My uncle is Inzaghi

Chapter 212 The Infinitely Close Champion

After Kaka came off the field, the team doctor wrapped an ice pack on his hind thigh muscles.

He was worried as he sat on the bench.

But when he saw Li Mo blast the ball into the goal, his worries disappeared.

If it weren't for the ice pack wrapped around his thigh, even if his muscles were still a little tingling, he would have rushed to the sidelines to celebrate like his teammates on the bench.

After Mourinho saw Kaka leave the field, he started to sit in his seat and write something in a small book.

At that time, the commentator also joked that Mourinho's little notebook must have written something like "too lucky".

but now.

After seeing Li Mo's goal.

Mourinho was stunned.

Then he angrily threw the notebook to the ground and rushed to the sidelines, but he didn't know how to vent his anger.

Seeing that the opponent was forced to make substitutions, he was still thinking about how to use this to launch an attack.

As a result, they scored in the next attack.

And it’s such an explosive world wave!

This time, Arsenal's morale, which may have been dampened by Kaká's injury, will definitely straighten up immediately.

Chelsea will definitely be affected.

Mourinho turned around and saw Wenger raising his arms and cheering, and felt even more unhappy.

But no matter how unhappy he is, now is the time when he needs to give clear instructions.

The idea of ​​attacking before was definitely going to be overturned.

Now

Let’s defend first.

Thinking of this, Mourinho pulled Azpilicueta, who was relatively close to him, and told him: "Defend first, and don't give them another chance!"

Azpilicueta nodded repeatedly.

He also understands what the head coach means, that is, Arsenal must not be allowed to score consecutive goals in a short period of time.

Conceding a goal is bad enough.

But if because of this conceding of the ball, the situation becomes chaotic and the team is eager to equalize the score, resulting in loopholes in the defense that can be exploited by the opponent.

Then the difficulty of winning back the game will skyrocket.

"Li Mo's shot is so beautiful. It's like a street ball action. He catches the ball with his right foot, throws the ball up before it hits the ground, then turns around and hits it directly. Gary Cahill was completely fascinated by him. We can see that when Li Mo received the ball, in order to avoid being directly turned around and wiped out by Li Mo, Gary Cahill took a step back. If he had not taken a step back, Li Mo may not have been able to complete the shot."

He Wei was full of praise for Li Mo's handling of the ball.

The TV broadcast played the moment when Li Mo scored the goal over and over again.

In slow motion, Li Mo's handling of the ball is full of beauty.

"Imagination, skill, and courage, only if you have these three, can you score goals like this!"

Andy Gray marveled.

Fans all over the world are dazzled by Li Mo's goal.

On the Internet, fans praised Li Mo's goal.

And at this time.

Li Mo and his teammates have ended their celebration and returned to their own half.

In the stands at Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal fans sang "Li Mo's Song".

The song vibrated throughout the stadium.

It seems.

Kaka's injury did not affect them and Arsenal got off to a very good start.

at this time.

Chelsea's players are already standing in the center circle.

After the blow of conceding the ball, Chelsea's players also adjusted. At least on the surface, they looked very calm.

The camera glanced over the faces of every Chelsea player. They looked normal, and the stunned expressions that they had been stunned by Li Mo's goal disappeared.

This somewhat reassured the Chelsea fans in front of the TV screen.

The biggest fear after losing the ball is that the players will be stunned.

Now it seems.

Chelsea's players at least have a stable mentality.

A team that can keep up with Arsenal in the long league marathon will definitely have no problem with stability, at least.

If they panic because of a conceding goal, such a team will definitely not be able to maintain a stable performance for a consecutive season.

A showdown between masters.

Where could anyone be defeated so easily?

"Arsenal scored first, how will Mourinho's team respond next?" Andy Gray said.

Just as Mourinho guessed.

Next, Arsenal took advantage of the momentum they had just scored and launched a massive attack as soon as the game restarted, with the potential to devour Chelsea in one go.

Not enough, and they ultimately failed to score in a short period of time.

After being reminded by Mourinho, Chelsea players chose a stable direction.

Their defensive organization during this period was very good.

Defense is something Chelsea is good at.

Arsenal launched attacks continuously, but failed to break through Chelsea's goal. Instead, Chelsea began to get some counterattack opportunities. They used the space in the backcourt after Arsenal pressed the attack to counterattack.

