With Angel Di Maria's goal giving Arsenal a two-goal lead, it wasn't long before the referee blew the whistle for the end of half-time.

With a two-goal lead, after returning to the locker room, Arsenal naturally had a more relaxed and happy atmosphere, and even the always dull little brother Ma was talking and laughing with Di Maria, and even jokingly looking for Chen Mo, saying that they would go to eat hot pot together during the Olympics in two months.

However, the opponent is Liverpool after all.

In the Champions League last season, Liverpool was three goals behind AC Milan in the first leg, chased three goals in the second leg, and finally turned the penalty shootout into a reversal master!

Facing this team, whether it is Chen Mo or Wenger, they dare not open champagne at half-time.

Arsene Wenger, in particular, even made a rare face to make the players concentrate and talk about the tactical arrangement without giving time to relax and rest.

The atmosphere at Arsenal was relaxed and tense, but Liverpool were left with only tension.

Trailing by two goals at half-time, it was still at their home turf.

There is no doubt that the current situation is very bad for Liverpool, but the score is not the key yet, the key is the tactical system!

Liverpool has a strong cohesion and has played many famous games, but after Arsenal changed formations, Liverpool, who had no way to deal with it, could not find a direction!

They can only attack now, but the question is, how?

Liverpool's backhand for this game is to press the two fullbacks and bomb with 45-degree crosses, but now Arsenal's offensive firepower on both sides is so fierce that the Liverpool fullbacks can't press it at all!

Of course, there is no such thing as a perfect formation in this world.

Arsenal's current formation is not without its problems.

Bale's defensive ability is indeed not strong, let the winger with strong one-on-one breakthrough ability to target the blast, and at the same time the fullback dragged behind to defend steadily, Arsenal's system was broken.

But herein lies the problem.

Liverpool don't have a top-class wide blaster.

Neither Fagerald Jr., nor Torres is a one-on-one blaster, they can't create a lot of threat on the flanks!

Against Liverpool, Bale played at full-back, not only to play a strong attacking firepower, but also to cover up the lack of defense!

If Liverpool don't solve Bale, the two wings will not be liberated, the two wings will not be able to press, and the threat that the high points Crouch and Sissoko can provide will be reduced!

The staffing was already restrained by Arsenal, and the incident happened suddenly, and for a while, Liverpool's manager Benitez couldn't think of a way at all, so he could only keep emphasizing attacking and attacking.

Emphasis on attack, but lack of a well-formed tactical arrangement, as the second half began, Liverpool began to play more and more savagely.

All kinds of big openings and closings, physical confrontation.

Still, it didn't work.

It's not that Arsenal is a group of bandits in the team, and they are not very afraid of confrontation, the main thing is .

Although this game is a match between two Premier League teams, the referee blows loosely, but after all, it is still the Champions League.

In the key offensive stage, such as Chen Mo's previous battle with Gerrard, such as Reese's side and Bale, these balls can be blown in La Liga and Bundesliga, but in order to maintain the smoothness of watching the game and make the audience feel good, the referee blew it loosely.

However, these are all critical moments, critical moments that can make the audience excited, and usually when there is no obvious offensive opportunity, the scale given by the referee is not so big.

The scale of the scramble is not large, but Liverpool, who did not have the corresponding tactics, could only make a miracle vigorously, less than seven minutes into the second half, Sissoko was issued a yellow card for shining spikes when fighting with the little brother, and the more exaggerated thing happened in the 73rd minute of the game.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Gerrard's long-range shot was saved, and the Arsenal goalkeeper sent a bocce ball to Bale, who was on the right side.

Counterattack!

Bale ran wildly with the ball, but as soon as he crossed the halfway line, he was brought down by a side-by-side scissor-foot slippery tackle from Alonso!

Scissor kicks are very easy to hurt people, and Liverpool has been increasing physical confrontation for more than 20 minutes in the first minute, and the smell of gunpowder on both sides is already very strong.

In the end, under the siege of Chen Mo and others, the referee showed a yellow card to Alonso.

And as soon as this yellow card came out, the Liverpool fans in the stands and Benist on the sidelines completely exploded!

Especially Benister, this fat man rushed directly to the fourth official and scolded wildly!

Yes, direct scolding!

He doesn't care if he will be sent off the field or anything now, and as soon as Alonso's yellow card is eaten, they Liverpool have already ended their Champions League journey this year.

The reason is very simple, Xiaofa is a pure attacking player, Gerrard is an attacking player, and only Alonso can play as a positive midfielder.

