Chapter 268: Red Card and Red Card

Stoke City didn't be happy for long, and the 2-1 scoreline gave them some other ideas. So after that, Stoke City played very aggressively away from home, but it was this kind of positivity that they gave possession to Arsenal for nothing after repeated failed attacks.

Everyone knows how dangerous it is for a team like Arsenal to get the ball under their feet all the time.

Altovic's shot was blocked by Merdessart with his tall frame, and Gibbs caught the rebound on the touchline. Then he broke through on the flanks and immediately handed it to Flamini in the middle when the opponent was in charge, and Flamini received the ball and gave it to Wilshere in front of him. Wilshere resisted the opponent's body and split the side to Walcott.

Walcoat watched the opposing fullback come up after dribbling the ball, and didn't take it much, and directly knocked the ball back to Wilshere, who was following him.

"It's coming!! Typical Arsenal attacking style! ”

Wilshere immediately moved the ball and he handed it to Ozil in front of him. Mesut Ozil shook off and withdrew the central midfielder Whelan who came to help the defense, and then handed the ball to Li Zihan, who cut in directly.

After receiving the ball, Li Zihan made a one-two-one cooperation with Podolski on the other side, and shook off the back Palacios. Then he entered the penalty area and immediately opened his hand to shoot with a jiashi. Central defender Shawcross was shocked, ran quickly to help the defense, and then stretched out his foot to poke the ball that Li Zihan had not yet shot. At this time, Li Zihan turned his shot into a knock, and a bocce ball passed between Xiao Cross's open legs.

"Passing!! Another feint on goal fooled the opposition's Shawcross and sent a high-quality boccia cross past the opposition's gear. Frequently wearing other people's files in the Premier League is extremely humiliating for this player, and Li Zihan in the back should pay more attention to Shawcross's defense. ”

The ball rolled into the middle of the box, near the penalty spot. The other centre-back had already been taken away by Wilshere who had stepped forward, and the wing-backs were closely followed by Podolski and Theo Walcott, creating a vacuum in that position.

Mesut Ozil stepped in and even appeared in this position, and swept the ball straight into the goal.

Goalkeeper Begovic was on the right track, but couldn't reach the ball. The ball hung in the top right corner of the goal and went into the net!

"Three to one!! Arsenal once again extended their lead to two goals, which was almost the goal that would have decided the outcome of the game, as there were now ten minutes to go without injury time. ”

'It was Mesut Ozil who scored, with the German midfielder scoring his first goal of the summer for Arsenal! For him, the talented shooter who only joined the Gunners this summer, young Lee!! Lee's performances in the past two seasons have been maddening, winning the league's Silver Boot with 28 goals at Juventus last season, and his fifteen assists have made him the league's assist leader. Twenty-eight goals have basically locked in the top scorer position in Serie A in the past, but Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani was a big hit last season, winning 29. But fortunately, Li Zihan is still young, and he still has many opportunities to fight for the league Golden Boot award! Now, Premier League goalscorers such as Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, Sergio Aguero and Suarez should be careful, as young players are already challenging you! ”

"Three to one, this score kills all other ideas of Sky City, and now it's not far from another three points from Arsenal!"

Although Li Zihan was questioned a lot at the beginning of his joining, his performance at the beginning was not very good. But understand that this is his first time in the Premier League, an unfamiliar environment, an unfamiliar atmosphere, an unfamiliar tactical style of play and unfamiliar teammates. The talented 19-year-old goalscorer had to get used to it, and the criticism of Lee in the first two games was a bit far-fetched. Fortunately, in the last three games, the current striker with the most achievements in the history of Chinese football has happened to himself. He's scored five goals in the last three games, and this assist! ”

"Arsene Wenger has said that Mesut Ozil is a good fit for Arsenal's tactical play. Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to contribute to the team. In fact, Ozil's help to Arsenal on the pitch was not a goal or an assist, but his passing and receiving the ball to hold Arsenal's front court tightly together. He's like a frontcourt commander, and wherever the ball goes, he launches a sharp attack. ”

"In recent seasons, Arsenal has not made any big moves, but this summer they have spent as much as 70 million euros to win Li Zihan and Ozil, is Wenger trying to tell us that we would rather lack than abuse?"

Arsenal's goal in the 83rd minute completely made Stoke City lose his temper. Originally, they wanted to rely on the morale of Crouch's previous goal and score a goal in one fell swoop. If you can't win the game, at least you can get a point at the Emirates Stadium, which is very good.

When I arrived at Stoke City in the back, it was more deflated, and the slight counterattacks launched were not as cold as before, and the mistakes began to increase.

Flamini fired a long-range shot from outside the box that hit the post. Li Zihan, who was following up, took the ball directly, but did not shoot directly, because he did not have the space to hit the goal. So he hit Podolski behind him with a straight heel, and the German winger received the ball and hit it directly into the far corner of the goal.

