green knight

Chapter 482: If you don't die, you won't die

And the Red Devils fans at home were indeed trembling. Everyone knew what would happen if Li Zihan's quasi-single-handed shot went in.

Losing to Arsenal at home means that they have gained nothing in the Champions League this season. In the case of conceding three away goals, although they still have the possibility of advancing in theory, they must go to the away game to score the least. Three goals will drag the game into overtime or even a penalty shootout. At the same time, Arsenal cannot score a goal. If they score one goal, all previous efforts will be wasted.

This difficulty is no less than a "Battle of Moscow" or even the "Miracle of Istanbul".
Li Zihan is also very excited, damn it, he has been suppressed and beaten by others, often because of the backward situation.It turned out that it was very cool to beat others like this!
Smalling has been running with Li Zihan. Although he is not as fast as the opponent, he will not be thrown by the opponent by holding the opponent's jersey in his hand.

Li Zihan looked at the other Manchester United players who were far away, only Smalling was pulling his jersey behind him.So he was relieved, he immediately stepped on the ball and made an emergency stop.

Smalling didn't expect that Li Zihan would make an emergency stop, which didn't conform to the script's performance rules. They always took the ball to speed up and get rid of the defender, and then formed a single-handedly.Especially speed players, this is their advantage
Smalling was unprepared, because of inertia, he ran two steps forward and didn't stop right away—mainly because he couldn't stop.

The movement of the hand is also relaxed, he is afraid that he will accidentally use the center of gravity to pull the opponent. The pulling movement of this distance is very obvious, even the big movement of the Premier League is a foul.

Of course, these are not what he is most worried about. What he is most worried about is what if the other party plays tricks?For example. Falling to the ground, flopping.So it's not a foul, it's a foul.
After taking a few steps, Smalling successfully stopped, lying in front of Li Zihan.He wanted to stick it up immediately to form a personal defense.
But at this time, Li Zihan took the ball with a big stride, and the ball rolled past Smalling's side and went behind him.

Li Zihan followed immediately, gaining speed instantly.

"Lee!!! Beautiful, extraordinary, very beautiful, Smalling is like a display in front of him!!"

"Stopped suddenly and then accelerated instantly. Li Zihan made full use of his advantages. This is his characteristic. It is said that Li Zihan was valued by Juventus coach Conte at the beginning, and he joined Juventus because of his outstanding performance. The physical advantages of Li Zihan's ability to break through quickly, stop suddenly and then start to accelerate are the original masterpieces. The only thing that is beyond Conte is that Li Zihan's learning ability is very strong, and his ability to read the game is also strong. After cleaning up, it became Juventus' regular force in just one or two months, and after half a season, it became Juventus' indispensable main force."

"Great job!! This is Lee!! Not only can he play short passes with his teammates, he can also play long-distance counterattacks with speed, and he can also dribble the ball efficiently. Arsenal dug a treasure Yes, I dare say that last summer, the 2000 million euros Arsenal spent on Lee was the most valuable sum in their history, which is equivalent to accepting Wenger as Arsenal's head coach and agreeing with Wenger's proposal to spend huge sums of money. Proposals to fund new stadiums”

At that time, Arsenal was staring at the huge economic pressure to build the stadium. In the eyes of many people, it was undoubtedly full and irrational.Because this will bring Arsenal an unparalleled economic crisis within a few years, making them unable to get investment in other areas.

As a result, if they lose their competitiveness in the league, their strength will also drop significantly, thus turning from a wealthy team to an ordinary team.

But judging from the current situation, this is undoubtedly the greatest and smartest decision of the Arsenal club.

Regarding Wenger's appointment as Arsenal's head coach, there is a saying in football: Without Wenger, there would be no current Arsenal.

And now comparing the decision to introduce Li Zihan with the construction of the stadium and accepting Wenger, the two greatest milestones in Arsenal history, is enough to see how important Li Zihan is to Arsenal now.

Smalling didn't have time to think about how important Li Zihan was to Arsenal. What he was thinking about now was how important the ball he was about to concede was to Manchester United.

Seeing Li Zihan rushing past him at high speed, Smalling's face turned pale with fright. He knew Li Zihan's ability very well. If he let the opponent pass by like this, there would be a 90.00% chance of scoring a goal.
Smalling didn't have the mind and time to think about other things. He immediately turned around and tried to pull the opponent's jersey again, but this time the distance was farther, and he couldn't pull it.

