Football King Bale

Chapter 539: Scored!

It is said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. The Saints, who have returned to the Premier League after seven years, do not want to lose to Manchester United in their first home game. In the first round at the Etihad Stadium, they only lost 2:3. It gave them courage and confidence. After all, Manchester City was the runner-up in the Premier League last season and is not much weaker than Manchester United.

And this courage paid off. In the 16th minute, Sneijder, who had just scored a goal and had not yet completely calmed down, made a mistake. When picking up the ball in the midfield, he slipped and was intercepted by Schneiderlin. After a coordinated pass, Peng Cheang took over from Davis. The ball was passed diagonally from the right corner of the penalty area. Lambert beat Rafael and scored with a header from close range. Southampton equalized the score.

The game takes place in this high-tempo confrontation. When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, there was a burst of warm cheers from the audience.

The scoreboard showed the final score of the first half, 1:2.

International practice is that the home team goes first and the visiting team goes last.

After being equalized by Southampton, Manchester United would naturally not be reconciled to this draw. Relying on their strength, they chased Southampton all the way.

With the support of the fans at the scene, the home team also showed extremely tenacity and did not allow Manchester United to get many opportunities. Only in the 23rd minute, Robin van Persie scored a goal.

After receiving the pass from Modric, Bell passed the ball to the far end from the left. Klein fell down while defending. Van Persie unloaded the ball on his chest without interference and then calmly volleyed with his left foot into the far corner. The ball hit Davis' calf and then penetrated. Into the right corner of the goal.

2:1, Manchester United once again exceeded the score.

Bell had several chances in the first half, but they were not very good, and the follow-up shot was always just a little bit behind. However, the two passes resulted in two assists, which is not a gain.

This made him look helpless when he walked off the court and saw Sneijder and others.

He really tried his best, but he was still just a little short of scoring.

He was also quite helpless about this. Can you blame Southampton's players for not cooperating with him?

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Bell has been fixed on the left in the first half and rarely enters the small penalty area. He didn't touch the ball when he entered the small penalty area. Otherwise, if he had triggered a decisive blow, he would have scored a goal.

"It doesn't matter, take your time, there is still the second half." Sneijder comforted Bell.

"Yeah, sometimes the more impatient you are, the harder it is to score.

"Evra also helped to persuade.

Southampton is Bell's birthplace. His teammates all know that Bell hopes to perform well here and also hope to help him score goals, but Southampton's defense against him is indeed too tight.

Bell patted the shoulders of his two teammates, shook his head, and walked off the court with a wry smile.

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After changing sides in the second half, Manchester United continued to launch a fierce attack on Southampton. The high-position pressing tactics are becoming more and more sophisticated, and the results are getting better and better.

Bell still kept running from the beginning, patiently looking for opportunities.

Facing a player like him and adopting such a style of play, it would be difficult for Southampton to completely restrict him.

However, before Bell or a Manchester United player scored, Southampton scored the second goal of the game.

In the 56th minute, Pengcheon passed the ball to Lambert. When the latter passed forward to the left, Evra accidentally slipped in the penalty area. The unmarked Schneiderlin easily bounced the ball over his head. Scored a goal to help Southampton equalize the score again.

However, not long after Southampton equalized the score, Bell scored the first goal of the game.

In the 59th minute, when Evra dribbled the ball to the 30-meter area in the front court, he faced the tight defense of two Southampton defenders, which made it difficult for the French left back to advance.

Bell quickly ran to the gap and raised his hand for the ball. Evra's ball came to Bell's feet. Knowing that there was no defensive player beside him, Bell stopped and turned around, and then dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area.

Van Persie chose to run diagonally from the center of the penalty area to the left side of the penalty area, which happened to open up the defensive player in the middle for Bell.

But Southampton was obviously more worried about Bell, with two defensive players blocking the front of the penalty area.

There was an interception in front and a pursuer behind. Bell chose to send the ball to the left side of the penalty area in an instant. Van Persie rushed over, and after stopping the ball, Southampton's defensive players couldn't care less about Bell, and they all pounced on Van Persie.

With the position of the Dutch center, anyone who receives the ball can turn around and hit the goal directly. And with Van Persie's shooting skills, if he starts smoothly from that position, there is basically no suspense about scoring.

Van Persie obviously knew the intentions of the Southampton defender very well. After blocking the defender with his body, he protected the ball and then passed it diagonally back to the top of the arc.

At this time, Bell had already run out of space again. With no one defending him, he stopped the ball and chased into the penalty area.

Southampton's Kevin's goalkeeper decisively abandoned the goal, but when he was halfway through, Bell had already pushed the ball and successfully sent the ball into the empty goal, 3:2!