Jagged Wings

Chapter 22 The Story of Captain and Bad Breath
So Pires wants to prove that even if he is not worthy of such a high contract, he must at least show it to his potential buyers, right?
Pires moved back into his box and intercepted Fletcher's pass to Rooney from behind.While stabbing the ball to Flamini, he also rushed forward.

Flamini turned around and passed the football over, and Pires dribbled the ball across the frontcourt like the wind.

Keane came up with a fierce tackle, trying to force Pires to give up the ball.But Pires was full of energy, and with a sudden stop and turned around, he left the Manchester United captain behind.

After Pires and Ljungberg made a two-for-one cooperation, they broke into the penalty area again, but the angle of the shot was too straight, and the goalkeeper Carroll saved the baseline.

Wenger looked at the time. It was the 85th minute of the game and the score was still tied.Wenger made a forward gesture, signaling the players in the backcourt to press up. Except for the two full-backs and a goalkeeper who stayed in the backcourt, everyone else pressed into the Manchester United penalty area.

Reyes found that the penalty area was full of people, and there was no chance to make a move.His strength lies in the technique at his feet, but he is not very good at heading the ball.

It was obviously useless for him to stay in the penalty area, so he ran out of the penalty area and said to Franey outside the penalty area: "The opponent's counterattack relies on speed, you should go in and compete for a header!"

"Is this questioning my speed?" Flamini silently ran into the restricted area.

Reyes didn't know that his words hurt the heart of a fragile French teenager.

Ljungberg took a corner kick, Campbell flicked a shot forward, and Henry leaned on Keane to shoot at the back, but was cleared by Neville who was guarding the post.

Reyes saw the chaos in the penalty area, and he lost the football goal when everyone was on his back.

At this moment, Neville's football was useless. The football flew high but not far away, and happened to land in front of Reyes.

"good chance!"

Reyes was also polite, and shot directly at the ball.The players in the penalty area dodged one after another. The offensive players were afraid of blocking the shots of their teammates, and the defensive players were afraid of touching themselves and changing the line.

But what to be afraid of, the football kicked by Reyes is too fast and the distance is too close, and no one has time to dodge.

The football first touched Vieira's big buttocks and turned to the right. Goalkeeper Carroll quickly adjusted his center of gravity and jumped to the right, but the football halfway hit Ferdinand's thigh again and changed its line to the left.

Carol, whose body had been fully stretched, couldn't even lift his feet.But years of training have kept his eyes on football.

I saw that the football speed slowed down, but it still entered the goal by rubbing the left post of the goal.

3:2!Arsenal overtake again!
Enter?in?Reyes didn't seem to believe that he had scored a goal, and he didn't react until Vieira ran over and knocked him down with his mouth full of spittle.

"It's so fucking beautiful! We won!" The hot air from Henry's mouth sprayed on Reyes' face, and the bad breath almost made Reyes faint.

Otherwise, Reyes would be the first player to be killed by his teammates.

"It's a win!"

"You scored!"

Other teammates rushed forward one after another. This ups and downs game was also a kind of stimulation to the players on the field.Leading twice and being equalized by opponents twice is definitely a big test of their hearts.And now Reyes' goal, like rain, moistened their dry hearts and regained their confidence.

"Good job, brothers!" Vieira ran over and pulled his teammates up one by one: "The game plus stoppage time, there are still 10 minutes, cheer up, don't let them equalize!"

The teammates got up one by one, and Reyes, who was pressed at the front, was also pulled up by Vieira.

"Boy, I like you!" Vieira finally gave Reyes a bear hug, and a burst of bad breath ten times bigger than before poured into Reyes' nostrils.

"Captain, can I ask something?"

"say!"

"Arsenal selects the captain, is it based on bad breath?"

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Hawes was eventually brought on, replacing Reyes who had been running for more than 80 minutes.He ran hard throughout the game and contributed a goal and an assist, and he received even higher cheers from the fans.

Hawes didn't feel good about himself this time, but just ran to his position silently.

In the next ten minutes including injury time, the entire Arsenal team took back the defense, only Henry was at the forefront of the formation. If there was a ball under his feet, Henry would rush over with the ball alone, harassing Manchester United. Defensive line, prevent them from completely pressing the whole line.

There is not much time left in the game, only one goal behind so that Manchester United is not willing to give up, they continue to attack.At this time, they no longer considered whether they would allow Arsenal to fight back after they pushed up.

