Chapter 335: The Initiative to Qualify

Li Zihan's goalmouth cushion shot gave Arsenal a chance, and now the first half is over, Arsenal temporarily lead 1-0 at home. In the other game in this group, Borussia Dortmund pulled back the score at the end of first-half stoppage time, and the two sides are now tied at 1-1. If that score continues into midfield, then Dortmund will have to play in the UEFA Cup. Borussia Dortmund will have to score in the second half and win the game in the second half if they want to advance, and then compare the three teams to each other on goal difference, Dortmund still has a huge advantage, but this result is obviously not good for Napoli. Although as of now, their goal difference is two, while Arsenal are three"

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and the game had just started five minutes, and when Arsenal was still passing and receiving the ball to find cooperation, the news of the game came again. Reuss scored to put Dortmund in the lead.

The news undoubtedly stimulated Arsenal, and if Dortmund wins, the three teams will have 12 points and will have to compare goal difference. As it stands, Arsenal's goal difference is two more than Napoli's, and there should be no danger of qualifying. But by this time, Arsenal was thinking more after the crisis was gone. For example, the first place in the group?

But when you think about Dortmund's current six goal difference, Arsenal is a little daunted. Because there are only three goal difference on his side, if he wants to win the group, he will have to take the opportunity to score at least four goals in Marseille.

This is still the basis for Dortmund not scoring in the following games, but Dortmund cannot just let go of the attack, because a one-goal lead is the most unsafe thing on the planet, because it is easy to boost the morale of the enemy, maybe it will be equalized if you don't pay attention, and if it is average, Dortmund will be eliminated.

But in any case, Arsenal is now light, regardless of whether he has any hope of overpowering Dortmund, anyway, just attack first.

Later Arsenal launched a strong offensive against Marseille, who were not stupid. When I saw this situation, I knew that the other party wanted to brush the data on me, and anyway, there was no hope of qualifying or going to the League Cup, anyway, it was a loss, it was better to lose beautifully.

also opened up the second pulse of Ren Du, and Marseille, who also figured it out, began to shrink the defense. I didn't go out either, leaving a fast Ghanaian striker Andre Ayew in front of the court to counter-attack, and even the number nine striker Gignac returned to the central defence

In the 52nd minute, Li Zihan's long-range shot from outside the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper, and there was no chance to make up the shot, and the opposing central defender Nkuru cleared the ball with a big foot.

In the 55th minute, Podolski did not continue to rush after cutting in, but chose to send it in front of the goal. Li Zihan actively ran to bring out a small gap, Ozil stepped in to shoot, but it hit the thigh of the player who was defending in front of goal, and Ramsey followed up with a follow-up shot but flew high and flew over the crossbar.

In the 58th minute, Walcott broke through strongly on the sideline, and the assist from Sagna behind him gave him enough support. After cutting inside, he encountered the opponent's strong defense, and Walcott did not seek the support of his teammates at the first time, but directly kicked the goal. The poor shot made it impossible for goalkeeper Mandanda to make a save, and it was clear that the black French goalkeeper had judged that the goal was not the slightest threat.

In the 60th minute, the veteran Flamini came off the field and replaced him with a more threatening "small threat" - Jack Wilshere.

The young England midfielder is undoubtedly a fresh force when he comes on the pitch, and his passing and running at full strength should pose a huge threat to Marseille. Moreover, Wilshere has a keen sense of smell in front of goal, and he cooperates with his teammates very tacitly.

Sure enough, five minutes after Wilshere came on, Arsenal launched a very dangerous attack. Walcott again used his pace on the touchline to eat the opposition wing-back, and then handed the ball to Mesut Ozil, who had been pulled out in the middle, as the opposition came to fill in the defence. Mesut Ozil immediately split the flank, and Podolski again formed a bottom on the left flank.

Podolski, who then reached the bottom line on the edge of the penalty area, made an inverted triangle pass, and Li Zihan received the ball in the near corner, but the opponent's tight block and his position did not allow him to shoot much angle. Li Zihan didn't delay for a second, knowing that he didn't have a chance, he knocked the ball with his heel, and unexpectedly passed the ball to the back with his heel, and the penalty spot was on the left.

The clever Wilshere followed up with a sliding tackle shot from the ground, preempting the opposition centre-backs to clear the ball.

Goalkeeper Mandanda was unprepared and couldn't save the ball, but the ball unfortunately slid past the goal.

Wilshere gave a thumbs up to Li Zihan and Podolsky, signaling that the two of them had done a very good job, but their problems were not scored, and he took a deep breath in annoyance and gritted his teeth and turned around.

Li Zihan sighed, looked up at the night sky, and had a feeling of looking at the sky speechlessly.

"It wasn't Marseille who fought against Arsenal today, it was luck and God's !!"

In the 70th minute, Theo Walcott, who had been active on the touchline during this period, seized his chance again, this time with Sagna delivering a long ball from the back. Walquette started at high speed and received the ball behind the opposing defender.

