Chapter 267: City in the Sky

Arsenal got off to a dream start, taking the lead after three minutes. However, such a start did not allow Arsenal to win the first half straight away, and Stoke City later did a solid job of defending and seemed to return to the same momentum as they kept a clean sheet at home to Manchester City in the previous round.

Arsenal did not extend their lead until the end of the first half, and of course, Stoke City did not equalise. Both sides left Zuihou's firefight to settle in the second half.

After the two sides changed sides again, Arsene Wenger was replaced by Li Zihan, while poor French striker Olivier Giroud was substituted again.

"Oh, Lee is coming up again, is he going to put on a good show at Arsenal to come on as a substitute and score? Oh, well, I almost forgot that Arsenal's hat-trick against Sunderland was Lee's start. ”

After hugging Giroud on the sidelines, Li Zihan ran briskly towards his position on the field. The broadcaster's camera has been following Li Zihan, and Li Zihan is now the focus of the lineup between the two sides. If Li Zihan is scoring in this game, then he has scored in the last three games. This efficiency is much higher than Giroud's, and Bendtner doesn't even have much chance of being selected in the squad right now.

And Giroud is not much unhappy about Li Zihan replacing him, and the Premier League has always relied on his own performance to eat. He himself knows that his performance is not very good, and it is acceptable to be in the rotation at Arsenal. It's better than Bendtner, and in a month, he hasn't even been selected for the squad once.

Li Zihan's recent form is really good, and he has slowly become familiar with the rhythm of the Premier League. Moreover, in training, Li Zihan is the most serious and hard-working in the team, and he often stays to practice at night. This is something that even Giroud himself admires, because in the time it takes him to take care of his hair, Li Zihan has already completed dozens of free-kick shooting exercises on the pitch.

After Li Zihan came on the field, the Stoke City backline completely ushered in their nightmare. Because for such a "slippery" guy, it's really hard to defend. It's fast, it's fast, it's well-balanced, and even it's very flexible, and it's easy to shake off your own defense with a quick stop and acceleration.

In the 62nd minute, Mesut Ozil observed the situation in front of the field after possession of the ball in midfield. Then he sent a through ball, and Li Zihan inserted it after high speed to receive the ball.

"Ozil Straight Stop!! Li Zihan is not offside, is there a ball in this one? ”

Shawcross was depressed, and he was already trying hard to defend the kid who had just been brought on in the second half. But this guy is so hard to defend that he has already broken through him several times after only 20 minutes on the field.

And it's all about catching his gaps, such as when he is in the middle, this guy will use high speed to break through the small gap between him and Huter. And he deviated a little from the middle lane, and this kid made a feint to walk the sideline, and then suddenly changed direction and broke through the middle of the internal test

And this ball was broken through by Li Zihan at high speed from the small gap between him and Huth, and Ozil's ball was passed right behind the two of them.

Of course, Xiao Cross didn't want this kid to pass so easily, so he directly reached out and grabbed Li Zihan's jersey.

Li Zihan was just about to start, and he felt a weight behind him. Immediately knew that this was a small action by the opposing defender, blocking the referee's view with his own body, and then pulling the opponent's jersey. This trick has not been experienced a lot during Li Zihan's time at Arsenal, and it is almost a necessary "work skill" for Premier League defenders.

Li Zihan was also polite, taking advantage of the linesman's lack of attention when he was running. He pretended to swing his arms freely while running, but in fact he was actually swinging his arms, but when his arms were behind him, he knocked the opponent's hand off with his elbow.

Shawcross reluctantly let go of Li Zihan's jersey in pain.

Li Zihan has long endured enough of Xiao Cross's pulling, and this guy often makes some small movements. Although he already knows that Premier League defenders often use this trick, Li Zihan is still a little unaccustomed to it. Last season in Serie A, the Serie A team's defense was nothing short of outstanding. But it's rare to use such tricks to defend. They often use the card position of the body and the jishu, or the cooperation of several people to defend. So after arriving in the Premier League, Li Zihan was very uncomfortable in the face of such a defense, especially the referee would not blow a foul even if he saw it.

Breaking away from Xiao Cross's interference, Li Zihan immediately jumped out like a rocket.

Shawcross signalled for a foul on the referee, but the referee ignored it.

"Single knife!! Lee single-handed!! Shawcross's defense was no threat to him! ”

Li Zihan saw goalkeeper Begovic attack before dribbling the ball to the penalty area at high speed, and Li Zihan did not make a hasty choice. Instead, he continued to take two steps into the penalty area, and then calmly pushed with the instep of his foot!

Begovic thought that Li Zihan's goal would be a high ball, because young players like Li Zihan like to play a fancy and beautiful shot. So when he attacked, he didn't dare to press his center of gravity very low, but was worried about the opponent picking the ball.

But Li Zihan honestly chose a push, and the ball rolled past his side towards the goal.

Begovic wanted to fall to the ground and reach for the ball, but he was a step slower and when he fell, the ball went over his area.