This is a game that cannot be lost under any circumstances. If they lose this game, they may lose the entire season.Pressing may lose the game, but not pressing will definitely lose the game.

They have no choice but to go up the offensive.

Arsenal defended stubbornly, and Manchester United had nothing to do with them.In addition, as the end of the game is approaching, they also know that there is no hope of winning, so they have no fighting spirit.

Dissatisfied with the status quo, Manchester United fans kept booing in the stands.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the decibels of cheers in the Highbury Stadium reached the highest peak in the audience.

Arsenal defeated their rival Manchester United with a score of 3:2 in their own appearance, ending the opponent's 13 unbeaten games!
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"He had a perfect performance in this game. I admit that I underestimated him. His ability is beyond my imagination. My defense has nothing to do with him. I think a small pond like Arsenal can't tolerate it. For a big fish like Reyes."

"Giggs is old, would you consider bringing in Reyes at some point in the future?" the reporter from The Sun asked, obviously afraid of chaos.

"I look at players who are doing well, but Giggs is doing so well and he told me he has at least five years left to play."

In the post-match press conference, Ferguson did not hesitate to use his compliments. Of course, he did not forget to ridicule his old rival Arsene Wenger.

Wenger, who was winning the game, was in a good mood: "The atmosphere in our team is very good. Reyes has a group of players who are the same age as him. I believe they are growing. I recently communicated with Reyes. He told me that he Really enjoyed my time at the Armory."

Of course, another voice also rose: Do we still need Henry?

Including this game, Henry has not scored in 6 rounds.However, on the other side, Reyes' recent outstanding performance has brought him to 13 goals this season.This figure has surpassed Pires and Ljungberg to become the team's second shooter.

"Although Henry played the whole game, his performance is still sluggish. What do you have to say about this?"

"Thierry has been working very hard. Sometimes it depends on a little bit of luck to score or not to score. You know, an excellent shooter can not only score goals by himself, but what is even more commendable is that he can selflessly contribute to the goal. Teammates create chances."

Wenger's words are very high-sounding, but in fact Henry's failure to score is always a topic that cannot be bypassed.As a man known as the "King of Highbury", he must use constant goals to bring victory to the team.And this is also why Reyes is inferior to Henry.

A whole day has passed since the 25th round of the fierce and hot Premier League. On this day, the media in England and even in Europe are paying attention to this game.

Reyes, who scored one goal and assisted one goal in the game, naturally became the focus of the media's attention.

Relying on Reyes' excellent performance, Arsenal continued to chase Chelsea, which had won eight consecutive victories, by 7 points.Manchester United, who lost in this game, was 11 points behind by Chelsea.With 13 rounds left in the league, Manchester United was almost thrown out of the championship group.

Ronaldo's red card in the game was also commented on. Critics generally believe that Ronaldo's end is a turning point for Manchester United's situation.Although Ronaldo's performance is out of tune with the whole team, there is no doubt that Ronaldo is carrying the banner of Manchester United's offense.

Arsene Wenger has a day off for the whole team the next day because of the victory over Manchester United in the "Premier League derby"

"Hey Antonio, you had a great shot yesterday!"

Early the next morning, Reyes went to the door to pick up the newspaper, and the neighbor greeted him: "Mr. Reyes, your goal last night was really beautiful!"

"Thank you!" Reyes was in a good mood, took the newspaper and returned to the house.

After breakfast, Reyes had no other hobbies, so he watched TV at home.After a while, there was a knock on the door.

Reyes walked over to open the door and found the little boy George standing at the door. Reyes patted his head: "Oh, I brought your gift back for you."

Reyes turned his head and went back to the house, and after a while, he brought out a football, which was specially left for George after he scored a goal.

"Here! This is your birthday present!" Reyes showed a gentle smile: "By the way, George, today is not the weekend, don't you have classes? I don't get overtime pay for working overtime."

George usually only comes to trim flowers and plants for him on Saturdays and Sundays, and George still has classes in normal times.

"Thank you!" George excitedly held the ball in his arms and was reluctant to take it away. After a while, he said, "I'm here to invite you. We have a family gathering this weekend. Are you interested in attending?"

"Of course!" Reyes laughed. Originally, he was introverted and was not good at making friends. When there were no competitions, he stayed at home more and went online to keep fit.

"By the way, there is another question." George suddenly remembered and asked, "Will you bring a female companion?"

"I'm a bachelor!"

"That's good, see you on the weekend!" George ran away holding the football.

"See you on the weekend!" Reyes said, looking at George's back.

(End of this chapter)