Now, looking back at Arshavin's goal, they knew how important it was.
This goal was tantamount to a ruthless blow to the murderous Arsenal! Arsenal, who had been full of confidence, was stunned.
The players began to feel a little impatient.
This kind of psychological impact was very important. As the situation became more and more unfavorable, the impact also became greater.
Clichy's side was completely paralyzed. Sagna's side also had no effect. Wenger also made timely adjustments. He began to temporarily abandon the side tactics and wanted to make a fuss in the middle.
Despite Wenger's instructions to the Arsenal players to strengthen the offense in the middle, Arsenal's offense did not really improve. In particular, their midfield gradually lost momentum. Their midfield had Diaby, Eboue, Flamini, Fàbregas, and Hleb. However, against Inter Milan, the performance of Arsenal's offensive midfield line, which they were proud of, was mediocre.
In particular, it was worth mentioning that Diaby was brought in as Vieira's successor. When the French star player was in good form, his performance was indeed amazing. However, Diaby was famous for being fragile. Since a serious injury last season, the injury repeatedly tortured the French midfielder, which also made Diaby's condition fluctuate. Obviously, Diaby's performance today could only be described as terrible. In the face of Mata and Arshavin's repeated attacks, he seemed to be powerless. While the defensive end was in a difficult situation, it was difficult to provide more help to Arsenal in the offensive end.
Diaby was dispirited here. Flamini, Eboue, and Hleb were not much better. And Fàbregas, whom Arsenal had high hopes for, was not the kind of player who could lead the team to turn the tide on his own. His performance could only be described as mediocre.
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Arsenal's current passive situation also had something to do with Wenger's tactics today.
In the beginning, Wenger seemed to have made up his mind to make a fuss in the side and wanted to give play to Adebayor's impact. However, it was clear that Li Ang was already prepared for this. It was too easy to be frozen by relying only on Adebayor as an offensive point.
Even if he adjusted to make a fuss in the middle, a football game was between both sides. Wenger's adjustments could not immediately have an effect.
With Modric injured, Li Ang gave Montari enough trust. Carlos was still Inter Milan's most reliable barrier in the midfield. Now with Montari's help, it was really difficult for Arsenal to open a path in the middle.
"Inter Milan's attack is very direct and concise!" Ferrari was full of praise for Li Ang's tactics.
With Modric injured and absent from the game, Inter Milan was without Modric, the playmaker in the midfield. Li Ang immediately simplified Inter Milan's attack and completely relied on the two attacking players, Mata and Arshavin, to make a fuss. They took turns to attack Arsenal's defensive line from the two wings, while Diego Milito and Adriano were in front. The former felt great when shooting in front of the goal, and the latter's impact was full of power. Inter Milan's attack became more direct and penetrative. Using it to deal with a team like Arsenal, which was not good at defense, the effect was immediate.
Seeing Arsenal adjust their tactics, they repeatedly tried to break through and get opportunities from the middle, but Arsenal's several attempts were strangled by Carlos and Montari. Li Ang was very satisfied. Arsenal could now be said to be staking everything on one throw to strengthen their attack. Although Li Ang did not know what provoked Wenger to go all out in the first half of the game, it was a good opportunity for Inter Milan.
In this case, the gap in Arsenal's defensive line would increase, and if Inter Milan could seize the opportunity to score another goal, it would also be able to give Arsenal a fatal psychological blow!
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Hleb wanted to do a coordination with Fàbregas, but his intention to pass the ball was too obvious. Carlos went up in advance and slid to the ground to stop the football.
Then, when Fàbregas counterattacked, Carlos successfully blocked the latter behind him. At the same time, with one hand on the ground, he swept the football to Montari, who came to support.
The Ghanaian was very clear about his mission today, which was to send the ball out as soon as possible after Carlos's steal!
Montari directly made a long pass and sent the football to the front. Adriano came back to support and headed the ball to the side!
After Mata beautifully stopped the ball with his chest, he suddenly accelerated and left Diaby, who came to defend, behind him. The latter hurriedly turned to give chase, but after a step, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground.
Sagna hurriedly left Adriano behind and pressed forward.
Mata slowed down, spiked the ball, and made a move to cut inside. When Sagna lifted his foot to intercept, he poked with the tip of his foot and passed the football out.
The football was in the middle and made a transition at Milito. The Argentine striker did not turn around, but directly swept the football to his left side again.
Arshavin came to support at the right time. He directly pulled the ball, avoided Flamini, and suddenly rushed diagonally to the side.
Then, before Clichy came up to intercept, Arshavin's ankle shook and the football drew an arc and flew straight to the goal.
The Arsenal goalkeeper, Almunia, chose to attack. He wanted to intercept the ball directly from the air!
However, after he attacked, Almunia realized that something was wrong. The football had an inconspicuous outside rotation in the air. The arc was not big, but Almunia realized that he might not be able to touch the football.
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Sure enough, the football brushed past Almunia's fingertips and flew straight to the back.
"Almunia! He missed the ball! "The English commentator exclaimed.
Almunia turned his head to look in horror, and then he saw Adriano appear at the back. The only thing that comforted Almunia was that Adriano was with Gallas. Now he could only count on Gallas.
But then, Almunia's expression became even more frightened.
Gallas was squeezed behind Adriano, and he watched Adriano head the ball!
A header!
A pass!
That's right, it was not a header attack!
The football was at the back, and the angle of a direct header attack was already very small. Adriano chose to cross the ball with a header. He shook his head violently and headed the football to the vicinity of the penalty spot!
Then people saw Diego Milito, who had completed the transition of the football pass, appear there. The Argentine dived directly for the header!
In the face of such a close header attack, the Arsenal goalkeeper, Almunia, did not have time to react a second time. He watched the football pass over the top right side of his cheek and fly into the net …
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