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This year is Arsenal’s third consecutive Champions League season. There is no doubt that Arsenal fans all over the world are looking forward to this game.

The fans who came to the Emirates Stadium were even more excited. When Chen Mo was still chatting with Messi in the player tunnel, there was already a boil outside the tunnel.

The strength of Barcelona is obvious to all. As long as they get past Barcelona, ​​Arsenal's hope of winning the championship is very high.

And conversely, the same is true.

As long as they pass Arsenal, Barcelona is very likely to win the third Champions League in team history. At the same time, Messi will also win the second Champions League trophy in his career!
Both parties attach great importance to it, but this does not affect the feelings of both parties.

The first thing Messi said when he met Chen Mo in the player tunnel was [Wowo, you can take an early vacation starting tonight].

Messi rarely takes the initiative to provoke. In addition, he is not tall and does not look domineering. When he said this, Chen Mo stopped laughing. However,
Messi means it.

After the game started, Messi uncharacteristically used his physical strength to move in a wide range, passing and cutting.

The effect is outstanding.

Why do the world's top defenders say Messi is difficult to guard.

The reason is very simple - he can burst, pass and shoot.

Moreover, no one can prevent his breakthrough one-on-one. If he relaxes a little bit, he can send a scalpel pass. If there is a problem with the formation, he can shoot a long shot from the top of the arc.

Messi is difficult to guard against, but the previous Messi was not completely impossible to guard against.

Arsenal's formation-based locking can also be effective, but this year is different.

Last year Barcelona's defensive midfielder was Yaya Toure.

Yaya Toure is a historical midfielder, but he is not suitable for the pass and control system. This is actually the same as Haaland. Although he can score many goals under the pass and control system, he is easily locked out when encountering strong dialogue. .

This is because Yaya Toure and Haaland are actually the kind of physical monsters who need to hit the space vertically, while Barcelona relies on high pressure and small-scale passing and cutting cooperation. In this case, they cannot exert their strongest physical advantage.

But this year is different. Barcelona's midfielder this year is Busquets.

Busquets, like Kroos, is a classic ball-blind filter.

They don't look flashy on the court, their skills are not fancy, and their speed is not top-notch in all aspects of confrontation, but their role can be said to be indispensable.

Busquets has a strong ability to protect the ball and a strong passing and running ability. He can also keenly observe the movement of his teammates when pressing, so as to send game-breaking passes.

This quality suits Barcelona perfectly.

Or to be more precise, Busquets was originally a midfielder trained according to Barcelona's style when Guardiola was the coach of Barcelona's second team.

His arrival completely improved Barcelona's midfield.

Throughout the first half, Chen Mo ran a terrifying eight kilometers, but Arsenal's ball possession rate was only .38%!

Can't get the ball!

In the shocked eyes of Arsenal fans in the stands, or in other words, in the shocked eyes of all fans around the world, Barcelona's most perfect "Tiki·Taka" was displayed in front of the world!

This set of "Tiki·Taka" not only created Barcelona's dream three, but also created Spain's three consecutive European Cup, World Cup and European Cup competitions!
This set of "Tiki·Taka" directly helped the German team transform, and they began to give up their iron-blooded spirit to study passing and control!

This is an invincible formation.

Of course, there is no invincible formation in the world.

There is a relatively simple and crude way to break Tiki Taka, or in other words, break the pass and control, and that is to use a big center who can take the ball with his back.

Pass control emphasizes high pressure when holding the ball and high pressure when defending.

The basic logic here is that in order to pursue flexibility and foot feel, most of the players of Meng San Barcelona are not tall and mainly take the small and quick route.

Little quickie.
A typical example is Argentina in the 22 World Cup.

Why did Argentina strangle in the midfield at that time?

Why does DePaul go to every game and Scaloni doesn't make any substitutions?

Because letting the opponent pass the midfield is equal to death.

Xiao Kuailing's lineup cannot withstand the impact, whether it is an impact from the center or a high ball from the side.

And this is why Argentina always narrowly escaped death in the final stage. It was because the players were not physically fit enough and could not continue to block the opponent in the frontcourt.

