Galla got up and rushed to the referee and argued loudly, knowing how dangerous it was to give Fiorentina a free-kick in that position.

Degan's guy, but he has always kicked free kicks as penalty kicks, and someone once made a statistic that the probability of Degan's free kick breaking the goal is as high as 90%, that is, a person with excellent psychological quality and superb shooting skills, I am afraid that the hit rate of kicking a penalty will not reach this number.

Other Arsenal players also gathered around, making a loud noise, maybe they can't change anything, but this kind of delaying time is likely to cause some interference to Degan's psychology.

The referee was not moved at all, just kept waving his hand to let the Arsenal players leave, when Gala fouled just now, he was standing behind and saw it clearly, and now the Arsenal players are still protesting, which is simply an insult to his IQ.

And the position of Galla's foul is on the line of the penalty area, even if he awards a penalty, there is no problem, and only gave Fiorentina a free kick, which is already considered an extrajudicial favor.

Seeing that the Arsenal players were so endless, the referee was also a little angry, and directly took out the yellow card and shook it in front of the most noisy Flamini, and then did not forget to give the perpetrator just now Gala a yellow God of War card.

Now the Arsenal players finally stopped, and from the beginning Digan set the ball early, waiting for the referee's whistle.

Taking a free-kick in this position, Deegan was confident of scoring a goal, but the process of taking the penalty was very speechless.

Arsenal's players don't honestly line up the wall, often as soon as the referee turns around, they move forward a little bit, little by little, eager to step on the football and let Deegan come to penalty.

The referee could only come back and let the Arsenal players retreat, but as soon as he turned around, the opponent repeated the old tricks, back and forth several times, and the referee was also annoyed, and found an obvious target Adebayo, and directly gave a yellow card, and then the Arsenal players were honest.

A whistle blows!

Deegan didn't run at all, and almost at the same time as the whistle blew, he swung his leg and kicked the ball out, and Arsenal's wall didn't react at all, and before they even had time to jump, it felt like the ball was flying overhead, and by the time they turned around, the ball was already in the goal.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！ The ball is in! The ball is in! Dugan scored a very imaginative goal, impeccable, completely impeccable, and Almunia didn't even react in any way. ”

After the goal, Digan didn't look very excited, just stood there and spread his arms, receiving the cheers of the Fiorentina fans in the surrounding stands.

Prandelli, who was on the sidelines, also looked very excited, turned around and hugged the assistant coach, and waved his arms and shouted excitedly to the stands behind him.

When Degan's free-kick blasted past the Arsenal net, Prandley really felt close to the Champions League final.

From Atalanta to the coaching role, to the accumulation in Verona, to the sensation at Parma and now at Fiorentina he has finally waited for the harvest.

"Cesare! We won! We've won! Arsenal are no match for us either! Antoneri shouted excitedly in Prandelli's ear.

Prandelli couldn't hold back his excitement any longer, he hadn't been so happy in a long time since his wife's death, but when he saw the score on the electronic scoreboard, he forced himself to calm down.

"Nope! No way! It's not time to celebrate, a one-goal lead won't work, we have to keep attacking and keep trying to score! ”

Looking at the time, the first half was almost over, and soon when the game resumed, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the half as Bam Adebayo fired wide.

In the dressing room in Florence, Prandelli stood in the center: "Rhodes! ”

Degan heard Prandelli's voice and stood up: "Coach! What are the instructions! ”

Prandelli's gaze swept over each player's face and said, "Boys! It's not time to celebrate, we're just one goal ahead, one goal is not safe for two legs, and in the second half we have to keep trying to score! Rod! It's your responsibility! ”

Deegan also knows very well that if this game only ends with a score of 2:1, Arsenal will get an away goal, and wait until the next leg, to go to the Emirates Stadium, Fiorentina will not have much advantage, and at that time, Arsenal only need one goal to eliminate them.

Degan doesn't put himself in such a threatening situation, so solving all the problems in one game is naturally his first choice.

