Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 409 The Desperate Crystal Palace

In the 5th minute, Monreal stepped in to attract the attention of the defensive players and sent the ball to Sanchez. The latter took the ball and sent a through pass. Giroud rushed into the penalty area.

This time, Giroud can shoot by himself, but Giroud seems to have not found his form. His shot actually sent the ball directly into McCarthy's arms.

But soon Arsenal came to the Crystal Palace penalty area again, and Sanchez still got the ball, but the previous two times were good, this time Sanchez chose to come by himself.

After receiving the pass, Sanchez made a fake move to trick the defensive player who came up to fight, rushed into the penalty area and kicked up a shot. The ball finally hit the side net.

Sanchez still hasn't changed his habit of hitting close corners. Of course, it's not a problem if the close corners go in, but in fact most of Sanchez's close corners are on the side net.

After three consecutive attacks, Crystal Palace finally blew the counterattack horn. Zaha broke through from the side and crossed Cabaye. The Frenchman shot a long shot head-on.

It is such a coincidence that in the first round of the league against West Ham United, I met Payette, a midfielder who played for Marseille, and now I met Cabaye who played for Paris Saint-Germain in the second round.

And there are many similarities between the two, for example, both have a very good free kick and long-range shots, and they can both serve as the core of the team's midfield.

Of course, there are similarities and there must be differences. For example, Payette has better skills at his feet and a stronger ability to attack with the ball, while Cabaye has a certain defensive ability and is better at controlling the team's offensive and defensive rhythm.

From the beginning to now, this game has played similarly to the previous round. Arsenal took the initiative to attack and had the upper hand. Crystal Palace is not without the ability to fight back.

But in fact, this game is very different from the previous one. When the game came to No. 15 minutes, Cazorla sent a direct pass from the left, and Griezmann immediately sent the ball into the penalty area after passing the ball from outside the penalty area.

Giroud carried Crystal Palace central defender Ward to control Griezmann's pass, and then pushed with one foot. Although McCarthy made the ball, he did not touch the ball.

"No~~~ It's the goal post again. Could it be that the situation in the last game is going to repeat itself?" McCarthy didn't touch the ball, but the ball didn't fly into the goal immediately, but hit the goal post again.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL~~~The ball went in~~~Arsenal didn't continue the bad luck of the previous game. Today's goddess of luck chose to stand on the side of Arsenal." Although they all hit the goal post, the result was completely opposite. The ball hit the goal post and bounced into the Crystal Palace goal.

"1:0~~~Arsenal scored the first goal of the game, and this is also Giroud's first league goal this season." Scoring a goal in 15 minutes has already explained everything.

After scoring the goal, Arsenal's morale was very strong, and it seemed that they were gaining momentum and completely securing the victory. After the game restarted, Crystal Palace was intercepted by Coquelin as soon as they crossed the half-time with the ball, and Arsenal turned from defense to offense.

After stealing the ball, the ball came to Ramsey's feet, but soon passed to Sanchez's feet, and this time Sanchez once again rushed into the Crystal Palace penalty area with the ball and completed the shot.

It's a pity that Giroud and Griezmann were a little slower. Although Sanchez's shot was saved by the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper did not directly control the ball.

In other words, McCarthy let go, and Griezmann had a good sense and rushed into the penalty area at the first time, but he was still a step behind Crystal Palace defender Ward, and the ball was cleared by him.

Then Koscielny hit the ball from a corner kick. The two central defenders of Crystal Palace were both 188 tall, while Koscielny was only 186. As a result, the four central defenders competed for the top and the shortest Koscielny hit the ball.

Arsenal played against Crystal Palace for nearly 10 minutes, but these 10 minutes did not help Arsenal expand their lead. On the contrary, after Arsenal was strong and unable to expand their advantage, Crystal Palace almost equalized the score.

No. In the 207th minute, Crystal Palace cut off the ball at Ramsey's feet in the backcourt, and immediately launched a counterattack. MacArthur made a long pass to Wickham, who beat Mertesacker to ferry the header.

Cabaye cut in at high speed, caught up with the ball and rushed to the Arsenal penalty area line. At this time, it was too late for Koscielny to block it. Cabaye, who was unguarded on the penalty area line, directly kicked a long shot.

"Beautiful~~~Dead corner~~~Absolutely dead corner" Cabaye's long shot was once famous in England, and the ball went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

"Li~~~Li~~~Li, the Arsenal goalkeeper stepped forward again." At the moment when the ball was about to cross the goal line and enter the goal, Li Shou's hand did not block the ball that was about to fly into the goal without any accident.

"Sure enough~~~ Lee's goal is safe no matter what kind of shot it faces." Cabaye's shot is 90.00% higher than that of any other goalkeeper, but he met Li Shou, a pervert who cannot be judged according to common sense.

Crystal Palace coach Pardew, who was already preparing to celebrate on the sidelines, returned to his seat cursing, while Wenger sat calmly on the other side.

Since the arrival of Li Shou, Arsenal's goals have been extremely solid, and after last season, Li Shou did not feel surprised by any saves made by Wenger, because he was used to it, and he would be surprised when Li Shou really conceded the ball that day.

Then silently complained, "This guy finally lost the ball."

To be honest, Li Yimo is under a lot of pressure on Wenger who does not concede the ball. He is deeply afraid that this is just a dream. After all, Li Shou's performance is too incredible, not like a normal person at all, and it has refreshed the world football's perception of goalkeepers.

Although Cabaye's almost inevitable long-range shot was resolved, Crystal Palace's offense was not over yet, and the subsequent corner kick threatened Arsenal's goal again.

Li Shou wanted to attack, but there were too many people fighting for the ball, so Li Shou could only give up the idea of ​​attacking. Crystal Palace defender Dan En got the ball, and this time he ran to the dead corner again.

It was almost another must-have goal, but the result was the same, and the moment the ball was about to fly into the goal, the hand that made the Crystal Palace people desperate appeared again.

It is definitely a huge blow for Crystal Palace to have two excellent shots saved by Li Shou in a row. After all, Crystal Palace cannot compare with Arsenal in terms of strength.

This ebb and flow, Arsenal once again grasped the advantage, and did not waste the opportunity, No. 301 minutes, Cazorla made a direct pass to Griezmann, who made a one-two with Giroud and rushed into the penalty area to complete a low shot.

"2:0~~~ Griezmann shot straight to the lower left corner of the goal" McCarthy is not Li Shou, the goalkeeper who transferred from Queens Park Rangers is just a substitute goalkeeper, the main goalkeeper Hencini was injured and he had a chance to start.

(End of this chapter)