Chapter 39: The Iron Shield

Walcott's lightning-fast goal gave the originally scrappy and ambitious "Young Guards" a blow to the head!

No one, including manager Simon Grayson, could have imagined that they would concede so quickly, even though they already knew that their defensive system would never be able to stop the "arsenal" with many attackers, and Leeds United was ready to be blasted out of the net by their opponents, but the facts in front of them were still difficult to accept, because it all happened so fast!

This is just the beginning of the competition!

Arsenal's Gunners celebrated at the Emirates Stadium and the 60,000 fans cheered and there were certainly plenty of reasons to do so, and with another dream start to the game against underdogs Leeds United, who were at home again, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals was no doubt about the team.

And the opponent in the semi-finals will be Wolves, with the strength of the "Gunners" can easily pass, in the Manchester double championship of the English Premier League, if the "Gunners" can win an FA Cup will also be quite a comfortable thing, better than Chelsea, Liverpool and the like empty-handed, right?

So, Arsenal are celebrating at this time, and it's really not too much at all!

"Professor" Arsene Wenger also smiled on the sidelines and extended two thumbs up to his players...... Good job!

The visiting head coach Simon Grayson had already walked to the sidelines of the pitch and shouted into the field: "Steady! Hold it all for me! Withdraw all to defend! Withdraw it! ”

This is by no means a good time to fight hard with Arsenal, if their team can't stabilize, it is likely to be a crazy slaughter by the opponent, when the team not only loses in the FA Cup, but even affects the Championship campaign, although Leeds United's points advantage in the standings is unlikely to fall to third place, but who doesn't want to win more titles, as the English Champions League champion rushed to the Super League, This will have an invaluable impact on the confidence boost of the team next season.

After receiving instructions from Simon Grayson on the sidelines, Wang Tiezhu's position was moved back another five meters, and the distance between him and his team's back line was only ten meters.

However, although Wang Tiezhu has moved his position back a bit, Arsenal's mercury-like attack is still unguardable, especially when they are in full swing.

After the game restarted, Snodgrass's cross on the right side of the front field was cut off by the opponent, and then the "Gunners" who turned from defense to attack once again showed their attacking power, central defender Vermaelen kicked a 60-meter long pass, and directly hit the ball to the left side of the front, if it weren't for Leeds United's right-back Connoli saw the opportunity to destroy the ball out of the sideline, and suddenly inserted Diaby to complete the cross, and at this time Arsenal's Van Persie, Wilshere, All three Walcott have already rushed into the Leeds United penalty area.

"Oops! What a pity! What a pity! Diaby's speed is still a little slower, and this ball will be a play if Wilshere catches it...... Hey? Who's this!? ”

The big screen at the Emirates Stadium suddenly appeared with the face of a middle-aged man, thin, resolute, and focused.

This man is a person familiar to many old England fans...... Stuart Pearce, then head coach of the British Olympic team, was the "nervous man" who temporarily acted as the head coach of the England national team after the departure of Italian Fabio Capello.

"Aha, it's Stewart! He came to the Emirates Stadium today to watch the game, and it seems that he should have come to inspect the players, but is he to inspect the players of the England national team or the players of the British Olympic team? This summer, we will have the Olympics, but we must not forget the European Championships this summer! At the moment, the England team is rushing to choose a new manager, but the work of checking the form of the players cannot be delayed, and this job of course falls to Stewart! ”

Seeing his face appear on the big screen, Stewart showed a smile, and then waved his hand, he didn't mind his whereabouts being exposed at all, of course he was here to inspect the players in today's game, Arsenal has a number of England internationals, but Leeds United's "Leeds Three Musketeers" are also the objects of his investigation, Jonny Hausen is 21 years old, Ben Parker is 20 years old, Wang Tiezhu is only 18 years old now, and these three people also meet the selection criteria of the British Olympic team.

Even if he is the temporary head coach of the England national team, Stuart Pierce will not forget his job, the "Leeds Three" is famous in the second tier of the English league, and the strong upward momentum shown by the "Young Guards" with these three people as the skeleton can no one ignore, compared to those young players who still play as substitutes in the super team and occasionally get the opportunity to play, Stuart Pierce is more optimistic about these three real boys.

The players on the pitch don't pay attention to who is watching the game, the Arsenal players just want to score another goal as soon as possible to kill the suspense of the game, while Leeds United are busy dealing with waves of attacks from their opponents, and even if they know that Stuart Pierce is here, what does it have to do with them?

Today's "Young Guards" are already an out-and-out grassroots team, with not only an England international, but not even an England youth international.

