Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 276: A tortuous battle against Manchester United! Are you going to destroy him? ! No one can stop Arsenal!

“This is why everyone trusts this Arsenal team! They equalized the score at the end of the first half in an extremely difficult situation!
"Mael once again stood up for the team. We have seen this countless times in the past one or two years, but every time we feel excited for him! He and Wenger are leading this team to new heights!"

The pro-Arsenal commentator on a London local TV station paused at this point and changed his roar into an impassioned statement: "Arsenal is very strong, and they are unstoppable and overwhelming in most of the routes they advance.

"But this does not mean that everything will go smoothly for them. For example, facing a situation like today, I believe many people would be hit hard and choose to complain, and then give up.

"But Arsenal and Mahre didn't have that, they were still able to counterattack, score goals and win!

"That's why they are so strong, that's why they are fighting for 58 games unbeaten, I believe they will have a good result!
"The first half of the game is about to end. After both sides make adjustments during the halftime break, I hope we can see a more exciting and intense game! At the same time, I also hope that the referee will make fewer mistakes."

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Off the field, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game, and players from both teams turned around and walked towards the player tunnel.

Maher secretly clenched his fist and high-fived several teammates who were waiting to high-five him, celebrating again the equalizer before the end of the first half, and then approached Wenger who was waiting for him on the sidelines.

When he came closer, Wenger took the opportunity to ask as he hugged him: "How is it?"

"Nothing is too blatant and the Manchester United players won't deliberately exploit that without knowing it."

Maher looked around to see if there was anyone around, and quickly expressed his thoughts, "Sometimes the penalties disrupt the momentum of our players, interrupt our emotions and affect our rhythm of the game.

"I'm fine. My mentality won't be affected too much. We will win."

"Okay." Wenger said concisely: "Once we're on the pitch, everything will be up to you. The club will incite public opinion to put pressure on them after the game."

"Count me in." Maher smiled and walked towards the player tunnel. "I also have a PR team. They will have a big task soon. This is a good opportunity for us to practice."

"Be careful."

"I know. We won't tear each other apart and create too much trouble for the time being."

The two had a brief chat and went to the locker room together. Later, after the players gathered together, Wenger did not emphasize tactics much and focused on getting the players to stabilize their mentality.

He didn't say much else, just asked everyone to be prepared for anything.

Some people raised the controversial referee's decision, but Wenger just asked them to play the current game well first, and conveyed that the club would take countermeasures such as appealing after the game, without telling everyone too much.

"Beep!" A few minutes later, the referee's whistle sounded, and Arsenal players walked out of the locker room and headed towards the field amid a sound of mutual encouragement.

"Watch your moves! Don't take any more cards!! Also, stay rational and don't be impulsive!"

Before the kick-off whistle was blown, Maher faced his own half from the left winger position, clapped his hands and encouraged: "We will win, we will not fall here, think about how we won in the difficult times before!"

Encouraged by Wenger and him, the expressions of most Arsenal players became calm, and their faces were filled with desire to fight, as if they couldn't wait to confront Manchester United again.

"Beep!" The whistle sounded, and Manchester United center forward Rooney kicked the ball into the center circle. Carrick received the ball and passed it to the full-back Rafael, and Manchester United began to organize the pass in the backcourt.

"Press, press, press!!"

Maher waved his hand to signal everyone to press forward. He also kept looking back to observe the team's pressing formation during the charge, "Keep the distance between the three lines and the basic formation! Giroud! Keep an eye on Ferdinand!"

As he spoke, he first came to Rafael who was holding the ball and stretched out his foot to block the opponent's pass.

Rafael wanted to deceive him with a fake pass, and saw him stretch his foot and kick the ball in the opposite direction. He then followed his body while observing whether there was a point to pass the ball in front.

"Clap!!"

But he could not have expected how fast Maher's turn and the explosive power of his first few steps were. By the time he reacted and looked up, Maher had already rushed to his side and kicked the ball away from under his feet.

Raphael was startled and wanted to reach out to pull Mael, but suddenly remembered that this was a very dangerous area and withdrew his hand.

He could only look helplessly at Ferdinand in the middle, hoping that he could come over to help him.

"Bang bang bang!"

Mahel ignored Rafael who had been left behind by him. He looked at Ferdinand, expecting the other party to move out to defend him.

"Behind me!"

