The crowd at the Stade de France could see that there were obvious holes in Barcelona's backline after Arsenal's free-kick kick!

Marcos is not in a defensive position!

Pire's free kick was quickly opened, and the object of the pass was Qin Xiong, who was quickly inserted from the midfield.

At the same time, Henry cut horizontally into Marcos' defense from the left side of the penalty area, and it seemed that as long as Qin Xiong could deliver a through ball in time, he would have a great chance to shoot.

The Barcelona defenders were aware of the problem, so they immediately adjusted their defence.

Van Bommel and Deco intend to flank Qin Xiong back and forth, especially Van Bommel, and the first priority is to block the possibility of Qin Xiong sending a through ball to Henry head-on.

This allowed him to be taken advantage of by Qin Xiong in defence, and when the football rolled from Qin Xiong's side, he faked a passing motion, his body paused, and behind him Deco was ready to entangle him, and Van Bommel was also ready to block head-on.

But I didn't expect Qin Xiong to be a feint!

He rolled the ball sideways in front of him and at the same time his body started again, turning into a lateral run, getting out of the gap between Van Bommel and Deco!

After getting rid of the defense of the two, Qin Xiong continued to dribble sideways, at this time Edmilson was also coming to intercept him, Henry looked back in the direction where Qin Xiong was in the penalty area, he seemed to have a heart with Qin Xiong, and could guess Qin Xiong's thoughts at this moment.

Edmilson was still afraid that Qin Xiong would send a through ball to Henry, and deliberately paid attention to the defense of Qin Xiong's straight stopper, when Qin Xiong made a bicycle action in the horizontal dribble, Edmilson was like petrified and froze in place, watching Qin Xiong pass sideways in front of him!

on the scene. Qin Xiong and Henry ran sideways almost at the same time in parallel positions. Qin Xiong is in the front waistline. Henry is in the box!

Barcelona's two midfielders pay too much attention to Qin Xiong's forward impact, and when defending, they will block Qin Xiong's forward line as the first priority, which happens to be used by Qin Xiong.

This allowed Qin Xiong to dribble from the left side in front of the penalty area to the right position in front of the penalty area.

Thierry Henry, who was a nimble runner, also ran from the left side of the box to the middle, with Puyol next to him.

Puyol was in a dilemma, he couldn't ignore Henry, and he couldn't let Qin Xiong go, if he followed Henry, he might not be directly attacked by Qin Xiong into the penalty area.

At this moment. Full-back Van Bronckhorst rushed forward to intercept Qin Xiong, and Puyol gritted his teeth and made the decision to create an offside position.

It was a decision to respond to the situation.

Because he's too passive!

You must know that from the very beginning of this attack, Barcelona thought that Arsenal would take advantage of Marcos's absence in the defensive position to focus on that defensive area, Puyol stared at the run at the beginning, but he didn't expect Henry to run towards him, and at the staggered moment, Puyol's body center of gravity could not complete a 180-degree turn and still keep up with Henry.

So he was about to take a step forward, but before he could put it into action, Qin Xiong's foot plugged the ball away.

Van Bronckhorst's step forward resulted in the back line being in the area where Henry was impacting. Puyol is alone, and Qin Xiong just needs to make sure that the football is passed behind Puyol. It can almost be declared that it has penetrated Barcelona's back line.

And Thierry Henry's movement is in perfect harmony with his passing.

Puyol was just about to take a step forward, but instead invisibly expanded the defensive zone behind him.

When the football rolled diagonally past him, Puyol's heart was hit like a blow, and he turned his head in horror to see that he didn't see the linesman raise the flag to signal that Henry was offside, then Barcelona's goal was in danger!

Henry controlled the ball on the right side of the penalty area, Valdés decisively abandoned the goal, Henry calmly observed the line that Valdés was running from, flicked the ball forward, flashed some angles slightly, so that the distance between him and Valdés was no longer in a straight line with the goal, he decisively pushed at a small angle!

Valdés reacted quickly and fell to the ground with his foot to block Henry's shot, but before his foot could reach out to block the ball's rolling trajectory, the ball rolled over!

Valdés turned his head to look and was disappointed to see the ball grazing the inside of the near post and into the back of the net!

Rumble!

The Stade de France cheered and the Arsenal fans roared with emotion!

"Henry! Thierry Henry! He scored the first goal of the game! Arsenal leads Barcelona 1-0!

The goal exemplifies Arsenal's ability to take chances and play fast, as well as their attacking ability to tear through opposition defences and create chances patiently.

Barcelona made a mistake when Marcos, although brave enough to keep out Ashley Cole, interfered with the wrong goal when he delayed his opponent's quick free-kick, and after Ashley Cole gave the ball to Pire, everything was out of Barcelona's control.

Pire's cross pass found Qin Xiong, who got rid of it in a non-fancy way under the pressure of Deco and Van Bommel, and then continued to rush forward laterally in front of Edmilson, he shook enough space to drive Arsenal's main attack from the left area of the front court to the area of the right side of the front court!

This strategic adjustment is extremely crucial, because Barcelona are crowding this side, but they did not expect Arsenal to shift the attacking line!

When Puyol was the only one on the back line, he couldn't stop the tacit and sharp cooperation between Qin Xiong and Henry.

Henry successfully received Qin Xiong's pass in the penalty area in the anti-offside position, took a step forward and pushed the ball into the near corner of the goal from a small angle!

The situation was not dominant, and Arsenal, whose possession rate was much inferior to that of the opponent, was the first to break the deadlock! ”

Henry's expression was still cold after scoring the goal, he looked back at Qin Xiong, who looked wild and slightly proud at the moment, and then rushed to the sidelines as if a strong whirlwind was blowing.

The Arsenal players rushed towards Henry frantically, and Wenger on the sidelines shook his fists twice with both hands, but he didn't laugh, and at this time, it was not the time to laugh.

Rijkaard closed his eyes in contemplation for a moment and then opened them, looking calm and confident.

And this goal is bound to boost Arsenal's confidence.

Barcelona's goal, they broke it!

Ronaldinho looked at the back from midfield and saw the team concede, which inevitably made his heart a little heavier.

But it's still early, and there's time.

In this battle between Ronaldinho and Henry who can be crowned king, Henry takes the lead.

How could he remain indifferent?

When the Arsenal players walked towards the backfield together, their mentality was noticeably relaxed and full of strong wildness.

At this moment, they really stopped being afraid of Barcelona.

Successfully defended Barcelona's attack, and then broke through the opponent's goal in a fast attack.

The Arsenal soldiers are convinced that they can win this game and reach the top of Europe! (To be continued......)