Chapter 397: A Bigger Blow
Due to the recurrence of Van Persie's old injury, Denmark confident Di Bendtner unexpectedly got the opportunity to play, although the position is a winger, but Bendtner does not care, in the first leg he came on the field to knock down this right-back Fusile, this time against that guy again, Bendtner felt that this was his chance to perform. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
As soon as he came on the pitch, Bendtner raised his hand to ask for the ball and asked Nasri to pass it to him.
In the last game, Bendtner had a big advantage in playing Fucile, as long as he didn't play blindly, he could still create a threat, and in the face of Porto's high-pressure defense, Nasri couldn't find a way to break through, so he hoisted the ball to Bendtner and let Bendtner deal with Fusile.
Bendtner squeezed away Fusile's chest to stop the ball, spread his arms, and pressed Fusile to take the ball to the penalty area.
Bendtner wanted to single out Fusilele as he did last time, but Porto were already on guard, and Hulk was quick to help up when Nasri passed the ball to Bendtner, making a tackle from the front.
Bendtner flicked the ball to avoid Hulk's steal, and Fucille's foot arrived, and when he dodged Fusile's foot again, Hulk cut hard from behind the side, knocking Bendtner into a stumble and breaking the ball.
At the back, Hulk didn't dare to control the ball, he passed the ball to Fusile, and the experienced Fussile drove straight to the front with a big kick.
Bendtner's attack, although it didn't result in crosses and shots, had an effect, attracting two Porto defenders, and after gaining possession again, Arsenal passed the ball back to Bendtner.
However, this time Bendtner was not able to get the chance to face Fusile alone, Porto have now strengthened the protection of Fusile, Hulk went over to the first time to steal, Bendtner passed the ball back to Gibson who inserted the assist, but was tackled by Guarin.
Gibson immediately went over to press closely, preventing Guarin from turning, and Nasri quickly cut off the passing lanes between Guarin and the Porto midfielder.
However, although he is not very reliable, he often has amazing works, he grabbed the ball facing the sideline, and when Gibson pressed over, his left foot quickly pulled the ball behind his right foot, which happened to pierce a crotch of Gibson, and then bypassed Gibson from the outside.
Wow!
There was a roar of amazement in the stands, and most Porto fans did not expect Guarin to have such delicate skills, and they couldn't help but applaud after the amazement.
After Guarin broke through Gibson and there were no defenders in front of him, Guarin quickly dribbled straight into Arsenal's half.
Seeing Guarin forming a breakthrough on the wing, Porto's midfielders Gao Xiaodong, Fernando, and Meleles quickly stepped forward, and striker Falcao also aimed at the defenders and ran forward, ready to accelerate the sprint at any time.
Arsenal are besieging Porto's penalty area, and this breakthrough by Guarin is tantamount to digging a hole in Arsenal's defense, and if Arsenal don't plug the hole, their defense will collapse completely.
Arsenal's midfielder took out the strength to run back, and the midfielder Song made up for the defense to the side as quickly as possible, blocking Guarin's forward path.
Although Gao Xiaodong is in the position of the back midfield, his position is higher than that of Fernando and Guarin, and the position is lower than that of Meleles, but his speed is much faster than Meleles, and he soon surpassed Meleles, and also surpassed Nasri, who was on the back line, and Fabregas and another fullback Sagna ran alongside each other.
Gao Xiaodong is faster, and it is only a matter of time before he overtakes Cesc Fabregas.
See Arsenal defender Alexander. Song went to make up for the side, Gao Xiaodong hurriedly raised his hand to ask Guarin for the ball, and now this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to counterattack, once Alexander. Song made a tactical foul on Guarin and only got a free kick on the side and lost a lot.
Gao Xiaodong was still worried that Guarin just wanted to bring forward and not pass the ball, but he didn't expect Guarin to be enlightened today, he waved and shouted, and Guarin immediately passed over.
Gao Xiaodong was overjoyed, and immediately accelerated sharply to overtake Cesc Fabregas to grab the pass.
However, Guarin's timing of the ball pass was very good, but the strength was too great, the ball passed very hard, and Gao Xiaodong's speed couldn't be grabbed, so he could only chase it diagonally to the side.
Bastard!
Gao Xiaodong chased and scolded, if he got the ball in the middle, he and Falcao faced two central defenders, but now, even if he can catch up with the ball, he can only pass the ball.
The fans in the stands had just cheered for Guarín, only to see Guarín pass an unreliable ball a few seconds later, which was like a slap in the face, leaving the Porto fans speechless.
That is, Gao Xiaodong's speed, and finally chased the ball near the sideline, but at this time, Sagna was also about to catch up.
If Gao Xiaodong stops the ball and starts to go down, he will definitely be caught up by Sagna, even if Sagna doesn't foul, after Gao Xiaodong gets rid of him, Arsenal's defenders will definitely come back.
But it is not a good choice to take the middle of the penalty area laterally, at this time Fabregas has quickly returned to the defense in place, and is preparing to defend Gao Xiaodong with Saña on the side, Gao Xiaodong will definitely be intercepted by Fabregas who played at the back.
