There is a dream called football

Chapter 344 The stubbornness of the grassroots

In the 79th minute of the game, the Beatles' famous song "Yellow Submarine" rang out in the audience.

Villarreal's nickname comes from this song.

There are two teams in world football that are associated with songs, one is Liverpool and their "You'll Never Walk Alone", the other is Villarreal and their Yellow Submarine.

At this time, the reason why Yellow Submarine sounded at the Love Song Stadium was because they scored two goals in the second half to equalize the score.

One of the two goals was played by Jose Mari in the penalty area to Forlan. The latter seized the opportunity this time and scored the ball with a blast. The other happened just now. Senna hit Campbell with a long shot.

There was a refraction on his body and the ball went in!!

The score of this game became 2 to 1, and the total score became 3 to 3. Wenger was livid. He also knew very well that the Champions League can never be simple. Let's just say last year, AC Milan got it.

The champion flies.

But I didn't expect that it would be Arsenal's turn this time. Villarreal went crazy at home in the second half, while Arsenal, which was leading by two goals, was conservative.

This is normal. With two goals in hand, there is really no need to take risks, but the opponent is crazy and has good luck.

Wenger replaced Diaby and Flamini. The most important thing now is to be stable. He would rather play overtime than be defeated by his opponent in the 90th minute.

After replacing a strong midfielder and recycling the formation, Arsenal did stabilize, and Pellegrini also asked his team to stabilize because Villarreal consumed a lot of energy in the second half.

Forlan fell to the ground, and his teammates immediately went over to press his legs. The Uruguayan forward had already suffered from running cramps.

Pellegrini is very worried. Although he has Mexico's Franco on hand, he does not want to replace him now, because Franco's skills in taking the ball in the penalty area are very good, and he may create another opportunity for the team.

And Fran himself doesn't want to end, he feels good, and he wants to fight to the end.

After a little extra sports drink and a brief massage, Fran stood up and the game continued.

As for Arsenal, Li Qiao and Henry are on the verge of breaking out. This battle is indeed too tiring.

Van Persie is ready to play, and Wenger is planning to wait until whoever is sitting on the ground, Henry or Li Qiao, will make the substitution immediately.

But both Li Qiao and Henry persisted.

The game has reached the final moment, which is also the most tense moment. Whoever scores the goal at this time will win the game against the opponent, whether it is Villarreal or Arsenal.

The head coaches of both teams were standing on the sidelines, unable to sit down at all, as if there were needles stuck in their butts.

"Come on Robin."

Wenger did not expect that the first person who could not hold on was Cesc Fabregas, why did he replace Fabregas with Robin van Persie.

Moreover, Wenger asked Francesco to bring tactics, which was to strengthen the fight in the final period and use offense instead of defense. Attack is the best defense.

After Robin van Persie came on the field, everyone's tactical thinking was unified, which was to fight hard.

Arsenal's fighting made it a bit difficult for Villarreal to get the ball in the midfield, and at the last moment, the players' mentality was conservative. Even Riquelme did not seek threatening through balls.

Senna passed the ball to Riquelme. When he saw three opponents coming forward to grab the ball, he didn't stop the ball and directly kicked it to the center back behind. However, against all odds, Rique, the master of passing the ball, didn't expect it.

Ermei's return message was actually too powerful.

Henry stole the ball, then he looked up at Li Qiao in front and sent it over with a kick. The stadium was completely silent. It was so nervous.

Before Li Qiao got the ball, Villarreal players came over. He knew that Li Qiao must not get the ball, but this was in the penalty area, so it was impossible to really use violence, otherwise it would be a penalty kick.

Add a red card.

So his idea was to rely on Li Qiao.

Li Qiao also knew that he could not be relied on by his opponent, otherwise he would have no chance. This ball was a sudden counterattack, so none of his midfielders were able to press him, which meant that he was definitely the only one in the penalty area.

Then Li Qiao only has one choice to shoot.

But in this case, the shot could only be shot with unconventional movements, so Li Qiao faced the incoming ball and used the outside instep of his right foot to flick it.

"Pierro."

"Pierro."

"Pierro."

Across mountains and rivers, Martin Taylor, the Chinese commentator, and Wenger on the scene all rang the same name in their hearts.

Because many people immediately remembered the match between Juventus and Fiorentina in 1995. Del Piero used his outside instep to shoot under the defense of two opponents, and just like that he scored an extraordinary goal with ease.

The movements of these two goals are almost exactly the same. They both hit the instep without looking at the goal, and the result is the same, that is, a flying fairy from the sky.

The moment the ball flew into the goal, Li Qiao was still stunned, because he hit the ball based on instinct. In fact, looking at the slow motion, the angle was not tricky, but the goalkeeper was caught off guard.

Henry hugged Li Qiao, "How did you think of using that move to shoot?"

"I can tell you that I am blind."

"Haha, but the effect is really great."

"Haha, I didn't expect that either."

All teammates pressed forward, and everyone hugged Li Qiao, because this ball was basically a winning goal.

Pellegrini was furious.

"Kick him, kick him, I would rather give the opponent a penalty kick."

But this is an afterthought, because as a defender, of course it is impossible to think of this, but this emotion is normal, and it is difficult for Pellegrini to accept the result of this game.

The fourth official advised Pellegrini to stay away from the sideline of the court, and Pellegrini swore. Although it was in Spanish, the swear words in European languages ​​are actually similar, so the fourth official immediately told the referee,

Pellegrini was also sent to the stands at the last minute.

Pellegrini calmed down after going to the stands. He covered his head and felt regretful. He had to say that sometimes the game still needs to rely on stars.

Because this goal was so exciting, many people even forgot that it could be regarded as an own goal assist by Riquelme.

The Argentinian looked frustrated. He had been smart all his life, but this ball was too stupid. He shouldn't have passed it back.

But players sometimes make stupid mistakes. Just like in the first game of the 2004 European Cup between England and France, Gerrard also inexplicably returned a penalty kick to his opponent.

At the last moment, Villarreal organized several counterattacks, but there were no good opportunities. The final result was 2-2. Arsenal defeated Villarreal 4-3 in the two rounds.

They will wait another day in Spain to watch the Barcelona game and examine their opponents in the final.

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