Chapter 759: Strong Team Mentality + Revenge Mentality

The menacing Real Madrid met the scrappy Arsenal.

Arsenal's momentum at the Emirates Stadium really surprised the media, originally before the game, whether it was a bookmaker or the media, most of them were more optimistic about Real Madrid, but no one expected that Arsenal had made a fantastic start.

Just over ten seconds into the game, Arsenal scored!

It was Real Madrid who kicked off first, and something went wrong when Lin Yu knocked the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, who then knocked the ball back to Xavi Alonso.

The ball was directly blocked by Giroud, who then volleyed past the Real Madrid defender and into the back of the net when Casillas was unsuspected.

It's that simple.

Real Madrid's mistake combined with Giroud's strong luck resulted in a goal.

The goal went in so fast that even the Arsenal fans, let alone the Real Madrid fans in front of the TV, didn't expect it.

The narrator also shouted in surprise: "God! What a god! Giroud is like God, God is helping him! From interception to shot, it was only a few seconds, but the goal went in, leaving Casillas with no choice. ”

"It was an amazing shot! It's amazing! A long-range shot in just a dozen seconds of the opening game! World Wave! Giroud showed his footwork in front of Lin Yu and Cristiano Ronaldo, and he left both superstars dumbfounded! ”

'It was definitely a fantastic start and Arsenal didn't just equalise. And they have an away goal in their hands! Real Madrid is really in danger now, this draw. They have to score, but at the Emirates Stadium. Can they score? ”

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After the goal, Giroud shook his fist at Lin Yu very proudly, although his goals in the Champions League cannot be compared with Lin Yu, but as far as this long-range shot is concerned, he really did a very beautiful job, and he is qualified to provoke Lin Yu.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who lost the ball due to a mispass, was a little helpless, he shook his head and spat on the ground in a bit of annoyance.

Lin Yu stepped forward and patted Cristiano Ronaldo's shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much, the next game is more important." Make up for it. ”

"Thank you buddy, I will!"

Lippi was also very helpless when he saw this goal, but he didn't blame the Portuguese superstar, he knew that Cristiano Ronaldo, like Lin Yu, was a person with strong self-esteem. It is estimated that it will provoke Cristiano Ronaldo's unhappiness, which will affect his performance.

As a senior coach, an experienced and capable coach, at least this aspect must be mastered.

As for falling behind away so quickly. He wasn't in a hurry, Giroud's goal was always a bit more of a stroke of luck. Even if it's Lin Yu, you give him ten chances to kick the same ball in that position. He may not have been able to score the ball either.

He still believes in his players and didn't come to the Emirates Stadium today to lose. It's here to win.

Looking at the scene of Giroud and Wenger hugging on the bench on the other side, Lippi only twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and then turned his head to look at the pitch.

The fact that this goal was scored so early is not necessarily a bad thing, if it is scored in the last ten seconds, it is called trouble.

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After the game restarted, the fans in the stands, the journalists, and the media commentators were still discussing Giroud's goal, and even on TV, the goal was replayed several times in slow motion, especially the English media, who simply regarded the goal as a treasure.

There is no doubt that the goal will certainly inspire the Arsenal players, and look at the tearful Arsenal fans in the stands, crying and cheering for their team, as if they have seen the hope of reaching the last four.

However, as the side that was scored, the Real Madrid players did not let this discourage them, for them, more difficult situations than this have occurred, looking at the shouting of those Arsenal fans in the stands, they even felt a little ridiculous, and a little sympathetic.

Why sympathy? Because they feel that Arsenal's lead will not last long, Arsenal fans will face pain after being happy, which is really sympathetic.

What is a strong team mentality?

That's the strong team mentality! No matter what the score is, it is better to always stay calm, not to be nervous, not to panic, and to play the game well in a down-to-earth and serious way.

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In addition to the mentality of a strong team, there is also a mentality of revenge, forcing Real Madrid to not mess up here, you must know that Barcelona has advanced to the semi-finals, if Real Madrid cannot advance to the semi-finals, then this season's Champions League will not be able to meet, and may even be ridiculed "Even Arsenal can't play, how can you play Barcelona?" ”

So this kind of firm revenge also motivates all the players, not to mention that it is only a draw now, even if they are already behind, the players will not mess up.

Arsene Wenger looked at the pitch and then at the Real Madrid dugout, and what he was thinking was that the Real Madrid players were anxious, confused, depressed, and then completely confused, not knowing how to play. As the head coach, Lippi shouted angrily on the sidelines, without the slightest shadow of a famous coach.

It's a pity that this is just a picture of his brain, in fact, what he sees is the still firm eyes and serious expressions of Real Madrid players, who are still playing methodically and step by step on the field, not rushing forward because they are behind, nor losing their square inches because they want to score, nor even because of Giroud's provocation to make excessive retaliatory actions.

Lippi was still sitting in the coach's box, and he couldn't see what his expression was, or no expression at all.

