Chapter 289 Arsenal is forced into a desperate situation

Chapter 289 Arsenal is forced into a desperate situation

After the game restarted, Arsenal launched a more fierce offensive against Udinese. This wave of offensive was even more aggressive than the last time.

After all, Udinese only threatened Arsenal's goal before and did not score a goal. And this time? They scored!

Arsenal, who were lagging behind, did not fight back because they felt insulted, but because they really needed a goal to equalize the score.

Di Natale and Immobile, who didn't like to participate in defense, had to withdraw to help defend this time. For a while, except for the thirty-meter area, no Udinese player could be seen anymore.

The evil beggar fired three long-range shots in a row, one of which was blocked by Badu with his body, and the other two went over the crossbar.

Sanchez also forced his way into the penalty area once, but his close shot was miraculously saved by Kanizis again!

Kanizis, who saved Sanchez's single kick, stood up from the ground, clenched his fists and opened his mouth to yell.

He is very excited and looks good for this game.

Until the end of the first half, Udinese players successfully prevented Arsenal from scoring.

They can walk off the court with their heads held high and go back to the locker room.

The Arsenal players were still somewhat unwilling to accept such a score.

From a technical point of view, they are much better than Udinese, whether it is the number of shots, the number of attacks into the thirty-meter area, or the ball possession rate, passing success rate... except that the number of fouls is slightly less than Udinese Ness, other data are fully dominant.

Why is the score 0:1 and they are behind? !

There were even some Arsenal players who were confused and wanted to complain to the referee: before Immobile scored, Di Natale collided with the goalkeeper.

But the goalkeeper is out of the penalty area. In such a situation, where is the "collision with the goalkeeper"?

They were really confused.

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After returning to the dressing room, Guidolin praised all Udinese players. He thought the players performed very well, but he also put forward new requirements for the players: "The score of 1:0 is not enough, we need more goals. In the second half, we will continue to defend and counterattack. The lead is our biggest advantage. You must be more patient than your opponents. We must believe that the lagging side loses patience more easily than us. So everyone must strictly distinguish between risky and conservative situations on the court. When can we take risks? When should we be more conservative?"

Someone glanced at Bruno furtively. What Mr. Guidolin said was similar to what Bruno said to them during the game, and the general meaning was exactly the same.

In fact, Guidolin doesn't play defensive counterattack much. In most cases, he plays very good football. This can be seen from the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded by Udinese.

A team with a conservative style will definitely not be able to score 25 goals and concede 61 goals after 31 league rounds. Udinese leads Serie A in goals this season, more than Napoli, which has the second most goals. 8. The number of goals conceded is in the middle of Serie A, ranking tenth. The team that conceded the fewest goals is Juventus. The Bianconeri only conceded 25 goals in 18 league rounds, which is almost half of Udinese.

However, in some games, for the sake of results, Guidolin didn't mind playing ugly at all.

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Wenger was furious with his men in the dressing room. His dissatisfaction with the team's performance in the first half was mainly focused on the goal lost: "I didn't allow you two to step forward to participate in the offense, so don't go up!"

The people he scolded were the two centre-backs, Koscielny and Mertesacker. Before the game, Wenger did not ask the central defenders to dribble the ball and participate in the attack, so the two men were scolded and did not dare to talk back.

"Stay behind me for the entire second half!"

The two central defenders shrank their necks. That goal conceded was indeed their responsibility, there's nothing to argue with that.

Then Wenger directed his anger at the offensive lineup: "We have been attacking for the whole first half, but we haven't scored a goal! I don't know what you are doing? Can you be calmer when facing opportunities? ?”

"And Aaron, you are an attacking midfielder on the left, not a midfielder! Can you not always take the position of a bad beggar for me? The Germans are almost turning you into a midfielder! "

Ramsey looked a little uncomfortable when he was told this. Although he can play in the center or on the wing, when his position is an attacking midfielder, he prefers to move in the center. If he is on the wing, his position will change from an attacking full midfielder to a wide midfielder.

To teach Ramsey a lesson, Wenger ignored the dissatisfied expression on the young player's face and turned his head towards the other players.

"You have to be patient and look for loopholes in their defense! There is no team in this world that has a perfect defense!"

