Volume 3: The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 19 "Produce and Sell"
Seeing the 451 formation, perhaps many Arsenal fans in front of the TV will think that Celtic want to keep the draw and win, and for a team that is only about the same strength as the middle and lower teams in the Premier League, maybe the draw is a good choice.
However, this is at Celtic Park, which is at the home of Celtic.
With 42 Scottish top-flight trophies, 34 Scottish Cups, 14 Scottish League Cups and one European Champions Cup on display in the Celtic Hall of Fame, Celtic will not be willing to let this lie for granted.
Mowbray, who was in a suit and leather shoes on the sidelines, had firm and somewhat nervous eyes, and kept gesturing, and he was also silently ordering: You must win the game! You can't lose a home win.
After the opening, the Celtic attack was very ferocious, fast, concise and efficient, this is the characteristics of the Celtics' attack, Mowbray only took charge of the Celtic in May, he has not been able to put his own brand on the team, the team is still in many places the former Strachan pursues a traditional British style of play. However, this style of play, if combined with frequent physical confrontations, is often the winning weapon against Arsenal.
Like Liverpool, "You'll Never Go Alone" is the team song of the Celtics. In good times and bad, the song is always accompanied by applause in the phalanx of Celtic fans.
When the Celtics launched the opening onslaught, the Celtic fans also began their fanatical support, and almost none of the nearly 60,000 fans in the stadium sat in their seats, they all stood there, singing the team song, applauding vigorously, and which player had an outstanding performance, whether it was passing, clearing, or passing, would be encouraged by a shout from 60,000 fans.
The cheers and applause of the fans injected endless motivation into the players of this Celtic team, and they were like the giant Antai absorbing power from the earth, and they did not hesitate to catch the Arsenal players all over the field, and it seemed that they would not stop running.
The indomitable momentum of the Celtic players after the opening, coupled with the frenzy created by the Celtic fans, made the Arsenal players a little nervous, they have always eaten technical meals, like to use technology to solve problems, and rarely fight with the opponent with the body, under the crazy pressing of the Celtics, Arsenal is accustomed to choosing to temporarily avoid the madness of the Celtics, use the ball to kill the fighting spirit of this wild mad bull, and then kill it with a sword.
Arsene Wenger did not stop the players' choice, the professor is also the same as his disciple, or his disciple's choice is the result of his words and deeds, the two big men of the Premier League, Ferguson and Wenger, have each coached Manchester United and Arsenal for more than ten years, and these two teams are also deeply branded with the surnames of the two of them. Manchester United is wild and bloody, and Arsenal is elegant and calm.
But the game of football is full of unpredictability, football is round This sentence sums up the biggest feature of football, in the face of these impossible predictions, sometimes, brute, hard, and even desperate, but it is the best way, so Manchester United has become the hegemony of the Premier League, and Arsenal's dominance of the Premier League is only fleeting, even if Arsenal is not short of money than Manchester United.
Arsenal's retreat made the Celtic team even more arrogant, as Cesc Fabregas said, Celtic was arrogant when they won and hung their heads when they lost, Celtic became more and more courageous, from the beginning of the entanglement with Arsenal in the midfield, and then launched a quick attack after the break, it became a full-court press, and took the initiative to press up and attack.
Under the frantic pressing and physical confrontation of Celtic, Arsenal's flowing attack disappeared, and the rate of passing errors began to increase, and the number of dribbling errors began to increase.
Cesc Fabregas is at the heart of Arsenal's transition between attack and defence, the team's metronome, and is also tasked with breaking passes, and his place at the heart of Arsenal is not a blow from the media or an order from Arsene Wenger.
But Fabregas was targeted by the opponent today, and Fabregas would be entangled when he got the ball, and he would not be allowed to turn around, not allowed him to pass the ball, and not to give him the opportunity to dribble.
Cesc Fabregas could not transport the ball smoothly to the frontcourt, Van Persie and Nasri had to retreat to the midfield to get the ball, they could get the ball when they retreated, but it was more difficult to bring it to the front court through the Celtic midfield's fast running cut, they either played long passes like Celtic, or were fouled by opponents in midfield. Arsenal are certainly not a team that plays long passes, although Bendtner is not short, so he can only be fouled by opponents in midfield.
The two wings of the Celtic team are very distinctive, the left midfield is the Scottish fast horse Maroney, the right midfielder is the Irish fast horse McGroomy, and the right side of McGward is also equipped with former German international Hinkel, they are strong on the two wings, and there is Greek striker Samarath in the middle to grab the point. This lineup has been invincible since the start of the Su Super League, and it has put aside the old enemy Rangers by four points.
