Jagged Wings

Chapter 35 Arsenal's striker's death
As the major leagues come to an end, the competition for the league championship and the place in the European war has also entered a fierce battle, and the teams in the relegation zone have also begun to "last shudder".

The Champions League is also at the last moment, and there are not many surprises in the real world. In the semi-finals, Liverpool and AC Milan eliminated Chelsea and PSV Eindhoven respectively and entered the final.

On May 5, Chelsea and Liverpool will stage a Mars-to-Earth battle in Istanbul, Turkey.

Of course, at this time, various transfer rumors keep coming.

Reyes also received a call from his agent Moya, telling him that many teams are interested in him, including many giants.Real Madrid and Barcelona are interested in bringing him back to Spain, but to Reyes' surprise, Mourinho's Chelsea is also on this list.

It seems that there are really "no real enemies, only real interests". If you think about last month's Champions League, I and Mourinho were still fighting each other in the aisle, and now Mourinho is here to buy.

"What do you think about Antonio? Didn't you say that you were not used to the weather in England in the first half of the season?" Moya asked.

Reyes thought about it, he hadn't crossed at that time, it was indeed like this.But now that I've crossed over, I'm not in a hurry to leave, where is it not playing football?
And now the whole team is actively preparing for the FA Cup final against Manchester United, and even Vieira, who is the most noisy, has stopped preparing for the game. How can I stab someone at this time?
"Keep silent for now and wait until the FA Cup is over."

The championship is over, and No. 2 is still up for grabs for Arsenal and Manchester United. Although the "runner-up" title is dispensable for the two teams that have won the two major championships, they value more a place in the Champions League that does not need to participate in the play-offs.

In the end, Manchester United did not perform well and was squeezed to third by Arsenal.The next game is of the same nature as chicken ribs.

On May 5th, in the last round of the Premier League, Arsenal challenged Birmingham in an away game. The Gunners, who were on the bench, lost 15:1 to their opponents, ending the entire schedule.

All that remains is the FA Cup final on May 5.If you put it in the past few seasons, the battle between Arsenal and Manchester United is definitely the biggest highlight of the Premier League.But this season, the rapid rise of Chelsea Rockets has left the two old overlords far behind, and even the tasteless League Cup is not left to them.

Under such circumstances, this year's League Cup final has less tit-for-tat and more "sympathy" between brothers and sisters.

But this did not change the anger between the two sides before the game. The league championship was lost, and the FA Cup was the hottest fig leaf for the two teams. How could they not work hard?

When these two teams are together, there is definitely a halo of ridicule.

"Mr. Professor's control over the locker room is not as good as before. Since this season, Henry and Vieira have publicly accused Wenger of being stingy. There is also a little guy who was crying by the ghost weather in London and said he wants to go back to Spain. ?” Ferguson pointed out that Wenger’s players were too gentle, while Reyes was lying on the side.

"I have a great relationship with Thierry and Patrick. We were still discussing holiday arrangements yesterday." Fighting for so many years.Wenger is also very familiar with Ferguson's psychological warfare and can handle it with ease.

"I've started to adapt to everything here, I like the Highbury fans, I like everyone at Arsenal, of course, I prefer to win from Manchester United!" Reyes responded, looking confident.

"I can't figure it out, why would Mr. Jazz buy a Portuguese kid who can only play streetball? I think Fletcher is more suitable for Manchester United's right forward position." Wenger was talking about Ronaldo who can only play tricks.

"Cristiano is a great player. We need to give him more room to grow. As for Fletcher, he can appear anywhere in the midfield." Ferguson denied Wenger's discord between Ronaldo and Fletcher .

Although Manchester United suffered many injuries in the second half of the league, under the leadership of Ferguson, there were frequent success reports. They once achieved 14 unbeaten games. Even when they faced Chelsea, they could also get a draw.On the other side, Arsenal has had ups and downs throughout the season. Although they beat Manchester United to achieve No.2 this season, judging from the odds of the bookmakers, Arsenal's probability of winning is lower than that of Manchester United.

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The day before the game, Arsenal had already confirmed the starting lineup. Campbell failed to catch up with the game. Senderos started instead of him. On the forward line, Bergkamp and Henry partnered. The only substitute was Van Persie.

