Although Pires' goal missed the target by a hair, the audience still burst into warm applause, not only for Pires' beautiful goal, but also for Xiao Ge's perfect arc pass.
Pires shook his arm angrily, but he still thought Xiao Ge smiled and gave a thumbs up, indicating that the ball was passed well this time.
"Huh!" Martin could finally breathe a sigh of relief. It would have been terrible if this goal had been scored, but Xiao Ge's state today made Martin a little uneasy.
Wenger clicked his tongue in disappointment, but he knew there was no rush in the game, so he didn't show much expression and sat back in the coaching bench again.
Tottenham almost scored with a free kick by Arsenal. Although the press continued, they did not dare to make too many moves.
Arsenal's offense started, but Tottenham were also not to be outdone. They fought for every ball and attacked quickly. The game quickly entered the confrontation stage.
In the seventh minute of the game, Lennon's pass was destroyed by Flamini and Tottenham won a corner kick. After receiving Lennon's tactical corner kick, Defoe passed directly without waiting for the Arsenal defender to come over.
Senderos missed the ball in the middle, and Tenio's header from 7 yards forward hit the goal squarely into Lehmann's arms. Arsenal luckily escaped.
However, this also aroused the Tottenham people's determination to attack fiercely, and the ferocious fighting started again, creating two excellent killing opportunities in the 13th and 15th minutes of the game respectively.
In the 13th minute, Lennon cut inside, easily broke through Senderos and then crossed the ball. Defoe turned around and got rid of Joe Drew at the edge of the penalty area, and before the defender could come over, he made a cunning lob with his left foot.
Lehmann chased back hard and jumped, almost dragging the ball over the crossbar just as the ball was about to enter the goal frame.
"Huh huh huh"~~~, the whole audience gasped loudly. Tottenham fans looked at Lehmann in annoyance and kept shaking their heads.
In the 15th minute, Van Persie dribbled the ball and was knocked down from behind by Carrick, but the referee did not give a penalty. The Arsenal players had no time to complain to the referee.
Carrick took two steps and directly passed the ball from the middle. Defoe stopped the ball on his chest and turned around, swaying Toure away and forming a semi-single shot. Just when everyone thought he was about to break out, Defoe suddenly volleyed with his right foot.
Lehmann, who was attacking, subconsciously fell to the ground, and with a "snap", he bravely saved Defoe's shot with his left hand.
"Jens!!!" "Jens!!!"~~~The whole audience immediately shouted for Lehmann.
"He committed a foul!" The Arsenal players who escaped the injury immediately complained to the referee. Van Persie immediately protested to Bennett.
"Didi di di"~~~Bennett blew his whistle impatiently to signal Van Persie to go away.
"Referee, he is just a little aggrieved." "Okay, we have to get this ball back, just be careful." Xiao Ge smiled at Bennett. He had already seen that Bennett was not interested in physical confrontation and small moves.
The punishment was not strict, and he immediately took Van Persie away and whispered a few words in his ear.
"Yeah." Van Persie nodded with bright eyes.
Generally speaking, Xiao Ge also increased the intensity of his actions. He would not complain to the referee one after another. Unless something serious happened, the referee would not change his standards at all, but Xiao Ge
He didn't want his side to suffer a loss. After all, it was a North London derby. Playing against a team with a fierce style like Tottenham, Xiao Ge wouldn't do it in an overly polite manner.
In the 17th minute of the game, after Xiao Ge was defending Davis from getting the ball, he accidentally put his elbow on Davis' waist, causing him to lose his center of gravity and steal the ball.
In the 19th minute, Xiao Ge made a side tackle. After intercepting the ball, he had no time to stop his foot and directly dropped Davis, which caused great dissatisfaction among the Tottenham players.
Van Persie was even more ruthless. In the 20th minute, while defending, he inadvertently left Carrick's shoes directly under his feet. In the end, he returned the shoes to Carrick with a wry smile.
In the 21st minute, when Van Persie was fighting for a header, he avoided Tenio who was pressing down from behind. After letting the opponent grab the ball, he accidentally fell to the ground, forcing Tenio to move on the sidelines.
