97 Chapter 97

On the football pitch, there may be less time than a second to decide whether a goal can be scored.

Shaheen broke some distance with the ball, and as a midfielder, he should have passed the ball to the players up front rather than taking it himself.

So he has a tricky question - who to pass it on?

The unstoppable Ribery who is in hot form? But the Arsenal players seem to be ready to come forward and cover him at any time.

Or maybe a pass to Sneijder in the middle? However, Hleb is also close to Sneijder and has a straight pass that can be easily truncated.

What about David Silva on the wing? Arsenal's full-back Eboue didn't seem to be on his way to take the Spaniard lightly and clinged to him.

It's a conundrum that has to be carefully considered, and Shaheen has to make a split second decision or miss the best time to pass the ball.

And it is often the decision that a player is judged to be good enough is the decision made in just one second.

It wasn't just Yan Jing who was preoccupied with the situation on the pitch, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was also staring intently.

If the ball had been played to Sesk, he would have chosen to pass to David Silva on the wing...... Silva's technique is good, and getting rid of Hleb should not be a problem, and he can still cooperate with him in a small area after that.

However, to Arsene Wenger's surprise, Shaheen did not choose to pass the ball to David Silva, but instead took a look into the box and slid a slow volley into the middle of Sneijder.

At this moment, Sneijder is moving about ten meters from the front of the Arsenal penalty area.

Gilberto Silva, the most reliable in Arsenal's central defence, was entangled by Ribery, Rosicky and Cesc Fabregas were still chasing back frantically, the sought-after back line was still some distance from Sneijder, and Hleb's position between Sneijder and Ribery was clearly closer to Ribery.

Sneijder, the moment he realised Shahin's quick pass, decided on his next move.

The time and place are favorable, when will you not shoot at this time?

In order to minimize the time it takes for Hleb to come over to defend, Shaheen's pass was very fast and seemed difficult to catch smoothly.

However, Sneijder didn't intend to stop the ball steadily, he leaned slightly and slowed it down with a slight hook as it passed his feet.

The ball was interrupted by Sneijder on its tracks, but it was still moving forward due to inertia, which was exactly what Sneijder wanted, because it would save him the effort to run backwards.

Shaheen started to block Rosicky after passing the ball, and he couldn't keep Cesc Fabregas at the same time, but David Silva stepped forward well to make up for it.

The Arsenal backline on the edge of the box suddenly realised that Sneijder was going to shoot from distance, but it was now impossible to squeeze in and close the gap between their defences.

Sneijder didn't hesitate, running two steps forward and raising his leg towards Lehmann's goal, which was a powerful curling shot.

The right running distance allowed Sneijder's shot to be sufficient, and the moment his toe left the ball, Sneijder's voice sounded deep inside.

This goal is 100% done!

Sneijder's shot caught the Arsenal fans by surprise, and in Sneijder's confident gaze, in the expectant eyes of Yan Jing and Dort fans, and in the frightened boos of Arsenal fans, the ball evaded goalkeeper Lehmann's big palm and rushed into the corner above the goal.

"Sneijder unleashed a world shot from about 30 yards out from goal!! Borussia Dortmund scored a valuable away goal in the opening twelve minutes!! ”

Sneijder grinned and stood in place with his arms raised in the air, while the rest of the Dortmund players ran towards Sneijder like pieces of iron attracted by a magnet and surrounded him.

Lehmann got up from the ground in remorse and loudly reprimanded the defenders who had not noticed Sneijder's intentions in time, and watched the opponent celebrate his goal, and the Stadium of the Emirates was immediately booed.

It's just that no amount of boos can change the fact that Dortmund scored, and the Gunners fans who cursed Yan Jing just now can only stare at Yan Jinggan who is celebrating with the player's assistant coach on the Dortmund bench.

Borussia Dortmund's celebrations didn't last long, as a single goal could not determine the final result, not to mention that it was a two-legged Champions League knockout game, and they still needed to play with 12 points of spirit and concentration.

'Borussia Dortmund continued their efficient attack, finding the Arsenal goal with their first shot and a pretty good shot. Feiye, who has always adhered to a calm and fair commentary style, couldn't help but be a little excited when he saw this, "Sneijder finally has a chance to show his long-range shooting skills!" ”

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger sat on the sidelines, hunched over his hands on his thighs and frowning for nothing, clearly unhappy with the goal conceded, but he did not give new instructions to his players on the pitch.

After the two teams restarted in the center circle, the Arsenal players immediately launched a counterattack to try to recover the score as soon as possible.

