champion professor

Chapter 353 Dragon Battle

Whatever the outcome at Old Trafford, Arsenal will have to play their own game first.

After winning Porto, they are eligible to think about their opponents in the final.

Once eliminated by the opponent, then everything is meaningless.

The club has now sent people to Manchester to focus on collecting information on the two teams, so Shao Bo doesn't need to think too much about it.

The match between Arsenal and Porto also attracted the attention of the other two clubs, and they sent enough scouts to collect data for this game.

The previous Arsenal should be paid more attention to, but since Porto won Bayern Munich without bloodshed, Manchester United and Real Madrid have raised Porto's risk level to a level higher than Arsenal's.

After all, they and Arsenal have played many matches and are familiar with each other.

Porto is different. Just watching video analysis and playing directly in the game are two completely different concepts.

Under the eyes of many scouts, reporters, fans, etc., Arsenal launched their first attack.

Porto's double midfielder strategy, in addition to strengthening the thickness of the midfield, is also related to the fact that these players are very good at back row insertion, long-range shooting and other skills.

In this way, even if the position is slightly retreated, the attacking ability of the players has not decreased.

But Arsenal is different. Henry and Klose in the frontcourt form front and back double arrows, Pires and Ljungberg are the impactful wings, Gilberto Silva and Vieira are two Famous defensive midfielders are also of the type who can both attack and defend.

The remaining four defenders are Ashley Cole, Campbell, Rio Ferdinand and Ram.

There were only three British players in the entire team. As soon as this set of starting rosters appeared, some domestic media dissatisfied. They believed that Lampard and other British players did not enter the starting roster, which was Shao Bo's mistake.

Fortunately, Arsenal's opponent is Porto, and now should be the time to be unanimous. Except for a few media that support Manchester United, most of the reporters on Fleet Street are temporarily preparing to wait and see the result of the game before speaking.

In order not to criticize Arsenal in advance, they will be slapped in the face in the end.

Before, many foreign media believed that Arsenal would eventually lose to Inter Milan, but they found sadly that there is no Serie A team in this year's Champions League semi-finals.

Although Arsenal and Porto both have the meaning of total attack and total defense, they pay more attention to the players should perform corresponding tasks according to their positions.

Therefore, because Lampard and Alonso are not good enough on the defensive end compared to the two predecessors, they were not arranged by Shao Bo to enter the starting list.

The team is currently in an away game, and Shao Bo still doesn't know what Mourinho's strategic purpose is, so at the beginning, defense must not be ignored.

But now in the away game, Shao Bo can't be reconciled if he doesn't take the opportunity to score two away goals.

In this entanglement, Shao Bo had no choice but to choose a tentative attack, to see the effect first.

After all, this is Porto's home court, and they can't afford to lose the ball even more.

Mourinho was wearing a suit and stared straight at the court. Since the beginning of the game, he hadn't even looked at Shao Bo's side.

And Shao Bo is also only looking at the stadium now, looking at which side of Porto's gate.

Arsenal's attack is about to break through Porto's penalty area this time!

This time, the cooperation played by Henry, Pires and Klose successfully passed through the midfield of Porto, and also passed the slightly negligent Maniche.

That is to say, the cautious Mourinho was lucky. The second defensive midfielder Costinia arranged for him intercepted the ball when they passed it, and did not give Arsenal a chance to shoot at the beginning of the game.

Originally, Shao Bo arranged for Klose to play instead of Bergkamp. On the one hand, it was because Bergkamp was old and did not have enough physical strength to undertake too many games.

On the other hand, because Shao Bo has watched many games under the command of Mourinho in the past, Porto's defense will definitely still be the style of Mourinho.

Too much pursuit of technology and delivery will definitely make it difficult to break through Porto's defense.

This is already a lesson learned by Bayern Munich, and Arsenal can't make the same mistake again.

Klose has the will of the German traditional iron-blooded chariot, and Germany is still in the transitional stage of tyrannical physical discipline and shifting to technical flow.

However, the football education Klose himself received in Kaiserslautern in the past was still the traditional way until he joined Arsenal.

Here, he is not a pure center, a pure shooter.

With Henry in front, even the greatest shooter can only take a back seat.

According to Shao Bo's memory, Klose also retreated from his position as he got older, which shows that he has very good organizational and fulcrum abilities, but he is still young and has not yet developed it.

Shao Bo mainly developed his ability during the year Klose came to Arsenal.

It's just that in addition to the innate talent requirements such as consciousness, Klose needs a lot of experience to truly mature.

So now Klose's role in the team is more to contain and interfere, and the scoring efficiency is also greatly reduced than in the past.

Fortunately, when the German media interviewed this important member of the national team, Klose replied that he had learned a lot here and made great progress... so that Shao Bo was not criticized by the German media.

