The audience erupted in thunderous applause, which was deafening.
Lei Ming led the team in waving to the audience to thank them for their support and encouragement.
The fans stood up, waving flags and banners to cheer on the team.
With the sound of the whistle, the match officially began.
Lei Ming quickly got into the zone, directing his teammates to launch a tight defense.
Everyone kept in mind the assistant coach's pre-match instructions: "Try to maintain as much distance as possible and make full use of the width of the court."
In other words, they should try to avoid the opponent's defense as much as possible when it is not necessary. In this game, Wenger asked the players to try more ground penetration and passing combinations in order to break through the West Ham's defense.
In this match, Wenger did not field all three of his attacking tridents, but only used Lacazette as the lone striker, with Welbeck and Iwobi as the other two partners in the front line.
After the match started, West Ham United made almost no attempt to probe Arsenal and immediately began to exert pressure on their players. Fortunately, Arsenal had ways to counter their tactics.
To be honest, not only were the players nervous during this match, but the refereeing team in charge of the match was no exception.
Perhaps having learned from the previous punishment suffered by Phillips Tonkinson's team, the refereeing team this time did not issue any controversial rulings, and their judgment was quite satisfactory.
They showed no leniency towards the habitual offenders, stopping the game three times in less than ten minutes, demonstrating the strict enforcement of the rules. As a result, West Ham United began to restrain themselves and dared not defy the rules in such an environment.
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