Chapter 389: There Is Not Much Time Left for the Gunman

The ball was like a meteor passing through the sky, crossing most of the court, past all the defenders, and flew straight to the front of the penalty area before it began to fall.

Gao Xiaodong's pass was too sudden and the speed of the ball was too fast. Toure, who was marking Falcao, reacted a step slower, and was thrown by Falcao more than two meters away.

Another defender, Sylvester, who is assisting in the defense, is still behind Toure and Falcao, but the old Sylvester turns around slower than the "Titanic", waiting for Falcao to receive the ball Toure was closer to Falcao than him.

Goalkeeper Almunia first saw Falcao's running position, and then realized that Gao Xiaodong was making a long pass. When he made a quick attack to get the ball, he was already one step behind Falcao.

The Arsenal fans in the stands were stamping their feet and beating their chests, sighing and annoyed for Walcott's rubbing shot. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, a lightning-like counterattack from Porto here had already hit their door.

In an instant, the noisy and chaotic stands fell silent again, and the fans on both sides focused their eyes on Falcao nervously.

Many Arsenal players are still reminiscing about Walcott's shot. They didn't see Gao Xiaodong passing the ball. They looked up and grasped the grass! The opponent's striker was ready to shoot and was stunned!

Only the on-site commentator was exclaiming: "God! A long pass of more than 50 meters! Flying into the penalty area like a precise missile...see how Erkao will deal with it..."

Gao Xiaodong's pass Falcao is very difficult to handle!

Toure behind him was very close to Falcao, and he could hear Toure's heavy breathing clearly.

Almunia, the goalkeeper in front, was even closer. He had already opened his arms and swooped over like an octopus.

If Falcao picks Almunia, Toure behind will definitely go over and destroy the ball first. If he stops and shoots, Almunia in front may also rush to his ball desperately. But Falcao had no time to think. In the flash, Falcao volleyed the ball without waiting for the ball to hit the ground.

The falling ball flew towards Almunia's ribs at waist height under the impact of the instep.

This position is the most uncomfortable for the goalkeeper. Almunia's arm subconsciously pinches down, trying to block the ball, but the distance is so close that even a slight movement of the pinching arm is too late, and the ball falls from under Almunia's ribs. Howling flew by and crashed into the goal behind him.

1:0

Watching the ball hit the net, Falcao was ecstatic and lifted his jersey violently,

Blindfolded, ran to the stands.

This is an away goal!

The Porto players were all ecstatic, cheering like crazy and running towards Falcao, pushing him down on the turf and rubbing him hard.

The Porto fans who were traveling with the team in the stands shouted frantically, jumped, and grabbed people around them. Whether they knew each other or not, they hugged and yelled, and they didn't know what they were shouting.

On the sidelines, Ferreira's excited brain was almost starved of oxygen. He hugged the assistant coach Emmanuel and said excitedly: "Oh my God! Did this score a goal! I wasn't mentally prepared at all! How did Xiaodong pass it on?" In the past?! That’s fifty or sixty meters? Falcao shot so beautifully! Our tigers are stronger than Arsenal’s tigers!"

Emmanuel is only more excited than Ferreira. After scoring this goal, as long as Arsenal does not score more than 3, Porto will have an advantage, "Coach! Xiaodong's long pass is amazing! Seven or eight It’s about ten meters away, and it’s passed with one kick, and the speed is so fast! Arsenal’s players didn’t even react. The tiger is showing off his power! This shot is so good, it’s clean and neat!”

CCTV commentator He Hui was so excited that he was almost incoherent, "Xiaodong! Go in! No... Xiaodong passed in... Oh my God! God's long pass across the court assisted Falcao to score! The pass is amazing! The shot is amazing! Good! This is another world wave! If Xiaodong doesn’t score, it’s over. Once he enters... once he makes it, it’s a world wave...Porto leads the away game! An away goal has been scored! Now the time is 60 minutes, and Arsenal only have time 30 minutes..."

