Chapter 66: The Iron Tree Blossoms
The fourth shift, a little tired, tomorrow's third shift, the fourth shift depends on the situation!
"Hey, this kid is so much, uh, how can I say it, I should call the iron tree to bloom!" David and Loew hugged each other and smiled excitedly.
Loew nodded, he didn't expect that it would be Merreles who scored the goal.
According to his tactical arrangement, the Portuguese midfielder, who has excellent running ability, has to play more of a role in the attack, pulling away the opposition defence and leaving space for Kuyt and Ribery.
But the situation on the field is changing rapidly, and since the opponent has leaked Meireles, it is not impossible for him to finish the opponent.
It was Merreles' maiden goal for Notts County, and it was a significant first goal for Notts County, and it could well have left the victory for Notts County.
As he walked back and celebrated his goal with his teammates, Meireles still felt a little dazed.
"Come back to your senses, you forced pretend, I'll give you full marks!" Bosingwa patted Merelis with an excited smile on his face.
Yes, Mereles' trance-like trance-like was interpreted by his Portuguese compatriots as deliberately cool, but looking at the angry Arsenal players, Bosingwa is definitely not the only one who thinks so.
After that, Meireles continued to lose his mind, because Arsenal launched a frenzied counterattack after conceding the goal, and he had to lift his spirit to deal with it tenaciously.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the Arsenal players walked off the pitch in extreme reluctance, while the Notts County players were simply happy and smiling with intense confidence.
That's right, they're ahead of Arsenal!
'Everybody saw that Arsenal were strong but it was us who led in the first half, so what does that mean?' At halftime, Loew spoke loudly in the dressing room.
"We're strong too!" The players cheered and replied that at the moment, everyone had found their confidence and that they could do well against a Premier League giant like Arsenal.
"In the second half, we have to follow our set tactics, I hope everyone can hold on and the victory will definitely be ours! Let's enjoy the game to the fullest, and when the game is over, we can proudly tell the world that even Arsenal can't do anything about us, and we want to make any opponent who dares to underestimate us feel hopeless! ”
Unlike the Notts County dressing room, the away team's dressing room was bleak.
Wenger pondered the tactical strategy for the second half, but did not speak, and the players did not dare to speak first, so everyone was silent.
In fact, Wenger wants to scold the players, although the responsibility for the current situation is not all on the players, but at least he can vent himself.
However, he can't do this kind of thing, no matter how you look at it in the first half, Arsenal was restrained by Notts County's new tactics, and if Arsenal finally loses and is eliminated from the League Cup, then it is definitely his manager who will be blamed after the game, not a specific player.
But he can't think of a good solution now, because Notts County's defense seems to have been done to the extreme, he can't imagine that the League Two team has been able to build such a tenacious defence, if Notts County brings this style of play to the Premier League, I'm afraid all the giants will have a headache.
If David knew what Wenger was thinking at this point, then he would have been dismissive.
Not to mention in the Premier League, even if it is Notts County next season, they dare to fight hard with any team, and then they will not be as defensive-oriented as they are today.
Until the start of the second half, Wenger didn't think of a good way, and finally had to remove Keown and replace Wiltord to increase the attack, relying solely on the number of attackers to put pressure on the Notts County defense.
It has to be said that this is the most untechnical but probably the most direct and effective method.
Arsene Wenger and Arsenal's men were struck by a late first-half raid, but they didn't think Notts County's counter-attack would be much of a threat, and if it weren't for their lack of vigilance against Notts County's quick free-kicks, perhaps their defence wouldn't have been so awkward and they wouldn't have been conceded the crucial goal.
So at the start of the second half, although Arsenal increased their attacking commitment, they didn't care much about Notts County's counter-attack, and they won't make a second mistake for the same mistake.
But Notts County, who kicked off first in the second half, almost gave Arsenal a slap in the face, and Arsenal almost paid the price for their carelessness again.
Kuyt fed the ball to Ribery and the French winger pulled back, before the pair sprinted like arrows towards Arsenal's half, with Kuyt in the middle and Ribery on the right.
When the ball was passed to Alonso, the heart of Notts County's midfield found Ribery with a coquettish long ball in accordance with the established tactical routine.
The Scar Warrior leaned on Lauren and didn't hesitate to cross the ball straight away, leaving only two centre-backs in the Arsenal penalty area.
Ribery's clever cross was half high and Kuyt sped two steps ahead of Campbell to head the ball in front of the crowd.
It's a pity that the close goal was too positive because the angle was too positive, and it went directly into He-Man's arms, He-Man had palpitations in his arms with the ball, this is the bad luck of Notts County, if there is a slight angle, then He-Man will definitely not be able to save.
"Concentrate, take care of you!" Seaman yelled at Campbell that he was under a lot of pressure at this time.
Campbell was speechless, waved his hand and turned his head away, although he had the highest salary in the team, but in terms of the team's internal status, he was not ranked.
Kuyt put his head on his head and made an expression of extreme regret, he never thought that he would actually waste a great chance to score, if this goal could be scored, maybe this game would be stable.
The rest of the players were also regretful, but they quickly adjusted their mentality, because they knew that it was impossible to make every attack effective, and it was only their second goal in the whole game.
Of course, the first shot had already been scored.
The next game seemed to be uneventful, and it returned to the situation of Arsenal's onslaught and Notts County defended with all their strength in most of the period, but the only difference is that Arsenal was afraid of Notts County's sharp raids, and did not dare to put 100% energy into the attack, at least Lauren changed his responsibilities and returned to his own half to follow Ribery, plus the two central defenders who did not pass the half and Vieira, who was always at the end of the attack, Arsenal had four players who could put themselves into defense at the moment of Notts County's counterattack, At least there won't be a situation where the defense plays more with less in the last minute of the first half.