knife guard

Chapter 718

(Second more)

Portsmouth is often referred to as Pompey (Pompey) Legion, Pompey is also another name for Portsmouth, a port city in southern England, which means "beautiful harbor".

Last season, Portsmouth Port really became a safe haven for the Portsmouth team. Under the influence of the economic crisis, the Pompeii Legion's relegation was in jeopardy. At this time, their home court played a role. They scored 41 points with 27 points, and they only won 10 games last season, which is worthy of being the home dragon.

Of course, the other meaning of the home dragon is the away game. This time, the away game against Arsenal, which is in the limelight, whether it is Portsmouth's own fans or the outside media, are not optimistic about them. Even Arsenal fans think they This game will play the role of sending points to the boy.The only thing that worries the Gunners is that after Portsmouth has lost two games in a row, coach Paul.Hart's coaching position is shaky, and they will fight back in this game and bite Arsenal back.

The game started at 8 pm on August 22. Although this is only a Premier League relegation team, due to debt problems, Portsmouth's original main players last season, including Crouch, Glenn Johnson and Campbell They were all cleared out of the team, and the strength was even worse, but the Emirates Stadium was still full. The Gunners fans were full of confidence in the team's championship and hoped to witness every step of Arsenal's championship process with their own eyes.

Cautiousness is more cautious. Arsenal, with their high morale recently, cannot give Portsmouth the same respect as Manchester United and Chelsea at home. They have won 20 wins and 12 draws against Portsmouth nearly 8 times and remain unbeaten. Such a psychological advantage also makes Arsenal was more confident. After the start of the game, Arsenal launched a fierce attack on Portsmouth.Going up the wing and the center together, they directly suppressed Portsmouth in their own half-court siege.

In this game, Portsmouth can only defend. This is the Emirates Stadium. Manchester United and Chelsea don't dare to attack lightly here. What ability do they have to play against Arsenal.However, Portsmouth's defense line this season is beyond recognition. The four defenders are kneading together for the first time. Must block a group of fierce gunmen.

All Portsmouth can do is to foul, keep fouling, keep destroying, and open their feet. Only one striker Piquione is left in front, and only Kranjica, who is the most skilled in the team, is left in the middle. Lanica is Portsmouth's only hope, and his skills and vision will definitely not be inferior to other excellent midfielders in the Premier League.His right foot can accurately find his running companion.He usually appears behind a lone striker, connecting the front and back courts, and most of Portsmouth's offenses come from his feet.

Under Portsmouth's constant fouls and big-foot clearances, Arsenal's free kicks and corner kicks continue to appear. Portsmouth's goals are in danger. Gallas and Wilma scored goals in the last league game Lun seems to have become the center of Zhengyin, constantly rushing to the penalty area of ​​Portsmouth to compete for headers.But this time the Portsmouth players have taken precautions and have taken care of the two of them. The goalkeeper James, who was in good form last season, was indicated by Capello to take him to South Africa. His performance today is also extremely dazzling. In the case of weak defenders, most of Arsenal's shots were resolved.

However, the strength gap between the two sides was too obvious. When Portsmouth resisted until the 15th minute, a loophole finally appeared in the patchwork defense.

Li Huan, who has been taking corner kicks towards the penalty area, suddenly made a change when taking the corner kick this time, and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area. No. 2 Diabidi did not enter the penalty area to grab the header this time. He saw After grabbing the header so many times, it didn't work, so he ran out of the penalty area, and Li Huan just passed the ball to him.When Diaby saw Li Huan actually pass the ball to him, his eyes almost got wet. He thought that all the football players in the world think highly of us, so why don't we hurry up and kick him.

Diaby flew up without any reason, and volleyed the obliquely flying ball towards the goal.

It should be said that the luck of the muddy people is relatively good. Diaby's shot was impossible to score, because there were at least 13 people in the penalty area at this time, but the ball was found from the crowd in the penalty area. It is the only and narrowest passage.

The ball rushed into the net like flying on the grass.James, whose vision was blocked, didn't even see the ball flying before it hit the net.

Diaby himself did not expect to be able to enter. After being stunned for a moment, he immediately lifted his jersey, covered his head, and ran wildly, shouting: "Go in! Go in! Go in! Go in! Go in! Go in! Go in! Go in! Go in! Go in! gone."

