Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 345 Take Monaco ([-] in [-])

Monaco's offense is not over yet, and it can even be said that in the first 10 minutes, Monaco almost completely suppressed Arsenal.

Six shots in 10 minutes, an average of one shot in more than three minutes, this kind of data can be said to be quite terrifying, but none of these six shots can really break through the goal guarded by Li Shou.

Li Shou was also the busiest player in the first 10 minutes of the game. To be honest, Li Shou hadn't felt this kind of busyness for a long time.

In the first 10 minutes, Arsenal had only one poor shot, and it was a shot without any threat. It came from Cazorla's long shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball directly deviated from the goal.

10 minutes is like a hurdle. After 10 minutes, Monaco has to slow down its rhythm, because the physical fitness of the players is limited, and a game lasts for 90 minutes.

Although Monaco played very strong in the first 10 minutes, it also took a toll on physical fitness. Arsenal's strength may be ranked in the middle and lower reaches after the quarterfinals, but it is also higher than Monaco.

Moreover, Wenger's game itself was dominated by defensive control. Since Li Shou became the starting goalkeeper, Arsenal's tactics have undergone earth-shaking changes, and even Wenger has become a little wretched.

But this is also something that can't be helped. Arsenal's own strength is somewhat insufficient, and the core is a goalkeeper.

Monaco slowed down the pace, and Arsenal naturally wanted to win the ball. This is the Emirates Stadium, which is Arsenal's home court, but in the first 10 minutes, Arsenal were completely suppressed in the home game.

If the opponent of this game is replaced by Barcelona or Real Madrid, the Arsenal can still barely end, but the opponent of this game is Monaco, which is a bit unacceptable.

Therefore, if Monaco wants to slow down the rhythm, it must be steady. Arsenal agrees or disagrees. No. 203 minutes, Sanchez rushed into the penalty area with two people from the wing and shot slightly wide.

2 minutes later, Arsenal made a comeback, and Sanchez was still a wonderful personal breakthrough. This time, in order to prevent Sanchez and Monaco from choosing to foul, Arsenal got a free kick in a good position.

When Arsenal got this free kick opportunity, everyone focused on Li Shou. Although according to Li Shou's usual situation, he would not take the penalty at this point in time, but this game is different from ordinary games. The opponent is Monaco, Li Shou's old club, and Li Shou's first team in his career.

However, Li Shou still did not move in the end, which gave everyone a new understanding of Li Shou's restraint. Whether it was a peaceful breakup or an unpleasant fight, as long as he faced his old club, that player would definitely work hard.

So when faced with this kind of opportunity, most players would miss it, but Li Shou directly gave up this opportunity, and finally the free kick opportunity fell on the creator Sanchez.

The Chilean's free kick level is good, but it is definitely not comparable to Li Shou. Although Sanchez's shot was within the range of the goal frame, it was blocked by Subasic in the end.

Speaking of which, this game also has a special meaning for Subasic. Subasic was Monaco's main goalkeeper in Ligue [-]. After being promoted to Ligue [-], he was robbed by Li Shou. Although he is back in the starting lineup now, Monaco fans still miss Li Shou.

Subasic actually knew that he couldn't compare with Li Shou, but he knew that he was still a little uncomfortable, so facing Arsenal was an opportunity for Subasic, a chance to beat Li Shou.

In the following time, Subasic's performance was actually no worse than Li Shou's. Arsenal's consecutive shots failed to break through Subasic's ten fingers.

If Li Shou was the busiest player on the field in the first 10 minutes, then Subasic was the busiest player on the field in the next 10 minutes. The Croatian goalkeeper's performance was no worse than Li Shou's, or even better than Li Shou's.

No.308 minutes, Arsenal got a very wrong chance, Monreal made a pass from the wing, the ball was delivered to the goal, Griezmann carried the defensive player and shot from close range.

Subasic made a world-class save, Griezmann's shot from close at hand was saved by Subasic, and the corner kick was abandoned without giving Monaco any chance.

The first save of Subasic was very good, but the second save of Subasic was a bit impulsive. After all, not everyone can abandon the goal in a penalty area full of people.

