Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 251 Yellow Card

What is more uncomfortable when the opponent scores first when you clearly have the advantage?

So Swansea, unwilling to restart the game, launched a frenzied counterattack. In the 407th minute, Boni received a direct pass from Carroll and a long shot from the top of the arc was saved by Li Shou.

Three minutes later, Swansea made a comeback. Montella made a cross from the side and made a low pass. Li Shou did not attack. If the low pass is not good, he may be given a point. Besides, if Boni dives, even if Li Shou makes a clearance, he may be awarded a penalty kick.

Li Shou decided to rely on his teammates. Even if his teammates were not good enough, he would still have himself. With Li Shou's reaction and explosive power, even if Boni shot Li Shou, he could save it.

But this time it seems that Li Shoulai did not need to make a save. Under Monreal's entanglement, Boni's shot went directly wide of the goal, and the African center's foot skills were also very average.

Swansea's counterattack is getting more and more fierce. Arsenal can only choose to foul in order to prevent Swansea's counterattack.

In 7 minutes, Cazorla brought down Carroll, and Arsenal received another yellow card. Seven minutes later, Chambers applied for another yellow card, so Arsenal already had four players with yellow cards.

But this is not over yet, No.705 minutes, Mertesacker got Arsenal's Chapter 5 yellow card in this game, and this time he also got a free kick in a very good position.

Although the distance from the goal is nearly 30 meters, it is still a very good opportunity for Swansea, because Sigurdsson is best at kicking free kicks at this distance.

When it comes to free kicks, Sigurdsson is definitely at the forefront of the Premier League, especially long-range free kicks. I am afraid that there are few in the Premier League that can compare with him. The nickname of Icelandic Sniper is not for nothing.

And then this free kick also proved Sigurdsson's strength, a ground-breaking free kick, powerful, fast, tricky angle, the ball flew to the goal with a small arc, and went straight to the dead corner of the goal.

"It's an absolute dead end, the upper left corner of the goal" Anyone who sees such a free kick can't help but applaud it.

"The ball~~~ didn't score~~Li~~Arsenal's goalkeeper actually blocked Sigurdsson's free kick." When the ball was about to cross the dead corner, a big hand blocked the ball.

"Li Shou~~~ He did it, and he actually threw Sigurdsson's absolutely dead corner free kick." The Swansea fans in the stands of the Liberty Stadium looked incredible at the moment, because no matter from which point of view, this should be a goal.

But even such a necessary free kick was blocked in the end.

"Li~~~ He once again saved Arsenal's goal with an incredible save." Andy Gray couldn't help but jumped up and cheered for Li Shou.

What are the principles of the narrator?Neutrality, but after Li Shou appeared, this principle seemed to be broken all of a sudden. This was not only the commentary from China, even Sky Sports' commentary could not escape Li Shou's charm.

On the sidelines, Wenger, who has always been elegant, couldn't help celebrating Li Shou's save, not to mention the Arsenal fans in the stands.

As for Sigurdsson, there was an indescribable astonishment on his face at the moment, because he felt that he could score a goal after taking this free kick. This feeling has been proved in previous games.

This was a huge blow to Sigurdson's confidence, and this blow also made Sigurdson completely invisible in the following time.

Li Shou's save not only saved Sigurdsson's almost inevitable free kick, but also dealt a huge blow to Sigurdsson himself, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

After Sigurdsson's must-have free kick was resolved by Li Shou, the Swansea coach made the first substitution of the game. French striker Gomis replaced Boni.

By the way, this is an old acquaintance of Li Shou. When Li Shou played for Monaco last season, he met Gomis who played for Lyon at the time.

Due to physical reasons, Lyon gave up the contract extension with Gomis, which allowed Swansea to take advantage and get the French striker for free, but Swansea also needs to bear a certain amount of striker.

In the past few years, Gomis has passed out for no reason several times, even in the hospital for similar reasons.

The game restarted, and Swansea's counterattack was still fierce, but Arsenal was not to be outdone. After Li Shou's miraculous pounce, Arsenal's morale was boosted. Under the ebb and flow, Arsenal also began to threaten Swansea's goal.

Ramsey splits to Sanchez, and the latter makes a diagonal pass from the flank. Welbeck's strong shot from inside the penalty area is blocked by Fabianski. Then Arsenal takes a tactical corner kick, and Ramsey's long shot is slightly higher.

Swansea counterattacked and Ramsey fouled again, which frightened Wenger on the sidelines. He was afraid that the referee would give Ramsey another yellow card, but in the end the referee did not do so.

Then Wenger decisively replaced Ramsey with Chamberlain, and 5 minutes later he replaced Flamini with Wilshere. Someone could be replaced in the midfield, but Arsenal had nothing to replace in the defense.

No.709 minutes, Gibson received another yellow card, so three of Arsenal's four defenders received a yellow card, and the rest of Monreal was still innocent.

But it didn't end there. In 84 minutes, Sanchez pulled back and took another one. Wenger also made the last substitution of the game. Walcott, who had been away from the game for nearly ten months due to a serious injury, replaced Sanchez.

At the moment of "Welcome back", there were huge cheers and applause from the stands of the Liberty Stadium.

Seriously injured for nearly ten months, this is an injury that almost destroyed a career for a player, and Walcott is even more tragic, because Walcott performed very well a season ago, and Arsenal is preparing to use Walcott as the core.

Let alone the core treatment now, whether Walcott can recover to before he was injured is a big problem. A serious injury like Walcott will affect his career. It is inevitable.

Wenger's substitution is naturally positive. Walcott's speed is a sharp weapon for counterattack, but with Walcott's current situation, this sharp weapon may not be able to exert its might.

This was also proved 3 minutes later, when Montero crossed from the side, Gomis and Monreal competed for the top, but they were shrouded in shadow before they took off, because Li Shou attacked.

Li Shou slapped the ball, and the ball came to Chamberlain's feet. The latter decisively sent a long pass. This should have been Arsenal's chance, but Walcott, who was injured for the first time, did not react.

Leaving aside whether Walcott can return to his peak, for the current Walcott, the most important thing is to find the rhythm of the game first.

(End of this chapter)