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Chapter 543 Hard work brings luck
"Now the game has progressed to No. 305 minutes in the second half, and there are only 10 minutes left before the end of the game. Even if injury time is added, it will not exceed 15 minutes, because the game has not had too many accidents to kill time, and the pace of the players on the field is also quite fast... But often this time will be the most exciting time in the game. The leading side does not have much advantage, and the lagging side has not yet lost hope. An even more exciting last 15 minutes."

The narrator was right. If it was an ordinary league that was not too insignificant, there might be a situation where both sides conserved their energy. However, in such an important game, no one would try their best. Even when they knew that they could no longer catch up with the score, every player would do their best. What's more, it was far from being able to level the situation.

At this time, the two battle-tested coaches could no longer maintain their calm and reserved demeanor. Wenger kept walking up and down the sidelines, occasionally muttering something, while Mourinho stood on the sidelines with a straight face. When Gerrard's shocking long-range shot hit the crossbar, he jumped up excitedly, and then muttered cursing bad luck.

Ustari took the ball and ran a few steps forward, but when he looked up, he saw that most of the Newcastle players did not return to the defense, but stayed in Arsenal's half and launched a frontcourt press. Even the four players in the back line in front of him were cornered by the opponent's players, and there was no way to get the ball out.

Seeing this scene, Ustari was a little helpless. Originally, I said that there would definitely be gaps for passing the ball. No matter how good the running ability of Newcastle players is, no matter how hard they work, it is impossible for Arsenal players to have no gaps to get the ball. As long as the defender is a little careless in taking the ball, he may be successfully intercepted by the opponent and directly face the goalkeeper. With only one goal ahead, Arsenal cannot afford any mistakes in the backcourt.

Seeing that the time to hold the ball for six seconds was approaching, Ustari had no time to think about anything more, so he could only choose to kick the ball up the frontcourt with a big kick—even if he couldn't win the first spot in the frontcourt, at least it wouldn't immediately put pressure on the defense.

What Ustari didn't expect was that his thinking just proved the contrast between the mentality of the two sides now - Newcastle must take risks, and this kind of frontcourt pressing itself is also very dangerous - if the number of people pressing in the frontcourt is less, it will not be effective, and if there are too many people, the backcourt will appear quite empty.

Arsenal can't take such a risk, and can't take the risk of getting the ball from the backcourt to break through and be intercepted-this is exactly the opposite of the stage before the start of the game.

Dawson and Bendtner jumped up at the same time in Newcastle's half to compete for the top. After all, the young Bendtner had a greater advantage in terms of physical fitness and fitness. This time he grabbed the ball in front of Dawson, but Newcastle firmly controlled the second landing point. When Bella was about to catch the ball, Taylor took control of the ball first, and then directly handed it to Essien in front of him.

With Gerrard and others in the front position, Essien began to show more and more of his talent in organizing offense.

Since most of the defensive force was concentrated in the backcourt, and the two forwards involved Newcastle's defenders in the frontcourt, a gap began to appear between the forwards and the midfield.

This is also a disadvantage of Fabregas’ position shifting back. Originally, among Arsenal’s two central midfielders, Song was the main defender and Fabregas was the main attacker. But now Fabregas has moved to the back, and Nasri and Wilshere’s positions are closer to the side.

Essien dribbled the ball forward quickly and then passed the ball to the left as Nasri moved across to defend.

Bell began to dribble the ball along the sideways at high speed, Ribery attracted Eboue's defense, Bell dribbled the ball across, made a one-two with Gerrard, and then raised his foot to hit the goal!

Song rushed over, but Bell flicked his ankle and passed the ball straight to Long Bisheng at the front of the penalty area.

White defended Long Bisheng behind him. Long Bisheng raised his foot, as if he was about to stop the ball, but he did not put his foot down after he raised it. Instead, he let the ball roll past his feet, and Messi, who stepped in, caught the ball behind him!

Long Bisheng's fumble in the first half brought Newcastle's first goal. Will it happen again this time?

Sagna tried his best to stop Messi, but Messi did not dribble or shoot, but pushed the ball along the direction of the ball, and the ball immediately flew over Arsenal's entire defense line!
Ribery, who ran horizontally, successfully received the ball in the penalty area, and then he shot with his left foot immediately!
Eboue, who was following closely behind Ribery, risked a foul in the penalty area and stretched out from behind. The ball hit his feet and bounced high into the air.

