green knight

Chapter 343: Fierce Competition ([-])
David Silva stood in front of the ball to take the free-kick, Kompany and Demichelis came up from the back for the goal and Yaya Touré stood in ambush outside the box.

David Silva waved the ball, then looked inside the penalty area, and raised his hand to signal that his side was ready.

Li Zihan, who was off the court, panicked for no reason, and suddenly had a bad premonition.

Wanting to say something to his teammates, he stood up only a step too late, and David Silva kicked the ball directly without hesitation.

The ball did not draw an arc, but flew towards the penalty area quickly and urgently.

So people jumped almost at the same time, but neither Kompany, Demichelis, who came up to fight for the top together, or the defenders, Modesat and Koscielny, didn't get a header.

The ball was hit by Negredo, and as soon as his head touched the ball, it flew towards the goal.

Szczesny thought it was a direct header and made a quick save.

It's just that his judgment was wrong, and the general direction of the ball was indeed towards the goal.It's just that the direction deviated when it was close to the goal, and the ball ran towards the far post.

"Negredo's header!! Szczesny took off and made a save. The top was a little bit wide, otherwise it would be another attack."

However, when everyone thought it was a mistake by Negredo, Navas suddenly got rid of Gibbs and rushed to the position where the ball fell.

Navas and Negredo were teammates of Sevilla when they were in La Liga. The tacit understanding and cooperation between the two are naturally much better than those between them and other Manchester City players.

Seeing that Negredo's header was a bit deflected, Navas understood that it was a diversion of the header, not a direct shot.So he immediately rushed over to meet him. This kind of cooperation was performed on the stage of La Liga when the two were wearing the Sevilla jersey.

Facing the flying ball, Navas stretched out his hand to slightly block Gibbs behind him, then stretched out his right foot to pad the falling ball.

The ball hit his toes, deflected, and went straight to the goal.

Szczesny made a mistake in his judgment, and at this moment he is still stretching out his hand in the air.

"Navas!!! Empty door!!!"

The ball flew from Szczesny's eyes to the other side of the goal according to the irregular route of refraction, and finally hit the inner net of the side net on the other side of the goal.

"The goal is scored!!! The volley shot from Navas!! Three to one!! The devil's minimum consumption at home will be staged soon!!!"

"Keylor Navas's goal!! He should thank Negredo who played for him. Everyone thought Negredo's header was a shot, but when the smart big man made a ferry, and then clicked Keylor Navas did not waste his teammate's hard work, and finally turned the opportunity into a beautiful goal!!"

"In 10 minutes, the two teams scored four goals!!!"

"Arsenal is in danger. Now they are behind by two goals. Facing a team like Manchester City, it is very difficult to get back two goals or even three goals. Maybe Wenger should make a change, such as replacing Li Zihan? Let him and Giroud play a double striker in the frontcourt, so that there is both height and speed on the front line."

"Manchester City, which has gone crazy, is what everyone is afraid of. Arsenal's current situation is very critical!!"

This. This is three to one?
The Arsenal players on the field were a little confused and a little dizzy.Obviously I am not losing to Manchester City on the scene, and I even keep threatening the opponent's goal, but why? Why is the score and the situation on the scene completely different?Why did they score so easily?Why did we attack so fiercely but only scored one goal?How to play this game?
Subconsciously, all Arsenal players turned their eyes to the coach's bench, looking for the silver-haired old man who was also the pillar of their hearts.

It has to be said that during his more than ten years at Arsenal, Wenger not only integrated tactics and his philosophy into this team, but also integrated the power of a belief into it.

When a difficult problem appeared, the team members subconsciously went to this old man with great wisdom.

He was not found wearing a down jacket on the coach's bench, because he didn't sit on a chair at all, but stood on the sidelines.

Seeing the eyes of his disciples looking over, Wenger murmured inwardly that he must not have been fooled by Manchester City.

Wenger yelled at the field several times, but the cheers and singing of the Manchester City fans were so loud that the players on the field couldn't hear their coach's voice at all.In desperation, Wenger had no choice but to gesture.

The Arsenal players understood Wenger's gesture, which meant: calm down and attack!Suppress the opponent's defense!Increase the quality of midfield interceptions and shots and take possession of the ball into your own hands.

Well, you really need to attack after falling behind by two goals.

"Arsenal continues to choose to attack, but it turns out that any team that plays against Manchester City is generally more miserable. Of course, Arsenal now has no choice."

The subsequent game entered a fierce stage again. Arsenal increased their midfield interception ability and played "shooting training" with Manchester City.

After both midfield interceptions have increased, fouls are inevitable. After Ramsey, Flamini and Sagna also received a yellow card each.

