Chapter 85 Best At

The second match of the Champions League quarter-finals will be played on March 10, and there are still two league rounds to be played before that.

After returning to Rome, Chang Sheng stopped mentioning this matter.

Just let the team concentrate on preparing for the league.

In the twenty-sixth round, Lazio defeated Bologna 3-0 at home, which was the first game of the league.

The last game of this round of the league is between Inter Milan and Roma.

As a result, after a fierce battle, Roma drew with Inter Milan 3:3 away.

The difference between the two sides widened to six points again.

It's been basically this rhythm lately.

Either Inter Milan wins and Lazio draws. Either Lazio wins and Inter Milan draws.

Anyway, no one wants to completely shake off the opponent, but no one will lose hope.

The gap of six points and four points appeared alternately.

Lazio is still leading, but the lead is not reassuring.

Inter Milan is behind, but it is chasing behind.

In the twenty-seventh round, Lazio defeated Naples 2:0 in the away game, and Inter Milan also defeated Genoa in the away game with the same score.

It seems that this team is really a bit of a brotherhood.

Although they are enemies, they have a tacit understanding.

After this league game, it is the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.

Inter Milan challenged Manchester United away, while Lazio welcomed Arsenal at home.

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Wenger didn't get carried away just because he defeated Lazio at home, like those idiots in the media thought it was great.

His goal is not just to win Lazio.

His goal is to eliminate Lazio and enter the quarterfinals.

In fact, the situation for Arsenal,

Not good.

Because of the advantage at home, Arsenal won only one goal. Have to say it was a failure.

We must also know that Arsenal are not playing defensive counterattacks. In terms of their attack power, how could it be possible to score only one goal?

But Lazio really held on.

So Wenger admired Lazio's defense in this game. Although their offense had problems, their defense was good anyway.

This may also be one of the reasons why Chang Sheng was calm after losing to Arsenal.

Because he also celebrated, losing only one goal in the away game is not a failure.

Back at home, he has plenty of opportunities.

Therefore, Arsenal are ready for this game.

Wenger didn't plan to play with Chang Sheng and went against each other, he had a ball lead in his hands. As long as he can hold on to this advantage, it will be fine.

Counterattack on the basis of defense.

Arsenal have such a condition because they have a very fast "little tiger" Walcott in their team.

This created an opportunity for Arsenal to play a defensive counterattack.

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When the game started, Arsenal's defense was really tenacious.

They let Lazio go for a full thirty minutes without scoring a single goal.

But that doesn't make Arsenal supporters happy.

In fact, when Arsenal fans watched the game. Whether it is those who go to the scene or watch the live broadcast of the game in front of the TV, they are all worried.

Lazio's offensive is too fierce!

They are really worried that their team will not be able to withstand...

Even if they beat it for five minutes, they worry that they won't be able to beat it for ten minutes. After ten minutes, I began to worry that it would not last for twenty minutes. After twenty minutes, everyone still didn't dare to take it lightly, let alone breathe a sigh of relief. Afraid of being slapped in the face next.

Even if they managed to defend for thirty minutes, those Arsenal fans were still very nervous.

Also nervous is Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger.

Lazio's offensive can be called crazy.

Their offensive came wave after wave without stopping at all.

After Arsenal initially planned to get the ball, they fell back and forth in the backcourt. Take control of the tempo and let the tempo slow down.

But Lazio didn't give them the chance to do that. As long as they get the ball backwards in the backcourt, they will siege them all, like a pack of mad dogs.

This style of play made Arsenal feel uncomfortable.

They can only be forced into the rhythm of Lazio. They are not familiar with the rhythm of the style...

Problems ensued.

Wenger frowned while watching from the sidelines. It has never been stretched.

His players defended hard, but... he could see that there were times when Lazio opened up space and their strikers didn't take their chances.

Wenger can see that the winning strategy is to use quantity to overcome quality.

He is not afraid of his strikers squandering opportunities in the Champions League. They were able to squander nine chances, Lazio's midfield can create ten chances, and there will always be one that can lead to a goal...

That's it for now.

In the first 30 minutes, Lazio's offensive was like a wave, and Arsenal seemed to be suffering every minute and every second.

For Arsenal, it might be a relief to lose the ball.

It means that they can finally not have to work so hard to defend.

Originally, Arsenal were not a team that was good at defense...

His original idea was not to defend to the death, but to defend and counterattack.

