Chapter 217 The Last Chance
The substitution is still useful. Arsenal slightly saved some of the situation. Chamberlain, who came on as a substitute, cooperated with Gibbs to break through Dortmund's midfielder, and Gibbs immediately sent a cross.
Griezmann is not tall, but Griezmann has a good sense of consciousness and takes the lead in setting a position. With his good heading ability, although his final attack still failed, it has improved compared to before.
In three minutes, Griezmann cooperated with Sanchez. Sanchez, who received the pass, broke into Dortmund's hinterland with the ball, and Griezmann retreated to respond.
The two of them spread their continuous walls to tear open Dortmund's defense. Sanchez rushed into the penalty area and received a pass from Griezmann. This should be the best opportunity for Arsenal to start the second half.
Unfortunately, Sanchez was not sure. His shot was missing a little angle and was eventually blocked by Weidenfeller. Although Mertesack hit the ball with the corner kick, Mertesack's header was above the crossbar under Subotic's defense.
Wenger made the final substitution, and Podolsky, who recovered from injury, replaced Griezmann. Perhaps Wenger felt that it might have miraculous effects against a German striker in the German team.
In fact, it really works miraculously. Arsenal got the best chance of this game. Dortmund failed to attack and the ball was cut off. Arsenal made a quick counterattack. Podolski received a long pass from Arteta and rushed into the Dortmund penalty area.
Facing the attack of Weidenfeller, Podolsky chose to drive the goalkeeper over and shoot, but he forced himself to a dead end. Even though Podolsky finally completed the shot, the ball could no longer fly into Dortmund's goal.
"I wonder if Wenger will regret putting it in when he saw Podolsky wasting such an opportunity." Does Wenger regret it?
If Wenger is given a regret medicine now, Wenger will take it immediately. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world. He has chosen Podolsky, and the German striker has also wasted Arsenal's best chance in this game.
As time goes by, both sides seem to have accepted the fact that 0:0, especially when the fourth official announces stoppage time.
Three minutes, a very regular stoppage time, which is also in line with the stoppage time of this game. It is said that both sides played quite "clean" in this game. When both sides were in stoppage time, they only received a yellow card.
Soon, the first minute of stoppage time passed, Dortmund scored in Arsenal's half with the ball, and Mkhitaryan broke through with the ball from the side to assist in defense, and then crossed from the bottom.
With a low pass, Li Shou did not attack and did not need Li Shou to clear the ball, because Mkhitaryan's pass was intercepted by Koscheerny.
Arsenal turned defense to offense, and if nothing unexpected happened, this should be Arsenal's last wave of attack. Coscheerney found Arteta, who teleported to Sanchez with a long diagonal kick.
Arsenal's counterattack was very fast. When the ball came to Sanchez's feet, most of the Dortmund players were still in Arsenal's half, so this last chance could still score.
Sanchez seemed to have not counterattacked. Sanchez, who received the pass, decisively cut across the cross to attack Dortmund's penalty area, but when he just broke through the defensive player, a figure rushed out from the side and directly dribbled Sanchez down.
"Foof~~~Joic~~~ The young player who came on the bench consciously chose to make a foul to stop Sanchez, but the position of the foul remains to be investigated." Sanchez was knocked down not far outside the penalty area.
The yellow card plus a free kick is the referee's penalty. At this time, Li Shou, who was standing in front of the backcourt, felt a little hesitant when he saw the position of the free kick.
But soon, this hesitation was dispelled by Li Shou, and then Li Shou began to move forward. According to the time point, this is not only Arsenal's last chance, but also the last chance in the whole game.
"Oh oh oh ~~ What's the situation? Arsenal goalkeeper came up. Could he be taking the free kick?" Li Shou's behavior was discovered immediately.
"Li walked up and he walked towards the free throw point. Should Li take the free kick?" Andy Gray also asked such a question.
"Last season in Monaco, Li Shou scored a free kick, and it was at a very critical time." Zhan Jun did not comment on Ligue 1, but this did not prevent him from knowing Li Shou.
Compared with foreign commentators, as a Chinese, Zhan Jun must know Li Shou better, because so far only one Chinese player has appeared in the top league.
"Are you sure?" Sanchez couldn't help asking when Li Shou said he wanted to take the penalty.
"Man, am I just joking when I came here?" Li Shou said.
At the same time, other Arsenal players looked at Wenger. Wenger discovered when Li Shou walked up, and Wenger also knew that Li Shou had the ability to kick a free kick.
"Gambling" In fact, Wenger has been hesitating whether to let Li Shou take the punishment.
When Li Shou has taken the initiative to step forward, if Wenger still insists on not letting Li Shou take the penalty, then the relationship between the two is likely to be rifted, even if Wenger has a hundred reasons not to let the penalty.
If Li Shou was allowed to take the penalty and fail in the end, he would give his opponent a chance. Arsenal's ninety-minute efforts would probably be wasted, even if Li Shou was the one who worked the hardest in these ninety-minutes.
After much consideration, Wenger finally decided to let Li Shou take the penalty. Although the current situation in Arsenal relies on the efforts of the entire team, Li Shou is undoubtedly the biggest contributor.
At the same time, Wenger couldn't help but fantasize that since Li Shou had created miracles in defense, can't he create miracles in offense?
"Let Li take the punishment" Wenger immediately signaled when he thought of this.
"Oh oh oh ~~ Wenger actually asked Lee to take the punishment," Andy Grey exclaimed.
"As far as I know, Lee scored a very critical free kick in Monaco last season," Paul Merson said.
The commentators took out the goal Li Shou had scored in Monaco. On the court, Li Shou had already placed the ball at the free throw point, and Dortmund had already lined up the wall.
Human wall, there is no human wall in Li Shou's eyes. At this moment, these people in front of him are just equipment on the training ground. Li Shou's eyes only Dortmund's goal, only Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller.
As long as the goalkeeper's position is determined, Li Shou can decide the angle of the final shot, while Weidenfell's position is a little to the right at this time, because the wall is located on the left.
Li Shou, who is also a goalkeeper, knows very well that if he does not move his right slightly, his vision may be blocked by a wall. Although the goalkeeper is generally taller, no matter how high he is, he will not be much taller.
Just as Li Shou finished observing, the whistle sounded. Li Shouren moved with the whistle, took a step forward with his left foot, swung his right foot, and the ball drew an almost perfect and weird arc.
Chapter completed!