Chapter 306: The Chileans' European War
"Toot-Toot-Toot-!!"
Two short and one long, Norwegian referee Obrebo blew the whistle at the end of the game, and Arsenal relied on Xiang Hao's pass and shot to defeat Villarreal 2-1 at the Love Song Stadium.
"Mr. Manuel, you have a lot of ideas." As the winner, Wenger immediately stepped forward to shake hands with Pellegrini and expressed friendship.
"Well, see you next time, Mr. Wenger."
Manuel Pellegrini struggled to hide his frustration and made a friendly gesture before heading back to the dressing room, not in the mood to face the home fans in the stands.
After the game, the fans of the Villarreal team shook their heads and pursed their lips one by one, looking at their players in confusion, and the loss was not concealed at all, and what worried them even more was the state of the team.
Except for the first fifteen minutes, the rest of the game was one-sided, and Villarreal was completely helpless.
Is the gap really that big?
Although the game was over, their confidence was shaken. At the last moment, Pellegrini's unresistive style made them feel uneasy, their opponent today is too strong!
"Robert, swap shirts with me, I want to keep it, even though it's not Arsenal's."
At the end of the game, Xiang Hao was voted the best of the game, and after paying tribute to the Arsenal fans, he took the initiative to come to Pire's side and exchange jerseys with him.
"Phew, Hao, you're really great."
Although he lost the game, Pire was not too frustrated, after all, the opponent was Arsenal. He had no opinion on Xiang Hao's request, and took his jersey with appreciation.
"Hehe, I really feel good today."
Xiang Hao was not polite to Pi Lei's praise, but nodded with a smile and accepted it. Not only because of the different education, but more importantly, today he is his own opponent, and he cannot be humble here for the praise of his opponent.
Because only if you are good enough to defeat your opponents. To accept is to respect the opponent.
However, Xiang Hao didn't stick to this, and whispered to Pi Lei 'complaining', "It's really tiring to compete with you." ”
"Huh."
Pi Lei was amused by Xiang Hao's flattering sentence and gave him an elbow, "You must not be able to see that you are tired on the field, you have never shown mercy to me, and you don't have the feeling of being a friend." ”
"Why?" In the last sentence, Xiang Hao was modest.
To be honest, Xiang Hao did feel tired, but it was a period of time after Van Persie scored the goal, and it felt like his whole body was overdrafting. But after that, there was no such feeling.
After that, Xiang Hao was not too affected by Villarreal's attack, and the game seemed to go through the process, allowing Xiang Hao to survive the bottleneck of physical fitness, successfully end the game, and win the game.
To be honest, Xiang Hao felt that this game was a little relaxed after that.
Villarreal has no heart at all, for this game, Arsenal is the best, if it weren't for the last time, Arsenal themselves are more conservative, the score of this game will be different.
Overall, Xiang Hao feels that playing Villarreal is easier than playing Roma, especially after grasping the initiative of the game, La Liga teams are not good at muddying the situation on the field.
Manuel Pellegrini also did not show his ability to adjust in La Liga in European competitions, which is the feeling of most people after the game.
'The game was over, but I didn't understand the feeling that Pellegrini was so slow and helpless after Robin scored a goal.
Lineker had doubts in his mind, and it was surprising that in the final stages of the game, it felt like Pellegrini had completely lost control of the game and given up on the game.
You know, this is in the Champions League knockout round, such a 'negative' is really puzzling.
When the question was raised, Rijkaard let himself go and did not take up the topic.
It's not that the Dutch didn't think of it, but it's hard to say.
Last season, the reason why Rijkaard left so quickly, in addition to losing all the titles, is that Barcelona's league ranking is not as good as Villarreal, which is completely uncompetitive performance.
Rijkaard has just left Barcelona for a year, and at this time, the teams that criticize La Liga are a little sensitive and easy to target.
Finally avoiding the media distraction, he didn't want to get involved in unnecessary saliva again.
Mortensen obviously also knew Rijkaard's scruples, so he took the initiative to take over the topic, "I think, I don't think it's that Pellegrini is unwilling to adjust, but the whole trend of the game has been controlled by Arsenal.
The Villarreal players on the field are already their best players this season, and in the end, the bench is too thin, and the Chilean does not have much room to adjust.
There was no doubt that the Arsenal players were the better performers in this game, especially in their midfield.
Not only did Hao take the initiative, but more importantly, in Arsenal's overall attacking coordination, they found a tacit understanding, and Cesc Fabregas's second game was integrated into the team. ”
Morgson made a final summary, and the old man of England was not so sharp, but pointed out that there is indeed a difference in strength between the two sides.
