After Pires' goal, he won the cheers of the fans in the stadium. Arsenal's goal almost knocked Real Madrid into the abyss!
From a three-goal deficit to a four-goal deficit, Real Madrid was in a desperate situation!
"Pires shattered Real Madrid's hope of reversing Arsenal's comeback! Yes, although there are still more than 70 minutes left in the game, reversing Arsenal's four-goal deficit is too difficult. It is almost an impossible task. And through the short ten minutes of the game, we found a problem, which is the topic of discussion in Fleet Street recently.
The English Premier League is becoming the world's number one league!
It is undeniable that the technical content of La Liga is higher, but in the past two years, the speed and fitness advantage of the English Premier League teams in the European competition has become more and more obvious. For example, the Real Madrid players today, the game has just begun, but they seem to be powerless in running. They are always a beat slower than Arsenal's pace and are easily broken through by the opponent with explosive speed. This phenomenon can no longer be ignored!
If Real Madrid continues to give Arsenal such opportunities, in the open space, Arsenal's players, Qin Xiong, Pires, Henry, and Ljungberg, how confident are Real Madrid to defend against their frontal attacks? "
In fact, there is not much significance in arguing about who is the world's number one league, because even if La Liga is not the world's number one league, Real Madrid is still Real Madrid, Barcelona is still Barcelona, the English Premier League is not the world's number one league, and Manchester United is still Manchester United …
It's just that there are differences in the characteristics of the league.
The rapid development of the English Premier League in the new millennium became its own school of thought. With its unstoppable speed and relentless stamina, it began to shape these characteristics into an advantage. Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Arsenal all began to use this advantage to defeat powerful opponents in the European competition.
Of course, this season's Manchester United capsized in the gutter and went home in the group stage. They were not representative in this season's European competition.
Real Madrid's players faced with the team's goal concede. It was really a case of when it rains, it pours. Their spirit and will suffered a huge blow.
The game has just begun, and the suspense is completely over?
The battle at Highbury made Real Madrid very uncomfortable.
Arsenal used Qin Xiong and Fàbregas as the central axis to control the field. Real Madrid wanted to counterattack, but they were powerless. Although Arsenal did not play aggressively, the running distance was statistically superior.
Because they persisted in passing and running, passing and running, maintaining a stable ball possession advantage.
In this way, Real Madrid could reduce the number of times they could attack. Secondly, they had to drag their formation back every time to prevent Arsenal from breaking through the defensive line again. And when they turned around to shake Arsenal's defensive line, they had to engage in a difficult battle.
Ronaldo's performance in the game had improved. Unfortunately, he could not make bricks without straw. The team had few offensive opportunities, and the chances that they could create for him were even fewer.
In the 27th minute of the match, he received Beckham's cross and barely managed to head the ball into the goal, but it was easily resolved by Lehmann at the goal line.
And when Real Madrid's attack failed, Arsenal's quick attacks always made them nervous.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Fàbregas made a long diagonal pass in the backfield. Pires received the pass from the left flank and pressed the defensive line to cross the ball in front of the penalty area. Qin Xiong, who was like a flash of lightning, sprinted up from behind to receive the ball. He pulled out his leg and shot. A low shot was blasted out and almost penetrated Casillas's ten fingers.
"Casillas made a world-class save. He blocked Qin Xiong's tricky long shot with one palm. Carlos's big kick resolved the danger."
Real Madrid wanted to play fast. Although their players' individual advancement speed was not as fast as Arsenal's, the offensive advancement speed did not only rely on the players' running, but also on passing!
Because the players could not run faster than the football.
As long as the pass was accurate, the goalkeeper could also deliver a chance for the striker to break in within five seconds.
But Real Madrid's players found that the game was not the case at all.
Arsenal relied on three or four players for every attack. After Arsenal's attack was ended, they wanted to play the offensive speed again. Did they rely on passing the ball?
Arsenal's defensive line in the opposite half of the field was tight and neat. The ball on the ground would be intercepted by Arsenal's players while it was rolling. The high flying ball lacked a strong fulcrum.
The game was much more difficult than they thought.
On the contrary, Arsenal's speed was more effective in the impact.
Before the end of the first half, Qin Xiong sent Henry a straight ball close to the ground. Henry pulled the ball back in the penalty area to shake off Bravo and even deceive Casillas. But his first shot slipped past the far corner of the goal!
The first half of the game was over. Arsenal's early goal changed the total score to 4: 0. They walked into the players' tunnel full of pride and confidence.
"There's not much time left for Real Madrid. They have to score at least four goals in 45 minutes. According to their state today, it should be difficult to achieve, especially now that Real Madrid is in a contradictory situation. If they are not willing to be eliminated with a crushing defeat in two rounds, they have to strengthen their defense. I have to say that Real Madrid's fire-fighting coach now lacks a high level of improvisation. Where will Real Madrid go in the second half? Let's wait and see. "
Galactica, who was crushed, did not make any waves in the second half at all. It was difficult for their offense to create a threat when they had to take into account their defense. Arsenal, on the other hand, attacked when they had the opportunity and slowed down when there was no good opportunity. They constantly reset the rhythm of the game, leaving Real Madrid with nowhere to vent their anger!
Wenger was calm on the sidelines. Although he was confident that Arsenal would advance to the top eight at home, he wanted to test the effectiveness of Arsenal's tactical strategy implementation.
Wenger was not reconciled to being eliminated by Chelsea last season because no matter how he looked at it, Arsenal's lineup last season was stronger.
However, a radical offensive path did not bring Arsenal the victory that they expected and allowed them to reach the peak of the Champions League.
Due to the limitations of the realistic conditions this season, Arsenal's reforms were based on the idea of stabilizing the internal thinking to avoid a big collapse and unrest.
Even though the team's unity and cohesion had been proven in the middle of the season, there was no problem.
But the team's tactical strategy could not be changed overnight. Moreover, the team's performance was beyond expectations, whether it was in the Premier League or the Champions League.
They remained unbeaten in the Premier League and did not concede a goal in more than seven games in the Champions League. Their defense had improved significantly, especially in the Champions League, where the significance of defense was obviously higher than offense.
It just so happened that today's opponent, Real Madrid, was a typical teaching material.
At present, Arsenal's tactical strategy implementation was very effective, which made Wenger even more determined to follow this train of thought!
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