Chapter 42: What's going on?

Leeds United and Arsenal meet again at Wembley Stadium on 17 May as the two strongest teams of the season battle for the FA Cup.

This game is the penultimate game of the season for Leeds United, and then there is a home game with Manchester United in the 38th round of the Premier League, but it has nothing to do with the overall situation, the top four in the league have already been born, Leeds United is the king, Arsenal is second again, followed by Manchester City and Manchester United, the "Reds" Liverpool is fifth, Tottenham Hotspur is sixth, Newcastle is seventh, because the Premier League points are high enough, Seven teams will qualify for European competitions in the Premier League next season.

This FA Cup match is called the pinnacle of English football, and the "Young Guards" have re-emerged in the past two seasons. The dominance of Grayson and Shaq was once again vividly displayed.

Jose Mourinho's "Gunners" are not weak teams, they were the Premier League champions and Champions League champions two years ago, and they are the dominant European champions, and only Leeds United can beat them in these two seasons.

Leeds United were unanimously favored before the game, but Arsenal also had a lot of supporters, and the "Gunners" were by no means a fish belly team, and they relied on strength to reach the FA Cup final.

Simon? Grayson and Jose Mourinho were also cautious in their pre-match rhetoric, with "The Brutal Simon" saying: "We will go all out to fight for the trophy, but we can't ignore the strength of our opponents, Arsenal are one of the few teams in English football today that can threaten us!" ”

Mourinho said in an interview with reporters: "Leeds United are very strong, they have won the league for two consecutive seasons, and now we have a bit of a gap with them in terms of quality, but football is not only measured by strength, but also by the form and tactics that the team shows in the game. So we still have a chance to win. ”

At this time, Mourinho still seems full of confidence, and he firmly believes that Leeds United will have a Champions League final to play in the final game of the season in Europe, and they will definitely have reservations even if they go all out in the FA Cup.

And that's true, Leeds United, Jonny? Hausen, Lens and Wither all missed the FA Cup final. Even the Argentine goalkeeper Diaz failed to play, and he was replaced by a young goalkeeper who participated in the League Cup and FA Cup, and Leeds United's own 18-year-old Adam? Vestrak.

But...... Although Mourinho calculated everything, he didn't calculate Shaq!

In this game, Shaq, who was in good shape because of the rotation rest, broke out again, so the fate of the "Gunners" became sympathetic......

Everything was normal for the first 30 minutes of the game, with two of England's strongest teams cautiously testing each other, even if they were already familiar with each other. But it's still very robust.

The back and forth of attacks on both sides, the occasional shot on goal is not a good opportunity, everything seems very bland, and even the "Gunners" still have a little advantage on the field, 5 shots on goal, 54% of the possession, are better than Leeds United, Shaq is also Arsenal's two central defenders Sparks, Lee? Fletcher was very watchful.

But with 34 minutes to go, the situation of the game. Because of a sudden dribbling inside by Hojdenk on the right side, the storm is rising!

At that time, Shaq had already run in front of Hojdenk on the right to pick it up. But the Dutch right winger took advantage of this opportunity and decisively chose to cut inside with the ball, and after he ran a few steps laterally, he was already surrounded by two Arsenal central defenders, and there was also an Australian left-back No. 4 Thasos on his side? Papadopoulos, completely encircled.

At this time, Shaq in front of the right was in an offside position again. Hojdenk simply can't get the ball through!

At the critical moment, this Dutch genius who played for Leeds United for a season and a half, gradually replacing Murray's main position, showed super personal control, and found John in the middle in the middle of the siege? Alan. With a "snap", the ball was passed.

Also only 18-year-old John? Allen, is the "Young Guard" this season in captain Jonny? The biggest takeaway from Howson's frequent injuries is that the lad has a lot of speed and a lot of physicality, but what makes him great is the football acumen he has in his head, his vision, his big-picture vision, and his very accurate passing and long-range shots, and he has 10 goals and nine assists in 23 games for Leeds United, and is regarded by Leeds United fans as the best successor to the Leeds captain in midfield.

After receiving a pass from Hojdenk, John? Aaron fully brought out his characteristics in this moment......

"Smack!"

John? Allen stopped the ball and did not rush to send it forward again, but took two steps forward to the right with a slow diagonal line, and then "snapped" a straight kick to send the ball directly into the space between Arsenal centre-back Sparks and left-back!

As his gaze shifted, Shaq appeared, and he ran diagonally towards the ball!

"Offside!"

"Offside!"

The Arsenal defenders all raised their arms and shouted, but the linesman did not say anything, but ran towards the baseline with the flag...... No offside!

