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Chapter 539 Another Counterattack
At the beginning of the first half, Newcastle's offensive aggressiveness and wonderful offense lifted the spirits of all the neutral fans and commentators, but after Newcastle scored a goal, they soon discovered that the world still hasn't changed, and Newcastle is still the same Newcastle.

Tenacious interception, destruction of the midfield, an overall defense of up to seven people, no sloppy backcourt clearance, more quick counterattacks relying on speed and strength... Newcastle began to drag the game into their most accustomed rhythm.

Arsenal launched a fierce attack, but they could not attack without scruples. The goal just now let them know how sharp and precise Newcastle's quick counterattack is, but Arsenal is not without countermeasures. With wide hair, he began to organize Arsenal's offense with continuous short passes. Fabregas' organization was good, and Arsenal's offense began to become smoother.

Mourinho's brows slowly frowned. Although the current game situation is a situation Newcastle is most used to, Arsenal seems to have found a way to deal with Newcastle's defense. Fabregas, who is sitting in the backcourt, has become a pure instigator.

With Cesc Fabregas in the backcourt, Newcastle’s quick counterattack is also difficult to achieve. Fabregas is not only an organizational midfielder, but his defensive ability is not bad.

"I can't go on like this." Mourinho shook his head. Although the defense doesn't seem to be in any danger now, Newcastle is already at a disadvantage from the general situation. Wenger is really not an ordinary person. Even when the game has reached a point where it is very unfavorable to Arsenal, he has used a simple method to regain the initiative.

Mourinho stood up and made a gesture to the players on the field. After seeing this gesture, the commentator became excited.

"It seems that Mourinho is very dissatisfied with being pressed by Arsenal during this period of time! Look at the gesture he made - press the attack! This is a rare sight! Newcastle will take the initiative to attack when they are in the lead! This is a natural thing, because if you have been suppressed, you may not know when to lose the ball! At this time, you must use offense to slow down the opponent's offensive momentum and give the defense a chance to breathe... But it is not natural for Newcastle. I also lost confidence in my own defense..."

The commentator was still chattering, Newcastle had launched an attack.

Cech took a goal kick and the ball fell directly to Essien's feet. Facing Nasri's attack, Essien distributed the ball to the side in time.

Maicon took the ball forward and began to rush forward quickly. His breakthroughs on the wing seldom had gorgeous scenes, but forced breakthroughs through his strong physical fitness and excellent speed. It was not good-looking, but it always made people excited.

Facing Sagna's defense, Maicon slammed the ball towards the bottom line, and then began to accelerate. Sagna was not to be outdone, and the two launched a fierce speed confrontation on the side.

The distance of 20 meters disappeared under the feet of the two in an instant. It is a great test for the physical fitness of the players to maintain such a high speed in the constant physical confrontation.

Maicon still had the upper hand, he caught up with the ball like a bullet, and then made a cross immediately, and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area - this was because Long Bisheng had not yet rushed into the penalty area.

White planned to kick the ball first, but Long Bisheng turned and stopped the ball regardless of the danger. White's kick directly hit Long Bisheng's butt.

This was undoubtedly a foul move, but Long Bisheng didn't follow the trend and fell to the ground. Instead, taking advantage of White's temporary loss of defensive ability, he flicked the ball sideways, dodged Vermaelen's outstretched foot, and immediately volleyed vigorously with his left foot!
The ball drew an absolute straight line and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal. Ustari gritted his teeth and concentrated his fists, and hit the fast-moving ball far away with a "bang".

Seeing that the ball was about to fly out of the sideline, Bell, who assisted from behind, stretched out his foot and stopped the ball near the sideline. Although the ball went out of the sideline, it was also Newcastle's foul, but Newcastle's offensive rhythm was very good just now, and Bell was unwilling to interrupt this attack.

As soon as the ball stopped, Eboue rushed over, intending to take advantage of Bell's unsteady footing to intercept the ball. How could Bell make such a mistake? When Eboue just rushed over, he made a wonderful cross pass and passed the ball to Ribery.

Fabregas retreated to block him, Ribery turned to protect the ball, turned and knocked the ball back.

Followed by Gerald!He threw away Song's defense while running, and then shot the ball hard with all his strength!
Although the angle was not directly on the goal, he still hit a high-level long-range shot. The ball passed through the crowd in the penalty area and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal!

