Jagged Wings

Chapter 213
Reyes obviously felt that the atmosphere in the team was very strange recently.This is something he has never experienced in the past three years.

Arsenal is still the same Arsenal, and the teammates are still those teammates.But football is no longer that football.

After the rare three-round winless, the atmosphere in Arsenal's dressing room was extremely strange.Everyone is not gloomy, but discussing something that has nothing to do with football.Reyes changed clothes, listening to Senderos and Toure chatting about the ancient buildings in Turin; listening to Fabregas telling Denilson about the grandeur of Camp Nou; listening to Lehmann telling Hleb about his plans after retirement ...

They don't seem to care about the life and death of their team...

On August 8, Arsenal ushered in the European Super Cup. They faced the UEFA Cup champion Sevilla in a single game!

Sevilla is Reyes' home team. Before the game, Reyes went to the visiting team's bench and hugged his former teammates.Of course, Sevilla's coach Juande Ramos, who single-handedly trained Reyes, resigned this season, but Reyes will not regret that Juande has joined Arsenal's rivals in the same city - Tottenham Hotspur head coach.

Last season, Arsenal's performance was ups and downs, always able to emerge at the moment when everyone was most worried, and rebound hard in the trough!
So in this game, everyone is conservative!

The result of the game was as expected. Arsenal defeated Sevilla 2-0 at the Dragon Stadium in Porto, a neutral venue, and successfully crowned the king of Europe!
Everyone believes that this championship will be the turning point from Arsenal's trough to its peak, even Arsenal themselves think so,
But when Reyes saw his teammates in the locker room, he felt even more uneasy.

On August 8, just before the end of the transfer window, there was another news from Arsenal: defender Senderos transferred and joined Juventus at a price of 31 million pounds.Reyes finally understood why Senderos would always be so obsessed with the Iron Tower in Turin.

To be honest, Senderos's performance was quite satisfactory, but after Gallas joined, Wenger's behavior of appointing a fellow irritated him.And after Gilberto left, Reyes was replaced as the vice-captain, while Gallas was appointed as the third captain.Senderos knew that he would no longer be taken seriously. After winning all the championships, what he valued most was his status.Now that his status has been lowered, Senderos chose to leave!

Losing two players in the middle and backcourt in a row, Arsenal's defense was not considered strong, and now it is not complete.And in the game, Wenger also particularly likes to use double center forwards. Although this increases the number of frontcourt players, it makes Arsenal very uncomfortable when facing teams with five midfielders!

This kind of discomfort is directly reflected in the grades!

In the fifth round of the league, Arsenal lost to Portsmouth away!

After five rounds of the league, the defending champion Ah Seman only accumulated one point, ranking third from the bottom!

People are asking, what happened to Arsenal?
But the Gunners didn't have time to reflect, the Champions League game is close at hand. Arsenal are in a group with Sevilla, Steaua Bucharest and Slavia Prague in the Champions League.Their first UEFA Champions League group match is an away game against Sevilla!

After four years, when he returned to the Peasejuan Stadium, Reyes was overwhelmed. This is the place where his dream started, but now, he has returned here as an enemy.

Two weeks ago, I can still vividly remember the scene when I snatched the European Super Cup from my home team!

Sevilla, who lost in the UEFA Super Cup, is gearing up to find their way back in the Champions League.But the reality is always cruel. Arsenal finally relied on Reyes' two goals in the away game to defeat Sevilla 2:1 and achieved a life-saving victory!
This victory eased Arsenal's crisis of confidence.Although the team's performance is not good now, no one believes that Arsenal will really relegation.They just need an opportunity to fully display their strength!

After the first round of the Champions League, the club game ended, and Reyes, Torres, and Cesc Fabregas stayed in Spain. All three of them were selected for the Spanish national team in Aragones.

Spain's trip to the European Cup qualifiers is not so easy.In the past, the aura of "King of Qualifiers" has not been fully realized. Two-thirds of the 12 rounds have been played, and Spain ranks third after Northern Ireland and Sweden.

Therefore, in the next four games, Spain must do its best and must win every game!Fortunately, Spain's group has a huge gap in strength. Spain easily beat Latvia 2:0 at home, while Northern Ireland and Sweden, the top two in the group, both lost. This undoubtedly pushed Spain to the edge of the cliff again!
There are still three rounds left in the group stage. What Spain and Reyes have to do is to try their best to win, and also depends on the performance of the top two.

Veterans, it seems that they have begun to say goodbye.Although the Spanish national team won, the Real Madrid banner Raul has not been selected for the national team for half a year.

Back at the club, Reyes received another bad news, also from a veteran: Henry was injured again in the European Cup qualifiers and will be out for a month!

What kind of blow does this have on Arsenal, which is weak in itself?No one has any expectations for Arsenal anymore!

However, when everyone was disappointed, Arsenal broke out, and the most direct manifestation of this was Reyes' breakout!
In the previous month, Reyes' state could not be said to be bad, nor could he be said to be good.He contributed 20+20 last season. In five games this season, he only contributed two goals and one assist.This result is not bad for ordinary people, but for Reyes, it is not enough!
However, after Henry was injured, Reyes suddenly broke out without warning!
Facing Derby County, which has three wins and two draws since the start of the game and is known as the "dark horse", Arsenal showed a crazy state amidst the voices of thousands of fans at the Emirates Stadium!
6: 0!

The team announced their return with a big victory.In this game, Reyes scored three goals with head kicks and became the biggest contributor to the team's victory!
Then, Arsenal announced their return with a wave of fast and furious victories!
2:0 Newcastle!

1:0 Bucharest Star!

3:2 Sunderland!
2:0 Bolton!
3:0 Slavia Prague!
2:1 Liverpool!
3:0 Sheffield United!
Arsenal announced their comeback with seven consecutive victories in all competitions!
However, in the next, Arsenal has a tough battle to fight: in the 12th round of the Premier League, Arsenal challenged Manchester United away!
(End of this chapter)