Chapter 16 The key goal!
The main credit for Arsenal's goal is to "Little Fatty"'s extremely calm handling. When he was able to complete the shot, he finally chose to pass the ball to create a goal. It has to be said that this is the energy that 38-year-old Rooney has.
Although Mourinho was harsh, he still stood on the sidelines to applaud the goal. When Rooney saw it, Mourinho gave a thumbs up, smiled and nodded before continuing to applaud...
Simon Grayson is not jealous of Mourinho's "little fat". After all, 38-year-old Rooney can play a role in deciding the game. Can't Shaq, a thirty-year-old?
After the game started again, both sides completely let go of their hands and feet in the offense. The ball took off back and forth on the court. It was still in front of Leeds' goal the next moment, and the Arsenal half was already at the Arsenal half. Twenty-two players were fully focused on putting their energy in it, and the fast-paced attack scene also made the game more exciting.
It’s a pity... the game lasted for 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 completed 8 shots and Leeds United completed 9 shots, but except for Jonny Hausen and Sack each scored one goal, the average shot that appeared once in less than three minutes failed to finally score.
The lineman held up the sign of injury stoppage time in the first half, with a number written on it...2, and there will be two minutes of stoppage time in the first half!
In everyone's opinion, there should be no change in these two minutes. Even Arsenal fans left their own actions to buy food and drinks. But at this moment, Brazilian central defender Robert Nho stared at the half-time game, and Sparks helped. Shaq, who had almost done nothing in the whole first half, suddenly broke out...
"Bang!"
The ball flew high from the Leeds United penalty area and flew all the way to the middle circle!
While Arsenal was attacking, French midfielder Valli made a cross from the frontcourt and was kicked out by Ashley Hood with a big kick!
At this time, Shaq was still moving to the left of the midfield, and the ball was not within his control. Sparks ran towards the ball landing point, and a white figure rushed up quickly... Murray!
The brave German showed his courage at this moment!
"Dong!"
Murray and Sparks came against the ball. When the English guard was knocked to death, Murray also lost his balance and fell on the lawn. But at this moment, Murray stubbornly swept the ball to the front of the left with his left foot.
Everything that happened next became a nightmare for the "gunner"!
"Bang!"
Shaq ran out from the left side, and his body paused for a moment. Then he used his right foot to bring the ball to his left side, and turned around and began to drive the ball forward.
Robert Niho did not relax his vigilance against Shaq, but he was still two steps slower than Shaq, and Shaq's movements were too fast. He completed the control of the ball the moment he received the ball and changed direction quickly, which made the game enter the rhythm of Leeds United's counterattack.
"Ba...ba...ba!"
Shaq dribbled the ball and rushed forward. He was cheaper to the right side in the horizontal direction, which made Robert Nio run wildly. There was no way to make any steals. The Brazilian's right hand was raised, and hesitantly gave up when he wanted to pull Shaq. Arsenal was indeed not weak, but even if they were fighting at home, it was unlikely that they would defeat the "Young Guards" in front of them with less than one person!
This Leeds United... does have the potential of the top European teams. And now is the time for them to fully open their fire!
Left-back Papadopoulos rushed over, but he couldn't intercept Shaq. Although Shaq, who was sprinting with all his might, was no longer able to get rid of anyone like he could have thrown away anyone, not everyone could snatch the ball from his feet.
In addition to Robert Niho and Papadopolos, Argentine goalkeeper Romero had to abandon the goal and attack. He ran out of the small penalty area to intercept Shaq. If Shaq lets him enter the penalty area at will, he would have no difference from locking himself in the house and hanging himself, and there would be no way out at all.
Seeing that Shaq dribbled the ball and ran to the right in the middle, only four or five meters away from the Arsenal penalty area, Robert Nho and Papadopoulos also cut horizontally, and there would be an opportunity to intercept it immediately.
But--
"Bang!"
Shaq suddenly picked the ball out while running!
Picking shot!
"ah!"
