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Chapter 1012 The Gunner's Mythical Mistake
Competing for the first championship in Europe at Wembley Stadium, the opponent is a small club like Birmingham, which has not won them in nine years. After the game started, Arsenal was a little too excited. They were eager to eat their opponents in one bite. , After kick-off in the middle circle, he pressed heavily, without any prelude, and went straight to the climax, without thinking about whether the opponent would resist.

Birmingham is obviously well prepared. They have studied every player in Arsenal to the bone. They even gossip about which star's underwear is what color. Faced with Arsenal's massive attack, Birmingham did not panic. They Stand still and actively use zone-marking defensive tactics to deal with Arsenal's three-dimensional attack combining the side and the center.

Because the referee Mike.Dean's law enforcement is loose, and Birmingham's players are very open when fighting, and they are very clever to use the referee's limited perspective to block and pull the Arsenal players who run without the ball, making Arsenal's smooth offense impossible. went well.

In the opening 3 minutes, Arsenal wanted to give Birmingham a bad start and let them obediently give up the championship trophy. However, Birmingham played a beautiful counterattack.

Barry.Ferguson steals the ball and sees that Li Huan presses forward and assists very far ahead. There are only midfielder Diaby and central defender Julu behind. The defense is in the shape of a horseshoe.

Minham midfielder Bowyer and Ferguson have a tacit understanding in Barry.Before Ferguson made the pass, he had already started to run sideways. When Ferguson made the pass, he suddenly accelerated and immediately threw Diaby and Julu away by a large margin.

Diaby and Julu are tall and heavy, but they are not speed players, and their turning speed is especially slow. When the two of them reacted and chased back, Bowyer had already entered the penalty area.

At this time the referee Mike.Dean's whistle sounded too, and he signaled Bowyer to be offside.

Arsenal fans and players breathed a sigh of relief. If it wasn't for offside, Arsenal would probably concede a goal at the start. Although Arsenal conceded a goal, there is no big problem, but after Birmingham is encouraged, it is bound to give Arsenal a chance to win the championship. great difficulty.

The Birmingham players protested a few words, but they were not sure whether the ball was offside or not, so it was fine, but soon the slow motion came out, and Bowyer's single-handed ball just now was not offside. Defender Zhulu still has a body distance.

The Birmingham fans in the stands were in an uproar. Birmingham's head coach McLeish angrily asked the fourth official to comment, but the fourth official spread his hands and said: "So many of us didn't see it clearly. The referee is also a human being. He didn't see it." It's clear and normal."

MacLeish said depressedly: "He's a full-time checker of offside."

But the fourth official turned his head to the field and ignored McLeish, with an expression on his face that seemed to say, "How can you be a coach, don't you know that mistakes are also part of the football game?", putting McLeish I was so angry that my lungs almost exploded.

The referee's misjudgment caused a great blow to the psychology of this Birmingham team. They did not imagine that there would be a chance of pie in the sky within 3 minutes of the start of the game, but when the opportunity came, it was artificially obliterated. This made Birmingham's team The players are full of anger, because the opponent is too strong, maybe they only have this one chance in a game.This kind of anger made Birmingham unable to calm down and play according to the tactics designed before the game. They thought they could create another one-handed opportunity, and invested more troops in the counterattack than before.

In the 18th minute of the game, Li Huan once again dribbled the ball in from the backcourt. He overcame obstacles and passed several players all the way. After attracting the defense of many Birmingham players, Li Huan split the ball and looked for Arshavin. Continuing to bottom out resolutely, Birmingham's defender pounced on the tackle and was swung by the Russian tsar, and then swept the ball towards the front of the gate.

Arsenal has a lot of players to grab points, except for forwards Bendtner and Walcott, Rosicky, Nasri, and even Wilshere rushed into the penalty area to grab points, plus Birmingham's 9 defensive players, inside the penalty area It's a mess.

However, it was amazing that no one touched the ball that Arshavin swept towards the penalty area. The outstretched legs of both the attacker and the defender were all dodged by the ball, and flew out of the sideline from an impossible route.

The ensuing games became more and more strange. Arsenal's offensive was like a wave and they shot continuously, but unfortunately, more shots did not mean more goals, although Nasri, Bendtner, and Arshavin were all very threatening. However, the heroes of the game were Birmingham goalkeeper Foster and the post. The former England goalkeeper saved Arsenal's many threatening shots in this battle. Foster couldn't stop it. The post was blocked, and today the Wembley goal post has become Birmingham's second goalkeeper. By the 30th minute of the game, Arsenal had completed 10 shots, 7 shots on target, and hit the post three times. , and the others were saved by Foster.

