The Midfield Master

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No one thought that Ozil, who has always been ridiculed as only passing the ball and not shooting, would choose to shoot by himself when other teammates had better opportunities.

And still choose an unexpected lob.

Martinez didn't think about it, the commentators who explained the game didn't think about it, Howard didn't think about it, and neither did the Everton fans. Even Arsenal fans did not expect that Ozil would choose to shoot.

But a second later, the Arsenal fans were on their seats, jumping and cheering.

"Ozil's lob shot! It's a very wonderful shot, even Howard, who played bravely today, can't do anything!" Zhan Jun's excited voice, accompanied by the scene of the game, made people feel excited. Of course this is for Arsenal fans.

After Ozil's goal, the entire Wembley Stadium, most of the stands were boiling. On the other side it was eerily silent.

In the stands near the fans of both sides, Arsenal fans kept provoking Everton fans. Some excited Everton fans wanted to jump over the fence and fight those Arsenal fans, but they were stopped by the stadium security.

Xia Ze looked at Ozil and the others celebrating, feeling quite uncomfortable.

Although he scored a goal, it was also because his pass was intercepted by Mertesacker just now that Arsenal counterattacked this time.

"If I didn't choose that risky pass, maybe the team wouldn't concede the ball, right?" Xia Ze suddenly heard such a sentence.

The through pass just now is indeed a good opportunity if it is passed. But this kind of pass often has a great chance of being intercepted by the opponent, and this is the case with his own pass.

If you choose to be safer, split to both sides, and then attack, will the result be better?

For a moment, Xia Ze was caught in an endless cycle of self-blame in his mind, and his eyes changed.

After all, he is only a twenty-year-old young man, and it has only been two years since he entered professional football. And the Chinese media put too much pressure on him, so that he would take everything on his shoulders.

If it weren't for his strong willpower, he might have already collapsed.

However, this pass in the final field was interrupted and the team conceded the ball.

But Xia Ze lost himself for a while, and wavered about his choice.

"Don't give up, there's still time, go up and attack!" Martinez yelled at the players on the field, and then he waved his hand to let the players behind him warm up. They have to launch a counterattack, and they can't just give up.

Naismith, McGeedy and others immediately stepped up their warm-up efforts. When the team is behind, that's when they need to be used.

"Sandy, shrink the direction, don't let the opponent have too many opportunities to attack." At the same time, Wenger also gave instructions to his players.

"Theo, go change your clothes, it's your turn to play!" After telling Cazorla, Wenger said to Walcott behind him.

Two minutes later, Arsenal and Everton made substitutions at the same time. Everton changed two people, Kone and Naismith replaced Pienaar and Gibson respectively, which was a signal to launch the final attack.

Arsenal, on the other hand, replaced Giroud with Walcott, obviously wanting to use Walcott's speed to attack Everton's defense, and the signal was also clear that Arsenal was going to fight back.

Although stronger than Everton, after taking the lead, Arsenal will undoubtedly choose to defend and counterattack instead of continuing to attack.

Although it is possible to continue to expand the score by continuing to attack, the risk of conceding the ball will also increase accordingly.

For Arsenal, in this FA Cup final, only one goal advantage can guarantee the team to win the championship.

That being the case, why take the risk to continue the offensive?

As long as the fence is tightened, it's the Everton players who feel the edginess.

After the two sides made substitutions, the game has come to 80 minutes later. For Everton, their time is getting less and less, and it is the 88th minute in a blink of an eye.

Although Arsenal gave up the midfield to shrink the defense, Everton did not create decent opportunities like before.

In addition to Arsenal shrinking the defense and no longer giving Everton so much space, Xia Ze's performance has also become a key factor.

In the ten minutes after conceding the goal, Xia Ze suddenly seemed to be a different person. Originally, he had scored a goal in this game and passed threatening balls many times. When the team needed him most , but doing nothing.

Don't dare to break through with the ball, don't dare to send a through pass, only pass some close-range short passes, and the ball is very safe.

Originally, Everton's offense relied largely on his threatening passes, but now Xia Ze does not pass the threatening balls. For Everton, it is equivalent to paralyzing more than half of the entire offense.

The wide players in the middle dribbled the ball and passed the ball. In front of Arsenal's two tall central defenders, even the little monster Lukaku couldn't get cheap.

Seeing this scene, Martinez frowned tightly on the sidelines. He replaced Pienaar and Gibson because the former is old and weak, while the latter has limited offensive ability.

But I didn't expect that it was Xia Ze who played very well before that hindered the team's counterattack in the last ten minutes. This made him think, should he slow down Xia Ze in the last few minutes and replace him with McGeedy?

In the stands, Hua Yan also saw that Xia Ze was unusual for ten minutes, and frowned and asked Wang Xiaolin, "Xiao Lin, what's wrong with Xiao Ze?"

Wang Xiaolin also frowned, looking worriedly at the venue. She didn't understand what happened to Xia Ze. According to her understanding, after Xia Ze came to Everton, after special training, his physical fitness can definitely support 90 minutes of high-intensity games. Inaction.

So Wang Xiaolin didn't know what to say.

"Director Zhang, Xia Ze seems to have disappeared in the last ten minutes of the game. It seems that there is still a physical problem." Zhan Jun also took Xia Ze's inaction in the last ten minutes into his eyes, and made his own speculation.

Physical fitness problems have always been the biggest problem for Chinese players. So Zhan Jun's guess is not unreasonable.

"I don't think it may be a physical problem." Director Zhang Luzhang unexpectedly raised objections, "I think Xia Ze should have a problem with his mentality now. After Sack broke off and caused Arsenal to counterattack and the team lost the ball, Xia Ze's performance plummeted and he was worried about gains and losses, so there should be a problem with his mentality."

Zhan Jun was a little embarrassed, coughed twice and continued: "Whether it's a physical problem or a mentality problem, in short, there is not much time left for Everton now."