Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 269

"Oh~~~ Almost~~~18 seconds into the game~~~ If it weren't for Li's concentration, Arsenal might have lost the ball." After the game started, Stoke City, which was playing at home, launched a surprise attack.

After Crouch rushed into the Arsenal's hinterland, Nzonzi sent a long pass to Crouch with a header. Diouf inserted at high speed, controlled Crouch's return pass and sent the ball into the penalty area.

Stoke City's attack was completely beyond the expectations of the Arsenal players. It only took more than ten seconds to add up. Therefore, when Crouch rushed into the penalty area, Arsenal's defense did not react.

This does not include Li Shou. When Diouf sent the ball into the penalty area, Li Shou had already abandoned the goal, so Crouch's final shot did not form.

"Li~~~ He saved Arsenal's goal again and secured the goal he was guarding." If Li Shou didn't attack to make a clearance, then Crouch would have a single-handed chance, and Arsenal would probably concede the goal within the first 20 seconds.

"Give me the focus!" Li Shou couldn't help but shouted at his teammates in front of him after he cleared the siege.

Arsenal's defense was also rotated in this game, Bellerin started, Chambers was brought down again in the middle to partner with Mertesacker, and Gibson returned on the left.

The midfielder is a combination of Flamini, Cazorla and Wilshere. Giroud replaced Welbeck on the striker, and Griezmann and Sanchez on both sides have not changed.

Although the surprise attack failed to achieve success, Stoke City did not stop their offensive pace because of this. Stoke City, who played at home, showed the momentum that home should have.

In the past 10 minutes, Stoke City completely suppressed Arsenal, and completed two shots in the next time. First, Bo Yang broke through Bellerin after receiving a pass from the wing and kicked the shot, which was directly confiscated by Li Shou.

In the 7th minute, Walters fired another long shot from outside the penalty area, but this long shot did not pose a threat to the goal, and Li Shou even stood still.

Arsenal's first shot was No. 11 minutes into the game. Bellerin, who started for the second time this season, sent a cross. Giroud's header from the penalty area overwhelmed the defender and was blocked by Begovic.

Then Arsenal did not reach the ball from the corner kick. Stoke City wanted to counterattack after clearing the siege. Bojan rushed to the side of the penalty area with the ball again, and this time Bojan chose to pass the ball to his teammate in the middle.

Barcelona did not pass the ball directly into the penalty area the day before yesterday, but crossed it to the line of the penalty area. Cameron made no adjustments and shot head-on, and the ball was slightly higher.

No.17 minutes, Arsenal ushered in the second shot of the game, from Sanchez's wing breakthrough, Giroud carried the defensive player in the penalty area and shot wide.

In 2 minutes, Crouch finally scored the first goal of the game. It was still a header or a cross, but this time Li Shou did not attack, and Crouch received a header from Bo Yang's pass before hitting the goal.

Since the start of the game, Bojan has been the most active player in the Stoke City team. Although the growth of this former Barcelona genius is disappointing, he still has strength.

However, this level of strength is obviously not enough to help Stoke City break through Arsenal's goal. Crouch's header was once again directly confiscated by Li Shou.

With a standard diving jump, he firmly controlled the ball with both hands. After getting up, Li Shou immediately passed the ball to Gibson, who found Cazorla.

Cazorla took a few steps and continued to send forward. Griezmann had already rushed to the middle. Unfortunately, Griezmann, who received a pass from Cazorla, failed to rush into the penalty area because he was brought down by the defender.

Arsenal got a chance for a free kick, Cazorla took the penalty, the ball went directly over the crossbar, and Arsenal scored again in the Stoke City penalty area in 3 minutes.

Gibson crossed from the wing, Wilshere inserted into the penalty area from behind, and then made a diving dive to the top to completely attack the goal, but the ball was finally blocked by Begovic.

As time passed, Arsenal gradually took the initiative in the game, and the number of shots began to overtake Stoke City, but in fact Arsenal did not create any truly threatening offense.

Instead, Stoke City once again created a great chance, Walters sent a low pass from the wing, the ball passed through the Arsenal defense crowd and came to the feet of Bojan, who at this time had no defenders around him.

What does this mean?On behalf of Arsenal, there is another fatal loophole in defense. Chambers is really not suitable to play as a central defender, but I don't know why Wenger likes to put Chambers in the middle so much.

Is it to save money again?

The unguarded Bojan kicked up immediately and pushed the ball straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

At the same time as Bo Yang pushed the shot, Li Shou on the goal line had also activated. He took a step with his right foot, and then kicked hard, flying sideways with his right arm extended.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOL~~~No~~~ Didn't go in~~~ Stoke City's shot was once again blocked by the Arsenal goalkeeper." The cheers in the stands of the Britannia Stadium were abruptly choked.

"Li Shou once again blocked Stoke City's shot with a wonderful save, and Arsenal escaped from death." A shot from an absolute blind spot was resolved by Li Shou.

Envy, seeing Li Shou's performance, the head coach of Stoke City has an indescribable envy for Wenger, because the head coach feels that if his team has a goalkeeper like Li Shou, then Stoke City can completely replace Arsenal in the standings.

But Mark Hughes is also very clear that it is impossible for Li Shou to join Stoke City. After all, in the past summer, Li Shou was chased by so many giants, let alone now, not to mention that Arsenal will not sell Li Shou. Even if Arsenal is willing to sell, Stoke City cannot afford it.

According to the latest report by the authoritative German "Kicker", Li Shou's current worth has reached 4000 million euros, and there is still no premium for this worth. According to the current situation in the transfer market, Li Shou's worth can at least increase by 2000 million, or even more, because Li Shou's performance is really outstanding.

Therefore, Mark Hughes and Stoke City are only envious, while Wenger on the other side is very happy. Even the reason why Arsenal has not yet decided on the signing of the central defender is because of the existence of Li Shou.

What about the center back pit?I can't stand the goalkeeper against the sky.

On the court, the game had already restarted, and Arsenal completed another wave of offense, but Arsenal's wave of offense still did not pose any threat, and Arsenal did not even pose a real threat throughout the first half.

This aroused Wenger's dissatisfaction, because before the end of the first half, Stoke City created another good chance to score. Crouch received a header from a cross in the front point and knocked back. Walters behind Crouch had no defensive players.

In the upper right corner, Walters and Bo Yang chose another completely different angle, and the quality of this shot is still very high. Unfortunately, no matter how high the quality is, it still cannot pass Li Shou's ten fingers. The big hands of both sides seem to be everywhere.

(End of this chapter)