Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 258 The Protagonist

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL~~~ The ball was scored~~~ An iconic free kick, the ball changed direction irregularly in mid-air, and fell rapidly when it flew to the goal." Two seasons ago, this kind of free kick belonged to Juninho Jr., but after the Brazilian midfielder retired, this kind of free kick has belonged to Li Shou.

In fact, Li Shou has already begun to think about whether he can improve, or play better. Li Shou, who has practiced free kicks for two seasons, is already very good.

"1:0~~~Arsenal's goal, a free kick from the goalkeeper" Li Shou once again became the most dazzling one on the field, but this time it was not because of a save but a goal.

"Oh~~~Arsenal's No. 11 is really confident. The moment the ball was kicked, he turned around and raised his hands to celebrate ahead of time." Everyone focused on the flying ball at first, so they didn't pay much attention to Li Shouna's behavior of celebrating in advance.

"God~~~ Didn't this guy think about not scoring?" But when Li Shou kicked a free kick, he thought he would score. As for his cupping, it was purely subconscious.

"A wonderful free kick, this is Li Shou's third free kick for Arsenal this season, and also the first free kick in the league," Zhan Jun said excitedly.

The position of the goalkeeper is not very good as the last line of defense, but it doesn't seem to be the case for Li Shou. Even defending Li Yi can still attract the attention of others. As for scoring goals, it doesn't care about the extra increase.

Li Shou's act of putting on the cup didn't last long. After the ball flew into the Manchester United goal, Arsenal players flocked to Li Shou.

"Li is really a reckless goalkeeper." Looking at Li Shou surrounded by his teammates, Andy Gray said suddenly.

"Hey~~~ Andy, for the sake of our good relationship, I want to remind you that if you speak ill of Li at this time, the windows in your house may be closed," Paul Merson said exaggeratedly.

"Paul, I'm a fan of Lee. I'm a fan of Arsenal. Is this how Arsenal treats their own people?" Andy Gray said immediately.

"And I didn't say anything bad about Li. What I said was "reckless" meaning that Li can block the opponent's free kick, but the opponent can't stop him, especially the goalkeeper position. In the current European football, who can be like Li Shou.

Not to mention the terrifying ability to guard the goal, he has not conceded a goal since joining Arsenal, and the success rate of free kicks is still [-]%.

On the sidelines, Wenger hugged the assistant coach excitedly and celebrated. To be honest, the surprise Li Shou gave him was too great, especially the current [-]% free kick success rate. Even if the ball went into Wenger, he still felt a little incredible.

The same is true for Van Gaal. Based on Li Shou's current performance, Van Gaal feels that if Manchester United loses this game in the end, it must be lost to Li Shou instead of Arsenal.

But it is obviously not Van Gaal's style to just give up like this. For the famous Dutch coach, this game itself cannot be lost, otherwise his life at Manchester United will be even more sad.

"I've decided, my ideal type in the future is Li Shouxi." At the same time, the girl named Zhien in the stands announced to her good sisters.

"Zhien~~~ How about O'Neill help you get Li Shouxi's phone number?" said the woman called O'Neill.

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On the field, Li Shou had already returned to the goal, and the game restarted. Although Arsenal had already taken the lead, the game was not really over yet.

And the lagging Manchester United also stood in a fierce counterattack. After the game restarted, Di Maria rushed into Arsenal's hinterland with the ball after receiving the pass, and forced a kick to shoot.

Although the media before the game said that this game will be a battle for Di Maria's proof, in fact, Di Maria's presence in this game has not been high so far.

The first half of this game belonged to De Gea, because Arsenal's strong Manchester United goalkeeper became the most active person in the first half, and the second half so far belonged to Li Shou.

First, he saved his own goal from his teammates, and then took advantage of a free kick to completely score the goal. Because of these two performances, Li Shou has even surpassed De Gea to become the protagonist of this game.

Di Maria's forced shot couldn't threaten Arsenal's goal at all, and Li Shou didn't even move, but Van Gaal, who was standing on the sidelines, was very angry.

Rooney, not far away, was raising his hand when Di Maria rushed outside the Arsenal penalty area, and at this time Rooney had already rushed into the penalty area and looked at Monreal.

But Di Maria, who was a little out of balance, ignored Rooney and chose to forcefully kick himself, and then hit an anti-aircraft gun ball and flew directly to the stands.

Manchester United is already at a disadvantage, there are not many opportunities, and they are facing a goalkeeper like Li Shou, but the most important point is that Manchester United is behind in the score. In this case, Di Maria's behavior can easily detonate Van Gaal.

After Di Maria finished the shot, Van Gaal asked Mata, Fletcher, and Januzaj to go out to warm up. Obviously, Van Gaal had already decided to replace Di Maria.

But Di Maria on the field ignored it. When Arsenal counterattacked when the shot was fruitless, the Argentine retreated to participate in the defense and shoveled Sanchez.

Sanchez played for Barcelona before moving to Arsenal, and Di Maria played for Real Madrid before coming to Manchester United. There is a lot to be seen from the two former clubs.

In addition, the two moved to the Premier League together this season, so the two have been compared a lot, and judging from the current performance, Sanchez is undoubtedly much better.

But there is a huge gap in the value of the two. Di Maria's transfer fee is almost twice that of Sanchez, so there is a different reason for Di Maria's shovel.

"Oh~~~ Sanchez and Di Maria are going to fight?" Sanchez, who was not injured, jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Di Maria, and the Argentine was not to be outdone, so the two were chest-to-chest, heads glaring at their opponents.

Faced with this situation, the referee McDean still did not draw his cards. To be honest, there were a lot of fouls committed by both sides in this game, but so far, McDean has not drawn his cards.

After sternly warning the two, this matter is considered to be over, and at this time Van Gaal on the sidelines made the second substitution decision of the game, replacing Di Maria with Juan Mata.

For this substitution, Di Maria and Juan Mata are actually very upset. The Argentine doesn't want to leave the field at this time, and he still wants to prove himself.

As for Juan Mata, he doesn’t want to play wide. Mata’s favorite position is the attacking midfielder, but this is Rooney’s job at Manchester United. Mata, who has not been able to play his favorite position, has bombarded Moyes, who has been fired by Manchester United.

I thought that the arrival of Van Gaal would change things, but in fact Mata can only appear on the wing so far.

(End of this chapter)