Chapter 16: A Crucial Goal!

Arsenal's goal, the main credit is still due to the extremely calm handling of "Little Fat", he was able to complete the shot, but finally chose to pass to create a goal, I have to say that this is the energy that the 38-year-old Rooney has.

Despite Mourinho's demands, he stood on the sidelines to applaud the goal, and when Rooney came over, Mourinho gave a thumbs up, smiled and nodded, and then continued to applaud......

Simon? Grayson is not at all jealous that Mourinho has "little fat", after all, the 38-year-old Rooney can play a game-deciding role, can't the 30-year-old Shaq?

After the game restarted, the two sides completely let go in the attack, the ball soared back and forth on the field, one moment in front of Leeds, the next moment it was already in the Arsenal half, 22 players were engrossed in it, and the fast-paced attacking scene also made the game more exciting.

It's a pity...... The game played another 40 minutes, and the first half was almost over, and both sides still failed to score!

In the 45 minutes of the first half, Arsenal had eight shots on goal and Leeds United had nine. In addition to scoring a goal each, Hausen and Sack failed to score a goal in less than three minutes on average.

The linesman held up a first-half stoppage time sign with a number written on it...... 2. There will be two minutes of stoppage time in the first half!

In everyone's opinion, there should be no more changes in these two minutes, and there are even Arsenal fans who have left their actions to buy food and drink, but at this moment, Brazilian central defender Roberto Neo was stared at for half the game, and Sparks was on the side to assist. Shaq, who had done little for the entire first half, suddenly exploded......

"Bang!"

The ball flew high from Leeds United's penalty area and into the centre circle!

When Arsenal attacked, French midfielder Wally was withdrawn from Ashley after a cross from the front? Hood kicked out with a big kick!

At this time, Shaq was still moving to the left of midfield, and the ball was out of his control. Sparks ran towards the spot where the ball landed, and a white figure quickly rushed up...... Murray!

The German, who was brave by nature, showed his bravery at this moment!

"Boom!"

Murray and Sparks came to each other through the ball, and when the England defender was knocked down, Murray also lost his balance and fell on the turf, but at this time, Murray stubbornly swept the ball to the left front with his left foot.

What happened next became a nightmare for the "gunslinger"!

"Smack!"

Shaq ran sideways from the left, his body pausing only slightly. He brought the ball to his left with his right foot, turned around and began to rush forward with the ball.

Robert Neo did not relax his vigilance against Shaq, but he was still two steps slower than Shaq, and Shaq's movements were too fast, the moment he received the ball, he completed the control of the ball, and also changed direction quickly, which suddenly made the game enter the rhythm of Leeds United's counterattack.

"Smack...... Syllable...... Syllable! ”

Shaq sprints forward with the ball. And it is cheap to the right laterally, which also makes Roberto Neo have to run wildly on the side. There is no way to make any tackles, the Brazilian's right hand has been raised, and he hesitated to give up at the moment when he wanted to pull Shak, Arsenal is indeed not weak, but even if they are fighting at home, it is unlikely that they will beat the "Young Guard" in front of them with one less player!

This Leeds United team ...... It does have the potential of a top European team. And now is the time for them to fire on all cylinders!

Left-back Papadopoulos rushed over, but he couldn't intercept Shaq, who was not able to shake anyone off as he had been, but not everyone could snatch the ball from under his feet.

In addition to Roberto Neo and Papadopoulos, Argentine goalkeeper Romero also had to abandon the goal. He ran out of the small penalty area to intercept Shaq, and if Shaq was allowed to enter the big penalty area at will to complete the shot, it would be no different from a person who locked himself in a house and hanged himself, there was no way to survive at all.

Seeing that, Shaq ran to the middle with the ball and slightly to the right, only four or five meters away from the Arsenal penalty area, and Roberto Neo and Papadopoulos also cut horizontally, and there will be an opportunity to intercept immediately.

But—

"Smack!"

Shaq suddenly picked the ball out on the run!

Shoot!

"Ahh

Ill-prepared, Romero jumped, but because he didn't expect Shaq to shoot like this, he couldn't use all his strength in this jump, and his raised hands finally failed to touch the ball, and the ball flew a foot above his palm!

