Chapter 741: Innocent Little Tiger (Gagen)
Iello's stumbling miss made the commentator stunned for a moment, and then realized that Iro's concession was intentional as the camera changed, and the ball rolled to Drogba in the side.
"Pretty!!"
Although the camera followed in time, the fans watching the live TV broadcast did not see Iello's next move.
Thankfully, the Chelsea fans in the arena could see it clearly, knowing that their cheers might not be able to beat the boos of the home fans, but they still opened their throats to chant for the tenacity of Iro, who still managed to maintain his hunger for glory despite so many accolades.
Normally, a player would have chosen to give up in such a situation, or a foul from Beau, but Iroh would not, and he had already watched his teammates' movements during the retreat.
While making room for Drogba, he also helps him buy time to get better opportunities.
Iroh's strong arms allowed him to hold on to the turf as he fell forward, then his feet shifted and he half-hunched and turned to run forward.
It was only then that Alexander Song realized that Elo's pullback response was nothing more than a cover, and it was the bridgehead Drogba who actually caught the ball!
In this moment, Arsenal's professional defender, Alexander Song, fell into a brief confusion.
Is it Drogba, who turns to help defend and get the ball, or Aelo, who turns to defend and moves forward?
By the time he decided, Iroh was already like a blue lightning bolt speeding past him.
That's fast!
Alexander Song saw Iroh start, and when he decided to defend, he found that the opponent had already surpassed him, and this happened in a flash of lightning!
But as a young player that Wenger focuses on developing, Alexander Song does not have the usual laziness of Africans, and he does his best in every game, and his running range is very large, whether it is offensive or defensive, he is very active, and this time is no different.
Even if he has been seized by Iro, he stubbornly chooses to chase back.
The back of Alexander Songgang Ailuo who turned around, and the number nine who appeared smaller and smaller behind him......
Looking at this back, he seemed to wonder if Sagna and Toure's defense would be able to hold out until he could catch up.
At this moment, Alexander Song suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing on his left, but he didn't pay much attention to it until he looked up and saw Walcott's back.
This guy is known as a speed maniac, and his empty run is not much different from Iro, which means that Iroh is likely to be overtaken by Walcoat when he is dribbling.
When Walcott stabilizes Iroh's offense and waits for his own support, then this defense will be inseparable......
Thinking of this, Alexander Song's defensive enthusiasm soared, and he chased back.
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Drogba had his back to Silvestre and then used the rules to push the latter away, gain a bit of space to pass the ball to the right flank of the defence between Sagna and Toure, which was the direction of Aelo's forward cut.
The ball was passed to Iello in the forward lane, and Walcott's feet swung faster and faster, so that the fans in the stands couldn't see how often his feet were swinging.
It's just that the distance between the two has not been shortened because of this, and he is still nearly five meters away from Iro.
Rather than go up to defend Elloh, centre-back Toure ran back frantically, trying to clear the ball before Elloh.
After half a second, he found that Drogba's pass was very thief and very accurate, and it was completely running towards Iro's straight line, which meant that whether it was Sania or himself, he had to run diagonally.
The shortest straight line between the two points, coupled with the speed of Iroh, forced Toure to abandon the idea of clearing the ball early, and instead turned a corner and ran in the direction of his own penalty area.
Sania, who was originally closer to the baseline, has faintly shown signs of keeping up with himself as the distance from football gets closer.
After another second, the distance between the two began to widen at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Chelsea fans in the stands and those sitting in front of the TV chanted as Iello's overtaking gave their adrenaline pumping.
Even the Arsenal fans at the scene felt their hearts beat faster for Iroh's overtaking.
Speed contests on the football pitch are always exciting, but their stance makes them turn their excitement into boos in that moment.
It was clear that they wanted to distract Iroh with boos.
However, what Arsenal fans didn't expect was that Iroh was not disturbed, but Sagna, who was overtaken by Iro, became irritable, and he hit Iroh directly with his shoulder in the back of the side.
But what made Sania helpless was that Iroh seemed to suddenly increase his speed to the extreme at this moment, and he didn't touch a single hair, and Iroh continued to chase after the football.
If Walcott, who was chasing after him, reacted quickly and chose to jump at the first time, then he would have been most likely to be knocked to the ground by Sania Pit, who lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
With a stretch of his long legs, Iroh slashed the ball straight inside and slashed it towards Toure.
