Chapter 53: Alexander Song
"Well, the game is on, and we can see that Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski and Gotze are already standing in the centre circle waiting for kick-off."
At this time, Ge Ting stretched out three fingers towards Guan Peng, and Guan Peng nodded to indicate that he knew, this was some small cooperation that Götze, Lewandowski and Guan Peng usually figured out.
The referee blew the start whistle of the game, Lewandowski rubbed the football to Gotze and quickly ran to the Arsenal penalty area, at this time Gotze also quickly passed the football back to Guan Peng, ran to the right side, and waited for Guan Peng's pass.
After Guan Peng received a pass from Gotze, he kept the ball straight behind Arsenal's midfielder Mikel Arteta, where Gotze appeared and Götze kept an eye on Arsenal's defenders and Lewandowski's position.
After Gotze received Guan Peng's pass, he also directly did not stop the ball and went straight behind Mertesacker, I have to say that although Mertesacker has a tall body, his speed and agility are too slow.
"Beautiful! Gotze's through ball is so sharp! Directly penetrating Arsenal's defensive system and making full use of Mertesacker's turnaround and slow pace, can Lewandowski take his chances? Zhan Jun said loudly.
"Oops! What a pity! Szczesny struck in time to confiscate the football, or Lewandowski would have stabbed it alone! Duan Xuan was a little pity.
"Yes, we can see the code that Götze made to Guan Peng at the kick-off, it seems that in normal times, the three of them often practice this kind of cooperation." Zhan Jun was very interested in the cooperation between the three of them.
Wenger on the sidelines was a little afraid, but he didn't expect the Dortmund twin stars he was concerned about almost scoring at the beginning, the cooperation between the two and Lewandowski was so exciting, even Wenger couldn't help but applaud the cooperation just now!
It would be nice if he could buy all three young players, Wenger couldn't help but fantasize in his heart, but that is not reality after all, even if Lewandowski, Guan Peng, and Gotze are sold to Arsenal together, they will get at least 100 million euros or more, which is definitely not what Wenger and Arsenal can afford, and only those Middle Eastern tycoons can afford to buy.
Arsenal also quickly responded to Dortmund's attack just now, after all, how can Dortmund be dominated by the opponent at their own home stadium! Van Persie was slashed by Santos through Bender, and Van Persie scrambled wide of the frame from outside the box.
After Borussia Dortmund's Weidenfeller kicked the ball out, Guan Peng received a ball from Grosskloitz in front of the Arsenal penalty area and fired a long-range shot over the crossbar.
In the 11th minute of the first half, Arsenal's defender Alexander Song cut off Guan Peng's diagonal pass to Gotze's football and handed the football to Arteta, who buckled Kehl's defense, and after passing Piszczek on the left side and Walcott, he crossed from the left, and Van Persie in the box jumped high to head the goal, and the football was saved by Weidenfeller.
In the 21st minute, Arsenal's Ramsey sent a beautiful through ball on the right side of the midfield, Walcott relied on his excellent speed to counter offside and form a single knife, but Weidenfeller made a timely attack to defuse the ball, and the ball was the same as the cooperation between Dortmund Götze and Lewandowski at the beginning of the game, but the goalkeepers of both sides performed well and defused the danger in time.
In the 23rd minute, Bender was knocked into the front by Vermaelen in the scramble, and the team doctor had to put on an oxygen mask and carry him off the field on a stretcher, Leitner replaced him, Bender's injury was unexpected by Klopp, after all, Bender is usually a low-key player, but it is indeed Dortmund's defensive gate, which has made a great contribution to the team's defense, forcing Klopp to let the team's 18-year-old star Leitner heat up.
The teammates are also full of worries about Bender's injury and hope that Bender will recover soon.
In the 26th minute, Guan Peng received a long pass from Leitner in the backfield and directly distributed the football to Gotze, after Gotze received Guan Peng's pass, Lewandowski's volley from 30 meters from the goal was slightly off the post.
"Oops! Lewandowski's shot was slightly over the crossbar, if only Lewandowski could keep the ball low! Zhan Jun also said regrettably about Lewandowski's shot.
In the 28th minute, Gotze was kicked in the thigh by Alexander Song in the scramble with Alexander Song, and Gotze made a gesture to Klopp on the sidelines to make a substitution.
"Look, Götze seems to be injured, Götze made a gesture to coach Klopp to make a substitution, I don't know where Götze is injured?" Duan Xuan looked at Götze and said as he took the initiative to ask to get off the field.
"It should be the injury he received when he was fighting with Alexander Song just now, we can see through slow motion that Alexander Song kicked Gotze in the thigh, but Gotze doesn't seem to be too seriously injured, but this game will definitely not be able to continue." Zhan Jun continued to analyze.
Klopp also hurriedly helped Gotze off the field, and asked Perisic to warm up quickly, ready to play, and play Gotze's position, Gotze sat on the bench under Klopp's support to receive treatment from the team doctor.
However, the most crucial thing is that Dortmund was forced to use up two substitutions in the first half, which undoubtedly caused great resistance to Klopp's line-up, and Klopp needed to use the only remaining substitution carefully.
In the 38th minute, Kyle received a return pass from the new Perisic from outside the box and fired a long-range shot from 35 yards, but the ball flew into the sky and was ridiculously wide.
In the 44th minute, Schmelzer received a return ball from Grosskloitz and volleyed vigorously from outside the penalty area, but unfortunately the hit was saved by Szczesny.
Towards the end of the first half, Theo Walcott's precise cross from the right was denied by a heroic Weidenfeller who headed in from the open.
In this way, both sides did not score in the first half, Arsenal 0:0 Dortmund, the two sides entered the halftime break, and the two sides changed sides in the second half, and Arsenal held high the banner of attack and played extremely unrestrained.
In the 46th minute, Dortmund crossed from the right, Mertesacker cleared the ball and defused a dangerous situation, but just a minute later, the visiting team Dortmund played a series of wall linkages, and Grosskloitz's shot from a tight angle on the left was confiscated by Szczesny.
In the 49th minute, Alexander Song broke through the defense of three people on the left side and crossed with his right foot, and Van Persie headed the net to make it 1-0 and give Arsenal the lead.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! Alexander! Alexander's wonderful pass, he successively blocked Dortmund's Leitner, Schmelzer, Santana and then accurate crosses, Van Persie followed up in time to head the goal! Arsenal's home commentator shouted passionately.