Chapter 625: Chess Opponent (Part II)
Chen Yu came suddenly, it doesn't matter whether Eboue returns or not, he can't stop it anyway, because Chen Yu can't be prevented alone, all the players at Arsenal understand this, and Eboue also understands, so when he comes back, he is ready to foul.
Chen Yu changed direction at high speed, cut straight into the cross, and went straight to the bottom line, at this moment Toni and Fiore in the middle have been outflanked in place, Jorgensen is not far from the penalty area, this is a good moment for attack, if Chen Yu is fouled, Fiorentina will also get a free kick opportunity on the side, wasting the interspersed running position of Tony and Fiore, and also wasted this opportunity.
Chen Yu understood this, and he knew that his assault should not only be successful, but also not fouled by Ebue.
But it is not easy to do this, Eboue not only has speed and skills, but also has a lot of experience, with Chen Yu's skills and physical fitness, it is not difficult to think about him, but it is not easy to give him the opportunity to foul.
Everyone stared at Chen Yu and Eboue to see if Chen Yu had any way to break through Arsenal's left-back Eboue this time, Eboue was already "no one in sight", and all his body and mind were also on Chen Yu's body, and he made up his mind to foul if he couldn't defend, but Chen Yu didn't seem to see it, and rushed to Eboue without slowing down with the ball, and he didn't slow down within ten meters.
Ebue saw that Chen Yu did not slow down, and was worried that Chen Yu was preparing to divide the ball, so he turned slightly to Chen Yu to reduce the time to turn around.
Within five meters, Chen Yu still didn't slow down, this time Ebue was a little confused, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Chen Yu's gourd, but there were two things for sure, one was that Chen Yu definitely wanted to break through his defense, and the other was that Chen Yu couldn't run over him, he just had to wait patiently for Chen Yu to make a move, at least he would have a chance to foul.
Within three meters, Chen Yu still didn't slow down, everyone thought that Chen Yu and Ebue would definitely collide together, because Chen Yu's speed was too fast, and there was almost no possibility of changing direction, even if he changed direction, the ball speed was so fast that Chen Yu would definitely not be able to catch the ball.
However, when he was less than two meters away from Eboue, Chen Yu stopped suddenly, and he stepped on the ball and turned around.
All players can do the action of stepping on the ball and turning around while running, but no one can do this action at such a fast speed like Chen Yu, because it is more than twice as difficult, but Chen Yu did it.
Eboue had no choice, no matter whether Chen Yu could complete this action or not, he could only reach out and foul, if he was passed by Chen Yu, he would not even have a chance to foul.
After the foul, Eboue also collided with Chen Yu, but Eboue never heard the referee's whistle, he was surprised to lie on the ground and turned his head to look, only to see Fiorentina's fullback Maggio didn't know when he hit the bottom line and was crossing.
It turned out that Chen Yu didn't have any intention of breaking through Eboue just now, he saw Macho's insertion, and then attracted all the attention, blocking Eboue's sight, but only stepped on the ball, let the ball roll past the two of them, and gave Macho a chance to cross.
This is a rare counterattack opportunity for Fiorentina, at the moment there are two players in the penalty area, and one Jorgensen is inserting, and Arsenal's defensive players are only four, because of the active and passive relationship, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, in the case of Arsenal leading, it is not easy to get such an offensive opportunity.
In this game, Maggio came off the bench, and the reason why he played as a substitute was because he attacked well, but the defense was not good, so Prandelli let Oujfarusi start at right-back, but in the first half, it was Arsenal who scored a goal at this point in Oujfarusi.
Ma Qiao was replaced in the middle of the field just to attack, of course he can't stay in the backfield, as long as he has the opportunity, he will definitely follow, so Chen Yu seems to be single-handed, in fact, Ma Qiao is the helper in the back.
Maggio's assists are as fast as his crosses arc down and occasionally get into the box to grab a point, and now when unguarded, his passes are almost as good as training, and he can find Toni in the middle of Arsenal's two centre-backs.
Accurate landing is extremely important for the point grabber, which means that the point grabber only needs to shoot and does not need to grab someone else's position, while the defender needs to grab his position.
Now Campbell and Toure have encountered a problem, Fiorentina striker Toni stood in a position, the ball almost passed to the top of his head, they wanted to clear the siege must squeeze Tony away, but Toni is 1.91 meters tall, weighs nearly 100 kilograms, and his body is at his peak, think about how easy it is to squeeze him out, but time waits for no one, but in an instant, the ball arrives, watching Tony almost jump up to head the goal, Toure was finally forced to push down Tony.
Referee Ivanov has long been observing the penalty area on the edge of the penalty area, just now he just saw Eboue foul, but because Maggio has almost gained the attack, according to the principle of attacking advantage, Ivanov did not blow the whistle, but now, Toure's foul has been unforgivable, he decisively blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot.