One-on-one with the goalkeeper, how could Shaq miss such an opportunity!?

Shaq held the ball with his left foot, and the moment his body paused, his right heel went up to kick, but in the moment before touching the ball, his right leg turned outward, turned into a kick, and directly pushed the ball into the dead corner of the lower right corner of the goal...... 1:0！

Arsenal's goalkeeper for this game will be their black goalkeeper No. 1 Kyle? Hackett, who was supposed to be a black player with a very quick reaction, but at this time, in the face of Shaq, he not only failed to make a save because his center of gravity was shaken, but finally sat down on the turf.

“GOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！ Sark! Shakshak! The ball is in! 1：0…… The Arsenal players were protesting what they thought was Schak's offside and a slow-motion replay...... Ha, let's see what happened just now, John was in possession of the ball, and at this time Shaq was offside. John ran with the ball and Shaq took two steps back at the same time, just enough to move his body parallel to Sparks and a little back, at which point John passed the ball...... Gee! It's not offside at all! It's beautiful! This is a classic anti-offside tactic! It's a tacit cooperation between Shaq and John! Congratulations to Leeds United for taking a 1-0 lead! ”

After watching the slow mirror replay, the Arsenal players were silent, the goal just now was indeed a subtle anti-offside cooperation, Shaq was not offside at all!

In the cheers of Leeds United fans at Wembley Stadium and some neutral fans. Arsenal's players feel quite angry, and Shaq's goal just now is completely in terms of personal ability and tactics, and really defeated Arsenal's backline!

But the Arsenal defenders were kept in the dark, and they thought that their offside tactics were perfect, but they were played by the opponent.

This feeling...... It's really depressing!

Immediately after the restart, Arsenal threw themselves into attack, and the "Gunners" were in attack at Simon? Before Grayson and Shaq returned to Leeds, they were already the dominant players in English football. How could they endure such humiliation!?

But the "Young Guard" is not a rookie, taking advantage of the opponent's angry counterattack after conceding the goal, and then using the counterattack to give the opponent a fatal blow, they have done this kind of thing!

After the first attack on Arsenal's side was blocked, the midfielder blocked and launched a second wave of attacks, but it was still cleared by Du Xiaoguang's header, and the ball reached the feet of Hojdenk on the right, and Leeds United's counterattack was immediately played.

Leeds United's counter-attack was carried out on the right flank. But Hoydenk was not alone, he was also followed by a fast-moving Chen Jinlong. When Hojdenk, who was carrying the ball, was stopped by the Australian left-back, he didn't even try to break through, and directly plugged the ball diagonally and stuffed the ball behind Tassos.

Tassos had no choice but to turn around and chase Chen Jinlong again. But after all, he is 31 years old, and he really can't compare with Chen Jinlong in terms of speed, and the reason why he was able to stop Hoydenk before was his experience, and it was a dream to catch up with Chen Jinlong at this time!

"Bang!"

Chen Jinlong rushed ahead of Tassos and crossed with his feet. The ball was sent directly to Arsenal in the middle of the small penalty area!

"Boom!"

Shaq is like a high-speed rushing train, jumping high and pushing the ball straight out in the air!

Chen Jinlong's passing speed is extremely fast, and the power is also very large, Shaq's header is even more ferocious, plus the angle is slightly deflected to the left back, Kyle, who is standing in front of the Arsenal goal? Hackett didn't even have a chance to make a leap to save, he just reached out and fished it out on the spot, and the result was ...... Nothing was caught, the ball was already flying into the goal along the diagonal line!

“GOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

"The ball is close again! It's Shaq again! 37 minutes! Just three minutes after Shaq opened the scoring for Leeds United, Shaq scored twice to give his side a 2-0 lead over Arsenal! Hahaha, excluding the celebration time after the goal of that goal, the interval between the two goals is only two minutes! ”

The commentator does not hide his preference for Shaq and Leeds United, which is a common problem for almost all commentators in England, as long as the team they support is playing against Shaq and Leeds United, they will support Shaq in a clear manner.

No way, Shaq's influence is so great!

Off the pitch, Mourinho was frozen...... What the hell is going on!?

The previous goal can be seen as a loophole in the execution of the team's tactics, but after all, in the first 30 minutes, his team has taken Shaq to death!

But...... Why did Shaq score two goals in three minutes and score a brace in the blink of an eye!?

Could it be that Shaq's current state is really comparable to his peak!?

In that case............

Mourinho couldn't help but shudder, he suddenly had a very bad and creepy feeling! (To be continued......)