Chapter 278: Luck can't always be on one side

The 'Canary' Norwich City were in no particular trouble, as they had no chance to threaten Arsenal's goal in the first half. Even Arsenal's back-up goalkeeper sat in front of goal to stretch and warm up - he was worried that if Norwich attacked a little "sharper", his body would cool down and not keep up with the changes on the field.

This shows that Norwich are currently in good shape, while Arsenal are playing more and more form.

Oxlade-Chamberlain sent in another sideline cross, this time with a boccia ball. Rosicky sent the ball to Giroud, who was in front of him, and Giroud turned and shot! The ball slid past the goal and Norwich escaped.

In the 28th minute, Walcott and Ramsey combined on the touchline. Young full-back Jenkinson on the right cut off the ball and then passed it straight away. The ball rolled almost along the sideline to the middle of the line to find the little tiger Walcott, and even the commentator was lamenting the shrewdness of the pass.

The ball was close to the touchline, bypassing the opposing wing-backs, but it didn't go out of the line.

As soon as Walcoat got the ball, the Canary full-backs pressed on. Walcott passed the ball to the midfielder Ramsey, who received the ball and did not send it to the feet of other players, but directly to the back of the opposing wing-back. Little Tiger Walcott overtook in the line of fire and then received the ball. After the opposing wing-back turned, Walcoat had already taken the ball and continued to go deeper.

Instead of going straight under, Walcoat opted for an inside cut. Watching the opposing centre-backs pull over to fill in the position, Walcott kicked the goal with a strong kick.

The ball was knocked out of the six-yard box by goalkeeper Rudy, and Giroud, who was following him, immediately jumped up, but did not choose to make a follow-up shot, because he saw the central defender in front of him who was eyeing Rudy in goal. The French centre-forward flicked the ball in the rib of the box with a header. Rosicky, who was keeping up, didn't have time to adjust, and the veteran used his experience to find the ball for the first time and then volleyed in half.

The ball flew towards the opponent's goal, and then it flew off the bottom line in a disappointing way by grazing the crossbar of the goalpost.

Rosicky clasped his head in his hands in frustration, obviously unable to believe that he had knocked the ball away. Rosicky gave a thumbs up later and signalled that Giroud had done a good job.

'Rosicky missed his brace and it was a good chance and Rosicky had a good shot. It's just a pity that it's only a little bit short, Norwich's luck is really good, this is the first time they have not died in a big disaster so far? ”

Norwich, on the other hand, were not compromised, and Arsenal had several shots on goal. However, their attack was really slow to play, and several shots were cleared by Merdessat, who was excellent today, and Vermaelen, the biggest hole in Arsenal's defense, also "surprisingly" did not give the Canaries some chances today. Despite his impressive appearance, at least the Gunners captain didn't make any more low-level mistakes today. This bodes well for Arsenal and for the Belgian centre-back himself.

Norwich can't see it in the box, so shoot from distance. The striker pulled the ball back from the edge of the box, and the central midfielder Johnson, who came up, did not split the ball or send it into the spot. Instead, it was a powerful long-range shot that flew like a cannonball into the Arsenal penalty area.

Fabianski didn't make any unnecessary moves, as if he knew that the opponent would suddenly choose, stood in the middle of the goal and did not move, and then the powerful ball flew directly into his circle.

The shot was so powerful that Fabianski didn't let the ball get out of his hands or went straight to an own goal. He lay directly on the ground and pressed the ball under him.

If a man makes such an action towards a woman, it is a little discordant. But if the goalkeeper makes this gesture against the flying ball, he is telling the opponent, and I will not give you the slightest chance.

England centre-back Johnson shook his head regretfully before spitting on the ground. Obviously, he's not happy right now.

And then the next thing was even more unhappy, not only him, but also his team-mates and the manager and the fans because Arsenal scored again.

In the 38th minute, Arsenal controlled the ball in the middle. Flamini had intended to slow down the tempo, but when he suddenly saw a gap behind him and Walcott on the touchline winked at him, he instantly understood what the tiger meant.

However, he did not come out in a hurry, but quietly made a gesture to Ramsey and Rosicky. Then the three of them kept coming to their feet in the midfield, passing back and forth.

"Arsenal are starting to try to control the tempo and now they are not in a hurry to take the lead. Instead, the first half is coming to an end, and they also want to keep some body and start to focus on the second half. ”

Obviously, the commentators did not understand Arsenal's true intentions.

A minute later, Flamini felt the time was almost up, and the opposition's centre-backs were a little bit up front.

Immediately lift your foot and send in a high cross.

