Chapter 550: Against the Wolves

After discussion, Diego Costa came up to take the penalty.

Standing in front of the ball, positioning the ball and then taking a few steps back and looking at Szczesny in front of the goal line, Diego Costa waited for the referee's whistle to blow.

Eventually, Rizzoli blew the whistle and signaled that the opponent was ready to make a free throw!

Diego Costa runs and then comes to the ball. As a result, Diego Costa suddenly slipped under his feet in front of the ball, and Szczesny shook it for a moment, thinking it was pie in the sky.

outcome

Before the commentators had time to react, Diego Costa, who was about to slide, suddenly kicked the ball out, and Szczesny didn't react immediately, and by the time he made the pounce, he was already a step too late.

The ball drilled into the net before Szczesny went to the ground

"The ball is in!! Diego Costa scored the penalty and just minutes later Diego Costa scored a penalty that gave Atletico Madrid the lead in the biggest European club title final. ”

Diego Costa made a clever move when he deliberately slipped on the bottom of his foot as he approached the ball, shaking goalkeeper Szczesny and finally slotting the ball in before the opponent could react. It's a good thing it's scored, and if there's no goal then Diego Costa has to be laughed at by everyone. ”

"Atletico Madrid is not an easy team to play against and Simeone's wolf pack tactics are very good for playing downwind, so when Atletico Madrid is ahead, the pressure on Arsenal is higher. Could it be that you finally made it to the finals to play soy sauce? And interestingly, Arsenal last lost to La Liga side Barcelona in the Champions League final, missing out on their first Champions League title in the club's history"

The Arsenal players were a little stunned, and they looked a little helpless when the opponent scored a goal like this. These Arsenal players are still very young, and it is easy to get excited to be on such a big stage as the Champions League final, but of course, it is more about the heavy pressure.

I finally made it to the finals, so I didn't come to play a bottle of soy sauce and go home, right?

So when Diego Costa scored the penalty, the Arsenal players were generally not very emotional, and they remembered the final of their predecessors in history

Koscielny covered his face with his hands and stared his head towards the sky. I don't know if I don't have a face to see people or ask the sky speechlessly.

Szczesny took another sip of the sports drink and threw the water bottle on the ground.

Li Zihan ran into the goal and picked up the ball in the goal, and when he passed by Szczesny, he patted Szczesny on the shoulder: "It's not a big deal, Voy, the game has just begun." ”

Isn't there a flower in my eyes? Lee is laughing?

Szczesny was a little dazed, wondering how his teammates could still have the heart to smile at him when the situation was so bad

Simeone breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Diego Costa score a penalty on the sidelines, and then jumped up and shook his fist hard.

Apparently the goal gave him hope, as if the trophy of the Big Ears Cup was already in his pocket.

Wenger was not discouraged, frowned and thought about it, but finally only made a gesture of pressing his hands down. And he encouraged his players with words - he wanted his players to play according to the pre-match schedule and not get discouraged.

Li Zihan trotted all the way from the inside of the goal to the middle circle with the ball, he didn't say much, but when he passed by every teammate, he patted them on the shoulder.

The Arsenal players who were patted on the shoulder by Li Zihan looked at Li Zihan one after another, but all they could see was Li Zihan's back.

The red and white Arsenal shirt has the number 12 printed on the back, and there are only two English letters above the number - Li

I don't know why, when my teammates saw the jersey number and the name to which the number belonged, their hearts suddenly quieted, as if they were not afraid of the sky falling.

It was a very magical feeling, and even they didn't notice that they were already very dependent on Li Zihan.

The game restarted and Arsenal began their own counter-attack.

In the attacking battle, Li Zihan, Cazorla and Wilshere frequently began to move in different positions, and Ozil was slightly back to give up the already small space in the front court to his three teammates, and he only took the ball behind the three teammates to organize the attack.

Ramsey also often runs up front to make it difficult for Atletico Madrid's defenders.

"There seems to be something different about Arsenal's style of play. They did not use the passing and cutting cooperation they often used to organize the attack, nor did they use Li Zihan's personal ability to break through the opponent's defense line, but they were a little incomprehensible. ”

"Let's say he's not Arsenal's passing, and there are some Arsenal shadows, but it seems that the speed has increased, and the frontcourt pressing is more active, and the speed of running changes is faster!"

