After De La Red scored the reversal goal, Wenger decisively made two substitutions.
Both substitutions reflected Wenger's determination and will.
He had no choice, he had to continue attacking and equalize the score again!
This is the cruelty of the Champions League knockout rounds, life and death, no mercy.
After the substitution, Arsenal restarted and launched a crazy counterattack against Real Madrid.
When Wenger made the substitution, Gao Shen already knew the situation that the team would face next. Even everyone at Real Madrid knew this, so when Arsenal made the save, Real Madrid chose to defend.
In the 60th minute, Gao Shen made the first substitution of the game, replacing Negredo with Woodgate.
After the substitution adjustment, Woodgate and Ramos partnered as central defenders, Helguera appeared in the deep midfield position, and further forward were Graveson and De La Red, with Zidane and Beckham on both sides.
, Raul serves as forward.
With a four-five-one, three-midfielder formation, the team's overall formation remains rigorous.
The situation on the court completely turned around.
Arsenal began to press crazily, but Real Madrid completely retreated to their own half. Within a 30-meter area, they organized a tight defensive formation to block Arsenal's attacks time and time again.
The Gunners were not easy on fuel either, and they soon had a very threatening attack.
It was Henry who suddenly started dribbling the ball and went straight into the left rib of the penalty area. Facing the joint double-teaming of Ramos and Woodgate, Henry suddenly made an emergency stop in the penalty area, stopped the ball with his back, and passed it to the right.
, handed it to Adebayor who ran out of neutral.
The Togo center didn't stop the ball and fired an angry shot straight to the right side of the goal.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas made a flying save and saved the ball from the bottom line. He performed a world-class save that seemed to have been assisted by a god, trying to keep Real Madrid's goal intact.
In the 68th minute, Henry grabbed a cross from Pires from the left in the penalty area. Under the interference of Woodgate, he headed the ball towards the goal. The ball failed to be suppressed and went directly over the crossbar.
Three minutes later, right back Eboue stepped in to participate in the attack and passed the ball across to Ljungberg on the right side of the penalty area.
The Swedish midfielder kept playing the ball and made a light through ball, trying to pass the ball into the penalty area to find Henry. As a result, Woodgate decisively blocked the position with his body, allowing Casillas to attack in time and catch the ball.
In the 75th minute, Eboue saw the right opportunity, suddenly crossed into the penalty area, faced Ljungberg's pass, and fired a furious shot, which hit the side net and failed to create a threat.
Two minutes later, Arsenal made the last substitution of the game, replacing Ljungberg with Bergkamp and continuing to strengthen their attack.
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Real Madrid's penalty area was abuzz with turmoil, and the goal was also in turmoil, and could be breached by Arsenal at any time.
Gao Shen has been standing in the command area, watching the game silently.
In many cases, Real Madrid actually has a back five. Beckham comes back to form a back three with De La Rede and Graveson, leaving Zidane and Raul in front to interfere and counterattack.
But at the 80-minute mark, Zidane finally couldn't take it anymore.
After a sprint, the French star suddenly fell to the ground and suffered from cramps.
The Real Madrid team doctor quickly entered the field to deal with the situation, and Gao Shen also made decisive substitutions.
Cassano replaced Zidane.
Raul came back and pushed the Italian up.
Before going on the field, Gao Shen pulled Cassano close to him and told him repeatedly that he must guard the last ten minutes.
"Remember, don't slack off, it's up to you whether you can advance!"
Gao Shen's words were a bit far-fetched, but the game was so serious, coupled with the tense and suffocating atmosphere at the scene, even if Cassano was unreliable, he was very serious at this moment in guaranteeing that he would definitely
mission accomplished.
After coming on the field, the Italians really ran very actively.
The closer to the final stage of the game, the harder Arsenal pressed and the more aggressive they pushed.
Gao Shen could only keep calling the players from the sidelines, reminding them to stay calm and not lose their minds no matter what.
Especially Ramos, you need to pay attention to your movements.
Zidane, Negredo, and the players on the bench all stood up and silently cheered for their teammates on the sidelines. Everyone was holding back their energy.
Arsenal's defense even pushed directly past the center line and in front of Real Madrid's 30-meter zone.
Real Madrid doesn't have no chance at all.
After Gravesen suddenly intercepted the ball at the edge of his own penalty area, he quickly handed the ball to Beckham who ran out of space. The latter made a precise long pass without thinking, instigating a quick counterattack.
Cassano quickly moved forward, got ahead of Senderos, headed the ball down, and quickly rushed the ball to the edge of Arsenal's penalty area. When Raul came in behind, he passed the ball to the undefended Real Madrid.
team leader.
But unfortunately, after Raul sprinted for most of the field, his final kick failed to hit the goal. The ball hit the outside of the post directly and bounced out of the baseline.
