Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 257: Confident Korean team! Controversial penalty? Then go for a big win!
"Beep!"

15 minutes later, the whistle to start the game was blown in the Stade de France. The French team got the first chance to serve, and Giroud kicked the ball from the center circle.

In this game, they deployed their usual 4-3-3 formation and made rotations in many positions, but in fact they were far from their strongest force.

To be honest, the French team, which just won the European Cup, did not take the South Korean team too seriously, and most people in the team did not think it would be a tough battle.

Even the Stade de France had an attendance rate of only about 5%, including some neutral fans from other countries who came to see Maher.

A big, fierce and exciting battle can only be regarded as wishful thinking on the part of South Korea.

“Welcome to watch the South Korea-France match brought to you by KT! Let’s take a look at the starting lineups of both teams!
"For the French team, goalkeeper Lori, center back Koscielny and Sakho, left back Clichy and right back Debuchy.

“The two midfielders are Blaise Matuidi and the young Moussa Sissoko, and the attacking midfielder is Antoine Griezmann.

"On the left wing, they sent Ben Arfa, and on the right midfielder was Maher, who is very familiar to everyone."

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"As for the South Korean team, head coach Choi Kang-hee confidently used a 3-4-3 formation, which is the national team's style of play that he has always adhered to and has achieved certain results.

"The goalkeeper is Zheng Chenglong, and the three central defenders are Guo Taihui in the middle, and Yun Suk-young and Zheng Renhuan on both sides.

"The four midfielders, from left to right, are Oh Beom-seok, Ki Sung-yueng, Kim Bo-kyung and Park Jong-woo.

“The three forwards are Park Joo-young, Kim Shin-wook, and Son Heung-min!

"The goal is very clear. The seven-man defensive team in the backcourt will leave the frontcourt to these three strong forwards. I think the key to the outcome of today's game lies in whether the ball can be smoothly passed to the frontcourt after being snatched from the backcourt."

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"Yes, I don't think we have no chance of winning. After the European Cup, France's international ranking rose to 7th place, while South Korea ranked 34th, only 27 places behind.

"I would also like to say that Park Joo-young had a history with Arsenal and he almost became Maher's teammate.

"Wenger wanted to sign him in the 11-12 season, but the transfer was ultimately unsuccessful due to Maher's promotion."

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"What a pity, otherwise he would have become another Korean to win the Premier League title after Park Ji-sung.

"But everything is the best arrangement. It's also good for him to stay in Monaco now. I believe he can prove himself in this game and also let Wenger notice."

On the field, the players from both sides had already started the first round of competition. The French team wanted to launch a quick attack and move the ball into the dangerous area of ​​the South Korean team.

The South Korean team did not play too passively. They adopted a one-on-one defense and created trouble for the French team's passing and cutting through unremitting running.

This is also what coach Choi Kang-hee has always insisted on. No matter who he plays against, he likes to use a one-on-one man-marking tactic.

Being behind is certainly a disadvantage, but sometimes it does have miraculous effects. However, facing the strong French team today, only God knows whether we can perform well.

"Oh!"

"Snapped!"

The confrontation took place in multiple locations. With abundant physical strength and fierce pressing at the beginning, the South Korean team actually put on a good show and seemed to be able to compete with the French team.

Even though there were not many opportunities for the ball to reach the three forwards, their mental state was indeed good.

The commentators of South Korea's KT TV station suddenly became confident, and both of them raised their voices a little, "Park Jong-woo! Split tackle! Intercepted the pass from Moussa Sissoko to Maher! Beautiful!!
"Maher felt the intensity from South Korea. He must understand that in such a game, he has to give his all!"

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“Yes, judging from the first three to five minutes, the boys performed well today, and Park Jong-woo and Jung In-hwan were also very successful in marking Mahel!
“I know some people may think it’s too early, but you know, the opening is a time to set the tone.

"As long as we set this tone and make the French team, especially Maher, feel the pressure, then it will be easy to play later!"

The director's camera then turned to Choi Kang-hee on the sidelines. He had a look of excitement on his face, waving his right hand constantly, directing the players' movements, looking like he was commanding an army of thousands.

"KoreaKorea!!!"

All of this gave the Korean fans confidence. The cheers at the scene became louder and louder, and more and more Korean fans posted comments on the broadcast channel.

"Go South Korea!!"

"Take down the French team!"

"If we can beat France today, we will have no rivals in Asia. We will kill Iran and Australia!"

“Kick them to death!”

"Just use the tackle, use your momentum to scare them first, then everything will be easy!"

"Go and fight!!"

"whee!!"

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This all-round momentum seemed to give the South Korean players on the field telepathy, or in other words, they had already guessed what kind of response their performance would cause.

