Jagged Wings

Chapter 41 This is definitely not the last one!
Arsenal's substitute players swarmed into the stadium amidst the excited commentators from various countries, grabbing people and hugging them, celebrating their victory.

"We are the champions! Ahaha! We are the champions!!"

"The game is passed!!" The Arsenal commentator jumped up from his seat and couldn't wait to announce the good news."

"The score is 2:1, the lead is Arsenal from North London! They won this eye-catching game! They are the champions! Yes, they will become the champions of the FA Cup this season!!"

The Manchester United players stood there a little disappointed, they didn't expect that they failed so completely.Especially Van Nistelrooy, he took off his jersey to cover his head, and also covered the disappointment on his face.

When the awards were presented, the runner-up medals were awarded first, and the Manchester United players were a little disappointed.Under the leadership of captain Keane, they went up to receive the award. Champions Arsenal players stood on both sides and applauded for them, while Ferguson refused to go up to receive the award.

After the Manchester United players accepted the silver medal, it was the turn of the Arsenal players to go up to receive the award.The players of Manchester United walked off the stage from the other side, stood in the stadium, looked at the silver trophy on the rostrum, a little envious, but also a little unwilling.

After the Arsenal players took to the stage, the award was presented by Prince Mike of Kent.Prince Mike chatted cordially with each player, which also made the awards ceremony a bit longer than expected, but everyone could tell that the English royal was in a good mood.

When Reyes stepped forward, Prince Mike took Reyes by the arm, patted his face, and said to him in English: "You are doing well, Antonio. It's a pity why you are not an Englishman." ?”

Reyes smiled: "I think it's better to represent Spain and beat England."

Prince Mike smiled mysteriously and leaned into Reyes' ear: "I'll tell you a secret, I'm a fan of the Welsh national team, and I like watching England beat down the most!"

"..." Reyes was speechless for a while, and Prince Mike had already patted him on the shoulder and presented the award to Ashley Cole.

"You guys did a good job!" Prince Mike hung the medal around Cole's neck.

"Thank you, Prince!" Cole picked up the medal and looked at it: "Is this pure gold?"

"..." The prince who was about to present the award to the next Vieira almost fell down.

"While playing, the championship medal is so precious, how can it be sold?" Vieira glared at Cole: "If you want to sell it, sell the championship trophy!"

Prince Mike spat out a mouthful of old blood: "Who are these people!"

The television broadcasts pointed the camera at Reyes several times, giving him close-ups.In this way, the director tells the audience who is the key figure in this game.

"I give Reyes [-] out of [-]! From the perspective of Arsenal's performance, it is very difficult for them to beat their opponents, but Reyes helped them achieve this impossible thing. He even forced Ferguson Just changed the goalkeeper."

"Henry, in a suit, didn't come on stage to accept the award, he was looking at his team-mates. With the end of the season, the soap opera between Henry and Barcelona. Now he knows that Arsenal can win without him, don't they? Would you feel comfortable joining Barcelona?"

"In addition to Henry, there are Pires, Vieira, Cole... Although the FA Cup is precious, they have won it before. If they can't win the Champions League in recent seasons, these players may have to leave Bar?"

Under the background of Queen's famous song "We Are the Champions" resounding in the audience, Captain Vieira raised the championship trophy high.Red confetti sprayed out from behind the podium as the music sounded, and slowly fell in the rain.The photojournalists were busy "clicking" to record this wonderful moment. The mature Xiaofa on the court showed a little childishness at this time. He buckled the championship trophy on his head and asked familiar reporters to take pictures. .After taking the photos, he also told the reporter to send the photos to him.

When taking pictures, the Arsenal players surrounded the trophy and smiled brightly. Behind them, a group of FA leaders applauded their wonderful performance with smiles on their faces. The Manchester United players off the field also had to take pictures. Slap, to show their demeanor.Arsenal fans cheered and vented their emotions.Only the Manchester United fans were disappointed, but no one cared about them at this point.

"It feels so good to be a champion, but no one knows that Arsenal will have no championship for six years." Reyes watched all this and secretly made up his mind: "But now that I am here, I swear, this is absolutely not the case. The last champion!"

