"The most important thing for Arsenal now is to avoid conceding any more goals," the English commentator, Gary Lineker, said during halftime.
"That's right. Arsenal wants to avoid a defeat that will go down in history," Eddie Gray said sarcastically. Eddie Gray said sarcastically, "But the problem is that they first have to ask Inter Milan if they agree."
"It's three nil. Inter Milan should be satisfied," Lineker said.
"They could have scored more goals and turned the second leg into a mere formality," Eddie Gray said. Eddie Gray said, "I don't see any possibility of Inter Milan being merciful."
Obviously, even the English commentator had confirmed this point. Arsenal's defeat was set. Now, not to mention a comeback, whether they could withstand Inter Milan's fierce offensive in the second half of the game was a problem.
After all, with Gallas and Clichy being sent off, Arsenal was down two players.
It was time for the second half of the game to kick off. Inter Milan's players were already waiting on the turf, but Arsenal's players did not appear.
Li Ang subconsciously looked at the watch on his wrist and glanced in the direction of the players' corridor.
"A staff member went to rush them," Banderas said.
Then, Li Ang saw Arsenal's players running out of the players' corridor. At the same time, there was a huge explosion of boos in the stands of the Emirates Stadium. It could be said that the boos were overwhelming.
Arsenal's fans might be able to accept Arsenal's loss, but they could not accept losing in such a way. It could be said that Gallas and Clichy's red card dismissal had angered all the Arsenal fans. This made them feel great anger and humiliation.
They could not forgive the team today.
Li Ang glanced at Arsenal's technical area. Wenger's face was gloomy as he sat in the technical area without saying a word.
After this game, the professor's life would not be easy.
Li Ang did not have the slightest sympathy. Instead, he felt an inexplicable sense of joy. He also found that he had a hobby. Every time he won against these famous managers, especially when he tortured them, it felt great.
Of course, he was also a famous manager.
*****
Before the start of the second half, Arsenal made a substitution. The Ivorian defender, Kolo Touré, came on as a substitute. He replaced Hleb.
Li Ang narrowed his eyes. He wanted to understand Arsenal's tactical adjustments and tactical deployment in the second half through this substitution.
"Playing as a back three?"
One of the attacking midfielders was replaced by a defender.
Now, there were only three defenders in Arsenal's rear defensive line: Senderos, Sagna, and Coloturei, who had just come on as a substitute.
As for the midfield, without Hleb, there was still Fàbregas and Diaby, as well as Eboue and Flamini. Adebayor was the only one on the frontline.
"Are they going to play a 3-4-1 formation?"
Soon, Li Ang confirmed his judgment by observing the positions and movements of the Arsenal players.
Li Ang shook his head. It was not that he looked down on Wenger. This substitution was really difficult to call brilliant. Perhaps Wenger's contradiction could also be seen from this.
Adding a defender to strengthen the rear defensive line meant that they wanted to strengthen the defense. However, they also wanted to attack. Therefore, they only arranged for a nondescript three-back formation consisting of one full back and two center backs. They still maintained four players in the midfield who were inclined to attack. Adebayor was left in front to maintain the impact.
This was really a self-contradictory tactical adjustment: Wenger was worried about continuing to concede goals, but he also dreamed of scoring goals to reduce the gap!
In a situation where Arsenal only had nine players on the field, this kind of thinking and adjustment was really "naive"!
In Li Ang's view, there was only one real way out for Arsenal now, and that was to strengthen the defense and ensure that the four full backs were in a complete lineup. At the same time, the midfield would be replaced with players who were eager to fight for the ball. They would retreat fully and strive to not concede goals or concede fewer goals to avoid a bigger defeat.
Obviously, Wenger did not choose to do so.
Wenger's adjustment was like a dilapidated thatched hut with leaks everywhere. A storm was coming, but he only patched up a few holes in the hut in hopes of avoiding the disaster. At the same time, he was delusional enough to start a fire to dry up the rainwater …
"It seems that Wenger is really a dreamer. He still has a trace of fantasy." Li Ang smiled playfully. In that case, he did not mind being more cruel and completely hurting the professor's touch points.
