Chapter 140 Cesc! very good!

Chapter 140 Cesc! very good!

Gallas got up and rushed to the referee, arguing loudly, of course he knew how dangerous it was to give Fiorentina a free kick in this position.

Deegan, that guy, has always regarded free kicks as penalties. Someone once made a statistic that the probability of Degan scoring a free kick is as high as 90%. He is a person with excellent psychological quality and superb shooting skills. , I am afraid that the hit rate of penalty kicks will not reach this figure.

Other Arsenal players also gathered around and made a lot of noise. Maybe they can't change anything, but this kind of delaying method is likely to cause some interference to Degan's psychology.

The referee was unmoved at all, but kept waving his hands to let the Arsenal players leave. When Gallas fouled just now, he stood behind and saw clearly. Now the Arsenal players even came to protest , is simply an insult to his IQ.

Moreover, the place where Gallas fouled was on the penalty area line. Even if he awarded a penalty kick, there would be no problem. He only gave Fiorentina a free kick, which is considered an extrajudicial favor.

Seeing that the Arsenal players were so endless, the referee also got a little angry, and directly took out the yellow card and waved it in front of Flamini, who was the most quarrelsome, and then did not forget to give the perpetrator a yellow card. Ares card.

Now the Arsenal players finally calmed down. From the very beginning, Degan had set the ball up early, waiting for the referee's whistle.

Taking a free kick in this position, Degan is confident to score a goal, but the process of the free kick is very speechless.

Arsenal's players don't line up the wall honestly. Often when the referee turns around, they move forward a little bit, just like that, don't you hate it?

?? Stepping on the football to let Degan to punish.

The referee had no choice but to come back and tell the Arsenal players to back off, but when they turned around, the opponent repeated the same trick, going back and forth several times, the referee was also annoyed, found Adebayor with an obvious goal, and directly gave a yellow card, Now the Arsenal players are honest.

A whistle!

Deegan didn't even run up. Almost at the same time as the whistle sounded, he swung his legs on the spot and kicked the ball. Arsenal's human wall didn't respond at all, and he didn't even have time to take off. It felt like the football was flying from the top of his head. Passed by, and by the time they turned around, the football was already in the goal.

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After scoring the goal, Degan didn't seem too excited, just stood there, opened his arms, and accepted the cheers from the Fiorentina fans in the surrounding stands.

Prandelli on the sidelines also looked very excited, turned around and hugged the assistant coach, waving excitedly towards the stands behind him and shouting.

When Degan's free-kick blasted past the Arsenal net, Prandelli really felt that he was very close to the Champions League final.

From the Atlanta youth team to the coaching position, accumulated in Verona, became a blockbuster in Parma, and now in Florence, he finally waited for the time to reap.

"Cesare! We won! We won! Arsenal is not our opponent!" Antonelli shouted excitedly in Prandelli's ear.

It was also difficult for Prandelli to suppress the excitement in his heart. It had been a long time since his first wife passed away. He hadn't been so happy, but when he saw the score displayed on the electronic scoreboard, he forced himself to calm down again. down.

"No! No! Now is not the time to celebrate the victory. A lead of one goal is not enough. We must continue to attack and continue to strive for goals!"

Looking at the time, the first half was almost over, and soon after the game restarted, as Adebayor missed a shot, the referee blew the halftime whistle.

In Florence's locker room, Prandelli stood in the center: "Rod!"

Degan stood up when he heard Prandelli's voice: "Coach! What instruction!"

Prandelli glanced over the faces of every player and said, "Boys! It's not the time to celebrate the victory yet. We are only leading by one goal. For a two-round match, one goal is not enough. Insurance, in the second half of the game, we must continue to strive for goals! Rhodes! This is your responsibility!"

Degan is also very clear that if the game only ends with a score of 2:1, Arsenal will score an away goal and wait until the next round to go to the Emirates Stadium. Fiorentina will not have much advantage. , Arsenal only need one goal to eliminate them.

Digan would not put himself in such a threatening situation, so one game to solve all the troubles naturally became his first choice.