It wasn't until the 13th minute that Arsenal slowed down the tempo due to fitness and Leeds United began to have a chance to counter-attack, with Connoli passing the ball to Wang Tiezhu on the right.

Standing on the right side of Arsenal outside the penalty area seven or eight meters away Wang Tiezhu, looking at the ball rolling over the ground has already been ready, now he is more and more confident in his long-range shots, under the effect of the "black foot", the long-range shot of Wang Tiezhu, who has reached 20 full value, is already quite terrible, the momentum is heavy and the angle can be controlled very well, and now he has begun to increase his receiving surname.

"Smack!"

Wang Tiezhu smoothed the ball with his right foot and directly brought the ball more than a meter in front of him!

At the same time-

Wang Tiezhu's body reacted quickly, and after following two steps in a row, the speed of his body rushed up under the action of strong explosive force, and at this time, the white figure in the big forbidden area had already cooperated very well to pull out a gap for Wang Tiezhu by running.

Everything is ready -

"Bang!"

Wang Tiezhu's left foot hit the ball hard!

In the blink of an eye-

The ball is in front of Arsenal's door!

"Tom!"

Standing in front of the goal line, Poland's international Fabianski reacted quickly and hit the ball directly out of the bottom line with a right hook-like action!

"Oh---"

Inside the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal fans let out a cry of joy and the feeling of the aftermath of the disaster............ It's a bit complicated!

"Hey---"

Simon Grayson stomped his foot hard off the field, and then turned his head, Wang Tiezhu's shot was really of high quality, the ball was not only powerful and fast, but also had a falling line in the air, but even then failed to score, which can only be blamed on the bad luck of his team.

However, Simon Grayson only felt a little regret, he paid more attention to the meaning of this goal, it has been ten minutes since Leeds United conceded the goal, Wang Tiezhu's shot just announced that the "Young Guards" have begun to adapt to the game, they have been able to calmly face Arsenal this strong opponent, as for the outcome of the game...... Then you can only take one step at a time.

"Professor" Wenger has stood on the sidelines, the old man's eyes are shining, this is the kind of eyes he will only show when he sees the kind of treasure waiting to be discovered, before the game started, Wenger already knew that the most dangerous person in the Leeds United team is not their striker or Jonny Hausen, Hadwhite, but their midfielder ...... "Shaq" Zach Thompson!

And on the field, Wang Tiezhu's long-range shot just now also made the "professor's" heart rise to his throat, and he was relieved when he saw Fabianski block the shot, and at the same time paid more attention to Wang Tiezhu's performance, a midfielder who can kick such a long-range shot is obviously worth his attention, especially after Arsenal lost their core Cesc Fabregas.

Leeds United took advantage of a corner to take advantage of the first effort and then added a second effort that Snodgrass headed wide of the net from the post.

After being attacked twice in a row by the opponent, the "Gunners" seemed to feel that their majesty had been challenged, and their physical fitness had also passed the first bottleneck, and they immediately began to launch another ** offensive, so they ...... It's time for Wang Tiezhu's performance.

In the 17th minute, Wilshere's corner kick was pushed into the center circle by Wang Tiezhu's "dong......

In the 21st minute, Rosicky stepped forward with the ball, Wang Tiezhu rushed up quickly, resisted the 32-year-old Czech midfielder with his chest, forced the opponent's body out of balance with his body, and then stretched out his foot to kick the ball to the feet of left-back Ben Parker.

In the 27th minute, Wang Tiezhu followed Simon Grayson's instructions and began to use the tactic of "back forward", and then he immediately shoveled the ball from the feet of Squeerage, and before he could stand up, he sent the ball to the feet of Beccio, who kept knocking the ball to the feet of Ameobi in the middle, but unfortunately the black man's low shot was blocked by the brave Fabianski.

The goal was not scored, but Simon Grayson and Green Snowing were quite satisfied, they both saw that the situation of the game was improving in their favour, and Leeds United, who had established themselves, had even begun to push their defense to the front, and this style of play was exactly what they were most familiar with, and it was also the skill of the "Young Guard" to take advantage of the English Champions League.

"Hey, we have to pay attention to Leeds United's No. 29, this young man nicknamed 'Shaq', whose real name is Zach Thompson, is a very strong young midfielder, his performance in this game is remarkable, that long-range shot impressed me, and his activity has also driven the overall activity of Leeds United, he is like a huge iron shield, he can cover his defense wherever he moves, and the game is getting out of our control little by little! Arsène, you've got to figure it out! ”

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