Until Lei Yu walked out of the players' tunnel, Wenger's words were still echoing in his ears.
In such a crucial knockout match, there is no room for the team to make any mistakes.
But Arsenal is already fighting against the odds. If they can't achieve their goal by giving everything they have, then as head coach Wenger, he will start to consider other things.
For example, the League and the FA Cup.
The Gunners were extremely tired throughout the first half. Once the second half began, Wenger would never allow the team to continue the high-intensity battle like the first half.
In fact, even if he allows it, the team members may not be able to do it.
Therefore, Arsenal must score another goal in a relatively dull rhythm of the game. And while controlling the rhythm of the game, Arsenal must also defend well.
This is much harder than the first half!
Arsenal's defensive problems have been a criticism of the team this season. For this reason, the Gunners have to use more goals to make up for the deficiencies in the defense.
The same 5-3 with Chelsea, the 4-3 with Manchester City... This season Wenger's team used offense and goals one after another to temporarily cover up the deficiencies on the defensive end.
But facing AC Milan, which is good at defense, Arsenal's shortcomings were infinitely magnified.
Even though Arsenal scored two goals in the first half, if it were another Premier League team, the Gunners might already be leading 5-0 at this moment!
So AC Milan is not a vegetarian!
Seeing the fatigue on the faces of his teammates around him, Lei Yu had to accept this reality.
Wenger told him that if the game did not turn around, he would not hesitate to substitute Lei Yu after 75 minutes to prepare for the league and FA Cup.
And if the Gunners score a goal before Milan scores the third goal, he will also perform this operation in advance.
Taking the current Arsenal situation as an example, Gunners fans may complain about the team's inability to achieve better results in the league, but they will never complain about the team's progress in the Champions League.
Arsenal has completed its "mission" since qualifying from the group stage.
So for Lei Yu, he must seize the opportunity as much as possible in the limited time and win another victory!
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At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal took the initiative to slow down the pace.
The whole crowd was pressing hard and the robot couldn't stand it.
Whether it was attacking, defending, passing or dribbling, compared to the first half, Arsenal seemed to have hit the brakes and stagnated.
Milan is most accustomed to this kind of rhythm. Soon, they pushed their defense into the midfield.
After a sprint back and forth, Milan launched its first threatening attack in the game.
After Emmanuelson stepped in, he accurately distributed the ball in the middle. Shaarawy pushed a shot from 12 meters away from the goal on the right side of the Gunners penalty area, and the ball missed the goal post.
After the shot, looking at the gasping Arsenal defenders who arrived late, the Milan players showed a hint of joy on their faces.
Allegri was right!
After 45 minutes of attacking, it was the Milanese's turn to perform.
The emperor and I are still taking turns sitting!
Ibrahimovic raised his hand high and asked for the ball from his teammates.
At this time, let him, a man who calls himself God, end Arsenal's promotion dream!
After Van Bommel stole the ball, he handed the ball directly to Shaarawi.
Ibrahimovic is demanding while running. He is also Milan's biggest threat.
After taking the ball on the right, facing Rosicky who was already closing in, Shaarawy made no extra moves. He simply pushed and buckled, and combined with the rapid change of center of gravity, he made his opponent lose his center of gravity.
After deceiving his opponent away, he played a one-two with Robinho, got out of the way and rushed towards Gibbs, straight into the Gunners penalty area.
Arsenal's defense is in chaos at the moment. They have been allowing their opponents to score goals all season long and have almost never kept a clean sheet.
Seeing that his opponent was about to take a shot, the Gunners defender felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
Ouch~~are you finally going to cum?
Shalawi's cross quickly came to Ibrahimovic's feet, and the latter kicked off the ball.
It's not a heavy cannon, but it's very powerful.
Amid the exclamations of the fans, Szczesny made a save but still failed to prevent the ball from entering the net.
2 to 1!
Milan gets a goal back!
Allegri, who had been sullen for 45 minutes after seeing the goal, finally laughed.
Not only the Milan coach, but also other players on the field were all laughing.
The game was going according to the rhythm they imagined, and Arsenal's "comeback" was ultimately short-lived.
This sense of accomplishment is far more satisfying than scoring a goal.
As soon as Ibrahimovic took two steps out, the other team members pounced on him like wolves.
Unlike Arsenal who returned to half-time after scoring a goal, Milan wanted to enjoy the moment of scoring.
All of them came to the sidelines and celebrated the goal wildly in front of the fans.
Look, we can score goals even at their home court!
Milan's goal at this time left many gun fans silent.
Likewise, they also saw the problems the team faced in the second half.
When they actually saw Milan score a goal, the Gunners fans still couldn't accept this reality.
After chasing so hard and working hard for so long, is it possible that everything will fall short?
While celebrating, Ibrahimovic did not forget to turn around and observe the expressions of the gunners.
Sure enough, except for Lei Yu, everyone else was holding their knees and breathing heavily.
Seeing Ibrahimovic and himself looking at each other, Lei Yu subconsciously straightened his back, narrowed his eyes and looked back at each other.
Just like that, the two people looked at each other.
Although he didn't speak, these three seconds were enough to explain everything!
Come on, let me see how much you weigh!
After Milan celebrated the goal, the game restarted.
The professor played the first substitution card and replaced the young player Chamberlain with Chamakh.
He really can't run anymore!
Milanese people are ready.
I thought I would be waiting for a fierce attack from the Gunners after the restart, but what I waited for was an intentional throw-in from the Gunners, and then the professor took the opportunity to change someone.
Seeing such a result, the people in Milan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Arsenal's biggest shortcoming is that their bench is not deep enough.
This starting lineup was barely able to perform, but once the substitutes were replaced, no one could perform well!
But this time, when Milan threw the foul ball, Lei Yu immediately opened his legs and pressed forward without fear.
Obviously, Lei Yu, who is facing the end at any time, has no intention of making reservations anymore!
Emmanuelson passed the ball to Van Bommel, who then directly distributed the ball to Nocerino on the other side.
Nocerino took the ball a few steps forward when Lei Yu rushed over from the other side of the court and pounced on the ball at his feet.
Nocerino saw this and stopped the ball, then kicked the ball back in the direction it came from.
When Emmanuelson stopped the ball again, he looked up and saw that Lei Yu still did not slow down and ran towards him.
Seeing Lei Yu like this, many gun fans were red-eyed.
They stood up and shouted loudly, cursing and urging.
Amid the cheers of gun fans, Van Persie and others also took a deep breath, spread their legs, and began to cooperate with Lei Yu in the frontcourt.
Faced with the Gunners' impromptu frontcourt press, Milan quickly fell into disarray.
In a hurry, Mexes' big kick hit Van Persie in the face.
The moment the Dutchman was suffocated, he covered his face with his hands and fell down.
The ball soared into the sky and was cut off by Lei Yu without mercy.
Seeing Lei Yu continue to move forward, the Milan players ignored him.
He nnd, you don’t care if your own people fall to the ground and get injured, why should we care?
If I intercept the ball now, don't blame me for counterattacking without giving any face.
However, as soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Lei Yu passed Van Bommel with a fried ball.
Seeing Van Bommel afraid to move because he had a yellow card on his back, Allegri instantly felt a chill go down his spine.