The goal was a big success, but the goal was a big success.
"Beautiful~~~~ Oh, what a pity, a beautiful long shot from Milner, but unfortunately it hit the post, Leeds United could have evened the score by just a little bit!"
As regretful as Ere Geddy, there were also Leeds United fans at the scene, and huge sighs filled the Elland Road stadium.
After scoring the goal, Arsenal did not retreat to defend, but instead moved the overall defense line forward again, continuing to exert pressure on Leeds United's goal. Seeing that Arsenal showed no signs of stopping at all, Li Shiguang called Milner to the sidelines to instruct him to inform the players that they could appropriately give up the short pass in the middle, look for the gap behind the two Arsenal full-backs who came forward to participate in the attack, and launch an attack from the wing.
After nearly 30 minutes of high-intensity running, Ljungberg and Pires on both sides gradually lost their physical strength. In the past few minutes, basically after getting the ball, the two chose to pass the ball to Fabregas in the middle or cut inside from the outside of the penalty area to seek long-range shooting opportunities. Therefore, the recent Arsenal crosses from the wing were all from Ashley Cole and Eboue.
However, the frequent forward insertions of the two full-backs also gave Leeds United an opportunity to counterattack. Milner just seized the gap left by Eboue's forward insertion and completed a counterattack shot. The only regret was that the ball hit the post, and then the ball was held in Lehmann's arms with a quick reaction.
Wenger, who was sitting in his seat, had noticed this problem, so he hurried back to the sidelines, wanting his players to slow down the pace, but since Lehmann had already kicked the ball again, Wenger wanted to wait until the ball was dead before calling Fabregas over to talk.
Soon, Arsenal pushed the ball into Leeds United's half again, and after a pass, the ball came to Fabregas' feet again. He just received the ball and Mascherano came up.
Speaking of which, Mascherano's defense against Fabregas today was considered successful. In the previous game, Fabregas had only one successful breakthrough when facing Mascherano. Those threatening through passes in the past did not appear once today. More often, he passed the ball back or distributed it to the wing under Mascherano's close defense.
This time, just like before, seeing Mascherano approaching, he quickly passed the ball to Ljungberg, who then dribbled diagonally toward the center. In the distance, Van Persie was also waving to him for the ball. Ljungberg's dribbling attracted Lahm's defense. At the same time, since the distance between Ljungberg and Fabregas was not too far, Mascherano also quickly moved over here to help Lahm with defense.
At this moment, suddenly, a red figure rushed out from behind Ljungberg, and Ljungberg also kicked the ball to the left in a tacit understanding. A straight pass from the side directly penetrated Lahm, whose attention was completely on his right!
"Ashley Cole! He's very fast, and Ljungberg's pass was also very accurate. Cole was very comfortable with it, and he didn't need to slow down at all! He was about to break into the penalty area, but Kompany appeared in front of him and made a clean tackle. There was no foul! Sideline ball!" The situation changed instantly, and Su Tao's commentary voice also increased several degrees.
On the court, Kompany, who had just shoveled the ball out of the sideline, quickly got up and ran towards the sideline, while signaling the ball boy next to him to throw the ball to him quickly.
After getting the ball, Kompany did not hesitate, stepped back a little, held the ball with both hands, and after a short run-up, threw the ball to Arsenal's half with all his strength, where Ribery was waiting.
"Oh no!" Wenger felt uneasy when he saw Kompany's shot!
"Run! Counterattack!" Li Shiguang's voice reached Wenger's ears. He turned around and saw that Li Shiguang, who had just been calm, was now waving his hands wildly on the sidelines, signaling his players to quickly organize a counterattack.
The Leeds United players who understood also moved quickly. When Ribery received the ball, Milner, Deisler, and Modric, who had just been in their own half, had already crossed the center line. Counting Falcao who had been staying in Arsenal's half, Leeds United formed a 5-on-4 situation in a short period of time.
Ribery ran all the way with the ball. When he was about to enter the penalty area, Senderos finally couldn't help but force him up. He wanted to use his body to squeeze Ribery to the sideline, but Ribery
The speed has reached the extreme. With just a simple dribble, he passed Senderos with speed, and then passed a beautiful inverted triangle near the baseline. Falcao in the middle was unguarded, and Milner, who was unguarded behind him, followed up with a powerful shot. This shot did not hit the post again, but whizzed into the goal from Lehmann's left. Because the ball was too fast, Lehmann didn't even have time to react.
"The ball went in! In the 29th minute, Leeds United equalized the score!!" Eddie Gray's voice sounded much louder than when Arsenal scored just now. "The goal was scored by our captain, James~~~~~~~~~"
Accompanying Eddie Gray's drawn-out tone, the fans at the scene also shouted out the name of Leeds United's goal hero "Milner!!!!"
While Li Shiguang and Leeds United players were celebrating the goal, Wenger hurriedly called Fabregas to the sidelines and asked him to slow down the team's rhythm, not to press too deep, and slowly look for opportunities in the remaining time.
But after the restart, Leeds United didn't care whether Arsenal slowed down the pace or not. Instead, they took advantage of the high morale after scoring the goal and launched a pursuit. For a while, there was a lot of panic in Arsenal's penalty area, and Lehmann was also very busy.
Finally, at the end of the first half, Deisler found an opportunity outside the penalty area to shoot a cold arrow, but Lehmann reacted quickly and saved the ball, but not too far, which allowed Falcao, who had been wandering in the penalty area, to seize the opportunity to make up the shot and shoved the ball into Arsenal's goal before Kolo Toure kicked.
Four minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. No one expected that Arsenal, who scored first, would enter the halftime break with a one-goal deficit.
Seeing that the TV broadcast had turned into a commercial, Wang Lu said with lingering feelings: "Okay, the first half of the game between the two teams is over. The score is now 2:1. Leeds United leads the visiting Arsenal by one goal at home. It can be said that the two teams presented the fans with 45 minutes of wonderful offense and offense in the first half. Three wonderful goals were scored in the first half alone. Let us take a break and look forward to the two teams bringing us more exciting games in the second half!"
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