Although Wenger introduced Reyes as Bergkamp's successor at the time, Reyes has performed better in the left winger position than in the forward position for a season.If he is fixed at the forward position, it is obviously not suitable to take advantage of his speed and technology.

As a result, Pires was squeezed to the bench by Reyes instead, which Wenger did not expect.

Arsenal is in the last day of training, the content is group confrontation, but the confrontation is not very intense, everyone is looking for status.

"Hey, Cole, how about I buy a few lottery tickets to bet on us winning?" Reyes attacked with the ball, and Cole came over to defend.

"If you're not afraid of being arrested for gambling." Cole rolled his eyes and stretched his feet forward.

Reyes pulled the ball back with his left foot, and passed Cole in the horizontal direction.He stuffed the ball into the opponent's ribs, and Henry appeared in front of the football.

Turning around, swinging his legs, and shooting, Henry's movements are like flowing clouds and flowing water, all in one go.

The defensive Senderos is full of energy, and at the same time stretches out his feet to block.

But the next moment, Henry kicked the football and hit the plane. Goalkeeper Almunia just waved his hand subconsciously, and saw Henry curled up on the ground, clutching his crotch, with a painful expression.

"Ah, did I kick you? Thierry." Senderos was taken aback and was about to cry.

"You've got something wrong, you kicked him in the balls!" Cole ran over and said, "You're dead!"

"Get out!" Captain Vieira ran over and checked Henry's condition: "Hurry up and call the team doctor."

The team doctor hurried over with the medicine box in hand, and after seeing it, his expression turned a little bit bad: "A strained groin?"

In the end, the day's training was terminated because of this accident, and Henry was sent to the hospital for examination.The expressions of the players were not very good. If it was really a groin injury, then Henry would definitely not be able to make it to the finals the next day.How can Arsenal go forward without the King of Highbury at the front?

Senderos, who caused Henry's injury this time, was also panicked, and his little face turned pale.This season, Campbell, the core of Arsenal's defense, was injured a lot. Senderos seized the opportunity and performed well, and has gradually occupied the main position.If the team lost the game because of his tackle to Henry before the final, then he would not forgive himself.

In the afternoon, the examination results came out, and Henry strained his groin because of excessive force.Of course, this is just an incentive. The more important factor is that Henry has played too many games this season and is too tired.

Simply put, it is tiring.

Henry's importance to Arsenal this season is self-evident. In the Premier League, he scored 25 goals and assisted 16 times.Arsenal's second top scorer, Pires, only scored 41 goals this season.

This number accounts for half of Arsenal's total goals scored this season, which is equivalent to all the goals scored by a mid-range team this season.

For Arsenal, losing Henry is not just as simple as losing their top scorer and assist king, but also means that their king can no longer lead them forward.

Such an efficient ability to collect data makes Henry a thorn in the eyes of England defenders.Although Henry did not play the most games, he has always been at the top of the list for the number of violations, which also consumed too much energy and physical strength of him.

So it was not without reason that Henry fell ill.

Henry fell, who will replace him?
This is something that gives Wenger a headache.After Reyes moved back, the only strikers Arsenal can use this season are Bergkamp and Van Persie. Abeye has potential, but he can't count on it in a short time.

Play five midfielders?

Wenger shook his head and denied this idea. Arsenal have played 442 for many years, and there is no time to adapt to the five midfielders.So Wenger has no choice but to allow Van Persie to temporarily work with Bergkamp.

After Van Persie was kicked out by Feyenoord, he also reflected on it, so after joining Arsenal, his temper restrained a lot.At the beginning of the season, he and Reyes failed in the competition of the left winger, so they could only change to the center to serve as Bergkamp's substitute.

Instead, he found a feeling after switching to center forward and became an important rotation member of Arsenal. He made 12 starts and 14 substitutes throughout the season, scoring 10 goals, and his performance was not bad.

Of course, the unnecessary red card against Southampton still showed his immaturity.

"Next season, we must bring in a striker. He should be a striker! World-class!" Wenger looked at his substitute lineup and thought viciously.

(End of this chapter)