"Arshavin shoots!!!"
"Oh dear, Valdés makes a spectacular save, blocking this certain goal and pushing it outside the goal. Arsenal almost extended their lead..."
"Wait... suddenly an Arsenal player rushes out, it's Alexandre Song... shoots!!!"
"Goal! Alexandre Song's sudden follow-up shot, after Valdés blocked the ball out of the goal, he put it into the net!"
"Arsenal now leads Barcelona 6:2!"
"Oh my god... is this real? The mighty Dream Three dynasty is actually losing by four goals to Arsenal, this is unbelievable!"
"If this match ends with the current score, Barcelona will face immense pressure returning to Camp Nou!"
"By then, even the most confident Barcelona fans in the world would likely find it hard to believe that Barcelona could achieve a large-score comeback!"
"However, no matter what, Arsenal's victory in this match is an undeniable fact. Barcelona needs to find a way to score a goal in the remaining time to reduce the disadvantage for the second leg."
"Losing by four goals, even with two away goals, is an enormous pressure!"
After Alexandre Song scored the sixth goal of the match, Wenger immediately made a substitution.
He took off Wilshere, who had played well in this match, and brought on defender Djourou to strengthen the defense.
Clearly, Arsène Wenger was preparing to hold onto the current score until the end of the match.
On the other side, Guardiola, seeing his team was four goals down, also made a substitution.
He took off Maxwell, who had been completely overwhelmed in this match, and brought on Barcelona's former prodigy, Bojan.
Guardiola had to go all-in on offense now, because the 2:6 scoreline was simply too lopsided...
If they went to Camp Nou with such a scoreline, Barcelona would be almost one hundred percent eliminated!
Before Barcelona's 6:1 win against Paris Saint-Germain, there had never been a situation in Champions League history where a team trailing by four goals in the first leg managed a comeback in the second leg.
The closest was AC Milan in the 03-04 season. In that season's Champions League knockout stage, AC Milan played against Super Depor. They won the first leg 4:1 but were defeated 4:0 in the second leg. But even then, AC Milan only had a three-goal lead in the first leg.
And now Barcelona is trailing by four goals, this gap is simply too large...
Although theoretically, if Barcelona could emulate Super Depor and beat Arsenal 4:0 at Camp Nou, Barcelona would also eliminate Arsenal and advance to the Champions League semi-finals due to the away goals rule.
But Guardiola knew very well that while Barcelona could indeed score 4 goals against Arsenal at Camp Nou, they absolutely could not keep a clean sheet!
Because Arsenal had a super nuclear weapon in their team; that young super rich second generation always managed to put the ball into the opponent's net.
This means that when Barcelona plays Arsenal at home, they will definitely concede a goal!
Therefore, for Barcelona to advance, they must score 5 goals against Arsenal!
This requirement is quite high...
At least Guardiola didn't have absolute confidence!
Since he wasn't confident, Guardiola had to ensure that Barcelona didn't lose by four goals in this match!
Otherwise, going back to Camp Nou would essentially be a dead end.
Following Guardiola's substitution, Barcelona pushed forward with their entire team, at one point pinning Arsenal back in their own half.
Because Wenger's instruction was to defend deep, Arsenal's defensive line also dropped back accordingly.
Wenger wanted to rely on holding out to survive the final few minutes.
But sometimes "what a person fears most is exactly what happens."
Wenger's defensive strategy to protect the score ultimately failed...
In the 92nd minute of the match, the second minute of injury time.
There was less than 1 minute left until the end of the match.
The Arsenal fans in the stands were already cheering in unison for the victory, and even Wenger on the sideline was whispering with his assistant coach, ready for the match to end.
At a crucial moment, Messi and Alves combined on the wing with a series of passes, directly breaking through the defense formed by Clichy, Djourou, and Koscielny.
When Alves passed the ball to Messi, who had made a run into the Arsenal penalty area, the fans in the stadium suddenly erupted in a commotion.
It was clear that even the Arsenal fans, immersed in the joy of victory, noticed that this Barcelona attack was very dangerous.
