There is a dream called football

"pretty."

The audience burst into applause, because Ronaldinho just made a very beautiful step on the ball, pull the ball and turn around, all in one go, very beautiful.

This was nothing for Ronaldinho at his peak, he could almost get it, but for Arsenal players, this was very difficult to handle.

Arsenal's defense against Ronaldinho is man-to-man plus zone defense. With three midfielders, whoever is in the defense zone where Ronaldinho runs will go up to defend him. However, even so, it is still impossible to defend Ronaldinho perfectly.

Hundreds.

As soon as 20 minutes passed, Li Qiao relaxed. It seemed that there would be no red card. Lehmann should be safe this time.

After Giuly failed to break through from the wing, he passed the ball across to Ronaldinho in the middle. I thought Ronaldinho would wait, but what I didn't expect was that Ronaldinho directly flicked the ball with his instep after receiving the ball, and bounced the ball to Eto in front.

Oh, what's even more terrible is that Arsenal's defense was too flat, and Eto'o was offside.

Oops.

It's so similar. Although the time doesn't match up, the trend is so similar that Li Qiao is already preparing for the worst.

In this situation, the goalkeeper must attack. Lehmann pounced on Eto'o, and the Cameroonian changed direction accordingly.

The next second, Wenger was already praying. He turned around and did not dare to look. On the other side, Rijkaard was very excited. This was a red card and a penalty kick.

But first of all, the referee did not award a penalty kick. It was something outside the penalty area. To be precise, it happened on the line of the penalty area.

And more importantly, the referee took out a red card.

"That was him diving, I didn't touch him."

This was the only thing Lehmann could argue about, but the referee from Norway was very determined and had nothing to say, a red card.

In fact, Wenger has nothing to say about this. From an objective point of view, this is indeed a red card, but the goalkeeper's red card is a huge loss, and it was only 20 minutes in the first half.

Almunia has already gotten up to warm up quickly. He is 100% going to be a substitute. Wenger is brainstorming who to replace?

It seems that it is not good to replace anyone. It is really difficult to handle. The tactics of the game have been studied over and over again before the game. Now they are all messed up. This is really difficult to handle.

But a decision had to be made immediately. In the end, Wenger chose a conservative tactic. He replaced Pires. He would rather lose an offensive player, but he could not replace a defensive player. This is the final. The worst is to take a penalty kick. It doesn't matter, but he must not concede first.

ball.

When he saw the substitution card, Pires looked frustrated. No one wanted to play in the final and ended up playing for 20 minutes.

Wenger patted Pires to show his comfort. This game is not easy, and this decision is even more difficult.

However, Pires actually understood the coach's decision immediately after coming off the field. Li Qiao and Henry could not move, and the defense in the midfield could not move, so the only one who could be replaced was himself.

Li Qiao was shocked that it still happened!

Is it possible that the final result will be the same?

But if you think about it the other way around, it's not necessarily the case, because Lehmann was sent off after 20 minutes, and the location of the foul was also different.

"Forget it, I don't want to anymore."

Li Qiao could only suppress his random thoughts, otherwise the ball would be impossible to kick, but...

This is the third time Li Qiao has participated in the Champions League final. The first two were Porto and Liverpool. Although the process was different, the results were the same as in the previous life. So...

This is the difficulty of being a prophet. Of course, if you encounter a good result, it is good, but if you encounter a bad result, then...

After Arsenal was sent off a player, Rijkaard waved his hand and asked his players to press forward. They must suppress the opponent, rub salt in the opponent's wounds, and strive to score immediately or seal the victory.

On the pitch, Arsenal encountered a hammering like raindrops, which also verified Wenger's judgment. If he had just replaced a defensive player, Arsenal's defense might have been torn to pieces.

All 10 Arsenal players retreated. Barcelona passed the ball back and forth in front of the penalty area, but Arsenal's defense was too flat. As a result, Barcelona did not have much space to attack.

Ronaldinho took the ball in front of the penalty area, and suddenly full-back Van Blondhorst made a pass.

The main left back of the Netherlands is very capable of assisting, so Arsenal's defensive players were immediately taken over, but at this moment, Ronaldinho made a fake move with his eyes, as if he wanted to pass the ball to Van Buron.

Terhost, but suddenly, Ronaldinho fired a powerful shot, catching Almunia off guard.

Fortunately, the ball was missed. If it had hit the goal frame, it would have been almost 100% a goal.

Wenger's heart became even more entangled. Even if Arsenal had 20 people defending, it seemed that Ronaldinho could still find an angle to pass the ball or shoot directly.

"It's difficult to handle. We must control the ball."

Wenger's idea is completely right, to control the ball at his feet, but the problem is that without Pires, controlling the ball in the midfield with Barcelona is basically a dream, and it should be said to be impossible.

Martin Taylor saw the clues. Although Arsenal wanted to control the ball, every time the ball passed the midfield, Arsenal would lose the ball after no more than 3 passes. This was a big problem.

"The lack of an attacking midfielder has indeed had a great impact on the team. Arsenal cannot control the ball in the midfield."

After a brief discussion with his assistants, Wenger decided to change all the tactics and abandon the technical football that Arsenal is proud of, and instead use the most primitive English football. Since the midfielder cannot control it, then

Just don't play midfield.

This is a very bold idea, but also a helpless move.

At the same time, Van Persie and Bergkamp got up to warm up. Wenger showed a very strong posture. Rijkaard on the other side could also see it clearly, but he didn't care for the time being. He still wanted to score a goal.

, as long as you can enter one, then many problems will be solved easily.

But Barcelona lost the ball in the midfield. Flamini immediately passed the ball long and lobbed it to Li Qiao on the wing. This kind of play without a midfielder was still very classic. Rijkaard was also happy.

It's basically the way a Championship team plays.

But not to mention, this effect is not bad, because Arsenal players have good footwork. For example, this time, Li Qiao passed the ball to Henry in the middle, more than 20 meters away, but Li Qiao's ball was accurately sent to Henry.

head on.

However, Henry's header was not powerful enough and was picked off by Valdes in front of the goal.

But Barcelona fans gradually discovered that sending off one person did not make the opponent surrender.