Yes, Arsenal's are a little different.

Wenger, who was on the sidelines, looked at the shape on the field, and his frowning brows finally relaxed a little. In his opinion, the previous goal was just an accident, and now the game is just getting back on track.

That's right, this is Arsene Wenger's tactical arrangement for Atletico Madrid. After watching the two matches between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, Arsene Wenger knew that if he followed Arsenal's normal style of play, he would be dead, because Simeone had arranged a "wolf pack tactic" against Barcelona's passing tactics

In the two matches of La Liga and the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid used this tactic to beat Barcelona to the ground. You must know that Barcelona was the main force in those two games, but they were still beaten by Simeone and his Atletico Madrid.

Therefore, Arsene Wenger made a change for Atletico Madrid, and he made the team's passing speed faster on the basis of passing and cutting cooperation. At the same time, he also let Li Zihan, Wilshere and Cazorla frequently switch and run to stir up the opponent's defense, and also let Ramsey actively plug in and act as a blender.

Such a tactical arrangement is undoubtedly correct, at least during this period of time, Atletico Madrid's wolf pack tactics are not at all advantageous, because Arsenal's players are too good at "drilling", which can be described as a needle, and Ozil's passing skills can also pass the ball to the feet of Li Zihan and Cazorla, although the two are already in the opponent's crowd.

Arsenal's attack left Atletico Madrid scratching their heads, while defending and counter-attacking were also out of reach.

After Arsenal conceded the goal, they also began to actively press in the front, and that posture was also a bit of a shadow of wolf pack tactics. Normally, when this happens, Mesut Ozil starts to drop back and let Ramsey come up to press, with Cazorla, Wilshere and Lee Zihan becoming the first line of defence, while Flamini acts as an interception-type midfielder, and his goal is clear: to contain Diego Costa.

The French midfielder can't keep up with Diego Costa in terms of speed and turn, but Wenger's task to him is not to completely freeze Diego Costa, Wenger also knows that the veteran is not the opponent's opponent at all, so he is not too strict with him, but he is only required to be able to delay the opponent's advancement, and he can also use fouls to relieve the pressure on the central defender at critical moments.

Arsenal's tailor-made tactics for Atletico Madrid are still very successful, at least from the first ten minutes of the game, Arsenal still has the advantage, the only awkward thing is that Arsenal is one goal behind!

"The shape of this face is not at all compared with the score, and the audience who turned on the TV may think that it is Atletico Madrid that is behind."

Although the score is ahead, Simeone is not very happy now, because he can see that with Arsenal's style of play, scoring goals is a matter of time.

So he kept standing on the sidelines, constantly yelling and gesturing into the arena.

When the game came to the twentieth minute of full-time, Ozil once again sent a wonderful pass to find Li Zihan in the crowd. After Li Zihan received the ball, his feet were like ballet dancers, constantly moving the ball, and Juan Forlan, Thiago and Gabi, who defended him, never got the ball.

"It's a scene that shows how much Arsenal's summer €70 million is spent, and Mesut Ozil's skills and characteristics don't even need to be matched with Arsenal too much. Although he doesn't score many goals and his assists are not very impressive, fans who often watch Arsenal games know that Arsenal with Ozil and Arsenal without Ozil are completely two teams. As for Li Zihan, everyone knows it, so I won't introduce much, one person can control the ball and not lose the ball under the defense of three people, which can reflect his skills, "This is the commentator of England."

The Spanish commentator said: "Li doesn't have much experience after all, and now he is still 'walking' with the three defenders of Atletico Madrid, you must know that the other players of Atletico Madrid will soon be in place, and it seems that Arsenal is about to lose this goal again."

Just when everyone thought that Li Zihan was going to lose the ball, suddenly he made a feint, shook Thiago in front of him, and then pushed the ball out, the ball passed under Juan Forlan's crotch, and Li Zihan also took advantage of this opportunity to drill through the gap between Thiago and Juan Fran.

"Beautiful!! Very imaginative crotch wearer balls, it's so flexible, three people can't stand him!! ”