Chapter 431: Difficult and Easy

The ball is in!

Goooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!

Liverpool's second goal!

"At the end of the first half, Zhang scored the second goal for Liverpool to help the team equalize!"

The Liverpool supporters immediately fell into a carnival!

The first half of the game is almost over, even the most optimistic fans did not expect that Liverpool FC could still score, in this way, they tied the score, with 2:2 into the halftime is different from a goal behind, this will be the gap in mentality, for the fans, it is also a gap in mentality, there are fifteen minutes at halftime, in the last time the team they support can have a goal, and the team they support is completely different, the former will make them very happy, very interested in talking about the first half of the game, The latter will make them lose somewhat.

The mentality of Arsenal fans is not very good.

Obviously a one-goal lead, at the end of the game, the lead turned into a draw, they are somewhat depressed, although Arsenal is not behind, but the team that scored later, in fact, has an advantage in mentality, it is like the morale of one side is declining, the morale of the other side is rising, in short, Arsenal supporters are a little depressed when they see Liverpool scoring.

But after all, all the fans are looking forward to the second half of the game.

As Liverpool celebrated the end of the goal, the game between the two teams restarted, and there was not much time left in the game, and the players of both teams had no intention of fighting, but the time passed quickly, and with the referee's whistle, the first half of the game ended, and the time entered the halftime break.

Players from both teams walked off the pitch one after another.

In the dugout, Arsene Wenger walked back to the dressing room earlier than the players, and the Frenchman was a little depressed. Just now he was thinking about whether to remind everyone to pay attention to defense, but after thinking about it, he looked at the game time and still didn't do that, but Liverpool took advantage of this last time to score, although he knew that his choice was not wrong, but it was just not very lucky. But Arsene Wenger still regretted it a little, after all, it was a goal, and in the Champions League final, a goal is too important.

However, the good news is that the team's performance is not bad overall.

Arsenal didn't have a slight disadvantage in the first half, their attack played out, the rhythm of the attack and defense was played, and if it wasn't for Liverpool's last goal, Arsenal still had some advantage. This is a point of relief for the French.

Before the game, he thought about the game.

Playing against Liverpool now, the confidence of the French is actually somewhat insufficient, just like the media said, Vieira's departure still has a great impact on Arsenal, although Fabregas is getting better and better, but he is only nineteen years old after all, not as stable as Vieira is a big general. And Vieira is not only attacking, but also switching between attack and defense. As well as the individual defensive ability is much better than Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal with Fabregas can play more flexible, but also lose the stability of Vieira.

And that's not all.

Bergkamp's retirement has not had a small impact on the team, with Arsene Wenger looking up at the players in the dressing room and sweeping them in the face one by one, Ljungberg, Pire, Campbell, Toure ...... We're all old. Three or four years later, they were in better shape than they are now, and Arsenal was the strongest at that time, but three or four years later, the team is still using these players. This is also the reason why the team's results have declined.

The important thing is that no young player can take on the task.

Green and yellow.

This is the current Arsenal, Cesc Fabregas is better, after all, he has replaced Vieira's position, and the table is not bad, everyone can expect him to have a more stable and better table, but who will replace Bergkamp in the front line?

Although the 'Ice Prince' is old, his experience and ability are not replaceable by ordinary people, Wenger's choice was originally Reyes, the Spanish boy's skills are very magical, but one season, two seasons, Reyes's table is still very unstable, his style of football is really not suitable for the Premier League, nor for Arsenal.

In the end, Wenger thought about it and was ready to let Reyes play.

He could replace full-back Hleb, who had a really bad appearance in the first half, and if Reyes had come on, he might have been more flexible.

It was the only adjustment Wenger thought of at half-time.

In the first half, the overall performance of the team was good, whether they can win the game depends on the performance of the whole team, and he always believes that as long as the team is out of shape, there is a chance to win against Liverpool.

In the end, the Frenchman looked at Henry, "Thierry." ”

Henry hurriedly looked up.

Now in the Arsenal team, the communication between Wenger and Henry is far less than before, which is caused by various transfer rumors of Henry, Henry has been at Arsenal for five years, and he is also a star brought out by Wenger, but in the face of the temptation of Barcelona and the mentality of wanting to change the environment, Henry's hesitation makes Wenger very dissatisfied.

Thierry Henry has yet to decide whether he wants to leave Arsenal, but his relationship with Arsene Wenger is still very strained.

But Wenger still said calmly, "Thierry, in the second half, you have to run more before and after, drive up to make the rhythm faster, then Liverpool will not adapt, it is beneficial to us, and if you have the opportunity, try to choose your own shot, pay attention to ......"

Arsene Wenger gave Henry a careful advice.

