Football: The strongest center in history

Chapter 516 Waiting for an opportunity

“The game is about to start!”

“The referee for this match is England’s chief international referee, Graham Pol.”

‘When guessing the side before the game, Manchester United’s captain Mertesack won, they chose the more advantageous side of the first half, so Arsenal got the serve.

‘Both teams have a relatively good squad for this game, Arsenal’s Sania and Mertesack have both returned from injury before the game, and Manchester United have basically played as much as they can, and both sides take this game very seriously.

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“Okay, referee Boll blew the whistle for the start of the game.”

‘Arsenal started the kick-off and Manchester United took the initiative to press and press.

‘Successive passes, the Red Devils’ opening tactics looked proactive.

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‘Arsenal’s pass was cut off and United countered on the spot and passed to the left.

“Fellaini took the ball, followed up, and shot directly from distance…”

“Oops, I’m too anxious!”

‘Fellaini’s shot was still a bit far from goal and was a bit too hasty.

“The most important thing Manchester United should do at this time is to calm down, after all, this is Old Trafford.”

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“It’s still an attack from Manchester United.”

“Valencia crosses from the right.”

“The ball went to the left, Ronaldo… Nice stop… Enter the forbidden area again…”

‘Juan Mata failed to stop the ball, and both Mertesack and Koscielny were caught at the same time.

‘Arsenal started very solidly.

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“The ball was still at the feet of Manchester United, and another attack was planned.”

‘Arteta broke the ball and Arsenal launched a counter-attack on the spot and passed to Robin van Persie.

‘Van Persie took the ball in the box, volleyed straight into the net, hit Nemanja Vidic and went out of the line.

“Vidic’s blockade is still in place.”

‘After Vidic came back from injury, he got better and better.

‘Arsenal got a chance at a corner.

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Cazorla stood in the corner kick on the right, gently laid out the football, and then slowly pulled away.

Manchester United manager David Moyes appeared attentive on the sidelines, constantly calling for the attention of the players on the field.

Ronaldo was left up front, ready to launch a counterattack.

Set-piece defence was highlighted in the pre-match material provided by Manchester United’s coaching staff, which has always been the key to victory, and Arsenal’s most threatening player is undoubtedly Mert Koscielny, both centre-backs who are quite threatening header attackers.

At this time, as a counter-attacking arrow in the team’s front court, Ronaldo really does not have much to do, but to closely monitor the situation.

When Cazorla quickly drove out of the corner penalty area, it was a mess.

Arsenal’s players are struggling to get out of the spotlight of Manchester United’s players, who are desperate to entangle themselves, especially the most threatening headers like Mertesack and Koscielny.

But in this chaos, a red figure suddenly appeared in the crowd, jumping high from the middle road.

Cazorla’s corner cross came right in front of him and headed it from close range.

The ball changed its trajectory in an instant and landed to the left of the goal.

The distance that was close was so sudden that goalkeeper De Gea was beyond his reach.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！”

“The ball went in!”

“In the fifth minute, Arsenal scored the first goal for Manchester United!”

“A header from Van Persie!”

“It’s wonderful!”

“The Dutchman grabbed the best drop point in the tall penalty area and hit the goal with a header!”

‘It was Arsenal’s first threatening attack of the game and it resulted in two shots breaking through the United goal.

‘Let’s revisit the goal, Cazorla’s horn fans confused a lot of players, and United’s attention fell on tall players like Mertesack and Koscielny, but ignored Robin van Persie.

‘It was definitely a very undeserved mistake because Robin van Persie’s bounce and header were always pretty good, but United clearly missed it.

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After scoring the goal, Van Persie turned and rushed off the pitch, running along Old Trafford before making his signature goal celebration at the corner.

In these two seasons, Van Persie has clearly become a key man for Arsenal.

It’s like this header he scored in today’s game!

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Ronado wiped his face depressedly.

It was only five minutes into the game, and he didn’t even sweat, and as a result, the goal was broken.

It was still broken by Van Persie, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

The goal conceded had nothing to do with him, as his task was to wait for the counter-attack in front and no one would blame him for conceding the goal, but he still felt uncomfortable.

He feels that the overall strength of Manchester United is indeed good, but the team has not been polished into a whole.

Defensively, United don’t seem to be doing as well as last season. This is most likely the manager’s problem.

Of course, it is not possible to find objective factors, and the team’s set-piece defense this time is indeed not ideal.

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Moyes was also very excited on the sidelines and was very unhappy with the goal conceded.

But soon, he made immediate adjustments, especially for the team’s defense.

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After a wave of celebrations, Van Persie returned to the ring amid cheers from away fans.

After the game resumed, Arsenal chose to take advantage of the victory and continued to attack Manchester United.

Van Persie was particularly excited.

After scoring a goal, he quickly took the ball on the left side of the ball against three Manchester United defenders, choosing to go it alone, relying on his ability to carry the ball and rush a chance to shoot from the goal, shooting low from 26 meters from the goal.

Not long after, Robin van Persie pulled to the right, attacked the gap behind Fellaini and crossed into the box, and the Dutchman headed again in front of goal, but this time it was denied by De Gea and failed to threaten.

Just two minutes later, it was another Dutchman who forced the ball through from the middle, and his shot from the edge of the box was blocked and Kasola took a corner kick from the right, but United were prepared this time and Nemanja Vidic headed away.

The ball was still at the feet of Arsenal, and after reorganizing, Cazorla crossed from the right and Van Persie volleyed 12 metres in front of the goal to slide past the goal again.

Manchester United faced an in-form Arsenal who had to choose to avoid the edge for the time being, and retreated to their own half to stubbornly defend.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with the defense.

The central midfield is firmly defensive, and the front court is actively looking for opportunities, both to act as the team’s first line of defence and to put pressure on Arsenal’s central midfield.

Ronaldo’s runs are as frequent as ever, and he is not at all anxious about conceding goals.

Ronaldo knew that the next thing he needed to do was wait patiently.

As long as Manchester United can hold on, sooner or later Arsenal will show flaws.

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