Chapter 273: "Two Final Blows"

The ball was again at the feet of Mesut Ozil, who glanced ahead and then headed straight for a high cross.

Podolski glanced up at the ball in the air, then cut straight forward and into the opponent's big penalty area. At this time, Arteta also stepped forward and followed Podolski into the box.

Watching the ball fly in, Podolski grabbed the front point and was ready to jump. Arteta, who burst into the box, also helped him pull up some of the Napoli defence. At the very least, Albiol, who has changed from a midfielder to a central defender, pressed Arteta at this time, and Podolski jumped directly to beat the young central defender Fernandez.

Podolski, who was holding Fernandez on the move, was the first to get a header, but he didn't get a direct header right away. Instead, he rubbed his head and made a header and rubbed it to the other side of the goal.

Li Zihan, who was without the ball on the sideline, quickly completed the inward cut and appeared in this position. Zuniga's speed couldn't keep up with him at all, and he didn't dare to foul Li Zihan without the ball, otherwise he would have no chance of running with a red card.

After unloading the ball with his chest, the defense of central defender Cannavaro also arrived. Li Zihan used his left back to cross his opponent's chest, otherwise the opponent easily stretched out his foot to poke the ball, or squeezed himself out with his body.

Then he sent the ball forward with his right foot, and it looked like it was about to break through to Cannavaro's left. But immediately, when the right foot was withdrawn, he brought the ball back.

Cannavaro, who was fooled, began to tilt his center of gravity to the left, but at this time, Li Zihan suddenly withdrew his foot and broke through from the right.

"Lee!! He managed to shake off the experienced Paolo Cannavaro!! ”

After winning the goal, Li Zihan directly hit the goal with his right foot, and the ball flew straight to the far corner of the goal.

"Li Zihan shoots! Hit the far corner!! ”

Reina, who had already sealed the near corner of the goal, immediately made a side pounce and stretched his hands to the longest. But he couldn't hold the ball, and it went past the tip of his hand and into the far corner of the net!

“GOOOOOAL！！ Arsenal established their lead on their home turf and it was the number 12 who scored, the young Lee Zihan!! ”

After the goal, Li Zihan waved his right arm vigorously, and then hugged Podolski, who assisted him.

"What a beautiful header you have, Lucas!" Li Zihan said to Podolsky with a smile in German.

"You shoot well, otherwise there is no way to turn a beautiful pass into an assist, hahaha" Podolski's words were not finished, and Ozil, who instigated this attack, ran up and hugged the two.

In this way, Li Zihan has scored in both Champions League games so far. It's worthy of Li, once he gets familiar with the environment, he can't stop the goal! Sky Sports' Helhouse said.

Arsenal fans responded enthusiastically to the goal, and many fans even jumped up from their seats in excitement, and then hugged an Arsenal fan next to them, although the two did not know each other before.

Arsene Wenger gave a round of applause from the sidelines before returning to the manager's seat. Now he is more relieved, Arsenal may not be suitable for playing against the wind, but once it is smooth, that is, the strong "cosmic benevolence" may not be able to please anything from it. After all, although Arsenal has a hard time, they are also the only team that did not lose to Bayern in the Champions League last season.

Sure enough, after the restart, Arsenal played more smoothly. The ball was attacked from both sides and then from the middle.

And when Napoli began to pay attention to the two sides of the defense, Li Zihan and Podolski once again "shifted shape" to the middle and played behind the opponent's two old central defenders.

This makes the other party cry bitter, and behind Podolsky and Li Zihan there is also a Cazorla and Ramsey who is often inserted behind.

Napoli turned into a passive situation, and the only two attacks were easily defused by the brilliant Szczesny, let alone the equaliser.

Arsenal almost extended the score in the first half of stoppage time, Ozil's pass once again accurately found the gap behind the opponent's central defender, Li Zihan inserted at high speed but did not take the ball directly into the penalty area. Instead, the ball was played to Cazorla, who was inserted into the edge of the box, and Cazorla shook off wing-back Armelo and fired straight at goal.

It's just that this time Reyna didn't let Arsenal's old rival show off, and he directly saved Cazorla's shot in his arms.

Seeing that the shot was unsuccessful, Cazorla shook his head regretfully.

