From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 288 Declaration of Victory

According to FIFA rules, when both players are at half-time, there is no offside.

Mertesacker crossed the center line, inside the center circle, about two meters away from the center line.

Di Natale is running towards the opponent's half. He is the player closest to the center line.

It is impossible for Bruno to observe which of the three directions is more suitable to pass the ball in an instant. In that case, when he passes the ball, all three people will probably be offside.

After Bruno moved the football away, he did not continue to dribble the ball, but directly kicked the football forward with force.

Just as he kicked the ball, Di Natale, who was accelerating and sprinting, just stepped on the center line with his front foot, behind Mertesacker!

Seeing Bruno passing the ball, Mertesacker did not turn around and chase after him immediately. Instead, he stood there and raised his hand to signal that Di Natale was offside.

From the corner of his eye, he clearly saw Di Natale behind him.

In the Arsenal captain's subconscious mind, the opponent must have been offside.

He has forgotten another possibility, which is actually a fact, that is, he has crossed the center line.

"Idiot!" Seeing his action, Koscielny, who was chasing after him desperately, couldn't help but cursed his partner in his heart.

He could see it clearly. Di Natale was still in Udinese's half. How could such a ball be offside?

The French central defender stalked back and signaled Mertesacker to quickly return to defense.

There were other Arsenal players who turned back like him: left back Monreal, right back Bellerin, midfielder Coquelin, Bad Beggar...

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When Di Natale crossed the midline, Immobile and Adnan also crossed the midline.

For a time, three Udinese players wearing blue jerseys rushed to the front, while six Arsenal players wearing red and white jerseys were chasing after them. The scene was quite spectacular.

Bruno's passing force is very powerful, which ensures that Di Natale will have a wide sprint space, but at the same time, it will also cause the opponent's goalkeeper to abandon the goal and try to destroy the football before Di Natale.

Let's see who is faster!

Di Natale gritted his teeth and sprinted, accelerating and accelerating.

The captain of Udinese is not a fast forward, and he is getting older and his speed is even slower. But at this moment, he ran forward with all his strength, and his speed was not too slow.

On the other side, Arsenal's goalkeeper Cech decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.

Two people rush towards the football from two different directions. Who can touch the football first in the end?

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After Bruno completed the pass, he did not continue to run up, but stood there quietly waiting for the result.

If he had played as an attacking midfielder in the past, he would have quickly moved forward after passing the ball and participated in the attack.

But today he is the team's midfielder and shoulders a heavy defensive task. He has to stay in the backcourt to prevent the ball from falling to Arsenal's feet, thereby once again beating Udinese's quick counterattack.

Di Natale and Cech seemed to have arrived at the landing spot of the football almost at the same time, but when the two collided, the football leaked out from one side and bounced towards the center!

"It was Di Natale who touched the ball first, his pass!"

Immobile is Udinese's only player in the middle, and behind him is a huge lineup of pursuers: Koscielny, Bad Beggar and Coquelin, as well as the awakening Mertesacker. .

And what about in front of him? It is a huge penalty area and an empty goal.

"This is simply the best chance! Thirty minutes into the game, Udinese finally got back to their best chance, a better chance than three minutes in! There is no better chance than this - Cech made a mistake and did not destroy the football. Instead, Di Natale poked the football into the middle..."

Already, some Udinese fans couldn't help raising their arms, ready to cheer.

Those Udinese fans who had no way to go to the scene and could only watch and listen to the game in front of the TV and radio were so nervous that they clenched their fists and leaned forward, anxiously waiting for the result.

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Di Natale and Cech collided, and the two of them fell to the ground. Di Natale did not get up, while Cech turned and pounced back on his hands and feet.

He knew what it meant if he didn't touch the ball: the gates were wide open!

For Immobile, what he has to do is simple: stabilize his emotions and shoot the football into the empty goal 20 meters in front!

"Stop taking it, just shoot!!" Assistant coach Portolucci shouted nervously from the sidelines. He was afraid that Immobile would stick to the ball at this time and lose this excellent offensive opportunity.

In fact, he was shouting in vain. At this moment, the Emirates Stadium was filled with harsh boos. They were the desperate and painful moans of the Arsenal fans in the stands. Immobile couldn't hear anything at all!

The football was finally picked up by Immobile, and what he had to do was simple.

