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Chapter 185 An Accident, Also a Surprise

After the goal, Ranieri showed a rare look of excitement and hugged assistant coach Craig.

In the previous fight against Wenger, he only won once, and the media did not favor him before the game, thinking that he would definitely lose miserably.

But judging from the short ten minutes, the adjustment of the lineup has changed significantly.

The defense is more stable, the ball has more possessions, and there are more opportunities.

Moreover, the movement of the frontcourt players was flexible and the cooperation was very tacit. This goal was definitely not luck or accident.

The home fans cheered, what a wonderful thing it is to lead the Premier League giants Arsenal at home.

Wenger did not blame anyone on the field for this conceded goal.

As a world famous coach, he knew very well that this was a tactical victory for Ranieri's team.

He walked slowly to the sidelines, directed the players in the midfielder, and strengthened the marking of Mahrez.

Leicester City's offenses so far have all been initiated by him on both flanks.

Only by restricting his activities here and reducing his threat can the opponent's threat be effectively limited.

In the 15th minute, Leicester City handed the ball to Mahrez again, and this time Flamini immediately stepped forward to press the defense.

Under strict defense, Mahrez wanted to pass the ball to transition, but remembered what the coach ordered in his mind.

Be confident and dare to break through the opponent's defense instead of thinking of passing the ball immediately.

That's what Ranieri expects of him.

Flamini is not a traditional defensive midfielder, his physical fitness is average, and his steals are not fierce enough.

His advantage is in predicting the line of the ball and being able to form an interception in the first place.

Coupled with diligent running, it can also make up for its own shortcomings.

If he is on the wing now, Mahrez has the confidence to use his personal ability to break through his defense.

But now he is in the opponent's ribs, and he will be double-teamed by many opponents at any time. He must complete the breakthrough in the most direct and fastest way.

But as soon as Mahrez was about to start horizontally, and the moment he moved the ball with his left foot, Flamini used a sideways sliding tackle to bring the ball down.

The sudden tackle caught Mahrez, who was shifting his center of gravity, off guard, and his body fell down, pressing on Flamini.

The referee did not stop the game, there is no problem with this tackle.

After Mahrez lost the ball, he hurriedly stood up, but Flamini under him fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Rossi raised his right hand and pushed the ball out of the sideline regardless of his offensive advantage.

The referee also noticed the unexpected situation on the field, stopped the game, and hurriedly stepped forward to check.

Flamini clutched his thigh with a distorted expression. The referee signaled the team doctor to come on the field and deal with the injured player urgently.

Diagnosed by his teammates, Flamini had a thigh muscle strain and was unable to continue the game. Wenger could only use Arteta to replace him.

Arteta was born in the Barcelona youth training system, with his own pass and control attributes, and he has a good long-range shot.

After joining Arsenal, because Alexander Song, who was in the midfielder position, left the team, he was pushed to the midfielder position, took on the defensive task, and sacrificed his offensive talent.

Compared with Flamini, he is more aggressive defensively, and his excellent awareness helps him to have accurate predictions when he tackles the ball.

After the game resumed, Arsenal returned the ball to Leicester City.

The addition of Arteta has strengthened the hardness of Arsenal's midfielder.

In the 18th minute, it was because of his steal that he took the ball away from Mahrez. After looking up, he directly found Sanchez on the left.

When Mahrez loses the ball in this position, the opponent's counterattack will immediately form a 4v5 situation.

Sanchez dribbled the ball along the wing, Kanter made up for the first time, and the full-back de la El also moved closer to the ball, forming a double-team.

XXX moved from the middle to meet Sanchez, and at the first time, handed over to Cazorla who plugged in later.

The speed of Arsenal's offensive and defensive transformation is fully demonstrated at this moment.

A horizontal pass not only pushed the ball across the opponent's half, but also increased the number of players from the original 4 to 5.

In this way, the number of people in Leicester City is the same.

Albrighton came from the wing to defend.

When Kanter and Drinkwater had no time to return to the defense, he had to give up the wing defense.

The consequence of this is that once the ball is distributed to the wing, Schlupp will face a 1v2 unfavorable situation.

If Albright does not defend, central defender Morgan must step forward to intercept.

Then Walcott, who is on the front line, has the opportunity to insert the space behind Morgan.

But Cazorla did not choose to split the side, but went straight to Walcott at the front.

This is absolute trust in the speed and personal ability of teammates.

At the same time, it also despised the central defender combination composed of Huth and Morgan.

Walcott turned sideways to meet the ball, and at the moment of contact, picked the ball through the gap between the two central defenders.

And he himself also used his speed to get past the double-teaming of the two.

The double-teaming of Morgan and Huth was a step late, and Walcott staggered past.

[Single-handed, Walcott is single-handed! 】

[Schumeichel strikes! 】

[Walcott shoots!]

【Shoot! 】

[This ball is here! GOAL! ! ! ! 】

[Arsenal equalizes the score! 】

Morgan and Huth, who were chasing back, didn't even touch the corner of Walter's clothes, and could only look at the ball and sigh.

When Walcott debuted, he was placed with high expectations by England

His appearance even made McLaren, the head coach of the national team at the time, give up the former captain Beckham.

But suffering from repeated injuries, the England winger did not realize his talent.

But a healthy Walcott definitely deserves the nickname "little tiger".

After the equaliser, Arsenal seemed to have found their rhythm of the game, and the players recovered, organizing effective passes in midfield.

After Arteta joined, the team switched offense and defense very quickly, and was able to take advantage of the sudden acceleration of the rhythm to catch opponents off guard.

In the 33rd minute, Arsenal took the ball in the middle, and XXX was in charge of scheduling from left to right, tearing up the defense, forcing Drinkwater to foul and getting a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

In the absence of a high enough point, Arsenal's offensive players were all pressed outside the penalty area.

XXX took the set kick and the ball flew to the middle.

But here, Arsenal's central offensive players couldn't get in at all under the opponent's tight defense.

Just when the Leicester City players thought the ball would be confiscated by goalkeeper Schmeichel, a figure slanted into the middle from the back point, accurately grabbed the landing point, and rushed to the top to score.

All this happened too suddenly, the defender and goalkeeper of Leicester City, before seeing the offensive player clearly, the ball was pushed into the lower right corner of the goal by him.

[GOAL! ! ! ! 】

[Arsenal overtook! 】

[From Sanchez, the offense of San's thigh. 】

[Leicester City is in the middle, and there is no one defending. 】

[Sanchez's running position is too thief.From the back, he used an arc running position to deceive everyone. 】

[Leicester City, for their carelessness, paid the price of conceding the ball. 】

This time, Ranieri was angry.

He blamed the wide players off the court, why he didn't guard against Sanchez's advance to grab points.

This is a major defensive error!

Conceding goals in a row put Leicester City into a brief downturn.

In the next 10 minutes, Arsenal stormed towards the opponent's side.

If Leicester City shifts its defensive focus to the wing, Arsenal will use the team's super passing to quickly pass the ball to the weak side, or attack towards the wing.

The two wings of Leicester City were crushed without temper. Kanter and Drinkwater were tired of defending and could not organize an effective offense at all.

Ranieri and even Rossi retreated to help the midfield stabilize the defense and survive the first half safely.

Although the score of 1:2 was expected by the fans, the one-sided situation on the field made Ranieri frown.

This result is beyond Wenger's expectations.

Flamini's injury, he is also worried that premature adjustment will cause instability in the unexpected situation in the following games.

But two goals made him dispel this concern.

(End of this chapter)