Chapter 117: Equalizing Again

The scene that took place on the sidelines of the visiting team was quickly spotted by the camera footage of the scene, and then swept onto the big screen at the scene.

So the commentators had something to talk about again.

"I seem to see someone warming up on the sidelines? Ha, it's Qin! ”

"Simeone couldn't sit still...... The first half was already two goals behind, according to this momentum, after the game, Atletico Madrid was not beaten into a thousand holes? Simeone had to do something. ”

"Arsenal have to pay attention, Atletico Madrid's super ace looks like it's going to play!"

"I think Arsenal are about to have their biggest challenge...... Everyone knows that Atletico Madrid with Qin and Atletico Madrid without Qin are two completely different teams. Good luck to them! ”

"I admit it...... However, will it be a little too early to make a substitution before half-time? ”

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Looking at Qin Shou, who was trotting on the sidelines while raising his hand to press his leg to warm up, Wenger's face began to become a little solemn - although his team now has two goals in hand, but seeing Qin Shou's upcoming scene, he felt insecure in his heart. Maybe Qin Shou suffered too much loss, but now when he sees it, he has a feeling of fear and fear.

If Wenger was uneasy when he saw Qin Shou warming up, the Atletico Madrid players on the field were red-faced and ashamed. Before the game, Simeone told everyone that Qin Shou would not be the starter in this game, and Qin Shou would be given time to rest and adjust, so the game would depend on their efforts.

At that time, everyone was full of confidence that they would go all out, but now, I don't know if I will go all out, but it is a reality that I am behind by two goals.

And now Qin Shou, who was supposed to rest, actually started to warm up, and everyone knows that this is because the head coach is not satisfied with their performance.

The Atletico Madrid players, who were ashamed and unwilling, gritted their teeth fiercely, as if they were stimulated, and their running on the field was more active and their pressing was more ferocious. Often there are many chances that are not big for 1/2 of the goal, and they do not give up, and fight hard with the opponent head-on.

Atletico Madrid, who launched a ruthless attack, is indeed not to be underestimated, at least Arsenal was robbed of the hair by the suddenly crazy Atletico players, their passing coordination was repeatedly disrupted, and the attack was not as smooth as before.

However, Arsenal is not in a hurry, now that they have two goals in hand, even if they play steadily and maintain this score, then they will be the final winners.

However, Atletico's frantic pressing finally forced Arsenal to make a mistake.

In the forty-fourth minute of the first half, Raul. Garcia and Thiago combined for a tackle near the centre circle, and the latter quickly handed the ball to Vazquez, who was on the right flank at high speed, but instead of rushing to the bottom line, he changed the line and launched an assault from the middle.

After successive breakaways, Vázquez passed the ball to Carrasco on the edge of the penalty line. The young Belgian striker duly blocked the ball and Vazquez followed up and took it into the box.

The next thing was very simple, Vazquez made a shot on goal, but he knocked the ball sideways, and Griezmann, who followed up, pushed the empty goal, and the score became 2:1.

Atletico Madrid pulled one back.

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Simeone still didn't replace Qin Shou in the end.

Antoine Griezmann's late goal in the first half pleased him, maybe he doesn't care about the win, but he needs an attitude from his players, a positive attitude. You can't be distracted just because you don't have a rush to play.

Obviously, after being stimulated by Qin Shou to play, the energy of this group of boys finally became concentrated, and this goal is proof of this.

Although these players on the field are not necessarily stronger than Arsenal, it is undeniable that as long as they are serious and as long as they go all out, Arsenal's goal is not impossible to penetrate.

"Come back, Qin."

Simone called Qin Shou back.

In fact, no one knows whether he really wants Qin Shou to appear or just make a appearance.

Qin Shou is more inclined to the second type. After all, there is not much time left in the first half, and unless it is extremely dissatisfied, few coaches will make substitutions in this time period. Qin Shou felt that Simeone just wanted to use himself to stimulate his teammates on the field. Looking at the late goal, it was clear that Simeone's purpose had been achieved.

"I'm not a doping, is it really okay to use me to stimulate the big guy?"

Qin Shou rolled his eyes at the head coach.

"You're much better than excited, Qin!"

Simone didn't have the embarrassment of the diorama after it was dismantled, and joked about Qin Shou with a smile.

Qin Shou rolled his eyes again, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and sat straight back on the bench.

The first half of the game quickly came to an end, and with a score of 2:1, the players of both teams walked off the pitch and returned to their respective locker rooms to rest and adjust.