But the simpler it is, the more people will hesitate: Should I shoot directly, or should I move forward and enter the penalty area to shoot? That's safer, right?

"Shoot-!!" Udinese fans in the stands shouted when they saw this scene.

"Shoot! Damn it..." Portolucci yelled again when he saw Immobile didn't take a shot immediately.

At this moment, he saw Immobile push and shoot, and the football flew from outside the penalty area to the goal inside the penalty area. But no one dares to say that football will go in until the last moment, because there are many examples of great opportunities in football matches that are missed.

Will Immobile be that unlucky guy?

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Some Arsenal fans were so nervous that they blew into the field, as if this would make Immobile's football miss the goal.

But they are just wasting their efforts!

After Immobile finished his shot, he stood there, waiting for the result.

Koscielny and Mertesacker ran past him one after another, and Beggar and Coquelin had already given up. Only these two central defenders had not given up yet and were about to save the football from the goal line.

It's just that this goal is unstoppable.

When they ran to the small penalty area line, the football had already crossed the goal line!

After Bruno completed the goal, he stood behind and watched the entire scoring process. When Immobile scored the football into the empty goal, he raised his hands, clenched his fists and pointed to the sky!

He didn't cheer, jump, or run around.

He just stood there, like a powerful statue.

Later, he was quickly hugged from behind by Badu with a scream.

More teammates passed by their company and opened their arms to pounce on Immobile in front.

Di Natale also got up from the ground and threw himself at Immobile.

The Emirates Stadium did not fall into silence because of this goal. On the contrary, the stadium became even crazier.

Arsenal fans were booing more harshly to express their dissatisfaction with the goal and their disgust with the Udinese players.

The Udinese fans desperately sang the Udinese team anthem or shouted Immobile's name.

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"Di Natale and Cech collided and the ball was thrust towards him... Immobile! Immobile! Immobile - GOL! GOL!! GOL!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!" "The Italian commentator roared passionately.

"Udinese actually led Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium! Arsenal, which besieged Udinese for thirty minutes, did not score a goal, but conceded a goal! This is football! Strength does not bring absolute victory. Well done to the Udinese boys!"

People have the idea of ​​​​sympathizing with the weak, and between Arsenal and Udinese, Udinese looks more like the weak side, even though they only won Serie A and the Champions League last season, and even became the fifth consecutive year. The championship team, but compared with the world-famous Gunners Arsenal, people still subconsciously regard Udinese as a weakling.

Therefore, seeing Udinese dare to challenge Arsenal's hegemony, the commentator vigorously applauded Udinese.

Immobile and Di Natale ran back surrounded by their teammates and hugged Bruno, who instigated the attack for them. But in the crowd, they were not celebrating the goal, but discussing what to do next.

"We are ahead, but I think it is not enough. If possible, we should score again!" These are the words of Di Natale. The Udinese captain is not satisfied with a one-goal lead, because a one-goal lead is very dangerous.

"I think so too." Immobile agreed with Di Natale's words. The two put their arms around each other's shoulders and looked very intimate.

"Yes, we should continue to pursue goals, but we cannot press them out." Bruno said.

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The teammates gathered in a circle looked at him. Off the court, the head coach Mr. Guidolin had the final say, but on the court, it was the team commander Bruno who had the final say.

He is always able to understand and implement the head coach's tactics very well, so many times what he says is equal to the head coach's intention.

"We continue to defend and counterattack, just like we did before we scored. We have to be patient enough. Maybe we won't be able to score until the end of the first half and we won't have a good chance. I think not conceding a goal is better than scoring at the moment. The ball is more important, I decide when to counterattack, you all listen to me."

When Bruno said this, he didn't feel anything wrong at all.

As for his teammates, no one thought there was anything wrong with what he said.

Everything is natural, because they have always listened to Bruno on the court. Even if Bruno doesn't speak, they still play around Bruno.

Bruno looked at his teammates, and he saw confidence on their faces, which were completely different from the expressions on their faces.

It seemed like this goal was a catalyst that left no one in doubt about winning the game.

"Before the end of the first half, stay on the counterattack. If you don't have a good chance, don't counterattack. Keep defending. You can't let them score anyway." Bruno stretched out his hand.

Di Natale stacked up, then Immobile, and more people put their hands on it.

"Kill Arsenal!!!"

A group of people issued a declaration of victory.

(End of this chapter)