Jagged Wings

Chapter 109 Misjudgment
Gilberto pointed at Eto'o on the ground and said, "This shit is slobbering at Cole!"

Captain Henry also came over at this time. After understanding the situation, he turned his head to look at Eto'o who was lying on the ground in pain. Of course he would not think that Gilberto would hit the opponent for no reason, but now Eto'o is lying on the ground , obviously the victim, the referee, like him, did not see what happened before, he only knew that Gilberto hit someone.

This is very bad for Gilberto.

"Calm down first, I'll go to the referee!" Henry said next, and squeezed towards the referee, he wanted to explain the situation to the referee.

"The next time something like this happens, be sure to call me!" Reyes leaned closer to Gilberto's ear and said, "Let's do it together, and we'll make sure he's gone right away!"

Hleb was stunned when he heard it: "Are you a Spaniard who is famous for his elegance? Why is your head full of violence!"

On the other side, the Barcelona players were holding the referee to watch Eto'o's tragic situation on the ground, complaining about Gilberto's obviously hurtful actions, and they hoped that the referee would directly send off Gilberto with a red card.

Henry complained to the referee about the saliva of Eto Otto Cole. The referee looked at Cole's face, but Cole had already wiped the saliva off, and his face was clean, nothing but sweat .

This complaint is obviously very unconvincing, at least compared with Eto'o who was covering his head on the ground, it is very unconvincing.So the referee turned around and asked the linesman again.When the referee is undecided, he always needs to ask the line referee repeatedly.

But when it happened, the linesman was on the other side of the pitch, and he didn't see Eto'o spitting.

Now that there is no reference for the lines referee, the referee will have to rely entirely on his intuition to make a judgment.

On the surface, Gilberto is on the weak side.

The referee blew his whistle to signal Gilberto to come over, but Gilberto had already realized it, and he didn't go in the direction of the referee, but turned around and walked directly off the court.

Sure enough, the referee held up the red card behind him.

There was thunderous applause from the stands of the Barcelona players. Their applause was dedicated to the "impartial" referee, and the Arsenal fans booed.

Arsenal's players quit, obviously Eto'o spit first, why Gilberto was sent off, and Eto'o was just carried to the sidelines for treatment?One by one, they kept protesting around the referee.

Reyes rushed over and applauded the referee: "Good job, how much did Barcelona give you?"

"Watch your words!"

The referee showed him a yellow card.

This yellow card also calmed down the scene, and no Arsenal player dared to do it again.

Henry also pulled his players back: "The referee's penalty can no longer be changed. Now we are leading. Compared with fighting spirit, winning this game is the most important thing!"

Gilberto's slap was impulsive and seemed brutal, but Eto'o didn't suffer much damage.So after receiving simple treatment, he returned to the pitch with the boos of the Arsenal fans!
Just when Eto'o returned to the court for a while, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.Arsenal lead 1:0, but the prospects are not optimistic.

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"Calm down! Calm down! What did I tell you before the game?" Wenger said in the locker room.Although the manager did not name him by name, Gilberto knew Wenger was referring to him.

Gilberto, who was being scolded, even shrank his neck and sat obediently in his seat.He also knew that he was too impulsive. When he saw Cole being spat on his face, he rushed over.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Wenger chose Henry as captain instead of him?
Wenger scolded for a full 5 minutes, which was enough to show that he attached importance to this game.

Then he began to arrange the tactics of the second half.

"We will not make substitutions in the second half!" Wenger looked at the players in the locker room, and then found Hleb, "Alexander, you withdraw to play as a midfielder in the second half. When you attack, you and Cesc can only have one of them. ! Our first guarantee is not to concede the ball!"

Hleb nodded. When he debuted, he played on the left side of the midfield. Later, he played well in the middle of the midfield. But when he arrived at Arsenal, he discovered that he has many talents: he can play the attacking midfielder in the three positions of left, center and right. , you can also ambush behind Henry as a shadow killer, and now you have to retreat to hit the midfielder...

In fact, it's not just him. All Arsenal players have basically been made versatile by Wenger. Even Reyes has played as a left back.

After assigning tasks, Wenger saw that there was still time, so he went out with the assistant coach, leaving space for the players.

"Hey, thank you, Gilberto!" Cole came over and patted Gilberto's shoulder: "Actually, this red card should have belonged to me..."

"Ha, each other, in fact, if I was spat on, then you must do the same?"

"Gilberto, you shouldn't be so impulsive!" Reyes also came over, with a lecture tone: "You see that kid Eto'o came up after lying down for a while, you should use a cunning leg , Inserting the eyes, this kind of action will send him directly to the hospital."

Gilberto patted his thigh: "That's right, why didn't I think of it? At that time, I should have patted that kid's cheeks and let him find his teeth all over the place!"

