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Chapter 384: Injury and comeback

After starting the second half with a score of one to zero, Arsenal played in no hurry.They control the ball by passing in the frontcourt. If they have the opportunity, they will send a deadly stopper, and if they don't have the opportunity, they would rather return the ball.

On the contrary, Tottenham Hotspur, one goal behind and the opponent seized possession of the ball seemed more anxious.Everyone knows what will happen if a lot of the ball is handed over to Arsenal, so Tottenham Hotspur began a fierce battle.

The opponent increased the intensity of the fight, and Arsenal could not comfortably control the ball at their feet.Because the pace of the Premier League is inherently fast, once Tottenham press the "accelerator button", the ball will be intercepted or shoveled when the ball is under a player's feet for more than two seconds.

Minutes later, Podolski broke through from the side and was about to pass the ball to the center, but was met with an unreasonable shovel by the opponent's full-back.The referee gave a free kick in the front court, and Arteta made a free kick to send the ball into the penalty area.But Giroud at the first point did not grab the ball, but was cleared by the opponent's central defender.

In 5 minutes, Ramsey and Ozil kicked the wall in the middle to cooperate.Ozil sent a through ball to the ground, but the Brazilian midfielder Sandro did not grasp the timing of the tackle well.After Ozil sent the ball away, his feet arrived, and Ozil was brought down by the opponent.Although the referee of the Premier League allowed physical confrontation, he would not let it go when he saw the opponent fouled, so he took out a yellow card and gave it to Sandro.This time, Ozil took the free kick himself, without any cooperation from his teammates, and hit the goal with a direct arc.Unfortunately, bad luck, the ball hit the crossbar above the baseline.

In 8 minutes, Ramsey picked a pass from the backcourt.Giroud took off to compete for the top, but the center back Michael Dawson who took off with him pushed Giroud hard from behind.In the end, Giroud fell to the ground and the ball was cleared by the opponent.Giroud, who fell on the ground, looked at the referee with staring eyes and spread his hands. It was obviously a deliberate pushing foul.The referee also whistled for a foul by Tottenham, but did not show central defender Dawson a yellow card. He just gave a verbal warning and told the Tottenham captain to control his players' temper and actions.No cards were given, and the Arsenal fans expressed their dissatisfaction with boos all over the sky.

Wenger came to the sidelines, kept calling his disciple's name to the field, and then gestured to the opponent.Wenger also saw that the Tottenham players moved too much, so the professor asked his players to avoid the edge temporarily to avoid injury.Mobilize the opponent by passing the ball more quickly, fierce fighting is very exhausting, wait until they are exhausted and then launch a fierce counterattack.

Originally, Wenger planned to replace Li Zihan in about six to ten minutes, and let him find his condition, so it was just a warm-up.But after seeing Tottenham's big move, he hesitated for a while and gave up the idea, otherwise it would be cheating to be sent to the hospital by Tottenham within a few days of recovery.

However, the more afraid of what, the more what.

In the second minute of No.60 in the game, because of the accelerated speed of the ball and the pressing of the opponent.Arsenal made a lot of mistakes, and this time Tottenham grabbed the ball from the mistaken Arsenal.It's just that the offense is still a little weak. After Arsenal defended against the opponent's attack, they immediately launched a counterattack.

Arteta directly sent the ball from the inside of the penalty area to the middle of the middle arc and the top of the arc of the penalty area. Ozil used his chest to stop the ball, and then turned around and passed Sandro behind him. up.

Seeing Ozil advance with the ball, Cazorla and Podolski on both sides and Giroud in the center quickly advanced to follow up.

Ozil's speed is actually not fast, speed is not his specialty.Therefore, when dribbling the ball, it is impossible to achieve the rapid advancement of Li Zihan, Chamberlain and Walcott, or even form a single-handedly.Seeing Paulinho coming from a diagonal stab, Ozil wanted to pass the ball to Giroud who was behind diagonally to make a cooperation.However, before he could pass the ball, the opponent stretched out his foot and shoveled it down.

Ozil was shocked, and immediately jumped on his toes, stripped the ball away, and then jumped up and retracted his feet to avoid the opponent's cross tackle.Paulinho obviously didn't want Ozil to just pass by. He didn't stop his feet when he tackled the ball, but he lifted his thigh and tripped Ozil with his thigh.

Ozil's center of gravity was unstable in the air, he fell headlong, and then rolled three times on the ground before stopping.

The fans at the scene couldn't help but exclaimed, and the referee stopped the game immediately.Obviously, with his rich experience, he knows that if this kind of ball does not express his position immediately, the players on both sides will have problems, not to mention that this is a derby.

