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Chapter 97 Ling Feng turned around and switched from defense to offense! 【[-]-in-[-]】

"Podolski"

"he made it!"

"The ball is in!"

"One to zero!"

In less than 5 minutes of play, Arsenal penetrated Leicester City's goal with a picturesque pass and reception!
After scoring the goal, Prince Polti opened his arms with excitement, rushed to the corner flag area, and performed a passionate kneeling slide.

After getting up, he grabbed the camera next to him with both hands and roared at the camera:

"Come On!"

Opening the scoring in the final was an opportunity for Podolski to prove himself.

Transferred to Arsenal last season, Podolski played 33 times in the Premier League, scoring a total of 11 goals and contributing 9 assists. His performance was very good.

However, due to his too single characteristics and the rise of young wingers in the team, he has become the main rotation role this season.

There were only twenty appearances in the Premier League, only fourteen of which were starts.

Even though the scoring efficiency was good, eight goals were scored.

However, this season, Podolski is no longer Wenger's main option in attack.

If it weren't for Walcott's season injury and Oxlade-Chamberlain's injury, there would be no left winger, and he would never have been able to start in such a crucial game in the FA Cup final.

However, he also made his own contribution in Arsenal's FA Cup promotion journey to the final.

Three goals in four games, plus the first goal in this game, his scoring efficiency in the FA Cup has reached four goals in five games!
He seized the opportunity to score a goal not long after the opening, and he lived up to Wenger's trust.

It is enough to prove that Prince Bolti, who is nearly thirty years old, can still contribute to Arsenal!

And this goal is undoubtedly a dream start for Arsenal and the fans!

Did they not expect that Leicester City, hailed as the "English Championship Overlord" by the media, would be so vulnerable?
The Arsenal fans in the stands cheered and were extremely excited.

The Leicester City fans, on the other hand, looked at the Arsenal players who were celebrating excitedly on the field in bewilderment, somewhat confused.

what's the situation?
It was only 5 minutes into the game and the goal was conceded?

You know, Leicester City is the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the entire English Championship.

After 46 league rounds throughout the season, only thirty goals were conceded!
That's seven goals less than Burnley, which conceded the second fewest goals!

Especially in the second half of the league, Leicester City is often able to keep opponents clean.

But now, in perhaps the most important game of the season, Arsenal broke through the defense with just a few passes in just 5 minutes?

Are we careless, or are Arsenal too strong?
Could it be said that this is the offense of the Premier League giants? !

Such doubts also appeared in the minds of Leicester City generals.

They looked at each other, as if they hadn't recovered from the loss just now.

You know, in the English Championship where there are many bad guys and fierce competition, except for Leicester City, almost no team can play such smooth cooperation.

This game is the first time since 2004 that Leicester City and Arsenal have met again in ten years.

Ten years later, the players of the two teams have long been changed.

Therefore, the only way to understand each other is by studying each other's game videos and highlights.

Therefore, this led to Leicester City's lack of understanding of Arsenal's tactics, and Arsenal gave them a slap in the face at the beginning!
Strictly speaking, Leicester City is a team with strong offense and weak defense.

The reason why they conceded so few goals is simply that Leicester City's strong offensive firepower has covered up the team's defensive problems to a certain extent.

The team's two starting central defenders, Morgan and Moore, are both excellent in frontal air defense and interception, but slow to grab and turn.

Most of the English Championship teams use long passes and lob tactics, or crosses from the wing and directly hit the center with high balls.

Of course, this will not threaten Morgan and Moore, who have excellent air defense capabilities.

However, once you encounter a technical team like Arsenal with small-scale passing and receiving cooperation, the problem of the slow speed of the center back will be exposed!

Coupled with the fact that Giroud, a fulcrum-type big center, attracts the defense of the two central defenders, it gives Ergou in the front midfielder the space and time to pass the ball calmly.

Although he is a dead man.

However, as a former Real Madrid and German national team's frontcourt organizer, Ergo's ability to pass and threaten the ball is completely ranked among the top five in the world.

During his time at Real Madrid, there were top shooters such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema. His assists in two seasons even exceeded the total assists of Barcelona's Xavi and Iniesta!

During that time, he was even hailed as the world's number one attacking midfielder!

Last summer, after coming to Arsenal with the highest transfer fee in team history, he quickly integrated into the team and showed his skills at the feet in the Premier League.

Matty James and Danny Drinkwater in the midfield were also a little careless and did not notice that this guy who looked depressed and had dark circles under his eyes was actually passing the ball so decisively and sharply!
Although I am prepared for the strength gap between the two teams.

