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Chapter 4 and Three: Wenger is an "assistant coach"

Li Zihan didn't even go to see the team doctor who was "tossing" beside him, but focused on Southampton's goal.

Cazorla wiped the sweat from his forehead, and after the referee blew his whistle, he quickly ran up.

Southampton goalkeeper Boruc pressed his body halfway, staring at Cazorla in front of him without blinking, trying to make a judgment in advance.

Cazorla quickly got to the ball, but he didn't make a decisive kick to shoot directly.Instead, he paused a little before shooting quickly.

Boruc's attention was attracted by Cazorla's sway, and he couldn't make a quick judgment when Cazorla's real shot came.The ball flew into the goal before he could save it.

After the ball entered the goal, the first excited people were not the Arsenal fans or even Cazorla who scored the goal, but Li Zihan who was receiving treatment on the sidelines.

Seeing the ball cross the goal line with his own eyes, Li Zihan jumped up from the ground excitedly, but soon the severe pain from his ankle made him lie on the ground grinning and hugged his calf.

Arsenal's team doctor was taken aback by Li Zihan's actions, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, because he was worried that such actions would worsen his injury.

The place where Li Zihan dealt with the injury was directly behind the Southampton goal, so his every move just now was faithfully recorded by the camera that has been paying attention to the penalty area.

The commentator had to lament Li Zihan's desire to win.

After scoring the goal, Cazorla ran up to Li Zihan quickly, not daring to press on him directly, but hugged his neck with a bear hug.

Li Zihan's neck hurts from being strangled by Cazorla's not strong arm, and he struggled to break free from the Spaniard's enthusiasm - he almost couldn't hold his breath
Cazorla's celebration didn't last long and he knows time is precious for Arsenal.So after expressing his gratitude to Li Zihan for creating the penalty kick, Wilshere quickly returned to the center circle with the ball in his arms and waited for the opponent to kick off.

The team doctor also made a complete diagnosis of Li Zihan's injury. He shook his head helplessly at Wenger on the sidelines, and then circled his left and right index fingers on his chest—substitution!
Li Zihan grabbed the team doctor's arm and said anxiously: "I can still hold on, Colin, I don't feel any major problems with my injury."

Team doctor Colin insisted on his own judgment: "Yes, there is no major problem now, but if you continue to play, big problems will come. You want to continue to play the remaining 10 minutes of this game, and then the next few games Can’t even play, or don’t play the last 10 minutes, save your strength and experience to deal with more and bigger challenges in the future?”

Li Zihan was silent. Although he was passionate, he was not ignorant.At this time in the league, his absence is definitely a huge loss for Arsenal. It is barely acceptable if he misses a game, but if he is absent for a month or two months, Arsenal's games during this period It's really hard to say.

It's not that Li Zihan is talking big, the current Arsenal would be miserable without him, especially Ozil is still in the recuperation period.

Looking at the professor on the sidelines, he has already signaled Giroud to play, and the sign played by the fourth official is to play by himself and Giroud to go.

Li Zihan turned his head to the team doctor Colin and said, "In the whole club, you are the one I hate the most, Colin Lewin!"

Colin didn't care at all, instead he smiled and said: "Because every time you see our team doctor, there will be no good things. By the way, don't you hate the provocative chef fat lure?"

"If you hate him, why don't you dare to make the nutritious meal taste better?"

Both Colin and Li Zihan smiled, and then Colin and the staff helped Li Zihan to the bench.

When Wenger saw the team doctor making a substitution gesture, he felt "Gordon" for no reason.I felt like I was in a cold sweat, but seeing Li Zihan and the team doctor talking and laughing on the sidelines made me feel relaxed.

Although I don't know what they are talking about, it can be seen from their smiles that the problem is not serious. Otherwise, with Li's personality, it is impossible to laugh and cry until there is "bad news". possible
After Li Zihan left the field, Giroud naturally appeared in the center position, while Cazorla went to the wing, and Wilshere sat in the front midfielder.

Although Cazorla's state is better than Wilshere's, it stands to reason that it is most appropriate for him to sit in the front midfielder when Ozil is no longer.But considering Cazorla's flexible line-changing breakthrough ability, it will be more effective if he is on the sideline, at least it is much more than Wilshere going to the side.

After Li Zihan left the field, Arsenal's attack still did not stop.The previous penalty kick boosted their morale a lot. They believe that if they continue to play like this, they will be able to overtake the score.

