Chapter 102: Thrilling

Chapter 102 is thrilling

Arsenal really don't need to rush.

Because apart from Fabianski's play with fire, Arsenal's goal has not been tested much.

In the face of Luton's forward pressing, Arsenal's players made a big deal to clear the ball with one kick, and anyway, Luton was very easy to attack after getting the ball back.

Luton's attack is not as complex as Arsenal's, with Gobo favouring simplicity in attack, essentially trying to threaten the ball again after a few passes, or a long-range shot from outside the box.

If you look at the stats, in the ten minutes of the game, Luton have hit the ball into the 30-metre area in front of goal more times than Arsenal, and even Luton are ahead of Arsenal in the shooting - in the sixth minute of the game, Drinkwater completed a long-range shot from the perimeter, counting Vardy's previous time, Luton now have two shots on goal, but Drinkwater's long-range shot went over the crossbar and did not pose much of a threat.

However, the spectators did not feel that Luton had any advantage on the field, after all, Arsenal had possession of the ball for most of the ten minutes, and Luton's midfield pressure was very positive, and the players continued to run, but did not snatch the ball.

"Arsenal's passing is getting smoother," John said with a frown next to Gao Bo.

Gao Bo was also a little nervous at this time, he still underestimated the strength of Wenger's team, compared to Chelsea and Manchester City, Arsenal is obviously a team that is better at possession, and there is no panic under such pressing.

Yes, despite Chelsea's rise now, Arsenal were a Premier League title contender just a few years ago, second only to Manchester United in the Premier League.

Gao Bo wanted to make Arsenal's pass miss through the pressing of the front, but it was clear that Arsenal were in good form today, they were a little flustered at the beginning, and now they are getting more and more calm.

Passing the ball kept moving Luton's players and Arsenal played possession on the pitch.

"Luton's strength is still far weaker than Arsenal's, and now on the pitch, Arsenal seems to be at ease, and Luton's players can only run with the ball, and I don't know if their physical fitness can support it." Lightkinson said as he sat in the commentary seat.

As Lightkinson spoke, Arsenal organised an attack.

Cesc Fabregas suddenly pulled off the left side, he received a pass from Gibbs on the left side and turned around, then looked at the front court and put a long diagonal ball to find Arshavin on the right!

Arsenal quickly saw where Luton's weaknesses were, and in addition to their weak wings, Luton's pressing up front could also make their team's backfield weak defence, and with sufficiently accurate long balls, Arsenal could hit the ball directly into Luton's backline.

The Russian tsar stopped the ball and now only left wing-back Solo Davies was left to defend him.

Of course, Solo Davis is not comparable to Arshavin in terms of personal ability, so he was easily passed by Arshavin!

"Arshavin !!!"

Lightkinson stood up in the stands, and cheers from Arsenal fans rang out from the stands.

Arshavin took a look at the situation in the box and was about to pass the ball, but as soon as he did so, Kante rushed up and slid the ball straight off the line.

Arshavin glanced at Kante, who had just completed the tackle, this is one of the key players of the opposing team that the old man emphasized before the game, and it seems that he really has some strength. He really didn't see when the other party came over. In fact, by the time Arshavin made a long pass, N'Golo Kante had already started to kick in.

His anticipation was good, so when Arshavin passed Solo Davis, he filled in the position.

Now it was the Luton fans' turn to cheer and N'Golo Kante made a crucial defence.

Gao Bo breathed a sigh of relief, the weakness of strength is really uncomfortable, Arsenal's passing and control cooperation, so that Gao Bo's frontcourt pressing arranged before the game does not seem to have received too good results.

Do you want to retract and swing back to fight back?

Gao Bo shook slightly, and immediately vetoed it.

It's still too early, it's not easy to hold on for 90 minutes, and if they set up a bucket formation, then Arsenal's two centre-forwards will be happy.

