Pellegrini's carefully arranged tactics worked, even with the determination of the Chilean engineer, he couldn't help but stand up and swung his fist a few times, but when he turned his eyes to the Arsenal coach's box, he did not find Wenger as he expected, on the contrary, Wenger was still in a pensive state with his feet crossed, as if the goal did not happen at all, and it was not his team that was behind on the pitch now.

Not only Wenger, but even the other Arsenal players did not show negative emotions such as frustration and nervousness, on the contrary, some of them were smiling and exchanging words with their teammates next to them, and Wengen did not have any dissatisfaction or accusation at all for their performance.

It's not the same as Pellegrini's plan.

According to his expectations, this goal should cause some emotional fluctuations in the Arsenal players, if they show panic or disunity of thought, he can command his players to continue to attack, and strive to score another goal before Arsenal comes to their senses, completely sealing the victory of this game; And if Arsenal's players are enraged by the goal and launch a massive counterattack, he can take advantage of the situation and ask his players to recycle their defence and use the counter-attack to sneak up on Arsenal's gaps.

You must know that on the court, anger does not necessarily bring strength, and something can also be a flaw.

However, Arsenal's reaction up and down was completely unexpected, no panic, no anger, Arsenal from the coach to the players, seemed to be quiet, they calmly picked the ball back from the net. Calmly put the ball in the center circle and calmly rearranged the formation to meet Villarreal's attack, and there was not even any expression other than calm on their faces.

What's going on?

If Arsenal can really win or lose in a normal mind, then Pellegrini will feel a sincere fear, such a team is always the most terrible, they are as steady as a rock, they will not be defeated by the ups and downs of the moment, they can play 100% in any situation, just like the Spurs in the NBA. They are not the best. But they always have the best records.

But in Pellegrini's mind, this is not right, because as far as he knows, Arsenal will never be able to reach such a level. If they can really do it without being moved by external objects. Then Chelsea and Manchester United will not be able to win two consecutive titles. Such an Arsenal, if it can't win the championship, it is simply unreasonable.

What's the problem?

Manuel Pellegrini may never have imagined it if it were in the past. Arsenal's players will never be so calm, if it was before the 03-04 season, they would be angry at the opponent's goal, led by Adams, Vieira and other tough guys to launch a ferocious counterattack against the enemy's goal; And if it is in the 05-06 season, Arsenal will panic, because of the loss of a large number of veterans, their players on the field are inexperienced, conceding goals will make them panic, there will be fear in their hearts, which will lead to more goals conceded.

But I don't know when it started, Arsenal players are no longer worried about the first half or temporary behind, and even Arsenal fans will chant "Even if I lose the ball, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not ......afraid, I'm not

And their hole card is Descartes, who only appeared in the second half for most of the time.

When Descartes was still in the Pavia Boys, his opponents ridiculed the Pavia Boys as a "45-minute powerhouse" because they always chose a turtle-like defense in the first half, and only after Descartes came on in the second half did they counterattack. This is actually quite helpless, with the strength of the Pavia junior team, if they don't stick to it in the first half, I'm afraid they can't wait for Descartes to come on the court, they are already hopeless.

Then when Descartes was selected for the Italian national junior team, the national junior team gradually had the posture of "45 minutes strong team", especially in the three games of the World Junior Championship from the quarterfinals to the finals, when Descartes was present, this team and the first half were simply two teams, their six goals in these three games were all scored in the second half, their dependence on Descartes, which can be seen.

And now Arsenal are suffering from the same "disease" little by little, and most of their first half games were lackluster, which is in stark contrast to their vigor in the second half.

Even Arsenal fans understand that it doesn't matter if they are temporarily behind in the first half, as long as they are replaced with Descartes in the second half, the team will be completely transformed into a different appearance, and Arsenal in the second half can't be provoked!

However, we must make it clear that the huge changes that Arsenal made in the first half were not because Descartes alone had the power to turn the clouds around, but for deeper reasons.

It is of course Descartes who has brought Arsenal such a huge change, but it is not his "alien" ability, but his "desperate Saburo" spirit.

As we have said before, Descartes gave his best in every minute of the game he played, and Arsene Wenger and others persuaded him to change his way of playing in order to spend more time on the pitch, but Descartes did not adopt all of them, which is a kind of stubbornness and a kind of obsession.

But it is this kind of persistence that affects the teammates around him, when you see your teammates running all over the field like desperate on the court, are you embarrassed to stand next to the psoas muscles? So there is an unofficial statistic within the Arsenal team that in the games that Descartes played, the average distance of the Arsenal players in the second half was 1,500-1,700 metres more than in the first half.

