inspire-indiana Chapter 150 Another Super Long-Range Lob Shot! Foden Was Stunned!
Chapter 150 Another Super Long-Range Lob Shot! Foden Was Stunned!
Wembley Stadium, a well-matched contest is being staged.
Arsenal in red and white against Manchester City in light blue!
Many England fans just turned on the TV and were suddenly in a trance.
Wait, isn't the Tianwangshan battle in the league going to be held in 4 days?
How do these two teams - start playing early?
As a result, the fans took a closer look,
The broadcast screen clearly reads, 2017-2018 League Cup final!
Only then did everyone suddenly realize.
It turns out that between the two Champions League knockout games and the main event of the Premier League,
There is also a League Cup final!
Since the English media has been promoting the topic of the Premier League championship between the two sides recently,
Coupled with the start of the Champions League knockout round,
This tasteless League Cup final was naturally selectively ignored by the media and fans.
Of course, it is also the final after all!
As long as you win this battle, at least you can win a championship!
Arsenal and Manchester City have also sent their strongest lineups as much as possible.
Compared with Manchester City, which has a deep bench, Arsenal coach Wenger obviously has a lot of headaches.
If Su Yu is not counted, Arsenal's strongest main lineup is slightly inferior to Manchester City.
For the Premier League decisive battle 4 days later, Wenger must also preserve his strength.
This further widened the gap between the two sides.
Manchester City is very confident, and Bi Yu released a complete starting lineup the day before.
Goalkeeper: Bravo;
Defenders: Brazil international Danilo, old captain Kompany, Otamendi, Zinchenko;
Midfielders: Gundogan, Yaya Toure, David Silva, Foden, B Silva;
Forward: Gabriel Jesus!
The original starting forward Aguero, playmaker De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Sane, Stones and other players are all on the bench.
Guardiola even sent a youth player from 2000, the future Prince Foden of Manchester City, to play in the final!
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that Guardiola is also saving his strength for the Premier League championship.
But the problem is that this lineup of half main force and half substitute has the strength on paper and is top-notch in the Premier League.
With veteran players like Kompany and Yaya Touré,
There are also impactful young people like Foden and Jesus!
In fact, the strength of Jesus is not much different from that of Aguero, almost on par.
Manchester City's bench is simply enviable!
In contrast to Arsenal, the release of the starting lineup basically made the hearts of Arsenal fans half cold.
Goalkeeper: Ospina;
Defenders: Chambers, Mertesacker, Mustafi;
Midfielders: Elneny, Maitland-Niles, Chamberlain, Kolasinac, Wilshere;
Forward: Welbeck, Su Yu;
Except for the core Su Yu, other starters Mkhitaryan, Ramsey, Xhaka, Monreal and others are all sitting on the bench.
Maitland Niles is even a marginal figure in the reserve team. Last season, he played 1 time in the league and only 3 times in the FA Cup!
This season, he only played in the games before the League Cup.
His experience against strong teams is almost 0!
So after the starting lineup was released, the English media predicted one-sidedly,
In this League Cup final, Manchester City will achieve an overwhelming victory.
The score predicted by most media is also 3:0, 2:0, and Manchester City's winning odds are even less than 2 times.
The strength gap is as high as three or four floors.
Guardiola is also quite confident in the face of the media:
"This game will be the first championship in my Manchester City career, and it will also be the starting point for more championships!"
Facing the one-sided predictions of public opinion,
Perhaps the only variable is Su Yu in Arsenal's formation.
In order to save a glimmer of hope of winning, Wenger resolutely sent Su Shuo to start!
After the start of the finals, the scene of the game was completely one-sided as expected by the media.
Arsenal's midfield has 5 people, but they are completely crushed by Manchester City.
Guardiola did just three things in the Carabao Cup in order to rehearse the ultimate Premier League showdown.
Control the ball, control the ball, or tmd control the ball!
After playing for half an hour in the first half, Manchester City's ball possession rate was as high as 90%!
The scene was once extremely dull,
With Arsenal's current lineup, it is difficult to form an effective press,
They could only shrink back to the 30-meter zone, and even Welbeck went to defend near the penalty area,
Only Su Yu was left cruising near the center line, waiting for his chance.
Manchester City unscrupulously back and forth around the center circle, if there is a perfect opportunity to penetrate forward,
Don't take a chance if you don't have a chance.
The role of veterans such as Kompany, Yaya Toure, and David Silva is also reflected.
They lack momentum, but are stable enough.
And Arsenal can't say how easy it is to defend, and it is difficult to free up their hands to counterattack.
Foden and Jesus moved very flexibly in the frontcourt, putting tremendous pressure on the defense.
If it wasn't for the substitute goalkeeper Ospina, and Jesus wasted a few chances,
Manchester City had already led 2-0 in the first half.
