There is a dream called football

Chapter 438 The Sophisticated Gunner

The ball can only be volleyed directly, otherwise there should be no chance, Li Qiao knows this, but he also knows that Pepe will not let himself volley at will, he will definitely stretch his legs to block the ball.

Under such circumstances, Li Qiao volleyed. Under the pressure, the ball flew away, but Li Qiao raised his hand immediately to signal that Henry passed the ball very well. It was his own shooting problem.

0 to 0, this seems to be a sword hanging over Porto's head, it is safe for the time being, but it is likely to fall.

And Arsenal is a bit better, as long as they don't concede the ball, then their side will be promoted.

Wenger chuckled. This kind of situation has been encountered before. Of course, under normal circumstances, Arsenal can be won, but there are special occasions when they cannot be won, that is, the ship capsized in the gutter.

Soon Porto's offense came again.

Meireles made a long pass to Lopez, and the Argentine ran on the edge of the penalty area. His running position was still very erratic. This position happened to be at the junction of the center back and the full back. Both Clichy and Gallas had to be responsible, or neither could.

In this case, Lopez was given a chance to get the ball. The Argentine glanced into the penalty area and slammed into the penalty area with the back of his foot.

This is the most popular way of passing the ball today, commonly known as a shot pass, and in this case, the Arsenal defender's height is tested, but this time Toure did a good job. At the back point, he directly kicked the ball away and gave the opponent a corner kick, but it did not pose too much threat.

Porto's coach Ferreira turned his head and glanced. It was Anderson running. In the first round of the two teams, the coach used Anderson. The Brazilian's characteristic is of course offense. In this game, the coach used Meireles and Assuncao. These two players are completely different from Anderson.

They are the engineers in the midfield, the role of destroyers, and the main reason why the head coach does this is because he is afraid of losing the ball. Porto must win this game, which also causes the head coach to be timid. If the ball is lost, then there may be no chance to get it back.

So Ferreira chose to be conservative. Now it seems that his choice can be said to be correct. At least Porto has not conceded the ball, but at the same time, the creativity of the team's frontcourt was sacrificed.

This point of explanation can also be seen, "Porto is too simple to play like this. Basically, it is to find two forwards in the frontcourt, and then let them figure out a way by themselves. This seems to be too difficult for a team of Arsenal's level."

After giving the ball to Postiga again, the Portuguese tried his best to get past Toure.

This kind of ball with a very clear passing intention can still be easily resolved for Arsenal's defense.

Postiga also gestured towards the opponent, meaning that the pass could be deeper, so he could speed up.

However, this kind of passing requires very delicate footwork, and not everyone can be Rosicky, so Postiga's requirements are a bit high.

And soon, after 30 minutes in the first half, Porto's physical fitness declined significantly, which made Wenger smile.

"Physical fitness is finally gone."

Porto is the team that took the start. They put in a lot of physical energy in exchange for a goal. If this goal is not achieved, then the next game may not be within their control.

This is what coach Ferreira thinks.

At this time, Arsenal showed their very sophisticated side, but they started to hold the ball in the midfield.

The ball was passed back and forth in the midfield, and Rosicky slowed down when he took the ball, and this slowness made Porto a little uncomfortable, and then when they turned around to grab the ball at Rosicky's feet, Rosicky had already passed the ball to Li Qiao.

Li Qiao faced Fucilet, swayed, the Uruguayan remained motionless, but at this time Li Qiao was not in a hurry, but passed back to the full-back Eboue, and then continued to run forward, and Eboue was not in a hurry. He stepped on the ball, pulled the ball, turned around, and then continued to pass the ball.

The opponent immediately became impatient, because Arsenal was using up tactics, which was very difficult.

For a team that lacks time, time is the most precious asset, and what Arsenal consumes now is Porto's most precious thing.

So under the influence of this emotion, Assuncao made an irrational move. He kicked Flamini, and the referee gave him a yellow card very rudely.

"What should we do? The players are becoming more and more irritable. Goals, we only need one goal."

This is very similar to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. When Germany faced South Korea, they were short of a goal to qualify, but they couldn't score that goal anyway. In this case, the final mentality of the players is easily unbalanced.

At this time, Porto has more or less such emotions, so many things that should not have happened have happened.

For example, Meirelles and Rosicky fought against each other after grabbing the ball, and the two quarreled for a while, but this is actually very rare. Normally, Rosicky would not do this unless the opponent really provoked him too much.

The Dragon Stadium has also begun to boil, and the upsurge is one wave after another, creating the momentum of the Devil's Stadium, and the Arsenal fans who came from afar are huddled in a small corner and become transparent.

This is the difficulty of playing here. Soon, Porto's physical fitness slowly recovered, and they started to siege Arsenal frantically again. Wenger knew very well that this was the last frenzy before the first half, just like the Spanish Bulls would launch an attack in a desperate situation.

In this situation, you just need to push it over. Wenger made a gesture of pressing down, asking his players to stand up.

At this time, the role of normal training is revealed. The most fundamental difference between a strong team and a weak team is the ability to resist pressure. A strong team will not break up under pressure and can even counterattack, while a weak team is impossible. The formation of a weak team will basically fall apart under the impact.

So even though Porto had a strong impact, Arsenal could still hold on. Before the end of the first half, the score between the two sides was 0-0, and the moment the half-time whistle blew, the audience was booed everywhere.

Porto needed a goal in the second half.

(End of this chapter)