Especially Bam Adebayo, the Togolese center forward has a body no less than Drogba's, with a height of 193 cm, he has a strong ability to work in the air.

If Arsenal were left unbridled on either side to find a centre-forward, neither Jeffrey nor George Parker would be a match for Adebayo.

Compared to the two centre-backs, Gao Bo still trusts N'Golo Kante more.

N'Golo Kante's oversized coverage gave him the confidence to continue pressing up front. But now Luton are going to start defending Arsenal's corners.

Cesc Fabregas kicked the ball away.

Bam Adebayo is clearly the key defender, with George Parker, who is as tall as Bam Adebayo, following closely the opposition, while Jeffrey is defending his fellow Dutchman Robin van Persie.

Cesc Fabregas came to Van Persie for the goal.

Compared to Adebayo, Van Persie's body is not so strong, and Van Persie is actually not too good at heading points.

Jeffrey leaps high and clears the ball away from Van Persie's head.

Luton's counter-attack failed as Drinkwater had just picked up the ball and was about to turn before Alexander Song let him go.

The referee awarded a foul, but did not award Alexander Song.

This made Gao Bo on the sidelines very unhappy, and he held up the card posture and pointed to Drinkwater who was rubbing his thighs and sitting on the grass on the field.

"Yellow card!! It's a yellow card!! Gao Bo jumped on the sidelines, but the referee didn't pay attention to him, and the fourth official just squinted at it, as long as Gao Bo didn't go out of the technical area, the fourth official didn't care what he did.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Gao Bo had no choice but to mumble a few words, turn around and sit back in the coach's seat.

Arsene Wenger has been in the dugout watching Gao Bo perform.

Are today's young people so expressive? Wenger shook his head.

What Wenger doesn't know now is that in a year or two, a manager like Gao Bo, who has a lot of body movements on the sidelines, and even more exaggerated, will spring up.....

"Well done lad," Van Persie complimented his fellow Dutchman Jeffrey, before turning away.

Although it was a word of appreciation, it was so harsh to Jeffrey's ears, because Van Persie said it in the same tone as an adult admiring a child for making a "one plus one equals two" math problem.

Jeffrey tried to retort, but Van Persie had already walked away.

Facing a well-known Dutch star like Van Persie, Jeffrey was still a little nervous, but he had just put the ball on top of Van Persie's head, which calmed Jeffrey down a little.

Gao Bo sat in the dugout, and although Arsenal had just created an attacking threat, it was actually his preferred rhythm.

Because it has been ten minutes since the game, Arsenal has not attacked much, and neither side has a single shot that hits the woodwork. If this rhythm continues, the first half may have passed tepidly.

However, Gao Bo's wishful thinking did not work, and Wenger also stood on the sidelines, calling Arsenal attacking commander Cesc Fabregas over to teach him a face-to-face opportunity.

Arsenal has to take the initiative to change first!

Soon, the game scene changed.

Cesc Fabregas came to the wing

Arsenal started to pass the ball straight forward on the flanks and Arshavin got his chance again!

This time he dodged a little bit and then crossed!!

"Adebayo !!!"

In the commentator's exclamation, Adebayo grabbed in front of George Parker and headed the ball straight towards the goal!

Gao Bo jumped up from his seat in shock.

That's when Claude Rondo made an incredible save!

Almost instinctively, he reached to the left and left the ball in the box, before the recovered right-back Mitchell Piran cleared the ball with a big foot...

Claude Rondo!!! Oh.... What a brilliant save!! Rentkinson grabbed the microphone in the stands with a shocked face, "Arsenal almost scored!!" ”

Gao Bo felt his heart still pounding, and he knew that seeing Mitchell kick the ball out of the sideline calmed down a little.

Is... It's thrilling.

Gao Bo brings up the soccer card system.

Save success rate plus 8 percent....

Maybe without that, the goal would have gone in, and I'm lucky, and Luton are lucky...

But you can't count on luck in the game.