Chapter 45 Sense of Security
After the game started, the two sides basically did not have any tentative contact and directly opened up.
The two sides are fighting fiercely, and Diego Godin, who replaced Kompany, has indeed become the target of Arsenal's focus on dealing with.
Compared to Lucio next to him, Godin does seem much easier to deal with.
Godin was a little nervous when facing such a fierce offensive just at the beginning of the game.
After all, this is his first game since joining Manchester City, he started...
In the 14th minute, when Van Persie was about to break through from him, he tackled Van Persie and gave the opponent a free kick, and was awarded a yellow card.
The TV broadcast gave Goding a close-up shot, and Goding's expression was a bit serious in the close-up shot.
"He's too nervous..." said commentator John Mortson.
"The first time I played in the Premier League was the starter, and it was inevitable that I was nervous... Wenger must have seen this, so he was listed as the target of Arsenal's key breakthrough. Since the first half, it has been fifteen minutes since the beginning of the first half, most of Arsenal's offenses have been concentrated on Goding's side." Alan Hansen said.
Rongguang ran back from the frontcourt and came to Godin. As a captain, he had to care about every teammate of his own, especially after they had a problem.
These are all things Rongguang learned from his previous captains in his career over the years - he had said before that he had super strong learning ability.
He patted Godin on the shoulder, and Godin seemed to be awakened, and reacted greatly and turned his head to look at Glory.
"Relax, Diego." Rongguang said.
After seeing that it was glory, Godin quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, captain, I..."
"It's no big deal." Rongguang did not let him continue to apologize, but waved his hand. "Relax."
After saying that, he patted Godin on the shoulder again, turned around and ran away.
Godin looked at Glory's back and remembered the situation when he returned to the Uruguay national team from Manchester City to participate in the game.
His central defender teammate Lugano, who patted his thigh and said in an envious tone: "You guy is so lucky, you actually became a teammate champion with Rong, etc., so you don't have to worry about it."
"How could it be so absolute..." Godin thought Lugano was too exaggerating, and he said with a smile.
Unexpectedly, Lugano widened his eyes and said to him seriously: "Do you think I was joking with you, Diego? What I said is true. As long as you can be a teammate with Rong, you will win at least one championship, at least at least. In fact, it is far more than this number. Rong is simply synonymous with the championship... I used to be a teammate with him in Sao Paulo. At that time, São Paulo was not in a good situation. As a result, we won all the championships we can win in Brazil, and who is the biggest contributor to the Copa Libertadores? Rong."
Lugano is Godin's senior in the Uruguay national team and the main central defender of Uruguay. Godin never expected that a senior who could only look up to him could even express admiration when talking about glory.
"You can experience it slowly. Anyway, you are in the same team with Rong. You will find that being a teammate with him is really a very safe thing. You just need to do your own thing well. You don't need to consider anything else. Rong will help you solve it."
He came out of his memories and his eyes focused again on the back of Glory. Number 10 is the number of Glory.
Well, I've been teammates with Rong, what else can I worry about being nervous? Just as he said, relax, relax...
Godin began to take deep breaths, one mouthful after another, and when he took the third deep breath, his heart, which had been beating very fast before, calmed down.
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The place where Godin fouled was about 34 meters away from the goal, which was on the right, and it was also a relatively threatening free kick location.
However, Arsenal did not seize this free kick opportunity, and Van Persie's free kick was directly above the crossbar.
The laughter of Manchester City fans gloating in the stands was heard.
Arsenal players didn't take this matter to heart.
It's no big deal if you don't score this free kick. The game has just begun, and there are seventy-five minutes left, and they have time to completely defeat Goding.
At that time, goals will naturally come in a steady stream.
But not long after the game started again, their goal was first declared to be lost...
In the 20th minute, Manchester City's offense got the frontcourt. Berbatov's shot in the penalty area was cleared by Arsenal's Vermalen. Matuidi broke the football again in the midfield and organized the attack again. The football was soon passed to the feet of Glory.
After Rongguang got the ball, he did not want to break into the penalty area, nor did he want to cross from the bottom. He just made a fake move to the bottom, and then knocked the football to the middle with his right heel. He also stopped quickly and changed direction. He caught up with the football and shot directly with his left foot.
The football flew towards the goal like a cannonball.
