There is a dream called football

Villarreal's home stadium has a very nice name: Estadio da Estadio.

But in fact, the Ballad Stadium is a small stadium even in Spain. This is also because the population here is not large.

During the pre-match training, Villarreal's Argentinian goalkeeper Mariano Barbosa was practicing picking up high-altitude balls. This should be intentional. The head coach must want him to control the high-altitude balls more accurately. That is

Speaking of this game, the goalkeeper's attack is very important.

The Ballad Stadium was packed with seats, all filled with yellow, but there were only a few hundred Arsenal fans from the visiting team.

It’s no exaggeration, it’s really only a few hundred because we couldn’t book a hotel.

After the game started, Arsenal had the advantage in possession, but what Pellegrini did was completely different from what he said at the press conference.

Before the game, he said that he would not pursue 1-0, but that was not the case on the court. Instead, he was really focusing on defense. Of course Wenger expected this. Under normal circumstances, the head coach's words

If one of the things said there is true, that would be great.

However, in this game, Wenger also has a secret weapon, which is the defensive midfielder Diaby from Cote d'Ivoire. He plays as a defensive midfielder, but his height is 191cm, so if the situation cannot be opened, then Wenger is prepared to let him

Go hit the forward line.

In this game, Wenger also made adjustments to the defense. Senderos did not start. Wenger began to revise his judgment on Senderos. He originally thought that Senderos was Arsenal's star of tomorrow, but now he is getting more and more

More and more I find that Senderos' ability is overestimated. Perhaps he is just a Premier League player, not a European-level player.

Therefore, in this game, Wenger arranged a combination of Toure and Campbell, with Clichy guarding the left wing and Eboue on the right.

Li Qiao's side is Eboue, but the Cameroonian doesn't dare to come up to assist, and Wenger doesn't need him to come up to assist.

As long as Li Qiao on the right performs normally, the pressure on his opponent will be enough.

After the last game, Wenger carefully studied the movements of Jose Mari and Forlan and found that their fishhook movements were very obvious, that is, they first ran back, and then suddenly ran forward, circling the defensive players.

The feeling of running out of a fishhook is the movement of the fishhook.

This kind of movement can throw off defensive players, so don't stand still.

When the midfielder passes the ball, he is most afraid of the forward standing stupidly beside the defensive player, which makes it impossible to pass the ball. And with this kind of back and forth pulling, Riquelme can exert his skills as a passing master.

The key to breaking this kind of movement is for the defender to press out and prevent the opponent from turning around.

Campbell pressed out and followed Jose Mari the moment he got the ball. As a result, it was impossible for Jose Mari to turn around.

"Don't even think about turning around."

Jose Mari swayed left and right, and finally had no choice but to pass back to Senna.

It was just once. After several times, Pellegrini knew something was wrong. The opponent had obviously prepared carefully. The forward's fishhook position was a bit unplayable, but Pellegrini was not worried.

, the tactics he usually trains are not just this one, there are more!

Soon, the two forwards gave up the fishhook movement, and instead Jose Mari pulled out to play the ball for Forlan. In this way, Riquelme passed the ball to Jose Mari, and he made the ball

In the penalty area, Forlan completed a shot in front of goalkeeper Lehmann, but unfortunately the ball missed.

Wenger was also surprised. This is indeed a top forward. Forlan and Jose Mari are both players with very high intelligence. They also understand Riquelme's passing language, and Riquelme

Like a master puppeteer, passing the ball controls the flow of the game.

Wenger is not surprised by this. He has already experienced the last game. Villarreal's group coordination is very fast, and they all play the ball with one kick, so he can only improve his defensive concentration.

Already.

Wenger is worried about Villarreal's offense, and his opponents are also worried about Arsenal. But in the fast break, especially Henry and Li Qiao, these two people can rush to the front line as quickly as possible every time they counterattack.

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Facing the ball from the backcourt, Henry jumped up and shook his head to Li Qiao, who took the ball from the wing and ran forward.

The ball was intended to be returned to Henry, so before Solin could press on, the ball under Li Qiao's feet was thrown to Henry, and the latter immediately sent a straight line. The ball was given behind Solin. This was obviously a killer move.

Well, of course Thorin also knew that, and he quickly chased back, which was all about speed.

After a speed competition, Li Qiao was the one who got the ball first, and Sorin was also very smart. He didn't tackle the ball. Li Qiao stayed still, and Solin also stopped. Li Qiao shook, but Solin remained unmoved.

At this moment, Li Qiao saw Sorin's crotch, so he was about to cross his crotch to pass, but the ball did pass.

As if Sorin was insulted, he kicked Li Qiao directly.

Yellow card.

Solin received another yellow card, which means that even if Villarreal finally reaches the final, Solin will not be able to play. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Pellegrini. You must know that Solin is in his lineup.

The most indispensable one.

Pellegrini crossed his arms over his chest and comforted himself, don't think about the final, but think about this game first.

The free kick went into the penalty area. Arsenal players grabbed it, but it was still high and failed to score.

Twenty minutes after the first half, two Villarreal players stood up to warm up. One was Roger Garcia from La Masia, who played as an attacking midfielder, and the other was Mexico who performed very well in the last game.

Striker Franco.

Pellegrini is demonstrating, which means that I also belong to someone, don't underestimate me.

However, Wenger doesn't care about this yet. Even if there is a duel, it will only happen in the second half. It should be fine now.

At this moment, Arsenal's defense made a huge mistake. When Toure and the opponent's midfielder were fighting for a header, Toure won the ball first. Strangely enough, he actually headed it towards himself.

, this time it happened to be given to Fran in front.

Maybe the happiness came too suddenly, and the Uruguayan thought he was offside, but when he thought about it, it was a push from his opponent, so there was no such thing as offside, so he went solo.

The Ballad Stadium was boiling with excitement. This was a big gift from the opponent, and Arsenal's Clichy was chasing after him. Only he could stop Forlan. Lehmann attacked slowly. What he could do with this ball was very limited. He could only

He tried his best to stop his opponent, but other than that, there was nothing he could do.

Pellegrini turned away, he didn't dare to look because he wanted to score too much.