There are also many fouls from Manchester City. Yaya Toure received a yellow card during a midfield fight, and David Silva was also yellowed for a shovel foul when pressing high in the frontcourt. .

Although there were no goals during this period, the intensity of the game was no more violent than the goals.

Arsenal continued Wenger's tactics here, using passes and midfield interceptions to increase their possession, and changed directions to weaken the opponent's threat to their own goal.

In terms of offense, Giroud also unceremoniously compressed the physical strength of the opponent's old Argentine central defender Demichelis.

Arsenal also often use the assists of Zabaleta and Kolarov to counterattack behind them, but the two full-backs who came and went and learned well.Anyway, we are leading by two goals, so I will not go up to assist. It is safer to stay in the backcourt to defend. Anyway, running up and down is a waste of energy, and it is easy to create opportunities for the opponent.

After the two full-backs put down their knives and picked up their shields, Arsenal's offense became even more useless.

It was able to threaten Joe Hart's goal before, but after Zabaleta and Kolarov retreated to defend, Arsenal had even fewer chances to kick.

And looking at the score already like this, Arsenal's offensive firepower is really too fierce.Chilean engineer Pellegrini made a gesture: retreat to defend and counterattack!Pay attention to the back of the opponent's central defender, and pay attention to the speed and quality of the counterattack!
After receiving the instruction from the head coach, Manchester City started their own defensive counterattack strategy across the board. David Silva and Keylor Navas also retreated to help the two wings defend Podolski and Cazorla's breakthrough or cut inside. .Yaya Toure did not step forward to assist, but stayed in the backcourt to watch Ozil, Arsenal's playmaker.

Even Negredo often returned to his backcourt to help the two central defenders defend the opponent's high-altitude bombing, while Aguero stayed in the frontcourt.

"Arsenal is pressing across the board and launching wave after wave of offensives against Manchester City in the second half, but who would have thought that a sharp attack has always been a sharp knife. The supporters of offensive football-Manchester City, at this time they are playing. Played a standard counter-attack and played well."

"Arsenal is gaining power and not scoring now. Facing Manchester City's defense, they can shoot eight shots, but they haven't scored a goal."

Although Arsenal failed to rewrite the score, at least they completed a task assigned by the head coach-"torturing" the opponent's central defender Demichelis!

Frowning, Wenger squatted on the sidelines watching the situation on the field, quite speechless.Manchester City is also too reckless, although the firepower is so fierce, but they have started to defend. If both sides press out to fight, Arsenal may be able to "steal" one.

Looking back at the bench, he wanted to ask Li Zihan to warm up, but it seemed that it was not time yet.Even after Li Zihan comes on the court, his characteristics will be restricted indefinitely in the face of such a dense defense. The only advantage is that dense defense will inevitably cause more fouls, and he can use set kicks at that time.

He looked at his watch, shook his head, and waited for the second half to talk.

As soon as I looked up, I saw that the two central defenders were positioned relatively forward on the field. Fortunately, Mordsart had just reached the center line, and Koscielny's position was actually in front of the top of the center circle.

Wenger immediately put his hand on his mouth, made a loudspeaker gesture, and shouted: "Laurent (Koscielny)!!! Laurent!!!!"

Although Wenger had roared his voice to the maximum, the huge noise in the stands prevented his voice from reaching the ears of Koscielny who was too far away from him.

Wenger gave up on calling Koscielny, because apart from the fact that the Manchester City fans were too loud, the guy was too happy to participate in the attack.

"Pell (Medsart)!!! Pell!!! Pell!!!!" Wenger shouted Maudsart's name.

In Arsenal, besides the goalkeeper Szczesny, the tall German central defender Meredsart who is closest to the goal felt someone calling his name. At first, he thought it was an illusion, after all, the fans’ voices were too loud , but when this voice appeared three times, Mordsart understood that someone was really calling him.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Wenger standing on the sidelines constantly calling his name.

Seeing Mordesart turning his head, Wenger vigorously waved his left palm in front of him from left to right—returning!

Of course, Mordesart understood the meaning of Wenger's gesture, and took two steps back, feeling that something was wrong.Immediately called Koscielny in front of him again.

Like Wenger, he failed to call out the opponent.

The helpless Mordsat had to retreat a little by himself to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

At this time, you can't press forward to participate in the offense, and the defense depends entirely on creating offsides!It is very stupid to create an offside in this situation, because if he and Koscielny press forward together, the space behind him will be too big. Once the opponent succeeds in countering offside, it will be a direct one-handed goal.

What's more, this is still the opponent's home court, so you can guarantee that the referees are sharp-eyed?

So Mordsart chose to retreat a little, so as not to be hit by the opponent with a quick counterattack.