Thirty minutes later, the two teams were tied, and despite Real Madrid's attack, they were unable to overcome Arsenal's defence.

During this period of time, Wenger sat calmly in the dugout, with his hands in his pockets, as if he was confident. On the contrary, Lippi was a little anxious.

Lippi stood up several times, and by the thirty-second minute, he had even walked to the sidelines, shouting something to the pitch.

It's no wonder he's in a hurry, today's game was played at the Bernabeu Stadium, the home stadium was huge, and there was a lot of momentum to kill the opponent, who knew that there was still no result, can he not be in a hurry?

And if you attack fiercely, the consumption of physical strength is also relatively large, if you continue to attack like this, even Lin Yu, a physical monster, can't stand it, let alone other players, so after attacking for thirty minutes, Real Madrid's offensive has also begun to weaken.

Seeing Lippi's appearance, Wenger's heart is a little balanced, he has just been booed, scolded, criticized, and his heart is uncomfortable, and now seeing Lippi so anxious, he has finally found a little bit of balance.

Either way, as long as he can withstand Real Madrid's onslaught, there will be a chance to counter-attack, and he believes his players can do that.

……

As a manager, while it's a must to be calm, sometimes you can't be too calm, too calm, and if you don't react to the team's performance, how does the player feel? They may think that you don't care if you win or lose, they may think that you don't think the game matters, and then lose that fighting spirit.

So it doesn't hurt for Lippi to show a little rush when the team doesn't score. Otherwise, the players would have thought he was going to give up the game.

Lippi looked at the pitch. frowned slightly, the current situation is very unfavorable for Real Madrid. Although on the surface, Real Madrid still has the advantage of attacking, but after a burst of onslaught, there are problems in all aspects of physical strength, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that there will be problems.

He turned his head to look at Wenger, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, and said secretly: "This person is really stable enough, does he really not want to win at all in his heart?" ”

Lippi was wrong, Wenger didn't want to win. Instead, he saw the actual situation clearly, so he made a tactical strategy of defensive counterattack.

I have to say, it was a beautiful decision.

At the beginning, Conte wanted to play against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium, but in the end he returned with a heavy defeat, which is a lesson, probably Wenger also watched the video of that game.

……

There was no doubt that Arsene Wenger's tactical changes were met with doubts and criticism, but in fact they worked very well because by the end of the first half. The score has changed, but it's not that they're behind, it's Real Madrid who are behind.

Despite the goal, there was an element of luck. When Pepe, who was defensive, passed back to Casillas, he actually put the ball directly into his own goal, but after all, he led 1:0 away from home. This is Arsene Wenger's first-half victory!

Now the problem is on Lippi's side, and there are only forty-five minutes left for him. He had to put his team ahead of the score in those 45 minutes and try to win as many games as possible. Because Arsenal already have one goal away from home, if they can't win a few more, then the second leg is not enough insurance.

It's a really difficult task, or it's very difficult.

Because of this, when he walked to the passage at halftime, Lippi's face was expressionless and looked very unhappy, but Wenger was smiling faintly, and was even talking and laughing with his players, as if "talking and laughing in the middle of the story".

The so-called wall-to-wall media once played their own characteristics, and they had previously criticized Wenger, and even some media commentators who had spoken too harshly have changed their tunes.

After all, it is not up to them, Wenger was able to let his team not concede a goal in 45 minutes away from home, and also scored a goal against Real Madrid, which is not easy.

"Arsenal came from afar, but they won the first half against Real Madrid, and at the end of the first half, they were 1-0 up! This may have been something that many people did not expect, but now we seem to be able to understand Arsene Wenger's good intentions. ”

"There is no doubt that if this score can be maintained until the end of the game, it will have a very significant impact on Arsenal's progression, and maybe because of this victory, they can qualify for the last four!"

"Arsene Wenger is really a famous coach, in the first half, he won Lippi! He won by surprise, using a defensive counterattack that he was not good at to give Lippi a surprise attack, which may be the reason why Real Madrid was relatively passive in the first half. Not only failed to score, but also scored an own goal himself, it depends on whether the second half can be equalized, but for Real Madrid, this game is less to win and lose, if you can't win by a big score, the second leg will not be easy to play! ”

……

At halftime, Lippi lost his temper, he rarely loses his temper, but once he does, it's a bit scary.

"Proud? Satisfied? Don't want to forge ahead? Do you think that if you win a Juventus team and win the Serie A title, you will be invincible? No one cares about it anymore? ”

In Lippi's view, Real Madrid's problem is not a tactical problem, if it is only a tactical problem, Arsenal's so-called defensive counterattack tactics cannot stop Real Madrid's attack at all, after all, Real Madrid is very good at breaking dense defense.

He thinks that Real Madrid's problem is still a psychological problem, that is, pride! Satisfied! I don't know how thick the sky is!

