Chapter 147 The Final Begins

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Wembley Stadium.

Players from both sides have already stood on both sides of the court.

Arsenal in red and white jerseys and Manchester City in light blue jerseys.

The starting lineups of both sides are as follows:

Arsenal (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Martinez.

Defenders: Bellerin, Jimenez, Hummels, Robertson.

Midfielders: Aubameyang, Kante, Wilshere, Lukay, Dembele.

Forward: Giroud.

Manchester City (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Morais.

Defenders: Zinchenko, Laporte, Otamendi, Kyle Walker.

Midfielders: David Silva, Fernandinho, De Bruyne.

Forwards: Sterling, Aguero, Bernardo Silva.

Both teams have elite players in their lineups. In order to win the League Cup, both teams have tried their best.

Especially for Manchester City, this game is not only for the championship, but also to break Arsenal's winning streak, which has affected their morale to a certain extent.

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Under the camera, the expressions of the players on both sides are extremely serious.

Players such as De Bruyne, Luka, Dembélé, Aguero, Aubameyang, etc. are taken care of, and they have a lot of shots.

Obviously, these players are players who have shown wonderful performances in recent games.

"This game is considered the top confrontation in the Premier League. Both Arsenal and Manchester City have strong fighting power in the league. In the League Cup, the two teams also fought hard and finally met in the final. What kind of game will they bring us?"

Accompanied by the words of commentator Paul Mosson, the referee Jonathan Moss from the Premier League blew the whistle to start the game.

"Game start! Game start! This is the 2018/2019 League Cup final. We will witness the strong dialogue between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium. The birth of the champion will be confirmed after 90 minutes."

The moment the whistle sounded, Manchester City took the lead in kicking off.

As the core player of Manchester City, De Bruyne dominated the ball from the moment of kicking off, constantly passing and organizing.

De Bruyne is the strongest offensive midfielder in the Premier League. Even Lucky can't compete with De Bruyne in this regard.

Lucky's performance is more in defense and versatility. If you only take out the offensive attributes, he is really not De Bruyne's opponent.

For this reason, Lucky's position in this game was also slightly back.

This was to deal with Manchester City's crazy firepower.

But even so, Manchester City gave Arsenal a big gift at the beginning of the game.

In several consecutive vertical passes, Manchester City kept testing Arsenal's defense, and then De Bruyne seized an opportunity and sent the ball to Sterling without looking at anyone. Sterling successfully met the ball and passed it to the middle. Aguero completed the goal, but the ball was slightly out of the goal range.

"Manchester City successfully completed a dangerous shot in the first attack."

Paul Merson shouted.

"Manchester City's firepower line has begun to work!" Dixon was also looking forward to it.

The Manchester City fans at the scene cheered like a tsunami, and the whole stadium was shaking with the cheers of tens of thousands of people.

"Well done!"

"It's time to retreat and defend!"

After the first offensive attempt, the morale of Manchester City players was also boosted. They shouted to retreat one after another, and their tone was full of excitement.

The Arsenal players frowned slightly.

Although they had thought about this problem before the game, the firepower displayed by Manchester City was still beyond imagination.

Arsenal's goal kick.

Because Manchester City retreated too quickly, there was no long pass, but it was sent to the full-back.

The full-back passed to the winger, and the winger crossed.

The ball came to Lekai's feet again.

After controlling the ball, Manchester City players launched a fierce high-pressure defense.

In today's football, defense is no longer only reflected in the backcourt, but also requires sufficient pressure in the frontcourt to create more offensive opportunities.

But Arsenal is also very good at this tactic, so they know very well how to pass.

While ensuring sufficient safety, pass some safety balls, mixed with some tentative vertical passes to penetrate.

Throughout the probing process, Manchester City's defense was relatively stable and did not panic because of Arsenal's attack.

For more than half a season, Manchester City has been strengthening their overall coordination, and now the effect is remarkable.

"Can't break through!"

"No chance on the wing!"

