Chapter 120: Shame

"Oh......"

"Wigan Athletic's number 13 broke off the goalkeeper and he shook off Campbell!"

"He faced the goalkeeper ......"

β€œGoal! The ball is in! The ball is in! He shook off goalkeeper Lehmann and fired into the empty net! Wigan Athletic took the lead and they took the lead over Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff! ”

"This goal was really unexpected, I think most people, including me, didn't expect Wigan Athletic to score first, Zhang made a sudden steal at the back, and then shook the goalkeeper to easily push the empty goal, I have to say, he did a good job!"

"In the face of the mighty Arsenal, Zhang remained calm and found an opportunity to make a decisive move."

"He was very calm against Lehmann, calm and scary! He even had time to make a feint, and he used the feint to fool Lyman and make Lyman pounce! He scored a goal for Wigan Athletic to give the team the lead. ”

'No one can imagine such a goal...... It's amazing! It's amazing! ”

The various narrators began to talk incessantly.

Among them, Sky TV commentator Cedric looked very embarrassed, he only now realized that he had said something that he shouldn't have said just now, and now he can only hold his breath and praise Wigan Athletic, make up for his 'mistakes' in his work, and make Wigan fans calmer, "Zhang! Well done! He helped Wigan Athletic take the lead and I can't believe what I just saw! Zhang scored, the mighty Arsenal were in front of him, completely crushed, he challenged the Arsenal team by himself, and then scored a goal ......"

Cedric has not hesitated to use words in order to 'curry' favor with Wigan fans and make him complain less after the game, but what he doesn't know is that this is not only ignored by Wigan fans. It also greatly offended many Arsenal fans.

It is conceivable that Cedric's troubles will surely ensue after the game.

At this time, no one sympathized with Cedric, and the vast majority of Arsenal fans still can't believe it - we actually conceded a goal?

Another part of the Wigan fans also reacted - our team actually scored?

The first cheer came from the bench at Wigan Athletic, where Jewell on the sidelines raised his hand the moment Zhang Tiehan broke the ball and jumped from the ground when the ball rolled into the Arsenal goal. The chubby body obviously didn't jump too high, but the action still told the other people on the bench who didn't see clearly what was going on.

The ball is in!

We're ahead!

Next, everyone on the Wigan Athletic bench hugged each other excitedly, and Jewell was even more excited and hugged everyone, and even ran more than ten meters away to hug the fourth official who was 'smiling and pretending to be Maitreya Buddha', but Jewell's short and fat body, the hugging person was obviously not very comfortable, and the fourth official could only say with a dark face, "Congratulations." ”

In the meantime, more Wigan fans have been reveling.

It's not just the Wigan fans at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. At this time, almost all Wigan fans who could watch the game were watching the game in front of the TV, and the first 30 minutes of the game made them desperate, and now the surprise came so fast, so surprisingly, they were stunned for a moment before they reacted, and then there was crazy cheering.

"What am I talking about! We still have a chance! ”

"I can't fucking believe it!"

'We are ahead of Arsenal! Sheet. Or Zhang! Sure enough, it's Zhang! He's just amazing! "More fans were pleasantly surprised, and they were venting their excitement in every way they could think of it.

At the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. They are ahead of Arsenal......

Arsenal!

……

After Zhang Tiehan stretched out his foot to push the empty goal, he didn't even look at whether the ball was kicked in, so he ran frantically towards his rear, and met many teammates halfway, and he hugged his teammates one by one.

He was excited!

He's scoring a lot of goals now, but it's still exciting. The main thing is that the opponent is Arsenal, and in the first 30 minutes, he did not see any hope of victory at all, and now relying on his goal, the team is ahead.

Even he couldn't believe it.

It turns out that scoring goals is so simple...... Even if it's Arsenal!

Arsenal feel the same way.

They laid siege to the Wigan Athletic goal for more than thirty minutes. Wigan Athletic didn't have a chance at all, and as a result, Wigan Athletic scored first, and they were even a little unacceptable.

How did the opponent score the goal?

Recall that it started with Lehmann, the opponent directly cut off the ball and kicked in, everything is as simple as that...... But that's it, they can't accept it, if scoring goals is so simple, then what are they working hard for more than 30 minutes?

Just now, they were proud of the fact that the team completely dominated the opponent.

Now they feel that it is not pride, it should be shame, because they have suppressed it for so long without scoring, and the opponent scored the ball with only one sneak attack, and they are ten people and even inferior to the other side alone, which is really hard to accept.

As the team's manager, Arsene Wenger is even more unacceptable.

At this time, he covered his forehead, grinning at the field, his forehead had just hit the ceiling, and it was a little red and swollen, but he couldn't care so much, he only thought about the goal just now.

Who is to blame?

Lyman?

It seems that yes, when Lehman served, the distance between the opponent and Campbell was not short, in fact, the pass was basically fine, but it was stealed by the opponent.

