Chapter 219: The Show-Stealing Referee Team

In the first leg of this season's meeting between the two teams, Lyicester City was at home, with a score of 2:5, and was washed by the largest score difference this season.

Jamie Vardy, who scored two goals, could not help the team to recover the slump.

This time at the Emirates Stadium, the players of Lyrcester City are holding back a sense of revenge in their hearts.

Not for the championship, just for the shame.

"Ronaldo, I have a hunch that in this game, I will score."

There was a fierceness in Vardy's eyes, like a fierce and cunning fox.

Rosie smiled, "Your wife and daughter are here." It's Valentine's Day and you're going to dedicate your goals to them. ”

"No!" Vardy denied it before explaining: "Not just for them, but for myself. ”

He raised his right hand, revealing the blue bandage wrapped around his palm.

Rossi can't remember, I don't know when Vardy would wrap his right hand with a bandage every game.

"My right hand, with two broken bones in it, was left over from the game against Arsenal. I'm going to wear bracers until the end of the season to keep it from getting worse. ”

The surgery for a broken wrist was not a big one, but it took a long time to recover, and Vardy had to wait for the end of the season to undergo conservative treatment.

"Wearing it reminds me all the time not to forget that painful loss."

Rosie patted him on the shoulder and said, "As a brother, I don't have anything to give you, I can only give you a point in advance, or a penalty." ”

"What about your goal record?"

"The record is in front of the brothers, and it is not worth mentioning."

Perhaps because Rossi was rewarded by the system, he didn't have much expectation of whether he could continue to score.

After Giroud and XXX kicked off in the centre circle, Arsenal guided the ball at the back and slowly pushed the formation forward.

Compared with Manchester City's passing control, the passing and cutting coordination between Arsenal players has been perfected.

Just one minute into the opening period, XXX sent a through ball through the middle of the road to the Lycester City defence and to Sanchez, who was cut forward.

The players of Lyrcester City seem to be still affected by the fans dyed red at the Emirates stadium and are not fully in the game.

At critical moments, you have to look at the goalkeeper.

Schmeichel came out and went down quickly to block Sanchez's shot and save the ball off the line.

The city of Leicester escaped.

Oxlade-Chamberlain takes a corner from the left and crosses into the box.

It was Sanchez again, and his erratic movement not only shook off the players who were marking him, but also nodded the ball forward under the cover of Giroud.

Unfortunately, he couldn't get it on top and missed the goal.

Sanchez, who was in great shape, let Ranieri jump out of the rest area, rushed to the coaching area, and personally commanded the defense.

In this game, Arsene Wenger discharged high striker Giroud, not only as a fulcrum, rooted in the penalty area to get the ball, his excellent foot skills, can give the front of the tandem players on both sides of the attack.

The corner kick attack just now was to use his height to attract the defense and give Sanchez a chance to head the ball.

In the last round of the league, the reason why Manchester City couldn't break through the defense of Lyicester City was because there was one less high point like Giroud in the middle.

From this point of view, Wenger did a very detailed investigation of Lyicester City before the game, and carefully arranged tactics for dense defense.

Coming to the ground and Schmeichel kicked the ball into midfield.

With the midfield clearly inferior to their opponents, Lyicester City's attack can only rely on the speed of the two flanks to create a threat.

Arsenal have done their homework defensively.

Defender Corcoran, when Cazorla and Ramsey suffered injuries one after another, was reused by Wenger and gradually became one of the main players of the team.

His interceptions and tackles, combined with his ability to cover large areas at the defensive end, can provide plenty of protection for the Arsenal midfield.

It also won the reputation of "sentinel".

When Lyicester City set up an attack on the flank, Corcoran quickly moved closer to the flank and pressed to block the opposition's passes and break laterally.

Riyad Mahrez's lateral inward cut was pinned down, and Lyicester City couldn't find a chance at all in a positional battle.

In the 9th minute, Arsenal made a successful steal at the back and launched a quick counterattack.

Alexis Sanchez dribbled the ball down the right flank, broke through Albright's defence and tapped the ball across the middle.

xxx picks up in the middle, and Chamberlain with a clever heel pass to the back point.

Oxlade-Chamberlain crossed from the right side of the box, the ball hit Kante in the box, changed the line and was cleared by a defender.

Chamberlain clapped his right hand as he rushed to the referee and motioned for the ball to hit the defender's arm.

But referee Atkinson refused to award a penalty, prompting a wave of boos from the home fans.

[This goal, the Arsenal player signaled that it should be a penalty, let's watch the replay. 】

[Ah, the ball did hit Kante's elbow.] 】

[Maybe the referee thinks that Kante's elbow is not intentionally opened, and it is normal for him not to give a penalty when he has always been lenient in the penalty scale. 】

As soon as the on-site commentator finished speaking, there was an exclamation from the stadium.

Drinkwater's pass, too, penetrated the defense between the full-backs and centre-backs, and was sent to the feet of Rossi to form a single knife.

The narrator was clenching his fists, ready to roar, when a whistle suddenly sounded in the venue.

I saw Rossi complaining, stopping the ball in place and walking back silently.