Originally, Norwich's central defender thought that the ball was going to continue to Rosicky, but looking at the height of the ball, it felt like he was looking for a high cross from high school striker Giroud.

At this time, Giroud also made the right run to pull the lateral distance between the two central defenders.

Walcott, who took the opportunity to play, immediately started from the touchline and easily got rid of the wing-back's defensive area and went straight to the back without the ball.

The ball also went over the heads of the centre-backs and into their backs. At this time, the two central defenders were shocked, and it was clear that they understood that the ball was behind him.

Hurriedly wanted to turn around and chase the ball, and as soon as they turned around, they saw that Walcott, the little tiger who came to them and was facing the direction of attack, had already got the ball.

I didn't have time to think about it, and while raising my arms to signal that the opponent was offside, I continued to chase Walcott.

The referee put the whistle to his mouth, but when he saw that the linesman was very determined not to raise the flag, he did not blow the whistle. In fact, he was on the side of midfielder Flamini, and he really didn't notice whether Walcoat was offside from the touchline, so he could only firmly trust his assistant at this time.

Walcoat ignored the raised arm of the opposition centre-back, not even a glance at the linesman. I remember when he first came to Arsenal and played in the Premier League. I was still young at that time, and when I saw the opposing central defender raise his hand, I thought I was really offside, so I waited and took a look at the linesman and the referee. However, the opposing central defender took advantage of this time to simply clear the ball and complete the clearance.

Afterwards, Wenger did not "teach" him less, so the little tiger who was fooled is now learning to be well-behaved, as long as he does not hear the referee's whistle, he does not care, and he firmly runs towards the opponent's penalty area with the ball. Even if he saw the linesman raise the flag, he didn't care, he didn't see it, anyway, he was subject to the referee's instructions.

Originally, Rudy wanted to attack to intercept Walcott, but when he saw his teammates and central defenders raising their hands, he thought that the opponent was really offside, and then reflexively looked at the linesman, but saw that the linesman had his hands tightly attached to his body and did not have the slightest intention of raising the flag.

Then he realized that this was a tactic to interfere with the referee and the opposition, and finally he gave up on the goal.

It's just that it's too late at this time, and the stadium is like a battlefield, changing rapidly.

Walcott didn't panic at all when he watched the other party attack, of course, this is what other people seemed, as for whether he was really panicked or not, only he knew.

Facing Rudy, who wanted to pounce on the ball at his feet, Walcoat made an early move, leaning down and sending a push with the inside instep.

The ball was fast and accurate against the grass, and Rudy fell down to make a wall with his body to stop the ball. But he was a step too late, and by the time he had not yet fully collapsed, the ball had already jumped under his crunch.

Eventually rolled into the goal line without incident, this time the Canaries were in trouble and dead, and Norwich explained that luck can't always be on the same side.

"Theo ――――――"

"Walcott!!"

"Congratulations to our little tiger!!"

'Arsenal doubled their lead towards the end of the first half with winger Theo Walcott scoring the goal. Now Arsenal are 2-0 up and there are only three minutes left at half-time. ”

Theo Walcott's goal celebration took a lot of time, first running under the Arsenal supporters' stands to receive cheers from the fans, and then hugging his team-mates who came up.

The whole process took nearly a minute and a half, and Norwich was not in the mood to complain about the other party's deliberate delay at this time, and the referee also looked at his watch, so he simply let Walcoat go, anyway, Norwich did not express his dissatisfaction

Finally, at the end of the first half, the score was temporarily fixed at 2-0. The referee symbolically added a minute of stoppage time, but when the clock reached 45 minutes and 40 seconds, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

The Arsenal players walked into the dressing room with joy and laughter, while the Norwich players on one side looked bitter.

Fans at the scene also took advantage of this time to go to the bathroom for convenience, or go to buy a glass of Coke and beer. The commentators summarized the table of the two sides in the first half, and then played a replay of the two goals and some of the highlights and controversy of the first half, and there was no controversial picture of the game, and the whole 45 minutes Norwich were completely defeated, and there was little to fight back.

Li Zihan originally wanted to go to the court to warm up or something, but was called into the locker room by assistant coach Boulder, saying that Wenger asked him to come in and listen to tactics. He was joined by Mesut Ozil, who did not play in the first half and was on the bench with Li Zihan, as well as Wilshere.

Originally, Li Zihan thought that against a team like Norwich, the lower reaches of the Premier League played so smoothly in the first half, and he had no chance to play today. But looking at Wenger like this, it seems that he can still play in the second half to play soy sauce and have a familiar face?

Li Zihan walked into the locker room with Ozil and Wilshere, and Li Zihan, who can play or something, likes it the most