As Di Maria's goal helped Arsenal complete the two-goal lead, not long after, the referee blew the halftime whistle.
Two goals ahead. After returning to the locker room, the atmosphere on Arsenal's side was naturally more relaxed and happy. Even Mao Zedong, who had always been dull, was talking and laughing with Di Maria. He even jokingly approached Chen Mo and said that he had passed two Let’s go eat hot pot together during the Olympic Games.
However, the opponent is Liverpool after all.
In the Champions League last season, Liverpool was a comeback master who trailed AC Milan by three goals in the first round, chased three goals in a row in the second round, and finally came back in a penalty shootout!
Facing this team, neither Chen Mo nor Wenger dared to open the champagne at halftime.
Wenger, in particular, even rarely kept a straight face to let the players concentrate, and directly talked about tactical arrangements without giving time to relax and rest.
The atmosphere on Arsenal's side was relaxed and tense, but Liverpool was only nervous.
Trailing by two goals at halftime, it was still at home.
There is no doubt that the current situation is very bad for Liverpool, but the score is not the key, the key is the tactical system!
Liverpool's cohesion is very strong and they have played many famous comebacks. However, after Arsenal changed their formation, Liverpool, who had no way to deal with it, could not find its direction!
They can only attack now, but the question is, how?
Liverpool's back-up plan for this game was to press the two full-backs and bomb them with 45-degree crosses. But now Arsenal's offensive firepower on both sides is so fierce that the Liverpool full-backs can't press them at all!
Of course, there is no perfect formation in this world.
Arsenal's current formation is not completely without problems.
Bell's defensive ability is indeed not strong. If the winger with strong one-on-one breakthrough ability is allowed to target the explosion, while the full-back is behind to stabilize the defense, Arsenal's system will be broken.
But here's the problem.
Liverpool don't have a top-notch wing blaster.
Farrelly, including Torres, are not sharp knives for one-on-one explosions. They cannot create a lot of threats on the wing!
Against Liverpool, Bell plays as a full-back, which can not only exert strong offensive firepower, but also cover up the problem of insufficient defense!
If Liverpool does not solve Bell, the two wings will not be liberated, the two wings will not be able to press forward, and the threats provided by Crouch and Sissoko will also be reduced!
The staffing was originally restrained by Arsenal, and the incident happened suddenly. For a while, Liverpool's head coach Benitez couldn't think of a way and could only keep emphasizing attack, attack, attack.
Emphasizing offense, but unable to come up with a formal tactical arrangement, as the second half began, Liverpool began to play more and more brutally.
All kinds of open and close, physical confrontation.
However, it was of no use.
It's not that the Arsenal team is a group of bandits, and they are not very afraid of confrontation. The main thing is...
Although this game was played by two Premier League teams and the referee was relatively loose, it was still the Champions League after all.
Key offensive stages, such as Chen Mo's previous fight with Gerrard, such as Riise's strong attack on Bale from the wing, these goals can be called in La Liga and Bundesliga, but in order to maintain the smoothness of the game and make it enjoyable for the audience, the referee The blowing is relatively loose.
However, these are critical moments, critical moments that can make the audience excited. Usually when there is no obvious offensive opportunity, the referee's scale is not that big.
The scale of the fight was not large, but Liverpool, who had no corresponding tactics, could only work hard to achieve miracles. Less than seven minutes into the second half, Sissoko was given a yellow card for showing his spikes while fighting with Mao Zedong. What was even more exaggerated was that The incident happened in the 73rd minute of the game.
In the 73rd minute of the game, Gerrard's long shot was saved, and the Arsenal goalkeeper sent a ground ball to find Bell on the right.
Fight back!
Bell ran wildly with the ball, but as soon as he crossed the center line, he was brought down by a side scissor kick from Alonso!
The scissor kick is a very easy to injure action. In addition, Liverpool has been increasing physical confrontation for more than 20 minutes. The smell of gunpowder between the two sides is already very strong. As soon as Alonso's action came out, the Arsenal generals rushed forward. Come up.
In the end, under the siege of Chen Mo and others, the referee showed Alonso a yellow card.
As soon as this yellow card came out, the Liverpool fans in the stands and Bannister on the sidelines completely exploded!
Especially Benister, the fat man rushed directly to the fourth official and cursed wildly!
Yes, scold directly!
He doesn't care at all now whether he will be sent off the field or something. As soon as Alonso receives this yellow card, their Liverpool journey is equivalent to the end of this year's Champions League journey.
The reason is very simple. Fabregas is a pure offensive player, Gerrard is an offensive player, and only Alonso can play as a defensive midfielder.
