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Chapter 4 Sixty: The Fallen Ball and the Five Central Defenders

Li Zihan took a deep breath, then made a run-up, and finally drove the ball.

The whole movement was very smooth, the ball also formed a parabola, the highest point directly crossed the barrier of the human wall, and then produced a high-speed rotation in the air, and finally flew towards the goal.

"Li Zihan's free kick did not choose to cooperate with his teammates. He hit the goal directly!!!"

Cech had already predicted the landing point and had already stood in the position before.But when the ball started to fall towards him, Cech began to try to move left and right to adjust his position.

The high-speed spinning ball was affected by the wind in the air, resulting in some changes from left to right, which brought considerable difficulty to Cech's judgment.

"Falling Leaf Ball!!!"

In the end, Cech saw the position and route of the ball and threw it out.

In order to expand his defensive area to the maximum, Cech straightened all ten of his fingers, although he knew that it would be very painful if the ball hit the fingertips.

In the end, Cech's hand still didn't catch the ball. His judgment was correct, but it took him a lot of time to predict, so he didn't grasp the best timing when making the save. The ball fell before his palm. Jumped into the dead corner of the goal.

"Although I am not a South American commentator, but I still want to - GOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!"

"This goal is so exciting!!! It's so beautiful!!! Although I often see Li Zihan scoring some wonderful free kicks, it's still so exciting every time I watch it!!!" Zhan Jun was a little excited.

"As expected of a teacher from a famous school, this free kick is really wonderful. Originally Cech had already established his position first, but he didn't expect that this ball Li Zihan hit a legendary one--fallen leaves The characteristic of the falling leaf ball is that it is erratic and unpredictable, so Cech had to temporarily change his position, and in order to observe the path and landing point of the falling leaf ball, Cech also spent a lot of time, which finally led to his untimely save .” Huang Jianxiang explained.

"It's been a long time since I saw Li's deciduous kick in the game. Now many of his free kicks are direct and simple fast free kicks, without giving the goalkeeper time to react, or simply cooperating with his teammates. The last free kick Goal Lee chose to cooperate with his teammate Modesat, but in the end he was given an own goal by Terry by mistake. The Chelsea player also learned the lesson from the previous time. After increasing the height of Giroud Their awareness of this free kick has greatly increased, but they didn't expect it, it shouldn't be Li's direct shot that they thought of but couldn't defend!!" The BBC host was also very excited.

After scoring the goal, Li Zihan did not celebrate, and even his expression did not change.Then he turned back and ran towards the middle circle of the kick-off - this time he didn't throw the ball because Giroud, who was closest to the goal, had already taken the first step to get the ball.

It was just that there were some small conflicts when Giroud took the ball. Cech hugged the ball and didn't want Giroud to hold the ball and go to the center circle to kick off. He wanted to waste more time.

But in the end, Cech did not insist on being captured by the fans and cameras. After a few disputes with Giroud, he symbolically threw the ball into the net and let the opponent pick it up.

Cech obviously understands that "the game is like that, since you can't resist it, you have to learn to enjoy it."

"Cech's mood is obviously not very good, but think about it, first he was scored an own goal by his captain, and then he was assisted by Lee's bottom-line turn to assist Ramsey to score, and finally he was directly scored by Lee. A free kick is scored. Whoever loses the goalkeeper will not be in a better mood."

The commentators who scored the goal focused on Li Zihan's wonderful goal, and then went to catch the expressions between the two coaches.Because there are too many basic feelings between Wenger and Mourinho, there are too many stories to tell.

As soon as Mourinho returned to Chelsea, he launched an attack on Arsene Wenger, his rival in the same city. The famous sentence "Wenger is an out-and-out loser" caused quite a stir.In the middle of the season, the two head coaches had a war of words in the air.

So this direct conversation is at Stamford Bridge again, Wenger's Arsenal commemorates the thousand games, and their stories are even more.

So in addition to the players who scored goals, the broadcasters and commentators paid the most attention to Mourinho and Wenger on the sidelines.

It was only after a minute or so that someone remembered.
"Now the score is five to four. Huh?!"

"That's right!! Arsenal narrowed the score to one goal again!! They were a chaser all game, but their resilience was amazing."

