Chapter 36 Suffering and Taking Advantage

Mertesacker is under a lot of pressure right now.

Arsene Wenger is also under a lot of pressure.

Although Arsenal took an early two-goal lead, Arsenal are now playing at home and are completely pressed by Manchester United. Although Arsenal also had the intention of retreating to play defensive counter-attacks and take the initiative to concede some possession, they did not have the current dangerous scene and the goal crumbling in their minds.

A two-goal lead is not a safe bet, and if a goal is scored by Manchester United, Arsenal's lead is reduced to one goal, and with more than 70 minutes remaining, it is difficult to predict what the final outcome will be.

Taking an early two-goal lead is actually a double-edged sword for Arsenal. If they are equalized by Manchester United, then the morale of both sides will be completely reversed.

The passive situation on the field made Wenger completely unable to sit still, he stood on the sidelines, kept rubbing his hands, and it was clear that the tension in his heart could not be concealed at all.

On the other side, Carlo Ancelotti also stood on the sidelines, constantly signaling through body language to the Manchester United players to continue to press the attack.

The camera captures the two head coaches at the same time from another angle, and the picture of the two coaches in the same frame is also a very interesting tidbit of the game.

However, tidbits are only tidbits after all, even if the two managers dance on the sidelines and attract attention, it is the performance of the players on the field that really determines the game.

Arsene Wenger really has a reason to be nervous. For this game, he has specially formulated a defensive plan for Li Qingshan.

But he found that even though he had adjusted Li Qingshan's danger level to the highest, he found that he still had lost Li Qingshan's ability to control the high-altitude ball.

In fact, before the game, Wenger still had some confidence in defending Li Qingshan, because despite Koscielny's absence, he still had Mertesacker, a German central defender who is 198 cm tall.

Arsene Wenger's team did not have the experience of playing against Li Qingshan directly, so Wenger could only learn about Li Qingshan's ability from the game video.

Although Li Qingshan's technical ability has made great progress at his feet, there is no doubt that the biggest threat to the 22-year-old Li Qingshan is his header.

When watching the video of Li Qingshan's game, Wenger found that Li Qingshan seemed immature at times.

For example, there are actually many balls that Li Qingshan could have had a better way to run, but the young man seems to be particularly obsessed with his physical fitness, and he is often very deliberate in pursuing physical contact.

In Arsene Wenger's view, this is where Li Qingshan's experience is lacking, after all, the striker is only 22 years old.

Whenever he thinks about this, Wenger always thinks, if Li Qingshan is under his hands, how can he train such a talented player?

But now, Li Qingshan is not a young talent under Wenger, but his opponent, and he is the object of his restriction.

Arsene Wenger decided to let Mertesacker keep an eye on Li Qingshan. This is actually not unusual, after all, Mertesacker's height is placed, and his physical strength is not inferior to Li Qingshan - Wenger thinks so.

As a result, Arsene Wenger decided to capitalize on Lee's lack of experience. He asked Mertesacker to also pursue physical contact with Li Qingshan as much as possible.

Li Qingshan's accuracy in judging the landing point amazed Wenger, and he admitted that Mertesacker was not as good as Li Qingshan in judging the landing point, but at the same time, Wenger did not think that Mertesacker would be taken advantage of by Li Qingshan in physical confrontation.

But when Manchester United's offensive started, he found that Li Qingshan had taken a big advantage.

Mertesacker followed Arsene Wenger's instructions to find physical contact with Li Qingshan. If the youngster's attention can be channelled to the physical confrontation with Mertesacker, it will at least be a lot easier for Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger knows a lot about the mentality and character of young players and he is very good at spotting young talent.

Young players have the advantages of young players, but at the same time, there are also many disadvantages of young players. For example, it's easier to get emotional...

Before the game, Arsene Wenger hoped that Mertesacker would use physical contact to direct Li Qingshan's attention to the physical confrontation with Mertesacker.

Now it seems that he succeeded.

But the current situation is not what Wenger imagined, the young Li Qingshan was provoked by the tall and sturdy old Mertesacker, and then kept trying to make bigger body movements.............. It's better to be fouled at the end and sent off.

