Chapter 388: Wound one more

The first half ended with a surprise lead for Aston Villa, with the remaining seven or eight minutes of the Arsenal players losing focus.

Not to mention the lack of sharp attacks, he almost let the opponent rewrite the score to 2-0. Had it not been for Szczesny's height and elevation, Benteke's header would have almost gone in.

The commentary uses the whole team to sleepwalk to describe Arsenal at this time.

Many people also wonder how Arsenal, a team that has seen big winds and waves, can be confused at such a small situation?

Fifteen minutes at half-time were always short, and Arsenal were surprisingly silent. They didn't shout out their demands at Arsene Wenger, and they didn't get angry at the bad players.

Arsenal's crowd was surprisingly calm, quietly holding a coffee or a beer and watching the players who had begun to warm up on the open field.

Aston Villa fans, on the other hand, gathered together to discuss the first half excitedly. Who's solid defensively, who's sharp passing, which position of the opposition is the best point to break through, etc.

A quarter of an hour passed under the excitement and anticipation of Aston Villa fans.

In the second half, Aston Villa, who already had a one-goal lead, did not make adjustments. Manager Paul Lambert saw the form Arsenal showed after the end of the first half and thought there was an opportunity. With their sleepwalking state, they can press the onslaught at the beginning of the second half, then take the opportunity to go to the next goal, and finally make substitutions to defend and hold the advantage.

After all, he also knows that in the face of the current Arsenal team, it is unwise to conservatively adopt substitution defense when leading by one goal. What's more, with 45 points left in the game, Arsenal is fully capable of rewriting the score. At that time, the offense is weak, and the defense is not contained, so being conservative is undoubtedly digging its own grave.

Arsene Wenger also made no substitutions, and no one knows what he said to his team at half-time.

At the start of the second half, Arsenal didn't seem to be able to recover from their first-half form. The collective retreat was used to defend, and there was only one Li Zihan and Cazorla in the frontcourt.

Aston Villa took the ball and wanted to pass it back to their feet to avoid the surprise of losing the ball at the beginning of the game due to the opponent's fierce pressing. Because the manager deliberately explained this at halftime, the lagging Arsenal is likely to launch a ferocious press as soon as they come up, and then attack aggressively to catch themselves off guard.

But when the ball fell to the feet of central midfielder Westwood, Aston Villa suddenly found that Arsenal had no one to come up to press, almost the whole team was at the back, and only strikers Li Zihan and Cazorla crossed the halfway line.

As a result, the Aston Villa players remembered what the manager told them at halftime, and they had to attack decisively when they had the opportunity, and strive to quickly lock the score at 2-0.

You're welcome to think of the Aston Villa players here, since you don't come up, I'll take the initiative to go up!

Then Westwood passed the ball to Weimann, the core of the 10 in the front, and Weimann was obviously very clear about the signal from the midfield.

He took two steps with the ball, then handed the ball to the forward midfielder Bakuna, who ran forward.

Bacuna dribbled towards Arsenal's penalty area, but he didn't notice a figure suddenly coming out diagonally from behind him.

Flamini came up from behind the opponent's diagonal back, and while the opponent was looking at the front of the court, he suddenly stepped in and reached in front of the opponent, and then poked the ball off with his toes.

Bakuna didn't pay attention, but tripped over Flamini. The Dutch forward midfielder is also smart, and after being tripped and directly raised his hand to signal to the referee, the opponent fouled.

But the referee made a gesture to continue the game, and then made a gesture to Bakuna, who was still dead on the ground, to hurry up.

Obviously, the referee clearly saw that Flamini stabbed the ball first, and it was not a foul. And although Flamini is a little suspicious of tackling behind him in the position he leaned on, it is impossible for a strong guy with a relatively strong man and a height of 1.87 meters to put down the veteran Flamini so lightly.

Ramsey rushed up from behind and grabbed the ball before Weimann. Then he didn't give the other party a chance to fight back, and sent it directly to the front court.

Cazorla, who stayed in front, unloaded the ball with his chest, and then turned around very smoothly to shake off Ahmadi, who was looking directly at the back.

At this time, it can be seen from the panoramic view of the camera footage that the Arsenal players suddenly moved forward en masse, especially on the two wings. Podolski was already fast, and soon came to the halfway line, and the Aston Villa players were yet to react.

