On the evening of March 10, Highbury Stadium, London.

When the game reached the 34th minute, Arsenal launched another wave of attacks.

Pireira went to the left side of the halfway line to receive the ball, and suddenly sent a long ball to the left.

Bergkamp, who started in place of Reyes, was active on the right side since the start, but this time he suddenly switched to the left, and after receiving a pass from Pire, he did not choose to go it alone, but waited for Ashley Cole to step forward, then passed the ball behind the defence, let the Arsenal left wing-back quickly cut in, and then Ashley Cole crossed into the box to find Henry.

Running out of space, Thierry Henry didn't miss such a godsend, and fired the ball straight into the net of the Robert goal, scoring the first goal of the game for Arsenal.

1 to 0!

Arsenal, playing at home, took the lead.

Although the players were a little anxious, they did not collapse, and they still organized the defense in an orderly manner according to their own rhythm.

That allowed Arsenal's second wave of attacks four minutes later to create another threat, but failed to find the back of the net.

Arsenal were far superior to Ajax as a whole and soon created chances again, with Ljungberg and Bergkamp on the right being lively and threatening twice in quick succession, but both stubbornly held on.

Especially in stoppage time, Ljungberg sent a very lethal through ball, Pire successfully hit the goal against offside, but the first ball was not stopped, resulting in the subsequent interference of Escude, unable to calmly get up and shoot, forced to pass to Henry.

But at this time, goalkeeper Robont made a decisive attack and stillborn Henry's shot.

The continuous fierce offensive made the wind in front of the Ajax goal, the defense line was shaky, and it also made Yang Yang and Van der Vaart, who were sitting on the bench on the sidelines, look at the heartbeat and extremely nervous.

This feeling of sitting on the sidelines and watching your teammates fight the field is not comfortable at all.

At half-time, head coach Ronald Koeman did not blame his players for their mistakes, but praised the team's bloodiness and tenacious defence in the first half, and he hoped that his players would continue to improve.

"Hold on to this scoreline, we still have hope." Ronald Coman said loudly.

Everyone in the team knew that he was pressing the treasure on Yang Yang and Van der Vaart on the bench.

After the restart-up in the second half, Arsenal consciously slowed down the tempo and only fired one shot in the first ten minutes, and it was a non-threatening shot, completely different from the stormy attack of the first half.

It wasn't until the 64th minute that Bergkamp latched on to Vieira's pass and fired a lob from inside the box, but it was too high.

The game started to slow down and there was a bit of a stalemate.

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Yang Yang sat on the bench of the away team at Highbury Field, except for running out to warm up from time to time, he spent the rest of the time observing the game, and the more he observed, the more he could appreciate the benefits of meticulous preparation.

Ajax's study of Arsenal is undoubtedly quite in-depth, and the coaching staff's deduction of the game is also quite successful, not only for Arsenal's starting line-up, but also for the Gunners' line-up and game strategy.

Of course, just because the intelligence and deduction are accurate doesn't mean you won't lose.

It's like that time in the first half, Bergkamp suddenly pulled from the right to the left, which surprised Ajax very much, and took him by surprise, directly causing the goal to be conceded.

And the second goal of the first leg between the two sides, the successive one-two cooperation of Henry and Pire, was also unpredictable before the game.

But so far in the game, Ajax is down 0-1, but the situation is still out of control.

In the deduction of the Ajax coaching staff, a game of Arsenal is like a human life, the beginning is very amazing, full of creativity and imagination, full of sharpness, and then there is a period of maturity, very stable, and the overall strength is basically brought into play, but then they will usher in a period of aging.

That's the last twenty minutes of the game.

According to the deduction of the Ajax coaching staff, as long as they can hold on to 70 minutes, it is entirely possible for Ajax to cause an upset away from home, because during this period of time, Arsenal will expose many weaknesses that were covered up in the first 70 minutes.

For example, their fitness, and Arsene Wenger's repeated slightly conservative substitutions.

As it turned out, Arsenal really slowed down their offensive after entering the second half.

'When will Arsene Wenger play on Gilberto Silva?' Yang Yang muttered to himself.

"Who knows?" Van der Vaart, who was next to him, shook his head.

Arsenal's two players in the middle of the midfield, Patrick Vieira and Edu, are accustomed to pressing, which makes Arsenal's defensive front protection weak when counterattacking, and if Ajax can quickly push into the area, then Arsenal's front of the box will be dangerous at the top of the arc.

But if Gilberto Silva comes on, the problem doesn't exist.

