Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 250 Break the deadlock

Is Li Shou's first conceded goal when he joins Arsenal really coming?

Li Shou definitely refused, and before the end of the first half, Li Shou kept sticking to the goal he was guarding.

No.305 minutes, Sigurdsson once again used a long shot to threaten Arsenal's goal. Boni could not face the situation of rushing into the penalty area and passed back to Sigurdsson behind him. The Icelandic sniper fired again from a long distance.

Compared with the previous long-range shot, this long-range shot is much less threatening now, but even so, Li Shou didn't take it hard, and then Swansea started to take a corner kick.

When it was useless to drive the ball directly into the penalty area, Swansea chose a tactical corner kick, but in the end this tactical corner kick failed to threaten Arsenal's goal, and Ki Chengyong's long-range shot flew directly to the stands.

Before the end of the first half, Swansea still had a shot, and it was Ki Sung-yong. Perhaps because of being crowned the Asian Derby, Ki Sung-yong was a little active in this game.

Still a long-range shot, this time Ji Chengyong's shot hit within the range of the goal frame, but compared to Sigurdsson's long-range shot, Ji Chengyong's long-range shot was a little worse, and Li Shou directly confiscated the ball.

Swansea threatened Arsenal's goal several times, and Arsenal naturally could not show weakness. In the 309th minute, Welbeck received a cross from Griezmann and volleyed near the penalty spot, which was saved by Fabianski.

Then Mertesacker took advantage of a corner kick to complete an attack. 2 minutes later, Mertesacker beat Bonny with a header to clear the siege. Arsenal launched a quick counterattack. Sanchez cut into the penalty area from the side and hit the post with a low shot.

Sanchez's shot was also Arsenal's most threatening shot in the first half, but luck was a little bit worse, but when the referee blew the whistle for the first half, the score was still 0:0.

"Although there were no goals in the first half, the game was not boring at all, and it could even be said to be quite exciting." The two sides fought fiercely and also had wonderful shots.

Evenly matched, before the game, I am afraid that no one would think that Swansea will play evenly with Arsenal in this game, and even Swansea still has a small advantage.

So Wenger's face was a bit ugly during the intermission, but Wenger also knew that the way he played in the first half was more due to Swansea's extraordinary performance.

Of course, Arsenal also has their own problems. The midweek Champions Cup has involved too much energy for Arsenal. As far as Arsenal's current starting lineup is concerned, compared with the Midweek Champions Cup, they have only rotated a few positions.

"Change tactics in the second half, we will fight back." In this case, Wenger can only make tactical adjustments.

With Li Shou performing so well, Wenger will naturally not be entangled with Arsenal's tradition, and under the current situation, the most direct way for Arsenal to win is to rely on Li Shou to create counterattack opportunities.

Both sides did not make any changes in the lineup during the halftime break. However, after the start of the game, Ki Sung-yong almost gave a big gift. The South Korean midfielder passed the ball too weakly and was intercepted by Ramsey. The latter immediately gave the ball to Welbeck after stealing the ball.

If there was a choice, Ramsey would definitely not pass the ball to Welbeck, but in the situation just now, Ramsey had no choice at all, and Welbeck did not disappoint Ramsey, and kicked the ball out of the baseline.

"This was a good opportunity for Arsenal, but Welbeck didn't grasp it." Welbeck received a pass and rushed into the penalty area when there were no defenders around him, but even so he missed it.

In 1 minute, Swansea received the third yellow card of the game. Arsenal's change of tactics still played a certain role. Swansea's yellow card came from the counterattack created by Li Shou's clearance.

Soraka rushed into the hinterland of Swansea with the ball. In order to prevent Soraka from continuing to move forward, Williams could only choose to foul. Arsenal got a free kick in a good position.

Although the position of the free kick was good, Li Shou could have stepped forward to take the penalty, but Li Shou did not do so. It was only five or ten minutes into the game, and Arsenal were not yet in a desperate situation.

As a goalkeeper, Li Shou can't be like a striker. He has to ensure that every goal he scores has a decisive result. Li Shou can't score every free kick now.

The goalkeeper always has many restrictions, and Li Shou is also very clear that he is always a goalkeeper, and his main task is to guard the goal behind him.

Sanchez took the penalty. The Chilean kicked a free kick well, but Fabianski also performed very well today. This is a very common phenomenon in world football, like a pair of boyfriend and girlfriend who broke up.

Sanchez's shot was blocked by Fabianski, and Arsenal got a corner kick. It was Mertesacker. The Swansea central defender is not tall, so Mertesacker has a great advantage in this regard.

Mertesacker's header went wide again, and Swansea launched a counterattack. After two quick passes, the ball came to Sigurdsson's feet again, and the Icelandic sniper took another long shot.

Sigurdsson's long-range shot is really not as good as one. The first shot can be said to have kicked a World Cup. The second shot was also within the range of the goal frame. Now the third long-range shot flew directly to the stands.

Li Shou took a goal kick, the ball came to Ramsey's feet, Ramsey passed it to Cazorla again, the more Cazorla held the ball, he split the side and passed the ball to Griezmann.

The Frenchman moved forward along the wing, and Ramsey stepped up to respond. With the help of Ramsey, Griezmann successfully held the ball to the side of the penalty area.

At the same time, Sanchez on the other side has also rushed up, and when Sanchez rushed into the penalty area, Griezmann passed the ball, crossed the ball, and the ball flew into Swansea's penalty area and flew towards Sanchez.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL~~~Goal scored~~~Arsenal scored the first goal of the game."

"Sanchez~~~ from Griezmann's cross, Sanchez inserted into the penalty area at high speed, Griezmann's cross was just right, Sanchez didn't need any adjustments and shot directly." This was a perfect cooperation. Sanchez relied on his own speed to throw off the defensive player, and Griezmann's pass was just right.

"The goal was scored~~~~Arsenal broke the deadlock on the field. Although Swansea has the advantage, but in terms of strength, Arsenal must be better." This goal is the best proof.

Advantages in football games do not represent everything, and there are many examples of advantages losing the final game, not to mention that Swansea is much worse than Arsenal in terms of strength between the two teams.

(End of this chapter)