This view has also been recognized by most people, and Cesc Fabregas was already regarded as a world-class midfielder as early as the age of 19, and was named in the list of 23 players for the Ballon d'Or.
Villarreal didn't have a level of fitness, there was a Pire, but he was old, and he couldn't even replace the whole game, let alone dominate the midfield.
And more importantly, whether it is Senna or Egulen, they were suppressed by Xiang Hao on the field, and Xiang Hao became the master of the game.
In European competition, he completed one pass and one shot, increasing his European goal tally to 7. It can't be said that everyone recognizes Xiang Hao as a world-class player, but at the intercontinental level, Xiang Hao's name can still be continued.
In this game, Xiang Hao's play was world-class, perfectly clamping the midfield and controlling the rhythm of the whole game under his feet.
This kind of play overwhelmed everyone, and even more so the performance of the Villarreal players.
It can be said that it is because of Xiang Hao's existence that Pellegrini has no room for scheduling. His best players are suppressed on the field, and someone else goes up to attack? If Xiang Hao sends out such a long pass, it will really be over.
In the final stages of the game, Pellegrini wasted his time in such a tangle.
People questioned the engineer's scheduling in this game, and it was not unreasonable. But after all, there is no strong team for him to play as much as he wants, and Villarreal's pool is a little smaller.
Arsene Wenger said he had ideas, and it wasn't all polite words. Indeed, he has taken Villarreal to the highest peak, and the Chilean needs to be on a bigger platform. If you want to ask others how far they can go, at least give people a chance to ask again.
After this game, there will certainly be a lot of discussion about Pellegrini, and there will definitely be some division.
However, for another focus of the game, Xiang Hao, the media was surprisingly unanimous, and they were all endless praise, and because of this, after exchanging jerseys with Pire, Xiang Hao was surrounded by the Spanish media on the scene.
And it was not ordinary people who took the lead in surrounding Xiang Hao, but Sarah, who later became San Cassie's girlfriend.
A coquettish face, a hot body, and a sexy red lip.
Xiang Hao had to envy St. Cassie's Yanfu, such a woman, at least at home, is not a small enjoyment. Of course, beauty is hard to get rid of, and this sexy red lip is no less troublesome for St. Cassie.
"Hao, can you tell me about this game?"
The beauty stood in the way, Xiang Hao naturally had to stand still, his foxy eyes teased him, and he had to speak.
'It was a tough game but we won, Villarreal are very strong, they play similar football to us, they want to control the ball, so it makes the game more difficult.
But we won the game in the end and brought the advantage back to home, which was a great feeling, and of course, the atmosphere at the Love Song Stadium was good and luckily we didn't have to come back here. ”
Xiang Hao replied officially.
"The ball, can you tell us about it? How did you come up with the idea of a sudden backcourt raid? Do you do this often? ”
Not hearing anything nutritious, Sara immediately changed the subject.
"Well, that ball, it's a feeling of excitement. We were playing away from home and the atmosphere at Love Song Stadium put us under a lot of pressure and we had to score a goal to make sure we didn't get killed.
So I didn't think about it that much at the time, and when I saw an opportunity, I stepped forward until that happened, and it was natural. ”
Sara Liu frowned slightly, obviously this very 'big' woman was not satisfied with Xiang Hao's answers, "Is it that Arsenal has already stepped into the semi-finals with one foot?" ”
In a word, Xiang Hao immediately felt that this woman's personality was a little out of proportion to her appearance, and she was a little sharp.
"Well, we do have an advantage, but there's still one game to go, and no one can say for sure, and I hope we'll be the ones who advance to the next round, but it's not until after the 16th."
replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, blocking Sara's question back, and without waiting for her to ask again, Xiang Hao saw Bella coming to him, and immediately waved at her, "Sorry, that's all for the interview, I still have to meet my teammates." ”
"Can Hao wait a little longer?" "Give me a moment and let me do your interview, okay?" …
didn't dig up any valuable news, where was Sara willing to let Xiang Hao go, immediately followed Xiang Hao, and followed unrelentingly.
"Miss Sarah, the interview is over." "Well, we'll have time for that." "Again, again." …
After some perfunctory, he finally avoided Sarah's 'harassment'. After Xiang Hao took a shower, he took a car back to the hotel with his teammates, and as for the post-match press conference, Wenger took Van Persie, who scored a goal, to go.
When the group returned to the hotel, they did not wander around the local area, but seized the time to rest and prepare to return to China to prepare for the league in three days.