In short, they were inspired!
This kind of encouragement made their movements more ferocious, their running and fighting more active, and even gradually leaned towards a rude direction.

"Snapped!"

"Crack!"

Sometimes, players would swing their thighs to grab the ball on the court, many even used the scissors kick defensive move, and most of them were proud to bring down the European Cup champion.

The French players began to fall to the ground frequently, and the referee's whistle kept sounding.

"Snap!" In the 11th minute of the game, Park Jong-woo's black foot reached Maher and tripped Maher who was dribbling the ball to the sidelines.

"Beep!" The referee approached him quickly and gave him a yellow card for repeated fouls.

Park Jong-woo smiled disdainfully at the camera, and when he turned around he looked back at Maher with contempt, with an inexplicable sense of confidence.

Mael glared at him fiercely, propped himself up and stood up, keeping the grudge in his heart.

Unexpectedly, after Park Jong-woo showed his attitude to the camera, he came back and came to his side again, and said in broken English: "Coach Choi asked me to follow you to death, you will not have an easy day today, the best of the European Cup.

"Don't think we are an Asian team and that we are easy to bully. If you play at our home stadium, you will feel our intensity.

"Anyway, watch your legs."

Maher smiled after hearing what he said. Why did the second sentence sound like "introducing oneself"?

He didn't care about Park Jong-woo at all. Seeing that the other party wanted to talk, he turned his head and smiled faintly: "Before all this, can you tell me who you are?"

After saying that, he smiled and walked towards his position, took two steps and then jogged, waiting to catch the ball next time.

When Park Jong-woo realized what was happening, his face turned red and he felt insulted.

He ran towards Maher muttering to himself, following behind him and preparing for the next defense.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang!!"

In the 21st minute of the game, Griezmann took advantage of the empty defense in the middle of the South Korean team, dribbled the ball away from Kim Bo-kyung, and also shook off Ki Sung-yueng's defense, and found the right opportunity to pass the ball straight into the penalty area.

Giroud quickly blocked Guo Taihui's attack, but suddenly he felt a huge force coming from the right side of his jersey, pulling him back.

"Aye!"

He stood there helplessly, gesturing to the referee anxiously.

"No!" Guo Taihui also waved his hands at the referee while running towards the ball to clear it, indicating that he definitely did not make any move on this ball and Giroud was pretending.

The referee was hesitating when he suddenly saw a figure wearing the French team's No. 7 jersey running towards the penalty area at high speed. It seemed that he might get the ball. He put down the whistle and looked in that direction.

"There's a ghost!"

"coming!"

At this moment, Guo Taihui and several Korean team's midfielders and backcourt players also noticed something unusual. They were shocked, put aside the confrontation with the referee, and rushed towards the location of the football.

Kim Bo-kyung, who started later, took a step ahead of Guo Taihui, who was distracted, and approached the trajectory of the football.

He just transferred to Cardiff City in August and has experienced the intensity of the Championship. He also has an understanding of how strong Maher is in the English professional league.

He would not be as careless as Guo Taihui, nor as confident as Park Jong-woo. He even believed that Choi Kang-hee's one-on-one marking was wrong, and there should be at least 2-3 people to mark Mahel.

Therefore, he has always been wary of Maher, and at this moment he was able to reach the football before everyone else.

“Thump, thump, thump!”

On the left side, the one racing with Mahel was Park Jong-woo, who was responsible for defending Mahel.

Since the two were still outside the penalty area, Park Jong-woo was not overconfident that he could keep up with Maher. He also imitated Guo Taihui and made a pulling motion towards Maher.

Knowing that he was outside the penalty area, he did it more obviously, more vigorously, and on a larger scale!
"Snapped!"

But when Maher started to reach his top speed, when the tension of his body reached its peak, the scene that had been played many times in the Premier League was repeated.

Park Jong-woo, the Korean player who plays for Guangzhou R&F in the Chinese Super League, felt the impact that even Drogba, a foreign player in the same league, could not bring to him. He soon fell to his knees and then to the ground with his face down.

"Bang!" During the process, because his hands had not left Maher's body, Maher accidentally kicked him in the face when he kicked backwards.

"Ah!" A scream suddenly rang out. He seemed to have found a way to stop Maher. He fell to the ground with his face covered, howling in pain, trying to use this method to make the referee penalize Maher for a foul.

In a flash, Mael rushed into the penalty area at the highest speed and quickly approached Kim Bo-kyung.

Kim Bo-kyung originally thought that he would get the ball easily, but when he saw Maher's sudden attack, he realized why he was destined to be a rookie in front of him.

“Bang, bang. Bang!!”

Maher's right foot touched the football first, and he passed Kim Bo-kyung who was unable to stop, then shook off Guo Taihui who was following him, and then without any pause, he shook his ankle and shot into the near corner!