On the other side, in the Arsenal dressing room, Wenger was smiling, like a spring breeze.

"Boys, you did a good job in the first half, now believe me, right? Don't be afraid of them, now we have a goal ahead. As long as you can maintain the form of the first half, then it is not impossible to win the second half. Even if we can't score, we can accept this score! ”

'They didn't score a goal in the first half. It's going to be very anxious right now! So after the second half, we still have to defend and we have to defend better than in the first half! When they are in a hurry, they are going to fight hard, they are red-eyed, we are suddenly launching a sneak attack, and if we score one more goal, our advantage will be greater! ”

"You have to remember that the home team has a big advantage. But at the same time, there is a lot of pressure, once you can't score at home, or if you fall behind for a long time, the support of the fans will turn into pressure, and at that time, even if no one scolds them, they will feel uncomfortable! So don't rush, don't rush, just take your time. Take your time and torture them! ”

'That goal in the first half was their own goal, but it was also forced by our players, so don't rush, don't panic. Although their offensive line is strong, the defensive line is obviously not monolithic, and there is always a chance to open up! Trust you guys. You're going to win! ”

……

Lippi was furious and scolded the players. But it's just an appetizer, even if he can scold again. It's impossible to win this game, so you still have to win in terms of technology and level!

So after scolding people, he still has to make some encouragement and tactical arrangements.

"In fact, by the time the game has been played, Arsene Wenger's intention has been obvious, he just wants to make you anxious, make you wrong, and then use the counterattack to expand the score! It's something we used to do a lot, nothing new! So I hope you don't make mistakes because of nervousness, even if you want to attack, you have to be methodical, to be steady, Wenger has adopted the tactics of pillboxes, he uses solid defense against us, like pillboxes, trenches, fortifications on the battlefield! ”

Listening to Lippi's words, the Real Madrid players all nodded thoughtfully, because they also felt that the situation in the first half, as Lippi analyzed.

"Bunkers, trenches, and fortifications of all kinds are good, and they can be firmly defended! But we have aircraft artillery! There are chariots out of the way! Afraid of what? They have a bunker, and we'll blow him up! Lin Yu! Ronaldo! Bel! Listen up, you three! You are Real Madrid's planes, artillery chariots! You've got to crash down Arsenal's defenses in the second half! While the other players make sure to defend, try to give them the three best helps! I still don't believe it, Arsenal is not a team that is good at defense, are we really afraid that it will not work? ”

"I want you to understand that if you can't score a goal, it's like not being able to destroy the opponent's watchtower on the battlefield, and it will cause a lot of casualties! And this is reflected on the pitch, which is that your emotions become very unstable, which leads to a lot of mistakes and holes, and then the opponent scores! Lippi glanced at Lin Yu and continued: "So it is necessary to score as soon as possible in the second half, Lin Yu, do you have this confidence?" ”

"Don't worry, coach, if you can't score a goal in the second half, I'll see you there!"

“…… Hahaha, it's not that serious, it's not that serious! It's over! In short, you have to score early, you know? If we can't win at home, then we will be more passive at the Emirates Stadium, and against such an unmotivated team, if you lose, you may not have a bright face, right? ”

In Lippi's view, this game at the Bernabeu Stadium, whether it is a draw or a loss, is unacceptable, it is a game that must be won, this is not only a matter of winning or losing, but also a matter of the team's fighting spirit.

"In the first half, we took a lot of low crosses, but the effect was not ideal, Medsak's air defense was quite good, Lin Yu was tightly controlled, which caused his header to not be as sharp as before, and the attack was too fierce, compressing the Arsenal defence, which led to them even players like Mesut Ozil and Giroud coming back to defend, which is really troublesome!"

"So in the second half we had to change things up a bit, we had to lure them in, we had to give them the illusion that they could counter-attack, we had to get them out, and then we had to use the speed advantage and the short and fast passes to pierce their defence! In addition, Lin Yu, Ronaldo, Bale, you can try more long-range shots, I know the long-range shooting ability of the three of you best, even if you can't score, you have to put pressure on the opponent's backline, this is the so-called indiscriminate bombardment, let their defenses have problems, and always create opportunities! ”

……

"I never expected that Real Madrid would actually fall behind at their home stadium, and now the score is 0:1, which probably makes Lippi and his players anxious."

"Arsene Wenger is a miracle move, he actually used a counter-attacking tactic that he is not good at, and the Arsenal players did a very good job, so now it looks like the game is really not as one-sided as people thought before the game."

"If Real Madrid loses at home, then the quarter-finals will be in suspense, and now Arsenal is not something that anyone can pinch to death, not to mention that the next leg will be played at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal will have more advantages, what will Real Madrid do? Can we get out of the current predicament? (To be continued......)