Listening to Wenger's every word, Henry was a little moved, over the years, he has grown a lot at Arsenal, which is inseparable from Wenger's trust and teaching, listening to these words, Henry remembered Wenger's continuous face-to-face teaching and trust again and again, especially when it comes to these, this is likely to be his last game for Arsenal, but Wenger still trusts himself so much, Henry is calm on the surface, but his heart is already moist.

He kind of knew what to do.

……

On the other side, in Liverpool's dressing room, Benitez was also talking about second-half tactics.

The Spaniard talked about the little details, the tactics didn't change much from the first half, "We're going to play a little tougher, we're going to have to be tougher defensively, don't let them play with a rhythm, Steven, you have to keep reminding everyone. Especially when we get the ball, we have to attack steadily, don't be led by them, and try to attack quickly when we don't have a chance......"

Benitez constantly stresses this.

That's the change of pace in the game, Arsenal are all in defence. The attack speed is very fast, if you don't pay too much attention, it is easy to be driven by their rhythm, when the team gets the ball, many people will subconsciously speed up the tempo, but those who really enter the opponent's trap, Liverpool is not the kind of team that is good at playing fast football, they need to be more stable.

Slow to fast is Benitez's strategy for Arsenal.

After talking about some games. Benitez also praised the team's table in the first half, Zhang Tiehan received a few words of praise, and others were also praised, especially when talking about Reese, many people thought about Zhang Tiehan's first goal, Reese's table, and laughed, but had to admit it. The credit for that goal is greater than that of Zhang Tiehan, without his 'false dangling' in front of the goal. Lehmann will definitely be able to hold on to that ball.

After the praise, Benitez also began to give advice to each player.

He is most serious about Gerrard and Zhang Tiehan, Gerrard is the captain of the team, the controller of the team's rhythm, the core of the offensive and defensive conversion, and he is the soul of the whole team. Benitez naturally had to tell him how to do it.

The advice to Zhang Tiehan is more about his running position.

Zhang Tiehan's personal ability is quite strong, there is almost nothing to say about other aspects, how to defend against a few people, it all depends on his personal performance. Benitez is also not capable of guiding in this regard, what he asked Zhang Tiehan to pay attention to is still running, because Zhang Tiehan's position is actually related to the Cheng dù pressed by the whole team, Zhang Tiehan stands too forward, often the team will press very forward, which may allow the team to get a better chance in front of the goal, and it will also give Arsenal a chance to counterattack, Arsenal has a goal that is how to counterattack.

In other words, Zhang Tiehan's running position is quite crucial.

Not only the impact on the whole team, his own running is also related to the opportunities he can get, if he goes to the key position one step in advance, then he will face a much tighter defense, on the contrary, just like the last goal, Zhang Tiehan can shoot directly when he runs to the position, which is the importance of running.

Benitez kept talking, and it took a minute to just tell Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan listened patiently.

He was a little moved.

In fact, he is in the same situation as Henry, no, it should be said that he is in a stricter situation than Henry, Henry only has transfer rumors, in fact, the transfer has not really been finalized, and he, after this game, is really going to leave Liverpool.

But Benitez didn't seem to know about it, and his attitude towards him didn't change.

Even if he knew that the team had to rely on himself, Zhang Tiehan was still a little moved, looking back on his year in Liverpool, it was very satisfying, with a good coach, a group of good teammates, and being able to fight for the championship with everyone, it was really good.

Then if you want to be successful, you must win this championship!

Thinking of this, Zhang Tiehan is more determined to win Arsenal and win the championship.

……

The second half of the game began quickly.

At halftime, many commentators talked about the game between the two teams, all talked about the uncertainty of the game, the two teams played very fiercely in the first half, and the score was 2:2, it can be said that which team did not have an advantage, on the field, Arsenal played better, but in fact, Arsenal and Liverpool's football style influenced, the game between the two teams Arsenal will always look better, and it just looks, in fact, the two teams are evenly divided, after all, the style is different, Arsenal's football looks a little better, and that's about it.

However, the commentator used the word 'unexpected' to describe the game, "I didn't expect the game between the two teams to be so exciting, I thought the game would be dull, after all, the two English teams, especially Liverpool, are better at defending, and Arsenal's table in the Champions League is the same......"

This is not talking.

When Arsenal played against Real Madrid and Villarreal before, they showed more defensive ability, although they are actually better at attacking, but now Wenger also knows that defense can win, and in a tournament like the Champions League, players who can defend steadily can often hold on to the end and stick to their own style, except for Barcelona. No one can figure out a team that can play with style all the time.

Neither can Arsenal.

However, in this game, Liverpool played an attack, Arsenal also played a rhythm, and the two teams collided hard to bring fans an offensive feast, which many people did not expect before the game.

When both teams played, the fans couldn't wait.

