There is a dream called football

Chapter 342 The waves before the end of the first half
5 minutes of stoppage time.

When the fourth official raised the stoppage time card, there were sporadic boos at the scene. This game was not good, and the game was far from good.

As the saying goes, there are no famous games in the competition. At this time, it doesn't matter what beautiful football is. The most important thing is to be pragmatic, to win the victory and advance to the final. Of course, it is impossible to have such a pleasing game.

The referee is also unhappy with this kind of game, there is a lot of wrangling, and the game is not smooth. Under normal circumstances, it is rare to have 5 minutes of stoppage time in the first half.

Wenger looked at his watch, hoping that the game time would pass quickly. As the leading side, this is probably a very normal state of mind.

But Pellegrini's mood is much more complicated. First of all, the first half is already garbage time, and he is very aware of this, but he is not reconciled. The strategic goal of the first half was not achieved, especially the goal that Franna did not score, which is very bad.

At this moment, Li Qiao took the ball, and the distance between him and Henry was about 20 meters, and a very strange idea appeared in his mind, that is to pass the ball to Henry, run forward by himself, and make a triangle.

And the key to this cooperation is that Henry wants to send the ball back, which is the biggest difficulty.

Many people watched the Barcelona game and thought it was amazing. The triangular coordination was almost as if it was made by a computer program, but few people knew that it was actually two people who thought of it together.

Of course, this requires long-term practice, and even requires the same football philosophy, which is why Messi can live happily in Barcelona, ​​but Argentina can't play that kind of pleasing football.

"It doesn't matter, give it a try, anyway, the first half is almost over."

Li Qiao sent the ball forward, and after Henry got the ball, he took aim at Li Qiao's running route. At the same time, he also thought of what Li Qiao was thinking about just now - triangle coordination.

So the most difficult and last point of this cooperation is to pass the ball back. The angle and strength are not good enough, so all previous efforts will be wasted.

How sudden is this ball?

When it did, the home fans and Pellegrini were dumbfounded, as if startled by something.

"How could this ball be passed?"

So let alone the Villarreal players on the field, the goalkeeper Barbosa rushed to attack, but it was too late, and Li Qiao lobbed a shot from the far corner.

The ball slowly rolled into the goal, and Pellegrini picked up the water bottle on the ground and smashed it hard on the ground.

"asshole."

Seeing that the first half is coming to an end, but Villarreal conceded the ball, it is conceivable that during the 15 minutes of the intermission, Villarreal players would be as sick as eating flies.

For this ball, the only thing that Villarreal can argue about is whether the ball is offside. Other than that, it seems that there is nothing to dispute, but the gesture of the assistant referee is very clear, and there is no offside.

Almost at the same time that Villarreal kicked off in midfield, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

1 to 0.
The total score is 3 to 1. For the fans of the Love Song Stadium, this is a very dazzling scene. They failed to hold a good result for the intermission.

*****
The situation is very difficult for Villarreal, they may no longer be called Porto.

This dream is to support the team to move forward and reach the semi-finals, but now...

At 1-2, they only needed one goal, but now they need two goals, and that is just a chance to win overtime, so for the Villarreal players, the mentality is basically out of balance.

Pellegrini was also silent for a long time. For a long time, he used the myth of Porto to encourage his players, but now it seems that the sweetness of a little spiritual victory is not enough, and it must be a greater stimulus.

what?

It can't be a huge bonus, because Villarreal doesn't have that much money either.

"Unfortunately, we didn't achieve our goal in the first half."

Fran's face was on fire. If he scored the goal, everything would be different.

But there are no ifs in football. Forlan's expression was seen by the keen Pellegrini. He knew that this emotion was wrong.

"Look, lads, I don't mean to blame anyone, our fans won't blame us, but we can't just ask ourselves, right, it's not the fans' semi-final, it's not TM's UEFA semi-final, it's our own semi-final."

Pellegrini applauds loudly.

"Children, what are you playing football for?"

"make money?"

"famous?"

"Come to Europe?"

"But I believe there are still many people who play football for their dreams."

"dream?"

It can be said that 90% of children first came into contact with football because of their dreams, but as they get older, dreams will gradually fade, and reality will become more important.

In fact, the same is true for us ordinary people. The composition about dreams written in the first grade of elementary school is because I want to become a scientist and become a great person. But after growing up, many people may just want to pay off their own bills.

"I don't know if you still have dreams."

"But I can tell you clearly, I still have."

Many people became serious. It was indeed the case. Before, many people just wanted to play football well. Maybe they would be spotted by European giants and go to a better club.

dream.

dream.

dream.

"What I know is that our dream is still alive, we only need two goals and in football two goals are nothing, are they?"

Correct!
Liverpool scored four goals in a row in the final last season, and staged the epic miracle of Istanbul, but what are two goals?

Many people raised their fists and stood up, "Yes, for the dream."

*****
Wenger laughs in the Arsenal dressing room.

"Let's think about what is going on in the dressing room of Villarreal not far away now?"

Someone laughed and said, "Crying?"

"Haha, then you are naive, I think the opponent is talking about Liverpool last season."

Ever since the miracle in Istanbul, it has become a convention that the side that is almost behind will talk about this matter.

And Li Qiao chuckled, he was very lucky in this life, and he was a part of it.

(End of this chapter)