A large part of Liverpool's midfield hardness needs to be provided by Alonso, but he has now received a yellow card, and Chen Mo is a midfielder who likes physical confrontation very much.
How can Liverpool's midfielder defend Chen Mo now?
Gerrard couldn't defend him, and Fabio couldn't defend him even more.
The wings were originally unable to handle it, but now there is a problem in the middle, and they are still two goals behind. Unless a miracle happens, or Chen Mo's mind is filled with champagne by AC Milan, Liverpool is gone.
Things turned out pretty much as Benister thought.
After Alonso received a yellow card, Chen Mo took advantage of the situation and frantically asked for the ball in the middle to find Alonso.
Alonso, who was carrying a yellow card, couldn't guard Chen Mo at all. Gerrard could only move in to the center to help defend. After Gerrard moved in, Arsenal's two wings were completely alive.
In the 82nd minute of the game, Marcelo seized the opportunity to go down the left wing, attracting Liverpool right back Finnan and then knocked back in an inverted triangle, knocking the ball to Henry on the left side of the top of the Liverpool arc.
About 25 meters away from the goal, amid the exclamations of the fans in the audience, Henry volleyed with his right foot without stopping the ball!
The force was so strong that Henry almost fell to the ground after volleying!
And such a terrifying heavy artillery blast directly penetrated the upper right corner of the Liverpool goal!
Four to one!
After scoring the goal, Henry was so excited that he covered his head with his clothes and rushed to the corner kick!
Super excited!
Not only because of the big lead, but also because Henry hasn't scored such a key goal for a long time!
Yes, due to injuries, Henry has played in sixteen games so far this season and only scored seven goals in total.
The decline in form, coupled with the fact that he has already won a career Grand Slam, and under the double "blow" of physical and mental, it is honestly difficult for Henry to get too much happiness from football now.
It hurts to play football, but it doesn't matter if you score goals in ordinary games. Henry has scored too many goals in his life.
However, this is the Champions League semi-finals!
Even though Henry is now a Buddhist, he is still very excited to score in this kind of game!
With his head covered, he rushed to the corner and knelt down. There was no doubt that he had just reached the halfway point when he flew to the ground towards Chen Mo and the others. The atmosphere in the corner was very lively.
Arsenal's side was jubilant, while Liverpool's on the other side was lifeless.
Everyone was looking at the turf with their waists bent, especially Xiaofa. After stepping on the turf with his toes, he glanced at Chen Mo at the corner, his eyes full of helplessness.
To be honest, he was really helpless.
Midfielders like Gerald Lampard Vieira have been suppressed by Chen Mo for three or four years so far, and he has been suppressed by Chen Mo since he was 12 years old. It is really very uncomfortable.
But that's the way football is, some people are happy and some are sad.
Not long after, as Gerrard's long-range shot from the top of the arc flew into the stands, the referee also blew the whistle to end the game.
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[The Times: Four to one! Arsenal beat Liverpool away in the Champions League semi-finals! Arsenal is still unstoppable this year! Is Chen Mo going to win the third Champions League trophy of his career? ! 】
[Telegraph: Rijkaard was interviewed: "I watched this game. To be honest, I think I am lucky not to be in the same era as little Merson, otherwise the object that children are pursuing now would not be black." The swan is now the Pampas Eagle (laughing). He is a truly phenomenal star. As long as you watch him play, you will find that he is obviously very different from other players. Whether it is personal ability or leadership Ability, or learning ability.
Yes, learning ability, I've known him since a very early age. He was only fourteen years old at that time and was training in La Masia's youth academy. I still remember that I had just coached Barcelona. At that time, the team had not introduced Deco, and there was no Davis, etc., and there was a lack of midfielders.
My assistant regretfully said to me at the time [It’s a pity, if he was two years older, we wouldn’t have to buy any players from outside at all]. That kid was Xiao Mo. At that time, all the fans in the entire Barcelona area knew him. .
But unfortunately, he later left Barcelona. To be honest, I have thought more than once that if we had kept him, maybe I would still be coaching at Barcelona (laughs)"]
[BBC Sports: Di Maria accepted a post-match interview: "Of course, it was great for us to beat Liverpool 4-1 away from home. This means that we laid a solid foundation for the second leg. The best performance in this game Teammates? Haha, everyone performed great.
team leader? Oh, of course, Xiao Mo's performance is as stable as ever, and his key assist in the first half is also very important. He is our pillar. As long as he is on the court, we will feel that we are invincible.
national team? Of course, every Argentinian regards Mr. Diego as an idol, and I am very much looking forward to cooperating with him. And I think the whole world should be looking forward to the cooperation between Diego and Xiao Mo. Oh, by the way, there are also Leo.