Raul fell to his knees directly on the court in frustration, with his head on the grass, full of annoyance.
Gao Shen saw him on the sidelines and still applauded vigorously and loudly applauded the performance of Raul and Cassano.
In fact, there is no need to doubt why Raul missed the shot just now.
Anyone who has played football knows that running for such a long distance when your physical energy is exhausted is definitely a test of your willpower. It is inevitable that your movements will go out of shape. Raul has actually controlled it very well.
.
At least he hit the post, didn't he?
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Arsenal quickly regrouped and continued to attack desperately.
For them, time is really running out.
Not to mention the defense and central defender, even goalkeeper Lehmann passed the center line and showed his determination to burn everything.
Real Madrid is also feeling a mountain of pressure.
At the 85th minute, Delared finally couldn't take it anymore.
Like Zidane, he played two games in a row and was exhausted and suffered from cramps.
Gao Shen quickly made a substitution and replaced him with Guti.
By this time, both teams had used up all their substitution quotas.
In the last few minutes, Real Madrid tried every means to delay time, while Arsenal desperately tried to organize an attack, but it was obvious that the Gunners also consumed a lot of physical energy.
Wenger was furious on the sidelines and kept calling on his players to press forward and continue attacking.
But on the one hand, Real Madrid's defense is solid, and every time Arsenal organizes an attack, it hits a wall. On the other hand, after Vieira left the team, Arsenal today indeed lacks a player who can step forward at critical moments.
leader.
Henry is the world's top striker, but he has never been a player with leadership qualities.
So it happened, Arsenal organized again and again, but failed every time and passed back to reorganize.
Especially when three minutes of stoppage time arrived, Arsenal felt clearly deflated.
Gao Shen knew in his heart that he had made the right bet!
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The moment the referee Lubbers from Slovenia blew the final whistle of the game, the entire Highbury Stadium rang with the cheers of the Real Madrid players and the Real Madrid fans in the corner stands who traveled with the team to the away game.
In front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Gao Shen jumped up with all his strength and cheered loudly.
“Yay! Awesome!!!!”
Then, he was surrounded by Lucas, Maqueda and others who were running towards him.
Players on the court and on the bench quickly joined in, and they all formed a huddle on the sidelines.
"It's really a very, very classic comeback!"
"No, this is not just a great reversal, it is a miracle!"
"Real Madrid created the second great reversal miracle in the history of the Champions League knockout rounds."
"After losing 0-1 to Arsenal at home in the first leg, they visited Highbury Stadium. They equalized the score first and then fell behind again, but Real Madrid turned the score around again."
"It's really a classic showdown with ups and downs!"
"Real Madrid's performance tonight left a deep impression on us. Whether it was the high pressure and attack at the beginning of the first and second half, or the tenacious defense in the final stage of the game, we saw a completely different Real Madrid team.
Madrid.”
The live TV camera panned the stands of Highbury Stadium.
Many Arsenal fans couldn't help hiding their faces and crying. The game was 2-1 and the total score was 2-2. However, Real Madrid eliminated Arsenal with two away goals and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
This is undoubtedly unacceptable to the shooter.
Because when they won 1-0 away from home in the first leg, the whole world thought that Arsenal had firmly secured the right to advance, and the second leg was just a formality. But who would have thought that Real Madrid would reverse course.
The live broadcast camera passed by the home team's coaching bench, but failed to see Wenger's expression clearly, and finally landed on the visiting team's coaching bench.
Gao Shen was high-fiving and hugging Real Madrid players one by one, celebrating the team's epic comeback.
No matter where the team goes next, tonight's battle will definitely be included in the history of Real Madrid and even the history of the Champions League.
"Twenty-five years old, Chinese, with a blank coaching resume. This is Real Madrid's acting head coach, Gao Shen."
"Before tonight's game, even though he had led the team to a 3-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in the Madrid derby, he was still doubted by the whole world. Everyone believed that he was not qualified to coach Real Madrid."
"But tonight, at Highbury Stadium, at Arsenal, in front of Arsene Wenger, he and Real Madrid under his coaching delivered a shocking perfect score."
"We don't know what will happen in the future. Maybe he will still face overwhelming doubts, but judging from tonight's game, from the formation and on-the-spot command, he performed very amazingly, not at all.
It's like a rookie coach who is only 25 years old, but he is as experienced as a famous coach."
"And Real Madrid also showed amazing strength tonight. Compared with the first round, it can be described as completely transformed."
"Who would have thought that without Ronaldo, without Carlos, without the Brazilian gang, Real Madrid would perform better?"
"Let us congratulate Real Madrid and the 25-year-old Gao Shen. We also hope that they can go further in the Champions League this season and bring us more and more exciting games!"
