green knight

Chapter 511: Arsenal's counterattack and Real Madrid's epiphany

Ozil was stunned for a tenth of a second, and immediately reacted.As the core of the current Arsenal midfielder, Li Zihan is the absolute core when he is no longer on the field, so his reaction ability is naturally faster than other players.

He quickly half-turned and kicked the ball towards the side.

The ball flew over the head of Marcelo, who was standing near the center circle, and fell behind him.

"Clear??" The Spanish commentator saw that there were no Arsenal players in the direction of the ball, and thought it was Ozil's big foot to make a clearance.

But Ozil has played for Real Madrid for three seasons, and he knows that the German technical midfielder will not handle the ball blindly and aimlessly, so he is a little puzzled.

Immediately he knew why Özil passed the ball to this gap, and saw a red figure rushing up from the side of Arsenal in an instant, taking advantage of Marcelo's turning around to find the ball, he quickly inserted from the sideline and rushed across An unprepared Brazilian left-back.

"Chamberlain!!!" Hullhouse was the first to react.

"Chamberlain started instantly, he rushed past Marcelo's defense, in fact Marcelo didn't notice him at all, so there was no defense."

When Marcelo turned his head to look for Ozil's "clearance" of the ball, Chamberlain had already completed the fast plug-in and overtaking, so when Marcelo changed from facing Real Madrid's attacking direction to facing Real Madrid's goal, Chamberlain would has come to him.

Turning around, he saw Chamberlain receiving the ball in front of him, and Marcelo subconsciously raised his arm to signal the opponent was offside.

In fact, the Brazilian full-back really thought that Chamberlain was offside, so he didn't speed up very fast, but when he saw that the lineman didn't show his hand and followed Marcelo who was dribbling the ball towards his back. It was only when I ran to the field that I realized something was wrong.

Marcelo, who broke out in a cold sweat, started immediately and chased after Chamberlain!
"Marcelo. He thought he was offside."

"When Li Zihan shined, when Li Zihan swept London, England and even the entire continent of Europa with his lightning speed. Many people know that Arsenal has a talented striker who is extremely fast and efficient. But Under Li Zihan's highlight, many outstanding young players of Arsenal have been covered by him, such as Chamberlain!!"

"Real Madrid thought that without Li Zihan, Arsenal's attack and counterattack would not be successful. Obviously they forgot that after Li Zihan and Theo Walcott were injured, Arsenal had a third supercar - Chamberlain!! Fast The players are the counterattack weapon."

Chamberlain dribbled the ball from the side, strode the ball, and accelerated towards Real Madrid's backcourt. Marcelo behind him gave chase, and the two speed players formed a unique landscape on the sideline.

Casillas had wanted to sit out his own goal line as he believed his team-mate Marcelo would be able to lift the crisis before the penalty area.

But after waiting for a while, he realized that his teammates couldn't catch up! !

So the Spanish goalkeeper decisively abandoned the goal and attacked, and the two formed a flank attack on Chamberlain at the front of the penalty area.

Chamberlain was a little hesitant. He glanced diagonally to the rear and found that center Giroud hadn't followed up. The distance was a bit short, and he couldn't support himself at all.

For some unknown reason, Chamberlain suddenly missed Li Zihan who was sitting on the bench. If he was in the middle, with his awareness and speed, he would be able to meet him.

There was no way, Chamberlain moved the ball diagonally forward, and then shot directly with his legs before Casillas made a save.

The ball had just left the ground before Marcelo arrived. He tried to stop the ball with a sliding tackle but it was still too late.

"Chamberlain shoots!!!"

Casillas immediately flew out and missed the ball, but he was not nervous, because according to his experience, if he did not throw the ball in his position, then the ball would not pose a big threat to the goal behind him.

Sure enough, Casilla looked back and the ball went directly over the crossbar.

"Oh, what a pity."

"However, I can't blame Chamberlain for this ball. With Casilla in the front and Marcelo in the back, Chamberlain had no chance at all, and his teammates didn't catch up in time. This has nothing to do with him. After all, he is not Li Zihan. If it is Li, This ball is worth the wait.”

Chamberlain glanced at Real Madrid's goal and shook his head regretfully.

However, Real Madrid was a little shocked, but fortunately the ball was handled by Chamberlain.
Wenger frowned, looked at the situation on the field, then at Li Zihan on the bench, and finally shook his head.