Blame Campbell?

Campbell was a little careless, and he was partly responsible for being cut off, but in real terms, it was Lehmann's passing that was too slow...... After all, these two players were involved just now, and it must be their reason, but obviously this is not the time to blame, Wenger can only call Campbell and tell him again, "Be sure to pay attention to that number three, don't give him a chance!" ”

He's serious!

Arsene Wenger had said enough before the game, but at the time he only mentioned it and didn't say anything in particular, but now his serious face seemed to say, "Why didn't you listen to me?" ”

Campbell could only nod, he also felt a little guilty, he felt that he should have been more serious just now.

……

After the goal celebration, the game resumed.

Now the situation has completely changed.

Arsenal dominated the field, but they were behind and Wigan Athletic played very passively. But they are ahead, one goal ahead, which gives them confidence and confidence.

Even the Wigan fans at the scene had a different look, they originally thought that the team would not have any chances, and they looked a little lost watching the game. But now they're thinking, "Maybe we have a chance!" ”

Confidence is the most important thing!

The fans have some confidence, the players have confidence, and with confidence and fighting spirit, the game can be played better.

When Arsenal regrouped their attack, they found that Wigan Athletic's defence was more solid, and the reason for this was that every Wigan Athletic player became more determined, they defended decisively on the pitch and played when it was time to play. When they can't defend, they take the initiative to retreat, and they use everything they can to limit Arsenal.

Arsenal's attack has become a lot tougher.

However, their attack was also more frenzied, and when they were one goal behind, their attack was also more decisive, and every player of Arsenal, every one, was angered by Zhang Tiehan's goal. They cannot tolerate an 'unknown' player insulting the sacred Arsenal.

In their opinion. A goal like that is an insult!

So they pressed it hard, as if they wanted to level the team in front of them. Not a team at all against the same level.

At the same time, Wigan Athletic also defended all the way, and everything seemed to return to the situation of the previous 30 minutes - Arsenal continued to attack, and Wigan Athletic could only retreat in the penalty area.

However, the goal remains in jeopardy.

Zhang Tiehan also returned to the penalty area, and with Arsenal's attack, his position has been withdrawn to the middle of the box, not far from goalkeeper John Phelan. Even so, he was always close to the football, and he watched the opponent attack again and again, and could only run around to make up for his teammates' positions.

"Attention, pull back some!"

"Don't let them cross easily!"

"Seal the goal!"

Wigan Athletic players struggled defensively. They defended with perseverance and put all their energy on not allowing their opponents to shoot easily, and they were all crammed into the box and used their bodies to stop Arsenal.

Such a defense can be described as an impregnable wall.

There have been many football celebrities who have said, "crowd tactics are the best defense", and now Wigan Athletic has proved this with practice, they are very passive and play ugly, but when the penalty area is full of Wigan Athletic players, Arsenal really doesn't have many means to break the goal, they pass around outside the penalty area or have no chance, can only return again and again in vain.

Little by little, time passed.

Arsenal's attack has also been a bit weaker, suggesting that their confidence in breaking through the Wigan Athletic defence has been shaken.

Forty minutes on, they still haven't scored.

The Arsenal fans in the crowd have begun to let out 'boo', they are expressing their dissatisfaction with Wigan Athletic's tactics, in their opinion, this is not playing football at all, but using the human wall in front of the goal, not to mention the football players, even if eleven ordinary people are piled up in front of the goal, it is very difficult to score.

Arsenal fans, meanwhile, are worried about the team.

Now they are the underdogs, and the opponents Wigan Athletic are playing with such ugly tactics, which in their eyes is too unethical.

Of course, Wigan Athletic doesn't care what Arsenal fans think.

The more the fans 'booed', the more they played, and the more the fans 'booed', the closer they retreated to the goal, and the result was that Arsenal's attack was getting harder and harder.

At the end of the first half, Arsenal hardly had any good chances, and even before the end of the first half, the Arsenal players began to consciously pass the ball back and forth to kill time, they did not move the ball into the penalty area, nor did they pass the ball forward, but only laterally back and forth.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, all the Wigan fans cheered.

The Wigan Athletic players also exhaled a long breath, the difficult forty-five minutes were not only physical exertion, but also mental competition, and they were nervous for forty-five minutes and now they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

They went above and beyond what the manager asked them to do.

Not only did they hold the net for 45 minutes, they also had a one-goal lead over Arsenal. At the end of the game, they looked confident with their heads held high.

The Arsenal players hurried back to the dressing room with their heads down, they couldn't bear the embarrassment of being on the pitch that made them absolutely ashamed of the fans, and falling behind Wigan Athletic made them feel even more ashamed, a shame for the team, and a shame for every Arsenal player on the field!

"In the first half, Wigan Athletic had a one-goal lead, and it looks like the second half will be even more exciting!"

A lot of commentators said that at the end of the first half. (To be continued......)