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Chapter 491: Unexpected Situation

Everyone knew it would be a tough game for Arsenal away at Everton, but no one thought it would be this tough.

In the first half, the two sides were tepid, with mutual offense and defense, and the score was maintained at zero to zero.

But after the start of the second half, Everton seemed to have changed a team. They started all kinds of full-court pressing and high-position pressing, and when they finally got the ball, they immediately accelerated their attack.

Arsenal's offensive speed is very fast, everyone knows it.But after watching this game, I realized that Everton is actually very fast. Once the ball is in hand, they will start attacking immediately.Young teenagers such as Ross Barkley and Naismith are very talented offensively, and at the same time they are fast and don't know how tired they are.

Arsenal were hit a little dizzy as soon as they came up. In the end, in two minutes, the little monster Lukaku headed back. Ross Barkley, who received the ball, put on a shooting posture, but passed the ball across. Naismith.

The white-haired Scottish boy took a long shot towards the ball. Szczesny flew to save it, but fell to the ground and was not ready, and the ball crashed into the net.
Everton's wasteful full-court run paid off as they took a [-]-[-] lead over mighty Arsenal at their Goodison Park ground.

Well, in fact, the Arsenal where Ozil and Li Zihan truce are not strong, at least in terms of combat, it is actually similar to Everton.

Wenger stood on the sidelines and reminded his players to slow down the pace.Don't passively fall into the opponent's rhythm, now keep the ball and avoid its edge.Then, after Everton's breath went down, he slowly passed, and that time was also when Everton was exhausted.

There is nothing wrong with Wenger's tactics and ideas. Many coaches will choose this method when they encounter such a situation. Anyway, they must not let the opponent play too smoothly and then fall into the rhythm of the opponent, especially when facing the Premier League team.

However, the plan couldn't keep up with the change. Arsenal encountered a tenacious and crazy press when they had the ball in the backcourt. They didn't even dare to pass the ball back to goalkeeper Szczesny.

Because Koscielny passed the ball to Szczesny several times and was almost cut off by Naismith, which also scared the Polish national team enough.

Everton coach Martinez seems to have no idea what it means to preserve stamina at all, forcing Arsenal to almost steal the ball before they even receive the ball.

And this kind of frenzied pressing at no expense to physical strength has once again achieved results. Arteta was forced up by Ross Barkley before he could hold the ball.In a panic, Arsenal's vice-captain had to hold down Barkley, and then passed the ball back to Monreal, who played as a central defender behind him.

It was just that in a panic, he used less strength. As a result, the ball hadn't reached Monreal's feet. Everton's Belgian midfielder Miralas, who suddenly came out, intercepted the ball, and then quickly After wading through Monreal, looking at his teammate Lukaku in front of Koscielny, he wanted to send a through pass.

Arteta's own mistakes startled him, and then the experienced Spanish midfielder knew what the other side had in mind.Arteta couldn't let his mistakes become goals for the opponent, so he rushed to grab the ball immediately.

A sliding tackle, putting Miralas directly with the ball-this is a tactical foul.

The Toffees fans at home booed the veteran. If the old guy hadn't been "nosy", maybe they could have witnessed the birth of another goal.

Arteta didn't even look at the yellow card shown by the referee, and ran back with his head buried.

This frontcourt free kick was taken by Everton's first free kick, England left back Bynes!

Baines's kick was very favorable, and he ran directly to Arsenal's goal. As Everton's knife guard, even many Premier League giants coveted him, so Baines's left foot is proficient in free kicks Still very high.

The ball appeared to be a direct shot as it flew majestic through the air towards the goal.But suddenly a person jumped up from the penalty area, and directly hit the ball in the air.

It's Lukaku! !Everton's little Warcraft, who was loaned from Chelsea this season, is also the only genuine center forward on Everton's field.

Lukaku's physical condition is very good, otherwise everyone would not call him a little monster. You must know that this means that everyone expects him to be the legendary Chelsea striker Didier Drogba!
Therefore, when the Belgian center took off, it completely pressed Koscielny, and the French central defender had nothing to do.

The ball finally changed its line in the air. This situation also surprised Szczesny, who was already optimistic about the route to save, and was powerless in the end. The ball entered Arsenal's goal for the second time.

Everton two to zero!

At this point in the game, it seems that Everton is very likely to score three points? !

