In the first 10 minutes of the game, Arsenal played conservatively, and the attacking players did not have a strong impact on Villarreal's penalty area, relying on some crosses and threatening ball deliveries to see the opponent's defensive awareness and defensive strategy.

Thierry Henry struggled to get chances in the box and didn't create any threat.

It was Qin Xiong who was shown off by Riquelme.

In the 8th minute of the game, Riquelme controlled the ball in the front court and tried to get rid of Qin Xiong, and after knocking the ball continuously with his left and right feet, he pulled the ball and then changed direction to get rid of it, which did make Qin Xiong very embarrassed and was wiped by him.

If Zidane is a succinct and chic way to simplify the complex and return to the basics, then Riquelme's agility and getting rid of the unexpected are even stronger.

Qin Xiong saw the opportunity for Riquelme to pull the ball behind him, and used the advantage of his physical confrontation ability to be significantly stronger than his opponent to crush Riquelme.

But he really didn't expect Riquelme to turn around and pull the ball was premeditated, not because his own defense forced Riquelme to passively protect the ball.

This made Qin Xiong, who had the advantage in defense, take the lead in losing the center of gravity of his body and gave Riquelme a chance to break through.

Qin Xiong suffered a loss and immediately remembered it.

Fortunately, Arsenal's defensive system has been honed very tacitly, even if Riquelme passes Qin Xiong, the lack of speed of attacking impact makes him still have to face Arsenal's tight back and back line, and then risk feeding Forlan cannonballs and was finally intercepted by Senderos.

In the 11th minute of the game, Qin Xiong returned Riquelme a breakthrough in the front court.

His brilliance is not as skillful and agile as Riquelme's, but rather a simple and brutal use of explosive power!

Lao Tzu is faster than you, and the explosion is stronger than you!

Defy?

I'll talk about catching up!

One trip. One stroke. Riquelme was left behind by Qin Xiong. Then Riquelme himself stopped and looked at Qin Xiong's back, as if he didn't care at all.

After Qin Xiongpan came to the front court with the football, he delivered a straight plug before entering the danger zone.

He knows that the closer he gets to his opponent's danger zone, the tighter and farther his opponent's defense becomes, but the opponent's vigilance is not strong.

It's a mental consideration.

Because when there is a lot of space, Villarreal's defenders will not focus on Qin Xiong, they will look left and right to observe the movement of his teammates around Qin Xiong. Possible threat runs and then defensive adjustments.

Qin Xiong took advantage of this time to make a pass that was close to the ground.

The ball rolled between Senna and Tacinadi and then past Alvarez, who was about to intercept it, but Henry stabbed the ball forward faster and then strode into the box!

Single Knife Ball!

The Arsenal fans in the Highbury stands cheered for Henry, and they were also amazed by Qin Xiong's pleasing close-to-the-ground straight shot!

Everyone waited for Henry to put the ball into the Villarreal goal, but in the box, Henry pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal, but the ball bounced off the post.

Henry held his head in the box in disbelief.

He felt that the shot just now was going to go in, but he didn't expect to be turned away by the goal!

Qin Xiong saw Henry's shot bounce off the post, and after Villarreal left wing-back Aruba Barrena controlled the ball, he turned and ran backwards. The complexion is as usual.

Pellegrini, a Chilean engineer on the sidelines, frowned, he had heard of Qin Xiong's prestige. I have also studied and analyzed Qin Xiong's game, but it is the first time that I have really watched him from the sidelines and seen him create an offensive threat in the game!

I almost killed the yellow submarine!

The defense doesn't look like there's anything wrong with it.

But it was easily penetrated, and Qin Xiong's sense of rhythm in the game was too good.

Villarreal is very defensive-oriented due to the hidden dangers at the back and the fact that it is an away game.

In line with La Liga's attacking style, Villarreal have relied solely on the Fran-Marie-Riquelme trio in attack, which in itself is a sign of weakness and conservatism.

However, in the absence of wing offensive support, the most important thing for Villarreal's attack is to create an attack in the middle, which is Riquelme!

Arsenal showed the speed of attacking in both the double win over Real Madrid and the defeat of Juventus.

It's this kind of speed threat that makes Pellegrini not dare to easily let the wide players assist as well.

If you go up, you won't be able to come back!

Now it remains to see what kind of attacking situation Riquelme can create for the team.

Qin Xiong eats a trench and grows wise.

When defending against Riquelme again, he was very cool-headed.

Ren Riquelme's skills played with his feet, and he was unmoved.

He used his speed advantage to maintain the frontal defence, and Riquelme dribbled laterally and he moved laterally.

Riquelme retreated, and instead of following, he relaxed.

Only when Riquelme actually breaks through the ball forward, will he have an offensive and defensive duel with Riquelme.

This drove Riquelme a little mad.

Qin Xiong is too stable!

Unlike other excellent players who have defended by Qin Xiong, other players may have the ability to move forward, when Qin Xiong can't defend head-on, he has to turn around, even if Qin Xiong is fast, it can be counted as the time lost to turn around, of course he can't be close to the opponent after turning around when defending head-on.

There are also opponents who use a lot of running positions to confuse Qin Xiong's defensive prediction, so as to achieve the goal of getting rid of Qin Xiong.

It's just that Riquelme is too static!

He is not fast, and there is little confusion in the running position, he belongs to the classical forward midfielder who walks and kicks, if he encounters a defender who is strong in defense but not stable in consciousness, then he will induce the opponent to hand over the center of gravity first, and then he can easily break through the opponent to achieve the purpose of partially tearing the defense, and then form a chain reaction that leads to the whole body, creating wonderful shooting opportunities for the striker.

Riquelme had to pass the ball prematurely in front of Qin Xiong, but Villarreal's attack seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, unable to move an inch.

Arsenal's backline is extremely tight, and after compressing the opponent's attacking space, the yellow submarine is like hitting a reef, and it is difficult to drive into the Arsenal penalty area.

It can be said that this is a duel between South America's free and romantic style of football and European strict and disciplined football!

Arsenal relied on tactical execution to contain Villarreal to the maximum!

But containment is only the basics, this is Highbury, it's the Champions League semi-finals, Arsenal have to win! (To be continued......)