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For thirty minutes, the two teams were tied. Despite Real Madrid's aggressive offensive, they were still unable to overcome Arsenal's defense.

During this period of time, Wenger sat calmly on the coaching bench, with his hands in his pockets, as if he was confident, but Lippi was a little anxious.

Lippi stood up several times, and by the 32nd minute, he had even walked to the sidelines and kept shouting something towards the court.

It's no wonder that he is anxious. Today's game is being played at the Bernabeu Stadium. The home court is huge and he has the momentum to defeat his opponent in one go. Who knows that he still has nothing to gain? How can he not be anxious?

Moreover, a fierce attack consumes a lot of physical strength. If the attack continues like this, even Lin Yu, a physical monster, can't stand it, let alone other players. So after thirty minutes of attack, Real Madrid's offensive

It's also starting to weaken

Seeing Lippi's look, Wenger felt a little more balanced. He had just been booed, scolded and criticized, and he felt uncomfortable. Now seeing Lippi so anxious, he finally found a little bit of balance.

No matter what, as long as he can withstand Real Madrid's onslaught, he will have a chance to counterattack. He believes that his players can do this.

…

As a head coach, although calmness is a must, sometimes you can't be too calm or too calm. If you have no reaction to the team's performance, how will the players feel? They may think that you feel that the victory or defeat is

It doesn't matter, you may think that this game is not important, and then you lose the indomitable fighting spirit.

Therefore, there is no harm in Lippi showing a little anxiety when the team does not score. Otherwise, the players will really think that he is planning to give up the game.

Lippi frowned slightly as he looked at the court. The current situation is very unfavorable to Real Madrid. Although on the surface, Real Madrid has the advantage in attack, but after the fierce attack, there are problems in all aspects of physical strength. If it continues like this

If you go down, I'm afraid something will happen.

He turned his head and glanced at Wenger, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, thinking to himself: "This man is really stable. Does he really not want to win at all?"

Lippi thought wrong. Wenger didn't want to win but saw the actual situation clearly, so he made a defensive counterattack strategy.

I have to say, this is a beautiful decision

Conte originally wanted to play against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium, but ended up losing miserably. That was a lesson. Maybe Wenger also watched the video of that game.

…

There is no doubt that Wenger's tactical changes have been questioned and criticized, but in fact the effect is very good, because at the end of the first half, the score has changed, but it is not that they are behind, but Real Madrid is behind.

Although this goal was a bit lucky, when the defensive Pepe passed the ball back to Casillas, he actually headed the ball directly into his own goal, but after all, he was leading 1:0 away from home. This is Wenger

First half victory!

Now the problem comes to Lippi. He only has 45 minutes left. He must let the team overtake the score in these 45 minutes and win as many games as possible, because Arsenal already has

If you can't win a few more away goals for one goal, then the second round is not safe enough.

This task is really difficult to complete, or it is very difficult.

Because of this, when he walked to the tunnel at halftime, Lippi's face was expressionless and looked very unhappy, but Wenger had a faint smile on his face and was even chatting and laughing with his players. It's like the feeling of "the oars and oars are turned into ashes while talking and laughing"

The so-called passive media once showed their characteristics. They had criticized Wenger heavily before, and even some media commentators who had said harsh words have changed their tune.

After all, it’s not up to them. Wenger was able to keep his team without conceding a goal in 45 minutes on the road, and even scored a goal against Real Madrid. This is not easy.

"Arsenal came all the way and won the first half against Real Madrid. At the end of the first half, they led Real Madrid 1:0! This may be something that many people did not expect. Now we seem to be able to understand Wenger’s good intentions.”

"There is no doubt that if this score can be maintained until the end of the game, it will have a very significant impact on Arsenal's promotion. Maybe because of this victory, they can advance to the semi-finals!"

"Wenger is truly worthy of the famous coach Ai. In the first half of the battle, he defeated Lippi! He won by surprise and used a defensive counterattack that he is not good at to give Lippi a surprise attack. This may be Real Madrid Probably because the situation in the first half was relatively passive! Not only did they fail to score, but they also scored an own goal. It depends on whether they can equalize in the second half. However, for Real Madrid, this game is a win-less or a loss. If you can’t win by a big score, the second round will be difficult!”

…

During the halftime break, Lippi lost his temper. He rarely loses his temper, but once he loses his temper, it's really scary.

"Are you proud? Are you satisfied? Are you no longer interested in making progress? Do you think that if you win Juventus and win the Serie A championship, you will be invincible? No one will take it seriously?"

In Lippi's view, Real Madrid's problem is not a tactical problem. If it were just a tactical problem, Arsenal's so-called defensive counterattack tactics would not be able to stop Real Madrid's offense. After all, in terms of breaking through dense defense, Real Madrid must take advantage of it. long

He thinks that Real Madrid's problem is still a psychological problem, that they are proud! Satisfied! I don't know how high the sky is!

