Chapter 61: Fighting the Celtics Again (Part II)
Arsenal's goal changed the tide of the game in an instant. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
If the Celtics don't want to lose the game like this, then they have to pull out and attack, and then their "bus" can't go on. And as soon as they pull out to attack, this gives Arsenal more chances to score.
It's a dilemma, and both offense and defense are difficult decisions for Celtic.
But the discomfort is someone else's, and it has nothing to do with Arsenal. They are not worried about Celtic going crazy to counterattack, the strength of the two teams is not proportional at all, as long as the opponent dares to come out, Arsenal's players have the confidence to play the opponent more ********.
In other words, even if the other party continues to put the bus, it doesn't matter, a 1:0 victory is three points, and no matter how big the score wins, it still takes three points. The result is the same, this score is enough to ensure that they advance from the group to the round of 16 in advance.
When the game resumed, the Celtic's "choice" was revealed to everyone - they launched an attack after the kick-off, and after no success, they quickly shrank back and continued to hide in their turtle shells.
The Celtics opted to continue to defend. Maybe they lost if they wanted to, and now they try to concede as few goals as possible, so that if they end up with the same number of points as the other two teams, they won't suffer because of the small goal difference.
Of course, there could be another reason. That is, Celtic feel that now is not a good opportunity to fight back, after all, the second half has just begun, there is still a lot of game time left, if you fight back in advance and are scored another goal by Arsenal, then everything is over, and there is no hope. They may well be hoping for a late goal, and if they are lucky enough to score a goal, then Arsenal will not have the chance to score the lead again because time is running out.
"It's really a good calculation!"
Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager on the sidelines, bowed his head and groaned for a while, and suddenly sighed.
He glanced at the home team's dugout not far away, Celtic's current coach Tony Murphy. Mowbray sat in the shadow of the canopy, making it impossible to see his facial expression at the moment.
Tony. Mowbray is an unknown manager, but Arsene Wenger is no stranger to him. The coach was a player in his youth, a good centre-back, having played for Middlesbrough and Ibswich Albion, as well as a former Celtic player.
After retiring as a player, Mowbray took up the reins and managed a number of clubs, leading West Bromwich Albion to promotion to the Premier League in the 07/08 season, where he was twice voted Championship Manager of the Month.
Arsene Wenger has known the manager since his Premier League encounter with West Bromwich Albion, but at the time he thought the manager was of average quality, otherwise he would not have led the team back to the Championship the following year.
But now it seems that this coach still has a lot of brains, at least very scheming, and knows how to forbear.
However, Wenger did not take these small calculations of the other party to heart, in his opinion, these are just small tricks, in the case of little difference in strength, maybe they can win by surprise, but the two teams are clearly not at the same level, these tricks are a little unacceptable.
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"Do you want to fight back on the verge of death? That's smart! ”
On the field, Qin Shou also let out a sigh similar to Wenger.
He is a very smart man in his own right, and he has a very high ball quotient, otherwise he would not have been able to quickly grow from a defensive midfielder to an attacking playmaker. When the Celtics shrank back up to defend again, he just thought about it a little and guessed the little ninety-nine in the heart of the opposing head coach.
Qin Shou smiled, and also didn't take it to heart, the other party wanted to make a big counterattack in the final period, which was based on the fact that Arsenal only led by one goal, if Arsenal expanded the lead, then what was waiting for the other party might not be a dying counterattack, but a large-scale rout.
"Go on the offensive! Goals are still needed! ”
Qin Shou's response strategy was very simple and direct, that is, to continue to attack and strive to expand the score as soon as possible. In this way, whether the opponent pulls out to attack, or continues to hold back, either way, it will not have much impact on them.
Under the leadership of Qin Shou, Arsenal's offensive is more violent, and the home team Celtic is still defending with all their strength, but their defensive pressure is getting bigger and bigger, like a thin sapling in the wind and rain, crumbling.
In such a situation, Tony. Mowbray couldn't sit still, he got up and walked to the sideline, yelling, gesturing, and cheering for the players.
Before the game, he told the players all about his plan, and he also got the support of the whole team. In his mind, the game will be tough, but as long as they get past it, the fitted Arsenal will slow down the pace of attack, and then their chance to counterattack will come.
In his opinion, the current Arsenal is relying on a breath of anger and wants to take advantage of the victory to pursue. In other words, this is Arsenal's biggest madness, as long as his team withstands the opponent's attacking frenzy, then Arsenal's momentum will decline, coupled with the decline in fitness, gradually slow down the tempo, or even let down their guard.
