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Chapter 215 The Sad Mendieta (Part [-])
Of course, no one hates victory. Henry and Ibrahimovic, who have already scored a goal, are looking forward to breaking through the Blue Eagles again. They haven't scored enough goals yet.

Sure enough, as Shao Bo expected, Lazio, which has a strong offensive ability, is not reconciled to being defeated by Arsenal at home, especially when they have already gained the lead but were overtaken in the end.

The Lazio players who had rested were particularly aggressive. Fortunately, Shao Bo was also prepared. Although the game was very tiring, he still reduced the rest time of the players and played early to warm up and recover.

The game against Lazio cannot be negligent. In order to maintain the best state, they would rather sacrifice a little physical fitness to avoid being equalized by Lazio at the beginning of the second half.

Mendieta's state returned to its peak after being adjusted during the intermission. Although he wasted a few single-handed opportunities in the first half, now he just wants to make up for the mistakes he made before as soon as possible.

Although Shao Bo has made preparations in advance, the gate of Arsenal is still like a small boat in the majestic wind and rain. At some point, the boat will capsize and people will die.

After stealing the ball from the backcourt, Nedved made an assist and passed the ball to Mendieta, who was in the best position. Victory, he still obeyed Eriksson's arrangement.

Campbell saw that the situation was not good and quickly made a tactical foul, which did not give Lazio a chance to score at the beginning of the game.

Only 1 minute later, Veron attracted the defense and made a direct pass. Stankovic dribbled the ball and was pinched by Arsenal.The result of being omnipotent is that everything is mediocre. Stankovic is still more threatening with long shots, and Mendieta should still be handed over to dribbling and breaking through.

But although Arsenal were well prepared, the pressure from Lazio was too great. Vieira passed back from the backcourt and David Seaman missed the pass under pressure, thanks to Inzaghi's reaction to the ball. bottom line.

It is not that Arsenal have no chance to counterattack. After getting the goal kick this time, they are ready to hit Lazio's gate.

Otherwise, if the opponent keeps bombarding and attacking violently, the defensive pressure on oneself will be too great.

This is what Shao Bo said during the intermission. They want to launch a threatening counterattack. Even if they can't score, they will startle their opponents in cold sweat and make them have concerns when attacking.

Since they dare not attack with all their strength, Arsenal's defensive pressure will be resolved a lot invisibly.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic got the ball from 25 yards and rubbed it, and the ball flew straight out of the baseline.After another 2 minutes, Arsenal intercepted a long pass from the backcourt, Nesta attacked and kicked the ball away in front of Henry.

Soon, Pires and his teammates kicked into the penalty area with a kick against the wall. After attracting the defense, they chose to hit horizontally. The Lazio players blocked the ball in time.

Henry waved his arm violently on the sidelines - he almost could receive a pass from his teammate.

According to this position, he has the confidence to penetrate Peruzzi's ten fingers and score twice!

It's a pity that the ball didn't reach his feet. Even if someone crossed the goal line, it couldn't be counted as a goal.

For a while, Arsenal started a crazy counterattack, and Lazio, who had a lot of defense problems, was out of breath.

However, after several fruitless attacks, they retreated quickly again so as not to give their opponents too many opportunities to attack.

Sly boy!
Eriksson just took advantage of a dead ball and called Veron to tell the team to change tactics. Unexpectedly, Arsenal also took this opportunity to recover their formation and stabilize their defense again!
It wouldn't be so stupid to fight against Lazio.

Shao Bo smiled, turned around and returned to his seat. Judging from the current trend, Arsenal has a great chance of winning!
But just as he turned around, Lazio followed the request of head coach Eriksson and started the onslaught again!

Compared with Schalke 04, their offensive line is much higher. Eriksson watched the last match between Schalke 04 and Arsenal.There was no problem with their style of play at the time, it was just a burst of onslaught that failed to score a goal.

Eriksson, who is confident that he can finish off Schalke 04 with his lineup, also took advantage of this period of time to look forward to scoring goals as soon as possible and equalizing the score.

Under Lazio's second wave of fanatical offensive in the second half, the most prominent player was the Czech iron man Pavel Nedved.

With a wonderful pass from his heel, Crespo dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and a hesitant shot was blocked by David Seaman.

After that, taking advantage of Hyypia's header error, Nedved immediately chose a through pass, and Inzaghi got rid of the low shot from the right wing and went out.And the organizer of their next attack is still the Czechs. After stealing the frontcourt, they chose to pass it to Stankovic. The latter made a strong long shot and the goalkeeper fell to the ground to get the ball.