"Referee, he avoided it on purpose!"
"What's intentional! If you don't hide, Robin will be injured! Don't complain like a child!"
"What did you say! You obviously did it on purpose!"
"Why, isn't it? You guys are so dirty and you dare to criticize others!
"Play your own ball."~~~
It also caused a commotion. When Defoe saw Tenio coming off the field, he immediately complained to the referee. Xiao Ge pulled Van Persie behind him and impatiently pushed back Defoe's words.
Seeing Defoe's angry expression, Van Persie took a step forward without giving an inch to retort. Xiao Ge also took a step forward and looked at him with disdain. Two tall men over 1.8 meters immediately surrounded Defoe.
The momentum immediately overwhelms the opponent.
"Hey, what do you want to do? You're going to suffer, kid."
Davis hurried over, took Defoe out, and looked at Xiao Ge and Van Persie sarcastically. Although they were not tall, they were powerful.
"Didi didi"~~~
"Xiao, Davis, take your team members away and control your emotions." Bennett quickly came over and threatened the captains who looked at both sides.
"Damn it, I need to give you a card!"
In the following game, the two sides began to compete not only in offense, but also in foul play. Xiao Ge took the lead and spared no effort to fight with the opponent in defense.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhh"~~~
"You weakling, you won't get through this!"
"Foul, foul!"
"He pulled people, he pulled people!"~~~
The entire Highbury fell into endless complaints and curses. People on both sides began to fall to the ground, and the North London Derby entered a chaotic battle.
Arsenal was not afraid of confrontation with Tottenham and quickly took control of the situation on the field. After stabilizing, their offense began to continuously threaten Tottenham's defense.
In this way, the competition between the two sides became more and more intense. Tottenham would never dare to be controlled by the opponent on the scene, otherwise they would concede the goal sooner or later, so the competition became more and more intense.
"Damn, this is a dangerous move!" "The referee should have seen it!" ~~~~~
Wenger kept complaining to the referee, feeling both happy and worried at the same time. He was worried that if there was no competition like this during the game, players might be injured. But he was happy because Xiao Ge's response to Tottenham allowed him to see Vieira's shadow.
, that invincible force seems to have reappeared.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Wenger's concerns emerged, and Bennett, who finally realized that the situation was out of control, was shown the first yellow card.
Unfortunately, Davis faced Xiao Ge, who was still running rampant wearing the captain's armband. During the game, his unyielding and fierce midfielder, his unstoppable engine, was finally stalled by Xiao Ge.
Not only on offense, Xiao Ge was like a ferocious beast, constantly tearing apart his defense line on the wing, treating him as if he was nothing.
And on defense, Xiao Ge also made Davis disappear in the game. Xiao Ge kept making small moves and ruthless moves, turning this thirty-three-year-old wild boar into a roast pig and becoming Xiao Ge's game.
a dish.
"Steal the ball, steal the ball!" "Xiao, rush over!"~~~
It's Xiao Ge again. The ball that Davis originally stole from Joe Drew's feet was kicked away by Xiao Ge before Davis could turn around. Davis wanted to touch Xiao Ge.
Behind you.
Unfortunately, although Davis was very strong, he was not tall enough. Xiao Ge easily stepped forward, squeezed in front of him with his big feet, and pushed Davis away with a strong force on his waist and abdomen.
As soon as Xiao Ge pulled the ball, it started immediately, and the entire Arsenal offensive machine started running again.
After Davis squeezed away from Xiao Ge and didn't hear the referee's whistle, he immediately rushed forward. He had already seen that the Korean was shaken by Xiao Ge like a cabbage in the wind, and his defense was about to collapse.
With a "snap" button, Xiao Ge easily shook Li Ronzhuo to the side and stood up, planning to go straight into the penalty area. At this moment.
"ah!"
Scissor Kick, the invincible Scissor Kick, came from behind Xiao Ge, and Xiao Ge was immediately swept to the ground.
"Didi di di"~~~ Bennett realized something was wrong, rushed forward, directly signaled the team doctor to enter the field, and showed Davis a yellow card. He didn't want to curse like Willy himself.