Maroney was very unconvinced by Li Huan's arrogance before the game, and wanted to compete with Li Huan, but after being destroyed twice by Li Huan at the beginning, the Celtic midfielder did not dare to pass the ball to him anymore, and aimed the main direction of the attack at Arsenal's left side of Klich, under the repeated attacks of Hinkel and McGgridy, even with Diaby's assistant defense Klich was a little unbearable, and was formed several crosses by Celtic on the left side, the reason why Celtic failed to score, It's just that Arsenal have Wilmaelen and Gallas in the middle, and the air defense capacity has also increased greatly. And the Celtics' last kick was not very clever.
Ten minutes later, Arsenal fell into the dwindle, Wenger has been standing quietly on the sidelines, like a statue, the professor is still waiting, he does not believe that Celtic can maintain this rhythm and stamina throughout the game, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, at most half of the game, Wenger believes that his disciples will soon regain control of the game.
Wenger thinks so, and most of Arsenal's players also think so, but Li Huan is not, Li Huan thinks that in the cheering of more than 60,000 crazy fans, these 11 people on the field can no longer be seen with the eyes of normal people, they may even run like this for 90 minutes, if they can score, their morale will be greater. Li Huan wanted to break the morale of the Celts and put the reins on the mad bull that was running wild.
But now Li Huan knows that his teammates can't provide him with much help, and he can't provide much help to his teammates, after all, he has only joined Arsenal for less than three weeks, the defense is good, and the offense can only rely on himself, which is also the reason why Li Huan was very calm in the first ten minutes, both to observe the opponent and paralyze the opponent.
In the 13th minute of the game, at this unlucky point in time, Li Huan, who was carrying the unlucky No. 13 jersey, launched an assist.
This originated first and foremost from a successful defense.
McGward successfully broke through Christ on the left flank, passed the ball to the back post, and found Maroney in the back row, but fullback Li Huan quickly made up to the side of the right central defender and pushed the ball out first, and Celtics midfielder Brown followed up with a long shot, and the ball was just suffocated in Li Huan's chest.
Brown's long-range shot was a bit far, Li Huan shrewdly unloaded the ball three meters in front of him with his chest, and then quickly followed up with the ball to get out of the middle of the circle, and most of the Celtic players were still around the Arsenal penalty area at the moment.
Li Huan pushed forward at a very fast speed, and the players behind him could no longer keep up with his speed, Li Huan's opponents were only the two Celtic players in front of him, the South African titan Engmo who specializes in intercepting and defending, and the Scottish general Brown, the offensive and defensive hub, the two of them stood in parallel and sat in the rear, at this moment Brown had already followed, and Engemo was still behind.
"Rush into the thirty-meter zone!" This is Li Huan's first thought, he is now in the middle, and when he enters this area, he has a chance to shoot, and he can also use a free kick to end the opponent when he is fouled by the opponent.
"When breaking through, the biggest advantage of a striker is initiative, and the biggest advantage of a defender is distance." This is Li Huan's second thought, this is the truth he realized when he first came into contact with football, the advantage of the defender is that the striker must cross by his side, and this distance is the distance at which the defender uses various defensive techniques.
Li Huan didn't want to give Brown a chance to foul, he had to fool Brown, and if he wanted to cheat Brown, he had to mobilize Brown.
Take the roundabout as the straight!
Li Huan flicked the ball and rushed to the side, Maroni had not chased after him, there was no one on the right, Li Huan calculated that Brown would definitely follow, because there was still Ngomo in the middle.
Brown really followed, Li Huan's speed was too fast, and Brown had to run with all his strength.
Li Huan shook his ankle, the ball reached his left foot, and after taking two steps, the outer instep of his left foot was dexterously flicked, and he immediately turned quickly and hit the middle again.
From the middle to the left side of the Celtics, and then from the left back to the middle, it seems that there is no change, but because Li Huan's speed is faster than Brown's, and he is on the active side, when Li Huan returns to his original position, Brown has been pulled out by Li Huan more than a meter away.
More than one meter more than one meter is enough.
Li Huan accelerated the ball again, and immediately turned into a dribble in the direction of the goal, leaving Brown behind.
At this time, all the Celtic fans in the stadium involuntarily stopped singing, stopped applauding, and their hearts were raised, World Footballer, European Magic Wing, Super Defender, these names are shocking, and they are very worried that Li Huan will bring them fatal injuries this time.
