Chapter 562 I am very confident that I can deal with him!
February 20th.
The weather in London is not very good.
There was a light drizzle in the sky and the air was so humid that it felt like it had just come out of a washing tub. It was very uncomfortable.
The entire Bayern team sat in the team bus and headed to the Emirates Stadium.
Su Dong sat by the window, looking at the hazy streets of London outside. The drizzle was like fog, adding a touch of poetic beauty to this international city known as the Fog City.
The Emirates Stadium is located in the north of London. The closer you get to it, the more fans gather around it.
The two sides of the road were crowded with fans wearing Arsenal jerseys. When they saw Bayern, most of the fans would wave excitedly, some would shout Su Dong's name, but a small number would attack the visiting team.
All away games are the same, the fans have different levels of quality.
The police car led the way and finally cleared a road for Bayern to the Emirates Stadium.
Arriving at the player tunnel, Bayern players got off the bus one after another, took a look at the fans pouring into the stadium, went straight into the player tunnel, and headed straight for the visiting team's locker room.
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This rainy weather in London is really uncomfortable.
As soon as I walked out of the player tunnel, I was soaked all over and my jersey stuck to my body, making me very uncomfortable.
In comparison, Premier League players should be more adaptable, after all, they spend a lot of time playing in the rain throughout the year.
After Henry and Vieira left the team, the current Arsenal team really doesn't have any big-name superstars. Fabregas is relatively popular, but he is also a talented midfielder who has just become famous. At best, he is one of the best young players and is still a little bit away from being a first-line superstar.
An interesting thing is that after Henry moved to Barcelona, the Gunners' captain's armband was worn on Gallas' arm. The French central defender only transferred from Chelsea in 2006.
Gallas is the third consecutive French player to serve as Arsenal captain, following Vieira and Henry.
This doesn't mean anything, it's just a bit weird, after all, Galas is a newcomer.
Su Dong was surprised to see Senderos in the Arsenal training crowd.
None of the current hot-shot players are familiar to Su Dong, but the Swiss central defender makes him feel familiar and impressive.
But when they get on the court, Su Dong won't be polite to him.
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The Gunners will face Bayern at home and cannot afford to be careless.
Wenger deployed a 4-5-1 formation.
The goalkeeper is Almunia, the defense is Silvestre, Gallas, Senderos and Kolo Toure, the midfielders are Hleb, Diaby, Fabregas, Flamini and Eboue, and the lone striker is Adebayor.
Obviously, Wenger played with five midfielders in order to compete with Bayern for control of the midfield.
Heynckes made adjustments and took off Modric, who performed well in the last round of the league. Schweinsteiger and Mascherano partnered as double defensive midfielders, Ribery and Robben were on the two wings, Sudon and Klose formed a double forward, the back line was a combination of Marcelo, Pepe, Lucio and Lahm, and the goalkeeper was Kahn.
Bayern is playing away, and in terms of ball possession alone, they are still slightly inferior to Arsenal.
You know, the Gunners' ball control ability is on par with Barcelona. Although famous players such as Pires have left, the passing and controlling system that Wenger has built for Arsenal is still one of the best in Europe and is quite worth seeing.
Because of this, Heynckes formulated a strategy for this game before the game, which was defensive counterattack.
Bayern will not compete with Arsenal for possession of the ball, but will focus on strangling the midfield, launching quick counterattacks after snatching the ball, using the advantages of the two center forwards Sudon and Klose to suppress Arsenal's central defenders and create opportunities for the frontcourt.
It can be said that Heynckes is also taking a big gamble.
Playing away against Arsenal, Bayern still wants to score goals.
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At the beginning of the game, Arsenal seized the weak point of Bayern's defense on the left and attacked hard.
Just two minutes into the game, Eboue took the ball on the right side of his own penalty area, dribbled all the way into Bayern's half, passed Schweinsteiger and passed the ball to Hleb in the middle.
Hleb passed the ball to Fabregas again, and the young Spanish player made a straight pass into the penalty area.
Bayern goalkeeper Kahn reacted quickly, decisively left the goal and rushed out to grab the ball before Adebayo, thus defusing the crisis.
Although Arsenal's counterattack failed to score a goal, it still made Bayern sweat.
Arsenal then launched two consecutive counterattacks, both trying to open a channel from Bayern's left.
Marcelo's reputation for being strong in attack but weak in defense makes him the main target of attack for major European teams when they encounter Bayern.
Heynckes was well prepared for this, so although Bayern's left side seemed dangerous, it had never been breached.
It was not until the eleventh minute that Arsenal passed the ball into Bayern's penalty area again. Goalkeeper Kahn blocked the ball before Adebayor, and Schweinsteiger cleared it with a big kick, but the ball was too high to go far. Flamini stopped the ball with his chest and passed it to the right rib.
Hleb and Fabregas made a one-two combination on the left flank of Bayern. Diaby suddenly came in from behind, got the ball and shot from the right side of the penalty area, breaking Bayern's goal and scoring the first goal for Arsenal.
