Chapter 359: Post-Match Press Conference (Part I)

There was no sun shining in Manchester at three o'clock in the afternoon, and thick clouds obscured what should have been a dazzling blue sky. Like a haze, it appeared not only in the sky of Manchester City, but also in the hearts of Manchester City.

With a dripping sleet in the air, the snow on the outside of the Etihad Stadium was still a thick layer that didn't melt away with the excitement and atmosphere of the stadium.

When the referee on duty Dodd blew the whistle for the end of the game, Manchester City fans stared blankly at the score on the display, a little difficult to accept.

At this moment, the winter rain and snow are not falling on the city of Manchester, but on the hearts of Manchester City fans. Despite not losing, their hearts are still cold.

The final score was set at a dazzling 6-6, which was undoubtedly another big scoreline, and it was the third game in a row at the Etihad Stadium, 7-0, 6-0 and now a crazy 6-6.

It is worth mentioning that Arsenal ended up using the last substitution. It's just that it's not Li Zihan who gave it, but Cazorla. After Podolski had sent the penalty into the net, Arsene Wenger replaced Cazorla, who was already cramping, with a young impactful Oxlade-Chamberlain. An attacking counter-substitution gave the Arsenal players on the pitch a clear signal to keep attacking!!

Arsene Wenger could have been on the safe side and bring on defenders like Mikel Arteta or Vermaelen when he replaced Cazorla to ensure an average game. But the professor did not do this, because the opponent was sent off by one person, and Arsenal with one more person to fight was more advantageous, so it was undoubtedly the best way to replace it with a new force in attack at this time.

After Demichelis was sent off with a red card, Pellegrini had no choice but to replace David Silva. Nasri and Dzeko in the front court are both players who have just come on the field, and Aguero has a strong lethal characteristic in shooting. In the midfield, Fernandinho and Yaya Toure can't move, otherwise there is no interception in the midfield, and Li Zihan, who may not necessarily continue to help the opponent, brush up on goals or assist statistics. Therefore, David Silva, who has not had much physical strength in the first game, has become the best candidate to be substituted.

After the restart, the game entered the most difficult stoppage time. Because of the clash between the two sides before the penalty and Arsenal's healing and wasted time on the selection of a penalty, the referee gave a five-minute stoppage time.

And this is also high after a few minutes of the most sloppy. The tide is rising, and Arsenal, who have one more person to fight, is quite attacking. The newcomers Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lee Zihan formed a high-speed breakthrough on the left and right sides, and both were very fast, which increased the difficulty of Manchester City's defense. Podolski and Olivier Giroud form a pair of high strikers, making the two opposing centre-backs afraid to leave their positions. At this time, the importance of the two midfielders retained is reflected, in addition to defending Wilshere and Ramsey's long-range shots, but also rushing to the side to help Zabaleta and Kolarov to make up for the defense, and Aguero in front of the two is on the counter-attack, Nasri is the kind of player who rarely comes back to help. Fortunately, Dzeko was well aware of the situation and took the initiative to retreat to help the central defenders defend the opponent's double center forward.

There was little variety in the Manchester City counter-attack, it was very simple to get a long ball from the back to find Aguero, and then the rest was the matter of Aguero and Nasri. Yaya Toure also decisively inserted a temporary pseudo-center forward, so in the last few minutes, Manchester City had no choice but to play the traditional British long pass in order to seize the time.

Until the end of the game, it was a fierce battle between the two sides, and neither side wanted a draw. It's just that the two sides still failed to rewrite the score, and the score of 6-6 lasted to the last half.

"Congratulations to Arsenal!! They ended up coming out of the home stadium of the Devils, who had terrified all teams this season. Although they did not win the game, the strength, technical and tactical level they showed in this game, and the hard work of the players were enough to make them leave the stadium with their heads held high. ”

"Regrettable Manchester City, they should have won this game, they dominated the game with an absolute four-goal lead at one point. However, it only took more than three minutes for everything to come to naught. Li Zihan's crazy goal made them lose confidence in the game, and the proud record of four goals and one assist made the young Chinese youngster once again the best player of the game! ”

The Manchester City players left the dressing room in a trance with their heads bowed, and they were still so unbeatable in the first two games of the stadium. Just forty minutes ago, they were still so strong as if the gods had descended, but when the game ended, they ushered in the twilight of the gods.

