Chapter 138: Xiao Qing's performance time
Arsenal counter-attacked quickly, and this time Arsenal continued to use Theo Walcott's pace to look for opportunities. And Fabregas, who has been performing very average because of injuries in this game, found an opportunity at this time, because he was injured, so he has not retreated too deeply, and now when it comes to counterattacking, he is naturally able to make faster choices and get more opportunities.
Walcoat completely crushed Barcelona full-back Maxwell, he was powerless against Walcott's speed, and although he had tried his best, Walcott once again began to cut inside into the box. Walcott knocked the ball in the penalty area to Fabregas, who followed up, and the small French smashed the ball in the penalty area and dodged the empty foot; But at this time, the Barcelona captain Puyol, who was chasing back, couldn't do anything at all, he could only do his best to obey God's fate, of course, it may be some luck.
Puyol's tackle behind Cesc Fabregas was a lethal foul in desperation, a definite foul in the box. Although the Barcelona players saw Fabregas screaming and falling, it was very layered and began to perform different divisions of labor, some protested, some tried to pull Fabregas up, and of course more innocently interceded for Puyol.
In the boos at the Emirates Stadium, the Barcelona captain was directly sent off by the referee with a red card, which was definitely a huge blow to Barcelona; Puyol was sent off, which not only means that Arsenal now get a penalty opportunity to equalize, but also means that Barcelona's two main defenders will be banned in the second leg!
Seeing Fabregas sitting on the grass and patting his legs, Xiao Qing felt that something was wrong; Xiaofa did have some injuries before this game, and he can be said to have played with injuries in this game. But now it looks like things are far beyond Arsenal's expectations. Xiaofa's injuries seem to be too severe.
"Dude. You okay. You helped the team get the penalty and now you can't go down. 'Cesc Fabregas was being treated on the sidelines and it looked like he was really hurt.
"It looks like I might not be able to hold on anymore, unfortunately. I'd love to help Arsenal do better, but it's really hard for me to keep going. This time the injury was much worse than I expected, and maybe this game could be a Zuihou game for me this season. Fabregas's words made Xiao Qing completely dumbfounded, as players, they are basically able to know the general situation of some injuries, and it seems that the current Xiaofa is really not optimistic about this injury. It's not just Xiao Qing who is dumbfounded now. There is also Arsene Wenger.
It would have been a great opportunity for Arsenal to create a penalty and they had a chance to equalise and they had a chance to keep their chance of progressing to the semi-finals. But the price Arsenal paid in this game seems to be too heavy, counting Cesc Fabregas, who is the third Arsenal player to go off injured in this game; Galla, Arshavin, Cesc Fabregas, this is definitely the most painful game that Arsenal don't want to see.
Eboue replaced Cesc Fabregas and all three of Arsenal's substitutions were used for injuries; Even if the equalizer in this game is quite a price for Arsenal, the current Arsenal fans are not only expecting Xiao Qing to score a penalty to help Arsenal equalize, but also hope that the injuries of these Arsenal players will not be too serious.
Xiao Qing doesn't care about other things now, and now he needs to seize this penalty opportunity. For Xiao Qing, only scoring this penalty can be worthy of Fabregas's efforts, and only by scoring this penalty can he score this penalty. Then Arsenal will be able to find hope of progressing to the semi-finals.
Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés on the goal line stared at Xiao Qing viciously, and Valdés, who kept waving his arms, tried to completely put pressure on Xiao Qing in terms of momentum. But Xiao Qing in front of the penalty spot had no pressure, and he was still waving to the fans in the stands a little relaxed even at this time.
In March 2007, Thierry Henry came off the bench in the Champions League against PSV Eindhoven in his Zuihou game at Arsenal; When he returned here, three years later, the huge banner in the stands still made it clear that this was his home. Three years later he came off the bench again, and this time against his favourite team.
Thirty-two-year-old Henry stood outside the forbidden area, looking at him affectionately, and it was his twenty-two-year-old shadow.
Thierry Henry is no longer the Gunners, he is no longer at his peak, but here he sees an unfamiliar number on the most familiar shirt, and it seems to replicate everything he has tried to do at Arsenal.
The referee blew the whistle, and Xiao Qing stepped twelve yards in front of the goal; Valdés swooped down into the bottom right corner of the net, and when it came to penalties, a lot of the time it was more about luck. And this time Valdés was unlucky, not only did he not judge the direction of Xiao Qing's shot, but even became a supporting role in a classic moment.
