Chapter 161: Conceding Two Goals First
The English FA Cup is a men's knockout football cup named and hosted by the English Football Association. ??.? This is the oldest football competition in the world, with English football clubs at all levels playing one-on-one knockout rounds, and for a variety of reasons, the FA Cup often has underdogs when lower clubs knock out higher clubs.
The FA Cup used to occupy a great position in the hearts of English fans, when the professional league was just starting, the FA Cup was more valuable and attractive than the league champions, but with the improvement of the league system and the vigorous development of leagues at all levels, the FA Cup is gradually declining, and now it is in the eyes of many Premier League giants, reduced to a chicken rib general event.
The FA Cup is still very attractive to smaller clubs, as the winner of the FA Cup will qualify for the following year's Europa League, albeit only in the first round of qualifying, but it is enough to attract countless small clubs who cannot compete with the giants, and it is the best shortcut to Europe.
The venue for the FA Cup final is Wembley Stadium, which is also a stadium with a long enough history, founded in 1923, after more than 90 years of ups and downs, this great stadium has witnessed the birth of countless honors, but also witnessed countless champion teams out of here, it is the main stadium of the England national team, but also the host venue for various cup finals in England, in the hearts of England fans, Wembley Stadium is their football mecca.
On the last day of May, the historic and glorious stadium will once again be in full swing, where the two teams that finished last in the FA Cup this season will go head-to-head for the final trophy.
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For a giant team like Arsenal, the FA Cup title is not enough to impress them, and compared to the league title and the Champions League title, the FA Cup trophy is much inferior in terms of gold content and meaning.
But in fact, in the nearly nine years without a championship, Arsenal has long lost the qualification to pick and choose, and they are struggling with hardship, as long as they are champions, as long as they are trophies, there is no reason to give up.
Even though they have regained the league title this season, they will not give up the FA Cup, who would want to have more titles? They've been in the groove for too long, and the FA Cup is also a champion, league winner and double winner anyway, and anyone would choose the latter.
So for this final, Arsenal is determined to win.
Compared to Arsenal, Hull City, the other team in this final, looked much calmer. In the Premier League, Hull City are only a team at the bottom of the table, and there is a danger of relegation from time to time, so the league title is too far away for them.
The league couldn't get any closer, and the FA Cup and League Cup became a stage for Hull City to show themselves. Luckily, despite their stumbling blocks, they made it all the way to the FA Cup final and had a chance to claim a trophy.
Hull City also wants to win the final championship, but they are very self-aware, the strength of the final opponent Arsenal is undoubted, calling for wind and rain in the league, going all the way in the Champions League, the team is full of big names, and there are Golden Ball winners like Qin Shou, they are just a team struggling on the relegation line, what to use to compete with others for the championship?
In such a mentality, although Hull City has a desire for this championship, they do not have much confidence in themselves, and they are relatively open. They are relieved that regardless of the outcome of this final, they will get a ticket to the Europa League, according to the rules of the FA Cup, the FA Cup winner can go to the first round of the Europa League qualification, and if the champion already has European qualification, then the FA Cup runners-up will get this ticket.
Although it is likely that the championship will not be won, being able to go to Europe for a lap is quite satisfying for a small club like Hull City.
The mentality of the two teams is completely different, one side is bound to win, and the other side is lucky and lost, but what happens on the football field is really anyone's guess, and it is not surprising that any accidents occur.
In this final, an accident happened, and such an accident came very early.
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For this final, in order for the team to win the second championship trophy of the season, the whole Arsenal team has made extremely good preparations, and the strength of the opponent is not very strong, which makes them full of confidence in the game.
However, in the game, the confident Arsenal was given a blow by the opponent's blitzkrieg.
Just two minutes into the game, Hull City quickly kicked the ball up front, and Egyptian midfielder Muhammadi showed great individual ability, deftly shaking off Flamini's defence before firing a direct shot from 28 yards in the box.