Well, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half and Arsenal secured their lead at the Emirates Stadium. Let's hope to see if there will be some changes between the two sides in the second half, especially Napoli who are behind. Well, we'll be back in fifteen minutes of rest! ”

At the beginning of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Arsene Wenger made changes with Rafael Benitez, who replaced full-back Zúniga, who had a poor first-half appearance, with the quicker, attacking and defensively more than Maggio. Arsene Wenger, on the other hand, replaced Cazorla on the right with Tiger Walcott.

The managers of both sides made changes at the same time, with Napoli bringing on Italian Christian Maggio, who was more attacking as a wing-back, full-back and winger. It seems that Napoli, which is backward, wants to attack, after all, it is 1-0 behind, and no matter how defensive, it can't change the situation of falling behind. Arsene Wenger, on the other hand, replaced Cazorla, who was average, with the fast Walcott. Lee, Podolski, and Walcott are all speed players, and it seems that Arsenal is trying to open the opponent's backline with a quick attack, and it is obvious that Wenger believes that the 1-0 score is absolutely not safe. ”

"Cazorla and Theo Walcott have both played well this season, especially Walcott, who has often contributed to the team since his contract extension and salary increase, and of course, it would have been better if he had fewer injuries."

Although Benitez also replaced a fast wing-back, wanting to restrict Arsenal's speed a little, he couldn't suppress the collision of the "high-speed train" on the Gunners' left, center and right lines!

It's just that after Maggio came up, Napoli did improve a lot both offensively and defensively. Maggio often used his speed to make up for it in the middle, and when he counterattacked, he immediately followed up with Callejon on the flank.

But these are not enough in front of Li Zihan, especially when he is followed by an Ozil who is very good at passing.

After defending a Napoli counter-attack, Mesut Ozil received a pass from Arteta. Then he decisively distributed it to Walcott on the wing, and he plugged in in the middle.

Walcoat took the ball and broke through directly on the wing, and when he encountered Armelo's defence, he made a combination with Ramsey. After passing Armelo, Walcott, who regained the ball, immediately started his pace and did not give the opponent a chance to recover the defense.

Then the sideline changed to an inward cut, attracting Albiol to come over and cover the defense. However, Walcott did not cut inside to continue dribbling the ball and instead gave the ball to the middle.

Podolski was in this position, chest off the ball, and then didn't even look at it. With a knock on his heel, he sent the ball behind him.

"Podolski, nice heel pass, Lee follows!"

Li Zihan cut inside and received this pass from Podolski with his back to him, and then saw Maggio rushing over and making a direct flying tackle. Li Zihan didn't dare to be careless, and immediately sent the ball to the feet of Ozil, who followed up in the middle, and jumped to avoid the opponent's tackle.

Ozil touched the ball and immediately passed it back, but he continued to follow up in the middle with Podolski's cover.

After Li Zihan re-received the ball, he continued to cut a few steps inside. Canava Roma came up and he chose to pass the ball to Mesut Ozil right there.

"Spread it back!! It's already in the opponent's penalty area! ”

After passing the ball, Li Zihan pulled a few steps to the side, and then received the ball from Ozil. The two of them are like having a heart, and they cooperate very tacitly, and they directly play the entire back line of Napoli!

Li Zihan took the ball and made a sharp acceleration and stop, wanting to shake off Cannavaro and continue to cut inside to face the goalkeeper. But the experienced Cannavaro was not fooled this time, and stopped immediately when he saw that the situation was not right.

And Li Zihan needed his two steps, did not hesitate, and continued to pass the ball to Ozil.

After a series of combinations by Li Zihan and Mesut Ozil, the Napoli defenders obviously noticed the two as well. So when Li Zihan passed the ball, Inle who came back from defense was next to Ozil, and Ozil received the ball with his back to the opponent.

"Keep coming!! What is Arsenal doing here? At this time, Napoli's defense has begun to be in place, and Li Zihan should have tried to shoot a strong shot by himself before! ”

Ozil pressed his arm against Inle, who was close to him behind him, to prevent him from forming a strong interference with him. Then he continued to make a passing move that sought cooperation with Li Zihan, and Cannavaro, who had passed back and forth with Ozil several times, learned to be obedient, and stretched out one foot to put the ball on the way to Li Zihan's side.

However, instead of passing the ball through, Mesut Ozil fired a powerful shot with his left foot.

The ball clung to the grass and rolled between Cannavaro's outstretched legs. Reiner was caught off guard, and by the time he could react, it was too late.

The ball rolled into the net before he could make a save, 2-0!