However, Ling Feng did not expect that Arsenal would score in just one offensive round.

As expected of Arsenal under Wenger, the passing and control is picturesque!
However, Arsenal scored first, which was not beyond his expectation.

The strength of the team and the individual abilities of the players are there and cannot be wiped out so easily.

Losing the ball first may also be a good thing.

This will make Leicester City fans wake up from their dream of being invincible in the English Championship and take this game seriously!
As long as they focus on the game and devote themselves to this game, they still have a chance!
After all, the game has only started for 5 minutes.
. . .

Watching his disciples resolutely implement their own tactics and take the lead in the game as expected before the game, Wenger, who was sitting on the coaching bench, also smiled slightly.

Then he stood up and applauded the disciples' performance.

On the other side of the coaching bench, Pearson frowned and turned to assistant coach Walsh to watch the entire replay of the goal being played on his laptop for review:

"This ball, Nugent delayed the ball."

"Look at their positions when they attack at the same time. They seem to have consciously blocked the receiving routes of Ling and Riyad, allowing the midfielder to pass the ball to the left."

"This may be a deliberate arrangement by Wenger. He knows that the only ones in our frontcourt who can pass threatening balls are Ling Feng and Mahrez. Therefore, relax the space on Nugent's side and let him get more balls."

"We should let Ling and Mahrez change positions appropriately and then drop back to get the ball."

After the discussion, Pearson got up from the coaching bench and came to the sidelines.

"Riyadh!"

While the Arsenal players had just finished celebrating and were walking back, Pearson waved Mahrez on the right to the sidelines and made some tactical arrangements for him.

Then, after receiving the order, Mahrez came to Ling Feng in the middle and conveyed the tactical instructions to the team's midfield brain:
“The boss asked us to change positions from time to time and drop back to catch the ball.”

Hearing this, Ling Feng nodded, indicating that he understood.

Dropping back to receive the ball and adding a receiving point in the midfield has become a routine change for Leicester City when dealing with pressure from strong teams.

"Guys, the game has just begun!"

While loudly encouraging his teammates, Ling Feng did not forget to warn the two midfielders behind him:

"Danny, Marty, you can give that No. 11 more body, so that he can't pass the ball so easily. And that No. 19"

The two of them nodded to express their understanding.The scene of the three people communicating also appeared on the big screen in the stadium.

The Blue Fox fans at the scene suddenly burst into cheers when they looked at Ling Feng's serious and handsome face.

In their view, Ling Feng was their biggest contributor to overcoming all obstacles and reaching the FA Cup final.

Under his leadership, three Premier League teams, Stoke City, Chelsea, and Hull City, all fell at their feet.

They have an inexplicable confidence that as long as Ling Feng is on the court, they will not lose!
After another kick, Ling Feng retreated to ask for the ball.

And Brother Drinking in the midfield passed the ball without hesitation.

Due to the retreat of the position, the Arsenal players who pressed Ling Feng changed from Ramsey in the central midfielder to Ergo in the attacking midfielder.

Compared with his offensive ability, Ergou's defensive ability and enthusiasm for pressing are not worth mentioning.

Ling Feng only played a one-two with Brother Drinking Water and easily got rid of his pressure. He turned around and faced Arsenal's goal with the ball.

In Leicester City's 4231 tactic, the timing of the attack is basically determined by Ling Feng.

Therefore, the moment Ling Feng turned around, it was the moment when Leicester City switched from defense to offense!

Without giving Ramsey a chance to press forward, Ling Feng passed the ball straight to the right and then kicked off the ball.

And the [Explosion] as high as 89 made him rush out like a sharp arrow!

As he passed by Ramsey, the latter couldn't help but exclaimed in his heart:
"Why so fast?!"

In amazement, Ramsey gritted his teeth and immediately turned around and chased after him.

Facing the ball rolling quickly, Mahrez, who was leaning sideways on left back Gibbs, stopped lightly with his left foot, and then pushed the ball to Ling Feng who was inserted.

After receiving the ball again, there was no Arsenal player within three meters of Ling Feng to interfere, and there was already room to pass the ball!

He didn't raise his head to observe, but swung his right leg sharply and made an arcing diagonal pass.

With a "bang" sound, the ball flew through the air with a strong spin and flew to the left side of Arsenal's penalty area.

Left winger Nugent, who started early, reached the first landing point of the ball before right back Sagna returned to defense.

