Chapter 286: The Gunner's Blitz
October 1st
7:45 p.m.
The Emirates Stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 people, was brightly lit and full of voices. More than 50,000 Arsenal fans wearing red jerseys and holding red scarves decorated the entire stand into a sea of red. E novel Ww┡W. 1XIAOSHUO. com
Arsenal fans in the Emirates Stadium's most loyal Zone 6 Stand held up a huge banner that read huge Arsenal Must Win.
field
Arsenal, wearing red and white jerseys, and Porto, wearing blue jerseys, are lined up on both sides of the pitch, waiting for the Swiss referee Busacca to blow the whistle to start the game.
He Hui, the commentator of CCTV Sports Channel, also came to the scene this time. He is introducing the lineup of both sides to the domestic fans with enthusiasm:
...Arsenal's lineup for the home team: 1-Almunia; 3-Sagna, 1o-Gallas, 5-Toure, 22-Clichy; 14-Walcott, 4-France Bregas, 15-De Nelson, 8-Nasri; 11-Van Persie, 25-Adebayor, this is a 442 formation, the main players except Ebrahimovic all play...
Porto lineup: 1-Helton; 21-Sapruna, 2-Alves, 14-Rolando, 13-Fucilet; 6-Lucho. Gonzalez, 1o-Gao Xiaodong, 25-Fernando, 16-Melleres, 12-Hulk; 9-Lisandro Lopez, but from the position point of view, Lu Qiao served as the midfielder, Gao Xiaodong, Fernando and Meireles play the defensive midfielder, this is a 4312 defensive formation...
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He Hui was introducing the players of both sides when the referee Busacca blew the whistle to start the game.
The first kick-off is the visiting team Porto.
Facing a strong opponent, Porto played very cautiously. After the kick-off, forward Hulk stopped before reaching the 30-meter zone of Arsenal. Only Lisandro pressed against Arsenal's back line location together.
At home, Arsenal, which desperately needed a victory, quickly pressed forward after the kick-off. The three lines pressed forward together, and the back line continued to advance until near the center circle before stopping.
Adebayor, known as the Little Monster, and Van Persie, known as Bergkamp II, are on Arsenal's striker line. They press the two central defenders of Porto, and Walcott and Nasri behind them are both fast. A technical midfielder who pressed Porto's two full-backs.
When Porto's full-back Fucilet passed the ball to Fernando,
Denilson had already flown over to grab Fernando close to him, preventing Fernando from turning around.
Arsenal's press is not a random press. When a player presses the player with the ball, the whole team is intercepting the player's exit point and forcing the opponent to open his feet.
Fernando couldn't find the point of the ball. In desperation, he could only pass it to Gao Xiaodong who was defended by Cesc Fabregas, hoping that Gao Xiaodong could use his strong body to control the ball.
What the hell! Sword Mountain Ball!
Gao Xiaodong often heard that Ying has a fast pace and strong physical confrontation. He also watched Ying's game, but when he played against Arsenal today, he realized how fast Ying's pace is. The ball just passed under the feet of three defenders. , Immediately there was no passing point, and there were people around him, but Fernando still passed it to himself.
Gao Xiaodong leaned towards Fabregas to block Fabregas from stopping the ball. Gao Xiaodong wanted to control the ball and wait for his teammates to run out of position.
But Fabregas dribbled the ball from the side and back and kicked Gao Xiaodong directly on the side of the ankle, kicking Gao Xiaodong staggeringly.
Just when Gao Xiaodong staggered, Van Persie had already chased after him, and he shoveled with the ball. The ball flew away, and Gao Xiaodong was also knocked to the ground by the shovel.
Gao Xiaodong originally thought that the referee would blow the whistle, but the referee Busaka was not far away, but he didn't seem to see it.
I wipe! This penalty scale! It's too loose.
Gao Xiaodong got up and hurried to chase, but the ball was quickly grabbed by Walcott, and then slanted towards the bottom line.
The left back Fu Xilai knew that Walcott was extremely fast, so he didn't dare to come over to intercept him, and stepped back directly to prevent Walcott from breaking through with his speed.
But Walcott was very confident in his speed. Seeing Fuxilai retreating, he still kept his speed and sprinted to the bottom line with the ball.
Fu Xilai was still close to ten meters away from the bottom line. Walcott had already arrived, and directly passed the ball to Fu Xilai.
Fu Xilai felt that the ball might go out of the baseline, so he turned around and chased it back without blocking it. However, in the space of ten meters, Walcott passed Fu Xilai from behind and passed the ball in before the ball went out of the baseline. out of the restricted area.
Arsenal's attack speed was too fast, Porto's defense was not in place, and the ball was passed into the penalty area.
Rolando's early interception missed the ball, and Van Persie in the middle had already arrived. He jumped to the top, but the ball was a little higher, and the ball hit the top of Van Persie's head and flew out of the baseline.
At this moment, the game has just passed a minute.
The Porto people gasped. The opponent's attack was very determined and extremely fast. This game must be extremely difficult.
goal kick
The opponent pressed too hard, and Porto goalkeeper Helton didn't dare to pass to the defender, so he drove forward with a big foot, looking for his striker Hulk.
Hulk also hopes to use his body to grab the landing point, but the defender Gallas, who defends him, is very experienced. His body sticks to Hulk, making Hulk unable to jump up. When the ball falls, Hulk tried to control the ball again, but now Denilson and Gallas were pinching him.
How could Hulk have the ability to take the ball under the defense of Gallas and Denilson, and the ball was snatched by Gallas in a blink of an eye.
As a defender, Gallas never sticks to the ball, he passes it to Cesc Fabregas immediately.
Gao Xiaodong saw the referee's law enforcement scale from Arsenal's steal in the first minute, and he also unceremoniously kicked Fabregas' leg receiving the ball.
As long as Cesc Fabregas dares to take the ball, Gao Xiaodong's foot will definitely kick him in the leg, because Gao Xiaodong is not running for the ball at all.
However, Cesc Fabregas, who was born in La Masia, is best at passing the ball. Before the ball is passed, he has already figured out several positions for the ball. He flew to Nasri on the sidewalk.
Fabregas' ball went out, Gao Xiaodong didn't stop his foot, and directly kicked Fabregas over, hoping to stop the opponent's attack.
But the referee Busaka also ignored and let the game continue.
Nasri dribbled the ball along the side to attack Sapruna, Fernando came to meet Sapruna, Nasri immediately dribbled the ball to the center, but Adebayor left the center and suddenly walked to the side.
This was a clever change of position. Adebayor's widening was beyond the expectations of Porto's defenders. Sapruna did not return to his position. Nasri decisively split the side. Adebayor went down and crossed the penalty area.
At this time, Porto's two central defenders, Rolando and Alves, had already deployed their defenses, and the three defensive midfielders also followed the forward Arsenal midfielder. In Arsenal's penalty area, only Van Persie, a forward, grabbed the spot, and his position was even higher than that of Roland. He fell one position behind, but when the ball flew, Van Persie made a strong drive from behind Rolando, rushed to the ground before Rolando and sent the ball into the net.
The position of Van Persie's shot was less than three meters away from the goal. The goalkeeper Helton couldn't react at all, he could only watch the ball fly from his side into the net.