Chapter 36: Paris Is Restricted

"Kai's world-class goal helped Arsenal establish an advantage, and the situation began to turn to Arsenal!"

"Paris Saint-Germain is in this state of discomfort in the Champions League. They are used to the slow pace in France. After Arsenal speeded up the pace, they can't play anymore!"

The French commentator said helplessly.

There are still gaps between the divisions. For example, the competition between the Premier League and La Liga is the most intense.

Ligue 1 is the bottom of the five major leagues. Although Serie A has not declined recently, after all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. They are still very stable in the Champions League.

But the French team is not the case.

Especially like Paris Saint-Germain, they are always in this state of confusion in the early stage of the Champions League.

And in this state, they still have to play Arsenal, which is even more difficult.

The players of Paris Saint-Germain also looked helpless, and Mbappe's eyes were slightly bad, unwilling, angry and fierce.

As a young player, as a rising star with ambitions, he will not easily admit defeat.

Even if the opponent scores beautifully, he will kick it back in a more beautiful way.

"Pass it to me, pass it to me more!"

Mbappe shouted to his teammates.

He thought he could help the team advance.

When the game resumed, Mbappe's momentum rose.

He dribbled the ball directly to the vicinity of the baseline on the wing.

But he advanced too fast and his teammates couldn't keep up.

With all the channels for returning the ball blocked, Mbappe could only bite the bullet and do it himself.

When he kept shaking and wanted to pass Jimenez.

Jimenez was not so good-tempered. When Mbappe wanted to speed up and pass him, Jimenez moved sideways and held Mbappe behind him with his arms.

Mbappe was almost hanging on Jimenez's arm, desperately rushing forward, but still a step late.

Hummels followed up and passed the ball to Lucky.

Lucky turned with the ball and attacked again.

Mbappe took a breath and immediately began to chase back desperately.

Since they couldn't beat Arsenal as a whole, they had to run hard. As long as they could create chaos, they would have a chance to attack.

Finally, under the reasonable pressing of Mbappe and Paris players, Arsenal lost the ball in the opponent's frontcourt.

Marquinhos passed the ball to Neymar, who dribbled the ball horizontally.

But during the dribbling process, he was also paying attention to Lucky's position, trying to avoid a head-on confrontation with Lucky.

Seeing that Lucky was about to catch up, Neymar stepped and pulled, completed the change of position, and stuffed the ball to the other side.

But as soon as the ball left his feet, Lucky suddenly slid in the direction of the ball and shoveled the ball out of the baseline.

"It's really difficult!"

Neymar frowned.

This was not the first time he had played against Lucky.

During his time at Barcelona, ​​they defeated Arsenal in the Champions League, but Arsenal had too many changes at the time, and all positions were unstable.

But even so, Lucky still caused them a lot of trouble.

Now, Arsenal as a whole has reached its peak level. In this case, the team has given Lucky a greater bonus.

On the contrary, Lucky's support for the team is also very generous.

Paris Saint-Germain's sideline ball, when the ball was thrown out, Neymar moved to the other side with one foot.

Mbappe quickly moved forward to stop the ball, his stop was stable, but at the same time he was blocked in his position by Kante and Bellerin.

There were teammates on the side, but Arsenal did not make any movement, and kept an eye on Mbappe.

Mbappe had no choice but to pass the ball to his teammates.

The next second, Bellerin followed up to defend, and Kante still stayed beside Mbappe to prevent the opponent from passing the ball in reverse triangle.

At this moment, Arsenal's discipline was fully demonstrated.

Paris's attack ended with a hasty shot again.

"Paris Saint-Germain's overall advancement is difficult to maintain. Mbappe and Neymar, two highly anticipated stars, failed to help Paris perform well in the offense."

"This is the gap between the individual and the whole. Although Mbappe and Neymar have super personal abilities, they cannot effectively break through and fight against Arsenal who are huddled together!"

At this time, the game time has also entered 30 minutes.

The game time passed quickly.

And Paris Saint-Germain's performance is regrettable.

Or, Arsenal's performance is too good.

As the overlord of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain has strong capabilities. Although they are not adapted to the Champions League, their overall performance is still obvious to all.

But even such Paris Saint-Germain is now suppressed by Arsenal.

The offense cannot be pushed up, and the defense has been repeatedly destroyed.

Many teams from other leagues who were watching the game were also silent.

Although Arsenal dominated the Premier League, they believed that different divisions had different styles, and they would eventually be able to find a way to restrain Arsenal.

But in this game, Arsenal's performance made them silent.

There were no loopholes at all.

Both offense and defense were excellent, without any shortcomings.

The transition between offense and defense is quick, and they can be fast or slow when controlling the tempo.

Powerful in all directions with no blind spots.

This makes them feel stressed.

They put themselves in their shoes, how should they play against Arsenal like this?

In the end, they couldn't figure out a reason.

In the game, Mbappe was still running wildly. Compared with before, Mbappe looked very embarrassed.

There were a lot of grass clippings on the jersey, sweat dripped from his face, and he was breathing heavily.

This is probably the most difficult game Mbappe has played since the end of the World Cup.

The most critical thing is that they didn't have much possession of the ball, and they couldn't seize the opportunity when they counterattacked. In the end, the situation fell into a disadvantage.

Mbappe played very hard.

When he was in Monaco, he encountered such a dilemma when facing Arsenal.

At that time, he believed that he was still young and had not grown much.

Now, he is a World Cup champion and one of the best young players, with the demeanor of a top player.

But when facing Arsenal, he seemed to have returned to the helpless and helpless state he had been in a few years ago.

Mbappe's condition began to decline.

Lucky saw this scene in his eyes and turned to look at Neymar.

When he looked at Neymar, the latter was avoiding a head-on confrontation with Kante.

He escaped the confrontation and also missed the opportunity to press.

Compared to the fighting inspired by Mbappe, Neymar is more hiding.

It is estimated that this is due to the psychological reason that he often encountered fouls from opponents in Ligue 1.

Neymar doesn't fight, which makes Arsenal's transition in the midfield much easier.

However, Arsenal did not attack too aggressively, but strengthened their defense based on possession of the ball.

After all, there are only 5 minutes left before the end of the first half.

"Arsenal started to slow down. Obviously they wanted to carry their advantage into the second half. Throughout the first half, Arsenal did a good job in dealing with Paris Saint-Germain. Neither Neymar nor Mbappe could show it. Show your own characteristics!”

"When facing Neymar, Arsenal adopted aggressive pressing tactics, using their bodies to press Neymar and prevent him from dribbling."

"The defense of Mbappe is mainly based on positioning. They compressed the running space in the half court, deprived Mbappe of his running space, and constantly compressed Mbappe's range of activities, eventually knocking him out. In a relatively safe location."

"Even if teammates in Paris pass a good pass to Mbappe, Arsenal can react quickly, shrink the defensive circle in advance, compress Mbappe's running space, and at the same time surround him in the corner to press. ”

"Throughout the entire game so far, the tactics formulated by Arsenal have had a clear effect. They know very well how to restrict Paris Saint-Germain, and at the same time, based on this, they continue to expand their advantages."

"Especially when there is a goal, the psychological pressure on PSG is even greater."

At this time, the referee blew the whistle to signal the halftime break.

Andy Gray also said: "Okay, the first half is over. Paris Saint-Germain is currently trailing Arsenal 0:2. We are looking forward to what changes the two teams will have in the second half, especially Paris Saint-Germain. They must Free Mbappe!”