Messi's goal ignited the passion of Barcelona fans and inspired the ambition of Barcelona players.

After the resumption of the game, the six players in the Barcelona midfield immediately pressed, and the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium suddenly became tense.

Arsenal's style of play was very concise, and after a few passes, the ball was moved up front and the ball came to Robin van Persie.

Since the rise of Chen Fan, Arsenal's attack has become simpler, and the backfield players have found a way to put the football at the feet of the trident, and the next thing they have to do is to respond.

The tacit understanding between the tridents is enough to tear apart the defenses of all teams.

Van Persie made a slight adjustment to knock the ball back to Cesc Fabregas, and the Spaniard repeated his old trick by kicking the ball over the top and sending it flying to the left.

Chen Fan relied on his advantage in starting speed and absolute speed, left Abidal behind, stretched out his right foot, and used the instep to stop the football steadily.

He didn't give Abidal a chance to catch up at all, he started immediately after stopping the ball, and took the football to the Barcelona penalty area!

Peake pounced!

Chen Fan's right foot buckled and flew over his right side!

The group of reporters on the sidelines shook their heads and sighed, speed, Chen is a speechless player, anyone may know what he is going to do next, but you can't stop him at all.

Puyol immediately made up for it!

"Smack! ……”

Chen Fan made an inverted triangle pass, and the football flew into the penalty area!

Van Persie leaned on Butzcks and fired a shot with his left foot, and the ball flew towards the left side of the goal!

Valdés yelled and lunged towards the football!

This time he was well prepared, bravely saved the football from the bottom line, and after getting up from the turf, he looked up to the sky with a long roar.

Van Persie held back his mouth and shook his head gently, his left foot was not his advantage, and if he had switched to a right-footed shot, the result would have been different.

However, shooting is about time, and if you hesitate, you won't even have a chance to shoot.

Standing in the command area, Guardiola yelled at his defenders, gesturing with his hands.

Damn, how can you let Chen easily take the ball and pass the ball......

The London Business TV commentator exclaimed: "Although the goal was not scored, the performance of the Dutch duo is commendable, and they told Barcelona with practical actions - this is our home, this is our turf!" ”

The Catalan TV commentator said worriedly: "The Barcelona defenders must be careful, keep an eye on Chen, and don't let him run, even if it's a foul, don't let him run!" ”

Pride like Barcelona, also need to use fouls to curb the play of opposing players?

At least for now, Pep Guardiola has not given up his pride, and he has not given such an order to the player.

In the last few minutes of the first half, both sides strengthened their defenses, did not give each other a chance to score, and tacitly left the suspense in the second half.

Players from both sides return to the locker room.

The home dressing room is a mixture of excitement and caution, and if last season was an accident and Barcelona didn't take Arsenal very seriously, they came prepared tonight.

Barcelona made full preparations, but still could not contain the Dutch duo, and the two frequently played exquisite cooperation.

What does this mean?

It shows that at the Emirates Stadium, any team that comes must bow down!

They were hopeful for the second half.

But Messi's goal tells them that Barcelona's attacking power is terrible, Messi is terrible, as long as you give him a chance, he can break your goal.

Arsene Wenger summed up the first half's wins and losses: "So, we have to strengthen our defense against Messi, in addition to blocking his shots, we also have to block his passing routes. ”

In the eyes of the French, as long as Messi is contained, they can suppress at least half of Barcelona's firepower.

The Arsenal players nodded their heads, and Song made his own suggestion: "Coach, if we have established the lead in the second half, can we let Chen retreat?" ”

Last season, Arsenal achieved success in both games against Barcelona, in which Chen Fan played a very important role at both ends of the pitch.

Especially in the first leg of the game, in the case of a large lead, Chen Fan retreated to the position of the back and froze Messi.

Some media believe that this is an important reason why Arsenal can beat Barcelona by four goals at home.

The locker room was quiet all of a sudden, some people were observing Chen Fan's expression, and some people were looking at Wenger.

Wenger rubbed his chin and fell into a brief thought, Chen Fan's face was calm, he didn't want to disturb the French people's thinking.

"Let's talk about it then."

After thinking about it, Wenger did not give a clear answer, he was hesitating, because he had told Chen Fan to let Chen Fan be a simple striker.

"Coach, I have no problem, as long as it is beneficial to the team, you have no problem arranging it."

Chen Fan said that at this time, hesitation will affect the mentality of the players.

Wenger felt very pleased, nodded at Chen Fan, and said, "Okay! It was decided that once we had established the lead, Chen's position would retreat. ”

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In the away dressing room, the eyes of the Barcelona players burned with a flame of hope.

Although they were down by a goal, they were strategically the first step towards success and they picked up a precious away goal.

If they finish the game at this scoreline, they will only need a 1-0 to knock out Arsenal and advance to the next round when they return home!

They have taken the strategic high ground!

Judging by the circumstances of the first half, Arsenal's defence was not impregnable, and Messi was still impressive.

If Messi can maintain his form in the second half, they may be able to get out of the Emirates Stadium and even miraculously walk away with a victory.

Pep Guardiola said: "We had a good offensive performance in the first half, but there were a few mistakes in defence and gave Chen too many opportunities to perform! ”

He looked at Butzkes, then at the four defenders.

Puyol looked helpless, coach, how is this all the responsibility of our back line, the midfielder did not make effective interceptions, and put all the pressure on us......

Moreover, Chen's speed is so fast, who can catch up?

Pique exhaled and said: "Coach, I don't think the responsibility is all on us, if our midfield defense is in place, no one passes the ball to Chen, then Chen is useless even if he has Bolt's speed!" ”

Abidal and Alves nodded, who said it wasn't like that, if no one passed, did Chen's speed have a place to play?

"I support this view!"

Puyol made his voice heard.

Guardiola has embarrassment on his face, if it is just Pique, it would be okay, and now that Puyol has also spoken, he has to pay attention.

At this moment, another voice made him even more uncomfortable.

"I've done my best anyway!"

Butzkes wiped the sweat from his face.

The atmosphere in the locker room suddenly became tense, and there was a tendency to be tense.

It's really not easy for a big coach to be a big boss, and these big names have their own opinions.

Xavi immediately cleared the ball for Pep Guardiola: "In the second half, we will strengthen the midfield defence. ”

Guardiola exhaled a long breath and said: "That's right, defense is not just a matter of the back line, we need to strengthen the defense of the midfield in the second half and cut off the connection between the Arsenal midfield and the forwards!" ”

A locker room crisis was temporarily lifted.