Chapter 42 This is a Miracle!
Adebayor replaces Reyes!
Pires replaced Hleb!
After De La Reid scored a reversal goal, Wenger decisively made two substitution adjustments.
Both substitutions showed Wenger's determination and will.
He has no choice, he must continue to attack, and must equalize the score again!
This is the cruelty of the Champions League knockout round. You will live and die, and there is no room for mercy.
After the substitution, Arsenal kicked off again and launched a crazy counterattack against Real Madrid.
When Wenger made the substitution, Gao Shen already knew the situation the team would face next, even everyone at Real Madrid knew this, so when Arsenal made a save, Real Madrid chose to defend.
In the 60th minute, Gao Shen made the first substitution of the game, replacing Negredo with Woodgate.
After the substitution adjustment, Woodgate and Ramos partnered as central defenders, Elguera appeared in the deep midfield position, and further forward were Gravesen and De La Reid, Zidane and Beckham were separated on both sides , Raul served as a striker.
Four-five-one, three midfielder formation, the team's overall formation remains rigorous.
The situation on the court was completely reversed.
Arsenal began to press wildly, while Real Madrid retreated to their own half. Within the 30-meter area, they organized a tight defensive formation, blocking Arsenal's attacks time and time again.
The gunners are not fuel-efficient lights, and soon there will be a very threatening attack.
It was Henry who started suddenly with the ball and went straight into the left side of the penalty area. Facing the joint double-teaming of Ramos and Woodgate, Henry suddenly stopped in the penalty area, stopped the ball with his back, and passed it across to the right. , to Adebayor who ran out of neutral.
The Togo center forward shot straight to the right of the goal without stopping the ball.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas flew to save the ball, abruptly saved the ball over the baseline, staged a world-class save as if by God, and tried his best to keep Real Madrid's goal.
In the 68th minute, Henry scored a goal in the penalty area with a cross from Pires from the left. Under Woodgate's interference, he headed the goal, but the ball failed to be suppressed and went directly over the crossbar.
Three minutes later, right back Eboue stepped in to participate in the attack and crossed to Ljungberg on the right side of the front of the penalty area.
The Swedish midfielder didn't stop the ball, a light through ball, trying to pass the ball into the penalty area to find Henry, but Woodgate decisively blocked the position with his body, allowing Casillas to attack in time and hug the ball.
In the 75th minute, Eboue got a glimpse of the timing and suddenly crossed into the penalty area obliquely. Facing Ljungberg's pass, he shot a direct angry shot, which hit the side net and failed to create a threat.
Two minutes later, Arsenal used up the last substitution of the audience, replaced Ljungberg with Bergkamp, and continued to strengthen their offense.
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Real Madrid's penalty area is full of turmoil, and the goal is also precarious, and it may be broken by Arsenal at any time.
Gao Shen has been standing in the command area, silently watching the game.
In many cases, Real Madrid is actually five backs. Beckham came back to form a three-back midfielder with De La Red and Gravesen, leaving Zidane and Raul in front to interfere and counterattack.
But at 80 minutes, Zidane finally couldn't take it anymore.
After a sprint, the French star suddenly fell to the ground and suffered from cramps.
The Real Madrid team doctor quickly entered the field to deal with it, and Gao Shen also decisively made a substitution.
Cassano replaced Zidane.
Raul came back and put the Italian on top.
Before playing, Gao Shen pulled Cassano closer and told him firmly that he must guard the last ten minutes.
"Remember, don't slack off, whether you can advance or not depends on you!"
Gao Shen's words are a bit far-fetched, but the game has played to this point, coupled with the tense and suffocating atmosphere on the scene, even if Cassano is unreliable, at this moment he is very serious. mission accomplished.
After playing, the Italian really ran very actively.
And the closer to the final stage of the game, the harder Arsenal pressed and the more aggressive the pressure.
Gao Shen could only keep calling the players on the sidelines, reminding them to keep calm and not lose their minds no matter what.
Especially Ramos, you should pay attention to your actions.
Zidane, Negredo, and the players on the bench all stood up and silently cheered for their teammates on the sidelines, and everyone held back their energy.
Arsenal's defense line even went directly over the center line, before Real Madrid's 30-meter zone.
Real Madrid is not completely without chance.
After a sudden interception at the front of the penalty area, Gravesen quickly handed the ball to Beckham, who ran out of space, and the latter made a precise long pass without thinking, instigating a quick counterattack.
Cassano rushed forward quickly, got ahead of Senderos, headed the ball off, and quickly dribbled the ball to the front of Arsenal's penalty area. When he inserted behind Raul, he passed it across to the unguarded Real Madrid. team leader.
But unfortunately, after Raul sprinted for most of the field, he failed to hit the goal when he hit the goal with a final kick. The ball hit the outside of the post directly and bounced off the baseline.
