There is a dream called football

Chapter 343 Grassroots Stubbornness
In the 79th minute of the game, the Beatles' famous song - Yellow Submarine rang out.

Villarreal's nickname comes from this song.

There are two teams in world football that are associated with songs, one is Liverpool and their "You'll Never Walk Alone", and the other is Villarreal and their yellow submarine.

At this time, the reason why the yellow submarine sounded at the Love Song Stadium was because they scored two goals in the second half and equalized the score.

One of the two goals was returned by Jose Mari in the penalty area to Forlan. The latter seized the opportunity this time and scored the ball into the goal with a burst shot. The other happened just now. Senna's long-range shot hit Campbell. !

The score of this game became 2 to 1, and the total score became 3 to 3. Wenger's face was livid. He also knew very well that the Champions League has never been easy. Let's say last year, AC Milan's original champion flew away.

But I didn't expect it to be Arsenal's turn this time. Villarreal played crazy at home in the second half, while Arsenal, who led by two goals, was conservative.

This is also normal, with two goals in hand, there is really no need to take risks, but the opponent is crazy, and luck is also good.

Wenger replaced Diaby and Flamini. Now the most important thing is to be steady. He would rather play overtime than be killed by his opponent in 90 minutes.

After replacing with a strong midfielder and recovering the formation, Arsenal did stabilize, and Pellegrini also asked his team to stabilize, because Villarreal consumed a lot of energy in the second half.

Fran fell to the ground, and his teammates immediately went over to press his legs. The Uruguayan striker was already running cramp.

Pellegrini is very worried. Although he has Mexico's Franco in his hand, he doesn't want to make a substitution now, because Fran's small skills in holding the ball in the penalty area are very good, and he may create another opportunity for the team.

And Fran himself didn't want to end, he felt good, and he wanted to fight to the end.

After a little sports drink and a short massage, Fran stood up and the game continued.

On Arsenal's side, Li Qiao and Henry are also on the verge of pumping. This battle is indeed too excruciating.

Van Persie is ready to play, and Wenger is going to make a substitution immediately when Henry or Li Qiao sits on the ground.

But both Li Qiao and Henry insisted.

At the last moment of the game, it is also the most tense moment. Whoever scores at this time will win the opponent, whether it is Villarreal or Arsenal.

The head coaches of both teams stood on the sidelines, unable to sit still, as if they had needles stuck in their buttocks.

"Robin enters."

Wenger did not expect that Fabregas could not hold on first, how could he replace Fabregas with Van Persie.

Moreover, Wenger asked Xiaofa to bring tactics, that is, to strengthen the fight in the last period, and use offense instead of defense. Attack is the best defense.

After Van Persie came on the field, everyone's tactical thinking was unified, that is, to fight with all their strength.

Arsenal's scrambling made it a little difficult for Villarreal's midfielder to get the ball, and at the last moment, the players' mentality was also conservative, and even Riquelme did not seek a threatening through ball.

Senna passed the ball to Riquelme. He saw three opponents coming forward to grab the ball, so he didn't stop the ball, and directly kicked it to the central defender behind him.

Henry stole the ball, then he raised his eyes to look at Li Qiao in front of him, and kicked it over. The love song stadium was silent, it was too tense.

Before Li Qiao took the ball, the Villarreal players attacked. He knew that Li Qiao must not let Li Qiao get the ball, but this was in the penalty area, so it was impossible to say that he was really rough, otherwise it would be a penalty and a red card.

So his idea was to lean on Li Qiao.

Li Qiao also knew that he couldn't be leaned on by the opponent, otherwise he would have no chance. The ball was a sudden counterattack, so none of the midfielders on his side were pressed, which means that he must be the only one in the penalty area.

Then Li Qiao has only one choice - to shoot.

But in this case, shooting can only be done with unconventional movements, so Li Qiao faced the incoming ball and flicked the outside of his right foot.

"Piero."

"Piero."

"Piero."

Thousands of miles away, Martin Taylor, the Chinese commentator, and Arsene Wenger at the scene all had the same name in their hearts.

Because many people immediately remembered the match between Juventus and Fiorentina in 1995. Del Piero shot with the outside of his instep under the defense of the two opponents, and just like that, he lifted his weight and scored a goal like a flying fairy.

And the movements of these two balls are almost exactly the same, both of them don't look at the goal, they flick the outside of their feet, and the result is the same, that is, Tianwai Feixian.

The moment the ball flew into the goal, Li Qiao was still stunned, because the ball was kicked instinctively. In fact, the slow motion and the angle were not tricky, but the goalkeeper was caught off guard.

Henry hugged Li Qiao, "How did you think of shooting like that?"

"I can tell you that I am deceived."

"Haha, but the effect is really great."

"Haha, I didn't expect that either."

All the teammates pressed on, and everyone hugged Li Qiao, because the ball was basically a lore.

Pellegrini was furious.

"Kick him, kick him, I'd rather give the opponent a penalty."

But this is hindsight, because as a defender, of course, it is impossible to think of this, but this kind of emotion is normal, and it is difficult for Pellegrini to accept this kind of game result.

The fourth official advised Pellegrini to stay away from the sideline of the pitch, but Pellegrini exploded with swearing, although it was in Spanish, but the swearing in European languages ​​is actually similar, so the fourth official immediately told the referee, and Pellegrini was sent to the stands at the last moment.

Pellegrini calmed down in the stands. He held his head in regret. He had to say that sometimes the game still needs to rely on stars.

Because the goal was so wonderful, many people even forgot that it could be regarded as Riquelme's own goal assist.

The Argentine looked frustrated, he had been smart all his life, but the ball was too stupid, he shouldn't have passed it back.

But players are sometimes stupid. Just like in the first game of the 2004 European Cup between England and France, Gerrard also sent back a penalty to his opponent inexplicably.

At the last moment, Villarreal organized several counterattacks, but none of them had any good chances. The final result was 2-2. Arsenal defeated Villarreal 4-3 in two rounds.

They will wait another day in Spain to watch the Barcelona game and check out their opponents in the final.

(End of this chapter)