My uncle is Inzaghi

Chapter 31 It’s a sunny noon
  The TV broadcast gave Li Mo a long close-up shot.

Tell TV viewers who the key players in this game are.

In the stands of die-hard fans.

An area appeared with Li Mo's portrait held high.

They are all Arsenal fans from the Victor community.

This is actually Li Mo's first time playing at the Emirates Stadium.

Although when he stepped onto the court to warm up, he had already come to the court to become familiar with it.

But this is the first time for a formal competition.

He looked left and right at the stands.

Then he stepped on the turf with Giroud in front of him.

Shake hands with the opponent, then take a photo, and then sit in his seat, waiting for the team captain. Vermaelen, who started the game, and the opponent's captain Adam Lallana are choosing sides.

Although the team's opponent Southampton in this game is a newly promoted team, their strength is not weak at all.

To know.

Southampton completed two consecutive jumps from English League One and English Championship to the Premier League in two seasons.

In their team, there are high-profile local English rookies like Adam Lallana, as well as inspiring local centers like Lambert, as well as free kick experts like Ward Prowse, Dutch international Schneiderlin, Portugal international Fonte and other players.

At least judging from the lineup, Southampton doesn't look like a newly promoted team at all.

They have the ambition to stay in the Premier League.

On Southampton’s bench, there is also Japanese international Maya Yoshida.

"Hey, Yoshida, that kid actually started this game."

"The head coach asked us to take good care of him before the game. This little guy is probably in some trouble."

"You're only 17 and you're starting in the starting lineup. Do you really think that if you score a few goals, you'll be able to play in the Premier League?"

"The last game was just that Manchester City's defender was too gentle with him!"

On the bench, Southampton players were also talking about Li Mo.

Maya Yoshida also knows that Southampton is also preparing for this game during this period, and there is a possibility that Li Mo will start.
  Adkins, the team's head coach, just said: Give this little guy more strength!

Although Li Mo scored twice in two consecutive games.

But Adkins believes that Li Mo is only able to perform because he is a newcomer and is not understood by others. If he starts to be studied, the difficulty of scoring goals will rise sharply.

The situation and Yoshida Maya thought well.

Southampton's targeted arrangements for Li Mo made Li Mo almost fall into the muscle jungle of Southampton's back line.

He was constantly squeezed, collided, and fell to the ground.

Ten minutes into the game, Li Mo had no room to move at all - because Southampton was obviously defensive.

If they can take away a point at the Emirates Stadium, they will definitely satisfy Southampton fans.

"Li Mo, who started for the first time, was very active and performed very lively, but Southampton is obviously very wary of his scoring ability. Facing a dense defense, Li Mo can get too little space!"

In the commentary box.

narrator Andy Gray said.

in the stands.

Brother Inzaghi also frowned slightly.

"You were probably most afraid of this kind of scene when you were playing football before."

Inzaghi Jr. said.

Inzaghi shook his head slightly.

His playing style requires space for him to penetrate.

And if the opponent sets out a bus.

He did feel a little bit at a loss as to where to start.

"Let's see first, he is better than me at that time." Inzaghi said.

He looked towards the Arsenal dugout.

Wenger still sits firmly on Diaoyutai.

He didn't seem to care at all about the situation in front of him.

Southampton coach Adkins also looked at Wenger.

Wenger didn't go to the sidelines and yell about instructions.

This made Adkins, who was proud of his arrangement of the game, a little uneasy.

Does Arsenal have other tricks?
  He looked toward the field.

He guessed that Wenger would start Li Mo.

I also guessed that Arsenal might change their formation to 442.

So when he saw Arsenal really changed their formation as he expected.

He is very confident about this game.

Lallana and Lambert are very capable. Southampton only needs a counterattack and maybe they can grab three points at the Emirates Stadium!
  Adkins looked back toward the court.

Li Mo crossed to the left rib to catch the ball, but because Southampton's defense was too dense, even if he caught the ball, he was close to the baseline.

Li Mo turned around and pumped the ball towards the center, but was blocked by center back Fonte. Arsenal wins a corner kick.

"There's just no room."

"Li Mo's current weakness is obvious. Without space to penetrate, he has almost no tactical effect."

"It seems that he is indeed not suitable for starting."

In the press box.

Many reporters were shaking their heads.

The camera also gave Wenger a close-up.

Obviously, this is raising a question: Let Li Mo start, is he really ready?

Li Mo looks very embarrassed now.

His head was covered with grass clippings.

Southampton's two central defenders are both strong and strong in frontal defense.

And their defensive midfielder Schneiderlin is a defensive midfielder with strong mobility and strong entanglement ability.

So Li Mo really didn't get any advantage in the ten minutes of the game.

This attack was able to get a corner kick, which is already a good result.

Cazorla ran toward the corner flag area.

Li Mo stood next to Giroud, Vermaelen and Koscielny.

Four players over 1.9 meters tall pressed into the penalty area, which looked quite intimidating.

Schneiderlin stared at Li Mo closely.

This kid's movements are too erratic, and you must keep him in your sight at all times.

This is something the head coach emphasized countless times before the game.

But this time Li Mo, Giroud, Vermaelen, and Koscielny stood in a straight line, very close to each other. Schneiderlin couldn't get in. Even if he could get in the penalty area, he was not too rigid.
  Because it is easy for Li Mo to slip away by using his teammates' "pick and roll".

Therefore, Schneiderlin could only stand with his defender teammates and block Arsenal's attacking players.

With Cazorla's run-up.

Li Mo and his teammates rushed toward the goal.

But halfway through the rush, when Cazorla kicked the ball up.
  He paused suddenly.

The other three players blocked a way for him in a tacit understanding.

A path to the front point! !

Li Mo quickly rushed towards the front point.

Southampton's players haven't reacted yet.

Li Mo had already met the ball from Cazorla at the front point and flicked the header.
  The football was shot from behind, flew into the goal, and hit the net.
  "Casorla takes a corner kick. Li Mo! Head the ball forward!!"

"The goal is in!! Beautiful!! Li Mo! It's still Li Mo!! His fifth goal! His third league goal!!!!"

Andy Gray chanted from the commentary box.

Wenger on the coaching bench also clenched his fists and rushed out of the coaching bench, came to the sidelines, raised his arms and cheered.

How could he not know that the other party would stick to it?
  But since we want to design tactics around Li Mo, we must take this into consideration.

Therefore, Arsenal has designed a large number of set-piece tactics around Li Mo in the past few days.

Give full play to Li Mo's ability to grab points and use the cover of other players to create opportunities for Li Mo.

Just like this goal!

Wenger's excitement was not only the team's opening goal, but also the excitement of the tactical victory!

At the same time, it also includes confidence in Li Mo as the team's main scorer.

No matter Li Mo has shortcomings or shortcomings of one kind or another.

But, as long as he can put the ball into the goal.

As long as his ability to seize opportunities is online, these are not problems!
  Arsenal need it.

He is a guy who can send the opportunities he creates into the goal!
  After Li Mo confirmed that the ball had been scored, he quickly rushed to the sidelines.

Both hands pointed at the family in the stands.

A smile spread across his face.

Li Mo's family members also jumped up and cheered for him.

The Emirates Stadium was also completely shaken.

All the Arsenal fans were chanting.

"Arsenal scored in the 19th minute of the game. Scorer, No. ."

"Li Mo!!"

The camera is firmly focused on Li Mo.

The seventeen-year-old boy's face was still stained with mud and grass clippings, and the midday sun shone on it.

He grinned.

Extremely brilliant.

(End of this chapter)