*****
The Inter Milan players faithfully executed the tactics formulated by the manager during halftime: Don't show mercy! Attack! Attack!! Attack!!!
"Score as many goals as possible!" Li Ang's request was simple, but so cruel.
Inter Milan's first goal in the second half came quickly.
In the 51st minute, Inter Milan launched an attack and completely tore apart Arsenal's seemingly leaky defensive line.
Arshavin and Mata suddenly changed positions. The Russian moved to the left side. He used his skills to bypass Sagna and broke into the penalty area, causing chaos in Arsenal's defense in the penalty area.
Then he passed the football to the middle and Adriano, who was completely undefended, received it in the middle. Facing the goalkeeper, Adriano shot and the football went straight into the top left corner of the goal. Almunia made a save for such a shot, but it was only a symbolic save.
“Goooooaaaaal！”
"Adriano! The Brazilian also scored! Inter Milan's fourth player scored the fourth goal for the team! Their offense is in full bloom. "
"This is a goal that will make Arsenal collapse!" Ferrari said, his poisonous tongue spitting venom. "No, they should have collapsed long ago."
"Zero to four! Defeat is set! Arsenal has suffered a humiliating massacre! "
"Arsenal, without two players, is now full of holes!"
"Wenger's adjustment looks like he wants to strengthen the defense, but it's useless. Now the offense is no threat to Inter Milan and there are gaps everywhere in the defense!"
*****
The camera panned to the sidelines. Arsenal's manager, Wenger, was sitting in the technical area. His expression looked a little dull as he stared blankly at the field.
"Even if there were three Wenger's, there's nothing they can do now," Lineker sighed.
"Are three Wenger's as good as one Li Ang?" Eddie Gray, who was angered by Arsenal's performance, said sarcastically. His words also became a classic commentary in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
On the other side, seeing Adriano's goal, Li Ang just sat in the technical area and applauded. His butt did not even leave his seat. In this situation, the goal had long been within his expectations and he was not so excited.
In the eyes of the Arsenal fans, this scene hurt them a lot. The opponent's manager was not excited after the goal. For Arsenal, this was a silent contempt and humiliation.
*****
Five minutes after conceding the goal, Arsenal made a second substitution.
Walcott came on as a substitute and Adebayor was replaced.
When Li Ang saw this substitution, he immediately understood Wenger's tactical intention. He wanted to use Walcott's speed to threaten Inter Milan's goal.
Was he still thinking of attacking?!
Li Ang shook his head. He did not understand why Wenger was so obsessed with attacking at this time. At this time, the most realistic thing for Arsenal to do was to be a coward and not continue to concede goals.
Li Ang also made adjustments after seven or eight minutes.
The goal scorer, Adriano, was replaced by the young Balotelli.
With the situation settled, Li Ang sent Balotelli to give the young man a chance to experience the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. This was a very precious and rare opportunity for a young player.
Of course, if Balotelli could seize the opportunity to get an assist or a goal, it would be even better.
However, even Li Ang did not expect 'Super Mario's' performance to be so stunning and 'brilliant' after he came on!
This was just over a minute after Balotelli came on, which was also the 65th minute of the game. Arsenal finally got possession of the ball, but their pass in the front field was once again stolen by Inter Milan. Inter Milan's attack came again.
After a series of rapid passes, the football was pushed forward very quickly. Now, the football was sent by Carlos to Mata's feet.
*****
Mata was on the bicycle and looked like he was going to break through by himself. This made the Arsenal players feel like they were facing a formidable enemy. Mata's previous goal left a deep impression on them. This was a guy who could break into the penalty area and score by himself.
However, after Mata's feint, he did not choose to break through. Instead, he chose to pass the ball.
He passed it across.
The football fell to Balotelli's feet.
