Chapter 66: Making a Free Kick
Looking at the Arsenal players celebrating, Andy was also wondering how to reverse the decline, he knew that anger alone was useless, only to use goals to get back to Arsenal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
At the urging of the referee, the Arsenal players ended their celebrations and slowly returned to their own half.
After the restart, Arsenal clearly strengthened their defence again, and after a few more attacks from Patrick Vieira and Petit in the middle, Andy began to run in front of him, hoping to tear apart Arsenal's defence.
Relatively speaking, Andy's reckless running did bring some trouble to Arsenal, and his teammates and he also had a few chances during this time, but unfortunately several shots were ruined by Arsenal's experienced defenders and goalkeepers.
The entire squad did not want to lose to the league's biggest rivals, so in the final minutes of the first half, Andy and his team-mates stepped up their attacking momentum, with the midfielders and the two full-backs also providing assists from time to time.
In the 33rd minute, after Beckham broke the ball on the right side, he directly got up and passed to Giggs who was inserted on the left side, and Giggs used his speed to shake off the chasing Ovimas and crossed directly!
Andy and Cole were already outflanked, but Arsenal goalkeeper Seaman struck in time to knock the ball out of the box before the two!
Arsenal escaped, the so-called catastrophe will not die, there will be a blessing, and soon another goal from Arsenal verified this old saying of the Celestial Empire.
The ball was picked up by Arsenal captain Adams after being knocked out of the box by Seaman, who fed Patrick Vieira after a pass.
During the six-month absence of Manchester United's Roy Keane due to injury last season, Vieira was the Premier League's No. 1 midfielder, with a wide range of movement, from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area, he shocked the Premier League with his dominance and helped Arsenal win their long-awaited title, although he was still a substitute for Petit in the World Cup, but it made him more mature.
Manchester United's full pressure also left a big gap for the Arsenal team to counterattack!
Vieira calmly observed the situation on the pitch after receiving the pass, and handed the ball to Ovimas who had returned to the middle of the defense.
After Overmars got the ball, the Dutch winger took a few steps forward and sent a lifted foot near the top of the centre circle to deliver an overhead shot.
Anelka, who had performed well in the game, cut in at high speed and instantly threw the defensive line of Stam and Paris behind him.
Single-pole !!
There was no suspense about what happened next, although Manchester United goalkeeper Schmeichel judged the direction of the ball and saved Anelka's first shot, but the ball he hit still fell at Anelka's feet.
Arsenal fans erupted in frantic cheers from the stands celebrating their second goal, but the United players rushed to the referee to complain that Anelka was in an offside position before receiving a pass from Overmars.
'Let's see if Anelka is in an offside position when Overmars gives Anelka the ball. The televised broadcast soon showed the position of the two sides at the moment of the pass, and as a result, Anelka was technically offside, and he was about a position ahead.
Manchester United's players were emotionally surrounding the referee on duty, and such a misjudgment in such a game was simply rubbing salt in the wound they had already been stabbed.
Alex Ferguson stood on the sidelines and yelled at the referee, and even got into a verbal altercation with the fourth official who came to dissuade him, until he received a warning before walking back to the coach. ā¦,
"Hell! you dog referee, I'll definitely appeal after the game!! The old man Ferguson scolded as he walked, and the fourth official behind him could only do nothing but not hear.
The referee on the football field was the biggest, and the protests and complaints were useless now, but the goal was still ruled valid, and the hapless Manchester United suffered a two-goal deficit, and this time there were only a dozen minutes left before the end of the first half.
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"!" Andy spat on the ground! His face flushed, and he felt that his lungs were about to be burned by anger, he was already angry enough to be frozen, and now the team he was in was treated unfairly, which made him even more angry.
It's a pity that the game is not transferred by his will, and Arsenal, who have already led by two goals, saw that there was not much time in the first half, and even narrowed the defense line and formed an iron bucket formation, wanting to maintain the two-goal advantage in the first half and enter the halftime break.
Andy had no choice but to coil his body tightly like a poisonous snake in such a situation, constantly running and looking for opportunities.
Maybe it's the reassurance of Big Brother Petit, or maybe it's the pressure on Arsenal that is now more up-and-forth, and Patrick Vieira is slowly moving forward, and now his opponent is Roy Keane.
Perhaps in order to prove to everyone who is the Premier League's No. 1 offensive and defensive midfielder, Roy Keane cut off the ball at Vieira's feet with a sliding tackle, and the football was firmly controlled at his feet and pushed forward.
"Captain, give me the ball." Andy saw Vieira get up and continue to tangle with Roy Keane after seeing the ball at his feet, and he sensed his chance.
Roy Keane heard Andy's shout and didn't hesitate to lift his foot to pass the ball, he is the kind of player who is supreme in the team, and Andy has that desire to win that he admires.