Romero, who was not prepared, jumped up, but because he didn't expect Shaq to shoot like this, this jump failed to use all his strength, and his raised hands finally failed to touch the ball. The ball flew over a foot above his palm!
When Romero turned his head again, the ball had already flown into the goal behind him... the ball entered!?
At this moment, the Emirates Stadium was dead silent!
The fans of the "Gunter" were completely shocked!
Shaq is very dangerous, everyone knows this, but after watching the game in the first half, they felt that Mourinho had indeed found a way to curb Shaq's performance. At least Shaq should have no chance to score in this game.
But... Just as the first half was about to end, Arsenal will readjust his condition, morale, mentality, and with his home advantage, Shaq actually scored a goal!
Moreover, it was such a wonderful shot!
This is really...ah!
Seeing the numbers on the scoreboard compiled into Arsenal's 1:2 Leeds United, Leeds' side finally started cheering...
"goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Shaq ran back with a smile, pointing at Murray from afar, as if praising the young German star. The rest of Leeds United rushed towards Shaq in surprise, and took the lead again as the first half was approaching. They were easy to play in the second half, and everyone also smelled the smell of victory.
Shaq...is really worthy of being the world's number one star!
This goal was made by Ashley Hood's successful defense, and Murray's crazy snatch of the ball played a decisive role in it. But at this time, everyone only remembered Shaq's request as fast as lightning, as if he was sticking the ball to his feet. Under the pressure of the two opponents' defenders, he calmly completed a exquisite shot.
Obviously, this is Shaq's influence as the world's number one star. Under Shaq's dazzling light like the sun, everyone else can only be a foil.
Until the end of the first half, Simon Grayson and Harvey took Leeds United's coaching staff into the passage, the smiles on their faces had not yet been closed...
Shaq's goal is really critical!
This goal not only gave Leeds United a lead in the score again, but also hit the morale and fighting spirit of the "Gunners". The most important thing is to have a goal in hand and enter the second half of the game. Leeds United will have more initiative. The "Gunners" will have no other choice in the second half, while Leeds United can choose to continue to attack or fight against the opponent or fight a defensive counterattack.
After discussing with Harvey and others, Simon Grayson decided to play a defensive counterattack in the second half.
Because Leeds United now has a ball advantage, Arsenal will have no choice but to attack in the second half. Once Leeds United defends this ball advantage, the opponent will become impatient with the retirement. The length of this time will depend on the resilience of the Gunners. Some teams like Real Madrid may have a sign of collapse after more than ten minutes of attacking in the second half. Some teams may attack their opponents until the end of the game, like German teams such as Bayern and Munich. This is not accurate.
But no matter what, now the "Young Guards" have the advantage and have taken the initiative in the game, which no one can deny!
Mourinho was having a headache about this matter at this time, and he felt that the game was beyond his control, and this feeling would appear every time he met a team with Shaq.
It was obvious that he had arranged everything and restricted Shaq's performance in the first half. As the first half was about to end, Shaq actually scored such a wonderful shot and immediately took back the initiative in the game.
Shaq...it is indeed impossible to measure by common sense!
Mourinho can no longer think about how to arrange the team's tactics so that the team can steadily rely on its own strong strength to defeat the opponent in the second half. The first thing he has to consider now is how to recover the behind ball. The tactics he discussed with his assistant Steve Boulder have to be overturned and started again.
This feeling... Mourinho really hates it!
The halftime break was only fifteen minutes, which seemed a bit long for the fans, but for both sides of the game, the time was too short. The head coaches of both teams arranged their tactics while the players were drinking sports drinks and eating high-calorie food, and then the second half of the game was about to begin.
Rooney, who stood in the middle circle serving with Sack, looked at Shaq not far away calmly, and couldn't completely calm down. The boy who had arrived in Manchester United and fooled with him and Nani, has indeed become a god-like existence in football history over the years. The goal at the end of the first half was so beautiful that people had nothing to say. Even as an opponent, I have to admire him, but... in the second half, can you Leeds United escape unscathed!?
Chapter completed!