Chapter 100: Eighteenth Minute Pleasure
Many years later, Professor Wenger looks back and still can't believe the day he couldn't remember.
In the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup in the 09-10 season, Barcelona and Arsenal had many good players who could not play. On Barcelona's side, Puyol, Xavi, and Pique were suspended for red and yellow cards, Ibrahimovic was unable to play with a calf muscle strain, Marcos was resting, and Ziglinski was not eligible. Arsenal Cesc Fabregas and Alexander Xiao Song are suspended for yellow cards, while Robin van Persie, Arshavin and Gallas are out injured.
In the same dilemma, Arsene Wenger made a fuss about the formation, with the professor turning the 4-3-3 that he didn't bargain for in the previous round into a 4-5-1, and the midfielder tried to create a miracle at the Camp Nou.
Pep Guardiola has worked the staffing, although the shortage of manpower is outrageous, but the 'superb' smart Guardiola still made a dojo in a snail shell. In fact, there are not many options, Yaya Toure, who can play central defender, and the only full-time Milito partner has become inevitable, and the second-team youngsters in the Champions League scene may still be a little unable to hold.
Without Xavi, Barcelona is not panicking, and there is the big devil Zhuo Yang, and Messi leads Bojan and Pedro on the front line. Anyway, 3-2 away from home in the first leg is a huge advantage, and Arsenal need to win at least two goal difference if they want to turn the game around, a story that no team has ever told at Camp Nou this season.
Arsenal are a team that is good at telling jokes but not very good at telling stories, this is a club with a natural funny temperament, and players who come here will sooner or later be infected with ** personality. The auspicious Three Treasures Enlightenment Emperor Xiao Song, the son of Hengchuan Sande Zi Denilson, the second master Diabi of the second master, and the historic defensive sinkhole Sylvester.
French defender Silvestre spent his best 10 seasons at Manchester United and also scared him for a decade, after Grandpa Murphy moved to Old Trafford in 2005, he gradually faded out of the squad. Two years ago, it was not Wenger who liked him, but Ferguson marked the price of 750,000 to find out Wenger's psychology.
If you don't give a penny for nothing, Wenger will scoff at it, and the price will not be high, and this money can just be poked at Professor Wenger's g-spot. Not only does he coach, he also knows marketing, and he knows Arsene Wenger.
Arsene Wenger, who was looking for treasures from the stalls, treated Sylvester as a guest, and Sylvester also added countless suspense and passion to Arsenal's road to the fourth, leaving an extremely deep impression on Arsenal fans. No difficulties create difficulties, no dangers create dangers, and the wonderful Sylvester partnered with Vermaelen today.
Arsene Wenger brought on the last game of the last game of the young tiger Walcott, but also the famous art legend Rosicky.
When Zhuo Yang first became famous in the German Second Division, some German media praised him as 'Little Rosicky' because of his elegant and free midfield style, and because he was a pianist, Rosicky was called the Mozart of football.
But since Zhuo Yang stepped into the Bundesliga, Dortmund's midfield core Rosicky has not been able to Mozart, and Zhuo Yang has become a figure with Ronaldinho at that time.
In the year that Zhuo Yang left the Bundesliga, Rosicky was also sold to Arsenal by Dort, who were anxious to deal with the club's financial balance. If it weren't for the frequent injuries, Rosicky and Big Hleb and Fabregas would have been able to take over the majesty of Henry and their three musketeers, but unfortunately injuries prevented Rosicky from fighting at the top again, plus Flamini, who was loyal to Xiaofa, the Arsenal midfielder has always been groping in chaos, otherwise there is no such thing as an auspicious three treasures now.
However, today Arsenal lacks Xiaofa and Xiao Song, which 'three' is not complete, and the midfield of five people sounds bustling, but in actual operation, they can't even grab the ball in front of Zhuo Yang, Xiaobu and Keita.
In the third minute, Zhuo Yang took the lead when he received a cross from Abidal on the wing and hit the post with a backheel shot. scored a hat trick in the last game, even if he retreated to the midfield this time, Arsenal did not dare to be careless with Zhuo Yang, Diaby went all the way, but in the end, Zhuo Yang smiled at him after shooting at the goal.
A minute later, Zhuo Yang went straight through the middle, and Messi's left-footed shot from the edge of the box after Messi took the ball was saved by Almunia flying with his fingertips in the far corner. Today, Pep Guardiola not only changed his face in the lineup, but also made a big shift in his traditional position. Instead of standing on the right winger as he is accustomed to, Messi was ambushed in the middle.
In the 6th minute, Zhuo Yang and Busquets broke through to the penalty area after a one-two, did not blindly go it alone, gave the ball back to Messi, and slid out of the goal with a strong shot.
In the 10th minute, Bojan passed the ball from the right and Pedro's low shot from the edge of the box narrowly skimmed the post. A minute later, Zhuo Yang played with Messi again, and Arsenal turned into spectators no matter how many defenders, but Messi's final shot missed the top left corner of the goal.
In the first 18 minutes of the first half, Barcelona completely dominated the field, with a terrifying 85% possession, an 8:0 shot ratio between the two sides, 8:1 for fouls on Arsenal, and a measly 49% pass completion rate.
This is not Arsenal, this is the dough that has been randomly kneaded and flattened by Barcelona.
But football is fantastic, you can never guess what will happen in the next second.
Arsenal has five + 1 six people in the midfield today, Nasri should be the worst defender, Di Biah is the least able to pass, Walcott is nothing worth mentioning except for speed, as for the single striker Bendtner, if it weren't for Van Persie's injury and Adebayor's defection to Manchester City, he might have put the bench through.
But football is magical, it's like driving down a trail in a sea of flowers, and maybe the next turn will reveal an incredible view.
In the 18th minute, Milito was a little careless with the ball in the center circle, and the ball was broken by Nasri, who was the least good at stealing the ball, and then knocked it back to Diabi, who was closest to him. It wouldn't be a surprise to anyone else, but Diaby's brilliant penetrating pass was beyond everyone's realisation.
Walcott, who always lost his position, managed to counter offside with another blind run, and he only needed one touch to reach the right side of the Barcelona penalty area.
Walcot's cross was too wide for Bendtner's shot to be viciously saved by Valdés, and Alves, who had returned to the defense, was just one step away from keeping up, and the football was back at Bendtner's feet. The Danish centre-forward was also a goalscorer after all, and he didn't waste a second chance to stab the empty net from the edge of the six-yard box.
Arsenal scored the first time they threatened to attack, and you have to sigh that this is football.
The aggregate score of 3-3 did not give Arsenal a desperate chance to survive, but it also gave them a glimmer of hope on the water. Arsenal were celebrating, but Barcelona were furious, and the culprit of the goal, Milito, was even more silent, looking at his angry teammates around him with concern, and Zhuo Yang who walked towards him with a big slap.