Third watch.
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The atmosphere in the Highbury stands became a little tense.
The Arsenal fans were naturally unhappy to see the team's unbeaten record end at home, while the small number of Bolton Wanderers fans began to celebrate with joy.
The game time gradually decreased.
Fàbregas was calm when he was not in a hurry to deliver the threatening ball to his teammates. He had a maturity that did not match his age, just like Qin Xiong when he first appeared in front of the world. It was a whole new level of respect.
After the entire offensive system stabilized, Arsenal's offense mostly relied on acceleration from the flanks.
Reyes created a dangerous situation in front of the Bolton Wanderers goal by sweeping the ball into the penalty area after breaking through from the flank. However, Bergkamp's shot was blocked by Jaaskelainen's body. Van Persie almost seized the opportunity at the back, but unfortunately, his shot was interrupted by Hierro.
In the 80th minute of the game, the Gunners fans became more and more restless, afraid that the result they did not want to see would finally appear in front of them. An attack on the field without warning made them unable to open their eyes.
Qin Xiong made two breakthroughs on the left side of the front field. Unfortunately, he was not a pure flank player. He had the ability to break through on the flank, but the problem was that his thinking became sluggish after breaking through on the flank. Because he could not see the best option, passing the ball was almost based on luck. It was also a little difficult for him to send a high-quality pass with his left foot.
Therefore, in the 80th minute of the game, he received a pass from Fàbregas on the left side of the front field and directly dribbled the ball horizontally.
He still liked to complete a horizontal cut from the side to the middle in front of the penalty area, relying on the change of rhythm in the dribbling to find opportunities.
However, he did not force a breakthrough this time. Even though the Chelsea built by Mourinho had shown the explosive power of a winger's storm in the English game, the current playing environment that Qin Xiong encountered was completely different from the environment that Chelsea's main offense required.
Chelsea played defensive counterattack.
Now Arsenal was positional attacking.
There was no big space for him to break through unscrupulously.
He had to pass the ball.
He was unable to determine whether Nolan or Spade had rushed over to kick the football, his feet, his legs, or any other body part.
After dribbling in front of Campo horizontally, Qin Xiong did not wait for Nolan to get close before he passed the ball back to Fàbregas. Then he continued to run horizontally. When he rushed past Nolan, Fàbregas passed the ball to Qin Xiong.
Spade was right in front of him. Qin Xiong did not even have a chance to control the ball. He kicked the ball back to Fàbregas.
The passing interaction between the two left the Bolton Wanderers players confused!
There was no problem with the direction of Fàbregas's pass. It was straight ahead, the direction of attack.
But Qin Xiong was running in the opposite direction, which gave him a strange sense of déjà vu.
When Fàbregas kicked the ball to Qin Xiong for the third time, Ngotti had no choice but to snatch it!
There was no defensive midfielder who could restrict Qin Xiong!
But just as the football rolled over, Ngotti was shocked to see that Qin Xiong's right leg did not stop the ball. Instead, he let the football roll between his legs. This accident also caused Ngotti to lose the opportunity to intercept the football.
Although Bergkamp, who brushed past him, started later, he still single-handedly charged into the Bolton Wanderers penalty area. This time, Hierro desperately rushed to Bergkamp but could not form an interception because Bergkamp did not give him any chance at all and passed the ball across. Van Persie received the nanny ball at the back of the goal and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.
Highbury instantly erupted!
They equalized the score!
"Exquisite coordination! What an eye-opening attack! Even in the absence of Henry, Ljungberg, and Pires, Arsenal still played a dazzling and wonderful coordination in the front field.
Pay attention to Qin Xiong's running position. He ran from the left side all the way to the right side. This running position was strange, but also wonderful. It made the Bolton Wanderers defenders feel at a loss. He carried out two passes with Fàbregas along the way. On the third time, when Fàbregas passed to him, he missed the ball. This missed ball reflected the spirituality of his football talent. Look, the missed ball directly became an excellent opportunity for Bergkamp to charge into the penalty area. The selfless Bergkamp sent an assist to the young player Van Persie. Van Persie, who had not scored any goals after many strong shots, probably did not expect that he could become a goal hero with just a touch!
I'm willing to watch this goal a few more times. It's wonderful! This is the embodiment of Arsenal's football philosophy. "
As Arsenal would not be satisfied with equalizing the score, even if Van Persie went to celebrate the goal, Bergkamp still picked up the ball from inside the goal. Then he waved to Van Persie, indicating that he should hurry back and get ready to kick off.
