Chapter 134: Arsenal of Fighting
"Substitutions? Arsenal made a substitution. ”
"It's normal, look at Arsenal's first half game, it's strange if you don't make substitutions."
"Who could it be? Replace Denilson, who will be replaced, is it Hao who was broken in the first half? ”
…
When the players from both sides re-entered the pitch, Arsenal made a substitution and Denilson came on.
It was not Xiang Hao, who was broken in the first half, who was replaced by Xiang Hao, but Diaby, this sad teenager was injured again.
At the end of the first half, feeling a little pain in his inner thigh, Diaby asked Collin to give himself some checks.
However, in this examination, the problem came out, and there was a strain on the inner muscle.
Helplessly, Wenger could only remove Diaby and replace it with Denilson.
In this game, Arsenal was indeed unlucky.
"Toot-"
A whistle blows and the game resumes.
“gogogogog――o!”
"Go Porto!"
"Roar—Dragon!"
…
As soon as I entered the stadium, it was still the excited and restless shouts of the Porto fans, this is a sea of blue and white, and it is not the turn of the Arsenal fans to go wild here.
What's more, at this time, it was Porto that had strong morale, and it was Porto who was leading and slaughtering.
If it was at the Emirates Stadium, perhaps the Arsenal fans would not be willing to be humiliated and would cheer for a while.
However, on the road, the numbers are not dominant, and the fans in Porto are known for their enthusiasm.
Obviously, Arsenal are here and can't wait for any support.
The only thing they can rely on now is themselves, and the only one who can save themselves is themselves.
Look at the crowd of people on the pitch.
Xiang Hao felt unprecedented pressure, even when playing Chelsea away, he had never struggled so hard.
Before the game, he, like the rest of the Arsenal team, had a moment of relaxation.
In the first half, he wanted to stabilize the rhythm, but when he found that the opponent was gaining momentum, he wanted to exert his strength again, but found that he had been crushed to death.
It's not about how bad you or your teammates are, it's about the whole game, which is no longer under your control.
Xiang Hao is a lion, and the Porto team members are wild wolves, killing red-eyed wild wolves.
Xiang Hao was full of strength, and he also felt that there was nowhere to go.
Porto's players have formed a saw chain that has strangled Arsenal, both in midfield and in front and back.
So even if Xiang Hao was on fire in the middle of the game and wanted to scold, he couldn't open his mouth at that time, he knew better than anyone that it was 'potential'.
In the first half, Porto, who had been planning for a long time, was a big torrent, and he couldn't stop it without any defense, and his teammates couldn't stop it.
So even if you get injured yourself, it's in vain.
I can only blame myself for not getting into the game from the beginning, playing not as well as the opponent, and giving up the initiative.
As for the problem of the back line, Xiang Hao doesn't want to talk about it, because it's not something he can talk about now.
Former captain Garra is the leader of the defense, he is still a small character, and in the entire locker room, his own voice is not heavy.
The half-time was beaten 0-4, and everyone was holding back a fire.
If you go up and accuse yourself at this time, you won't be able to make a joke about Barak and Deco.
So Xiang Hao, who had nowhere to get angry, could only purse his lips tightly, secretly 'internal injury'.
"Listen, when you go up, grab it for me! We can't let them easily press us in the half! ”
Now, it was hard to hold back into the second half, breaking free from Porto's suffocating pressure.
Xiang Hao naturally wanted to gather his guys and raise their morale.
"Yes, after the opening, we have to compete with each other, faster and stronger than them!"
Ramsey nodded heavily, echoing.
In the first half, the right side where he was beaten into a sieve, and he was frequently fussed by Porto and attacked.
But Ramsey didn't run less, only feeling wave after wave of attacks rushing towards him, pressing down on the feeling that he couldn't breathe.
The young and vigorous Ramsey is very aggrieved, and he is not willing to be so passive.
So as soon as Xiang Hao's words came out, they immediately resonated with this handsome Welsh guy.
And Bendtner and Vela in the front court naturally have no opinion, they frequently came back to defend in the first half, and they didn't play well.
What's more, they have always been dominated by Xiang Hao, so naturally they will not object.
As for Denelson and Song, Wenger has made it clear that he wants to attack aggressively, so naturally there will be no objections.
All that's left is to see how many of them are deployed in the midfield.
Unifying their understanding, Xiang Hao stretched out his right hand and cheered them up.
"Come on, come on!"
"Come on, come on!"
…
Trying to boost the morale of their side, the Arsenal squad took to the pitch.
"Aaron, you will follow that Meleres a little bit later, and you must cross the halfway line with him, and you must not make him comfortable."
Xiang Hao hooked Ramsey's shoulder and whispered two words.
Although Meleres is very arrogant, he is indeed the excitement of the whole Porto.