This is by no means a set of dispensable statistics, and he can fully illustrate one problem, that is, the Arsenal players in the second half were more diligent and desperate than in the first half!

On the football field, hard work doesn't necessarily lead to victory, but hard work does make a difference.

And as this became more apparent, Wenger changed his mind. Descartes may have only played 45 minutes most of the time, but the change he brought to Arsenal in those 45 minutes was enough to satisfy him.

At least in those 45 minutes, Arsenal can compete with any of the best teams in the world, including Barcelona, who are currently in full swing.

The media said that Arsenal had gradually developed "Cartesian dependency", but in Wenger's view, the more such dependencies, the better, because Descartes changed the situation not only by his personal ability, but also by making his teammates better. That's the most important thing.

And Pellegrini and his yellow submarine. It didn't take long to understand what a "45-minute strong team" was.

When Descartes came on the pitch, the Arsenal players had a very different mental outlook, with more aggressive running and more fluid coordination. Smooth delivery. A barrage of attacks. Even the Villarreal fans on the sidelines were amazed, not to mention the Villarreal players on the pitch, who spotted the Arsenal players running around in front of them like butterflies. I didn't know how to defend for a while.

That's what I said before, hard work doesn't necessarily lead to victory, but hard work will definitely make a difference.

The Arsenal players' completely different attitudes from the first half soon paid off, and just seven minutes into the second half, Arsenal suddenly pressed up and cut through Villarreal's defence, and before their midfield could retreat, Nasri and Cesc Fabregas burst into the Villarreal penalty area through a series of dazzling combinations, facing the submarine defenders, Fabregas handed the ball down the middle, and the follow-up Van Persie fired hard through the door of Villarreal.

The ball looked to have nothing to do with Descartes, who was on the left side of the opponent's penalty area when the ball went in, at least ten meters away from Van Persie, but standing next to Descartes was Villarreal centre-back Nishioka, who was supposed to defend in the middle.

It was a classic team play, with successive passes, shots on target, pulls, covers, touches and didn't, but Arsenal's entire front line was in motion, completely drowning the Villarreal defence.

Even Villarreal's on-site commentator was full of praise for the goal: "It was a team win, it was a fantastic goal, oh Luis [Pellegrini], it's up to you next." ”

The commentator was reminding Manuel Pellegrini that Arsenal were not the same as in the first half and that he had to respond in time.

There was a strange colour in Pellegrini's eyes, and as a South American, he was equally appreciative of such a wonderful goal, but he also knew that it was not the time to cheer on his opponent and that his duty required him to respond to it.

If it is the head coach of Italy, the first thing that comes to mind at this time must be to defend solidly, and first resist Arsenal's offensive wave, but although Pellegrini has been in Europe for 4 seasons, he still has the attacking nature of South Americans in the final analysis, and the only choice he made at this time is: attack!

It's a choice full of courage and making the game more exciting, it can have consequences for better or worse, but any choice must be made by the person who made it, and Pellegrini has faith in the team he has formed, in the Love Song Stadium and in the 22,000 spectators here, who will support themselves and defeat any enemy who dares to sing discordant notes in the Love Song Stadium!

With the wave of Pellegrini's flag, Villarreal's players suddenly became agitated and attacked! This is the most tragic and exciting game, think about those offensive pictures, think about those powerful shots, every person who loves football loves this kind of scene? Isn't this the same scene that every audience who buys a ticket to enter the stadium wants to see?

They thought Manuel Pellegrini would make a change because of the goal, but they didn't expect his command to be so decisive.

As if in order to strengthen his confidence, Pellegrini then replaced Argentine midfielder Iva Gasa with Rossi, and Villarreal changed the formation to 433, and really showed the momentum of fighting for his life at his home stadium!

Rossi is also a teammate of Descartes in the Italian national team, and when he appeared on the sidelines, Descartes had already guessed Pellegrini's choice, and he really didn't expect the Chilean coach to have such a hard heart. You must know that Arsenal is now in high spirits, and if you dare to fight against Arsenal at this time, you can't do it without a little courage and self-confidence.

But that's fine, both sides have focused on attacking, and in the end, who wins and who loses, everything depends on the will of God.

And the game continued until this point, when one of Villarreal's players, whom Arsene Wenger had been worried about, finally showed his fangs.

