805 Armory Collapse
On the evening of March 5, the Bernabeu was filled.
Real Madrid and Arsenal in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals started as scheduled at the Bernabeu.
Real Madrid's elite were all out, while Arsenal also sent more aggressively than in the last round of the match.
When the players of the two teams walked into the stadium, the Arsenal generals stepped onto the battlefield with a tragic attitude.
"In the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, Real Madrid and Arsenal are about to begin.
In the last round of the match, Real Madrid defeated Arsenal 3:2 at the Emirates Stadium, which gave them the lead in this game. As long as they do not lose, Real Madrid can successfully advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season.
In the past two weeks, everything has been going well for Real Madrid, although it has won another draw in the league and has been criticized by the media, believing that Real Madrid's performance in the league in the second half of the season is not as good as the first half of the season.
But we must admit that Real Madrid's momentum of winning the entire first half of the season is difficult to replicate.
In addition, Real Madrid will shift its focus to the Champions League in the second half of the season.
But Arsenal suffered a bigger blow after losing at Emirates Stadium last round!
We cannot estimate how negative the major blow will have on the entire Arsenal team.
On February, after losing to Real Madrid, Arsenal striker Eduardo suffered a tragedy of broken leg in Birmingham's Premier League match. Arsenal players witnessed the tragedy of their teammates, which caused an unimaginable negative impact on their psychology.
In the past two rounds of the Premier League, Arsenal has scored two consecutive draws, and was narrowed by the 4-point gap by the pursuers behind him.
Hopefully Arsenal can cheer up in this game.
The following is a list of both parties.
Real Madrid 442.
Goalkeeper: Casillas.
Defenders: Ramos, Pepe, Cannavaro, Heinze.
Midfielder: Robinho Diarra, Guti, Sneider.
Forward: Qin Xiong and Raul.
Arsenal 442.
Goalkeeper: Amunia.
Defenders: Ebue, Sendros Garras, Krish.
Midfielders: Walcott, Fabregas, Flamini, Heleb.
Forward: Adebayo, Henry.”
In the past two weeks, what has troubled Real Madrid is the public opinion of summer signings.
But for Arsenal, it was a worse situation in Eduardo's leg breaking incident!
This completely lowered the morale of the entire Arsenal team to the bottom!
After witnessing Eduardo breaking his leg in the field, he couldn't say that the Arsenal team was too fragile, the will was not strong enough, and the mental resistance to stress was too weak.
Just imagine, young players like Krish, Fabregas, Walcott, etc., who witnessed their teammates being tackled and irrelevant as killers?
Yes, players are always at risk of injury.
But nosebleeding and broken nose bridge bone are completely different concepts!
Who can accept all this with confidence?
Why are the Arsenal players who come to Bernabeu tragic? But they are not just losing to Real Madrid 2:3 at the Emirates Stadium, but they are on the verge of despair when facing a desperate situation!
There are also psychological shadows caused by Eduardo's broken leg incident!
After the game began, Arsenal immediately launched a fierce attack. They wanted to enter the game directly at the Bernabeu and destroy Real Madrid with a super fast pace.
But they obviously overestimated their own pace of getting into the form away.
It seems that the offensive is fierce, but in fact it is difficult to achieve exquisite cooperation on the offensive end, and there are many mistakes.
Even the shot is difficult to complete.
In the 5th minute of the game, Henry responded to Fabregas in front of the penalty area and dribbled across the ball and was successfully intercepted by Cannavaro.
Real Madrid was mentally prepared for this game. Knowing that Arsenal needed to score goals and at least two goals, they strived to balance the game at the beginning of the game.
After Arsenal's offensive failure at any cost, Real Madrid gained a good offensive environment.
However, there were problems with Real Madrid, and Robinho's performance today was obviously not in his state.
In the 7th minute of the game, Qin Xiong sent him a diagonal plug in the frontcourt. After breaking through Krish's inward cut, he had already formed a single shot. As a result, he did not choose to pass the ball to Raul, who was unguarded behind the goal. Instead, he chose to shoot by himself, not only did he not hit the goal. The football also deviated from the goal.
At first, the Real Madrid generals didn't think anything was there.
People make mistakes and horses make hoofs. Occasionally, one or two abnormalities can be ignored.
However, in the 14th minute of the game, Sneider passed the ball in the frontcourt and gave Robinho a one-on-one chance again on the right side of the penalty area. Robinho shook Amunha and pushed the ball into the empty goal.
The Real Madrid fans in the stands were ready to get up and cheer, but they watched the football rubbing the outside of the post and rolling out of the bottom line.
"Robinho missed two golden opportunities after the opening! It can be said that both are definitely goals. What is he doing? If Robben hadn't been slightly injured, I'm afraid Boske wouldn't have let him go. In the second half of the league, Robinho's playing time was getting less and less, but he failed to show a convincing performance in such an important game."
Boske sat on the coach's seat with a helpless look on his face.
The reason why he rarely lets Robinho play in the second half of the season is that Robin himself is better than Robinho in ability. If Robinho is not injured, it is normal for Robinho to play as a substitute. Secondly, by following the quality of Robinho's training and physical condition, he found that the Brazilian's state fluctuations are more obvious, which has a lot to do with his private life.
Boske knew that nothing was useful to tell them, and not only did no one urged him to warn him, but the country was easy to change and his nature was difficult to change. How could a common problem among South American players be cured by just a few words?
Thinking of reducing the playing time to make Robinho feel alert and threatened, the Brazilian accepted it calmly. Perhaps everything in the team was running normally, and he didn't think there was too much problem.
This is the manifestation of not putting your energy into football.
Boske felt helpless, but he had no choice.
Now he just hopes that Robben won't be injured in the second half of the season.
Arsenal has a momentum in the game today and lacks deeper and more exquisite cooperation.
Another point is that Arsenal's ability to confrontation seems to have plummeted compared to the previous game!
When Real Madrid made a brave press, most of the Arsenal players were timid!
This should also be directly related to the Eduardo broken leg incident.
Arsenal is carrying a huge ideological burden on the game, and they may not be able to focus entirely on the game!
Chapter completed!