At 8:43 p.m. on the 17th, the Dragon Stadium, which can accommodate 52,000 fans, was brightly lit and bright as day, and the referee Martin with a holy face. Hansen stood in the middle of the pitch, looking at his watch from time to time, and the Porto and Arsenal players stood on either side of the pitch waiting for the whistle to start.

The first leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Arsenal and Porto is about to begin, and more than 50,000 fans in the stands are staring excitedly and excitedly inside the stadium for fear of missing a wonderful moment.

"Porto's starting line-up for this game is as follows:

Goalkeeper No. 1 Elton's 4 defenders are No. 15 Pereira, No. 2 Bruno Alves, No. 14 Rolando, No. 13 Fochler, 3 midfielders are: No. 3 Meireles, No. 25 Fernando, No. 28 Mikael/3 forwards, No. 12 Hulk, No. 9 Falcao, No. 17 Barella, Arsenal's starting lineup is also 433:

Goalkeeper No. 21 Fabianski 4 defenders: No. 13 Li Huan, No. 31 Campbell, No. 5 Vermalen, No. 22 Clichy 3 midfielders 2-Diaby, No. 15 Denilson, No. 4 Fabregas / 3 forwards No. 7 Rosicky, No. 52 Bendtner, No. 8 Nasri ......"

The voice of the on-site commentator echoed over the field, and every time he called a player, there would be a rhythmic burst of applause and cheers.

"Forcing ......"

The on-site commentator seemed to be on time, and when he had just finished introducing the rosters for both sides of the game, Martin. Hansen also blew the whistle for the start of the game. The Champions League quarter-finals between Arsenal and Porto have officially kicked off.

The home team Porto kicked off first, and Colombian striker Falcao and team-mate Hulk, who had just returned from injury, passed the ball back and immediately cut forward.

said that Li Huan did not have any special Uruguay international, left-back Pereira boldly pressed forward after the game, and coach Ferreira also knew that he could not defend by stepping back alone, so Suo pushed Pereira forward, resisted the enemy outside the country, and strangled Li Huan's assist in the midfield.

Pereira is not very brave, nor is he fearless of the ignorant, he is fame and fortune, fantasizing that after defeating Li Huan, he can become famous in one fell swoop, and then be valued by the wealthy, but he doesn't know that the people who dream of this kind of dream are gone, but Xiao Li Feidao is still alone and defeated.

Wenger understood Ferreira's intentions when he saw Porto's 433 formation, wanting to take advantage of Arsenal's instability at the back, take offense as defense, and win Arsenal at home to lay a good foundation for the next game.

"Ferreira, you're dreaming, let's see who breaks through whose defense first." Wenger thought disdainfully, even world-class giants such as Manchester United and Chelsea have to focus on solid defense when facing Arsenal, and Porto, a second-rate European player, actually wants to use 433 to play against Arsenal, isn't this looking for death?

Porto's attack was very effective, and Colombian striker Falcao, who scored 23 goals in 26 games, forced Campbell to take advantage of the veteran's slow reaction and declining physical fitness to break the deadlock.

Campbell desperately chased Falcao who dribbled horizontally from the left side, and when Falcao stepped into the penalty area, Campbell decisively fell to the ground and stabbed the ball out of the penalty area, and Mikael's follow-up shot was blocked by Vermaelen.

After a Porto corner, Campbell broke a cross in the box, the ball was not kicked wide, and Hulk fired wide of the post from 15 yards out, sending a regretful sigh from the Dragons Stadium.

In the opening 2 minutes, Porto shot twice on goal, both of which were formed in the middle.

Arsene Wenger frowned, if the opponent grasps the weakness of the central defense like this, Arsenal is really difficult to play.

Ferreira had a smile on his face, and rushed to the sideline in three steps and two steps, shouting to the field like a show, "Yes! Just hit it like that! Catch the onslaught in their mid lane. The ball reached the feet of left-back Andreas Pereira, who combined with Fernando to advance towards Arsenal's edge of the box, and Pereira also showed off his Latin football skills, shaking off Nasri's defense in the middle and passing the ball to Falcao, who picked up the ball.