Arsenal goalkeeper Amuniaten was in the air, stretched out his arms and rushed towards the football.
But Rongguang's corner kick was too tricky. He aimed at the far end of the goal and shot. He was "out of reach". The football bypassed his fingers and then...smacked hard on the crossbar.
With a bang, the football bounced out again.
Before the Arsenal fans in front of the TV could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw the pop-up football hitting the back of Amunia who was still in the air.
Refraction occurred again, this time the football flew to the place it should have gone before - goal
Then flew in.
"The ball is in," John Mortson was stunned for a moment, then raised his arms and shouted.
When he saw the football hit the crossbar and bounced out, he felt very sorry for the kick of Honor. What a beautiful kick, but it was rejected by the crossbar. It was so regretful.
As a result, I saw that the football was hitting Amunia in the back by a silence, and then bounced into the goal...
The goal that should be scored really can't be eliminated
"Amunia is so unlucky. If he doesn't save this ball, he might hit the crossbar and pop out..." Alan Hansen said with a smile on the side. "This ball may be in..."
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After seeing the football fly into the goal, Rongguang also raised his fist and pointed it into the sky. Then he was hugged by his excited teammates.
Diego Godin was a central defender, so he didn't rush to the frontcourt to celebrate, he celebrated alone in the backcourt, chanting.
Just now, Rongguang patted his shoulder and said that there was nothing to worry about, so he could relax. Is this his proof?
Lugano is right, you will easily feel at ease when you play against Rong on the same team
With such a powerful captain, what else can I be nervous about?
Godin thought excitedly.
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However, Arsenal was hit by this concealment goal. The worst hit was goalkeeper Amunya - how did his own efforts to save the game end up becoming a bad thing?
If I hadn't been in the air, I wouldn't have entered at all
Now it has become my own own goal
Arsenal's revenge plan... It was just twenty minutes before it was hit hard
Wenger rushed to the sidelines. Although he felt helpless and regretful about conceding the ball, it was not the time to be frustrated. The game had only started twenty minutes, and there were seventy minutes left. Arsenal did not fail to make a difference next.
After all, we have grasped Manchester City's weaknesses
So he roared loudly on the sidelines to cheer up the players.
"Look for their weaknesses. They have weaknesses."
Wenger shouted on the sidelines.
At the same time, he pointed his hand at Diego Godin, the 23-year-old Uruguayan central defender who played for the first time in the Premier League after the transfer to Manchester City.
If he could do it, he even wanted to put a striking mark on Godin's head so that Arsenal players could look up their weaknesses on Manchester City's defense line when they were playing on the court.
Wenger's roar restored the fighting spirit and confidence of the Arsenal players, and recovered from their panic of conceding the ball.
Yes, we know the weaknesses on Manchester City's defense line
Attacking towards this weakness will definitely equalize the score
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The game continued after the Arsenal player kicked off.
After conceding the ball, Arsenal originally wanted to launch a counterattack quickly, but their attack had just been completed once and was suppressed by Manchester City's overwhelming rapid offensive.
Manchester City, which was leading at home, launched wave after wave of offensives to Arsenal's goal amid the thunderous clamor of home fans.
These offensives were so fast that Arsenal couldn't breathe.
What to use weaknesses to equalize the score... It would be nice to stop losing the ball now
Manchester City's offensive frenzy lasted for about ten minutes before finally getting smaller.
Arsenal can finally take a breath.
Fortunately, their goal did not continue to fall in these ten minutes, and they finally defended the goal after retreating from defense at all.
Now that I think about it, I am really scared - if Manchester City scored another goal in these ten minutes, this game would probably be too difficult to play.
Fortunately, God blessed them, they did not continue to lose the ball, and if the score was still 0I, Arsenal still has the potential to do.
We already know your weaknesses... wait, we will be able to equalize the score soon
Arsenal began to launch an offensive.
The target is naturally Manchester City's central defender Diego Godin.
Van Persie found Godin again, and at the same time his teammates passed the football over.
Just when Van Persie thought he could break through easily, he staggered.
The ball that was about to be passed to his feet was robbed by Godin in advance and was cut off in an instant
Van Persie turned his head in surprise and looked at Godin's back. He never expected that Godin's movements would be so agile and quick, and he would be so quick.
Van Persie was surprised, too, Arsenal player Diaby who passed the ball to him.
Chapter completed!