Strong Waist

Chapter 106: The goal that rekindles confidence

After missing this opportunity, Manchester United became even more passive.

On the other hand, Arsenal once again accelerated the pace of attack.

In particular, Odegaard's performance became more positive.

His running has no intention of stopping at all, and he keeps running all over the field to perform offensive and defensive work.

Again, he will even retreat to his own penalty area to defend.

There is no problem with fighting spirit.

However, based on several missed scoring opportunities before, this caused Odegaard to have some psychological barriers in shooting.

He started passing the ball more to his teammates, allowing them to take shots.

Sometimes, he's in a better position, but still passes the ball.

Odegaard became hesitant when shooting.

"Hey! Don't pass the ball, it's your turn to shoot!"

Lucky kept reminding Odegaard in the backcourt.

But at this time, Odegaard already had a fear of shooting.

If he still fails to score after taking several shots, it will be a huge blow to him.

People will always fall into a state of entanglement and protect themselves at such times.

And this also makes Odegaard good in organization, but his final kick is a bit uninteresting.

"Odegaard had some obstacles in shooting and he started to avoid shooting."

Paul Mawson said seriously.

Dixon: "I have to say that the previous few shots failed to score, which put a lot of psychological pressure on the young player, which is also the key to this problem."

Carragher finally spoke: "For young players, especially this kind of confrontation between giants, there is a lot of pressure on them, not to mention that Odegaard's previous shots failed to achieve results, but this kind of confrontation has put a lot of pressure on them." He can only overcome things by himself, no one can help him.”

Neville: ""

Neville didn't speak, and he didn't want to speak either.

Seeing Manchester United being suppressed at Old Trafford, his heart was filled with anger.

The others understood this too and refrained from provoking Neville further.

I guess I have to wait until he calms down a bit.

During the game, Arsenal players also felt that something was wrong with Odegaard.

But they couldn't care too much at this time.

Despite being in the lead.

But you still can't be careless.

The game time has entered 40 minutes, and there are only five minutes left before the end of the first half.

But during this period, while Arsenal stabilized their defense, they still did not relax their intention to counterattack.

At this time, Odegaard was observing the movement of his teammates in the frontcourt, and then after receiving Kante's pass, he directly passed it horizontally to Aubameyang.

Aubameyang passed the ball directly to the ball.

The ball flew to the space on the right, where Mane also hurriedly moved forward.

Mane and Bailly were pushing each other towards the landing point.

But Mane's speed was obviously faster, and he was advancing forward bit by bit.

Bailly also felt that he was gradually falling behind. When Mane touched the ball for the first time, he dunked inward.

At the same time, he stopped suddenly, and after Bailly passed in front of him, he immediately entered the penalty area laterally.

Seeing that the situation had changed drastically, Bailey followed up with two steps. Under the huge pressure, he hit Mane's back directly with his body.

Mane also understood very well. He screamed and fell to the ground.

The position where he fell to the ground happened to be in the penalty area.

"Bailey!

This foul shouldn't happen! "

Seeing that Mane has entered the penalty area, but still commits such a foul, isn't this giving the opponent a penalty kick?

Bailey's expression at this time was also extremely confused.

Apparently, he didn't notice that Mane had entered the penalty area.

He thought about committing a tactical foul before the opponent entered the penalty area, but in desperation, he directly gave the opponent a penalty kick.

The referee ran over, took the initiative to show Bailly a yellow card, and pointed to the penalty spot.

"Shit!"

Neville held his head, he no longer had the courage to continue reading.

This game was a disaster.

After falling behind, they gave Arsenal a penalty kick.

This is simply not ridiculous.

Mane picked up the ball from the ground and immediately handed it to Lucky who was running over.

As the team's number one penalty kicker, Lucky must take the penalty kick.

However, Lucky did not leave after receiving the ball.

"Man, I hope I can give Odegaard a penalty for this ball!"

Lucky took the initiative to discuss with Mane.

In fact, he didn't have to do this, but the penalty was created by Mane. Out of respect for Mane, Lucky asked.

If Mane really objects, Lucky will take the penalty himself.

"You know, he missed a lot of goals and he needs some encouragement."

Hearing this, Mane also understood what Lucky meant.

The most important thing is that the captain has spoken, and he has no reason to refuse.

"Okay! Captain, you just have to make the decision."

Lucky smiled and patted Manet on the shoulder: "Thank you for your kindness, man!"

After saying that, Lucky turned around and walked towards Odegaard, stuffing the ball directly into Odegaard's arms.

Odegaard was stunned.

Is this asking him to take a penalty kick?

"Remember! Just like in training, your penalty kick is very good, you have to be more confident, and Manchester United does not collect comprehensive information about you, so you have a great chance to score this goal, but the most important thing is It’s confidence!”

Lucky patted Odegaard on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead and score a penalty kick to expand our score."

Odegaard was almost pushed into the penalty area by Lucky.

He numbly placed the ball at the penalty spot and looked blankly at the Manchester United goal.

At this time, everyone also noticed the changes.

"Odegaard took the penalty kick? Kai gave the right to the penalty kick to Odegaard!"

Paul Mawson was surprised.

Dixon understood immediately.

"This is about cultivating self-confidence. Odegaard failed to score in his previous shots, which made him resist shooting in his subsequent performance!"

"And Kai plans to use this method to regain his confidence!"

Carragher: "What if the penalty is missed? Wouldn't this further destroy the opponent's confidence?"

Neville said a little irritably: "But the benefits are greater. If you can't bear this pressure, don't talk about the future."

Under the attention of everyone, Odegaard's eyes gradually began to change.

From the initial confusion, he gradually became determined.

At the referee's signal, Odegaard wiped away his sweat and patted his cheek gently to cheer himself up.

Immediately, he slowly retreated to open up the running space.

De Gea also looked at Odegaard with all his attention.

Compared with Lucky, this young player's penalty kicks are still not so stable.

There is a chance to save.

De Gea began to disturb Odegaard by twisting left and right in front of the goal.

But Odde didn't even raise his head, or even look at the goal.

At this moment, the entire Old Trafford stadium was silent.

Penalty kicks are always the most direct and cruel method.

This is true for both penalty kickers and goalkeepers.

They are all under a lot of pressure.

Beep!

A sharp whistle sounded.

Odegaard suddenly took a run.

He didn't hesitate at all, and the rhythm of his run-up did not change, and he pushed the ball straight towards the goal.

"In the middle of the hit! De Gea dived to the left and the ball went in!

! "

Paul Merson roared: "What kind of courage and confidence is this! Hitting directly in the middle is beyond our imagination. The young player Odegaard used a wonderful penalty kick to break Manchester United's goal!"

"After this penalty, Arsenal temporarily leads Manchester United 2:0!"

After Odegaard scored, he was also quite excited.

After he rushed to the corner to celebrate, he then rushed towards Lucky.

He jumped on Lucky's back and waved his arms vigorously.

This goal made Odegaard's knot and fear disappear.

My heart becomes extremely clear.

Between success and failure, there is often just a line, an idea.

Just like now, Odegaard will become more tenacious based on this goal.

Of course, he was extremely grateful to Lucai for all this.

After all, it was Lucky who took the initiative to give him a penalty kick and convinced his teammates.

Of course, Odegaard did not forget Mane. After all, this goal was an opportunity created by Mane.

In the final period of the first half, Arsenal expanded the score.