"They are very oppressive in the half."

In the process of passing, Arsenal players are also constantly providing feedback.

Lucky accepts this information, integrates it and summarizes it.

In the end, Lucky decided to pass the ball to Dembe.

After Dembe came to get the ball, he became eager to try.

"Dembe came to hold the ball and he started trying to attack from the wing!"

"In the past few games, Dembe has created many opportunities for Arsenal's offense. His own ability combined with Arsenal's overall movement can create an extremely threatening threat for their offense."

"But in this game, can Dembe perform as he should when facing Kyle Walker?"

Kyle Walker is very fast, and as a full-back, his performance on both the offensive and defensive ends is also extremely amazing.

Especially after joining Manchester City, he was cultivated by Guardiola, and his condition and ability have also been greatly improved.

Dembe is also very aware of this.

Dembe came to test carefully. He has enough confidence in his skills, but it does not mean that he will underestimate Kyle Walker.

After all, any opponent who can stand in front of them has extremely strong abilities.

In the five major leagues, it is difficult to find a player who can swim, and Kyle Walker is not such a player.

Dembe stepped into the ball with his right foot, slowed down the pace and tested it.

He waited for Kyle Walker to step forward and stretch his feet.

But unlike other full-backs, even with extremely fast speed, Kyle Walker still blocked the path of cutting inside, maintaining a certain distance and not making any pressing movements.

This made Dembeilai a little anxious.

Seeing that the opponent's players were about to provide support, Dembe made a decision and immediately decided to take the bottom.

Dembe comes to action and he's fast.

But Kyle Walker also reacted quickly and quickly caught up with Dembe.

When Dembe came to complete the pass, Kyle Walker also blocked the path of the inward cut.

"Don't even think about it!"

Kyle Walker felt furious.

Dembe had no choice but to cross the ball.

The result was obvious as the ball hit Kyle Walker's ankle and flew out of the baseline.

Dembe was unable to successfully complete the cross.

But Arsenal also got a corner kick opportunity.

"Come up! Come up!"

Lucky called on his teammates to fight for the top.

And he himself also rushed into the penalty area.

As soon as Lucky entered the penalty area, he encountered strict defense from Manchester City players.

Facing a player like Lucky who has strong aerial combat capabilities, Manchester City will never relax.

At this time, Wilshere had come to the corner kick area and was preparing to take a free throw.

After he raised his hand to signal, he immediately made a free throw.

The ball flew to the center.

Giroud was the first to rush towards the ball's landing point, while Lucky was also outflanking towards the back point.

Giroud was interfered by the opponent during takeoff and failed to top the ball.

But Lucky, who was in the back position, forced Zinchenko to take off, and he completed the header in an awkward position in the air.

Because his movement was restricted, Lucky was unable to exert force, and Manchester City goalkeeper Moraes easily held the ball in his arms.

"Ah~~~ Kai headed the ball, but failed to deliver it. Manchester City goalkeeper Moraes collected the ball in his arms, and Manchester City counterattacked!

! "

Suddenly, the Manchester City goalkeeper quickly rushed out of the small penalty area and stepped forward with a big kick.

The ball flew forward quickly and was accurately stopped by Aguero.

At the same time, Sterling and Silva also quickly followed up.

Fernandinho from the back provided forward support, and Manchester City's counterattack was in good form.

"Manchester City's counterattack is about to begin, but Arsenal has not completely retreated, and Kai has no time to chase back. How should Arsenal make a decision? Aguero started passing the ball, Manchester City!

!

!

"

Paul Mawson's voice suddenly rose in pitch.

At this critical moment, he saw Jimenez, as the central defender, take the initiative to rush forward. Before Sterling stopped the ball, he shoveled the ball away with a sliding tackle.

“Jimenez!

!

! Decisive tackle!

Wonderful judgment!

! "

"He helped Arsenal buy valuable time to retreat!

"

Taking advantage of this time, Arsenal players also quickly retreated to cover the defense.