Chapter 389: Equalization and Overtaking

After Podolski went off injured, the attention of the Arsenal players was drawn to Porti. Everybody hoped that Podolski would be okay and back on the pitch quickly.

Oxlade-Chamberlain came on with manager Arsene Wenger's latest instructions, and there was no complicated tactical deployment, but a simple sentence.

"Kick your ball seriously!"

The Arsenal players gathered their minds and started getting ready to get back into the game.

Li Zihan stood in front of the ball, and he continued to occupy the first penalty of Arsenal's free kick.

This distance is good, it is on the right side of the opponent's goal, Li Zihan stands on the pitch and in front of him to the right is Aston Villa's goal. This is just conducive to the play of Li Zihan's dominant right foot, and the distance of 38 yards is still to be expected for Li Zihan's free kick.

"Look at the goal, Lee's free-kick is just as threatening as he was in the box, and let's see if Lee's free-kick can open things up."

Li Zihan took a deep breath, and after the referee blew the whistle, he ran and made a direct free throw.

The ball slid out of an arc around the jumping wall, but it didn't run for goal.

Koscielnika jumped past the opposition centre-back Vlar and then headed back against the ball coming towards him.

"Lee opted for a free-kick combination, Koscielny fought for the top, and the lion shook his head!!"

A tall man with a height of 1.93 meters, goalkeeper Guzan stretched out his hands to pounce sideways to stop the ball. But he slowed down a beat, and before he could fully spread his hands, the ball went headlong into the top right corner of the goal.

"The ball went in!!! Kos-Cherny!! ”

"In the 53rd minute, Arsenal equalised with a free-kick!! Lee's free-kick technique once again terrified the enemy, as he could not only score directly on his own, but also make a tacit cooperation with his teammates. ”

"Look at Lee's ball, the arc goes around the human wall, and it goes directly to Koscielny's head, it's really beautiful! Of course, the French centre-back's header was also quite beautiful, and the position was very solid, and the Dutch international centre-back Vlar, who defended him, could not occupy the top at all. ”

"Poor Aston Villa, they thought they had broken up a very dangerous attack with a foul tactic, but they didn't expect Arsenal to equalise with this free-kick. With nearly forty minutes to go, fans can keep looking forward to it! ”

"It's worthy of the 'Branch Equalizer', and it is not in vain at all!"

The Arsenal fans who came to the away stadium let out enthusiastic cheers, but this cheer was not a sense of pain like a bad breath, but indescribable, just like knowing that this goal would be born, so there were not many surprises, just simple congratulations and praise for the players who scored the goal and the players who worked hard.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert hugged his head in frustration, he didn't expect the opponent to be so "lucky" to rely on a set-piece to get the score back. Next, Aston Villa will be more passive for themselves, because Arsenal, who equalized the score, will definitely be full of morale and plan to attack. And it is very, very difficult for your team to score one against such an Arsenal, how to play next?

Fortunately, the opponent's wingman Podolski went down, otherwise the opponent's attack would not be sharp enough for Aston Villa to withstand.

It's just that this is obviously Paul Lambert's wishful thinking, thinking that Oxlade-Chamberlain's arrival on the pitch has not weakened Arsenal's attack on the left, but has made this side more active and sharp.

Chamberlain's speed is much faster than that of the German Podolski, and Chamberlain's passing ideas are very good. Instead of blindly dribbling the ball on the sideline like Podolski, he can even constantly switch positions with Rosicky and Cazorla.

Chamberlain's watch on the pitch is like a fast-paced version of Mesut Ozil, whose passes always find holes in the opposition. It's just that the handling of details is not perfect enough, otherwise both the team's offense and his own ability will go up a notch.

When the game came to the 60th minute of regulation, just as Paul Lambert was thinking about whether to remove Bacuna or Westwood and replace him with a defensive midfielder, and be more conservative at home to seek a draw, the shape of the scene changed again.

In Arsenal's midfield pressing, Aston Villa conceded the goal.

Ramsey grabbed the ball that Westwood wanted to hand to Bacuna and then passed it to Cazorla on the wing.

Cazorla did not take the ball to the sideline, but leaned towards the inside with the ball, Rosicky leaned in to respond, and the young full-back immediately stepped forward to take on Cazorla's position on the wing, from a full-back to a winger. Flamini hesitated and didn't get forward quickly, but stayed behind to prevent his opponent's counterattack.

Before Ahmadi could get on the tackle, Cazorla passed the ball to Rosicky. The two made two combinations in a row, and then handed the ball to Oxlade-Chamberlain on the other side.

