Three to one at halftime, the entire Luzhniki Stadium has completely become a stage for Arsenal fans to party!
Regardless of the pouring rain, some people were shouting loudly, some were waving flags to cheer, and some cute little kids were riding on their father's head, punching and shouting!
All Arsenal fans were cheering for Chen Mobell and others at the corner kick. Not only the fans at the scene, but also all the Arsenal fans around the world who were paying attention to this game were extremely excited!
The third Champions League trophy!
As long as they win this Champions League, Arsenal will surpass Manchester United, Inter Milan and Barcelona and become the fifth team in football history to win the Champions League three times!
Above Arsenal, there are only Real Madrid with nine Champions Leagues, AC Milan with six Champions Leagues, Bayern with four Champions Leagues and Liverpool with the same four Champions Leagues!
Giants like Barcelona, Inter, Juventus and Manchester United only have two Champions League titles!
This is a huge honor and making history!
Not only the fans, but also the Arsenal players were extremely excited at this time!
However, "Okay, okay, the game is not over yet, don't open the champagne at halftime!"
After celebrating with his teammates at the corner kick, seeing that Bell and others still had crazy looks on their faces, Chen Mo kicked one of them in the butt while laughing and cursing.
Laughing and cursing, as soon as Chen Mo said this, everyone present gradually calmed down. However, through the eyes of Bell and others, Chen Mo still found some disapproval. After all, the advantage of three to one was too great.
"It seems like we need to emphasize our mentality during the halftime break."
Chen Mo is a fan of anime, and he also likes to watch the series "Hot Blooded King".
The most impressive thing about this kind of anime is not only the strength of the protagonist and all kinds of imaginative super powers, but also the villains who talk nonsense without finishing the last hit, and are eventually killed.
After watching this kind of anime too much, Chen Mo has developed the concept that the outcome will not be determined until the opponent's head is blown off.
Even if it's three to one, you can't relax!
but
Thinking of this, Chen Mo looked up at the big screen above the stands, and then at Guardiola who was holding his chin in thought on the sidelines.
The game time has reached the 47th minute, and the stoppage time has passed. If Barcelona does not launch a long pass attack immediately after the kick-off, the referee will definitely blow the whistle at the end of halftime.
Barcelona does not have the ability to hit the ball in the air, so the next kick-off is almost a formality.
"At this time, if I remind my teammates, maybe it will arouse Pep's vigilance, and maybe I can use this opportunity to set a trap for Barcelona."
While returning to his position, Chen Mo looked at the frustrated Barcelona players, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
There is a saying that everything must be reversed when it reaches its extreme.
Barcelona is now in a desperate situation, but desperate situation does not mean dying directly.
Guardiola is a very capable coach, and the core players of this Barcelona team have almost grown up together, and their cohesion is very strong.
Guardiola might completely boost Barcelona's morale during the halftime break!
But boosting morale is not enough!
If he wants to win, Guardiola must devise tactics to break the game!
How to design tactics?
It’s not the kind of personal imagination that says “I produce scissors, then you produce cloth”!
It must be designed based on the opponent's strength, the opponent's tactics of the day, and the opponent's condition of the day!
Now that the strength and overall tactics of both sides have been revealed, there is almost no room for change. Then Guardiola is very likely to take advantage of Arsenal's current vain mentality to make targeted arrangements for certain Arsenal players!
Barcelona is very likely to make a weak point breakthrough after the start of the second half!
"Weakness? Weakness on our side."
Thinking of this, Chen Mo's eyes began to wander on his sister-in-law Marcelo at the back and Rakitic in the midfield.
This weakness does not refer to weakness in strength, but to a gap in mentality. Although their Arsenal is very young as a whole, players like Bertimaria, who are barely twenty years old, actually have a lot of experience in competitions. The main reason is that mentality problems may arise. Marcelo's sister-in-law and Rakitic are the three new players who just joined last summer.
"Rakitic is okay. Now Barcelona's midfielder is not turning around. He can't resist the pressure. The main thing is that it's wrong! Pep can think of things I can think of too! Maybe"
I kept thinking in my mind, and soon, Villa stood in the center circle and knocked the ball back to Xavi amid the boos of the Arsenal fans.
