Jagged Wings

Chapter 107 The Days With Ronaldinho
Reyes is also rushing left and blocking right, like a midfielder who is active on the left. Even Henry is working hard, so what reason does he not give his best?

Hleb stands out in particular, with his range of motion in midfield and his short blond hair standing out in defense.

Most of the time, the two sides compete in the midfield.

Barcelona had a few wide-range passes from Ronaldinho and Deco, but under the active defense of Ashley Cole and Eboue, Barcelona's two wingers basically didn't get any chances.

Ashley Cole played on and off in the second half of the season. In the second half of the season, he didn't even get any decent chances to play. The position of right back has always been played by Flamini.But Cole's ability is still there, and he has recovered well after recovering from injury, so Wenger still sent him to play.

Cole's performance in the past ten minutes was very good, and he also repaid the coach's trust.

Cole defended well on the left side, preventing Jiuli from losing his temper. Of course, a considerable part of this is also due to Jiuli's national team teammate Henry.

Cole, who is 1 meters tall, looks at Giuly, who is 72 meters tall.

Cole, who has always been bullied by tall forwards, met Giuly, who was shorter than him, and immediately felt "tall".

Deco again split the ball to the right and Giuly faced Cole.

"Short, don't be brave, you can't get past me!" Cole bent over and muttered in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

He is deliberately using the "height gap" to stimulate Jiuli.

"Don't use all your strength on your mouth!" Giuly swayed his upper body, tricking Cole into taking a step, then suddenly poked the ball to the left, and then ran to the right.

The ball is divided!

Giuly was very fast and rushed past Cole, but found that the ball did not come.

Where is my little friend?

"It's on my side!" Cole smiled maliciously. He had just planned, the kick was fake, and the steal was real.

Sure enough, Jiuli hit Cole's "trick and trick", and the ball was intercepted by Cole.

Cole, who intercepted the ball, took two steps forward, then looked up to observe the situation.Of course, he didn't forget Jiuli behind him, and raised his arms slightly to prevent Jiuli from fighting back.

At this moment, Cole felt a cold under his armpit, his eyes blurred, his feet were empty, and the football disappeared from under his feet.

He turned his head sharply, and Jiuli was heading towards the penalty area with the ball at high speed!

"I did it, my thinking is wrong!" Cole yelled and chased after him.

When dribbling the ball just now, Cole raised his arm slightly, which is his usual defensive posture.

Cole is not tall, and the opponents he faces are often taller than himself, so raising his arms slightly can prevent the opponent from resisting him with his body.

Of course, Cole's action also has a very insidious secret trick. Once the opponent rushes up, this "false lift" may become an unintentional elbow, and the height is just right at the opponent's abdomen.

In normal times, this action seems to be impeccable, but Cole ignored that today's opponent is a small man with only 1 meters.

A little guy named Jiuli who was even shorter than him.

Cole's action seems very insidious to others, but the raised arm is a good breakthrough in Jiuli's view.

As soon as he got short, he got in front of the "tall" Cole, and then took the football away.

"Thank you, brother!"

After breaking into the penalty area, Jiuli did not hesitate, he made a slight adjustment, and then shot hard.

Fortunately, Lehmann continued his excellent performance for a season. Although Giuly shot so powerfully that he missed the ball, Lehman's second reaction was quick, and he held the ball firmly in his arms.

"Giuly's shot was too straight, Lehman threw him straight!"

"Perhaps we should see Cole's defensive error more this time. One carelessness caused a dangerous situation!"

Lehman, holding the football, yelled at Kerr: "Defense! Defense! Attention! Attention!"

Cole raised his hands: "I was wrong, this kind of thing will never happen again!"

He really fell into a misunderstanding just now. Of course, there is also a little underestimation of the enemy caused by his height.

