There is a dream called football

Chapter 352 Midfield Master
"The No. 24 and No. 6 that have just been replaced are really good."

At this time, Iniesta is still wearing the unfamiliar No. 24. The domestic commentary is still on superstars like Ronaldinho. Little is known about Harvey and Iniesta.

Flamini, Gilbert and Diaby have been walked like dogs. They put a lot of pressure on Barcelona's midfield, but the strange thing is that the opponent's midfield pass in the second half basically made no mistakes.

Of course, Xavi + Iniesta + Ronaldinho, can this midfield pass be smooth?

yellow card.

yellow card.

Fifteen minutes into the second half, both Flamini and Gilbert received yellow cards, which made Wenger anxious.

Maybe some of Arsenal's 10 players will leave the stadium early, so how can they play 9 against 11?
Harvey took the ball in the left midfield, and the defense here immediately rushed over. At this moment, Harvey flicked the outside of his instep and distributed the ball to the right.

I don't know, compared with Van Bommel's pass in the first half, Harvey's pass immediately looked very high-end.

The area where Ronaldinho took the ball happened to be where Arsenal's defense was weak. He could shoot after running 10 meters with the ball.

The power of the ball was great, but the angle was too straight, and Almunia hugged the ball with a gesture of fishing for the moon in his arms.

Soon, the most exciting scene of the game appeared. Ronaldinho handed the ball to Iniesta, and then he inserted himself into the penalty area. At this moment, Iniesta turned his back to the opponent's goal, flicked the outside of his foot, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, and sent the ball to Ronaldinho's running route.

The ball was so wonderful that none of Arsenal's defensive players could keep up. Ronaldinho directly pushed with his left foot and scored.

But the linesman's flag was also raised, offside.

Looking at the slow motion, it is obvious that the moment Iniesta flicked the ball, Ronaldinho happened to be offside by half a shoulder.

Wenger was sitting on pins and needles. It was the first time he saw the invincibility of pass-and-control football. Later, these two formed Spain's invincible midfielder.

The concept of passing and controlling football was still very advanced in 2006, so Wenger was a little dumbfounded for a while. He wanted to solve it, but the problem was that the opponent's midfield passes were all one-shot passes.

If you use lethal tactics, your own players may be sent off. This is a dilemma.

Wenger saw it, and Li Qiao was anxious. Li Qiao has a way to pass and control football, and that is to use fast passes, especially long passes, to break through. Just like the 2018 Russia World Cup, in the match between Spain and Russia, Spain passed the ball back and forth in the midfield, just like playing Tai Chi, while Russia started the ball from the backcourt, playing simple and direct.

But it was really just punching the master to death, and Spain, with a possession rate of more than 70%, had nothing to do.

Wenger is still experienced, he knows what he has to do, so he asked his team to compress the defense in the midfield, and the three lines are as close as possible, so there will be less space left for the opponent.

It seems to be the case, but Harvey can always see through the cracks. He can find huge holes in the opponent's defense when no one else can see the space. This is the power of the court brain.

In the 20 minutes of the second half, Barcelona finally showed its fangs. When Arsenal's defensive attention was all on Ronaldinho and Eto'o, Harvey keenly noticed Giuly who was inserted from the wing.

Some people say that a good midfielder has the vision of God, and Harvey must be a person with the vision of God.

The ball arrives.

People arrive.

Because the timing of the pass is just right, it is easy to be mistaken for offside. The Arsenal players instinctively glanced at it, but the linesman did not raise the flag this time, and Giuly was also very straightforward. He directly hit the near corner.

The ball is in! !

"If Barcelona wins this game, Rijkaard's substitution will be magical."

"These two substitutions completely revitalized Barcelona's midfield. The first and second halves didn't feel like a team at all."

Rijkaard himself was taken aback. He didn't expect that Harvey and Iniesta were not stage-frightened at all. It seemed that he was conservative and shouldn't choose players because of their age.

The Barcelona team embraced together, and it was Giuly who scored the goal, but in fact the real hero of this goal was Xavi, and his pass was wonderful.

Wenger pursed his lips. The ball was lost without words, but he was depressed. Arsenal's midfielder worked very hard, but even if he was walked, all his runs became invalid. This is what made Wenger most depressed.

After the re-kick-off, Barcelona's rhythm was obviously slowed down. At 0-1, Barcelona pushed their limits. After 1-1, of course they had to breathe a sigh of relief. No matter how strong the player is, he is still human.

Taking advantage of Barcelona's respite, Arsenal counterattacked several times, but the results were not good. Li Qiao's pass to Henry was basically cut off.

Players with good passes are also very predictive. Li Qiao's pass has long been seen in Iniesta's eyes. When he has no choice but to pass, Iniesta thinks the same way, so he always takes a step ahead and gets stuck.

Li Qiao and Henry lost contact, and Arsenal's offense was cut off, because even Maradona has nothing to do in modern football alone.

Wenger paced quickly on the sidelines, he was thinking, it could be a substitution, or a change in tactics, but he couldn't just do nothing.

Martin Taylor also discovered, "The loss of Pires really has a great impact on Arsenal's offense."

"If Pires is here, Li Qiao, Henry, and Pires can form a triangle, then the ball can be passed, and the offensive routine will be much richer, but it is a bit difficult now."

Wenger let Xiaofa stand on the front midfielder to get the ball.

"Control the ball, if you can't pass a threatening ball, you'd rather pass it back."

In this way, there is no one on the left side of Arsenal, but the advantage is that someone in the front midfielder has the ball, and Xiaofa's ability to hold the ball is very good.

This change lasted for a few minutes, and Rijkaard was not a piece of wood. At this time, Arsenal had Clichy on the left, which was a good opportunity, and Barcelona had Giuly and Edmilson on the right.

These two fast horses began to destroy Arsenal's left side violently, and there was no worry about Edmilson's assist, and Arsenal had no one on the left side.

Wenger fell back into the conundrum.

(End of this chapter)