The ball was so fast and sudden, like a bolt from the blue, that it knocked out the brains of the more than 50,000 Arsenal fans in the stands, and they all sat there blankly, their minds blank.

Professor Wenger's face was pale, and he didn't realize that the water bottle fell from his hand to the ground, and he repeatedly pulled his zipper.

At this moment, Professor Wenger thought of the 2:2 between Manchester United and Porto in the quarter-finals, and he felt chills in his heart. Even if Arsenal can equalize and score 1:1, Arsenal may stand on one foot. On the edge of the cliff.

Arsenal's assistant coach Rice also turned pale, and he was still muttering to himself: "How is this possible? How is this possible? How could that kid pass so accurately? This pass-run coordination is better than Arsenal's." ah!"

Porto celebrated for almost a minute. The referee Larsson saw that the Arsenal players were unhappy, so he called the Porto players back and restarted the game.

When Gao Xiaodong passed by Cesc Fabregas, the fat man smiled and said, "We don't understand offense, but we understand a little bit about counterattack. I hope you will understand offense next."

"Asshole! Don't be complacent! Just wait!"

Fabregas was so angry that his teeth hurt, but he couldn't do anything about this fat man with a hippie smile and a bad stomach.

The game started again, coach Ferreira quickly told Porto's players to shrink their defense.

An away goal has already been scored. Even if Ferreira doesn't say anything, Porto's players will definitely shrink. Before Falcao scored, Arsenal's offense was very sharp, like mercury pouring down the ground. Porto was almost scored by Arsenal first. Arsenal's offensive space must be compressed now.

Porto's division of troops on both sides of the front gave Arsenal space to pass the ball in the middle. Now Porto continues to shrink. Even after the division of troops on the side, Arsenal has very little room to pass and receive the ball.

Arsenal's short pass penetration skills can be regarded as the second at that time, but their passing and receiving are far less delicate than Barcelona's. This is not because Barcelona's players are better skilled, but because almost all of Barcelona's players are from the La Masia youth training camp. After coming out, the tactics and philosophy are the same, and you can know where your teammates are running with your eyes closed, which is very different from Arsenal, which started training after joining the team.

Arsenal's quicksilver cooperation required more space. After Porto's space was compressed, their success rate of passing and receiving dropped immediately.

Although Porto compressed the space, they did not give up the counterattack. Once the ball was stolen, they immediately hit the right to find Hulk, and stormed the left guarded by Gibson.

With Porto's intensive defense, Gibson has more space on the left to defend. Once he is counterattacked, it is difficult to even assist in the defense. Under the pressure of the defense, Nasri has never dared to go all out in offense, which is almost equivalent to being abolished. Half the power.

When the game reached 65 minutes, Professor Wenger replaced midfielder Diaby with striker Eduardo to strengthen Arsenal's firepower.

After Eduardo came on the field, Arsenal's threat to the middle of Porto's penalty area increased, but Porto's defense was very layered. The three midfielders protected the penalty area well, and the retreating Hulk and Merles held back again. On both sides of Arsenal, Arsenal's offense can only be passed around outside Porto's penalty area, but it has never been able to enter.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Professor Wenger made another substitution, this time he still replaced the midfielder Alexander. Song was replaced by Bendtner, a 21-year-old teenager with a height of 93 meters.

Seeing that Professor Wenger sent three strikers, and there were two 1.93-meter centers, Martin, the commentator of "Sky Sports", exclaimed: "Professor, is he going to hit the long pass that he looks down on most? Three Forward! The professor is really in a hurry! I'm going to fight Porto!"

He Hui, the commentator of CCTV No. 5, said emotionally: "... There is not much time left for Arsenal. At the critical moment, the professor sent his secret weapon - Bendtner, who is 1.93 meters, and the double center forward. Arsenal is really rare. At this time, Professor Wenger, who is as elegant as Wenger, has to roll up his sleeves to fight his opponents. The Champions League final is something no one wants to miss... The professor failed in the first half and wasted 45 minutes. Minutes, now let's see how effective his double center can be..."