Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 172 The Singing of the Locker Room
"In! Entered! Li Huan scored! …… 1:0……”
Duan Xuan, the commentator of ccav5, suddenly raised his voice an octave and roared excitedly.
"A lightning counterattack, a brilliant lob shot, Arsenal's young man ran to the death of Barcelona, Li Huan and Walcott showed an eye-popping speed, the score of 1:0 made Barcelona fall into despair, they must now score 3 goals to eliminate Arsenal ......"
1:0! The overall score is 7:4!
Guardiola fell into silence like the fans in the stadium, there is still time, 3 goals are not a trench, the key is that the current Barcelona can not break the iron bucket formation laid by Arsenal, it is very difficult to score a goal, Guardiola does not think that Arsenal's mad dog tactics can last 90 minutes, but if the time drags on in the second half Barcelona still can't score a goal, Arsenal's confidence has increased, and the situation behind it is difficult to predict.
"We have to get down to one as soon as possible, it's not going to be difficult for us." Assistant Coach Villanova Road.
Guardiola nodded silently, but did not say anything, there were no players on the bench who could break the deadlock, it turned out that Pique could still be used as a fake center forward at this time, and now let anyone open Arsenal's iron bucket formation, Henry or Hefren, or Toure to continue to strengthen long-range shooting. Henry had already broken Guagua's heart in the last game, Heffren was too young, Toure went up, whoever came down, Keita was at least a little faster than Toure.
After Arsenal scored, they did not change their style of play, still maintaining the formation of nine people defending in the back and one person pressing in front, while the five players in the middle ran more frequently, cutting back and forth repeatedly, Barcelona's midfielder has now been unable to organize more than three passes, Xavi, Iniesta and other small men were knocked around, even if they are flexible and pass the ball well, they can't accurately pass the ball to the soles of their teammates in so many people's repeated running.
Pep Guardiola finally couldn't take it anymore and had to make substitutions and score in the first half.
Thierry Henry warmed up on the sidelines, and after half an hour of the first half, Pep Guardiola was fed up with the situation on the pitch and ready to make a substitution.
In the 35th minute, the inactive Barcelona prince Boyang was replaced, Henry came on the field, and Messi was pushed to the center forward position.
Arsenal did not react to Barca's substitutions, with Arsene Wenger and the players believing that Henry was getting old, and Theo Walcott and Klich combined with the midfielders to help defend him.
However, after Henry came on the field, although he did not pose a great threat to Arsenal's side, but after Messi went to the middle, he could directly face Arsenal's central defenders, so that Arsenal's goal was always in his threat, which Wenger was not aware of, although the central defenders Vermaelen and Silvester felt the pressure, but because Messi rarely got the ball, so he did not have much vigilance, no matter how powerful Messi is, he still needs to have the ball at his feet after all.
Today's game became boring because of Arsenal's dense defense, after Arsenal's goal, the game was even more boring, there was no wonderful coordination, no wonderful passes, even if there were, they would be fouled immediately, there were no shots and goals, if it was not related to the promotion of both sides, the fans on the field would be hypnotized.
In such repeated and boring fouls and fouls, in the 43rd minute of the game, Walcott passed the ball back to the veteran central defender Sylvester under the pressure of Henry, and Sylvester directly cleared the siege, but the veteran slipped under his feet, and he kicked the ball without touching the ball, and the ball rolled over Messi.
Messi, who was in the center of the position, reacted quickly, he started faster, Vermaelen had just reacted, Messi had already arrived in two steps and pumped the ball with one kick.
The ball flew straight into the top left corner of the net and goalkeeper Almunia could do nothing about the shot from the edge of the box.
1:1.
Messi equalized the score for Barcelona, and the aggregate score became 7:5, and Barcelona only needed to score two more goals to eliminate Arsenal.
The depression of the Barcelona fans at the scene was finally relieved a little, more than 90,000 fans stood up and cheered together, and the stadium became lively again, with continuous applause and shouting.
Stoichkov said excitedly: "Yes! That's it! The most dangerous players should be placed in the position that can threaten the opponent the most, I don't believe Arsenal can do 90 minutes without mistakes, as long as Barcelona score another goal, Arsenal's emotions will immediately get out of control, and now is the time to test Guardiola. ”
Commentator Mutter said: "Strengthen the attack, put more pressure on Arsenal, let them make mistakes again, especially Silvester who just made a mistake, focus on his point, hit hard!" ”
The three minutes after Messi's goal were the most dangerous three minutes since Arsenal started, Barcelona invaded Arsenal's penalty area in a big way, Henry, Pedro, and Messi all kept stealing near the penalty area, so that Arsenal's counterattack could not be played, and could only be cleared with a random big foot.