Depressed, Raul knelt directly on the field, with his head on the grass, full of annoyance.
Seeing Gao Shen on the sidelines, he still clapped vigorously, applauding the performance of Raul and Cassano loudly.
In fact, there is no need to wonder why Raul missed that shot just now.
Anyone who has ever played football knows that running such a long-distance attack with exhausted physical energy is definitely a test of willpower, and movement out of shape is inevitable. Raul has actually controlled it very well up.
At least he hit the post, didn't he?
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Arsenal quickly regrouped and continued to attack desperately.
Time is really running out for them.
Not to mention the back line and central defenders, even the goalkeeper Lehmann overwhelmed the center line, showing a determination to break the boat.
Real Madrid also felt a mountain of pressure.
In the eighty-fifth minute, De La Reid finally couldn't take it anymore.
Like Zidane, after playing two games in a row, he was exhausted and had cramps.
Gao Shen quickly made a substitution and replaced him with Guti.
By this time, both teams had used up all of their substitutions.
In the last few minutes, Real Madrid tried their best to delay the time, while Arsenal desperately wanted to organize an attack, but it was obvious that the Gunners also consumed a lot of energy.
Wenger was anxious on the sidelines, constantly urging the players to press up and continue to attack.
But on the one hand, Real Madrid's defense is monolithic, and Arsenal hit a wall every time they organize an attack. On the other hand, after Vieira left the team, today's Arsenal really lacks a player who will stand up at a critical moment. leader.
Henry is one of the top strikers in the world, but he has never been a charismatic player.
So it appeared that Arsenal organized again and again, but failed again and again, passing back to reorganize.
Especially when it came to three minutes of stoppage time, Arsenal obviously felt discouraged from top to bottom.
Gao Shen knew in his heart that he had made the right bet!
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When the referee Rubes from Slovenia blew the whistle for the end of the game, the whole Highbury Stadium was filled with the cheers of the Real Madrid players and the Real Madrid fans who were traveling with the team in the corner stands.
In front of the visiting team coach's bench, Gao Shen jumped up vigorously and cheered loudly.
"Yeah! It's great!!!"
Afterwards, he was surrounded by Lucas, Maqueda and others who were rushing forward.
Players on the court and on the bench quickly joined in, and they all formed a group on the sidelines.
"It's really a very, very classic reversal!"
"No, it's not just a reversal, it's a miracle!"
"Real Madrid created the second great reversal miracle in the history of the Champions League knockout. "
"They lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal in the first leg. They were a guest at Highbury Stadium. They first equalized and then fell behind again, but Real Madrid insisted on reversing the score again."
"It was really an ups and downs The classic duel!"
"Real Madrid's performance tonight has left a deep impression on us, whether it is the high press and attack at the beginning of the two halves, or the tenacious defense in the final stage of the game, we have seen a lot. A completely different Real Madrid."
Live TV footage swept across the stands of Highbury Stadium.
Many Arsenal fans couldn't help crying. The game was 2-1 and the total score was 2-2. However, Real Madrid eliminated Arsenal with two away goals and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
This is undoubtedly unacceptable to the Gunners.
Because when they won 1-0 in the away game in the first round, the whole world believed that Arsenal had secured the right to advance, and the second round was just a formality, but who would have thought that Real Madrid would reverse it.
The live camera passed the coaching bench of the home team, but failed to see Wenger's expression clearly, and finally fell to the coaching bench of the visiting team.
Gao Shen is high-fiving and hugging Real Madrid players one by one, celebrating the team's epic reversal.
No matter what step the team can take next, but tonight's battle will definitely be included in the history of Real Madrid, and even the history of the Champions League.
"Twenty-five years old, Chinese, with a blank coaching resume, this is Real Madrid's acting head coach, Gao Shen."
"Before tonight's game, although he had already led the team in the Madrid derby, they beat Madrid 3-0 Everyone thinks that he is not qualified to coach Real Madrid."
"But tonight, at Highbury Stadium, at Arsenal, in front of Arsene Wenger, he and Real Madrid under his coach , handed in a shocking full-score answer sheet."
"We don't know what will happen in the future, maybe he will be questioned overwhelmingly, but from tonight's game, from the formation of troops, from the scene From the point of view of the command, he performed very amazingly, not at all like a 25-year-old rookie coach, but as experienced as a famous coach."
"And Real Madrid also showed amazing strength tonight, Compared with the first round, it can be described as reborn."
"Who would have thought that without Ronaldo, Carlos, and Brazil, Real Madrid would perform better?"
"Let us congratulate Real Madrid, congratulations on the 20th The five-year-old Gao Shen also hopes that they can go further in the Champions League this season and bring us more and more exciting games!"