However, the ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny.In the final 10 minutes, Arsenal fired a frenzied [-] shots, but only five of them were within the frame, including a Ramsey long-range shot.

Seeing his teammates getting a little anxious at the end, Li Zihan also became anxious.It's just different from the anxiety of teammates.

Li Zihan stood on the scene dragging his right foot covered with an ice pack, and kept shouting: "Don't worry, don't worry, we still have time, pay attention to the quality of the attack"

Those who didn't know thought that Li Zihan was the head coach, while Wenger was his assistant coach.

Li Zihan's actions attracted the attention of the fourth official, who came to him and advised him to return to his seat.Because according to FIFA rules, except for the coaching staff, players on the bench cannot move around the sidelines. The head coach and assistant coaches can watch and make tactical arrangements in a dedicated coaching area.

Every time Li Zihan superficially agreed to the fourth official, but as soon as the fourth official left, he ran to the sidelines again.

Wenger just glanced at him, but didn't say anything.

Finally, when he came in front of Li Zihan for the third time, the fourth official couldn't take it anymore. He said that his patience was limited, and if Li Zihan continued to be "unorganized and undisciplined", he would not mind calling the referee over.

Obviously, all fools know that nothing good will happen if the referee comes over, and most likely they want to give him a ruby ​​God of War card for free so that he can go to the stands to watch the game.

So Li Zihan smiled awkwardly, and finally sat on the bench honestly.

The teammates around him all stared wide-eyed, obviously a little surprised by Li Zihan's actions.

The commentator said that Li Zihan seems to regard this league as the decisive battle that finally determines the feeling, or as the final of the Champions League!

In fact, this game is very important for Arsenal, because if they lose in the end and Liverpool wins, their points will be the same as Liverpool.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, Arsenal did not lose the game in the end, but they did not win either.

The score of [-] to [-] lasted until the end. Unfortunately, it was a draw, but it was okay, at least they didn't lose.The news of the other three games also came. Chelsea deserved to be "good neighbors" with Arsenal, because they drew at home with West Ham United, a mid-range team in London.And Manchester City's five-to-one victory over Tottenham and Liverpool's four-to-zero mad Toffee Everton at Anfield, these two news made Arsenal a little discouraged.

Because Everton is not weak this season. On the contrary, under the leadership of Martinez this season, they are almost rushing to qualify for the Champions League.And Arsenal also hope that the powerful Everton can delay Liverpool's pursuit of themselves this round. They did not expect that the toffee would be so chewy and "crunchy" that it would be bitten into four quarters.

I didn't expect that it would be fine if Everton failed to "help", but I was hit with a "sap" by Southampton!
And Tottenham. Forget it. If we talk about Manchester United and Tottenham this season, we might as well talk about Everton and Southampton.
In the post-match press conference, Wenger expressed regret that he failed to achieve a victory.At the same time, Southampton was also praised. Speaking of their achievements this season, everyone has seen them, and they deserved this draw.

Regarding the issue of Li Zihan's injury, Wenger firmly stated that Li Zihan's injury is not a problem, and he will already appear on the roster for next week's league. He didn't go to Li Zihan.

But soon the reporters found themselves being fooled by Wenger. They didn't expect that this seemingly honest old man would like to play this game.
In the No.20 four-round league game, Arsenal played against the newly promoted Crystal Palace at home.In Arsenal's 18-man roster, there is no Li Zihan's name at all, although it can be understood that it is necessary to retain the strength of rain boots against weak teams.But at least they should be on the bench, even Cazorla and Wilshere are on the starting list.

Although Li Zihan did not play, but thanks to the goals of Cazorla and Giroud, Arsenal still defeated the newly promoted Crystal Palace [-]-[-] at home.

But obviously the focus of the media reporters was not on this game, what they were concerned about was where did Li Zihan go?

Regarding the topic of concern to the reporters, Wenger also gave an answer at the post-match press conference between Arsenal and Crystal Palace: "We miscalculated Li's injury situation. do restorative training."

"Will we be able to play in the next round against Liverpool? Sorry, I can't say that. We have to start with the player's physical condition. If our team doctor and physical coach think that Li Zihan can play, then he will definitely be able to catch up." In that game, I don't think anyone wants to miss the direct contest with the biggest competitor, but the team doctor and physical trainer said that if they can't play. We have to be responsible for the players' bodies and future career paths."

Although Wenger didn't say anything specific, the reporters still figured out some tricks from his few words.

Maybe Lee's injury is not optimistic