Chapter 203: Assist one
Quaresma was lying on the ground looking loveless, and at this moment, he really felt the malice from this world.
To say that Lustrineri deliberately stuffed himself, in fact, it doesn't make sense, the Thun striker must have wanted to score directly from a free kick, but the footwork was not good, and he was unlucky, or rather, he helped the Arsenal goal block it.
Campbell kicked the ball off the sideline, and his teammates gathered around, checking in with concern about Quaresma's situation and whether he was dead or not.
Lustrineri walked over apologetically, wanting to apologize to Quaresma, but looking at Quaresma's current appearance, he knew that he would not listen.
This time it was stuffy enough, such a close distance, so that Quaresma didn't even have defensive measures in place, and he didn't dare to block it with his hands, anyway, how uncomfortable it would be, and it would be so painful for a woman to give birth to a child.
After a long time of delay, he slowly stood up with the support of his teammates, and his face was full of bitterness that he did not want to recall the painful experience.
Looking at Lustrineri, who was waiting for his situation not far away, Quaresma couldn't help but want to complain.
You're almost manslaughter!
Why, you want to find Baia to defend you?
Luckily, your foot is a bit high, if you drop a little more, buddy, I'm done!
The fans in front of the TV saw Quaresma's rare miserable appearance, not to mention how happy they were, and they were used to seeing Quaresma kill all sides with a cynical smile and occasionally change their tastes, which is actually quite good.
The game was suspended for a long time before it resumed, and although it was a throw-in from Toone, Thun still returned the ball to Arsenal and looked very friendly.
Why aren't you friendly when you're bored with me?
But now is really not the time for Quaresma to complain, Wenger has been shouting on the sidelines, asking the players to speed up the pace and score as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night, Wenger has given a must-kill order in this game.
I didn't say that, and when the discomfort in my stomach eased, Quaresma joined in the sprint, and I would talk about the race first.
That glance... No, that kick, Quaresma had memorized, and it would have to be returned later.
Perhaps it was this kick that softened the atmosphere of the already intense game, and although the home fans were still cheering and shouting, it felt a little less gunpowder than at the beginning of the game.
And as Arsenal wielded, Thun's midfielder gradually became struggling in the confrontation, from fighting to slowly passive, and finally was pressed back into his own half.
Soon after, Arsenal's goal followed, and Thierry Henry received Ljungberg's cross from the right and scrambled to break through the Thun goal to help Arsenal rewrite the scoreline.
Of course, the score of 1:0 was not safe, so Arsenal's offensive momentum did not slow down because the ball took the lead, and after a series of effective passes, Xiaofa scored from outside the penalty area and rewrote the score again.
2:0
The game seems to have lost its suspense.
The players on the field were a little disappointed, but the fans in the stands didn't seem to be affected too much, they were still full of emotions and cheering, anyway, they didn't expect the team to win, no matter what the game turned out, they just had to support the team all the time.
The Thun players were affected by the emotions of the fans and became excited.
Yes, I can't play in the first place, so instead of dwelling on the result, it's better to play a good game, even if I can't win, then the goal of scoring a goal shouldn't be too much.
So Toun, who was two goals behind, picked up again, attacked ferociously, and once again fought fiercely with Arsenal near the midfield, even if their defensive holes were more obvious, but at least there was a chance to attack Arsenal's heartland, and that was enough.
The offensive tempo suddenly accelerated, the offensive and defensive changes were frequent, and the fierce scene made all the fans who watched the game addicted.
Quaresma has actually been salted on the left side for a while, it's not that he doesn't want to score, it's not that he doesn't want to attack, it's mainly that the kick just now was smothered in the lower abdomen still had a certain impact on him, even if it wasn't the sequelae, but he did need time to recover.
Finally, when Quaresma felt completely fine, he knew it was his turn.
He had scored in the first four group games, so how could he have interrupted the record against Thun?
Although he is so active that he is suspected of scoring goals, but the game is the game, who would think that he has scored fewer goals?
As a result, Quaresma, who suddenly became active, directly detonated Arsenal's attack on the left side.
In the 31st minute of the first half, Quaresma took the ball in the midfield, even stopped and dodged the defense, advanced with the ball at high speed, ran all the way, and threw the opponents who came sideways to make up for the defense directly out of the distance, and did not even leave them a chance to make up for the defense.
Then facing Thun's full-back, Quaresma shook off the opponent's center of gravity with a realistic bicycle feint, and then changed direction and went directly to the Thun penalty area.
Quaresma wanted to play a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area, after all, there were two defenders in the Toone box, and it would be a waste of time to try to break them, and it was really unnecessary.
However, just as Quaresma had already raised his foot and was about to make a move, he was keenly aware that Ljungberg had stepped forward to ambush the back post, obviously better than his position.
Without greed, the electric light and fire time turned into a pass, and the ball was sent to the feet of Ljungberg at the back point.
The Swedish Clippers did not waste Quaresma's kindness and faced the Turnkey goalkeeper in one fell swoop to rewrite the score to 3:0.
After the goal, Ljungberg was very excited, screaming and rushing over to pounce on Quaresma, but fortunately Ljungberg is now in human form, otherwise Quaresma would have thought that the beast had come to eat him.
It's far from blame that Ljungberg was excited, the goal just now Quaresma could obviously shoot by himself, even if Quaresma couldn't score, no one would criticize him, but Quaresma saw his running position and was ready to send the ball to his feet, it can be said that a large part of the credit for this goal should be attributed to Quaresma's selflessness, so Ljungberg will be so grateful to Quaresma.
Although Ljungberg is also a winger, the goal rate is not very high, and it does not exceed double figures every season, so every goal is precious.
Quaresma accepted Ljungberg's thanks and received an assist, which was not as frustrating as a goal, but it was also a taste.
At this time, Wenger on the sidelines was dazzled by the goal.
It's not that Ljungberg's goal was pretty, but it was his goal that saw Quaresma's rapid improvement.
I have to admit that compared to when he first joined the team, Quaresma's growth has made everyone feel incredible.