Chapter 166: First Goal
On April 28, the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals finally arrived.
Bayern Munich vs Arsenal.
Before the official start of the game, the managers of both sides stated their goals in a press conference, which is to fight for the Champions League final. It's all come to this point, and no one will take the initiative to show weakness.
Today's lineup for Bayern Munich is 4231,
Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer,
Back: Kimmich, Boateng, Alphonso, Davies.
Midfielders: Goretzka, Thiago, Gnabry, Muller, Perisic.
Frontcourt: Lewandowski.
Arsenal are 433.
Goalkeeper: Leno.
Back: Tierney, Gabriel, Saliba, Ben White.
Midfielders: Thomas, Foss, Ronaldo.
Front: Saka, Haaland, Equation
In the locker room,
Arsene Wenger also stressed to the equation: "You don't have to go back to defend today, no matter what happens behind us, we just need you to stay in front and be ready to attack, and Haaland will work with you." Go and tear apart Bayern's defence, we have to get our tickets to the final today!! ”
Seeing Wenger's tone of voice so serious, the equation nodded seriously and replied: "I have no problem!" I also believe that our destiny must be in our own hands, and Bayern Munich is not unbeatable! ”
Subsequently, the players from both sides came to the stadium passage, and the equation glanced at the Bayern lineup opposite and found that there was no one with a familiar face.
In addition to Bayern's left wing-back Perisic, he remembers this man as an Inter Milan player. Perisic is on loan to Bayern Munich this season, and although he is in his thirties, the Croatian is still very good!
In the 2018 World Cup final, Perisic played a huge role in helping the team score a goal in the final. Although it was a defensive counter-attack that lost to France in the end, his role was unquestionable.
Originally, when Mourinho was still at Manchester United, he wanted to buy Perisic to replace Manchester United's Anthony Martial, but Inter Milan did not agree to the transfer because of the disagreement of millions of euros.
In the end, it turned out that Mourinho's vision was indeed not wrong, Perisic was indeed more powerful than Martial, Perisic not only won the World Cup runner-up, but also achieved good results on loan at Bayern Munich.
If Manchester United hadn't skimped on those millions of euros, maybe they wouldn't have had to take so many detours over the years
Then the equation glanced at it, withdrew his gaze, and then chatted with Saka and Haaland.
So I didn't notice that Perisic also looked over.
Because, when Perisic was still in Inter Milan last season, he often heard the sports media of Milan City say that Inter Milan's owner Zhang Shaoye wanted to introduce the equation more, and Inter's championship puzzle was missing this piece and so on.
Now, Perisic has finally seen the real person, and I don't know if it is because the head coach has emphasized the role of the opponent on the field before, and has done a special defensive targeting, which makes him feel that the opponent does look a little different, which is impossible to ignore.
Gnabry, who was next to him, did not go to say hello to Arsenal, who have gone through several squad changes and now have no players he knows.
After seeing Arsene Wenger coming, Gnabry took the initiative to say hello
When Wenger saw Gnabry, he only felt a little touched in his heart.
Gnabry has certainly played well for Bayern Munich in recent years and now it seems that he made the right decision to leave Arsenal and return to the Bundesliga in those years.
If Gnabry chooses to stay at Arsenal, perhaps his talent will be delayed.
However, to Wenger's good fortune and emotion, Arsenal have now finally regained their strength and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League again.
Whether Arsenal can regain their former glory depends on this night!
Soon, players from both sides walked out of the court passage.
Today, the Allianz Arena was packed and full of 70,000 fans, a crowd like this can only be seen in the national derbies of the Bundesliga.
After the group photo, Equation exchanged team flags with Neuer as captain, and then in the rules of guessing the coin, Bayern Munich got the ball.
"them up! We are the kings of North London! ”
"They have to smash their Premier League No. 1 halo!"
Amid the shouts of the home fans, Bayern took possession first.
In this regard, Arsenal's formation pounced instantly. In the face of the opening scramble, Bayern Munich showed their essence as the Bundesliga giants, and started to reverse the ball at the back with ease.
