Stable!
Scored two goals for Inter Milan in thirty-three minutes.
In the stands, countless Arsenal fans who were worried before the game were completely excited. They roared loudly with red faces and thick necks, and gave a strong response to Henry who rushed to uppercut and roared!
A two-goal lead is a very ambiguous score, but it depends on the team's style.
Arsenal is now obviously top-heavy. On the offensive end, except for Barcelona, which has Roberto Ronaldo and Messi, they can suppress them. The other teams' firepower is not as strong as Arsenal. But the problem is that Arsenal's defense is unstable.
Not to mention that the ability of right back Clichy is not enough to support him as a starter in a stage like the Champions League knockout rounds. Even left back Chiellini is a purely defensive full-back with obvious offensive shortcomings.
The two full-backs each have their own problems, and the double central defenders were also just formed this year, and their tacit understanding is obviously not as good as those senior central defender combinations that have been honing their skills for several years.
There is a problem with the back line. Arsenal is very uncomfortable when facing a team that intensively defends and plays defensive counterattack. It is not just that the counterattack is unstable.
Normally, there are only two ways to break through a dense defense, one is a long shot, and the other is a single-point blast like Chen Mo just did, but no matter which one it is, the premise is that a large number of manpower must be invested on the offensive end.
The two full-backs either go up to the midfield to participate in the organization and pull, invest more manpower in the middle, and rely on the numerical advantage to create long-range shooting space; It's hard to do.
You must know that like Chen Mo just did not need a full-back, relying solely on personal ability to break through the opponent's iron barrel formation. Successful two or three times out of ten is already the limit, but once the opponent attacks, the situation will be different!
When there is space behind the opponent, both Chen Mo and Henry are players capable of completing the offense alone. The offensive pressure on the full-backs will be greatly reduced. This is actually a disguised form of strengthening defense.
But now, Inter Milan is two goals behind at home, they must attack, and they must attack further than before!
This is indeed the case.
As Henry's celebration ended, Inter Milan, who had no way out, restarted the ball. Chen Mo could clearly feel that the opponent's desire to attack had increased significantly, but Inter Milan did not attack the wing as they did at the beginning.
No way, Chen Mo's move to the wing not only strengthened the offense, but also strengthened the defense on the right because of his super powerful running range, and Chiellini on the left was originally the defensive gate.
The wing cannot be penetrated, and Modric and Di Maria in the center are both good at passing the ball. Once the attack is intercepted, these two people directly pass the ball to the wing, and Inter Milan cannot guard it at all!
If you are afraid of being beaten behind, you can only let the midfielder hold back.
The Inter Milan players understood this. Shortly after the kick-off, Veron took a high ball directly from the backcourt and hit Cruz who suddenly retreated from the striker!
Cruz is 1.9 meters tall and is a typical center forward. However, compared to Giroud who has no dribbling ability at all, Cruz, who was born in Argentina, prefers Ibrahimovic who has a delicate foot feel and is better at protecting the ball. .
In the face of the lob, Cruz stopped the ball with his back against Pony Ma's chest. Before Di Maria could defend him, he tapped his right foot horizontally and passed the ball to Figo, who was cutting without the ball towards the top of the key. Then he turned around and pushed forward!
Figo was defended by Chiellini, and Ma Mao, who was not in a one-on-two situation, immediately turned around to defend, but at this time his height disadvantage became apparent.
After receiving the ball, Figo didn't do it alone. He directly rubbed the ball into the penalty area with the instep of his left foot. With a backspin, the ball landed on the right shoulder of Cruz, who was resisting Hummels!
Hummels is on the left and Ma Ma is on the right. It is difficult to take off in this situation, but Ma Ma is too short. Cruz jumped directly in front of the falling ball, forcing Ma to go to the left. The lion shakes its head!
The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal!
At the tenth corner, goalkeeper Lehmann flew to make a save but was out of reach and could only watch the ball hit the net.
Recover a goal!
In the 35th minute of the first half, Inter Milan pulled back and the score was rewritten to 1 to 2!
As Cruz roared and rushed towards the corner kick, he slid to his knees, and the entire Inter Milan fans were completely excited!
On Arsenal's side, young players like Hummels and Clichy, who were playing in the Champions League for the first time, had a somewhat nervous look on their faces, but soon, as Chen Mo gathered his teammates together for a small meeting After that, the players' mentality recovered a lot.
It’s not really chicken soup for the soul, it’s just stating a fact.
Although they are only leading by one goal now, there may be a risk of being equalized, but this is an away goal. Even if it is equalized, returning to their home court is a big advantage, and Inter Milan cannot resist Arsenal's attack.
Inter Milan can't guard us? !
For others, these words have little impact, and may even be considered harsh words, but Chen Mo is a super boss who scored two passes and one shot in the Champions League final and a hat trick in the World Cup final!
Where does confidence come from?
Not by shouting slogans.
Chen Mo has repeatedly saved the team from fire and water in key games. Over time, other players will naturally develop a sense of dependence that "we can't lose as long as he is on the field."