Sure enough, as Chen Mo calculated, Barcelona had no high points in the frontcourt. Even though he knew this was the last attack in the first half, Harvey did not launch a long pass.
Under Rakitic's pressure, Xavi passed the ball to Iniesta, and at the moment he passed the ball horizontally, the referee also blew the whistle to end the midfield game.
"Okay, the referee has blown the whistle to end the midfield game, and the players have left the field one after another. Hey, Lao Fan, I really didn't expect that this game would be one-sided in the first half. I feel The main reason is that Barcelona were too anxious and they kept trying to attack, but Arsenal caught several counterattack opportunities."
In the commentary box, I looked at Chen Mo, who threw his jersey over his shoulders, pushed his black hair back, walked towards the player tunnel with his shirtless body chatting and laughing with Bell Henry, and then looked at Messi on the other side, who had a solemn face. He Wei looked a little emotional, Fan Zhiyi shook his head and broke off the headset: "No. It's not that Barcelona is in a hurry to attack, it's that they can only attack.
I have said before when explaining their game that there are actually some problems with the operation of their midfield, mainly Yaya Toure. In the game, you can often see that after the ball reaches him, Barcelona's rhythm will suddenly change. It gets a little weird.
It’s not that Yaya Toure is not strong, haha, fans and friends, please don’t criticize me. In my eyes, Yaya Toure is definitely the best midfielder in the world, but you have to understand that he is a B2B player. That's what netizens call the beast's waist.
The main characteristics of the beast's waist are strong vertical impact, high-intensity flying up and down, and large defensive coverage. These qualities are great, but they are not suitable for Barcelona, or Barcelona is not suitable for him. He cannot give Barcelona stable ball control, stable passing and running, and Barcelona's high pressing tactics cannot give him a chance to impact vertically.
As a result, this led to Barcelona's midfielder not being so scary in terms of passing and controlling, unable to completely suppress Chen Mo, or unable to hold the ball for too long under Arsenal's pressure, so they had to launch an attack as soon as possible. But then two questions will arise, what are they?
First, passing and controlling requires high pressure. In this case, the opponent often sets up a bus. If you want to break the bus, it cannot be broken with a few kicks. It is very easy to lose the ball when attacking blindly.
Second, which is an extension of the first question, you must attack, but the offense is inefficient, which leads to the opponent getting more opportunities to counterattack. In this case, the pass and control system uses ball control. The logical chain of rate making up for defensive intensity is broken. "
"What you said makes sense. I have talked about passing and controlling with Director Zhang before. According to him, passing and controlling is one of the most extreme aspects of football, but the problem with passing and controlling is that once it is not that extreme, it will be directly Defeated. Just like a computer chip, a complete computer chip can open the door to a new world for mankind, but if any one of the units is damaged, it will not even be able to turn on the computer."
"That's right, okay. Now that the players from both sides have left the field, it's time to enter the commercial break. Dear viewers, please don't leave. The second half of the game will definitely be more exciting!"
The commentator was still chattering on the court, but on the other side, Chen Mo had returned to the locker room with his teammates.
There is no doubt that it was 3-1 at halftime, and the whole team was very excited at this time. Bell jumped directly onto the middle table and sang and danced there.
Seeing this, Chen Mo didn't say much. He just sat under the No. 10 closet, drinking water quietly and applying ice packs to his knees, while his eyes kept scanning the faces of his teammates.
The others had no big problems and were just excited at this time, but soon, Chen Mo discovered a few discordant notes.
Marcelo, who has always been very cheerful and lively, had nothing to say at this time. He just sat on the bench and drank water nervously. Not only Marcelo, but Rakitic and his sister-in-law were also sitting on the sidelines at this time!
Sit still!
These three newbies are probably thinking wildly about gains and losses.
"Trouble."
Seeing this scene, Chen Mo frowned slightly.
Chen Mo is not afraid of his teammates singing and dancing as excitedly as Bell. The most exciting thing is that he is overly excited. After playing, he will make some more extreme tactical choices.
Just pour a few basins of cold water on it later to cool down the temperature. After all, few people can still maintain the momentum of rushing forward even when they are extremely calm. It is impossible for a person to be aggressive and calm at the same time. Unless it is schizophrenia, and as a forward, Bell is actually much better to be aggressive than to be timid.
