Following Wang Xiaodong's "eavesdropping" farce, both sides kicked each other several threatening balls on the court.
Among them, the Gunners had eight shots, and gun king Henry shot three on target, forcing the goalkeeper to make a save.
Although Tottenham took one more shot, their hit rate was lower, with only two shots hitting the goal frame.
Without the suppression of Wang Xiaodong's long-range heavy artillery, the Gunners clung to the penalty area and deliberately left the space outside the penalty area to the Tottenham players.
In this way, Tottenham's long shot is like another exchange of ball rights, making Arsenal's counterattack extremely comfortable.
The first half was about to end, but in the 42nd minute, Arsenal took the lead.
Rosicky's shot from outside the penalty area was saved by Robinson. Then Rosicky quickly stepped in, grabbed the rebound ball and immediately passed the ball directly to the left rib of the penalty area. Adebayor pushed his left foot into the far corner from 8 yards.
"grass!"
"What the hell is this!"
"What do the defenders do for food!?"
"This can allow him to score goals???"
Adebayor came in without warning, after all, everyone focused on Rosicky.
When he fired a shot followed by a cross, the fans did not expect that the Togolese would score in such an easy way.
In the footage, Adebayor and Ledley King are running together, looking like a couple running a marathon.
While running happily like this, the ball fell from the sky and was directly pushed into the net by Adebayor's knee.
The goal came so suddenly that some home team fans were stunned.
Enter now?
Is this behind?
Isn't this too fake?
The sudden goal broke the balance on the field, and Arsenal led with a total score of 2 to 1. If they hold on to the end in the second half, Tottenham will have no chance of advancing.
Entering the halftime break with a one-goal disadvantage, Martin Joel immediately mobilized the players as soon as the locker room door closed.
"There are home fans outside, and they are all watching!"
"Do you want those bastards from Arsenal to advance to the final under your nose?"
"Show your backbone, they are already declining, but we are the rising sun!"
"Fuck him!!!"
While Martin Joel was drinking water, Wang Xiaodong secretly came to the head coach.
"Boss, look, we are all behind. In the second half, do you want me to..."
Martin Joel glanced at Wang Xiaodong and still raised the water bottle and poured it into his mouth.
"Don't drink it yet, don't drink it!" Wang Xiaodong grabbed the mineral water bottle, "Boss, look, my foot injury is healed, just let me play..."
"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough~~~" The Tottenham coach did not expect that Wang Xiaodong would step forward to squeeze the water bottle. He was caught off guard, and Martin Joel choked directly.
"Dong, please take it easy, I almost choked to death on you, cough cough cough, cough cough cough..."
"Boss, I was wrong, and I apologize to you." Wang Xiaodong picked up a towel and wiped Martin Joel's neck randomly a few times, "Just let me come on! I promise, I will kill those bastards when I come up. Beat the shit out of you!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Martin Joel shook his head, "It's not the right time yet."
"Tch, you're stingy!" Seeing that Martin Joel was not getting enough, Wang Xiaodong was so angry that he stuffed the towel into his neck, and then squeezed a handful of water bottles again when he wasn't paying attention.
"Cough cough cough cough..." This time, Martin Joel choked and had a lot of water poured into his nostrils.
...
After the kick-off of the second half, Tottenham did not immediately launch an attack because the players smelled a different smell in the air.
A smell called conspiracy.
what's the situation?
After evading Denilson's desperate grab, Lennon patted his chest with lingering fear.
He was almost knocked over by his opponent just now.
"That's not right, Arsenal is, this is..."
"We, Arsenal, are invincible..."
At this moment, bursts of singing came from the visiting team's stands.
"Listen, it's "Hot Stuff"!"
"Farke, those little bastards at Arsenal are counting their stars again!"
After winning the double in the 1998-99 season, "Hot Stuff" was adapted into Arsenal's team anthem.
In this song, Arsenal heroes such as Arsene Wenger and Wright-Phillips are praised.
Now, gun fans are singing this song again, of course, to inspire the players to make another victory and completely crush Tottenham.
"Damn Wenger! He went the other way!" Martin Joel stood on the sidelines and looked nervously at the court.
He thought Wenger would hold on to the score, but he didn't expect that Arsenal would be more ferocious in the second half than in the first.
"Van Persie, Van Persie takes the ball and hits the goal...!"
"It almost hit the goal frame. Robinson didn't react at all to the ball."
...
"Henry! The gun king suddenly shot a long shot from outside the penalty area... Unfortunately, Robinson, who was highly focused, saved it."
"Corner kick..."
"Adebayor grabbed the front spot and rubbed the ball into the middle. Gilberto fell to the ground and hit the goal...it was just a little bit close."
"The Tottenham defender has done a great job."
Amid the loud singing of the fans, the Gunners took advantage of the opportunity after the game started and launched a crazy attack.
Anyone who has some skills at his feet will dodge the angle and hit Tottenham's door.
"We can see that Arsenal continued to bomb the Tottenham goal after the start of the second half."
"Tottenham managed to hold on to the score from front to back, with the help of the goalkeeper, defenders, even forwards and goalposts."
"What Tottenham lack now is morale and a hero, a hero who can stand up at critical moments and lead the team out of trouble!"
As Huang Jianxiang said, Tottenham were already one goal behind at home.
There was no counterattack in the second half, but they were beaten by Arsenal players.
Defending like this is not an option at all. If this continues, the team will be broken by the opponent sooner or later.
At this moment, Robin van Persie on the wing once again received a through ball from his teammate.
"...Robin, Robin is chasing the ball..."
"Get rid of... Robin passed the Tottenham defender!" the Gunners' on-site commentator shouted excitedly into the microphone.
As expected of Robin Man, he used the change of rhythm to deliberately stop the ball on its path. Then his body moved nimbly, immediately causing Dawson and Garnard's positions to overlap, creating a gap.
Facing Van Persie who cut in front of the penalty area, Ledley King quickly came over to defend.
Everyone can see that Van Persie, running into this position, may hit the goal at any stage.
At this moment, even Henry was retreating to create space for Van Persie.
Seeing Van Persie swinging his legs, Ledley King stretched his legs as much as possible. At this moment, he wanted to connect his two legs together.
Van Persie, who had been pulling horizontally continuously, finally straightened his body. He glanced at Robinson's position and without hesitation, he kicked off and hit the goal.
"Robin kicks and shoots!!!" the Gunners commentator roared.
Such a half-high ball is not difficult for Robinson. But Van Persie's shot was so urgent and fast that Robinson could only tilt his body and hit the ball out of the penalty area with both fists.
"Alas~~~" Together with other gun fans, the Gunners commentator lamented.
Just when the home team fans all breathed a sigh of relief, a red figure suddenly rushed to the ball and swung his right leg in front of the ball.
"Henry???" The commentator only had time to call out the player's name.
The ball was like a cannonball, flying sideways in the air towards the goal, and plunged into Tottenham's net.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOAL,GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"
"Hen~~~li!"
"IT'S HENRYYYYYYYYY!"
At White Hart Lane, the goalscorer who had just scored ran to his knees and slid in front of the corner post.
Seeing the gun king with his head lowered and his Versailles expression, Wang Xiaodong jumped up from his chair.
"Old man, it's my turn this time..."
Before Wang Xiaodong could finish speaking, Martin Joel turned around, looked at Wang Xiaodong who was eager to try, and nodded: "Dong, please warm up quickly..."
