Just 7 Minutes at His Fulham Debut: Smith Rowe Moves Arsenal Fans to Tears

Immediately after leaving, midfielder Emile Smith Rowe made many Arsenal fans regretful with his recent moment of showing off his superb technique while playing for Fulham.

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After nearly 14 years with Arsenal at both youth and first team level, this summer, Smith Rowe officially said goodbye to the Gunners to join the same London team, Fulham.

The 24-year-old player has not been used by coach Mikel Arteta in the last 2 seasons, so he wants to leave to have more opportunities to play and develop his career.

And right in his first match in a Fulham shirt, Smith Rowe showed his scoring skills that caused a storm at Arsenal in 2020-2022.

Last night (Vietnam time), Fulham continued to have a friendly match in Portugal, the opponent of Marco Silva’s army at Estadio Algarve was Sevilla, the representative from Spain. Although the home team at Craven Cottage lost 1-2, Smith Rowe personally left a very promising performance.

Brought onto the field at the beginning of the second half, when the West London club was trailing 0-2. But just 7 minutes after his arrival, the English midfielder immediately scored to shorten the gap for his team.

In this phase, it was Smith Rowe who opened up a dangerous attacking opportunity for Fulham with a delicate flick to the left wing for defender Antonee Robinson to run down the wide area in an open position.

 

The midfielder born in 2000 then rushed in like an arrow, headed the ball close to the goal from Robinson’s cross, equalizing for the white team.

This is the moment when Smith Rowe’s strengths converge: linking up with the surrounding satellites and having a keen sense of goal.

Smith Rowe’s goal was later posted on social network X by talkSPORT, causing some Arsenal fans to reminisce about their fond memories of the Hale End academy product.

“I will miss him so much,” one account wrote. “I am in tears,” another commented. One fan even warned Arsenal: “Alex Iwobi and Smith Rowe can take points from Arsenal next season.”

After the match with Sevilla, Fulham have one more friendly against Hoffenheim before entering the 2024/25 Premier League campaign with an away trip to Old Trafford of Manchester United.