Football King Bale

Chapter 81 A difficult second half

Bale's goal was a big blow to Arsenal, which caused them to feel a little distraught in the minutes after the game restarted.

This is the case for the Arsenal team. From head coach Wenger to most of the players, their mental attributes are not very strong, which leads to their frequent collapses. It was better when Vieira was here, but since Vieira left Highbury, Arsenal's performance in this regard has become worse and worse.

Tottenham, on the other hand, had a boost in morale because of Bale's goal. They took advantage of Arsenal's morale being severely damaged and the situation in disarray, and continued to attack Arsenal's goal, hoping to continue to expand the score, and created several shooting opportunities. However, Defoe's shot was blocked. Huddlestone received Bell's long-range corner kick outside the penalty area and missed it. Bentley's shot in front of the penalty area hit Clichy and was deflected by Almunia. None of them were able to score a goal.

Wenger reacted at this time. In the 52nd minute, Wenger replaced Sagna with little tiger Walcott and conveyed the order to counterattack to the team.

This substitution had an immediate effect.

Today's little tiger is really a tiger, and he looked very active after his appearance. His breakthrough on the wing brought Arsenal a chance to attack, but Eboue failed to grasp the shot.

Seeing his little friend doing whatever he wanted on the other side, Bell couldn't bear the loneliness. Seeing that Henry's possession was about to end, he decided to attack two more times.

Bell took advantage of his strong ability at the moment to form a breakthrough shot on Arsenal's right wing. However, Arsenal was already prepared for him. The defense on the left wing was very tight. Almunia was also highly focused on the goal kick. Bell's shot missed under the tight defense of Clichy and Sylvester.

In the 55th minute of the game, taking advantage of Henry's last chance, Bell once again made a breakthrough pass from the left, but Pavlyuchenko's shot in the penalty area was too straight and was blocked by the veteran Campbell.

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Bale, who has lost Henry's possession, continues to decline at this moment, causing his left wing to no longer be able to completely suppress Arsenal's right wing, and Tottenham's right wing was originally somewhat suppressed by Arsenal. In addition, Arsenal With strong control in the midfield, the situation on the field gradually fell into Arsenal's control.

Fortunately, Lao Lei had already made arrangements during the halftime break. He attacked fiercely for ten minutes at the beginning of the second half and then retreated across the board. Tottenham players all followed the tactical arrangement and entered a defensive state.

In fact, even if the Tottenham players are willing to attack at this moment, they are powerless under Arsenal's huge offensive pressure.

In the next ten minutes, Arsenal were under siege, completely suppressing Tottenham in the half and unable to even get past the midfield.

However, because Tottenham had already prepared, the whole team was united and defended their own defensive third zone, making Arsenal's offense just a futile attack.

If a Premier League relegation team adopts the iron barrel formation, it will be difficult for strong teams to score goals, let alone a strong team like Tottenham that adopts the iron barrel formation.

Tottenham's defense is among the top three in the Premier League this season, conceding only 31 goals in 32 games. Only Manchester United and Chelsea have stronger defenses than them.

In ten minutes, Arsenal took four shots, one was blocked, and the other three missed the goal.

In the 68th minute of the game, Tottenham and Arsenal completed substitutions at the same time. On Lao Lei's side, he saw that the team's defense was too passive, so he replaced Defoe with Gudjohnsen, who was already unable to run; while on Arsenal's side,

Arsene Wenger saw that Arsenal's offense was more thunderous than rainy, and thought it was due to the lack of players with strong finishing ability on the front line. He decided to play the last card in his hand: replacing Denilson with Robin van Persie.

Wenger's substitution can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Replacing Denilson, who has already received a yellow card, can be regarded as eliminating the crisis on the defensive line. Robin van Persie's appearance will greatly improve Arsenal's finishing ability.

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In less than 70 minutes of the game, all the substitutions in hand were used up, and Wenger really tried his best.

The Arsenal players naturally understood their boss's mood. They continued to besiege Tottenham's goal desperately, hoping to equalize the score as soon as possible.

However, this slightly impatient mood actually made them almost lose another goal. In the 72nd minute of the game, Bell took advantage of the overpressure of Arsenal's defense and played exquisite cooperation with Hector on the left, and then Hector formed a breakthrough.

When Hector was dribbling the ball forward quickly from the left, Gudjohnsen, who had just appeared in the middle, was also moving forward quickly.

Near the upper left corner of the penalty area, seeing that Arsenal's defensive players were about to trap him, Hector passed the ball.

The ball was passed by Hector with a curve ball towards the penalty spot. The forward Gudjohnsen may have run too hard just now. Gudjohnsen was a little confused at his feet and was unable to stop the ball and missed it. Shot opportunity.

The more than 30,000 Tottenham fans in the audience sighed with regret.

