football world number one

Chapter 2028 Maintenance
After the start of the game, Manchester United's possession was definitely full of protective measures, because Arsenal still failed to steal the ball from their half after investing two forwards and a full-back.

The first exchange of possession was United's attack after sustained possession had pulled the Arsenal line out.

It was a very quick offensive transition. When Carrick avoided the pressing Liu Feng and turned to the right to give the ball to Rooney in the middle, the player who had already run to the midfield line rushed out with the ball.

Facing such a player who charged like a small tank, the Gunners midfielder could be said to be a little caught off guard. Gansel in front of Rooney didn't even make an effective blocking action before being knocked away by the opponent and left behind.

"Going straight up and attacking, Wayne Rooney crossed the half-court and went straight to the Gunners' midfield."

Fortunately, Ramsey's reaction was fast enough. After Rooney passed Ganso, he quickly turned around and slanted to defend. With a dull sound, he and Rooney made direct physical contact.

In this situation, Rooney had no choice but to split the ball. He forcibly blocked Ramsey's leg extending from the right and pushed the ball forward. Van Persie, who recovered and responded, got the ball smoothly.

Then the two players changed positions in a tacit understanding. Van Persie took the ball and dealt with the interference of the Gunners defender on the spot. Rooney rushed forward all the way towards the Gunners penalty area.

"Quick crossover, Manchester United's offense has come to the last ring, Van Persie dribbled the ball to the right in an attempt to take away Mertesacker, Alba! He killed the past~"

When Manchester United's offense reached the Gunners' penalty area, the Arsenal players were not slow. Alba's return to defense was fast and timely. When Van Persie's attention was on how to find the direction of the ball to avoid Mertesacker, his interception from the side can be said to be very sudden.

"One kick off the ball! Manchester United's attack came to an abrupt end."

The ball was cut off, the two sides changed positions, and then Manchester United showed Arsenal that the bus they have persisted this season is not just swaying.

Van Persie made a counterattack on the spot, Rooney killed Alba's position, and the other players quickly began to recover. In the blink of an eye, except for Rooney and Van Persie, the other Red Devils had returned to their own half.

This made it impossible for Arsenal to quickly counterattack on the spot, and the two sides had to fall into a tug-of-war again.

The Arsenal team, which played 442, had already prepared for this, so the players did not appear to be in a hurry.

Under the interference of the two players, Alba also successfully sent the ball to Neymar on the left. The Brazilian player took the ball and dribbled it diagonally, which directly made Manchester United's defensive players on the right half nervous.

If some teams might relax their defense against the Gunners' two wings because of Liu Feng's threat, then Manchester United will definitely not, because they have suffered several times from Neymar, a Brazilian genius, who directly became the background board.

"Neymar didn't find a good opportunity to break through. He didn't force one-on-one with Mata in front of him. He distributed the ball to the center. Ramsey who inserted in received the ball and passed it to Ganso. The Gunners controlled the ball around the center circle."

The game is still running in such an unhurried manner, and the direct confrontation between the players of the two sides mostly occurs in the middle. In the following time, the ball rights continue to change as the two sides continue to confront each other.

But there were only two wonderful shots. In the 17th minute of the game, Liu Feng volleyed the ball when Giroud received a header from Ganso and sent the ball to his face.

In the 25th minute of the game, Manchester United seized the opportunity of the Gunners to launch a quick defensive counterattack due to the slightly forward formation.

Fletcher cut off the ball at Giroud's feet and gave it to Rooney. Rooney gave Mata a point to the right. Mata rushed his speed to the extreme on the right. Finally, when Alba came in front of him, he kicked the ball at 45 degrees and flew to the front of the penalty area.

Van Persie, who started to accelerate from the midfield, dived to the top and directly hit a header on the penalty area line. Szczesny barely reacted. When he finally pushed the ball out with his fingers, he hit the net with his whole body.

This caused the Gunners fans at the Emirates Stadium to be suppressed by the crazy Manchester United fans. These Red Devils Expeditionary Army were determined to see their team win Arsenal away in this game.

However, this kind of entanglement between the two sides obviously did not have too many offensive opportunities. When the time passed from three minutes to four minutes, the two commentators realized early that it seemed that coal had lost the ball in the first half.

"The two teams played very conservatively in this game. The purpose of 451 and 442 is to control the game. Moyes and Wenger actually thought of it together to a certain extent."

"Haha, that's true. In this case, if you want to score a goal, one side must change, but there should be no change at the end of the first half."

As the two said, when the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score remained at 0-0. The restraint and conservatism of both sides allowed the game to enter the intermission stage with a draw.

"Okay, the first half of the game is over, and the outcome of this duel will be decided in the second half."

"In the second half of the game, let's see which team will take the lead in making changes. I think there is a high probability that it will be Arsenal, because they are playing at home after all, and judging from their recent games, they are far more active in changing the game than Manchester United."

"Makes sense."

……

The two commentators started chatting in the commentary room. The players on both sides had disappeared into the player tunnel. Both sides were expressionless, obviously not very satisfied with the 0-0 result of the first half.

After all the players entered the locker room and sat down, the professor gently closed the door of the locker room, his eyes swept over the players again, and then he spoke.

"In the first half, I was very surprised by your timidity."

"..."

The guy who opened his mouth was the ultimate diss. In the locker room, several team members who had been actively chatting shut their mouths. Everyone's atmosphere quickly calmed down and looked at the professor.

"You seem to have forgotten that this is the Emirates Stadium, our home."

Pulling over the chair and sitting down, the professor mainly attacked his heart during this intermission.

　Chapter 2 here!Thank you for your great support! ! !

　　
　
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