There is a dream called football

Van Bommel's shot hit the ground close to the lawn. Almunia's line of sight was blocked by the teammates in front of him, but he reacted quickly and finally stretched out his foot to block the ball.

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene because the ball was too dangerous. If Almunia had been slower, the ball would have gone in if it hit the ground.

For Barcelona, ​​Xavi and Iniesta have finished warming up and are actually ready to play at any time, but Rijkaard will not make substitutions at the moment.

At this moment, Ronaldinho suddenly started in the middle. By the time Arsenal reacted, he had already passed Flamini, and his speed was getting faster and faster. With Ronaldinho's speed, it was easy for him to suddenly blow up the entire team.

A line of defense.

At this moment, Toure stepped forward to steal, but Toure's action was so obvious that Ronaldinho passed with a fake move. As a result, the center was empty, and Arsenal's defender no longer dared to foul.

, otherwise it is likely to be another red card.

Campbell was very experienced. He took aim at Giuly at the side and behind, and he estimated that the ball was probably going to hit the ball in the east. Ronaldinho would not choose to go it alone in the end. He just wanted to attract more defensive players.

This is a central defender's prediction, which is very important. When most teams face this situation, they all rush towards Ronaldinho, but Campbell's attention at this time can still be on Giuly.

In the end, as expected, Ronaldinho made a low pass to the right. His purpose was to attract all the opponent's defensive power and then pass the ball to Giuly who was unguarded. But this time Campbell predicted it in advance and stretched his legs to tackle the ball.

Shoveled the ball away.

Wenger and Rijkaard are both veterans. The defense of this ball is more beautiful than the offense. Campbell's prediction can be said to be miraculous. If it weren't for Campbell's prediction, this ball would definitely be scored by Giuly.

No doubt.

However, fans cannot see these subtleties. Most people will praise Ronaldinho's one-stop breakthrough.

*****

When Henry got the ball, he predicted his opponent's position and then suddenly moved forward.

The commentator said excitedly: "Maybe Henry was stimulated by Ronaldinho just now and is preparing to do it himself."

But Henry was facing the Dutchman Van Bommel. This guy had a very good sense of position. Van Bommel was basically stuck in his position, but Henry actually crossed his crotch, which Van Bommel did not expect.

He felt humiliated and stretched out his legs to kick, but Henry's speed was so fast that the opponent couldn't even kick him. Soon, Henry was able to face Puyol.

The confrontation between the two men was fierce and they refused to give up any ground. Puyol would never let Henry pass.

At this moment, Li Qiao had already run over from the side to take over. Henry passed the ball to him and then ran. Li Qiao also immediately returned the ball to Henry with his heel. Just when Henry shot, the referee whistled.

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"What's wrong?"

Wenger shouted in confusion.

"What's wrong with this ball?"

It turned out that the position where Li Qiao responded was already offside. The referee saw clearly that Barcelona's defender was also very ruthless. Marquez took a step forward. The Mexican defender took a step forward in time, causing Li Qiao to be offside.

It also disrupted Arsenal's attack this time.

This is the defensive art of top teams. It is indeed very exquisite. Li Qiao smiled and shook his head. He did not expect that Marquez would retain such a hand, because he was actually very careful when he intervened.

*****

The first half is almost over, but the head coaches of both teams are even more nervous and are asking their players to pay more attention, because in previous games, it was very common to lose the ball before the end of the first half.

Rijkaard pointed to his head repeatedly.

"Attention."

Because the gap of one ball was actually okay, but when it expanded to two, he couldn't accept it.

On the other side, Arsenal's Wenger also thought about it in his mind, "It's actually pretty good to go back to the locker room with a 1-0 result."

However, Wenger did not think that his opponent would give up the last few minutes of the first half, maybe he was still holding back something bad!

But surprisingly, before the end of the first half, Barcelona midfielder Presas was covering his thigh muscles.

"Could it be a strain?"

But everyone immediately realized that this was not the case, because his teammates were pressing his leg. You cannot press the strained leg, as it would be more serious, and pressing the leg is 100% a cramp.

Is this the first half of the game?

Although it is already a bit hot in France at this time, professional players at this level should not be in such poor physical condition.

But everyone only looked at the surface. In fact, Presas was marking Henry and sprinted dozens of times in the first half. Although the total running distance was not much, this kind of variable-speed running actually consumed more physical energy.

Just like sometimes you will be out of breath after running 200 meters, but running 1000 meters slowly is fine. This is the truth.

Knowing that Presas had cramps, Rijkaard felt a little calmer. He should be fine. Drinking some sports drinks and pressing his legs would help him recover.

After such a delay, the injury time in the first half was 4 minutes. Wenger smiled bitterly, it was really troublesome. As the leading side, he hoped that the game would end quickly, so that he could rest for 15 minutes before fighting again.

"Who knows what will happen in injury time!"

Ronaldinho is still the most threatening one. He suddenly passes the ball to Eto'o in the middle. The Cameroonian beats Eboue. This is a teammate of the national team. Eto'o did not break through, but he still passed it.

When the ball was passed, Van Bommel, who followed up in the middle, still shot a blast, which was completely missed.

This goal was even ridiculed by Arsenal fans, because it was very subpar when such a ball flew away.

For the rest of the first half, there was little offense from both sides. There were many invalid passes. The ball was passed in the midfield. The referee also found that no one was interested in fighting, so he blew the whistle to end the first half as soon as the time was up.

There are still 45 minutes left for the final result of this Champions League final. Wenger looked at his players and he was quite satisfied. However, when he glanced at the opponent's bench, most of the substitutes had gone out to warm up. It must have been the second half.

It's an encounter, and in the game against Barcelona, ​​if you don't sweat every last drop, it's impossible to defeat your opponent.

Rijkaard patted every player who came off the field. His players actually performed well. The own goal was purely an accident. It was a reasonable loss on the football field. It was nothing. He would not blame anyone for this.

Rijkaard always had the belief that he would be as successful as Cruyff and become a great coach in Barcelona history.