According to the formula, it must be a cross! ‘Rice’ admits to disobeying orders to try a free kick for the first goal. messi1688

messi1688 Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has revealed that he disobeyed his coach’s instructions to cross the ball into the penalty area when he scored the first free-kick goal against Real Madrid.

The 26-year-old midfielder scored two superb free-kicks as the Gunners beat Los Blancos 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, and he said he was told to cross the ball into the box when he scored the first goal but thought it would have been better to shoot straight. messi1688

” In the first goal we were told to cross the ball in, when they (the Real Madrid players) were a little bit further away we saw there was space, Bukayo Saka said to me ‘If you feel you can do it, go for it’, so I thought I’d go for it, ” Rice said.

” When you score a goal it’s the best feeling in the world. It didn’t make sense to cross from that angle. It would have been a really good cross. I looked at the wall and I thought it shouldn’t have been a cross. I’m glad it was a goal because it was amazing. ” ( messi1688 )

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