"Coach! This kind of thing doesn't need to be said out of purpose, I think we all think the same as you, and we don't have the habit of saving trouble for the next one! ”

After Deegan finished speaking, he turned to look at his teammates: "Guys! Ahead of the game, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he had beaten Milan's two waste teams, so Arsenal had a natural advantage against any other Serie A side, as if he had conquered Italy. ”

"We can kick those Londoners in the ass!" Kompany chimed in with a strange smile.

"That's right!" Digan smiled, "Vincent is right, it will never be their Londoners who can conquer Italian football, it can only be us Fiorentina, so in order to correct Mr. Wenger's wrong reasoning, I think we should do something to help him, so I decided, these two legs, we have to play in one game, clean and clean!" Do you guys have any questions? ”

"Of course not, let the Londoners go home in misery!"

"Kill them, let's go to Moscow!"

"That's right! It's us who are going to Moscow, and the Londoners can only cry under our feet! ”

In the Fiorentina dressing room, it is very lively, and in the away team's dressing room on the other side, it looks a little depressing.

Arsene Wenger was basically half satisfied and the other half unhappy in the first half, but in fact the team did very well in the first half, playing around with Fiorentina for 45 minutes and scoring a goal, exactly as he had strategically intended.

However, this excellent performance could not be sustained, and two small oversights resulted in two goals conceded.

In this regard, Wenger does not want to criticize anyone, to put it bluntly, his responsibility is greater, and now this Arsenal, after sending away many meritorious players, is too young, young means lack of experience, and lack of experience means instability.

It's like spear and shield, and Arsene Wenger wants his young squad to stay alive and driven, but inevitably there are some shortcomings that will be exposed.

"Kids! There's no need to be frustrated, we haven't lost the chance to compete yet, it's just a goal difference and we have an away goal advantage. ”

Arsene Wenger's words made the players' eyes light up a little, it seems that Wenger is right, this score is not unacceptable to maintain until the end of the game, they have an away goal, after returning to the Emirates Stadium, they only need one goal to send Fiorentina back home, and they will take a flight to Russia.

Wenger hesitated, but still made up his mind: "We have to focus on defending in the second half, Sesk!" If you have the chance, it's up to you to decide whether to fight back or not! ”

Fabregas was stunned, he didn't expect Wenger to give him this task, he couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and nodded vigorously.

Arsene Wenger continued: "Now what I ask you to do is to calm down, remember what mistakes you made in the game and try to avoid them again in the second half. ”

That's all Wenger can emphasize now, he is not a conservative manager, but in the face of results, even the most crazy people can't help but be timid.

As soon as the second half began, Fiorentina's players immediately felt that their opponents were different, with goal-scorer Eduardo being replaced by youngster Theo Walcott, and Adebayor dropping back into his position, often seeing him return to midfield to participate in defence.

Seeing this, Prandley immediately guessed Wenger's intentions, do you want to defend?

"Rod!"

Prandelli shouted, saw Degan looking towards him, and immediately waved his hand in the direction of the Arsenal goal.

Offensive!

Since the opponent wants to defend to the death, then Fiorentina has only one way to attack.

The situation on the pitch seemed to be one-sided, with Arsenal still playing steadily, but their defence was constantly being squeezed in the face of Fiorentina's rapid advance.

There are more defenders, although Fiorentina is not easy to tear the opening, but there are more opportunities for long-range shots outside the penalty area, which is in the arms of Fiorentina, Fiorentina's midfielders, almost everyone has a long-range shot, since the guests from London are so polite, they have to laugh.

For a while, Fiorentina seemed to have set up a cannon group outside Arsenal's penalty area, and one shell after another kept bombarding Arsenal's goal.

Arsenal's assistant coach Patles walked up to Arsene Wenger's side: "Arthur! If we play like this, we are too passive, I think we should put more troops in the midfield! ”

Although Patles said tactfully, he was openly questioning Wenger's half-time arrangement, but even if Wenger was dissatisfied with the respected old manager, he could not ignore his opinion.

