host must win

Chapter 621 Says the goal has arrived
Wenger walked up and down the sidelines, restless. He didn't expect Manchester United to play so conservatively. Where did Manchester United, which scored 20 goals in the first 56 rounds and topped the Premier League in terms of attack power, even the five major leagues?

Wenger originally thought that Ferguson would attack vigorously in this game. For this game, Wenger was well prepared. It can be said that he has a lot of experience in playing against Manchester United again, but he did not expect that this time, Ferguson would be scared .

In the face of Manchester United's almost rogue conservative style of play, neither Wenger nor Arsenal have any good solutions.

Thirty minutes into the game, the total number of shots from both sides was only five, of which Manchester United took one shot and Arsenal took four shots, most of which were from long distances. This shows that this game is boring on the offensive end.

"Goal," Wenger said to his assistant Pat Rice. "You have to score in the first half, otherwise the second half will be more difficult."

Arsenal's legendary right-back nodded approvingly. Judging from Manchester United's conservative tactics, it can be seen that Manchester United's goal today is to score one point in the away game. If the result of the first half game is 0:0, this will only stimulate the Manchester United coach. Ferguson continued to stick to this tedious conservative tactic.

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Wenger said he was going to score and the goal came.

When the game progressed to No.309 minutes, the goal finally appeared. Manchester United broke the deadlock with their second shot in the game.

"GOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Yin Jun——!!! Beautiful long shot! This is Yin Jun's signature way of scoring goals!" Lineker stood up, clenched his fists and shouted loudly.

"It was an accidental goal, Fletcher pressed Reyes, who scrambled the ball, Ji-sung Park and Gilberto Silva went up for the ball, the Brazilian slid a tackle and the football accidentally flew into the Arsenal half, After Yin Jun got the ball, he dribbled the ball for a certain distance, and suddenly took a long shot before Arsenal's defense closed. The captain of Manchester United delivered a fatal blow at No.309 minutes in the first half! Manchester United scored 1:0 in the away game Lead!"

Manchester United players were celebrating a goal. Yin Jun ran to the stands of the visiting team fans and made an encouraging gesture to the Manchester United fans. Afterwards, he was surrounded by his teammates.

Manchester United's attack originated from Fletcher's pressing. After Yin Jun scored, Fletcher was very happy. He ran over and celebrated the goal together.

Huge boos erupted at Highbury Stadium. Arsenal fans were not friendly to Yin Jun.

Amidst the boos, Yin Jun continued to celebrate the goal wildly with his teammates, which obviously stimulated the Arsenal fans even more.

"Although there is no evidence that Yin Jun is provoking Arsenal fans, his celebration clearly dislikes Highbury Stadium." Lineker shook his head and said.

Ferguson, who was on the visiting team's bench, was also very proud. He said to Queiroz: "Carlos, everything is under my control."

Queiroz didn't speak, but gave him a thumbs up.

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5 minutes later.

"F**K!" Ferguson was furious from the sidelines.

Not far away, his counterpart Arsene Wenger pumped his fists in excitement from the sidelines.

"Offside! This is an offside ball!" Ferguson roared from the sidelines, and returned to the coach's bench angrily after being severely warned by the referee Graham Ball.

Perhaps it was the 1:0 lead that made Manchester United's players a little slack. Arsenal got a free kick in the frontcourt. Pires took a free kick into the penalty area. Henry headed back and Reyes scored from the back. .

When the Frenchman took off, Ferdinand, who was defending him, did not take off at all. He watched as the Arsenal captain made a successful ferry. When Reyes shot, there was no one around him. Vidic, who was closest to him, just raised his hand. , he signaled for Reyes to be offside.

Ferguson could see clearly that Reyes was indeed onside when Henry's header was ferried, but this did not prevent him from protesting to the referee: What if the referee really believed it?

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In fact, there is no chance, the referee Ball judged that Reyes was not offside, and Arsenal's goal was valid.

The equalizer boosted Arsenal's morale.

Facing Arsenal, whose team was attacking and attacking at the last moment of the first half, Manchester United chose to defend with all their strength.

With a few minutes left in the game, the game was deadlocked.

In the end, both sides failed to score again in the last few minutes of the first half, and the first half ended 1:1.

In the player tunnel, Ferguson was still negotiating with the referee, and he emphasized that the ball was suspected of being offside.The referee Ball told Ferguson that he saw clearly that there was no offside.

"Are you sure?" Ferguson asked suspiciously.

"I'm [-]% sure." Graham Ball looked serious.

"Well, I believe you." Ferguson nodded. "As we all know, you are a very good and trustworthy referee."

Hearing this, Graham Ball, who was a little upset in his heart, smiled.

As a referee, it is very difficult to be recognized by Ferguson!
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In the visiting dressing room at Highbury, Ferguson was yelling at the players: "What the hell is going on in your mind? Got your eyeball in the dog's mouth? Don't forget, our opponent is Arsenal, don't think I'm going to I used to say that Arsenal is not our opponent some days, don't think that you can't see their names at the front of the standings, don't think that they haven't won us in the league for more than three years, don't take Arsenal as one thing !"

The locker room suddenly burst into laughter. If Wenger heard what the old man said, he didn't know what expression he would make.

Ferguson stared at the players and said with a dark face, "Why are you laughing? I'm serious. Be serious."

Ferguson knocked on the table and continued: "The back line needs to review the goal. When the goal is lost, the focus is obviously not enough."

Under Ferguson's gaze, the two central defenders, Ferdinand and Vidic, drooped their heads like quails. They both made major mistakes because of the conceded goal.

Even Gary Neville and Evra, who didn't have much responsibility, looked very nervous.

After teaching the back line a lesson, Ferguson said again: "We are not satisfied with the score of 1:1, and Arsenal are even more dissatisfied. Therefore, in the second half of the game, Arsenal will still strengthen their offense. And our tactic is still to stabilize the defense first. , and then hit Arsenal's counterattack."

Ferguson raised his voice and said loudly: "The focus of our attack is—"

Ferguson drew a circle heavily on Cesc Fabregas' name on the tactical board, knocked it several times in a row, and said like gnashing his teeth: "Hold him! Shock him!"

(End of this chapter)