The South Korean goalkeeper dived towards the far corner, but he never expected that he could turn the ball to the opposite corner of the near corner!
"Swish!" The football hit the near corner, and the French fans stood up and cheered. They had long been annoyed by the rough actions of the Korean team, "Yeahhh!!"

"Beep!" This time the referee had basically no hesitation and directly pointed his finger to the center circle, indicating that the goal was valid.

Originally it was a foul by the South Korean team. Maher's action was at most an unintentional one and could not be considered a foul. On the other hand, because the goal was disallowed, he will be on the headlines tomorrow along with the infamous South Korean team.

One to zero!

Maher scores!
"Folala!!" After scoring the goal, Maher didn't even look at the South Korean players, nor did he bother to respond to Park Jong-woo who was lying on the ground.

He ran straight to the corner flag area and slid on his knees passionately to celebrate his 24th goal for the national team.

Soon, he will be halfway to Henry's record of 51 goals!

"That's how it should be!"

"Kick these bastards to death!"

"Look at them!"

The French players then ran up with smiles and complained about the Korean team's tricks and style problems while celebrating with Maher.

Others may not be able to feel it, but their players on the field suffered a lot from the South Korean players, and were stepped on and pulled many times.

On the other side, the players of the South Korean team all ran towards the referee with dissatisfaction, while Park Jong-woo was still lying on the ground groaning in pain. It seemed that he didn't want to get up unless they were given a favorable penalty.

"No foul?"

"His shoe studs almost hit Park Jong-woo's eyes, almost blinding him. Isn't that a foul?"

"what are you doing?"

"Home whistle!"

"Do you have to wait until he kicks Park Jong-woo to death before you blow the whistle? Look at Park Jong-woo's face!"

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The referee was forced to retreat by the Korean players. He soon couldn't stand it anymore and spread his hands and roared: "No. 3, stay away from me, your action in the penalty area just now was controversial, and I didn't blow the whistle!
"Park Jong-woo committed the foul first, Maher made an unintentional move, I couldn't possibly call a foul on the French team!

"If you have this attitude, then I have to doubt whether you are playing a football game at all. You should focus on the game itself instead of looking for loopholes in the rules!

"Besides, the rules are not on your side! So, get out of here!!"

After hearing his last roar, some players of the South Korean team were stunned, many of them retreated, and only a few diehards were still holding on.

Park Jong-woo did not lie down and rushed up to surround the referee.

"Ah, hush, hush!" The fans of the South Korean team suddenly burst into loud boos, and the noise they made drowned out the Stade de France.

They said they came to watch the team compete with the world's top teams, but in fact, there was only one thing on their mind, and that was victory!
"Asi, how could this happen? In the slow-motion replay, Maher clearly kicked Park Jong-woo. This is undoubtedly a foul. I have never seen any rule that calls for a foul first and then a foul."

The South Korean team's commentator also started to make excuses for Park Jong-woo, "If we play like this, then I wonder if we can also use this rule to be more aggressive?

"I'm sorry that this isn't a very appropriate way to put it, but we still have to maintain sportsmanship."

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"The South Korean team was cheated of a goal. I don't deny Maher's toughness, but this goal shouldn't have happened."

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On the broadcast screen, Korean comments kept flashing across, causing many foreign football fans who were watching their country's exclusive broadcast of the game to feel angry.

"Black whistle!"

"Shadow!"

"A total home whistle! I would never agree if we lost the game because of this goal!"

"Yes, it's too much. They bully us like this every time!"

"We are definitely capable of defeating the strong European teams. Look at Portugal, Italy and other countries before. If this game is blacklisted like this, I will appeal to FIFA!"

"It was clearly kicked, why wasn't the penalty called?"

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At this moment, the entire Stade de France is in controversy, and the endless insults and noise make it look very messy.

The South Korean players finally stood in front of the kick-off point again, cursing and waiting for the next kick-off.

On the left side, Maher stood with his hands on his hips, not commenting on anything at the moment, nor revealing any emotion.

He knew the nature of Koreans and could probably guess that there would be a big uproar on social media by now.

But this ball was definitely not a foul, he was sure it wasn't!
His eyes flashed with a strong desire to score a goal. He knew very well that if he failed to win this game by a large margin, the Korean fans who were good at finding excuses might succeed.

Then try your best to kick and beat them by 5-0, 6-0, or even more!
Then, let’s see what they will say after the game and what they will say with their nerve!
"Beep!"

The kick-off whistle sounded again, and the players from both sides started competing again.

On the sidelines of the court, after Deschamps understood everything that was happening on the field, he helplessly and angrily spread his hands towards the fourth official, and placed his eyes and hopes on Mahel's figure.

He really wanted to say, go score some goals, score more goals, and win a beautiful victory!!
(End of this chapter)