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Chapter 1936 The Galata of Hope
In this season's Champions League group stage, Galatasaray's mood is very ups and downs.

From the remorse and frustration when the team lost to Arsenal by a big score, to the turning point when they drew with Juventus and saw hope, and then to the surprise when they defeated Copenhagen and came to the second place in the group.

Who would have thought that Juventus, the dominant team in Serie A, would be such a team. They could only accumulate two points after four rounds of the group stage, only one point more than Copenhagen.

The ones who sigh are naturally the fans of the old woman, and the fans of other Serie A teams are no strangers to it. The Champions League is still waiting for Milan. This sentence is not just a joke.

As for the Galatasaray team, they were naturally pleasantly surprised and full of energy. They thought that they had no hope of qualifying for the group this season, and they showed great subjective initiative after seeing hope again.

In the upcoming match with the Gunners, two veteran players, Sneijder and Didier Drogba, were interviewed separately. Although they had average confidence in the team's victory over Arsenal, they were very enthusiastic about scoring points at the Emirates.

"Our opponent is no longer Arsenal. Their strength is obvious to all. Now we are thinking about protecting the second place in the group and entering the knockout round."

The coach of Galata is even more unabashed. When a team in the same group is too strong, it is understandable to compete with other teams and burst out with great enthusiasm.

After all, if a team just lays flat and rots, it is called rotten. Now everyone can't do it. Well, this is not called rotten, it is called returning to the same starting line.

That's what Galatasaray said, and that's what they did.

At the Emirates Stadium, the game started with the visiting team's 451 defense. Although there are actually many offensive players in the team, their tightness is obvious to all.

Sneijder is not uncomfortable as the commander of Galata. After all, during his years at Inter Milan, Mourinho's tactical arrangements have many ways of defense itself.

As long as the team still has the ability to counterattack, they don't have the problem that it is wrong to keep shrinking.

Facing the opponent's tortoise shell at the beginning of the game, Arsenal's offense was also seriously hindered. After all, the professor did not let himself go and put 433 like he did in the last league game.

He ranked 442 at home. Giroud and Liu Feng partnered as double forwards, Neymar and Ronaldo as full-backs on the left and right, and Wilshere Gargan in the midfield.

On the back line, Alba and Alves returned to the starting lineup, Mertesacker and Vermaelen's Iron Gate combination started together again, and the goalkeeper was the team's one Szczesny.

This arrangement has both stability and breakthrough ability, but the players seemed to have exhausted their offensive spirit in the league three days ago, and faced the opponent's tough defense until the end of the first half. The score has not been able to change.

Thus, what was thought to be the ugliest first half of Arsenal's UEFA Champions League this season was born.

The two sides fought fiercely for 45 minutes to no avail, and entered the locker room with a score of 0-0.

Although the members of the Galatasaray team were covered with sweat, they were all happy. They were obviously very satisfied with the team's restraint of the Gunner's attack.

Only Sneijder and Drogba looked a little tense. The team's first half was not a defensive counterattack, but a complete shrinkage. The counterattack that was thought to be able to be played was not even hit once. The poor Arsenal's offense was really out of shape, otherwise it would be over if they conceded a goal.

They quickly expressed their opinions after entering the locker room. The coach of the team respected these two veterans very much, and now he began to criticize other players following their words. In this way, Galata's overly optimistic atmosphere is over.

On the Arsenal side, the professor also had a tense face. He was taken aback when he saw Galata's bus at first, but then he smiled confidently and fully believed that his disciples could blast away the opponent's shell.

However, the final result of the first half and the team's performance on the field made his confident smile turn into a honey smile, and his own offense couldn't break the opponent's shell.

"Take the ball and break through more from the wing, don't be afraid of physical contact, you are playing football, don't be like a girl!"

It's okay to protect yourself, and it's okay to play smartly, but what the professor saw in the first half was that the team's style of play was ridiculously soft, which is not what he wanted.

"You can try more long-range shots in the middle. You don't have to try to penetrate or go straight in every time. Football can also be very simple. I don't ask that every goal is an art!"

"..."

In the entire locker room, the professor's roar was the only sound, and all the team members lowered their heads and dared not speak out.

At the end, after Wenger pointed out all the criticisms, everyone raised their heads and followed his hand to look at the tactical board.

"The opponent's defense is mainly concentrated in the middle, or mainly in the three midfielders. Try to avoid them in the second half of the game, especially Sneijder. When he gets the ball, don't waste energy to grab it. Look for his passing point to steal the ball. As the saying goes, go to the side more..."

After a series of adjustments and tactical changes, when Wenger stopped, the players in each position had received new instructions. All of them looked very serious and responded loudly to Wenger at the end.

"Understand the boss!"

With the knock on the door of the locker room, the second half of the game soon started again. Players from both sides returned to the court, and He Wei, who was in charge of explaining the game, also returned to his post.

"Okay, the game started again in the second half, Galatasaray took the ball, and they passed the ball into their own hinterland, still defending with the ball."

Time passed quietly between the Gunners' attack on Galata's defense. The two sides slowly began to change after the 10-minute stalemate at the beginning of the second half. Finally, in the No. 60 minute of the game, something exciting happened to the fans watching the game.

That was not Arsenal's attack, but Galatasaray's counterattack initiated by Sneijder's long pass from the midfield line.

"The ball directly crossed the half-court, a very unexpected pass. Drogba unloaded the ball from his chest and gave it to Yilmaz who was plugging in on the left. Their offense was very fast."

Directly pulling the Gunners' entire midfield defense behind them, this time the counterattack was so perfect that it was unbelievable.

When Yilmaz returned the ball to Drogba in the middle in the face of Vermaelen's block, Drogba took advantage of the situation and the ball rolled into the empty area of ​​the Gunners' defense.

Due to the pressure on the overall lineup, this area of ​​the Arsenal team was as empty as a racetrack.

"Yilmaz quickly plugged in, and the Gunners' backline desperately chased back. This is an opportunity for the Galata team. Arsenal are in danger!!!"

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