I'm a striker

Chapter 465 The Weirdest Substitution

Arsenal defeated Reading 30-[-], and Song Rentou scored the Premier League's personal No.[-] five goals this season, breaking the record created by Alan Schiller and Andy Cole on the third day after the past.

"Will Arsenal reach the FA Cup final after Manchester City? Will they get tickets to Wembley Stadium?"

It's the Emirates Stadium again.

It's just that this time it's no longer the league, but the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Arsenal are facing Wigan Athletic, who are also in the top league. If they win this game, they will enter the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on May [-]!

And their opponent will be Wigan, who has entered the FA Cup final ahead of schedule!
For Arsenal fans, Arsenal already have the potential to win the Triple Crown this season.

For a long time, what Manchester United fans are most proud of, apart from their number of top league titles, is the treble they have created.

And if Arsenal can also accomplish this feat, then for them, who have won the third most championships in the history of the British top league, they will undoubtedly enter the list of the eight giants. From then on, the eight giants in the football world will become the nine giants.

Song Rentou, who just broke the Premier League single-season personal scoring record, is still the key player that Arsenal fans are most looking forward to.

It is worth mentioning that this season's Champions League final will also be held at Wembley Stadium, so it can be said that if Arsenal want to accomplish such a feat, they must win at Wembley Stadium twice in a row.

For Arsenal as a London team, if they can play the FA Cup final and the Champions League final at Wembley, they will undoubtedly get more fans than Manchester United two years ago!
Wigan has been infinitely close to relegation this season, and they also want to make history, because the team that wins the FA Cup is eligible to participate in next year's Europa League, so the entire Wigan team can be said to have completely given up the league!
After all their efforts, they played extremely tenaciously in the Chiefs today. Seven and 10 minutes into the game, the score is still zero to zero.

According to the FA Cup system, if the two sides draw in the semi-finals, they will go directly to overtime and penalty shootouts.

Wigan's players played extremely nervously. They carefully defended every attack of Arsenal, and Arsenal also guarded against the opponent's counterattack at any time.

In cup matches, it is often impossible to fully consider the strength gap between the two sides, because the opponent is likely to prepare [-]% just to win the cup match.

That's what Wigan is today.

"Damn it, they can't pass! They think the captain is too deadly." Walcott wiped the sweat from his forehead. The little tiger is going smoothly on the wing today, but there is no passing point and no pass in the middle. route!
Wigan completely gave up the wing. They knew that if they competed with Arsenal on the wing, Walcott and Cazorla would teach them how to behave, so they simply hoarded all their heavy troops in the center.

Such a completely bust-up defense is not glorious, but the opponent's intention is indeed obvious, which is to drag the game into a penalty shootout.

Eighty-ten minutes into the game, Wenger played his second card. Wilshere replaced Jilavoj. Wenger, who originally wanted to call Podolski, gave up after thinking about it. Instead, he called his substitute goalkeeper Fabianski on the bench.

"Go warm up." Wenger seemed to have a premonition.

This season, Szczesny's state is extremely brave. He has completely occupied the position of Arsenal's main goalkeeper, and Fabianski has also had some emotions because of this.

But as Arsenal's performance got better and better, Fabianski also integrated into the team, so Fabianski, who had no chance, specialized in penalty kicks in training.

After all, a season is very long, and Fabianski believes that he will always wait until the day when the team needs him.

Wenger gave up the third substitution adjustment because he had some premonition.

In consecutive games, especially at the end of the season, even Song Rentou, who is like an iron man, cannot guarantee that he will perform supernaturally in every game.

So Wenger felt that overtime and penalty shootouts might be the key to deciding the outcome of this game.

Wenger's hunch may be right.

With Webber blowing the whistle at the end of the 10-minute game, the game will also start overtime after a 5-minute break.

The players of the visiting team Wigan can finally breathe a sigh of relief. After three or 10 minutes, their task will be completed.Wigan coach Lesler is also cheering for the players.

At this time, Wenger suddenly pulled Song Rentou to the sidelines and said something.

Sky TV also gave a close-up of this scene. Song Rentou's expression was surprised at first, and then he nodded.

"Hey, does Wenger have any secret tactics?" Gary Lineker said.

"Very likely, because we all know that the physical fitness of the magical Chinese kid is different from ordinary people, so it is absolutely not surprising that Wenger has any secret tactics." Martinshall analyzed.

Extra time began to the cheers of the Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium.

Wigan defended as always, and all three of Lesler's substitutions were to remove frontcourt players and replace them with defenders.

"Originally, Wigan played with five defenders at the beginning, but now it's better, it has become eight defenders... plus their two midfielders, don't they plan to attack?" Gary Lineker also took the opportunity to complain. .

Such a ten-zero lineup may only exist in legends.

In the first half of overtime, despite Arsenal's onslaught, the game was dragged into the quagmire.

The second half of overtime also began.

At this time, Wenger pulled Ramsey, who had not yet received a card in this game, to the sidelines, pointing to the timing board and saying something.

Ramsey nodded.

The scene was also captured on Sky TV's close-up.

The second half of overtime begins.

The plot is almost the same.

Arsenal stormed, Wigan defended.

The game has come to the first 1109 minutes.

But at this moment, the calm was slightly broken.

Because there is no stoppage time, Webber will definitely end the game at the moment of 120 minutes.

Wigan grabbed the ball with difficulty, trying to consume the game until the last second.

At this time, Ramsey suddenly inserted from the back and directly pushed down the Wigan players.