This time it was Ustari's turn to save Arsenal. He was not blocked by the crowd in the penalty area, and made a judgment immediately. After moving a few steps quickly, he jumped up, swiped the ball hard with the palm of his hand, and pulled the ball out of the baseline!
"Ustari! Great save! Incredible save! He blocked Gerrard's inevitable shot! If the goal had gone in, Newcastle would be [-]-[-] up! Ustari's save kept the game in suspense!"

"Damn it!" Mourinho and Pei Wei cursed at the same time. Not far away, Wenger's face also showed a look of shock. If Newcastle scored a goal in a counterattack, then there is really nothing to fight in this final. Newcastle's attack efficiency is too high. Compared with Arsenal's attack, it seems a little flashy...

"Corner! Arsenal's danger is not lifted!"

Bell took a corner kick, and Long Bisheng was going to jump up to fight for the top, but White wrapped his hands and feet around him, grabbing his arm and refused to let go. Just as Long Bisheng shook off his hand, the ball flew over his head, flew over the penalty area, and flew out of the sideline on the other side without being touched by anyone.

"He fouled!" Long Bisheng yelled at the referee, and he has now learned to put pressure on the referee.

The referee ignored him. Although White's actions were suspected of fouling, Long Bisheng's physical fitness was too terrifying. If the scale was not relaxed, Arsenal's defense would appear too fragile. Sometimes it is necessary to relax the scale for the excitement of the game...

"It doesn't matter! Let's attack again and bring their momentum back!" Taylor yelled in the backcourt. Newcastle's formation moved forward, and Arsenal's offense would become more difficult. Fabregas' difficulty in getting the ball would also increase a lot. Football games are like this, making the opponent's offensive space smaller and gradually gaining an advantage.

Arsenal was blocked by Newcastle tenaciously in the midfield. The hardness of Newcastle's midfielder was stronger than Arsenal's. Therefore, although the skills of Arsenal's midfielders were very good, they still could not pass Newcastle's block smoothly.

Seeing that there was no way to break through Newcastle's defense through quick short pass penetration, Cesc Fabregas did not make a short pass after receiving the ball, but directly passed a long pass and passed the ball to the frontcourt.

Bendtner took the ball with his back to Newcastle's goal, and Dawson kept harassing him from behind. Although Dawson, who was over [-] years old, had declined a lot in terms of physical fitness, with his experience, he still harassed Bendtner from behind until he couldn't even hold the ball.

In desperation, Bendtner had no choice but to give the ball to Bella. The Mexican began to break forward with the ball. Essien, who returned to the defense, entangled him and kept squeezing Bella through his physical advantage.

Bostock dribbled the ball and broke through from the middle, and Fabregas greeted him from the side. Bostock was still a little afraid of Fabregas and did not dribble the ball himself.

Off the field, Wenger clenched his fists involuntarily, and muttered in his heart: "Hold on, we must withstand this wave of attacks. Both of their full-backs have come up. We have a chance to counterattack..."

Arsenal's offense is excellent, but their counterattack is also excellent. The almost all small offensive combination makes Arsenal's counterattack quite fast. Wenger tried every means to force Newcastle to attack because he knew this. Mourinho may have seen it, but he may not care too much, because Newcastle itself is famous for its counterattack, and it also has its own way to deal with fast counterattacks.

Both sides were betting, Mourinho betting on being able to extend the lead to two goals before the opponent's counterattack succeeded, Wenger betting that his team could withstand Newcastle's attack and then seize the flaws in the opponent's defense to equalize the score.

On the court, Bell was still dribbling the ball inside, and Nasri withdrew to defend him. Bell didn't entangle with the opponent, but directly kicked the pass!
The ball bypassed all the players in the front point. Long Bisheng stretched his legs but failed to reach the ball. Messi, who was in the back point, was a step slower to keep up.

While the Newcastle fans were still regretting the attack, Arsenal tore off the tarpaulin on the cannon, revealing the black hole.

Sagna passed the ball to Cesc Fabregas, and then ran forward. Fabregas took the ball and gave it directly to Bella in front.

Eboue took two steps forward after receiving the ball, and then passed the ball back to Fabregas. After taking the ball, Fabregas distributed it to Wilshere on the right, and the ball was quietly passed to the midfielder.

