Jagged Wings

Chapter 157 Tangled CSKA Moscow
In this game, the coaches of both sides have made some adjustments to their respective starting lineups.First, Flamini played, and then Gallas moved to the center to form a double central defender with Toure. Although this combination of defenders is a little weaker in offense, it is full of defensive hardness!

The midfield is still a four-man team, and the striker Henry is back and Reyes forms the strongest striker!On the other side, CSKA Moscow is also doing its best, and it seems that it is also eyeing this game!
After the players took their positions, the scene became a little quieter.After checking the watch with the fourth official off the court, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

"Hi everyone, now we are broadcasting a focus match of Group D of the UEFA Champions League in the 2006-2007 season. The Gunners Arsenal played against the Russian Red Devils CSKA Moscow! Arsenal are attacking from left to right on the screen. They wear It’s a yellow away kit, while CSKA Moscow wears a dark red home kit, which has given them the nickname of the Red Devils in Russia, but honestly it really looks like an Arsenal home kit…”

"The venue for this game is the Luzhniki Stadium, the home of CSKA Moscow! CSKA has a very good record in European competitions recently and has been unbeaten in eight games. Can Arsenal end their four-game losing streak in Russia here? We Let’s wait and see! Look, CSKA Moscow launched an attack from the beginning of the game with a pressing in the frontcourt, look at the quality of this attack..."

Brazilian striker Daniel Carvalho forced past Cesc Fabregas on the right before heading into the penalty area.After attracting the attention of Arsenal central defender Toure, he did not cross or shoot directly, but chose to knock back.The football was caught by Lehmann who followed.

Lehmann throws the ball to launch an attack, but CSKA's frontcourt is very aggressive. Flamini is intercepted because he dribbles too much. CSKA's striker Lowe takes the ball and shakes Senderos with a kick. shoot.

Goalkeeper Lehmann jumped out when Lowe made a shot.He was very annoyed that the team was forced to be in a hurry by the opponent as soon as the team came up, and the attack seemed a little frizzy, but he missed the ball.Fortunately, the young but calm Cesc Fabregas appeared in time, blocked the football from the bottom line with his feet, and resolved the team's crisis.

"Oh! CSKA Moscow threatened Arsenal's goal as soon as they came up. It seems that they are not willing to take a point back in the away game. Flamini was easily swayed by the opponent in defense just now. I don't know if it is because the field is too big. The reason for slipping..."

The CSKA Moscow attack shocked Arsenal into a cold sweat, and made the CSKA Moscow fans very proud.Don't look at your Arsenal team from the Premier League, our CSKA Moscow is also a giant in Russia, how can we let you shit on us?
The opening three tricks of CSKA Moscow made Arsenal spin their heads for a while. The tacit understanding of this patchwork defense line was still insufficient, and the opponent seized the opportunity!

CSKA Moscow took the lead in the 8th minute. Toure tackled Dudu from the arc in the penalty area. Ignashevich took a free kick with his heel. Daniel Carvalho shot with his left foot. Although the angle was right, the shot was too powerful. Big, Lehmann made a save but failed.

0:1!Arsenal in the away game suffered a conceded goal at the beginning!
The goal of CSKA Moscow made their fans full of joy, thinking that their team will not disappoint this time.The CSKA players also showed themselves in this live broadcast to the whole world: We are CSKA Moscow, and we are also a strong team!

After scoring one, the CSKA Moscow team was full of confidence: In the next game, let's see how we abuse Arsenal at home!

It's a pity that reality is always more skinny than ideas. Arsenal made the stunned youths of CSKA Moscow understand that sometimes enthusiasm cannot solve all problems.Arsenal, who lost the goal at the beginning, launched a crazy counterattack. In the next game, Arsenal took over the situation on the field. By the 20th minute of the game, Arsenal's possession rate had reached 75%!This is a very scary number. Although CSKA had made a plan to defend and counterattack, they really fought. They found out how difficult it is to cooperate in the frontcourt.

Carvalho and Lowe, two Brazilian players in the Russian Super League, suddenly found that their proud skills were blown to pieces in front of Arsenal!They found that even a central defender like Toure can show off at his feet!
Reyes' breakthrough on the left made the right midfielder in the center overwhelmed, and was passed over and over again like a wooden stake.If it weren't for the help of other CSKA players, their right flank would have been pierced several times!
Being able to qualify for the European Championship for three consecutive years in a league like the Russian Super League, CSKA Moscow must have two brushes.As the saying goes, defense wins the championship, and CSKA's defense is actually not bad!The head coach of CSKA Moscow saw that the team was overwhelmed and breathless, and waved his big hand, signaling the team to retreat and play defense, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

In the face of CSKA Moscow's shrinking defense, Arsenal are not polite.

Fabregas played a long pass and passed the ball to Reyes on the wing.After Reyes received the ball, he didn't carry it himself, but directly kicked the pass. Torres followed up in the middle and rushed to the top!
The football hit the goal post and flew out of the baseline...