Everyone's eyes began to focus on the slowly falling ball. Long Bisheng rushed forward with two big strides, trying to use his incomparable height to compete for the header. At this moment, Ustari also rushed out from the goal in time, grabbing Long Bisheng's single punch above the head and hitting the ball out of the penalty area first!
The reason why he chose to hit the ball with one hand is because it is faster. As we all know, stretching out one hand will certainly jump higher, and stretching out two hands at the same time will affect the height of the jump. In order to counter Long Bisheng’s proud height, this is Ustari’s last resort.

The unstoppable Long Bisheng collided with Ustari, and they both fell down at the same time.

The ball that was kicked out of the penalty area by Ustari happened to fall to Bell's feet, and the Welsh international immediately kicked up and shot an empty goal!

Bell's left foot's precise control of the ball was brought into full play. The ball flew over the penalty area and fell directly into the empty goal!Although Vermaelen tried his best to hit the ball with his barb, the ball flew upwards and hit the bottom of the net, and the ball has already entered the net!

Just when the fans and players of Newcastle were about to cheer, the referee made an action to invalidate the goal!

He ran towards Arsenal's penalty area and pointed to the place where Long Bisheng and Ustari fell at the same time - Arsenal's backcourt free kick!Long Bisheng hit the goalkeeper first, and the goal was invalid!
The angry Newcastle fans threw all the things they could smash down at that moment, but the referee's whistle sounded before Bell's shot, but the noise in the field was too loud at that time, and the whistle was completely ignored!

"The goal was invalid! What a pity! Bale's hanging goal is quite beautiful! But Long Bisheng did make a move to charge the goalkeeper, although he couldn't hold his feet, otherwise Ustari wouldn't stand up now and nothing will happen... This blow is quite huge for Newcastle, and the remaining time of the game is getting less and less..."

Mourinho didn't even have the strength to be angry at this time. Long Bisheng had indeed committed a foul. He rushed so fast that he couldn't hold back himself in the end, but could he blame Long Bisheng?If it weren't for Long Bisheng's fast-moving momentum that made Ustari feel that it was safer to hit the ball with his fist, Bell would not have had such a chance to shoot an empty goal...

Long Bisheng patted the lawn heavily, then stood up, he felt that he was sorry for other players, but his teammates didn't mean to blame him.

"Don't be discouraged! We still have time!" Taylor roared, using his voice to encourage the fighting spirit of his teammates. Although Taylor is not a particularly outstanding person in the star-studded Newcastle, let alone compared with those big-name stars in the frontcourt, even in the backcourt, he is also the latest among the four defenders to become the main force. Now the only player in Newcastle's main force who came from the team's youth academy.

But even if Taylor's strength is not good, Mourinho will let Taylor be the captain. There is no doubt about the importance of a local captain. What's more, Taylor only has Newcastle in his heart. Even if Newcastle is downgraded one day, he will definitely be the one to stay.

At this time, Taylor is the most trustworthy.

Ustari made another long pass to send out this backcourt free kick. This time Taylor rushed forward, grabbed the ball in front of Bella, and then he didn't stop in the backcourt, but rushed up by himself!

Many people couldn't believe their eyes when Taylor rushed forward.

Taylor is a standard British central defender. He is strong, tall, and has excellent jumping. He can score two or three goals every season by taking advantage of the opportunity of positioning the ball in the front court, but he has no offensive ability in other aspects. !
Even Bostock, who was holding the ball, was taken aback when he saw Taylor rushing up the frontcourt, let alone an Arsenal player.

Arsenal's coaching staff has prepared meticulously before the game to the point where Messi is used to lifting his left foot first or his right foot first when he surpasses others, but even so, no one has raised the possibility that Taylor will advance forward in the attack!
At that moment, there was a slight flaw in Arsenal's defensive formation.

Bostock reacted first, and he passed the ball to Taylor in time. Taylor caught up with the ball and began to stride forward with the ball. When Cesc Fabregas came up to block him, Taylor made a kick first and passed the ball to Gerrard on the right, and then Gerrard passed the ball back.

After catching up with the ball again, Taylor did not continue to dribble. Taylor is actually a very self-aware person without too much ambition. Otherwise, he would have entered the Newcastle first team, but he did not gradually become the main force until he was 23 or [-] years old. He survived this period of time, which has proved that his judgment of his own ability is quite accurate. Because Arsenal's defense was caught off guard, if they still wanted to dribble forward, it would be self-defeating.