When Balotelli received the ball, he made a move to break through, tricking Flamini, who was defending him from the front, to rush over. As a result, Balotelli just made a feint and pulled the football back. Then he spiked the ball again and pretended to break through to the other side.
Flamini was deceived. After realizing that he had been fooled, he wanted to forcibly twist his center of gravity back, but his foot slipped and he sat on the ground.
Balotelli, who got rid of Flamini so easily, waded the football in the opposite direction and entered the penalty area.
Then, the Italian boy named Balotelli fully demonstrated his footwork skills. In such a narrow space in the penalty area, he faced Kolo Toure's rush and spiked the ball three times in a row. When Toure was in a difficult situation, he suddenly cut inside and swiped the ball past another person.
*****
"Balotelli! Balotelli! Toure! Another one! It's a one-on-one! Almunia attacks — "
Almunia was very decisive in his attack. He rushed straight at Balotelli. As a result, Balotelli saw Almunia rushing towards him as soon as he got past Colotore. The distance between the two was less than two meters. There was almost no way to avoid him!
"Almunia! Beautiful! His attack was timely! " Lineker was full of praise for Almunia's attack. The goalkeeper almost blocked the angle of Balotelli's shot.
"Balotelli! God! Beautiful! He shoots — "Balotelli raised his leg to shoot amidst the commentator's prolonged roar.
He did not swing his thigh to shoot. When he was very close to the goalkeeper, such a volley was almost destined to be blocked. Balotelli chose to shoot. He poked with the tip of his foot. The football was kicked out very quickly, and because his shot was very hidden, the goalkeeper, Almunia, almost had no time to make a diving action!
It was indeed so!
When Almunia saw Balotelli shoot, it was already too late to make a diving action when he saw the football being shot out!
The football quickly rolled past Almunia's feet and into the net!
"Balotelli! Balotelli! Balotelli!!! Balotelli — Goooooaaaaal!!!! "The commentator on the Italian television station shouted frantically.
"Balotelli! Balotelli! The fifth goal! He scored the fifth goal for Inter Milan! This goal was simply too wonderful to be described with words! This young Italian kid, this was his first UEFA Champions League knockout stage game. This was the first time he touched the ball after only a minute on the field, and he used this method to make the fans all over the world remember him!
It was not only them. The commentators on the other national television stations were also like this.
This Italian kid had only been on the field for a little more than a minute. The first time he touched the ball, he passed two people in a row. Facing the goalkeeper's attack, he scored such a wonderful goal so calmly. This was simply crazy! So much so that the commentator went crazy!
Even the English commentator had to cheer for Balotelli's genius goal.
"Balotelli … Beautiful! This is really a genius goal! Even Flamini and Colo Toure could not stop him! His footwork is really beautiful! In the face of Almunia's attack, this Italian kid was as calm as an iceberg. In the face of such a stab, Almunia seemed to be helpless! "
Even the opponent was cheering for this goal. It was clear how wonderful Balotelli's goal was.
*****
Li Ang finally did not react calmly this time. He got up from the technical area and first showed a surprised expression. Then he began to applaud with an excited and proud smile on his face. He was surprised, happy, and proud of Balotelli's goal and Balotelli's amazing performance.
This kid was also a god. He had just been brought on and scored such a wonderful goal with his first touch of the ball.
Balotelli's wonderful goal also excited the Inter Milan players. Everyone rushed up and wanted to hug Balotelli to celebrate this goal.
However, Balotelli stood in place with an extremely calm face. No matter how his teammates excitedly patted him and praised him, the Italian kid's face did not show a trace of joy. It was as if this goal was as easy as drinking water and was not worthy of praise at all.
"This kid." Li Ang did not know whether to laugh or cry on the sidelines.
Such a wonderful goal could almost be selected for the best goal of the year award. This kid had such an attitude. No one else could do it. He was indeed the "Ba God."
"Massacre! This is a massacre from head to toe! Zero to five! " Eddie Gray's voice was transmitted to millions of households in England through the television signal. "It would not be an exaggeration to say that this is the darkest day in Arsenal's history …"
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