It was only after Arsenal had exhausted the first few minutes that Bayern were ready to attack in full force.
However, even if his teammates slowed down the pace of the grab, the equation still ran wildly in Bayern's half, just chasing the football.
Neuer was in front of the goal, received a return pass from his teammates, and saw the opponent's No. 10 running wildly. He was calm and looked like he was about to pass the ball, but it was actually a fake faux dunk that shook the Arsenal player to the ground in an instant.
The home fans immediately burst into applause, and many people immediately burst into laughter.
In this scene, I felt that Arsenal's No. 10 was too stupid and stupid, and he was actually shaken to the ground by the goalkeeper.
In this regard, the equation immediately got up from the ground, embarrassed? He doesn't think so!
As long as there is the slightest chance, he will give it a try!
It doesn't matter if it's funny or not. The important thing is to win the game!
Wenger couldn't help but smile helplessly when he saw this scene, "If you don't let him come back to defend, he will defend in the opponent's half, how can you say that he is good."
In response, Arteta, who was next to him, said: "That's his style of play, good and bad"
Two minutes later, Equation was again joined by Erling Haaland for Thiago.
However, Thiago's ability was well-rounded, and he quickly unleashed an elegant Marseille maneuver that instantly avoided the side of the equation.
The equation pounced and slipped and fell to the ground.
This time he fell a little painfully, and there was no way to get up quickly to chase after him.
Fortunately, Haaland chased Thiago all the way and did not let Thiago pass the threatening ball.
At this point, the equation is still on the ground. The referee turned his head to take a look, and the equation slowly stood up, looking like he had fallen enough.
Many home fans laughed happily in the stands,
"Is this the heart of Arsenal's attack? He looks so embarrassed! ”
"If you want me to say, if you can't grab it, don't grab it, don't hurt yourself"
"This poor and stubborn little guy, sure enough, we Thiago are really too powerful!"
Saka ran back to the half, and as he passed the equation, he asked: "Is there anything to captain?" ”
Equation nodded indifferently, "OK!" ”
Saka breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to the defense.
Equation narrowed his eyes, and he didn't know if his clumsy performance had confused his opponent.
But in the next second, he didn't know whether he had confused his opponent or not.
Because Saka's return had an unexpectedly good effect, stabbing the ball at Muller's feet from behind.
The ball rolled in front of Fox and he passed neatly to Ronaldo, who was in the best position and was unmarked.
In this regard, Ronaldo decisively passed the ball with a big foot!
I saw that the parabola brought up by the football instantly crossed the middle line and fell to Bayern Munich's half.
At this moment, the noise of the outside world seems to be instantly isolated from the spiritual world by consciousness!
In the eyes of the equation, only the falling trajectory of the football remains, turning around and running, as fast as lightning!!
"Beautiful!"
"Good pass! The equation didn't come back, he just stayed in the front field!! ”
"Bayern Munich is careless! It was a quick counter-attack from Arsenal!! Will Boateng be able to keep this ball down?! ”
Although Bayern's backfield looks flat, there are still Boateng and Alphonso, and full-back Davies is fast and is frantically returning to the defense!
The equation found itself at a glance that it did not have a chance to single the ball,
However, he still chose to stop and take the trip!
It is to use speed to eat the last line of defense of Bayern Munich!
The whole Allianz Stadium was in an uproar, and it has only been eight minutes, is Arsenal about to score a goal?
Boateng immediately chased after him.
After Messi's famous scene of being shaken down, Boateng has summed up his defensive experience against speedy players.
That kind of mistake no one wants to experience a second time! It was as if he had been nailed to a pillar of shame and whipped repeatedly.
So this time,
In the face of the equation's throw, Boateng desperately moved his long legs, trying to block the angle of the shot in advance before the equation shot.
It's his responsibility as a defender and he has to do it well!
"Oh no, this ball of the equation is too big! He was only running down the flank, and Boateng and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer had already sealed his shot! ”
"Later, there were also Bayern people who were defending back, how should he choose!"
All the spectators were holding their breath and staring at the Arsenal 10 players.
