There is a dream called football

Barcelona won a free kick in the frontcourt, which was a formidable enemy for Arsenal, because Barcelona had too many free kick masters, including Deco, Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Giuly.

Almunia created a wall of six people, but he still felt it was not enough. Wenger was still very worried about Almunia, because after Lehmann came, the Spanish goalkeeper basically had no chance to play.

But at this time, the professor could only choose to believe him.

Several people from Barcelona discussed it, and eventually everyone dispersed, leaving Ronaldinho standing alone in front of the goal. It was obvious that he was not going to play any tricks, but just went straight for a powerful curve ball.

Sure enough, the referee blew the whistle, Ronaldinho started to run, and then hit a curve ball towards the blind corner of the goal.

Arsenal fans were worried, but at this moment Almunia jumped high and saved the ball from the bottom line with one palm.

"marvelous."

Arsenal players all ran back to encourage Almunia. The goalkeeper's position is too important, but at this time Almunia made up for the vacancy left by Lehmann very well.

Almunia himself has also gained confidence. The goalkeeper's confidence is gained by making successful saves again and again.

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Wenger stretched out the index finger of his left hand and the index finger of his right hand, and kept making cross-changing gestures. This was for Diaby to see. Since he wants to carry out the non-mainstream Arsenal with long passes to the end, then the front is

There must be a high point to compete for the first point, and the ideal candidate in Wenger's mind is Diaby.

With a height of over 1.9 meters, he had an absolute advantage in front of Barcelona's midfielder. The ball flew towards Diaby. He fought for the first point and then pushed it to Li Qiao. The latter quickly broke in and shot directly after receiving the ball.

"Play a long pass with me?" Rijkaard is still doubtful about this, because our midfielder is indeed relatively short, none is over 185, so the first place to compete with Diaby is

It's really difficult.

Rijkaard is making a pressing gesture. What he wants is the success rate. The offense does not need to be so fast, but he must lose fewer balls.

But what Rijkaard never dreamed of was that sending off one person would make Arsenal's tactics simpler.

Many people in the world of football criticize Mourinho. One of the most important reasons is that Mourinho is driving the bus and destroying the beauty of football.

It's not that many wealthy clubs don't know how to set up buses, but they don't bother to set up buses because they are afraid of losing face. Wenger is the same way, but after sending off one person, Wenger has no scruples. At this time, Arsenal has become the "naked" one.

"feet".

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The ball flew toward Henry, and Mexican veteran Marquez leaned on Henry, who fell down.

Free kick!

The referee awarded a free kick in front of the penalty area. This time the Barcelona players were a little unhappy, because Arsenal basically had no offense, but the set piece was different. The set piece could be pressed. This was a rare opportunity.

Sure enough, Arsenal pressed forward in a rare move, including center back Campbell.

Barcelona also stepped up its defence, and players on both sides knew when it was dangerous and when it was safe.

Pires was not around, so Li Qiao ran over and took the free kick.

Several of Arsenal's big men were at the back point, so of course the ball was going to the back point. Li Qiao had already figured out how to take the penalty.

Deco was very clear about Li Qiao's ball path. He reminded his teammates, "Strengthen the protection of the back point. Li Qiao's free kick will use a very strong arc to the back point of the penalty area."

When Li Qiao saw Deco, he suddenly changed his attention. He lobbed a curved ball into the middle of the penalty area. Valdez struck out. The ball was very spiny and he didn't dare to pick it up, so he had no choice but to hit it.

It stands to reason that this kind of hard hit would hit the bottom of the ball and send the ball flying up, but Valdez's hand shape was wrong and he hit it flat. This was a tragedy, and the ball hit the back of Van Bommel's head.

After rebounding, the ball flew in the direction of the goal. The Barcelona players watched such a strange goal fly into their own goal.

"This... own goal."

The ball was in Van Bommel's account, but this guy was more unjust than Dou E. It was his teammate who hit the ball on the back of his head.

Rijkaard's face was ashen. Yes, even though he has dark skin, you can still see the frustrated look on his face. This goal is so weird. He has only seen it once in his career. This is enough to be selected.

The top 10 own goals in "World Football" actually appeared in such an important game.

On the other side, Arsenal was going crazy with joy. Wenger hugged the whole team. As the team that was being beaten, Arsenal actually scored first, and it was such a lucky goal. Could it be that Arsenal's bad luck followed Wenger.

Mann's penalty has all dissipated.

"Haha, this goal is really weird, it should be credited to Li Qiao." Van Persie laughed.

"The own goal should not be changed."

Wenger patted everyone on the head, "I think the opponent will attack even crazier, so kids, you all know what to do, right?"

"certainly."

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For a side that plays defensive counterattack, it is really nice to have the ball in hand, and Arsenal's defense is deeper.

And Rijkaard had already let Xavi and young Iniesta warm up. One was ebbing and the other was ebbing. Lehmann's sending off left Arsenal with no choice. At this time, it was Barcelona's turn to have no choice. Rijkaard

Germany has already thought about it. If they cannot score in the first half, they will make a decisive substitution in the midfield.

Iniesta and Xavi both have to play, and Rijkaard also has a secret weapon, the Swedish Larsson.

Larsson is a wonder in football, with top level skills, but he hung around in low-level leagues and did not go to a wealthy club until the end of his career. Whenever the team's situation cannot be improved, Rijkaard will

Use him as a surprise weapon.

As the game progressed, Ronaldinho gradually discovered that he was indeed alone, with few teammates who could cooperate with him, and Eto'o was waiting for him to deliver the ball, so he could not come back to help him with the ball.

"Ronaldinho needs a helper," said Martin Taylor.

In fact, most people can see that Rijkaard is too conservative and there are too many defensive players in the midfield.

But usually in the first half, Rijkaard would not immediately correct his mistakes. More importantly, Van Bommel's long shot was very powerful. He is Rijkaard's Dutch compatriot, so he knows it very well.

Later, the Dutch team liked to use Van Bommel mainly because of this. He had no talent, but he was very popular with one move.

At this moment, Van Bommel's cold shot became Barcelona's most threatening goal in the first half.