Chapter 064: Regret
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"Goooooooal!" Seeing Bol announce that the goal was valid, Martin Gray immediately came to his senses, and there was a passionate roar in the live broadcast room, "The ball is in!" Drogba sent a wonderful pass to assist Cristiano Ronaldo to score a goal after attracting Lehmann's attention! If Tottenham can keep that score until full-time, then they can overtake Arsenal at the end of this league game and take the top spot at the top of the table by one point!"
'Coach Nelson's adjustment at half-time was very effective, he was keenly aware of Arsenal's weaknesses in breaking through dense defence and lack of attacking ability in the box, and decisively allowed the team to abandon the defensive options on both flanks and lay heavy reinforcements in the middle, resulting in Arsenal not creating dangerous chances on goal after the start of the second half. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Martin Taylor was naturally full of praise for George's tactical adjustment, which proved to be extremely effective, "Being able to come up with a response in such a short period of time, and helping the team turn around the unfavorable situation in one fell swoop, and also overtaking Arsenal in terms of scoreline, Nelson's on-the-spot command level can be said to be the best in England." ā
In fact, George's tactic against Arsene Wenger was learned from Jose Mourinho in his previous life. At that time, the magic bird used this set of tactics to beat Wenger and Arsenal to the point where they didn't want to, and since then Arsenal has been in the shadow of Chelsea for many years. Now, although George also used this killer move against Arsenal and received good results, overall, this tactic did not have the same practical effect in this game as it did when Mourinho used it at Chelsea.
The main reason for this difference is that Campbell's competitive form has not declined this season, and he still maintains a world-class standard in the central defender position, and at the same time, Vieira, the captain and midfielder, has not left Highbury, so Arsenal's defense is not as weak as in previous lives, and in turn, Tottenham have faced much more resistance on counter-attacks than Chelsea in previous lives.
While Martin Taylor praised George's on-the-spot adjustments, Andy Gray remained silent the whole time. Obviously, it only took Tottenham a half-time to find Arsenal's attacking goal and use it, and even achieved a score overtake, which really surprised the ace commentator.
However, despite this, Andy Gray did not choose to admit defeat easily, but cheered Arsenal in the live broadcast room: "Although the current situation is quite unfavorable for Arsenal, if Wenger can make adjustments as soon as possible and take advantage of Arsenal's advantages in technology and home operations, then it is still unknown who will die in this north London derby!"
Although Wenger couldn't hear Andy Gray's words in the live broadcast room, as a manager, it is his job to find solutions and make adjustments when the team is in trouble. So, before the game restarted, Wenger once again called Vieira to the sidelines and told him in the ear: "Patrick, tell everyone, let's speed up the transfer of the ball in the attack, and increase the running time appropriately...... I don't believe that in the face of our Arsenal attack, this Tottenham backline will not show any flaws!"
To be honest, although Wenger's strategy played out Arsenal's technical skills and running off the ball, it still did not solve the fundamental problem that the Gunners currently have, which is a serious lack of positional attack!
However, no matter how the Arsenal players ran and pulled on the field, Tottenham Hotspur was not moved at all, relying on the position and numerical advantage to block their own penalty area and front line, and completely empty the two wings, the meaning is simply obvious - you want to play on the side, you want to open a breakthrough in the middle? Sorry, this road is not working!
Seeing that the time remaining is getting less and less, the mood of the Arsenal players is becoming more and more impatient. After all, they all know the importance of this north London derby, and they know that this derby is not only about the face of the club, but also about the top of the standings! You know, before this game, Arsenal was only two points more than Tottenham Hotspur in the standings!
As the saying goes, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it. The impatience of the Arsenal players not only did not help the game in front of them, but also caused more mistakes in the attack because of the rush to achieve results, giving Tottenham more counter-attacking opportunities and set-pieces in front!
After seeing Campbell use a ferocious charge to knock Cristiano Ronaldo, who had already broken through past him with the ball, directly to the ground, interrupting another quick counterattack by Tottenham, more than 2,000 Tottenham fans in the stands immediately sent bursts of boos and insults to Campbell. For the former captain and now the number one traitor, Tottenham fans can be said to grit their teeth with hatred. Every time Campbell is seen wearing an Arsenal shirt in a north London derby, Tottenham fans are eager to rush up and dismantle him immediately, so as to relieve their hatred!
However, the invective of Tottenham fans was immediately drowned out by Arsenal fans with louder voices - although Arsenal fans also dislike Campbell, but this is Highbury Stadium, which belongs to Arsenal's territory, how can sworn enemy fans be so presumptuous here?
