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Chapter 220(1/2)

The first round of the two teams in the first round of the season, Leicester City was at home, with a score of 2: 5, which was scrubbed by the largest score this season.

Waldi, who scored two goals, did not help the team recover the trend.

This time as the Chiefs Stadium, the hearts of Lester City players were holding a revenge.

Don't fight for the championship, just for the shame.

"Luo, I have a premonition, this game, I will score."

Valdi's eyes revealed a ruthlessness, like a fierce and cunning fox.

Rossi laughed: "Your wife and daughter are here on the scene. Today is the Valentine's Day, you have to dedicate the goal to them."

"No!" Waldi first denied it, and then explained: "Not only for them, but also for myself."

He raised his right hand and revealed the blue bandage wrapped on the palm of his hand.

Rossi couldn't remember. I don't know when, Waldi will use a bandage to wrap his right hand every game.

"My right hand, there are two broken bones in it, which are left in the game with Arsenal. Before the end of the season, I have to wear a wrist protection to prevent it from further deteriorating."

Although the operation of the wrist breaks is not large, the later recovery time is relatively long. Waldi can only be temporarily undergoing conservative treatment. After the season is over, the surgery will be undergone.

"Wearing it, I also reminded myself at all times, don't forget the painful loss."

Rossi patted his shoulder and said: "Nothing to send you as a brother, you can only send a scoring point in advance, or a penalty."

"What about your goal record?"

"Records in front of the brothers, it is not worth mentioning."

Perhaps because Rossi won the system reward, there is not much expectations for whether it can continue to score.

After Giroud and XXX kicked off in the middle circle, Arsenal shot the ball in the backcourt and slowly pushed the formation forward.

Compared to Manchester City's pass control, the coordination between Arsenal players has been in full swing.

Just one minute in the opening, XXX sent a straight ball in the middle, penetrating the Lost City defense line, and gave it to Sanchez, which was inserted forward.

The players of Lester City seem to be affected by the red chiefs dyed by the fans, and they did not fully enter the game state.

At the critical moment, you have to look at the goalkeeper.

Schmeicher attacked and fell quickly, blocking Sanchez's shot, and pushing the ball out of the bottom line.

Leicester City escaped.

Chamberlain on the left corner and passed to the penalty area.

It was Sanchez, his erratic running position, not only shaking off the players who stared at himself, but also under the cover of Giroud, nodded the goal before grabbing the goal.

Unfortunately, I failed to stand up to the right position, and I missed the goal.

The brave Sanchez made Lanetley jump out of the rest area, rushed to the coaching area, and personally commanded the defense.

In this game, Wenger excreted the high school Feng Jiru, which can not only be used as a fulcrum, take root in the penalty area to get the ball. His excellent foot technology can attack the two sides of the players in the frontcourt.

The corner kick just now is to use his height to attract the defense, and give the Sanchez header a chance.

In the last round of the league, the reason why Manchester City could not attack Leicester City's defense is because there is a high point like Giloo in the middle.

From this point of view, Wenger made a very detailed investigation on Leicester City before the game and carefully arranged tactics for intensive defense.

Leicester City's ball right, Schmeichel opened the ball to the midfield.

Because the midfield control is obviously not as good as the opponent, the offense of Leicester City can only rely on the speed of the two sides to create a threat.

Arsenal also did their homework defensively.

Midfielder Kirkland was reused by Wenger when Cazorla and Ramsey suffered injuries one after another and gradually became one of the team's main players.

His interceptions and steals, coupled with his ability to cover a large area on the defensive end, can provide sufficient protection for Arsenal's midfielder.

It also earned the reputation of "Sentinel".

When Leicester City organized an attack on the wing, Kirkland quickly moved towards the wing and formed pressure, blocking the opponent's passes and lateral breakthroughs.

Mahrez's horizontal inward cut was restricted, and in the positional battle, Leicester City could not find a chance at all.

In the 9th minute, Arsenal successfully stole the ball in the backcourt and launched a quick counterattack.

Sanchez dribbled the ball from the right, broke through Albright's defense, and knocked the ball across the center.

XXX responded in the middle and made a wonderful pass with his heel to Chamberlain.

Chamberlain took the ball and passed from the right side of the penalty area. The ball hit Kanter in the penalty area, changed the line, and was cleared by the defender.

