Chapter 107: Counterattack – Where Is It?

Arsenal's players, startled by Luton's attack, quickly launched a counter-offensive.

They realized that if Luton were a little luckier and scored a goal, their lead would be immediately leveled. The Arsenal players wouldn't allow that to happen!

So they quickly launched a fierce attack, hoping to score their second goal of the match!

Facing Arsenal's offensive, Luton continued to use their usual defensive tactics to deal with their opponents. Their dense formation made it difficult for Arsenal to coordinate attacks through the middle. Luton's players moved very harmoniously as a whole, and their coordinated defensive positioning made it difficult for Arsenal to find space in the center.

After Hassan Ali was substituted, Fabregas became active again. He stood in the center circle with the ball at his feet, looking out at a dense crowd of people. From his perspective, it seemed that Luton always had more players than Arsenal, no matter where he looked.

However, Fabregas was a genius after all, and geniuses can always find gaps that ordinary people can't.

He chipped the ball up, over the heads of Luton's midfield defenders, finding Arshavin, who had moved to the wing to create space.

Luton's defense was very dense in the middle, so the wings were relatively open.

Arshavin steadily controlled the ball, but he didn't have any space to continue breaking through towards the middle. Perhaps he could choose to go down the line, but after going down the line, he would still have to pass the ball back to the center, allowing the forwards or other midfielders to push forward and complete the fatal blow.

However, Arshavin looked at the dense crowd in the penalty area, and the two Luton defenders standing in front of him, one on the left and one on the right.

Arshavin didn't know their names. For the Russian star, such opponents weren't worth remembering.

But in any case, the two of them were blocking him, making it difficult to cross.

There was no chance for a low cross, because Luton's defenders were densely positioned in the penalty area, basically blocking all the low cross routes.

So Arshavin tried a high ball to find Adebayor's head.

Adebayor watched the incoming ball in the air, first trying to squeeze past Matt Schmidt, but Matt Schmidt didn't budge, and instead, Adebayor was bumped off balance.

So Matt headed the ball out again.

Wenger looked anxious on the sidelines, he really wanted to yell at Adebayor and ask if he had a problem with his brain.

"Run! Run! Run!" Wenger shouted at Adebayor on the field.

"He can't keep up with you!!!"

After shouting, Wenger angrily sat back in the coach's seat.

Adebayor was going head-to-head with Matt, wasn't that attacking the enemy with one's own weaknesses? When facing Matt, Adebayor's advantages were his footwork and his experience as a center forward, and his running skills.

Matt, that big fool, couldn't catch up with Adebayor in these aspects.

However, Adebayor didn't quite hear what Wenger was saying, and instead, he fought with Matt.

For Adebayor, Matt was just a second division player. How could he be at a disadvantage in heading and physical confrontation?

He had to get his revenge no matter what.

So, Matt continued to head the ball away from Adebayor's head, Adebayor didn't get any advantage at all, and Matt's confidence grew stronger and stronger!

Gao Bo was very happy on the sidelines. Arsenal couldn't get the ball into the penalty area on the ground, and Luton controlled the high balls. Now, in terms of defense, Luton had finally stabilized temporarily. Even if Arsenal tried a few long shots from outside the penalty area, they didn't threaten Luton's goal. As time went on, Arsenal's players became a little anxious.

Gao Bo was very satisfied with Matt's performance in this game.

At least in the high ball defense in the penalty area,

Matt did a good job, but unfortunately, his footwork was still a bit rough. Otherwise, Gao Bo even wanted to transform Matt into a head ball enhanced version of Fellaini...

But now, Arsenal was still dominating the attack, and as Arsenal pressed higher and higher, their offensive became more and more fierce!

Especially Van Persie's threat began to gradually increase!

Van Persie had a very wide range of activity, which made it difficult for the young player Jeffrey, who was marking him, to keep up with the rhythm.

This was actually normal. Jeffrey was completely crushed by Van Persie in terms of strength, and Gao Bo wasn't surprised by this.

In the 57th minute of the game, Van Persie received the ball at the arc of the penalty area and then turned and shot!

The ball passed through the dense crowd in the penalty area. This was almost the only line that could hit the goal without hitting other players, and Van Persie found it.

Gao Bo's heart tightened, he almost thought his team was going to lose the second goal....

But the goalpost saved Luton!!

Van Persie's shot hit the goalpost and went out of the baseline!!

"Wow... almost... almost Van Persie could have helped Arsenal secure the victory!!!" Wrightkinson said in the commentary box, "But the current situation is also very unfavorable for Luton. Now they are one goal behind, and in terms of attack, Luton is still being suppressed by Arsenal. Perhaps for Luton, the only good news is that they haven't conceded a second goal."

The shot being rejected by the goalpost made Van Persie look very regretful, but encouraged by this attack, Arsenal's offensive became even more fierce.

In the 59th minute of the game, Arshavin successfully broke through on the wing and then shot from a small angle in the penalty area, but the goalkeeper blocked it out of the baseline. Then, after the subsequent corner kick was taken, Van Persie headed the goal at the front point, and the ball flew past the far post....

The cheers of the Arsenal fans in the stands came one after another, and the hearts of the 40,000 Luton fans at the scene were all in their throats. It seemed that Luton could lose the second goal at any time!

"See, Little man, the dark horse is still a dark horse!!" The reporter in the media box looked like he knew everything, "This Gao Bo's FA Cup ends here!"

man frowned, he looked at the situation on the field with some worry. He supported Gao Bo, after all, he was a young man who had just entered society, ambitious, and not yet as cynical as the middle-aged man next to him...

In fact, Gao Bo was also worried, but at this time he was looking at Arsenal's backfield!

Unknowingly, almost all of Arsenal's players, except for the goalkeeper, had crossed the halfway line!!

In Arsenal's half, there were dozens of meters of space for Luton to launch a counterattack!!! Gao Bo quietly focused his eyes there, as if afraid that Arsenal would react and fill it up again.

But the prerequisite for launching a counterattack was to first defend against Arsenal's attack.

Van Persie's goalpost was a warning!!

This meant that Luton's defense was slowly reaching its limit against such a fierce offensive, and the only way to reverse the situation was to launch a swift counterattack to suppress Arsenal's increasingly fierce offensive....

When will the counterattack come? No one knows!!

Wenger also saw the gap in Arsenal's backfield, but he was also betting!! Betting that Arsenal would score the second goal first!!

Judging from the scene of the game, Arsenal had almost dismantled Luton's defensive system.

Although Adebayor couldn't get any advantage on Matt's head, Luton might not be able to gain much advantage on other offensive points, and as Arsenal's two full-backs pressed up, they were almost used as wingers! This increased the number of Arsenal's attackers, making it more difficult for Luton's defense.

Just when Gao Bo was a little anxious, in the 63rd minute of the game, Van Persie wanted to replicate his previous shot at the arc of the penalty area, but at this time, Kante was prepared.

Just as Van Persie swung his right foot, Kante rushed up and directly tackled the ball away.

Gao Bo's muscles tensed, but he didn't shout it out.

Counterattack....

The counterattack Luton wanted was coming!!