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Chapter 528
Facing Wilshere's pressing, Franck Ribery got the ball from the side. Facing Wilshere's pressing, he dodged the opponent with a cross dunk, and then sent the ball to Gerrard's feet in the middle. Gerrard feigned a shot but knocked the ball to Messi.

Two minutes later, Newcastle made a comeback. Maicon dribbled the ball straight forward and passed it to Bostock, who was diagonally forward, and then continued to penetrate in. Bostock quickly knocked the ball back.

After half an hour of the game, Newcastle once had the upper hand by relying on their physical strength in the frontcourt. With their fast offense and wide-range long pass transfer, Arsenal began to retreat and defend. The cheers of the Newcastle fans in the stands were earth-shattering, and the Arsenal fans bit their lips one by one, praying that the team could withstand the hateful Newcastle's attack.

The rebroadcast camera kept sweeping across the faces of the two coaches during the attack. Wenger and Mourinho had very calm expressions. It seemed that they didn’t want to see any fluctuations on their faces before scoring.

Although Wenger remained calm, he was not in a hurry. Now that Newcastle are attacking fiercely, their energy consumption is also very high. This consumption will also be very beneficial to Arsenal.

Wenger looked at his watch. It was already 10 minutes into the first half. He secretly let out a sigh. If he can guarantee that the first half will not concede a goal, this game will be easy to play.

Just as he was thinking this way, Gerrard took a long shot from outside the penalty area. The ball hit Song and flew out of the baseline. It was another corner kick.

"It's the seventh corner kick." Wenger sighed in his heart. Newcastle's offense is going crazy and it is not easy to deal with, especially now that there is an extra Long Bisheng, the threat of the frontcourt set kick is greatly increased. However, with White watching Long Bisheng, there will be no major problems.

Bell put the ball on the corner kick and looked at the situation in the penalty area.

Long Bisheng and White are wrestling like a pair of gladiators. White is holding Long Bisheng's jersey with one hand, and the other hand is tightly on Long Bisheng's body. Long Bisheng is tensing his body, pressing White back with his left hand. Both of them are trying their best to block each other behind them.

White, who was exerting all his strength, was pulled by Long Bisheng, and his feet suddenly became unsteady and he tilted back. At this time, Bell had already fired the ball, and Long Bisheng jumped up high before he had time to think about it.

As soon as he jumped up, he felt that White immediately jumped up and followed him. Long Bisheng was also a little annoyed. He suddenly exerted force on his waist and bumped into White again.
Faced with such a close-range header, Ustari didn't even have time to react, and the ball hit the net behind him fiercely!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOal! Dragon! Dragon! No. 20 seven league goals! Newcastle leads Arsenal [-]-[-] at home! Ah, Arsenal players are talking around the referee, probably thinking that Long Bisheng has fouled before heading the goal, but the referee doesn't think so, his finger points to the kick-off point in the middle circle, and the goal is valid!"

The cheers in the stands grew louder. Long Bisheng ran behind the goal, swung his fist violently upwards, then turned around and hugged Bell who was the first to rush over, and then other teammates rushed up and cheered heartily.

Mourinho and Pei Wei clapped their hands heavily. Mourinho's hanging heart has only now let go. Wenger can see that Newcastle's physical consumption is much greater than Arsenal's. He is not unable to see it, but he is also betting that if he can lead by one goal first, the mental state of the players will be greatly improved. Seven or eight people surrounding the penalty area is enough to suffocate Arsenal to death.

Of course, it is very risky to do so. If they fail to defend Arsenal's offense at the beginning and fail to break through Arsenal's gate in the subsequent siege, then in the second half, Newcastle's situation will be very dangerous.

Fortunately, Newcastle had already taken the lead in the first half, which not only gave them a great advantage in the second half of the game, but also gained a psychological advantage in advance of the Champions League final two weeks later!

Unlike Newcastle’s jubilation, Arsenal exploded. Wenger angrily complained to the fourth official, thinking that Long Bisheng must have fouled before scoring, not to mention that he knocked White away after the jump, just the action of his hand before the jump was already a foul!