It's time to control the scale of the game, and it seems that our own civilized refereeing won't work.
"Asshole! You want to murder!" Van Persie took a step forward and argued with Davis.
"Don't complain like a child." Carrick, who was protecting Davis, also replied.
"What did you say!"
"Okay, Robin, Xiao is fine." Pires quickly grabbed Van Persie and pointed at Xiao Ge, who was running a few steps outside the field. It would be unwise to take a card at this time.
At this time, Highbury had turned into an angry volcano, and the boos and threats became the most violent flames, echoing over the stadium for a long time.
"Colin, I'm fine, I'm just a little sore." Xiao Ge saw Colin constantly checking his legs. He was delayed a lot and couldn't feel any discomfort, so he wanted to return to the court.
"Well, if you feel something is wrong, leave the field immediately, Xiao." Colin checked and found that although Xiao Ge's left ankle was only slightly blue, the shin guard was somewhat dented, which shows the strong impact at that time.
, so Colin did not dare to be careless.
"Yes, I understand." Xiao Ge nodded, and with the referee's permission, he immediately rushed into the field.
"Bah bang bang bang bang"~~~The scene also burst into violent applause, welcoming the return of their captain.
"Colin, is Xiao okay?"
On the sidelines, Wenger had a worried look on his face. Although he saw Xiao Ge entering the stadium soon, he was really afraid of getting the news that he could persist. Xiao Ge's tactical effect on Arsenal at this time was really too great.
"It's okay, Xiao's body is amazing, don't worry, Arthur."
"Who will take the penalty? Look, Xiao and Robin are still discussing."
"Both Xiao and Robin want to punish him. It seems that they don't want to give in. Xiao seems to be angry."
"Oh, come out, Robin backed away."
"Why are Robin laughing? Is it helpless?"
The big screen showed Xiao Ge and Van Persie whispering and talking in front of the ball. It seemed that both Arsenal captains wanted to take penalties, but in the end Van Persie chose to walk away with a smile.
"How about it? Doesn't matter."
"It's okay, but be careful next time, that damn referee may be strict."
"Don't worry, I know how to do it, but you are unlucky enough. Emma may be very distressed when you go back."
"roll!"
"hehe."
The free kick is still on the right side, but now the distance is even closer, only 23 meters. Xiao Ge is still taking the kick, similar posture, similar expression, and even the last look is similar, tightly locked towards the goal.
.
In and outside the penalty area, Tottenham's players did not dare to be careless and stared closely at the person they were guarding. Xiao Ge's free kick just now scared them all into a cold sweat.
The five Tottenham players lined up in the human wall were even more nervous. The King of Heavy Artillery had long been known throughout the football world, and they were afraid that this cruel guy would give them such a kick.
"It appears, Xiao's smile appears!"~~~
"Damn, I hate this confident smile!"~~~
"drop!"
Following Bennett's whistle, Xiao Ge took a running start, swung his legs and rubbed.
Arc, inside arc, an inside arc was like a rainbow crossing, quickly bypassing the wall and heading directly towards the goal.
Missed, missed~~~, the ball kept escaping players in the penalty area, and finally bypassed Robinson who was flying sideways.
With a crisp "swish" sound, the ball tore at the net with huge rotational force, lifting Bai Bai high.
"gooooooooooa......................l, perfect free kick, perfect player, Xiao, Xiao took the lead to score for us! Captain, the captain opened the scoring
!Hoo ho ho, we knocked Tottenham down again, this neighbor who has been following us! One to zero!!!”
“Hoo yeah!!!”
"Inside!!!"
"Xiao!!!"
"Come on, honey!!!"
"Captain!" "Captain!" "Captain!"~~~
"King of London!—Arsenal!!!" "King of London!—Arsenal!!!" "King of London!—Arsenal!!!"~~~
"Hoo!!!"
Watching the ball spin into the net, Xiao Ge roared to the sidelines, jumped into the air, waved his arms, and raised his head high. He glanced at the stands where the Tottenham fans were with a defiant expression, and raised his arms to signal to the Arsenal fans.