As a result, at the beginning of the game, Lazio's powerful offensive directly hit back all of Arsenal's counterattacks, and the suppressed Arsenal couldn't lift their heads...

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In the 34th minute, under the continuous attack, Arsenal's defense finally showed signs of collapse.

In this game, Balzaretti broke into the penalty area after a two-to-one cooperation with Cavani on the edge of the penalty area, and then kicked a low shot.

The football went into the goal from the feet of Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia.

"Balzaretti!! Lazio finally broke the deadlock! They equalized the total score!"

A huge cheer rose from the Olympic Stadium.

Lazio fans held back for too long for this goal. They were expecting Lazio to score from the first minute.

As a result, I waited until thirty-four minutes.

In fact, it is not too late to score a goal in 34 minutes, but for Lazio fans, every minute of this game seems extremely long.

There was a sigh of relief when Balzaretti kicked the football into Almunia's goal...

This game is normal.

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Saw Lazio players celebrating a goal. Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger's face is more like Mr. Bean with a hard-faced look. His face is full of ravines, which can completely kill a mosquito.

The tactics of defensive counterattack persisted for thirty-four minutes before it was useless.

The next thing to do is to attack.

If Arsenal can score a goal away, they can take the initiative.

At that time, the total score, Arsenal will regain the lead, 2:1.

And Arsenal have an away goal.

If Lazio wants to advance, one more goal is not enough, they have to score two more goals.

In this way, Arsenal will be more relaxed.

And now it's an away game. As long as Arsenal score a goal, it is an away goal, and one away goal can be counted as two.

This is Arsenal's hope.

The only concern is that Lazio may not wait for Arsenal to score with such a fierce offensive. They have already scored against Arsenal's goal...

But are there other options now?

There is no other way but to attack.

If you don't attack, you will die.

Attack, at any rate, there is still a chance to break out of the encirclement.

Wenger gritted his teeth and issued the latest order.

Arsenal also changed their playing style accordingly.

The Arsenal players actually welcome this change. Defense is really not what they are good at. What they are better at is offense...

It's just that the price is a conceded goal, which is indeed a bit high.

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when the game restarts. Lazio keep attacking, they just equalized now and they have to keep scoring if they want to go through.

Chang Sheng doesn't really want to play a penalty shootout.

And Arsenal also changed their previous defensive counterattack tactics. Began to actively look for opportunities and play against Lazio.

Seeing this scene, Chang Sheng turned to look at Wenger.

He knew that this was Wenger's decision, and it was a very helpless decision.

If you play like this. In the middle of Lazio's arms.

If I were Wenger, I would definitely not want to do this.

Counter attack is too dangerous.

Competing in attack power... now everyone knows how Lazio's attack power is.

The teams that played against Lazio basically did not have a good end.

But Balzaretti scored a goal. After forcing Arsenal out, they must fight Lazio to the death.

Because the previous 34 minutes of the game has proved that Arsenal's defense alone cannot be defended. They lost the ball in 34 minutes, the mentality of the players will be unbalanced, and the tactical thinking will not be unified. Some people want to defend and some want to attack. What should I do?

In this case, Wenger must agree with the team's ideas and cannot allow this situation to continue, otherwise the team may collapse completely.

He chose to attack.

It's what Arsenal do best, and it's not necessarily true.

This is Wenger's helplessness. His Arsenal has insisted on artistic football and offensive football for more than ten years. It is really not an easy task for them to suddenly shrink their defense and play like Inter Milan...

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Arsenal chose the tactics they are best at, and Arsenal's players played comfortably.

If you play comfortably, you can naturally play beautifully.

For a while, the scene looked better.

Those Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game expressed that they commanded the ticket price.

And the audience in Europe also applauded this game-they like to watch this kind of football!

But for the two sides who are confronting each other on the field, they don't have time to enjoy some offensive football, artistic football...

They just want to kill each other now.

The two sides did not score any more goals in the first half, the score was 1:0, Lazio took the lead.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Lazio increased their speed, and Arsenal gradually couldn't keep up.

In the 69th minute, Lazio took advantage of a mistake in Arsenal's defense and scored with a header from Cavani, 2:0!

In the total score, Lazio reversed and took a 2:1 lead!

"This is a decisive ball!" The commentator shouted. "Lazio took the lead! Their score advantage will translate into a psychological advantage! A team playing at home, now has a psychological advantage...The next game, for Arsenal, will be It will be very difficult!"