Sporadic applause rang out, this was the Arsenal fans, but at this moment they had no intention of applauding, and they also nervously watched Li Huan continue to break through with the ball.
A second later, Li Huan hit the 30-meter area, which was also in his range, and at the same time he could pass the ball, Van Persie and Bendtner were in front, and Nasri and the opponent's left midfielder were also desperately running forward.
Li Huan made a realistic fake shot, because Engemo was not far in front of him, he wanted to volley vigorously, he would definitely be stopped by this guy, Li Huan had read his information, this guy's card position interception ability is very strong, as a defender, Li Huan understands that this guy's judgment of ball speed and distance is very accurate, and his kick will not be too slow, so he must deceive him.
Ngemo is very familiar with Li Huan, the World Footballer, in today's commercialization of football, he is even more familiar with Li Huan's characteristics than his teammates. Li Huan's long-range shooting ability is amazing, Engemo can't give Li Huan a chance to shoot from a distance, seeing Li Huan waving his arms and legs, he immediately pounced and stepped on the position of the ball.
Engomo's kick is very dark, if Li Huan really dares to shoot, even if the ball can fly out, Li Huan's leg will definitely hit Engomo's sole, the sole is a long spike, and if it hits, it will definitely hurt and maybe even break a bone.
When Li Huan stepped on Engemo, the right foot that he picked up fell quickly, like a big fork, and pulled the ball to the right, and Engemo's foot fell into the air, and then Li Huan's left foot was brought together to the right, flashing Engemo to the left side of his body.
Engemo's reaction was also very fast, seeing Li Huan's left foot close to the right, he knew that he was fooled, he couldn't let Li Huan pass, after passing, Li Huan directly faced the back line, and there were two strikers of the opponent behind him, and the probability of being scored was very high.
When Engemo stepped on the ground, he waved his left arm and threw Li Huan to the ground like a hug, and Li Huan, who had practiced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, did not resist and let Engemo fall him.
When Engemo threw Li Huan down, he heard a burst of exclamations from the fans in the stadium, and at this time he realized that he had made a big mistake in his anxiety, the opponent's nickname was Xiao Li Feidao, and the free kick was not missed within 30 meters. And now it must have been within thirty meters.
The foul was so obvious that Li Huan fell on his back again, but the fanatical fans at the scene were still chanting for Li Huan's fake fall, and the crowd was excited, as if Li Huan really faked a fall.
Arsenal fans jumped up in anger and shouted, "Foul! "Pulling people" is too obvious! Free kick!" But their voices were drowned out by the torrent of shouts from the home fans.
Arsenal players came around.
The Celtic players also ran over!
But at this time, the referee's whistle blew. It was a terrible foul and the referee saw it clearly, the free-kick was unquestionable, and N'Gomo received the first yellow card of the game.
Li Huan Shi Ran got up from the turf with a smile on his face and stood in front of the penalty spot. It worked, he managed to block the opponent's attack, and now it will be up to us to see if the free kick can go in. There is no need to measure, with Li Huan's sensitivity to distance, this ball is about twenty-seven or eight meters, a very good distance, and it can completely make the arc spin.
The people who row the wall are still lining the people's wall, and they can't give up the layout of this person wall because of Xiao Li's flying knife's reputation. The Arsenal players are still in attacking position, although they know from the footage that the team-mate has never passed the ball from this distance.
Wenger's expression was solemn, his eyes were firmly fixed on Li Huan's body, he knew the great significance of this free kick, this is nothing less than a turning point in a war, if Li Huan scored, Arsenal has since recovered their morale and mastered the initiative of the game, and Celtic's morale was frustrated, and it would be difficult to have a performance in the first ten minutes.
Mowbray's expression was more solemn than Wenger, and he was a little annoyed, the good situation did not score, and in a snap of his fingers, he was reversed by this Chinese, personal ability! Personal ability! Mowbray thought bitterly that if he had a World Footballer of the Year, or even if he had Cesc Fabregas or Van Persie.
Cesc Fabregas silently patted Li Huan's shoulder and stood aside, this was the first difficult scene Li Huan encountered when he joined Arsenal, and now the pressure and responsibility have fallen on Li Huan's shoulders, Fabregas, as the captain, must encourage Li Huan, even if Li Huan's fame is much greater than him.