Falcao passed the ball to Pereira again, and when the two wanted to cooperate again, Pereira's ears suddenly heard an exclamation. Then a figure rushed over and stole the ball in front of Pereira.

It's Li Huan!

Pereira was extremely stunned, because when he passed the ball to Falcao, Li Huan was still at least ten meters away from him, and Falcao did not stop passing at all, but Li Huan arrived and successfully broke the ball.

Now is not the time to regret it, Pereira immediately turned and chased back.

How could Li Huan give Pereira a chance to catch up, there is such a big space behind, that is the sky where Li Huan soars freely.

Burst through the bottom at a gallop, shook off two running defenders in the middle, and then knocked across the middle.

Nasri, Diaby and Bendtner outflanked from the front, center and back three points at the same time.

At the most critical moment, Porto's captain Alves cleared the ball and shoveled the ball against the post to the bottom line, and all the Porto people were scared into a cold sweat.

It's almost an oolong!

Li Huan taught Pereira a lesson at the beginning, letting them understand that the Ballon d'Or is made of gold, not paper.

In the opening three minutes, the tone of the game has been set, attack! Porto are bent on catching holes in Arsenal's backline, despite Arsenal's powerful attacking power. The scene of the game entered the ** from the first minute, and the two sides went back and forth, and the offensive continued.

Pereira was still dishonest after being taught a lesson by Li Huan, and when his teammates attacked with the ball, he also ran forward, and wanted to open the gap from Li Huan's right side.

But Li Huanyi is bold, he doesn't bird him at all, and he frequently assists his teammate Campbell in the middle to help the veteran adapt to the rhythm of the game, and his teammates catch him and attack, making Campbell a little embarrassed, Li Huan's assistance defense makes the veteran feel at ease, he has experience, what he lacks is speed and instantaneous reaction ability, Li Huan just does not lack these, and the two of them finally stabilized the situation temporarily.

However, at this time, the unexpected happened.

In the 11th minute, Portugal's local striker Barella launched an offensive on the left side, and Clichy cautiously defended sideways, but Barella used the delicate characteristics of Latin football skills, swayed left and right, suddenly pierced Klich's crotch, and then shook off Klich's cross to the middle, Fabianski saw that the ball was close to the bottom line, and chose to fall to the ground to save, but the tragedy was that Fabianski pounced on the ball and pounced the ball directly into his own door.

1:0. Porto unexpectedly leads.

Watching the ball slowly roll under Fabianski into the door, the Arsenal players were stunned, as if they had seen aliens.

Fabianski, the talented goalkeeper who was valued by Professor Wenger, was so ashamed that he almost shoved his head into his crotch.

Professor Wenger was stunned by such a low-level mistake, he raised his arms with a helpless expression, he was so angry with his disciple that he almost vomited blood.

"Beautiful! them! ”

The Dragon Stadium exploded, and in an instant more than 50,000 Porto fans let out a frantic shout, and the goal actually came in this way, making them feel like they were stunned by a big pie falling from the sky.

The old coach Ferreira jumped up excitedly, and his arms made a continuous fist movement, his big gamble was successful, and the opponent's backline did have many problems, but such a low-level mistake was completely unexpected by him.

The Portuguese are celebrating, the Arsenal are comforting their young and inexperienced goalkeeper Fabianski, the goalkeeper is half of the team, this position can be said to be the most important link of the whole team, if something goes wrong in this link, don't play the next game, wait to admit defeat, unless you can let the opponent not even have a chance to shoot.

After a brief period of confusion, the game resumed.

After a surprise goal, the Porto were even more excited and confident, and they made the most of their delicate combination to compete with Arsenal's quick passes.

Porto used a bold attack to force Arsenal's back line to make a mistake, but they left a big gap in the back, and this gap is a big trouble once it is used by Arsenal's superstars, Ferreira understands this, but he does not dare to defend intensively after taking the lead, Li Huan's free kick makes every team with a big iron bucket team shudder, Ferreira still chooses to attack and continue to gamble.