Qin Xiong high-fived Fàbregas as he ran back to celebrate. Then he smiled at him and said, "Beautiful pass!"
Fàbregas exhaled a long breath. He smiled at Qin Xiong and then became serious.
He knew that Qin Xiong was just encouraging him.
Because Qin Xiong must have seen that he had fallen into an instinctive passing state just now. He just wanted to pass the ball back to Qin Xiong. After all, Qin Xiong's running was too dazzling.
The really beautiful pass was Qin Xiong's improvised missed ball!
That was the embodiment of genius wisdom. Fàbregas himself did not think that the ball would be passed to Bergkamp's feet.
Henry and Ljungberg, who had finished warming up on the sidelines, walked to Wenger's side. Wenger suddenly turned his head and said to them, "Go back and sit down and rest first."
He turned his head again to look at the field. If Van Persie's equalizing goal had not been there, he would have made a substitution. But at this moment, he was willing to give these young players more time!
In this game, which was much more difficult than expected, he saw the positive transformation of the young players who had endured the pressure and regained their confidence after experiencing a blow.
This kind of game was even more important for the growth of young players!
It could be said that the experience and gains brought by ten free passes, with the club leading them to victory, might not be comparable to the increase in personal confidence and experience brought by such a game.
Arsenal, who lived frugally, had to cultivate new players to avoid a shortage of talent. On this road, Wenger was under great pressure and risk, but he was still determined to go on!
Allardyce looked depressed. The second lead was equalized by Arsenal. He comforted himself. Anyway, before coming here, he did not think that he could take away the victory. A draw was not bad.
He called for the players to pay more attention to defense. Okocha was brought off, and the Bolton Wanderers had to do their best to hold on to the draw.
Arsenal launched a frenzied attack. Fàbregas's organizational work was gradually getting better. Clichy began to shuttle up and down the flank. However, his cooperation with Qin Xiong was not ideal, because Clichy would still irresponsibly pass the ball, which was not very effective.
As the time left in the game decreased, the situation on the field became more and more one-sided.
Of course, Arsenal was not willing to accept a draw!
In the 88th minute of the game, Reyes received a cross pass from Bergkamp in front of the penalty area on the flank and elegantly passed the old Baines. Bolton Wanderers had many veterans, and fitness was a big problem in the final stages of the game, so they had more players in the penalty area to make up for the weakness of the veterans' fitness.
After Reyes passed Baines, he looked into the penalty area. He did not dare to rashly pass the ball. He felt that there was really no possibility of scoring.
When Baines turned to press him again, he skillfully used his footwork to pull the ball back, and in turn passed Baines again. He seemed to have returned to the position where he had stopped the ball before.
However, this back and forth caused the Bolton Wanderers' defensive formation to be pressed into the penalty area. Reyes was observing the position of his teammates. He did not intend to pass the ball to Fàbregas, which would look like a reversal of the attack.
He noticed that Qin Xiong on the left flank suddenly started to cut into the middle.
When it was time for him to send the ball out, Reyes sent the ball out with a cross. It could be considered a wide horizontal transfer ball.
Qin Xiong ran around the back of the attacking direction to the middle. When the football flew over, Nolan was ready to intercept in front of him. Qin Xiong used his chest to stop the ball and rushed past Nolan.
The football was deflected by his chest and bounced to the ground. Qin Xiong felt that the deflection was perfect. The height of the football after bouncing to the ground and rising was very suitable for a long shot. Moreover, he ran with momentum and was not in a state where it was difficult to exert power in the same place.
Looking at the densely packed penalty area, Qin Xiong raised his leg and volleyed at a position 33 yards away from the goal.
All the spectators in the stands at Highbury opened their mouths slightly as they witnessed Qin Xiong's volleyed shot after bouncing off the ground.
The football flew rapidly in the direction of the goal. There was almost no spin as the football bypassed the heads of all the players in the penalty area and fell rapidly. Jaaskelainen pounced to the extreme, wanting to block the ball with one hand, but he could not touch the ball at all.
Boom!
Highbury was in a riot. The Gunners fans let out thunderous cheers.
After Qin Xiong shot, he knew that the ball would definitely go in. This was a habit of playing football all year round. The moment he shot the football, if he felt it right, then he would have a rough idea of the trajectory of the football.
He watched the football penetrate the Bolton Wanderers' goal and then ran to the sidelines to welcome the cheers of the Gunners fans.
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