Similarly, this is why many fans complain that if France brings Benzema, Argentina may not be able to win the championship.

The reason is simple. To break the high-post press, the stupid way is to polish off the opponent's physical fitness. The smart way is to find a top center.

During the ball possession phase, the high ball goes directly to the big center in the frontcourt, and then the big center turns his back to get the ball. When the players in the midfield and wings press without the ball, the opponent's high press will naturally fail.

Arsenal also understands this. They have been looking for a big center throughout the winter window, but they cannot buy a big center.

In other words, you can't buy a top center who can control the ball with his back when Barcelona presses, and can also provide the ball for his teammates.

Currently, the only players on the market that meet these two conditions are Drogba and Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic has just left for Manchester City, and Drogba is not being released by Chelsea.

Of course, Arsenal has Lewandowski, but Lewandowski is still a rookie and can't hold the ball under Puyol's fight!

The same goes for Ronaldo. He is five years younger. Ronaldo can hold the ball with his back, but now he is 33 years old. As a mobile point-grabbing forward, he has no problem. Facing some not-so-strong teams, he can hold the ball with his back. There is nothing wrong with the ball, but the opponent is Barcelona.

Chen Mo understands what Barcelona’s problem is, how could Guardiola not understand?
If you understand, how could you not make targeted arrangements?
The midfielder couldn't suppress Barcelona's passing and control, and finally got the ball. However, our own big center couldn't hold the ball, and couldn't counterattack. Barcelona was always suppressed in his own half.

At the end of the first half, in the shocked eyes of all the fans, the score was fixed at 2:0.

Arsenal are two goals behind at home!
There is no doubt that before the game is over, the media around the world is in a frenzy.

In particular, a photo of Chen Mo at halftime with a straight face spread all over the world!

Arsenal will be defeated by Barcelona at home!
Barcelona is about to avenge last season's Champions League final!
The Internet was abuzz, and that's exactly what happened.

Couldn't break Meng San's midfield passing control.

Or to be more precise, although it is not easy to steal the ball, Chen Mo can lead his teammates to hold Barcelona in the 40-meter area.

Near the 40-meter area, Barcelona's pass is also useless, but there are two problems.

First, there is no big center. Every time they steal the ball, Arsenal's counterattack cannot be carried out by Barcelona's high pressure.

The second is that after Yaya Toure was replaced by Busquets, the midfield control of the three Habaibs has reached its peak.

Although Messi kept dropping back to get the ball in this game, he could focus all his attention on breaking through and tearing apart the defense, instead of dropping back to increase midfield control like last season.

The formation of Habaibu completely liberated Messi's terrifying individual ability!

What's more, after being suppressed by Chen Mo for two years, Messi has already suppressed his fighting spirit!
In the whole game, Xiaozhu and Marcelo were passed by him 18 times in total!
I tried 20 times and succeeded 18 times!
Also completed a hat trick!

When the game was finally settled at [-]-[-], and when the player data was posted online by the football media, the whole world went crazy.

There is no doubt that it is not only because of Messi's incredible statistics in this game, but also because Arsenal was given four goals at home.

This means that if Arsenal wants to advance and go to Camp Nou in the second round, they must not only win the game, but also score at least three goals while ensuring that Barcelona does not score!

Arsenal are almost out of the game.

There are a lot of discussions from the outside world, and even Laporta publicly stated that "Chen Mo was able to win the Champions League only because we were still adjusting before, and now his good days are over." 】

Laporta was full of confidence, but a week later, in the second round between Arsenal and Barcelona at the Camp Nou, with the cheering of Yueji Xun and Keli holding their children, Chen Mo ushered in a super explosion. .

In the 7th minute of the first half, Chen Mo rode a bicycle 35 meters away from Barcelona's goal and shook Busquets away, then volleyed with his right foot!

Sudden cold arrow!

A world wave from 35 meters away directly shocked everyone in Barcelona!

Camp Nou was turned into a library by Chen Mo's kick!
But the development of things is far from over.