As for Arsenal's transition from defense to offense, they were basically put out by Manchester City in the first place.
Manchester City did a good job of fighting back on the spot,
And there were several tactical fouls, but the referee turned a blind eye,
As a result, Arsenal's few offenses were pitted by the referee.
besides,
Maitland Niles is still a lack of game experience,
Several times he was able to give the opportunity to the frontcourt, but he was intercepted by Manchester City on the spot after a little hesitation.
In this way, the two sides shook hands at 0:0 when they went to work.
Su Yu formed two chances, one was to pass 4 players in a row in the counterattack,
But the running distance was too long, so I accelerated and sprinted again,
As a result, the footwork was slightly lacking when shooting,
The football hit the crossbar and popped,
The Manchester City players and Guardiola were so scared that their faces turned pale.
The second time was even more frightening,
Su Yu catches the ball near the middle circle and shoots it with one kick!
The football spans more than half of the field and hits the net accurately!
Arsenal fans are already cheering,
As a result, the line referee raised the flag and ruled that Su Yu was offside first [goal invalid!
Arsenal players are very dissatisfied that such a wonderful goal was blown away,
Captain Mertesacker couldn't help but angrily went to the referee to argue,
But the referee stood by his decision.
The slow motion shows that at the moment of passing the ball, Su Yu is in front of the center line, and his head, drive, and toes have not crossed the half of the field!
It's just that the arm sticks out a little bit beyond the midfield line.
According to the offside rule, the arm is not a valid position! Su Yu is theoretically not offside!
That's clearly a good shot!
The slow motion continued to replay, and the commentators of Sky Sports also made remarks one after another.
Lineker, Henry, Carragher, Michael Owen and others agreed that,
The ball is not offside!
It's a pity that var technology has not yet been popularized at this time, and the referee's judgment cannot be changed.
*¥......
During the intermission, the Arsenal players were still surrounding the referee to reason.
If Su Yu hadn't pulled Mertesacker in time, he would have been almost dismissed by the referee.
During the intermission, Wenger quickly calmed down the players.
"Don't be disturbed by this misjudgment, there are not many opportunities, you must calm down!"
"Keep going forward in the second half, trust Su Yu!"
"Even if the referee misjudged once, he can't misjudge again and again!"
"Just take one chance! We have hope!"
In the second half, Arsenal still defended passively.
Every time I get the ball and want to counterattack, I will be restricted by Manchester City's high pressure.
Manchester City fought back on the spot and won the ball to continue the siege.
For a time, there was danger in front of Arsenal's goal!
"Jesus!! He dunked the opponent in the penalty area and shot low with his feet!!"
"Ospina was very concentrated, he fell to the ground and saved the ball!"
"Foden!!! England's future talent, try a kick from outside the box! Quality!"
"Foden again! He was very active today! After breaking through the wing, he sent a cross!"
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"David Silva followed up with a kick!! The ball was hit with the right foot and failed to exert power!"
Phil Foden, known as the prince of "Manchester City", performed really well today.
He finally got the chance to start, and he really wants to show himself in the League Cup final!
Because his target opponent is none other than Su Yu!
The two are obviously the same age, Foden is still in the youth academy, Su Yu has already made his mark in the European arena!
Now when talking about u18 young rookies, everyone thinks of Su Yu,
No one cares about Foden!
hateful!
So after this threatened attack,
Phil Foden even ran up to Su Yu and made a provocative muscle show.
"We Manchester City are strong! The title is ours!"
When Su Yu saw this, instead of being angry, he grinned.
"Interesting guy."
This makes Foden very unfulfilling!
Why are you so calm when we clearly have the upper hand?
After 2 minutes, Wenden finally knew the answer.
An attack by Manchester City missed, and Foden's shot was weak and was hugged by Ospina.
Ospina throws the ball directly to Maitland Niles who is temporarily unmarked!
Due to the horrible performance of this guy before, no one in Manchester City paid attention to defending him.
Who would have thought that this time, Maitland Niles pierced through Manchester City's defense with an ecstatic through ball,
Directly found Su Yu near the middle circle!
"What!"
"Don't let him kick!!"
It was too late for Kompany to shout again at this time.
Su Yu still receives the ball in his own half! This time it is not offside!
In the same way as in the first half, he completed another super long-range shot in the same way!
Manchester City goalkeeper Bravo is stupid.
Isn't it? Are you still here?
It was too late for him to turn around and catch up, the ball was faster than people!
Witnessed by 90,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium, football fell into the net again!
"Great performance! Heart-pounding halftime lob!"
"This time!! Absolutely not offside! The goal counts!"
"Su Yu hit the referee with this lob shot! I can still kick the ball you blow off!"
"Arsenal lead goal 1-0!".