After scolding for a few times, Wenger couldn't bring himself to continue cursing. He just waved his hand and said: "Think about it for yourselves, you have been in the top 16 of the Champions League for five years, are you going to be eliminated for six consecutive years now? "

Since being eliminated by Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals in 2009-2010, Arsenal has been eliminated in the Champions League round of in the following five seasons. Their opponents were Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Bayern Munich, and Bayern. Munich and Monaco were eliminated in two seasons due to away goal disadvantage.

Wenger did not make any adjustments to his tactics because he believed there were no problems with his tactics. That goal was just an accident. If the two central defenders strictly adhered to his tactics and did not take the ball to assist without authorization, how could Udinese have a chance to score?

So the root cause lies with the disobedient players, not him.

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<divclass="contentadv">After the restart of the second half, Wenger's scolding seemed to have had an effect. The two central defenders Koscielny and Mertesacker really stopped attacking, and Ramsey no longer moved closer to the center.

It stands to reason that the game should develop according to the trajectory he envisioned: the powerful Arsenal equalized the score, then pursued the victory, scored two goals in a row to complete the reversal, and finally won this game that should have been without any suspense.

But the reality is that Udinese scored another goal not long after the beginning of the second half!

Taking advantage of a corner kick, Udinese captain Di Natale rushed forward and headed the ball into Arsenal's goal!

This time even the commentator's tone had a hint of doubt.

"Oh oh oh! It's incredible, Udinese actually leads Arsenal by two goals in the away game!?"

"Arsenal's players made a mistake in marking, they missed Di Natale! What an unforgivable mistake!"

What matched the commentator was Wenger's face, which was twisted with anger. The professor, who was always gentle and elegant in front of the world, shook his fist vigorously and cursed.

Next door, Guidolin and his men rushed out of the dugout with arms raised, delighted that their team was two goals ahead.

Even he didn't expect to lead Arsenal by two goals in the away game.

And such a score also means that Udinese has truly established an advantage in advancing in the two rounds of knockout rounds.

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The Arsenal players looked dumbly at the Udinese players who were celebrating the goal.

They couldn't believe that they were falling behind by two goals, after all, this was at their home court!

What went wrong?

Are we not strong enough? impossible!

So are we underestimating the enemy? What happened to Udinese's No. 10 captain who was missed?

The Arsenal players are in a state of confusion right now.

The TV commentator was still adding salt to Arsenal's wounds: "Perhaps the defeat of the league leader at home last weekend made Arsenal's players too happy. They have not entered the game state for a long time. Although they were dominant on the scene, they Neither Giroud nor Sanchez remembered to put on their shooting boots. The evil beggar's control of the game also weakened in this game, and he did not complete the task of leading the team well. The players were not very focused. , do they think this game is a sure win? But look at the score now, it’s really a perfect irony!”

Bruno took the corner kick this time, and the achievement of this corner kick also had a lot to do with him.

That was actually not a very suitable counterattack opportunity. When he got the ball, his instinct told him that it was time to take a risk. So he passed the ball out, and when it resulted in a corner kick, he felt a little pity because he didn't score a goal, but after going around in a circle, he finally scored a goal.

After celebrating the goal with his teammates, he ran back to the court.

He heard the cheers of Udinese fans from afar in the stands. This time, the small number of them finally overwhelmed the home team fans.

Arsenal fans didn't know what to say before conceding the second goal, so many fell silent.

The Udinese fans shouted happily: "Victory belongs to Udinese!"

He raised his hands and clenched his fists in response to the fans' chants.

Di Natale, who was beside him, also greeted the fans like him.

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After Udinese led Arsenal by two goals, the Arsenal fans who came back to their senses booed whenever Udinese players got the ball, but this did not change the reality that their team was already two goals behind.

"Attack, attack! We have to attack!" Wenger shouted from the sidelines.

You must know that losing 0:2 at home is basically equivalent to being eliminated early in the two-round knockout round.

Once they are eliminated by Udinese in the quarter-finals this year, it means that Arsenal have been eliminated in the first round of the Champions League knockout rounds for six consecutive years. This is definitely a setback for the entire Arsenal team. A big blow!

no way!

There is an old saying in China that is to risk life and survive. After falling behind by two goals, Arsenal were forced into a desperate situation and had to fight with their last breath. Arsenal finally burst out with huge energy.