By the time Romero turned his head again, the ball had flown into the goal behind him...... The ball went in!?

At this moment, there was a dead silence in the Emirates Stadium!

Fans of the "Gunners" were completely stunned!

Shaq is dangerous, this is what everyone knows, but after watching the game before the first half, they feel that Mourinho has indeed found a way to stop Shaq's play, at least Shaq should have no chance to score in this game.

Can...... At this critical moment when the first half of the game was about to end, and Arsenal would readjust their condition, morale, and mentality in the second half, and completely tear apart the "Young Guards" with the advantage of the home field, Shaq actually scored!

Moreover, it was such a wonderful shot!

That's really ...... Alas!

Seeing the numbers on the scoreboard make up Arsenal 1:2 Leeds United, the Leeds side finally began to cheer............

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

Shaq ran back with a smile and pointed at Murray from afar, as if to praise the young German star, while the rest of the Leeds United team pounced on Shaq in surprise and took the lead again towards the end of the first half, which was a good second half for them and everyone smelled of victory.

Sark...... He really deserves to be the number one star in the world!

Ashley in this goal? The credit for Hood's successful defense, Murray's desperate crazy grabbing of the ball played a decisive role in it, but at this time, everyone only remembered Shaq's lightning-fast please, as if sticking the ball to his feet, and calmly completed a delicate pick under the pressure of the opponent's two defenders.

Obviously, this is the influence of Shaq as the world's number one star, and under Shaq's sun-like light, everyone else can only be a foil.

Until the end of the first half, Simon? Grayson and Xavi had no smiles on their faces as they walked into the aisle with Leeds United's coaching staff......

Shaq's goal was so crucial!

This goal not only gave Leeds United a lead in the score again, but also hit the morale and fighting spirit of the "Gunners", and the most important thing is to have a one-goal lead in the second half of the game, Leeds United will have more initiative, and the "Gunners" will have no other choice but to attack in the second half, while Leeds United can choose to continue to attack the opponent or play defensive counterattack.

Simon? After discussing with Xavi and others, Grayson decided to play a defensive counterattack in the second half.

Because now Leeds United has a one-goal advantage, then Arsenal will have no choice but to attack in the second half, and once Leeds United holds this one-goal advantage, with the retirement of time, the opponent will become impatient, the length of this time will depend on the resilience of the "Gunners" themselves, some teams like Real Madrid may have a sign of collapse after ten minutes of onslaught in the second half, and some teams may storm the opponent until the end of the game like Bayern Munich and other German teams, It's all for sure.

But one way or another, now the "Young Guards" have the upper hand and have the initiative in the game, which no one can deny!

Jose Mourinho was struggling with this at the moment, and he felt that the game was out of his control, a feeling that he felt every time he played against a team with Shaq.

Obviously, he had already arranged everything, and he also limited Shaq's play in the first half, and when the first half of the game was about to end, Shaq actually scored such a wonderful shot, and suddenly snatched the initiative back from the game.

Sark...... It really can't be measured by common sense!

Jose Mourinho is no longer able to think about how to set up his team's tactics so that the team can rely on his own strength to beat the opponent in the second half, and the first thing he has to think about now is how to recover a goal from behind, before with his assistant Steve? The tactics discussed by Boulder had to be overturned at this time.

This feeling...... Mourinho is really annoying!

The break lasted only 15 minutes, which seemed like a long time for the fans, but it was too short for both sides of the game, and the managers of both teams took advantage of the players to drink sports drinks and eat high-calorie food, and then the second half of the game was about to begin.

Rooney, who was standing in the middle circle with Sack to serve, calmly looked at Shaq not far away, and couldn't completely calm down in his heart, the kid who first arrived at Manchester United and fooled around with himself and Nani, has really become a god-like existence in football history over the years, the goal near the end of the first half is really beautiful and people have nothing to say, even as an opponent, I have to admire, but ...... In the second half, will you Leeds United be able to get out of the game!?

It was only as a member of Arsenal that Rooney was well aware of what Mourinho had set up at half-time, and those tactics were sure to make it difficult for Leeds United in the second half. (To be continued......)