Chapter 510: This is the Final!

From the start of the game, the underdogs Arsenal took the lead and desperately needed to score goals to close the gap between themselves and Real Madrid.

But the Gunners' attack was not blind, and when Li Zihan was no longer on the field, they were more likely to use guò short passes to slowly penetrate Real Madrid's defense. When the offense can't be fought, they are right away. Pass the ball towards the midfield and keep possession.

This is Arsenal's strength and tradition, and Arsenal's defensive style is not to retreat from the 30-yard area to swing the bus, but to control the game itself by controlling the ball and keeping the ball at their feet so that the opposition has not had many opportunities to attack.

Real Madrid obviously also understands the urgency of the opponent to score, so they did not press out to play against the attack at the beginning, but defended first. After this "passion period" of Arsenal, they are thinking about attacking, because if they press it out at this time, they will conform to the other party's wishes.

It's easy to fall into the "Arsenal rhythm" and be led by the nose by the other side, which is a taboo for soldiers. What's more, Real Madrid are now in the lead, and they are in no hurry to attack.

Ancelotti also gave the team a safe instruction that it was okay not to score in the first half, but it was absolutely impossible to concede a goal!

It's not that Ancelotti and Real Madrid are afraid of Arsenal, it's that Arsenal is now fighting to the death, their eyes are red, like crazy people, have you ever seen normal and crazy people go desperately?

Ancelotti and Real Madrid's plan is also very obvious, let Arsenal attack first, and defend on their own side. Once they wait for Arsenal to attack, they will be anxious and restless, and finally they will be more and more anxious, and then there will be mistakes!

Real Madrid only need to wait until Arsenal are restless in the second half to take advantage of the opposition's mistakes, which is the safest and best thing to do.

Arsenal also saw Real Madrid's tactics after passing the match, so Ozil, Wilshere and Ramsey started various passes in front of the Real Madrid penalty area, but they were not in a hurry to send the ball into the penalty area, and it seemed that they wanted to attract Real Madrid to grab it in this way.

Cazorla and Oxlade-Chamberlain, on the other hand, stabbed into the box diagonally, using their short stature to exploit various gaps and prepare to receive passes from their teammates, while Giroud was up front to help Cazorla and Oxlade-Chamberlain create space.

"If you don't look at the color of the jerseys of both sides, just look at the shape on the field, you can't tell who is Real Madrid and who is Arsenal, and you can't tell who is the leader and who is the laggard," the England commentator began to complain, obviously thinking that this was not in line with Real Madrid's style.

Damn, a team like Real Madrid shouldn't be the kind of person who doesn't care about 3721, rolls up his sleeves and forehead, and presses it out to attack. This should be Real Madrid, but how can it look more and more like Chelsea now?

"I'm sure I can see very well that it's the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti in the dugout, not Real Madrid's predecessor Jose Mourinho," the BBC guest added to the commentator's stab.

In fact, Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid also plays attacking football, even against Barcelona and last season's Borussia Dortmund.

"Real Madrid is very calm, they are now the leader so they can't be in a hurry, and after Arsenal's offensive has passed, it will be the beginning of Real Madrid's attack, poor Arsenal, now all they can do is to die before they die, but the result has long been doomed in the first leg" The Spanish commentator is of course speaking to Real Madrid.

Arsenal's attack did not open up the scoring as Mesut Ozil, Wilshere and Olivier Giroud all had shots, and Cazorla and Ramsey each had a sudden long-range shot, but none of them were converted into goals.

Real Madrid defended well, and although there was no Khedira, Modric and Alonso were still very strong in blocking the midfield, especially the experienced Alonso, who almost completely controlled Real Madrid's midfield.

As the game came to the 30th minute, Arsenal's attack did not open up the situation, so they began to slow down the tempo. In fact, the attack of passing guò coordination is not much waste, and they are not very tired, but their hearts are tired.

Arsene Wenger instructed before the game, if there is no goal then start to slow down the tempo, put the "final" in the second half, yes, for Arsenal, this game is the final, if they can't complete the promotion in this game, then the champion will naturally not be able to play with them.

