Episode [159]: The Style of Play Is Really Smooth!
Maffei Kononi is really in a mess here!
Leeds United seems to have identified this point and attacked Maffei Kononi frantically. This guy is almost exhausted from being played. He felt that playing for such a short time was like playing a whole game, and his physical energy consumption was very high.
At this time, he felt the cruelty of professional competition.
He was really hit hard in this game, and his confidence was about to be thwarted.
Leeds United's wide players and midfielders attacked him in turn, making him constantly face the impact of various types of players, which made him flustered and flustered.
Just now he was broken by Joaquin, who came from another side, and then Joaquin made an inverted triangle pass, and the football came to the front of the penalty area. Arsenal goal.
Arsenal fans are very nervous.
Arsene Wenger's brows were tightly frowned, and this will not work. It seems that Maffei Kononi is really about to be replaced.
At this time, Arsene Wenger immediately turned to Eboue on the bench and said: "Go warm up and be back in five minutes."
Eboue immediately got up, took off his coat, and ran out.
Seeing Eboue who ran out, Arsene Wenger was relieved. Fortunately, he brought Eboue with him, otherwise the game would have been suspended.
Not long after Eboue ran out, on the court, after Darren Bent changed direction twice in a row, he suddenly passed through the crotch and passed Maffei Kononi directly.
Maffei Kononi was shocked, and immediately turned around and made a tackle behind him, directly dribbling the ball and knocking Darren Bent to the ground.
Zhong Cheng immediately jumped up like a prickly hedgehog, rushed to the sidelines frantically, and roared loudly: "Intentionally hurting someone, red card! This should be a red card!"
The referee blew the whistle at the first time, and then quickly ran to the scene of the incident, separated the surrounding players from both sides, and unceremoniously showed a red card to Maffei Kononi, Maffei Kononi was sent off directly.
Maffei Kononi, who was sent off, was not sad or sad, but a little relieved. He took off his shirt directly, turned and left the court.
Arsene Wenger's lungs are going to explode seeing what's happening on the pitch, damn it.
Arsene Wenger really regretted it a bit, why did he react slower? If the replacement was earlier, there would be no such thing. It's over now, Arsenal will have one less player on the pitch.
And at this time, Arsene Wenger must also be replaced, and someone must replace Maffei Kononi, otherwise, the Arsenal team will really hang up.
Arsene Wenger wanted a substitution at this time. But the referee indicated that the Arsenal team could only make substitutions after the free kick was sent.
Joaquin stood in front of the football, because the ball was close to the wing, and it was unrealistic to shoot directly.
Joaquin raised his right hand high, signaling to the Leeds United players in the stadium that he was about to serve.
With a beep, Joaquin quickly ran up, swung his legs and pretended to pass a high ball into the penalty area, but suddenly swept the football to the front of the penalty area.
Evra, who rushed up quickly, drew the football fiercely with his bow and arrow.
With a bang, the football shot towards Arsenal's goal as quickly as a shell fired. Arsenal centre-back Yoan Djurou rushed out swiftly, jumping up and blocking the football with his body.
Boom, the football hit John Julu hard on the back, changed direction, and flew directly to the other side of the goal. Almunia could only look at the ball and sigh.
The football flew straight into the Arsenal goal.
Two to zero, in the 19th minute of the first half, Leeds United scored another goal, rewriting the score to two to zero, and the total score was three to four!
All the Arsenal fans at the scene have been surrounded, what's going on?
Leeds United is really aggressive today. The advantage they thought was insurmountable has suddenly become so fragile. Arsenal fans can't accept it.
The fans of the Arsenal team have been dumbfounded at this time.
Zhong Cheng rushed out from the sidelines immediately, raised his hand high and waved fiercely. This match was really perfect and beautiful.
The Leeds United fans who came from afar were extremely excited, jumping excitedly and waving their fists excitedly.
Arsene Wenger's heart is bleeding, damn loa, you wait.
Substitution, Arsenal still made a substitution.
Arsene Wenger directly replaced Aliadiere on the forward line with Eboue. Aliadiere's expression was very depressed when he was off the court. He didn't have a few chances to get the ball in this game, let alone shoot or something.
Aliadiere felt very uncomfortable, but there was no way!
Arsene Wenger was also very uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do! Who told Arsenal to be passive as soon as they came up?
The game restarted, and the Arsenal team obviously strengthened their defense. Obviously, the Arsenal team chose a solid defense and could not lose the ball anymore.
Seeing the performance of the Arsenal people, Zhong Cheng smiled slightly, and waved his big hand to signal the Leeds United players to continue attacking, besieging Arsenal frantically.