Apparently the referee didn't think so. As far as the hand movements were concerned, Long Bisheng and White had both before the jump, and after the jump, Long Bisheng didn't even move his hands. He knocked White away with his body strength. How could this be called a foul?

In any case, Newcastle is already ahead of Arsenal. Since this season, they have not lost a game while leading, including in the Champions League two-round knockout round. As long as they win the first game, they can recover even if they are overtaken in the second game.

This goal gave the Newcastle players infinite confidence. After the re-kick-off, they quickly broke the ball and launched a siege to Arsenal again. Just now, the Arsenal players were obsessed with conceding the goal and making mistakes.

In the end, it was Wenger who reacted quickly and yelled a few times on the sidelines, allowing the Arsenal players to barely stabilize the situation. In the rest of the first half, they withstood the onslaught of Newcastle, whose momentum had reached its peak, and entered the intermission with a goal behind.

Although one goal fell behind, Wenger was not too disappointed. After all, it was only one goal. 45 minutes in the second half was enough for Arsenal to score a goal. The key issue now is to restore the confidence of the players and improve their defense.

Of course, Wenger has noticed that in that conceded goal, White was not only lost to the opponent in physical confrontation, but also because of the relatively high physical consumption. Under such circumstances, it is obviously a very inhumane thing for White to deal with Long Bisheng alone.

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After the start of the second half, Long Bisheng quickly realized that something was wrong. White never followed him closely, especially when Arsenal was attacking.

At first, Long Bisheng thought that White had lost his physical fitness, but when Newcastle attacked, White, who had been limp and weak just now, became as vigorous as if he had been injected with chicken blood. With the help of Vermaelen in defense, Long Bisheng suddenly lost his temper.

"This guy has learned to be smart." Long Bisheng was a little depressed. Of course he didn't know that Wenger asked White during the intermission to come up with such a method. Long Bisheng's approach is the so-called "stupid method".

In this way, Arsenal's defense is stable, at least they will not be killed by Newcastle in the first half when there are no major loopholes in the defense. After losing the defensive pressure, Arsenal's offense began to become fierce.

Fabregas' excellent performance during this period is also related to Newcastle's failure to adopt the method of close pressing and completely cutting off the connection between Fabregas and other Arsenal players in the first half. This method itself cannot be used for a long time, especially in the period when the league is about to end. With the current physical condition of Newcastle players, if they still use this tactic in the second half, they will only be dragged down by the opponent.

But even though Arsenal's offense became smoother, they couldn't easily break through Newcastle's gate. From the beginning of the second half, Newcastle put on a stance to maintain their lead until the end. Except for Long Bisheng, Ribery and Messi who didn't have much time to return to defense, the other seven players all guarded near their penalty area. Offside tactics are rarely used, and they don’t give Arsenal a chance to pass the ball behind them. They ignore Arsenal’s back and forth kicks from 30 meters away, but as soon as they enter the dangerous area, Newcastle’s defenders immediately start to intercept fiercely.

Passing the ball around the perimeter of the penalty area, although Arsenal have gained an absolute advantage in possession time, it is difficult to cause decisive damage to Newcastle's defense. The ball from the side is not very effective. some trouble.

Arsenal's midfield players have excellent skills and good coordination, but they have one of their biggest weaknesses, that is, their physical fitness is not very good!Apart from center Bendtner and midfielder Song, the tallest player is Bella, who is 1.8 meters tall. Fabregas, Nasri, and Wilshere are all only about 1.7 meters tall, and they are not of a strong body type. Instead, they are typical technical players with thin bodies.

This directly led to the lack of hardness in Arsenal's midfield. It would be better if Ramsey was there. Although the Swedish midfielder has excellent offensive ability, his running ability and confrontation ability are not bad. Now he has been replaced by Wilshere.

What are gorgeous offenses most afraid of?That is brutal physical confrontation!Under the pressure of Newcastle's strong midfielders, although Arsenal's offense is smooth, it is always a little bit short.

Seeing that the team's offense was blocked, Fabregas stood up.

His position began to move forward, while Wilshere and Nasri appeared more on the wing. After Fabregas got the ball, he didn't play the ball immediately, but increased the attack that directly threatened the team.

