Football King Bale

Manchester United, which had the numerical advantage, also took the lead. This not only made Ferguson think that the League Cup championship trophy was firmly in hand, but also the Manchester United fans in the stands. They sang and danced in the stands and celebrated first.

In the singing of the fans, the Manchester United players on the field were also greatly affected. They couldn't help but think that they had won the championship.

As a result, Manchester United gradually played more and more relaxed and casually on the court.

However, their opponents did not give up. Arsenal does seem to lack such ferocity in many cases, but this is obviously not the case for Arsenal today.

Many people on this team have no experience of winning championships, but they are full of desire for championships, such as their captain Robin van Persie.

Before you know it, it will be seven years since the Dutchman joined Arsenal. But apart from winning a useless Community Shield and an FA Cup in the first year after arriving at Arsenal, the new generation of football kings never won any championship titles in the next six years.

Although this is an embarrassing record, it also makes him full of desire for the championship. Even though Arsenal now plays one less player than Manchester United on the field, is lagging behind in score, and is at an overall disadvantage, he has not given up on pursuing the championship.

While the Manchester United were kicking the ball easily, the Dutch slowly stabilized Arsenal's position and allowed the gunners to accumulate the strength to counterattack.

This force suddenly exploded near the end of the first half.

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In the 44th minute of the first half, the first half was coming to an end. Just as the Manchester United players were waiting for referee Mike Dean to blow the whistle that ended the first half, Arsenal suddenly launched a wave of offensive frenzy.

The Arsenal midfielder suddenly and premeditatedly put pressure on Scholes, who was holding the ball in the Manchester United midfielder, forcing Scholes to pass the ball to his own left back Evra.

At this time, Arshavin, who had been hiding before, suddenly broke out and stole the ball midway. Immediately, the Russian Tsar cut inside and attracted the attention of Manchester United's defense, but suddenly passed the ball to the front of Manchester United's penalty area.

Wilshere, who advanced forward, received Arshavin's pass at the top of the penalty area, shot angrily, and the ball went straight to Manchester United's goal.

The small threat's shot was as sudden as Arsenal's. In addition, Van der Sar's position was a bit forward. Before he could react, the ball had passed by him and headed straight for the goal.

At that moment, the hearts of the Manchester United players, including Bell, as well as the Manchester United substitute players and coaches on the sidelines, and even the tens of thousands of Manchester United fans in the stands, suddenly stopped.

The next moment, there was only a muffled "pop" sound, but the ball hit the crossbar hard and bounced up.

Although Wilshere's ball crossed the Manchester United defense and the Manchester United goalkeeper, it failed to cross the Manchester United goal frame and was rejected by the crossbar.

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But everything did not end there. The ball bounced high and did not fly out of the baseline, but bounced back into the penalty area.

For a moment, Manchester United's defenders, as well as Arsenal's offensive players three to four meters away, all rushed towards the spot where the ball landed, which was near the twelve yard point in Manchester United's penalty area.

Among them, Manchester United's two central defenders Smalling and Vidic and Arsenal's forward and captain Robin van Persie were closest to the ball. All three of them rushed towards the ball desperately, but they were still young and fast, and they were tall and long-legged. Smalling touched the ball first, and he kicked the ball hard, trying to clear it.

However, Van Persie's feet arrived at the next moment. As a result, the ball cleared by Smalling hit Van Persie's feet and changed direction.

Fortunately, Van Persie came from behind. After the ball changed direction, it did not fly towards the goal, but flew towards Manchester United's left wing.

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The flying ball attracted the players on the field. Bell, Evra, Scholes from Manchester United, and Arsenal's right midfielder Arshavin all ran towards the ball at the same time. Naturally, Manchester United wanted to After making a clearance, Arshavin wanted to continue attacking with the ball.

Among these four people, Evra was the closest to the ball, Arshavin was second, Scholes was second, and Bell was the farthest. At this moment, he was still in the frontcourt and had not rushed back.

Evra was indeed the first to arrive. He kicked the ball forward and wanted to make a clearance. However, at the moment his foot made contact with the ball, Arshavin came from the side. He first stretched out his right hand. With his foot, he intercepted the ball kicked by Evra, and then with a swipe of the ball, he got behind Evra.

Evra's soul was greatly disturbed, and he turned around hurriedly, trying to intercept Arshavin.

Evra's speed is not slow, but compared with the fast winger Arshavin, it is far behind. Even though Arshavin had the ball at his feet, Evra was unable to stop Arshavin.

The Russian made a pass before Evra blocked it, and passed the ball to Manchester United's penalty area in a half-high ball in an inverted triangle.

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There was another scuffle in the penalty area. Fletcher, Smalling and Vidic surrounded Van Persie, trying to stop his ball.

However, at this moment, the Dutchman fully demonstrated his ability to predict the path of the ball and his advantage in short-distance bursts. He only took two long strides to reach the front point, thus defeating Smalling and Fletcher. They all stood behind him.

The next moment, Arshavin's pass arrived.

Van Persie didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, raised his leg and fired a volley. The ball turned in one direction, flew past Vidic who was blocking in front of Van Persie, and then went straight to the far post.

Van der Sar chose to block the near post, but he was hit in the opposite direction by Van Persie. He could only watch the ball go around Vidic, and before O'Shea came over to make a clearance, it grazed the inside of the far post. Fly into the goal!

Before the end of the first half, Van Persie helped Arsenal equalize the score!

This goal stunned all the Manchester United soldiers and Manchester United fans on the sidelines. They never expected that Manchester United would lose the ball.

However, they were helpless. Van Persie's goal was impeccable, even a little unreasonable.

But this goal made the world understand Van Persie's desire to pursue the championship!

Then, the first half ended quickly. Arsenal, with one less player to play, stubbornly equalized the score despite being at a comprehensive disadvantage. The two sides entered the lounge with a 1:1 draw.

At that moment, many people had realized that Sir Alex Ferguson would definitely be turning on his Sir Alex Ferguson hairdryer in the Manchester United dressing room during half-time.