At half-time, Simeone didn't make any changes to his squad. Of course, he also didn't give any credit for the performance of his players in the first half. Although Antoine Griezmann scored a goal in the last minute, the overall performance could only be regarded as average.

Simeone asked his team to be more aggressive in the second half.

After a fifteen-minute break, the two teams returned to the pitch and changed sides to play again.

Arsenal also did not make personnel changes, in Wenger's opinion, the team's performance in the first half was obviously good, there was a certain initiative in attack, the main thing is that now they are leading the score, there is no need to make adjustments.

The pace of the second half was noticeably slower than the first, and although Atletico were very active in running and scrambling, Arsenal intentionally or unintentionally slowed down the tempo, and they passed more time in the midfield, presumably with a goal in hand, and were not in a hurry to attack to expand the score.

The game went on slowly for more than ten minutes, and Atletico Madrid's frantic pressing once again reaped the effect. Several players in the midfield pushed hard and launched a siege, and Arsenal's successive transfers finally made a mistake, and when the football was passed to Rosicky's feet, three Atletico players surrounded him.

Seeing that he couldn't break through, Rosicky wanted to kick the ball to the opponent and bounce off the sideline. Unexpectedly, the football was fished back by Garcia before it was about to go out of the sideline.

Garcia transferred the football to Koke, Koke and Perea did two cooperation on the side, suddenly picked up speed and inserted it into the bottom line, Perea's overhead ball came at the right time, Sagna stuck to Koke, but obviously couldn't catch up with Koke, who had already rushed up, and was about half a position behind, and Koke was pulled by the opponent and forced a cross.

This is a half-high pass, the football is quickly swiped in mid-air, Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia wants to attack, but the speed of the football is extremely fast, coupled with the extremely high quality of this pass, it happens to be the most uncomfortable position for the goalkeeper, and it is not to attack, not to attack.

While Almunia was hesitating, the football was already flying in front of his eyes. Carrasco leaned on Koscielny at the back post and swept his leg in a semi-lying manner, and the ball was swept by him, changing lines and flying towards the goal.

Almunia had no choice but to watch as the ball raced from the other side of his body into the back of the net.

2:2!

In the 62nd minute of the game, Cork passed the ball, Carrasco grabbed the point and scored, and the scores of the two teams returned to the same running line.

Carrasco looked extremely excited after the goal, he shook off his teammates who rushed up to celebrate, rushed to the bench, and had a hard bear hug with Qin Shou, who was standing up and clapping for his goal.

Qin Shou's popularity in the team is very good, some young players are often taken care of by him, although Qin Shou is not much older than them in terms of age, but everyone obeys him, not only the performance on the field, but Qin Shou's character and ball quality, for the team's predecessors, everyone respects.

The same goes for Carrasco. At this moment, he just wants to give this goal to Qin Shou. So far this season, Qin Shou has basically started a lot, even if he is not physically tired, he must be a little tired mentally. Carrasco gave the goal to Qin Shou, which means, Qin, take a good rest, you are not there, we will try our best to do our best.

Qin Shou understood what Carrasco meant, and for his kindness, Qin Shou smiled and nodded, and congratulated the other party.

Atletico Madrid were smiling, while the home fans were a little sad.

Only a win in this game will ensure they qualify from the group, but now they are tied by their opponents. It's really infuriating. In the case of a two-goal lead, when the opponent's ace did not play, the opponent can still score two goals in a row, which is definitely a heavy blow to morale.

In fact, this is an old problem of Arsenal, and the lack of stamina has always been their major flaw, and it is also the biggest enemy that hinders their league title race.

In recent seasons, Arsenal have often been able to play well in the early stages of the game, and even take a big lead at one point, but many times, by the end of the game, the score is either equalized or reversed by the opponent. This has happened more than once.

This is a concrete manifestation of too many young players in the team, lack of experience and lack of concentration. Arsene Wenger has been trying his best to change this, but there is no way, Arsenal has a loss of excellent players every year, and the damage caused by it is usually not obvious, but when it comes to the critical moment, the chain will be dropped.

The home team's fans sighed in the stands. However, they are not desperate yet, on the one hand, there is still game time, they still have time to try to score, and on the other hand, there is good news from another field, Dortmund and Napoli have not scored so far.

In other words, the score over there is still 0:0, and if it ends with such a score, even if Arsenal draws, they can finish second in the group with a goal difference and advance with Atletico Madrid. (To be continued.) )