'Klicy handed the ball to Rosicky, who took a few steps forward and then passed the ball to Cesc Fabregas again to continue the attack.

"Cesc Fabregas is blocked by Toure again! This time he couldn't break through again, and the ball was cut off by Toure! ”

Shaheen received the ball from Toure and Dortmund launched a quick counter-attack again.

After pinpointing Silva's position, Shaheen sent the ball to David Silva's feet with a beautiful through ball.

David Silva received the ball and went forward into the box, where he chose to send the ball straight into the box without stopping against Arsenal full-back Eboue.

Seeing the football flying from the air, David Villa, who had just run into place, hurriedly jumped up and scrambled for the header.

"Another counterattack from Dortmund! Villa leaps high - oh! Pity! Arsenal defender Kolo Toure scrambles to push the ball off the goal line before Villa! ”

Villa, who missed his chance, shook his head in frustration, while Chloe Toure, who came in time to save Arsenal, high-fived his team-mate.

The referee awarded a corner kick to Borussia Dortmund.

Silva, who took the corner, trotted to the corner flag area to set the ball up, observed the chaotic positions of the two teams in the penalty area, and waited for the referee to blow the whistle to signal that the penalty could be taken.

Dortmund is not very tall in the front, so when defending corners, Arsenal focus on Dort's midfielders.

As the referee's whistle blew, Silva whipped in a corner and the ball began to fall into the crowded penalty area, just near Yaya Toure and his brother Kolo Toure.

Although it is a relative whose blood is thicker than water outside the court, it is a real battle on the court. The two Toure didn't let anyone go, pushing each other to grab positions before they even started the free throws, and now the two brothers jumped up almost at the same time, tacitly heading towards the ball.

"Bang ——!"

The clash of hard objects was loud and loud on the pitch, and both Toure fell to the ground, while the ball was pounced on by goalkeeper Lehmann.

"Yaya Toure and Chloe Toure collided as they tried to get their headers, and they both fell to the ground—"

The fall of the two players made the fans and coaches on both sides nervous, Yan Jing hurriedly got up and walked to the sidelines, staring at the penalty area with a frown, and kept nervously touching the ground on his toes.

God willing, Yaya must not have another accident!

The players on both sides stopped their movements and surrounded their teammates who cared about them, and took advantage of this break to play back the collision on the big screen at the scene.

"Shhh Dicker looked at the replay and felt his head start to hurt, "I hope they're all safe!" ”

Chloe Toure was the first to stand up with his defensive partner Gala's hand, grinning at the spot where his head had been hit, then he looked down at his brother and extended his free other hand.

"Yaya, are you alright?"

There was no major problem this time, but the pain was really painful, Yaya Toure was gasping for breath at first, but the pain was relieved relatively quickly.

Hearing her brother's voice, Yaya Toure looked up, saw her brother's concerned eyes, and grinned in spite of the pain.

"Chlo Touré pulled up his brother Yaya Toure and hugged him tightly, and it seemed that although they were on two different teams and rivals on the pitch, that didn't stop them from having a brotherhood."

The episode of the Toure brothers colliding came to an end, and Yan Jingke breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Yaya had no problems, and returned to the bench to continue reading the game.

After that, Arsenal were as Yan Jing had predicted before the game, stubbornly controlling the ball, even if they couldn't advance into the penalty area, and did not allow Dortmund to control the ball.

Yan Jing's team itself does not belong to the pass-and-control style of play, and it is more convenient to carry out quick counterattacks through the mistakes of the opponent's pass-and-control position than attacking from his own possession position.

So when Yan Jing saw Arsenal continue to play with the ball, he didn't specifically ask the players to scramble.

Arsenal originally followed the current counter-attacking style of Dortmund, but the departure of several midfielders forced Coach Wenger to change the style of play that once played all over the Premier League, and create a tactic that suits him according to the new midfield core Cesc Fabregas.

Arsene Wenger's side are just getting started and are getting used to passing, so they can't be very good at it; Yan Jing's team likes to play this kind of team the most, and the tacit understanding of these teams has not yet reached a daunting level, but they must insist on playing with passing and control, so that Dortmund, who are good at defense and counterattack, have time to drill.

With more and more lateral passes and less and less time left in the first half, Arsenal looked like they were completely dominant, but in reality they didn't create any dangerous attacks.

The BBC TV commentator looked at the situation on the field and couldn't help but worry.

"If Arsene Wenger doesn't make any changes in the second half, it will be too difficult to equalise or overtake." 166 Reading Network