There is a come and go, Barcelona has a shot here, and Arsenal has made a comeback there!
Ronaldinho's breakthrough was stopped by Arsenal's Gilberto and Xiaofa. Gilberto, who had just broken the ball, was still lying on the ground and swept directly, sweeping the football to Cole who stepped in to meet him, and then Cole made a slight adjustment, looked up and looked ahead, and directly kicked a long pass from the backcourt to send the football out.

Henry competed with Marcos for the header in the frontcourt. Henry was very desperate at the beginning of the game, even stealing Puyol's big foot to clear the siege.Henry tried his best in this jump, which was half a head higher than the unprepared Marcos.

"Antonio!" With a flick of the header, he threw the football to Reyes who came in from the side.

Reyes' position is very flexible, he can be seen in all positions in the midfield, and sometimes he will run to the forward line to act as a killer.With the returning Cole escorting him, Reyes can run in and out without any scruples.

Puyol went to mark Reyes and naturally ran with Reyes. He planned to break the football when Reyes stopped the ball.

But Reyes didn't give the Barcelona lion a chance. During the high-speed running, Reyes pushed the football forward with his head, then swung his right hand, threw Puyol aside, and accelerated himself again. , like a cheetah, rushed out.

Although he is a teammate of the national team, Reyes is not polite at all.

Puyol wanted to speed up to chase again, but fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity, and could only helplessly watch Reyes' back as he went away.

Van Bommel came from the other side, intending to tackle Reyes before he could enter the penalty area.

Reyes slammed on the brakes, slammed the football in place, and watched as Van Bommel comically slid past him - he made a tackle.Immediately afterwards, Reyes started again, threw Marcos away who had just rushed behind him, and then broke into the penalty area.

Barcelona's main goalkeeper is now Spain's No. [-] goalkeeper Valdes.He is considered by the Catalans to be a better goalkeeper than Casillas, but because he made his debut a little late, he will be suppressed by Casillas and unable to make his mark.However, with the outstanding achievements of Barcelona, ​​he has also been recognized by the whole world as a world-class goalkeeper.

Reyes naturally knew Valdez's strength, so he was calm at this time.Reyes, who was running, lifted his right leg to one side of his body and shot suddenly. This disrupted Valdez's rhythm. He couldn't adjust his center of gravity in time to jump up to save, so he could only kneel on the ground with one leg , watching the football draw an arc and fly past him.

But the ball hit the outside of the frame and bounced off the baseline.

There was a gasp from the Arsenal fans in the stands.

Reyes also had some regrets, he spit out: "Damn, my right foot is reversed, next time I shoot with my left foot!"

But such opportunities are obviously not many.

In the next match, the two sides put all their efforts into it, vowing to fight to the death, until the fish die and the net is broken.

Although Arsenal's defensive pressure is all over the court, it does not prevent Barcelona from showing their outstanding offensive strength.Ronaldinho is the core of Barcelona's offense. Although Arsenal strictly guards him, almost all the balls passed through his feet are threatening passes.

There was a huge cheer from Barcelona when he flicked off Hleb with his 'ox tail'.For the Arsenal players, this kind of cheering is undoubtedly an insult and boos to them.

Campbell rushed forward to stop Ronaldinho from continuing to break through, but he lost his center of gravity due to Ronaldinho's fake upper body movement. Lehmann made a decisive attack, and Ronaldinho made a decisive lob. All Barcelona fans shouted and waited to celebrate the goal , but the football was kicked out by Cole who rushed to the goal line!
Ronaldinho seemed to be in disbelief that his ball would be kicked out, but Cole smiled and said to Lehmann, who was still in fear: "With me here, they have no chance!"

Layman glared at him: "Who put Jiuli in just now?"

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Seeing that Ronaldinho, Giuly and even Van Bommel have performed very well, Eto'o, who is also a forward, is a little anxious.