The cry of the Stade de France in Paris resounded in the sky. It added a lot of heat to the game, and the second half of the game between the two teams began.

Arsenal are still sticking to the style.

They are constantly attacking and defending fast, trying to control the pace of the game and make the game go at their pace, as long as the game is up to speed, then it will be very beneficial for them, because the Arsenal players are very good at playing fast football, their football is like that, and then Arsenal will play better. Liverpool, on the other hand, will be very uncomfortable.

Liverpool are clearly not going to let Arsenal get their way.

When the football reached the feet of Liverpool, Gerrard immediately reminded everyone to pay attention to slow progress, not to play any fast football, to stabilize the formation and rhythm, and to seek a more stable attack and advancement, which is Liverpool's attack.

The contest between the two sides began.

At a high level, the game has become a tempo and Arsenal want to get it faster. Liverpool is slow to counter, this offensive and defensive transfer between fast and slow. It made countless fans in the audience and in front of the TV addicted, and some fans also felt very awkward.

Arsenal attacked, once passed the ball quickly on the field, attacked quickly, and the running and confrontation of the double defenders immediately became faster.

Switching to Liverpool's attack, it was slow all of a sudden.

This transition between fast and slow is a bit uncomfortable. Many other national media commentators have begun to use the term 'master tricks' to describe the game, and now the game on the field is by no means as simple as the star play and team play of the two teams, but has evolved into a peak duel to grasp the rhythm of the football game.

It's very nice to see the game turn out like this.

For the players playing against both teams, they are the interpretation of the game and every pass is important. They have to be very cautious every time they defend, trying not to make mistakes while making their own form more integrated into the game.

There is always a result in this kind of matchup.

In any case, the result of the football game is determined by the goal, which side will score first, which side will have an advantage, the game between Arsenal and Liverpool is like this, Arsenal is constantly attacking, Liverpool is also constantly attacking, this attacking battle has entered the climax, at the same time both sides have opportunities, and soon the goal is generated.

It was a wave of fast attacks from Arsenal.

Cesc Fabregas, Ljungberg and Reyes, who had just come off the bench, kept getting the ball to the front of the Liverpool penalty area, and then Reyes started to shake off Warnock and pass the ball into the box, and Henry followed up with a direct shot to create the goal.

“Gooooal!! Henry! Brace! ”

"3:2, Arsenal took the lead in the second half and scored first! It was Henry who scored the goal! It was his second goal of the game! ”

"You can see that Arsenal's speed of this wave is quite fast, Fabregas and Reites and Ljungberg are very skillful in the cooperation of the three, and finally Reyes passed the key ball, the Spaniard came off the bench for less than ten minutes, brought an assist, he contributed to Arsenal!"

In the excitement of the commentator, Henry and Reyes hugged on the field.

He thanked Reyes for the pass.

Reyes is also quite happy, he has not been good in the season but now that he has the opportunity in the Champions League final, he has completed the assist on the field, and he is quite satisfied with his current appearance.

In fact, Reites is actually facing the same problem as Thierry Henry, he is also considering leaving Arsenal, Real Madrid has extended an olive branch to him, although Real Madrid will certainly not offer him too much transfer fee, but Reites is considering leaving the Premier League and returning to La Liga.

In the three seasons of the Premier League, Reyes knew that he could not adapt to the fierce confrontation here, came to Arsenal in 03, until now, Reyes has not really excelled, he has been adapting, adapting, the Spanish wonder boy at that time, now he has sunk, he has even played full-back at Arsenal, you can imagine how desperate Reyes will be for his future at Arsenal.

He thinks he should return to Spain and play in La Liga.

There, maybe he'll still be a wonder boy.

Unlike Henry, Henry left because he was too good, and Reters wanted to leave because he was mediocre, and the two also went to La Liga. There are also transfer rumors on him, but it's a pity that Arsenal fans don't have too much nostalgia for Reyes.

After all, Reyes was not bad in this wave of attacks, and his assist helped Arsenal to take the lead again.

Many people are also singing the praises of Arsenal.

Especially Henry, who scored two goals, was constantly praised, two direct goals, Henry's table was very shining. The commentator who supported Arsenal couldn't wait to make a conclusion, "In this game, Henry is much better than Zhang Biaoxiàn, both of them also scored two goals, but Henry is the real goal, and Zhang's goal is somewhat ...... by some luck"

Liverpool supporters absolutely scoffed at this.

But to speak with goals, Zhang Tiehan's first goal was indeed a bit of luck, and there was no way to directly refute the commentator's words, and Zhang Tiehan had not scored in the second half so far. These Liverpool supporters can only keep their anger in their hearts.

Meanwhile, all the Liverpool players watched Arsenal's celebration and said nothing.

They don't need to say anything.

It's an attacking battle, it's a goal battle, the opponent has a bit of better luck and they score, that's all, all they need to do is try to score again.