A large part of Liverpool's midfield hardness needs Alonso to provide, but he has now received a yellow card, and Chen Mo is a midfielder who likes physical confrontation very much.

How can Liverpool's midfielders defend against Chen Mo now?

Gerrard can't prevent it, and Xiaofa can't prevent it.

Originally, the side couldn't bear it, but now there are still problems in the middle, and they are two goals behind, and then unless a miracle happens, or Chen Mo's mind is filled with champagne by AC Milan, Liverpool is gone.

Things were going about the same as Benist thought.

After Alonso received a yellow card, Chen Mo was unforgiving, and frantically asked for the ball in the middle to find Alonso to match.

Alonso, who was carrying a yellow card, couldn't prevent Chen Mo at all, and Gerrard could only receive the middle to help defend inside, and after Gerrard adducted, Arsenal's two wings were completely alive.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Marcelo seized the opportunity to go down the left wing, attracted Liverpool right-back Finnan, and then knocked the ball back to Thierry Henry on the left side of the Liverpool arc.

At a distance of about twenty-five meters from the goal, in the exclamation of the fans, Henry directly volleyed with his right foot without stopping the ball!

The strength was so great that Henry, who had finished the volley, almost fell to the ground!

And such a terrifying heavy artillery bombardment also directly penetrated the upper right corner of the Liverpool goal!

Four to one!

After the goal, Henry was completely excited, and rushed to the corner with his head covered by his clothes!

Super excited!

Not only because of the big lead, but also because Henry hasn't scored such a key goal for a long time!

Yes, due to injury, Thierry Henry has played sixteen games so far this season and has scored just seven goals in total.

The decline in form, coupled with the fact that he has already won a career Grand Slam, has been hit both physically and mentally, and it is honestly difficult for Henry to get much joy out of football now.

It hurts to kick the ball, and if you score, it doesn't matter if you play an ordinary game, he Henry has scored too many goals in his life.

However, this is the semi-final of the Champions League!

Even if Henry is now a Buddhist, he is still very excited to score in this kind of game!

Blindfolded his head and rushed to the corner kick to slide and kneel, there is no doubt that the whole talent just slipped halfway, and they flew to the ground against Chen Mo, and the atmosphere at the whole corner was very lively.

Arsenal are rejoicing, while Liverpool are dead on the other.

One by one, they all looked at the turf, especially Xiaofa, after stepping on the turf on their toes, they glanced at Chen Mo at the corner kick, and their eyes were full. Helpless.

To be honest, he was really helpless.

Midfielders like Gerrard Lamp de Vieira have been suppressed by Chen Mo for three or four years so far, and his Xiaofa has been suppressed by Chen Mo since he was 12 years old, which is really uncomfortable.

But football is like that, some people are happy and some people are sad.

Not long after, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game as Gerrard's long-range shot from the top of the arc flew into the stands.

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[The Times: Four to one!] Champions League semi-finals Arsenal win away to Liverpool! This year's Arsenal are still unstoppable! Is Chen Mo going to win the third Champions League trophy of his career?! 】

[The Telegraph: Rijkaard in an interview: "I watched the game. To be honest, I think I'm lucky that I wasn't in the same era as Little Merson, otherwise the Pampas Eagle wouldn't be the black swan but the pampas eagle that kids are chasing now (laughs). He's a real phenomenon and if you've ever watched him play, he's clearly very different from other players. Whether it's personal ability, leadership ability, or learning ability.

Yes, the ability to learn, I have known him since I was very young. At that time he was only 14 years old and was in the youth training at La Masia. I still remember when I was in charge of Barcelona and there was no Deco in the team, there was no Davies and so on, there was a lack of midfielders.

My assistant said to me at the time, "It's a pity, if he was two years older, we wouldn't have had to go out and buy any more players", and that kid was Xiao Mo, and all the fans in the whole Barcelona area knew about him at the time.

Unfortunately, he left Barça. To be honest, I've thought more than once that if we had kept him, maybe I'd still be coaching at Barcelona now (laughs)"]

[BBC Sport: Angel Di Maria in post-match interview: 'Of course, it was great for us to beat Liverpool 4-1 away. That means we have a solid foundation for the second leg. The best teammate of the game? Haha, everyone was doing great.

Captain? Oh, of course, Xiao Mo's play was as consistent as ever, and his key assist in the first half was also important, he was our pillar and as long as he was on the pitch, we felt invincible.

National? Of course, every Argentine idolizes Mr. Diego, and I'm looking forward to working with him, and I think the whole world is looking forward to Diego and Mo, oh, yes, Leo.

