i am a football star

Chapter 132 TNT vs Czar ([-])

On April 4, the 22rd round of the Premier League due to the postponement of the FA Cup semi-finals came. Liverpool will face Arsenal at home, which is also the last game in Liverpool's Premier League Big33 civil war.

Liverpool's coaches and players are more optimistic about this game. We have double-killed Manchester United and Chelsea. Will we be afraid of a scarred Arsenal at Anfield?
Only Liu Ting was slightly worried about this match.

Bell performed well in the last away game against Bayern. Torres' goal was his assist, but Bell felt muscle discomfort after the game. Aurelio replaced him in this game, and Modric also replaced the injured Gerrard.

Liverpool's starting lineup is goalkeeper Reina, four defenders Aurelio, Carragher, Agger and Arbeloa. The injured Agger replaced Skrtel in the starting lineup. The three midfielders are Mascherano, Harvey Alonso and Modric, and the strikers Liu Ting, Torres and Dirk.

Wenger formed a 4141 formation at Arsenal. The goalkeeper is the substitute goalkeeper Fabianski. The back four is Gibbs, Sylvester, Kolo Toure and Sagna. Alexander Song is the single midfielder.

Alan Hansen is explaining: "Actually, this current game is the one that Liverpool is most likely to encounter trouble in the last six rounds of the Premier League. As long as it is over, Liverpool will only face challenges in the last round of the league against Tottenham. Of course, there are also games against Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion in the relegation zone. Everyone knows that it is difficult for relegation teams in the final stage of the league, but relegation teams are always weak. End the season with a perfect win.”

"The current team is also difficult for Arsenal to cause trouble for Liverpool. Arsenal have just been eliminated from the Champions League and their morale has been hit. The team is full of scars. The main goalkeeper Almunia, the main central defender William Gallas, the main forwards Van Persie and Adebayor are all injured. This Arsenal is incomplete.

"Liverpool is still 2 points ahead of Manchester United with one game less in the standings, but one game less is always a hidden danger. Fortunately, Manchester United's next opponents are Tottenham, Manchester City and Arsenal. They may attack Manchester United. Liverpool only need to win all the next ones. I believe Manchester United will make mistakes and the championship will belong to Liverpool."

From the start of the game, Liverpool took the initiative.

In the 3rd minute, Modric took a high ball to the penalty area. Torres and Sagna won the top battle and headed the ball to Liu Ting. Liu Ting took the ball and dunked it.

"Wow... Arsenal's Polish substitute goalkeeper Fabianski bravely saved this shot!"

Liu Ting thought that Arsenal's substitute goalkeeper would be easy to deal with temporarily, but he didn't expect that this shot, which he thought was very threatening, was actually blocked by him.

Although he didn't score, Liu Ting still had to thank Torres for ferrying the ball and give him a thumbs up. If Liu Ting himself or Didier were to compete for the top of the ball, they might not be able to compete with the dark and strong Sagna.

At this time, Wenger on the sidelines can temporarily rest assured that Fabianski has performed well, so at least he will not become a colander.

The first time the goal was missed, the Liverpool team didn't take it seriously, and soon launched another attack.

In the 7th minute, Torres dribbled the ball near the penalty area line. Kolo Touré decisively shoveled the ball down. The ball rolled to the feet of Modric, who was plugged in. Magic Flute made a low shot by himself, and the ball was confiscated by Fabianski again.

The Arsenal coaching staff on the sidelines applauded Fabianski. Obviously, Fabianski's performance today was better than the Arsenal coaching staff expected.

In the 10th minute, a through ball in front of the penalty area of ​​Didier Dirk tore through Arsenal's defense. Liu Ting succeeded in turning offside. Fabianski didn't know which goalkeeper possessed him today, but he attacked decisively at the moment the defense line was broken. He jumped to the side, and Torres reacted quickly to keep up with the supplementary shot, and he reacted quickly to block the ball out of the baseline with his thigh.

Liu Ting stopped kicking Fabianski immediately after shooting, and Liu Ting didn't want to intentionally hurt someone. If he accidentally kicked the opponent out of the way, he would be labeled as violent and brutal.

In the 06th round of the 07/8 Premier League season, Chelsea challenged the newly promoted Reading away. Only 30 seconds into the game, Cech had already caught the ball in a front pass from Reading. However, Hunter of Reading forcibly kicked Cech's head when he couldn't get the ball.There is no accurate statement about how miserable Cech was kicked. Some say it was a skull fracture, and some say it was a comminuted skull fracture. In short, Cech became a helmet man, and the doctor did not allow him to play without a helmet every game.

In that game, Hunter, who knocked Cech unconscious, was not even given a yellow card by the referee. Chelsea's substitute goalkeeper was also kicked and injured by the opponent in the second half. At the last moment of the game, Chelsea had to let Terry stand in front of the goal as a guest goalkeeper.

Cech's injury also caused Chelsea to fail to win the league championship that season and complete the three consecutive Premier League titles. The conflict between Abramovich and Mourinho also began, which led to Mourinho being fired by Abramovich at the beginning of next season.

After that game, the referees in the Premier League began to pay attention to protecting the goalkeeper, and Liu Ting didn't want to intentionally hurt people, so he could keep his feet.

