Jagged Wings

Chapter 162 The Team With Infinite Good Memories

12月16日，英超第18轮，阿森纳主场2:1朴茨茅斯
12月23日，英超第19轮，阿森纳主场6:2布莱克本
12月27日，英超20轮，阿森纳客场2:0沃特福德
12月31日，英超第21轮，阿森纳客场1:0谢菲尔德联

Coupled with the previous two games against Chelsea and Wigan Athletic, Arsenal achieved a 6-game winning streak in the Christmas campaign.

The toughest match was the home game against Portsmouth in the 18th round. Arsenal couldn't knock on the opponent's door. Until the 89th minute, they were still 0:1 behind, and finally relied on Reyes Forcibly broke through from the wing, and Torres scored a suspected handball goal in the middle.

Originally, there was already a 10-point gap with Manchester United at the top of the list, which made many Gunners fans think that their team could announce in advance that they would miss the championship.But I didn't expect Arsenal to close the gap with the top of the list with a beautiful 6-game winning streak. Bolton's poor record in these few games gave up the third position in the league.At this time, Arsenal took the top spot with Manchester United, and the gap has narrowed to 6 points, leaving only 1 point away from Chelsea in front of him.

Arsenal began to regain lost ground with a speed that shocked the entire Premier League. Their winning streak surprised everyone.In this winter, I believe that the hearts of all gun fans are fiery. Arsenal's unparalleled six-game winning streak proved that they are still a strong contender for the championship!
Although the competition in January 2007 is still very intensive, and the FA Cup and League Cup are about to start, everyone's attention has turned to the transfer market.Teams that perform poorly and below expectations can add players to supplement, while teams that perform better need to make more repairs.

For Arsenal, they are destined not to be the protagonists this winter.In the summer, the joining of Rosicky and Torres cost Wenger more than 5000 million euros, so they can't spend much money to supplement in the winter.Coupled with the joining of players such as Walcott, Diaby, Gallas and Denilson, Arsenal's first-team reserve force is also very sufficient.Although there are still hidden dangers in the team's back line, with the comeback of Lauren and Clichy, coupled with the improvement of Senderos' injury, this problem has also been greatly alleviated.

So Wenger announced early that they are not going to open the winter transfer window, but there will be a few players who can't play and leave the team on loan or transfer.

Of course, compared to the summer transfer period, the winter transfer period can only be regarded as a minor repair, because the league is still going on, and any signings that touch the team's tactics may have fatal consequences, so everyone will choose carefully, Signing cautiously.

The transfer window opened on January 1. Among the Premier League BIG1 of Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea, Arsenal and Chelsea did not introduce players, and Manchester United only introduced one player: Manchester United loaned Swedish veteran Larsson to make up for the injury. Saha's location.Liverpool continued their messy signings: 4 million bought Spanish right back Arbeloa, loaned Insua, Bravo, and bought Mascherano.

The real transfer predators are West Ham. After the Icelandic consortium took over, the team has strong funds and recruited a lot of horses. It spent a total of 1700 million pounds to buy people.

In terms of Arsenal, Portsmouth is targeting Arsenal's right-back Freddie Ljungberg.

永贝里是阿森纳现在队内仅存的几名老队员了，除了37岁的莱曼、30岁的吉尔伯托、30岁的加拉斯、30岁的劳伦，29岁的亨利五人之外，就是29岁的永贝里了。在下面就是26岁的罗西基和25岁的赫莱布，再然后24岁的雷耶斯在队内都算得上是数得着的“老将”了。

Although Ljungberg has been working hard, it is a fact that his physical fitness and competitive state have declined as he ages. The position on the right this season basically belongs to Hleb. There are also Rosicky and Van Persie who can play, and the "perpetual motion machine" seems to have lost its position.

And Arsenal also has a practice of "players over the age of 30 are signed once a year". How cruel is this for a player who wants to retire here?

Therefore, the outside world is very optimistic about this transfer. Ljungberg has 1 reasons to transfer and leave.

But when the facts appeared, everyone was surprised: Someone from Arsenal did go to West Ham United, but it was not Ljungberg, but Lauren!

Everyone was surprised at first, but after thinking about it later, it was indeed an unexpected and reasonable transfer.First of all, Portsmouth is a relegation team. Defense is always one of the aspects they must strengthen first. Compared with Ljungberg who is offensive, Lauren, who has rich defensive experience, is obviously more suitable. Secondly, Lauren's status in the team, Although Lauren has been the main right-back since joining Arsenal, he has never changed, but he has never been an important member.

In the undefeated season of 2003-2004, people remembered the gun king Henry, the ice prince Bergkamp, ​​the elegant Pires, and even Reyes, a young player who joined only halfway, but Lauren is always in that corner.He hasn't been great, but he's never out of position on defense, and he's always where he should be on offense.