Later, Real Madrid started a fierce counterattack, because after Chamberlain's counterattack before, they all recognized the fact that two away goals are not safe! !

There are too many examples of Arsenal being counterattacked this season, such as Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Bayern Munich.

In fact, Ancelotti vaccinated the team before the game, but the Real Madrid players didn't take it to heart.

Isn't it just an Arsenal? They are also Arsenal when they are strong this season, and it is impossible to become Barcelona immediately, and it is still an Arsenal that lacks the core Li Zihan.

Therefore, the Real Madrid players looked down on Arsenal at the beginning. They were not particularly focused on the game. The two away goals and the current home game gave them strong confidence.

It's just Chamberlain's counterattack that made them understand the famous sentence: "Football is round!"

Once Real Madrid started attacking, Arsenal were left to defend.Whether it's Di Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo or Gareth Bale, they can create a lot of threats to Arsenal. Even Benzema in the middle, he doesn't even need to show his ability. If you miss something before, you won 500 million.
"Facing the mighty Real Madrid, Arsenal really had nothing to do. The most threatening thing they had in the first half was Chamberlain's counterattack."

"Although Chamberlain, Cazorla and Giroud performed well, they don't have the ability to make the final decision. Without one Li Zihan, it feels like this Arsenal is the same as the previous Arsenal."

Well, although Arsenal is lackluster in terms of offense, they still do a good job in defense. Real Madrid has been attacking Arsenal for nearly 10 minutes, but they did not open Arsenal's goal.

This sounds a little funny.Because the most criticized thing about Arsenal now is their defense, the lack of midfield interception, and the main central defender Koscielny often makes some mistakes. Give yourself a red card.

Moreover, Arsenal is the team that has conceded the most goals in the Premier League with almost the same number of shots. This means that goalkeeper Szczesny's performance is not very good. Occasional highlight performances cannot replace a season of failure.

Of course Wenger knows the weakness of his team now, especially when the only two defensive intercepting midfielders Flamini and Arteta are not on the court, his team's defense is even worse.

Therefore, Wenger also made targeted adjustments to the team before the game. He knew that the game must not concede the ball first, otherwise the last straw that overwhelmed Arsenal would fall.He asked that when the team was defending, Chamberlain, Cazorla and Giroud in the frontcourt must return to help the team defend. Wilshere naturally has a defensive task as a central midfielder. Even Lahm Sewinger asked him to participate more in defense.As long as Ozil and Wilshere revitalize the midfield, Ramsey actually doesn't need to be so active in attacking.

He just needs to help the team guard the middle and step forward to take a long shot at the right time.

And Chamberlain's defensive ability can be said to be the best among several players in the frontcourt. The young player who has played the position of full-back and full-back can give this sideline a lot no matter his technical defense or his excellent physical defense. Real Madrid centerpiece Cristiano Ronaldo is causing some trouble.

A combination of Chamberlain and Gasania, a combination of Gibbs and Cazorla, plus the following Ozil, Real Madrid's "[-] million flying together" will not fly very well, and Arsenal's side Lu is also a speed player, even the veteran Sarnia can still run at the moment, so there is still not much difference in speed between Arsenal.

Under such circumstances, if Real Madrid wants to attack with all their heart, Marcelo and Ramos on both sides must step forward to participate in the attack, and they are also defensive players who advocate offense very much, that is, the legendary Knife guard.

But if the two defenders really bring their knives to the frontcourt, then the space behind them will be fully utilized by Arsenal.

Wenger was very thoughtful, and Chamberlain and Cazorla, who were small and fast, had inherent advantages in both defense and offense.

When the game came to the No. 40 minute of the game, Real Madrid, who were unable to start the situation, also began to slow down the rhythm.Anyway, they are the leaders, so they are not in a hurry, there is no need to waste energy, and the time for the halftime break is almost here.

At this time, Wenger also made substitution adjustments.

"Arsenal started to make substitutions. Now the time is No. 40 minutes of the game. It is not Wenger's style to make substitutions at this time. According to statistics, when no players are injured and need to be replaced , Wenger’s substitution time is generally in the four moderate time points of No.60 minutes, No.605 minutes, No.70 minutes and No.705 minutes.”