'We still gave too much space on the right side, and Scola still couldn't hold down Ashley Cole, which made Arsenal's entire left side play too active, plus the combination of Ljungberg and Bergkamp on the right, Arsenal's wings flew off in the first half.

At this point, Van der Vaart turned his head to look at the young teammate next to him and asked with a smile: "Have you figured out how to play after you get on the pitch?" ”

Yang Yang shook his head, "Do you still need to think about this?" ”

So far, Yang Yang has only one role in the team, and that is to open the right channel.

It should be said that since he entered the first team, he has been doing a good job at this point, and it can even be said that he is getting better and better.

But this time he faced the world's top left-back Ashley Cole.

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Seventy minutes into the clock, Ajax manager Ronald Coman finally called Yang Yang and Van der Vaart in the warm-up, and the two stood next to the head coach on the left and right.

"The right side is yours!" Ronald Coman pointed at Yang Yang and said vigorously, "I don't care what method you use, you have to open the right side for me, Ashley Cole's physical consumption is not small, I believe you can still create a threat when you go up at this time." ”

Yang Yang nodded vigorously and looked solemnly at the left full-back on the pitch who was slightly shorter than himself.

"The edge of the box is yours, Rafael." Ronald Koeman pointed at Van der Vaart and said, "You go for De Jong, I need you to assist Sneijder in midfield and play your threat on the edge of the box and in the back of the box. ”

Van der Vaart also nodded solemnly.

De Jong, the main defender, already has a yellow card on his body, and it is normal to replace him on the field.

"You two are my last bargaining chips and the team's last hope, and if we can't equalize, our Champions League this season will be over, understand?"

According to the rules of the Champions League knockout round, the aggregate score of the two legs is currently 3-3, but Arsenal have two away goals, and if the two sides have the same aggregate score, the side with more away goals wins, Ajax has already lost.

So, if you want to qualify, you have to score goals.

With the manager's latest adjustment instructions, the two occupied the sidelines and waited for the dead-ball opportunity to come on as a substitute.

Everyone in the entire Highbury Stadium also noticed the movement in front of the visiting team's dugout, and Wenger naturally saw Yang Yang and Van der Vaart preparing to play, but this should also be within the scope of his plan.

So soon, Arsenal also introduced a substitution, and Brazilian defender Gilberto Silva was also ready to play.

'The two teams made changes almost at the same time, with Ajax bringing on two players in one go, captain Donny van der Vaart coming on for midfielder Frenkie de Jong, who had been doing well in the game, in a change to strengthen the attack.

"There was another substitution when No. 99 Yang Yang on the right side replaced Victor Scola, which was a counterpoint substitution."

"I'm sure fans who watched the first leg will not forget the number 99, who started the game and scored the opening goal for Ajax, setting a record for the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Champions League, and then he orchestrated Ajax's goals twice, and was the most eye-catching player in the first leg."

"What's more, he's only seventeen."

'Arsenal's substitution was also a counterpoint, with Gilberto Silva coming on for fellow Brazilian Edu, which was also a defensive change that strengthened Wenger's efforts to make up for the defensive hazard at the edge of his team's penalty area.

"The two managers are-for-tat, they know each other very well, and Ronald Koeman wanted to make a fuss about Arsenal's weakness, but Arsenal immediately made substitutions to fill the holes in the team."

"After changing two players, Ajax's attack began to lean more towards the right side, still wanting to play Yang Yang's side, but Arsenal were also prepared for this, and Ashley Cole was more focused on defence."

"After a few touches on the court, Yang Yang still looks more restrained, a little unable to let go, and there is no one-on-one opportunity."

'We saw Arsenal make a second substitution on the sidelines.

Arsene Wenger made a series of substitutions in just three minutes, this time replacing Pire with Spanish youngster Reyes.

"It looks like Arsene Wenger wants to use Reyes' speed and impact to shock Ajax's right side, after all, the score is only 1-0 now, which is not safe for Arsenal."

"So far, both sides have made two substitutions, but neither has been able to see the effect yet."

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After coming on as a substitute, Yang Yang was indeed a little restrained.

This time he faced the world's top left wing-back, and although Ashley Kerr had been playing for more than 70 minutes, the tiger was still there, so Yang Yang did not dare to be careless about him.

Yang Yang didn't take much advantage of Clich in the previous game, and in last night's super training ground, he specially simulated Ashley Cole, but he still failed to take advantage of Arsenal's left wing-back.

This made him very clear that it was difficult to rely on a single person to be sure.

He needs help, but Ibrahimovic can't because he has to be up front.

Trabelsi can't do it either, he needs to defend well and Ajax can't concede any more goals anyway.

There was only one left, Sneijder.