In this game, Wenger, who was forced into a desperate situation, also made a desperate move. In this game, he sent a midfield combination of De Bruyne and Ma Ma, while Chen Mo moved to the center position!
Just defend intensively and then attack you defensively and counterattack!
In the 207th minute of the game, Messi took the ball from the right and cut inside, attracting the defense and then shot through the defense. Pedro received the ball on the left side of the goal, but unfortunately, the angle of the push was too straight and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

Facing Barcelona, ​​which was pressed by the entire team, the Arsenal goalkeeper took a big kick and tried to counterattack, but unfortunately, goalkeeper Almunia was not good at delivering the ball, and the ball was passed too wide!

Flying directly to the top of the Barcelona arc!
Barcelona goalkeeper Valdez abandoned the goal and hit the ball with a header, but it did not fly too far. Then, amid the screams of fans around the world, Chen Mo, who was 25 meters away on the right side of the goal, directly Remember the barb!

Shocking barb!

Valdes couldn't retreat in time and could only watch the ball go into the net!

Scored two goals in 27 minutes!
One kick to the world wave, and one kick to the upside down golden hook 20 meters away!

Seeing Chen Mo, who was rarely seen pumping his fists and roaring loudly in the heavy rain, with his black hair dancing wildly and veins popping out on his neck, the entire Camp Nou Barcelona fans were holding their heads with their eyes full of disbelief!

Only Guardiola roared like crazy from the sidelines!

Amid Guardiola's roar, Barcelona began to stage foul tactics against Chen Mo.

But nothing worked.

The three Habaibs together are not enough for Chen Mo alone. The only ones who can compete with Chen Mo are Pique and Puyol. However, Puyol only suffered a major injury last year and his physical function declined seriously. Otherwise, he would not be able to compete with him. Diora wouldn't want to buy Ponyboy either.

In physical confrontation, he couldn't resist Chen Mo.

As for Pique
Pique is 1.9 meters tall.

The taller you are, the higher your center of gravity is. The thing Chen Mo is least afraid of is the high school defender.

In the 608th minute of the second half, Chen Mo retreated from the top of the arc to get the ball. Facing the double-teaming of Puyol and Pique, amidst the shocked shouts of the fans in the audience, Chen Mo passed the two of them with a fried ball, and then pocketed the ball with his left foot. Make a kick!
The ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal!

hat trick!

When Chen Mo, who had completed his hat trick, clenched his fist, fished the ball out of the net and ran towards the center circle, fans all over the world were stunned!
Three to zero!
They were defeated 10-[-] in the first round and scored a hat trick in the away game in [-] and [-] minutes of the second round!The total score came to four to five!

Arsenal Five!

Not to mention the fans, even Henry and Ronaldo on the bench were holding their heads and passing the news around!

However, Chen Mo's fierce performance also completely aroused Messi's fighting spirit. In the 707th minute of the game, Barcelona left back Abidal went down the left wing and knocked back from the inverted triangle. Messi hit the ball and the ball went into the lower left corner of the goal. !
Three to one!

The total score came to five to five!

But relying on the rule of more away goals, Barcelona, ​​which scored four away goals, still has an advantage compared to Arsenal, which scored three away goals!

But this is not over yet!
In the 808th minute of the game, Villa was brought down by Chiellini on the right side of the top of the arc, and Messi took a free kick and scored!
Free kick!
Messi put his hands on his hips, glanced at the wall, and then took the penalty with a small step!

The ball bypassed the wall and hit the upper left corner of the goal!

Three to two!
The total score came to six to five!

This small score is no longer important. Even if Barcelona loses this game, they can beat Arsenal with an away goal advantage of four goals!

And the game is about to enter stoppage time!

Barcelona is sure to win. With Messi's goal, the entire Camp Nou is completely boiling!
Guardiola was so excited that he fell to his knees!
but!

The game is not over yet!

In the second minute of Game No. 90, during the countdown period, Bell cut in from the left in a desperate move and was brought down by Pique at the top of the arc!
Free kick!
Chen Mo took the penalty himself!