Arsenal's obsessive performance today made the commentator also baffled, "...God, no Satan, what's wrong with Arsenal, their offense can't be said to be sharp or beautiful, and their shots can't be said to be non-threatening, but But they couldn't knock on the door of Birmingham. Birmingham's goalkeeper Foster seemed to be possessed by God, and the goal post was sent by God to help Birmingham. It's tough because they're not fighting an opponent, they're fighting luck, they're fighting God..."

After Ben Foster and the goal post kept saying NO to the flying ball, the Arsenal attackers became more and more impatient and couldn't keep calm. opponents, but their efforts were miraculously blocked by the goal post and the goalkeeper, and they couldn't think of a better way, so they could only continue to maintain the current offensive.

In the 32nd minute, Birmingham got a corner kick. Birmingham deserves to be the team with the most corner kicks among the 20 Premier League teams this season. Larsson's corner kick did not hit the goal, but hit the corner of the penalty area. Roger - Johnson headed back to the goal from the edge of the penalty area. Birmingham's corner kick made Arsenal a little confused, and there was also confusion in the man-to-man defense.Rijiqi, who is 2 meters tall, was originally defended by Li Huan, but everyone in the crowd ran around and separated Li Huan from Rijiqi. Among the crowd, Rijiqi's height played a vital role. He didn't have to take off, he headed the ball back, and the ball just flew over the hands of the goalkeeper Szesny and flew into the goal.

1-0!Birmingham unexpectedly took the lead.

Birmingham's suddenly crazy!They are ahead of Arsenal and the best team in the world. This is a miracle, a miracle like a dream. More than 3 Birmingham fans jumped up and waved their arms to the hero of the goal—Gao Lao Zijiqi cheered and shouted.

"Ahhh... Birmingham scored! Zijiqi, Mr. Gao! He scored with his best header! At the moment of his header, Li Huan was not by his side, but in that kind of Under the circumstances, even if Li Huan is beside Rijiqi, there is nothing he can do. The advantage of height is too obvious. I am afraid that the ball will be pushed by Rijiqi before Li Huan jumps up... It was a final without any suspense Now there is suspense, and even the outcome is unpredictable. Of course, there is still a lot of time. There is no doubt that it will be reversed with Arsenal's strength, but after all, there is suspense in the game. It's all turned into garbage time..."

Wenger's face was drawn very long. The game was completely beyond his expectation and beyond his control. It cannot be said that Arsenal played badly, nor did it mean that Arsenal did not create chances, but they just did not score. His coach was also in vain. Before the game, he had already looked forward to the awards ceremony in advance, and many people, including club officials, even talked about "what to do after winning the championship".If they lose the championship trophy, Arsenal will lose a lot.

However, the professor is not disappointed, let alone desperate. Arsenal has swept all the giants in the Premier League and the Champions League. Wenger does not believe that Birmingham cannot be dealt with. When Arsenal are in trouble, Li Huan will show off his power. He has become the guarantee for Arsenal to overcome difficulties, not to mention that it is Li Huan's man-marking error that allows Rijiqi to score the goal.

After Li Huan made a defensive mistake, he was stunned for a moment. Although the mistake was not purely his own fault, the opponent's ingenious corner kick design was also the reason for his carelessness. Letting the opponent score a goal under his own defense made Li Huan very depressed. But at this moment, Li Huan is not only depressed about the conceded goal, he also thinks that in another world he experienced, Arsenal lost the final. Of course, what he remembers is not the League Cup, but this season Arsenal has not won any championship in the sixth year, and judging from the current situation, it seems that there is an invisible hand in the dark to prevent Arsenal from winning the championship.

"Maybe we have to fight against fate!" Li Huan thought to himself.

As the captain, Li Huan couldn't show any discouragement. Although it was his mistake, Li Huan was still very confident, admitted his mistake with grace, and then sent a signal to his teammates to attack.

"Keep attacking, I don't believe how many shots the goalposts can block us, we can take out Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​can't we take out a Birmingham? Brothers! Brace yourself, we can't let the champions Dreams in vain! Give it a go!"

(End of this chapter)