Chapter 53: A Strong Gunners Army, Excited Chinese Fans (Seeking to Follow)
"Game on!"
"Viewers, you're watching Arsenal host Leicester City in the seventh round of the Premier League, and it's a battle at the top of the table."
'Arsenal's starting line-up today was a bit of a minor change from the last game, with goalkeeper Petr Cech, two centre-backs Koscielny partnering Mertesacker, left wing-back Monreal and right-back Bellerin.
"Cazorla and Arteta, the three defenders in front, from left to right, Alexis Sanchez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey."
"Olivier Giroud as a striker."
"Leicester City has no personnel adjustments relative to the game, only the positions of Chen Yufeng and Mahrez have been reversed."
"Arsenal sent the ball in the centre circle and the players on both sides have already started the battle of the first half!"
“……”
In the live broadcast room of Sina Sports, Zhan Jun's voice sounded, commenting on the game live for the audience in front of the TV.
Many barrages and gifts also began to cross the top of the screen, and it can be seen that the audience's enthusiasm for watching the game is still very high.
Arsenal, the old club in the Premier League, is one of the clubs with the most fans in world football.
Being able to see Chen Yufeng confronting them can be regarded as fulfilling a wish of these fans.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
"Keep starting, fierce! It's now a regular workhorse for Leicester City! ”
"Damn, if this data is not the main player, I really don't know who can play the main player."
"Look at how this game is, if you can score a goal against Arsenal, I can blow it for the rest of my life!"
"Hahaha, it looks hard, but you can try it."
"It's good to play against these top players, top coaches, and if he doesn't play anything, I hope I don't talk about him after the game."
“……”
In the live broadcast room, the number of viewers soon exceeded 3 million, and it is still pouring in.
This is indeed a relatively amazing phenomenon for Huaxia, which is a football desert.
And on the pitch at this time.
Chen Yufeng has already invested in the confrontation with the Arsenal team.
Shortly after he came on the pitch, he felt the pressure from Arsenal.
Their tight range is quick and their passing tempo is very quick, which makes their wheel spins dizzying.
It's a characteristic he's never shown in a team he's met before!
Arsene Wenger's beautiful football, worthy of its name!
Even if it is no longer as strong as it was back then, it still has residual prestige!
In this case, even if Leicester's midfielders are desperately defending, Arsenal are still constantly finding gaps and delivering threatening balls.
Alexis Sanchez, who was still one of the world's top stars at the time, was particularly active today.
In fact, his running is usually relatively small, but today he started to sprint from the beginning like a chicken blood.
It's as if he's in a contract year this year, and he has to brush up on the weaker teams in order to get a better salary contract.
"Bang!"
Twelfth minute of the game.
Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain sent a penetrating through ball to find Alexis Sanchez, who had cut forward to the left.
Alexis Sanchez dribbled quickly into the box and looked at ease against Leicester full-back De Laette.
A mere change in the rhythm of his body swept past Delaette's side.
"Bang!"
Then a violent volley went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, and the whole action was completed very quickly.
The sound of touching the net soon sounded, and the Arsenal fans at the scene also broke out into a passionate shout.
One to zero.
Arsenal took the lead.
Leicester's defence looked like papier-mâché in front of them, and it was easily torn apart.
Sanchez excitedly celebrated with Oxlade-Chamberlain and returned to his place shortly after.
After the restart, Arsenal continued to dominate Leicester City's defence through a strong midfield control.
Leicester City have gradually adapted to the rhythm of the game, and occasionally seized some counter-attacking opportunities, completing a few hasty shots on goal, but they were not much of a threat.
It wasn't until the game came to 30 minutes later that the entanglement between the two sides reached a white-hot stage, and the game was very open.
In the 36th minute of the game, Leicester City midfielder Drinkwater seized a hole in Arsenal's defense and passed the ball to Jamie Vardy, who was cutting forward.
The Arsenal defenders, who had been in a relaxed environment for too long and had gradually relaxed, were directly pulled up by Jamie Vardy's speed in this defense.
It was just a violent kick that led Vardy into the box.
Immediately, before Koscielny could pull back, Vardy's left-footed shot was scrambled into the far corner!
"Huh!" The ball slipped under Petr's armpit and rolled into the net.
As Cech got up from the ground, he spread his hands helplessly, complaining that his reflexes after being seriously injured were not as good as they were back then.
“Yeahhhh……!!”
The Leicester fans in the East Stand stood up from their seats excitedly and cheered and celebrated.
For a grassroots club like theirs, there are not many opportunities to score at the Emirates Stadium.
However, in the subsequent course of the game, Arsenal played better and better, without the slightest appearance of chaos, and the offensive wave was higher and higher.
"Bang."
Just before half-time, Mikel Arteta, the Arsenal midfielder who was not well known as a player, once again broke through the Leicester defence with a long ball.
Olivier Giroud, the fulcrum centre-forward, flicked the ball to his flank.
Sanchez, who was following up, had a gleam in his eyes and calmly pushed the ball into the net.
The cheers of the Arsenal fans rang out again, and they and Leicester City fans came and went, all supporting their team.
Sanchez was so excited that he rushed to the sideline and knelt down and picked up Arteta, who was following him, and both men seemed to be very excited.
Two to one.
Arsenal went into the break with the lead going into the break.
Leicester City, on the other hand, feel a little weak.
This kind of powerlessness does not mean that the players have lost the idea and confidence to fight, but they really feel the gap in strength and technical and tactical restraint.
After coming back in the second half, things didn't get any better.
Alexis Sanchez scored a hat-trick in the 63rd minute before Giroud then slotted home from a corner.
Four to one.
Arsenal played a score that came close to a big win.
Faced with this situation, Ranieri on the sidelines was not too frustrated, he was well aware of the hard power gap between the two teams.
Beckoning, Ranieri decided to send N'Golo Kante on the pitch.
At the same time, after seeing the defense line that was prone to rout, he made sure of an idea in his heart.
Must change!
Don't indulge in the rainbow bubble with a great start to the league!
The problem is revealed, if it is not changed, in the next league, those coaches of other teams will definitely seize this point and suppress Leicester City to death!
"Simpson, Fox, warm up and get ready to play."
At times, Ranieri has some courage in some places that ordinary people don't.
The suspense of the outcome of this game is not very high.
He wants to start training and substitutions directly to see how these two defensive full-backs can perform against strong opponents.
If he could, he would have dropped Schlupp and Delaette, who were already in the team's backline.
Hearing Ranieri's words, Simpson and Fox stood up in a bit of a daze, and looked at each other.
With the exception of one EFL Cup game, they haven't played even a minute of Premier League this season.
In the face of strong rivals Arsenal, are they finally ushering in a chance?
"Good boss!"
"I'll do it."
The two quickly got up from their seats and began to warm up, their eyes a little hot.
It didn't take long for the substitutions to be raised, and they stepped onto the hot field and really began to enjoy the atmosphere of the Premier League.
Ranieri looked at their backs with a look of apprehension and determination.
He wanted to see if these two were the final pieces of the puzzle for Leicester City, or if they were just his own imagination.
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