Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter One Hundred Intermission (The third one, ask for a monthly pass)

"Oh, hero...hero——!!! Beautiful! He went in! Stabbed... the goal! The goal! A wonderful goal! A wonderful game!"

"The hero scored again. He challenged Van Persie! The fight between these two people is really fierce!"

With the voice of the narrator, the TV broadcast gave Van Persie a short close-up.

In the lens, Van Persie stared into the distance solemnly. No one knows where he is looking.

In fact, he was watching Chen Yingxiong.

Good opponent, but I am not bad either!

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Before the end of the first half, no more goals were scored. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 2:1.

Chen Yingxiong was obviously the best player in the first half, so the televised footage always followed him. The narrator was eloquently explaining to the audience how powerful Chen Yingxiong was.

"In the contest with Van Persie, he currently has the upper hand temporarily. In this game, he scored two goals, while Van Persie only scored one... Chen Yingxiong is a supernova that is rapidly rising in today's football. As a person, he is not very much. A common center with a strong impact. He not only has physical fitness, but also has a header. His skills under his feet have also improved rapidly. When he first debuted, he knew nothing but headers. Later, he gradually mastered long shots and grabs. Now he has reached a level above the level of excellence... Chen Yingxiong may be the most improved player I have ever seen... There are many people who are star-studded as soon as they debut, but after a few years everyone You will find that their level has not improved, and even regressed, but Chen Yingxiong is different... such a player has a boundless future!"

"I think if he can win more championships, he can become a superstar like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo!"

"If he hadn't been in Liverpool... he might have accomplished this goal sooner..."

The narrator still felt that Chen Yingxiong's transfer to Liverpool was a secret vote. What a pity.

Dalglish praised the team's performance during the intermission. Liverpool's performance in the first half is indeed worthy of praise, because Liverpool has dared not to play a hearty game for a long time. Of course there were times when they performed well before, but it is still rare to have an advantage like today. Arsenal’s goal was just an accident. In the other 99% of the time, Liverpool held Arsenal down. Na was playing, they got a lot of opportunities, Chen Yingxiong caught two of them and took the lead.

Dalglish is very satisfied with the team's performance, as long as the team can maintain this state, there is still some hope this season.

He was actually worried after he won the League Cup. I'm afraid that the team will relax after completing the goal of "going into the European game next season". They have won the League Cup and are eligible to participate in the Europa League next season. This is considered to be the completion of this season's mission.

But judging from this first half, the players have not slackened yet.

The biggest problem for Liverpool this season is that they are not stable enough. They can beat Manchester City at the top of the list 4:3 at home, or lose 0:1 at home to newly promoted horses like the Queens Park Rangers. The league played 25 games, ten wins, seven draws and eight losses, and the difference between wins and losses was not big.

Dalglish has never been able to solve this problem. He can only hope that the League Cup can boost the morale of the players and make the team perform more stable in the next half of the season...

In the Arsenal dressing room, the players were disappointed with their performance in the first half, even Van Persie who scored one goal. He felt that he should score a few more goals to help the team get rid of this. Dilemma.

Wenger can see the frustration in the players' hearts. This is the most terrifying emotion. If it is allowed to spread, it will cause irreversible consequences.

So what he should do first is not to adjust his tactics, but to regain the confidence in everyone's hearts.

"The opponents did perform better in the first half. We were not as good as them. But we still had a goal and we were only one goal behind them. What does this mean? It means that we are not as bad as we thought." Wenger Tan Open hand.

"It doesn't matter if you are behind by one goal now. You just have to think about how we won in the past few games. We were led by Sunderland and then by Tottenham. But who won the ball in the end? It's us, it's Arsenal."

Wenger was not impassioned when he said this, but the confidence of many players has been restored. Because of the facts Wenger said, facts are the most powerful, and there is no need to use exaggerated movements and tone to enhance the effect.

In the twenty-fifth round of the league, Arsenal challenged Sunderland away and launched a counterattack after conceding a goal. Finally, in the 90th minute, Henry, who was back on loan from a short-term loan, helped the team to kill the black cats. reverse.

Not to mention playing Tottenham, it is simply a classic among the classics. They were already two goals behind in thirty-four minutes. No one believed that they could win, because Tottenham’s momentum seemed so good... But a miracle happened, and Arsenal chased afterwards. Five goals finally won the North London Derby at home with a score of 5:2!