Although Xiao Qing only stepped into the front of the goal twelve yards suddenly, although Xiao Qing picked up his right foot to shoot; But when Valdés flew to save, Xiao Qing's right foot was also lightly shoveled at the bottom of the ball. Everyone was dumbfounded, including the Barcelona players, including the Arsenal players, and even the Arsenal fans.
After a short period of dead silence, when I saw Xiao Qing scoring a spoon penalty kick at such a tense moment, the Emirates Stadium erupted in crazy cheers, two to two!
Xiao Qing didn't even have time to celebrate after the goal, and at the eruption of the Emirates Stadium, the crazy Gunners players rushed up to hug Xiao Qing and celebrated. Arsenal was suppressed too hard in this game, but now Xiao Qing's goal helped the team equalize; In particular, such a very confident spoon goal has boosted the confidence of Arsenal's players. 2 to 2, although Arsenal is still relatively weak, but such a score is still very promising for Arsenal; After Arsenal paid a huge price for this game, the Gunners finally took their destiny into their hands!
Barca's players were undoubtedly frustrated at this time, as Xiao Qing's brace had wiped out their majority of absolute superiority in the game, and perhaps the only consolation Barca could get now was that they had two away goals. It's just that the current Barcelona players may be too optimistic, because Arsenal, who equalised, will not be satisfied with this, because they want to do better.
Of course, Barcelona is not satisfied with being equalized by Arsenal, and Barcelona, who has the initiative and advantage for most of the game, hopes to score again in the Zuihou moment of the game to seal the victory of the game, and they once again began to besiege Arsenal's goal with full confidence; But this big attack was a nightmare for Barcelona, or the second half of this game was an absolute nightmare for them.
Barcelona tried to counterattack at the Zuihou moment of the game, and Messi also began to strengthen his individual attack more in the game; In this game, he has been completely suppressed by Xiao Qing's performance, and for Messi, he is undoubtedly completely inferior in this game. So Barcelona needs to fight back at this time, and Messi needs to show his strength at this time.
Xavi made a steady break through Alexandre Song, but just as he tried to pass to Messi in front of the penalty area, Eboue's sliding tackle touched the ball slightly. When the attention of the players of the two teams was more focused on the control of the ball, Xiao Qing turned around directly and began to run wildly. Nasri controlled the ball first, and there was no hesitation at all, because he saw Xiao Qing rushing towards the midfield quickly.
Facing the ball that rolled quickly against the turf, Xiao Qing gently flicked the ball forward; Xiao Qing, who caught up with the ball, slammed the ball and changed direction, and Barcelona defender Busquets suddenly had some disposition; Using his speed, Xiao Qing quickly broke through Busquets and killed the half.
The atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium is even hotter, although Barcelona's defenders are hurriedly returning to defense, but Xiao Qing's current opportunity is also very good, because Barcelona's fullbacks have not completely recovered their assists for the time being, because Xiao Qing is actually quite good at such long-distance runs.
Because Puyol was sent off, there is now one less person in the Barcelona backline; Pikepi's speed is not good compared to Xiao Qing, so he is also very smart and constantly regressing, he hopes to stop Xiao Qing near the penalty area; As for harassing Xiao Qing, it's up to the other Barcelona players.
Pi Dashao still underestimated Xiao Qing's speed, and Xiao Qing, who threw off Busquets and entered the front court, felt that there was a flat river in front of him, and Xiao Qing at this time only needed to be faster.
Pi Dashao, who had no way to retreat in front of the big penalty area, finally forced to come up, and Alves also quickly stepped forward to respond; But in the face of Pi Dashao, who was getting closer and closer, Xiao Qing did not slow down at all. In the frantic cheers of the Arsenal fans, Xiao Qing forcibly broke through from Pi Dashao's side and entered the penalty area, and suddenly swept the ball away from Alves, who was making up for the defense; Xiao Qing directly volleyed!
Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés didn't expect Xiao Qing to choose to shoot at all, because at this time, Xiao Qing basically completely threw off all the defenders, and continuing to break through with the ball was obviously a more confident single knife. But now that Xiao Qing has shot the goal, Valdés is naturally a little flustered; Although Valdés made as many saves as Zuihou as he could, he was half a beat slower and still broke down and watched the ball fly past his arm and into the net! (To be continued......)