Soon the game resumed.

……

Frontcourt.

Zhang Tiehan is constantly paying attention to Arsenal's defensive formation, and he carefully observes every time Arsenal defends, every player's run. He rarely does that, but at half-time. Benitez's words reminded him.

'You have to pay attention to your own position, but also the position of the opposing players. Benitez may have just reminded Zhang Tiehan a little, and he didn't have any other special meaning, but Zhang Tiehan had a flash of inspiration when he heard this.

Before, his football was of the straight type.

Facing all kinds of defences, using absolute skill and victory to break through the defense and find opportunities to shoot, that's his football. Maybe this kind of football is very attractive to the fans, but in fact, this kind of football is not easy to play, and every time he scores a goal, it is much more difficult than others.

Like Thierry Henry's two goals, the Frenchman just went to kick the goal.

That's a team fit.

Liverpool also has a team, but Zhang Tiehan has not done a good job in this regard. It's not because his running position can't keep up with the rhythm of the team or anything, but he is used to relying on his own personal ability to solve problems, and he doesn't pay much attention to these, which also leads to many times, he has almost 80% of the team's chances, and the team's performance is good or bad, all of which depend on his own performance.

Benitez noticed this, but he didn't say it directly, because Zhang Tiehan left, and now it is difficult to change anything, and Zhang Tiehan's appearance has always been very good, he only mentioned it slightly.

Many other people can't see it, but Gerrard and others know it, but Zhang Tiehan's cousin and his goal also make them have nothing to say.

Zhang Tiehan is trustworthy.

Now Zhang Tiehan himself has noticed that he didn't really care much at first, because he believed in his own ability, but now he is also trying to change - there is a better and easier way to score goals, why choose a more difficult one?

If you can stand in a better position, the goal efficiency will be much higher, right?

The latter is even more crucial to his appeal.

When he saw Thierry Henry scoring, Zhang Tiehan didn't feel anything special, now all he wants to do is run better and find better opportunities.

Ten minutes, enough for Zhang Tiehan to observe, several times Arsenal's rapid retreat defense, he saw a lot of problems, such as Campbell and Toure's position is very deep, but when he comes forward, Campbell will force over, and for example, the opponent's two fullbacks are very close to the penalty area, that position can have the opportunity to make up for the middle and so on.

And when he saw Ljungberg, Cesc Fabregas and others, when they retreated to defense, they would not run too far back, Zhang Tiehan knew what he should do.

This wave of Liverpool's attack.

Zhang Tiehan is still running normally, he is followed by Cesc Fabregas, who has been trying to affect him when defending, but the impact is really not big, especially when Zhang Tiehan does not get the ball, the only thing Fabregas can do is not to let the football easily reach Zhang Tiehan's feet, but it is often just 'not easy', and the final result is still the same.

This time, Gerrard didn't pass the ball directly, because Zhang Tiehan ran a little slower, and he didn't run to the front at the first time.

Gerrard handed the ball to Garcia.

Garcia tried to rely on his ability to dribble forward, and at the same time Zhang Tiehan also slowly ran forward, his steps were not big, which was completely different from rushing directly to the front before, and Fabregas who followed next to him felt a little strange, but he couldn't say what was strange.

He could only follow Zhang Tiehan all the time.

Crossing the middle line, more than ten meters ahead, Fabregas knew why it was strange, often he had been thrown off by Zhang Tiehan in this position, and then he could only choose to keep up with Gerrard, otherwise it would be useless to follow Zhang Tiehan at all, because there were teammates Campbell and others in front of him.

But now he hasn't been thrown away......

When Fabregas was wondering, Zhang Tiehan suddenly moved, and he rushed to the front with a violent outburst, so the Spanish guy was thrown away again.

Instead, he was relieved.

But what he didn't notice was that Campbell, who was defending in front of the penalty area, was a little slower, and at the same time, Ljungberg and others didn't have time to defend the middle at all.

As a result, when Zhang Tiehan ran to the penalty area, there were no Arsenal players within a few meters of him.

He ran out of gear!

Garcia has been looking for Zhang Tiehan's position, he was slowly dribbling the ball just now, generally his pass objects are only Gerrard, Alonso and Zhang Tiehan and a few other people, Zhang Tiehan is naturally the focus of attention, when he saw Zhang Tiehan running out of the gap, he almost immediately pushed the ball sideways.

Zhang Tiehan ran forward quickly, and the football also rolled from the left side.

The only thing he had to do was swing his right foot and volley straight away!

Boom!

A straight shot went straight between Campbell and Toure and curled towards the gate guarded by Lehmann, who didn't expect the shot to come back so suddenly, and by the time he reacted to save the ball, the ball had already flown into the net. (To be continued......)