Chamberlain clapped his right hand and rushed toward the referee, indicating that the ball should hit the defensive player's arm.

However, referee Atkinson refused to award a penalty kick, causing a burst of boos from the home fans.

[This ball, the Arsenal players indicated that it should be a penalty kick. Let’s take a look at the replay.]

[Ah, the ball did hit Kanter’s elbow.]

[Perhaps the referee believed that Kanter’s elbow was not open intentionally. For him who always has a loose penalty standard, it is normal not to give a penalty kick. 】

As soon as the commentator finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamation from the stadium.

Drinkwater's pass also penetrated the defense between the full-back and the central defender, and reached Rossi's feet, forming a single shot.

The commentator was clenching his fists and preparing to roar, when a whistle suddenly came from the stadium.

I saw Rossi complaining, stopping the ball in place, and walking back silently.

The linesman raised his flag.

【Leicester City offside?】

[Look at the slow motion replay...]

[Huh? The moment Rossi started, he was not offside. 】

[The referee's eyes should have seen Rossi's body hair and he was offside at the moment of passing the ball.]

The commentator couldn't help but joke about the two controversial penalties made by the referee.

Under such loose penalty standards, the pace of the game between the two teams unknowingly accelerated.

In the 15th minute, Arsenal counterattacked in the backcourt. When Giroud received a pass from his teammate near the center circle, he returned the ball without stopping, allowing Morgan who came forward to press for the ball to miss.

XXX quickly hit the ball into the space on the opponent's left, and Ramsey was advancing at high speed.

Fortunately, Schmeichel had a wide range of movement. He immediately rushed out of the penalty area, grabbed the ball before Ramsey, fell to the ground and made a sliding tackle, destroying the ball.

The ball came to Drinkwater's feet.

In an instant, Leicester City switched from defense to offense.

Drinkwater passed the ball to Albrighton on the left, who advanced to the edge of the penalty area and made a pass.

The ball flew to the back of the goal. Vardy took the lead and blocked Bellerin in the small penalty area. Then he jumped up and headed the ball towards the lower left corner of the goal.

Facing such a close header, Cech's reaction showed his level as a first-class goalkeeper.

As he quickly fell to the ground, he stretched out his right hand and held the ball firmly in front of him.

This world-class save not only won rounds of applause from the home fans, but even Vardy patted him to express his respect for the veteran.

The fast-paced transition between offense and defense made the fans at the scene cheer and wave their flags and scarves, and the cheers became louder and louder.

Going up against a wealthy team like Arsenal is not the rhythm Ranieri wanted.

Looking for opportunities steadily is the essence of his tactics.

But he also quickly discovered that players can still maintain their own rhythm under such a confrontation.

The offense advances quickly and the defense can be in place in time. It is not just following the opponent's rhythm.

In the 20th minute, Morgan directed the defense to cause an offside, causing XXX to fall into an offside trap and miss a single opportunity.

One minute later, Chamberlain made a high-speed breakthrough from the wing and passed in. Giroud, who was outflanked, failed to shoot on target and was confiscated by goalkeeper Schmeichel.

Leicester City immediately launched a counterattack.

First, Kanter's long-range shot was slightly high, and then Rossi's shot was ruled invalid because it was offside.

By returning to defense in slow motion, Rossi happened to be in a straight line with the trailing Koscielny at the moment of passing the ball.

The referee's controversial penalty was repeated 5 minutes later.

XXX made a diagonal pass from the left and Giroud scored in front of the goal. However, the goal was ruled invalid due to offside.

In the first half, the two teams' offense was indeed exciting, but the referee team's "not to be outdone" attack also earned them boos from the fans.

But the most controversial penalty in the game came in the last minute of regulation in the first half.

Vardy broke into the right side of the penalty area with the ball. Monreal tried to steal the ball but failed. Vardy stretched his foot first and knocked the ball away.

And when he stretched his legs, he tripped Vardy who broke through in the penalty area.

The moment Vardy fell to the ground, Monreal kept waving his hands upwards to signal his opponent to dive, and boos suddenly broke out at the home court.

Referee Atkinson blew his whistle and pointed to the penalty spot with his right hand.
To be continued...
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