Chapter 136 Adebayor's Counterattack
After AC Milan's corner kick was taken, Nesta's header was directly taken by Lehmann. Arsenal then launched a quick counterattack.
Lehman threw the ball with his hand. After receiving the ball, Heleb passed the ball to Fabregas, who passed the ball to Flamini.
After Flamini took the ball, he chose to shoot directly. He shot from a long shot at a distance of 28 meters away from the goal. AC Milan's main goalkeeper Dida was injured, so their starting goalkeeper today is Australian goalkeeper Karachi. Karachi is a well-known butter hand. In fact, the nickname of Butter Hand was first seen on Arsenal's rival Manchester United goalkeeper Badz. Badz. He often made mistakes when he was at Manchester United, so he had the nickname of Butter Glove. Later, he couldn't catch the ball, and the goalkeeper who often made mistakes were called the nerve knife or Butter Hand.
Karachi's butterfly hands have long become famous, and the media in the Apennines even joked, "Karach is a great goalkeeper because he can always make great goals and great scorers!"
Obviously, Flamini knew Karachi's nickname and he wanted to be a great shooter.
However, Flamini was caught off guard by trying to hit Karachi, but he didn't expect to miss the goal.
After a brief sigh at the Emirates Stadium, applause was replaced immediately.
"The two sides each had a beautiful offensive after the start of the game... I believe that in this game, AC Milan and Arsenal, these two teams that play beautiful football, can contribute a wonderful offensive game to us." This is a neutral commentator and the beautiful wish of most commentators.
However, it is a pity that his wish was shattered by the ruthless reality in the next game.
It seems to be afraid of Arsenal's rapid offensive. In today's game, Ancelotti had no intention of attacking Arsenal. AC Milan chose the defensive counterattack tactic. Arsenal did not have many ways to defend against AC Milan. You should know that defense is deeply in the soul of the Italian team. When an Italian giants think of the first thing they think of is to base themselves on defense, it is simply too difficult to score their goals.
In the next game.
Defense, mistakes, steals. These are the keywords of the game in these ten minutes. After both sides made a shot, their offense suddenly became silent. While Wenger's team did not improve much in offense, in fact, they were also afraid of AC Milan's rapid counterattack. Whether it was Pirlo's pass or Kaka's rapid breakthrough, or Seedorf and Zhang Yang could bring great threats to them, so for a moment, the field was overturned.
In the ninth minute of the game, the referee Merkel of the game showed the players the first yellow card of the game. Flamini tackled Pirlo in defense, but was warned by the referee because of his excessive action.
Both head coaches wanted their football to pass through the midfield quickly, but at the same time they didn't want the opponent to pass through their midfield quickly, so the midfield became the most intense battle. They became the strategic goal of both sides.
Most of the time, football is wandering around the midfield, and appears at the feet of Milan, and in an instant, he runs to Arsenal again.
Because everyone is focusing on the midfield, the offensive efficiency is pitiful, and there are threatening shots. The two sides have only seven shots, three AC Milan and four Arsenal.
Wenger frowned on the sidelines. This kind of scene was obviously not something Arsenal would like to see. His team was the most threatening only when playing smooth attacks. It was like a swordsman with amazing swordsmanship, forced to fall into a hand-to-hand combat with people. How could this work?
The professor looked dark, and he knew that his team had fallen into the opponent's rhythm and was dragged away by the opponent.
Wenger was not satisfied with the current situation, and not far away, his colleague Ancelotti was in a slightly relaxed mood. The current situation was something Ancelotti was happy to see.
In this game, AC Milan was visiting the Emirates Stadium. This was the first round of the Champions League one-eighth game. Because there was room for the second round, this game was in the away game. Ancelotti's bottom line was a draw and away goal, so he could sit firmly on the Diaoyutai after the game was deadlocked. Of course, the Italian team's defensive counterattack had long been perfect, especially the threat Zhang Yang might bring to Arsenal in the counterattack, which also gave Ancelotti confidence.
As the side of the home game, Arsenal is under much pressure. It can even be said that in this game, the professor set a goal for his team to win the game. Even, not only to win, but also to do his best not to let AC Milan score a goal!
In this way, he will have a chance of winning in the second round of the San Siro Stadium two weeks later.
So, seeing the team in a deadlock, Wenger couldn't sit still, so he waved his arms vigorously, allowing the team to continue to press forward, and muttered constantly. The team's offense was deadlocked, and he couldn't sit still. He wandered back and forth between the command area and the coach's seat.
"The game lasted twenty minutes and the ball possession rate came out. According to statistics, Arsenal had the upper hand. Their ball possession rate was 53%, which made them slightly ahead of AC Milan. However, in fact, neither team had the advantage. Although Arsenal had the advantage in the ball possession rate, their offense was more through long shots. The Arsenal-style smooth attack we are familiar with. In this game, at least the game has not been seen yet. Although AC Milan looks passive, their goal has not been tested. On the contrary, AC Milan's counterattack is very threatening. Zhang Yang's shot just now almost scored a goal for AC Milan."
