Chapter 549: The Hot-Headed Arsenal Player

"Why didn't he pass the ball?" Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief and turned to ask Faria.

"Maybe he wants to continue to break through and look for better opportunities." Faria guessed.

"That's already a good opportunity." Carrick disagreed with this view. Ashley Young has a strong fighting ability and will not give up if he bites. Sanchez chose to pass Ashley Young and then pass. Ball, not wise.

The three people looked at each other, which was indeed a bit strange.

Mourinho had a vague guess and stared at the field. To be precise, he was staring at Sanchez.

He wanted to see if Sanchez would insist on passing Ashley Young before passing the ball the next time he faced Ashley Young.

Then, in the 41st minute of the game, Manchester United counterattacked and Ibrahimovic's shot slipped past the goal. Mourinho ignored his regrets and saw Arsenal's attack coming again.

Arsenal still insists on playing on the right, and Sanchez still chooses to force Ashley Young. Then, Ashley Young struggled with Sanchez until near the baseline. Finally, after the football was touched by Ashley Young, it touched Sanchez and then went out of the baseline.

Arsenal didn't even get a corner kick alive.

Mourinho smiled, he understood a little bit.

Faria also understood. He came over and whispered, "Are we afraid we have met a tough guy?"

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Mourinho and Faria judged that Sanchez and Ashley Young were in conflict.

This situation is not too uncommon on the football field. Two players, especially opposite players, can easily get angry.

Obviously, Sanchez failed to force Ashley Young the first time, and then he was not convinced and tried again, but the result was still unsuccessful.

Hey! I didn’t believe it, and then the third time.

I still don’t believe this is evil, the fourth time...

In this way, Sanchez is at odds with Ashley Young.

This is when the anger comes out.

Mourinho is no stranger to Sanchez. When he coached Real Madrid, Sanchez played for Barcelona, ​​and the two teams played against each other frequently; and when he entered the palace for the second time at Chelsea and now takes over as the coach of Manchester United, Sanchez is the same. Arsenal's thighs also have many opportunities to play against each other, so Mourinho has an understanding of Sanchez's technical characteristics and abilities.

This small Chilean player is somewhat similar to Chelsea's number one star Hazard. They both have strong bodies and strong individual combat capabilities. They are especially good at breaking through with the ball at high speed. They can not only score goals by themselves, but also attack in the attack. In the process, he looks for opportunities to pass fatal passes to his teammates.

His outstanding personal abilities allowed him to quickly become the team's leading figure after joining Arsenal.

Originally, Mourinho was quite optimistic about Sanchez and had intended to bring him to Old Trafford last summer to partner with Harry Kane and Rashford to form a front three.

But after careful weighing, Mourinho still chose Mbappe.

In addition to Mbappe being younger, this also has a lot to do with the player's character.

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The character of Sanchez as a player, to put it nicely, Sanchez is naive and stubborn. To put it bluntly, playing football is too unique.

To put it bluntly, the Chilean winger is too easy to "get on": if he fails once, he will do it a second time without hesitation, and if it doesn't work, he will continue. Serve yourself.”

This kind of single-minded playing style makes him perform well when he performs well, but when he performs poorly, he does not know how to adjust. He will just hit the south wall and never pass the ball.

This has a lot to do with the environment in which Sanchez grew up. His childhood upbringing gave him enough resilience. If he hadn't become a professional football player, this kid who was born in a slum in South America might have spent his whole life in chaos and poverty. Therefore, after truly living a prosperous and peaceful life, Sanchez's childhood memories also allowed Sanchez to maintain a humble attitude and perseverance.

But sometimes, perseverance can turn into a stubborn thing, like today.

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Subsequently, Arsenal's attack was still focused on the right, and Sanchez still asked Ashley Young for a one-on-one challenge.

This time, Ashley Young fought and retreated, ensuring that he would not be passed by and at the same time blocking Sanchez's inward route. In the end, Rashford, who returned to defense, helped Ashley Young double-team and successfully defended Sanchez.

This seemed to make Sanchez even more unhappy and unconvinced. He actually asked for help?

Mourinho applauded from the sidelines and applauded the team's successful defense.

"Why have Arsenal been seeking to break through from Manchester United's left?" Commentator Rio Ferdinand raised his own question.

"Perhaps Wenger thinks Ashley Young is a guest left back, not a genuine left back, and because he is older, this may be a breakthrough." Lineker said, "But obviously, Ashley "Young surprised Arsenal."

Sanchez played relatively independently. If Arsenal were ahead, this would not matter, but when the score was behind, Sanchez's behavior hurt morale.

