabinho's speed was not as fast as Wang Yi's, and he was very aware of this, so he passed the ball immediately after stealing the ball.

Wang Yi watched helplessly as the ball was passed to Falcao who was at the front, and Falcao made another long shot.

But this time it was blocked by Ospina.

Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

If the goal is scored, then I am definitely a sinner. I didn't make it, but I was intercepted and counterattacked to score.

He definitely didn't want to be in the post-game papers like that.

Wang Yi was still looking for opportunities at that time.

And Monaco shrank directly in the backcourt, it seems that they are satisfied with such a score.

"Yeah, there is nothing to be dissatisfied with even leading 2-1 in the away game."

Giroud scolded angrily.

He has played in Ligue [-] before, so he is quite familiar with Monaco.

"But when did they become so strong?"

Giroud was puzzled.

Not long after Giroud said this in doubt, Monaco scored another goal by counterattacking.

The formation of this counterattack was also very speechless in Wang Yi's view.

Except for Ospina, all Arsenal players rushed to Monaco's half and besieged Monaco.

Wang Yi was also squeezed into the penalty area, but he couldn't grab the header. Monaco's two central defenders are both tall and powerful central defenders who are good at grabbing headers. Wang Yi can't take advantage of it in the penalty area.

At this time, Arsenal's central defender Mertesacker also rushed into the penalty area, but he failed to grab the ball. Since then, Arsenal has no defense outside the penalty area.

The opposite goalkeeper threw the ball directly to Falcao.

Because it was his own half, Falcao was definitely not offside. As a result, Wang Yi watched Falcao riding alone for thousands of miles, and finally scored with a lob.

So the score came to 1 to 3.
It's simply a score that couldn't have been worse.

"Arsenal is facing a huge dilemma. In the history of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, the home team trails by 2 goals in the first round, and the probability of reversal in the away game is only 13%. Of course, the game is not over yet. If Arsenal want to reverse in the next round If they are successful, they must score at least one more goal in this game, so that they can advance to the next round with only two goals. Of course, it would be better to score more."

He Wei's commentary that is completely partial to Arsenal will not be criticized by anyone in China. After all, there must be far more Arsenal fans in China than Monaco, and how many fans Wang Yi has in China.

Wang Yi watched the timing on the big screen on the sidelines.

It's been 75 minutes now.

Including injury time, the maximum is only 20 minutes.

Wang Yi felt that this time was not enough, especially the team's defense today could be described as a disaster.

Wang Yi didn't know what happened.

But when a team is in poor form, it is much more difficult to cheer up.

Wang Yi found Jirou.

"We still have to set the ball. Now we can't play offensively, and the opponent is only focused on defense. We still have a lot of hope in creating set balls."

Giroud nodded. It is true now that when encountering the defense of the bus, it is either a long-range shot or a set kick.

Wang Yi also told Ramsey about this idea.

Ramsey naturally understands too, after all, he has played with Wenger for so many years.

In the next 10 minutes, Wang Yi played a high ball on the right.

Played the traditional British cross tactics on both sides.

Giroud headed the ball alone in the middle, and there were two headers that were actually very good, but then, Monaco directly sent a player to mark Giroud, as long as he jumped up, he followed.

After all, Arsenal only have such a high point in the frontcourt now, so blindly passing the high ball is not the answer.

Time passed minute by minute.

Wang Yi also became impatient.

After receiving Wilshere's pass this time, Wang Yi didn't make the pass, but suddenly accelerated.

"Wang Yi—speed up, it's 86 minutes now, Wang Yi can still speed up, he's breaking through—hey, he's slowed down."

"Wang Yi's ability has bottomed out. Don't hesitate at this time. It's time to pass or shoot. Make a decision early."

(End of this chapter)