This is the so-called backbone!
But confidence alone was useless. He formed a circle with his teammates. Chen Mo leaned over and put his left hand on Di Maria's shoulder. He covered his mouth with his right hand and muttered. The other players also nodded and looked thoughtful.
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After the restart, Modric, who served as the core organizer, did not rush to attack.
Instead, he controlled the ball in the back area of the midfield and patiently looked for opportunities.
Arsenal are patient, but Inter Milan, who have just scored a goal and are now excited, have no patience. They really want to pursue the victory and tie the score before the end of the first half.
As a result, Inter Milan became more and more active in fighting in the middle. In order to face this situation, Chen Mo had to retreat into the midfield.
"It's really going to be a problem for me."
Seeing Chen Mo staying away from the front line, Zanetti, who had been dragging back, frowned. As a teammate of Chen Mo's national team, he certainly knows that Chen Mo's characteristics are strong long-distance impact and extremely lethal even when he retreats.
But the problem is that Chen Mo retreats, and Arsenal's midfielder has one more pass-receiving point. If he doesn't press forward and press Chen Mo, Arsenal's personnel configuration can control the ball until the end of the game.
This is a conspiracy, a conspiracy that can be used because Arsenal are ahead.
However, there was no way to break the game. Zanetti glanced sideways at Materazzi before pressing forward. After a simple eye interaction between the two, center back Materazzi began to approach the wing.
Focus on defending the wings!
But the moment Materazzi moved towards the wing, Modric, who was holding the ball in the midfield, immediately made a long pass to Chen Mo!
lob!
The ball drew an arc in the sky and went straight to Chen Mo, who was facing Zanetti on the right!
"Can he pass the ball?!"
He squeezed Chen Mo's back hard with both hands. The wet jersey stuck to his forearm and felt a little uncomfortable, but Zanetti ignored it. When he saw the flying ball, the light in his head was racing!
Not only Zanetti thought of this, but Materazzi, who had been paying attention to this side, also thought of this. For players who like to pass people, holding the ball with their backs is the most uncomfortable situation, because under the protection of defensive players, such players often cannot turn around due to lack of physical strength, and need to run two steps to meet the ball to find space to turn around. .
But Chen Mo is different. Chen Mo's physical fitness is explosive, and he often uses his back to pass the ball to attack!
"Don't give him any space behind him!"
Materazzi immediately ducked and moved behind Zanetti, trying to intercept the ball when Chen Mo passed it, but at this time, his attention was completely attracted by Chen Mo, and he did not notice that there was a moment in the middle when Modric sent a long pass. A fast horse is rushing forward at high speed!
"coming!"
With his back against Zanetti, his right eye caught Di Maria running at full speed from behind Veron who was facing him. Without any hesitation, Chen Mo directly stretched out his right foot to face the falling ball, "Bang!"
"What?!"
Under Zanetti's wide-eyed shock, Chen Mo touched the ball with the instep of his right foot, hooked his calf, and bounced the ball directly to the right rear!
The ball bounced from the right side of Zanetti and the left side of Veron to the middle. At the end of the ball path, it was Di Maria who was running forward with wide eyes!
Lead the ball!
Go crazy!
Cambiasso, the defensive midfielder who was marking Modric, had just turned around to help defend when he was kicked away by Di Maria!
"Oh my god! It hit the target! How did the ball come out?!"
"Horrifying! An instep shot penetrated both Inter Milan's defense lines!"
"Don't worry about that! Di Maria is half a one-handed ball!!!"
The commentator roared, and with all the Arsenal fans standing and watching, Di Maria took the lead, dribbling the ball towards the Inter Milan penalty area!
In just two blinks of an eye, Di Maria rushed to the right side of the Inter Milan penalty area, and at this time, the already lagging central defender Burdisso had already reached him diagonally from the left!
Without hesitation, he put down the shovel directly, but the moment Burdisso came down to the ground, Di Maria pushed the arch of his right foot against the rolling ball!
Big scimitar!
The ball was like a cold crescent arching upwards across Inter Milan's penalty area, passed over the white spot of the penalty kick, and was sent directly to the left!
Henry!
It was Henry who also penetrated forward!
Needless to say, the moment Chen Mo turned around and raised his fists, Henry hit the ball with a right-foot blast!
Heavy and heavy!
When the goalkeeper who went down to seal the wicket waved upwards in despair, the ball hit the goal and hit the net like a cannonball!
"GoOOOOOOOOal!"
"The goal is scored! Henry scored twice in the 43rd minute of the game! Oh my God! Arsenal's offense is really beautiful!"
"The offensive coordination is like mercury pouring from the ground! This is Arsenal's beautiful football! Congratulations to Henry, congratulations to Arsenal! They are almost halfway into the quarterfinals!"
In the stands, Old Jack roared passionately. Next to him, looking at Henry who rushed to the corner to celebrate, Lineker tugged on his collar, collected his emotions and said with emotion: "Arsenal's offense is really too smooth, especially Chen Mo." A back-to-back pass. Really, I bet that before he passed the ball, no one in the world would have thought that he would handle the ball like this."
