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Chapter 5 Ten: This is the final!

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal, who were at a disadvantage, took the lead in attacking. They urgently needed to use goals to restore the current gap between themselves and Real Madrid.

But the Gunners' offense was not blind. When Li Zihan was no longer on the field, they slowly penetrated Real Madrid's defense more through short passes.When the offense fails, they immediately pass the ball towards the midfield and keep possession.

This is Arsenal's advantage and tradition. Arsenal's defensive method is not the kind of defense that retreats to the [-]-yard area and lays down the bus. Instead, it controls the game itself through possession of the ball and keeps the ball at its feet. How many opportunities to attack.

Real Madrid obviously also understands the urgency of the opponent to score goals, so they did not press out to play against each other at the beginning, but defended first.After this "passionate period" for Arsenal, I will consider attacking, because if it is pressed at this time, it will comply with the opponent's wish.

It is easy to fall into the "Arsenal rhythm" and be led by the nose by the opponent, which is a taboo for military strategists.What's more, Real Madrid is now in the lead, and they are not in a hurry to attack.

Ancelotti also gave the team safe instructions. In the first half, you can not score, but you must not lose the ball!
It's not that Ancelotti and Real Madrid are afraid of Arsenal, but that Arsenal are fighting to the death, their eyes are red, like a lunatic, have you ever seen a normal and a lunatic go all out?

Ancelotti and Real Madrid's plans are also very obvious, let Arsenal attack first, and just defend on their side.Once Arsenal's offense fails to start the situation, they will be restless and restless. In the end, they will become more and more anxious, and then they will make mistakes!

Real Madrid only needs to wait until Arsenal gets anxious in the second half to seize the opportunity of the opponent's mistakes. This is the safest and best way.

Arsenal also saw Real Madrid's tactics after passing and cooperating, so Ozil, Wilshere and Ramsey started various passing and cooperating in front of Real Madrid's penalty area, but they were not in a hurry to send the ball. Entering the penalty area, it seems that he wants to use this method to attract Real Madrid to grab it.

On the other hand, Cazorla and Chamberlain rushed into the penalty area with oblique stabs, using their short stature to take advantage of their flexibility to drill into the gap and prepare to receive the pass from their teammates. Giroud was in front, helping Cazorla and Chamberlain creates space.

"If you don't look at the colors of the jerseys of the two sides, if you just look at the situation on the scene, you can hardly tell who is Real Madrid and who is Arsenal, and you can't even tell who is the leader and who is the laggard." The England commentator began to complain. , obviously he thinks this is not in line with Real Madrid's style.

Damn it, a team like Real Madrid shouldn't be the kind of team that rolls up their sleeves and presses out to play against each other regardless of 21 [-].This should be Real Madrid, but now. Why does it look more and more like Chelsea?
"I can assure you, I can see very clearly that the Italian coach Ancelotti is sitting on the coaching bench, not the former Real Madrid's Mourinho." The guest of the BBC helped the commentator make up for it.

In fact, Mourinho's Real Madrid also played offensive football. Even against Barcelona and last season's Dortmund team, he was all kinds of offensive.

"Real Madrid is very calm. They are the leaders now so they can't be in a hurry. After Arsenal's offensive has passed, it will be the beginning of Real Madrid's offensive. Poor Arsenal, all they can do now is die before they die. Dying, but the result was already doomed in the first round." Of course, the Spanish commentator was speaking to Real Madrid.

Arsenal's offense did fail to open up the situation. Although Ozil, Wilshere and Giroud all had shots, and Cazorla and Ramsey each had a sudden long shot, none of them could be converted into goals. ball.

Real Madrid has done a good defense. Although there is no Khedira, Modric and Alonso are still very strong in blocking the midfield, especially the experienced Alonso, who is almost completely in control Real Madrid's midfielder.

The game came to 10 minutes, Arsenal's offense did not open up the situation, so they began to slow down the rhythm.In fact, they didn't waste a lot of physical energy through passing and attacking, and they weren't very tired, but they were tired.

Wenger gave instructions before the game. If there is no goal, then start to slow down the pace and put the "final" in the second half. Yes, for Arsenal, this game is the final. If this game they If they can't complete the promotion, then the champion will naturally be out of reach with them.