Twenty-fourth minute of the game.

Chelsea attack.

Azpilicueta moved forward along the wing, received the ball on the left side of the penalty area and passed directly.

The football was headed out by Mertesacker and fell in front of Oscar on the outside of the penalty area.

The Brazilian midfielder faced the ball and volleyed it before it even hit the ground!

With the help of football.

This kick was so powerful and heavy that the football flew into the air and flew straight to the dead center of the goal.

"Oscar Shot!!"

to the exclamations of the commentators.

The football flew into the goal against the lower edge of the right crossbar!

"Beautiful! Oh oh oh! Another world wave!!"

"Oscar responded with a world wave! He helped Chelsea equalize the score!!"

The Emirates Stadium fell into a brief silence as the football flew into the goal.

Then, Chelsea fans cheered and Arsenal fans booed at the same time.

"After falling behind for ten minutes, Chelsea equalized the score! Beautiful! Chelsea responded to Arsenal's world wave with a world wave! This is the Premier League title battle we are looking forward to! Wonderful!"

Andy Gray said excitedly.

The game had only started for twenty-four minutes.

Two goals have been born now, and both are wonderful world waves.

A volley, a lob and a volley.

They were all scored outside the penalty area.

This kind of game makes the neutral fans excited, and at the same time, it also makes the fans of both sides unable to control their nervousness.

"Oscar! Oscar! Oscar!!"

The commentator on Chelsea Radio roared excitedly.

"The score has been equalized!! Now both sides are back on the same starting line! Well done!!"

In front of the TV.

Chelsea fans jumped to their feet and cheered.

The game lasted twenty-four minutes.

The tension of the title race is already spreading.

Brazilian Oscar became the center of attention after scoring the goal.

He excitedly shook his fists toward the stands.

This season is considered the highlight season for Oscar.

Already has 10 assists in all competitions and 8 goals.

This is quite luxurious data for a midfielder, and he has very good skills with his feet. He was nicknamed "New Kaka" when he debuted.

His goal restored suspense to the game.

"Chelsea performed quite tenaciously. They equalized the score ten minutes after falling behind. This is by no means good news for Arsenal. They have now equalized the score. Don't forget the impact of Kaká's injury on Arsenal. It still exists, at least, they now have one less substitution place." He Wei said.

His words made Li Mo's supporters in front of the TV a little anxious and irritable.

But it's okay.

Judging from the televised lens.

Arsenal's players were not too badly hit.

At least the Arsenal players shown on camera did not look frustrated.

This somewhat reassures Arsenal supporters.

After the game restarts.

Both sides have offense and defense against each other.

The scene seems relatively balanced.

Both sides have good offensive opportunities, and the defensive organization of both sides is also very tight.

In the end, both sides failed to score in the first half.

When Marriner blew the whistle to end the first half.

The score is still one to one.

In fact, Arsenal seems to be able to accept this result, because they are the leading side after all, and getting one point can also suppress Manchester City and top the list.

But considering the insecurity of a one-to-one score, if Chelsea scores one in the second half, it will be over.

Therefore, the tactical choices both sides will make in the second half of this game will be determined during the halftime break. A bone of contention among commentators and football pundits.

Back to the locker room.

Wenger has made some adjustments to deal with the problems encountered in the first half.

Although the ball was lost in the middle.

But in fact, the root cause was Chelsea's offense on both wings.

The two wingers, Hazard and William, have very strong offensive power.

They were very active on the wings, making Arsenal's full-backs very embarrassed.

to this end.

He asked Sanchez and Walcott to step up their offense in the second half and use their offense to push the opponent's wingers back.

And on the other side.

Mourinho also paid attention to the wings. He hopes that Hazard and William will continue to strengthen the offensive on the wings and strengthen the advantages of the wings.

"Use our wing speed to overwhelm them!"

Mourinho said with confidence.

He has great confidence in Hazard and William.

Especially on Hazard's side, the opponent's winger opposite him is Walcott.

Walcott is fast.

But in terms of overall strength, he is still much inferior to Hazard.

Both sides are making fuss on the wing.

Second half.

The two sides changed sides and fought again.

There were no substitution adjustments, but there were obvious changes in tactics.

The two teams came up.