On the other side, in the Arsenal dressing room, Wenger was smiling like a spring breeze.

"Boys, you did a good job in the first half. Do you believe what I say now? Don't be afraid of them. We are one goal ahead now. As long as we can maintain the state of the first half, it is not impossible to win the second half. Even if we can’t score, we can accept this score!”

"They didn't score a goal in the first half, and they will definitely be very anxious now! So after the second half, we still have to defend, and we have to defend better than in the first half! When they get anxious and plan to go all out, we are red-eyed. If we suddenly launch a sneak attack and score one more goal, our advantage will be even greater!"

"You have to remember that although the home court has a great advantage, it is also a huge pressure. Once you cannot score at home or fall behind for a long time, the support of the fans will become pressure. At that time, Even if no one scolds them, they will still feel uncomfortable! So don’t rush, don’t rush in, just take your time and torture them slowly!”

"The goal in the first half was their own goal, but it was also forced by our players, so don't worry, don't panic. Although their offensive line is strong, their defensive line is obviously not monolithic, and there are always opportunities to open up.

Yes! I believe you, you can definitely win!"

…

Although Lippi got angry and scolded the players, this was just an appetizer. Even if he could scold again, it would be impossible to win this game, so we still have to win on technology and level!

So after scolding someone, he still has to make some encouragement and make tactical arrangements.

"Actually, Wenger's intention has been very obvious by now in the game. He just wants to make you anxious, make you make mistakes, and then use counterattacks to expand the score! This is something we have done before, nothing new! So I

Please don’t make mistakes because of nervousness. Even if you want to attack, you must do it in an orderly and steady manner. Wenger adopted bunker tactics. He used a solid defense to deal with us, just like bunkers and trench fortifications on the battlefield!"

Listening to Lippi's words, the Real Madrid players nodded thoughtfully, because they also felt that the situation in the first half was just as Lippi analyzed.

"The various fortifications in bunkers, trenches, and trenches are good and can provide a solid defense! But we have aircraft and cannons! We have tanks to open the way! What are we afraid of? They have bunkers, and we will blow them up! Lin Yu! Ronaldo! Bell! You three

Listen up! You are the plane cannons of Real Madrid

Chariot! You must completely destroy Arsenal's defenses in the second half! While other players ensure defense, try to give them the greatest help! I still don't believe it, Arsenal is not good at defense.

Team, are we really afraid of it?"

"I want you to understand clearly that if you are unable to score a goal, it is like being unable to destroy the opponent's tower on the battlefield, which will cause a large number of casualties! And this is reflected on the court, that is, your emotions become very unstable, resulting in

A lot of mistakes and loopholes, and then the opponent scored!" Lippi glanced at Lin Yu and continued: "So it is necessary to score as soon as possible in the second half. Lin Yu, do you have the confidence?"

"Don't worry, coach, if you can't score in the second half, I'll show you my head!"

"...Hahaha, it's not that serious, it's not that serious! It's over! In short, we must score as early as possible, you know? If we can't win at home, then we will be more passive at the Emirates Stadium, and face such a

As a team that doesn’t want to make progress, if you lose, your face will probably be disgraced, right?"

In Lippi's view, this game at the Bernabeu Stadium, whether it is a draw or a defeat, is unacceptable. It is a game that must be won. This is not only a matter of victory or defeat, but also related to the team's fighting spirit.

The problem is, once there is a draw or loss like this, the morale of the players will definitely be affected after the game. He has been a coach for so many years and fully understands this truth.

"In the first half, we made a lot of crosses, but the effect was not ideal. Murdessac's air defense was very good, and Lin Yu was tightly controlled again, which caused his header to disappear.

The previous sharp and too fierce offensive compressed Arsenal's defense, which caused them to even have players like Ozil Giroud return to defense, which is really troublesome!"

"So we have to make some changes in the second half. We have to lure the enemy deep, create the illusion that they can counterattack, lure them out, and then use the speed advantage and short and fast passes to pierce their defense! In addition, Lin Yu Ronaldo Bell

, you can try more long-range shots. I know the long-range shooting ability of the three of you best. Even if you can't score, you still have to put pressure on the opponent's defense. This is the so-called indiscriminate bombing and let their defenses appear.

Problems always create opportunities!”

…

"I never expected that Real Madrid would actually fall behind at their home court. The current score of 0:1 must have made Lippi and his players anxious."

"This is a strange move by Wenger. He actually used defensive counterattack tactics that he is not good at. Arsenal's players also did a very good job. Now it seems that this game is really not like what people imagined before the game.

That’s one-sided.”

"If Real Madrid loses at home, then advancing to the quarter-finals will be in doubt. Not everyone can crush Arsenal now, not to mention that the next round will be played at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal

There will be more advantages. What will Real Madrid do? Can it get out of the current predicament?" (To be continued