Chapter 94: The Second Champion

Arsenal started a ferocious counter-attack in the second half, and the poor performance in the first half made the Gunners very depressed, they did not want to lose in the Carabao Cup final, they did not want to lose the Carabao Cup title. Although Arsenal are now down by one goal, the Gunners are still confident and they believe in the quality of the team.

Although they were one goal behind, when Arsenal burst out with their due strength, the Gunners were absolutely sure that they could come back and win; This confidence comes from the strength of the team itself, but also because of Arsenal's excellent record this season. The Gunners are confident that they can beat Birmingham City home and away in the league, and although there are some difficulties and challenges now, the Gunners are confident that they will be able to overcome them in the next games to win against Birmingham.

In the 49th minute, Sagna knocked on the right side, and Xiao Qing rushed to shoot a left-footed shot from 20 yards away and was slightly off; A minute later, Arshavin knocked back on the edge of the penalty area, Xiao Qing followed up with a long-range shot from the periphery and the crossbar popped up, Arshavin took the ball and crossed again, and Van Persie met the ball from ten yards out with a right-footed volley that grazed the post and flew off the field.

Arsenal burst out at the beginning of the second half of the game, and they played even better in the game; The Gunners are now finding their rhythm and at this point no one would dare to think that the Birmingham goal is foolproof; Although Arsenal are still one goal behind, although Arsenal performed poorly in the first half. But when Arsenal started to adjust their form, they were still the undefeated team that everyone feared!

The crisis at Birmingham is here and they now need to face Arsenal's ferocious attack. They simply can't limit Arsenal's active play right now; The Gunners were excellent on the ball. At this time, Arsenal can continue to push forward with one pass after another. Birmingham's defensive players can only struggle at this time. Although the Gunners have rarely had a single player attacking Birmingham's defence with individual ability, such fluid passing allowed Arsenal to still get some chances, and Arsenal had more chances when Birmingham's players were constantly defending passively.

Wanting to defend in a passive position was obviously not a very haode decision, so Birmingham made a substitution; Because they know that once they are pressed in front of the penalty area by Arsenal like this, they may concede goals sooner or later; Although Birmingham are now leading by one goal, it is not very certain.

So Birmingham made a change, Birmingham made a substitution. Chilean midfielder Bossejor replaced Gardner, who was clearly unhappy with the decision. Seeing Gardner frowning and not even high-five his teammates, the Arsenal fans naturally booed; Bossehauer is a winger and Birmingham's intention now is clear, which is to exploit Arsenal's weak wide defence, and they need to make Arsenal afraid to attack.

Although this tactic is very targeted, although this tactic is also very bold, when they meet Arsenal, this tactic may not be able to do much, and it is even likely to be fatal. Because Arsenal are more confident of scoring. Because the current Gunners can't wait to equalise.

Bossehauer, who had just come off the bench, did bring a lot of help to Birmingham as soon as he came on, helping Birmingham to have a certain counter-attacking ability under Arsenal's already powerful attack.

Birmingham almost scored in the 53rd minute. Bossehauer crossed, Fahi's first low shot in front of the arc of the penalty area bounced off teammate Zhikic, and he followed up with his right foot and shot the left post of the goal bounced off the left post and slid past the goal! Three minutes later, Bossehauer managed to break free of Alexander Song on the left and the ensuing cross was too close to Szczesny.

Although Bossehauer's appearance gave Birmingham fans some strength, but his performance can only be said to be short-lived, although he did bring some trouble to Arsenal, but it is an indisputable fact that Arsenal has now grasped the initiative of the game, and it is only a matter of time before Arsenal is away from scoring.

Arsenal continued to show off their flashy tactical combinations, with Arsenal's formation already pressed across the board, and the Gunners believed that they would not give Birmingham a chance to counter-attack with their skilful tactical combination, and they were not worried about further problems in this game.

In the 63rd minute, Arsenal's excellent tactical combination scored for them. At this time, even Arsenal's defenders had pressed through the half, and Arsenal began to constantly look for loopholes; Birmingham's defenders were also a headache at this time, constantly chasing the ball.

Xiao Qing, who was in front of the Birmingham defensive line, was also constantly adjusting his position, he was looking for enough space; Suddenly, seeing Arshavin on the side holding the ball, Xiao Qing quickly rushed towards the goal. Sure enough, Arshavin's timely diagonal pass sent the ball towards the goal!

