Chapter 239: The Man Who Missed
“G――O! Andre!!! ”
Passionate voices tore through the sky above the Emirates Stadium, and the eyes of more than 60,000 people were focused, watching a small man drive straight in, full of anticipation.
In the seventeenth minute of the game, Xiang Hao did not choose to go to the ground in the transition from defense to offense, and directly took the ball high and found Bendtner in front of him. Bendtner flicked the ball over to Bella.
Vela used his pace to cut through Fulham's defence from the flanks before pushing the ball down the middle to a slightly slower Arshavin.
Arshavin had always been around Bendtner, according to Arsene Wenger, and when he saw Bendtner jumping, he immediately activated it.
He knows that whether the opponent passes it to him or not, it will be an opportunity for him, and he just needs to ask for more balls.
Sure enough, as soon as he stretched out his hand, his teammates immediately delivered the ball.
The Russian Tsar just made a feint, and he shook off the defense of No. 18 Hughes and wiped into the penalty area, forming a scene of the whole audience shouting.
And Arshavin didn't disappoint the Arsenal fans who started that scene, and he finished the ball when Schwarzer went down to the ground to save. The ball slipped under the Fulham goalkeeper's armpit and into the net with precision.
“GOOOOOOOO――OL!!! Andrey, Andrey Arshavin!! 1-0! We are ahead of Fulham!! ”
Luke's ecstatic and frantic cries heralded the perfect end to the pursuit.
"Andrey, good !!"
"Andrey, well done!!"
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Arsenal fans, who saw their goal-scoring hero with their ears sideways and sticking to themselves, understood what he wanted, and sent their praise with the loudest voice.
"Huh."
Arshavin smiled like a child, clenched his fists excitedly, and his emotions were slightly suppressed.
He finally heard the voice he longed to hear the most, the emotion of acceptance and recognition, Arshavin could hear it, and the whole stadium resonated in that moment.
Arshavin could feel that he was fully integrated into the team at this moment, and the whole stadium was trembling for himself. The kind of atmosphere that I felt with Eduardo before finally happened to me. Russians are sincerely happy.
"Hey, Andrey, well done."
It's finally a goal, which means that the opponent's kind of defense against himself has lost its meaning to some extent. Xiang Hao also felt that the sense of imprisonment in his body suddenly decreased, and came over to hug him into his arms fiercely and celebrate with him.
"Uh, damn it, I—I don't like this way of celebrating, Hao."
Being held in the arms of Xiang Hao, who is more than one meter and eight meters, the thin Arshavin is quite directly thrown into the arms of 'mother', this feeling, how awkward you think, can the Russian tsar not struggle.
"Hehe, the relationship between Hao and Arshavin is really good, hehe."
"The Arsenal players are very excited, it seems that Arsenal still take this game very seriously."
"Although this ball was passed by Bella, I have to say that Hao is much better than others in capturing opportunities."
"This ball, Arsenal usually walks on the ground, Hao directly hit the high ball, it's really unexpected."
"One high and one fast, the height of Niklas, the speed of Carlos, they played their strengths perfectly."
"Hao's director, Arshavin's finale, Hao has another good partner."
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The unstoppable praise was given to Xiang Hao, Arshavin and others. Indeed, according to the rhythm of the previous game, with Villa's kind of defensive intensity, Arsenal will have a while to score if they want to score.
There is no sign of tearing in three or two passes. But this happened just now, and it really made people quite speechless.
I have to say that Xiang Hao suddenly hit 'height', a completely different rhythm change, which caught Fulham off guard.
Hodgson, who was still sitting in the coach's seat, shook his head again and again, and there was a sense of weakness in his heart.
I have already made such intensive arrangements for that player, but just from offense to defense, that person can complete the change, such a team member is really terrifying.
Hodgson believes that going in the air is by no means Wenger's intentional arrangement, and the entire Arsenal style is used to walking on the ground, and it is by no means an Arsenal conventional weapon, it is just the on-the-spot play of Arsenal players.
And this kind of on-the-spot reaction is the real scary part. With such an amazing ability to read the game, such a player, as long as the development goes smoothly, there will definitely be a place for him in the future world football.
Hodgson looked at Wenger with envy, feeling a hint of jealousy for the young talent under his command.
At this time, the old man was in a good mood, and he did not notice the jealousy of his opponent.
In less than 20 minutes of the game, his team took the lead, and Wenger was quite satisfied with such a start.
He understands that as long as the ball is opened, then the rest of the game will be much easier.
In this game, as long as you play normally and your team wins this game, it won't be too much of a problem.