Ferdinand couldn't help it in the end. He felt that he couldn't let Maher enter the penalty area, so he left Giroud behind him, just called out to his teammates behind him, hoping that they could help with defense, and then rushed out.

"Bang!" Unexpectedly, Mahel had been staring at him, and the moment he started, he kicked the ball sideways and sent the ball to Giroud's feet.

Ferdinand realized that he had been hit and tried to turn around to look at Giroud again, but he was too late to turn around.

He is old, and he was thinking, if Vidic was behind him, would there be a chance to block the ball.

"Bang!!"

After Giroud stopped the ball, he pushed it towards the far end of the goal, then turned towards Maher, ready to celebrate.

Judging from the feeling of the kick, he felt that the quality of the ball would not be low.

"Bang!" De Gea's subsequent save stunned everyone. The young goalkeeper actually relied on his superb reaction to save the sure goal out of the baseline.

Giroud hugged his head, and Ferdinand, Rafael and others breathed a sigh of relief and ran to De Gea, touching the young player's head and speaking words of praise.

Maher was a little helpless, but he knew very well that the team must not be discouraged at this time.

"Giroud! Watch the corner." He ran towards Giroud, took off the other's hand on his head, and signaled him not to dwell on the past.

"Cazorla's corner kick was headed in by Ferdinand! There is no doubt about the veteran's ability to compete head-on!

"Arsenal controlled the second point, but Manchester United attacked fiercely in the frontcourt, so they could only pass the ball back to goalkeeper Lori and reorganize the attack!"

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"Opportunity! Bale's shot! The first one was blocked! What a pity. But there is still a second one! Gilbert!!

"The ball hit Evans! We saw Arsenal players jumping up with their hands raised. Was there a handball there?
"Van Persie and others surrounded the referee. They were very angry. They thought it was a penalty! But the referee still didn't react!

"It's Manchester United's counterattack now, Arsenal players must get back to their positions quickly, otherwise losing another goal at this time will not be worth it!

"Carrick's long shot! It was too hasty and failed to pose a threat. It was Arsenal's goal kick. Van Persie and others chased back and blocked the referee. They were still asking for an explanation.

"There are indeed too many controversial penalties, so many that it makes people a little suspicious."

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"Arsenal's attack from the left! Mahrela creates space and passes the ball to Cazorla. Can Cazorla pass it out?
"No. Leave it to Maher! Maher kicked the ball straight through. Beautiful! Beautiful! The ball tore through Manchester United's midfield and backcourt defenses and went straight to Bale who was running in from the right!

"Mael can pass and shoot, is he only worth 1.35 million euros? Will he surpass Messi in the next update?
"Bale followed Evra closely, but he didn't find a chance to speed up, so he made a cross!!

"Chance!!"

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On the field, as Bale's cross went into Manchester United's penalty area, there was a sudden panic near Manchester United's goal.

Giroud stood out from the crowd in an instant, jumped over Evans, and headed the ball into the goal.

"Bang!" The ball was headed too straight and was saved by De Gea at the first point.

At the second penalty spot, Evans and Van Persie rushed towards the football together, both of them sliding towards the football, completely disregarding their own safety.

"Bang!" The sound of flesh and bones colliding was heard. It was unknown who touched the football first, but the football flew out of the penalty area.

Evans and Van Persie fell to the ground together, but both of them seemed to be fine. They adjusted themselves with a grimace and quickly got up and continued to participate in the team's offense and defense.

Outside the penalty area, Maher, who came over after a through pass, controlled the ball, used his strong body to block Valencia who was trying to steal the ball from behind, then dribbled past Rafael and kicked the ball sideways.

"Snap" Cazorla got the ball, but there was a slight mistake in his first stop, and he stopped the ball directly to the position of his knees.

He did not panic. He took a look at the surrounding situation when the football fell to the ground, and then kicked it directly.

"Oh!"

The moment the football touched the ground, Cazorla's foot pushed the bottom of the football. He pressed the football down and made a straight pass to Van Persie near the penalty area line.

Van Persie just ran out from inside, and after seeing the ball coming, he accelerated to bypass Ferdinand, touched the bottom of the football with the outside of his foot, stopped the ball, and then turned directly in the direction where the ball was stopped.

"Bang!!"

As if possessed by a ghost, he turned around and kicked the ball into the air. The ball suddenly accelerated and flew towards the blind corner of the goal. It made an S-shaped arc in the middle, disturbing De Gea's vision.

