Chapter 136: Cheers at the Emirates Stadium
Arsenal's game started in the second half and that's what the Gunners are thinking now, and they are really ready to fight back wildly in the second half. It's just that Arsenal thinks so, and Barcelona will obviously make persistent efforts in the second half of the game; Although Barcelona in the first half occupied the absolute initiative in the game, Barcelona was obviously not satisfied with the goalless, so they would definitely attack crazy in the second half.
Just 22 seconds into the second half, Barcelona scored the goal. In the 46th minute, Pique made a long pass to the front of the field in the first half, and when Song was not tight, Ibrahimovic saw Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia standing in front of him, and scored with his right foot from 12 yards out on the right side of the penalty area, and Arsenal fell behind 0-1 at home!
The English media are the most despised people in Shijie football, insisting that Ibrahimovic is a goalscorer who can only pinch soft-footed crabs, and will evaporate at the crucial moment, and the Premier League's top giants will definitely not offer him a place. Due to the fact that Inter Milan was eliminated by the Premier League team for two consecutive seasons, and Ibrahimovic has played against the Premier League team ten times before, the result is embarrassing, and it can be said that although Ibrahimovic is indeed a very good striker, he is definitely not the player that Arsenal fans fear the most.
Ibrahimovic suffered a brief slump in 2010, failing to score in five consecutive games, but Barcelona did not lose faith in him. Pep Guardiola insisted that Ibrahimovic was an important part of the team, whether he scored or not, and always encouraged the Swede to do everything he could to get him back to form; And now, Ibrahimovic has scored, and he has finally broken the 'Premier League wall'! For Barcelona and Ibrahimovic. This is not a bad thing. But it's certainly a bad thing for Arsenal.
Ibrahimovic's goal was undoubtedly a big blow for Arsenal. The Arsenal players had just made adjustments in the dressing room, but now they had conceded at the start of the second half, and even so quickly that the Arsenal players were watching Ibrahimovic celebrating his goal at the Emirates Stadium with some confusion.
Xiao Qing didn't know what to say at this time, the team conceded a goal, which was definitely a bad thing, which would make it more and more difficult for Arsenal in the game. But when you think about the first half of the game, Arsenal was entirely to blame; Such a scoreline was lucky for Arsenal, because their own performance was really not enough to inspire confidence.
Arsenal started the second half from behind. It's a somewhat surprising but absolutely acceptable reality; And Arsenal still seems to have completely lost their temper because of the suppression in the first half, of course, there is enough possibility that Barcelona is good enough. So now Arsenal continues to be suppressed, and the Barcelona team seems to be in a desperate mood to completely defeat Arsenal and end this round in one round of the game, which should be the pinnacle of Mars hitting the Earth.
In the 59th minute of the game, Xavi picked up the ball behind him in the middle to find Ibrahimovic, Campbell made an offside mistake after falling in the middle, and Ibrahimovic got the ball into the penalty area on the right rib and calmly hit the upper corner in front of the goal line; 2-0, Barcelona scored two goals in the first ten minutes of the second half, Barcelona seemed to have found the feeling of shooting, and they finally found the absolute hope of beating Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium!
Arsenal had no way back at this point, falling behind by two goals. This is undoubtedly a huge blow for Arsenal; With such a scoreline, it was basically announced that Barcelona had advanced to the Champions League semi-finals with half a foot, and the form shown by Arsenal in this game was not Barcelona's opponent at all.
Arsenal are not willing to lose at home like this. They don't want to end this season's Champions League campaign in such a way; And although the team is now two goals behind at home, although the current Arsenal is indeed in an extremely threatening situation, they still have some hope, Arsenal is not without a chance. So at this time, Arsenal need to give it a go, because they have no way back at all.
Arsenal have some bayonets that must fight to the red Jiashi, although being scored twice by Barcelona does mean to a large extent that it is more difficult for Arsenal to turn around the current score and advance to the Champions League semi-finals, but Arsenal is obviously not going to give up.
Arsenal's squad is indeed very young, and they were indeed beaten by Barcelona in this game; Although Arsenal performed in the previous games at a different level than Barcelona, the Arsenal players still have a strong sense of shame, and they absolutely cannot accept losing the game in such a humiliating way.