Bigger shout.
"Xiao!" "Xiao!" "Xiao!" "Xiao!" "Xiao!"~~~
The entire Highbury was instantly enveloped by this "Xiao" cry, and the long-lasting chants filled the ears of Tottenham fans, making them extremely depressed.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhh"~~~
"Damn it, another yellow card!"
"This is just normal action!"
"I didn't use any force!"~~~
There were boos all over the sky, and Tottenham players were already surrounding Bennett and explaining.
Defoe looked at Diaby with an innocent and indignant look. Could this big black man be kicked down so easily by him?
In just six minutes, Tottenham had been called for no fewer than seven fouls by Bennett. Carrick and Defoe each received a yellow card, four of which were committed against Van Persie.
Obviously, Arsenal took advantage of Tottenham's eagerness to equalize the game during this period, and the referee severely punished Tottenham's players during the strict period.
"Is this a foul? Is it a foul?" Martin complained to the fourth official with an indignant look on his face.
Before the first half ended, three people in the frontcourt received yellow cards. How could the tactics of encirclement and pressing be carried out? The tactics deployed by Martin were suddenly greatly reduced.
Already one goal behind, and the situation was about to be controlled by the opponent again, Martin's complaints against the referee reached its peak, and he looked at the court with a livid face and walked back and forth.
"Arthur, Xiao is such a great captain. You made the right bet this time. He has lived up to the trust of our coaching staff." Pat looked at Xiao Ge with admiration, who was constantly negotiating with the referee, and was filled with relief in his eyes.
It goes without saying.
"Well, Patrick, Stephen, Carlos and others all have a very good relationship with Xiao, and Thierry often takes him with him intentionally. Xiao has indeed lived up to the trust of his companions and has done a good job."
Wenger nodded, with a smile already appearing on his lips. He could open up the situation for the team and make the opponent unprepared. This kind of Xiao Ge is what Wenger has always wanted and what he strives to cultivate.
The next situation suddenly turned to Arsenal's side. Tottenham wanted to steal it but did not dare to think about it. After all, who knew when this unpredictable Bennett would go crazy, so they had to carefully consider their moves.
In this way, Arsenal's own cooperation can easily fall apart, frequently creating threats towards Tottenham's half.
In the 41st minute of the game, Arsenal used a counterattack on the left to launch an excellent threat.
Senderos swept Lennon's cross out of the penalty area and was picked up by Diaby.
Diaby found Xiao Ge immediately and sent the ball to Xiao Ge's feet.
After Xiao Ge got the ball, he found that he had no space to break through. In order to prevent him from starting, Tottenham had Davis blocked near the sideline, while Tenio locked directly behind him. They would rather let Xiao Ge
Taking a step in the middle will not allow Xiao Ge to stand out.
Xiao Ge didn't attack hard. He didn't wait for Robbie Keane behind him to catch up and sent a long pass directly to the other side of the pitch.
"Robert!"
"The French King Robert is here!"
"g——o!"~~~
Xiao Ge's sudden long pass caught Tottenham players off guard, because their focus of the game was all on Xiao Ge. Even before, there was little movement on Pires' side. This time, Tottenham were completely torn apart.
Thorny line of defense.
Pires started at full speed, and the familiar figure made everyone in Highbury shout wildly. He rushed forward, then suddenly stopped, quickly pulled the ball and turned around. In a series of actions, Pires seemed to be five years younger, his movements were elegant and
Deftly passed Staaltri and cut inside into Tottenham's penalty area.
"Pass!!!"~~~
"Hit the door!!!"~~~
"No!!!"~~~
"Put it away!!!"~~~
The whole stadium shook in an instant. Arsenal wanted to see their team score another goal and beat their opponents wildly in the second half, while Tottenham fans definitely didn't want to see them struggling in the second half.
From the outside arc, Pires immediately took the outside arc and sent it to the middle.
A big black foot poked out, and there was no one around it. A bucket quickly changed the trajectory of the ball, creating a burst of white waves.
