Chapter 297 Simone's Abacus
As Chamberlain got the ball and ran forward, the Gunners and his players quickly rushed to the heart of the opponent's midfield.
"Gimenez quickly killed in the direction of Chamberlain. His speed was not slow. Oh! He was directly dunked. Chamberlain's man-ball combination was very good. He used his speed advantage to throw his opponent behind him and continued to move forward along the left."
During this period, as two players who also made the bench, Gimenes was obviously beyond everyone's expectations. After all, in terms of physical strength, they are definitely the best presence on the court today.
"Jimenes quickly turned around and chased after him. He used his energy to take care of himself. Obviously he wanted to make up for the consequences of his mistake."
It has to be said that under Simeone's training, Atletico Madrid players have really cultivated an indomitable temperament. Whether it is offense or defense, each of their players will never know how to give up until the last step.
So, the next scene came.
"Chamberlain dribbled the ball to the left position outside the penalty area. Giroud and Liu Feng in the middle intervened at the same time. This is a good opportunity to make a cross. Gimenes! Tackle from the back!!!"
"winter!"
With a muffled sound, Chamberlain, who had just stood on his right foot and was about to make the ball with his left foot, immediately fell to the ground. Jimenes, who was chasing him, finally completed his redemption.
"No foul, the referee signaled not to foul. It can also be seen through the replay that although Gimenes' tackle was hasty, he directly tackled the ball. Arsenal got a sideline chance in the frontcourt."
The gun fans in the stands couldn't care about so many. They were shouting "The referee is awesome" before and exploded instantly and began to boo on the court. Some people even shouted the slogan of red cards.
As the captain of the team on the court, Liu Feng also joined the referee with several teammates to argue. Their eyes were not clear about Jimenes' touching position due to concealment, but they all saw Chamberlain flying and falling to the ground, and they were still thinking about fighting for a free kick in the frontcourt.
Unfortunately, the referee on duty obviously had confidence after giving a penalty in stoppage time. He no longer cared about anyone's statement and only believed in his own eyes and the assistant referee's eyes.
"Don't talk nonsense, prepare to kick off!"
The whistle was blew directly to warn, and the referee asked Arsenal to kick off quickly, and the debate ended. The Gunners' left back Alba quickly ran to the vicinity of the sideline ball. As for the team's midfield and frontcourt, except for Chamberlain and Ramsey who were receiving Alba, everyone else had come to the threatening area to stand by.
"Hand throw the ball! He threw it directly into the penalty area. Giroud headed the ball and Liu Feng followed in and shot!!! Felipe! He completed the flying block!"
The next second, Arsenal's attack came in a flash and was extremely direct and threatening manner. He Wei's voice excited the fans in front of the TV. They didn't expect that their team could burst out such power in an instant after the argument just now.
Is the debate just now really interesting?
However, it can only be said that Atletico Madrid's defensive strings have collapsed to the highest level after overtime. Simeone definitely emphasized this point repeatedly during the break just now. Felipe still reacted and blocked Liu Feng's shot with his back.
Although the ball still flew towards the goal after hitting Felipe's back, this speed was naturally easily taken into consideration for Courtois.
The ball rights changed hands, and Arsenal's vigorous attack ended. After the goalkeeper threw the ball and sent the ball, their opponent did not push forward as quickly as they did, but continued to pass the ball in a calm manner.
"Atlanie Madrid's mentality is really stable. The players on their field are not in a hurry. This is obviously a pity that they would rather draw to the penalty shootout than expose any loopholes in front of Arsenal."
Facing Atletico Madrid, who still cautiously makes it difficult for him to start, Arsenal has no good idea for a while. In addition to Giroud and Liu Feng, they also pressed to a certain extent, and the other players could only guard their respective positions to prevent their opponents from suddenly attacking.
For a time, the main range of confrontation between the two sides gradually stabilized within the central circle. The ball rights were exchanged in the continuous collision between the two sides' midfielders, but no real threat was born.
Time passed by minute by minute, and fifteen minutes was not long. Soon, with another whistle sound of the referee, the first half of the overtime ended.
"Okay, both sides will have a few minutes to take a break to compete in the second half. This will be the last fifteen minutes of the game. Once both sides still maintain the current score, they will enter the penalty shootout stage. This stage is more familiar to Arsenal Atletico Madrid. This season they have experienced advancing in the domestic cup match with penalty shootout."
At this point, Simeone's intention to signal the players to drag the game into a penalty shootout was already obvious. In the last penalty shootout this season, their goalkeeper Courtois showed a very high talent for saving points. Although he was scored by Liu Feng in this game, this did not affect the high probability event.
As long as he can drag into a penalty shootout, Simeone believes that his team will not lose to the Gunners.
As for now, after he replaced two offensive players in succession, he no longer thought that the team could easily break through the Arsenal goal, so it became his tactical arrangement to spend the last thirty minutes.
When Atletico Madrid players were surrounded by Simeone again, the team's leading brother began to continue to make new instructions on the team's defense.
At this moment, he was not even ready to maintain his 442. The Gunners clearly had a very strong defense. They were not good at attacking, so they might as well delete this level directly.
While Simeone was busy arranging a new defensive plan, Wenger stood in front of the players very calmly. His condition could not help but infect the players, and many of the over-indignant players calmed down.
"Boys, our opponents are already afraid. They dare not attack again but try to drag the game into a penalty shootout."
After glanced at his disciples, Wenger spoke slowly.
"In the last fifteen minutes, I have no new tactical arrangements. Let's play your own football. Facing the cringing opponents, I believe each of you, just as our fans in the stands believe you. After all, I am your number one fan, haha~"
"I understand! BOSS!"
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Chapter completed!