"Oh my god... Koscielny made a major mistake. He actually kicked the cross into his own goal. That's really unacceptable."
"6:4, the huge gap where Barcelona still needed four goals to equalize has suddenly narrowed to two."
"Now the suspense of the match is back..."
"This match is truly exciting, full of twists and turns. You never know what will happen in the next second!"
When Fly saw his own teammates concede two goals inexplicably, his entire body went numb...
He swore that if he didn't upgrade Arsenal's defense next season, he wouldn't be called Fly!
He was scoring goals like crazy in the front, but these teammates were conceding goals like crazy in the back.
Who can handle this?
In the 81st minute of the match.
Guardiola made a substitution, replacing left-back Maxwell with forward Bojan. Clearly, Guardiola was going all out in the final ten minutes!
Wenger saw Guardiola make a substitution and wouldn't stand still.
After some thought, he replaced Van Persie, who had already received a yellow card, with defensive midfielder Blaise Matuidi to strengthen the defense.
Then Guardiola replaced another right-back, Sagna, who had also received a yellow card, with defender Eboue.
For Wenger now, as long as he can ensure that the number of goals conceded in the remaining time does not exceed one, that's enough...
Even if they concede one more goal, Arsenal can still advance!
There is still quite a bit of room for error.
In the 83rd minute of the match.
The Main Referee finally started causing trouble...
Shortly after Eboue came on, Pedro was fouled by him during a breakthrough.
The Main Referee didn't hesitate and immediately awarded Barcelona a penalty.
This action immediately triggered protests from the Arsenal fans in the stadium!
"Sir, I didn't use force on him, he's diving!"
"Damn guy... you clearly used force, I saw it, don't argue!"
Facing Eboue's protest, Villa naturally wouldn't indulge him. He stepped forward and confronted him.
Espanyol knows very well what giving Barcelona a penalty at this moment means.
It means that as long as Barcelona scores this penalty, they can equalize the aggregate score.
At that point, due to the away goal rule, Barcelona would only need one more goal to complete the comeback.
Inspired by the morale boost from scoring three consecutive goals, Barcelona has a significant chance of scoring another goal in the remaining time.
So he must fight for this penalty!
Ultimately, Howard Webb stuck to his judgment and awarded Barcelona a penalty.
Wenger on the sidelines was completely enraged by this scene and immediately started arguing with the Fourth Official...
However, this is the Champions League, Camp Nou, not the Premier League.
Wenger's authority is not effective here.
After failing to warn Wenger, the Fourth Official immediately called the Main Referee.
Howard Webb saw Wenger causing trouble on the sidelines and directly showed him a yellow card, telling him to shut up.
"Damn it... are those UEFA guys getting involved again? I knew this would happen."
Although he didn't dare to continue protesting verbally, Wenger's anger was already soaring.
After taking the ball, Messi stood at the penalty spot, stepped on the grass with his studs, twirled his tongue in his mouth, looked straight ahead, and wore a serious expression.
"Beep—"
As soon as the Main Referee's whistle blew, Messi took two steps for his run-up, and the ball shot straight towards the bottom left corner of the goal.
Although Fabianski guessed the direction, Messi's shot was too tricky, and he could only watch as the ball brushed past his right fingertips and flew into the goal, splashing up white foam.
Messi completed a hat-trick, scoring Barça's seventh goal of the match. The current score is 7:4, with Barça leading by three goals.
The aggregate score over two legs is tied at 10:10. Arsenal can still advance to the next round of the knockout stage based on having more away goals.
However, when Messi scored this penalty, the Camp Nou fans in the stadium had completely erupted into a frenzy...
Their home team scored three consecutive goals in a short period. If this isn't the rhythm of a comeback, what is?
Instantly, the entire Camp Nou echoed with deafening shouts.
"Messi!!!"
"Messi!!!"
"The World's Best!!!"
And when Messi scored this goal, Peter, the live commentator for hanger TV Station, couldn't help but click his tongue.
"Viewers, this is incredible... I think we are witnessing a once-in-a-decade epic showdown!"
"10:10, on the stage of the Champions League quarter-finals, Arsenal and Barcelona have jointly scored 20 goals. This was unimaginable before..."
"Just over ten minutes ago, Fly's brace put Barcelona in despair!"
"But in just 15 minutes, Barcelona has already equalized the score difference. Now, they only need one more goal to completely overturn the situation in this knockout round!"
"This is football... how can you not love football?!"
"Let's see if Barcelona can stage a Camp Nou miracle in the remaining time and how Arsenal will respond..."
To be honest, Fly could completely understand the referee causing trouble at this moment and giving Barcelona a penalty.
After all, this is Camp Nou, Barcelona's home ground.
Furthermore, the current UEFA president is Platini, who is known as Barcelona's "godfather."
It's only normal for him to favor his godson at Camp Nou...
Originally, Fly was wondering why the Main Referee in this match was so normal and didn't favor Barcelona much.
Now it seems, he wasn't normal at all; he was just under pressure from public opinion and didn't dare to cause trouble right away...
Now, at the crucial final moments of the match, he finally couldn't help it and stepped forward to intervene in the game.
However, Fly wasn't in a hurry. Firstly, this referee wasn't as excessive as Henning two years ago.
He still had some sense of proportion; it was tolerable...
Another reason was that Fly's item card [Black Whistle Buster] still had one use left.