Perhaps it was because of the concern that Arsenal might be eager to win the game, and Weber himself couldn't stand Wigan's way of delaying time, so Weber only called Ramsey for a foul, but did not give Ramsey a yellow card.

At this moment, the focus of the audience came to the sidelines.

Arsenal's substitute goalkeeper Fabianski stepped in.

Before he came on, Arsenal's assistant coach kept talking to him.

The Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium also stood up collectively, ready to applaud Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny who performed well today.

Everyone may be thinking at this moment that Wenger is ready to hit a penalty kick.

However, at this moment, Szczesny, who was about to take off his gloves and walk to the sidelines, was stunned for a moment.

It turned out that Fabianski and Arsenal's coaches gestured to him to throw away the gloves and go to the frontcourt.

Instead of letting him walk off the court.

At this time, everyone saw clearly the substitution number called by the fourth official.

What Fabianski wants to replace is not Szczesny, but Arsenal's leading striker-Song Rentou! !

"Two goalkeepers? Can anyone tell me why?" Gary Lineker was also a little surprised.

Perhaps at this moment, not only he alone, but also the Arsenal fans, all the audience in front of the TV, and the visiting team Wigan were all surprised!
Song Rentou walked off the field, and Fabianski stood on the goal line, then the rules of football games, football games cannot have two goalkeepers, so Schensny's position is: forward! !
"Oh, BOSS, is this going to fulfill my childhood dream?" Szczesny, who had never stood in this position, looked at his teammates and waved.

Perhaps only Arsenal players understand why Wenger did this!

This may be the most bizarre substitution in history, but it is definitely a wise approach!

According to the rules of the penalty shootout, if the two sides have been tied, then all eleven players present will take turns to take the penalty.

Then the problem is coming!

Song Rentou never kicks a penalty!
And Szczesny can take a penalty kick!

So Wenger removed Song Rentou and replaced him with Fabianski not to be funny, but to prevent the penalty shootout from entering the final stage. Song Rentou, who had never taken a penalty kick, was forced to play.

"I think I may understand the purpose of Wenger's substitution adjustment." Martincher nodded and said.

Gary Lineker was very curious, "Why? Martin? Although the game is over soon, but..."

"Hey, buddy, you seem to have forgotten that in Song's career, has he ever kicked a penalty kick?" Martinshall looked at Gary Lineker and asked back.

Gary Lineker patted his head and suddenly realized, "I see! Dude, Szczesny took a penalty kick, but it is said that he shot 100% of penalty kicks in training! At this time, Wen What Ge needs to do is not only Fabianski, who is ready to take penalties before the game, but also remove Song, who can't take penalties, before the end of the game! Maybe many people don't understand, but penalty kicks It has nothing to do with shooting skills! Song has never taken a penalty kick. Under such a situation, in order to ensure that the team's penalty shootout can go to the final round, Wenger's approach is absolutely wise!"

"That's right, that's it, man." Martinshall looked at Gary Lineker with a look on his face that you are not too stupid, and said with a smile: "I think that's why Wenger didn't give up at the end of the game. , Talking to Song during the 5-minute break before the start of overtime, Song was very surprised at first. This is also the reason Wenger gave Ramsey before the start of the second half of overtime, that is, before the end of the game , if the ball is still at the opponent's feet, then rush forward and foul, thinking that Arsenal will fight for a substitution opportunity. The reason why Wenger didn't find anyone else is because Arsenal's field, except for their frontcourt, their backcourt Only Ramsey's yellow card won't result in a suspension from the FA Cup final!"

After listening to Martinshall's explanation, the audience in front of the TV understood.

It turned out that this was a tactical substitution.

With Webber blowing the whistle for the end of the game, and the explanations of some senior Song Rentou fans in the stands of the Emirates Stadium, everyone also understood that Wenger was not joking, but was fully prepared.

In this way, it gave Arsenal fans a lot of confidence.

That is, we are ready for a penalty shootout, we have special kicks, and we have special kicks!

Indeed, Wenger more or less anticipated the difficulty of this game before the game, so he was fully prepared.

Before the start of the penalty shootout, it is to pick a side and take the penalty first.

Generally speaking, the probability of winning a penalty kick first is 70.00%.

Because even if you can't score first, you can still expect your goalkeeper to save it.

And the second hand, if the opponent kicks in first, the pressure on you will be greater.

It was Ramsey who was still on the court who was in charge of picking the side, and Ramsey was lucky enough that Arsenal won the right to kick first.

The Wigan team had no choice but to request that the stands be placed at the goal with more Wigan fans.

The penalty shootout will start soon.

The two teams also submitted a list of penalty kicks.

Arsenal have indeed practiced.

The first person to take this penalty will be the German Mertesacker!
Letting a central defender take a penalty kick first is not only because of trusting him, but also because the Germans have always been very calm when kicking penalties.

It's a pity that Podolski, who is known as the little prince of penalty kicks, missed the penalty...

The second Arsenal player to take the penalty will be Theo Walcott.

The third will be Ramsey, the fourth will be Cazorla and the fifth will be fun too!

Wenger chose Szczesny as the fifth kicker to decide the outcome!
"Wow, I have a feeling that I want to be a hero." The nervous Szczesny is definitely a master who does not suffer from stage fright. In addition, he has a very high penalty hit rate in training, so Wenger also put The lore pick was given to him.

Because Wenger believes that Fabianski will save at least two penalty kicks from his opponent!

The penalty shootout was about to start, and Lesler also submitted his list of penalty shooters.

(End of this chapter)