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Chapter 321 Victory is the Antidote

Chapter 321 Victory is the Antidote

Amidst the exclamation of the fans, Van Persie's shot bypassed Van der Sar's block, but it still barely touched the crossbar and flew towards the audience.

Many Arsenal fans held their heads in disbelief, and some fans even cheered halfway and stopped forcibly.

On the other hand, the fans of Manchester United looked like they had survived the catastrophe, clutching their chests and expressing gratitude.

Watching the ball rub against the crossbar and fly to the bottom line, Van der Sar's heart finally fell to the ground.

In front of him, Van Persie buried his head deeply in the turf, scratching his scalp with both hands and looking annoyed.

Seeing this, Vidic also stopped in relief and let out a long breath.

"Are you all right?"

Van Persie, who was upset, heard the voice in his ear, and when he looked up, he saw Mu Jianfeng looking at him with concern, and at the same time stretched out a hand to him, as if to pull him up.

Originally, Van Persie wanted to shake off Mu Jianfeng's hand, because compared to this newcomer, his relationship with Cesc Fabregas is still better. After all, they joined the team at about the same time, and the step by step today is by no means Mu Jianfeng. It can be compared in a few months.

But soon he thought of the recent rumors about Cesc Fabregas leaving the team and the current live broadcast of the Champions League final. If he refused, it would definitely cause an uproar and expose the conflict in the locker room.

This is the most unbearable thing for the boss, and next year is his contract renewal year. If the boss feels dissatisfied and doesn't speak up for him when the contract is renewed, maybe he won't be able to raise his salary.

Thinking of this, Fan Persie stretched out his hand indifferently, grabbed Mu Jianfeng's big hand, and stood up with his strength.

But he didn't have much communication with Mu Jianfeng, but quickly turned around and ran towards the midfield.

This scene was recorded live, but most of the audience thought it was Van Persie's displeasure at not scoring a goal just now, but no one thought of the conflict in the locker room.

Mu Jianfeng also had some mental preparations for this, and he didn't pay much attention to it, and ran slowly towards the middle circle behind Van Persie.

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This "survival" has made Manchester United more cautious. Manchester United players have become more rigorous in defense, almost seamlessly, leaving no room for Arsenal.

Especially in Manchester United's penalty area, it has almost reached the point of "shoulder to shoulder"!

This makes the Arsenal players who are used to passing the ball into the small penalty area and even "passing" the ball into the goal feel very uncomfortable.

Therefore, although Arsenal almost besieged Manchester United's half in just 10 minutes after the opening of the second half, it had little effect.

But in these 10 minutes, many fans and commentators now found that Mu Jianfeng rarely appeared in the live broadcast of Arsenal's attack...

As we all know, live broadcast cameras generally follow the football. When a player does not appear in the camera for a long time, it proves that he either did not take the initiative to participate in the team's offense, or he did not touch the ball!

But almost everyone can see Mu Jianfeng running hard when Manchester United counterattacks. It can be seen that he is not less involved in the offense because of less running like Manchester United's "handsome brother" Berbatov.

Therefore, it means that Mu Jianfeng rarely receives the team's pass!

This made many people wonder why Mu Jianfeng, an excellent player, was allowed to stay out of the team's offensive system when the team was behind.

Is Wenger's tactical arrangement?

This made everyone a little confused, even "Old Sir" Ferguson on the sidelines.

For this reason, he even specifically told his disciples to pay attention to Mu Jianfeng at any time during the defense and not to miss the opponent.

But the reality is that even if Mu Jianfeng ran out of space, few Arsenal teammates would pass the ball to him.

Only Mu Jianfeng understood in his heart that although his teammates didn't speak out, they obviously didn't approve of his behavior of "provoking the elders" in the midfield, and even disliked him.

So at this time, even though he tried very hard to participate in the team's offense, the ball was still revolving around him.

Even gradually, Manchester United's players relaxed their defense against him. Instead, Mu Jianfeng often took the initiative to find Manchester United's defensive players and worked hard to act as "obstacles" to create opportunities for his teammates.

Mu Jianfeng's efforts were all seen by his teammates, so as the game progressed, many people's resistance to Mu Jianfeng gradually decreased...

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The score on the field is still 1:0, and Manchester United maintains the lead by one goal.

Arsenal are still trying to actively seek opportunities to attack.

And beware of Rooney, who is ready to sprint again at any time, and "Little Pea" Hernandez, who runs erratically.

In the 64th minute of the second half, Arsenal's defensive players once again ended a counterattack by Manchester United's players in embarrassment. Szczesny just wanted to launch a fast break with the ball, but was a little disappointed to find that Manchester United's players had already returned. in their respective defensive positions.

The ball that was almost thrown out of his hand was hugged back to his chest by him, and it took him a long time to helplessly kick it to the feet of Ramsey who ran back to meet him.

After Ramsey held the ball, he slowly advanced in the middle. At this time, only Park Ji-sung came up, and he retreated slowly while swinging his legs in a defensive posture.

Manchester United's tactics are very simple. They even gave up the midfield competition, but hoarded heavy troops near their penalty area, and gave up the other areas to Arsenal.

As long as Arsenal attack and they steal the ball, they will immediately launch a wave of counterattacks.

And Arsenal, who fell behind, had to charge again and again.