Compared to Arsene Wenger, Patles is Arsenal's own man, and the assistant coach's passion for Arsenal, a year older than Arsene Wenger, has undiminished for more than four decades, and the Northern Irishman has always been energetic in leading the team on the pitch.

In 1964, at the age of 15, Patles arrived at Arsenal and played 528 games at right-back, making him undoubtedly one of the greatest defenders in the club's history.

Patles has played in five FA Cup finals, one Cup Winners' Cup final and three double-winning seasons in Arsenal's history.

Arsene Wenger also has a lot of trust in Patles, who became his assistant when Wenger first arrived at Arsenal in 1996, and the two have been working very well together for so many years.

Wenger is also a little dissatisfied with the current situation on the field, and the second half has been played for 15 minutes, basically Fiorentina is pressing Arsenal to play.

There have only been two counter-attacks from Arsenal's side, once with Cesc Fabregas dropping the ball away, and on another occasion, Cesc Fabregas passed the ball to Theo Walcott, only to be cut off by Fiorentina halfway through.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Arsene Wenger called Cesc Fabregas to his side: "Sesk! You're at the heart of the team, so if you get the chance, you have to be a little bit more decisive in your passing, using Walcott's speed, you know? ”

Cesc Fabregas also knew that he had wasted the first two counter-attacking opportunities, but he would have preferred himself to be the hero of the team rather than feeding his team-mates, but in the face of Arsene Wenger's stern gaze, he finally nodded.

The game continued, Arsenal was still enduring the indiscriminate bombardment of Fiorentina, and occasionally there was a chance to counterattack, Cesc Fabregas's pass was in place, but it was a pity that Arsenal's investment in the attack was too limited to create much of a threat to Fiorentina.

Twenty minutes passed, and Wenger's mentality was slowly changing, and as long as he held on for another twenty-five minutes, it was all over.

It has to be said that Arsene Wenger is indeed one of the best managers in Shijie football, but he also has his own shortcomings, and he is a bit conservative in major games.

In the previous match between Arsenal and Barcelona, when Lehmann was sent off at the beginning, Wenger chose to take a desperate bet, but when he took the lead, Wenger chose to be conservative and was reversed by Barcelona.

After that game, many people said that if Wenger had been more decisive and desperate at that time, perhaps Zuihou would have won the trophy with Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger is the same now, he was still agonizing about whether he should try to let the players attack, but as the minutes and seconds of the game passed, he finally chose to defend and drag the game until the end.

Fiorentina certainly won't do what he wanted, and despite having been attacking for more than 20 minutes, the Fiorentina players have no idea of stopping.

They are young, they are energetic, they do not spare their physical strength, this is the strength of the Fiorentine Young Guard, although their opponents today are just as young, but they are a little more resolute than their opponents.

Fiorentina's stormy attack left Arsenal's goal in turmoil, and after several persuasions from Patlets, Arsene Wenger held back, and he has now made up his mind to defend for that precious away goal.

"Arthur! I bet you'll regret it! 'Patles was a little depressed by Wenger's stubbornness.

However, in Arsene Wenger's eyes, although Fiorentina is now attacking fiercely, in fact, there is no way to do too much, and more often they can only threaten Arsenal's goal through long-range shots.

But just a minute after Patles Zuihou persuaded Wenger once, Fiorentina scored.

It was also a long-range shot from outside the box, and although the Arsenal players had been wary of Degan, they seized a small gap and Digan swung his leg on the spot and fired a direct shot at goal.

Almunia was on the verge of a big enemy, and he reacted very quickly and accurately judged the path of Degan's shot, but he underestimated Liliang.

Seeing the ferocity of the football, Almunia who originally planned to catch the ball switched to hitting the ball with his fist, but just as the football flew in front of him, a small sideline suddenly occurred, which made Almunia shocked, and in a hurry, he slapped the football with one palm.

Nicknamed Viper, Mutu had been waiting for such an opportunity, and almost as soon as Digan had a shot, he shook off his defender Toure and rushed into the box, where the ball was blocked by Almunia, and all Mutu needed to do was gently block the ball.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！”

After the goal, Mutu got up on his hands and feet and rushed to the sidelines, waving his arms excitedly and roaring loudly, and the fans responded with bursts of cheers.