Cech was focused, turning over and making a sideways pounce to send the ball off the line and Hull secured a corner.
That's when the accident was born.
Although Hull City's fast attack after the opening game had a certain threat, it did not make people take it too seriously, for the simple reason that Hull City did not have many players to attack, which showed that this threatening attack was just an accident, and Hull City did not dare to press it too much.
Muhammadi's shot went unnoticed by the Arsenal men.
Even the commentator on the scene said in a relaxed and joking tone: "Hull City launched a very dangerous shot, Arsenal should cheer up, otherwise Hull City may give them a big gift." ”
The narrator's brother's crow mouth is in the middle of a word.
Quinn sent a corner kick from the right, the ball hit the top of the box, and the England international Huddlestone shot straight at goal without stopping, but the shot was obviously not of high quality, and the diagonal line went straight to the bottom line on the right side of the goal. Hull City centre-back Chester was just on the running path of the ball when he reached out his left foot and touched it, and the ball suddenly changed direction and rolled towards the other end of the goal.
Cech, who had already moved to the right, was suddenly unable to do anything and rushed to the left side to pounce on the ball, but the whip was out of reach, and the ball went straight into the goal.
1:0!
Just three minutes into the game, Hull City, who were significantly weaker than Arsenal, scored first and surprisingly took the lead.
Wembley Stadium has a capacity of more than 90,000 people, and most of the people who came here today were Arsenal fans, and when the goal suddenly appeared, the Gunners fans' eyes suddenly widened and their faces were full of disbelief. Not only them, but the Hull City fans, who only had more than 10,000 people, were dumbfounded, and even they didn't expect that the team would be so inexplicably ahead.
It took a while for the Hull fans to recover from their surprise, followed by an overwhelming cheer and applause. Although they knew before the game that their team's hopes of winning the championship were not very good, it was one thing to know, but they were always expecting a miracle to happen, and now, the team has suddenly scored, isn't this the perfect start!
Commentators from various British TV stations also clamored at the scene.
“goooooooooooooooooal! The ball is in! The goal was scored by Hull City's young centre-back Chester! ”
'It was a really surprising goal, Hull City's corner didn't look too threatening, but it was scored! That's really ...... Anything can happen on the football field! ”
"Everyone thought before the game that the FA Cup trophy had been booked by the mighty Arsenal, but the Hull City man said no with a goal! Ha, 1:0, Hull City leads! ”
"Hopefully this goal won't be a big blow to Arsenal, in terms of quality, they are enough to crush the opponent, accidents are accidents, you still have to talk with your feet on the football field. I believe that as long as Arsenal plays normally, it is enough to turn the situation around in the next games, chase the score back or even overtake! ”
Hull City players ran to celebrate with excitement on the pitch, while Arsenal's players shook their heads in frustration. The goal was a surprise, but it doesn't mean anything, at least it won't be too much of a blow to Arsenal, they have experienced too many setbacks and difficulties this season, this goal is just an accident, and they firmly believe that they will definitely make it back in one fell swoop in the next game.
After the resumption of the game, Arsenal quickly picked themselves up and launched an attack towards the opposition half. Hull City's overall strength is indeed too far behind Arsenal, and it was only a few minutes before they were suppressed back into the half.
Arsenal took the initiative in attack, which made the Gunners fans in the stands also breathe a sigh of relief, and sure enough, the opponent's goal was just an accident, and once Arsenal got serious, the opponent was only tired of defending.
It's just that no one expected that after four minutes, Hull City, which was gradually suppressed, played a quick counterattack, Quinn successfully broke through Gibbs's defense on the left side, passed the middle to the middle, Bruce shook his head in front of the goal, Cech reacted quickly and blocked it, and hit the football out, but the football fell to the back point, and the follow-up Irish central defender Bruce took the lead and scored a volley from a small angle, and the football entered the door of Arsenal for the second time.
2:0!
Hull City's two centre-backs went on a rampage, scoring two goals in five minutes to blind the powerful Arsenal in an instant.
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