If the equation could be explained, he just wanted to ask, did he really make this big ball?
Not really!
Before touching the ball, the equation was already in the right-hand corner area outside the Bayern penalty area.
Boateng was chasing after him, and he saw the moment and quickly stretched out his foot to block the last bit of the shot!
This is the time!
The equation is very sophisticated, and he uses a running posture to cover his shooting movements! The left foot hit the door very hidden, and I saw that the ankle was twisted, which brought out full strength.
The football turned into an afterimage, like a cold arrow, instantly piercing the gap between Boateng's feet, and the speed did not decrease, and then slashed through Neuer's front toes!
In the next second, the football has hit the far corner of the goal,
The score is 0:1!!
Boateng appeared to follow the attacking player in the box,
But the truth is that the equation has already figured out the angle of the door!
When Boateng blocked Neuer's view, he suddenly pierced the gap between his feet, and when the football passed through, Neuer had no time to react at all!
"Beautiful! Arsenal take the lead! Be the first to score!! ”
"It's been a fantastic start! This is Bayern Munich's home stadium! ”
Equation showed the most healing smile, and when he ran to the sidelines, he put his right hand to his ear, as if asking others, why is there no sound in Bayern's home stadium??
The home fans were stunned in the stands.
They actually fell behind by one goal, what's going on? Especially the person who scored the goal, the performance in the first few minutes of the game, that is called a clumsy funny!
A series of incredulous eyes focused on Arsenal's No. 10.
"It's fake! Why didn't Boateng stop this?? ”
"! It's offside! The number 10 was already offside when he received the ball! Hurry up and blow this ball out, blind referee. ”
"We've been fooled! That kid's performance just now was a deliberate, dirty goal. ”
The domestic audience saw this goal and instantly became excited.
It seems that everyone is worried in vain. The equation was not singled down by Kim Kardashian!
This conceded goal completely made Bayern Munich's players not react.
Perisic and Gnabry were still in midfield, and they glanced at each other, and both could see the other's surprise.
Just now, Boateng just chased it in place, but he was still scored a goal.
Lewandowski stepped up at this point, shouting out to his teammates to get back into their seats.
I didn't blame any of my teammates for making mistakes, but I wanted to hurry up and attack!
"Our goal is the championship! This goal was just a surprise!! ”
Lewandowski patted the team emblem on his chest and made a deafening sound to his teammates.
But
In fact, there is no need for Lewandowski to shout like this, Bayern Munich was indeed not defeated by this one goal.
On many occasions in the league, they have the experience of conceding goals first and then winning games.
After all, it is the king of Nanda, sometimes they are invincible for a long time, and there will be negligence, anyway, they are so strong that they can win in the end.
Dortmund was ten points ahead in the first place in the league before, and Bayern was able to catch up and finally win the Bundesliga championship!
That's what the Bundesliga hegemony is all about!
Coach Flick didn't feel anxious either, just shouted to the pitch to tell Boateng not to care about the goal.
"Kick well, we'll win!"
In the fifteenth minute, Bayern won a free-kick in front, Thiago took the penalty and found Boateng in the box.
Narrowly enough, Boateng leaped high into the crowd, but the ball flew off the crossbar and nearly made amends.
In this regard, Bayern Munich's defense did not retreat, and remained in Arsenal's half to continue to maintain high pressure. This oppressive force is very threatening! Soon, Muller stole the ball on the flank, and he suddenly found Lewandowski in the middle with a diagonal kick.
In this regard, Lewandowski turned the ball around, because the opponent was negligent and did not defend closely, and the next second, he kicked a low shot from outside the penalty area!
The ball bounced into the penalty area and instantly drilled into the bottom right corner of the goal!
The score is 1:1!!
Lewandowski laughed,
He ran to the sidelines, and also pretended to put his hands to his ears, as if to ask why the cheers on the court were not very loud.
The Bayern teammates instantly pounced on them with excitement and celebrated at home.
It was too easy for them! Never worried about scoring goals. This is the embodiment of strength.
So there is no problem at all in giving Arsenal a goal ahead
(End of chapter)