Chapter 115: See you next week
The football slid lightly between Canizares's fingers, and then flew into the goal by grazing the crossbar, and the more than 50,000 Valencia fans at the scene couldn't help but exclaim, Liu Han's transformation from extreme movement to elegant stillness made Canizares feel very awkward in front of him, and made the audience on the sidelines feel more like watching an art performance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Cooper looked at Liu Han who was celebrating with his teammates on the field a little sluggishly, he didn't expect this Oriental man to have such excellent ball skills, the goal just now was a perfect combination of personal ability and ball skills, and it was a performance of the pinnacle of speed and power control.
"Awesome, man, I swear, it's the prettiest goal I've ever seen, you're a genius!" Even Bergkamp, who has always been calm, was conquered by Liu Han's goal, and he felt that Liu Han was now much better than himself.
The few five-star red flags in the audience waved more enthusiastically at this time, and the Chinese who came to the scene to cheer for Liu Han did not expect their compatriots to be so powerful, and even the Spanish fans around them looked at them with a kind of envy, they knew very well the meaning of this look, which proved that Liu Han had almost conquered these fans, and his ability was recognized by the enemy.
Before the end of the first half, Arsenal took the lead, and Valencia's players were also disappointed by Liu Han's second goal, and they have to admit that this kind of single-handed goal is the most demoralizing for the defender.
'All pick it up, they're only one goal ahead and we've got plenty of time.' At this point, Mendieta, who was the captain of the field, stepped up and kept high-fiveing his teammates to encourage them.
After the restart, the Valencia team still insisted on their tactics of attacking on the wing, although they are now behind, but the Valencia players still have a certain judgment on the situation on the field, their tactics are effective for Arsenal, Arsenal's defense often has holes under their continuous assaults, as long as they can seize the opportunity, they use the hope of equalizing or even overtaking.
However, although Valencia's wide attack was quite strong and caused some problems for Arsenal's backline, Lopez and Angulo on their front line looked a little thin in the face of Vieira and Arsenal's experienced veterans.
Cooper was a little emotional on the sidelines, and at the same time a little envious, feeling that the team's tactics were successful, and envying the Arsenal team for having such a top center forward as Liu Han.
For the rest of the first half, both sides attacked and defended each other, but there were not many chances, and after fifteen minutes of three goals, both sides were very cautious in defence.
At half-time, Arsenal ended the first half with a 2-1 lead, and Liu Han single-handedly allowed Arsenal to maintain the lead against the mighty Valencia away from home.
Back in the dressing room, Arsene Wenger first emphasised the importance of defending in the second half, and for the backline, Wenger also intends to make some changes in the second half.
'Those two goals shouldn't have happened, you played too easily, you made it too easy, you have to be aggressive and think about where they came from, they are from England, England who can play rugby without protective gear in muddy water.
"Tell me, Mr. Javier Farinos, were you frightened by that oriental? Then why did I see you on the sidelines that you couldn't even shovel him to the ground? ”
"Gentlemen in midfield, don't be in a daze on the pitch just because the opponent often skips your passes, try to defend as much as possible, if you feel like you can't run, please let me know, I'll definitely replace you and then you can have plenty of rest in the youth team."
In the dressing room in Valencia, Cooper expressed his dissatisfaction to the players, and his harsh language made the players a little dissatisfied, but they did not dare to express it, and everyone in Valencia knew that Cooper really dared to do anything.
For players, Cooper has never played warm and silent, since he came here to earn a lot of money that ordinary people can't earn in a lifetime, then he must pay due work results, if he can't achieve the due results, it is a dereliction of duty, this is Cooper's perception of players.
Cooper has always believed that his arrangement is the most reasonable for the team's established tactics, and all the players need to do is to strictly enforce their requirements on the field.
After Liu Han played the first half of the game, he also had his own understanding of the strength of the Valencia team, and he didn't know much about the players in the midfield, but the players in the Valencia back line were generally not too fierce, and the degree of confrontation was completely not as good as the Premier League team, but the small actions of the La Liga players were very much, which was different from the Premier League teams.
When playing against a Premier League team, Liu Han needs to pay attention to the opponent's sliding tackle towards your calf or knee, while La Liga players are more likely to move their hands, which is slight but extremely annoying.
The second half continued, and the Danish referee Anderson was satisfied with the first half of the game, with both sides moving relatively small in this game, and there were no controversial balls, which made the game more fluid, and the attack of both sides was more exciting.
However, after entering the second half, Anderson obviously noticed the change, first of all, Valencia's action began to gradually get bigger, and at the same time, the counter-attack after losing the ball in the front court was also very active, and even turned around and fouled directly to prevent the Arsenal team from counterattacking, and Arsenal's players were inevitably a little angry with the increasing movements of Valencia players and the small actions that are common to South American players.
Fifteen minutes into the second half of the game, Valencia defender Farinos made a tackle behind his back, although Liu Han jumped away smartly, but the referee Anderson still blew the game off, for this attempted foul, Anderson could have ignored it, but in order to deter both sides, Anderson showed a yellow card to Farinos.
After the start of the second half, with Valencia's gradual increase in aggressiveness, the Arsenal team's defensive level gradually intensified, hesitating Valencia did not have a strong center forward, which made their attack on the side always lack the final word of the player, and the breakthrough on the side is sharp, as long as it is not directly into the penalty area, the efficiency of the long shot can never be compared with the efficiency of the shot in the penalty area, so the Arsenal team began to shrink the defensive line in the second half, only blocking the line in the penalty area, Leave it to Patrick Vieira to deal with what is outside the box.
That meant Valencia's attack could not open up, and Arsenal doubled the lead again in the 26th minute of the second half.
Valencia centre-back Gerardo was fouled while defending Liu Han, and referee Anderson did not hesitate to award a direct free kick on the line of the penalty area.
Liu Han standing in front of the ball made the Valencia players feel the pressure, they knew Liu Han before the game, knowing that this is a free kick master, although the position of the ball is a little too close, but the master is not so easy to be, and if you are really called a master, you will inevitably have your own skills.
However, what everyone in Valencia didn't expect was that Liu Han's run after the whistle was actually a cover, he directly bypassed the football, and Henry, who was standing next to the football, tapped the ball to the right side and flashed out of the gap, and Vieira, who was inserted in the back, shot with a kick, and Canizares was also interfered with by Liu Han's running and saved in the wrong direction.
The free-kick combination was specially rehearsed by the Arsenal team in their preparations, and the purpose was to allow Liu Han to attract the attention of the opponent, and then the other players to complete the shot.
The two-goal lead of Arsenal basically sealed the victory with less than 20 minutes left in the game, and the dominant Wenger made personnel changes, replacing Bergkamp and replacing the veteran Parlour to maintain the interception ability in midfield, and Liu Han also began to retreat to the midfield to participate in defense and control.
Valencia, who were two goals behind, failed to breach Arsenal's defence in the following games, and Liu Han's drop back took Arsenal's defence up a notch, and Arsenal eventually won 3-1 away at Valencia, and their record in the group stage was first with three consecutive wins.
Cooper was quite unhappy with the defeat in this game, he believes that Arsenal relied on a clever victory over Valencia, and the strength of the opponent is not compared to Valencia, but the game is over, and to regain the advantage can only look forward to next week's home game at Arsenal, Valencia is looking forward to beating Arsenal in this game to help the team avoid some strong teams in the knockout stage. (To be continued.) )