Eto'o really wanted to score goals, because Ronaldinho's "phenomenal" performance in one season contrasted with Eto'o's "ability to squander opportunities".But in today's game, Arsenal's defense line and his young player Eboue performed well, which made it impossible for him to hold the ball well. Even if he succeeded in holding the ball, fouls greeted him.In short, don't let him have any chance to get close to the goal and shoot.

"Eto'o seems to be in a bad state today..." The commentator said this, not because he was really in a bad state, but because he hadn't shot for a long time, and he couldn't tell if he was in a good state... If he took the ball and got rid of it, Eboue His speed is not slow, and he is full of energy.He is like a piece of brown sugar, Eto'o can't shake it off.

And Eboue has a lot of defensive tricks. Several times when Eto'o intends to catch a long pass, Eboue will always pull Eto'o's jersey to slow down his speed, and then let it go quickly.This not only prevented Eto'o from receiving the ball, but it was not an obvious foul, but the effect was very good. It was difficult for Eto'o to receive the pass.

What strikers hate most is not that you foul him, after all, there are referees for fouls.It's your endless small movements that make it impossible for him to perform every movement comfortably.Eto'o gradually got angry by this little trick.But Eboue didn't know, and still used small moves to defend Eto'o.

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In midfield, Reyes focused more on Ronaldinho.In Barcelona in the future, Ronaldinho will often be compared with Messi.Everyone will discuss who is stronger between Ronaldinho at his peak and Messi at his peak.

In Reyes' view, the two have different characteristics. Ronaldinho is very artistic and sometimes like a juggler, while Messi is quick and disappears in the blink of an eye.In terms of shooting, of course Messi is better. After all, there are 68 goals in a single season, but the overall situation is not as good as Ronaldinho, and needs to be improved; if I have to make a metaphor, Ronaldinho is Feng Qingyang, Messi is the East undefeated.

Reyes also feels very fortunate that he was able to travel to the era when he was at the peak of Ronaldinho and played on the same stage as Ronaldinho.Such a player may not necessarily meet a player for many years.

Of course, Reyes didn't come to pay homage to Mr. Golden Globe, he came to see what would happen to Reyes' talent and Robbie Jr. in this world?

For a long time, there has been no shortage of geniuses in world football, but among these geniuses, there are very few who have truly become famous.Many people were very talented when they were young, but when they were older, they did not achieve the achievements commensurate with their talents.There are many such examples: Gascoigne, Deisler, Quaresma, Denilson...

And, of course, Reyes himself.

Now Reyes has a soul that has traveled through, and can realize his potential.In real history, Reyes went downhill when he arrived at Arsenal, so he was very curious. Reyes is known as a genius in Spain, so what is his real talent?

Ronaldinho happens to be a benchmark!
So Reyes really wants to compete with Ronaldinho!
Of course, it's not a "competition" like one-on-one defense. Reyes is not a defender. He wants to compare skills, pure skills.

Just now Ronaldinho performed a "ox tail" in the front court, and Reyes is now using the same technique on the left to pass Oleg.

Previously, Reyes' style of play was simple and practical, but this game has become both functional and some fancy moves.

Only then did people realize that Reyes is a Spaniard, and the Spaniard's personal skills and abilities are definitely second to none.

Reyes, who passed Oleg with his tail, didn't seem to have played enough. He then swung Van Bommel with Zidane's best Marseille turn!

These two actions are very coherent and completed in one go.Even the narrator of Sky TV repeatedly called it wonderful and great.

"Today's Reyes is a bit different from the past, is he stimulated by Ronaldinho?"

"He used superb skills to turn Barcelona's left-back around! Even in the talented Barcelona team, Reyes' skills can still be regarded as outstanding!"

"He faced Marcos. Haha, his body is very flexible and his movements are beautiful. Marcos seemed to be stunned: How should such a ball be broken? He can only back and forth and back..."

Just when he was stunned by Reyes' movements, Marcos suddenly found that there was no shadow of the football under Reyes' feet!

Where's the ball?

(End of this chapter)