Chapter 38: One More Step

When the referee faces any controversial penalty, they are under great pressure.

From the perspective of black whistle, this is enough to cause great changes in their careers.

Similar to the famous tragedies in football, they are vivid examples.

The Norwegian referee Henning, who created the "Stamford Bridge Tragedy", is still receiving "death threats" from Chelsea fanatics, and the interest group titled "Kill Henning" is still active.

This also makes Norwegian referees dare not step into London or even England!

During the game, players can put pressure on the referee to make him pay attention to the timing of "blowing the whistle". As long as the attitude is not too bad, the referee will not make any kind of penalty for this.

Especially when facing star players like Lucky, the cost of "blowing the whistle" is obviously higher.

And the referee also felt that the game was heading out of control.

Facing Dortmund's infringement, Arsenal has begun to fight back.

Especially after Lucky's move, the eyes of Arsenal players began to change.

This is the role of the leader!

Lucky compromised before, so Arsenal was avoiding it to a certain extent.

But now that Lucky has become tough, Arsenal will play even tougher!

Beep! ! !

Six minutes later, Arsenal got a free kick in the frontcourt.

This is the principle of balance, which gives Arsenal some comfort.

Arsenal is also quite satisfied with this. Although the position of this set-piece is not particularly good, it is also an opportunity to attack.

"The referee's penalty has become more severe. Obviously, the referee also realizes that the game is on the verge of getting out of control. He must stop this trend."

"Dortmund needs to restrain some actions, and Arsenal's set-piece will be taken by Robertson this time!"

Arsenal players walked into Dortmund's penalty area and prepared to compete for the header.

Lucky stood on the penalty area line, and Sahin stared at him.

Lucky didn't know why this guy was staring at him, but to be honest, Lucky was confident that this guy couldn't stop him.

The whistle sounded, and Robertson kicked the ball.

The ball flew high into Dortmund's penalty area.

Suddenly, Dortmund's penalty area became chaotic.

Arsenal players rushed to various positions like flowers scattered by fairies, among which Lukaku and Lukaku ran directly to the middle.

The two were Arsenal's most advantageous headers, so their main task was to control the first landing point.

Lukaku opened the way like a tank, and Lukaku used Lukaku as a detour point to bypass Dortmund's defense line and took off.

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At this time, the ball just flew towards him.

Lukaku jumped sideways, and he saw that the goalkeeper also moved forward a few steps to block the gap for Lukaku's near-corner shot.

For this reason, Lekai did not choose to head the ball directly, but twisted his waist in the air to complete the turn, leaned back slightly and headed the ball to Wilshere behind him.

Wilshere faced the falling ball, and he gently cushioned it with his left foot. The ball just avoided the sweep of Dortmund's full-back. At the same time, Wilshere stepped forward and adjusted, facing the falling ball and volleying it sideways.

The ball flew to the lower left, and suddenly hit Lukaku's ankle with a bang, refracting and flying to the right.

At this time, Dortmund's goalkeeper had shifted his center of gravity to the left. He wanted to forcefully shift his center of gravity, but he couldn't attack quickly.

He could only soften his feet and turn his head to watch the ball go into the goal.

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!!!!!"

"Another one!!!!"

"Wilshere no!! Lukaku!! Scored two goals!!! The second goal!!!"

Since the ball hit Lukaku's feet and went into the goal, this goal was also Lukaku's.

Lukaku was also full of joy in the face of the surprise that came suddenly.

He just couldn't dodge it, but he didn't expect to score!

"Oh!! Lucky guy!!"

Mourinho laughed heartily.

In any case, Arsenal scored a goal.

And if Lukaku hadn't stood there, Wilshere's shot might have been saved.

Giroud on the bench grinned slightly.

In fact, Lukaku has scored this kind of goal more than once or twice.

There are quite a few in the game, and even more in training.

I don't know if this guy stood there intentionally, or if he was really lucky.

Anyway, the ball always bounces off the opponent and goes into the goal.

For this reason, Arsenal will not let Lukaku come back when facing a corner kick.

This guy is a variable, whether it is the opponent or the team.

In the first half, Arsenal scored two goals.

This score made everyone feel unbelievable.

Did Dortmund play badly?

There are indeed some factors in this regard, but the key is that Arsenal can seize opportunities too well.

Especially for the second goal, Lekai's choice in the header is also very critical.

Directly heading the ball, the possibility of scoring is not great, the goalkeeper is already in position and blocked the shooting angle.

Obviously, Lucky saw all this, so he passed the ball directly to Wilshere in the back.

Wilshere did not disappoint Lucky, and he evaded the opponent's sweep with a beautiful pass, then stepped and shot, all in one go.

In the 35th minute, Arsenal was already two goals ahead.

The scales of victory had begun to tilt towards Arsenal!

Dortmund was even more confused at this time.

It was already uncomfortable enough after losing the ball, and now they lost the second goal.

The scene completely tilted towards Arsenal.

And facing Arsenal's field hardness and ability to grasp opportunities, Dortmund was obviously unable to resist.

Falling behind by two goals in the first half, Dortmund's head coach Bos could no longer bear it.

In the 37th minute, he made substitutions.

Weigl and Dahoud came on.

Sahin and Torian left.

Dortmund withdrew a defensive midfielder and a full-back to strengthen the offense.

At the same time, head coach Bos hoped to help the team stabilize the rhythm of the midfield and organize the offense through the agility and dribbling ability of young player Dahoud.

Bos's idea is good, but the reality is not going in this direction.

After Sahin left the field, Dortmund's midfield hardness decreased.

Arsenal is taking advantage of this to continue to strengthen the dominance of the midfield.

Although Dahoud on the field just now has good dribbling and breakthrough abilities, and his skills in all aspects are also balanced, he still can't resist Arsenal's midfield.

Until the end of the first half, although Dortmund did not lose the ball, it was still in an extremely disadvantaged situation.

This also led to the end of the first half. Head coach Bos walked into the locker room with a dark face.

Obviously, Dortmund's players will definitely not fall behind.

Arsenal's players also returned to the locker room, and Hummels shook his head and sighed; "Their midfield strength is not enough, Royce is not here, and the overall play is too scattered!"

Royce is definitely the core player of the current Dortmund.

But Royce's glass man attribute caused him to be injured frequently, and he is still recovering from his injury.

After Dortmund lost Royce, the midfield became chaotic.

And Arsenal happened to be a team that was good at launching attacks and defenses with the midfield as the core.

When Lekai and others took control of the midfield, the game became much easier.

Of course, Arsenal's first goal was crucial, which is one of the reasons why Arsenal can play so easily.

Lukaku sat on the chair with a smile.

His whole face was full of "I am very happy".

After scoring two goals in the first half, Lukaku was instantly satisfied.

Before, he would never score a goal, but now he scored two goals at a time.

Although the second goal had a luck factor, who dares to say that it was not scored by himself?

Luck is also part of strength.

"Okay, guys, take advantage of the halftime break to recover well and continue in the second half!"

A stereotyped Mourinho also had a smile on his face at this time.

Facing Arsenal's outstanding performance, Mourinho was also extremely satisfied.

Now that they are two goals ahead, he will not make substitutions or change tactics.

When the time comes in the second half, he will slowly make substitutions and make tactical changes.

Arsenal has clearly kicked the ball away.

They just need to avoid the possibility of injury.

For this reason, Mourinho also specifically reminded them to do more protective actions.