"Oh!" The commentator was a little regretful: "What a pity! What a pity! Arsenal's attack is very simple and effective. But unfortunately, Torres didn't stand upright and was a little bit off."

"Arsenal! Arsenal! Arsenal the best!"

The fans who followed the Gunners were almost all diehards. They made the Luzhniki Stadium sing praises for Arsenal for the first time!

To be honest, although the morale of the team is very high, the coach of CSKA Moscow knows that it is difficult to score three points at home.So after scoring a goal, they recovered across the board, putting on a defensive posture, as if they wanted to use such an iron barrel formation to block Arsenal's attack.

Torres' counterattack followed by Arsenal made CSKA Moscow even more determined to stick to its strategy.

Their contraction made Arsenal's three lines all press to CSKA's half. In the 22nd minute, Reyes dribbled the ball from the left and suddenly cut inside and killed the opponent's penalty area.Just when the CSKA players thought that Reyes was going to bring himself into the penalty area, he took a long shot 25 meters from the goal, and the football just went wide.The goalkeeper of CSKA Moscow, Akinfeev, was terrified. After getting up from the ground, he yelled at his teammates: "How can you give him such a big space? What about your people?!"

Facing his accusation, the defenders were speechless.They did make mistakes.Seeing Reyes bring the ball up, the first reaction was that Reyes would use his technique and explosive power to surpass others, so he kept retreating, but forgot to rush forward, and Reyes took advantage of the loophole!

The next game was completely under the control of Arsenal. CSKA Moscow couldn't even attack the opponent's 30-meter area. Every breakthrough by Reyes on the left made the home fans terrified!
In the 36th minute, Fabregas distributed the football to the side. Reyes and Flamini made a cooperation and dribbled the ball to the bottom line. He pretended to continue to break through, but buckled the football back with his right foot, and then Turn around and complete the cross with your left foot.This time it was Henry who received the football, but the King of Highbury turned around and shot, but was blocked by central defender Berezotski falling to the ground.

But the football has not been kicked out of the dangerous area, the football has fallen to the right, Hleb followed up with a push and shot, this time the football was blocked by the opposing midfielder Dudu.Another of their central defenders, Ceberas, rushed up and kicked the football out of the sideline with a big foot.

These two attacks directly raised the hearts of the fans to their throats, especially when Akinfeev lost his position, many people had already covered their eyes.If it weren't for the timely help of central defender Ceberas, the goal would have been lost.After getting up, Akinfeev patted Seberas and Dudu with lingering fear, thanking him for standing up at the critical moment!

Knowing that such a defense will definitely lose the ball, CSKA also tried to organize several counterattacks, but their own too many mistakes in the frontcourt made many attacks come to naught.

After 2 minutes, Arsenal presented a great opportunity!Reyes cut in from the left, and a few small lateral moves disrupted CSKA's defensive rhythm. The defensive players in CSKA's penalty area were very close together.Reyes' quick inside cut also allowed their own man to set a pick and roll for Reyes, and the teammates on the other side had to come over to cover.At this moment, Reyes chose to pass the ball, Henry pulled to the left and received the football in the space!
The unmarked King of Highbury shot with his left foot in the penalty area. Although the goalkeeper Akinfeev flew to save, he was too far away. The football flew into the goal from his hand!

"Henry... the goal is scored! The goal is scored! In the 38th minute, Arsenal finally scored... Huh? Wait... Wait... What is this? Foul? Judging from the referee's gesture... ah He judged Henry offside!" Wan Yuan was quite excited at the beginning, but now it was as if someone had poured cold water on his head, "Let's watch the replay just now..."

In the slow-motion replay, Henry and CSKA's last defensive player Ceberas stood parallel, but Henry raised his left hand for the ball and stretched out, looking like most of his body was outside.

"Ah... the gap of one arm, what a pity..."

Although the goal was blown out, the Arsenal players did not protest around the referee.With so many chances to threaten CSKA Moscow's goal, they think that winning this game will not be a problem.

It's no wonder that Arsenal's players have such confidence. They have a complete advantage on the field. CSKA Moscow has only had three shots so far, and they were still among the three shots at the beginning of the game.But with just these three shots, one of them pierced Lehman's gate...

In the 44th minute, just before the end of the first half, Arsenal got another chance.Reyes' performance on the left attracted most of the opponent's attention, but he suddenly made a wide-range shift and passed the ball to the right. Hleb on the right broke into the penalty area to form a single-handed shot, but the football was caught. Goalkeeper Akinfeev's foot blocked...

Immediately after the referee's whistle sounded, because the game went smoothly, there was no one-minute stoppage time. When the 1 minutes were up, the referee blew his whistle to signal the end of the first half.

"Arsenal had countless chances in the first half. I can't count how many times they threatened CSKA Moscow's goal. It seems that it is only a matter of time before Arsenal equalize. But unfortunately, in the first half For 45 minutes, they didn't score..."