The players of Leeds United are having fun now, flocking to Ah Sen's goal one by one frantically, attacking frantically. At this time, they were in high spirits, and their abilities seemed to be enhanced, making it very difficult for the Arsenal players to parry.
Arsenal's head coach Arsene Wenger kept directing from the sidelines, directing Arsenal's defense, and this game must be defended. However, with one less person on the field, Arsenal's defense is really stretched and it seems to be in crisis.
At this moment, Joaquin's sudden diagonal pass almost tore through Arsenal's defense, which scared the Arsenal people almost to death.
Arsène Wenger stood up immediately and signaled loudly for the Arsenal players to hit attention.
At this moment, Darren Bent's cross hit the Arsenal defender and popped out of the baseline. Arsenal won a corner kick.
At this point, the first half of the game is about to end. After the ball is sent out, the first half of the game should be over.
Joaquin glanced at Arsenal's penalty area, and then kicked the ball directly forward.
Senderos rushed over directly, trying to hold Luca Toni. It's a pity that Luca Toni jumped up and headed back directly. Carlos Tevez in the middle stretched his legs and put the football into Arsenal's goal.
Three to zero!
Before the end of the first half, Leeds United scored again, rewriting the total score to four to four.
The fans of the Arsenal team were all confused and felt a great crisis.
Although under the current circumstances, it is their Arsenal team that will advance to the next round. But now there is still half of the game that has not been played, and the Arsenal people feel a lot of pressure.
Fortunately, the halftime break came at this time. The Arsenal people can go back to the midfield to listen to the arrangement of the head coach Arsene Wenger, make a good adjustment, and strive to play their own style in the second half of the game.
Zhong Cheng is very satisfied with Leeds United's performance in the first half of the game, they played very well.
And it feels like Leeds United played very smoothly today. It seems that Leeds United should win today. However, during the intermission, Zhong Cheng still reminded the Leeds United players to be careful and never float up. They still have a long way to go before winning.
The Leeds United players nodded and said yes, they knew what to do.
Soon the second half of the match between the two sides was just beginning, and it was Arsenal who kicked off first. As soon as the Arsenal team came up, they launched a quick attack and wanted to sneak a goal. If they scored another goal, the Arsenal team would have to be a little more cautious.
If Arsenal score one goal, then Leeds United will have to score two more goals if they want to compete in the next round. However, what the Arsenal people didn't expect was that Leeds United actually defended against Arsenal's move, so Arsenal's sneak attack did not come out, but was cut off by Leeds United in midfield.
Arsene Wenger jumped up instantly, sensing danger.
Arsene Wenger immediately shouted loudly: "Retreat, retreat quickly, retreat!"
Before Arsene Wenger's voice fell, Leeds United's midfielder Yaya Toure directly made a long diagonal pass and sent the football to the foot of Joaquin on the wing.
Joaquin stopped the ball very well, which made Arsenal's defensive players sigh, they were about to face the fierce bombardment of Leeds United again.
Chrissy immediately pressed the center of gravity, his eyes fixed on the football under Joaquin's feet.
Joaquin suddenly knocked the football diagonally towards the middle, and he quickly rushed towards the bottom line. Chrissy was shocked immediately, his head followed the football and aimed at it, and it was too late for him to react.
Mascherano in the middle had already thrust the football in the direction of Joaquin with an oblique kick. Chrissy was shocked, he immediately turned around and rushed towards the middle. Because he knew that the central defender Yoan Julu had rushed to move out, and he had to fill the position left by John Julu.
John Julu rushed out, and Joaquin made an inverted triangle pass back, and directly passed the football to the front of the penalty area. The football rolled past the feet of Chrissy who was running back quickly, and Chrissy was shocked. .
Chrissy immediately turned around and pounced on the football.
Unbeknownst to Chrissy, the space behind him was completely exposed.
Yaya Toure, who received the ball, saw it clearly, and directly pushed the football to the back of Clichy, and the football rolled past Clichy again.
Chrissy was shocked, it's over!
The Arsenal fans at the scene also knew it was over, and many of them closed their eyes in despair.
The football quickly rolled into the space behind Clichy, where Carlos Tevez had already advanced in place, and when he spotted the ball, he didn't stop the ball at all, and shot directly at the ball.
With a bang, the football roared and shot towards Arsenal's goal like a bolt of lightning.
The speed was too fast. Although Almunia in front of the goal made a save, he failed to intercept the football, and the football flew into Arsenal's goal rapidly.
Four to zero, five to one on aggregate.
The Arsenal team has lost this day's advantage and is on the verge of extreme danger.