Although Fulham has increased under the leadership of Hodgson, it is not strong enough to press Arsenal to attack at the Emirates Stadium.
To score a goal is to have the initiative at home.
Wenger is naturally very relieved, and so far, his own requirements, his own players' requirements on the field have basically been played, and Wenger is not dissatisfied.
Scoring a goal not only dropped the burden on Arsenal, but also opened the shackles on Arshavin and completely released him.
In the next game, Arshavin, who got the right to attack, thoroughly showed his offensive talent.
In the 23rd minute of the game, Arsenal passed continuously in front, Arshavin cleverly passed behind the visiting team's defense in front of the penalty area, and Vela burst into the penalty area and won a one-on-one goal.
Unfortunately, his volley was saved by Schwarzer, and the Mexican deflected a defender and shot straight wide.
In the 27th minute, Arsenal won a corner kick on the left side, Arshavin came to take the penalty and found Toure directly in front, who shook his head and rubbed the far post and missed the goal by a fraction of a second.
In the thirty-third minute of the game, Xiang Hao, who had been watched to death, sent a good ball again, a long ball found Arshavin, and the Russian tsar didn't stop the ball at all, and directly knocked on the middle. Unfortunately, Bendtner's powerful volley was blocked by a defender.
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The attacking flow continued and Arsenal came up after Fulham scored a goal, and it was difficult for them to form a confrontation with Arsenal as they did at the beginning.
Especially after Arshavin got a lot of balls, it was like a sword that opened up, and he couldn't stop it.
The slash and slaughter forced Fulham's defense to falter.
Hodgson originally thought that if he stared at Xiang Hao, he would be able to lock Arsenal to death, but because of Arshavin, he became pale and weak.
“GoodoldArsenal,
GoodoldArsenal,
we‘reproudtosaythatname。
Andwhilewesingthissong,
we‘llwinthegame。
Who‘sthatteamtheycalltheArsenal?…”
Passionate and confident singing fluttered in the stands of the Emirates Stadium, never extinguished.
As Arsenal went on wave after wave of attack, singing and applause were mixed to motivate their players to keep moving forward.
At this moment, the whole stadium has been replaced by a joy, a superego of self-confidence.
Even if the score is only a simple 1-0, but looking at their team's overall situation on the field, they believe that sooner or later, their team's second goal will come.
And at this moment, Hodgson, who was on the sidelines, listened to this singing, unusually harsh, and in his heart, he had long lost the confidence he had when he first entered the field.
Looking at the trend of the first half, he knew that he had misjudged the situation, missed a crucial person, and made the mistake of formalism.
And this mistake quickly made Hodgson swallow the second bitter fruit.
There was a minute of stoppage time in the first half, and it was in that minute that Arsenal extended their advantage.
In the seventh second of stoppage time, Sagna detoured from the middle to cross from the right and handed it to Arshavin in the middle.
The Russian took a few steps sideways, dribbled past three of Fulham's players in a row, and after attracting the attention of the entire Fulham defence, he plugged the outside of his left foot and dismantled the entire Fulham defense covertly but sharply.
Ramsey, who has always been unable to run, grabbed ahead of the opponent's right-back Balde, and went down the ball, directly with a kick, "Smack!" ”
Don't look at Ramsey's eyebrows, but his strength is not small at all, this foot is powerful and heavy, and the distance is less than ten meters.
Schwarzer opened his limbs as quickly as possible, and he thought he had both the near and far corners, and he fell down quickly, so he felt that the ball might really have it.
Unfortunately, Ramsey's ball was not in those three areas at all, and his power was pumped directly over Schwarzer's head and diagonally into the net.
“GOOOOOOOOOO――OL!!! Aaron, Aaron Ramsey! Our Welsh talent, our youngest player, he scored for us! 2-0!!! ”
Luke tore loudly, and could even feel his body trembling along with his voice, extremely excited.
"Whew!!"
The handsome Ramsey saw his goal scored, and rushed directly to the sidelines excitedly, and came to a slide at the fans who shouted his name, which was quite stylish.
"Well done, Aaron, hehe."
"Boy, your feet are hard enough."
"Hehe, yes, there is progress."
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The Arsenal players also came to his knees and hugged him in unity, sharing the joy of the goal.
"Aaron, remember to treat, hehe."
and Ramsey slammed into each other with both palms, Xiang Hao looked at him with a smile and celebrated with him.
"Well, but after we play Manchester United."
As always, Ramsey is not good at rhetoric, just delaying it a little, but with an indescribable confidence in his tone.
"It's after we play Manchester United." Xiang Hao nodded solemnly.