Chapter 71 Mancini's Tips
Time came to the 86th minute of the game, and both teams stood on the court, and there was a substitute player who was called by him while he had just scored the goal.
Yes, this experienced coach did not take advantage of the dead ball to replace the substitute, but asked him to wait until the kickoff later before entering the dead ball time before making the appearance.
If you don’t need to over-understand this operation, you will be determined to waste time in the competition.
Although the team was equalized and the Galatas were very uncomfortable, there were very few teams who were able to get a draw from Arsenal this season. It is actually a very proud thing for them to get a point at the Emirates Stadium.
After all, their direct opponent in the group, Juventus, did not take a single point from Arsenal.
As long as they get this key point, they will really be qualified to determine their life and death with Juventus in the last round of group stage.
"Shh!"
"Okay, with the referee whistle, the game started again."
Liu Jianhong's voice sounded again, and he and Zhan Jun, who was sitting beside him, looked at the field with concentration. At such a moment, the chances of winning both sides were equal, and who knew what would happen next moment.
However, the actual situation is that Galatasaray passed the ball towards his midfield as soon as the ball was drawn. They chose to continue to use the method of shrinking and controlling the ball to exhaust the remaining time.
It is naturally impossible for Arsenal to agree. Several players led by Liu Feng quickly crossed the half and began to quickly press the opponent. They were eager to break the ball and launch a counterattack on the spot.
Unfortunately, under Sneijder's organization, Galata's ball is not so easy to break.
Four minutes after the re-telection, Arsenal was unable to touch the ball, and the time entered injury stoppage time.
"The regular time has ended, the electronic card for injury stoppage time on the sidelines has been raised, and the referee gave this game three minutes of stoppage time."
Just as the game entered stoppage time, Arsenal finally pushed the ball to a dead corner through unremitting pressing. Altotop, who was in possession of the ball, had no choice but to directly hit the ball to Cazorla who was rushing over, so that he could bounce it out of the sideline.
"Forcibly created a sideline ball, haha, Mancini chose to substitute at this moment."
This time, both the players who were walking down the field or the players who came off the bench were walking slowly enough. Mancini didn't expect the team to do anything in the remaining time, as long as the substitution was slow enough this time.
All the fans watched Galata's slow substitution this time, and the strong booed by the gun fans was deafening. Unfortunately, the referee could only urge them to complete the substitution within the scope permitted by the rules.
Finally, when the substitute player appeared on the court, the referee immediately blew the whistle to continue the game.
But don't forget that the ball is at the feet of Galata. When Ilmaz received a throw from his teammate and stuck on his back, he tried to press him and played the pass with his opponent on the sideline, the Gunners still intercepted the ball and couldn't.
The injury stoppage time was also lost in such interference. Considering Galata's time wasted behavior, the referee had an extra minute of stoppage time.
Arsenal finally intercepted the ball at this time. It was Cazorla's small move in desperation that interfered with Irmaz's interception. He immediately kicked his feet towards the frontcourt after intercepting the ball.
"Caszorla launched the team's counterattack, oh! The accuracy of the pass was too poor. He seemed to be disturbed by Ilmaz who was lying on the ground at the moment of the ball."
The sharp-eyed Zhan Jun saw Ilmaz secretly pulling Casorla's calf. The referee didn't notice it. When the outrageous long pass flew out of the sideline, the referee directly blew the whistle to the end of the game.
"The game is over, and Caszorla seems to be complaining about Ilmaz's interference just now, but the referee ignored him. The score of this game ended up at 1-1."
The whistle sounded, and the excitement of the Galatas was beyond words. Although the team played the ball in the last ten minutes in an ugly and boring manner, when the result was what they wanted, it was enough.
Therefore, it was clearly a draw, but Arsenal fans and Galata fans formed completely different scenes in the stands. The gun fans were in a very interesting way and some people began to leave the field one after another, but Galata fans jumped and cheered.
On the court, the performance of the two teams is also very similar. The Arsenal players are obviously quite dissatisfied with the draw. The opponent's continuous shrinkage in this game really makes them feel a headache.
However, Liu Feng was very open-minded. After comforting him, he quickly led the team members to shake hands with the opponent Galata's players.
In any case, as the first team in the group to get the ball from their own, the opponent is respected for his willpower and hard work.
The Galata players were quite surprised by the gentleman Arsenal team, and then they were embarrassed to end the team's crazy celebration at the Emirates Stadium and started to greet each other in a friendly manner.
Sneider and Drogba were not involved. They just stood aside and chatted with veteran Rosici, who was walking over to the Gunners, and watched the young people.
"Come on Juventus, their strength and psychiatry are not as good as yours."
"Don't worry, we will receive them well at home."
"Feng is becoming more and more like a captain now."
"Haha, I knew from the day he took the captain's armband."
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The greetings of the three veterans were aimless until the interaction between the two teams ended, and the three of them went back to their respective homes separately.
In this way, the Champions League group stage match came to an end. Although Galata's tenacious draw with the Gunners was not easy for them, in the eyes of each group, the view of this game was really not high.
In another game in the group, Juventus did not get any worse. They defeated Copenhagen 3-1 at home.
In this way, in this group, except for Arsenal still standing high in the first place, the score difference between Galatasaray, the second in the group, and Juventus, the third in the group, was completely frozen in the range of one goal to determine the outcome.
In the last round of the group stage, Arsenal will go to challenge Copenhagen away, while Galatasaray will face Juventus at home.
By then, which team can become the second winner to advance to the Champions League knockout stage from this group will be determined.
Chapter completed!