Moreover, the timing of Subasic's attack this time was not good. The reason why he was able to completely clear the siege was more due to luck. In this regard, Subasic was incomparable with Li Shou.

Although Li Shou made many strikes, he was very precise in judging where the ball landed and the timing of his strikes. This was a matter of talent, and it was the advantage the system gave Li Shou that Subasic couldn't compare to.

Before the end of the first half, Arsenal and Monaco each completed another shot. Monaco also had a chance for a free kick. Coquelin brought down Moutinho and won a free kick 20 meters from the goal.

Moutinho took the penalty, and the quality of the free kick was very high. If it weren't for Li Shou's focus and quick response as always, Monaco might have scored.

The same Arsenal almost completely broke the goal. When the game entered stoppage time in the first half, Sanchez made another breakthrough from the side and passed back diagonally to the top of the arc in the middle. Cazorla made a long shot head-on.

This time Subasic did not touch the ball. Although he made a save, his hand was still very far away from the ball. Because of this distance, the ball did not fly into Monaco's goal but hit the post.

"Our tactics remained unchanged in the second half." Although Arsenal were suppressed at the beginning of the first half, when it comes to comparing the strength of the teams, Arsenal still has the advantage. This was proved in the following time.

So Arsenal didn't need to make any changes in the second half, and Wenger also believed that as long as they persisted, the final victory of this game would definitely belong to Arsenal, because Arsenal still has Li Shou's murderous spirit.

Li Shou did restrain himself in the first half, but Wenger knew that if Arsenal still failed to score in the second half, Li Shou would definitely stand up. After nearly half of the season, Wenger had figured out Li Shou.

Facing opportunities, Li Shou can restrain himself, but when the team is still unable to determine the outcome, he will take the initiative to take this responsibility on himself. This is a kind of responsibility, a kind of responsibility that core players should have.

As for Monaco, the best players were already on the field, and from what happened in the first half, Monaco didn't need to change anything.

There was no change in the personnel of the two sides, and the second half of the game seemed to be the same as at the beginning. Monaco began to attack in an all-round way.

But the result seemed to be a bit different from the opening. Arsenal was clearly prepared and took advantage of Monaco's full pressure to launch a wonderful counterattack.

In 3 minutes, Griezmann wanted to break through with the ball and was intercepted. Monaco immediately launched a counterattack. Kurzawa made a direct pass to find Moutinho, who immediately sent a long pass over the top to send the ball to the front of the penalty area.

Martial, New Henry's speed is his greatest weapon. Moutinho's long pass made full use of Martial's speed, but Moutinho seems to have forgotten that his former teammate has a more terrifying speed than Martial.

Li Shou attacked. After Moutinho sent a long pass, Li Shou decisively chose to abandon the goal, and then gave the ball to Cazorla in front of Martial.

Faced with Li Shou's header to clear the siege, Cazorla did not turn around. After stopping the ball in the chest, he hooked his toes backward. The ball flew past Kondogbia's header and flew into the Monaco half. At this time, Giroud had already retreated.

The header was ferried, and Giroud sent the ball to the side. Sanchez was already waiting there. Although Raj had immediately stepped forward to intercept, he did not stop Sanchez, and was even directly passed by Sanchez.

When the ball fell, Sanchez poked it lightly, and the ball flew directly past Raj, and then Sanchez followed suit with an explosion, but after Sanchez broke through Raj, only Subasic standing in front of the Monaco goal was left in front of him.

"Single-handed~~~This is Arsenal's opportunity~~~A wonderful counterattack cooperation." Li Shou attacked, Cazorla's back pass, and Giroud's header ferry, completed this series of passes without the ball ever falling to the ground.

"Sanchez ~~~ crossed the penalty area line."

"Subacic~~~Monaco goalkeeper rushes out."

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL~~~The goal is scored~~~Arsenal broke the deadlock and rewritten the score to 1:0."

"A wonderful counterattack~~~A wonderful cooperation~~~ Sanchez did not let his teammates create this one-handed opportunity for him." Facing the attacking Subasic, Sanchez calmly pushed and completely scored.

