In midweek, Qin Shou followed the team to Glasgow, Scotland, for the fourth round of this season's Champions League group stage. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two teams have met once before, with Arsenal beating the Scottish giants 6-0 at home. It's just that in that game, Qin Shou could only sit in the stands as a spectator because of a toe injury.

In this game, Qin Shou was the main force of the team and started the game.

In fact, in the face of this game, the mentality of the whole Arsenal team is extremely relaxed. In the three rounds of the Champions League group stage, Arsenal is unbeaten with two wins and one draw, and ranks first in the group with 7 points. They are in a good position to qualify, and in the remaining three group games, as long as they don't lose all of them and don't take a single point, then they can almost qualify.

So logically speaking, even if it is an away game, Arsenal does not have to send all the main players to play, and can face it with a very relaxed and peaceful mentality, even if it can't win, only one point is a good result.

But it's clear that Arsene Wenger doesn't think so. It's early November, and Christmas isn't too far away. As we all know, there is no winter break in the Premier League, and this period after Christmas can be called the devil's schedule, intensive event arrangement, will make each team have no time to rest and adjust, this is a great burden, both physical and psychological, ordinary teams are a little unbearable, not to mention the need for two or even three lines of strong teams.

Arsenal have done nothing in the league in recent years, except for the nickname of "the devil for the four", and the burden brought to them by the devil's schedule is an important reason. The previous Arsenal bench was not very deep, they had to deal with the league, the Champions League, and the domestic cup competition, which made the whole team run at high load, and the direct consequence was that the team became more and more tired, and in the end, it was difficult to get rid of the chain.

And this summer, Arsenal brought in reinforcements everywhere to increase the depth of the team's bench, just to cope with the multi-front operation throughout the season. Now, Arsenal have performed well in the first three rounds of the Champions League group, with seven points already earned, which greatly eases their burden.

Arsene Wenger's intention is very simple and straightforward, that is, to play with all his strength and win this game as much as possible, so that the remaining two rounds of the group stage will be dispensable, and he can send a substitute lineup without care, which is not only an opportunity for young players to get training and experience, but also for the main players to get rest.

Kill two birds with one stone, why not.

Therefore, before the start of the game, Arsene Wenger told the players in advance of his "determination", and he asked the team to win with all their might, and other than victory, other results were not enough to satisfy him.

The players also knew that the manager wanted the team to get more time to rest, so they were full of enthusiasm and said that they would definitely win the game.

Visitors Arsenal are full of confidence, but the hosts Celtic don't want to rest on their laurels. In this group, except for Arsenal, the overall strength of the other three teams is not much different, and Celtic is even slightly stronger than the other two teams.

In the assumption of the Soviet Super League giants, even if Arsenal takes away a qualifying place, then the remaining one is the most promising one.

But after three rounds of group play, they are not in a good position. They currently sit second from bottom of the group with one win and two defeats and just three points, and their surprise defeat at home to Greek side Olympiacos has left them in a difficult position to qualify.

Arsenal's position at the top of the group is almost unassailable, and Olympiacos, who has one win, one draw and one loss, is ranked second, they can only rank third, and although Lyon behind them has only one point, this gap is nothing, just two points, one game can be recovered, so let alone occupy three and two, after this round of group stage, it is difficult to say whether they can keep the third position.

So in this game, the Celtics, who are playing at home, are determined to score points at home. A win is a bit of an extravagant hope, but a draw, as long as they are united and defend to the death, maybe there is still a chance.

On the one hand, it is necessary to go all out to win and reserve more rest time for the intensive competitions that follow, while on the other hand, it is necessary to fight to the death in order to "survive".

So from the very beginning, the game was very "intense". The Celtics completely let go of their old Super League giants, and from the first minute, they shrank in their own half and set up an iron bucket formation.

The first leg of this season has made them fully understand the fact that Arsenal is indeed more than one level better than them, although anything can happen on the football field, but it is clear that they are very self-aware that they really have little hope of trying to mess with Arsenal.

So the attitude of the Celtics is very clear and direct, that is, Lao Tzu will not attack, if he plays ugly, he will be ugly, if he wants to laugh, he will laugh, in order to score points, in order to qualify, what is face? Just a bunch of worthless dogs. .