In the first half, he was the most active in the whole of Porto, and of the four goals, he scored one goal, assisted one and planned, three of which were related to him.
Players who are emotional and excitable are energetic and easy to motivate their teammates when they play.
In the second half, Arsenal not only had to attack themselves, but also prevented Bol from getting up like in the first half.
Melerres, a player, must be tightened, and Xiang Hao naturally has to remind Ramsey.
Ramsey nodded, "I understand. ”
Xiang Hao patted him lightly on the shoulder, and then returned to his position.
"Toot!"
All the players dispersed, and the Italian referee blew the whistle.
In the final round of the 2008-2009 Champions League Group G group stage, the second half of the Porto vs Arsenal match began.
"Dragons - Porto !!"
The incessant shouts were accompanied by the staggered teeth of the players on both sides, echoing, like the horn of a duel, blowing!
Watching his players press over the opponent's half, Ferreira was quite happy.
With just one goal, just one goal, your team will be able to complete the impossible and grab the top spot in the opponent's group.
Ferreira has been coaching for more than 30 years, and he is still rarely looking forward to it, and he is also very relieved.
According to the trend of the first half, it is not difficult for your team to score another goal.
The old coach sat down on his coach's seat with confidence and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.
But soon, he was not calm.
The reason is simple, his own team members were.
Once, twice, three times...
The Porto players wanted to continue their attacking strife in the first half, but they found it difficult to crush the opposition midfield so easily.
Meleres knows this well.
On the wing, Meleres tried to beat Ramsey several times, but Ramsey was like a dogskin plaster, stubbornly defending.
And once you pass the midfield and enter the 35-meter area, someone from the other side will immediately come over and steal you.
Meleres' technique is definitely not outstanding, and he relies more on the energy of a fighting dog to impact his opponent.
And when encountering Ramsey entanglement, who is also good at running, his fighting dog seems to have a greatly reduced impact.
And both Song and Denelson have enough body to suppress his impact.
After a couple of unsuccessful impacts, Melerres had no choice but to split into the middle or push back.
Porto's attack, at his point, unconsciously slowed down.
Fernando has the potential to become a top midfielder, but he is not so comprehensive that he cannot support the entire midfield, especially against Xiang Hao.
After Xiang Hao became more aggressive, he wanted to pass the ball several times, either he was stealed by Xiang Hao, or he made a mistake in passing.
Slowly, it is no longer realistic for Porto to want to pass through the middle as quickly as they did in the first half.
Even though Porto distributed the ball to the side many times and tried to impact Arsenal like in the first half, but at this time, Arsenal's crazy pressing had an effect, and after several battles, it suppressed Porto's explosive point.
Unable to pass through the midfield, Porto's players want not to concede the ball, and they don't want to pass back frequently, and their three people in the front field can only take it back and respond to it.
In this way, the crazy crushing of Porto in the first half slowly disappeared.
And Arsenal's formation began to press forward continuously.
One against two tops.
Xiang Hao, who had broken free from the 'saw chain' in the first half of Porto, began to continue to erode Fernando.
not only forced the other party to turn around, but also forced the other party to keep bringing back.
'Damn, this guy is so powerful. ’
Fernando felt the constant force on his waist, and the center of gravity of the whole person swayed, and his heart was secretly bitter.
I had the heart to send the ball forward, but I couldn't even turn around, let alone pass it.
Split sides, but at this time, teammates just happened to step forward.
They all thought they could get past each other, and they all wanted to play the opposing full-backs directly like they did in the first half, where could they care about coming back.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he was being held up by this powerful and somewhat perverted guy, he would have wanted to rush forward.
But now, the only way to do this is to hand the ball back and rearrange the offensive line.
After the last failed attempt to turn around, Fernando didn't want to entangle with Xiang Haoduo.
Leaning on Xiang Hao, slightly to the left side, he planned to hand over the ball to his right-back No. 13 Fuchler.
But at the moment when Fernando sent the ball, Xiang Hao exerted his strength, and his elbow secretly pushed against the opponent's waist.
At this moment, the force of Fernando's delivery was small, and the speed of the ball was not enough.
And at this time, Bella, who was as cunning as a fox, saw it, and the whole person was like a shrewd leopard, and she went up with a pout.
Foscherer had watched Fernando retreat more and more, and took a few steps back in order to keep the formation at arm's length.
Fernando's strength was too small, this time, Bella's string, he couldn't snatch it at all, he could only watch the opponent catch the ball and take it away.
At this time, Xiang Hao also gave up the entanglement with Fernando, and when Vela broke the ball, he also pounced on Porto's half.
Bendtner, who was already like a sensitive hound, rushed out quickly in front of the centre-back.
In an instant, Arsenal switched from defending to attacking.
Pull, buckle and squeeze.
Bella struck Verchler as fast as she could, like an assassin's dagger, into the heart of Porto.