But the reality is brutal.

Mertesacker, who is half a head taller than Li Qingshan, is now being bullied by Li Qingshan...........

In terms of physical confrontation, Mertesacker did not take advantage of it at all, but Li Qingshan seemed to be at ease.

In the 11th minute, after Mata and Herrera made a combination, Mata passed the ball to Li Qingshan in the penalty area.

Li Qingshan took the ball with his back to him, and Mertesacker was behind him.

Before Mertesacker received the ball, he hit Li Qingshan hard with his shoulder behind Li Qingshan's back.

If it were another striker, Mertesacker would either stagger the opponent this time, so that the ball could not be held steadily, and the other Arsenal players in the penalty area would have the opportunity to cut the ball away, and the defense would be considered successful. The more cunning striker might fall to the ground in the box and roll a few times, wailing in an attempt to get the referee's attention, but this shoulder movement will not be whistled for a foul, after all, Mertesacker is not useful.

But Mertesacker, who used this trick to deal with the opponent's forward who was ready to take the ball with his back, found that this move was completely immune to Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan seemed to know that Mertesacker was going to give him this blow behind his back, he stood firmly with his feet, pressed his center of gravity down, and arched his buttocks, successfully unloading the force of Mertesacker's shoulder collision, and at the same time, he also gave Mertesacker a big buttocks, and Mertesacker suddenly felt a heart-piercing pain in his stomach.

Li Qingshan's iron butt attack is not so easy to bear.

In fact, don't look at Li Qingshan's young age, maybe he is not as good as Mertesacker in terms of competition experience, but when it comes to how to use his body to take advantage, Li Qingshan has a lot of experience. After all, a strong body is Li Qingshan's sharpest weapon, and even for a long time, Li Qingshan, who lacks the ability to step his feet, only relies on his physical fitness, and he must use physical confrontation to win space for himself to shoot. Therefore, he has no shortage of experience in this area.

However, Li Qingshan's purpose with an iron butt is not to yin Mertesacker, his main purpose is to win space to stop the ball with his back.

Li Qingshan's iron hip attack was just right, and he successfully stopped the ball at his feet.

When there was a ball at Li Qingshan's feet, Mertesacker didn't dare to make too many moves.

After all, Li Qingshan has already mastered the ball, if Mertesacker dares to bump into it now, if Li Qingshan falls down, the probability of being awarded a penalty by the referee is too great.

However, this does not mean that Mertesacker is helpless, he uses his hands and feet at the same time, and his knee keeps hitting Li Qingshan's thigh, interfering with Li Qingshan to get the ball.

Of course, these small actions do not pay attention to the foul, but there is no doubt that for a striker with the ball with his back, these small actions can still make it difficult for them to calmly turn and shoot, or pass the ball accurately.

This, of course, also had an impact on Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan originally planned to turn around and shoot directly, but Mertesacker quickly posted it again, making Li Qingshan's calculation fail, but the impact on Li Qingshan was only that. Mertesacker still had no way to cut the ball off Li Qingshan's feet, and the ball was still firmly controlled by Li Qingshan's feet.

At this time, the other Manchester United players have the space and time to run calmly, which is one of the most crucial tactical roles of Li Qingshan, he can always hold the ball in the danger zone and attract the opponent's defensive strength.

Sure enough, Gabriel moved over from the other side, preparing to defend Li Qingshan with Mertesacker, and Corcoran also killed Li Qingshan from the front.

Li Qingshan, of course, knew that it was not wise to keep the ball at his feet at this time, and he had already attracted the attention of three defenders, so correspondingly, the rest of the United players had space.

The feeling of the Manchester United players is that playing with Li Qingshan, the space on the stadium seems to be much larger.

Di Maria's movement was flexible, and Corcoran rushed towards Li Qingshan, and he came to the middle.

Cazorla's defence was more symbolic, with Di Maria turning to leave Cazorla behind after a fake run.

At this time, Li Qingshan's ball had already been passed out.

Di Maria adjusted her pace and volleyed with her right foot.

Football goes straight to the corner!

'!!!!!!!!!!!! Cech'

Amid the roar of commentator Andy Grey, Cech flew to his feet and made a brilliant save.