Arsenal's several offensive attacks just died down.

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The staff raised the electronic sign indicating one minute of injury time in the first half. At this time, Manchester United's counterattack came.

Bruno, who was pulled to the left, dribbled the ball and passed Bellerin with a beautiful change of direction and wiping action. Then, without any hesitation, he saw the space and immediately kicked the ball to the middle.

After Ibrahimovic got rid of Koscielny in front of the goal, he shot the ball from the front point.

Arsenal goalkeeper Ospina did not react to the ball at all. Fortunately, Monreal was in a good position. He blocked it with his foot on the goal line, and then the ball was cleared by Mustafi.

Outside the penalty area, Rashford stopped the ball with his chest and tried to take a long shot, but was pushed to the ground by Xhaka who rushed back to defend.

Mike Dean blew the whistle, indicating that Arsenal had committed a foul and awarded Manchester United a free kick in a very good position, but did not show a card to Xhaka who committed the foul.

This also caused dissatisfaction with Mourinho. He raised three fingers on the sidelines, meaning three times. This was the third time Xhaka committed a foul in the first half of the game, and the referee did not even issue a yellow card.

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Manchester United's free kick, Bruno's free kick was of good quality. However, Ospina made a good save this time, he saved the ball and gave a corner kick.

Bruno took the right corner kick, Ibrahimovic jumped high in front of the goal, he got in front of Koscielny and successfully hit Bruno's cross.

Because the distance was too close, Arsenal's goalkeeper Ospina had no reaction to the ball and could only watch the ball go into the goal!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLL!!!!!!!"

"Manchester United took a 2:0 lead! Arsenal suffered a heavy blow in the injury time of the first half!"

"wowowowow, Zlatan Ibrahimovic! This is definitely the scene that Wenger least wants to see, hahaha." Rio Ferdinand shouted, and excitement can be heard in his words. This is obviously watching the fun and not minding the big things.

As we all know, there are two head coaches who have grievances with Ibrahimovic. In addition to the current Manchester City head coach Guardiola, there is Arsenal head coach Wenger.

This also involves a public case. When Ibrahimovic was still very young, Wenger had taken a fancy to Ibrahimovic and wanted to sign the Swedish giant, but the professor insisted that Ibrahimovic should have a trial, but Ibrahimovic said, "I, Zlatan, never have a trial. If you want to buy me, just pay the money!"

As a result, everyone knows that the professor refused to pay, and then Ibrahimovic went to Ajax and started his legendary journey.

But since then, every time Ibrahimovic faces Wenger and Arsenal, he is particularly excited.

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The director obviously knows what the audience wants to see at this time, and immediately turns the camera to the sidelines. The old French man has a blank expression. Then the camera immediately gives Ibrahimovic, and the Swedish veteran is very excited, which can be seen from his facial expression: Ibrahimovic waved his fist and roared to the sky, and his face looked a little ferocious.

He has a grudge against Wenger, even though nearly twenty years have passed.

The camera gave a close-up of Wenger again, and the old man turned his head and walked straight to the players' corridor. It was obvious that Wenger was very angry and left the field early.

Half a minute later, Arsenal had just kicked off in the center circle, and the referee Mike Dean blew the whistle to end the first half.

At the end of the first half, Manchester United temporarily led Arsenal 2:0 at the new Wembley Stadium with goals from Harry Kane and Ibrahimovic.

Both forwards scored, and Mourinho's unexpected change of formation achieved excellent results.

Arsenal's players quickly left the field, and their expressions were not very good. Especially seeing Wenger leave angrily early, everyone's heart seemed to be covered with a layer of dark clouds.

"It can be imagined that there will definitely be a storm waiting for Arsenal players during the halftime break." Lineker said.

Where is Mourinho? The madman stood on the sidelines, high-fiving and hugging every player who left the field, patting their shoulders and saying a few words, with a brilliant smile on his face.

"Why do I feel like he did it on purpose?" Henry said, "If Wenger saw this, he would be furious."

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Carrick asked in a low voice.

"How is that possible?" Mourinho said innocently, looking at Arsenal assistant coach Pat Rice who was looking at him viciously.

Two minutes later, Arsenal assistant coach Pat Rice, who returned to the visiting team's locker room, found Wenger and muttered a few words.

Bang!

The professor, who was already gloomy, smashed the tactical board on the table directly, his expression was extremely angry.

He knew Mourinho did it on purpose, to make him angry.

Although he knew to stay calm and not be fooled, he was still very angry.

To be precise, he was even angrier.