"Swish!" When the ball went into the net, Van Persie's face suddenly lit up with joy. He opened his arms and ran towards the corner flag area, "Yeah ah ah ah!"

"WowAaaahh!!" The sounds of celebration echoed back and forth in the stadium, and Old Trafford once again became a sea of ​​celebration for Arsenal players.

The moment Maher saw the ball go into the net, his emotions suddenly rose, and he rushed towards Van Persie to celebrate as if he had scored the goal himself.

The ball went in!
Two to one!

At this moment, they need this kind of goal, this kind of surprise!
He knew that he was good at giving people surprises, but it was inevitable that he would get tired after carrying too many things, and he also needed surprises.

Now, Van Persie gave it to him and to the whole team!!

"Nice! World class!!" Maher pointed at Van Persie's back and shouted, a long-lost joy appeared on his face. In the past period of time, the team had actually been playing in a rather stifling manner.

"I haven't seen you play like this for a long time. When can you give me an assist?"

Sagna, who was following, quickly put his hand on Van Persie's shoulder and said with a smile: "If you keep playing like this, the Van Persie song will also be played in the British Isles."

"Hahaha!" A group of people laughed and hugged on the sidelines. They roared towards the Manchester United fan section and waved towards the Arsenal fan section.

"Well done."

On the sidelines, Wenger didn't shout loudly this time, but judging from the trembling of his face and the excitement in his eyes, his emotions were not much weaker than last time.

Overtaken!
"Van Persie! A world-class goal!! This is a shot in the arm!! Amidst the controversy, Arsenal still managed to overtake the score with greater strength! It's amazing!

“It looks like they are getting closer and closer to the final 58 games unbeaten!
“Laugh out loud! Celebrate to your heart’s content! Let all your emotions out and let them never affect you again!”

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Beneath the Arsenal fans' carnival lies the sadness of Manchester United players. The Manchester United players raised their heads and squeezed their faces towards the sky, and then looked at the silent home fans at Old Trafford with guilt on their faces.

It is a very uncomfortable feeling to be leading by 2 to 1 even though you have made a lot of profit.

Many people looked at Sir Alex Ferguson on the sidelines and found that his expression was the same as before, and he seemed to be calm. However, his hands in his pockets were still trembling slightly, and he was chewing gum more frequently.

"Beep!"

A few minutes later, the game resumed and Arsenal's momentum was visibly rising. All players pressed into Manchester United's half in pursuit of the third and fourth goals.

"Mael!! Ah. Giroud was just a little bit away from heading the ball. His hair should have felt the ball, and his heart should have imagined how to celebrate after scoring the goal!
"What a pity! It was just a little bit short!"

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"Cazorla!! Low shot! Oh my! De Gea's save should be in the top three of the best saves of the week!"

"." "Sagna! Follow-up shot! Evans blocked! And!!. De Gea again!! Ah, this young player has proven his worth in this game. Ferguson's trust in him is not without reason!"

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"The game has already gone on for 65 minutes, and as both teams' physical fitness declines, there may still be some uncertainties on the field.

"But this change is likely to be in Arsenal's favor, because their consumption is obviously much less than that of Manchester United players. Will Ferguson not make substitutions? If it weren't for De Gea, I think the score would have been rewritten by now."

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Manchester United players gradually felt a little out of breath. Ferguson also noticed this and wanted to make adjustments, but he couldn't think of a good way to change it at the moment.

Just like that, Arsenal's offensive waves became higher and higher, and it seemed that the third goal was just around the corner.

In the 74th minute of the game, Arsenal's attack resumed, with six players in Arsenal jerseys rushing towards Manchester United's defense line. During the movement of both sides, some opportunities emerged.

"Oh!"

Maher, who was holding the ball, saw Van Persie and others attracting the defense, and made a precise long pass towards the back point.

There, Gilbert took powerful steps, overtaking Evans, who was slow in turning, and broke into the penalty area.

Evans had a bitter look on his face, he knew that if Gilbert had let the ball pass, Manchester United's goal would most likely have been broken whether he passed the ball horizontally or shot it himself.

But he didn't dare to directly pull the opponent down for a foul and give Arsenal a penalty kick, because Van Persie's penalty kick technique is still very good, and it seems that he rarely misses the penalty.

There was no choice but for Evans to put all his hopes on his right shoulder. He swung his body hard and rushed towards Gilbert.