If this goal can be scored, Tottenham will really seal the victory.

Gudjohnsen was also filled with regret. He squatted on the ground and covered his face with his hands, not daring to look at his teammates on the field, let alone the fans on the sidelines.

Although Arsenal players were frightened by almost conceding another goal, they did not weaken their offensive power because of this. At this time, what they need is to score goals. If you can't score, even if you don't concede, it's of no use.

Arsenal continue to besiege Tottenham.

In the 77th minute, Arsenal passed the ball continuously in the middle, stretching Tottenham's defense. Then Nasri passed the ball, but Rosicky's long shot went too far without being defended.

In the 80th minute, Arsenal once again opened a gap in Tottenham's defense through continuous passes in the midfield. Van Persie quickly moved forward along this front line. At the same time, Diaby suddenly made an overhead pass. Hitting the ball behind Tottenham's defence.

Van Persie adjusted his steps while watching the incoming ball as he advanced. He stopped the ball with his chest very close to the penalty spot and then volleyed with his left foot.

This shot was very accurate and went straight into the blind corner, but Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez was very focused and flew to save Robin Van Persie's almost perfect shot.

The ball flew out of the goal and was caught by Rosicky. His shot in the arc of the penalty area was blocked by Huddlestone who rushed up. The ball hit Huddlestone and deflected out of the left post.

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Continuous attacks gave Arsenal momentum. Their attacks became more and more fierce, and Tottenham had to foul to stop Arsenal's attack. This cost Tottenham a lot. In the 84th minute, captain Dawson was given a yellow card for a foul on Diaby and gave Arsenal a well-positioned free kick.

This free kick is about 23 yards away from the goal, slightly to the right, and is very suitable for left-footed players.

Van Persie stepped up to the ball without hesitation, but his free kick shot was saved by Gomez. Then Nasri took a corner kick, and Campbell's header was saved by Gomez.

But this kind of completely passive defense could not be defended. In Arsenal's next attack, Tottenham's goal was still lost.

In the 85th minute of the game, just when Tottenham players and fans thought they could shut out their rivals in North London, Arsenal penetrated Tottenham's defense through a very exquisite combination and scored.

This time, Van Persie took the initiative to pull out of the penalty area and took away a large part of Tottenham's defensive strength. Then Van Persie suddenly passed the ball to the right, and the little tiger who quickly moved forward made a pass. The confident Bendtner was in On the line of the small penalty area, Walcott's excellent pass was swept into the Tottenham goal.

Allowing Arsenal to pull a goal back with only a few minutes left in the game was a huge disappointment to Tottenham. But it also gave them some relief.

Arsenal's offensive in the past ten minutes was so fierce that all Tottenham players were exhausted. Although the ball has been lost now, the players can stop and take a breath.

Bendtner, who scored the goal, was very excited and rushed to the corner flag area screaming, preparing to celebrate the goal. The Danish center has scored in the last three games and is in the spotlight.

However, before the confident emperor could run far, he was pulled back by Van Persie and scolded: "Do you have a brain?! There are only five minutes left in the game and we are still one goal behind!"

To celebrate a goal at this time is to help our rival Tottenham delay the game!

While Van Persie scolded Bendtner, Walcott rushed into the goal, snatched the ball from Gomez's arms, and then ran towards the center circle. Other Arsenal players also returned to their own half, waiting for the game to restart.

Bendtner felt a little unhappy after being yelled at by Van Persie, but he also knew that he was being unreasonable. Moreover, even if he went to the corner flag area to celebrate his goal, he probably wouldn't go with his teammates, which would be even more embarrassing.

In desperation, he could only return to the center circle with Robin van Persie with a dark face.

Arsenal's players were eager to get the game started again, but Tottenham's players didn't think so. Some of them walked slowly to the center circle, one was tying his shoelaces, another was adjusting his shin guards, etc. Anyway, they just didn't want to kick off the ball.

Arsenal players were very dissatisfied with this situation and complained to referee Clattenburg. But Clattenburg could only smile helplessly. With so many Tottenham players doing this, he couldn't show yellow cards to all Tottenham players, right?

Clattenburg had no choice but to call Tottenham captain Dawson over and ask him to urge the Tottenham players to kick off as soon as possible.

After more than a minute of tossing, when the game entered the 86th minute, Tottenham finally kicked off. However, they had no intention of passing the ball to the frontcourt, but kept passing the ball in the backcourt.

When the Arsenal players came to press, Hector, who was carrying the ball, took the opportunity to kick the ball at the Arsenal players and the ball went out of the sideline.

When Tottenham was about to take a side kick, Clattenburg's whistle sounded, and the fourth official on the sidelines made a substitution sign.

Amidst all these twists and turns, the last two minutes of the game and three minutes of overtime were consumed, and Tottenham succeeded in winning the game with a score of 2:1.

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