For Valencia, it was a shame to be beaten twice by Arsenal in the group stage, with a youngster-focused side that quickly built up strong self-esteem and confidence following the arrival of strong coach Cooper, as evidenced by their performances in La Liga this season. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cooper uses rigorous training to develop players, uses strict discipline to discipline players, and at the same time motivates his players with outstanding results.

Young players will certainly lack experience in the game, but being young also means that the team will be very passionate, and when they are in form, few teams can hold on to their onslaught.

In the first 30 minutes of this semi-final, the Arsenal team was like a ship that did not return in a typhoon, trying to keep its course, but it still looked a little stormy.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Arsenal midfielder Liu Han was about to launch a counterattack after breaking the ball, but when he passed the ball to Overmars, who was receiving on the right side, Valencia's left winger Gonzalez suddenly broke the ball from behind Ovmars, and Ovemas was obviously not very focused, and he did not catch the ball head-on.

After Kiri Gonzalez broke the ball, he immediately went straight to the middle, and hit the Arsenal team that wanted to push the defense out of a hurry, and the Argentine "bug" Lopez successfully countered offside and faced Arsenal goalkeeper Lukic directly.

Liu Han ran towards the penalty area after Kirigonzalez broke the ball, although the ball was not his mistake, but Liu Han felt that he needed to close the holes in the team's defense.

Lopez was very calm in the face of a somewhat frightened Lukic, lying directly on his left foot over the attacking Lukic, and then pushed the ball into the empty goal.

At this time, Liu Han raised his speed to the highest, and then desperately pounced on the football that slowly rolled towards the goal line.

At the moment when the ball was about to roll across the goal line, Liu Han slapped his horse and fell to the ground to destroy the ball.

The Valencia fans in the audience were almost all in disbelief with their heads in their hands, and they couldn't believe that such a goal had not been scored.

The football shoveled out by Liu Han fell to the feet of fullback Adams, and Angullo next to Adams immediately counterattacked, but Adams kicked the ball directly out of the sideline, and Arsenal's back line had to slow down a little, and the ball just now almost scared everyone's hearts out of their chests.

Lukic returned to the goal line to pull Liu Han up, and then hugged Liu Han tightly, this ball can be said to be Liu Han saved him and saved the team.

The Arsenal team, which escaped the catastrophe, began to push the defensive line outward, and if they were besieged like this, they were likely to be breached by the opponent. Pushing the defence out may be risky, but it could allow Arsenal's midfielders to threaten the door of the Arsenal side, at least to intimidate the opposition.

After missing the best chance in the first half so far, Valencia's offensive has also slowed down, after all, the physical strength of the players is not unlimited, and attacking like this for half an hour has almost brought some players' physical strength close to the limit, Cooper must ensure the victory of this game, so that he can have a chance to fight after going to London.

After Valencia's attack stopped a little, Arsenal began to dominate in midfield, Liu Han spared no effort to run to make Arsenal's midfield reasonable operation, although the partnership of Thierry Henry and Bergkamp in the front line did not seem to be in good shape today, but Arsenal's possession rate was much higher than in the previous 30 minutes.

After the midfield was running, Liu Han began to deliberately step forward, Valencia can be said to attach great importance to Liu Han, as long as Liu Han passed the midfield, Valencia's players would not care about fouling as much as possible, and the foul action was not big, the purpose was to let Liu Han try not to get close to their half.

However, Valencia still underestimated Liu Han's ability.

In the 41st minute of the game, Liu Han dribbled past Mendieta in the midfield and collided with Bergkamp to collide with the wall, and then shot directly from a distance of more than 30 meters from the goal before the Valencia players came to make up for it.

Liu Han's shot was very sudden, and at the same time, the ball speed was also very fast, and the ball was almost free of any rotation in the air.

Canizares was very focused in this game, facing the chance of advancing to the Champions League final, Spain's No. 1 national goal did not want to give up such an opportunity, and he also wanted to take revenge on Real Madrid, let them see how good the goalkeeper they gave up.

However, Canizares still underestimated the speed of Liu Han's kick, and he began to move under his feet after Liu Han's shot, but found that if he continued to move without making a save, it would probably be too late, so Canizares could only quickly use his body to throw it out by inertia.

Canizares almost closed his eyes in despair as he watched the ball fly past his fingertips, but then a "poof-" sound from behind him brought Canizares back to his senses, and Liu Han's ball focused on the post.

After turning around and holding the ball that bounced off the post tightly in his arms, Canizares breathed a sigh of relief.

The first half ended shortly after Liu Han hit the post, with neither side able to threaten the opposition again, but judging from the pitch, Arsenal did not dominate the game.