Only 1 minute later, Callejon Veron made a pass from the outside of the penalty area, and Crespo volleyed higher from a small angle.This shot also marked the end of Lazio's attack during this period.

During this offensive period, the Spanish player Mendieta has been in a state of stealth, occasionally dribbling the ball, and quickly lost the ball in the double-teaming of several people.

He also wasted an over-the-top pass from his teammate. Although Mendieta accelerated to throw off the defender that time, when facing the attacking David Seaman, he lobbed too high and the ball flew over the goal.

After half a year of adaptation period, he still failed to integrate into this team. It has to be said that the transfer fee of nearly 5000 million euros was basically in vain.

Eriksson, who had been expecting to bring changes to the team, couldn't sit still, but he still persisted and did not replace Mendieta.Instead, he chose to replace Simeone and put on Favalli.

Although Simeone's performance is not outstanding, he has always played an indelible role in defense.

The substitution this time directly affected the connection between their midfield and backcourt, giving Arsenal an opportunity to take advantage of it!

Pires and Zlatan Ibrahimovic kicked into the wall again, turned and volleyed in the penalty area, and the ball flew into the dead corner on the right, 3:1!

Arsenal extended their lead.

As soon as Simeone was substituted, Arsenal took the lead. This was an ending that no one could have imagined.

This made Eriksson lose face, and Craniotti, who was sitting in the box watching the game, was also pale, and disappeared temporarily under the pretext of going to the toilet.

Mendieta, whom everyone was looking forward to, not only did not become the savior, but became the culprit of conceding the ball this time.

If he didn't insist on dribbling the ball, but chose to pass the ball to his teammates, I am afraid that even if he lost the ball this time, everyone would not talk about the reason.

Although Favalli who just played seems to be more responsible, more fans seem to blame Mendieta for the loss of the ball this time.

However, after the goal this time, Arsenal also made substitution adjustments again.

Campbell received a yellow card, and Shao Bo was afraid that if he went on like this, the defensive backbone would receive another God of War card, so he simply replaced him with Rio Ferdinand, who is more physically fit.

However, Arsenal had just changed players, and the same tragedy as Lazio happened-Nedved broke through the defense and scored the ball with a strong shot.

2:3!Lazio save a point!
Nedved, who was once criticized by the head coach of Sparta Prague as: "This kid will be able to enter the first division in the future, and it is not bad to enter the bench", can now become one of the pillars of Lazio, relying on his spare no effort. The running, the diligence on the training ground.

It is a pity that Ljungberg, who can also run as hard as he can on the court, has also been replaced and cannot be compared with Nedved: In the same game, these two "runners" are more powerful in the Czech Iron Man, or Swedish brawny are more durable.

Lazio, who was about to equalize the score, greatly increased their confidence and boosted their morale.Even Craniotti, who had slipped into the toilet, returned to the box, happily talking about the goal just now, slapped his thigh and regretted not seeing the live broadcast just now, so he could only watch the replay of the goal on the small TV in the box.

But although Lazio scored a goal, this goal has little to do with Mendieta.

He neither attracted the attention of several defensive players, nor participated in the offense.Mendieta, who was almost invisible, watched his teammates score another goal, and heard that the cheers were not directed at him, so he could only smile bitterly, and walked back to the half in silence.

The commentator noticed this, and instead of rushing to celebrate with Nedved, Mendieta walked back to his own half alone.

"There is discord in the Lazio team. Is there any friction between Mendieta and Nedved?"

This is the answer everyone wants to know.

Although they conceded another goal, Arsenal still maintain the lead now, and their pressure is actually no greater than that of their opponents.

Moreover, shortly after losing the goal this time, there was another major positive event, which indicated that Arsenal could win the game.

That is a yellow card for Mendieta!
After Lazio broke the goal, it rekindled its confidence in winning again, and the attack was impressive.

Crespo waded past Ashley Cole and then made a pass from the bottom. Unfortunately, Mendieta's forward point shot failed to touch the ball, and the ball flew out of the touchline.

Then it was Arsenal's turn to attack,
Pires took the ball from the left wing, and Henry made a sideways volley and kicked it wide.

Facing the slightly weaker Peruzzi, hitting the far corner is always the best choice, but if you use too much force, you will pass the gate.

Then in Lazio's offense, Mendieta was intercepted by Vieira and lost the ball again.

Because in this game that was approaching the end, Mendieta made mistakes constantly, and he himself felt the heaviness like the air turning into iron.In desperation, Mendieta pushed Vieira and pushed the latter down.

For this foul, he received a second yellow card and was sent off.

(End of this chapter)