A dense defense without a counterattack is the most dangerous, because it can only be repeatedly cleared, repeatedly saved, and a little mistake is fatal.
The danger in the first minute of stoppage time scared Arsenal fans into a cold sweat, when Nasri was in the box to control the ball and wanted to pass the ball was intercepted by Pedro, but when Pedro passed the ball to Messi again, the ball was blocked by Rosicky, Messi did not stop the ball, and the ball was kicked out of the penalty area by Vermaelen.
Subsequently, the Arsenal players became more concentrated, and there was no more opportunity for the Barcelona players to take advantage of.
The whistle at the end of the first half finally sounded, Arsenal's players were nervous and relaxed, almost collapsed, as the defensive side, they paid more physically and mentally than the attacking side, and the nervous state of mind is the most likely to cause fatigue, fortunately they led by two goals, not one, the players' psychological counseling is slightly lighter, otherwise some young people are likely to be deformed because of nervousness, and there will be more low-level mistakes.
Back in the locker room, almost all the players took off their shirts and drank water, no one had the strength to discuss it anymore, and the atmosphere of the dressing room, which was originally lively like a party, was now replaced by gurgling drinks and gasps.
"Let's listen to the music." Li Huan broke the silence, he understood the mood of his teammates, the opponent was strong and fierce, he participated in such a dangerous battle as the captain for the first time, his psychological pressure in the first half was even greater than that of his teammates, but he also knew that this kind of tension and pressure in moderation was the best, there were still 45 minutes left in the second half, if the pressure continued to increase, maybe his teammates would collapse.
"Okay, listen to some music."
Most people were silent, except for Walcott, who asked lazily.
"Beethoven's Symphony of Destiny!" Li Huan turned on the sound of the music to the maximum.
Beethoven's Symphony of Fate struck the players' eardrums and hearts like Huang Zhongdalu, and the players' nervous mood was diverted.
When Wenger walked in, Li Huan wanted to stop the music, but Wenger waved his hand and motioned for him to continue.
After the song was finished, Wenger said very seriously: "Fate knocks on our door again, there are still 45 minutes, as long as we hold on for another forty-five minutes, we will be able to enter the top 4, everyone must be ready to fight and concentrate until the last second." Whoever is not physically strong, bring it up yourself, don't stay on the field, we have to use diligence to stifle Barça's technique. ”
As he walked out of the dressing room, Arsene Wenger hugged every player at the door, and everyone could feel in the 60-year-old his desire to win and win titles, a desire that even surpassed his ideals of artistic football, which is why he put on a counter-attacking posture on the road.
Coincidentally, in the home team's dressing room, Guardiola is also playing music for the players, this is the British coldplay band "Long Live Life", when the music is over, many Barcelona players are already enthusiastic, and some people have tears in their eyes.
"You guys are the best! Fight like a gladiator! ”
As the Barcelona players walked out of the dressing room, Guardiola yelled at all the players.
"Fight like a gladiator!"
The Barcelona players walked out of the dressing room shouting slogans.
After the start of the second half, both teams were like tanks with higher fuel, and the fierce battle began again, the Arsenal players continued to tear apart Barcelona's midfield pass with even crampy runs, and the Barcelona players also let go, they burned into the Arsenal penalty area and outside, pressing against each other, pressing with all their might, trying to force Arsenal's players to make mistakes.
Just ten minutes into the second half, in the first half, Silvestre, who was scored by Messi because of a mistake, made a mistake again under the full pressure of Barcelona, and his clearance ball actually hit his teammates, and then rebounded directly to Messi's feet, in the face of this pie falling from the sky, Messi decisively volleyed, and the ball grazed Almunia's ribs and flew into the net.
2:1. Messi scored twice.
Barcelona made the aggregate score 7-6 and only needed one more goal to knock out Arsenal.
The Barcelona fans in the stands were even more frenzied, and nearly 100,000 people created a terrifying home atmosphere, and no other sound could be heard in the entire stadium.
“goalgoalgoal……”
Muto, the on-site commentator, shouted excitedly.
"Messi has scored! Messi brings hope to Barcelona, there is still a ball, and there is still a ball that Barca can eliminate Arsenal, let's encourage the Barcelona players with more enthusiastic applause, let Arsenal know that this is the Camp Nou, this is the territory of Al Zugna, and here is the territory of the Catalans......ps:
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(To be continued)