"Five to four!!! We once again witnessed Arsenal's Jedi counterattack!!! This is the fourth time they have staged such a thrilling Jedi counterattack this season. I used to watch Arsenal's games just to enjoy theirs. The way football conveys coordination and competition, watching Arsenal’s games now is more thrilling, because you really don’t know what the final result will be until after the referee blows the whistle to end the game, even if The opponent is leading by three goals and has one more player!!!”

"At the 805th minute of the game, Arsenal's head forward Li Zihan scored a wonderful direct free kick to reduce the score to five to four. With 5 minutes left in the game, can Arsenal Once again staged a big counterattack and retreated at Stamford Bridge, or did Chelsea keep their dignity and immediately take all three points from their rivals? We will wait and see."

"Although Li Zihan scored a goal, his expression doesn't seem very happy? Could it be that he is still one goal behind so he is in a bad mood? My God, what kind of monster did he fall to the ground? He scored twice. ?!"

The broadcaster also gave a close-up of Li Zihan who was waiting for the kick-off in the middle circle. Judging from his facial expression, he did not feel much excitement.
The Chelsea fans at the scene booed violently, and the first to bear the brunt was Li Zihan who appeared in close-up on the live screen.

Damn, you have scored two goals, and you have an assist and an own goal, are you not satisfied?What does it mean to have a straight face?Don't you feel excited about facing us at Chelsea?

Fans are like this, when you celebrate after scoring a goal, they will think you are provocative and showing off, and if you are not excited after scoring a goal, they will think you are contemptuous of them, ignoring them.
After the game restarted, Chelsea fell into embarrassment.It stands to reason that the most important thing they should do now is to make one in the remaining time.Not only to further expand the score, but also to encourage the morale of the team, and they also have an unparalleled advantage over Arsenal in the away game.

But their current lineup. Mourinho's two substitutions were to replace the offensive players.Although Ramirez has both offense and defense, he is definitely not as good as Xu Erle in terms of counterattack and impact. As for David Luiz, although he has the heart of a center, he is a central defender after all, and he only occasionally plays as a midfielder.

Only Hazard and Torres can attack. Torres performed very well in this game, compared to him before.Otherwise, if it is still in the previous state, only Hazard can attack on the court now, and Lampard who is inserted in the back row is also counted as one.
Since we don't have an advantage in offense, let's just defend. Anyway, I still have a lead by one goal, and I also have an advantage in numbers, and most of them are players who are good at defense. In the end, there are only 5 minutes left. .

"Chelsea doesn't have much ambition. They are still retreating and defending, trying to secure their one-ball advantage. But offense is what they are not very good at, and defense is their housekeeping skill. It's just that Chelsea, who are not good at offense, are in this game. Five goals were scored in the game."

In fact, there is no problem with Mourinho's tactics, it's just that the plan can't keep up with the changes.When the team led by three goals, "Madman" was already thinking about defense, and then replacing Ramirez and David Luiz was his action.But how did he know that Li Zihan's goal came so quickly, with two people replaced, he scored one goal and assisted another.

In the first half, when the defense was not tight, Li Zihan's performance was considered by Chelsea to be a little out of shape, but in the second half, the defense gradually strengthened, and he became more and more comfortable.
Faced with such a player, what can Mourinho do?
Even the BBC laments that Li Zihan's performance is purely phenomenal
Since it is defense, it is necessary to take out the bus that we are good at.The [-]-yard area around the center of the penalty area looks blue from the TV screen - all Chelsea players in blue home jerseys.

Even the center forward Torres went to the front of the penalty area to help the team defend. He kept running and pressing to prevent Arsenal from passing comfortably or thinking.Once an Arsenal player has the ball at the edge of the box, he will rush through the frantic press.And if the ball is passed, he immediately follows up with the next Arsenal player who has the ball.

This is what Torres is good at, and it is also very useful in the current situation.Because Li Zihan, Ozil and Wilshere hadn't had time to think of a good way to handle the ball, Torres pushed forward. In order not to lose the ball, they could only choose to pass the ball hastily .

In this way, Arsenal's offense has no clear route. Anyway, they face Torres' pressing when they get the ball, and this guy doesn't care about his little physical fitness.

Seeing that this scene was effective, Ramirez also came out of the penalty area to participate in Torres' actions
The fans in front of the TV saw this scene and couldn't help complaining, "This shit, the Chelsea bus is really well-deserved. A team has 11 people, and they sent five central defenders - Cahill, Terry, Ivano Vicky, David Luiz and Fernando Torres."