And Bol was not ambiguous, for Campbell's foul, he directly gave the central defender a yellow card and awarded Tottenham a free kick in front, without giving the home team any preferential treatment because this is Arsenal's home stadium. After all, Bol saw quite clearly, if Campbell had not fouled at that time, then Ronaldo could have formed a single knife if he had successfully broken through, and even had a great hope of helping Tottenham further extend his lead, so it was not too much to give him a yellow card.
"Why was he only given a yellow card? Campbell's actions just now were nothing short of murder!" Seeing that Campbell was only shown a yellow card, George naturally wanted to put pressure on Bol. In his opinion, if he can take this opportunity to let Arsenal play with one less man, then Tottenham will be able to make it easier for Tottenham to counter-attack in the future.
"Shut the fuck up for me!" Vieira, who was very upset about this, immediately walked up to George and made a "shut up" gesture!
"Oh, you kid is very guts~" Seeing Vieira's disrespectful words to himself, George glanced at the fourth official not far away, and the meaning was obvious: These Arsenal players are so presumptuous in front of me, and you referees don't plan to take care of it?
Reading the meaning in George's eyes, the fourth official also had a little uneasiness on his face, and hurriedly stepped forward to warn Vieira, wanting to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. However, Vieira did not appreciate it very much, although he left the place of the incident, but he still scolded in his mouth, but even the fourth official "cordially greeted".
So, the fourth official with a shaved face kept this incident in his heart with a black face, and was ready to sue Arsenal fiercely after the game!
It seems to have been inspired by Campbell, and in the following period, Tottenham played a number of counter-attacks, but most of them were forcibly interrupted by fouls by Arsenal players. Although there are many hidden dangers in this approach, such as giving Tottenham set-pieces in front, and the chances of your own cards will be greatly increased, for Arsenal players, this is already the best solution they can think of.
Unfortunately, the Tottenham players were unlucky, although the quality of the counter-attack was very high, and they also got a lot of well-positioned set-pieces, but they just couldn't break through the goal guarded by Lehmann, and repeatedly missed the goal.
In the 88th minute, a controversial scene took place on the pitch - just as the Tottenham players were setting up the wall under the supervision of Bol, Henry took a free-kick without waiting for the referee to blow the whistle!
And just like that, the ball flew into the goal of Cech under the surprised gaze of the Tottenham players. And Bol's action of signaling the goal to be effective after that aroused the strong dissatisfaction of all the Tottenham players present! They who thought that Henry's move was in violation of the law surrounded Bol and kept complaining, hoping that the referee could change the result of the penalty and cancel Arsenal's goal!
"Ledley, let those boys come back and continue the game, don't be embarrassed there!" At this time, George walked to the sideline and helped Bol out with a yell, "I didn't understand the rules and suffered a loss, so don't cause trouble to others!"
Hearing George's roar, the Tottenham players immediately left Bol's side and stopped pestering Bol. Although they were puzzled by the order given by their own head coach, they still chose to obey unconditionally.
Although Henry's direct free-kick score was opportunistic, there was nothing wrong with Henry's goal from the point of view of the rules of the football game. Because there are two main ways to take free kicks, one is "quickfreekick" (quickfreekick) and "official free kick" (ceremonial). The penalty for an "official free kick" is subject to four conditions: a yellow/red card is shown to the offending player, a staff member asks to enter the pitch, the attacker asks the defender to step back 9.15 metres, and the referee decides to slow down the pace of the game. For one of these four reasons, this free kick is an "official free kick".
Look at Thierry Henry's free-kick goal. After awarding a set-piece to Arsenal, Bol did not show a yellow card to Vidic, nor did the team doctor or other personnel ask to enter the field, and Henry himself did not propose to let the wall back by 9.15 meters - therefore, the key to determining the nature of this set-piece is the fourth, that is, Bol's own attitude towards this set-piece!
George distinctly remembers that after awarding Arsenal a set-piece, Bol did not raise the whistle to signal the players on both sides to listen to the whistle, but had a brief communication with Thierry Henry. Therefore, Arsenal's free kick does not meet any definition of "official free kick", and naturally belongs to the theoretical "fast free kick".
Therefore, Henry's sneak attack with a quick free kick this time is a good ball in the absolute sense. I can only blame my side for not knowing enough about the rules of football, so I will suffer such a dumb loss.
In this way, thanks to Thierry Henry's controversial free-kick from a quick free-kick, Arsenal fought extremely hard to draw 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur, and finally did not suffer a defeat at their home stadium!
However, even so, I am afraid that the next period of time for the Arsenal players will not be easy - they were led by their rivals for nearly half a game, and in the end, it was only with a little cleverness and the help of the referee that they barely managed to keep their home games alive, which was enough for Arsenal fans to criticize the team and Wenger for a long time after the game.