The linesman raised the flag.

[Downside in Lyrcester City? 】

[Take a look at the slow-motion replay ......]

[Huh? The moment Rossi started, there was no offside. 】

[The referee's eyes should have seen Rossi's body hair, which was offside at the moment of the pass. 】

Regarding the referee's two controversial decisions, the commentator couldn't help but joke.

Under such a loose penalty scale, the pace of the game between the two teams accelerated unconsciously.

In the 15th minute, Arsenal counterattacked at the back, and when Giroud received a pass from a teammate near the center circle, he didn't stop the ball and did it directly, allowing Morgan, who stepped forward to save.

xxx quickly hit the ball into the gap on the left side of the opponent, and Ramsey was cutting forward at high speed.

Fortunately, Schmeichel had a wide range of movement, and he immediately rushed out of the penalty area, grabbed the ball before Ramsey received the ball, fell to the ground and slid the tackle, destroying the ball.

The ball comes to Drinkwater's feet.

In an instant, the city of Leicester switched from defense to attack.

Danny Drinkwater played the ball to Albrighton on the left, who advanced to the edge of the box and crossed with his feet.

The ball flew towards the back of goal and Vardy scrambled to get a lid on Bellerin in the six-yard box before jumping over the ball into the bottom left corner.

Petr Cech's reaction to such a close-range header showed the quality of a first-class goalkeeper.

As he fell to the ground quickly, he stretched out his right hand and held the ball firmly in front of him.

The world-class save not only earned him applause from the home fans, but even Jamie Vardy patted him to show respect for the veteran.

The fast-paced transition between offense and defense made the fans at the scene addicted, waving flags and scarves in their hands, and the cheers were even higher and higher.

Attacking against a big team like Arsenal was not the pace Ranieri wanted.

Finding opportunities in stability is the essence of his tactics.

But he also soon found that the players could still maintain their own rhythm under such an attack.

The offense advances quickly, the defense can be in place in time, and it is not just following the opponent's rhythm.

In the 20th minute, Morgan commanded the defense line to create offside, allowing xxx to fall into the offside trap and miss a single chance.

A minute later, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's cross from a high-speed break down the flank was also denied by goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Lyrc City immediately launched a counterattack.

First, N'Golo Kante's long-range shot was slightly high, and then Rossi's shot was disallowed for offside.

Through the slow-motion defense, Rossi was in a straight line with the trailing Koscielny at the moment of passing.

The referee disputed the decision and it was repeated five minutes later.

xxx crossed diagonally from the left, Giroud rushed to the top in front of the goal, and was also ruled invalid because of offside.

In the first half, the offense of the two teams was certainly exciting, but under the "not to be outdone" stealing the scene of the referee team, they also won the boos of the fans.

But the most controversial decision of the game came in the final minute of the first half.

Vardy burst into the right side of the box with the ball, Monreal unsuccessfully broke the ball with his foot, and Vardy stretched out first to remove the ball.

And he stretched out his leg to trip Vardy in the box.

At the moment when Vardy fell to the ground, Monreal kept waving his hands upwards to signal his opponent to fake a fall, and the home team immediately burst into boos.

Referee Atkinson blew his whistle and pointed his right hand to the penalty spot.

Monreal immediately rushed over, shrugged his shoulders and told Atkinson that he had not glared at Vardy.

[This foul, Monreal's defense, does have a stare action, but to see if his foot has stepped on Vardy. 】

The broadcast screen switches to a behind-the-back perspective, which is not clearly displayed in the screen.

[This angle is not very clear, and the director gives a frontal defensive shot. ] 】

As the camera switches again, the on-site narrator can clearly see that Monreal's foot did not step on Vardy.

[The first time, I really didn't step on it.] Probably the referee took into account that the defender's outstretched left foot tripped Vardy when he changed direction to break through. 】

[This may be the basis for the referee to award a penalty.] 】

[However, Atkinson's blowing penalty scale is indeed very confusing. A lot of fouls are allowed in his eyes. But there were some controversial decisions, but he was very decisive. 】

[His law enforcement is like God instructing him how to blow the punishment game, and he deserves to be called the 'Damned One'. 】

[Okay, with the camera footage, let's go back to the game.] 】

[Jamie Vardy, standing at the penalty spot, takes the penalty himself.] 】

With a determined look in his eyes and a fierce look, Vardy stared at the huge boos at home and began to run.

Petr Cech did a swing dance on the goalline, hoping to distract him.

Moment Vardy shoots, Cech pounces on the right side of the net.

But the ball hit the bottom left corner of the goal.

Vardy's powerful shot, as if venting his anger, propped his feet behind the goal and swung his body away from the turf.

After scoring the goal, he frantically rushed to the sidelines, spread his arms, and showed the heroism of a striker.

Afterwards, he sent a flying kiss to his wife and daughter in the stands.

【goal! 】

[Lyicester City leads away.] 】

[On the special day of Valentine's Day, Vardy used a goal to express his love for his family. 】

[This goal also gave Lyicester City an advantage. 】

[However, fans and friends don't need to be discouraged, Wenger's team will not admit defeat like this. 】

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