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Chapter 719 Chapter 715: It's hard to be the head coach of a wealthy family...

Messi's goal ignited the passion of Barcelona fans and inspired the ambitions of Barcelona players.

After the game restarted, the six players in the frontcourt of Barcelona immediately pressed forward, and the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium suddenly became tense.

Arsenal's style of play is very concise, after a few passes, the football is transferred to the front field, and the football comes to the feet of Van Persie.

Since the rise of Chen Fan, Arsenal's offense has become simpler. The backcourt players find a way to hand the football to the feet of the trident, and the next thing they have to do is to support it.

The tacit understanding between the tridents is enough to tear apart the defenses of all teams.

Van Persie made a slight adjustment and knocked the football back to Cesc Fabregas. The Spaniard repeated his old trick, kicking the ball over the top, and the football flew to the left.

Chen Fan took advantage of his starting speed and absolute speed to leave Abidal behind, stretched out his right foot, and firmly stopped the football with the instep.

He didn't give Abidal a chance to catch up at all. After stopping the ball, he immediately started and took the football to the Barcelona penalty area!
Pique jumped up!

Chen Fan kicked his right foot and flew past him!

The reporter group on the sidelines shook their heads and sighed, speed, Chen is a speechless player, everyone may know what he will do next, but you can't stop him at all.

Puyol immediately make up defense!
"Snapped!……"

Chen Fan made an inverted triangle pass, and the football flew into the penalty area!

Van Persie leaned on Butzquez, pushed directly with his left foot, and the football flew to the left of the goal!

Valdez roared and swooped towards the football!

This time he was well prepared and bravely saved the football to the bottom line. After getting up from the turf, he raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar.

Van Persie held back his mouth and shook his head lightly. His left foot is not his favored foot. If he used his right foot to shoot, the result would definitely be different.

However, it takes time to shoot. If you hesitate, you won't even have a chance to shoot.

Guardiola, who was standing in the command area, yelled at his defenders, making gestures with both hands.

Damn it, how can you let Chen take and pass the ball easily...

The commentator of London Commercial TV said loudly: "Although the goal was not scored, the Dutch Shuangsha's performance is commendable. They told Barcelona with practical actions-this is our home court, and this is our territory!"

The Catalan TV commentator said worriedly: "Barcelona defenders must be careful and keep an eye on Chen. Don't let him run, even if it is a foul, don't let him run!"

As proud as Barcelona, ​​they also need to use fouls to curb the performance of opposing players?

At least for now, Guardiola has not given up his pride, he has not given such an order to the players.

In the last few minutes of the first half, the two sides strengthened their defense, did not give the other side a chance to score, and tacitly kept the suspense in the second half.

Players from both sides returned to the locker room.

Excitement and caution intertwined in the home dressing room. If last season was an accident and Barcelona didn't take Arsenal very seriously, then tonight they came prepared.

Barcelona made full preparations, but still failed to contain the Dutch double evil, and the two frequently played exquisite cooperation.

What does this mean?
Explain that at the Emirates Stadium, any team must bow their heads when they come!

They are hopeful for the second half.

But Messi's goal told them that Barcelona's attack power is terrible, Messi is terrible, as long as you give him a chance, he can break your goal.

After summing up the gains and losses in the first half, Wenger said: "So, we need to strengthen our defense against Messi. In addition to blocking his shots, we also need to block his passing routes."

In the eyes of the French, as long as Messi is contained, at least half of Barcelona's firepower can be suppressed.

The Arsenal players nodded, and Song put forward his own suggestion: "Coach, if we confirm the lead in the second half, can we let Chen retreat?"

In the two games against Barcelona last season, Arsenal achieved success, in which Chen Fan played a very important role in both offense and defense.

Especially in the first round of the game, with a big lead, Chen Fan retreated to the position of the midfielder and froze Messi.

Some media believe that this is an important reason why Arsenal can beat Barcelona with four goals at home.

The locker room suddenly fell silent. Some people were watching Chen Fan's expression, while others were watching Wenger.

Wenger rubbed his chin and fell into short thoughts. Chen Fan had a calm face. He didn't want to disturb the Frenchman's thinking.

"Let's talk about it then."

After thinking about it, Wenger didn't give a clear answer. He was hesitating, because he once told Chen Fan that Chen Fan should be a pure striker.

"Coach, I'm fine. As long as it's good for the team, you can arrange it anyway."

Chen Fan expressed his opinion. At this time, hesitation will affect the mentality of the players.

Wenger felt very relieved, nodded to Chen Fan, and said, "Okay! It's decided like this. Once we confirm the lead, Chen's position will be retreated."

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In the visiting team's locker room, the eyes of the Barcelona players were burning with hope.

Although they fell behind by one goal, strategically speaking, they have taken the first step to success, and they scored a precious away goal.

If the game ends according to the current score, they only need a one-to-zero return at home to eliminate Arsenal and advance to the next round!
They have taken the strategic high ground!

Judging from the situation in the first half, Arsenal's defense is not unbreakable, and Messi is still amazing.

If Messi can maintain his form in the second half, they might be able to retreat from the Emirates Stadium and even miraculously take away a victory.

Guardiola said: "Our offensive performance in the first half was good, but we made a few mistakes in defense, giving Chen too many opportunities to perform!"

He looked at Butzkes, then at the four guards.

Puyol looked helpless, coach, why is this all the responsibility of our back line, the midfielder did not carry out effective interception, and put all the pressure on us...

Moreover, Chen's speed is so fast, who can catch up?

Pique exhaled and said: "Coach, I don't think the responsibility is entirely on us. If our midfield defense is in place, no one will pass the ball to Chen, so even if Chen has Bolt's speed, it will be useless!"

Abidal and Alves nodded, who said otherwise, if no one passed the ball, would there be room for Chen's speed?

"I support this point of view!"

Puyol made his voice heard.

There was embarrassment on Guardiola's face. If it was just Pique, it would be fine. Now that Puyol has also spoken, he has to pay attention.

At this moment, another voice made him even more uncomfortable.

"I did my best anyway!"

Butzkes wiped sweat from his face.

The atmosphere in the locker room suddenly became tense, and there was a tendency for swords to be drawn.

It's really not easy to be a rich coach. These big names have their own opinions.

Harvey immediately made a clearance for Guardiola: "In the second half, we will strengthen the defense of the midfield."

Guardiola exhaled a long breath and said: "Yes, defense is not just a matter of the back line. We need to strengthen the defense of the midfield in the second half and cut off the connection between the Arsenal midfielder and the striker!"

A locker room crisis was temporarily resolved.

(End of this chapter)