The Arsenal players did not leave the pitch immediately, but came to the stands of the visiting fans in an organized manner. Thank you to the fans who have been helping the team.

The stars interact with them, sign autographs, and fulfill small requests that seem happy to them but are simple.

At the post-match press conference, Li Zihan, as the best player of the game, accompanied manager Arsene Wenger to attend the post-match press conference.

At the press conference, a reporter asked about Li Zihan's substitution.

"Mr. Arsene Wenger, Lee has played an important role since joining Arsenal and has generally started any major game except when he is not injured or in poor form. However, he came off the bench in this game, and he had such a wonderful performance, did you achieve the arrangement? ”

Wenger smiled faintly: "Of course not, I'm just a manager, not a fortune teller." The reason why Lee was substituted in this game was because the intensive competition during this period of time was prone to take a lot of damage to his young body, which would overdraw his talent and physical functions. Also, we have more games to play, so we have a bigger challenge ahead of us, so rotation is inevitable and no one can play a full season. Of course, if Lee's body can be full of work for a season and play this game, then he will definitely be on the starting lineup every game. ”

Pellegrini next to him is full of black lines, if Li Zihan performs like this in every game, and he has to play a full season, then the other nineteen teams will accompany the prince to study, and the league will not be held, and the championship will be announced directly.

The reporters smiled good-naturedly, apparently knowing that Wenger was just joking.

Arsene Wenger answered a few reporters' questions, and the attention of the reporters naturally shifted to today's protagonist.

A reporter asked: "Congratulations to you Li, won the best of the game in the game, today you scored four goals alone, and assisted the team to equalize with a penalty kick at the last moment, in the face of such a wonderful performance, tell me what you thought at the time?" ”

"Thank you!" Li Zihan first smiled and thanked him, and then said, "What do you think?" To be honest, I didn't have any particular idea at the time. I just knew that we were behind, and we were a lot behind, and the only thought in my head was to put the ball in the other side's goal, well, that's what I thought. ”

The reporter obviously didn't expect Li Zihan's answer to be so simple, and asked with some confusion: "That's just what you think?" ”

Li Zihan smiled and said, "Is this the second question?" ”

Then another reporter got up and asked, "Lee, you showed extraordinary talent and importance to the team in this game." So with your salary only in the middle of the team, will you start a new negotiation with Arsenal? And what do you think about Mesut Ozil's arrival at Highbury this summer for the record highest transfer fee for Arsenal, but he didn't show the value he deserves. ”

As soon as this series of questions was asked, the reporters below whispered and lowered their heads to discuss, and everyone could see that this guy was here to find fault.

Li Zihan didn't get angry, but asked lightly: "May I ask which media are you from?" ”

The reporter who asked the "Sun" did not hide his origins, and directly revealed his work unit, of course, he had no way to hide it, because the reporters who participated in the press conference had all registered records.

"Oh, oh, the sun, the sun," Li Zihan couldn't help laughing.

Then everyone laughed along, and everyone knew what the Sun Newspaper represented in this industry, especially Li Zihan had some stories to tell them

"First of all, the main credit for my performance in this game is the excellent tactical deployment of Professor Arsene Wenger and the targeted adjustments made at half-time according to the situation on the pitch. Li Zihan slapped a clever sycophant and continued: "The second is the support of my teammates, whether it is Ozil, Podolski, Giroud, Cazorla, Ramsey and others, they have helped me create a lot of opportunities, football is not a one-person sport, without their support I would not have such a good performance." ”

Li Zihan didn't deliberately say official words at this point, in fact, Wenger's tactics did play a key role. Especially when it comes to substitutions, Wenger would rather have one less interception and playmaking in midfield than replace Giroud. In this way, Giroud firmly stifled the opposing central defenders on the field, especially the suppression of Demichelis by the French high school forward, which directly led to the birth of Li Zihan's second goal and the assist penalty.