"Coach! You don't need to say anything about this kind of thing. I think all of us think the same as you. We don't have the habit of saving our troubles for the next game!"

After Degan finished speaking, he turned around and looked at his teammates: "Guys! Before the start of this game, Arsenal's head coach, Mr. Arsene Wenger, said that he had already defeated the two useless teams in Milan City, so in the face of Against every other team in Serie A, Arsenal have a natural advantage, listen, it's as if he has conquered Italy."

"We can kick the asses of those Cockneys!" Kompany echoed with a wry grin.

"That's right!" Degan said with a smile, "Vincent is right. It will never be those Cockneys who can conquer Italian football, it can only be our Florence, so in order to correct Mr. Wenger's wrong reasoning , I think we should do something to help him, so, I decided, we will solve the two rounds of the game cleanly in one game! Do you have any questions?"

"Of course not, let the Cockney go home bitterly!"

"Get rid of them, let's go to Moscow!"

"That's right! We are the ones going to Moscow, and the Cockneys can only cry at our feet!"

The Fiorentina locker room was very lively, while the visiting team's locker room on the other side seemed a little depressed.

For the first half of the game, Wenger was basically half satisfied and the other half dissatisfied. In fact, the team performed very well in the first half. They dealt with Fiorentina for 45 minutes in full accordance with his strategic intentions and achieved a goal. goal.

However, this outstanding performance could not be continued. Two small negligences resulted in two conceded goals.

In this regard, Wenger does not want to criticize anyone. To put it bluntly, he has a greater responsibility. Now this Arsenal, after sending away many meritorious players, is really too young. Young means lack of experience, and lack of experience It means instability.

This is like a spear and a shield. Wenger hopes that this young team can maintain its vitality and momentum, but it is inevitable that some shortcomings will be exposed.

"Boys! You don't need to be upset, we haven't lost the opportunity to compete, it's just a goal gap, and we still have an away goal advantage."

Wenger's words brightened the eyes of the players a little. It seems that Wenger was right. Even if the score was maintained until the end of the game, it was not unacceptable. They had an away goal. After returning to the Emirates Stadium, they only A goal is needed to send Fiorentina back home, and they will take a flight to Russia.

Wenger hesitated for a moment, but still made up his mind: "We will focus on defense in the second half, Cesc! If there is a chance, it is up to you to decide whether to fight back!"

Fabregas was taken aback for a moment. He had no idea that Wenger would entrust him with this task. He couldn't help being moved and nodded vigorously.

Wenger continued: "What I ask you to do now is to calm down, recall what mistakes you made in the game just now, and then try your best to avoid those mistakes from happening again in the second half."

That's all Wenger can emphasize now. He is not a conservative head coach, but in front of the results, no matter how crazy he is, he can't help but be timid.

After the start of the second half, the Fiorentina players immediately felt that their opponents were different. The goal hero Eduardo was replaced by the young player Walcott. Adebayor retreated, and he was often seen Go back to the midfield and participate in the defense.

Seeing this, Prandelli immediately guessed Wenger's plan. Do you want to defend?

"Rod!"

Prandelli yelled, and seeing Degan looking towards him, he immediately waved his hand in the direction of Arsenal's goal.

attack!

Since the opponent wants to defend to the death, Florence has only one way to attack.

The situation on the court seemed to be one-sided. Although Arsenal were still playing steadily, their defense was constantly being compressed in the face of Fiorentina's rapid advance.

There are more defenders. Although it is not easy for Fiorentina to open their mouths, there are more opportunities for long-range shots from outside the penalty area. This is in the arms of Fiorentina. Almost everyone in Fiorentina's midfielders has a long-range shot. Since London The guests who came were so polite, they had no choice but to accept it with a smile.

For a while, Fiorentina seemed to have set up a group of artillery outside Arsenal's penalty area. The shells bombarded Arsenal's goal non-stop. Almunia became the busiest person on the field at the moment. The high and low gears resolve the leisure time after time.

Arsenal's assistant coach Patrice walked to Wenger's side: "Arthur! If we play like this, we are too passive. I think we should invest more troops in the midfield!"