The commentator said that AC Milan had the opportunity to counterattack just now, and Seedorf passed the ball to Kaka, and the latter immediately passed the ball. After Zhang Yang received the ball, he accelerated to start. He first passed Toure with speed, and then faced Galas's robbery. Zhang Yang stopped quickly, which made Galas stunned. Then Zhang Yang flashed out of the room and shot coldly.
The shot was quite powerful and fast. Lehman barely threw the ball, and the ball hit the post, and was cleared by Sania who was returning to defense.
After completing this shot, Zhang Yang waved his arm in disappointment when he saw that the football did not enter.
Not far away, Galas also shouted at his teammates angrily, saying that he was scolding Toure, who thought that Toure had been broken through by Zhang Yang too easily.
However, to be honest, this time, when Galas faced Zhang Yang, he was also very embarrassed by Zhang Yang's breakthrough. He was really not qualified to criticize Toure.
But there is no way, Galas is the captain on the field.
Toure could only wave his arm depressedly, indicating that he was responsible for this defense.
Wenger paced back and forth on the sidelines for a while and then sat back. The counterattack from AC Milan just now, Zhang Yang's shot shocked him. However, Wenger was not in a hurry. He felt that he had figured out AC Milan's tactics today, which was completely a defensive counterattack. It seemed that AC Milan did not intend to attack away in today's game.
After finally determining the opponent's tactical intentions, the professor began to use his brain cells, and he had to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible.
Gattuso's performance today was eye-catching.
His fighting and interception in the midfield are the biggest reasons why Arsenal cannot play smoothly.
Of course, Ambrosini performed very well today, both of whom he and Gattuso do dirty and tiring work.
AC Milan continues to use fouls and fierce defense to disrupt Arsenal's offensive rhythm. If Arsenal still follows the tactics formulated before the game, then it will only become more and more chaotic, and the method of quickly passing the midfield is no longer possible. That will only increase the team's active turnover rate.
"Let them make more horizontal transfers and mobilize AC Milan's defense line. Find loopholes..." Wenger ordered his assistant.
As tactical adjustments were conveyed, the Arsenal players on the field quickly made adjustments based on this instruction.
Arsenal's adjustment is to stop fighting with AC Milan in the midfield and directly hit AC Milan's half. To put it bluntly, it is to cross AC Milan's midfielder and directly put pressure on the goal. Arsenal's purpose is to use penetrating direct or diagonal passes to tear open Karachi's front defense line. Wenger believes that whether it is Fabregas, Heleb or Flamini, Arsenal's midfielders will definitely have that ability.
Fabregas passed the ball to Eduardo Gattuso to assist in defense.
After Eduardo made a move to move forward, he watched Gattuso come up and passed the ball to Flamini in the middle.
"Framini got the ball. There is no Milan player defense around him for the time being. This is an Arsenal opportunity..."
Flamini passed the ball to Heleb.
He made a stance to shoot from a long time.
Nesta didn't care about his defensive area and saved to block Heleb's shot.
Just as he stepped forward, Heleb passed the ball, and he passed it to Flamini. Nesta immediately rushed to Flamini, who pulled the ball and Flamini kicked the ball - passing the ball!
The football rolled past Nesta. He wanted to stretch his foot to stop him, but he was shaken and fell. Now he was completely out of place...
“Great opportunity!”
Huge cheers broke out in the stands of Emirates Stadium, and many Arsenal fans stood up. They were so looking forward to scoring the goal!
Flamini's pass was for Adebayo.
"Adebayo received the ball, and there was no one around him... This opportunity was simply a gift from God! If he couldn't score, Wenger would even strangle him to death!" The commentator said a little exaggeratedly.
Seeing Adebayo's goal, he had already formed a one-on-one strike force, Wenger couldn't sit still. He stood up and leaned forward to look into the court, as if he was ready to pop out to celebrate at any time.
After Adebayo received the ball, he turned around. Karachi thought he was going to break in, so he prepared to attack and cut the ball off.
Who knew that Adebayo turned around and shot at the same time. Karachi couldn't react at all at such a close distance. He watched the football fly past his face. He was powerless to do anything about this ball!
"goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!" The narrator's loud roar rang.
After scoring the goal, Adebayo burst out with great enthusiasm. He ran wildly, waved his arms hard, and hit his chest.
As a replacement for Zhang Yang in Wenger's heart, he has never been excellent in joining Arsenal. As Zhang Yang's performance became more and more outstanding, he ranked second in the Golden Ball Awards last year, Adebayo was tragic. Arsenal fans often compared Adebayo and Zhang Yang, and the more they compare, the more they saw the gap.
Therefore, it can almost be said that Adebayo has always been criticized because of Zhang Yang.
Now, Zhang Yang has no goals!
Yes, and Kaka didn’t score either, Milan didn’t score, and Arsenal only scored by himself! I am Arsenal’s real scorer, and I am the true emperor of yours who teach you!
Yes, Adebayo is really proud of this ball!
He even snorted hard in the direction of Zhang Yang while celebrating.
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