knife guard

Chapter 989
Amidst the commentator's commentary, Arsenal and Manchester City players came out of the locker room. After exchanging team flags and badges, they observed a minute's silence for the death of former Manchester City hero Malcolm Ellison.Then they came to their own half to prepare for the game.

The first kick-off is the visiting team Arsenal.

Facing a strong opponent in the away game, Arsenal was not conservative at all. After striker Chamark returned a pass, Fabregas did not pass the ball back to Li Huan, who was serving as a central defender, but directly passed it to Nasri, who was pulling the ball. Charged forward by Nasri.

After Nasri broke through a midfield defensive player, he saw that Chamark ran out of position, and immediately raised his foot to pass a ball to Chamark.

Nasri saw that Chamark was in the crowd, and was worried that others would steal the ball. The speed of passing the ball was a bit fast. Chamark was also a bit aggressive. He was worried that Manchester City's defensive players would come up to steal, so he wanted to hit the volley directly at the front of the penalty area. As a result, he kicked out the part where the ball was not kicked, and the ball flew to Yaya.Toure's feet.

Yaya.Although Toure is in the position of doing rough work, he still has a good passing skill, otherwise he would not have occupied the main position in Barcelona that year. The ball at his feet is not good for the attacking Arsenal.Toure just looked up and passed the ball to the well-positioned Tevez.

Tevez quickly got rid of Julu on the right and then made a pass. David Silva threw off Alexander Song's shot from the edge of the penalty area. Li Huan correctly predicted the ball's route and blocked it with his foot. Silva Li Huan's shot hit Li Huan's leg and bounced in the direction opposite to the goalkeeper's position, brushing the goal post and flying out of the baseline.

"...Dangerous! Silva shot... Li Huan blocked it... Oh! Didn't go in! It's a pity..." The commentator, who was slowly introducing the game situation, became nervous stand up.

Seeing the ball fly out of the bottom line, there was a burst of exclamation and sighs from the stands. In less than a minute, both sides had an offensive, and they both hit the front of the opponent's penalty area, especially Silva's kick. Shoot, and if Manchester City are lucky, the goal goes in.

The game became very intense from the very beginning. The two sides not only opened up their offense, but also had a tough physical confrontation. Manchester City's midfielders De Jong, Barry, and Yaya Toure were all ruthless.Since Li Huan joined Arsenal, their style of play has become increasingly tough. Although there are still a lot of injuries, they will never shrink back. Therefore, their ability to control the midfield has become stronger than before.

Arsenal are obviously more adapted to the fast-paced game. The game had just gone on for less than 5 minutes. Under the pressure of Manchester City, Cesc Fabregas suddenly passed through Manchester City's defense with a through ball, sticking to the two sides of Manchester City. Chamark, a center back running, turned around and started to throw away Boyata, the last defender of Manchester City, and went straight to the penalty area.

Due to the injury of Manchester City's main central defender Kolo Toure in this game, Mancini sent Boyata, a young player who debuted in Brussels, Belgium, a product of Manchester City's proud youth training. An unstable factor in Manchester City's backcourt.After he was wiped by Chamark, he was extremely nervous and forgot the last person in his defense line. In desperation, he stretched out his feet from behind and tackled Chamark.

The scene was suddenly silent, only the sound of a few Arsenal fans shouting red cards, and a tense atmosphere filled the air.All eyes were on referee Clattenburg.

This is a penalty that determines the direction of the game!

Clattenburg didn't hesitate at all. The last defender tackled the single-handed striker, or from behind. There was only one result, and that was a red card. Still away.

Seeing the referee showing a red card, Manchester City players gathered around to beg for mercy. A red card sent off at the beginning of the game will put the team in a 10-on-11 situation for a long time, which undoubtedly consumes a lot of physical energy of the players. .Moreover, a free kick in this position is equivalent to a goal for Arsenal. It is impossible for Manchester City to give one goal at the beginning.

"Considering the excitement of this world-renowned game, this red card does not need to be awarded, and the free kick is already equivalent to a penalty. The referee should not be too rigid." The on-site commentator obviously favored the home team Manchester City.

The referee Clattenburg was unmoved and insisted on his red card penalty. The Manchester City players saw the referee's unkind expression, and they had the intention of giving them another yellow card, so they had to disperse angrily.

Boyata still wanted to argue, but the referee ignored him and pointed to the sidelines to signal him to leave quickly so as not to delay the game.The Belgian teenager was lucky to be able to participate in such a major event, and he was thinking of taking the opportunity to take the opportunity to top Kolo Toure, but there was an unforeseen situation, and he had to leave the court after only making the first defensive move.Boyata was extremely depressed, and when he walked off the court with his head down, tears could not help but slide down his cheeks.