Therefore, the cooperation between Klose and Henry is not as mature as Bergkamp and the others, and it is normal for the pass to be intercepted.

It's normal to be cut off, but if you don't fight back, the desire to win is not strong enough.

This is an impossible problem for Arsenal players.

Klose ran towards Costinha, the jersey fluttering in the wind, like a full-blown sail, riding the wind and waves.

Seeing Klose running over, Costinia didn't have the confidence to fight him. He immediately kicked the ball away and passed the ball to the opponent on the side.

But it was also like a gust of wind. Just after Costinha passed the ball, he found that the ball had reached Arsenal's feet again.

In order to avoid Pires Henry and others, Costinia deliberately passed the ball to the other side.

But he didn't think about it either. Isn't it Arsenal's most athletic Ljungberg on the right side of Klose?

Keep running and always find an opportunity.

Ljungberg has been waiting for an opportunity behind the side of Arsenal's offensive group. This time he successfully completed the steal and was ready to break into the penalty area!
Before entering the penalty area, Ljungberg faced Porto's left-back Valente, a young player who Mourinho personally promoted from Porto's youth training.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and Valente rushed towards Ljungberg with such bravery.

Stable defense is one of Valente's most favored traits by Mourinho. He doesn't care how many years Ljungberg became a professional player before him, and how many Premier League trophies Ljungberg has won.

Speaking of honor, Valente has one more European champion gold medal than Ljungberg.

Who made Arsenal fail to make a breakthrough in the Champions League after winning the UEFA Cup once.

And Ljungberg joined Arsenal just after that, and it just so happens that he has never touched any intercontinental honors-it is impossible to count on Sweden, even if Sweden has Zlatan Ibrahimovic and others this year. Several outstanding players in all of Europe, but the others are still too far apart. If they can qualify for the group stage in this year's European Cup, it will be considered a success.

Valente, who was solid in defense, stopped a few meters away from Ljungberg and blocked in front of Ljungberg.

Being conservative, he can at least ensure that it is difficult for him to be passed by Ljungberg, so as not to cause more trouble to the teammates behind him.

This can also force Ljungberg to slow down and help his teammates return to defense quickly.

Being able to be favored by Mourinho, who is not low-sighted, Valente himself is indeed an extremely talented player.

Ljungberg looked at Valente in front of the line and could only be forced to turn, but if he wanted to cut inside, Valente also had Porto teammates defending, which was really difficult.

At this time, Ljungberg simply took the ball to the side, where there is still a wide area waiting for them to reclaim.

Valente let Ljungberg go. To be precise, it should be Valente who forced Ljungberg to withdraw to the outside.

In fact, this is just a flash, because the ball is too fast, the movements of several players are all instinctive reactions based on years of training and cooperation under subconscious circumstances.

After Ljungberg took the ball to the wing, he found that there was no good passing route, and the ground was occupied by Porto players.

Ok!

Spotting the position of his teammates, Ljungberg kicked the ball hard and kicked the ball over the penalty area.

Although there are not many crosses in Arsenal, they have not forgotten this basic skill!
Henry's headers are not good, but don't forget, Arsenal is starting now, and there is also Klose, who is called the "header king"!

Valente did not expect Ljungberg to use this trick. After all, in the previous games of the Champions League, they basically seldom used crosses from the side. In the training on weekdays, this point was also ignored by Porto. Lost.

Just as everyone watched the ball fall in front of the goal along an arc, Klose jumped up in the crowd in the penalty area. He jumped earlier and higher than anyone else.

Although Porto's defensive players followed suit, they were not in the correct position and missed the ball one after another.

Klose took off early and he didn't encounter the ball, but his early takeoff gave the Porto players a great psychological pressure, causing them to make mistakes in judging the timing.

As a result, Henry, who was by his side, touched the ball in the final take-off.

"boom!"

"Perfect header... oops, it almost hit the frame and bounced outside."

England's commentator was also full of regrets explaining this attack.

"A very successful attack, but it's a pity that it's missing the last point."

Anyway, they are only explaining the game to the audience in England, and their stance is biased toward Arsenal, which is the correct choice.

Just when Henry headed towards the ball, both Mourinho and Shao Bo stood up immediately.

They don't know the result of this attack, but whether they make it or not, it will greatly affect the development of this game.

"call……".Mourinho was also relieved that Henry's header missed.If the goal is conceded at the beginning of the game, and it is still a valuable home goal, then Mourinho will be under too much pressure, and Porto's tactics after that must be adjusted accordingly.

"It's a good thing I didn't make it, thank God." Mourinho whispered to himself on the sidelines.

