Arsenal's form today has indeed declined slightly compared to the previous game, and most of the players have dropped by 1 to 2 points in terms of combat power, which is obviously a reflection of away + lack of fitness.

But even so, Arsenal still suppressed Porto on paper, especially the play of the two supergiants made Porto focus on passive defense at the beginning.

Zhang Desheng can only retreat first to help his teammates stabilize Arsenal's three axes, and even he can see that Wenger wants to win them in the first half today, because the situation may be reversed in the second half.

But the Arsenal fans in front of the TV quickly yelled at him, who let his first drop back to defend bring down Vieira's sneak attack, and the worst thing was that he didn't even eat a single foul.

"Black Whistle! Porto must have bribed that damn referee! ”

"Damn, this referee is Russian, I feel like there must be something wrong here!"

"Bergkamp was tackled like this by him, how long will he be indulged today? Is being a minor amazing? ”

At this time, Gunners fans remembered that when the two sides first met, it was Zhang Desheng who made a random tackle on Bergkamp, which resulted in the Ice Prince, who had just returned from injury, and was on the injury list again the next day.

After that, Bergkamp played one game and one game, and his body looked like he was getting worse and worse, and he was on the injury list after playing Everton a few days ago.

But this is not Zhang Desheng, although he tackles Bergkamp, but he has never flashed the spikes, never maliciously rushed at people, and even when he found that he couldn't tackle the ball, he would take the initiative to retract.

This is also the reason why Vieira was so angry that he cursed, but still did not retaliate against him.

Everyone has been playing football for so many years, how can they not know what kind of action can hurt people, and what kind of action is pure defense.

In the first 30 minutes of the first half, Zhang Desheng has been cooperating with his teammates on the flank, or sneaking from behind, using his talent of quick eyes, fast feet, and quick reaction to constantly harass, like a stinky old man who is crazy about stealing his back.

This kind of harassment naturally has an impact on Arsenal, but it is not this kind of petty fight that has really prevented them from breaking the defence.

Today's Arsenal not only lost Bergkamp, the fulcrum near the penalty area, but even Pires, one of the French Iron Triangle, was also rested, and now only rely on Henry and Vieira's dual French connection to attack, and the output always feels a little worse.

This is the main reason why Arsenal's three axes did not do enough damage, and Porto relied on the double defensive bonus of the home fans and the whistle to finally withstand Arsenal's onslaught.

Of course, the role of the home whistle cannot be ignored!

Porto's defensive action today was obviously bigger than the last game, and the Arsenal players would often turn their backs on people outside the box, but the referee really didn't give the visitors too many set-pieces!

It's so crucial, they are a top team like them, who hasn't had a few free kick masters!

So once you foul too much and give the opponent too many free kick opportunities, you can't really tell which kick will be blasted at a fixed point.

The first half of the game was under this stalemate of attack and defense, and finally ended with a 0:0 temporary draw.

Arsene Wenger couldn't help but let out a long sigh as the half-time whistle blew.

This rush failed, and he already knew that today was probably a pill.

The Arsenal players were already at a physical disadvantage, and in the first half, they depleted their remaining reserves even more sharply, but in the end they could not penetrate the bus that Porto placed in front of the goal.

Now they can get a respite at half-time on the surface, but in fact, as soon as they stop at this time, it is similar to the principle of rushing to the bottom, then declining, and then exhausting.

Arsene Wenger is aware of the fitness of the Arsenal players, and after the break interrupted the rhythm at half-time, he may not be able to do anything when he comes back in the second half.

"Then keep it!"

Wenger, the birthday old man, also had to choose defense when he saw this, and secretly said in his heart: It seems that no one can put a bus.

Porto put the bus, then they put the tank directly in front of the goal in the second half, you also come to try it.

Naturally, the Arsenal players did not resist when they heard their coach's orders, shouting to show the Porto men their Gunners' defence.

To be honest, Arsenal have done a good job of uniting and uniting as one, after all, players like Barcelona don't take the manager's words seriously, and the manager changes the player's position regardless of his wishes...... Well, it seems like a lot......

"Mr. Arsina, you ...... Hello, I...... I am Mr. Zhang Desheng's assistant, and he knows that you have a birthday today...... I specially asked a Chinese chef to make a bowl of longevity noodles for you...... It is said that in China, if you eat this noodle on your birthday, you can live to be 100 years old! ”

At this time, a white child who looked underage and blushed when he spoke, actually carried a beautifully packed box to the Arsenal dressing room, and then took out a bowl of steaming noodles and handed it to Wenger.

This unexpected and warm birthday gift suddenly made the Gunners players, who were still in high spirits just now, a little deflated for a while.

It's because everybody is there—"Oh," "Oh God," "That's cool," "That's amazing."

Then they all sighed that Zhang Desheng's rabbit cub would send such a touching birthday gift.

Wenger couldn't laugh or cry, but he was still very touched by the kindness of that kid, and it was really heartfelt, he had never received such a birthday gift on such an occasion in his life.

But it's a bit tangled in whether to eat this noodle now, and it doesn't seem to give face if you don't eat two bites, but if you eat it, the occasion doesn't seem right?

This really gave him a problem, and he felt a little bit of a way?

The break was fast and the two teams were quickly back on the field.