This time it was Henry who stared at the side: "Go, go, don't mess around, now you have a lower back, don't put another one, it will be hard to fight!"

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In the Barcelona locker room, Eto'o's situation is everyone's concern.In terms of attack power and threat, he is the only player in the Barcelona team other than Ronaldinho!
"Xiao Ai, are you okay?" Xiao Luo asked with concern.

Eto'o shook his head: "It's okay, that Brazilian hasn't been able to hurt me yet, are you all Brazilians so violent?"

"Maybe it's because he's a midfielder." Ronaldinho shook his head.

Eto'o's words are a bit of a map gun, but Ronaldinho, who has been with him for a long time, knows his character well, so he didn't think much about it.

Of course, he was somewhat uncomfortable talking about things in his heart.

Rijkaard didn't come over, he was studying tactical arrangements.

Arsenal unexpectedly adopted a defensive counterattack tactics, which he did not expect at the beginning. Barcelona's first conceded goal was caused by this reason. Rijkaard admitted that this was his mistake.So now at halftime, he has plenty of time to prepare countermeasures.

And it can be seen that Arsenal's counterattack mainly relies on the personal abilities of several attacking players.

In the second half of the game, there may still be variables, which he must guard against-Arsenal now has one less defender, will they still insist on playing counter-defense?

Rijkaard thought about it for a long time. There are many tactics that Arsenal can choose, and all of them will be effective.So he decided not to think about it. Anyway, no matter what happens to the opponent, he is now one goal behind and must attack to the end.

Arsenal lacked a vital defensive midfielder. No matter who they replaced, their defensive strength in the middle would definitely drop. At this time, Barcelona will have a chance.

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"Alexander, I'm sorry, you worked hard in the second half!" Gilberto patted Hleb on the shoulder.

"No problem!" Hleb gave a thumbs up and walked out of the locker room with his teammates.

After all his teammates left, Gilberto sat in the locker room with a depressed face, paying attention to the situation on the court through the TV broadcast.

"Arsenal did not make personnel adjustments in the second half. It seems that Wenger let Hleb, who was very active in the first half, withdraw and partner Xiaofa as a midfielder, but Hleb is an attacking player. Won't this reduce the intensity of the defense? He is facing Barcelona led by Ronaldinho!"

"Maybe he wants to maintain the offensive intensity? After all, it is not safe to only lead Barcelona by one goal. Who knows when Barcelona will score one?"

Rijkaard is expressionless. He believes that as long as he insists on attacking, Barcelona, ​​which has one more player than its opponent, will have a greater chance of winning.As long as Arsenal's counterattack is contained, Barcelona's superiority in numbers will eventually be fully reflected. At that time, the Stade de France will be Barcelona's world.

After the start of the game, the two sides obviously showed a different state from the first half. Barcelona's offense was more concentrated in the middle, especially Hleb became Barcelona's breakthrough.

And Arsenal lost one player, only Henry was left at the front in the midfield, and Barcelona's defensive purpose became stronger, which was quite detrimental to Henry's continued scoring.As long as he gets the ball, he will face the defense of at least two opponents, making it impossible for him to get rid of it easily.Ljungberg and Reyes were confined to the two wings, limited support to Henry, and had to take into account the wing defense.

Arsenal put much less pressure on Barcelona.

Deco was manning the midfield and Hleb was in charge of interfering with him.Hleb's defense is indeed very desperate, but there is still a gap between Gilberto who is really full-time defense.

If you can become a god by working hard, then wouldn't the world be full of great gods?
Deco easily broke through Hleb, and then passed a scalpel-like through ball directly across the wide range of the midfield to Eto'o on the forward line.

Eto'o is quite fast, he steers the ball when he catches it, so just take the ball with his right foot and speed up!Successfully surpassed Campbell who was defending him.

Although Campbell was omnipotent at his peak, and Ruud van Nistelrooy could not take advantage of it, but now at the age of 32, coupled with long-term injuries, his speed is not as good as before.

"Breakthrough! Amazing acceleration! The old Campbell can't keep up with the African cheetah!" The commentator shouted excitedly, and he looked forward to seeing more exciting shots in the future.

Toure hurriedly dropped Ronaldinho to pounce on Eto'o. It stands to reason that if Eto'o passes to Ronaldinho who is unmarked at this time, it will be a complete decisive kill, but what happened in the first half made him angry Still exists, he wants to teach this group of hateful opponents a lesson himself!

But the moment he swung his leg to shoot, a foot stretched out and touched the ball, and then the football flew high above the crossbar!
It's Cole!
"Bah!" Cole spat thick phlegm at Eto'o's feet, then turned back to the goal post, ready to defend the opponent's corner kick.

"Good job!" Lehman came up and patted Cole's head.

(End of this chapter)