Chapter 29: Turning Point of the Century

At this time, Maguire was on the sidelines, looking at the court with great concentration.

His task was to limit Lukaku. Although the opponent was big, Maguire was not bad either.

And Maguire was in his rising period at this time. From Sheffield United to joining Hull City to enter the Premier League, he was very proud.

If he could perform well in this game, it would naturally be more beneficial to his future career.

Maguire was confident that he could limit Lukaku.

Substitutions in the first half were rare.

But at this time, Hull City had been forced to do nothing. Lukaku could not be restricted, which might cause the overall collapse of the back line.

They needed a sturdy player to have a 1v1 collision with Lukaku.

Soon, in the 32nd minute, Hull City made a substitution.

Maguire came on the court.

After the last game, Maguire had an excellent performance as a substitute, so Hull City fans were also looking forward to his performance and welcomed him with applause.

Lukaku frowned slightly when he looked at this guy's sturdy body.

It should be difficult to suppress such a player with the body.

Lucky was also looking at Maguire.

Maguire was full of vigor and energy at this time, and he did not look as naive as he did in Manchester United.

After Maguire got into position, he actively stuck to Lukaku.

Maguire even bumped Lukaku with his body, causing the latter to lean forward slightly. This was a provocation and a warning.

Maguire told Lukaku in this way not to try to get any more goals from him.

Lukaku is also a person who never gives up.

There will inevitably be a fight between the two in the penalty area.

It happened to be another corner kick for Arsenal.

Lucky walked into the penalty area to compete with Lukaku for the header.

Lucky could see that Maguire and Lukaku had already started to wrestle at this time.

Both of them were competing for the best header position in the middle.

Lukaku squeezed in desperately, but Maguire held on.

After Wilshere's free throw, Maguire suddenly released his strength, bypassed Lukaku very flexibly, and jumped up to clear the ball.

Wow!

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Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa!

The Hull City fans at the scene gave fierce applause.

Amid the applause, Maguire also loudly encouraged his teammates, and his expression was very proud.

In fact, Maguire's defense was really good this time.

Not only did he use his body to hold Lukaku, but he also completed a clearance.

Lucky quietly left the penalty area. He didn't want to be targeted by Maguire. Lucky might not be able to fight this guy before losing weight, let alone himself after losing weight.

This kind of bulky tank should be left to the tank to deal with.

"Harry Maguire, this English player has a strong physical ability. After he came on the court, he won the confrontation with Lukaku several times and helped his teammates to clear the ball, and Hull City's defense finally stabilized!"

Paul Mossen exclaimed.

It has to be said that it is not a good idea to confront Harry Maguire head-on.

Hull City coach McPherson also sat down again. The defense was finally stable. Next, it was time to consider how to counterattack.

However, time was running out at this time.

After a minute, the referee blew the whistle for the halftime break.

Maguire walked towards the locker room with a calm face, and waved and interacted with Hull City fans during the period.

On the other hand, Lukaku's face was a little ugly. In the confrontation with Maguire, he failed to win even once.

This performance made him very irritated.

In the locker room, Arsenal players had a heated discussion.

"That No. 5 of Hull City is not easy to deal with. He is very strong and difficult to squeeze in. He has excellent ability to predict the landing point. After blocking the position in the first time, we can't get the ball at all!"

"I will win the confrontation, believe me!"

"Romelu, we can try to cooperate!"

Everyone was discussing.

Mourinho was also looking for Maguire's information, but he was a newcomer after all, and he couldn't find much useful information, so there was no progress for a while.

"He turns very slowly!"

A voice suddenly came.

Everyone turned their heads and saw Lucky sitting on the bench and said, "Remember Mertesacker? Although it's not good to say this, how did we play tricks on him in the training match?"

"Let the wingers deal with this kind of players, using their flexible body change ability. Believe me, you can get past him with just two or even one change of direction!"

"So don't kick the ball towards the middle, which will only expand his advantage. Our goal is to lure him out!"

Lucky looked at Mourinho and said, "Coach, let me organize the second half. I know how to attack them!"

Seeing Lucky so confident, Mourinho pondered for a moment and nodded, "That's it, and we are in the lead now, so we don't have to play so anxiously!"

On the other side, in the Hull City locker room, everyone was praising Maguire.

Maguire himself was also praised a little bit.

He really is not afraid of any physical confrontation, as long as the opponent does not find his weakness.

Soon, the second half of the game is about to begin, and the players of both sides return to the field and the two sides change sides to fight again.

Lu Kai came to the position of central midfielder, and he will control the rhythm in the second half.

Arsenal kicked off first.

After Lekai passed the ball back, he began to retreat and asked his teammates to retreat as well, widening the width of the field.

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Under Arsenal's continuous passing, the positions of the players in the entire stadium began to become loose.

Compared with the fast-paced play in the first half, Arsenal began to use the width of the field in the second half, constantly involving the opponent's defense.

Maguire also felt a little uncomfortable.

Especially when he saw that the opponent was constantly widening the distance between him and the midfielder, and the defense of the entire field became scattered, Maguire became a little anxious.

Didn't the opponent see some problems?

How long has it been?

Maguire was a little uneasy and kept comforting himself.

At this time, Lekai was still passing the ball slowly and tempting the opponent's players to keep pressing forward.

Sure enough, under Lekai's operation, the opponent's players gradually couldn't help it and began to press.

Lekai also took advantage of the situation to enter the opponent's half, and kept passing the ball with his back to the goal.

In the 61st minute, after a long pass, Wilshere passed the ball to Lekai.

At this time, Lekai's position was just in front of the full-back, parallel to the opponent's back waist.

Wilshere's pass was too long, which also gave the opponent's players time to react. He quickly rushed to Lekai, and Hull City's full-back also rushed up.

Hull City's overall defense began to fall to Lekai's side.

At this time, Lekai was still with his back to the goal, and did not turn around.

Seeing this, the opponent's speed of grabbing the ball became faster.

Just when the opponent saw that Lekai was about to stop the ball, he suddenly rushed forward.

At this time, Lekai suddenly rubbed the ball gently with the outside of his foot.

The ball flew to the back along the outside of the Hull City full-back along the outside of his foot.

At the same time, Aubameyang quickly passed by Lekai.

"Oops!"

The Hull City full-back was shocked and turned around and shouted; "Help me fill in the position!"

Maguire had already rushed over.

But at this time, Maguire's face was extremely heavy. He tried to run towards Aubameyang carefully to be alert to the opponent's change of direction.

Suddenly, Aubameyang took a step forward.

Maguire was prepared and immediately followed forward.

The next second, Aubameyang's foot dunked.

Maguire's face changed drastically. He wanted to turn around, but his heavy body was in the front and he couldn't turn around at all.

For this reason, a classic scene appeared!

He stretched one leg as far as possible to the back like a scorpion, trying to steal the ball.

But Aubameyang's dunk was far enough and he bypassed it directly.

"Maguire!

Ah~~~What is this!

! This turn is too slow, the turn of the century!

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Paul Merson shouted in astonishment.

Aubameyang, who passed Maguire, faced the goalkeeper and calmly pushed the ball into the goal.

The ball went into the goal from the goalkeeper's feet.

Arsenal scored the third goal.

Hull City's defense once again encountered a severe challenge.

It seemed that Arsenal had discovered the weakness of Harry Maguire, who they relied on.

This result was a disaster for Hull City.

Once Arsenal held on to this point, they really had no other choice.

In fact, Hull City, who were three goals behind, basically understood that they had no hope of a comeback!