champion professor

Chapter 450 Three Wars with the Red Army ([-])

"Goal post! It's dangerous, Liverpool almost took the lead!"

"It's Gerrard again! Oops, miss."

Gerald sighed regretfully and wiped the sweat from his brow.

It was an excellent opportunity at the beginning, but it was a pity that the goal was not scored after all.

Just hitting the goal post is of course nothing, but at that time Cech had already fallen to the ground and it was too late to get up again, and the other Arsenal defensive players were also a little out of position, it was difficult to stop him.And the ball that hit the goal post just happened to fall back to Gerrard's feet.

How could he not take advantage of this opportunity?
It's a pity that the second shot was even more crooked, and still failed to result in a goal.

Gerrard himself could feel it, probably because he had just completed a shot, and when he shot again for the second time, he hadn't had time to adjust his physical condition to the best level. up.

There is no way, it is very depressing, but I can only work hard to find the next opportunity.

Just behind the gate guarded by Cech, the away fans who followed the club and came here were a little disappointed.

What a great chance Gerrard had, but unfortunately, he still failed to see the goal happen.

A basketball game has dozens or hundreds of goals on average, but football has only one or two. This is the difference, and this is the preciousness of goals.

Seeing Cech received the ball from the ball boy on the sidelines, Gerrard, who had already slowly ran back to the center circle, could only shake his head regretfully, trying to drive this depression out of his mind.

Clenching his fists, Shao Bo was a little excited even though he was sitting on the coach's bench.

"It was so dangerous just now..."

I have been expecting my players to break this deadlock first, but I didn't expect that the situation has been stalemate until now, but Liverpool have a slight advantage.

So Shao Bo's painstaking preparations were all in vain?
It seems that both teams have some very good opportunities, but unfortunately they were unable to seize them, resulting in the current score of 0:0.

However, this kind of draw is unacceptable to Shao Bo. At home, they must establish a leading advantage as soon as possible, so that they can take the initiative when they go to Merseyside.

Two consecutive games were played at Anfield, Shao Bo also had to prepare for future games.

At that time, the Liverpool team will have an absolute advantage, and Arsenal will be there for nearly two weeks, which will definitely affect the combat effectiveness, and the hope of winning cannot be pinned on the future.

Arsenal don't want to "win the future", the most important thing is to grasp the present!

Both Liverpool and Arsenal are now in a balanced state. Although Liverpool is not as good as Arsenal in possession, they are more able to control the ball in Arsenal's half.

Benitez has always had the title of "Master of Tactics" because he has a specialty, being able to design a targeted style of play for every head coach and every team.

As long as he has enough time and energy, he can crack almost any team's tactics.

However, if it is just contacted, Benitez will definitely take a long time to crack.And in the league, there are 38 league games in a season, how many cup games... .

Benitez is unlikely to have enough energy to do this.

Obviously, this has led to Liverpool being better at cup games than league games.

Liverpool, who are now hopeless for the championship, can only make up for their regrets by fighting for the Champions League.

The Carabao Cup unexpectedly lost to Chelsea on penalties, and Benitez can only make efforts in the FA Cup and the Champions League.

After learning that their opponent in this round of the Champions League is the defending champion Arsenal, Benitez is ready to sacrifice the middle game and strive for the route of these two Champions League victories.

It's no wonder that Shao Bo felt that this Champions League match was extremely difficult.

After all, Benitez also put a lot of effort into this game.

The commentator of Sky Sports looked at the watch on his wrist, and it happened that the slow motion of the wonderful shot just now was being played at this time.The game has been going on for more than 40 minutes, and Liverpool in the away game has no signs of being at a disadvantage. Although they did not score, they did not allow the home team to score either.

"Liverpool and Arsenal are in a stalemate. The first half of the game is coming to an end. I wonder if the two teams can surprise us?"

Shao Bo frowned a little, the game was a bit too difficult, he didn't expect this, in other words, Shao Bo was a little too confident.

As a result, Arsenal has not been able to score goals, causing the previously accumulated momentum to leak out bit by bit, and turned into heavy pressure, which is placed on the players, making it even more difficult for them to perform at their true level .

"Ugh……".

Seeing that the current situation is dangerous, although it is still in a stalemate, changes that Shao Bo cannot control are prone to occur.

If Arsenal can't make progress, then this game is much more dangerous.

His family knew about his own affairs, and Shao Bo didn't want his players to lose to their opponents when they entered the quarterfinals.

After all, defending the Champions League is a goal that the whole club is striving for. With this kind of heart, the players will work hard, even if the league is temporarily behind, they will not let go.

