green knight

Chapter 357: Penalty and red card

After Li Zihan's brow bone was treated by the team doctor again, he made a few adaptive movements on the sidelines, and found that there was nothing serious except for a dull pain in the place where Demichelis had kicked him before.

So at the referee's behest, he returned to the court with Ozil who had changed his new jersey.

The Arsenal fans gave warm applause. On the pitch, hard-working players always conquer the hearts of the fans.

At this time, the referee also mediated the conflict between the two sides. Fortunately, the two sides only had some verbal conflicts, and there were no major physical movements.Therefore, Dodd did not take tough measures to send some "emotional" players or club staff to the stands.

Now that there is no conflict between the two parties, Dodd also made a decision on the penalty.

He waved to Demichelis, and after the opponent came over, Dodd showed him a red card, and then pointed to the penalty spot-a penalty! !

Demichelis gave up a bit and tried to explain a few words to Dodd, but Dodd ignored him and made a gesture of 'Please leave'.

Demichelis spread his hands helplessly, and then walked slowly towards the sidelines.Kompany came up to negotiate with the referee: "Sir, your punishment is a bit too heavy. My player's action is not big, and it is not a malicious foul. A penalty kick is almost enough, or an extra yellow card. That's fine, but isn't it too heavy to just get a red card?"

Dodd didn't deliberately explain anything, he just pointed to his direct eyes with his finger, and then made a gesture to Kompany asking you not to explain.

"Oh. Dodd finally showed a red card to the Argentine central defender, plus a penalty decision for Arsenal!! This is a correct decision. We have seen it in slow motion before. Demichelis The interception was not running towards the ball, but deliberately towards Li's thigh. Obviously his purpose was to foul, not the ball. After all, the ball was not on the line of his kick. So for this obvious It is a malicious foul and a lethal action. The referee Dodd who is not far away can see it clearly. Demichelis’ red card is not wronged, and the penalty is also an established fact. This cannot be blamed on Dodd in Iran Tihad wasn't partial to Man City, he did something wrong and there was always a price to pay," Hullhouse said.

"For Manchester City, the price of this foul is a bit heavy. It gave the opponent a penalty kick, which is very likely to be scored by Arsenal. There are still six or seven minutes to go, it's really hard to say what the final trend of this game will be, and Manchester City has one less player to fight!" Uncle Zhan Jun said.

For this penalty, the Arsenal fans at the scene gave a high degree of enthusiasm, and kept cheering and applauding the referee Dodd's impartial law enforcement.

And the Manchester City fans who had an absolute advantage in numbers quit: "Are you blind? How could it be a penalty?? And a red card!!"

"Son of a bitch, this is the Etihad, the Etihad!! Not bloody Highbury!!"

Manchester City fans used all kinds of boos and curses to put pressure on the referee, and also reminded Dodd that this is Manchester City's home court!

And Wenger also stood on the sidelines and applauded Dodd. Obviously, Wenger thought this penalty was quite fair and just.

It's just that Pellegrini was chattering something in a low voice, but his voice was too small for anyone to hear.It's just some dissatisfaction and complaints.

"Arsenal - long live!! Li - long live!!" Cheers resounded in the Arsenal theme bar in London.

Wilshere placed the ball at the penalty spot, then quickly exited the penalty area with his teammates, walked up to Li Zihan who had just played, and signaled Li Zihan to take the penalty.

Li Zihan was a little surprised and looked at Wilshere.

Wilshere nodded.

Then I looked at Ozil, Podolski and others, and everyone nodded in agreement.

Li Zihan hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Forget it, I have never taken a penalty kick, and my penalty kick ability is not very good, you should go."

Ozil said: "It doesn't matter, you will become proficient after taking more penalties. You can even score so many difficult shots, and you still care about a penalty without any difficulty?"

How many times are you fined?Do you think this is the usual team training!Li Zihan gave Ozil a white look.

But Li Zihan still has self-knowledge, and he is really not very good at taking penalties.Most of the penalty kicks are tested on psychological factors. Although Li Zihan knows that there is no problem with his mentality, he has never hit a penalty kick in actual combat.

