Chapter 280 The second goal arrives! (Happy Lantern Festival everyone!
Chapter 280 The second goal arrives! (Happy Lantern Festival everyone!)
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 280 The second goal arrives! (Happy Lantern Festival everyone!)
Seeing the replay of the goal in the penalty area, Sun Jihai said with a smile: "When I was playing in the Premier League, I was most afraid of this kind of ball!"
"As a defender, you can never have both the strong side and the weak side on the court!"
"Yes! If you look at the ball, you won't know where the person is, and if you look at the person, you won't know the direction of the ball. That's why the ball behind the big diagonal is always the most threatening!" Fan Zhiyi, also a defender, laughed.
Take the call.
In the coaching area on the sidelines, Wenger looked incredulous. The efficiency of Leicester City's counterattack left him speechless.
Leicester City's offensive routine this time is very ordinary, but it is precisely this kind of offense that is more deadly. This is the characteristic of this current Fox City.
Next to him, Ranieri raised his arms above his head, applauded continuously, and had a smile on his face. He seemed very satisfied with the team's transition from defense to offense.
He was shocked when he saw Ozil's through ball. Fortunately, Schmeichel made a decisive decision in time to attack, otherwise it would have been a one-man goal for Sanchez to get the ball.
With Sanchez's ability, he is almost infinitely close to scoring a single goal!
Before taking over Leicester City, Ranieri knew that Leicester City had several outstanding players.
But I didn't expect that after more than half of the season, these players had realized their talents.
In fact, many players in the Leicester City team are youth training abandoners of other teams, such as Drinkwater, who came from Manchester United's youth training.
Even Chu Zheng, the best brother in the Leicester City team, can be said to be Chelsea's discarded player.
The players' collective outburst really gave Ranieri a huge surprise, which Ranieri never expected before the start of the season.
In Ranieri's 28 seasons coaching in the top flight, he has never won a championship.
But this season, now, he has never felt closer to those top-flight titles.
There are now 12 rounds left in the Premier League, and the upcoming schedule is extremely friendly to them. With the team's current spirit, there is no reason for them to lose.
On the field, after this goal was born, the game suddenly ushered in a turning point.
After Arsenal kicked the ball out again in the center circle, the rhythm of the two teams on the field changed.
Both Arsenal and Leicester City have increased the pace of offensive and defensive transitions, which has made the game situation develop in a broad direction.
Often, as soon as Arsenal's attack ends, Leicester City's attack quickly takes over.
Therefore, for the next ten minutes or so, the game remained a fast-paced attack.
Arsenal's offense was colorful and varied, and they completed two extremely threatening shots in the penalty area.
But today Schmeichel's condition was no worse than Cech. He did not let Arsenal's shot break through his fingers.
Although Leicester City's counterattacks are fewer, each one is pleasing to the eye and exciting.
Especially in terms of consecutive shots, Leicester City is no worse than Arsenal.
In the LeTV live broadcast room, seeing the high-level competition between the two teams during this period, Zhan Jun smiled and said: "If today's game continues according to the current situation, there will definitely be goals, maybe it will be like the first two teams.
It’s like a goal-scoring battle every round!”
"It is indeed very possible!" Zhang Lu said, but did not continue, "Now Leicester City will quickly pick up the rhythm after stealing the ball. This is a huge rhythm from slow to fast for Arsenal players.
Change, because the player's body instantly changes from an aerobic state to an anaerobic state, which is very tiring for Arsenal's defensive players!"
"And Chu Zheng can be said to be perfect today in terms of stealing the ball and speeding up counterattacks. He often only needs one kick to turn Leicester City from defense to offense, and he can change the rhythm in an instant.
Get up and keep the Arsenal players busy!"
"This is a major characteristic of Chu Zheng. He showed his talent in controlling the rhythm when he played as a central defender at Wolfsburg!"
While he was talking, Arsenal suddenly launched an offensive that lasted for more than four minutes.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Ozil took a corner kick from the left.
This time Arsenal played a trick, with Mertesacker and Koscielny setting up a pick-and-roll for Giroud, who successfully jumped high and headed the ball towards the goal.
But Ozil didn't hit the ball well, which resulted in Giroud not completing his effort, allowing Schmeichel to easily confiscate it.
In the 36th minute of the game, it was still the Germans.
Ozil made a diagonal pass from the right to the Leicester City penalty area. Giroud stepped forward and scored with a header without any defenders marking him.
But before Giroud had time to be happy, he saw the linesman's flag raised high.
Although the goal here was ruled offside, it also boosted Arsenal's morale and gave the players hope of an equalizer.
Sure enough, the second goal came near the end of the first half.
In the 45th minute of the game, on the left side of Leicester City's penalty area, Arsenal's attack was unable to penetrate and quickly passed back along the side to change the direction of attack.
After Coquelin got the ball in the left rib area, he directly made a lateral transfer.
By the time Chamberlain took off the ball from the outside in the upper right corner of the penalty area, Leicester City's defensive focus had quickly shifted to the right side.
Fox directly pressed out of the penalty area and blocked Chamberlain on the wing.
Seeing that there were no teammates in the penalty area to respond, Chamberlain unloaded the ball and quickly spiked the ball, turned around and brought it back.
When Bellerin reached him, he passed the ball back.
But at this time, Leicester City had already deployed its defense line.
Kanter was in the right rib area at the top of the arc, and Albrighton also formed a layered defense with Fox on the wing.
Bellerin stood there for a moment, dazed, and after failing to find a good offensive line, he passed the ball forward to Chamberlain.
Taking the ball again, Chamberlain faced Fox who bent down and lowered his center of gravity.
He first feinted left and right without touching the ball. Seeing that Fox was not fooled, he quickly straightened up, rubbed his right foot directly on the ball in front of him, and then moved forward toward the sideline of the penalty area.
After the end line of the penalty area on the right side of the arc, Giroud stuck Huth behind him and acted as a fulcrum.
Facing the incoming ball, he rubbed it with his left foot and the ball rolled in front of Chamberlain.
Fox followed up inside, but his speed was no match for Chamberlain.
By the time he entered the penalty area, he had already been thrown away by Chamberlain.
After crossing the sideline of the penalty area, Chamberlain quickly made an inverted triangle cross.
Sanchez followed up in the middle and hit with his feet without stopping the ball.
At the moment of shooting, Simpson and Morgan at the center of the small penalty area quickly turned to face each other and stepped to block the shot.
The two people's outstretched legs touched the ball, but just by touching it, the ball jumped upwards and its line changed.
This time, Schmeichel was trapped in the lower right corner of the goal.
"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Witnessing the ball crossing the goal line from above Schmeichel and drilling into the Leicester goal, the Emirates Stadium gave out the loudest cheers since the start of the game. The terrifying sound swept away in all directions, carrying a devastating momentum.
Chu Zheng, who was protecting the top of the arc, saw the score was equalized and immediately looked up to the sky and sighed. It was really helpless to lose such a ball.
In the coaching area on the sidelines, Wenger looked extremely excited after seeing the goal, while Ranieri next to him looked calm.
Obviously, he also expected to lose the ball.
"The one-on-one between Giroud and Chamberlain is so beautiful!"
"This is not the first time Chamberlain has penetrated Leicester City's defense on the right, but the previous crosses he sent were not very effective, but this time he finally got the effect Wenger hoped for!"
"Fox needs the support of the defensive midfielder. Kanter needs to strengthen support for Fox in this area next!"
"This ball was actually just bad luck for Leicester City. Even if Morgan and Simpson didn't block it, it would be very difficult for Schmeichel to save it from such a distance!"