In the face of the defense that came up from the wingbacks, Walket pretended to start and wanted to use his speed to eat the opponent raw again, but after the opponent was fooled, he suddenly made a sharp stop and cut inside to go inside. Marseille's French fullback Fontaine, as a 32-year-old veteran, is obviously inferior to the young tiger in terms of flexibility, and when he saw that the opponent was about to get rid of himself, he grabbed the opponent's jersey fiercely in a hurry.

Walcott, who was pulled by his jersey, did not fall to the ground and ask for a foul on the opponent, but went straight to the ball, and then accelerated to rush over.

Fontaine watched as the opponent drove the ball and slashed sideways to stop Walcott before he could get the ball out.

It's just that he is a little slow in terms of footing, and the ball can't be intercepted at the end, but a scissor leg knocks Walcott down.

The little tiger fell to the ground in pain, screamed, rolled twice, and hugged his feet.

Mesut Ozil, who was closest to him, immediately came up to check on the situation, and the referee, who was not far away, saw all this and immediately stopped the game.

Podolsky rushed up and pushed away the perpetrator, Fontaine, who wanted to express his friendship, apparently not accepting the other party's apology.

Li Zihan and Wilshere stepped forward to negotiate with the referee.

"Sir, that's a clear foul. Our player was brought down without the ball and went straight to his ankle, which should have been a red card. Li Zihan said to the referee.

Wilshere, on the other hand, added: "I was so close, it must have been a deliberately bad foul and the other side should pay the price, just look at the painful expressions on the ground on our players right now." ”

Wilshere has more experience in communicating with the referee than Li Zihan, and he knows that the referees hate being told directly or asked to show him a red card, so he doesn't ask for a red card by name, but just says that the opponent must pay something for such a bad foul. The implication is that there is no need to pay for such fouls, and then the game will not be easy to control.

The referee pointed to his eyes, indicating that he could see clearly and knew what was going on. Then he slightly pushed away the encirclement of Li Zihan and Wilshere and the Marseille players who came up to plead, and came to the "crime site" to check Walcott's injury.

Soon after being examined by the Arsenal team doctor, it was determined that Walcott could not continue the game at the moment, and the team doctor made a substitution and stretcher movement towards the field.

"Fontaine's foul shouldn't be, anyway, the game is on this, what if you just let Walcoat pass? Besides, with so many of his own defensive teammates in front of the goal, the opponent may not be able to score goals after entering. Besides, you don't want anything anyway, you have conceded a lot of goals, and you won't be able to use such a 'lethal' tactic for a goal that doesn't have much impact on your team! ”

Soon, Walcourt was carried off the field on a stretcher, and his teammates came up to comfort the young player, and Li Zihan even joked that when the game was over and Arsenal successfully advanced to the knockout round, they would go for a drink together, and then the brothers would face the upcoming Christmas game together.

Walcott just smiled bitterly and smiled at Li Zihan, this smile was not much better than crying.

Obviously, Walcott already had a premonition about this injury, and it was not so quick to get better.

It's just that he doesn't know that this injury will require a long, long recovery process.

Cazorla immediately came on passively and Arsenal continued their attacking campaign and were not satisfied with the 1-0 scoreline.

In the eighty-second minute, Li Zihan broke through the sideline. Then a high cross was sent in by Podolski, but Nkulu's header was not on target, but it was a cross to the back post. Cazorla, who had just come on the pitch, received the ball at the back post, and Marseille's backline had already begun to be a little "messy" with Arsenal's various transfer balls.

Cazorla put on a shot to trick goalkeeper Mandanda into coming over to block the near corner, coming up from the back to interfere with the Spaniard's shot, and another centre-back went to the path of the ball to the goal to block the far corner to prevent accidents.

However, Cazorla clearly intended to hit the goal directly and strongly, but unloaded his force and cleverly passed the ball into the middle. Wilshere and Ramsey were already pushing forward at the same time, leaving Marseille's dense defence to take care of themselves.

Ozil actually received the ball in the open position, and naturally hit the goal directly unceremoniously.

Ozil's shooting route was instead in the middle, because the shift from left to right had already put Marseille's defensive focus on the wings, and the running of Wilshere and Ramsey made the central defense even more empty.

The ball flew into the goal without interference, and Nkulu stretched out his foot to block the ball, but the embarrassing height of the 1.81 meter central defender made his feet destined to not stretch long, after all, not everyone is Medsart

"Two to zero!! All suspense kills!! Arsenal have won! Qualification shouldn't be much of a problem as their goal difference has expanded by one again, now it's up to Westfa. It's going to be on the other side of the Stadium. Congratulations to Arsenal and congratulations to the Gunners who followed them, who now have the initiative in their own hands, although they are likely to lose to the Hornets of Borussia Dortmund on goal difference and settle for second!! From such a change. The death of the state to the point of not being able to qualify for the group of deaths is a victory in itself!!! ”