But Marcelo and the others are worried about gains and losses now.
This feeling is actually the same as a secret love.
Confess for fear of rejection, step back for fear of missing out.
Once a player has this mentality, they are in a dilemma and have no idea what to do. This state is a hundred times worse than Bell's blind arrogance after being excited.
However, this situation is not difficult for Chen Mo to solve.
If you're in a dilemma and don't know what to do, just tell them what to do.
However, there is a premise here, that is, the person who tells them what to do must have prestige in their hearts.
There is no doubt that Chen Mo is the spiritual pillar of Arsenal now.
Without any hesitation, Chen Mo called Marcelo and the three of them to him and began to murmur, regardless of Bell who was still dancing on the stage.
What’s interesting is that Bell was originally very excited to dance. When he saw Chen Mo suddenly forming a small group, he suddenly felt that singing and dancing was no longer good. He immediately ran over and stuck his ear out from behind Marcelo. Listen, and after listening to a few words, Bell frowned strangely.
"This guy has such a dark heart, but isn't it too risky?"
After hearing Chen Mo's thoughts, Bell was a little hesitant. However, Bell had always been convinced by Chen Mo and didn't say much. He just listened and occasionally added a few words. After a while, not only Bell, but also Henry and others Everyone, including the whole team, came together.
After hearing Chen Mo's thoughts, everyone like Bell frowned at first, and then nodded to indicate that there was no problem.
After chatting for a while, Wenger, who had gone to the toilet before long, also came to the locker room and stood in front of the whiteboard to do some analysis of the situation in the first half.
But speaking of analysis, there is actually not much to analyze.
The score is now two goals ahead, which shows that Arsenal's tactical arrangement in the first half is fine. At this time, Wenger does not need to make tactical adjustments and mess up the position.
There isn't much to say about tactics, so the topic naturally comes to the players' mentality.
In fact, the Champions League final is like this. Both sides have experienced a season of fierce battles. The tactics and player characteristics have been exposed. The opponent knows how to change. At this time, it is more about competing mentality.
The most typical example was Manchester City playing Inter Milan in the 2023 Champions League final.
Manchester City's staffing is obviously better than Inter Milan, but if Inter Milan hadn't been unlucky and blocked the inevitable goal of his teammates when he missed the header, Inter Milan might have defeated the stronger Manchester City in that game.
A big reason for this is that the mentality of Manchester City players is too nervous, and all kinds of tension are visible to the naked eye.
As a two-time Champions League champion coach, Wenger is naturally experienced in enlightening players' mentality. However, when he was about to bring out the chicken soup he thought of when he went to the toilet, he found that the whole team's mentality was actually very stable, and even a little bit... Excited, Chen Mo then told Wenger his thoughts.
At first, when he heard Chen Mo's words, Wenger also frowned slightly, but when he looked up and saw the expressions of "You can try" written on the faces of the entire Arsenal team, he also nodded, and then followed. Chen Mo's ideas were put on the whiteboard and he began to make tactical arrangements.
Time always passes quickly when you are focused.
Not long after, the fifteen-minute intermission ended. Amid the cheers from the coaching staff, Chen Mo led the team and high-fived Wenger at the door, then ran out of the tunnel in small steps. As they appeared again, the whole audience burst into laughter again. gave a strong cheer.
"Okay, welcome all fans and friends back to the live broadcast room. What will be brought to you next will be the second half of the 2007-2008 Champions League final. So, now you can see from the scoreboard, the first half Arsenal defeated Barcelona 3 to 1. The Champions League final is a single elimination system, which means that Barcelona will inevitably launch a series of intense attacks in the second half.
So, will Arsenal hold on and win their third Champions League trophy in team history, or will Barcelona stage a dramatic comeback? Let’s wait and see what happens next! "
The commentary was chattering, and cheers like a tsunami came from the surrounding stands. Under the excited gaze of fans around the world, as the referee blew his whistle, Barcelona forward Villa knocked the ball back to Xavi in the center circle.
Without any hesitation, the moment Xavi took the ball, Chen Mo went directly to the top. When he saw Xavi directly handing the ball to Iniesta in the face of his pressing, Chen Mo's eyes flashed with excitement.
"The judgment is most likely correct!"
(End of chapter)