When Arsenal started to slow down, it was Real Madrid's turn to be arrogant.Cristiano Ronaldo is not a person who is willing to be lonely, so when Ramos stepped forward to steal the ball from Chamberlain and pass it to him, he directly moved his strong legs and passed the ball. The former teammate Ozil who came up to intercept.

Then he broke through from the left, and faked away the experienced Sania.Sania originally wanted to use his body to squeeze the opponent away after being passed, but Cristiano Ronaldo's muscles are very strong and his physical condition is excellent, Sania has no way at all.

Sarnia was a little bit embarrassed. When he was fighting against Cristiano Ronaldo in the Premier League, his body was so thin. He only needed a slot and with a little movement, the opponent couldn't squeeze over.But after the opponent left Old Trafford to join the Bernabeu, his muscles soared so much.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who swayed Sagna, ignored Wilshere who was chasing back, and directly raised his right foot and hit the goal directly.

The ball is struggling to rise from the ground, and Cristiano Ronaldo's thigh muscles are very strong, so the power of the shot is also great.

Wilshere rushed over, his speed could not catch up with Cristiano Ronaldo, but the latter adjusted before shooting, Sagna's defense also delayed the opponent's time.

At this time Wilshere just arrived with the slider, raised his foot, and abruptly poked the ball with his toe in the air, and he actually poked it.

The ball changed direction and flew out of the baseline.

Wilshere was relieved, and fell to the ground facing the sky, gasping for breath, apparently the pursuit just now had exhausted him a lot of energy.

"Good job!! Wilshere's timely return blocked Cristiano Ronaldo's shot. Before the game, there were still some whispers about Arsenal's midfield combination, thinking that such a midfielder lacked interception , but Wilshere fulfilled the duties of a central midfielder very well!!"

Sania pulled Wilshere up and patted him on the back to express his thanks.If the ball is scored by the opponent, Sagna will be to blame, because Cristiano Ronaldo successfully broke through from his defensive area and completed the shot, but as Arsenal's border defense general, he has nothing to do.

Real Madrid won a corner and the three headers Ramos, Varane, Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo all came up for the header, leaving Modric and Marcelo at the back Play defense.

Real Madrid still has the advantage of set kicks, so they also value this corner kick more, because if Real Madrid can score another goal at home now, then they will give themselves double insurance on their way to the final.

Alonso's corner kick was taken, and after Pepe and Varane were both interfering with Arsenal's defenders, and the Gunners arranged heavy troops near Cristiano Ronaldo, Alonso chose to give the ball to Ramos.

This is the advantage of numbers. When Real Madrid has a few good headers on the field, Arsenal's defense will always be flawless.

The ball passed through the top of Cristiano Ronaldo's head, and the Portuguese took off to head the ball symbolically, bringing Modesat also up.

But the ball did not stop, but continued towards Arsenal's far post.

"Alonso's corner. Cristiano Ronaldo feint!! Back point. Ramos!!!"

Run behind Ramos in the far corner, then jump up to head the ball.

"Dive to the top!!!"

The posture is very beautiful, but the angle of the top is too straight, and Szczesny expected this when the ball flew over the head of Cristiano Ronaldo, so he immediately half-turned and stood close to the goal place at the far post.

Ramos' header flew right in front of Szczesny. Although Szczesny can't compete with world-class goalkeepers like Casillas and Buffon who can be "sacred", they are still very good goalkeepers. Yes, such a positive shot is naturally directly hugged in my arms!
Before Ramos got up and the opponent was still lying on the ground a little annoyed and regretful, Arsenal's counterattack had already begun.

Szczesny threw the ball with a strong hand almost immediately, and the ball flew high, rushed out of the penalty area, and finally landed at Ozil's feet in front of the penalty area.

Such a quick kick-off, not to mention the players of Real Madrid, even the players of Arsenal have not yet reacted.

And when Szczesny ran the ball away, he realized that Li Zihan was not on the field. In the past, the purpose of such a goalkeeper to kick off quickly was to use Li Zihan's speed to fight a defensive counterattack, but now Li Zihan is not on the field. superior.

But Arsenal is Arsenal after all. Before Li Zihan was not there, they were always in the top four of the Premier League and participated in the Champions League almost every year.This is very rare in the increasingly competitive Premier League. For example, as strong as Manchester United, for various reasons their points are not enough to support them to participate in the Champions League next season.