Since the new century, even dating back to the earlier reorganization of the Champions League, no team has been able to defend the Champions League.

And Arsenal, who were lucky enough to win the Champions League last season, how could it not work hard for this goal?
Today's Arsenal has a solid enough bench. If under such conditions, Shao Bo dare not fight on two fronts and fight for the Champions League trophy, then he himself will look down on himself.

"Lampard—!"

The commentator lengthened his voice, but Lampard's beautiful long-range shot still failed to result in a goal. Liverpool's goalkeeper Dudek flew over and pressed the ball firmly on the edge of the goal line. No chance was left to Arsenal.

"Ugh……."

For a while, I don't know how many Arsenal fans sighed and regretted this.

The game is almost halfway through, and most fans have already put down the cards that were held high in their hands.Shao Bo's design on the back of the card is not bad, and they are all ready to take home as a souvenir.

However, if the game is lost, there is no way to be so happy even if you get such a souvenir.

Even a draw is unacceptable!

Seeing that the first half of the game is coming to an end, can Arsenal still score goals and win?

Do they have to wait until the second half before they make goals?

Like Shao Bo, the fans were anxious about waiting.

Right now, I am afraid that only the thousands of Liverpool fans will feel that this is a good situation. After returning to Anfield, they will have the advantage of home court and will definitely be able to win Arsenal!
Time passed by every minute and every second, but unfortunately none of them completed the task of breaking the goal in the first half.

During the intermission, Shao Bo encouraged the players in the locker room, telling them not to worry too much.

In fact, the most anxious person is probably Shao Bo himself.

"It looks like things are going badly for Arsenal," he said.

Now even the commentators can see that even if the two teams are currently evenly divided, but at home, Arsenal still perform like this, which is very strange.

Fortunately, there is still time in the game. The second half is full of 45 minutes. Whatever judgment is made now, I am afraid that it will be easy to be slapped in the face when the game is over.

They will not talk nonsense easily. At present, just doing some superficial analysis is enough to get through.

Besides, during the 15 minutes, most of them are commercial time. Commercials of beer and sports brands are all in the battle, and the fans also take advantage of this time to rest.

The constant hissing and shouting is quite exhausting.

It's like getting up in the morning without drinking water, and your throat is extremely hoarse.

After the advertisement, there are naturally wonderful pictures in the Champions League, among which are some wonderful shots in the previous games.

Henry's effortless push shot into the net after passing several people, Klose's header over the opponent's defender, Lampard's powerful long-range shot, Bergkamp's volley...

During the half-time break, they played all the wonderful performances of the players before, satisfying some audiences in front of the TV.

However, most fans still hope to see the live, latest shot.

Football matches are precisely because shooting goals is not easy, so every goal will be very exciting.

Relatively speaking, other games such as basketball will not have this effect.

"It seems that Arsenal's team is not doing well. Shao Bo must be in a state of distress now, right?"

Spanish TV stations also broadcast the Premier League civil war between Arsenal and Liverpool, and they don't care who wins and who loses.

In the past few years, English and Spanish clubs have clashed in the Champions League many times, and both sides have accumulated a lot of new and old hatred.

Leaving aside other things, among the quarter-finals of this year's Champions League, there is only one Barcelona club from Spain. The biggest culprit of this is the club from England!

Without Chelsea and Manchester United, how could Real Madrid and Mallorca be out early!

A few years ago, he was the defending champion of the Champions League, but now he has become Shiliu Lang. Real Madrid has many supporters in Spain. How could they have a good look at the English team?

Even when they were commenting on the game, the Spanish commentators gloated a little, thinking in their minds that they would let these british guys consume more energy in the civil war!
Better to hurt a few more players, what about those English football hooligans?
Hurry up at this time!

Even after years of rectification in England, football hooligans rarely appear, and it cannot offset the discrimination against them by Spanish fans.

However, this does not affect the players who are fighting for victory at the Emirates Stadium in the slightest.

Say what they like on the Spanish relay TV station!

Arsenal, only want to win, in addition, nothing else.

No goal was scored in the first half, and the faces of the players were not very good. Shao Bo can't just let it go now, otherwise his physical fitness may recover in the ten minutes or so, but his heart But it will definitely unload a lot.

It's like a track and field athlete who has been running laps. If he keeps running when he feels tired, he may break through his limit.

And if you choose to rest at this time, then maybe you won't be able to run anymore in a short time.

This is the reason why the heart energy has dropped. If you don't rest for more than ten minutes, it will be difficult to adjust the state to that level.