The cheers of Wembley Stadium sounded, Xiao Qing quickly hit the goal, although the Birmingham defenders at this time also came to Xiao Qing in time, but it didn't help. Facing the defenders, Xiao Qing only had the slowly falling ball in his eyes; Xiao Qing suddenly flew and shoveled, although it was heavily collided with those defenders, but Xiao Qing still shoveled first!

The ball flew straight into the far corner and Birmingham City goalkeeper Ben Foster made the right judgement, but he only hated that his arm span was shorter and the ball flew right through his fingertips.

Wembley Stadium erupted in crazy cheers, and the long-suppressed enthusiasm of the Arsenal fans, who occupy the vast majority of the stadium, exploded at this time! The ball went into the net and it was now 1-1 and Arsenal equalised.

Xiao Qing, who got up, jumped high and threw punches hard, and Xiao Qing, who hugged and celebrated with his teammates, is now more confident that he can help the team win, because the game is now on the track of Arsenal, and the current Gunners have taken greater initiative in the game. The equaliser is not considered a return to the same running line for the two teams, as Arsenal are now more confident of crushing Birmingham City once and for all, and this goal is just the beginning for Arsenal.

Arsenal, who equalized the score, was greatly boosted, and Arsenal, who were cheered up, were naturally more confident that they could win the game; Although it has encountered some twists and turns before, it has now entered the rhythm of Arsenal, and victory and title are Zuihou's pursuit for Arsenal.

The game restarted, and Birmingham had just pressed in front of Arsenal's penalty area, but this time the attack was also fruitless; While Arsenal's defence is not excellent, it is not so easy for Birmingham to tear apart Arsenal's defence. And when Arsenal controlled the ball, it was a nightmare for Birmingham.

Although the Arsenal players didn't have much of a sprint, it was the seemingly simple passing that made the Birmingham players feel broken; Arsenal took simple passes to the extreme, they were able to ensure that the ball was not broken in small areas, and they were able to ensure that the ball was moved in a wide area with precision. So while Arsenal kept passing the ball to find holes in the defense, Birmingham's defensive pressure was also rising.

The atmosphere at Wembley Stadium is also getting hotter and hotter, and Arsenal fans respond to Arsenal's precise passes again and again, and every time Arsenal makes a pass, the cheers of Arsenal fans also sound. The Gunners didn't have much room for individual performance, and they were basically simple one-touch passes.

Although Xiao Qing has not received the ball for a long time, he is still very confident, because the current situation is more and more favorable to Arsenal; Xiao Qing is also patiently looking for this opportunity, he is waiting for another chance to score.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Arsenal transferred the ball to the side in a wide area; Little Tiger Walcott did not pass the ball after taking the ball, and the little tiger who seized the opportunity quickly dribbled inward. At this time, Birmingham's defense was a step slower, but they also started to fill in in time.

Although it became impossible to cut inside, Walcott shoveled directly at the bottom of the ball, he chose to cross, and he hoisted the ball towards the goal, because he saw Xiao Qing who was quickly moving forward.

The cross line from Little Tiger is a little high, and it seems that it is very likely to fly directly out of the bottom line; But the ball suddenly dropped sharply, which caught the slightly relaxed Birmingham defenders off guard. And when the Birmingham defenders were a little panicked, Xiao Qing, who was inserted at high speed, jumped high; smashed the ball with his forehead, and Xiao Qing hit the goal with a powerful header in the small penalty area.

Although Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster also reacted quickly, in the face of Xiao Qing's close and powerful header, his movements were still half a beat slower, and the ball smashed on the grass and bounced into the net!

Two to one, Arsenal overtook the score, the Gunners overtook the score in the second half with Xiao Qing's two goals, and now Arsenal is very sure that they can win this game, and the League Cup title looks like it will still belong to Arsenal!

Wembley Stadium completely broke out, and Xiao Qing's teammates were also very excited; Now the score is overtaken, which also means that Arsenal has a great chance of winning the championship, although the League Cup title is not an important honor for some teams, but this is the honor of the championship after all, no one does not like such a championship, Arsenal is naturally like this!

Xiao Qing was very happy, Xiao Qing was very excited; This is Arsenal's second title of the season, and it will be a great start, Xiao Qing is convinced of it! (To be continued......)