"Force!" The sound of the whistle was like a soul chaser and stunned all the Arsenal people, who understood what it meant, which meant not only a penalty, but also a lost chance to march to Paris.
The Fiorentina fans were so excited that almost everyone stood up, raised their arms and shouted, "Penalty!" Penalty kick! Penalty kick! ”
At that time, Toure was really helpless to push people, but after pushing people, the big black man also understood that the gaffe was serious, and immediately raised his hand and shouted Tony to fake fall, and saw that the referee did not award Tony to fake fall, but pointed to the penalty spot, he immediately ran over and shouted.
The rest of Arsenal's players also understood the importance of the penalty and rushed to Ivanov to pressure him to change the decision.
Wenger also stood on the sidelines in a daze, not saying a word, but the squashed water bottle in his hand showed his nervousness and helplessness.
However, Ivanov has just seen it very clearly, although Tony is also a little exaggerated, but now it is Fiorentina's home stadium, tens of thousands of fans chanting penalties in unison, under this pressure, Ivanov will never dare to make an unfair penalty.
Of course, the referee could not explain at this time, the explanation was useless, Ivanov did not say a word, just firmly pointed to the penalty spot, and gave Toure a yellow card.
Henry finally came over, after 150 minutes of battle with Fiorentina, he became more and more aware of the difficulty of this dark horse, they want to attack, few can block their defense, they want to defend, whoever wants to break through their defense will also have to pay the price, the team that can enter the semi-finals really has its own characteristics, just because Fiorentina is so difficult, Henry came to negotiate with the referee Ivanov knowing that Toure fouled, he didn't think that Ivanov could change the sentence, Instead, it is hoped that in the later decision, Ivanov can compensate Arsenal.
Henry is the most famous and prestigious of the 22 players on the scene, even if it is Chen Yu, although he has become famous in the past two years, he is still worse than Henry in terms of background, he came up to defend himself, Ivanov also has to give some face.
'Thier, this decision is non-negotiable, Toure fouled a real foul and ruined a chance for Luka. If you don't award a penalty, you can't play anymore. ”
Ivanov explained very sincerely, giving Henry enough face, you must know that in this case, questioning the authority of the referee's decision, it is not impossible for the irascible referee to give a yellow card, Henry's goal was also achieved, and he did not dwell too much, so he came to the front of goalkeeper Lehmann and said: "Hope is on you, Lehmann." ”
"I understand! I'll do my best! Lehmann's expression was both solemn and excited, this was the moment to test him and also to give him a chance to shine, as a goalkeeper, it's normal to not save a penalty, but to save is a hero, so the goalkeeper is much less under pressure at this time than the striker who takes the penalty.
At this time, Fiorentina's players are discussing the penalty decision, under normal circumstances, the penalty is Chen Yu's penalty, but today Toni lost a chance to score in the first half, and now he has created a penalty, Toni wants to come to the penalty to make up for it.
"Chen, I want to take this penalty." There was a hint of pleading in Tony's eyes.
Seeing Tony say that he wanted to take this penalty, Chen Yu groaned, he didn't want to take the opportunity to score this goal, he has scored 15 goals in the Champions League, the top scorer has long been stable, he is famous enough, and he doesn't need this penalty to be famous, he is worried that Tony will not be able to score this penalty, today Tony's feet are not smooth, and now he is eager to score, I am afraid that there will be problems, and if the penalty is not scored, Tony's mentality will be worse later, I am afraid it will not work. What's more, now that the game is only thirty minutes away, Fiorentina has few chances, and Chen Yu doesn't dare to give Tony to let him take risks.
"Luca! I'll do it anyway. This was arranged by the coach. Chen Yu could only refuse Tony's plea at this time.
There was a hint of disappointment in Tony's eyes, and he didn't say anything, just bowed his head and walked away.
Chen Yu came to the penalty spot with a solemn expression, set the ball, and waited for the whistle of the referee Ivanov.
When Lyman saw Chen Yu taking the penalty, he seemed to stand on the left side defiantly, pointing to the right side of his own concession, wanting to fight psychological warfare against Chen Yu.
Force! Referee Ivanov's whistle sounded, Chen Yu ran a short distance, and vigorously pumped the ball to the right side of the goal, that is, the direction of Lehmann's finger, but Chen Yu's shooting force was too large, Lehmann judged the right direction, and also saved in advance, but still failed to touch the ball, the ball smashed heavily in the net and bounced on Lehmann's back.
1:1
Chen Yu scored a penalty to equalize the score.
It was a penalty, but it was not easy to score under such pressure, and it was a penalty that could have made or break the game. There were cheers and applause like a tsunami, everyone cheered for Chen Yu as if they had scored a beautiful goal, and the Fiorentina players in addition to the goalkeeper and Tony also ran over and hugged Chen Yu tightly.
Prandelli finally broke out after the goal, he was standing on the sidelines, and at this time he couldn't help but rush to the bench and hugged the substitutes who rushed out.