Just confront Maimang on the wing.

Forty-sixth minute of the game.

Hazard dribbled the ball from the right and passed in. Torres headed the ball high, but Koscielny interfered.

A minute later, Sanchez launched a fast break on the left wing.

His final cross was blocked by Ivanovic.

In the 51st minute, it was on the wing again.

Chelsea launched a very threatening attack.

Torres retreated to respond, split the ball to the wing and then inserted it into the penalty area.

William's cross was deflected.

Within these few minutes.

Both sides are making fuss on the wing.

In comparison, the midfield players seem a little quieter.

During this period, Li Mo made more interspersed movements, and at most he did excessive work.

Although he did not appear on camera more during this period.

But that doesn't mean he can be ignored.

In the 58th minute of the game, Walcott passed the ball across the wing! !

Li Mo quickly pressed forward.

Facing the ball is a shot! !

This time it was really unexpected.

Li Mo started looking for it better than anyone else.

He started even before Walcott started passing the ball.

So when Gary Cahill hurriedly made up for it, his arms were open while running - this was to maintain the balance of the body, but he forgot that his position was in the penalty area!

Li Mo's shot hit his wrist firmly.

Handball! !

Li Mo immediately raised his arms.

Not waiting for him to turn around.

Marriner's whistle sounded.

"Penalty kick?!"

"That's right! It's a penalty!!! Arsenal gets a penalty!!!"

"Li Mo's shot directly hit Gary Cahill's arm! This is undoubtedly a penalty kick!! Even this ball. If the referee determines that it was an intentional handball, he may be shown a yellow card or even a red card!"

While the narrators are talking.

Referee Marriner ran towards the penalty area and pointed his finger at the penalty spot.

This series of actions proved that it was a penalty kick.

The commentator on Chelsea Radio was lamenting for Gary Cahill: "This is a ball hitter! How could Gary Cahill stop his hand in time under such circumstances? You can't ask him to cut off his hand, right?"

What he said makes sense at first glance.

But it doesn’t make sense at all.

Because handball is not about the hand hitting the ball or the ball hitting the ball.

But it depends on whether it can be beneficial to expand the defensive range.

If Gary Cahill's arms are close to his body and not spread out, it will be fine if his hand hits the ball.

But just now his arms were fully opened, like wings.

Whether it's a ball hitter or a hand hitting the ball - this involves basic physics rules. The effects of force are mutual. The ball hitter is the hand hitting the ball.

So Marina didn't hesitate at all.

A penalty kick was awarded very resolutely.

Chelsea's players also tried to appeal from the perspective of never stopping.

However, the referee was unmoved. He stood at the penalty spot and waved the Chelsea players away.

"Penalty kick!! Arsenal got a penalty kick!!" He Wei also shouted, "Judging from the slow motion of the replay, this is when Li Mo shot, Gary Cahill moved laterally in a hurry to come It was blocked, and Li Mo's shot hit Gary Cahill's arm."

at this time.

The Internet in Longguo also exploded.

Penalty kicks can easily be controversial.

Especially some penalty kicks actually depend on the referee's scale.

The referee's standards are a little looser, and there's nothing you can do if you don't call for many actions.

If the referee were stricter, you would have nothing to say if a penalty was awarded due to many actions.

So the argument will arise here.

Whenever there is a penalty kick in a game, debate is inevitable.

Just like this ball.

"I think Li Mo shot the ball into Gary Cahill's arm on purpose."

"This is the ball beater!"

Chelsea fans began to cry out.

"Haha, Li Mo's footwork is fine, but I don't believe you said he deliberately hit his hand in this flash of lightning."

"So what if it was intentional? Who asked you to open your arms like this?"

No one can say whether Li Mo did it on purpose or not.

After the penalty kick was awarded, he was immediately rushed over and hugged by Walcott, and other Arsenal players also came up to celebrate immediately.

After all, this penalty kick was created by Li Mo.

Veteran Arteta picked up the ball, stuffed it into Li Mo's arms, and patted him on the shoulder.

This is trust.

He believed that Li Mo would definitely be able to make the free throw.

When Li Mo placed the ball on the penalty spot.

The Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium fell silent for fear of disturbing Li Mo's penalty kick.