The Celtics' posture is indeed very unexpected, and there are countless teams in the top five European leagues who like to play defensive and defend, but it is really rare for the whole team to shrink in the half like Celtic. And their attitude is still a "not ashamed but proud", which is also unique.

The Arsenal fans who came to Scotland with the team, as well as some neutral fans, saw this scene, and couldn't help but boo and cheer, such a voice has not been cut off since the beginning of the game, because Celtic really doesn't even want face, no matter how good the offensive opportunity is, no matter whether the Arsenal back line leaks or not, they just can't come out, after the defense is successful, they are back and forth in their own half, delaying time. Looking at this appearance, he is determined to be the eighth king of the turtle for ten thousand years.

Even the home fans were made faceless by the team, and at the beginning of the game, the team put on a rigid formation, and they could understand, after all, the enemy is strong and I am weak, focusing on defense, and waiting for opportunities to counterattack is a very smart tactic. But with the passage of time, the home team fans can also see clearly, where the team focuses on defense and waits for opportunities to counterattack, it is clear that there is only defense and no offense!

Later, the more Celtic fans felt that their faces were hot, and even some fans couldn't help but boo the teams they supported, and more seriously, some fans got up and left the stadium to express their anger and dissatisfaction in this way.

The Celtics players on the field turned a deaf ear to the boos and shouts that were blowing in the sky, ignoring them and continuing their "swing the bus" tactic. In the first leg of the two teams, they were really scared by Arsenal's sharp attack, what is the shame, if they are slaughtered by the opponent again, it will not be called a shame - because there is no face to lose.

I have to say that although the Celtic's rigid defense tactics are very disgraceful, the actual effect is obvious, except for the two central defenders, Arsenal almost all of them pressed through the half, and the two full-backs even played a cameo role as full-backs, and they stayed near the center circle and did not come back.

Arsenal bombarded the opponent's half, the small half accommodated nearly 20 players, it can be described as crowded, and the scene often fell into chaos, and Arsenal's attack, in such chaos, also played very fluidly. Neither long-range shots nor short passes penetrated could make any real progress - Celtic piled up a lot of nobodies in the box, and Arsenal's attacking efforts did not have good chances on goal.

The two teams fought back and forth in the small half-court space, and time was exhausted, and when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0.

The Arsenal players returned to the dressing room in frustration.

And the head coach Arsene Wenger's face is also not good-looking, he is not dissatisfied with the team's performance, but has nothing to say about the home team Celtic - is this Nima playing football? The eleven players on the field are all defending, this is a real swing bus!

Not even Jose Mourinho and Fabio Capello did that! This is really shameless!

Anger to anger, and Arsene Wenger didn't have a good idea, and at half-time he made a change, removing Flamini and Cazorla and bringing on Podolski and Sanogo.

Faced with this dense defence, Arsene Wenger opted for the simplest tactic of crosses, with Sanogo and Giroud both tall and strong forwards using them to attack the opposition goal, while Podolski and Sanchez were on the lookout.

The opponent defended with all his might, Arsenal attacked with all his might, Wenger was also disgusted by the opponent, and he was always steady and unexpectedly put on a rare formation with four forwards to attack.

Arsene Wenger's adjustment proved to have an immediate effect, or rather, Arsenal's luck was good.

Shortly after the start of the second half, they breached the home side's goal.

Podolski, who had just come on, pulled to the right flank, and after using his speed to get past the opposition full-back, he quickly rushed to the bottom line and then passed the ball into the penalty area.

The box was crowded, and in the chaos, Sanogo, who had also just come on the field, scrambled for the first point, and he fully embodied the role of a pillar centre-forward, who carried the opponent's central defender and shook the football behind him.

Qin Shou rushed up at high speed from outside the penalty area and made a shot at the falling football. Ridley, the back who had been following him, immediately came up and stretched out his foot to block, but he didn't expect it to be just a feint, but his right foot, which was raised high, fell gently, and Qin Shou took the opportunity to enter the penalty area.

There was chaos in the penalty area, there were people and legs everywhere, Qin Shou was stunned to find a path to the goal in this dense small space, flicked the ball, Qin Shou shot with one kick, through the crowd, and also through the goalkeeper, straight into the goal.

0:1！

Qin Shou's goal in the 48th minute helped Arsenal take a difficult lead away from home.

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