Bayern Munich's goal could not shake Arsenal's morale. In a sense, the score was 1: 1. In fact, Arsenal was still in the lead because they had an away goal.
The game continued.
Arsenal still launched the ground pass and cut offense that they were good at.
In the 37th minute of the game, Qin Xiong and Vieira passed the ball in the middle and then passed to each other with Ljungberg.
When the football returned to Qin Xiong's feet again, he had pushed to the front waistline and faced Frings again. The trembling Frings probably thought that Qin Xiong would break through to the right front again, but Qin Xiong passed the ball straight to the front.
After the pass, Qin Xiong, who ran forward, rushed past Frings' defensive line. Frings was about to collapse. Qin Xiong led him by the nose all the time, making Frings passively follow Qin Xiong's rhythm. Every time Qin Xiong changed, Frings was caught off guard.
Henry retreated to the outside of the penalty area and gently kicked Qin Xiong's straight pass with the arch of his foot.
The football slowly rolled to Qin Xiong's running route. Qin Xiong, who strode up, did not stop the ball and directly shot a long shot!
The football flew like a cannonball towards Bayern Munich's goal.
Kahn courageously took a step sideways and pounced. He blocked the ball out of the end line with one palm, and the football flew out just outside the goal.
Qin Xiong gritted his teeth and wondered if if he had used more strength, Kahn would not have been able to stop the football from flying into the goal even if he had saved it.
But the more strength he used, the less control he had over the football's trajectory.
Wenger looked forward to the long shot from the sidelines, but in the end, it did not go in. He took a deep breath and then stared intently at Arsenal's attack from the corner.
Three minutes later, Bayern Munich also returned a highly threatening long shot. Ballack received Zerroberto's pass from outside the penalty area and did not stop the ball and directly raised his leg. Vieira was a step slower when Ballack ran in the direction of the football. Success or failure in the details was the core of a match between masters.
If Ballack's long shot had not hit Campbell's head and refracted into the stands, it would have gone in without a doubt. Lehmann did not react at all. His vision seemed to be blocked.
The more the two teams fought, the braver they became, and the faster their rhythm became.
In the 42nd minute of the game, Qin Xiong ran directly along the sideline. He ran directly from the midfield to the right wing.
After getting rid of Roberto's entanglement, he passed the ball to Ljungberg and continued to run forward along the flank.
Ljungberg controlled the ball calmly in front of Lizarazu. He did not break through or pass the ball.
However, Lizarazu did not dare to rush forward. He could see that there was someone behind Yumberg who was running towards him aggressively. It was Qin Xiong!
If he rushed forward, he would definitely be defeated by Ljungberg and Qin Xiong!
Even though Lizarazu's physical condition was not as good as before, his defensive awareness was still there.
When Ljungberg gently kicked the ball to the front of Qin Xiong's running position when Ljungberg rushed past him, Lizarazu immediately turned and rushed to the position near the end line of the penalty area.
He was closer, and Qin Xiong went around the outside to dribble the ball inside to break through.
The space had been compressed to the extreme.
Lizarazu was confident that Qin Xiong would not break through this time, but he did not expect that Qin Xiong, who had a very fast pace and a perfect combination of man and ball, would choose to force a breakthrough!
Qin Xiong's man was already standing outside the end line. At the moment when he broke through Lizarazu, the edge of the football was pressed against the end line!
Lizarazu's tackle with his foot missed, and Qin Xiong's left foot pushed the ball against the end line and swept past Lizarazu!
Lizarazu looked shocked. How could he control the ball to such a terrifying extent?
The moment he was passed, Lizarazu moved to the middle of the penalty area and raised his hand to signal Qin Xiong to dribble the ball out of the end line!
But the assistant referee, who was already standing at the corner point parallel to the end line, did not say anything. He was sure that the football did not go out of the end line!
Kovacs also rushed towards Qin Xiong. Lucio tried to block Henry on the outside of his body to prevent Qin Xiong from giving Henry an assist.
Qin Xiong calmly observed the situation around him. When he saw Frings also rushing towards him, he fell into a predicament of being besieged on all sides.
Kovacs, Lizarazu, Frings, the end line!
However, the situation had not been completely formed. The only gap was on the side where Frings rushed towards him, and the gap was gradually shrinking.
At the critical moment, Qin Xiong lost his balance and kicked the ball out of the half-high ball with his foot. It was a return pass!
The football flew from the gap between Kovacs and Frings to the outside of the penalty area.
At this time, most of the defensive forces had been gathered in front of the penalty area. The Bayern Munich players turned their heads and saw Arsenal's captain, Patrick Vieira, charging towards them!
He faced the half-high ball sent back by Qin Xiong and stopped the ball with his right foot. At the same time, he moved the ball to the left where there were fewer defensive forces. After the football fell and bounced on the ground, he tilted his body slightly and his right foot suddenly shot a bouncing ball!
Kahn had done the best he could!
The reason why the bouncing ball shot was so threatening was that the football's trajectory was downwards at the moment of the shot. But after it bounced off the ground, which was a refraction change up and down, the trajectory would catch the goalkeeper off guard.
Kahn pounced in the right direction. He stretched out his long arms after stretching out his body. The position of his palm was also very close to the football. However, it was a bouncing ball. Instead, the football was higher than his palm by less than ten centimeters and flew into the goal behind Kahn!
Vieira shouted and ran with his legs raised high and his arms swinging wildly in celebration.
Qin Xiong got up from the ground and rushed behind Vieira with a big laugh. He jumped onto Vieira's back and the Arsenal captain carried Qin Xiong, who was waving his fists, to the front of the stands where the visiting fans were. He enjoyed the extremely excited applause and cheers of the Arsenal fans.
It was no wonder that the Arsenal fans were so excited.
They saw hope and saw the proof that Arsenal had improved and become stronger in the European competition.
It could be said that for many years, Arsenal had struggled in the European competition. Not to mention kneeling in front of the strong teams in the knockout stages, they could not even break through teams like Valencia and Ajax.
And today's opponent, Bayern Munich, was different from three years ago. But in 2001, Bayern Munich was the Champions League champion! And it was a traditional powerhouse in European football!
The Arsenal fans understood what it meant to get two goals in an away game and take the lead in the score.
"Arsenal is leading the score again! Bayern Munich's defense shrunk too much in the penalty area this time because Qin Xiong attracted Bayern Munich's defensive line with his individual ability. His exquisite dribbling skills at the bottom line defeated Lizarazu, and then Bayern Munich's defenders rushed in the direction of Qin Xiong like a tide. At that moment, Qin Xiong calmly observed the situation. There was no passing route between him and Henry, so he passed the ball to the outside. Vieira, who followed up, stopped the ball and adjusted. Without any interference, he blasted a powerful long shot and broke through Kahn's ten fingers! Arsenal continued to attack and threaten to score again! They are leading Bayern Munich by 2: 1 at the Olympiastadion in Munich! "
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