By the 10th and [-]th minute of the game, Everton had already led Arsenal by two goals.And the bigger the toffee, the more energetic it is, without any sign of fatigue.

The current Arsenal looks completely different from the lion that bloodbathed Manchester United at Old Trafford a few days ago. Instead, it looks like an old lion in its dying years, and now it is accepting the young lion of Everton, who is young and strong. Challenge to the Throne!
The Arsenal fans who came to the away game looked at Arsenal's bench, and soon they found that figure.Like the professor on the sidelines, he frowned.

The broadcaster also gave Li Zihan a close-up, and the meaning is unclear: he may be the only one Arsenal can count on.

At No. 605 minutes, Wenger finally made a substitution adjustment, but it was not Li Zihan he replaced.It was the German genius midfielder Ozil who replaced Cazorla, who had just returned from injury and was not in good physical condition.

Cazorla's performance today was quite satisfactory, without any mistakes, but he did not perform any meritorious deeds, and he looked a little worse than before the injury.

Seeing that Li Zihan was not replaced, the Arsenal fans made some mistakes.Because they think that Li Zihan, who has repeatedly performed miracles, should be sent to play at this time. Maybe he can perform miracles again?
The fans don't have much appetite, they just want to score two goals to draw with Everton.

After Ozil played, Wenger asked Li Zihan to warm up.

This action immediately won the cheers of the Arsenal fans, because warming up means that they will be able to play soon.

Ozil created two good chances within 5 minutes of playing, but neither Giroud nor Wilshere could grasp it.But it also reflects the core value of the German midfielder.

When the game came to No. 70 minutes, Martinez and his team could see that they were struggling physically.So he waved his hand and let the team shrink back to defend.

This is a wise decision, which not only saves the physical strength of the players, but also wastes a lot of time. Anyway, they are two goals ahead now, and they are not in a hurry.

Martinez is also a representative of utilitarian football. Of course, this is not bad. Although he is easily criticized by the outside world, he doesn't care, and neither do Everton fans!As long as you can win, score three points, and enter the Champions League, you are successful.

Verbal criticism from the media, celebrities, and experts?Fuck it, grades are all that matters!
Everton is not in a hurry, but Arsenal is.Li Zihan had already finished warming up. He was standing near the fourth official, and the assistant coach was explaining tactics to him with a tactics book.

The fourth official is holding the LED display for substitutions in his hand, ready to cooperate with the referee to make substitutions.

And Arsenal, who watched the time slip by every minute and every second, naturally thought of a crazy attack after getting the ball, especially when they are still two goals behind
Everton, who shrunk their defense, just cooperated with them, so Arsenal began to press.

Arsenal, without Li Zihan, is really lackluster in offense, and their offense can't start the situation.At this time, the central midfielder McCarthy suddenly rushed up and stabbed the ball that Ramsey was about to pass to Ozil.

Naismith took the ball and sent a long-distance ground ball straight through. The ball passed through Koscielny and Monreal and came behind them.

It wasn't Lukaku who came out of Everton, but midfielder Ross Barkley, who rushed straight up to receive the ball.And Lukaku is very smart. He used his physical advantage to block Monreal who was about to chase back, and finally bought time for Barkley.

Barkley formed a one-handed ball in an instant, and finally faced the attacking Szczesny with a very calm push with the instep.

Szczesny jumped out immediately, the ball hit his finger, and then continued to roll towards his back.

In the end, under the eyes of everyone, the ball hit the inside of the goal post, and finally rolled the ball to the bottom line of the goal.

Three to zero! !

Toffees beat Arsenal at home
Everton's goal was celebrated for a long time, until the referee came up to intervene and they reluctantly returned to their positions and prepared to kick-off.

Arsenal fans booed their opponents for such a delay, but it was overshadowed by the cheers of the Everton fans who dominated the home court.

At this time, Wenger also completed the substitution, and Li Zihan, who had been waiting on the sidelines, came on the field.But what he replaced was not the French center Giroud who was mediocre today, but the Arsenal vice-captain, midfielder Arteta!

Apparently, the professor also knew that even if Li Zihan was replaced at this time, he might not be able to recover from the dead, so he simply strengthened the attack completely.

And everyone knows that this is the rhythm of Arsenal going to play a double center forward. Giroud must make sacrifices. He will be a traditional center forward, while Li Zihan will be more of an all-round or forward striker. .

His mission is to score goals! !