So when he caught up with Gerrard's pass, he didn't take the ball. Instead, he swung his right foot while running, and slammed the ball hard!

As a central defender, you must at least be able to open your feet—so the central defender's foot power will definitely not be low. This can be seen from games such as live football. Anyone who plays a central defender has good shooting power.

So Taylor's long-range shot was also very powerful, flying into the penalty area almost in the next moment.

But Wenger was not worried. He could see the shot as soon as it flew out. It was very powerful, but the angle was right. No matter how powerful the shot was, it would not cause too much trouble for the goalkeeper. What's more, Ustari's performance today was quite good. Even Gerrard and Long Bisheng's long-range shots were saved. Do you care about this?
Ustari indeed immediately judged the direction of the ball's flight, and planned to catch the ball steadily. What he is thinking about now is to remove the ball's force perfectly when saving, so as not to let his opponent have an opportunity to let go. However, after the ball flew into the penalty area, White subconsciously raised his foot and put Arsenal in an extremely dangerous situation!

The ball flew into the penalty area, and White raised his foot subconsciously, but because the ball flew too fast, White's leg touched the ball, but he failed to block the ball, but changed direction and flew to the right side of the penalty area!
After being blocked by White, the castration of the ball immediately slowed down and began to roll in the penalty area, but the slow rolling ball touched the hearts of everyone present!

Two figures ran towards the ball at the same time. They were Messi and Sagna who was marking him. At the same time, Ustari also attacked decisively and rushed towards the ball!
Messi and Sagna are relatively close to the ball, but the ball is rolling towards the bottom line. Ustari is far away, but the ball is coming in his direction!
Three people rush to the ball at the same time, who will go first?after who?
The answer was revealed two seconds later. When Ustari flew towards the ball, Messi was already one step ahead. Then he fell to the ground and stretched his feet to sweep the ball to the middle!
Messi, who was struggling to sweep the ball away, was immediately hit by Ustari head-on, and then Sagna behind him couldn't hold back his feet and also hit him. Messi made a "sandwich biscuit" firmly, and was immediately crushed and screamed.

But at this time Messi's screams were ignored, the ball rolled to the middle of the penalty area, as long as someone touched it, it would immediately fly to the empty goal that was already undefended!
Three or four people jumped at the ball at the same time, including Long Bisheng, White, Vermaelen and Ribery!
Seeing that he was blocked by Long Bisheng, White pulled Long Bisheng's clothes in a hurry, almost causing Long Bisheng to change his third jersey of the game (he changed it during the intermission).

Long Bisheng is 1.1 meters tall, and his long legs are at least [-] meters. Originally, he was not too far away from the ball. After stabbing like this, he was the first to stab the ball. The ball under force immediately changed direction and rolled towards the goal. It crossed the goal line before Vermaelen, who was struggling to chase back, arrived!

Vermaelen kicked the ball, but he could only hit the ball into the net!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL——Dragon! Dragon! Dragon must win! Two to two! Newcastle finally equalized the score in the No.801 minute! This time luck finally returned to Newcastle's side. First, Taylor's shot was lucky to change direction, then Messi rushed the ball in front of Ustari and swept the ball into the middle, and then Dragon won the goal! But without the spirit and fighting spirit of the Newcastle players, this lucky goal would not have come!"

Ding Yu, the head coach of the Chinese national team who was hiding in a corner watching the game, was not excited by Newcastle's equalizer. Instead, he screamed when the Newcastle fans next to him shouted excitedly: "Arsenal! Don't hurt my Messi!"

Long Bisheng was also in the same mood as him. After scoring the goal, he did not celebrate, nor did he pick up the ball and run back to prove his desire to win. Instead, he got up and ran to Messi and the other three who were entangled with each other. He stretched out his big hand and pulled Ustari and Sania away one by one, and then pulled Messi to ask him if he was okay.

Messi grinned and shook his head. Although the two impacts were not light, they were hard impacts. Although his body hurt from the impact, at most there were a few minor injuries, which would not affect his football.

Long Bisheng was relieved like this, but he acted a little bit more violently just now, almost throwing away Ustari and Sania, which made the Arsenal players, who had lost the good situation, angry, and asked Long Bisheng why he did this, almost forming a conflict on the field.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!" Some neutral fans who were afraid of chaos began to shout excitedly, but the players on both sides quickly regained their composure under the intervention of the referee.

"It's evened now, let's see what the professor will do next!" Pei Wei said confidently.

(End of this chapter)