In the 18th minute of the game, Arsenal got a chance to counterattack, Fabregas got the ball in the middle and quickly passed through the middle circle, and then the Spanish midfielder suddenly passed the ball to the no-man's land on the left side of Porto, just when most TV fans were questioning Fabregas's inexplicable transfer, Li Huan was like the sun jumping out of the horizon, suddenly flashed out of sight, grabbed the ball and took it to the bottom line.

Li Huan ran nearly ten meters before Pereira appeared in the fans' field of vision like an old cow pulling a broken car.

Although Porto head coach Ferreira has developed an attack-oriented strategy, he has made serious preparations for a superstar like Li Huan. After Li Huan rushed over, the captain of the Porto team, Alves, and the defender Meireles, moved quickly to intercept Li Huan on the sideline.

But after Li Huan rushed up, who could stop it.

Bottom cross! Yes? It wasn't Bendtner in front of goal, but on the edge of the box to find Cesc Fabregas.

At this time, all the Porto players were pressed into the penalty area by Li Huan's bottom, and Li Huan's unexpected pass caused Porto's defensive formation to be chaotic and almost completely lost their position.

How could Cesc Fabregas throw away this good opportunity to fish in troubled waters after an excellent graduate of La Masia and the heart of the midfield that Wenger has worked hard to train for many years, as he gently pushed the ball to the right and several defences collapsed.

Rosicky faced most of the empty goal and shot directly into the top right corner, but the Porto goalkeeper had not moved into place from the left side at this time, and the ball flew into the net.

1:1。 The clever combination of three geniuses easily penetrated Porto's defence.

The troubled Czech genius Rosicky has not scored for a long time, let alone scored such an important goal, at this moment, he wants to thank his two teammates, Fabregas and Li Huan, he quickly ran across the field to Li Huan and Fabregas, and pounced on the two captains who were celebrating. Then more players pressed up, the Arsenal players celebrated wildly, and Fabianski, who was far away in the box, also waved his fists excitedly, and if this game was lost, he simply did not know how to get back to London.

Arsenal's quick, clever and imaginative combination shook the Stade de la Longa, with nearly 50,000 Portuguese fans standing on the pitch to stop the celebrations and cheers they had just indulged in an away goal that, in the knockout rounds, was the equivalent of a one-and-a-half-home goal. A score of 1:1 is equivalent to Porto falling behind.

"The ball is in! It's almost an empty door! The cooperation of Li Huan, Cesc Fabregas and Rosicky! "Portugal. The commentator sighed: "Li Huan used his genius to make up for the low-level mistakes made by his teammates!" Cesc Fabregas-Lee lived up to his name, and the fact that an away goal was picked up by their opponents was bad news for Porto. ”

The old coach Ferreira shook his head helplessly, but he did not despair, Arsenal was able to score in his expectations, the team with an average of three goals per game could not be completely blocked by Porto, the coach surnamed who dared to give the middle finger to the opponent's fans was not willing to give in, he wanted to fight with Arsenal to the end, he had to firmly grasp the loopholes in the Arsenal back line, and hit hard. Fight a fish to the death of the net, anyway, they are now a weak team.

Wenger gave Li Huan a thumbs up, the key to the goal just now was Li Huan's rapid advance, as well as that genius pass, continuous crossing, suddenly turned into hitting the front of the penalty area, Li Huan's thinking has always been so calm, so eclectic, Wenger secretly congratulated Li Huan to come back in time before this game, otherwise with such a bad backline now, it is really unlikely that he wants to retreat from the Dragon Stadium.

On the bench, Coach Rice was teaching the young men on the bench, Wilshere and Merida, "If you see it, the pass should be like this, and you can't be touched by the opponent." At Li Huan's level, technology is not the most important, thinking is the most important. ”

Wilshire and Merida nodded like garlic, looking at Li Huan and his teammates, envious and admiring, not knowing when they would be able to play, they felt that just that ball was absolutely inevitable for them to play.

In the VIP box, Chairman Hillwood, who was originally silent because of his backwardness, immediately became active, praising God and Li Huan loudly, and praising Arsenal's beautiful pass, which made Porto President Pinto as unhappy, but Hillwood didn't care about the feelings of the chairman next to him, and frequently raised his glass to Pinto, which made Pinto even more depressed.

(To be continued)