Walcot landed and made a small turn to accelerate towards Iro, who chose to cut inside just then, so the distance between the two was rapidly shortening.
"Theo Walcott!!" The Arsenal TV commentator seemed to find the last straw and shouted: "The distance between him and Ai is rapidly decreasing, as long as Toure can delay Ai for even a second, our little tiger can catch up!" ”
However, Iroh did not give them such a chance.
Iroh was pushing forward very quickly with all his might, and in the blink of an eye, he was on the edge of the left corner of the penalty area from 35 meters from the baseline.
Central defender Toure's half-squatting legs naturally spread, standing on Elo's inner cutting path, very concentrated, but there were already beads of sweat behind him, and it was obvious that Elo's dribbling brought him great pressure.
In order to be able to complete the defensive task steadily, he has made up his mind that as long as Iroh has a trouble, then he will not hesitate to choose to foul.
Where did Iroh not know what Toure was thinking?
With two metres to go, he didn't make any fancy moves, and went straight to the right with the outside of his right foot.
Toure had to react and turn into the box, knowing that this passing move of Iroh was all about getting into the box and then shooting!
Really!
Iello got the ball into Toure's corner and slammed it into the box before Sylvester could come over to make up for it.
Almunia was mentally prepared to stop Chelsea from winning 64 league games unbeaten, but he made a great contribution to the team, and he saved Ailo many times with high pounces, which also brought him great confidence later.
Iroh, who entered the penalty area, slowed down his speed.
This also gave Walcott, who was chasing after him, hope.
Toure, who turned into the penalty area, gritted his teeth and sped up two steps, leaning his body against Iro, wanting to create invisible pressure on the opponent, but what he didn't expect was that at the moment when he pasted it, Ilo slammed the ball sideways.
Toure's fate was the same as Sagna's, who lost his support and fell to the ground.
At the same time, a huge exclamation erupted in the sky above the Emirates Stadium.
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Iello in the dribble seemed to be affected by Toure, and garlic appeared under his feet, and he had to move the ball forward a metre to adjust his pace.
At the same time, Walcott, who was chasing back at high speed, ran more than 60 meters, and at this distance he also dodged the trap laid by his teammate Sagna, which can be said to be a painstaking return to the penalty area, but what he didn't expect was that Toure also laid a mine, just falling towards the place where he was running.
It was too late for Walcott to jump and dodge, and he subconsciously wanted to grab something that stabilized his center of gravity after tripping over Toure, just like a drowning man trying to grasp the last straw.
Iroh, who had just adjusted his pace and was about to pick up his right foot to shoot, suddenly felt the force coming from behind him, and then fell forward......
Beep――
Immediately, the assistant referee standing on the sideline frantically waved the flag and pointed in the direction of the corner flag, and the referee's whistle sounded.
At this time, everyone got nervous and looked at the referee.
Sylvester has a lot of experience and was the first to run to the assistant referee who could see it more clearly.
The referee ran to Walcott, who was sitting on the ground and had not yet reacted, with an unkind face.
"Duo Degen ran to the scene of the incident with an unkind face, and his right hand touched his trouser pocket!" Chelsea TV commentator Clive Walker looked at the footage given and exclaimed: "This is ...... The rhythm of the red card? ”
The attentive Arsenal fans in the stands exclaimed again......
“NO!!”
Dodegan pushed Alexander Song, who was trying to stop him, and then pointed his left index finger at the penalty spot.
Immediately afterward, he took out a red card from his pocket with his right hand and flashed it towards Walcott, who looked innocent.
“Oh-My-God!! Walcot was red carded by Toure's pit!! ”
"Hahaha, I have to say...... Walcott was really wronged! ”
"The referee was very resolute and gave Chelsea a penalty + a red card!"
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At the same time, the commentators in the stands gave their own comments.
Cesc Fabregas picked up speed from his own circle and ran back, and it was clear from his return that Walcott tripped over Toure's fall, knocking down Iroh as he was about to shoot.
The penalty is objective, and he will not be entangled and explained because of it, but Walcourt is innocent, and as captain he has to make decisions for his teammates.
And with one man to play, it would be difficult to beat Chelsea at home to reach the FA Cup final.
Therefore, Cesc Fabregas hopes to get more extrajudicial favors and leave the suspense of the game behind.
But Dodegen had no intention of changing the sentence, but instead had the intention of playing a card to Fabregas, who appealed.