Gallas, an old-timer of the French Gang, also came over and hugged Li Huan and said, "Relax, we have a chance." β
Of course, Li Huan is not nervous, and even if he is nervous, he will not be more nervous than Celtic's goalkeeper, Polish goalkeeper Boruc.
Borutz and Arsenal's second goalkeeper Fabianski are compatriots, teammates, and competitors of the national team, Borutz has certainly heard the legend of Li Huan from Fabianski, in addition to the roadside, Xiao Li Feidao is not a false shot, there are also Li Huan closed his eyes at the debut ceremony to score a free kick, and there is also no record of missing in training and other legendary deeds, and these deeds deepened Boruts's understanding of Li Huan, but also made him more nervous.
The position of the free kick was on the left side of the goal, and after Borutz slapped the human wall, he stood on the right side, because he was not at ease, he also stood in the middle, he knew that Li Huan's free kick was too easy to cross the human wall.
Li Huan took twelve steps back, waiting for the referee's whistle.
There was not a single sound in the stadium, more than 60,000 pairs of eyes roamed between Li Huan and Boruc, the air was already a little suffocated at this moment, even the fans who had no heart and lungs began to worry about the fate of their team at this moment.
The whistle is blowing!
Run up!
Li Huan's right outside instep was heavily pumped into the middle and lower part of the ball, the ball was like a whipped spinning top, spun sharply and flew out, drawing a perfect arc, like a rainbow imprinted in the air, and then the ball was like a navigator commanding, crossed the human wall, drew an S shape, and flew to the upper left corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Borutz was already in the middle of the position, he suspected that Li Huan would go around the wall to hit the upper left corner, his guess was accurate, he also tried his best to make a save, at first he seemed to feel able to save the ball, because the outside instep was rotating in his direction, but the faster he moved, the farther the ball spun away from him, and finally reached a place that he could no longer reach, flying into the net. At this time, Boruc also fell heavily to the ground.
The ball is in!
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The on-site commentator only had time to say this sentence, and was drowned in the torrent of congratulations from Arsenal fans, and the crazy fans screamed Li Huan's name with all their might. Although only a few thousand Arsenal fans came to the scene, due to the silence of Celtic, the sound of Arsenal at this time has covered everything and overwhelmed everything.
Li Huan was thrown to the turf by his teammates, and the young gunners were frantically pressing him, including Van Persie, who had never been interested in Li Huan, and also joined the players who celebrated.
The depressed Arsene Wenger, the anxious professor, and the bitter Frenchman finally got excited this time, changing his celebratory gestures that Arsenal fans hated, clenching his fists, half-crouching down, stretching out his arms, and shouting: "Beautiful! β
This action was just an upgraded version of his original celebration action, but the people in the coach's bench and the bench did not care to accuse the professor of being so uncreative and imaginative, and they ran over to hug Wenger tightly.
Mowbray's hated ass did it in the coach's box, and the plastic seat moaned on his ass, which was the result he thought of before Li Huan didn't score, Xiao Li's flying knife was not a false shot, and it has been proven countless times, Mowbray didn't believe that Borutz had any ability to break it, but when he saw the ball fall into the net, he still couldn't help but want to scold, "Damn." β
Mr. Duan Xuan, the commentator of the imperial court station, shouted loudly except for his loud voice when he was excited, "Li Huan, Li Huan, scored, scored, in the 14th minute, Li Huan gave Celtic a fatal blow, just when Celtic was playing happily, just when Celtic almost saw the goal, Li Huan single-handedly created a free kick, and scored this free kick, giving Arsenal the lead...... All the players, fans and coaches of Arsenal were in a frenzy.
Yes, it was just a Champions League qualifier, but this goal represented more than just this goal, he allowed Arsenal to find a way to deal with power teams, he made Arsene Wenger see Li Huan's decisive role in the game, and he allowed Arsenal fans to find their patron saint again after Henry. He gave Arsenal fans around the world hope of winning the Champions League. β
Duan Xuan is right, this is just a qualifying match for the Champions League, although it is a knockout match of life and death, but Wenger is so excited not because he has the initiative and can reach the group stage, but Wenger saw the huge energy contained in Li Huan's body from this goal and this counterattack, without the help of any teammates, one person can complete the whole process from steal to attack and then to goal, this is the power of a superstar, this is the power of a superstar. With Thierry Henry, Arsene Wenger has won the Premier League title, created the myth of 49 games unbeaten, and now has an attack like Thierry Henry, a defense like Carlos, and a free-kick like ...... A superstar like God, how can he not be thrilled and imaginative.
(To be continued)