Gilbert had not been on guard against the man behind him, but when he saw the opponent coming up, surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes. There was no need to play the ball like this. Otherwise, it would be a red dot.

"Bang!" The two bodies collided. Gilbert didn't have time to exert force and was knocked to the ground and slid forward.

"EiEi!!" All of Arsenal's expeditionary force stood up immediately and shouted in dissatisfaction. It would be unfair if the referee did not whistle for such a foul from behind.

"What?!"

"Blow quickly!"

Arsenal's players on the field also rushed towards the referee. Even the assistant coach and substitute players who were warming up on the sidelines rushed to the sidelines, yelling at the referee, and no matter how hard the fourth official tried, he couldn't move them.

Maher walked slowly towards the referee. He saw confusion and determination in the referee's back.

"Beep!" He finally blew the whistle and took out the yellow card from his chest pocket.

Evans looked desperate, but when he realized that the referee didn't seem to point to the penalty spot, confusion appeared in his eyes.

Gilbert, who had gotten up from the ground and was about to make a comment, saw this scene and seemed to realize something. He suddenly looked dazed and had a strong tinnitus in his ears, "Buzz buzz buzz!"

He felt as if his soul had left his body, as if he was suddenly in hell.

"You! Diving!" The referee said decisively. He showed Gilbert a yellow card and pulled out a red card from behind. "Two yellows turn into one red! Get out! Gilbert! Get out!"

Gilbert smiled. Without making any excuses, he stood up and walked resolutely towards the player tunnel.

As he walked, tears appeared in his eyes and they burst out.

The opportunity he had been waiting for to start with the main players, the opportunity he had been waiting for to fight alongside Maher against a strong enemy, the dream he had been waiting for, ended in such an unacceptable way!
He was unwilling to accept it, but he knew that it was useless to say anything at this moment, so it would be better for him to go to the locker room alone to digest his emotions.

"Fuck!!"

"Fuck the referee! How much did you get paid?"

"Whoever has money, throw some on his head!"

"I really can't help but go down and beat him up!"

"Get lost!"

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There was a lot of noise in the stadium. Countless Arsenal fans pointed at the referee and started cursing. Even the Manchester United fans, who had always been at odds with them, seemed to be unable to bear it anymore. They kept their mouths shut and said nothing, just looking at the referee in confusion.

All the Arsenal players surrounded the referee, pointed at his nose and cursed him, while others clapped their hands and sneered, using applause to mock the referee for "well done".

Manchester United's players, like their fans, did not dare and were too ashamed to say anything. They just turned around and prepared for the counterattack.

At the sidelines of the court, Sir Alex Ferguson's face was flushed red. He looked at Wenger who was not far away and saw the extreme sadness and anger on his old rival's face, so much so that he even smiled miserably.

This is fucked up.
"Buzz buzz buzz!" On the field, Maher also felt a slight tinnitus in his ears. Anger surged from the bottom of his heart and then ran through his whole body.

He stared at the referee intently, and as he got closer, he gritted his teeth and said to him, "Do you think we have no chance after this game? Do you think Manchester United is the last one who can stop us? So you're willing to help even at the risk of your life?
"You will ruin him! You ruined a man with a dream, a man who traveled to many places and gave everything for his dream! You are guilty of a heinous crime, and all Arsenal people will never forgive you!

"Fuck off!!"

Amidst everyone's cursing, his words did not attract anyone else's attention. They only made the referee bury his head deeper into the ground, making his shout of "Everyone stand back" less confident.

"Beep!"

After the whistle blew, Manchester United players were ready to take a free kick in the backcourt, and Arsenal players and fans had to accept the fact that the team would play with ten men in the next game.

Mahel gritted his teeth and returned to the wing. He felt his whole body was filled with strength, as if all the strength in his body had been poured into him when Gilbert left.

"Oh!"

After the free kick was taken, he ran along the team's overall formation, but there was more hatred in his eyes.

"Manchester United pressed forward, it was a good opportunity for them, Arsenal with 10 men certainly couldn't play the same way as before.

"We saw Maher running back to help with the defense. I wonder if he can hold on physically? Wenger should be preparing to make a substitution. Coquelin, who has played less often, is ready to make his debut."

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"Rooney's shot! It hit the goal post and flew out! Two strong teams competing, the difference of one person is huge.

