Jagged Wings

Chapter 32 League OR Champions League
The master thought about it for a long time, and decided to skip this question and ask the second one directly.

The host said: "Your team won Henry in this game, are you satisfied?"

"Very satisfied, everyone played well under my leadership! Especially Reyes, when I communicated with him, he and I agreed that the best player in the game should be given to me!"

Bergkamp spoke with eloquence.

The host is already in a mess: this, you feel good about yourself, don't you?
The host didn't dare to ask the next question, and directly dragged Bergkamp down.

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On the second day, the media used overwhelming coverage to report on this thrilling reversal. They did not expect that Arsenal, which was criticized for "soft style of play", would stage a comeback at their home court.

In this good show, Reyes in the first half and Xiaofa in the second half became the best players in their playing time respectively.These two players are teenagers from Spain, a country with "soft autumn wind", but they became the two crucial people for Arsenal to turn defeat into victory in this game, which was unexpected by the English.

They can only sigh: Why are they not British citizens?

"Haha, of course it's impossible! Compared with England's long pass style, I still like the Spanish style!" Lying on the hospital bed, Reyes read the newspaper and said to Ashley Cole in front of him.

After examination with professional equipment, sports medicine experts have made a final diagnosis on his thigh.For the next month, Reyes was unable to play.

In other words, Reyes will miss one cup match and three league games including the FA Cup quarter-finals one day later.

After the injury, he received a lot of calls from his cheap parents in Spain, as well as from his agent and friends.They are all concerned about Reyes' injury.

Reyes told them it wasn't a big deal, and that the strain would heal after resting for a month or so.Moreover, a perfect treatment method has been formulated this time. This injury is not enough to affect his future career, so Reyes is in a good mood while recuperating.

"Dennis really said that?" Reyes smiled and looked at Ashley Cole.Ashley Cole was the first person to visit him after his injury.

In the Arsenal team, Reyes and Bergkamp have a good relationship, followed by Cole who plays with him on the wing.Because of their frequent cooperation, the two have a perfect understanding.

Of course, Ashley Cole is not here to communicate feelings, but to make a small report on Bergkamp.Reyes also had no idea that Ashley Cole had so many complaints about Bergkamp.

"He even told the fourth official that the best player in the game should be given to him! Don't you think it's annoying!" Kerr looked like he could knock Bergkamp down by standing up.

"Actually," Reyes sighed, "If nothing happens, Bergkamp will retire next season!"

"It's good to retire, so you don't have to watch him every day..." Cole was halfway through, when he suddenly understood: "Retired? Is it true or not? The old man is so high-level, and he will not be able to play for another three to five years." More than enough!"

"Maybe he is really tired. He has played for the Gunners for almost ten years." Reyes sighed.

"Are you kidding?" Cole still couldn't believe it. Since he was promoted to the first team, he has been used to Bergkamp on the team's forward line. Man, will he not adapt?
Although Cole was a little upset with Bergkamp, ​​after all, this is a teammate who has been with him for many years.

"Will you transfer and leave?" Reyes suddenly raised another sensitive topic.Although he knows that Ashley Cole will leave next season, which is also a harbinger of the disintegration of Arsenal's championship lineup, he feels that he should do something as a passer-by.

"I don't know." Ashley Carr said contradictoryly.Cole, Pires, and Vieira have all had conflicts with Wenger in the team. If they want to leave, these three people are definitely the most likely.

And Reyes knew that Mourinho of Chelsea had contacted Cole in private and offered Cole a huge salary.

Of course, communicating with players about transfers in private is against FIFA regulations.

In fact, it is Wenger who is the most rampant in contacting players in private.Xiaofa and Van Persie are good examples. If they didn't have the generous treatment given by Wenger, how could they be qualified to petition the club for a transfer after they became famous at a young age?

So Wenger suffered from being dumb about this matter, he dared not say it!

Cole is also very contradictory: on the one hand, Arsenal is training him and shaping his home team, on the other hand, the check from Chelsea is far less than Arsenal's salary, so he is very distressed.

"Actually, I think it's very good at Arsenal. It's like home here. But what about Chelsea?" Reyes spread his hands: "Everything seems to be linked to money. If you perform well now, he will definitely want you, but What if you don't perform well? Then I will immediately sign a left back to replace you!"

