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With the whistle of the Danish referee Larsson, the first round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final between Arsenal and Porto officially kicked off at the Emirates Stadium.

The first kick-off is Porto in the away game.

Facing a strong opponent away, Porto coach Ferreira formed a 451 formation, with goalkeeper Helton, four defenders Fucilai, Alves, Rolando, and Sissoko. Go to the midfielder position and play three midfielders with Guarin and Fernando, Meirelles and Hulk play two full-backs, and Falcao plays the center forward in front.

This formation was repeatedly considered by Ferreira and the coaching staff. Arsenal's offensive ability is very strong, and it is difficult for Porto to compete with Arsenal for the ball.

If Gao Xiaodong pulls back to play as a defensive midfielder, he can dribble the ball forward for an assist, and he can also counterattack with a long pass. If Arsenal press too far forward, Gao Xiaodong's long pass and Falcao's counterattack can kill Arsenal. The most important thing is that Gao Xiaodong can limit Arsenal's midfielder Cesc Fabregas in the midfielder.

Let Guarin guard the right midfielder to deal with Nasri. Although Guarin is a bit frizzy and a bit unreliable, Arsenal's left back Gibson is a weakness and cannot provide assists. Sri should be fine.

Meirelles played left midfielder in order to use his experience to limit the extremely fast Walcott, and Hulk played on the right three to attack Gibson.

Porto thought of all aspects, but after seeing the formation put up by Arsenal, they realized that they were wrong. Wenger, who had always played rigidly, changed his formation.

Arsenal's starting lineup in this game is also a 451 formation. Goalkeeper No. 1 Almunia is back on fire, and four backs are 3-Sagna, 5-Toure, 18-Sylvester, 40-Gibbs ;Five midfielders 17-Song, 2-Diaby, 14-Walcott, 4-Fabregas, 8-Nasri, single striker: 25-Adebayor

Although Arsenal's starting lineup is no different from what Porto guessed, Nasri and Diaby switched positions, the midfielder Diaby went to play left midfielder, and Nasri came to the center to organize with Fabregas .

This is a mind-blowing change. Arsenal had only played once in the FA Cup against Chelsea before, and the effect was mediocre. Arsenal was also defeated by Chelsea 2:1.

Sky Sports' on-site commentator Martin is an old Premier League player, and he immediately understood Wenger's intention to form a formation, Diabila guessed that Professor Wenger was worried about the defense of left back Gibson, which made the defense very strong. Diaby defended at the left midfielder, and Nasri came to the center. It should be guessed that Porto will stare at Fabregas.

Let Nasri control the ball and break through, but the effect of this change was not good in the FA Cup against Chelsea. Professor Wenger still used it like this. Maybe he felt that Porto’s strength was far inferior to Chelsea. Against Chelsea It didn't work well, and it wasn't necessarily bad against Porto. The specific effect depends on the game...

Seeing Nasri playing in the middle and Diaby playing on the wing, the Arsenal fans in the stands were also talking about it, and they didn't understand Wenger's switch.

Porto hit Arsenal on the left side very resolutely today. After the ball was passed in the center circle, it immediately hit the right side, looking for Hulk, and let Hulk attack from the right side.

Today, Arsenal attaches great importance to their defense on the left. When Diaby saw Hulk taking the ball, he immediately ran to help defend.

At this time, Fuxilai also plugged in at high speed, and Falcao also moved closer to the right, attacking Arsenal's left with all his strength.

Hulk saw Diaby running, he passed the ball back to Fucilet, and continued to advance.

Fu Xilai rubbed the ball, and the ball flew directly behind Gibson, allowing Hulk and Gibson to compete for the landing.

Gibson turned around quickly to grab a position with Hulk, but was pushed aside by the strong Hulk. Seeing that Hulk stopped the ball with his instep and wanted to cut inside, Gibson had no choice but to trip Hulk.

The referee Larsson blew his whistle and awarded a free kick near the touchline.

A weak team is playing against a strong team. Set-pieces are the magic weapon. Gao Xiaodong came to the touchline to take this free kick. Porto's central defenders Alves and Rolando both came to Arsenal's penalty area to compete for a header.

