Chapter 603: The Battle of Spear and Shield

Arsene Wenger will have to be aware that the clash with Borussia Dortmund, just four days later, will be a league clash with old rivals Manchester United, which means Arsenal cannot afford to waste too much energy in this game.

Not being able to fight hard was the tone of the second half against Borussia Dortmund, especially after the team was already 1-0 up, ensuring victory was the first priority, and saving energy came in second.

Similar to the slogan "how fast and good to save" that was once very popular in China, Arsenal wants to ensure "good save", good results and energy saved.

It doesn't seem like an easy task, but good things can't be taken by your Arsenal family, right?

It was to be expected that Dortmund would attack 100 per cent in the second half, while Arsenal would certainly have faced a more difficult situation in the second half than in the first.

Even if the team has encountered unprecedented difficulties this season, anyone with a discerning eye can feel that the Hornets are already going downhill.

But Jurgen Klopp still wants to achieve a breakthrough for Dortmund in the Champions League, and the story of Heathfield leading the team to the championship is still inspiring generations of Dortmund to achieve this goal again, it is really a glorious era, and countless Dortmund people have also made it their life's goal.

wants to attack, wants to equalize, wants to prove that Dortmund is still the best team, but the biggest problem in front of Klopp is how to limit Arsenal's attacking line, such as Ni Tu, Uncle Scum knows very well that it is difficult to completely limit this opponent by Schmelzer alone, and this is true, although many Germans do not agree.

Maybe 10 times Schmelzer can limit Ni Tu 8 times 9 times, but if he doesn't complete the defensive task once, Dortmund's defense may be helpless in an instant.

"Marcel, after the start of the second half, I want you to devote all your energy to Ni Tu, with only one purpose, that is, to strictly prohibit him from taking the ball in the 30-meter area in front of the goal!"

Klopp finally decided to sacrifice part of his team's strength to defend Ni Tu, which is a common decision made by many small and medium-sized teams when facing Ni Tu, as long as the threat can be eliminated, Klopp can not hesitate to lower his stature, and he lowered Schmelzer's huge autonomy in defense, as long as he can defend the opponent, no matter what he does, he doesn't matter.

Klopp also has a certain reason for doing this, sometimes adhere to the principle, can only be insisted on as a whole, if you don't know how to change a way to go to the black in every game, in the end it is not someone else who suffers, it must be yourself, this is an iron law, whether it is the strongest team in the world, or a world-renowned coach.

Schmelzer decided to try to complete the task assigned by his manager, and he mustered up the courage, although he knew in his heart that it was definitely not an easy thing to do, but he was a professional footballer, and if he wanted to enjoy more money and less things close to home, then he should dream.

Arsene Wenger is very sure that his opponent will not continue to let Ni Tu have a good life, but just as Schmelz decided to overcome the difficulties, Ni Tu must also try to solve the problems that come with it, he gave Ni Tu a huge autonomy at the beginning, and always expected Ni Tu to overcome some of the problems ahead.

Schmelzer and Ni Tu, Dortmund and Arsenal, the increase in spear and shield, whether it is for the spear or the shield, will not be comfortable.

"Ni, the second half will be more difficult, maybe it will not be easy to score, but I hope you can contain the opponent's defensive strength a little more, whether it is for our attack or our defense, it is useful."

Ni Tuhui agreed to his manager's commission, so he didn't think that the second half would be easy, and he was also willing to share the pressure for the team.

Ni Tu nodded, and he even smiled.

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For Ni Tu, he may have been the busiest man for Arsenal in the entire second half.

The Arsenal No.9 has to deal with Schmelzer well and devote a part of his energy to the team's defense.

Although Wenger did not ask Ni Tu to do this, in the second half when the situation was so tense, if he wanted to stay out of the defense, I am afraid that Ni Tu himself would not be able to pass his own level.

He knows that he is not good at defense, if 3 Marcelo does not necessarily prevent 1 Marcelo, then to prevent Ni Tu, at least 3 himself, right?

But people's energy has always been limited, Ni Tu once again felt a clear sense of fatigue, the game has been going on for 80 minutes, and he has been running for 80 minutes.

Ni Tu, who had just been put to the ground by Schmelzer, sat on the ground for a while, not because he deliberately wanted to delay the game, but because he was really tired, and he kept high alert for a long time and ran the best distance in the whole team, so it was strange that he was not tired.

Ni Tu is not an animal, he is a living person, no one is made of iron, even if it is an iron-beaten machine, it needs to have a period of rest and debugging, right?

Schmelzer didn't come over to remind Ni Tu that he should get up and not waste time, he definitely wouldn't do it, not because he wanted Ni Tu to rest for a while, but because he knew that he had already fouled Ni Tu too much in the second half.

Not having to eat gem cards because of frequent fouls is already a great blessing for him.

Captain Arteta came over to ask about Ni Tu's condition, and Ni Tu shook his head and said that there was no major problem.

After "struggling" on the ground for more than ten seconds, he still got up, delaying the game is not such a delay for him, if he delays the game by swindling, he himself will look down on himself.

But the game did come to a very sensitive time and Arsenal had to do whatever it was reasonable to run out of those last 10 minutes.

Ni Tu gave the answer.

With a sigh of relief, Ni Tu's way is ready to come out, use his own will quality to overcome fatigue, and then use his own skills to grind with Dortmund!

"Arsenal kicked the opponent's half and threw it in, look! At this time, Ni Tu was still running, and he didn't seem to want to waste the ball this time! ”

The direction of Duan Chengxuan's praise now has shifted to Ni Tu's physical fitness.

And the Internet will naturally be full of ridicule of domestic players, the harder Ni Tu works, the more embarrassed the domestic "white chickens" will be, but whether they will feel embarrassed or not, only the goddesses in the nightclub can say a thing or two.

As Li Chenglong said on the post bar:

If there are 10 other players who can do this for so long, why can't our country make a difference?

But Ni Tu's physical fitness is definitely not good, he is just a player who can grit his teeth and survive at critical moments, what he is doing now is to do everything reasonable to help the team win this game.