The ball with topspin jumped over the wall and then dropped obviously, and entered the net under the desperate eyes of goalkeeper Valdez!
Big Four!
Chen Mo scored four goals in the countdown of the Champions League quarter-finals!

As the ball entered the net, Wenger on the sidelines straightened up!

Almost fainted!
Four to two in the small field!
Big score six to six!

Four away goals!

Chen Mo tied the score!
Amid the frantic discussions among fans around the world, the referee also blew the whistle to end the second half of the game.

Overtime!

It's overtime!

There is no doubt that with twelve goals scored in two games, even many casual fans who do not watch the games are attracted by the good news from friends in Moments and social forums!
The number of spectators soared!

Not only the fans, but also retired top stars such as Ma, Pele, Zidane, Gullit, Rijkaard, etc., also turned on the TV one after another!

However, they saw it too late!

In this game, Chen Mo was said to be the center, but because of De Bruyne's poor defensive ability, Chen Mo often had to retreat to the midfield to participate in defense.

In 92 minutes, Chen Mo's running distance had reached a terrifying 18.1 kilometers!

Although four goals have completely ignited his emotions, he just looks forward to starting the game soon!
But the ultra-high-load running has completely drained his physical energy!

On the other side, the same goes for Messi!
After being suppressed by Chen Mo for two years, his inner fighting spirit has already been on fire, and this Champions League knockout round is the closest he has come to killing Chen Mo!
However, under his hot eyes, he couldn't hide his tiredness at all!
In the end, after three and 10 minutes of overtime, the score between the two sides was still one win and one loss. The total score was [-] to [-], and both sides scored four away goals!
penalty!

In the knockout round of the Champions League, twelve goals were scored in two rounds, and a penalty shootout was scored in the end!
Under the spotlight, Chen Mo, whose sweat had completely soaked Arsenal's No. [-] jersey, walked to the penalty spot with the ball in the heavy rain. After placing the ball, he stared at goalkeeper Valdes, while Valdes was Jumping around there.

It's very interesting, but it's useless.

After the referee blew his whistle, Chen Mo stepped forward and volleyed!
Boom!

A bang!
Before goalkeeper Valdes could react to what was happening, the ball had already entered the upper left corner of the goal!

The fans are crazy!

In the life-and-death battle of the Champions League knockout rounds, Chen Mo was the first to take the penalty and volleyed directly into the upper left corner!

Countless fans had a deeper understanding of Chen Mo's big heart, but Chen Mo didn't care about what others thought. He just walked towards the team while staring at Messi.

Messi did not speak, but raised his chin slightly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then walked to the penalty spot with the ball.

Step forward, change of pace, hit the goal!

Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia guessed the wrong direction and could only watch the ball hit the net!
One to one!

The atmosphere at the scene was completely frozen. Even the Barcelona fans covered their mouths and watched nervously after the "Ouch!"

The same goes for Chen Mo!
With Di Maria on his left shoulder and Xiaozhu on his right shoulder, Chen Mo's eyes were fixed on Bell, who was the second to take the penalty.

Bell is also a big heart, there is no suspense, he pushed with his right foot into the lower left corner, and goalkeeper Valdez couldn't make the save in time!

Two to one!

After Bell finished his kick, Barcelona's Villa also made a free throw!

Angel, Iniesta, Lewandowski, Xavi, sister-in-law, Puyol
In the first round of the penalty shootout, both teams scored!

Then, it’s the second round of penalty kicks!
The atmosphere has completely heated up!
The penalty kicker in the penalty shootout can only be the player who is still on the field at the end of the 120 minutes of the game!

Ronaldo and Henry, two players who were replaced after 10 and [-] minutes, can no longer take penalty kicks!

At the same time, after the first round of penalty kicks, the penalty shootout will enter the "sudden death" mode, that is, if any player misses a penalty and a player from the other team matching him scores a penalty, the penalty shootout will end immediately. No need to Wait for all five free throws to be completed!
Promotion and sudden death are just a matter of thoughts!
The atmosphere was suffocating!

Under the spotlight, Barcelona left back Abidal walked towards the goal with a football.

Start, fight!

Go in!