Now he came quietly, quietly contributed his youth, and now he is leaving quietly.

Half a million pounds!This is Lauren's last fortune left to Arsenal.

Among the young gunners, the new right back has sufficient reserves. Eboue is a young player who is energetic and good at attacking and defending. His performance is completely in line with the main force. Then Hoyt was injured when Eboue It is also a stable performance, and Zhu Lu is also fully qualified for this position.

Regarding Lauren's departure, Wenger said: "Lauren has made outstanding contributions to the team since joining the team in 2000. He is the backbone of the club's two Premier League titles and three FA Cup titles. A high level of performance will ensure he will make his place in Arsenal's history. All of our players and staff wish Lauren all the best at Portsmouth."

In addition to Lauren, Jenas, who was dissatisfied with his playing time, finally got his wish and joined Newcastle, and the transfer fee was only 500 million pounds, which fully shrunk by half of his worth.

Then there is the teenager Alexander Song who was loaned to Charlton because of the limited playing time of the first team, where he will become teammates with the Chinese player Zheng Zhi who joined in the winter.

Then, at this time, it can be regarded as half of the Premier League. Manchester United returned as the king and won the half-time championship without any dispute.Manchester United lead the standings with 53 points, Chelsea are five points behind and Arsenal are third with 5 points.

In terms of players, Cristiano Ronaldo in the leader Manchester United has achieved a perfect transformation this season. He has become the engine of Manchester United on the left. Relying on his performance of 22 goals and 12 assists in 5 rounds, Manchester United has regained its vitality. Vitality, which makes him the second-ranked candidate for the Premier League MVP.

Why do you say it is the second?Because the first is Reyes!

Although Reyes scored only 22 goals in 10 rounds, he had 15 assists.Although Reyes plays on the wing, this does not prevent him from becoming the core and starting point of the team's offense.His perfect combination of breakthroughs and speed on the left has become a nightmare for right backs in the Premier League!
For the young Gunners, playing with Reyes is a very easy thing because all you have to do is wait there and Reyes will naturally pass the ball to where you are most comfortable and then you Just push the ball lightly and it will be at your fingertips!
Look at the results of Reyes: Torres scored 12 goals, Adebayor scored 7 goals, Hleb scored 6 goals, Fabregas scored 5 goals, and even Van Persie scored 5 goals ball!
When Henry was injured and in an unstable state, Reyes undoubtedly carried the banner of the team's offense. He made the team's offense no longer monotonous and revived the Gunners again!
Henry's injury has always been a topic of greatest concern to gun fans. After several performances in the middle of the season, Henry was injured again.And it wasn't until December that Arsenal's cheating team doctors gave the evaluation of "sciatica", and at this time Henry was already treating the thigh strain injury...

Flamini, who played left-back for a few games, was injured again. Fortunately, Clichy has already had the experience of coming off the bench in the past two games. Arsenal will not be stretched at left-back.If Clichy is injured again and Hoyt goes to fill another position, then Reyes actually has experience playing left back...

In the striker position, Drogba leads the scorer list with 14 goals. Although he has joined Chelsea for several seasons and his strength has been recognized, Warcraft's scoring efficiency has not been very high. This season, Shevchenko joined. It aroused the desire of Warcraft to score goals, making Warcraft a terrifying existence.Torres, who joined Arsenal, is also eye-catching. He is not like a silver pewter like a Spanish player who is not considered useful in Liverpool's vote. He joined Arsenal and adapted to Arsenal with lightning speed Adapted to the Premier League, 12 goals in the half is the best evidence!

Then there is the midfielder, Scholes and Lampard are still the pillars of their respective teams, and Fabregas knows the biggest bright spot!Fabrigas is not Zidane's type.He is a football wise man, better than some players with small smarts.He plays in the team, fully aware of the weaknesses and strengths of each team-mate, he has more energy than Zidane.Reyes can have such a performance, which is inseparable from Fabregas' support in the middle!

The media commented on every aspect of the Premier League, while the players went on with their game.

On January 2007, 1, in the 3nd round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Charlton 22-4 at home. Alexander Song watched the whole game on the visiting team's bench, and with him was the newly joined Chinese Footballer Zheng Zhi.

Then the Premier League closed down, and various cup competitions began to appear. Arsenal, who had both advanced in the League Cup and the FA Cup, began their journey to two cup competitions.

Coincidentally, Arsenal's opponents in both cups are Liverpool; even more coincidentally, these two cups are away!
Arsenal and Liverpool have played against each other this season. In that game, Arsenal rebounded from the valley and bloodbathed their opponents 5:2. Reyes also staged his first Arsenal debut in that game. A hat trick!
"What a team with infinite fond memories!" Looking at Liverpool's name, Reyes licked his lips.

(End of this chapter)