In the blink of an eye, ten minutes of the second half had passed.
After a strong but fruitless attack, the Arsenal youngsters grew a little impatient.
As Sagna dribbled past the midfield, facing Grenier and May's encirclement, he gave up on breaking through and launched a high ball into Cambridge United's penalty area.
As a defender, Parks' positioning and heading were naturally much better than Arshavin's, so in this header contest, Parks gained possession without suspense.
Seeing Parks win, Kante immediately turned and ran towards Arsenal's front field.
Kante, who successfully got the ball, did not give Diaby a chance to press, but cleverly passed the ball into the open space on the right side of the front field!
Lewandowski immediately swapped positions with Ayu, and using Ayu's cover, he quickly chased after the ball! Although Sagna quickly returned to defend, Lewandowski still successfully sent a low flat ball towards the goal from the right side of the penalty area!
Campbell was currently sprinting towards the penalty area, and Amunia did not dare to rashly attack such a fast low flat ball.
So the ball smoothly rolled past the goal, but at the far post, there stood a Cambridge United player in a yellow jersey!
May lightly blocked it with his leg!
The ball obediently entered Arsenal's goal!
2:0!
Arsenal's strong attack in the second half was fruitless, but Cambridge United scored another goal!
Zhang Lei was completely dumbfounded!
The match had been going on for almost 60 minutes, Arsenal hadn't scored a single goal, and the opponent had scored two!
If he wasn't there in person, Zhang Lei would even suspect if the score was written in reverse!
Just then, Parks directly sent a super long-distance pass from the backfield, attempting to find Lewandowski directly at the edge of the penalty area.
This time, Vermaelen did not make any mistakes, steadily intercepted the ball, and passed it to Campbell beside him. Looking at the menacing Lewandowski beside him, Campbell, after receiving the ball, did not dare to be negligent and quickly passed it to Song in front.
Song hooked the ball with his toe, completed a turn in mid-air, and then kicked the ball towards the front field!
Arshavin, who was among Cambridge United's defensive line, started simultaneously, successfully breaking the offside trap!
Zhang Lei shouted, "Beautiful! This is Arsenal!"
This shout immediately attracted unfriendly glances from the surrounding Cambridge United fans, and he then realized he was surrounded by Cambridge United fans, so he quickly lowered his head and continued watching the match.
As soon as Arshavin dribbled into the penalty area, he impatiently blasted the ball towards the goal!
However, this powerful shot went directly over the crossbar and out of bounds!
As soon as Cambridge United took the goal kick, Arsenal immediately launched a high press!
Song successfully stole the ball passed to May in the middle, and immediately passed it to Sagna at the edge of the big penalty area!
Sagna dribbled to the top of the penalty arc and took a curling shot!
Oblak easily cradled the ball!
In the 69th minute of the second half, Arsenal played out a brilliant combination in the front field. Diaby held the ball in the middle, May appeared in front of him to intercept, Diaby immediately passed to Nasri on the left, Nasri did not stop the ball, and directly passed it to Arshavin behind May!
Before Cambridge United players could converge to the center, Arshavin had already passed the ball to Sagna who had surged forward on the left!
Through a series of passes, the ball had already bypassed Cambridge United's entire defensive line!
If he wasn't Cambridge United's Head Coach, Huang Hao would even applaud Arsenal's fluid combination!
It must be said, such pleasing passes indeed made people cheer for more.
Sagna, before Parks could return to defend, directly sent the ball to the goal from the byline!
After missing Arshavin and Denilson in succession, the ball landed on Bentner's head!
Bentner headed the ball towards the goal!
The ball directly hit Cambridge United's side netting!
Although Arsenal's offensive waves were coming one after another, Cambridge United gradually revealed their fangs!
In a moment of urgency, Vermaelen had already attacked to the edge of Cambridge United's penalty area, and for him, who was not good at controlling the ball, this area was clearly not suitable for him.
Before Vermaelen could find a passing route, May directly performed a sliding tackle from the side, shoveling the ball from Vermaelen's feet to Grenier nearby!
Grenier, without a word, kicked the ball with a long pass towards the front field!
Campbell won the first header, sending the ball towards midfield!
May, who had just rushed back to midfield from the edge of the penalty area, took another shot!
This time, the ball directly bypassed Campbell, and behind him was Cambridge United's captain, Lewandowski!
Lewandowski received the ball and headed straight for the penalty area!
Seeing Campbell and Clichy about to catch up and defend, Lewandowski immediately curled a shot towards the far corner of the goal!
Amunia stretched out his arms with all his might, successfully blocking the ball out of bounds!
Although this counterattack did not result in a goal, it planted a seed in the hearts of Arsenal's players, causing a slight hesitation in their attacks.
In the 72nd minute, Grenier once again attacked to the edge of Arsenal's penalty area, but his cross was directly intercepted by Sagna, and Vermaelen, who was assisting in defense nearby, immediately passed the ball to Denilson in the front field.
Denilson leaped high and headed the ball to Arshavin in the middle.
Arshavin once again tore open Cambridge United's defense with a brilliant pass!
The ball bypassed Parks and Lovren, and successfully reached Nasri's feet!
Nasri dribbled to the edge of the penalty area and directly shot towards the left side of the goal!
Oblak rushed out of the goal, once again blocking the ball out of bounds!
Nasri looked up and roared, then looked at Oblak with resentful eyes. At this moment, he wished he could kill Cambridge United's god-like goalkeeper with his gaze!
The Cambridge United players, who had gained confidence in the match, fought with increasing bravery, even matching Arsenal on the field at times.
Seeing that the match had entered the final 15 minutes, Wenger fell into thought, looking at Bella on the bench.
