Football: Rebirth 04, I Create a Black Shop in Football

The two sides changed sides in the second half.

On the Leeds United side, everyone was in good shape in the first half, so Li Shiguang did not make any adjustments during the halftime break and kept the original team in the first half to continue the game.

But on the Arsenal side, Wenger used his first substitution.

The crazy running in the first half made Pires, who was already 32 years old, miserable. When he just entered the locker room, he even had difficulty speaking and kept breathing heavily in his seat.

After considering for a few minutes, Wenger decided to replace him. The one who replaced him was Adebayor, an old acquaintance of Leeds United fans.

With Adebayor's appearance, Arsenal's formation also changed from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3, with Adebayor at the center position, and Henry and Van Persie on the left and right.

After Li Shiguang took over Leeds United, Adebayor was the first player to return to Elland Road after transferring from Leeds United, and he also contributed very good performances during his time at Leeds United, so after seeing him on the field, the fans at the scene did not hesitate to give Adebayor warm applause.

"Arsenal made a substitution adjustment. Adebayor came on and replaced Pires. It seems that Arsenal will change to 4-3-3 in the second half. What can I say about Wenger's substitution? They were one goal behind, so it was no problem to replace a striker to strengthen the attack. But after replacing Pires, Ljungberg retreated to the middle, and Cole and Eboue had few chances to attack. Does Wenger want to give up the attack on the wing in the second half and open up from the middle?" After seeing Wenger's adjustment, Su Tao also talked about his opinion in the studio.

After seeing Wenger's adjustment, Li Shiguang's heart did not fluctuate much, because he had guessed this adjustment before.

In the tactical system of high-pressure pressing, whether the players are physically fit is always an inevitable link. In the second half of the first half, even Ljungberg was a little bit unable to run, not to mention the older Pires.

If Arsenal wanted to continue the tactical system of the first half, Wenger had to make personnel adjustments in the midfield. However, it happened that Hleb, who could replace Pires, injured his knee when he played for Belarus on the last international match day. So Li Shiguang knew that Wenger did not have a more suitable candidate to replace him in this position.

So after seeing Adebayor on the court, Li Shiguang's first reaction was that Wenger was going to change his style of play. If nothing unexpected happened, Arsenal would return to their best way of penetrating the middle or suddenly changing the side and passing the ball in the second half through small-scale cooperation.

Before the referee blew the whistle, he quickly called Milner to the sidelines and whispered a few words, asking him to tell Mascherano to keep a close eye on Fabregas. Freezing him was equivalent to freezing most of Arsenal's offense.

But as the saying goes, there is always a loophole. After the start of the second half, Mascherano and Modric kept wandering around Fabregas, not letting him get the ball comfortably. But it was because of this that Ljungberg found an opportunity.

In the 53rd minute, Van Persie made a simple straight pass to Fabregas on the wing. Seeing Van Persie pass the ball, the two who had been paying attention to Fabregas immediately came over. But just as the ball was about to reach Fabregas' feet, he suddenly lost his mind and passed the ball directly to Ljungberg behind him.

At this time, there was no one around Ljungberg!

After receiving the ball, Yongberg did not say anything and started to dribble the ball at the fastest speed. He instantly penetrated the back waist barrier formed by Modric and Mascherano, and the two people who were attracted by Fabregas were also chasing behind. But before the three of them got close, Yongberg kicked the ball back to Fabregas who got rid of the defense. At this time, Fabregas had already run to the top of the arc of the Leeds United penalty area. Seeing this, Chiellini had to give up the close defense of Adebayor and rushed up to use his body to prevent Fabregas from getting the ball too comfortably.

But Fabregas didn't want to take the ball at all. When the football rolled in front of him, he gently pinched it with the outside of his right foot, and saw the ball draw a beautiful arc and fly to the left corner of the Leeds United gate. Although Schmeichel reacted immediately and tried his best to fly sideways to save the ball, his response was

His only sound was the ball hitting the net!

"Ahhh~~~~~" Seeing Arsenal equalize the score, Eddie Gray's voice was full of regret. "Arsenal equalized the score, and Fabregas scored the goal!"

Seeing Fabregas's wonderful goal, Wang Lu was also excited: "Fabregas! A world wave! A beautiful right foot outside the instep shot, he helped Arsenal equalize the score! 2:2, with more than 30 minutes left in the game, the two teams are back on the same starting line again!"

This goal greatly boosted Arsenal's morale, and at the same time seemed to daze the two young midfielders of Leeds United.

After the restart, in just a few minutes, Arsenal organized several threatening attacks through Fabregas's connection in the midfield, and finally formed shots. Fortunately, Schmeichel played stably, which prevented Arsenal from overtaking the score.

Seeing his players in this situation, Li Shiguang, who had been very calm on the sidelines, couldn't help but yell at them, trying to get Mascherano and Modric to focus on the game.

"Javier! What are you doing! Damn it, keep an eye on that Spaniard, think about your performance in the first half! It's not like we haven't lost the ball before!"

"Luka! Help with defense! If it doesn't work, pass it back, control the rhythm, don't easily give the ball to the opponent, it's just a lost ball, we didn't lose, no one will blame you, you are our metronome, you can't mess around, ok?"

After hearing their coach cheering on the sidelines, the guilt they felt for the loss of the ball just now gradually disappeared, and they gradually found their previous rhythm. For a while, the two sides went back and forth and fell into a stalemate.

This surprised Wenger on the other side a little. He secretly glanced at Li Shiguang, who had returned to calm, and slightly changed his previous view of Li Shiguang.

Unexpectedly, this young man not only has his own insights on technical and tactical aspects, but now it seems that he is also good at adjusting the players' mentality on the spot.

At least one thing can be confirmed, the Leeds United players seem to trust this young head coach unconditionally!