Mourinho saw Arsenal change from a 3-4-3 formation to a 5-4-1 formation at this time, who didn't know that today's game became a turn-based, and now it was their turn to break the defense.

"Hmph, it's okay if you can't break it, I can accept 0:0!"

Jose Mourinho didn't want to press the onslaught, and Arsenal's only arrow was Thierry Henry, who was several notches better than their speedy striker McCarthy.

So he didn't let the team press all the way at all, at most he put in a little bit of force to try, but he had to keep the back line solid at all times, and even if he scored one point, he couldn't risk conceding three points.

Before the start of the second half, Zhang Desheng also went up to say birthday wishes to Arsene Wenger, who also expressed his gratitude to him.

As for whether Wenger ate that bowl of noodles or not?

Zhang Desheng knew that it would definitely be impossible to finish eating, but it was still possible to eat a few bites, but of course he didn't ask, so he didn't know the answer.

But he knew that his intention to disturb the hearts of the enemy army must have been achieved, and not only did he not offend anyone, but he also had to thank us.

As for Mourinho's reluctance to risk attacking, he certainly disagrees with this too utilitarian conservatism, but he also knows that this is indeed the most stable choice at the moment.

Porto are more than comfortable with Arsenal topping the group, as long as they can hold Barcelona through the group.

Now Barcelona have two home games, one lost to them and the other only drew with Arsenal.

That means that as long as they don't give Arsenal three points at home, they can actually hold Barcelona to death.

"Hello to the defeated men, goodbye to the defeated men!"

Shortly after the start of the second half, Zhang Desheng picked up the ball close to the right and saw Ashley Cole again, and then after a quick hello to the opponent, he picked the ball to the retreating Yankauskas, and turned to fill the Deco position after the forward insertion.

"Bastard!"

Ashley Cole scolded secretly, just now he went to finch Zhang Desheng, and today the main defense of that kid is the Ivorian defender who was replaced in the second half, a little silly Kolo Toure.

As soon as he had the idea of this, he saw Toure following closely after him, who looked like a calf.

This is also a jack-of-all-trades defender who was hastily signed by Arsene Wenger after a random tackle on Thierry Henry and Bergkamp in the trial, and even has a naïve idea of avenging his teammates after coming on the pitch today.

But unlike the elegant Bergkamp, tackling is now Zhang's most dismissive defensive method, because the forward swing is usually too long, which will give him enough time to react and dodge, or take the opportunity to launch a diving skill to counter-kill!

Deco took the ball and rushed to the penalty area to distribute the ball, Capjo kept knocking the ball back, and Zhang Desheng got the ball in a key position.

Toure didn't say a word, it was just a flying shovel.

Zhang Desheng sneered in his heart, screamed and fell!

"Toot!"

The referee, whether it was a Russian, a Frenchman, or an Argentine, would certainly not turn a blind eye to this foul, and immediately ran forward and pulled out a yellow card to Toure, who looked naïve.

Arsene Wenger slapped the stool the sidelines and then hiccuped!

He didn't dare to use Toure to defend Zhang Desheng in the last game and in the first half today, just for fear of this scene!

Well, now a yellow card is enough to hurt, and this set-piece is about 25 metres away from the goal, a dangerous distance and position, whether it is a pass or a goal, it is enough for them to drink a pot.

Sure enough, Deco did not live up to the good opportunity created by Zhang Desheng, and a beautiful arc went around the human wall, and the football flew quickly into the goal against the right post, and the old goalkeeper He-Man did not react!

"The ball went in !!"

"Deco, a wonderful arc!"

"We all know he wasn't in good form last time!"

"But today, he's a hero! He delivered the fatal blow! ”

"We also want to say beautiful to Zhang Desheng, it was he who created this opportunity to seal his throat with a sword!"

"Our two cores of Porto, old and new, can you block it at Arsenal?"

“……”

Porto's commentator is estimated to have completely betrayed Zhang Desheng's fans, and half of the credit was given to Zhang Desheng as he spoke, although he did play a key role in the middle.

Then, the camera was given to Mourinho, who was running to celebrate on the sidelines, and this bastard was there to steal the camera again.

Porto starting line-up –

Jan Kauskars (84, 1975, 191cm), Zhang Desheng (80, 1985, 182cm)

Capuccio (83, 1972, 183 cm), Deco (89, 1977, 176 cm), Costinha (84, 1974, 181 cm), Maniche (85, 1977, 173 cm).

Valente (83, 1974, 180 cm), Costa (83, 1971, 188 cm), Carvalho (86, 1978, 182 cm), Ferreira (84, 1979, 181 cm)

Baia (84, 1969, 184cm)

Arsenal starting line-up –

Front: Henry (92, 1977, 188cm), Nwankovo Kanu (82, 1976, 197cm), Sylvain (84, 1974, 173cm)

Midfielders: Lauren Ettame (84, 1977, 180cm), Vieira (90, 1976, 191cm), Gilberto (87, 1976, 188cm), Ljungberg (87, 1977, 176cm)

Backcourt: Ashley Cole (86, 1980, 172 cm), Sigan (84, 1974, 192 cm), Campbell (87, 1974, 188 cm)

Goalkeeper: Seaman (83, 1963, 192 cm)

Subs: Chloe Toure (82, 1981, 178 cm)

(End of chapter)