"GOAL GOAL GOAL  …

1:0, Arsenal scored, Diaby, in the 15th minute, Diaby scored a goal with a long shot.A beautiful ball, Portsmouth has no power to fight back under Arsenal's offense. This goal is the inevitable result of Arsenal's offense. What awaits Portsmouth will be the same as Everton massacre. "The on-site commentator ignited the enthusiasm of the fans with his own voice.

The applause was like thunder, and the shouts were like thunderbolts. The Emirates Stadium has now become a sea of ​​joy. The dancing red and white jerseys are like clusters of flames.

Wenger walked out of the coach's bench again, doing his usual celebratory gestures, with a calm expression on his face. For him, scoring goals and winning games are all under control, and Portsmouth can't afford much trouble.

The Portsmouth players stood there, no one complained, their eyes showed unwillingness, they were not convinced, even if they hadn't won in 10 years, they wanted to try again.

After kick-off again, Portsmouth still defended, but the defense line moved forward, increasing the possibility of attack.They know that Arsenal's defense has always been unstable, hoping to find Arsenal's flaws.

However, the Portsmouth players were disappointed. The current Arsenal defense line can almost be called solid. Although Vermaelen is not tall, he has amazing jumping ability, full sense of position, wide defensive area and good at filling positions. There is also the leadership temperament to mobilize the overall defense.In the eyes of Gunners fans, the combination of him and Gallas is comparable to the combination of Campbell and Toure at the peak of their 49 unbeaten games.

The position of the full-backs has also been greatly improved, Clichy has gradually become more stable, Li Huan has almost taken over the entire right-hand attack and defense, and he doesn't even need to find a winger.

Faced with such a defense line, Portsmouth will inevitably feel desperate.And 5 minutes after the last goal, Arsenal expanded the score again.

Li Huan went down the side and saw that there was no chance of crossing, so he brought the ball back and passed it to Fabregas to command and coordinate.

Fabregas took a few steps forward, and after attracting the opponent's attention, he immediately passed the ball to Li Huan again. This kick showed all the skills of Fabregas. He actually passed the ball from the left back Behaj's inside pass went behind him.

Li Huan lived up to Fabregas' pass. He caught up at high speed and passed the ball directly into the penalty area.

When Li Huan passed the ball for the second time, to the surprise of many people, the penalty area had already started to panic. At this moment, a bright bald head rushed into the penalty area, as if gliding, and headed the ball into the opponent's restricted area.

England's national goal James was stunned by this header that looked like a divine soldier from heaven. He only made a gesture of saving and stopped with a wry smile.

It is still Diaby who scored the goal, and the midfielder of Arsenal is Diaby, who has already scored two goals.

Diaby didn't cover his head this time. He covered his ears and ran to the fans' stands with his arms like a concert conductor, constantly calling for the fans to come and applaud him.

The fans at the scene naturally gave warm applause to the hero who scored two goals in a row. They shouted "Diaby! Diaby!..."

The on-site commentator was pleasantly surprised: "Arsenal is really smooth. When the striker didn't find the feeling of shooting, the back line and the midfielder stood up and helped Arsenal continue to win. Since the start of the Premier League, Arsenal have scored 11 goals. One goal, none of the forwards scored, all the midfielders and defenders scored. If there are more points, everyone can score. This kind of Arsenal is even more difficult to guard against. A big victory seems inevitable."

The smile on Wenger's face became more gentle. He could almost judge that the game had been won, and the rest was just garbage time.What is needed now is to continue to expand the score. The team dominated by young people is worried about lack of morale. As long as Arsenal continues to score and win, they can form a belief in victory and overcome difficulties and obstacles.

Paul.Hart's mood was very complicated. This result was expected by him, but the time between the two goals was too short, which showed that the players were a little flustered.But he was helpless, the team changed hands this summer, and the new owner is also a rich man from Arabia, Al-Fahim, but his investment in the transfer market with the Manchester City boss can be described as heaven and earth.Tessmouth only took in two free agents, Blackburn's Mokona, and former Liverpool defender Finnan.In addition, the French striker Picquioni was loaned out, and nine main players and semi-main players were sold, which is already hurting, Paul.Hart is now a poor woman.

Defense is no longer interesting. Being behind by two goals is not a two-round knockout match. Maybe a fight can have an effect. It seems that Arsenal's defense has always been not very good.Hart decided to take another gamble on his coaching position, and he waved forward to the players on the court, signaling them to start attacking.

(End of this chapter)