Arsene Wenger had planned to make some changes to his line-up at half-time, but he had concerns at this time, and he was worried that the team would get out of control in midfield after Liu Han returned to the attack.

Faced with the chance of qualifying for the Champions League final, Arsene Wenger, who had never played in a Champions League final in his life, was lost, and he was burdened with the burden of wanting to win and being afraid of losing.

Arsene Wenger, who struggled with whether to make adjustments, even forgot to reassure his players at half-time, Wenger was nervous because he was lost, and Arsenal's players were not immune to the impact.

Just when the entire locker room was quiet, Liu Han suddenly spoke.

"Guys, are we in the final?"

"Hey, this is the semi-final, we have a home game to fight for the final, Wembley is our turf, even if we lose this one, we will get back to winning at Wembley."

Compared with the inexperienced Arsenal players in the final, Liu Han has seen big scenes in the NBA after all, and he is much calmer than other Arsenal players.

Although Liu Han's words played some role, the effect was not obvious, but Wenger felt that this game should be held to the death, and it was in Arsenal's interest to return to the home stadium to solve the battle.

After the start of the second half, Liu Han tried hard to run in the midfield, but he found that his teammates seemed to be a little conservative, and even Ovimas, who had always been extremely aggressive, began to retreat.

Arsenal's attack lacked the usual courage and coordination.

Valencia made the first change at half-time, with Cooper making a rather extreme three-man line-up, for which he even replaced a wing-back.

Compared to Cooper's boldness, Wenger was a big disparity in this game, and he seemed to have the idea of putting Liu Han in the central defender position completely.

As Valencia's offensive grew, so did the cheers of the Valencia team in the audience.

Liu Han ran at all costs, he and Vieira guarded the midfield position together, and the two tall and strong young men went around to put out fires, but Valencia's offensive came in waves like a tide.

After the start of the game, the Arsenal team was suppressed by Valencia in terms of momentum and tactics.

Fifty-four minutes into the game, Valencia's long-range shot from outside the box bounced off Keown's foot and hit the touchline, which made Lukic's save useless, but the ball was once again saved on the goal line, this time by Vieira.

In the 59th minute, Angulo made a cold shot on the line of the penalty area, and Lukic struggled to save the ball.

Three minutes later, Valencia returned to the ground and Mendieta fed the ball to the feet of Kirigonzález on the wing of the wing, who sent in a cross that looked like a shot.

Lukic lunged for the ball, but he collided with centre-back Keown, but the ball was headed over by Liu Hanyi near the landing point.

Just when Arsenal thought they had held on to Valencia's attack again, Liu Han's ball fell to Mendieta outside the box.

Mendieta volleyed unhesitatingly in the face of the incoming ball, and in the face of Arsenal goalkeeper Lukic, who had not yet had time to return to the goalline, Mendieta opted for a full shot.

The outside instep shot makes the arc of the ball very large, Liu Han has nothing to do with such a ball, if it is a violent straight ball Liu Han will not hesitate to block the gun's eye, but now he can't do anything.

The soccer ball grazed the post on the right side of the goal and flew into the net, and the entire Mestalla stadium was jubilant.

Arsenal's persistence lost its meaning with 62 minutes played.

After falling behind by one goal and not scoring a goal, Arsene Wenger woke up from a dream and realized that the Arsenal team had lost his usual attacking style, and that such an Arsenal team was no longer the "Gunners".

Arsene Wenger, who is aware of this, wants to make adjustments quickly, but now there is less than half an hour before the end of the game, if he makes adjustments in the draw, the Arsenal team will still have a chance, but now the opponent has a 1-0 lead, can calmly organize the defense to counterattack, and now if he forcibly adjusts, he may be in the hands of the opponent.

Arsene Wenger went from one tangle to another, but Liu Han on the field chose the answer for him.

Liu Han stepped up front immediately after Valencia's goal, and then sent Bergkamp back to a midfield position to organise the attack.

Arsenal's attempt to attack after the restart forced forced Valencia to retract their defence, with Liu Han being much more intimidating than the rest of the Arsenal players.

After Liu Han reached the front, Valencia was unable to organize an effective counterattack, because Liu Han was not dead at the front, but kept running around, sometimes in the midfield, and sometimes on the side, which made Valencia's defense a little messy, and their counterattack was no longer sharp.

The game time passed little by little, and the Arsenal team finally failed to break through the door of Valencia, although Liu Han was good enough, but he alone could not change the poor state of the whole team.

A one-goal away defeat to Valencia is not the end for Arsenal, as Liu Han said at half-time, this is not the final, it is Wembley when it comes to the decisive battle. (To be continued.) )