From Arsenal to the Ball God

In the broadcast studio, Shen Fangjian’s voice was filled with passion as he narrated this grand battle, ”Lam... directly goes forward to intercept! A clean and neat tackle, the ball returns to Bayern Munich’s possession.

”Both teams have a fifty-fifty ball possession, but Bayern Munich is playing more aggressively, they need to be cautious.

”Ma’el on the left flank has just demonstrated his speed ability. If they leave too much space behind him, Raphinha might still find it tough!

”Robben! Cutting into the middle, the signature Robben cut-in! A shot!!

”He didn’t hit it properly, the ball is soft with no strength and Szczeny tightly holds onto it..... Robben is complaining about the quality of the turf, but Szczeny is quick to release, a hand throw towards the flank!”

On the football pitch, a football with a drifting trajectory, overall appearing like a parabola, flew towards the side of the Bayern backfield.

Ma’el used his body to block the landing spot, constantly on guard for Raphinha to suddenly come up and disrupt the ball. He knows these defenders definitely have this awareness.

”It’s now!”

On the defender line, Badstuber called for Raphinha to go forward and intercept, this is the best opportunity to steal.

But..... Raphinha is currently being blocked behind Ma’el, he can’t voice his grievance.... He’s not a strong defender, being pressed by Ma’el like this, he can’t move an inch.

The only hope is that Ma’el might give some chances for a steal when the ball touches down.

”Pop.” The ball now fell at Ma’el’s feet, his right foot placed at the ball’s drop spot, securely drawing the ball to his feet without even an extra 20 centimeters.

Raphinha was a bit stunned again, and soon, a shiver rose from the bottom of his heart.

”Bang!”

As Ma’el turned with the ball with the inside of his foot, he swung the ball from his right side, and his whole person dashed from the left.

When Raphinha turned his head, Ma’el was already four or five steps away from him.

With a look of distress, he could only grit his teeth and desperately chase back.

”Mine!”

On Bayern’s defense line, Badstuber shouted as he sprinted towards the ball’s landing spot.

The ball was headed his way, he thought he had a chance to control it before Ma’el reached it.

But the more he ran, the more wrong it felt, the hope of taking the ball seemed increasingly slim..... Why does the ball seem not to run towards him, but stay in place waiting for Ma’el?

So fast?

His eyes widened in shock as he quickly went for a sliding tackle, preparing to use the distance of the tackle for one last attempt.

”Slap!” But Ma’el was still the first to touch the ball, moving it away and dashing towards the penalty area’s line.

Not only did Badstuber fail to get the ball, but he also gave up his defensive position!

In an instant, the entire Bayern backfield was plunged into chaos, Boateng couldn’t care about Van Persie behind him, he had to first block Ma’el’s entry path into the penalty area.

”Bang!”

Just as he moved, Ma’el sent a cross towards the middle, directly towards Van Persie’s direction.

Bayern captain Lam rushed from the other side to Van Persie, hoping to fill Boateng’s left gap, but unfortunately, it was too late.

”Bang!” Van Persie calmly pushed the ball with his left foot, sending it into the goal guarded by Neuer, easily scoring.

”Yeah.....!!” In the Worker’s Stadium, a cheer erupted like a sonic boom, tens of thousands of Arsenal fans stood up, raising their arms and celebrating wildly.

One to zero!

Arsenal’s leading!

Their beloved General Fan scored the first goal for them!

”Who the hell..... Who’s number 31?!”

”Damn! Where did this prodigy come from, so fierce..... so fast!”

”That’s the second time, Raphinha seems unable to stop him, too embarrassing!”

”The one that Fabregas signed, I read a report that he scored 40 goals in the Championship, not sure if it’s true.”

”Awesome!!”

”Arsenal seems to be doing well, do they have a second breakout point on the wing now?!”

The fans in the stands weren’t just celebrating, they pointed excitedly as they cursed at Ma’el’s back figure. Surely, they could see who deserved the most credit for the recent goal.

”Ma’el!!”

Under the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, Van Persie grinned broadly as he pointed at Ma’el with excitement, rushing to celebrate with him.

They had scored such goals countless times in training, but this was the first time in a match.

This..... might likely start the prelude to a harmonious collaboration of scoring between the two!