There is a dream called football

It can be said that Arsenal is full of injuries recently. The two rounds of the Champions League quarter-finals are separated by three weeks, but this does not alleviate Arsenal's injuries at all. Except for Li Qiao, who is already determined to miss the second round,

In addition, Henry also suffered from a relapse of an old injury.

Fabregas also has a slight calf muscle problem, while Rosicky has a cold problem.

So for this, Wenger could only smile bitterly.

"Arsenal has indeed encountered injury problems recently, but I think we can only face it hard. In the second round, we have already lost Li Qiao, and we are also likely to lose Henry."

"But fortunately this is our home court. With the support of the fans, I think we will eventually get through the difficult period. As long as we advance, I think the team will be better in the quarter-finals. Maybe Li

Joe is back too."

Koeman came to London with a score of 2-2. For PSV, the situation was still good. In fact, they only needed one goal.

When facing reporters' questions, Koeman showed his confidence while being cautious.

"I think the 2-2 score in the first leg was a pretty good result for us. We have the possibility of advancing, but I think Arsenal is a very strong team, so there will definitely be difficulties."

"A question about Arsenal's injuries?"

Koeman shrugged, "All I can say is, I'm sorry."

"I know many Arsenal fans will blame us for Li Qiao's injury, but in fact that is unfair. Football matches are so fierce. What should be said is that it was an accident. Please believe me, as a professional coach

, I don’t want to see any player unable to play due to injury, whether he is my player or someone else’s player.”

"In addition, I hope Li Qiao can get better as soon as possible. This is my sincere wish."

*****

March 7.

Emirates Stadium.

The second leg match between Arsenal and PSV went on as scheduled, but for Arsenal, Henry did not start the game because his physical condition did not meet the requirements.

In this way, Arsenal sent Walcott on the right, and naturally it was the combination of Robin van Persie and Adebayor on the front line.

For Wenger, this is also a strong offensive combination, but compared with Li Qiao, Walcott may lack his game experience. After all, Li Qiao has too much experience in the Champions League. At the critical moment

In the knockout rounds, this experience will often play a huge role.

The camera is facing the stands. Li Qiao is in the stands. He has already started recovery training. This is a very long process.

At present, Li Qiao still maintains upper body muscle training and dare not move his legs. Li Qiao is smiling at the camera, but he is very depressed in his heart. Only the players themselves know this helplessness of missing the game.

As for Eindhoven, except for Timmy Simons who is suspended, it can be said that all players can play, and this is also the biggest advantage of Eindhoven. They are too familiar with this lineup.

Although not luxurious, Koeman has absolute control over this PSV team.

After the game started, the tactics chosen by Eindhoven were completely different from those in the previous game. In the last game, Eindhoven could be said to have started with a blitzkrieg, but in this game, Eindhoven stayed behind.

, setting up an iron barrel formation, Koeman knew that they only needed one goal to advance, so there was no need to take risks.

As for Arsenal, they don't think so. What they are worried about now is Arsenal. If they can't score, then it will be their opponents who advance.

But surprisingly, PSV scored a goal again in the away game due to an accident.

After the goal, Koeman immediately set up a steel barrel formation, and Arsenal's task was to break the dense defense.

This is a very difficult subject in the Champions League.

When Walcott gets the ball, he is faster than Li Qiao, but his ability to read the game at this time is far inferior to Li Qiao.

Especially the cooperation with teammates.

After picking up the ball from the wing, Walcott quickly made a breakthrough. Everything was beautiful, but something went wrong with his pass, which went directly to the opposite sideline.

After passing the ball, Walcott felt quite embarrassed and said hello to his teammates.

However, the impact this has on teammates is obvious, because if the ball can be passed back to the penalty area in an inverted triangle, Arsenal will have a chance to shoot there.

More importantly, this also affected Van Persie. The reason why Van Persie performed well in the first few games was mainly because he had a good partner Li Qiao. Just like Robbery later, the two of them could work together.

That kind of.

Therefore, the impact of Li Qiao's absence on Van Persie was immediately apparent. After Van Persie made several moves, his teammates did not pass the ball to him, which was very depressing.

"It would be great if Li Qiao was here, he would definitely pass the ball to me."

Wenger on the sidelines also saw the lag in this kind of game. Without Li Qiao and Henry, Arsenal's offense was indeed much worse.

So Wenger asked all the offensive substitutes to get up and warm up, because there might be a strong attack in the second half.

And Koeman also stood up. This is of course what he wants to see. As long as he survives the first half, the second half will be quite easy. Maybe PSV can score a goal.

Then it will be completely stable.

Sure enough, Arsenal's nightmare in the last game was the opponent's quick counterattack, that kind of unreasonable long pass to the frontcourt.

Then it was up to Tardelli to shoot, and at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal fans witnessed such a counterattack.

After Arsenal's attack failed, Eindhoven intercepted the ball in the backcourt and quickly passed the ball forward. The ball flew forward very quickly, and when Tardelli got the ball in the corner of the penalty area, he went directly into the penalty area.

As soon as it was swept, Cone immediately followed.

The whole process was very fast and the play was very simple, except that Cone's final shot missed, but the whole process was done in one go.

This kind of counterattack looks well-trained at first glance, and the whole process is coordinated very well. This is also the reason why PSV was able to score two goals at home in the last game.

Wenger had a headache about this, but there was no other way. Arsenal could only press out and play. They had to score goals, but PSV seemed to have a finger on Arsenal's pulse, so their tactics were very reasonable.

Wenger also pressed his hands down to signal the players to stabilize the rhythm of the game, and that was all.

After the game stabilized, Arsenal's ball possession rate was higher, reaching 70%, but the opportunities created were still very few, so what the fans missed most at this time was Li Qiao and Henry.