Chapter 835 - 149: Bicycle Kick! Domain Skills: Agile Striker! Winning the Title the Manchester United Way! Gunners, Where Are Your Tactics?

At that time, under the relentless pressure of the Gunners, Bar?a once again lost the ball after sending it to the front court. When Alexandre Song received the ball, Wang Shuo saw Bar?a’s overall formation pushing forward, creating a significant gap between Pique and Mascherano. Mascherano was pushing up even more aggressively, positioning himself further forward. But Alves, who was further away...

At this moment, Wang Shuo suddenly caught a signal. He first took two steps back with Pique, then suddenly turned to his right, bursting into a sprint and driving forward at top speed. Alexandre Song originally intended to pass to Arteta, but upon seeing Wang Shuo’s signal up ahead, he abruptly pulled the ball back and launched a direct long pass. Since the start of this season, Alexandre Song’s long passes had consistently yielded results, and this time was no exception.

As the football soared over Bar?a’s midfielders and defensive line, dropping in behind the defense, Wang Shuo charged forward with blistering speed. He caught up to the ball just outside the penalty area and brought it down perfectly. But the very instant he controlled the ball, the referee’s whistle blew. The linesman had raised his flag!

Wang Shuo raised his hands in bewilderment, gesturing that he wasn’t offside. "Just now, Alves was the last man back. You can’t just look at Pique, look at Alves," he explained to the referee in green.

However, the referee had already made the offside call.

"From the slow-motion replay, we can see that Wang Shuo was indeed not offside this time.

"At the exact moment he bypassed Pique and made his run, Alves was lingering in the back.

"But we can also see from the replay that from the linesman’s line of sight, Alves’s position was completely obstructed by the referee. The referee had his back to Alves and didn’t see what was behind him either.

"This was a blown call!"

Nevertheless, despite failing to beat the offside trap, Arsenal continued to maintain their high-pressure stance. A mere twenty seconds later, after Puyol shook off Walcott, he tried passing to Busquets. The ball was intercepted by Arteta, who then threaded a through ball forward.

In the Arc Top District, Wang Shuo had his back to the attacking direction. He trapped the ball with his right foot toward the left side of the Arc Top District, spun around, and unleashed a furious shot with his left foot, empowered by his [Domain Skill: Blasters]. The ball skimmed just wide of the post. It was so close!

"The Gunners have been quite active since the kickoff.

"Although they haven’t fought for possession, in just over a minute, Arsenal has already forced a misjudged offside call and taken their first shot, which slipped just wide of the goal.

"Wang Shuo’s shooting was perhaps a bit too focused on finding the perfect angle."

Bar?a, however, didn’t have the habit of starting play with a long pass. Instead, they played a short pass to Harvey, who dropped back to receive it. Bar?a’s goal kicks followed a specific routine: both fullbacks pushed high up the pitch, while the center-backs split wide. Pique stood on the right edge just outside the penalty box, and Mascherano pulled out to the left outside the box, which was Bar?a’s right flank. Meanwhile, Busquets retreated to the vicinity of the Arc Top District.

Arsenal quickly launched a high press in the front court. Harvey dropped back to the left edge of the penalty box to receive the ball. Upon receiving it, he immediately played a diagonal pass to Mascherano on the left outside the box. Wang Shuo instantly lunged toward Mascherano, forcing the Argentine to pass laterally to Valdes inside the penalty area. Chasing Mascherano’s pass, Wang Shuo immediately charged into the penalty box, closing in on Valdes, which forced the goalkeeper to play a quick direct pass to Busquets.

But Hazard was already pressing Busquets. Since Walcott was perfectly positioned on the right edge of Bar?a’s penalty box, cutting off Busquets’s passing lane to the left to find Puyol, Busquets instead passed to the unmarked Mascherano on the right. At that exact moment, Matuidi suddenly burst into the passing lane, anticipating the play and intercepting the ball.

After securing the steal, Matuidi immediately played a lateral pass to Wang Shuo inside the box. With his back to the attacking direction and under tight marking from Busquets, Wang Shuo quickly played it back to Hazard in the Arc Top District. The unmarked Belgian trapped the ball with his right foot and immediately unleashed a fierce shot. At the critical moment, Pique threw himself forward, using his body to block Hazard’s shot.

The ball struck Pique, popped high into the air, and began to drop toward the left side of the penalty spot. When Hazard had wound up for the shot earlier, Wang Shuo hadn’t wanted to miss any chance for a rebound and had immediately surged forward, which meant he had now overrun the ball’s position.

In this split second, a flash of Spiritual Light suddenly sparked in Wang Shuo’s mind, allowing him to sharply grasp a signal. He immediately spun around, turning his back to the goal. Looking up at the falling football, he launched himself into the air, twisting his body, and struck a magnificent bicycle kick with his right foot.

This was an entirely unexpected twist. No one had anticipated where the deflection would land. And in that frantic rush, only Wang Shuo captured the opportunity in an instant, swiftly making the best and most rational judgment. Whether it was his positioning, the angle, the manner of shooting, or the power... Everything was executed to absolute perfection.

After being struck by Wang Shuo, the football sailed completely unobstructed, tucking itself neatly into the right side of Bar?a’s net.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!

"Just two minutes into the match, Arsenal is the first to breach Bar?a’s goal!

"Wang Shuo opens the scoring for the Gunners with a spectacular bicycle kick!

"My god, Wang Shuo’s reaction time was insanely fast!

"Before anyone else could even register what was happening, he beat everyone to the punch and completed the bicycle kick.

"One to zero!

"Arsenal has secured a dream-like start!"