This time, as before, Ramsey didn't take the initiative to step forward to defend until Ramsey entered the opponent's half and out of the center circle.

And Park Ji-sung is still standing in front of Ramsey, ready to block his passing route.

At this time, Ramsey passed the ball to Alexander Song on the side, and Park Ji-sung, who was helping to defend, quickly posted it this time.

Because in the Premier League, Alexander Song has a very good long pass ability while completing defensive tasks!

Many times the stalemate in the game was due to his connection with Van Persie to complete the final lore.

So Ferguson specifically emphasized this point when arranging tactics before the game.

Seeing Park Ji-sung's close-to-body marking, Song tried to squeeze the opponent away with his body to no avail, so he had no choice but to pass the ball to Ramsey again.

Ramsey observed the running position of his teammates before receiving the ball, and kicked the ball to Nasri who was cruising on the wing.

After Nasri received the ball, it was the Brazilian teenager Fabio who defended him head-on.

It was the first time for this Brazilian teenager to appear on a stage that attracted much attention like the Champions League, so he was a little excited at the moment, but this excitement couldn't hide his nervousness.

When facing Nasri at this moment, Fabio carefully kept a certain distance from Nasri to prevent the opponent from breaking through.

Nasri, who was holding the ball, didn't dare to make a breakthrough when he saw this. At this time, he glanced into the penalty area, but saw Mu Jianfeng, who was still standing in the crowd of Manchester United's penalty area as before.

At the same time, Nasri also decisively noticed that Manchester United's defensive players were obviously a little lax in defending Mu Jianfeng, and most of the defensive attention was placed on Van Persie, who was swimming in the penalty area like a fish.

"Pass the ball!"

At this moment, Wenger's loud roar came from the sidelines!

Wenger has been observing the situation on the court for a long time, although he also does not support Mu Jianfeng's way of throwing his fist at Fabregas.

But it is undeniable that, as Uncle Rice Pat Rice said, Mu Jianfeng's actions have disturbed the stagnant pool of Arsenal.

This can be seen from the attitude of the Arsenal players in the second half.

So he didn't say anything about the players' behavior of isolating Mu Jianfeng for more than ten minutes in the second half.

But as time passed, the desire for the Champions League finally made this elegant old coach more and more anxious.

Seeing that at this moment, when Van Persie was completely locked up, the Arsenal players still hadn't passed the ball to Mu Jianfeng, he couldn't help but finally yelled!

Seeing his coach speak, the last hesitation in Nasri's heart finally dissipated. He decisively kicked a pass, and the ball drew a high arc and flew into the penalty area!

At this time, Nasri's pass was not paid too much attention by Manchester United's defensive players at the beginning. Their instinctive reaction was to lock Van Persie, just like several times before.

But immediately, they found that the target of this pass was obviously not Van Persie, but Mu Jianfeng who had run empty several times before!

At this moment, Ferdinand quickly cheered up, tried hard to resist Mu Jianfeng's position, and tried to push him away.

But right away, he found that he seemed to be competing with a hill, and the opponent's body was not moving at all!

Just when Ferdinand was surprised, the ball had already flown above Mu Jianfeng's head, and Ferdinand moved quickly, trying to go around and defend.

At the same time, he also added some hidden tricks to his hands, trying his best to interfere with Mu Jianfeng's jump.

But Mu Jianfeng immediately took a step forward, making Ferdinand's running position come to nothing, then bent his knees slightly, and jumped up one meter away from Ferdinand's predicted landing point!

This time, Ferdinand was stunned!

He just stared blankly at Mu Jianfeng jumping high in the air as if he had put on wings, and at the same time, in his eyes, the scene in front of him seemed to be still!

If it wasn't for the ball that appeared in front of Mu Jianfeng in the blink of an eye!

At this moment, the ball suddenly fell in flight, so Mu Jianfeng, who jumped high, had to catch the ball with his chest, and failed to complete the header.

But at this time, Mu Jianfeng still has many shooting possibilities. He can unload the ball to his side and complete the shot!

It is also possible to complete a volley without waiting for the ball to hit the ground.

But at the next moment, to everyone's surprise, Mu Jianfeng did not choose to continue shooting, but twisted his body in the air, and bounced the ball to the front of the penalty area with his chest!

This made the Manchester United defenders who had thrown Mu Jianfeng down and surrounded him again empty-handed!

The next moment, in the direction of Mu Jianfeng passing the ball, a red and white figure suddenly appeared in the empty place!

It's Van Persie!

Van Persie appeared in that gap like a ghost!

To be honest, although Van Persie almost instinctively ran over seeing that defensive gap, he didn't have any idea that he would get a pass from his teammate there.

But almost the moment he ran into position, the ball appeared in front of him!

This kind of sympathy between Boya and Ziqi makes Van Persie feel as comfortable as eating ginseng fruit at this moment!

Of course, this time he didn't let distracting thoughts affect him. At this moment, his eyes were shining with determination, he directly raised his arch, aimed at the dead corner of the goal and shot!

The Manchester United goalkeeper's sight was blocked, and he didn't see Van Persie's kick at all. When the ball flashed out of the crowd, it was too late for him to make a save!

I saw the ball, like a naughty little mouse, scurrying into the goal against the turf!

The next moment, there were deafening cheers from the Arsenal fans!

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(End of this chapter)