It's easy to boost morale, but it's hard to pull yourself together after you've relaxed. And this is the time for the Celtics.
I have to say, Tony. Mowbray does have his strengths, and he has a good grasp of the psychology of players, and if such a talent goes to work as a psychologist, it is estimated that he will have a better future than becoming a football coach.
Therefore, he should be a psychologist rather than a football coach.
It's just that he didn't count the handicap and quickly fell through, because Arsenal didn't give his team a chance to counterattack, or rather, he thought too highly of his team's strength, and his players failed to withstand Arsenal's crazy tidal attack, and collapsed first before they could counterattack.
Qin Shou proved with facts that the nickname "monster" that fans and the media put on his head was not groundless.
In the 62nd minute, Arsenal's attack again quickly advanced to the bottom line. During this time, Arsenal's attacking routine was extremely simple, which was to play the football to the two wings, and then cross the bottom. It couldn't be simpler, but it worked best, because Celtic defended with all their strength, while Arsenal had four strikers, Giroud and Sanogo were not used, and it was a terrible thing.
Mesut Ozil played the ball into the box and Giroud and Sanogo jumped up at the same time to get on the ball. They are an excellent candidate to attract the firepower of opposing defenders, and the Celtic defenders are well aware of the threat of these two high forwards, so they are not slackening their guard at all.
As a result, this time, Giroud and Sanogo were just a front, and both jumped up to disrupt the home team's defence, but neither of them reached the football. The ball crosses the front point and continues to fly towards the back point.
And in the gap of the back point, Qin Shou suddenly rushed out, and the Celtic defender, who realized that it was not good, turned around and wanted to rush over to fill the position, but it was too late, Qin Shou who was running stood with his left foot, raised his right foot, and fired another volley against the football.
The ball roared like a cannonball into the top right corner of the goal, and the goalkeeper didn't have time to react, and when he turned back, the ball was already in the net.
2:0!
Qin Shou scored twice, Arsenal led by two goals, and victory was close at hand!
The goal almost sent Celtic into the abyss, and manager Mowbray's arrangement has always supported them to grit their teeth and persevere, but now that they are two goals down, it is no longer useful for them to stick to the defense.
Celtic could only come out of the nest and counter-attack, hoping for a miracle that would allow them to score two goals in a row to level the scores.
It used to be a full-fledged defense, but now it's a full-fledged offense, and the strong contrast between before and after is really laughable.
The result is obvious, Celtic itself is more than a level behind Arsenal, and now there is some unbalanced mentality, their counterattack failed to score, but was broken by Arsenal's quick attack.
Three minutes later, the "monster" Qin Shou told them to be people every minute, and a violent kick outside the penalty area hit the goalkeeper dumbfounded, and the score became 3:0!
The suspense of the game is completely lost, and the question of who wins and who loses no longer needs to be entangled, and now there is only one thing left to watch, that is, how many goals Arsenal will score.
Facing the collapsed Celtic, Arsenal's players were not merciful, and in the 73rd minute, Giroud headed in the box, and Sanchez followed up to push the goal.
4:0!
Qin Shou was then replaced by Walcott, but Arsenal's "slaughter" continued.
In the 79th minute, Olivier Giroud also scored. The same cross from the wing, the same header, the French centre-forward carried the opposing centre-back, and a lion shook his head to send the football into the door of the home team for the fifth time.
In the 87th minute, Podolski also scored. Mesut Ozil dribbled into the box, shook off a number of defenders in succession, and finally pushed the ball down the middle, where the unguarded German striker smiled at Ozil's nanny assist almost in front of the empty net.
In the end, the game ended with Arsenal slaughtering Celtic with a score of 6:0 away. The referee, who didn't run much in the home team's half, couldn't bear it, and he blew the whistle for the end of the game before he didn't even go on for a minute of stoppage time.
The Celtics can be said to have lost and lost, and as soon as the whistle blew, they ran off the field as if they were fleeing, and behind them were endless boos and scolding from the fans.
The home and away legs are both six-goal wins, and it is estimated that Celtic will have a psychological shadow when they face Arsenal in the future. But what does this have to do with Arsenal?
After winning this game, they won three and drew one in the Champions League group stage, and they have reached 10 points, they have already broken through the group two rounds in advance, and they can concentrate on the league for a long time.
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