Chapter 30 The Head Coaches of Both Sides(1/2)
November 28,
Arsenal ushered in the 10th round of the Premier League,
At home against Bournemouth.
Bournemouth is also a middle-to-lower team this season. The defense has conceded 20 goals, but their offensive ability is also good.
As for Arsenal,
Lacazette is still absent due to injury.
Originally, the team doctor thought Lacazette would be fully recovered in a week.
However, this is not the case, and Lacazette may need about a week of treatment.
This is obviously bad news for Arsenal.
Therefore, the team's forward in this game is still Aubameyang.
but,
Aubameyang's recent state makes it difficult for him to take on a big role.
Aubameyang, who just joined Arsenal last year, may still be an excellent shooter.
But in this season, Aubameyang's laziness came early,
He has been less active and isolated from the team.
Even during the team's recent training, Aubameyang has been late several times.
As expected,
As soon as the game started, Fangfang felt that they had one less player on the court.
Aubameyang not only runs less, but even as a frontcourt fulcrum, he cannot catch passes from his teammates.
Either the ball is stopped two meters away, or the confrontation fails.
Throughout the first half of the game, Arsenal had almost no threatening shots.
Professor Wenger moved uneasily on the sidelines,
I seem to have a hard time with this issue...
In the second half,
Arsenal had no choice but to make substitution adjustments and had to give it a try.
They can't get another draw!!
Iwobi was replaced and youth player Nketiah came on.
Xhaka retreats to the midfielder,
Equation positional premises.
When Fang Fang heard this decision, he hesitated to speak.
Captain Xhaka's recent form seems to have not recovered yet. Is it really okay to let Xhaka play in the defensive midfielder position...
However, the arrangements made by the head coach cannot be changed by the players.
The equations can only be followed.
At the beginning of the second half,
Arsenal's offense has improved significantly. The young player Nketiah is very active as a forward, which at least revitalizes the offensive organization.
But ten minutes passed and he still failed to seize the opportunity to score.
Just when Fang Fang was thinking about whether to stabilize his defense first,
The accident happened,
When Xhaka was trailing behind, he received a back pass from his teammate while running, but his feet suddenly twitched.
The opponent's forward Joshua King saw the opportunity and rushed decisively to grab the ball.
As soon as the two got entangled, the football that was touched accidentally rolled towards Arsenal's half.
Then, Joshua King directly passed Xhaka's body and ran towards the football.
Xhaka's slow turn was directly exposed.
When he turned around and chased Joshua King, he was already one body behind!!
In the end, Joshua King went to the meeting alone, passed goalkeeper Leno, and broke through the Gunners' door in the 75th minute!
The entire Arsenal team fell silent for a moment.
The Emirates Stadium was also silent.
Fang Fang's face darkened slightly, thinking that it was indeed a thunderstorm.
However, the team is already one goal behind,
It is even more impossible for him to retreat to the midfielder position. Now he can only fight to the death!
Arsenal could only regroup and launch another offensive against Bournemouth.
However, as time continued to pass, the Gunners still failed to create an absolute scoring opportunity in the frontcourt.
A total of thirty shots were taken, only six of which were on target.
Bournemouth's defense performed very tenaciously and did not give Arsenal a chance to shoot.
As it approaches the ninety-minute mark,
Arsenal finally got their second free kick in the frontcourt.
However, Aubameyang still occupied the position of free throw shooter, and he did not give this opportunity to his teammates.
There is nothing to say about the equation, because Aubameyang is the second captain of the team and has the right to take the penalty kick.
If he grabs the free kick, it may cause conflicts.
If fans saw it, they would think there was a crisis in the Arsenal dressing room.
This will undoubtedly make matters worse!
The free kick was in a good position, right on the line of the penalty area and very close to the goal.
After Saka saw it, he hesitated and wanted to go up and remind Aubameyang to give up the free kick.
But the equation shook his head, and Sakala was stunned.
He didn't make this free kick, and it was normal for Aubameyang not to give it to him.
Equation came to the edge of the human wall, and he planned to see if he could miss something...
"Beep——"
The whistle sounded,
Aubameyang was very confident and decisively took a shot. The football created a parabola and went over the wall!
Bang!!
The football was about to fly into the goal, but it hit the right post of the goal!!
The whole audience was in an uproar. Can you not score a free kick in such a good position?!!
At this moment, the equation waiting for an opportunity in the human wall suddenly appeared!
His whole body flew out, and at the risk of hitting the post, he pushed the bouncing football into the goal again!!
The moment the net moved, the whole audience suddenly burst into excitement!!
Arsenal equalized!!
But Fang Fang couldn't be happy. He quickly got up, picked up the football in the goal and ran towards the center circle.
He refused the celebrations of his teammates,
Because it's too late now, Arsenal must score another goal!
Unfortunately, time is running out...
"Beep——"
"Beep——"
As the referee's whistle sounded,
The game is over!
The score is 1:1.
Arsenal got another draw!!
The Premier League commentator sighed and concluded:
"The game is over. Arsenal have another point at home. They are getting further and further away from the top four in the standings."
To be continued...