Although what Patrice said was tactful, he was openly questioning Wenger's half-time arrangement. However, even if Wenger was dissatisfied with this respected old coach, he could not ignore his opinion.

Compared with Wenger, an outsider, Patrice is Arsenal's own. This assistant coach who is one year older than Wenger's enthusiasm for Arsenal has never weakened after more than 40 years. The Northern Irishman always took his team to the pitch with great energy.

In 1964, 15-year-old Patrice came to Arsenal and played 528 games at the right-back position, undoubtedly becoming one of the greatest defenders in the club's history.

Patrice has participated in five FA Cup finals and one Cup Winners' Cup final. Rice has personally experienced the three double crown seasons in Arsenal's history.

Wenger also trusts Patrice very much. When Wenger first came to Arsenal in 1996, Patrice became his assistant. Over the years, the cooperation between the two has been very harmonious.

Wenger is also a little dissatisfied with the current situation on the field. Fifteen minutes into the second half, Fiorentina are basically playing against Arsenal.

There were only two opportunities for Arsenal to counterattack. Once Fabregas directly took the ball away, and once, Fabregas passed the ball to Walcott, but it was a little late, and the result was rejected. Florence broke down halfway.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Wenger called Fabregas to his side: "Cesc! You are the core of the team. If there is an opportunity, you should pass the ball more decisively. Take advantage of Walcott's speed. Understand?"

Cesc Fabregas also knew that he had wasted the two counterattack opportunities just now, but he hoped that he could become the team's hero rather than delivering shells to his teammates, but facing Wenger's stern gaze, he finally Still nodded.

The game continued, Arsenal was still enduring Fiorentina's indiscriminate bombing, occasionally there was a chance to counterattack, Fabregas's pass was in place, but it is a pity that Arsenal's offensive strength is really limited, there is no way to give Florence poses too much of a threat.

Twenty minutes passed, and Wenger's mentality was slowly changing. As long as he persisted for another 25 minutes, everything would be over.

I have to say that Wenger is indeed one of the best coaches in world football, but he also has his shortcomings, and he is a bit conservative in major games.

In the match between Arsenal and Barcelona in the previous life, after Lehmann was sent off at the beginning, Wenger chose to put all his eggs in one basket, but after taking the lead, Wenger chose to be conservative again, and was reversed by Barcelona.

After that game, many people said that if Wenger had been more decisive and worked harder at that time, perhaps Arsenal would have won the cup in the end.

The same is true for Wenger now. Just now he was still worrying about whether he should try to let the players attack, but as the game time passed by every minute and every second, he finally chose to defend and drag the game time to the end.

Of course, Fiorentina will not do what he wants. Although they have continued to attack for more than 20 minutes, the Fiorentina players have no intention of stopping at all.

They are young, they have unlimited vitality, and they do not spare their physical strength. This is the advantage of the Florentine Youth Guards. Although their opponents today are also young, compared with their opponents, they are a bit more determined.

Fiorentina's stormy attack made Arsenal's goal precarious. Patrice persuaded him several times, but Wenger held back. He has now made up his mind to defend for that precious away goal.

"Arthur! I bet you will regret it!" Patrice was somewhat depressed by Wenger's stubbornness.

But in Wenger's eyes, although Fiorentina is very aggressive now, there is actually no good way to do it. Most of the time, they can only threaten Arsenal's goal with long-range shots.

But just one minute after Patrice persuaded Wenger for the last time, Fiorentina scored.

It was also a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. Although the Arsenal players had raised their vigilance against Degan, they seized a small space and Degan swung his leg on the spot and shot directly.

Almunia was on the verge of an enemy, he reacted very quickly and accurately judged the line of Degan's shot, but he underestimated the strength.

Seeing the football coming fiercely, Almunia, who originally planned to catch the ball, hit the ball with his fist instead, but when the football flew in front of him, a small sideline suddenly happened, which made Almunia big Turned pale with shock, in a haste, he patted the football with one palm.