At the end of the first half, CSKA Moscow defended the score of 1:0, but they couldn't see how excited they were.Grass and dirt covered most of the players, and every nerve was strained for 45 minutes.The host in the stands also let out a long sigh of relief to the fans, so that his nervous heart can be relieved.Although my team leads by one goal, the feeling of losing the goal at any moment is really challenging!

"We created a lot of chances in the first half, but luck was still too bad, but this is not a reason for us to give up!" Wenger spread his palms and said: "We will continue to play like this in the second half and continue to put pressure on the opponent. .The only thing we have to do is tie and overtake!"

Offense is Arsenal's biggest weapon. Few teams can face this kind of continuous offensive without collapsing. The continuous offensive is actually nothing special, but the continuous offensive that can cause goals is very terrible. .The goalkeeper has to pounce on the opponent's single-handedly every time, and it will collapse psychologically after a long time.Once the goalkeeper's mentality collapses, he will never be able to keep the goal.

In the first half, the home team gasped countless times at the Luzhniki Stadium. I believe it also put a lot of pressure on the home team players!
On the side of CSKA Moscow, the coach praised the team's performance in the first half: "Continue to do this in the second half. It is best to get three points, and one point is acceptable!" The team is very uncomfortable, but the strength gap is there, he can only pray that the goddess of luck will continue to be on his side in the second half!

The Arsenal players came together to cheer on their second half.Captain Henry didn't say anything, everyone is used to this situation, because Henry is a spiritual leader who can lead the team with actions!

Reyes looked around and suddenly said, "Listen to me, guys. How about we kick off in the second half and give them a 'surprise'? Let's have a fast break!"

Arsenal had a lot of chances in the first half, but they still didn't score, which was also related to their slow pace.Reyes remembers a direct cross without the ball in the first half, which almost allowed Torres to score!

"I see the line!" Fabregas Road.

Now that the midfield core has spoken out in support, and other players have no objections, sometimes changing the rhythm can really bring about some turning points!
The second half started with the whistle of the Spanish referee Gonzalez.

Henry kicked the ball to Torres, Torres kicked the football to Fabregas' feet, Fabregas did not pass the ball immediately, he turned and brought it back.However, his worries were obviously superfluous. CSKA Moscow shrank back immediately without even thinking about testing.

Although Reyes said he wanted a fast break, Fabregas still had to control the rhythm. He was the team's metronome!Originally Xiaofa wanted to get past the opponent's striker before moving forward, but seeing that the opponent had no intention of coming up, Fabregas was also angry: If you don't come up, brother will go up!

Cesc Fabregas puts the ball forward, then strides to catch it, and then another step.It took only two steps to cross the center line, and he wanted to take the ball by himself!When Fabregas crossed the center circle, he encountered the first interception.Lowe, a striker from CSKA Moscow.Fabregas didn't let him get close, and used his already running advantage to change directions and accelerate, throwing off Lowe who was turning around.Then he rushed to the 30-meter area in one breath, and the two midfielders of CSKA Moscow rushed up almost at the same time!
Fabregas dared to do anything when he became angry. He used his right foot to buckle the football to the left, avoiding a steal by one person, and then faced another steal by another person, he flicked the ball back! .

One over two!

Fabregas disrupted the opponent's defensive center of gravity after passing through, and the defensive players who hadn't set up their formation hurriedly rushed up. Fortunately, Fabregas had quick eyesight and quick feet, and passed the football to Lei on the wing. yes.

After receiving the ball, Reyes did not hesitate at all and passed the football to the right side of the penalty area. Fabregas' breakthrough and Reyes' transfer were very fast and unexpected. CSKA Moscow was completely stunned and could only follow the ball stupidly. run.

So when Henry received a pass from Reyes on the right side of the penalty area, there was no CSKA Moscow player by his side.

"Henry!" The commentator yelled when he saw the football fall at Henry's feet.As long as Henry at his peak gets the ball in the penalty area, it is definitely a nightmare for the opponent's goalkeeper!
And Henry also made the most of this "fast break". He didn't stop and adjust, and he didn't hesitate. When the football fell, he stretched out his foot...

The football flew into the goal through the narrow gap between Akinfeev and the post...

"Henry! Goal!!"

"The assist from Reyes, the shot from Henry! This is the most shot we saw last season!"

After the goal, Henry rushed to the sidelines excitedly, and then kept waving his arms to the Arsenal fans who came from afar in the stands.

While Reyes watched this scene from the sidelines, he suddenly felt a little proud: he used to be able to watch Henry score goals off the court, but now he can directly assist Henry on the court!That is more precious than scoring a hundred goals by yourself!

In real history, Henry left the Gunners in 2007 in pursuit of the highest honor, and now that the Champions League has been won, I believe he will die at Arsenal, right?
It's a great feeling to play with such a great striker and give him assists...

After losing the ball, the fans and players of the home team did not feel reconciled and depressed after being tied.

From the bottom of their hearts, they still vaguely expect Arsenal to score.

(End of this chapter)