There is a dream called football

"Li Qiao, why are you unhappy?" Van Persie smiled.

Li Qiao laughed, because he had been worried that the plot of his previous life would repeat itself. After all, the plot of the previous life was the same last year and the year before. Although the process was completely different, the winner was still the winner.

So what about this time?

Li Qiao hopes that this time it will be different. Arsenal will be the final winner, and Arsenal is also capable.

"We have one less person and there is nothing to be happy about if we are one goal ahead, right?"

Van Persie nodded, "That's right, that red card is really fatal."

"Hopefully that's Arsenal's last bad luck in this game."

"yes."

Wenger is more cautious than players, maybe because he has been around for a long time. As a veteran in football, he has had many experiences of being reversed.

"Before I left the field just now, I saw Iniesta, Xavi and Larsson of the opponent team were all warming up. They will definitely play in the second half. Barcelona will fight hard, and they have such strength. One ball can be enough for them.

It’s nothing to us.”

The big guy nodded.

Arsenal has always longed for a Champions League trophy, and so have the players. But at this time, Wenger downplayed all this, because the truth that a person who travels a hundred miles is half a mile is not only understood by the Chinese, he also understands it.

The closer to the goal, the more likely people are to make mistakes, so what Wenger has to do at this time is to relax everyone's minds.

"Did you know? In France, they have a saying that a person can only have bad luck once a day."

Wenger spread his hands and said, "We got a red card and our bad luck quota has been used up, haha."

The big guys also laughed.

"I hope so."

In fact, football players are very superstitious, and Zidane, the later Qi Xuanzong, is a good example, so many times you have to believe in some things.

"One more thing, what I want to tell you is to forget everything I usually tell you."

"What's the meaning?"

"What do I usually ask of you?"

"Beautiful football, the delivery must be smooth."

Wenger nodded, "Yes, if we were still 11 people now, then I would still ask you this, but it is different now. My request is to win this game, no matter how ugly the game is."

Everyone was shocked because Wenger had his own beliefs about football. In his previous life, no matter how good Arsenal's results were, it seemed that they had never heard of Arsenal setting up a bus and playing ugly football to win.

Li Qiao was also surprised. Could it be that Wenger in this world is different? Is he not only an idealist but also a pragmatic person?

But……

Wenger smiled and said: "We can learn from Chelsea when necessary, and I can also learn from Mourinho."

"Isn't Jose the person you hate the most?"

"Haha, I don't hate anyone. Football has nothing to do with personal grudges. It's all about winning."

Everyone nodded.

Once the tactical thinking is unified, everyone will have a clear understanding of the situation. This is very important. What a team fears most is that it wants to win but is afraid of losing.

*****

In the Barcelona dressing room, the mood of the players is a little more complicated. After all, they are falling behind, and the final winner of this kind of game may be just one ball.

This is not difficult to understand, because if you look at the finals in the past few years, you will understand that there is almost no victory with a big score.

Rijkaard.

Dutch football.

La Masia.

Barcelona.

In fact, these are all related. The reason why Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, ​​is so important to the team, in fact, all this can be said to come from the total offense and total defense thinking of Dutch football. Later, Barcelona was also like this. Passing and controlling football is just

An upgraded version of Total Offense and Total Defense.

So Rijkaard understands Barcelona's football philosophy.

"Some of you people here came from La Masia, and even those who did not enter La Masia came here because they understood Barcelona's football philosophy. I don't think I need to talk about Barcelona's football philosophy again.

"

"Our progress in the first half was still a bit slow. On the one hand, this was due to the opponent's defensive hoarding in the midfield. On the other hand, we were unable to pass the penetrating pass, the kind of knife-like pass.

ball."

Barcelona's philosophy is that passing is more important than shooting, because shooting is the final result, and great passing is what creates that result.

"I can tell you that I will make substitutions in the second half, but this is not against anyone, but because I am not satisfied with the overall tactics."

Everyone nodded.

In the first half, Presas and Van Bommel could only be said to be quite satisfactory, and they knew this.

Their performance should be good, but not very good yet. This is like the gap between good students and academic masters.

"In the second half, our passes must be faster. I want to tell the world that breaking dense defenses is not just about long-range shots, long passes and set kicks, but also about tearing open the opponent's defense with quick passes."

"Remember, we are Barcelona."

*****

During the intermission, the romantic French prepared some small theatrical performances. After a few cheerful songs, the 15 minutes of intermission passed quickly. Iniesta and Xavi were very happy to watch, but

They also know that their responsibilities will be heavy in the second half.

When Rijkaard came on the stage, he patted the two of them first and said, "Come on."

"Um."

Wenger was still shocked when he came out. He expected that Barcelona would make substitutions in the second half, but he didn't expect that two substitutions would be made immediately. What if someone gets injured? What if there is overtime?

The players who were replaced at halftime went directly to the bench. Presas and Van Bommel sat on the bench, while Xavi and Iniesta ran onto the court after being inspected by the referee.

Martin Taylor said: "At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona made two substitutions, while Arsenal made no substitutions."

"This should be taken seriously by Arsenal. I think Barcelona in the second half should be completely different from the first half."

Li Qiao looked at Xavi and Iniesta. Later, these two players could be said to be the top stars in the world, but at this time, these two big players were not so famous. Maybe only Li Qiao and Rijkaard knew about them.

The power of.

Wenger didn't quite understand. In his opinion, replacing Van Bommel was a bit too hasty, because the Dutchman actually performed well.

But after ten minutes, he no longer looked at it that way.

The referee looked at his watch, and after the whistle blew, the second half began, and the camera showed the big guys in the stands.

It seems to be saying, after 45 minutes, who will these big guys hand the trophy to?