Mutu, nicknamed the Viper, has been waiting for such an opportunity. Almost at the same time as Digan shot, he threw away Toure who was defending him and rushed into the penalty area. The football blocked by Almunia just landed. In front of him, all Mutu needs to do is to gently block the ball.

After scoring the goal, Mutu got up with both hands and feet, and rushed to the sidelines, waving his arms excitedly, roaring loudly, and the fans responded to him with bursts of cheers.

"Mutu! It's Mutu! Mutu's supplementary shot helped Fiorentina extend their lead to two goals. With less than 20 minutes left in the game, Fiorentina has already pocketed the victory, Arsenal It's over, it's over for Arsenal!"

The Italian commentator roared excitedly, while the British ESPN commentator was annoyed.

"Coach Wenger chose to be conservative when it was the worst time to be conservative, allowing Fiorentina to attack unscrupulously. I have to say that defense is not the characteristic of Arsenal. Fry, how long can they last!"

Seeing the goal scored, Prandelli also jumped up and celebrated wildly with his coaching staff. On the other side, Wenger was stunned, looking back at Patlance, the old man lowered his head, A look of frustration.

Wenger sighed, he realized that his decision-making was wrong.

So what to do next?

Out of the counterattack, Arsenal has no other way out. The gap of two goals, even if Arsenal has an away goal, so what.

attack!

The Arsenal players who received the order immediately acted, and they were not willing to accept a defeat.

After the game restarted, Arsenal regained their best style of play-offensive!

Fiorentina did not adopt conservative tactics just because they were leading by two goals. Although the offense was not as violent as before, Fiorentina was also very determined to invest in troops if an opportunity arose.

The two sides fought a battle on the field. For neutral fans, this is the best news. They don't care who says the final winner, all they care about is whether the game is good or not.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and there was not much time left for Arsenal.

Wenger made another substitution adjustment, replacing Flamini and replacing the team's veteran Gilberto Silva, but such a substitution seemed a bit futile.

Want to score a goal, but worried about losing the ball.

After all, Arsenal has not yet reached the point where they have to put all their eggs in one basket. They still have one more game and one more chance.

Now the burden of offense falls entirely on Cesc Fabregas alone. Fabregas, who let go of his hands and feet, really worked hard. Finally, when the game reached the 85th minute, he got the long-awaited opportunity. Appeared.

Fiorentina's counterattack, but Ledesma made a pass error that shouldn't have happened. Rosicky broke the ball with a kick first. Hleb immediately pulled the ball to the left when he saw this. Rosicky passed the ball and hit it directly. Behind Macho, because of Florence's aggressive attack just now, at this time, Hleb actually has no Florence's defensive players around him. In the open space, Hleb kicked a pass and tore open the hole.

"Cesc! Cesc!"

England's commentator roared excitedly. On Hleb's passing line, Fabregas suddenly appeared, and Walcott was ready to respond at the far end.

But at this time, Kompany had already killed, and Fabregas had no time to hesitate, and directly pushed and shot to the far corner of the goal.

Although Frey tried his best to save, but the shot was too close, so he had no time to react.

The football rolled over Frey's fingertips. Florence's back wanted to make a clearance, but was blocked by Walcott. The two were entangled and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the football was about to roll into the goal, but at this moment, an accident happened. The football seemed to hit something, and suddenly changed its trajectory slightly, and then Fabregas and Wenger gradually became desperate. Under his gaze, he rubbed against the crossbeam and rolled out of the bottom line.

Everyone was stunned. It was obviously a must-goal goal, but such a thing happened. At the most critical moment, the Volacchi Stadium helped Fiorentina.

The best opportunity was missed. In the next game, both sides seemed to have exhausted their last strength. After one minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Fiorentina got a victory at home.

Fabregas walked to the sideline with a dejected expression. He didn't even dare to look at Wenger's expression. In his opinion, it was his captain's responsibility to play the game as it is now.

"Cesc! Head up!"

Fabregas was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Wenger, who actually smiled.

"You did a great job!"

Fabregas looked hesitant, his eyes seemed to ask: Really?