"Mutu! It's Mutu! Mutu's follow-up shot helped Fiorentina extend their lead to two goals, and with less than twenty minutes left in the game, Fiorentina had already put the victory in their pockets, Arsenal finished, Arsenal finished! ”

The Italian commentator yelled excitedly, while the commentator from ESPN in the UK was annoyed.

"Coach Wenger chose to be conservative when he shouldn't have been, letting Fiorentina attack unscrupulously, I have to say that defense is not Arsenal's characteristic, even if they can build an iron wall in front of the penalty area, but in the face of Fiorentina's indiscriminate bombardment, how long can they last!"

Seeing the ball scored, Prandelli also jumped to his feet and celebrated wildly with his coaching staff, while Arsene Wenger on the other side was stunned and looked back at Patrance, the old man with his head down and a look of frustration.

Arsene Wenger sighed, realising that he had made a mistake in his decision.

So what's next?

After the counterattack, Arsenal has no other way out, the difference of two goals, even if Arsenal has an away goal, what can it do.

Offensive!

The Arsenal players who received the order immediately took action, and they were not willing to accept a defeat.

After the game resumed, Arsenal returned to their best style of play, attacking one by one!

Fiorentina did not adopt conservative tactics because of the two-goal lead, although the attack was not as fierce as just now, but once the opportunity arises, Fiorentina is also very resolute in putting in the troops.

The two sides fought against each other on the field, and for neutral fans, this is the most good news, they don't care who says the winner, they just care about whether the game is good or not.

As the clock ticked by, time was running out for Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger made another substitution, replacing Flamini and replacing the team's veteran Gilberto. Silva, but such a substitution seems to be a bit futile.

I want to score a goal, but I'm worried about conceding more.

After all, Arsenal are not yet at the point where they have to take all their chances, they have one more game and one more chance.

Now the burden of attacking is completely on Fabregas alone, and Fabregas, who has let go of his hands and feet, really fights, and finally when the game reaches the eighty-fifth minute, his long-awaited opportunity appeared.

Fiorentina's counterattack, Ledesma had a passing mistake that should not have been, Rosicky took the ball out of the first kick, Hleb saw this and immediately pulled to the left side, Rosicky passed the ball and hit directly behind Maggio, because Fiorentina pressed the attack just now, at this time, Hleb did not have a Fiorentina defender around him, so he calmly cut in, and when the Fiorentina defender pounced, there was a large gap around him, and he was kicked by Hleb and tore the hole.

"Sesk! Sesk! ”

England's commentator yelled excitedly, and Cesc Fabregas suddenly appeared on Hleb's passing path and Walcourt was already ready to meet at the far end.

But by this time, Kompany had already killed, and Cesc Fabregas didn't have time to hesitate and fired directly into the far corner of the goal.

Frei did his best to save, but the shot was too close for him to react.

The ball grazed Frey's fingertips and Fiorentina tried to clear the ball but was blocked by Walcott, and the two men became entangled and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the football was about to roll into the goal, but at this time, the accident happened, the football seemed to touch something, suddenly changed the trajectory of the movement slightly, and then under the gaze of Cesc Fabregas and Wenger gradually becoming desperate, it brushed the crossbar and rolled out of the bottom line.

Everyone was stunned, it was obviously a must-score goal, but something like this happened, and at the most critical time, Fraki Stadium helped Fiorentina.

Missed the best opportunity, and in the next game, both sides seemed to run out of strength, and after a minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

3:1！

Fiorentina got a win at home.

Cesc Fabregas walked to the sideline with a gloomy face, he didn't even dare to look at Arsene Wenger's expression, in his opinion, it was his responsibility as captain to play the game the way it was.

"Sesk! Keep your head up! ”

Fabregas was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Wenger, who actually smiled.

"You're doing a great job!"

Fabregas looked hesitant, his eyes seemed to ask: Really?