There is a dream called football

Chapter 350 The Art of Defense
Van Bommel's ground cut came close to the lawn. Almunia's line of sight was blocked by his teammates in front, but he reacted quickly, and finally stretched out his feet to block the ball.

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene, because the ball was too dangerous. If Almunia was slower, then the ball would have scored by sticking to the ground.

For Barcelona, ​​Harvey and Iniesta have already warmed up and are ready to play at any time, but Rijkaard will not make substitutions at the moment.

At this moment, Ronaldinho suddenly started in the middle. When Arsenal reacted, he had already passed Flamini, and his speed was getting faster and faster. With Ronaldinho's speed, it is easy to explode the entire defense line suddenly.

At this moment, Toure stepped forward to steal, but Toure's movement was so obvious that Ronaldinho made a false move and passed. In this way, the center was empty, and Arsenal's defenders no longer dared to foul, otherwise it might be another red card.

Campbell is very experienced. He aimed at Giuly on the side and rear. He estimated in his heart that the ball was probably a slap in the face. Ronaldinho would not choose to do it alone in the end. He just wanted to attract more defensive players.

This is a central defender's prediction, which is very important. When most teams face this situation, they all rush to Ronaldinho's side, and Campbell's attention can still be on Giuly at this time.

In the end, as expected, Ronaldinho made a low pass to the right. His purpose was to attract all the defensive strength of the opponent and then pass the ball to Giuly, who was unguarded. But this time Campbell predicted in advance. He stretched out his leg and tackled the ball.

Both Wenger and Rijkaard are old drivers. The defense of this ball is more beautiful than the offense. Campbell's prediction can be said to be amazing. If this ball is not for Campbell's prediction, then Giuly must definitely score.

However, fans cannot see these subtleties, and most people will praise Ronaldinho's one-stop breakthrough.

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Henry took the ball, he predicted the opponent's position, and then suddenly moved forward.

The commentator said excitedly: "Could it be that Henry was stimulated by Ronaldinho just now and is planning to come here himself."

However, Henry was facing the Dutchman Van Bommel. This guy had a very good sense of position. Van Bommel basically got stuck in his seat, but Henry actually passed through the crotch, which was unexpected by Van Bommel.

He felt humiliated and stretched out his legs to kick, but Henry's speed was so fast that the opponent couldn't even kick anyone. Soon, Henry could face Puyol.

The confrontation between the two was fierce, and they refused to give up an inch of ground. It was absolutely impossible for Puyol to let Henry pass by.

At this moment, Li Qiao had already run over from the wing to meet it, Henry passed the ball to him, and then moved himself, and Li Qiao immediately sent it back to Henry with his heel, and when Henry shot, the referee blew his whistle.

"what happened?"

Wenger was puzzled.

"Is there something wrong with this ball?"

It turned out that Li Qiao's position was already offside. The referee saw clearly that Barcelona's defenders were also very thieves. Marquez took a step forward, and the Mexican defender took a step forward in such a timely manner, which caused Li Qiao's offside and also disintegrated Arsenal's attack this time.

This is the defensive art of the top teams, it is indeed very subtle, Li Qiao smiled and shook his head, he did not expect Marquis to keep such a move, because he was actually very careful when he inserted it.

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The first half is coming to an end, but the head coaches of both sides are getting more nervous, and they are asking their players to pay more attention, because in previous games, it is very common to lose the ball before the end of the first half.

Rijkaard repeatedly pointed to his head.

"Attention."

Because the difference of one ball is actually good, but it is unacceptable for him to expand to two.

On the other side, Arsenal's Wenger was also thinking in his mind, "It's actually pretty good to go back to the locker room with a 1-0 result."

But Wenger doesn't think the opponent will give up the last few minutes of the first half, maybe there is something wrong with holding back!
But unexpectedly, before the end of the first half, Barcelona's midfielder Presas even clutched his thigh muscles.

"Could it be a strain?"

But right away everyone realized that it was not, because his teammates were pressing his legs. A strained leg cannot be stretched, it will be more serious, and stretched legs are 100% cramp.

This is the first half of the game, right?

Although it is already a bit hot in France at this time, professional players of this level should not have such poor physical fitness.

But everyone just looked at the surface. In fact, Presas was marking Henry. He sprinted and ran dozens of times in the first half. Although the total running distance was not much, this kind of variable-speed running actually consumed more energy.

It's like sometimes you will be out of breath after running 200 meters, but it's okay to run slowly for 1000 meters, that's the reason.

Knowing that Presas was suffering from cramp, Rijkaard calmed down a little. There should be nothing wrong with him. Drink some sports drinks and press his legs again to relieve himself.

With such a delay, there were 4 minutes of stoppage time in the first half. Wenger smiled wryly. It was really troublesome. As the leading side, they hoped that the game would end quickly, so that they could rest for 15 minutes before fighting again.

"Ghost knows what will happen in stoppage time!"

Ronaldinho was still the most threatening one. He suddenly passed the ball to Eto'o on the side in the middle.

This ball was even ridiculed by Arsenal fans, because this kind of ball is still very substandard.

For the rest of the first half, the two sides did not attack much. There were many invalid passes. The ball was passed in the midfield. The referee also found that everyone was not interested in fighting, so the whistle for the end of the first half was blown immediately after the time was up.

There are still 45 minutes left before the final result of this Champions League final. Wenger looked at his players, he was quite satisfied, but then glanced at the opponent's bench, most of the substitutes went out to warm up, presumably the second half was an encounter, and the game against Barcelona, ​​it is impossible to beat the opponent without shedding the last drop of sweat.

Rijkaard patted every player off the field, his players actually performed well, the own goal was purely an accident, it was a reasonable loss on the football field, nothing, he would not blame anyone for it.

Rijkaard always has a belief that he will be as successful as Cruyff and become a great coach in the history of Barcelona.

(End of this chapter)