When Arsenal started to slow down, it was Real Madrid's turn to be arrogant. Cristiano Ronaldo is not one to be left alone, so when Ramos stepped forward to steal Oxlade-Chamberlain's ball pass to him, he stepped straight into his strong leg muscles and beat his former team-mate Mesut Ozil who came up to intercept him.

He then broke down the left flank and feinted to shake off the experienced Sania. Sania originally wanted to use his body to squeeze the other party away after being beaten, but Cristiano Ronaldo's muscles are very strong and his physical condition is excellent, and Sania has no way at all.

Sagna was a little embarrassed, when he and Cristiano Ronaldo were fighting in the Premier League, his body was so thin, he only needed a card position, and with a little action, the other party squeezed over at all. But after the other party left Old Trafford to join the Bernabeu, his muscles skyrocketed so much

Cristiano Ronaldo, who shook off Sania, ignored Wilshere, who was chasing back, and directly raised his right foot to hit the goal.

The ball struggled to rise from the ground, and Cristiano Ronaldo's thigh muscles were very strong, so he had a lot of power to shoot.

Wilshere couldn't keep up with Cristiano Ronaldo, but the latter adjusted before he could shoot, and Sagna's defence was delaying the opposition.

At this time, Wilshire arrived just in time for the sliding tackle, raised his foot high, and stabbed the ball in the air with his toes, and he was really stabbed by him.

The ball changed direction and flew off the baseline.

Wilshire was relieved, and fell to the ground, gasping for air, apparently having consumed a lot of his body from the chase just now.

"Well done!! Wilshere's timely return blocked Cristiano Ronaldo's shot, and there were still some whispers about Arsenal's midfield combination before the game, thinking that such a midfielder lacked interceptions, but Wilshere fulfilled his duties as a central midfielder very well!! ”

Sania pulled Wilshire up and patted him on the back in gratitude. If the goal had been scored, Sagna would have been to blame, as Cristiano Ronaldo had broken through his defensive zone and had a shot on goal, while Arsenal's defender was helpless.

Real Madrid won a corner, and the three best headers of Ramos, Raphael Varane, Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo, all came up to head the ball, leaving Modric and Marcelo in defence at the back.

Real Madrid still have the advantage of set-pieces, so they also attach more importance to this corner, because if Real Madrid can score another goal at home now, then they will have double insurance on their way to the final.

Alonso's corner was driven and Alonso opted to feed Ramos after Pepe and Varane were both disrupting the Arsenal defence and Cristiano Ronaldo was heavily deployed by the Gunners near him.

That's the numerical advantage, and when Real Madrid have a good number of headers on the pitch, Arsenal's defense is not without holes.

The ball went over Cristiano Ronaldo's head and the Portuguese took a symbolic header to the top of the head, bringing Merdessat to the ground.

But the ball didn't stop and headed towards Arsenal's far post.

"Alonso's corner Cristiano Ronaldo has a false shot!! Back point Ramos!! ”

Cut in behind Ramos in the far corner of the goal and jump to head the ball.

"Leaping to the top !!"

The position was beautiful, but the angle of the top was too right, and Szczesny had expected this when the ball flew over Cristiano Ronaldo's head, so he immediately half-turned and stood close to the far post.

Ramos's header flew right towards the front of Szczesny, although Szczesny can't be compared with world-class goalkeepers like Casillas and Buffon who can be canonized, but he is also a very good goalkeeper, and such a positive shot is naturally unceremoniously held directly in his arms!

Without waiting for Ramos to get up and the opponent still fell to the ground with some chagrin and regret, Arsenal's counterattack had already begun.

Szczesny threw the ball away almost immediately, and the ball flew high into the box before falling to Mesut Ozil's feet in front of the box.

With such a quick kick-off, not to mention the players of Real Madrid, even the players of Arsenal have not yet reacted.

And when Szczesny ran the ball out, he remembered that Li Zihan was not on the field, and in the past, such a goalkeeper drove the ball quickly to use Li Zihan's speed to play a defensive counterattack, but now Li Zihan is not on the field.

But Arsenal is Arsenal after all, and when there was no Li Zihan before, they also remained in the top four of the Premier League all year round, and participated in the Champions League almost every year. This is very rare in an increasingly competitive Premier League such as Manchester United, who for various reasons do not have enough points to qualify for next season's Champions League.