Li Ang was paying attention to Senderos. In his plan, the Swiss would be the opening for Inter Milan to open the door to victory.
Within the Arsenal team, there were also people paying attention to Li Ang.
As soon as Fàbregas took the ball, he was pressed by Carlos. Fàbregas tried his best to control the ball, but Carlos still saw an opportunity and fell to the ground to remove the football from the sidelines.
Fàbregas got up from the ground. He did not look at Carlos who stopped him. Instead, he looked at the sidelines. The Inter Milan manager, Li Ang, was applauding and cheering for his disciple's successful defense.
Fàbregas still felt that it was a little too magical. That China man was now the manager of Inter Milan, had won the treble in La Liga, and had already won the Serie A title in his first season in Serie A. It felt a little unreal. Everything had changed too quickly in less than three years.
Fàbregas was the only player in the current Arsenal team who had played against Li Ang. Moreover, at that time, Fàbregas was a player in Barcelona's under-17 team, and Li Ang was the manager of Real Madrid's under-17 team A.
In that game, Real Madrid's under-17 team A beat Barcelona's under-17 team, which Fàbregas was in.
And that game was the last game that Fàbregas played for Barcelona. After that game, Fàbregas joined Arsenal.
In the blink of an eye, nearly three years had passed.
In the 20052006 season, Fàbregas, after more than two years of growth, became a core player for Arsenal for the first time. After Vieira's transfer to Juventus, Wenger gave Fàbregas the number 4 jersey and gave him more responsibility for organizing the offense.
The Spanish midfielder made a huge breakthrough that season. Before they met Inter Milan, Fàbregas and Arsenal defeated Vieira's team, Juventus, and reached the current UEFA Champions League semifinals.
Then Fàbregas and Arsenal met Li Ang's Inter Milan.
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After the game began, both sides fell into a state of anxiety.
Li Ang sat in the coach's seat. He didn't seem to be worried about this anxious situation.
Li Ang had done a thorough research on Arsenal.
442 had always been Wenger's preference. For the past 10 years, the team had basically used this formation. But after Vieira left, the strength of the team's midfield was greatly reduced because they could not buy a replacement in time. This forced Wenger to make up his mind to change. Only Henry was left in the front as a single arrow. One of the frontline was removed to increase the strength of the midfield, turning the formation into a 4-5-1.
This change of formation did not have much effect in the early stages. One of the reasons was the need for time to get used to it. Another reason was the constant number of injuries that forced Wenger to make adjustments to the formation that he had just gotten used to. The problem of the midfield being too soft was not affected much by the change in formation. But after the winter break, especially in the Champions League, this lineup had begun to show its edge.
What attracted Li Ang's special attention was the change in the positions of the two veterans, Pires and Ljungberg. Pires was getting older and was no longer as brave as he used to be on the left flank. In addition, Reyes was maturing day by day. Wenger had to put him in the midfield position, using his experience and Henry's tacit understanding to assist in the attack. After Holleb's play gradually stabilized, Ljungberg was pulled from the right flank to the middle by Wenger to organize the attack. Before this, Ljungberg was a full-time right midfielder. Although he had also played as a small forward and striker, he rarely appeared in the middle of the midfield. The change of position was also one of the reasons why Ljungberg's goal number had sharply decreased. In the later games, Ljungberg was even arranged to be in the defensive midfielder position. Wenger's intention was obvious. He wanted to use his experience and willingness to risk his life to share the defensive pressure with Gilberto. It turned out that Ljungberg had done very well in the previous games.
The combination of Fàbregas and Ljungberg was now praised by the English media.
However, in today's game, Arsenal's midfield was a strong challenge.
The midfield partnership of Carlos and Modric had a tacit understanding when they were at Sporting de Gijón. Now, after half a season at Inter Milan, they had an even better tacit understanding. One was responsible for defense, and the other was good at offense and defense. They were very good at containing Arsenal's midfield.
*****
This time, Carlos shoveled the ball to stop Fàbregas's advance, and Arsenal had a chance to score a sideline ball.
