There is a dream called football

Chapter 349
Barcelona got a free kick in the front court, which is like a big enemy for Arsenal, because there are too many free kick masters in Barcelona, ​​Deco, Ronaldinho, even Eto'o and Giuly can play.

Almunia formed a 6-person wall, but still felt that it was not enough. Wenger was still very worried about Almunia, because after Lehmann came, the Spanish goalkeeper basically had no chance to play.

But at this time, the professor could only choose to believe him.

A few people in Barcelona discussed it, and finally everyone dispersed, leaving only Ronaldinho standing in front of the goal. Obviously, he didn't plan to play any tricks, but directly kicked a strong curve ball.

Sure enough, the referee blew his whistle, and Ronaldinho started to run, and then kicked a curve ball towards the dead corner of the goal.

The hearts of the Arsenal fans were hanging, but at this time Almunia jumped high and saved the ball over the baseline with one palm.

"awesome."

The Arsenal players all ran back to encourage Almunia. The position of the goalkeeper is too important, but at this time Almunia made up for the vacancy left by Lehmann.

Almunia himself has shown his confidence, and the goalkeeper's confidence is obtained by making successful saves time and time again.

*****
Wenger stretched out the index finger of his left hand and the index finger of his right hand, and kept making cross-change gestures. This was for Diaby to see. Since the non-mainstream Arsenal that is going to pass the long pass to the end, there must be a high point ahead to compete for the first point, and the ideal candidate in Wenger's mind is Diaby.

The height above 1 meters has an absolute advantage in front of Barcelona's midfielder. The ball flew to Diaby.

"Play long pass with me?" Rijkaard is still suspicious about this, because his midfielder is indeed relatively short, and there is no one over 185, so it is really difficult to compete with Diaby for the first spot.

Rijkaard is making a gesture of pressing down. What he wants is the success rate. The offense does not need to be played so fast, but it is necessary to reduce the loss of the ball.

But what Rijkaard never dreamed of was that sending off a person made Arsenal's tactics easier.

Many people in world football criticize Mourinho. One of the most important reasons is that Mourinho puts the bus and ruins the beauty of football.

Many giants don't know how to set up buses, but they disdain to set up buses because they are afraid of losing face. Wenger is also like this, but after sending off a person, Wenger has no scruples. At this time, Arsenal has become the "barefoot" one.

*****
The ball flew towards Henry, Mexican veteran Marquez leaned on Henry, and the latter fell down.

Free kick!
The referee awarded a free kick in front of the penalty area. This time the Barcelona players were a little upset, because Arsenal basically had no offense, but set kicks were different. Set kicks can be pressed. This is a rare opportunity.

Sure enough, Arsenal pressed up very rarely, even center back Campbell.

Barcelona also stepped up their defense and players on both sides knew when it was dangerous and when it was safe.

Pires was not there, and Li Qiao ran over to take the free kick.

Several of Arsenal's big men are in the back, so of course the ball is going to be in the back, and Li Qiao has already figured out how to take the penalty.

Deco is very clear about Li Qiao's ball path. He reminded his teammates, "Strengthen the protection of the back point, Li Qiao's free kick will use a very strong arc to the back point of the penalty area."

When Li Qiao saw Deco, he suddenly changed his focus. He lobbed the ball to the center of the penalty area. Valdez attacked. The ball turned so fast that he didn't dare to pick it.

It stands to reason that this kind of heavy blow is to hit the bottom of the ball and send the ball flying, but Valdes's hand shape is wrong, he hit it flat, which is a tragedy, the ball hit the back of Van Bommel's head.

After rebounding, the ball flew in the direction of the goal, and the Barcelona players watched such a wonderful goal fly into their goal.

"This... an own goal."

The ball was in Van Bommel's account, but this guy was more wronged than Dou E. It was his teammates who hit the ball on the back of his head.

Rijkaard's face was ashen. Yes, even though he was dark, he could see that frustrated face. This ball is too weird. He has seen it like this once in his career. This ball, which is enough to be selected as the top 10 own goal of "World Football", appeared in such an important game.

On the other side, Arsenal was already in a frenzy. Wenger hugged the whole team. As the side that was beaten, Arsenal actually scored first, and it was such a lucky goal. It is hard to believe that Arsenal's bad luck has all dissipated with Lehmann's penalty.

"Haha, this ball is really weird, it should be counted on Li Qiao's account." Van Persie laughed.

"Own goals should not be changed."

Wenger patted everyone on the head, "I think the opponent will attack even crazier, so children, you all know what to do, right?"

"of course."

*****
For the counter-attacking side, it is really cool to have a ball in hand, and Arsenal's defense is deeper.

And Rijkaard has already made Harvey and Iniesta up to warm up, one ebb and flow, Lehmann's penalty left Arsenal with no choice, and at this time it was Barcelona's turn to have no choice, Rijkaard had already figured it out, if he couldn't score in the first half, then the midfielder would decisively substitute.

Iniesta and Harvey all have to play, and there is a secret weapon under Rijkaard's hands, that is the Swede Larsson.

Larson is a wonderful player in football, with a top level, but he was mixed in the low-level leagues, and he didn't go to the giants until the end of his career to develop. Whenever the team's situation is not open, Rijkaard will use him as a surprise soldier.

As the game progressed, Ronaldinho gradually realized that he was really alone, and there were very few teammates who could cooperate with him, and Eto'o was waiting for him to deliver the ball, so it was impossible for him to come back and help him with the ball.

"Ronaldinho needs a helper," Martin Taylor said.

In fact, most people can see that Rijkaard is too conservative and there are too many defensive players in the midfield.

But generally in the first half, Rijkaard would not immediately correct his mistakes. More importantly, Van Bommel's long shot was quite powerful. He is Rijkaard's compatriot in the Netherlands, so he knows it very well.

Later, the Dutch team liked to use Van Bommel mainly because of this. He has no talent, but his tricks are popular all over the world.

At this moment, Van Bommel's cold shot became Barcelona's most threatening goal in the first half.

(End of this chapter)