Zhan Jundao: "The opening 10 minutes or so became Arsenal's substitute goalkeeper Fabianski's performance time. He destroyed Liverpool's threatening balls time and time again. If it weren't for his performance, Liverpool would have probably already led by two goals. Fabianski is Arsenal's hero on the field, and Wenger also applauded him from the sidelines."

Liverpool continued to attack and Fabianski continued to perform.

In the 14th minute, Xavi Alonso's long-range shot went wide.

In the 18th minute, Liu Ting and Harvey Alonso hit the wall and then suddenly volleyed from the edge of the penalty area on the left, but Fabianski saved the bottom line.

Although Fabianski's outstanding performance was beyond everyone's expectations, Heynckes on the sidelines was not too worried. A team cannot win by relying on the goalkeeper.

Just like a saying in European football: A good goalkeeper can save the opponent's one or two shots, three or four shots, but he cannot save the opponent's shots every time.

If Arsenal want to win, someone has to stand up and score, and now it is to stand up and shoot.

Alan Hansen said: "Now the game has been going on for more than 20 minutes, and Arsenal haven't taken a shot yet. Are they going to let Fabianski keep hitting the ball until 90 minutes?"

Alan Hansen's words were a little gloating. Of course he was happy that Liverpool had the upper hand on the scene.

In the 30th minute, Arsenal finally completed their maiden shot.

Gibbs made a cross from the left, Agger's header did not go far, and Fabregas in front of the penalty area missed a long shot.

Wenger on the sidelines was relieved that Arsenal finally had a shot.

Although in some games, one of the teams did not take a single shot in the entire first half, it happened when the gap between strength and weakness was too large. For example, in some cup matches between giants in the top league and underdog teams in the lower league, that situation occasionally occurs.

Now that Liverpool and Arsenal are giants, if Arsenal didn't have a shot in the first half, they would definitely be ridiculed.

Wenger frowned and looked at the field. He was thinking who in the team could stand up and help the team at this time?
In the past, he would look for Adebayor or Van Persie, but they are both injured in this game, and the starter Bendtner is obviously useless.

Wenger finally looked at Cesc Fabregas, hoping that the young captain he had placed high hopes on would step up.

No one expected that Arsenal, who were extremely passive in the scene, bucked the trend and scored first.

In the 36th minute, Arsenal's attack was blocked. Mascherano intercepted the ball from Nasri's feet. Maybe it was the advantage of the scene that made Makoto float.

The commentary on London TV was shouting: "Goal! Arshavin!! His first shot of the game, he broke through Liverpool's goal, and he broke through the opponent's goal in his first visit to Anfield! Help Arsenal take the lead!"

Arshavin was running to the broadcast camera to boo him, his trademark celebration.

Alan Hansen said: "Those Londoners were really lucky. The team's second shot, the Russian's first shot, they scored. This goal was caused by Mascherano's careless interception, and Carragher's lax marking in the middle gave the Russians too much space."

The moment Mascherano was stealing the ball, Liu Ting also ran back from the midfield to defend. Just in time, he saw that Nasri’s direct pass to Fabregas seemed to be offside, so Liu Ting immediately raised his hand to signal the referee’s offside.

Steven Gerrard is injured. Carragher is currently the captain of Liverpool. After the goal, Carragher immediately went to the referee to explain that the goal just now was an offside ball, but the referee kept shaking his head to indicate that the ball was not offside.

Soon, the replay of the TV broadcast showed that at the moment when Nasri passed the ball, Fabregas was already half of his body in an offside position, so Fabregas's subsequent return pass assist Arshavin naturally could not be counted.

In a home game, if your team's offside goal is awarded as a strike, the stadium screen will basically not play the replay screen, but the opponent's offside goal will benefit, and it will naturally be released for fans to see.

Soon Anfield fans saw the replay of the goal just now on the stadium screen, and Anfield immediately booed and cursed constantly.

"Black whistle! Black whistle!"

Alan Hansen finally had something to say: "This is an obvious offside goal. Arsenal is leading Liverpool with an offside goal. Wow, I think the referee's eyes must have grown to the buttocks. Such an obvious offside can't be seen."

In fact, when the goal was scored, Hansen himself did not see clearly that the goal was offside first, and he only knew it from the playback screen.

In any case, the goal has been judged to be valid, and Liverpool can only protest and hope that the referee can get Liverpool back a little bit in the next game.

The game will continue, and the two teams will come back to prepare for kick-off.

Liu Ting was stepping on the ball in the center circle. Arshavin stood opposite him. He didn't speak but raised his eyebrows at him twice. Liu Ting didn't know what that meant, but it definitely wouldn't have any good meaning.

In fact, Arshavin was just provoking. In the UEFA Cup last year, he led Zenit St. Petersburg and Bordeaux led by Liu Ting met. In the first round, Bordeaux beat Bordeaux 3-0. Although Zenit returned to the home court under the leadership of Arshavin and scored 3-0, Zenit lost to Bordeaux in the penalty shootout.

How about it?This time I scored first to lead your team.

Before the match, some tabloids had reported on the rematch between Liu Ting and Arshavin, whether Arshavin could get revenge, etc. However, the confrontation between the two in this giants matchup was obviously just a small point of view and did not attract much attention, but Arshavin himself remembered it.

Today's first goal is just a little bit of interest. What the Czar wants is to defeat Liu Ting and Liverpool and cut off the opponent's hope of winning the league.

　(I've been very busy recently, today's update is too late, and it will be back to normal tomorrow.)
　　
　
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