As Abidal scored a penalty kick, the entire Camp Nou stadium was completely ebullient!

Not only celebrating, but also putting pressure on!
As long as Arsenal's penalty kicker misses, Barcelona will get rid of [Arsenal phobia] and advance to the Champions League semi-finals! ! !
Boos all over the sky!

It was deafening. Standing in the middle of the court, Chen Mo felt as if he was standing in the middle of a tsunami. Under everyone's gaze, Arsenal right back Gianluca Zambrotta walked towards the goal with the ball.

Whistle, run-up, hit the door, get tackled!
Under the painful gaze of Chen Mo biting his lower lip, Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes saved Zambrotta's left half high ball!
Half high ball from the left!
This is the goalkeeper's favorite ball!

There is no doubt that Gianluca Zambrotta was emotionally overwhelmed!

But the Barcelona generals don’t care about Zambrotta’s mood!
The moment the temper was thrown out, Messi, Xavi and others opened their arms and rushed towards the goalkeeper Valdez!
In the pouring rain at Camp Nou, in the cheers of the Camp Nou, Chen Mo, who completed the fourth grade for the first time in his career, watched Barcelona advance and watched Messi advance.
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The news that Arsenal lost to Barcelona on penalty kicks in the Champions League quarter-finals immediately swept the world that night.

Normally, football involves losing and losing, and being eliminated is normal, but the main reason is that these two rounds were so exciting!

Not counting penalties in the two rounds, the two sides scored a total of twelve goals!
Messi completed a hat trick, five goals in two rounds, and Chen Mo completed the first big four in his career!

Together, the two staged a wonderful football feast for all fans around the world.

The media, including fans, are tolerant of Arsenal and Chen Mo, but...
"I said, how long will you continue to feel uncomfortable?"

London at night, balcony of the red house cottage.

Keli, who was wearing a cool sleeping gauze, twisted her waist and squeezed into the arms of Chen Mo, who was lying on the sofa reading a magazine.

Cool and hot.

Chen Mo put the magazine aside, put his left hand on Keli's waist, and said with a smile, "I feel uncomfortable reading a magazine."

"Hey, you still want to lie to people. In the past, you were always in the gym, okay?"

Keli had a strange expression on her face.

Chen Mo smiled silently and said: "We are out of the Champions League, Manchester City are also struggling in the league, and there are no international competitions in this offseason, so I can't just relax."

"Hey, I just want to save face. But, it's true that we haven't had a good vacation together. How about we go on a trip this offseason?"

"That's fine. Where do you want to go?"

"How about the Great Barrier Reef in Australia? We can also do deep diving and other activities by then."

"Deep dive?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Mo stretched out his hand and pinched Keli's small mouth, and said with a wicked smile: "I'll talk about deep diving later, I want to do it even more now."
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After being eliminated by Barcelona, ​​Arsenal really didn't have much pursuit this season.

In the league, Manchester City was originally a big competitor, but after Manchester City defeated Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals, it seemed that their state was a little too good.

In the 34th and 35th rounds of the Premier League, they lost to weak teams one after another.

Arsenal now have an 11-point advantage at the top of the table, with only the final two rounds of the league remaining.

Arsenal has already won the Premier League title this season ahead of schedule.

In addition to the Premier League championship, Arsenal also won the FA Cup with all their strength because they did not have to play in the Champions League.

Community Shield, Premier League, FA Cup, Club World Cup.

To be honest, if you only look at the number of championships this year, it can be regarded as the most fruitful year for Arsenal in history.

After winning the championship, Chen Mo also sat on the team bus for a parade to celebrate, but he was still a little depressed because he did not win the Champions League.

Moreover, there is a saying that the way of heaven is good for reincarnation.

In the past two years, he always teased Chen Mo when he won the Champions League. This time, after Barcelona defeated Manchester City in the Champions League final, Messi immediately posted a photo of himself kissing the Big Ear Cup.

This photo really hurt Chen Mo.

Ever since, after the season, Chen Mo directly blocked Messi, and then went to Australia with his two wives to go sightseeing.

Next season will soon be skipped and then onto the 10 World Cup.