Pique was guarding Van Persie's side. His tall figure of 1.92 meters was enough to block Van Persie's entire body behind him.
Arsenal's corner kicks are quite satisfactory, so it's perfect for a "dwarf" lineup like Barcelona to lob the ball into the penalty area.
Busquets and Pique also retreated from the two commanding heights, one behind the other, to help Pinto seal the front and rear points.
Ramsey's corner kick was still aimed at Van Persie.
When it comes to heading the ball, not many in Arsenal are good at it.
The big man Per Mertesacker is not here, Chamberlain and Theo Walcott are fast players, Lei Yu and Arteta are both good with their feet, but in terms of header skills, it has to be Van Persie.
This time, Van Persie and Pique took off at the same time, and their heads almost hit each other.
However, Pique's pulling action made Van Persie's take-off not so smooth, and the ball was eventually cleared out of the penalty area by Barcelona.
However, Vermaelen, who was outside the penalty area, was already prepared. He feinted forward and backward to meet the ball, shook off the oncoming Cuenca, and passed the ball diagonally near the penalty spot again.
This time, Van Persie, who has a good sense of smell in front of the goal, quickly got rid of Pique after landing, took a step back and leaned back, holding on to the risk of landing on the back of his head, and finally hit a lob.
Pinto hurriedly moved to the far post, jumped hard, and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand, averting the danger.
While the Barcelona fans heaved a sigh of relief, the linesman's flag was also raised high.
Offside!
Even if the goal is scored, it will be invalid.
Even so, fans from both sides still gave their respective players warm applause.
"At the beginning of the second half, Van Persie played very actively." He Wei started.
"hey-hey..."
"This should be Wenger's tactic."
"Van Persie has a good ability to hold the ball, and he also handles his first touch very well."
"He's tall, fast, and has a keen sense of smell in front of the goal."
"It's normal for Arsenal to play around him as a centre-forward."
"Arsenal also played like this when Henry was a striker."
"hey-hey..."
Not only Zhang Hehe and Hewei felt that Van Persie was active, but everyone who watched the game felt that Van Persie was starting to work hard.
In just five minutes, he contributed three shots.
Seeing that Van Persie was so active, other gunmen were also vying to give him the ball.
Taking advantage of a corner kick, Lei Yu curiously asked Koscielny, who ran into the penalty area to earn some points: "Oco, what kind of medicine did Lao Fan take? I remember that the boss didn't make any arrangements for him during the halftime break.
What a mission!”
Koscielny rolled his eyes and said, "Lei, you don't understand this."
"What's the meaning?"
"Although I don't play as a forward, I know that when the team can't start a situation, it's terrible if the head coach doesn't arrange work for the forwards!"
"You mean..."
"Here comes the corner kick!" Koscielny pushed hard and pushed Lei Yu forward.
With Koscielny's push, Lei Yu jumped hard, and his well-developed leg muscles allowed him to jump very high.
But the corner kick is not about who can jump high and who is the father.
Although Lei Yu hit the ball first, he didn't hit the angle.
Looking at it from another angle, it is better to say that the ball hit Lei Yu's head directly.
Looking at the ball going straight up and down, Lei Yu jumped again after landing.
This time I earned it again.
And it also pushed out the angle.
The ball rubbed the back of Lei Yu's head and instantly bounced far away.
No one expected that things would take such a turn, so they all stopped and looked back.
The ball bounced quickly after landing and jumped forward rapidly.
Just before the bottom line was about to pop up, a red figure rushed over and reached for the ball with a sliding shovel.
However, it was still a step too late, and the ball popped out of the baseline first.
Seeing this result, another sigh came from the visiting team's stands.
"Lao Fan, you really worked hard!"
Lei Yu ran forward and pulled up Van Persie on the baseline.
But the latter did not say anything, but spat and ran out of the penalty area with his arms in hand.
He looked very dissatisfied with not catching the ball just now.
Lao Fan, that ball was deflected by me, I didn’t pass it to you on purpose!
Lei Yu wanted to explain, but when the words came to his lips, looking at Van Persie's gloomy face, he swallowed them.
This guy didn't know what was going on. From the beginning of the second half of the game, he had a sullen expression on his face.
After playing for more than ten minutes, seeing that the players started to show some signs of success on the offensive end, the professor decisively chose to make substitutions.
Left back Gibbs was replaced and replaced by Brazilian Santos.
Although he plays the left back position, Santos has inherited the excellent Brazilian tradition, often making assists and then being unable to run back.
Now the Gunners don't care so much about defense. If they can't score a goal, no matter how good their defense is, they're doomed!
After the handball was thrown, the Gunners quickly passed the ball to Lei Yu's feet.
This time Lei Yu deliberately ran to the right wing in advance, so Xavi and Iniesta were still some distance away from him when he received the ball.
In addition, the two of them were not defensive players to begin with, and they followed Lei Yu on defense for half a game, so their physical strength was a little weak at this time.
Lei Yu accelerated and quickly got rid of the two of them and ran across half the court, leaving them no chance to stick to him.
Seeing Professor Bu approaching from the front, Lei Yu pursed his lips and planned to use his speed to overpower his opponent.
But at this moment, Lei Yu's eyes lit up and he suddenly saw Van Persie in front of him raising his hands and running.
Although this guy is blocked behind by Pique, judging from the speed at which the two are running, the Dutchman will surpass him at any time.
Lei Yu didn't hesitate when he saw this, and before Professor Bu could get in front of him, he kicked off and made a pass.
"Lei Yu catches the ball..."
"No hesitation..."
"Just take a long pass..."
Following the elongated voice of the commentator, Van Persie, who was following Pique, instantly accelerated and surpassed his opponent at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At this moment, Lei Yu's long pass just flew over Pique's head and landed in front of Van Persie.
"Van Persie!!!"
In the elongated tone of the commentator, the ball hit the turf hard and then bounced forward.
Since Lei Yu passed the ball from near the midfield, the ball was very fast and might pop out of the baseline in the next second.
Looking at the ball that was about to leave, a scene that shocked the 100,000 fans present appeared.
Van Persie jumped on one foot and leaped forward.
At the same time, he stretched out his right leg desperately, like a little swan in a ballet.
Pinto, who was guarding the goal line, had never seen such a posture before?
boom!
There was a loud bang.
Van Persie's spikes hit the back of the ball hard, and the ball machine instantly went straight forward like a shell.
By the time Pinto reacted, the ball had already been kicked into the net by Robin van Persie.
Phew~~~
The dust has settled.
Van Persie fell to the ground so hard that his legs even split apart the moment they hit the ground.
At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the goal, and Camp Nou was once again ignited by a goal.
“goooooooooooooal!!!”
"Van Persie!!!"
"He scored a divine goal!"
"What a wonderful volley!"
"2 to 2!"
"Arsenal fought back to equalize!!!"
"Both sides are finally back on the same starting line!"