Olivier Giroud's goal. It just made the Arsenal fans cheer for a while, and it really didn't have much impact on Real Madrid.

And not even just players and coaches. Even the Real Madrid fans in front of the TV did not show a look of disappointment. Instead, they thought about what kind of revenge Arsenal, which had angered Real Madrid, would endure!

Of course, this revenge is not a violent foul, but a goal!

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This mentality of Real Madrid fans is not arrogant, but really knows that the players of their team have this kind of strength and this kind of fighting power!

After the restart, Real Madrid started attacking according to the established plan, and they did not choose to defend and counterattack because it was an away game, even if they did not think so much about it when they were still leading the score. For them, the match against Arsenal is not just as simple as advancing to the semi-finals, they also have to help Lin Yu score more goals to grab the Champions League Golden Boot.

The Attack Attack!

It's time to defend it!

Neither did he dare to attack because he lost the ball, nor did he go crazy to attack because he lost the ball, everything seemed so calm and so orderly.

So much so that the explanation that saw this situation was a little incomprehensible: "What's going on?" It stands to reason that Real Madrid, who have conceded a goal, should have only two options, one is to launch an onslaught and try to score an away goal. In this way, they will be able to advance, and the other is to retreat with all their hands and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. In the same way, as long as you can seize one chance, you can advance! But the problem is that Real Madrid now has chosen to play in a way that I can't understand, as if the goal that was ten seconds into the game didn't exist. Is this self-deception? ”

Whether it was self-deception or not, he soon knew.

"Beautiful! A long-range shot attempt by Lin Yu. The ball went a little right and was saved by Szczesny. But it still caused a corner! ”

Lin Yu's long-range shot seems to be telling all Arsenal fans, don't think that your Giroud will shoot from a distance, I, Lin Yu, am the strongest long-range person in this era!

Real Madrid got the opportunity to take a corner, and all the Arsenal members were nervous all of a sudden, so even Giroud and Ozil suddenly returned to their own half or in the box to prepare to defend corners, instead of going to the front to prepare for counterattacks.

Because everyone knows how powerful Lin Yu is at headball.

Although when he was away, relying on Medsak's header ability and Vermaelen's defensive ability, Lin Yu's header power was greatly reduced, but is Lin Yu the kind of person who can't do anything if he is trapped? In the last game, he was also looking for ways to crack the pair of defenses.

Even after that game, in addition to going to the ball king cultivator to practice the close-range elevator ball, he also tried to loan Arsenal's Edsak and Vermaelen as his sparring partners, and he has been trying to find a way to deal with it.

Lin Yu stood in the Arsenal penalty area, at this time, in addition to Medsak and Vermaelen, several players surrounded him, not to mention all kinds of small movements, either pulling his clothes or pulling his arms, and reviewing Medsak's waist and hugging Lin Yu.

For this kind of behavior, Lin Yu protested to the referee, and the referee also stopped the behavior of the Arsenal players, but as soon as the referee turned around, that kind of defense came again, on the field, this kind of thing is really common, too common, many referees basically turn a blind eye after a sentence or two of reprimands.

It's not a team's specialty, Real Madrid's players do the same when defending corners.

However, no one noticed that when there was chaos in the penalty area, Lin Yu made a one-handed forward movement towards Bale, who took the corner kick.

In fact, these gesture languages are often used on the court, because he is more direct and does not alarm the opponent's players.

Lin Yu's header was better, and Bale was recognized by Lippi as the main penalty taker of the corner, so the two of them had a lot of cooperation during training, and they formed a more practical set of penalty gestures.

If Lin Yu's hand is stretched forward, it means telling Bell that the ball should be penalized forward, and there is no need to deliberately go to him.

If it's two hands even, it's a direct ground kick.

If it's a one-handed up, that's a penalty point.

If Lin Yu's hand slapped his chest, it would be telling Bell to send the ball directly to his head.

These movements are simple, but they are very practical, and two people can cooperate without verbal communication.

Although they are all corners, there are a lot of doorways in it.

Now Lin Yu stretched forward with one hand, which is to tell Bell to take a penalty point directly, and there is no need to go to him, which means that he will move when the ball flies out.

Bell absolutely believed in Lin Yu's ability, so of course he would do what Lin Yu asked him to do, and he would not spread the word.

"It's about 20 minutes into the first half, Real Madrid got a good chance to equalize, and for Lin Yu, who is good at heading, this corner will be his best chance! I just don't know if he can catch it. ”

When Bell helped run, Lin Yu was still in place and did not move, and when Bell's foot had already touched the ball, Lin Yu suddenly retreated towards the back point.

Because Arsenal's defenders are basically entangled with Lin Yu, they were dragged by Lin Yu like this, and they all moved, and the ball had not flown out at this time, so it was difficult to judge whether it was the front point or the back point, and they could only run with Lin Yu. (To be continued......)