"Yeah, haha, I thought he would choose to pass the ball with his back, and it wasn't just me, Materazzi seemed to think so too, but we all thought Chen Mo was too simple."
"Indeed, and this goal can be said to have killed the game. This situation of recovering a goal and then being immediately widened is a devastating psychological blow to the players."
Lineker's expression was a little regretful. As the strongest star in the history of Tottenham, and as a famous national team star in the history of English football, as a former top player, he naturally has a deeper understanding of football than ordinary fans.
Being two goals behind is actually not a big problem for a team that aims to win. Instead, it will prompt the opponent to make the most of the situation.
This kind of tug-of-war in which after finally chasing a goal and the team's morale has just been boosted, the opponent immediately scores another goal is the real mentality!
but
"Chen Mo is really fierce."
Thinking of this, Lineker unconsciously fixed his gaze on Chen Mo, who was laughing on Henry's back at the corner.
According to statistics, Chen Mo only contributed one goal, but all three goals were related to him. The first goal was a single-point blast, and the third goal was his terrifying outside-instep pass that penetrated two players. A line of defense.
If these two goals are still visible personal abilities, then the second goal tells the world why he, Chen Mo, can become the absolute core of a top team, and why a proud giant like Real Madrid not only spends money on a Billion and has been pursuing Chen Mo for two consecutive years!
Because Chen Mo has a top football brain!
He knows when to use what tactics to give his team more room to operate!
In fact, the skills on the feet are even more valuable! .
Chen Mo didn't know that he suddenly had a big-name fanboy, but he didn't care about these things.
Ever since he scored a hat-trick in the World Cup final, let alone Lineker, even opponents like Zidane who lost to him in the finals have repeatedly praised Chen Mo in public for his awesomeness. Meeting an opponent like Chen Mo is a wonderful and painful thing.
However, now that the team is about to win the game, he is naturally very happy.
Soon, as Henry's celebration ended, the fourth official held up a sign next to him to indicate three minutes of additional time.
There were not many injuries in the first half. At this time, there were three minutes of added time. Naturally, it was because of home games. However, at this time, Inter Milan's players had no fighting spirit.
Not only because the team is lagging behind, but also because Inter Milan's locker room is also very awkward now.
It’s embarrassing. Whether it’s Burdisso and Zanetti in the defense, Cambiaso and Aimar in the midfield, or Crespo and Cruz on the front line, they are all meritorious members of the World Cup champion.
Even the three substitutes Aimar, Cruz and Burdisso have made extraordinary contributions at specific stages.
However, the core of Inter Milan's midfield is Veron, the only Argentine player in the Inter Milan team who has not played in the World Cup knockout rounds.
Argentina is really united, but its thorns are also really thorns. To put it simply, it is like a group of mountain kings who are very loyal but fearless.
Only strong men from heaven, such as Lao Ma, Chen Mo, and a little old man who only cursed in public for the first time at the age of thirty-five, can bring them together, but Veron obviously does not have this ability, nor does he have this personality charm.
In the end, as Chen Mo cut in from the right and shot with his left foot into the stands, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.
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Two goals ahead, but the atmosphere in the Arsenal dressing room at halftime was not good.
You must know that Inter Milan's offense is not top-notch, but even so, their Arsenal still narrowly survived in the first half, and the defense was broken several times.
Even though Wenger usually looks quite polite, he is just like an honest man who is really driven into a panic, and when he breaks out, he will directly kill someone.
The same goes for gentlemen. Wenger is very scary when he is angry. Even Bell, who always likes to play tricks, does not dare to make mistakes. He sits next to Chen Mo like a quail and carefully watches Wen, who is spitting and roaring at Ma and others. grid.
Seeing Xiao Ma and the others being yelled at, they were almost ashamed. Chen Mo, with his jersey draped over his shoulders and sitting under the No. 10 closet drinking water, didn't say anything. He just put an ice pack on his knee.
Defense is indeed a big problem. Now when playing for Inter Milan, we can still rely on the offensive firepower of him, Henry and others to suppress the opponent, but what about going forward?
Not to mention Barcelona, which has Ronaldinho Messie To'o, Kaká, who stayed at AC Milan this season, also ushered in a full-scale outbreak. Compared with last season, he is completely like two people.
Even when he, Chen Mo, was watching the AC Milan game video and saw Kaka's indomitable state when he ran with the ball on the court, he would still have a creepy feeling.
Not only has Kaka's competitive strength reached its peak at the age of 25 this year, but because AC Milan is about to decline, Kaka's inner desire for the championship, which is shouldering more responsibilities, is almost overflowing from his body!
With the current state of Arsenal's defense, whether they are playing against Barcelona or AC Milan, they are very likely to be directly exploded!
"But let's win this game first."
I was thinking in my mind, and at this moment, the sound of coming on came from the loudspeaker.