But the moment the ball crossed the goal line, the Emirates Stadium was completely ignited. At the same time, on the Monaco bench, the Monaco coach closed his eyes in pain, because he knew that this game of conceding the ball became extremely difficult.

Monaco did not have an advantage in the first place. The reason why they could be suppressed at the beginning was because they did the opposite. The reason why they continued to choose this tactic in the second half was more of a helpless choice.

Because he knows that if he is tortured by Arsenal like this, he will lose in the end. It is better to fight than to be tortured to death by Arsenal.

And this goal almost declared that Monaco lost the fight. Of course, losing the fight does not mean losing the normal game. As long as Monaco can score and score away goals, then this game will not count for Monaco.

So when the game restarted, Monaco played even crazier. Faced with the craziness of Monaco, Arsenal continued to choose to fight back.

In order to prevent Arsenal's counterattack, Monaco paid a heavy price. From the time Arsenal scored to the No. 70 minute of the game, Monaco paid a total of three yellow cards.

It was these three yellow cards that made Monaco stop their counterattack, because they knew very well that the score would not be 1:0 if this continued.

Monaco began to retreat in an all-round way, and the head coach of Monaco also began to replace the players with yellow cards. Thanks to Jardim's foresight, otherwise Arsenal could completely seal the victory in the first round.

However, even if the victory is not completely sealed, Arsenal's advantage is already very large. In the second half of the game No. 708 minutes, Arsenal rewritten the score to 2:0.

After Sanchez broke through from the wing and made a pass, Giroud chose to ferry the header when he was unable to attack the goal. Griezmann faced Giroud's header and volleyed to help the team expand its lead.

But when Subasic took the ball from his own goal for the second time, he had an unconcealable disappointment on his face, because he knew that he had completely lost the contest with Li Shou.

Also knowing that he has lost completely, there is also Monaco coach Jardim. With the Monaco lineup, it can be said that he has done a very good job to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

But even so, Jardim still feels unwilling, but the game is not really over. Although Monaco is 0:2 behind, don't forget that there is still a second round of competition, and the first round of the game is not over yet.

But in fact, Jardim knew that there would be no change in the first round. After Arsenal scored the second goal of the game, the morale of the Monaco players had fallen to the bottom.

So in the last ten minutes, the ball belongs to Arsenal, but Arsenal did not rely on the advantage of these ten minutes to continue to expand the score.

The role of the veteran, under the command of Carvalho, Monaco barely blocked Arsenal's attack, and finally the score on the field did not change again.

But even such a 2:0 is enough for Arsenal. After all, the most important task at home is not to concede a goal. Now Arsenal not only did not concede a goal, but also won the game with an advantage of two goals.

Many media even tasked Arsenal's 2:0 with Monaco's death sentence, because according to Arsenal's performance this season, even if it is a guest at the Louis II Stadium, Monaco may not be able to complete the counterattack, and even the biggest possibility is that Arsenal will score two more.

Well, there is no problem with 2:0 at all. Arsenal this season is definitely the team that wins the most games 2:0 in world football.

Although 2:0 is relatively perfect for Arsenal, it is not perfect for many fans and the media, because Li Shou, the protagonist, did not stab his old club.

Keeping the goal is the job of a goalkeeper, and Li Shou performed really well in this game. Monaco took quite a few shots in one game. There were a total of [-] shots, most of which were within the range of the goal frame, but all of them were saved by Li Shou.

But this is not what the media want to see. What they want to see most is Li Shou taking a free kick. Li Shou scored the goal. Unfortunately, Arsenal's wonderful counterattack in the second half killed this possibility.

With Li Shou's restraint and pursuit of winning and losing, let alone free kicks after his team has gained an advantage, he will not leave his goal even if he is given a penalty kick.

Li Shou certainly doesn't care what the media thinks. What Li Shou really cares about is that the team won the game and that he didn't concede a goal. After winning Monaco 2-0, Li Shou has reached 9 games without conceding a goal, which is a step closer to Lehmann's record of not conceding a goal in the Champions League.

(End of this chapter)