After receiving the ball in the penalty area, Messi, relying on his world-class ball control frequency, used two feints to trick Varane, then chipped the ball towards the goal.
Szczęsny chose to come out to meet the ball but misjudged, failing to find the landing spot of the ball, causing it to slide past him.
Just then, Villa, positioned near the left goalpost, stepped up. Meeting the ball, he headed it into the wide-open net, and the ball fell into the net without suspense, splashing up white waves.
"GOOOOOOOOAL!!!"
"Number 7, David Villa!!!"
"In the final moments of the match, Leo, with his excellent individual ability, assisted Villa in scoring a goal. Szczęsny made a wrong judgment, resulting in giving Barcelona a wide-open net."
"David Villa didn't hesitate with Szczęsny's gift, gently heading the ball in with his forehead. Barcelona pulled back a goal in the final moments of the match."
"6:3, Arsenal still leads Barcelona by three goals!"
"However, I imagine the Arsenal players won't be happy right now, because they've given up their original four-goal advantage and now only have a three-goal lead."
"You know, the difference between a four-goal advantage and a three-goal advantage is that the former means one hundred percent advancement, while the latter means there's a possibility of being overturned by the opponent!"
"At least if they are only trailing by three goals, the psychological state of the entire Barcelona team will be completely different."
"After all, a scoreline that more than one team has managed to overturn is definitely much more confidence-inspiring than a scoreline that has never been overturned in history..."
"Undoubtedly, the next match between the two teams at Camp Nou will definitely be an epic showdown that will stun god!"
"Barcelona wants to complete the comeback, they must attack aggressively."
"Arsenal wants to avoid being overturned, besides parking the bus, they can only go toe-to-toe with Barcelona!"
"But we all know that Arsenal is not a team that parks the bus, and Arsène's football philosophy would not allow him to park the bus!"
"I'm sure the next match will be a goal fest just like this one!"
"Let's wait and see..."
When Barcelona pulled back a goal in the final moments, Wenger on the sideline was slightly displeased. He believed that it was due to the players on the field becoming complacent, which gave the opponent a chance.
Fly in the front was also speechless about this situation...
Seriously, Arsenal just can't handle praise!
They had a perfectly good 6:2 lead with a four-goal advantage, but they just had to make it 6:3 to give the opponent confidence, right?
"Sigh... I'll have to fight hard again when we go to Camp Nou~~~"
Fly knew very well that the second leg match at Barcelona's home stadium would definitely be a goal fest.
Trailing by three goals, Barcelona would definitely come out attacking.
If Arsenal didn't want to be overturned, they had to go toe-to-toe with them!
Because Arsenal couldn't possibly defend successfully. Arsenal wasn't Inter Milan, wasn't Chelsea, they didn't have a rock-solid defense.
Facing Dream Three Barça, only offense was Arsenal's only viable option.
After the restart, the Main Referee quickly blew the whistle for the end of the match.
Arsenal defeated Barcelona 6:3 at home, securing a first-leg victory.
A three-goal lead could be considered a relatively significant advantage in the two-legged tie.
As Fly, Wilshere, Fabregas, and others walked around the field to thank the fans who came to support them, he suddenly felt a piercing gaze from behind.
Fly immediately turned his head and saw a small figure under 170CM staring at him intently, his eyes radiating visible fighting spirit.
"Messi..." Fly murmured to himself, looking at the Argentina king who was staring directly at him not far away, a sense of absurdity suddenly arose.
When in his previous life had he ever imagined that Messi would look at him with such eyes?
Even in this life, Fly had never met Messi in person before this match.
Since he hadn't even watched a live Barcelona match, it was naturally impossible for him to have met Messi before this match.
In other words, Fly's impression of Messi largely came entirely from his memories of his previous life.
This created a very strong sense of disconnect!
The Messi in front of him, who regarded him as a competitor, and the king of football from Fly's previous life's memory, seemed to be the same person, yet Fly felt they were not the same person.
"Heh... why think so much? Defeating him in this life is the right path!"
With his thoughts clear, Fly did not avoid Messi's gaze; instead, he met it directly.
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