Paulinho looked at the referee in disbelief, then smiled wryly and explained that he had shoveled the ball and it was not a foul.Then in order to express friendship, it is necessary to help Ozil on the ground.

"Come on, Mesut, stop pretending, get up!" Paulinho used this method to convey to the referee that he was wronged.

Ozil ignored him, and kept rolling on the ground with his ankle in pain, maybe he didn't even hear what the other party said.

But Podolski next to him heard it, rushed over in an atmosphere and pushed Paulinho away.

Seeing that a conflict was about to break out between the two sides, the referee immediately pushed away the Tottenham players who were surrounding him, whistled hurriedly, and ran between Podolski and Paulinho to pull the two apart.

Pushed to the ground by Podolski, Paulinho was quite angry and wanted to get up to "reason" with the opponent, but was stopped by the referee.The referee didn't dare to delay, and immediately took out a red card and showed it to Brazilian midfielder Paulinho, and then showed it to Podolski with a yellow card.

Podolski's yellow card is actually not wronged or useless. If he had pushed Paulinho out of anger, Paulinho would not have clenched his fists so angrily and wanted to beat him.And the referee, who originally wanted to give Paulinho a yellow card to settle the matter, had to consider directly inviting the fouled Paulinho because of the situation on the court, otherwise what if he got angry and retaliated?Podolski is not a soft persimmon. If anyone bullies him, he will bully him back immediately.

In fact, Paulinho didn't even touch the ball with this tackle. In other leagues, it is uncontroversial to count his small moves and directly give a red card.But in the case of the referee in the Premier League, it is half of the yellow card and the red card. It depends on how the referee behaves.

Soon Paulinho was invited back to the locker room to take a shower, and Arsenal's team doctor also quickly entered the field.

When Paulinho walked to the player tunnel, he was not less "greeted" by the Arsenal fans at home along the way.It's just that the Brazilian tough guy didn't get angry at all, he just cursed to express how wronged he was.Almost irritated a fan brother in the stands above the player tunnel. If the current stadium seats were not easy to remove, maybe the fan brother would smash the seat to the Brazilian.

At the moment Paulinho tackled the ball, Wenger on the sidelines had a bad premonition.He couldn't help clenching his fists, and when he saw the other party deliberately raising his legs, Wenger directly cursed at "Fa", but the syllables were too long, and in the end he still didn't swear at the word starting with F.

And when the team doctor insisted on Ozil's injury, he made a substitution gesture to Wenger.From the close-up of Wenger's facial expression broadcast by the director, it can be clearly seen that the professor's face is green.

Veteran Rosicky had no choice but to replace the injured Ozil without warming up.

Even the commentator is lamenting, Arsenal is leaking and it is raining all night!
In the following games, Arsenal fans didn't have the mind to pay attention to the games on the field.Focusing on the player tunnel all the time, the team doctor helped Ozil into the player tunnel for more than 5 minutes.And if Ozil finally comes out and sits on the bench, then it means the injury is not serious, and if he doesn't show up, it means the problem is more serious.

The fierce pressing for nearly half an hour exhausted almost all the physical energy of the Tottenham players.Now that there is one less person on the pitch, they can't just drive the Arsenal players around unscrupulously.Instead, he chose to guard against death and fight back when he had the opportunity.

When the game reached No. 705 minutes, Wenger saw that Tottenham's physical fitness could no longer keep up, and the foul actions had also largely restrained.So he waved his hand and made adjustments.

After two consecutive changes, Li Zihan, who returned from injury, replaced the starting center Giroud.Then Chamberlain went off and replaced Podolski, who couldn't get up to speed after taking a yellow card.

Undoubtedly, this is a signal to strengthen the offense. Tottenham have one less man to fight, and their physical fitness can't keep up. If we don't seize the opportunity to attack at this time, when will we wait?
After seeing Li Zihan on the field, the Arsenal fans felt better, and then refocused on the game on the field.

After Li Zihan and Chamberlain came on the field, the Tottenham players complained unspeakably.Because these two are speed players, and their dribbling, vision and overall situation are very good.The two frequently changed positions and ran around, making Tottenham's already weak defense line more and more torn apart.

What's interesting is that the positions of Li Zihan, Chamberlain and Cazorla are not fixed.It didn't say that Li Zihan must appear in the center position, and Chamberlain must appear on the wing.The three played for a while and then made substitutions. Li Zihan appeared as a left winger, a right winger, and a midfielder again.

Chamberlain and Cazorla also changed positions to supplement the space left by Li Zihan.On the contrary, the veteran Rosicky, who was supposed to take over Ozil's position as a midfielder, has been standing in the center position, suppressing the opponent's central defender.