Cole's face was also a little scared, and Reyes hurriedly dismissed the heat.

"And in Arsenal, you see we cooperate so well!" Reyes waved his fist: "I will play the main attack and you will cover for me. How about we create an 'invincible' golden left lane?"

"I'm going to attack and you cover me!" Cole quickly reminded Reyes.

"Yes, you cover my main attack!" Reyes nodded.

"..."

For a moment, Cole had the urge to grab lollipops with the children in the kindergarten.

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One day after the game against Bayern, Arsenal, who sent a substitute lineup, defeated Bolton, who was also on the bench, 1-0 away and advanced to the semi-finals of the FA Cup.In fact, Bolton's strength is enough to compete for the FA Cup victory.But because they are seventh in the league and the whole team is struggling for a place in the Europa League, they have to give up this game with a weak bench.

After this game is over, the next round will be played on March 3. Before that, there is a ceremony that needs to be attended: the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw ceremony.

This year's Champions League is different from last year's two dark horses and one black to the end. The major giants have passed the test one after another, and there is no obvious strong team in the competition.

In the top four of the Premier League, except for Manchester United being double-killed by Juventus, the other three teams Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea all advanced.In addition to the Premier League top three, the Serie A top three AC Milan, Inter Milan, and Juventus also advanced.

Coupled with the Eredivisie champions Eindhoven and the Ligue [-] overlord Lyon, it is the quarterfinals of this draw.

Although Reyes was still recuperating at this time, the location had been transferred to his home.After all, it is enough to just rest and recuperate well, and you will get sick after staying in a place like a hospital for a long time.

The draw originally required the presence of head coach Arsene Wenger, but in view of the fact that there was still a Premier League game the next day, the special assistant coach Patrice was sent to participate in the draw instead of himself during the special period.

Like other players, Reyes also sat in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of the draw ceremony so that he could know his opponent in the first place.

In fact, Reyes's more thought is to see how much he, a person who has traveled through time, has changed the world.You must know that Arsenal in the real world was eliminated by Bayern Munich.The emergence of Reyes has rewritten this period of history.

Since the promotion teams are different, will the results of the draw be different?

"I hope you don't run into Liverpool!" Reyes prayed in his heart. In the "Istanbul Night" in the 2005 Champions League final, Liverpool's soul-stirring performance of recovering three goals after falling behind by three goals left a deep impression on him.

Although everyone is generally not optimistic about Liverpool, which is full of wounded soldiers, but Reyes knows an old saying: sad soldiers must win!
The lottery was drawn very quickly, and the top eight matchups had already appeared in just over half an hour.Arsenal successfully avoided Liverpool, but encountered another Premier League team-Chelsea.

Liverpool's opponent is Juventus, the old lady of Serie A. Of course, the most eye-catching thing in the four games is that the two giants from Milan City drew together.In this UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Inter Milan and AC Milan will stage a city derby.

The encounter between the two second-tier league giants PSV and Lyon can only be put in the corner of the newspaper as a tidbit.

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After the opponent came out, the major teams began to study their opponents, and the league continued.

In a league game on the 19th, Henry, Reyes, Bergkamp, ​​and Pires were absent at the same time, while Ljungberg tragically sprained his ankle during pre-match training.Arsenal, who sent the youth army, relied on Van Persie's goal to draw with Blackburn 1:1 away.

Wenger, who is always watching the game on the other side, also got the latest news, one good news and one bad news.The good news is that Chelsea's record of six games without conceding a goal has finally come to an end. The bad news is that Chelsea, who conceded a goal for the first time since fluency, was very angry and poured four goals into the opponent.

In addition, in a make-up match last week, Chelsea once again defeated their opponents and took all three points. In the two rounds, Chelsea left Arsenal by 5 points.

In this case, with 8 rounds left in the league, Arsenal has already been opened by Chelsea by 12 points.In the remaining 8 games, Chelsea only need to score 12 points to win the league championship.You know, Chelsea have only lost one game so far this season.It is almost impossible to expect Chelsea to lose at least six of the eight games.

When Wenger was interviewed, he kept denying that defending the league title this season was no longer so realistic.

So since it is not so realistic to discuss the league championship, it is natural to shift our attention to more realistic things, for example, the Champions League?

(End of this chapter)