Robert. Pire, also known as Pires, made his debut at the Metz club. In the 2000-2001 season, he moved to Arsenal. The French national team and Arsenal are known as Zidane's best helpers, and were key figures in France's Euro 2000 triumph, with Trezeguet's fatal killer in the final. It was Robert who passed the ball. Pire.

Six seasons at Arsenal were the best memories of Pire's career. He won a double and an unbeaten season for Arsenal. With Vieira, Ljungberg, Gilberto. Together, Silva formed a midfield that the world feared, and it was a combination that even pressed Manchester United's 'golden midfield', bringing him untold praise.

However, celebrities have been like beauties since ancient times. In the 06-07 season, the 32-year-old Pire was finally abandoned by Arsenal, and he went to Spain with a lot of reluctance and nostalgia, leaving Highbury, who had fought for the past six seasons and shed blood and sweat.

Unlike Henry, Adebayo and others, Pire's departure was not for honor, nor for money, he was really forced away by Wenger and the board, because Wenger needs to establish a new core, and those high-powered old ministers must be purged first, Henry is the king of Highbury, Wenger will not move him easily, but Vieira, Pire, Gilberto and other meritorious courtiers will end more tragically, maybe sometimes running a club is the same as establishing a feudal state, the emperor sits firmly, He will go back and kill those who have embraced him to the throne.

This is the cold human world, in which we are all forced to live and cannot resist but go with the flow.

Pire, who left Spain, originally had no chance to contact Arsenal again, but perhaps God still had a pity for him, allowing him and Arsenal to meet again fatefully, for this round of Champions League quarterfinals, Pire had only one thought in his heart, revenge.

People say how deep love is, how deep it is, Pire is undoubtedly still in love with Arsenal, but it is precisely because of this love that he tasted how painful betrayal is, he was ruthlessly abandoned, just because he hindered the newcomer from taking the position, Pire was unwilling, Vieira left, Bergkamp left, he originally thought that his opportunity finally came, but he didn't expect Wenger to choose a 17-year-old weak boy rather than give him a chance, so he turned his love into angry flames, He wanted to prove to Arsene Wenger what a wrong choice he had made to abandon himself in the first place.

In the first half, Caraasso, Llorente and others performed dazzlingly, Pire did not get many opportunities to perform, but he did not give up, he was like an assassin hiding in the shadows, looking at the opponent opposite with blood-red eyes, as long as there was a chance, he only needed one chance, he would not hesitate to deliver a fatal blow and kill his opponent in front of him.

This opportunity finally came in the 31st minute of the second half, after 80 minutes of fierce fighting, both teams felt different degrees of fatigue, this kind of attack certainly makes people climax constantly, relaxed, but only in it will you understand, what a draining thing this is, it is like dancing on a tightrope on the edge of a cliff, the slightest carelessness will fall into the abyss.

In the midst of this fierce attack, the Arsenal players who were away from home made the first mistake, and it was Nasri, who had been performing well, who inexplicably took a "ball cart" when he stopped the ball, and the ball was picked up by Villarreal's defender, who kicked the ball out and handed it to Pire, who had been hiding on the right side.

Pire's sudden burst of speed at this point was completely incommensurate with his age, he used a simple crotch to get past Arsenal's left-back Klichy, and then ran thousands of miles along the wing, at this time even the famous speed of Klicy seemed to be unable to keep up with his speed, because Klicy was frequently involved in wing assists, and his physical strength could not keep up at all.

Then Pire used a feint to shake off Silvestri who came up to intercept and dribbled the ball to the top of the arc of the penalty area.

It used to be his favourite place, where he had stormed Arsenal countless times, and looking at the players in the red and white jerseys in front of him, for a moment, Pire's trance felt like he was back in Highbury, where thousands of people cheered, where he and his teammates celebrated, they were all wearing red and white jerseys, and they were called the "Undefeated Division" at that time!

But now everything is different, he thought he would never take off the red and white jersey, but he didn't expect that suddenly one day he would stand opposite them, he was wearing a bright yellow jersey now, Villarreal pierced his heart deeply, it was time to say goodbye to the past, Pire.

Pire shot the ball hard at his feet, watched as it cut through Vermaelen's interception, bounced off the grass, then slid across Almunia's toes, slammed into the Arsenal goalpost, bounced back and slid headlong into the net, all of which slid past him in slow motion frames before he fell to the turf with his arms outstretched, surrounded by ecstatic teammates and a tsunami of fans.

It's all over, goodbye, my Arsenal. (To be continued......)