"Return to defense!" Mourinho yelled off the field, he smelled a dangerous breath.

Newcastle's players rushed back like a tide, but Arsenal's counterattack was faster!

Wilshere once again transferred the ball laterally to Fabregas' feet. Arsenal had passed six times in a row, three of which fell back to Fabregas' feet. None of them had the ball, but the ball moved faster than when they were dribbling. The ball always runs faster than people on the football field. This is an irrefutable truth.

This is the essence of Arsenal's counterattack. Every counterattack point is constantly sprinting forward, and the ball is passed back and forth between them, which also makes them counterattack faster.

Newcastle's counterattack speed relies on fast players such as Messi and Ribery, while Arsenal's counterattack speed relies on precise back and forth passes. This is a completely different counterattack style, but maybe he is more effective!
"Hold Fabregas! He is the instigator!" Gerrard yelled loudly while running back, and then Essien entangled Fabregas and did not intend to leave.

But Cesc Fabregas has already sent the last pass after this counterattack, the ball flew directly to the bottom line on the right, Bella ran at his highest speed and flew towards the ball!

Bell was chasing closely behind Bella, but Cesc Fabregas's pass was very deep. Bella has been sprinting without the ball. Although Bell's speed is also very fast, it can't shorten the distance between him and Bella!
Bella sped up again, and the sprint that exceeded the upper limit of his running ability made him feel a little difficult to breathe, but at this time, all he could see was the ball rolling in front of him.

Seeing that he was about to catch up with the ball, Bella looked up and took a look inside the penalty area. Bendtner was already approaching the penalty area, and Taylor was chasing after him less than one meter behind Bendtner. Cech stayed in the small penalty area and did not dare to come out.
Bella, who had a panoramic view of the situation in the penalty area, caught up with the ball, then raised her foot immediately, and kicked the ball into the penalty area vigorously.

As soon as he kicked the ball out, Bell's feet arrived, and Bell, who couldn't hold his feet, bumped into Bella, and the two rolled into a ball.

But at this time, no one noticed the entanglement between these two people. The moment Bella passed the ball, the focus of the court shifted from these two people to the penalty area!

Bella's pass was not a high-altitude ball, but a ground pass, and the speed was extremely fast-if the speed was slow, Cech could press the ball under him with just one attack!

Faced with this extremely fast ground ball, Cech really did not dare to attack, because he was not sure that he could intercept the ball halfway. If he failed to intercept the ball, then the opponent's forward behind him only needed to touch it lightly, and the ball could be hit into the empty goal!

Bendtner and Taylor entangled and rushed into the penalty area. Bendtner reached the penalty area before Taylor. Taylor, who was blocked behind, could only risk a kick from behind, intending to kick the ball out of the baseline before Bendtner touched the ball.

Amid the exclamations of the fans, Taylor tackled the ball, but the consequences were disastrous. The ball flew up and flew straight towards the goal.

Fortunately, Cech was still there. Faced with this close-range suicide ball, Cech subconsciously reached out to block it, and blocked the ball back into the penalty area.

But his efforts only delayed Newcastle's conceded time - the ball blocked back into the penalty area fell to Bendtner's feet, and now there is no one in the penalty area who can defend him anymore, Taylor is still lying on the ground, and Cech has just made a save...

Bendtner stopped the ball, adjusted it and immediately pushed the ball into the empty goal!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL - Nicholas - Bendtner! Lucky shot!"

"Bentner——" all the Arsenal fans at the scene roared loudly, including half of London City at the same time shrouded in this roar——Arsenal defeated Newcastle's indestructible defense with a counterattack in an extremely unfavorable situation!Now the score is one to one!At the end of the first half, Arsenal finally equalized the score!

"This is a pretty bad result for Newcastle... But even if Newcastle will be very unhappy, I still have to say, I think all the neutral fans are very happy to see the score become a draw again, because it indicates that the second half will be more exciting, rather than a one-sided defensive counterattack..."

The Newcastle fans who were already in an extremely depressed mood began to yell at the commentator, but it is no wonder that Newcastle's game style has always been criticized by many people, and it seems understandable that the commentator will show this tendency...

"We had something to do during the intermission." Mourinho gritted his teeth and said to Pei Wei.

"Anyway, it's just a draw. We still have a chance in the second half." Pei Wei seemed calm.

(End of this chapter)