In my opinion, the three of them together can lead any team to victory. They are the best in the world. ”]
There is no doubt that after the Champions League semi-finals, Arsenal defeated Liverpool 4-1 and half-footed into the Champions League final, becoming the focus of the media again.
However, Chen Mo didn't pay too much attention to this aspect.
This year's team's performance is indeed good, but in fact...
To be honest, in Chen Mo's opinion, the competition in the Champions League this season is obviously not as high as before.
Yes, just like after the generation of Messi and Su Ya aged out in 2022, the football world also entered a relatively weak period.
After Zidane, Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho and Henry Viola all aged out and retired, European football also fell into a trough.
In this era, the older generation of Serie A heroes have withered due to the Calciopoli scandal, the new generation of Habaib has not yet taken shape, Ramos is still playing full-back, Chelsea has not yet won the first Champions League in team history, Bayern Cosmos' Mourinho Le has not yet made it to the first team, Bayern itself has no place in the Champions League this season, and Real Madrid, which has won three consecutive Champions Leagues, has not even made it to Florentino.
It can be said that the 2006-08 season was a window period in football. It was not until the start of Dream Three in 2008 and Messi took over that football entered a new era. By then, Aguero, Suarez, Neymar, Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo, Magic Flute, Muller and a large number of those born in the 1985s and 1990s will truly step onto the stage of history.
There is no doubt that it is easier to get honors during this window period.
In the eyes of Cristiano Ronaldo fans, Cristiano Ronaldo single-handedly led the team to win the Champions League in the 2007-08 season. Then the guy who single-handedly led the team to win the Champions League went to the stronger Real Madrid, but he could no longer win the Champions League on his own.
After seven years, it was not until the 1314 season that they won the Champions League again.
To put it bluntly, the past few years have indeed been a window period in football, especially this season. Arsenal has been a bit sweeping in several Champions League knockout games.
Winning, of course, makes you happy.
However, for a guy like Chen Mo who likes to challenge the strong, playing football is a bit less exciting.
"As expected, only Xiaomei can make me excited."
"What are you muttering about? Why don't you go change quickly?!"
London, three o'clock in the afternoon on a sunny day.
In the red house villa, Chen Mo was still watching the news under the awning in the back garden, when Keli's shouts came from upstairs. When he looked up, he saw Keli in a red bar lying on the window sill and pointing.
It's huge, the waves are rough, and it's more dazzling than the sun.
"Know it."
But they were an old couple. Chen Mo just rolled his eyes, put the newspaper on the table next to him, then got up and went back to the room to change clothes.
At the end of the season, the schedule is very intensive.
but
He, Chen Mo, was suspended for five games.
In the 38th round of the Premier League, he was suspended for five games in the 33rd round.
There is no doubt that he, Chen Mo, has already taken a vacation in advance.
Of course, for most players, they have to report to the team every day after being suspended to prevent other players from feeling unhappy, but Chen Mo is different.
Chen Mo's daily training volume is noticed by his teammates. He is the first one to arrive and the last one to leave. Now that he is suspended, he can relax and no one will gossip. What's more, he has a good relationship with most of his teammates. Friends, no one beeps too much.
As for those with average connections, such as Alexander Song or Nasri, to be honest, they wish Chen Mo would not go to the club. Only in this way can they have more room to play.
As for Wenger, considering that Yue Chixun was already five months pregnant and had a huge victory in the first leg of the Champions League, the second leg was two weeks later, so he also gave Chen Mo four days off.
I have four days off and have nothing to do.
So Hu Keli and Yuechi Xun asked him to go to the best zoo in Europe - Chester Zoo.
"Zoo, I really don't know what fun there is in the zoo."
Compared to the zoo, Chen Mo felt that it was better to sleep at home, but since the two women had spoken, he naturally had nothing to say. He went back to the house and casually wore a pair of black beach shorts and a white POLO shirt, holding the cat and the dog. Get ready to go to the car.
Dressed like an old man going out for a walk, Chen Mo felt comfortable and at ease, but Keli disagreed and forced him to wear a million-euro silver Patek Philippe.
I don’t really like wearing a watch, it feels useless and troublesome, but it’s still the same problem.
In life, Chen Mo has never been able to win over women.
So, amidst the greetings from the neighbors, Chen Mo, wearing clothes and pants worth about two to three hundred yuan, and a watch worth nearly nine million yuan, sat in the back row and followed the two girls to the Chester Zoo. Get ready to enjoy life as a couple.
(End of chapter)
