Jagged Wings

Chapter 94 A second half
After paying 45 minutes of tuition, Capello's only request was to let the players not concede the ball in the first half.

They have completed this task!
In the Juventus lineup, the left back Cellini, the right center back Kovac, the right midfielder Mutu and the left center midfielder Gianni Keida are not the main players, so they are basically a semi-new lineup against each other. Arsenal.

After the run-in, the second half is the time for them to exert their strength.

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In the dressing room on the other side, the Arsenal players were full of laughter.They have reason to be happy. Juventus, who are playing at home, show no signs of a comeback.

With little physical fitness left and an unfamiliar lineup, how can such a Juventus hope to exist?

So when facing Juventus's crazy counterattack in the second half, Arsenal was a little bit overwhelmed...

They didn't expect that Juventus, which had been regarded as a cooked duck in their pot, began a fierce resistance.

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In the second half of the game, Arsenal took the lead.

Arsenal planned to organize an attack after the kick-off, but Juventus' midfielder Gianni Keida cut off the ball passed to Reyes by Fafa, and then immediately counterattacked, handing the football to Nedved, and then After a series of amazing short passes, their other striker, Italian Piero, completed the first shot of the second half. Lehmann performed well and saved it, and Juventus won the first goal. corner.

This attack is more like a warning, a forecast of Juventus's mad attack on Arsenal.Remind them that this is Juventus territory, not Arsenal's Highbury.

Seeing that the home team contributed only one wonderful attack at the beginning of the second half, the Juventus fans gave a huge cheer, and of course there were also many Arsenal fans who booed for free.

Just 2 minutes after their corner kick, Juventus launched another attack. After a series of dazzling frontcourt passes and coordination, Ibrahimovic brought the football into the penalty area and then shot. He rushed to the back corner, but Nedved followed up with a supplementary shot that allowed Arsenal defender Senderos to block the bottom line.

Juventus win another corner.

Reyes, who was returned to the corner kick, went out of the penalty area.

In the next game, Juventus used a stormy attack to stun the relaxed Arsenal.

After falling behind by a big score, the head coach deliberately suppressed the temper of the Juventus players in the first half and asked them to practice tacit understanding patiently.

Therefore, in the second half of the game, all the Juventus players tried their best to find the field back in the game. They appeared to be very proactive from the beginning of the second half, and even the defenders frequently pressed up to attack.

And this is what Capello wants!
Capello knows that his players have a calm temper and it is difficult to be mobilized, so this is actually one of his strategies, he wants to suppress the temper of the players.In this way, once it erupts in the second half, it will definitely be at the level of a torrent and tsunami.

Facts have proved that Capello's idea is right!

Just 3 minutes into the second half, Juventus took the lead.

Arsenal's central defender Kolo Toure was obviously frightened by Juventus' desperate offensive. When he got the ball in the backcourt, he made a mistake in his busy schedule and passed the ball directly to the Juventus center who was pressing forward. Field Emerson!

The error was fatal, as Emerson stole the ball past a panicked Toure, then sprinted into the penalty area, facing a hurried Lehmann, and sent the ball into the bottom left corner!

1: 0!

"Juventus are ahead! Now they are only one goal behind on aggregate!"

The TV camera was given to Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, who was one goal behind, but he didn't change his mood at all. He sat quietly on the coach's bench and didn't even stand up.All this seems to have been within his calculations.

The team is still one goal ahead, and he is not nervous.

Facts have proved that after experiencing so much, the psychological quality of Arsenal players is definitely not something that can be defeated by such a tactical change!
The cheers of the Juventus fans have not yet ended, and a counterattack by Arsenal made them collectively lose their voices.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, only 5 minutes away from Juventus' goal, Ljungberg dribbled the ball from the side. Seeing that the Juventus defense was still returning to the defense, he did not organize an effective defense in time. Although he was still a little far from the penalty area — because he was dribbling the ball along the touchline — and kicked it straight in!

Reyes rushed into the penalty area diagonally, then made a sudden stop, then turned around and stretched his feet to stop the football firmly under his feet, and at the same time turned around quickly again, kicked and shot!

In front of offensive players, defensive players are always passive.Reyes' sudden stop was very sudden, and Cannavaro, who was defending him, was also thrown away.

The football flew into the back corner of the goal from Buffon's unresponsive hands!
"The ball-go-in!"

"goooooooooooal! It's beautiful! 2 minutes! Juventus' lead lasted only 5 minutes! Arsenal once again opened the gap to two goals!"

After scoring the goal, Reyes rushed to the stands of the Juventus fans, raised his index finger and put it to his mouth.

This time, it was the turn of thousands of Arsenal fans to revel.

Just when Arsenal was gearing up and wanted to make persistent efforts to suppress Juventus.In the 60th minute, Juventus won a penalty on the left side of Arsenal's penalty area.

In the Juventus team, there are special candidates for throw-ins, usually two full-backs.Especially Chiellini, this man has amazing arms, his throw-in is like a grenade, and he can throw it directly from outside the bounds to the opponent's goal, it is simply a corner kick sent by hand.

This time it was naturally Chiellini who went for a throw-in.He wiped the football in his arms repeatedly until the top was wiped clean, then raised the football, and then stepped back to the front of the billboard. After a long run-up, everyone knew that he was going to throw a free kick directly to the goal. forward.

Sure enough, the football thrown by Chiellini with all his strength flew high over the Arsenal defenders, and then fell in front of the goal!
This time it was Nedved!
Nedved leaned against his defending Arsenal defender Senderos, then jumped high, with his back to the goal and a beautiful flick of his head!

Lehmann did not expect that under the full defense of Senderos, Nedved could jump up and head the ball so easily, and the football flew from in front of him into the near corner of the goal!
Senderos defended steadily throughout the game, but this defensive error gave Nedved an opportunity to take advantage of.

Senderos did not expect that the 34-year-old Nedved could explode with such a strong bounce!

"2:1, Juventus overtook!"

"In the 60th minute of the second half, Juventus scored another goal! In just 15 minutes, Juventus tied the total score to 2:3! But Arsenal still had an away goal, and Juventus had to score again Two goals!" The commentator shouted, before the game, no one could have imagined that the second half of the game would be so exciting.

"Juventus' dull first half and passionate second half formed a strong contrast. Their current performance makes the fans full of confidence. I believe they will score again!"

The commentator once again predicted correctly, and the subsequent development of the game really surprised the Assen fans and wanted to jump off the building!

After Juventus scored two goals in 15 minutes to overtake the score, Arsenal was obviously stunned. They did not expect that Juventus, which has always been old-fashioned, would play such a passionate second half!
(End of this chapter)