76. Paya scored another free kick! (Above)
The first to boil was the Arsenal fans in the East Stand, wearing red and white jerseys, excitedly jumping and shouting and waving the red and white scarves in their hands.
In the 44th minute, West Ham United player Alexander Song fouled Arsenal winger Alex Sanchez, and the referee showed Song a yellow card and awarded Arsenal a free kick. Surprisingly, it was not Mesut Ozil or Alex, who scored from a free-kick, but Arsenal's super-striker Qiansheng. Arsenal's no.9, who has never shown a free-kick to score, finally showed his ability to score from set-pieces this time, and it was his 16th goal of the season and his first free-kick. This free-kick is no worse than Dimitri Payet. Arsenal also used this goal to equalise before the end of the first half. β
After scoring a goal, Qiansheng ran to the coach's box to celebrate, and his teammates also hugged him, Arsène Wenger smiled, he didn't expect Qiansheng's free-kick footwork to be so good.
Slav Bilic sat in his chair with a blank face, the first half was almost over, and when he returned to the dressing room, he would rearrange the tactics for the second half.
Seeing Qiansheng's beautiful long-range free-kick goal, David Beckham and Pavel Nedved in the box both jumped to their feet and looked at each other, both of them seeing shock in each other's eyes.
"David, what a genius, it's only been a few days, and he has practiced your free kick, but he is left-footed."
"Dry has a lot of power, I heard he kicked the ball when he was training at Arsenal. It's just that I didn't expect that his free kick was so accurate, Pavel, really, I know the horror of this free kick, and I think he calculated it in the dead corner. β
Nedved looked at this former free kick master in surprise, if what he said was true, then the talent of this Chinese teenager was even higher than he expected.
After Qiansheng scored the goal, the little seventh princess of the Bei family broke away from her mother Victoria's hand and danced with her three brothers in celebration in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass, her face excited as if the goal was scored by herself. Victoria's face was even more jealous, jealous, and jealous.
Not only is the entire Upton Park stadium boiling, but in distant China, every Chinese fan's home, bar, every fan, is as lively as a festival, everyone is excited and excited.
Soon, the whistle at the end of the first half sounded, and Qiansheng walked into the passage with his teammates with a smile, and the highlights of the first half of the game were played on the big screen of the stadium.
In the West Ham dressing room, Bilic rubbed his chin and didn't know what he was thinking, as assistant coach Nikola Jurcevic whispered to the resting players.
After a long time, Bilic glanced around and said: "Everyone performed very well in the first half, and the tactics were executed very well, but the referee's penalty scale has changed, and it is not good for us to continue the tactics of the first half." In the second half, (look at Andy Carroll) Andy came on, we had to open up the width, go more wide, cross more to Andy, their two central defenders were not very tall, the midfielders had to fight for the second drop, try to create fouls for the other side, and strive for more set-pieces, Dimitri. β
Bilic looked at Payet: "If there are set-pieces, are you sure to score?" β
Paye nodded confidently and smiled: "Boss, it's not 30 meters away, I'm sure!" β
Bilic smiled slightly and said: "Very good, everyone should pay attention to the defense and don't create opportunities for Arsenal's set-pieces." β
"Boss, you're worried that the Chinese kid will score a free kick, right? Impossible, I guess he was blinded by the ball just now, how old is he? Can you have the footwork of Dimitri? Aaron Cressville pouted and said disdainfully.
Bilic glared at him and reprimanded: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, you give me concentration, don't let the dry get the ball, do you think he scored 15 goals in 4 games is blind?" β
Cressville stuck out his tongue and said no more.
In the Arsenal dressing room, Wenger watched Qiansheng and his teammates laughing with a smile on his face, and the opponent's targeted tactics suppressed Arsenal in the first half could hardly play a smooth attack.
"In order to retain the European qualification, West Ham United will definitely press out in the second half, and after the start of the second half, you step back and dispatch the rhythm, and look for opportunities to use the speed of dry to counterattack."
Summoning Laurence Koscielny: "Be steady on the defensive, don't easily get down to create set-piece opportunities, their strikers are not very tall, try to force them to cross from the wings, if they cut inside, just defend from long distances, go and don't be impatient. β
In the second half, West Ham United replaced striker Diafra Sarkoho and replaced No. 9 center Andy Carroll, West Ham United kicked off first, and as soon as the game started, the Hammers were overwhelmed, Angelo Ogbonna, who received the return pass, drove a long ball, and the tall and strong Carroll headed the ball to Mark Noble, the captain of the West Ham Academy, and after receiving the ball, he fired a long-range shot directly over the crossbar, which scared Arsenal goalkeeper Peter Cech to jump.
Wenger's face sank, he didn't expect West Ham United to make substitutions so quickly, and change tactics, play long passes and rush, no, and both wings fly together, this is against Arsenal's back line without height.
Glancing at Steve Boulder, an assistant coach beside him, Boulder got up and walked to the bench and said to Per Mertesacker: "Warm up." β
In the shouts and cheers of the home fans, the West Ham players kicked more and more, Carroll with his tall and strong figure to suppress Koscielny and Gabriel Paulista miserable, Lanzini, Payet, Antonio and Cresswell in the two wings of the continuous set of side cooperation, the side bottom, 45 degree cross, Carroll or header goal, or ferry to the back by the teammate who grabbed the second landing point to shoot, for a while, Cech became the busiest person, fortunately, the Czech attention is very concentrated, made a couple of good saves to keep the goal open.
Due to West Ham's fierce opening attack, Sanchez, Welbeck, Ozil, and Qiansheng were forced to retreat to participate in the defense, but they were not good at defending.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Mertesacker replaced Paulista, but Wenger frowned deeply at the sight of Payet standing in front of the ball.