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Bai Zhami is now forcing his way in, resulting in Bai Zhami and Arsenal’s substitute center back being no more than 1.5 meters apart laterally.

This is a very close distance.

Trying to thread the ball through in this range is extremely difficult.

After all, although the substitute center back is facing Morici and has his back to the passing line, a backward leg stretch could still probably disrupt the pass.

Bang!

The ball hit the ground; Lu Yang’s through pass was half a meter off the ground before, but it landed near the penalty box line.

Arsenal’s substitute center back stretched his leg back to intercept.

But the football seemed to be controlled magically, suddenly shifting left, bypassing Arsenal’s center back’s shoe, and continued rolling quickly into the penalty area.

Curved pass!

Utilizing the ball’s spin, ensuring the ball’s advancing path could deflect in a certain direction after landing.

And because the first half of the passing ball is in the air, the path is straight. It is only after the landing point in the second half that friction increases, creating noticeable curvature...

This kind of pass can obscure the defender, causing them to misjudge the route.

Such a pass is very insidious; it looks like a defender’s unexplainable mistake, but actually... this is the passer’s intention.

A small error can lead to a great divergence.

After the ball slipped through, it landed precisely where Bai Zhami could shoot.

Clearly, Moruno was shoulder to shoulder with Bai Zhami at this moment, but had no solution.

He couldn’t even slide tackle.

Because Bai Zhami cleverly slowed down while leaning on Moruno.

Semi-one-on-one!

If you have watched San Remo’s matches, you would know Bai Zhami’s technical characteristics.

Fast speed, poor cooperation, reliable in one-on-one situations!

There is a reason for this.

Excessive focus on the ball, the goal, the opponent in front of him, and his own feet are the reasons for all this.

But at the same time, it also makes Bai Zhami more focused when it’s 1V1, one-on-many, near the goal.

In a flash, Bai Zhami made a decision.

He leaned more on Moruno.

Moruno dared not move away.

Arsenal goalkeeper Marduk charged again, not slow, with a large defensive range, almost covering all the shooting angles Bai Zhami could have.

After all, Bai Zhami cut in from the wing, so the shooting angle was already not large.

To get the ball to Bai Zhami, Lu Yang’s pass was also shifted from the center to the wing.

This kind of one-on-one situation near the goalkeeper, with a small shooting angle and a defender sticking close, looks like a one-on-one, but in reality, the difficulty of scoring is very high, not much easier than taking a long shot at a distance.

Bang!

Bai Zhami fell.

The ball curved around his right side in a huge arc, over Marduk’s hand, flying towards the goal.

This is a classic scene in small-angle shots.

To curl a super arc towards the far corner of the goal, the shooter often needs to stand on the left-rear side of the ball.

When there isn’t such space, the shooter has to lie down to the left to provide such lateral shooting space, and has to wait until the moment from air to almost hitting the ground to find the truly suitable shooting opportunity.

Once you lose body balance too early before shooting, the shot fails.

Or if you shoot too much earlier before hitting the ground, you miss the curve, and the ball slides past the goal post.

Bang!

The ball hit the post and ricocheted into the net.

Bai Zhami’s one-on-one, YYDS! (stands for 永远的神, ”eternal god”, slang for something or someone epic or legendary)

San Remo... three to two!

They take the lead again!

And at this point, the game has reached the eighty-seventh minute!

The time left for Arsenal...not much!

”GOAL! Bai Zhami! It’s Bai Zhami!”

”Bai-Lu connection! Lu Yang’s clever and deft pass, Bai Zhami’s calm and superb one-on-one handling, the cooperation between the two is perfect!”

”This is a connection between geniuses that doesn’t lose to Arsenal’s first goal!”

”San Remo! Will the team that wins this year’s Europa League be San Remo? Is it them?”

On the sidelines, Professor Winter was completely unable to sit still.

He substituted Lock for another midfielder, changed to a 433 formation, and moved Olic to the right winger position closer to the goal.

By this time, of the three talents from Arsenal’s youth training heavily favored by Professor Winter, only one remained on the field.

And these three talents, although showing some highlights in this match, overall did not perform well, with no data to show.

At this moment, Mr. Winter couldn’t help but start self-doubting.

Have my perceptions... really declined?

Can Arsenal really no longer produce those top superstar talents?

Bang!

All of Arsenal’s players knew their time was running out.

As soon as the match restarted, Olic made a solo run to create a shot.

The Tsar showed his power!

Arsenal bought him for championships, not to fight for the top four.

He has to live up to Arsenal’s real money and faith!

Bang!

After the corner kick was taken, Olic claimed the second drop point and directly volleyed!

Lam was hit directly on the abdomen.

Lam fell down in the penalty area and needed a moment.

But Arsenal’s players would not allow him a moment!

Olic immediately went over to pull Lam up.

He meant no harm.

But Lam really couldn’t get up.

”What are you doing!” Bernulin, this old hand, knew exactly what to do at this moment, he pretended to have an argument with Olic.

Olic knew Bernulin’s intentions, but there was nothing he could do: ”Continue the match, stop wasting time!”

”If you had been lighter, he wouldn’t have been on the ground, would he?” said Bernulin.