"The ball is in!! With a shot from Lee, Arsenal extended the score at home and now it's 2-0! ”

'It was a brilliant offside ball and Mesut Ozil's pass was precise. He calculated Li Zihan's speed and start time. And Li Zihan's start was also just right, and he did not give the opponent a chance to create an anti-offside position. ”

Lee was calm in the face of Bosnian goalkeeper Begovic's attack, and pushed in front of the goal! This is typical of Li Zihan, because he is always so calm in front of goal. He didn't panic at all when he handled the ball, and oh my God, was he really a nineteen-year-old? weishenme: I see in him the shadows of veterans who have become famous and gone through big scenes? ”

"Shawcross was complaining to the referee that he thought Li Zihan had committed a foul before the shot, and he pushed himself to break through the defense alone. The referee pointed to the centre circle and insisted that the goal was valid. Okay, let's take a look at this slow-motion replay, Ozil passes, Li Zihan plugs in and starts. Shawcross is in the shot, and oh he tugs at Lee's jersey, and judging by the magnitude of the jersey's deformation, he's very forceful. And Li Zihan opened his hand with his elbow, which really felt like a thief shouting to catch a thief, obviously Xiao Cross himself fouled first. Fortunately, this foul is not very obvious, if Li Zihan runs two more steps, and he follows to pull Lee, it is estimated that a red card will be enough. After all, as long as Li passes him, he will be a single knife! ”

"Well, although the quality of the clothes that Nike made for Wenger, I have to say that the quality of the jerseys they made for the players was still excellent. At least in the face of Shawcross's such a strong pull, the jersey was not broken, of course, Shawcross also has to thank Nike for the high-quality jersey provided to Arsenal, otherwise if he directly broke Lee's jersey, he would have a red card! ”

After scoring the goal, Li Zihan stood in the opponent's penalty area, with the index finger and middle finger of his right hand stretched out, and the other three bent. Then he kissed the back of both fingers, and Zuihou pointed his right hand diagonally forward to the sky.

"Ho, this gesture to celebrate the goal is really beautiful, and it must have fascinated a lot of fans. He is handsome and has good ball skills, I really don't know who is lucky enough to spend a night with him, I really love him. A British commentator said.

"Well, you're a man!" His commentator partner said.

"Hey, can't men like men? Isn't it said that there is only love, haven't you seen Sherlock Holmes? Even Sherlock Holmes could fall in love with Watson! ”

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If Li Zihan heard this, I don't know if he would take off his sneakers and throw them at the other party.

He said that he was very innocent, and his orientation has always been fine, weishenme Many people think he likes men? Is it because he looks more "delicate"? weishenme they don't go to doubt Torres? So many people call Torres a Torres.

Of course, there were people who doubted Torres, but no one doubted after the birth of Torres's daughter

After the restart, Stoke City also began to be unrestrained. Defending stronger will cost them this game, and time is running out.

In fact, Arsenal is not afraid of the opponent's defense, because Arsenal's possession can slowly penetrate the opponent's defence. But if the opponent is bent on attacking, Arsenal will be worried.

Defender Palacios had a sudden long-range shot in front of the penalty area, but it was ruthlessly denied by Arsenal's goalpost. Arnotovic's follow-up shot was saved by Szczesny as Stoke City had a corner at full 75 minutes.

Former Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam, who now plays for Stoke City, is Stoke City's most capable corner kicker and the first to take a corner.

Charlie Adam's corner kick was driven into the middle of the box, and the centre-forward Peter Crouch, who had been lying in ambush for a long time, jumped past Koscielny and then grabbed the header, and then a lion flicked his head and headed home!

There was nothing Szczesny could do, he couldn't get to this high ball.

"The ball went in!! Bigwig Peter Crouch!! Crouch!! is worthy of being a tall guy, he is two meters and one meters tall, and he completely crushed Koscielny on his header. It was Crouch's version of the iron header, and with his header Stoke City pulled one back, and now they see hope again. With nearly twenty minutes to go, Sky City still has a chance, and the thirty-two-year-old England veteran centre-forward has brought a ray of light to the Stoke City team in the dark night, and this is their beacon! Uncle Zhan Jun continued: "If Stoke City is the city in the sky, then Peter Crouch is the tall pillar that connects the sky from the top, and Crouch supports the entire sky city with his height!" ”

"The camera is given to the head coach of the Stoke City team, Hughes, if Stoke City is the city in the sky, he is Zeus in it. Hughes Zeus was stupid and couldn't tell the difference. Well, he's gesturing to his players on the pitch, does he mean pressing the offense? It seems that the goal of the tall guy Crouch really brought hope to Zeaughes, and now he has a little other ideas. ”

"The camera swept in the direction of the Arsenal bench, is this looking for Arsene Wenger? It seems that the broadcaster's director needs to be equipped with a guide dog, and he did not find Wenger standing on the sidelines, but instead found Oakes sitting in the Arsenal dugout. He is the Arsenal shirt keeper and the head coach of the Arsenal women's team, as well as the bus driver for the Arsenal team. After so many years, he still does the work of three people. It looks like Arsenal are still short of money, one person does the work of three people, so they can pay two people less. ”

"But I don't know what the camera means by scanning him, is it the scene where Xiao Cross pulled Li Zihan's jersey just now? Is this a credit to Arsenal's shirt caretaker? Uncle Zhan Jun made a joke.