Compared to Arsenal's difficult victory against Dortmund, Marseille defeated the Hornets in the second round of the Champions League group stage.

They won Dortmund at home with a score of 2-0, and therefore, they are now ranked first in the Group F group due to their goal difference.

People have speculated that the group will eventually advance to Arsenal and Dortmund, while Marseille has changed all this with actual performance.

The day before the game, Wenger began to announce the team's starting lineup.

Regarding Marseille's performance in these two rounds of group stages, the professor chose a relatively safe lineup allocation - 442.

Center Giroud and Shadow Front Liu Feng, the two formed the team's double forward combination.

In the midfield, Chamberlain, Wilhelm, Rosicky and Walcott formed the team's four midfielders.

The instructions given to them were very clear, that is, to grasp the midfield situation through cooperation and linkage.

"People in your own hands and don't give your opponent too many opportunities to control the ball."

Wenger seemed very cautious in tactical arrangements. He repeatedly emphasized the importance of the team's midfield and then announced the back line's defense.

"Alves, Mertesak, Phil Jones and Macon, four of them form a central defender combination."

"clear!"

"Goaler Fabiansky."

"learn!"

After the starting lineup was confirmed, Wenger soon announced other players who entered the Champions League roster.

That night, Arsenal boarded a flight to Marseille.

After resting on the flight for a while, the players arrived at the team's five-star hotel arranged by the team. Without interference from opponent fans, everyone had a good night's sleep.

Early the next morning, Wenger took the team to the training base that he had contacted in advance for a simple warm-up.

Compared to Marseille, which has the advantage of home court, the Assen team obviously has to spend time adapting to the rhythm and environment here.

Fortunately, France and Britain are on the same latitude and are not much different in various aspects.

After a morning of recovery and adaptation, the team members quickly got into the state.

That night, amid the crazy booing of Marseille fans, the whole Arsenal team began to warm up at home. Compared to the Marseille team that had already stepped on the stadium early, they really had no way to compare.

"Good evening for CCTV, CCTV, audiences, welcome to watch the third round of the 2011-2012 European Champions League Group F group stage match against Arsenal at home. I am commentator Liu Jianhong."

"I am the commentator Zhan Jun."

When the voices of Liu Jianhong and Zhan Jun came from the screen, the fans who stayed up late to wait in front of the screen finally saw the scene on the court.

In the early morning, those who can wait for this Champions League are real fans.

After a mouthful of strong tea, everyone was already looking forward to the scene after the game started.

As the final waiting time in the locker room of the two teams ended, both sides returned to the court again.

As the captain of Arsenal, Liu Feng and the captain of Marseille held a rock-scissors-like activity, and eventually won the team the kick-off right.

"Girou and Afeng stood in front of the ball, and Arsenal won the kick-off."

With all the players standing up, the game is about to break out.

"Shh!!!"

With a long whistle, the game officially started.

"Giroud pushed out the ball, A Feng moved backward after getting the ball, Rosici in the midfield got the ball, and Arsenal began to control the ball."

As Rosici began to command the midfield, the game officially kicked off.

After the opening, Arsenal's steady ball control made the Marseille team not have the opportunity to take advantage of. As the home team's favorite, he could only adjust with the Gunners' ball control.

This also gave Liu Jianhong and Zhan Jun the opportunity to broadcast the double-counter lineup.

After Liu Jianhong finished reading all the starting lineup of Arsenal, Zhan Jun also began to read the starting lineup of Marseille.

"In this game, Marseille's lineup is 433, and they showed great offensive desire at their home court."

"On the front line, Valbuena, Remi and Andre Ayu formed the offensive combination of the home team, while Luis Oscar Gonzalez, Sheru and Diyala formed the three midfielders."

Seeing the players dispatching on the court, Zhan Jun's broadcast was very fast when the effective attack had not yet been born.

"In terms of defenders, Marseille sent a combination of Azpilikuta, Morel, Diavala and Nkuru, and their goalkeeper was Mandanda."

Compared with Arsenal's well-known stars, Marseille's layout can only be said to be average no matter how you look at it.

Without big-name stars, they are just unknown people. People don’t think this team can pose a great threat to Arsenal.

However, the facts are far from people's imagination. Twenty minutes after the game began, Arsenal, which had not opened the attack for a long time, was hit by the opponent's head-on.

"Diara intercepted the ball in the midfield, and Wilshire was unable to break through the opponent head-on."

With the Gunners' midfielder's defeat in one pass, Arsenal was directly counterattacked by their opponents.

"Diara passed the ball to Remi, and cooperated with two and one to avoid Arsenal's counter-attack, and the ball has already passed the center line."

It was soon said that when Remy, who was in possession of the ball, crossed the center line and successfully broke through in the confrontation with Rosici, the rhythm of Marseille came.

"Passing the ball! Andre Ayu got the ball on the wing, and he was very fast, and Macon chose to attack."

Veteran Maikon has a lot of defensive experience, but he can't stand the operation of directly passing the ball when Ayu held the ball and was about to meet him.

"The ball was passed to the middle, Valbuena, and Marseille's attack came to the front area of ​​the penalty area."

Mertesacker made a direct attack after the opponent's center took the ball, and his movements were extremely impactful, which gave Gunners fans a sense of security for no reason.

However, this sense of security becomes a false product in the next moment.

"Valbuena passed the ball again! Marseille slowly opened the gap in the Gunners' defense line with pressing and continuous dispatch in the frontcourt."

When Remi from Marseille's right got the ball again, their attack had penetrated into the Gunners' penalty area.

The unprepared Gunners' defense line did not arrange effective defense afterwards.

"Remy's inverted triangle pass! Valbuena shot with one shot!!!"

"Bang!"

In the 27th minute of the game, with the Marseille center shooting in the middle of the penalty area, the ball rolled into the goal.

Although Fabiansky, who was standing in front of the gunman's door, had already made a save move, he still did not catch up with the speed of the foot hitting the ground.

"The ball is in! It is in! It is in! Valbuena, he took the lead in winning the first run for the Marseille team."

As the ball rolled into the goal, the home team temporarily took the lead in this game.
Chapter completed!