After Nasri dribbled the ball from the side, he passed the ball to Fabregas. This pass was very good. When Essien and Gerrard were not pressing forward, Fabregas calmly stopped the ball, looked up to observe the situation in front, and unexpectedly took a long shot!
The ball roared and flew towards the goal. Cech leaped up and lifted the threatening long shot over the crossbar with one hand!

"Don't let him kick so easily!" Cech got up from the ground and roared. Essien nodded to him. If Fabregas moved forward, he would pay attention.

For the corner kick, Nasri did not send the ball directly to Newcastle's penalty area. Newcastle has an absolute advantage in terms of high balls.

A tactical corner kick, Fabregas ran up to receive a pass from Nasri, Essien immediately greeted him, Fabregas stomped the ball under his feet, suddenly leaned forward, but his feet pushed the ball back!
Nasri, who ran from near the corner flag, received a pass from Fabregas, and then sent a beautiful curve ball, which flew straight to the post!

Wilshere, who was at the back point, rushed in front of the Newcastle defense who was running forward, and then received the ball!
Cech roared and attacked decisively. Wilshere shot. The ball hit Cech's outstretched hand and flew to the other side of the goal!
Bella and Taylor rushed to the spot where the ball landed. Bella took a step ahead, and he fell to the ground and swept the ball towards the empty goal!
Exclamations sounded one after another in the stands. Just when the ball was about to hit the net, Essien returned to the defense. He flew the ball with an awkward posture, and the ball flew far away from the sideline. There was immediate applause from the stands.

"Beautiful rescue! This save is comparable to a goal!" The on-site commentator exclaimed loudly.

Wenger turned around abruptly, waved his hand fiercely, and kept wriggling his mouth, not knowing whether he was cursing Essien for his ignorance or complaining about his lack of luck.This is the best chance for Arsenal to score goals since the start of the game. Unfortunately, God really doesn't seem to be on their side today.

"Damn it, my heart almost stopped beating..." Pei Wei moaned as he pressed his chest. He was really surprised by Arsenal's attack just now.

But the thing that made him shuddering is still to come. This time, passing the goal did not frustrate the Arsenal players, and their offense was not affected in any way!
With Newcastle defending, Arsenal made full use of the width of the scene. The four technical midfielders continued to pass the ball to Newcastle's defense. Although Newcastle's defenders were not attracted by them out of the penalty area, their overall formation always moved with Arsenal's back and forth passes.

At the beginning, Newcastle's players forced out to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm, but seeing that it had no effect, they simply took it back, letting Arsenal schedule back and forth, just guarding their own one-acre three-point land.

However, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. No matter how solid the defense is, it may be torn apart in a careless attack.

At No. 307 minutes into the second half, Wilshere suddenly broke out without warning.

The one who played against Wilshere the most was Bostock. Both of them are the outstanding post-[-]s in the England midfield.

But this time, Wilshere suddenly cheered up. After receiving the ball, he tricked Bostock with two consecutive feints, and then began to dribble the ball into the middle!

Essien was defending Cesc Fabregas, and Gerrard withdrew back, intending to stop Wilshere's advance.

A beautiful direct pass, Wilshere passed the ball to Bendtner who pulled out of the penalty area, and then continued to advance, Bendtner knocked back, Wilshere did not stop the ball and just shot a long shot outside the penalty area!
Faced with this long-range shot with heavy feet, Cech didn't dare to neglect, and hit the ball with both fists.

When Wilshere shot, Cesc Fabregas suddenly accelerated towards the penalty area, turned around while running, blocked Essien with Taylor in front of him, and appeared ghostly at the ball's landing point!
Cech was taken aback. When he hit the ball, he hit it against no one. Where did Fabregas come from...

Shouting hell in his heart, Cech rushed out of the small penalty area at his feet, but he was still a step slow. Fabregas grabbed the ball between Essien and Cech, and then directly poked the ball. The ball quickly flew past Cech's armpit, and then flew into the empty goal!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Arsenal equalized the score! In the first half Newcastle played against Arsenal and scored a goal, and in the second half it was reversed! Arsenal responded to Newcastle! The suspense of the league championship will continue!"

(End of this chapter)