Shao Bo not far away said nothing. He felt very sorry for not scoring this goal, but it was still a long time and Arsenal still had enough chances.

The only thing he cared about was the words that suddenly came out of Shao Bo's mind after Henry's header missed: "Waste the opportunity given by God, and you will be punished."

The goal was not scored, the ball went out of the touchline, and the ball has been handed over to Porto.

Arsenal's offensive players are now trotting back to their positions. Shao Bo took advantage of this time to shout at Ashley Cole, who is closest to him, telling the team to stabilize the midfield first, and then think again. Don't worry about breaking down the door.

There are tensions and relaxations in the game. The moment of scoring and not scoring just now is the most tense time; when the game is suspended and the ball is returned to the opponent to wait for the re-kick-off, it is very relaxed.

At this time, the fans also ate two bites of French fries and drank two bites of Coke.

It's a big night, if you don't add some energy, how can you have enough energy to watch the game?

Portugal and Spain share the Iberian Peninsula, and the customs and customs between the two countries are not much different, and their dinner time is not too early.

Just right, eat while watching the game, eat some supper after watching the game and go to bed.

It's just that the England fans who came with the team are not used to this way of eating. Most of them have finished their dinner early, and now potato chips and beer are also snacks.

The snacks, or dinner, carried by the Portuguese fans of the Porto home team amazed the fans of the visiting team not far away.

A young Arsenal fan followed his father to watch the Arsenal game. While waiting for the re-kick-off, he was bored to see the Portuguese fans on the other side of the aisle holding all kinds of cards of different sizes, shapes and colors. The dried fish is not the same in eating.

Curious, he also wanted to taste it, so he made a noise.

The father who wants to watch the game will not agree to his son's request. What if someone scores a goal during this period of time?
When I returned to the UK, I said to my friends: "Ah, Henry's goal! I watched it on the spot, and I went to buy food at that time, and I missed it."

How could he say such embarrassing words?
It's just that the son kept making noises under the threat. Children at this time are like this, and they can't beat or scold enough, which is the most troublesome.

In desperation, his father could only take him to the store in the stadium first.When he got up, he was still threatening his son: "If you make trouble again, I will cut you off immediately!"

With the violent genes of British fans hidden in his body, he doesn't care whether he will be stopped by someone to teach his son a lesson in the stadium.

When he got there, he realized that he didn't know the name of the dried fish that the Portuguese fans ate.

Fortunately, as soon as I entered the store in Porto, there was a very eye-catching shelf full of dried fish.

Most of this dried fish is made of cod cured with salt, and there are many types depending on the other spices added.Wine, fresh milk and even adding mustard are also one of them.

As one of Portugal's specialties, it is said that there are as many kinds of this delicacy called "Bacalhau" as there are days in a year.

After buying a big bag for his son, which is probably enough for him to chew, the fan dad was able to return to his seat quietly.

Fortunately, during this period of time, neither team scored a goal, otherwise he would have to run away immediately and beat up his son angrily.

……

Arsenal and Porto are now in a stalemate. The two sides have shot each other a few times, but the quality of the shots is not as good as that of Henry just now.

Mourinho chose to take the initiative after experiencing the fright of almost conceding the ball at the beginning.

Fortunately, Shao Bo also reminded the players to make them defend firmly.

In this unfamiliar place, where most of the fans are not with him, Arsenal should still adapt to the Dragon Stadium first, and then attack.

Henry's hit at the center post just now is definitely due to the deviation between the gates of the Dragon Stadium and the Highbury Stadium.

This is football, because of its early development, football is not as strict as rugby.

The size, length and width of the football field have a stretchable range of tens of meters. Even if the standards of the Champions League are stricter, this is not enough to make up for the pain suffered by these professional players who usually have strict training requirements and cannot deviate by a few centimeters. Influence.

Otherwise, where is the home field advantage?
And Porto also has another advantage, that is in terms of rules.

When the Premier League teams are playing, for the sake of the fluency and enjoyment of the game, the referee will not blow the whistle for common fouls, which correspondingly results in the relatively rough style of the Premier League in several major leagues.

However, when it comes to the Champions League, this will not work. The big moves I am used to in the Premier League are easy to get cards in the Champions League.

They don't consider the difference between the Premier League and the Champions League.

This is the question that every Premier League team participating in the Champions League has to face.

In the Premier League, you have to be tough, in the Champions League, you need more tricks.

At least, it can't make the referee feel uncomfortable.

Arsenal made one such mistake, and it turned out that Rio Ferdinand was dealt the first card of the game shortly after his dad returned from buying his son snacks.

Manchester United and Real Madrid haven't received any cards yet, so Rio Ferdinand's yellow card is also the first yellow card in this round of the Champions League.

(End of this chapter)