After these two games are at the bottom, what else is terrible about the Arsenal players?

It's just another reversal!

Wenger watched the players' expressions and eyes changed. He knew that his goal had been achieved.

This is the Arsenal he hopes to see, and what Arsenal in rejuvenation needs is this kind of unconvinced spirit.

He is very happy that he rented the legendary Henry of the former team from the New York Red Bulls during the winter break.

Henry played only two months in the team, but he brought back the long-lost spirit of Arsenal.

That is a kind of iron spirit that will never give up until the last second!

Arsenal have not had a championship for so many years. Is the team not strong enough? Or do players get injured frequently? Or is the level of the head coach limited?

Wenger didn't think so, he felt that it was actually a short breath, which was a spirit of iron and blood.

The team reversed continuously, this is the revival of the iron spirit. As long as the team can completely regain this spirit, Wenger believes that Arsenal will return to the top sooner or later!

After reinvigorating the morale of the players, it is time to start arranging the adjustments in the second half.

Many people always think of substitutions when they talk about adjustments, but in fact, tactical adjustments are not as simple as substitutions.

Wenger first nodded Song's name, and he asked Song to strengthen his through game in the second half.

Although Song's positional sense is not strong and his defense needs to be improved, his through ball is still quite threatening. You know, Song's number of successful through passes is the most in the Premier League.

He can see that without Gerrard, Liverpool's midfield control ability is significantly reduced. Charlie Adam is not as experienced as Gerrard, and his way of handling the ball is still too single-only splitting sides, so it is easier to defend. And his technique is relatively rough, which is also a weakness.

After Lucas was injured, Henderson was able to remain in Liverpool's starting lineup.

But maybe it was the first half of the season that he had been allowed to play as a winger, resulting in a loss of state and confidence, so his state was also fluctuating.

There is a big problem with Liverpool's midfield combination. In Wenger's view, although Liverpool played well in the first half, it does not mean that they have no hidden dangers. It just depends on whether their team can seize the opportunity. Liverpool's offense is very sharp, but it is all the credit of Chen Yingxiong and Suarez, and has little to do with their two midfielders.

Let Song increase the number of through-stops, just to create a lore for Van Persie.

He knows that Van Persie is in good condition. As long as the football can be successfully passed to Van Persie's feet, no matter how small the angle is, he can shoot the football into the opponent's goal.

Liverpool’s Henderson and Charlie Adam’s defensive midfielder combination is problematic. As long as this can be used, Arsenal will have a chance to complete the Jedi counterattack in the second half.

As for how to defend Chen Yingxiong... he comforted Koscielny. Koscielny was defeated in the heads-up with Chen Yingxiong, which was actually expected by Wenger. He said before the game that he already had a way to deal with Chen Yingxiong, but it was just a bluff.

In fact, his way to deal with Chen Yingxiong is not to deal with it. He is betting on two shooters, and Van Persie is in a better state than Chen Yingxiong!

Yes, the competition in this game is not who loses fewer goals, but who scores more goals!

Just behind Arsenal, after Mertesacker was injured, he really couldn't think of how he could deal with Chen Yingxiong. So he took a different approach and didn't think about the problem at all, but instead focused on how to break through Liverpool's door. With the absence of Gerrard and Lucas, Liverpool’s midfield barrier has become fragile, while Scotter and Agger are both tall, but slow-turning central defenders. Van Persie has the speed and flexibility to deal with these two. A tall central defender is just right.

From the first half, Van Persie was in good condition, Wenger was relieved.

He turned his head and glanced at Van Persie. Found that Van Persie's expression was serious. He knew it was because he was aroused by Chen Yingxiong.

Although Chen Yingxiong is very powerful, but our Van Persie is not weak!

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In the second half of the game, neither side made any changes in personnel, so everyone thought that the game would develop like the first half...

Charlie Adam continued to obliquely pass to Bellamy or Adam Johnson after taking the ball. Arsenal strengthened the defense on the wing, so Bellamy and Adam Johnson could no longer receive as pressurelessly as they did in the first half. The ball is in control.

As for the other defensive midfielder Henderson, he looks like he came from soy sauce, with a pitiful number of passes and no contribution to defense.

Wenger is on the sidelines with his hands around his chest, he has seen hope.

Then he cast his sights on Van Persie.

It's up to you, Robin.