Not reconciled, Smalling immediately followed the starting speed, and after running for two steps, he directly slid down the shovel.
Can't let him rush over, can't let him score! !This was Smalling's only thought.

Li Zihan has just adjusted the ball, and is planning to use this rhythm to rush into Manchester United's penalty area in one breath, and have a face-to-face "date" with De Gea.
Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in the heel of the left foot that was supporting the foot. Li Zihan couldn't maintain his balance, so he fell on his back. From the TV camera, it looked like Li Zihan suddenly flew up.

"Oh my God!!"

"Foul!!! This is a very bad foul!!"

"Smolin!! This is a shoveling action from behind, and he is running towards the opponent at all, without caring where the ball is!!"

Webber blew the whistle immediately, and then ran to the perpetrator Smalling.

Smalling has self-knowledge, he knows what will happen next, so he didn't explain anything to the referee, but just lowered his head silently, a little frustrated and helpless!
Wayne Rooney and Manchester United teammates surrounded Webber, wanting to intercede with teammate Smalling.

The camera footage was written to Weber, because Weber's next actions are likely to have a very large impact on both sides of the game.

Weber, who appeared on the TV screen, had a very helpless expression on his face, even dumbfounding.But in the end, he had to take out the yellow card from his pocket and face Smalling.

"Oh, Smalling got the second yellow card of the game, so according to the rules of the game, he will turn two yellow cards into one red and be sent off!"

After drawing out the yellow card, Weber quickly took out the red card and showed it to Smalling.

"Smolin, he received two yellow cards in a row in just 5 minutes. Manchester United will have to face the situation of one less player in the next game. They are still two goals behind!"

"The house leak happened to rain overnight, the hearts of Manchester United fans and Moyes must have cooled a lot"

"I said that Smalling's first yellow card may bring some stories, and sure enough, the story came. From this, it can be seen how irrational and purely stupid he got his first yellow card!!"

"Smolin, this... This is the real way to die if you don't die."

"After all, he is still young. The 24-year-old Smalling still lacks experience. But after this incident, I think Smalling's experience value has at least increased by a few points."

Smalling walked back to the player tunnel with his head down, obviously in a bad mood.On the other hand, Rooney continued to say something to the referee Webber, obviously saying that Manchester United was miserable enough, and hoped that the referee would be merciful in the next game
Arsenal's team doctor rushed to the field immediately, Li Zihan looked very painful when he fell to the ground just now.And Wenger didn't dare to be careless, and immediately sent the team doctor to the field.

Now Li Zihan is Arsenal's baby bump, so don't get hurt at this time
Teammates such as Ozil and Wilshere are surrounding Li Zihan to stabilize him.

After being treated by the team doctor, Li Zihan was helped up by his teammates at the request of the team doctor, and then tried to see if his foot could still feel heavy.

Li Zihan tried it and nodded to the team doctor.After another inspection and simple follow-up treatment, the teammates told Li Zihan that there was no problem, it was just a common flaw.

Wenger breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the team doctor's gesture, everything is fine.

According to the rules of the game, after the team doctor enters the field.Injured players have to leave the field with the team doctor, and then in a dead ball state, the injured player or the player replaced by the substitute can re-enter the field with the permission of the referee.

"Li Zihan and the team doctor are waiting on the sidelines. It seems that he can continue to play. Then the back tackle from Smalling just now did not affect him much. This is more important than a goal for Arsenal. happy news"

Ozil's free kick wanted to cooperate with his teammates, but Modesat missed the top and the ball flew out of the baseline.

At this time, Li Zihan re-entered the field after getting permission from the referee Webber. The fans applauded. Of course, the applause was only the few Arsenal fans who came to the away game.Of course, the Red Devils fans at home booed Li Zihan, because this guy gave them a red card. They were two goals behind, and now they are even behind by one.
"Li Zihan is back on the court. Judging from the way he runs, he has no problems. This is really good news."

After the game restarted, Manchester United, who was sent off after the central defender, did not make adjustments to the lineup.Moyes moved defensive midfielder Carrick back to play centre-back, a position Carrick could fill.When Manchester United's lineup was stretched, he did not rarely play other positions, and the central defender was just one of them.

But this is not the most difficult for Manchester United, even if there is no cameo central defender, the veteran Rio Ferdinand can be placed on the bench.

The most difficult thing for Manchester United now is that they are two goals behind and have one less player to fight. At the same time, they are also caught in a dilemma between offense and defense.The offense can't open the situation, and at the same time the defense is still conceding the ball.