Gao Xiaodong drove the ball into Arsenal's penalty area, looking for Alves, but Arsenal was also very cautious in defending set-pieces. Porto's high points, Alves and Rolando, and striker Falcao had more than one player package Clip, the ball was grabbed by Toure and pushed out of the penalty area.

After the ball came out of the siege, it was grabbed by Fernando who was dragged behind. Seeing Arsenal rushing over quickly, Fernando immediately passed back to the goalkeeper Helton, and ran to the side to ask for the ball.

Arsenal counterattacked quickly. Some players chased after Fernando, and some players pressed for goalkeeper Helton.

Helton didn't dare to be careless, and drove the ball towards Arsenal's penalty area with a big foot.

The ball was directly picked up by Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia, who tossed the ball to Fabregas and launched a quick counterattack before Porto's defenders were fully settled.

Fabregas turned around after receiving the ball, and was about to speed up to dribble forward. Guarin, who returned to the defense, rushed over and gave him a flying shovel in the diagonal thrust.

When Fabregas received the ball, he saw the surrounding situation. He dunked the ball and avoided the flying tackle that Guarin gave him.

But just as Fabregas dodged Gualin's flying shovel, Gao Xiaodong's flying shovel arrived again.

Fabregas had just returned from injury for four rounds, so he didn't dare to take the risk of possession of the ball, so he could only jump up to avoid Gao Xiaodong's sliding tackle.

The request was destroyed by Gao Xiaodong and fell to Diaby's feet.

Diaby took the ball and pushed forward, but was caught up by Hulk within a few steps.

Diaby made an emergency stop and flicked the ball past Hulk, and continued to advance towards Porto's bottom line.

However, Diaby's speed was not fast, and he was soon overtaken by Hulk. This time, he and Fuxilai formed a double-team for Diaby.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Diaby immediately passed the ball to Nasri in the middle.

This time the timing of the ball was good, but the speed of the ball was too fast. Nasri started early and did not touch the ball. The ball was grabbed by Porto defender Alves again.

The ball was passed to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong caught the ball and turned around, before Arsenal's pressure was in place, he passed to the right to find Hulk, and beat Arsenal's left.

Although Arsenal has Diaby on the left, but Porto's right back Fusile is very bold in attacking. Guarin prefers to assist. Coupled with Hulk in front, Diaby can't defend on the wing. Waist Alexander. Song had to help defend to the side, blocking Porto's attack on the side.

Diaby's switch to the wing did not protect the full-back Gibson, and he had to ask for the help of the midfielder Song.

However, after Nasri switched to the middle lane, he encountered the pressure of Gao Xiaodong, Fernando, and Guarin who were like wolves and tigers, and he couldn't play the role of organizing the attack with the ball at all.

Arsenal can only hit the ball to the right to find Walcott, trying to use Walcott's speed to find a breakthrough on Porto's left.

But Porto's left-back Sissoko is strong and fast. Ronaldo didn't take advantage of him. Today he didn't have many offensive tasks. He just defended in his own half, and there was Meireles. Assisting in defense, Walcott has nothing to do with Hisokho.

After playing for more than ten minutes in the opening game, Arsenal couldn't attack from the right, and the penetration in the center was roughly intercepted by Gao Xiaodong and Fernando from Porto. shoot.

This opening made Arsenal fans very dissatisfied. They believed that this was the failure of Wenger's transformation.

At this time, the game was also being broadcast live on the online forums, and fans on the Internet even complained:

God! How did Diaby end up on the left?

Can Diaby play wide?

Is there anything worse than playing wide for Bidia?

Yes! Bidia is worse than playing on the left when Nasri plays in the middle!

Professor, what's wrong with this? In the league, the brain is flooded, and the Champions League is also messed up.

Oh! I'm so confused!

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Although it can be seen that Diaby and Nasri are not performing well, Wenger is not prepared to make any changes. He stubbornly believes that it may be more difficult to switch back. Diaby will continue to play on the wing and let Nasri play. middle road.