Fàbregas threw the sideline ball. After Hleb stopped the ball with his chest, he passed the football to Ljungberg. The latter had just turned around when he saw Carlos's face.
Ljungberg used the inside of his foot to push the ball and then tried to pass it to Fàbregas.
Carlos made a precise judgment. He stretched out his foot to block, and the football bounced up. Then, the young Spanish player rushed to Ljungberg before he could counterattack. He blocked Ljungberg behind him and swept the football to Modric at the same time.
Modric quickly threw the ball.
He directly caught the football. As Mata stopped the ball with his chest, he continued to accelerate and used his speed to pass Gilberto Silva. Then, before Eboue could snatch the ball up, he passed the football out horizontally.
Modric had already run into position. The football had a transition at his side, and Modric directly passed the football to the right again.
Figo led the football with his left foot, and then his right foot paused slightly, ready to pass the ball.
*****
Inter Milan's attack was extremely fast this time. The football flowed smoothly from the middle to the left, then to the middle, and then to the right, tearing a hole in Arsenal's defensive line.
Seeing Figo take the ball, Adriano, who was originally in the penalty area, turned and ran out of the penalty area, at the same time raising his hand to ask for the ball.
Figo's football was passed over at the right time.
Adriano received the football!
"Adriano! Arsenal's defenders have to be careful! " The commentator shouted. Adriano's recent form was really explosive. Before the game, the English media specially reminded Arsenal to be careful of the Brazilian fierce player.
Wenger obviously also knew the horror of Adriano. Before the game, he had specially exhorted that when they saw Adriano take the ball, Arsenal's defensive line was on guard.
Wenger arranged for Senderos to mark Adriano today. He had high hopes for the Swiss defender.
Senderos saw Adriano run out of the penalty area and hurried to catch up.
His idea was very straightforward. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when Adriano just took the ball to find a way to intercept the ball.
However, Senderos soon realized that his plan could not be achieved because he felt as if he was facing a wall. Adriano protected the football so well that he had no chance to poke the football from behind.
However, Senderos still had some confidence because Adriano's back was to the goal. As long as he did not let the Brazilian turn his body, his threat was greatly reduced.
*****
Adriano controlled the football under his feet. His body leaned to the left, and it looked as if he was about to turn around.
Senderos immediately leaned forward!
But just as he pounced back, he felt a huge pressure!
The Brazilian in front of him was like a wall, or a mountain, leaning towards him!
Absolute brute force!
Strong physique!
Adriano's turn breakthrough this time was not fancy. He remembered manager Li Ang's instructions to use tyrannical strength to destroy the Swiss!
So, this time, Adriano chose the most tyrannical turn breakthrough method!
He leaned over!
When Adriano turned, his body leaned back and directly pressed on Senderos's body. Then, with Senderos's body as a support axis, he directly turned 180 degrees!
Senderos clearly knew what Adriano was going to do and he also wanted to stop it. However, he found that he was completely suppressed in this physical confrontation!
The Swiss defender could only watch helplessly as Adriano used him as the pivot and successfully turned his body around!
Absolute suppression!
*****
"Adriano! Turn around! Beautiful! He turned around! "
"Senderos! He is completely stuck! He can't do anything to Adriano! "
Amid the commentators' exclamations, Adriano completed his turn. At the same time, the Brazilian's feet directly brought the football over and he successfully made a slight adjustment.
Adriano adjusted the football slightly to the most comfortable position!
Then, just as he was facing the goal, he found a gap and the Brazilian swung his left foot!
His left foot kicked powerfully!
The football flew up like a cannonball and went straight toward the top left corner of the goal!
Arsenal's German goalkeeper, Lehmann, was the first to react. He went to save!
However, Adriano's shot was extremely powerful and fast. The angle was also very tricky!
Lehmann was too far away!
Lehmann pounced on the ball. While his body was still in the air, the football quickly flew over his palm and crashed into the goal, causing the snow-white net to roll up high!
PS: The author's grandfather is recovering well. This is the biggest piece of good news.
For the past few days, he has been taking care of the children, going to work and squeezing out time to write. These few days, he is really exhausted. Wait until these two or three days are over … I hope you guys can understand.
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