But Begovic had long noticed Li Zihan and Podolsky on this side, and one jumped sideways and pounced. Stretch your limbs in mid-air to maximize your defensive area. Then he held the ball directly with both palms, and pressed it firmly on his body after falling to the ground. Avoid getting rid of it or something, there is a dramatic oolong.

Podolsky thrust his ten fingers into the hair on his head, which was less than three centimeters long, and then he smiled at Li Zihan and said, "This ball is so beautiful, Li!" ”

"You're shooting beautifully, but the goalkeeper doesn't know how to get back to form when the game is over!" Li Zihan said.

Podolsky listened to this very pleasantly, and the strict Germans also wanted to be recognized and praised by others. The words of compliments are not only Chinese like to hear, this is not that Li Zihan deliberately slapped the other party's sycophants and followed others as a little brother. It's just that this is a lot of times conducive to the unity and friendship atmosphere within the team, of course, if the other party makes a mistake and makes Han Niang very angry, he will not hide it, and he will tell the other party directly, although this may make the other party very unhappy.

Begovic got up from the ground and immediately ran briskly to the edge of the box with a big kick to launch a counterattack.

The idea is beautiful, the reality is cruel.

The ball flew high and came to the center circle. Altovic, who was tall, had a slight advantage on the header and forced Wilshere to offload the ball. However, the experienced French midfielder Flamini appeared behind the Austrian striker, and Artovic did not see Flamini in ambush behind him.

Flamini didn't jump up from behind and hit Wilshere with headers, but waited for Altovic to unload the ball and try to turn around, suddenly reaching behind him and stabbing the opponent out of the way.

Wilshere in front of him immediately drove the ball to his own front with a big foot, and after Ozil stopped the ball with a chest, he faced the rising Palacios and gave a cross to Podolski.

Podolski and Gibbs made a small combination on the touchline, and when they saw the opposition line start to move towards his sideline. Suddenly, a through ball was sent behind the two opposing centre-backs.

Li Zihan had already seen the opportunity in the middle, and he started it as soon as the ball came.

Shawcross has figured out Li Zihan's characteristics after this period of defense, and he knows that once this ball makes Li Zihan rush over, it will be a single knife. And if he turns around, he can't catch up with the other party at all, although his turn is faster than the German central defender, but he really doesn't have much confidence at Li Zihan's speed.

So he directly reached out and grabbed Li Zihan's jersey hard, so that the opponent's speed couldn't get up, and then immediately turned around. knew that he couldn't outrun the other party, so Xiao Cross grabbed Li Zihan's jersey and didn't put it down.

The two of them just pulled and pulled towards the ball not far away.

"This ball doesn't even blow for fouls? This is a blatant pull! Does the Premier League referee really think he's officiating wrestling? Helhouse complained directly.

Seeing that the ball was getting closer and closer, Li Zihan put his arm against Xiao Cross to prevent the opponent from getting the ball before him!

'Lee used his body to resist the opposition's centre-backs and it looks like Lee already knows the importance and frequency of physical confrontation in the Premier League.

Zuihou Li Zihan stretched out his feet, trying to reach the ball. But Shawcross also stretched out his foot, until he couldn't grab the ball, Shawcross's kick was not 100% towards the ball, but "accidentally" kicked Li Zihan's foot, tripping the opponent to the ground.

Li Zihan rolled on the ground, and then hugged his right foot in a cold sweat.

This was not a trick he pretended to be in order to win sympathy, but a real pain, and the sole of the other party's shoe stepped directly on his instep.

Before the Arsenal players rushed up to fight for themselves, the referee immediately rushed to the "crime scene" and blew the whistle, and then showed a red card to Shawcross very resolutely, decisively, and without any delay!

Shawcross didn't defend himself either, and walked off the field with a straight face.

This infuriated the Gunners fans in attendance, with boos and yelling sent to the Welsh centre-back. Because of this behavior of Shawcross, fans think that he is intentional, deliberately hurtful foul.

'It was an uncontroversial decision and there was nothing wrong with Shawcross's red card. Because once Li Zihan broke away from him, it would be another one-knife ball when he got the ball. It's just that the referee gave the card too late, and if he blew the whistle to signal the opponent to foul while he was holding on to his jersey. That's good for both sides of the game, Shawcross doesn't have to get a red card and a yellow card warning, and Lee doesn't have to be tackled by the opponent. Oh my God, I hope his injuries aren't serious. ”

Arsenal's team doctor made a substitution on Arsene Wenger after examining Li Zihan on the pitch and doing some simple treatments.

Wenger turned around and threw his arm, trying to burst into foul language loudly, but in the end, the swear words came to his lips and still did not scold. With a wave of his hand, he told Chamberlain, who was on the bench, to go straight to the court without warming up.

Li Zihan also saw the team doctor's substitution gesture, although he wanted to stop the team doctor, saying that he could continue. But the pain in his right ankle made it impossible for him to deceive himself.

If you continue to play like this, maybe a pusher will fall to the ground again