Chapter 190 We Will Make a Fucking Comeback!
"Arsenal's last game in the away game...Of course they can also get a draw, but at least it must be a 1-1 draw, so that the game can be dragged into extra time and a penalty shootout. But I would like to ask who would not choose this strategy. He prefers his team to beat the opponent in the game, which is the safest..."
The game has just started, and the commentator is introducing the background information of the game to the TV audience.
"Lazio now have an away goal and last leg they drew away at Arsenal. Overall, the situation is in their favour... but if Lazio take it lightly, it will be a great opportunity for Arsenal!"
The commentator even suspected that Lazio underestimated the enemy.
He wouldn't have said that had he known what happened in the Lazio dressing room.
How could this Lazio team take it lightly?
They can't wait to beat Arsenal directly at the beginning of the game and let them advance to the semi-finals!
They thought so, and they did so.
At the start of the game, Lazio launched a fierce offensive like Arsenal - not at all the same slow-moving strategy they played against Arsenal away.
They were active in offense, with many sharp direct passes, and David Silva and Benzema kept crossing and interspersing in the frontcourt. Falcao retreated frequently to meet the players in the midfield, and then distributed the football to make a qualified transfer point.
The Lazio team was completely different from the slow rhythm of the first round, which made Arsenal very uncomfortable.
Wenger has studied Lazio's, and now Lazio in this game is the tactic that Lazio plays most of the time. But Wenger felt that Lazio should not use this tactic in this game. Because playing like this is too open, for a team with excellent offensive power like Arsenal, it will give Arsenal too many opportunities.
He believes that with Chang Sheng's cautious character, he will never let the team take any risks.
So if there is no accident, this game will always win and will continue the tactics of the previous round. Slowly dealing with Arsenal.
As a result, I didn't expect that the game would be brought into the fast lane by Lazio as soon as the game started.
Arsenal, who was going to deal with Lazio slowly, was dragged onto the highway and ran all the way. Then soon I couldn't keep up with Lazio's rhythm.
At ten minutes,
Lazio scored. It was still Falcao who scored the goal.
A huge cheer broke out at the Olympic Stadium: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!!"
"A good start! Lazio took the lead at home! Now Lazio leads Arsenal 2:1 on aggregate! Arsenal must pull back a goal, otherwise they will be eliminated!"
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Seeing this scene from the sidelines, Wenger frowned.
He didn't come to Lazio first to play such an aggressive tactic at home...
He thought about it and decided to fight Lazio.
Anyway, playing like this happens to be what Arsenal are good at.
It's a big deal to fight against each other!
He is quite confident in Arsenal's offensive ability.
With a wave of his hand, Arsenal changed their strategy and no longer planned to deal with Lazio cautiously. But against Lazio!
This is in line with Arsenal's style!
Either win or lose. Arsenal are always on the road of attacking football!
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The next game feasted the eyes of those neutral fans.
Lazio and Arsenal went back and forth, constantly attacking, both sides played very openly.
In the 33rd minute, Lazio scored another goal, and Benzema once scored three goals in a row.
Lazio leads Arsenal 3-1 on aggregate.
But Arsenal have not lost their fighting spirit.
They got a goal back from Van Persie towards the end of the first half.
Now they also have an away goal. The total score is only one goal behind. As long as they can score another goal and equalize the total score, then they will take the advantage of away goals to advance.
Hope is ahead!
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During the intermission, Chang Sheng did not adjust his tactics, but let the players continue to attack Arsenal.
He wondered whether his team's choice of attack would have a good result in such an important stage as the Champions League quarter-finals. He wants to test his team's offensive power.
By attacking. Can he win the Champions League this season?
He wants to know the result.
Wenger originally thought that Lazio would choose to defend in the second half. He thought that his team's offense in the first half should have left a deep impression on Chang Sheng, so he chose to let it go wisely.
So Arsenal's offense became more intense in the second half, and they didn't even think that they actually needed to strengthen their defense.
As a result, the second half started. Wenger was taken aback again.
Because Lazio's offense almost broke Arsenal's door!
Attack!
Another attack!
But although Wenger was taken aback, he did not change his mind.
His team is still attacking, even in the face of the reality that the goal may be scored by the opponent, he has not given up.
Because what else can Arsenal do now other than attack?
Only attack!
