Chapter 647: The first half is a tug-of-war
When Wenger, who was sitting in the coach's box, heard Ai Huan's name, he immediately turned his head to look at the opponent's bench in shock, and when he really saw Ai Huan sitting next to Magath with a smile on his face, he couldn't help frowning immediately. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
He suddenly felt a nervousness in his heart, it was Ai Huan, as long as he thought of this person's state in the last game against Bafang, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his back, but the problem was that he also thought that this could be a psychological tactic of Magat, after all, the fact that Ai Huan was injured was known to everyone.
But is it really a tactic for this guy to sit on the bench? If he can play, or if everything is a smoke bomb, it will be too difficult for him, but it should be unlikely.
He looked back at his players and noticed the fear and hesitation on their faces, although it was only a fleeting moment, but Wenger also knew that they must be affected.
"It must not be like this!" Wenger made up his mind in an instant, he immediately pulled Van Persie and said in a firm voice: "I want you to step up your attack, you must kill them before they are replaced by Ai Huan, this is our last chance." ”
Van Persie doesn't think that Ai Huan is a problem, after all, this should be just a tactic, "Can Ai Huan still play? His ribs are broken, even if he dares to play, it is the end of the crossbow, not to mention that they have made sure to appear, why do they work so hard?"
Wenger couldn't help nodding his head, he felt that Van Persie was right, this should be a tactic, Magath would not take such a big risk no matter how much he thought about it, not to mention that Ai Fan is a professional player, this is not an important game, so he will not have to work so hard.
However, he still said: "Tell the players that before Ai Huan doesn't play, use fouls to stop the opponent's midfielder from moving quickly, and even if we can't score, we must not concede goals in the first half." ”
Arsene Wenger's words were immediately conveyed to every player and they immediately understood their mission, so they immediately came up with attacking momentum as soon as they started.
In the fourth minute, Ramsey got past Gundogan and passed the ball out, and Van Persie scrambled to shoot hard before the defender could close the goal, but the ball went wide.
However, Schalke immediately returned the colour and Mata fired a right-footed shot from a pass from Holtby at the top of the box, but the ball was not much of a threat from the right position.
Another minute later, Gundogan and Fuchs combined for the ball and Juan Mata burst into the box and was cut off by Vermalenka, who was fouled for handball when Raul stepped forward to press for the ball.
In the 11th minute, Santos took the ball from the left, and Van Persie's header from the right side of the penalty area was easily picked up by Zhang Chong. However, Arsenal then patiently organized the attack and finally found a good chance in the 20th minute, Ramsey picked up a pass and let the tiger Walcott burst into the box alone, but Zhang Chong had already scrambled to break the ball off the touchline.
However, after that, Arsenal's player skills were obviously higher than Schalke's players, and their possession tactics allowed Schalke players to use fouls to stop the opponent's attack one after another, which also made Arsenal get set-piece opportunities in the following games, but fortunately they were resolved by Schalke players one by one. After that, the scene was in a stalemate, and the pass success rate of both teams under the pressure of each other was less than 80%, which also caused the scene to look ugly for a while.
Fortunately, the fans still seem to be very powerful, their shouts and singing have never stopped, and Schalke has been frantically cheering for their team.
But in the 25th minute, Vermaelen collided with the defending Metzelder when he was dribbling the ball, and Metzelder fell to the ground and was injured, which made everyone look nervous, and even Magath looked incredulous. However, the team doctor quickly made a substitution, which was really not a good thing for Schalke, but Magath reacted immediately, and Matip was substituted, which was a passive substitution, which is not a good thing for any team.
However, Schalke's players were not in much of a beat, and in the 28th minute, Pukki sent in a quick low cross, and Raul stopped the ball and fired a right-footed shot that went just wide.
There was a brief stalemate between the two sides until the 35th minute, when Gervinho combined with Ramsey on the right to cross Cristo and then straight into the box, only to be able to cut the ball away from Hovides, who had come up to make up for it.
'Yes, our new captain is still playing very well, at least for now we don't seem to be at a disadvantage. Uncle Deepp finally spoke, he didn't talk much in this game, and he was watching the game very carefully.
Two minutes later, Alexander Song cleared the ball to Holterby, who immediately took the ball to the edge of the box, but his right-footed shot flew over the crossbar. This also made the fans a little regretful, everyone thought that if the ball was at Ai Huan's feet, it would definitely be considered a goal.
In the 40th minute, Walcott received Van Persie's through ball and scored from a small angle, but he was already in an obvious offside position when he responded, so he also received a yellow card for his shot, and the little tiger did not say anything about it, but said something to the referee when he walked back.
In the 42nd minute, Mata's through ball was blocked by Koscielny and played to Raul in the box, but the ball hit his arm when Raul stopped the ball, which made his next goal meaningless.
"Oh, it's a pity, it's a bit of a pity. Uncle Dipper shook his head a little annoyed, but there was still nothing he could do about this kind of ballooning.
Raul made a comeback in the 43rd minute, and this time he was forced near the corner flag under the defense of Vermaelen and Santos, but it was in this situation that he still passed the ball, Mata immediately knocked the ball back from the baseline, but Fuchs, who followed up to shoot, shot from the edge of the box and was confiscated by Szczesny.
Arsenal then immediately launched a counter-attack, the little tiger Walcoat received Ramsey's cross from the right, but fortunately, Zhang Chong, who had always been highly concentrated, rushed to save the ball before Van Persie could shoot, and Matip next to him immediately followed and kicked the football out of the box.
The first half ended with a 0-0 draw, but it was no less exciting.