He was like a dolphin jumping up and blocked the ball.

Di Maria was ready to celebrate after his shot and Na Cheng wanted Cech to make a world-class save to keep him out.

But the danger in front of Arsenal's goal is not over!

When Di Maria shot at goal, Li Qingshan was ready to make up the shot.

Sure enough, Cech was already at his limit to be able to save the ball, and as for which direction the ball went, Cech was already powerless. In the face of such a shot, it is completely impossible for him to control.

Petr Cech saves the ball towards the left side of the six-yard box.

Li Qingshan had already intervened, ready to lean over directly to head the ball.

Behind him, Mertesacker was in hot pursuit, and at this most critical moment, Mertesacker put his hand on Li Qingshan's shoulder............

Under the pull of Mertesacker, Li Qingshan lost his center of gravity, and he only had time to push the ball in the direction of the goal with his knee when he fell to the ground, and was held by Cech, who got up in time, and firmly pressed the ball against his rest. Li Qingshan then fell in the Arsenal penalty area.

The Manchester United players immediately protested, and Herrera, who was closest to the referee, immediately yelled at the referee on duty in this game, Marriner: "This is a foul!!" See Mertesacker's hand!! It's definitely a foul!! ”

However, Marriner spread his hands and motioned for the game to continue.

At this time, the TV camera was also returning to the whole process of Manchester United's attack.

Petr's first save from Angel Di Maria was truly spectacular.

The controversial scene came when Li Qingshan made a supplementary shot, Cech blocked the ball in the air, and when Li Qingshan was about to lean over to head the ball, the football was about the height of his chest, and Cech had just made a save before he had time to get up on the ground.

This is an absolute chance to score! It's almost empty.

But Mertesacker's outstretched hand is very crucial!! After he put his guard on Li Qingshan's shoulder, he pulled Li Qingshan, who had already left his feet off the ground, back, and Li Qingshan, who had no point of strength in the air, was thrown back by Mert Sacra and fell to the ground!

"It's a penalty, no doubt about it!"

Petr Cech launched a counter-attack with a hand-tossed ball and was cleared off by Hummels.

At this time, the TV camera also gave a close-up of the referee Marriner.

"Marina made a very wrong decision, Mertesacker's hand movement was very obvious, and if the foul had been awarded, Mertesacker would have been sent off with a red card because he was the last defender and ruined an absolute chance to score! However, Marriner said that he did not see anything at this moment, and he did not know if the other members of the referee team were distracted at this time. Andy Gray said.

"But if the referee is Marriner, it won't be a surprise." Arsenal's famous Henry was a guest commentator at this time, although Arsenal is now taking advantage, Henry still couldn't help but ridicule.

There is no doubt that this Mr. Marriner is one of the most hated referees by Arsenal fans, or rather, not many fans will like him in the entire Premier League.

In the game that this gentleman enforced, misjudgments, missed judgments, and misjudgments occurred frequently, and he was called "the first blind referee in the Premier League" by Chinese fans.

For Arsenal fans, the biggest farce Marriner has created is the comical red card he issued in the 17th minute last season, on such a monumental day as Arsene Wenger coached Arsenal for a thousand games.

It was a quick Chelsea counter-attack, with Torres taking the ball and slamming it back to Eden Hazard, whose powerful effort was blocked by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. After a long period of consideration, Marina finally made the decision to take a penalty + a red card. Surprisingly, however, it was Gibbs and not Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who was fouled for handball on the goal line.

Witnessing such a spectacle, Lineker complained on Twitter: "It's ridiculous, Chamberlain has already admitted that it was him, why did the referee turn a blind eye to this?" According to The Telegraph, Marriner seems to have listened to the fourth official and focused on the decision itself: "The trajectory of the ball is clearly off the goal, why should the ball be shown a red card? ”

In short, Marriner is probably a Premier League referee who is not popular with all fans in the Premier League.

And this time, even if Ancelotti is angry on the sidelines, how Manchester United's players on the field find Marriner's theory, the referee's decision is impossible to change, and Manchester United, which has suffered a loss, can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.