However, his stopping skills are not as good as Mahrez's.

When he stretched his legs to stop the ball at his feet, Arsenal right back Sagna was already positioned in front of him, blocking the angle of the cross.

Arteta in the midfield also assisted in defense.

Just when Nugent was thinking about whether to break through from the outside, force a cross from the bottom, or cut in and shoot, he heard a shout from the right:

"David!"

Following the sound, Nugent saw Ling Feng cutting in at high speed in the middle. Nugent did not hesitate and sent a cross pass directly from the middle of the two Arsenal players to outside the penalty area.

As Mertesacker in the penalty area was attracted by Vardy and Ramsey had not yet returned to defend, another Arsenal center back Koscielny made a prompt decision and stepped forward to block Ling Feng's shooting angle with his body.

And just before he rushed out of the penalty area with his hands behind his back, Ling Feng hit the ball with a push!
"Nugent passes back to the center"

"Ling Feng..."

"Shoot!"

The inside of the foot wrapped the ball tightly and made a "bang" sound.

The next second, the ball shot out, just passing by the left side of Koscielny's head, and shot straight to the right side of the goal.

The ball speed is not very fast, but the angle is very tricky.

It looked like he was about to slide out of the door, but instead he turned back into the goal with an inward arc!
Fortunately, goalkeeper Fabianski was very focused and prepared in advance for Ling Feng's long shot.

He suddenly turned sideways and flew out to the right, blocking the ball out of the baseline with his fingertips in mid-air.

Seeing this, many Blue Fox fans in the stands uniformly held their heads in their hands, showing expressions of disbelief.

And Ling Feng's eyes also flashed with a hint of regret.

In his opinion, this kick was already very good.

Maybe he still encountered some interference from Koscielny, so he didn't dare to exert too much force and didn't hit enough ball speed.

This wave of extremely threatening offense caused a burst of exclamations from fans on both sides of the stadium.

Immediately, tens of thousands of Blue Fox fans in the stadium gave warm applause to this attack.

"Ling, well done!"

"That's it!"

"Come On! Foxes!"

Even Pearson on the sidelines applauded.

This wave of offensive is enough to prove that Leicester City has enough ability to threaten Arsenal's goal!
Leicester City are not soft persimmons who can be easily squeezed!
Raising his hand to give Nugent the first thumbs up of the game, Ling Feng came to the right corner flag area and prepared to take a corner kick.

Set-piece tactics are the main means for weak teams to create threats when facing strong teams.

Therefore, Leicester City's two central defenders rushed into Arsenal's penalty area.

However, when Ling Feng's corner kick flew towards the crowd near the penalty spot in the penalty area, Mertesacker, who was nearly two meters tall, jumped up and flew the ball away immediately.

The ball landed at the feet of Cazorla outside the penalty area. Before Drinkwater could grab it, he passed the ball to a large open space on the left.

The left winger Podolski stepped in at high speed and took the ball and pushed forward crazily!

At the same time, Ramsey and Ergou were rushing forward crazily, trying to launch a counterattack.

In just ten seconds, Arsenal took advantage of the emptiness in the backcourt caused by Leicester City's corner kick tactics to form a three-on-two counterattack situation!
Seeing this, Ling Feng's eyes narrowed, and while running back as hard as he could, he loudly reminded his teammates in the backcourt:
"Stick it up! Don't let him pass!"

Since the two central defenders have already moved up, only the two faster full-backs are behind.

Facing Podolski's wing breakthrough, right back De Wright immediately chased after him, not forgetting to pull Podolski's jersey, forcing him to lose the ball.

The left back Schlupp quickly recovered the center to prevent Podolski from passing the ball to the center.

However, Podolski's physical confrontation and ball control are good.

Although the pace of advancement has been slowed down.

But he suddenly faked a fake dunk with his feet, causing De Wright's entire body to sway, and then he broke through from the outside!

At the same time, Ramsey, who is full of physical strength, has already intervened at high speed from the middle!
Looking up at the center, Podolski passed the ball low with his left foot without hesitation.

The entire counterattack routine was exactly the same as Leicester City's pass back from the wing to the front of the penalty area 2 minutes ago!
At this time, Marty James, who had been following Ramsey, saw that Ramsey stepped forward to catch the ball and could form a long shot. He immediately took a tactical foul and reached out from behind to grab Ramsey's jersey. Swing back, then pull hard.

"what!"

With a scream, Ramsey fell to the ground.

The next second, the referee's whistle sounded!

(End of this chapter)