Li Zihan evaded the penalty again
Some Arsenal players are in trouble now. The usual first penalty shooter is Arteta, the vice-captain of the midfielder, but Arteta is not on the court now.I thought Li Zihan was the one to take the penalty, so no one had the slightest opinion. After all, Li Zihan's shooting skills were not blocked, and this penalty was created by himself.

But if Li Zihan can't make it, who will make it?

Ozil, Podolski, Cazorla, Wilshere... are all possible, and even Ramsey is on par with a few of them in penalty kicks.

Joe Hart was speechless standing in front of the goal line. He was already prepared and waited for the opponent to take a free throw, but after waiting for a long time, he only saw a few Arsenal players muttering together, but they didn't A person came to the penalty area to prepare for a free throw, which slowly made Joe Hart a little nervous.

"Arsenal had some problems as to who would take the penalty kick. Originally, the teammates agreed that the penalty was created by Li Lai, a young player with superb shooting skills. But Li himself refused. Could it be that Li didn't Confidence? But if you think about it carefully, since Li debuted for a year and a half, he has scored many goals and made many difficult shots. Is it also for the sake of security?"

"Li Zihan chose to give up to his teammates when faced with the opportunity to score goals at his fingertips. Few young players nowadays have such a strong overall view and unity."

"By the way... Could this be Arsenal's tactic? Joe Hart was deliberately left aside. In this way, Joe Hart, who was mentally prepared, became more nervous as time went on. gone?"

The referee looked at his watch, thought that Arsenal had delayed the time, and then stepped forward to warn the opponent.

Wenger frowned at the media. He thought it was a penalty, but it turned out to be a penalty.
So Wenger shouted loudly from the sidelines: "Lucas Lucas."

Hearing the voice of their own head coach, everyone turned their heads to look at Wenger on the sidelines.

Wenger pointed to Podolski, then to the penalty spot.

That meaning is very clear, Podolski went to take the penalty.

So Podolski, under the blessing of his teammates, came to the penalty area alone, the position of the penalty area.

"In the end Podolski reached the penalty spot, and the German took the penalty."

Podolski looked at Joe Hart, then at the ball near his feet, adjusted the ball a little, stepped back, and waited quietly for the referee's whistle.

Joe Hart wiped the gloves on his hands with the towel on the side, so that there was no sweat or rain or mist on them, so as to avoid the situation of falling off his hands.

In the end, he stood in the middle of the goal, half bent down and watched Podolski, as if looking for a flaw.

"Now the focus of the audience is on Podolski and Joe Hart. If Podolski scores the ball, then Arsenal will miraculously equalize the score again. And if Joe Hart If they save the ball, they will continue to lead Arsenal by one goal. This will undoubtedly cause a major morale damage to Arsenal. With only a few minutes left, it will be difficult for Arsenal to equalize again. So you can imagine the pressure on the two of them now!"

beep—

The referee blew his whistle, indicating that Arsenal could take a free throw.

Podolski took a deep breath and started running.Joe Hart focused all his attention, trying to predict ahead of Podolski's run-up.The Manchester City and Arsenal players outside the penalty area are also ready to move. One side thinks that if Podolski can't score, it will be easy to clear the siege, while the other side is thinking that if Podolski can't score, he can make up shots, or control the ball to plan. an attack.

Uh. Why is the first reaction that Podolski can't score?

The run-up distance was not far, and Podolski quickly reached the ball.Then he didn't make any extra fake moves, but just swung his feet and hit him.

Joe Hart made a prediction before the ball flew out, and then quickly flew to save it.

The ball was fast and flew straight to the right of the goal, and Joe Hart also predicted the right direction.It's just that Podolski's shot is very powerful, and the ball speed is also quite fast.Although Joe Hart had already made a save in advance, it was still too late.

The ball brushed his fingers and flew into the goal.

"The goal was scored!!! Arsenal miraculously equalized the score!!!"

"Po - Dolski!! Lukas - Podolski!!! The German withstood the pressure and scored the penalty. He didn't let Li Zihan's assist come to naught!!"

"Great job!! Arsenal Gunners (in England the word 'Gunner' is mainly used to refer to Arsenal fans, the Arsenal team is usually called 'Arsenal' and a few 'Gunners') should be thanked Lee, thanks to Podolski!! Of course, this is also inseparable from the hard work and hard work of the Arsenal team, but everything has changed since Lee came on the field!!!”