Seeing this scene, the on-site commentator sighed: "Judging from the team's starting lineup, Mancini has almost ranked the team's strongest lineup. Defender Boyata's starting lineup. The game also proved that Mancini's personnel arrangement is questionable. Objectively speaking, Mancini did nothing wrong in promoting him, and there is nothing wrong with making him adapt to competing with high-level teams. But the problem is that Boyata's immature shoulders can't take on Manchester City's defense. He was sent off in 5 minutes. It can't be blamed on him. It can only be blamed on Mancini for not using Lesco in such an important game. This is a veteran player with rich experience. Of course, we don’t need to criticize this young player too much. After all, as a young player in the face of this kind of competition, nervousness is inevitable. What we are worried about now is whether this red card It will have a psychological shadow on the future development of this young player, after all, judging from the previous game performance, Boyata is definitely a piece of gold, what he needs is time."

Boyata's red card went down, and Manchester City's goalkeeper Hart still had a difficulty. Arsenal got a free kick at the front of the penalty area, and Hart had to accept the test of Xiao Li's flying knife.

The Manchester City fans at the scene began to pray for Hart, hoping that Hart could perform exceptionally well and save Li Huan's free kick, so that Manchester City, with 10 players, could not concede any more goals, otherwise this game would really be impossible to play.

Standing in front of the ball, Li Huan glanced sharply at the wall and the goalkeeper in front of him, and frowned. This ball is not easy to take as it is too close to the goal, but it is not like a penalty kick without a wall blocking it. After that, he can't fall down, and a vigorous volley may not be able to shoot through the wall.

Li Huan waved to Fabregas and Arshavin, and Fabregas and Arshavin walked over. After the three of them lowered their heads and muttered, Fabregas and Arshavin walked to both sides of the human wall.

Seeing this situation, Mancini immediately called the Manchester City players to send two people to keep an eye on these two people, so as not to let them play Zanetti's classic free kick in the 98 World Cup.

Li Huan saw Manchester City pull out two people from the crowd, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Referee Clattenburg's whistle blew.

Goalkeeper Hart has been playing for 12 minutes, and the team has one less player. Now he is guarding the last pass of the city stadium. His legs are slightly squatting, and he is ready to make a save.

At this time, Li Huan took out a banana ball lightly with his right foot, and the ball flew past the perimeter of the human wall and went straight to the opposite direction of Hart's position.

Li Huan's free kick went against the original weird and ferocious characteristics, and it appeared to be extremely agile. It flew across the side of the wall with extreme precision, and just hit the inside of the goalpost and bounced towards the goal.

Hart's saving speed is also very fast, but he still can't touch the ball before the ball hits the goalpost. Falling on the grass, Hart still didn't forget to look back, and the ball was already rolling in the net, like a naughty elf.

After Li Huan scored the goal, he quickly ran to the visiting team's stands, waving his arms to get them up to celebrate.

Arsenal fans jumped up early, they chanted Li Huan's name, waving the team flag and Li Huan's jersey in their hands.

At this time Arshavin ran towards Li Huan, squatted in front of Li Huan, and made a shoe-shine movement on one of Li Huan's feet.To Li Huan's right foot, the Tsar simply paid homage to him, and this shoe-shining action like a caddy fully expressed his respect for Li Huan.

The atmosphere in the stands became more enthusiastic, and the Arsenal fans imitated the shoe-shine action of the Russian tsar immediately.

Except for the visiting team stands, all the stands in the city stadium were dead silent. No one could say a word. Their expressions were all very bitter. Losing hope of winning at the beginning is a kind of torture for any fan.

The professor was already ready to cheer. He waved his fist excitedly, rushed to the scene, and shouted, "Good job! Well done!" The victory was established in just 5 minutes, which he never thought of before the game.At this time, the professor is particularly fond of the accidental nature of football.

Mancini's face was very ugly. Going to Boyata was his risk, and it was also his unexpected tactical arrangement, because the normal way is to go to Lescote, but now it proves that his risk is a stupid decision, very stupid.

But the current situation on the court can no longer allow him to regret and resent. He has to consider who to replace Boyata to fill the vacancy. Lescott doesn’t want to use him, because the two have already quarreled over Boyata. .Mancini thought about it quickly, and decided to withdraw Yaya Toure to play as a defender, instead of wasting a substitution early, and the team was behind, and it was obviously inappropriate to withdraw the forward and replace it with a defender.

(End of this chapter)