In my opinion, the three of them together can lead any team to victory, they are the best in the world. ”】

There is no doubt that after the Champions League semi-finals, Arsenal, who defeated Liverpool 4-1 and stepped into the Champions League final with half a foot, became the focus of the media again.

However, Chen Mo did not pay too much attention to this aspect.

The team's results this year are indeed good, but actually.

To be honest, in Chen Mo's view, the competitiveness of the Champions League this season is obviously not as high as before.

Yes, just like after the aging of Messi's Magic Flute generation in 22 years, football has also entered a relatively weak period.

After Zidane, Ronaldo, Ronaldo and Henry Viola are old and retired, European football has also fallen into a low period.

In this era, the older generation of Serie A heroes have withered because of the phonegate incident, the new generation of Habaib has not yet taken shape, Ramos is still playing fullback, Chelsea has not won the first Champions League in team history, Bayern Universe's Muller has not yet played in the first team, and even Bayern itself has no Champions League place this season, and Real Madrid, which has won the Champions League three times in a row, has not even taken Florentino.

It can be said that the 06-08 season is a window period in football, and it was not until the opening of Dream 3 in 08 and Messi that football entered a new era. At that time, Aguero, Suarez, Neymar, Benzema, Ronaldo, Magic Flute, Muller and a large number of post-85s, post-90s can be regarded as truly stepping on the stage of history.

There is no doubt that it is better to get honors in this window period.

In the mouth of Ronaldo fans, Ronaldo led the team to win the Champions League in the 0708 season, and then this guy who led the team to win the Champions League went to the stronger Real Madrid, but he couldn't do it alone.

After seven years, it was not until the 1314 season that he regained the Champions League.

To put it bluntly, the past few years have indeed been a window period in football, especially this season, Arsenal has played a few Champions League knockout games to be a bit of a sweep.

When you win, you are happy.

However, for a guy like Chen Mo who likes to challenge the strong, he will inevitably lose some passion when he plays.

"Sure enough, only Xiaomei can make me excited."

"What are you muttering? Why don't you hurry up and change your clothes?! ”

London, three o'clock in the afternoon on a sunny day.

In the small villa of the red house, Chen Mo was still watching the news under the awning in the back garden, and there was a shout from Klee upstairs, and when he looked up, he saw Klee wearing a red bar lying on the windowsill and pointing.

The scale is large, the waves are rough, and they are more dazzling than the sun.

"Got it."

But they are all old husbands and wives, Chen Mo just glanced at him, put the newspaper on the table next to him, and then got up and went back to the room to change clothes.

At the end of the season, the schedule is very intense.

But

He Chen Mo was banned for five games.

In the 38th round of the Premier League, he was banned for five games in the 33rd round.

There is no doubt that he Chen Mo has already taken a holiday in advance.

Of course, for the vast majority of players, they have to report to the team every day when they are banned, so as not to make other players unhappy, but . He Chen Mo is different.

Chen Mo's weekday training volume, teammates all see it, it belongs to the earliest one to arrive, the last one to go, now banned, no one to gossip when he relaxes, not to mention that he and most of his teammates are very good friends, no one beeps much.

And those who have a general relationship, such as Alexander Song or Nasri, to be honest, they wish Chen Mo would not go to the club, only in this way can they have more room to play.

As for Wenger, considering that Kaoru Tsukichi has been pregnant for five months, and won the first leg of the Champions League, the second leg is two weeks later, so he also gave Chen Mo a four-day vacation.

Four days off, nothing to do,

So Klee and Kaoru Tsukichi called him to go with him to the best zoo in Europe, Chester Zoo.

"Zoo, I don't know what's fun in the zoo."

Compared to the zoo, Chen Mo felt that it was better to sleep at home, but the two women had spoken, so he naturally had nothing to say, and went back to the house casually wearing a pair of black beach pants and a white polo shirt, holding the cat and leading the dog to prepare to go to the car.

Dressed like an uncle who went out for a walk, Chen Mo felt comfortable and comfortable, but Klee disagreed, and forcibly put on a silver Patek Philippe for him.

I don't like to wear a watch very much, I feel useless, and it's troublesome, but it's still that problem.

In life, Chen Mo has always been unable to resist women.

So, in the greeting of the neighbors, Chen Mo wore clothes and pants that added up to two or three hundred yuan, and a watch of nearly nine million yuan, sat in the back row and followed the two girls to Chester Zoo, ready to enjoy the life of a couple.

(End of chapter)