When it comes to passing, Falcao is sandwiched between two Arsenal central defenders, and even if Gao Xiaodong can pass the ball, it is difficult for Falcao to have a chance to shoot.
Guarin didn't stop after passing the ball and cut cross-cutting towards the middle, only to be deflected by Alexander. Song was entangled.
Only Meleles, who was inserted in the back row, was unguarded, but Meleles was still far from the goal and there were too many variables.
"Shoot! Shoot!"
"Shoot!"
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The Porto fans in the stands were chanting, they had seen Gao Xiaodong's shocking shot against Manchester United on the wing, and hoped that Gao Xiaodong would do it again.
But Gao Xiaodong has a clear understanding of himself, I don't know how often I can score a shot like that, Gao Xiaodong can't shoot like that.
Seeing that there is no better choice, Gao Xiaodong immediately crossed to Meleles, at least Meleleles still has a chance to shoot from a distance.
Meleles was very excited, Gao Xiaodong passed the ball over, he was only thirty meters away from the goal, and then brought a little forward, the effect of the shot was definitely better, Fabregas ran to the side, he brought a few meters, and it was too late for Fabregas to block.
Thinking of this, Meleles arched the ball forward and quickly dribbled forward.
Cesc Fabregas quickly turned around and ran back, and centre-back Jolu also quickly went over to intercept Meleles.
In the face of Meleles, in fact, Arsenal only needs one player to intercept it, Meleles is a little far away from the penalty area, and his personal ability is not so strong, so he doesn't need two people to wrap up, but Arsenal is in a hurry to defend, and the running brain is almost deprived of oxygen, Fabregas and Julu did not form a tacit understanding this time, and both of them went to intercept Meleleles.
Meleles only advanced more than two meters forward, and he didn't dare to take it anymore, and if he took it again, the angle of shooting and passing was gone.
Meleles was about to shoot, and suddenly found Gao Xiaodong diagonally inserting into the penalty area from the side, although Sagna was following Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong was already half a body ahead.
Meleleles believed in Gao Xiaodong's speed, he decisively gave up the shot, pushed the arch of his foot, and plugged the ribs of the penalty area, giving Gao Xiaodong an advance pass.
Cesc Fabregas was slow to intercept but the ball rolled past his feet.
Seeing the ball pass, the atmosphere at the Dragon Stadium instantly became tense, and all the fans opened their eyes wide and looked at the stadium without blinking.
Some impatient Porto fans kept shouting, "Hurry up, hurry up, Gao Xiaodong!"
And all the Arsenal fans who came to help them were chanting: "Pull him, pull him, pull him!"
Sagna is worthy of being a defender, and after Meleles passed the ball, he decisively reached for Gao Xiaodong's shirt and wanted to use a yellow card to stop Porto's dangerous attack.
Almunia, the goalkeeper standing in front of the goal line, was originally guarding against Meleles's long-range shot, and when he saw Meleles actually passing, he hurried out to get this through ball.
When Sania pulled Gao Xiaodong's jersey, Gao Xiaodong was gritting his teeth and hunching his waist to make the final sprint.
Sania made a lot of energy, but Gao Xiaodong was rushing forward, this time he didn't pull it, Gao Xiaodong staggered two steps, but still stabilized his body, when he caught up with the ball, when he pulled out his foot to shoot, the goalkeeper Almunia also arrived, and did not hesitate to pounce.
Gao Xiaodong's shooting action has been completed, and he can't change it, so he can only watch the ball whizz and fly straight to Almunia's front goal.
Almunia still had time to turn his head and dodge, but if he dodged, the ball would be scored, Almunia couldn't dodge, in the face of Gao Xiaodong's powerful shot, Almunia instinctively raised his hand to protect his face, but where was the time, his hand was not raised, the ball smashed into Almunia like a sledgehammer in the face, hitting Almunia head backwards, and then fell straight on the turf in front of Gao Xiaodong.
The ball flew out of the sideline, but at this time everyone's attention was on Almunia's body, everyone knew Gao Xiaodong's foot strength, Almunia took this ball firmly, no one knows how to play?
Gao Xiaodong squatted down, shook Almunia, and seeing that Almunia did not react, he hurriedly raised his hand to call the stretcher and the team doctor to enter the field, and pinched Almunia himself and squeezed his chest.
At this time, the stretcher quickly entered the field, and the team doctor came over to listen to Almunia's chest, and said to Gao Xiaodong: "Don't do it, my heartbeat has resumed." Then let the stretcher carry Almunia out.
Almunia was carried off the pitch in a semi-comatose state, and the team doctor thought it might be a concussion, so he was rushed to an ambulance to take him to the hospital in Porto.
Seeing Almunia injured again, Arsenal fans were stupid, just Van Persie was injured, and then the main goalkeeper was injured, this luck was too bad, and both injuries were related to Gao Xiaodong, Arsenal fans vented their anger on Gao Xiaodong, scolding Gao Xiaodong on the field.
Arsene Wenger turned grim and rushed to bring on Fabianski, who had only played four Premier League games at the age of 24, to replace the injured Almunia.
Less than 30 minutes after the game, Arsenal's two absolute main players were injured, and two people were passively replaced.