One to zero!
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The first scorers were Arsenal players who played extremely vigorously, especially Diaby.
This tall midfielder has excellent skills and running ability, which makes him quite threatening on the court.
After taking the lead, Arsenal attacked Bayern's penalty area three times in a row, and the attack was organized very well.
The Gunners' attack was very smooth, and the players' continuous passing and cooperation were very tacit, which made Bayern's defense very difficult. They fell into a passive situation on the field and could not come up with an effective containment plan.
Heynckes was also very anxious watching from the sidelines. He even began to doubt whether his tactic of changing to 4-4-2 was correct.
If Modric is there, Bayern will have one more player in the midfield, and the Croatian midfielder's defensive ability is also good.
But now, the midfield is obviously thin and can't hold the ball.
But on the field, Bayern is still struggling.
Klose actively returned to the midfield, Ribery and Robben also kept retreating. Both players had little desire to defend, but they also actively maintained their formation so as not to be broken up by Arsenal.
In the 26th minute, when Bayern was in a critical situation, the team intercepted the ball in the backcourt and quickly kicked it to the frontcourt.
Su Dong pulled to the left side of the center circle, firmly secured his position, stopped the ball with his chest, then turned and dribbled towards the left sideline.
Gallas and Senderos chased him all the way, but Sudong dribbled the ball very quickly and took it directly to the left side outside the Arsenal penalty area, trapping the entire team in an encirclement.
As a last resort, Su Dong kicked the ball into Gallas' leg, and it went out of bounds, becoming an out-of-bounds ball.
Marcelo ran up quickly, intending to kick the ball out of bounds, but was stopped by Su Dong.
"Wait until I enter the penalty area before starting. Cooperate with Frank and find a way to pass the ball over my head." Su Dong instructed Marcelo in German.
The Brazilian left-back immediately took the football in his hand and waited for Ribery to come forward before telling him Su Dong's arrangement.
French Scarface came near Marcelo.
The two had a very good understanding of each other. Before Ribery came over, Marcelo quickly threw the ball to Ribery and rushed into the field. Ribery faced to the left, stopped the ball and passed it back to Marcelo.
Marcelo stopped the ball close to the left sideline and was marked by Eboue.
The Brazilian left-back's footwork was very delicate. After stopping the ball, he kicked it directly in the air and passed it to Ribery, then he quickly got behind Eboue.
Ribery understood what he meant and made a direct pass, sending the ball in front of Marcelo.
The Brazilian left-back caught up with Ribery's pass on the left side of the penalty area line, and without waiting for Kolo Toure to rush over, he crossed with his left foot.
In the penalty area, Su Dong had already been preparing.
He believed that Ribery and Marcelo would be able to break through Arsenal's defense and pass the ball.
After seeing the two players cooperate with one pass, when Marcelo made a cross from the left, he first pretended to rush forward, as if he was going to rush to the goal to compete for the header, but just after starting, he suddenly stopped, ran back two steps to the outside, and jumped high.
Su Dong's forward charge just now made Gallas, who was blocking in front of him, rush forward as well, but the French central defender's attention was on Marcelo's pass in front of him, and he ignored that Su Dong behind him suddenly stopped after rushing forward and ran back.
Senderos was paying close attention to Su Dong and ran back with him, but Su Dong jumped up after just two steps.
This surprised the Swiss central defender very much. Before he could react, Su Dong had already jumped to the highest point.
Marcelo's pass was just right in front of Su Dong. He shook his head like a lion and headed the ball to the back point. The ball went straight to the upper right corner of Arsenal's goal.
Sylvester was standing behind the goal and jumped up quickly, trying to block the ball, but Su Dong's header was very accurate and hit the inside of the post at the upper right corner of the goal, bounced into the goal line, and Sylvester couldn't block it at all.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 26th minute, Su Dong scored a goal for Bayern!"
"One to one! Bayern successfully equalized the score!"
After Su Dong landed, he ignored Senderos who was behind him and did not jump and was stunned. He rushed straight to the sidelines and ran all the way to celebrate.
Ribery, Marcelo, and other Bayern players on the right, including Robben, all rushed towards Su Dong.
In the end, Bayern players hugged each other in the corner area and celebrated this golden away goal with Su Dong.
1-1, Bayern equalized the score and also sounded the clarion call for a counterattack.
"They have big problems in defense, especially with Senderos. I am very confident that I can deal with him. You try to create opportunities for me, and we will try to score another away goal." Su Dong proposed confidently.
The teammates around him also cheered, and Klose even said that he could provide cover for Su Dong and make passes for him.
Ribery and Robben attracted the defensive attention on both wings, planned the attack, and transferred the ball into the penalty area. Su Dong had Klose to assist him, so he was more confident.
Only the unlucky Senderos hadn't realized that his disaster was about to happen and was still immersed in his previous mistake.
He didn't even have time to jump!
(End of this chapter)
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