Andy catches the ball, turns, and starts.
Petit immediately rushed towards Andy after seeing him receive the ball, but he will not rush up with the experience, and he wants to continue to use the same way he has been dealing with Andy in this game, which is to get close to him and slow down his speed, and then use the small technique of his feet to cut off his ball.
It's a pity that he forgot one thing, he was dealing with Andy with Vieira and the two of them before, and the speed also decreased after Andy broke through Vieira, so he could easily get close to Andy, and now he is only one person, Vieira is still running here, and Andy's speed has risen.
Andy accelerated momentarily after getting the ball, and the face of Petit was already in sight, and he sank his body slightly, and his shoulder hit Petit's body like a collision angle on a warship.
Even though Petit is a tough and physical player, he also has a pain in his chest in the face of a full-speed collision with a player who is better and younger than him, and then he is squeezed aside by Andy under this impact, and the only thing he can do is to stretch out his foot to cut off Andy's ball while being stumbled.
Although Andy's skills at his feet are not as fancy as those of South American players, he has solid basic skills and hooked the ball to the side with a pull, and then rushed past him quickly.
Petit was obviously affected by Andy's impact, so his reaction was noticeably slower and was thrown away by Andy in an instant.
Andy rushed to the penalty area like this, but at the edge of the Arsenal penalty area, their defensive five elders were already in position, Andy's continuous dribbling and feints just failed to shake a way forward and shooting, and suddenly he caught a glimpse of a figure sliding towards him!
Opportunity!!! Andy had this idea in his head. ā¦,
I saw Andy lightly continue to go sideways, and then his foot seemed to unintentionally hook the leg of the Arsenal player who tackled, and fell heavily on the turf!
The referee's whistle sounded immediately!
"Petit tackles Andy! Gave Manchester United a very good free-kick opportunity! The TV commentator exclaimed, knowing that this position is very dangerous.
Petit, who was just about to tackle the ball while Andy was unprepared, got up from the ground with an innocent face, saying that his action just now was very clean, and he couldn't figure out why Andy was tackled by him, and he desperately chased back the tackle on the side, and he knew very well that it was the ball that he tackled first.
Manchester United's players gathered around to accuse Petit, and Arsenal's players protected Petit behind him, and the referee's whistle kept sounding, and it took a long time to separate the players from both sides.
There were also boos from the Arsenal fans in the stands, both for the referee and for Andy.
Andy didn't show any exaggeration when he fell to the ground, he just sat on the turf and adjusted his shin guards, and then stood up with David Beckham's outstretched right hand. Although he did deliberately hook on Petit's foot and fell just now, but the premise is that Petit did make a shovel action, if he didn't notice, that action was very dangerous, he just avoided the threat at the same time, and let Petit who made the dangerous move be punished!
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger felt a little nervous on the sidelines, because Manchester United have one of the best free-kick players in the world, David Beckham, and this free-kick from about 25 meters from the goal is very dangerous!
In fact, Andy deliberately asked for a free kick in this position precisely because he couldn't find the angle of the shot, and he deliberately asked for a free kick in this position because he was angry about the misjudgment in front of him, he didn't care what others said about fake falls or whatever, you can score a goal if you were offside, I was indeed tackled and asked for a free kick.
The Arsenal team fielded a five-man wall, which shows the importance they attach to Beckham, and Seaman has also repeatedly commanded the position of the human wall.
Many fans in the stands are praying at this time, the difference is that the home fans are praying that the goal will not be scored, while the away fans are hoping that Beckham can help the team get a point back!
"Over to you, David!" Andy, who had achieved his goal, said to Beckham with a smile.
David Beckham nodded and stood in front of the ball.
Beckham started his run, and the movement was so flowing and dashing, and when he stepped on the left side of the ball with his left foot, the hearts of everyone in Highbury Stadium hung in the air.
Finally, Beckham's right foot slammed under the ball and struck it out with a powerful blow.
The Arsenal players in the wall jumped to their feet one by one, hoping to block Beckham's free-kick.
The ball went around the wall and flew straight to the far corner of the goal!
The deceptive free-kick deceived Seaman's eyes, which he thought was a shot into the near corner, but when he reacted again, the ball had already made a beautiful arc in the air and flew into the goal!
Rumble!!! The enthusiasm of the Manchester United fans, who had been focused on the ball, gushed out like a volcano!
Amid the chatter of praise from the commentators, Beckham and Andy hugged each other tightly, and two equally talented youngsters created the precious goal.
Alex Ferguson and his assistants on the sidelines were relieved to be one goal behind, so there was hope for the second half.
The fourth official on the sidelines held up a sign with three minutes of stoppage time to remind everyone that this could be the final result of the first half for the two teams.
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