"The better the team, the better they are at using numerical superiority, and that's clearly the case with Manchester United.

"Okay, so Giroud was substituted, and young player Coquelin came on and stood at the defensive midfielder position. Arsenal changed to 4-2-3, but now it is more like 4-4-1 or 4-3-2.

"Bale has returned to defense many times, Maher and Van Persie will also take turns to return to defense, or stay in the front court waiting for opportunities."

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"Continuous attacking opportunities! Will it score? Lori held the ball tightly in his arms! He didn't let Manchester United open the door to Arsenal!

"There are only a few minutes left, I hope the Arsenal players can hold their own goal with all their might!
"In fact, they can accept a draw. What they are most afraid of now is that Manchester United will score two goals in a row through their numerical advantage and break their unbeaten record!"

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"It's Manchester United's attack again! Ashley Young! A diagonal pass! To Valencia! Valencia cuts inside! Shoots!!
"It hit his left foot this time. We all know that Valencia's left foot is not very good at playing football! Lori directly confiscated the ball and made a long pass to the front court!"

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The director's camera suddenly turned and showed Wenger on the sidelines, who was anxiously discussing something with an assistant coach.

This was actually a small live broadcast accident. Arsenal launched a counterattack. At this time, the broadcast should have followed the direction of the football's flight.

"Swish!" When the camera came back again, people saw that in the middle of Manchester United's backcourt, Van Persie jumped up and stopped the ball with his chest, and passed it to Bale who was coming up from the side.

"Oh!"

Without stopping the ball, Bale kicked it with his right foot to the left, towards Mahel's position.

Maher got the ball under the double-team of Valencia and Rafael. Facing the double-team, he did not make any unnecessary moves. He used fancy moves to slightly deceive his center of gravity and then lobbed the ball through the gap between the two players.

“Bang!”

When he got the ball back, Rafael and Valencia were already left behind, and Ferdinand had to move out again.

"Huh" Maher took a deep breath and looked at the situation on the field. There were at most three effective defensive players in front of him.

Ferdinand rushed over, Carrick chased back, and Evans moved towards the far end.

Ferdinand rushed forward fiercely. Evans was slow, so Carrick didn't need to be taken care of. In that case, let's just go for it!
"Bang!!"

After cutting into the penalty area, he suddenly used the inside of his right foot to push the ball into the penalty area, passing Ferdinand who was rushing over.

Ferdinand seemed to hear something from the sound of his touch and wanted to reach out and pull it.

But Maher took two steps at a time, twisted his waist, avoided Ferdinand's pull, and accelerated into the penalty area.

"Dengdengdeng!!"

He ran towards the football, and in front of him on the right, Evans also rushed over and prepared for a sliding tackle very early.

Maher gritted his teeth, swung his arms desperately, ordered his legs to move faster and farther, and prayed that the football would touch his feet first.

"Crack!" In a flash, Evans slid out with his foot, and the grass and dirt flew towards his feet.

"Snapped!"

Maher's right foot touched the ball just before Evans' calf touched the football, and he flicked the ball upwards, then he instinctively jumped up, hoping to avoid the sliding tackle.

Deng!
After his feet firmly touched the ground, Maher felt a sense of clarity in his heart. He took two steps forward, pushed the ball to the right, and shot a powerful shot towards the far corner of the goal.

"Swish!" The football touched the tenth corner, and he also ended De Gea's goal with a lob for the second time in this game!
The ball went in! !

Three to one!

“Ohhhhhh.!!”

“Yeahhhh!!!”

After Maher shot, he staggered and felt a warm current rising from his neck and flowing to his brain. Then another warm current rose from his back and flowed to his whole body.

He opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue, punching as he ran, "Come on!!! Come on!!"

"Snap!" After arriving at the sidelines, he slid on his knees and kicked out, then used his core strength to bounce up handsomely, removed a shin guard and threw it towards Arsenal's fan area.

When he was at Sheffield United, he once performed this celebration for Gilbert. Today, he brought it to Arsenal and to the Premier League.

He believed that Gilbert could see it, and he also believed that the other party would be touched and determined to move forward.

Because no matter what they encounter, as long as everyone works together and uses all their strength, they will always overcome everything and move forward to higher places!
Ten people fighting!

Three to one!

Kill the game!!

No one can stop them from moving towards 58 games unbeaten, no one!

(End of this chapter)