Chapter 29: Firmino's Flirty Pass

"Arsenal is advancing carefully as a whole. Their speed is not fast, but they choose to deal with it patiently!"

Arsenal rarely uses this slow advancement method. In most cases, it is a big attack mode. If Arsenal chooses to use this advancement, it is largely because the opponent has enough ability to threaten themselves.

In fact, this is also the case. Liverpool's two wingers, Salah and Chen Man, have enough ability to threaten Arsenal's goal.

The Asian supercar and the Egyptian pharaoh, these two guys have strong abilities in dribbling and ending the attack, so Arsenal dare not lose the ball easily.

In the continuous advancement, Liverpool's pressing intensity is also showing an upward trend.

Liverpool will not let Arsenal transfer so easily in their half. Under continuous pressing and pressure, Arsenal's advancement is somewhat difficult to maintain.

Eriksen was stared at by Liverpool's man-to-man tactics.

Although he can touch the ball, it does not mean that he can play easily.

Every time Eriksen touches the ball, he needs to complete the ball under the pressure and confrontation of the opponent. Once there is any mistake, Liverpool can counterattack.

Fortunately, with the wonderful performance in the early stage, Eriksen's state and confidence have greatly improved.

He is no longer afraid of fighting, and he can complete the organizational work even in the confrontation, of course, it is not particularly smooth.

Lekai did not move forward. He observed the attack in front of him while being alert to Chen Man beside him.

Chen Man has been wandering around Lekai, ready to make forward moves at any time.

This is to attract Lekai's attention.

Soon, Arsenal's attack was destroyed by the opponent when it was close to the opponent's penalty area.

The ball came to Fabinho's feet, and after Liverpool's two consecutive one-touch balls, the ball was distributed to Chen Man's feet.

Chen Man just got the ball, and before he finished turning around, he saw Lekai coming from the side.

Lekai immediately started to get on his body, and pushed Chen Man to the side while confronting.

Chen Man also wanted to get rid of it.

But Lekai secretly put his hand on Chen Man's abdomen to prevent him from speeding up.

In this high-intensity confrontation, the two men advanced a few meters forward, and Chen Man suddenly stopped.

It was not that Chen Man did not want to advance, but that he really could not push forward.

Under this high-intensity pressure, the load on the body and legs was too great.

Not only did he have to confront Lucky, but he also had to dribble forward, and Chen Man was already a little overwhelmed.

If he did not stop, he might be intercepted by Lucky.

For this reason, he stopped suddenly and pulled away.

At this time, Henderson also rushed forward and inserted from behind Lucky.

"Pass the ball to me!"

Henderson shouted.

Chen Man did not pass the ball, but paid attention to Lucky's position close to Henderson.

He immediately swiped the ball horizontally, trying to get rid of it from the other side.

But at the moment when Chen Man dribbled the ball, Lucky suddenly started, squeezed in, pressed Chen Man behind him, and completed the steal of the ball!

"Beautiful prediction!"

Commentator Andy Gray shouted.

Lekai grabbed the ball, and Chen Man realized that it was not good, and immediately counter-grabbed.

After he rushed towards Lekai fiercely, he kept stretching his feet to hook the ball back.

During this period, he also kept pushing Lekai.

He interfered with Lekai's dribbling and observing the timing once and twice. The third time, Lekai dribbled the ball a little too far.

Chen Man thought this was an opportunity and immediately started forward.

But Lekai's choice was more intense. He took a step sideways and slammed into Chen Man's shoulder.

Chen Man only felt a huge force coming from his shoulder, and the next second, the world was spinning.

He was hit by Lekai and slid a few meters on the ground.

"Hey!"

Chen Man immediately raised his hand to signal.

But the referee did not blow the whistle, he thought it was not a foul.

Lekai also passed the ball to Eriksson, and turned to look at Chen Man.

The two looked at each other, with deep fear in their eyes.

Although they are teammates in the national team, they are now serving different teams. When they are opponents, they will naturally not be able to defend themselves.

