Chapter 17: First Title in Seven Years
"Kai!
Decisive shot! This goal allowed Arsenal to expand the score again, and they have already gained a huge advantage!"
Andy Gray shouted loudly; "The Gunners continue their excellent form and control over the game!"
"This goal is enough proof!"
The atmosphere in the stadium suddenly became intense.
The cheers of Arsenal fans filled the entire Wembley Stadium. They were extremely happy about this goal and the upcoming victory.
Of course, some problems soon appeared in the stadium.
Manchester City goalkeeper Moraes fell to the ground with his wrist covered, and was unable to get up.
His expression was painful, as if he was injured.
And the players soon realized this, and they immediately called the team doctor.
Guardiola on the scene also frowned. He looked at the starting goalkeeper Moraes who fell to the ground, and his heart was beating. During this period of time, the main goalkeeper was injured, which was a huge loss for them.
Sure enough, the team doctor gave the final examination report.
Sprained wrist!
This meant that the goalkeeper could not continue the game.
His wrist was weak, so he could not even muster the courage to block the ball, let alone save it.
In the end, Manchester City had no choice but to replace the substitute goalkeeper Bravo.
At this moment, a dark cloud was also hanging over the heads of Manchester City players.
In terms of the situation, they were two goals behind, the starting goalkeeper was injured, and a substitution was wasted.
This made the already unfriendly situation even worse.
"Morais was injured and left the field, which was a very helpless problem for Manchester City. They could only use substitutions to replace the goalkeeper, which not only wasted a substitution quota in vain, but also became passive in the situation. "
Although a substitution quota was wasted, fortunately there were six substitutions in the Community Shield, which was enough for Manchester City to squander.
But the problem was that the starting goalkeeper was injured and left the field, and Blatter had not played too many games in Manchester City!
His performance also needed a question mark.
This time, Manchester City started to make substitutions again.
Gundogan, Sterling, and Bernardo Silva left the field.
Rodri Hernandez, Fernandinho, and Mahrez came on one after another.
Guardiola used up three substitutions in a row.
Arsenal also made some substitutions.
Mainly for some changes in the back line.
Holding and Kolasinac came on.
To consolidate the defense.
The game restarted.
After entering the 70th minute, the rhythm of the game between Arsenal and Manchester City was still extremely intense.
However, Arsenal has approached a defensive position, while Manchester City still wants to continue to rely on offense to score goals.
They now have only this one way left.
But even so, facing Arsenal's defense, they are a little difficult to overcome.
After repeated attempts, Foden's physical fitness began to have some problems.
He couldn't run anymore.
"Foden can't run anymore!" Andy Gray shook his head and said, "He ran very actively in this game, which should be encouraged, but he ran too much, and even had a lot of ineffective running, which also made Manchester City lack stamina in the final stage."
As the commentator said, Foden ran too hard, which made Manchester City lose some impact after 70 minutes.
Foden couldn't run anymore, so he could only give the ball to De Bruyne to organize again.
But in this way, the game returned to the starting point.
Arsenal still has a lot of experience in how to limit De Bruyne, so Manchester City's attack was slow to attack.
When the time entered the 80th minute.
Mourinho made another substitution.
Kante, Eriksen, and Aubameyang left the court.
Xhaka, Odegaard, and Saka came on as substitutes.
With the blessing of new forces, Arsenal's control of the game is even better.
And when Eriksen left the court, the camera also gave him a close-up.
Mourinho took the initiative to hug Eriksen, and he was obviously very satisfied with his performance.
For the fans, Eriksen's debut was also quite exciting.
Even Eriksen himself smiled. Even when he was sitting on the bench, he was chatting with his teammates with a smile.
The bench was full of laughter, and the sky was filled with high-pitched singing.
The game in the stadium is still going on.
However, Arsenal has firmly controlled the situation of the game. Manchester City has few successors and cannot continue to attack. On the one hand, Arsenal stabilizes the situation and on the other hand, it looks for opportunities to counterattack.
Finally, in the 84th minute, Odegaard pushed Foden out in an active confrontation with Foden and got rid of him.
After Odegaard got rid of him, he formed a trend of driving straight into the middle.
He strode forward with the ball. He was not in a hurry to split the side. He knew very well that Laporte was still alert to Giroud.
At this time, Laporte's body was also facing Giroud, ready to get close at any time.
But as Odegaard gradually approached the goal, Laporte could no longer sit still.
At this point, he had to make a decision.
He immediately turned and rushed towards Odegaard.
But just as Laporte turned his body towards him, Odegaard seized the opportunity and passed the ball.
A very calm pass, the ball just came to the empty space on the left.
Giroud made a forward run and shot with his right foot before Laporte.
The ball rolled in close to the near post.
At the last moment of the game, Arsenal scored another goal.
Arsenal led Manchester City 4:1.
Now, the suspense of the game is gone.
With less than ten minutes left, it is almost impossible to score three goals in a row.
In this game, Manchester City tried hard to win, and they also made a lot of preparations for it.
But in the end, they still lost to Arsenal and fell in front of the Gunners again.
They were unwilling in their hearts, but they still had to learn to accept reality.
And they knew very well that Arsenal still showed a strong dominance in the game this season.
They did not become arrogant because of the five championships, and their performance in the game was still so outstanding.
This goal was the last goal of the game.
This goal also made Manchester City almost lose the desire to resist.
Manchester City players can only deceive themselves with the mentality of "this is just a warm-up match, and I will teach you a lesson in the official game."
When the three whistles sounded, Arsenal won the first official game of the season.
At the same time, this victory also brought them a championship trophy this season.
The champion of the 2019/2020 Community Shield!
This is also the second consecutive time they have won this championship.
Wembley Stadium at night belongs to Arsenal fans.
Under the cheers and singing of the madmen, fireworks bloomed in the sky.
In the brightly lit stadium, the singing was floating, under the spotlight, in the middle of the stage, a group of gunmen in red and white uniforms, led by Lucky, raised their first championship trophy of the new season high.
In the camera, everyone's smile is so bright.
And this scene was also praised by future Arsenal fans as the 'most glorious generation! '
"Champion! Champion! Champion! We are the champions!"
In the passage back to the locker room, Eriksson held the trophy, kissed and touched it, and the whole person looked extremely excited.
Even though he is known as an excellent midfielder, Eriksen has not won even one championship trophy in his seven years at Tottenham.
Year after year, he has been disappointed.
It can be said that since Eriksen left Ajax, he has not won any championship.
He was also criticized as a "double-no player", that is, no honor and no cost-effectiveness.
But one month after transferring to Arsenal, he won a championship, and Eriksen seemed very excited.
So, this is not his problem. He also wants many championships, but he has to deal with a rotten team.
This is also one of the reasons why Eriksen insisted on leaving Tottenham, even if he was called a traitor.
Eriksen firmly believes that his life has now reached a turning point.
He will win more championships at Arsenal, and he will personally find back the championships he missed before.
Whether it is the league championship or the Champions League championship!
Yes!
At this time, Eriksen is full of confidence!
Baji!
Eriksen kissed the trophy hard again.