"Arsenal got a penalty kick. This is their perfect opportunity to break the deadlock. As long as this penalty kick is scored, they will take the lead again!!"

"So far, Li Mo has scored 47 league goals in the league. If this goal is scored, he will score 48 goals in the Premier League. There are still two rounds in the league. Next, he really hopes to increase the number of goals scored in the Premier League to more than 50 goals in a single season!”

The chatter of the commentators stopped when Li Mo retreated and stood still.

Everyone held their breath and concentrated.

Following referee Marina's whistle, Li Mo took a deep breath and then took a run.

The tight instep kicked the football hard.

The characteristic of Li Mo's penalty kicks is that they are not false.

He aimed at the blind spot.

No matter what your goalkeeper does, no matter what direction you judge.

I just care about how I punish myself!

Anyway, the ball is fast and the angle is awkward.

It doesn't matter if you judge the right direction.

Just like this time.

Cech couldn't help it if he pounced in the right direction.

The football flew close to the ground towards the goal, grazed the post and hit the inside side net. Cech did not even touch the ball.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!"

as the commentators chanted.

Li Mo opened his arms and looked at his teammates with a smile.

This goal will be the turning point of the game! ! !

The entire Emirates Stadium cheered loudly!

Two to one!

Arsenal took the lead again.

Mourinho shook his head on the sidelines after he badgered the fourth official in protest, earning him a yellow card.

This put Mourinho's trademark cynical smile on his face, a smile that seemed to accuse the world of being unfair to him and his team.

After the game.

He will definitely have to talk about this penalty kick - the reporters in the media box are looking forward to this.

On the other hand, Wenger doesn't care what Mourinho thinks.

The most important thing is for your team to take the lead again, regardless of how the goal was scored.

Isn't a penalty kick a goal?

Just celebrate and that's it.

The game starts again.

Arsenal's morale was greatly shaken after the goal.

Chelsea's players were inevitably affected. They could take the loss in the first half calmly, but this loss made them very unhappy because it was a penalty, not a goal in a sports match. This made Chelsea's players very upset. Unhappy, they were holding back their anger, which was a double-edged sword for Chelsea.

On the one hand, they may inspire strong fighting spirit.

But on the other hand, it might make them lose their cool.

Especially when Arsenal continued to attack amid the cheers of the home fans after taking the lead again.

This double-edged sword is likely to hit Chelsea themselves

For example, in the 63rd minute of the game.

A scene that made Chelsea fans desperate happened.

Li Mo caught the ball at the edge of the penalty area and dunked the ball into the penalty area!

Midfielder Mikel tackles from behind!

He was originally intended to intercept a pass from Sagna on the wing.

Who would have thought that Li Mo was facing the ball to catch the ball, and then Li Mo deducted the ball first.

Mikel's tackle just came.

At the critical moment, Li Mo could only jump up to avoid the tackle.

But this time Mikel was always evil, and you were the only one who "cheated" a penalty kick, right?

He actually lifted his feet! !

Flying shovel from behind, feet off the ground, showing spikes!

No matter which one of these behaviors it is, it is a very bad move!

The spikes stepped firmly on Li Mo's calf.

When Li Mo fell to the ground.

Referee Gamarina ran up.

Mikel finally calmed down at this time. After he realized what he had done, he already had a premonition that something was wrong.

It wasn't until he calmed down that he realized what a stupid thing he had done.

He hurriedly got up and looked very anxious to pull Li Mo first.

However, before he could reach Li Mo, Sania pushed him away angrily.

Just as players from both sides rushed over.

The referee Marina raised the red card.

"Red card!! Mikel was sent off with a red card!!!"

to the narrator's exclamations.

Marriner sends Mikel off with a red card.

Then he signaled the team doctor to come in.

"Li Mo's situation seems to be bad."

He Wei said with some worry.

Mikel's tackle was too big.

It's not touching the ground, and the spikes are exposed.

The camera quickly turned on Li Mo.

Only seen on camera.

Li Mo's white socks were scratched with a big hole, and a shocking blood stain appeared on his calf.

The team doctor breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this bloody stain.

Because at least it wasn't a bone or ligament injury.

But such injuries must also be dealt with off the field.

So Li Mo must end! !

"I can still hold on."

Li Mo didn't feel the need to end his life.

Because it was just a flesh wound.