'Arsenal moved the ball wide and the young Oxlade-Chamberlain, who came off the bench, was very active.

Oxlade-Chamberlain received the ball and shook off right wing-back Lowton with a feint, but Lowton, who was carrying a yellow card, did not dare to block the opponent with a foul.

After getting past Lowton, Oxlade-Chamberlain quickly played the ball down the middle. After Li Zihan took the ball with his back to the attacking direction, he turned and brushed past central defender Barker, and then did not make a hard break when Vlaar pressed over to attack. Instead, he chose to play the ball to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who was on the wing.

As soon as Barker saw that Chamberlain's side was almost empty, and there was an excellent Vlaar defense in the middle, and Ahmadi was still followed behind, he chose to go to the side to fill in the position, in case Chamberlain, who was unguarded, cut directly into the ribs.

However, when he just left his position, he did not expect Oxlade-Chamberlain to give up on his unguarded touchline and pass the ball to the middle again.

After Buck's vacated position, he went behind the two central defenders, and then flew diagonally into the penalty area.

"Chamberlain's beautiful sideline is diagonally plugged into !!"

Li Zihan's eyes lit up, like a ruthless prodigal son who likes the new and hates the old, and 'ruthlessly' abandoned Vlaar, who was bent on him wholeheartedly.

Straight forward, past Vlaar's defense, rushing towards the ball.

Guzan was frightened when he watched the ball running directly towards him, and then he understood the danger and immediately rushed to save the ball.

The United States does have a relatively good goalkeeper, but his name is not Guzan.

Compared to Li Zihan, Guzan's advantage in speed is like the advantage of a modern coupe and a Bugatti Veyron or Koenigsel brand sports car - it is a negative negative and negative can never get a positive number!

Li Zihan came to the ball one step ahead of Gu Zan, in order to grab time, Li Zihan did not directly run to the ball to control the ball, but chose to fall directly to the ground and shovel!

Guzan couldn't react and the ball rolled under the armpit he wanted to intercept sideways towards the goal, eventually crossing the goal line.

“GOOOOAL！！！！！ Li Zihan!!! He put Arsenal ahead of the scoreline!! ”

"The youngster, who was born in '94, played the key role again, first relying on a free-kick and assisting team-mate Koscielny to equalize, and then with the new wide player Oxlade-Chamberlain, he came to a subtle tacit combination, and finally tackled in front of goal to score and overtake the score."

'In the space of seven minutes, Arsenal scored two goals in a row to turn the tide. Who says Arsenal can't play against the wind? Look at Manchester City in the past, look at Aston Villa now! ”

Well, poor Manchester City was pulled out by the commentator and whipped again, and what is even more pitiful is that the blue moon did not lose the game, but only a draw.

Li Zihan clenched his right hand into a fist and slapped the Arsenal badge on his left chest three times in a row, and then raised his right hand with anti-freeze gloves and raised it to the dark night sky.

Coming to the away Arsenal fans high. The tide is up, enthusiastically cheering Li Zihan's name, and shouting loudly Come on Arsenal.

Because Aston Villa smashed the field at their home stadium in the last leg, Arsenal fell into a haze as soon as the new season started. So several Arsenal fan organizations have issued a call, this must come to Villa Park Stadium to smash the field, so the number of Arsenal fans of the away team in this game is quite considerable, the Villa Park Stadium, which can accommodate 42,000 people, today Arsenal fans alone have reached 20,000.

So the fans in front of the TV looked in a trance, thinking that it was Arsenal playing at home.

Wenger didn't have any special emotional reactions, just pointed at the disciples on the field, and different gestures reminded his disciples who were in the wrong position, who should step forward decisively, and who should pay more attention to the opponent's core players.

After adjusting the team's formation, Wenger twisted away the mineral water he had been holding in his hand and took a sip, and finally sat back in his seat with peace of mind.

The opposite is the home coach Paul Lambert, who has been standing on the sidelines and has not sat down. He hasn't been back in his seat since Arsenal equalised.

Lambert took advantage of Arsenal's celebration of the goal, and pulled the core of the front court, Weimann, to his side, and "taught him face-to-face".

Chewing gum, Lambert followed the words of his mouth and the movements of his hands. Constantly pointing at the Arsenal backfield, and through the cameras on the sidelines, fans in front of the TV found that Lambert was referring the most to the captain of the central defender, Vermaelen, and the academy youngster Jenkinson at right wing-back.

Could it be that Lambert wants his players to find a breakthrough in Vermaelen and Jenkinson? After failing to hold on to the advantage, Aston Villa wants to take the initiative to attack?