Do not die while attacking. Just explode on offense.
The rhythm of the second half was faster, and the two sides kept coming and going. The transition between offense and defense is very fast.
Because of the fast speed, some mistakes are unavoidable, and these mistakes also make the game full of uncertainty.
There were moments when it was thought that Lazio had won, but maybe three minutes later, it was felt that Arsenal had escaped death.
This state of entanglement and stalemate lasted until the seventieth minute.
Arsenal's attack was interrupted by Jose Passarella, and then directly launched the attack with a long pass.
After Falcao used his body to protect the football in the frontcourt, he passed the football to Modric, who jumped in quickly.
Modric drives straight in with the ball. At the front of the penalty area, the ball was suddenly given to Benzema!
Benzema didn't stop the ball and rubbed the ball directly.
The ball arced around the fingers of Lehmann, the Arsenal goalkeeper.
Then flew into the back corner of the goal!
3:1!
Lazio leads with a total score of 4:2!
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However, Arsenal did not give up after losing the ball. Their offense was still fast, as if they didn't know that they were two goals behind.
Because apart from offense. They really have no other way to win this game.
In the 77th minute, Arsenal pulled back a goal tenaciously.
The total score became 4:3! They were one goal away again.
The fire of hope is rekindled!
In the last ten minutes of the game, the two sides launched a fierce and unusual fight and competition.
The smell of gunpowder between the two sides has also increased.
When Van Persie was kicked to the ground by Pavon, the Arsenal players rushed up to accuse Pavon and put pressure on the referee, hoping that he could play his cards. However, the referee only verbally warned Pavon, and did not
Not long after, Walcott kicked Pavon down in retaliation, but received a yellow card instead. This made Arsenal's players even more dissatisfied. Surround the referee and talk non-stop.
England's commentator couldn't help complaining: "What are you surrounding? What is there to surround? Are you now the time to surround the referee? What you need most now is time! Arsenal can eliminate their opponents as long as there is one goal , Is this how you guys wasted your time?"
Wenger also yelled from the sidelines: "Fuck me back! Take your place!"
But it's a pity that the Arsenal players are so excited that they can no longer control their emotions.
In the next game, they became more impatient.
Finally in the 86th minute, Lazio's Falcao scored twice!
Lazio scored 4:2 in a single game. The total score is 5:3!
It was like boxers who were fighting fiercely before, one of them punched the other in the face suddenly, so the other fell to the ground and never got up again...
The fierce confrontation ended abruptly.
All is at peace.
Wenger lowered his head in pain.
The Arsenal players, who were still emotional before, stood blankly on the pitch, looking at the football in the goal in disbelief.
There was a huge cheer over the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Lazio won!
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Two goals behind, with less than ten minutes left, it is difficult to score two goals in a row.
Arsenal are not gods. And they are facing the team with the best ball control ability in Europe.
But when they want to defend, they just need to control the ball.
Once the football falls to their feet and is passed back and forth by them, it will be difficult for Arsenal to score goals...
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Wenger thought Lazio would start to control the ball after securing a two-goal lead.
But Chang Sheng has decided to use this game to test how much pressure Lazio's attack power can withstand in this crucial game.
How could it be changed midway?
So when the game restarts. Lazio continue to attack!
This is the rhythm of killing everything!
Arsenal were caught off guard and appeared ill-prepared for this. Coupled with the fact that after falling behind by two goals, their morale fell to the bottom, and the next few minutes were simply suffering for them. Everyone's mind is not on the game...
Eighty-ninth minute. Just three minutes later, they conceded the ball again!
"Cazorla!! Cazorla, who replaced him in the second half, completely sealed the victory for Lazio! The total score was 6:3! Lazio advanced to the semi-finals! They created the best result in the Champions League in the history of the club! Semi-finals! Lazio built It is the first time since the team reached the semi-finals of the Champions League! After they were eliminated by Bayern Munich on penalties in the quarter-finals of last season. Only one year later, they came back and went one step further!"
The Italian narrator roared excitedly.
Although the game is not over yet, the Olympic Stadium in Rome has become a sea of joy. No one believes that Lazio will lose this game and Arsenal can still advance. With stoppage time imminent, Arsenal trailed by three goals... Even if God is possessed, it is impossible!
Yes, after just one year, Lazio made a comeback and came back! (to be continued)