Chapter 533
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Just as Qin Xiong broke through the opponent's back waist line and dribbled the football to the front of Villarreal's penalty area at high speed, all the Arsenal fans in the stands could not help but stand up.
Their hearts were filled with intense anticipation.
Henry ran diagonally from the right side of the front of the penalty area to the middle of the penalty area.
The two center backs, Arsu and Álvarez, were not top defenders at all. Villarreal's lineup was thinner than Arsenal's. When the starting two center backs could not play, the two substitutes were prone to nervousness and make mistakes in a game at this level.
Arsu subconsciously marked Henry, while Álvarez intended to defend against Qin Xiong head-on.
But Qin Xiong also turned to dribbling in the middle in front of the penalty area!
Henry ran past Qin Xiong three meters in front of him. He rushed through the gap between Arsu and Álvarez. He turned his head to look at Qin Xiong. His eyes were burning. He was also looking forward to it.
He was looking forward to Qin Xiong giving him a straight shot so that he could get a chance to shoot as long as he continued to run forward.
But at this moment, Qin Xiong was still dribbling and still moving diagonally forward.
Arsu, who did not expect Qin Xiong and Henry to cross each other's positions, suddenly stopped and was stunned to find that his legs were not long enough. Qin Xiong dribbled the football diagonally from his side and rushed past!
Qin Xiong, who charged into the penalty area, was diagonally facing the goal. The goalkeeper, Barbosa, was just about to leave the goal when Qin Xiong's shot suddenly came!
A powerful volley shot at the top of the near corner of the goal!
Barbosa did not make any reaction to save. The football passed in the blink of an eye and went straight from the front left of his body to the near corner of the goal!
"Arsenal opens the scoring! Super Qin Xiong once again stepped up when Arsenal needed a hero the most! Henry's running position covered for him so that he could walk in front of Villarreal's defensive line like it was flat ground! He scored another crucial goal and made a great contribution to Arsenal's Champions League campaign! "
Wenger was ecstatic on the sidelines. Pellegrini wiped his face. The two center backs and the substitute goalkeeper were hard to trust. Was the goal lost wrongly?
He didn't seem to be wronged at all.
He only had some complaints about Riquelme. He had repeatedly warned Riquelme to participate in the defense in the midfield and not let Qin Xiong play unbridled in the front field.
And the result?
Riquelme really did put in a lot of effort when attacking.
But when they were defending, they couldn't see him at all!
Highbury was filled with thunderous cheers. Many fans in the stands where Qin Xiong was rushing towards made a collective gesture of worship!
When Qin Xiong became the hero of the team again and again, the Gunners fans naturally worshipped him. In their eyes, Qin Xiong was undoubtedly the future leader of the Munitions Factory!
Henry suppressed the doubts in his mind and ran towards Qin Xiong to celebrate the team's goal and congratulate Qin Xiong.
He actually wanted to ask Qin Xiong why he didn't pass the ball when he had the opportunity just now.
If it was the usual Qin Xiong, he would have passed the ball because Henry had already run out of the space. As long as he followed the straight ball and made a slight adjustment, he could shoot. It was not difficult for Henry to play his own characteristics in front of Arsu and Alvarez.
But considering that he had missed at least two excellent opportunities today, Henry could not ask Qin Xiong what was on his mind.
Qin Xiong did have the right to fire, which was also recognized by Henry.
So, when he hugged Qin Xiong, there was only one thing in his mind: It was good to score a goal. It was good to be in the lead. It was good to be able to take a step towards the peak of the Champions League.
After the goal, Arsenal's mentality was obviously more stable.
Stepping into the Champions League semi-finals for the first time, many players in the team were actually playing with pressure.
It was inevitable that they were a little nervous, but now it was a lot better. They were in the lead, which relieved the tension to a large extent.
Even the manager, Wenger, was no exception.
After conceding the goal, Villarreal began a frenzied attack, but they did not let the formation press heavily. Instead, they directly attacked the front line in the form of a long pass to see if the strikers, Fran and Mari, could get a good opportunity to directly form a threat to Arsenal's goal.
Riquelme was a little crazy. It was difficult for him to play his skills in this game. Qin Xiong seemed to have grasped his weak point and was very effective in defending against his disadvantages of slow speed and weak resistance.
The La Liga teams themselves paid attention to the flow of skills. When they began to create opportunities with long passes, which they were not good at, it reduced their offensive efficiency.
They were unable to break through Arsenal's defense for a long time and did not seem to be a threat. Perhaps if they were to break through the defense once, Arsenal might lose the ball.
The scene of the long pass was that the football could often fly into Arsenal's danger zone, as if the offense could frequently create a threat. In fact, Arsenal was very experienced in dealing with the opponent's long pass. Wasn't the most traditional and popular in the Premier League the long pass?
Defense was a routine for Arsenal.
Pellegrini stood on the sidelines with a sullen face. He did not expect the team he trained to become unrecognizable when it was only one step away from the peak of the Champions League.
Did it collapse under the strong pressure?
Or did it collapse after the opponent froze its core?
When Villarreal tried to shake Arsenal's defense in this way, Arsenal's defense actually became more stable.
In the 77th minute of the game, Forlan lost to Senderos in a scramble for a header in the penalty area. The football that Senderos cleared fell at the feet of Fàbregas. Fàbregas sent the ball to the front of Pires' running position with a long diagonal pass.
Arsenal launched a counterattack!
Pires dribbled the ball forward. He had been moving along the flank. The full back, Venta's eyes were wandering.
Because not far from Pires' position, Qin Xiong was also following quickly.
He was not sure whether Pires would pass the ball to Qin Xiong.
It was this kind of defensive distraction that allowed Pires to easily break through Venta on the flank and cross the ball into the penalty area after he went down the ball.
Henry pressed hard in the middle of the goal. He brought Alvarez and Arsu to squeeze into the penalty area in front of the goal. Henry waited for Qin Xiong's pass, but Qin Xiong knocked the ball back when Tacchinardi rushed to defend. He looked up to observe and then passed the ball diagonally back to the other side of the penalty area.
Villarreal's defenders turned their heads and saw Ljungberg, who had cut into the penalty area from the flank, go to the right side of the penalty area without anyone marking him. The ball sent by Qin Xiong just rolled in front of him. He directly swung his leg and shot!
Ljungberg, who had a bad feeling in front of goal this season, almost made Qin Xiong want to curse because the flight path of the football was obviously deviated from the goal!
However, the football, which was supposed to go out of the end line, hit the leg of the full back, Alvarez, and flew into the Villarreal goal!
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