Arsenal have to fight hard, they've conceded two goals anyway, and now they have to regain some face. Arsenal are also league leaders now, and Arsenal this season is indeed a young and excellent team that has been praised for many times. So after they were completely suppressed by Barcelona, Arsenal began to explode. Although there may be some relaxation after Barcelona took the lead at full-time, it is definitely the hard work and unwillingness of Arsenal's players, so Arsenal began to set off their own climax, and Arsenal proved that they are no longer powerless.
Nasri used his pace and jishu to attack Barcelona's left flank, and he started to create a couple of good chances, and he disrupted the defending champions' backline on several occasions. However, Barcelona's defensive ability is still very good, which has also led to Nasri's becoming more and more active, but still not achieving more effective results.
Walcott, who came off the bench, was even negligible defensively, and he was undoubtedly trying to score at home. Although Walcott has not been more eye-catching since he came on the pitch, he is far faster than the opposing left-back Maxwell. When Arsenal put down all their burdens and tried to fight back, the little tiger immediately made frequent killings on the right side of his side; As long as there is an Arsenal player on the right side of the front court to get the ball, his first point of attack is Walcott, and he only chooses to hit the ball behind Maxwell, this move is to take advantage of Walcott's speed advantage to play deep.
Although the Barcelona team is known as the Universe team, the strength of the six-time champion Barcelona is indeed outrageous; But while Barcelona are excellent in attack, their defense is not without holes. Barcelona's full-backs always like to assist, so this will inevitably make Barca's backline a little leaky; And although Puyol and Pique are a top defensive combination, they are not flawless.
Puyol's height is a hard injury, only 1.8 meters and his header is really many occasions; As for Pique, although he is more than 1.9 meters tall, he sometimes can't grasp the landing point of the ball, so Pique's header ability is not very strong. It's no secret that Barcelona's air defence is problematic, and now Arsenal no longer insist on playing positional battles with Barcelona, and now Arsenal have started more flank raids and crosses.
To say that Arsenal may indeed be inferior to Barcelona in the positional battle, but when Arsenal began to break through the side again and again, the Barcelona team began to be depressed, and they were finally counterattacked by Arsenal after dominating the absolute advantage of the majority of the half.
The Rhapsody of Arsenal's fate ushered in the first climax in the 69th minute, first Nasri knocked the ball in the middle of the midfield to Cesc Fabregas on the right, who received the ball and hit the ball to Barcelona's right rib without making too many adjustments, Walcott threw off Maxwell at the speed of a 100-meter sprint and forced himself into the right side of the penalty area!
The Emirates Stadium resounded with frantic cheers, and the long-suppressed fans really needed a good reason to break out; Walcott's 100-meter sprint was very exciting, which also greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the fans. Seeing Barcelona left-back Maxwell being thrown away, Arsenal's chance has come!
Xiao Qing has always been very calm looking for opportunities, and it is true that it feels very bad to be suppressed, but Xiao Qing knows that it takes more effort and better grasp the opportunity to get rid of such an unfavorable situation. So when Walcott quickly counterattacked, Xiao Qing also took action at this time.
Puyol and Pique did not miss Xiao Qing in this game, and the effect seemed to be good; But now Walcott's quick break has made them a little panicked, but at this point they still have some confidence. Because Walcott has almost a single knife after breaking through Maxwell, as long as Walcoat can be a little faster, then it is a direct face to the goalkeeper, but the premise is that the little tiger needs to be faster!
But at this time, the little tiger was on tiptoe in the run, and the cheers of the new height that erupted from the Emirates Stadium made the Barcelona defenders panic; Puyol and Gerard Pique were confident of keeping Theo Walcott's in-cut back in the mix, but they apparently forgot that Arsenal had quite a lot of fast horses in their squad! Although Xiao Qing originally fell behind Barcelona's defensive line, Xiao Qing also calmly grasped the fighter; At the moment when Walcott came out of the ball, Xiao Qing forced himself past behind Puyol.
The calm fish jumped to the top in front of the small penalty area, and Xiao Qing's header made Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés a little powerless; When the ball hit the crossbar and bounced into the net, the cheers at the Emirates Stadium reached its climax!
1 to 2, Xiao Qing's goal helped Arsenal pull a goal back; Although Arsenal are still one goal behind, they see hope that they will no longer be helpless in this game, and they will still have the opportunity to use their impact to regain confidence at home! (To be continued......)