The same is true for the players. Shao Bo doesn't intend that in the second half, the players will be sluggish, weak in running, "loose in footsteps, unresponsive, and none of them can move decently." Want to defend the Champions League?
Go dreaming!
In the second half, Arsenal must score and beat their opponents!
At this time, even if it is to increase the pressure on the players, there is no way.

Without a certain degree of pressure, the players may not have enough motivation.

Shao Bo would never allow this!
The Champions League matches are related to tens of millions of tournament bonuses and huge influence. How can Shao Bo give these benefits to others?
With these as a foundation, Arsenal's position will also be more stable.

Otherwise, there is only one Champions League trophy, and they are just getting started, not really rich.

After years of silence and loneliness, it will take some time for Arsenal to truly rise.

Just after the intermission, the players played again. After Shao Bo's brief encouragement, the Arsenal players also rushed to encourage their fighting spirit.

The two teams got a lot of opportunities in the first half of the game. It can be said that there is no big problem in terms of tactics.

And because Shao Bo didn't know whether Liverpool would change temporarily, he didn't make adjustments during the intermission.

Look again, and then study the formation of the Liverpool team.

In the first half of the game, neither team was able to score, and now Arsenal can no longer procrastinate.

After Arsenal got the ball in the second half, they took the lead in launching an onslaught.

On the other hand, Liverpool's players seemed to be deliberately delaying the game, deliberately huddled near the penalty area, allowing Arsenal to have possession of the ball, but it was difficult to score.

Even if it is a shot, it is not as threatening as it was in the first half.

"Lampard's long shot!" shouted the commentator.

Now, to deal with dense defense, long shots and high balls are all feasible methods, but Arsenal did not rely on these methods to score goals.

Seeing that the vigor at the beginning of the second half is gradually exhausted, I don't know what the players on the field will think.

Dudek once again swooped after Henry's shot, and slowly got up from the lawn. This time he threw the ball so hard that he felt a little flashed to his waist.

Spitting out the grass clippings in his mouth, Dudek was secretly terrified. If Arsenal could maintain this offensive state, then even he would have a hard time keeping a clean sheet in this game.

Teammates work hard to complete the counterattack!

Dudek, who is feeling the heavy pressure now, can't help but hope that his teammates can create goals as soon as possible, disrupt Arsenal's offensive rhythm, and let him take a rest first.

These few saves have been very successful, and Dudek himself is very satisfied with his performance today. However, if such a high-intensity battle continues, he can't guarantee that he can continue to be in this bloody state. .

Today, both Arsenal and Liverpool have reached a limit.

More than ten minutes after the opening of the second half, this is almost a theoretical red line of physical fitness.

After this period of time, maybe Liverpool can guarantee this game, at least they can go home with a draw.

Although not having the advantage of away goals will make them very passive.

But then think about the need for Arsenal to come to Merseyside to play two games in a row, which will consume a lot of energy.

With these advantages, Liverpool's players believe that they can win the game in the end.

And this is also the concept that Benitez deliberately instilled in the players before the game started.

Even if they only achieved a draw at the Emirates Stadium, then the initiative of the quarter-finals to enter the semi-finals will eventually be sent to Liverpool!

It has been a long time since the second half, and Benitez is still writing the little notebook in his hand.

Perhaps, only from these details can people discover that these all-powerful head coaches on the sidelines of the green field are also nervous and worried like ordinary fans.

They are not gods, they are just ordinary people, but their acting skills are great, and they cover up the tension in their hearts so that it is difficult for people to detect.

It's not like ordinary fans, who always hold their foreheads, clap their hands, and jump their feet just for an attack.

The physical fitness of the players is gradually declining, and it seems that it is almost time to let the players on the bench play.

Benitez replaced the two when the ball went out of bounds, and Hyypia, who received a yellow card, was replaced.

Anyway, Hyypia is already 32 years old, and he is no longer young for a player.Hyypia, who is learning coaching knowledge in his spare time, is also preparing for his career after retirement.

Among this group of players, his physical energy consumption is the fastest. In addition, the position of central defender is extremely sensitive, and Hyypia has a yellow card.

Naturally, he was also the first player to be substituted.

Benitez patted the shoulder of Hypia who was leaving the field. The latter looked at Shao Bo sitting on the coach's bench. The two looked at each other and nodded. Hypia walked into the player tunnel to change Under the sweat-soaked jersey.

At this time, the narrators are guessing what kind of countermeasure Shao Bo will have!
　There are several stalks hidden in this chapter, let's see who can find it, haha.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)