Although Bella's individual combat ability was not bad, he was not a player who could turn the tide of the match by himself. Arsenal, more often than not, relied on teamwork to quickly execute counterattacks.
And today, Arsenal seemed to have hit a bottleneck, whether it was in their positional play or their frequently successful balls behind the defense.
Just as Arteta's mind was racing, Arsenal took a corner kick, and Vermaelen, at the far post, headed the ball directly to Oblak.
Oblak took the goal kick, passing directly to May in midfield. Ramsey, who came on as a substitute, made a beautiful tackle, kicking the ball from May's feet out of bounds.
Kante attempted to throw the ball to Lewandowski in the front field, but Campbell made a beautiful block, getting in front of Lewandowski and heading the ball back.
Denilson in midfield made a clear mistake, misjudging the ball's landing point, he jumped up and awkwardly headed the air.
Parks, lurking behind Denilson, would not miss such an opportunity. With Kante's cover, Parks once again lofted the ball towards the front field!
Just as Parks attempted to pass, Arsenal's defensive line immediately pushed forward quickly, attempting to create an offside trap.
But Vermaelen, who was entangled with Vardy in the middle, was half a beat slow at this moment, clearly trailing behind!
Unfortunately, Lewandowski was not a speed-type forward. By the time he caught up to the ball, Sagna and Diaby had all returned to defend!
Lewandowski, forced to the byline by the two, still managed to backheel the ball to Ayu behind him!
Ayu passed horizontally to the middle!
Vermaelen vigorously kicked the ball out of bounds in front of Vardy!
After receiving Parks' throw-in, Lewandowski deliberately stuck out his backside, pressing against Sagna behind him, attempting to waste some time.
Sagna, who was already extremely frustrated, felt a surge of anger to his head and directly kicked Lewandowski from behind!
Mason clearly would not let this foul under his nose go unpunished and immediately showed Sagna a yellow card!
Cambridge United won a free kick on the left side of Arsenal's penalty area, near the byline.
Tadić stood alone over the ball. When O'Connor was not on the field, he became Cambridge United's first choice for set pieces.
Lovren was standing in front of the goal at this time, and the 22-year-old midfielder Song was responsible for marking him.
At this moment, Tadić at the far end suddenly clenched his right fist and raised it high above his head.
Lovren understood the signal. This was Cambridge United's special hand gesture for targeting the far post.
With a whistle, Tadić unhesitatingly kicked the ball towards Arsenal's far post!
The ball, after bypassing the wall, seemed a bit off target. When it flew above the goal, it was almost parallel to the goal line!
Song, watching the ball's trajectory, saw that it had gone beyond his defensive area, so he did not move to the far post.
What he didn't expect was that Lovren was quietly running towards the far post from behind him at this moment!
Seeing Lovren break free from his defensive range, Song immediately chased after him, but by this time Lovren had already used his acceleration to leap up!
Just as Lovren was about to reach the highest point, the ball also appeared in front of him!
With almost no shooting angle, Lovren still tightened his abdomen and headed the ball forcefully towards Arsenal's goal!
Amunia, standing at the near post, clearly did not expect Lovren to choose to shoot rather than pass!
Even though he made a diving save, the ball still easily went over his head, grazing the underside of the crossbar, and landed in the goal!
3:0!
After landing, Lovren stared blankly at the ball in the goal, not reacting for a moment.
It wasn't until his teammates rushed towards him in a frenzy that Lovren realized he had just scored against Arsenal, and he excitedly broke free from his teammates' embrace and ran towards the sideline!
Lovren, who hadn't planned any specific celebration, simply jumped briefly and then clenched his fists in front of his chest, ending his celebration.
For Lovren, who only scored one goal for Cambridge United each year, designing a celebration move was indeed a bit redundant.
Mahrez, sitting on the bench, burst into laughter after seeing Lovren's celebration!
"Hahahahahahaha! Look at Lovren's move, hahahahahaha, I'm going to die laughing!"
"Enough, mate, Lovren scored against Arsenal."
May, who had been substituted, seemed to have hit Mahrez's soft spot directly. At this moment, Mahrez was like a deflated balloon, instantly wilting.
"Honestly, Adam, I really don't like talking to you."
Mahrez, realizing he hadn't played yet, said to May with a sigh.
The match quickly reached the 80th minute, and at this point, The U's stand suddenly slowly raised another TIFO!
Mahrez perked up again and nudged May,
"Look, they're preparing another surprise for the boss over there!"
May followed Mahrez's pointing finger and saw the TIFO that had already been unfurled.
This time there were no images, only large text that read:
"Cheer up! It's 80 minutes!"
Mahrez and May both widened their eyes!
This works???
The players on the field quickly noticed the giant TIFO on the stand, and after seeing the text on it, they were even more shaken, remembering Huang Hao's reminder.
"When the match is about to end, forget the score on the field! Put all your attention on the match!"
And Huang Hao, on the sideline, smiled knowingly when he saw this TIFO.
In addition to incorporating abnormal attention training into their practice, Huang Hao privately approached Mikel, hoping that they would give the players a special reminder at the 80-minute mark.
Whether it was a song or a TIFO, in short, they should try every means to make the players perk up at this time and not mess up at the last moment.
And Mikel simply put the instruction directly on the TIFO, which meant that the fans beneath the TIFO had their view completely blocked and could not watch the rest of the match.
But being able to contribute their strength to Cambridge United, the fans clearly had no complaints!
Wenger also saw the TIFO. Reminding players in this way, Huang Hao was indeed an unconventional Head Coach!
However, what was slightly bitter was that Arsenal would probably create a huge upset at Selhurst Park today!
