There is a dream called football

Chapter 416 Can't Relax For A Second

"Oh my God, this was Porto's most threatening shot in the second half." The commentator said with emotion.

This was a long-range shot from Gonzalez, and the ball hit the post of Arsenal's goal firmly. Porto can only feel bad luck.

In the second half, Porto's offense became more and more fierce, while Arsenal had already begun to practice defense.

This is a tactical arrangement, with 2-0 in hand, Wenger wants to win the game with the least cost, and the defensive counterattack is obviously the most successful.

Wenger has been coaching Arsenal for a long time, and he must also consider the requirements of modern football. For example, modern football has 50 to 60 games a year, which means that at least one game a week, this is still a year-round perspective.

So the beautiful football like before is destined to be impossible to appear in every game. This is also Wenger's change.

For example, in the second half of this game, Arsenal's football can be said to be ugly, but it is very pragmatic.

In the second half, Porto seemed to be in a hurry, because in the last home game, Porto was tied by CSKA Moscow, which made them very anxious. They must score at least one point in this game, otherwise Porto may have nothing to play next.

There are only 6 games in the group stage, and if Porto only has one point after two rounds, then the following games will be very difficult.

Although coach Ferreira also knows that the hamburger should be easier to pinch, but he still doesn't want to put himself in danger.

If you are in a hurry, the game will be easy. Fortunately, Porto has high center forward Postiga.

The Portuguese is also the main center forward of the Portuguese national team. He is particularly accurate in judging high points, which is the most basic requirement for a center forward.

After Bosingwa hit the bottom, he curved the ball into the penalty area, and Postiga grabbed the header again before Julu. He smashed the ball hard towards the goal.

"It works." The Porto coach thought to himself.

In fact, with the decline in the physical fitness of Porto players, the possibility of penetrating in the middle is getting smaller and smaller. The more realistic tactic is to take the ball from the side and let the high center striker compete for the landing point. There may be some opportunities.

And Wenger's mentality is getting better and better, and he seems to be confident. The ball looks like it can be won, and the first victory at the Emirates Stadium is already in sight.

At the 77th minute of the game, Wenger replaced Henry and Li Qiao successively, basically meaning to withdraw, because the ball seemed to be fine.

When Li Qiao left the field, he still went to pay tribute to the Porto players, and then to their head coach. Finally, he thanked the Porto fans at the scene. After all, Porto made himself perfect. Without Porto, I would not be who I am now.

There were not many Porto fans present, but they all stood up and applauded Li Qiao.

Unlike the top giants, Porto fans are not sad about Li Qiao's departure. They are also very clear about their position in the European football continent, which is to train stars for others, and these departing stars will always be Porto's children.

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Arsenal have withdrawn their troops, but Porto's offense is still strong, and their offense is wave after wave.

And what makes Arsenal fear the most is the opponent's free kick. Because of the free kick opportunity, the team can completely press it. In this way, the pressure will be more than that of a positional battle.

Lopez, who just came on, took a corner kick. The three corner kicks in front of Porto were not good. On the one hand, the Premier League team's air defense ability is still good. On the other hand, the more important thing is that there are too few high points in Porto's penalty area.

Pepe also came up this time.

Lopez held out three fingers and kicked off the ball.

Everyone was surprised to find that Lopez's ball was not aimed at the penalty area, but Anderson in front of the penalty area.

Could it be a direct shot?

The difficulty was too great, and Anderson flew a kick, and it turned out to be a flawed kick. The shot turned into an anti-aircraft gun, and the ball flew into the penalty area.

But what I didn't expect was that this time the wrong shot turned into a pass, and it was still a Porto player, which can be described as a mistake.

On the landing point, Quaresma poked directly with the outside of his instep, and with four or two strokes, he completed the shot in the most ingenious way.

A trick that is popular all over the world, Quaresma has used his outside instep to make a name for himself all his life, and his goals are basically world waves.

This ball was no exception. When he kicked the ball firmly with the outside of his instep, Wenger knew that the ball was basically hopeless.

Sure enough, the ball arced out. This kind of ball can easily bypass the goalkeeper's save, and then circle back and drill into the far corner of the goal.

The ball went in! ! ! !

Porto went wild.

They saw hope, they saw the hope of scoring points in the away game, and Wenger suddenly felt a little trembling in his body, could it be...

It's hard to say, there are still 8 minutes. For a football game, a lot can happen in 8 minutes.

Li Qiao couldn't sit still anymore. He was standing on the sidelines watching the football. As a fan, he was much more nervous than playing on the field. Li Qiao felt that he was trembling. Porto's offense was completely ignoring defense, except for the goalkeeper. Of course, it is very likely to score another goal.

And the most dangerous moment really appeared. Pepe, already used as a center forward, overwhelmed Arsenal's defenders in front of the goal and completed a header.

This ball Pepe deliberately dropped the far corner, because Lehmann blocked the near corner, but the arc of the ball was a little bit wider, and it did not fly into the far corner.

At this moment, Coach Porto knelt down and refused to get up on the ground for a long time.

What a pity! !
Porto almost finished the tie, and this is also Porto's last chance in this game.

The game is over, Arsenal defeated Porto 2-1, not only won the first Champions League victory at the Emirates Stadium, but also ranked first in the standings with two wins.

After the game, Li Qiao ran over to shake hands with the Porto players one by one, and comforted the opponents, or former teammates.

And what Wenger thought in his heart was how to get the opponent's Gonzalez and Pepe into his own hands, that would be beautiful.

At this moment, Ferreira stretched out his hand to Wenger, and the two held each other and said some polite words.

Wenger patted Li Qiao, "You can speak Portuguese, can you talk to that one, I admire him very much."

Li Qiao looked at it, it was Pepe, and immediately understood what was going on, so he laughed.

"of course can."

Li Qiao walked towards Pepe and said to him: "Our head admires you very much, maybe we will become teammates in the future."

Pepe also laughed. He came to Europe from Brazil, and Portugal was his first stop. Of course, his goal is the five major leagues.

(End of this chapter)