After Cazorla got the ball, he didn't hand it over to Li Zihan in front of him for the first time. Instead, he dribbled quickly towards the opponent's half, and Li Zihan did not take the initiative to raise his hand to ask for the ball, but found a vacant position.

Aston Villa because of the attack, the midfielders pressed forward. Bacuna and Westwood were both up front, with the lone defensive defender, Ahmadi, already left behind by Cazorla when it came to fighting for the ball.

There was no way, and the nearest left wing-back from Cazorla chose to come forward to intercept.

Cazorla didn't stick to the ball too much, and decisively passed the ball to Li Zihan in front of him when the opponent's fullback came up.

Li Zihan took the ball with his back to the attacking direction, and did not choose to forcibly turn around and fight the opponent's central defender after getting the ball. Instead, he followed the inertia of the ball's rolling, and simply handed the ball to Podolski, who was inserted on the left wing.

After Li Zihan passed the ball, he made a gesture directly, hoping that Podolski could pass the ball behind the two central defenders, so that he could directly cut between the two of them and play an anti-offside ball.

Podolsky also understood, but still slowed down. Just had the idea of passing, but was directly and ferociously tackled by the rushing right wing-back Lowton.

Podolsky couldn't dodge it and was thrown to the ground.

The referee who followed Arsenal's offensive rhythm all the way saw it clearly, immediately stopped the game, and then rushed to the "place of the crime" without hesitation and gave Lowton a yellow card, and then pointed to this location and signaled Arsenal's free kick in front.

Lorton obviously knew that he had fouled, and he was also self-aware, so he didn't explain, and just trotted back, ready to discuss the wall order with his teammates.

When Podolski was put down, all the Arsenal players and fans were chuckling in their hearts, and Wenger was also a little weak in his heart, and unconsciously rushed to the sidelines, if the rules didn't allow it, he wanted to rush directly to Podolski to see the situation.

There is no way, hesitate to attack the injury, and now Arsenal is like a frightened bird, and when he sees his teammates fall to the ground, he always has no bottom in his heart.

Soon the players on the field rushed up to surround Podolski to see the injuries of his teammates.

Looking at Porti's painful face, Li Zihan knew that the problem was not small, and immediately communicated with the referee, who immediately waved Arsenal's team doctor to come on the field.

Before the team doctor came on the field, Wenger grabbed the team doctor and gave some advice. Signal to the team doctor, if it doesn't work, don't force it. Even if the injury is not strict, but if it is not suitable for a little, it will be replaced immediately.

Obviously, Wenger doesn't want to add another member to his injured barracks, even if he doesn't want to let go of the three points. I'd rather make substitutions than nights and be willing to let Podolski's injury increase, Walcott and Ozil are all injured, Wilshere is just better, but whether he can return to the starting line is still a question mark. If Podolski is seriously injured at this time, Arsenal will hardly be rotated, which means that at least the next month will be 90 minutes of these full games.

As a result, players don't get rest under a tight schedule, and the chances of injury increase. Then there are fewer players who can play, and it's an endless loop!

Soon, the team doctor made a judgment on Podolski's injury, and then followed Wenger's instructions and made a substitution gesture to the dugout on the sidelines.

Seeing this gesture, Arsenal, who had not been wavering, and even did not react much after conceding the goal, suddenly let out a wail.

There are even fans who are already in tears and have a look of disbelief, and some fans cover their eyes with their hands, not that the picture is too beautiful to see, but that the picture is too miserable to see

Arsene Wenger right away. Oxlade-Chamberlain, who had warmed up, was called back, and then the youngster was ready to come on to replace the injured Podolski.

Chamberlain and Wilshere warmed up in the warm-up area after the start of the second half, which was much more convenient, at least they didn't have to worry about not being able to open their bodies or increasing the chance of injury when they didn't warm up on the field.

It's not that Wenger knows that someone will be injured, but that Wenger already has a strategic plan in mind. Oxlade-Chamberlain's quick assault can draw a lot of attention from the opposition's defense, and he can completely replace that position when Walcott is gone. Oxlade-Chamberlain is also much more of a threat than Walcott in terms of awareness and passing, but he is slightly lacking in shooting.

As for Wilshere, it's all because it's better for him to find his form after recovery. And Arsene Wenger also intends to find a ten-minute inconsequential time in the second half to find his form if he has the chance.

But I didn't think of the crooked hit