If things truly became irreversible, Fly would use this item card to guarantee a safety net for Arsenal.
In other words, it might seem like Barcelona only needed to score one more goal to achieve a comeback, but in reality, it was still two goals!
It might seem like Arsenal only scored four goals in this match, but it was actually five...
However, whether this fifth goal would truly become a reality depends on the subsequent progress of the match.
If Barcelona doesn't score any more goals later and Arsenal can reach the Champions League semi-finals with the current score, then everything is perfect, and there's no need to reveal this trump card...
But if Barcelona really creates a "man-made" miracle later, Fly will have to play this trump card as a fatal weapon to kill off Barcelona.
Although he was reluctant, as Real Madrid was likely the next opponent, if Fly couldn't even get past Barcelona, how could he face Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals?
In the 86th minute of the match.
Affected by their team scoring three consecutive goals, the situation on the field suddenly turned into "Barcelona unilaterally dominating Arsenal."
After completing a central through ball, Messi immediately played a one-two with Villa.
Then, he forced a shot before Varane could block him. The ball was saved by Fabianski...
In the 88th minute of the match.
Messi took a corner kick. Piqué leaped high in the penalty area but was outjumped by Fly, and the ball was cleared in the air.
You didn't misread! It was Fly himself...
To protect the fruits of victory, Wenger required everyone to defend when the team needed it.
Even Fly, the golden boy, was no exception...
Fly had no objection to this. Compared to statistics, he valued the outcome of the match more.
As long as they could defeat Barcelona in this match, even if he only scored two goals and Messi completed a hat-trick, the person with the upper hand in public opinion would still be Fly.
Who made Arsenal eliminate Barcelona?
Moreover, Fly knew very well that as long as he eliminated Messi in this match, the Argentine's bid for the Ballon d'Or next year would be prematurely ended...
Subsequently, as long as Fly eliminated Real Madrid, the 2011 Ballon d'Or would basically be secured.
In the 89th minute of the match.
Bojan's sudden long-range shot went wide, immediately causing Messi's dissatisfaction...
However, Messi's personality is such that he doesn't express his thoughts directly, so he just frowned and didn't say much.
In the 90th minute of the match.
The Fourth Official held up the green board showing 4 minutes, indicating four minutes of injury time.
At this moment, Guardiola went completely crazy.
He replaced center-back Abidal with midfielder Keita.
He replaced Busquets, who was somewhat low on energy, with the future Bayern legend "Low-pressure Cooker" Thiago.
From the very first second of injury time, Barcelona frantically compressed the Gunners' living space within 35 meters of the Arsenal goal.
In the 91st minute of the match.
Villa received the ball in the penalty area, twisted and turned, forcing a shooting angle, but the shot was weak and easily collected by Fabianski.
"Bro, stall for time, please..."
Varane stepped forward and whispered something into Fabianski's ear, then immediately left.
The latter naturally understood what he should do at this moment upon hearing this.
Just as Fabianski had been lying on the ground for about 15 seconds, Villa finally couldn't stand it anymore and immediately stepped forward to warn him:
"Hey, kid, stop wasting time, kick the ball quickly, otherwise I'll report you to the referee..."
Fabianski turned a deaf ear to this, maintaining the image of a rogue who simply didn't hear.
Ultimately, it was only when Main Referee Howard Webb ran over and gave Fabianski a yellow card that the latter reluctantly got up.
However, after his delay, the match had reached 92:30, with only a minute and a half left in injury time.
After Fabianski kicked the ball out, Fly was forced to crash under the double-teaming of Piqué and Alves, while the ball was controlled by Thiago.
"Hey, Mr. Referee, these two guys fouled!"
Fly swore that if Piqué hadn't been pulling him, he definitely could have won that goal kick.
However, Howard Webb would certainly not pay attention to him at this moment. Even if he had been alerted beforehand, Howard Webb would not dwell on such trivial fouls...
After receiving the ball, Thiago immediately played a through ball to Xavi's feet.
The midfield maestro made a highly creative backheel pass, sending the ball directly to the feet of the overlapping Iniesta.
Iniesta was also made very uncomfortable by Blaise Matuidi's relentless pressure...
Finally, after dribbling a few steps, he was forced to pass the ball to Keita's feet.
Keita saw Messi asking for the ball and passed it to him without hesitation.
The moment the Argentine received the ball, he controlled and bypassed Clichy's defense with one fluid motion, then made a reverse flick, fooling Alexandre Song in front of him.
However, just then, Koscielny had a flash of inspiration and suddenly appeared from a corner that Messi couldn't see, poking the ball away from behind.
When Messi reacted and wanted to regain control immediately, he was squeezed behind by Alexandre Song's body, eventually losing possession.
Due to Messi's interference from behind, Alexandre Song had no intention of controlling the ball at his feet. Instead, he looked for a teammate and immediately made a short pass.
Wilshere received the ball with his back to goal, then performed a Marseille turn to get past the defending Thiago, dribbled forward a couple of steps, and played a forward medium-long through ball.
Fly almost immediately turned and sprinted forward the instant Wilshere kicked the ball.
Alves, who had been sticking tightly to him, was instantly left behind by Fly's burst of speed. By the time he accelerated to chase, Fly had already left him five meters behind...
Piqué, who was anchoring the last line of defense, saw Fly's fierce momentum and immediately joined him in chasing the ball that Wilshere had played through.
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