There is a five-minute break between the end of regular time and the half-hour of extra time.
The time is short, only enough for the players who have just fought for ninety minutes to catch their breath and drink some water.
The coaching staff members are now the busiest people. Gao Bo stood in the middle of the players who were sitting in a circle. The players drank water while the coaching staff members and members of the bench patted and massaged their thighs, trying to relieve the fatigue in their legs as much as possible.
With only five minutes, there is simply not enough time to make any detailed tactical arrangements.
Gao Bo stood in the space where the players were, and only said one sentence: "Charlie will come on in extra time, replacing Kevin! We'll play 433! The three midfielders are Adam, Kante, and Drinkwater!! We'll start attacking in extra time!! Their stamina is almost gone!!"
After simply arranging the tactics, Gao Bo didn't give any more mental encouragement.
Being able to drag the game into extra time in the semi-final against Arsenal is enough to boost the team's morale!
On Arsenal's side, Wenger didn't make any tactical arrangements at this time, he was encouraging the team's fighting spirit.
"We need to attack!! Look at our talented attackers on the field!!! We have piled up so many attacking players in the frontcourt, definitely not for defense!! We will use offense to crush them!! We are Arsenal!! We are a top Premier League team!! We don't accept defeat!!"
Wenger looked at the surrounding Arsenal players with a very serious expression. He held out three fingers: "Thirty minutes!! There are still thirty minutes left, we can achieve redemption!! If we are eliminated by Luton in the semi-final, it will be a huge joke!! We will even be pointed at and talked about for hundreds of years to come. The opponent can create a miracle, and we will become the eternal backdrop, forever ridiculed!!"
"Attack!! Attack at all costs!!"
"Van Persie!! Adebayor!! Walcott!! Fabregas!!" Wenger recited the names of the Arsenal players one by one. "These names appear in the newspapers almost every week. These names are big names in the Premier League, everyone knows them!! They are top Premier League stars!"
Although these players were sitting in front of Wenger, Wenger still used the third-person pronoun "they", as if these people were not the same group of people as those sitting around him.
"If they go all out, even those top Premier League giants will find it difficult to resist!!!"
"They will not accept being dragged into a ridiculous penalty shootout by Luton!!"
When Wenger said these words, the camera lens was always pointed at him, so Wenger's pre-match mobilization was almost clearly transmitted to the ears of every audience member.
"Wenger said they will not accept a penalty shootout!! Arsenal will continue to attack in extra time!" Wrightkinson's face was quite excited. Maybe this game will become a battle that will be repeatedly mentioned for decades to come, and his Wrightkinson's commentary will frequently appear in the ears of many fans for the next ten or twenty years, becoming a classic.
"Wenger said they don't accept a penalty shootout!" Lin Sen leaned over and said quietly. He had just deliberately passed by Arsenal's side to eavesdrop.
"They have so many attackers on the field, they can only use offense as defense. If they can't score, then victory is ours!" Gao Bo turned around and said firmly: "We also don't want to go into a penalty shootout!!"
The knockout match was indeed as Gao Bo expected.
When the game started, perhaps because they had rested for a few minutes, Arsenal still organized a wave of attacks, but soon, they were pressed back by Luton!
In extra time, Luton finally showed the huge advantage of having one more player.
Their physical condition was much better than Arsenal, who were playing with one less player. When Luton started to press up the attack, Arsenal could only slowly retreat back to the penalty area.
Walcott and Denílson, who had just been substituted, were very active in running, but apart from them, most of the Arsenal players were almost unable to run.
Especially Fabregas. After Alexandre Song was off the field, Fabregas also needed to bear some midfield interception and defensive responsibilities, which made the Spanish youngster a little overwhelmed. However, Arsenal had no substitutions left, and Fabregas could only grit his teeth and persevere.
Another player who was about to collapse was left-back Gibbs. As a winger, he originally had a large range of activity, and he also had to sprint frequently, which made Gibbs feel like his legs were filled with lead at this time, and all his movements were a beat slower.
Luton's attack opened a gap from his side.
In the 101st minute of the game, there were still four minutes left in the first half of extra time.
Adam first took the ball on the left, and when he attracted Arsenal's defense to lean towards the right, Adam passed the ball to Drinkwater. After Drinkwater got the ball, he immediately transferred it to the right.
In fact, Drinkwater didn't have any other ideas for this ball. It was just an ordinary left and right transfer, mobilizing Arsenal's defense, so that they would put in more running and consume more stamina.
Kevin Keane is not good at dribbling. After he stopped the ball, he was going to pass it back to the midfield.
The offensive organization is like this, finding the opponent's fatal gap in the process of moving the opponent's defense back and forth from left to right.
But at this time, after Gibbs came up, his heavy feet made him stagger a bit while running - when he was about to reach the defensive position, Gibbs fell!
Kevin Keane was not polite this time, he immediately took the ball past Gibbs!
At this time, Arsenal's defense was in chaos, and Hill-Wood came up to fill the defense!
Vardy started to move forward, taking away another center-back Kolo Touré!
"Kevin Keane crosses!!!!"
Kevin Keane did not pass it directly horizontally, but passed the ball in a triangle to the back of the two center-backs!!
Fabregas' defense also had problems! Facing Charlie Austin, who had just been substituted and was full of energy, Fabregas completely failed to keep up, and when Denílson pounced from the other side, Charlie Austin had already volleyed a shot in the penalty area!!
A clean strike!!!
Fabianski had no way to deal with this ball!!!
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!! Goal! Luton scored!! Charlie Austin!! This striker, who had just been substituted, coldly sent the ball into Arsenal's goal!!!!!" Wrightkinson shouted from the stands.
"Arsenal is in danger!!! If the game ends with this score, the team that will advance to the final will be Luton!!!!!"
The stands were completely turned into a carnival stage for Luton fans!
Is there a more crazy moment than this!!
Luton leads Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final!!!! There are now twenty minutes left in extra time!!!!! In just twenty more minutes, Luton will advance to the final!!!!
The coaching bench was already in chaos, but Gao Bo did not participate in the team's celebration.
He just clenched his fists with both hands and celebrated very restrainedly!
At this stage, anything can happen, so when the players came back from celebrating, he pulled the players over one by one to give instructions.
"Attack!! We continue to attack!! They have no defenders!! Arsenal cannot defend with a group of exhausted forwards!!!!" Gao Bo waved his hands and roared in the ears of every Luton player.
In fact, Arsenal really couldn't hold on.
Just two minutes after Charlie Austin scored, Matt Schmidt received a cross from Adam on the wing and headed the ball into Arsenal's goal!!!
"Three to one!!!!!!" Wrightkinson's eyes were about to pop out, he simply couldn't believe the situation in front of him!!
"Three to one!! Three to one!! Three to one!!!" He kept repeating the score.
At this time, in the stands, Luton fans hooked their shoulders with each other and sang loudly in the stands.
"Mr. Wenger, we also won't accept a penalty shootout!!!!"
The voices of 40,000 Luton fans echoed in Wembley Stadium....