"Chen's impact on Arsenal's defense is still very large. It can be said that he is currently the most effective winger against Arsenal."

Andy Gray commented.

Chen Man's performance against Arsenal was excellent.

In the 2017/2018 Champions League final, it was Chen Man's frequent breakthroughs on the wing that defeated Arsenal and won the championship.

Last season, Chen Man also threatened Arsenal's goal many times.

Threatening Arsenal with personal ability, Chen Man is currently the best in the entire football world.

"Chen's characteristics are exactly that he can restrain Arsenal. If there is a better offensive midfielder to help him in the midfield, then there is no chance to defeat Arsenal!"

Richard believes that if De Bruyne is placed in Liverpool's lineup, relying on De Bruyne's distribution and Chen Man's speed, this can really threaten Arsenal.

In the stadium, the game is still going on.

After Arsenal completed the steal, they launched a counterattack. Under Liverpool's defense, Arsenal finally completed a tentative shot.

A turn shot from Giroud.

The ball flew out by brushing the goal post.

Although he failed to score a goal, this shot attempt was still very good.

The most taboo thing is to only pass without shooting, which will only make people more and more irritable and uneasy.

Liverpool also created several shooting opportunities with the push of Chen Man and Salah in the frontcourt and Firmino's desperate running.

However, under Arsenal's crazy restrictions, they failed to concentrate on the goal frame.

The game was very stalemate, with both sides gritting their teeth and putting pressure on the other.

"Pass it back! The rhythm is too slow!"

Lucky yelled from behind.

Hearing Lucky's shout, Mane also responded decisively.

Lucky received the ball and passed the ball to Eriksen again.

"Reorganize, don't be too radical, what we want is stability!" Lucai reminded.

It's true that Liverpool's high-post press is fierce, but it must consume a lot of physical energy.

Once Liverpool fails to score any goals despite the loss of physical fitness, Arsenal can better control the midfield.

After all, Liverpool will not compete with Arsenal for midfield rhythm.

This is tantamount to hitting an egg against a stone!

Liverpool's pressing was fierce and desperate.

They know what they want and how they should perform.

For this reason, the fierce pressing is also causing a lot of trouble for Arsenal.

Sometimes Liverpool's pressing in the frontcourt forced Arsenal to pass the ball wide and keep the danger away from the goal.

Liverpool, on the other hand, immediately launched a counterattack when they got the ball.

When the time came to 30 minutes, the overall positions of Liverpool and Arsenal were relatively flat.

With the back line close to the forward, Van Dijk passed the ball directly to Firmino.

This deep pass up and down allowed Arsenal to react quickly and get close to Firmino quickly.

But Firmino had no intention of stopping the ball.

The moment he met the ball, Firmino's body jumped slightly.

And this beating made Lucai secretly shout "not good"!

Firmino was seen jumping up, stepping on the ball with his left foot and pulling it behind him on the left side.

The ball immediately passed through the defense line and entered the space behind the left side.

And there, Chen Man started quickly.

His starting speed was very fast, and he caught up with Robertson in just one start. Immediately, under the pull of the opponent, he increased his speed again, surpassed him, and used his speed to throw away the defense.

"List!

! Asia’s supercar has started!

"

Andy Gray exclaimed.

Chen Man quickly moved forward from the wing, poked the ball with his toe before Jimenez, and rushed forward.

Chen Man entered the penalty area.

"Danger!

! "

At this moment, Arsenal's danger came.

Salah has outflanked the ball at the back point and made a pass.

This made Hummels one head and two big, but he finally decided to move forward.

Running laterally, while blocking the passing channels, he also restricted Chen Man as quickly as possible.

But Chen Man showed a lot of decisiveness.

He caught up with the ball again and looked at Martinez who was attacking. After a simple adjustment, he made a sideways arc.

The ball bypassed Martinez's outstretched arm and flew towards the upper right corner.

The next second, there was a swish sound, and the ball hit the net.