The team doctor shook his head firmly: "No, we have to check again. Your wound is too big and the bleeding needs to be stopped immediately!!"

Although there are no arteries in the calf, if the bleeding is not stopped in time and there is intense exercise, it will be difficult to lose too much blood.

So Li Mo had no choice but to follow the team doctor's advice and get off the field to deal with the calf injury.

Now the team is one goal ahead and has one more player to play.

Basically stable.

Li Mo walked off the field with the help of the team doctor.

Arsenal fans are a little worried.

They are worried that Li Mo will not be able to play in the next game. Although Arsenal leads Barcelona 4-0, they are really worried about facing Barcelona at Camp Nou if Li Mo does not appear on the court in the second round of the two sides. .

Now Li Mo is Arsenal's reassurance, anchor and mainstay.

Wenger came to the sidelines immediately.

Before the team doctor came off the field, he asked impatiently: "What's going on?"

"Fortunately, nothing happened."

The team doctor said with a thankful smile on his face: "No ligaments were injured, just flesh injuries, not much impact.

Wenger saw the smile on the team doctor's face and knew that Li Mo's injury was not a serious matter.

So he breathed a huge sigh of relief.

He stepped forward and hugged Li Mo.

"Li, have a good rest, we will definitely win this game!"

One goal ahead.

Hit one more person.

If you still can't win with such a big advantage.

Then he deserved to lose the championship in the end.

Giroud, who started to warm up after Li Mo fell to the ground and was injured, stood on the sidelines.

"Li Mo was injured and came off the field. This was originally a good opportunity for Chelsea, but they now have one less player. And he is still in a very critical defensive midfield position."

Andy Gray shook his head and said.

"Fortunately, Ramirez also has certain defensive abilities, but Oscar will definitely come back and participate in defense with Ramirez."

As Andy Gray analyzes it.

Mourinho has decided to make a substitution.

Replace Lampard, replace Oscar!

Oscar was a little surprised when he saw that he was being replaced.

After all, he is the team's goal scorer, and he is now in very good physical condition, so he is eager to help the team score the second goal.

As a result, he will be replaced.

Oscar was unhappy. Mikel made a mistake and let him bear the consequences.

So I looked unhappy when I left the field.

But Mourinho has no time to comfort the golden man now. Chelsea must win this game, but now, the team is one goal behind and has one less player to play, how can they win?

The only good thing is that Mikel's foul happened to be on the penalty area line - if he had been a step later, Li Mo would have entered the penalty area.

This free kick on the penalty area line failed to create any threat.

However, Chelsea, with one less player to play, was completely at a disadvantage in the rest of the second half.

Although Arsenal did not score again in the rest of the second half.

But Chelsea's threatening offense is really not many.

In the end, Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2-1 at home and won the battle at Tianwangshan.

When the full-time whistle blows.

The first thing the camera lens found was Li Mo on the bench and locked onto his calf.

Wrapped in thick bandages.

Arsenal fans are anxious.

"Is this wound going to be okay?"

"Probably not. If something happened, I would definitely not be sitting on the bench."

"I hope so"

Injuries are the natural enemy of players.

Even Ronaldo, the most talented football player in history, lost to injuries

How many amazing and talented players have fallen down due to injuries.

"In the battle at Tianwangshan, Li scored twice. He was the most important contributor to Arsenal's ability to win this game in the Champions League and win the league championship this season!"

Andy Gray said.

After the game,

Li Mo was surrounded by reporters.

"I don't think we've won the championship yet."

in front of reporters.

Li Mo looked very calm.

"There are still two rounds of the league. It is difficult for any team in the Premier League to deal with, especially our next two opponents are teams that need to avoid relegation."

And at the post-match press conference.

Wenger was also very calm and did not open the champagne in advance: "There are still two rounds of the league, and it is impossible for us to celebrate in advance."

Mourinho is struggling with penalties and red cards.

He said his team lost to referee Marriner and lashed out at the press conference for the referee's decision.

This will undoubtedly result in him being punished by the FA.

But this is Mourinho.

It's no wonder that so many referees don't like him.

but no matter.

Arsenal, who won this crucial battle, are already infinitely close to the Premier League championship!

The next round of the league is one of the match points

Of course.

before this.

Arsenal must also ensure they exit the Nou Camp unscathed.

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