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Next, Arsenal announced a holiday to the players. The season was over, and the Highbury Stadium and the Kearney training base suddenly seemed deserted.The players took a large sum of FA Cup bonuses and went to various parts of the world to start their holidays.This year is not a major year, without the Olympic Games, European Championships, World Cup and other events, they can have a comfortable summer.

Of course, Xiaofa can't rest. He will fly non-stop to the Spanish Club and the Spanish National Youth Team, and the North Station will be held in the Netherlands in June for the World Youth Championship.

With the end of the season, the warmth of winning the championship has gradually faded, and the contradiction between Vieira and Wenger has also been exposed.

Vieira was determined to leave last season, but Wenger kept him anyway.This season, the two had constant conflicts. First, Vieira criticized Wenger for being a penny-pinching cock, and then bombarded him for favoring young players.

Wenger wanted to keep him, but Xiaofa has grown rapidly this season, and Vieira has also started to decline at 29.The mistake in the FA Cup final also accelerated his departure.

Just after the end of the season, there were transfer rumors related to Vieira in the major sports media in Europe. For a while, it was said that Manchester United had taken a fancy to him, and for a while, it was said that Real Madrid and Barcelona were fighting for him. After a while, he said that Juventus, the overlord of Serie A, is very optimistic about Riviera and hopes to bring him to the Serie A stage...

As the team's main player on the left, Reyes has also received invitations from many teams.Among them, Real Madrid is more sincere. They plan to introduce Reyes, and then form the world's most powerful "terrorist left wing!" with Carlos.

"Carlos can rule the entire left flank by himself now. Why should I go? I'm not Zidane, I always like to lean in the middle." Reyes rolled his eyes and rejected Real Madrid's invitation without thinking. .

Reyes still stayed at home in London for two reasons. The first was that he didn't want to go back to Spain to meet those cheap and powerful parents, and the second was that he and Androni had made an appointment to travel to China together during the holiday.

Androni's Chinese learning is progressing very fast, and with her understanding of Chinese culture, her desire to go to China is getting stronger and stronger.Reyes also wanted to see what it felt like to go to China in the name of a foreigner.

When George heard that his sister was going to China, he also clamored to go, but George's parents arranged for him a homework tutoring plan for the summer vacation. When the school started in autumn, George was going to middle school.So in the end, only Reyes and Androni were on the road.

Of course, before that, Reyes booked a flight to Istanbul.

On May 5, the 28-2004 season, the last club game in Europe, is also the most important one - the Champions League final will be staged here.Although he already knew the result score, Reyes still decided to watch the game.

There is no suspense in the result of the game. In the first half, AC Milan led Liverpool 3-0 with captain Maldini's first goal and Crespo's brace. At halftime, AC Milan's locker room had already started Celebrate this victory too.

However, the situation changed suddenly in the second half. The Liverpool coach replaced two players in the second half, changing from 4411 to 352. This change was a great success.

In the 54 minutes from the 60th minute to the 6th minute, Liverpool scored three goals in a row from Gerrard, Smicer and Harvey-Alonso to equalize the score, and staged a "black 6 minutes" for AC Milan. AC Milan was equalized in the excellent situation of leading, and the mentality of the whole team was greatly affected.

Liverpool was united and dragged the game into a brutal penalty shootout.The penalty shootout was also thrilling. AC Milan missed the first two free throws, and Liverpool's Harman still scored a penalty despite a broken foot.

In the end, AC Milan's fifth "nuclear warhead" Shevchenko missed a penalty kick, and Liverpool finally won the cup.

Although he already knew the result of the score, Reyes, who watched from beginning to end, was still excited.This season, he played against Liverpool twice on behalf of Arsenal, with one win and one loss in the two rounds, and the two sides were evenly matched.Although Liverpool are worse than Arsenal in terms of players, they can always create enough threats to Arsenal.

After this battle, the reputation of the tactician Benitez has been raised to a higher level. Liverpool captain Gerrard also became famous in the first battle and embarked on the road of leader and core of the Red Army.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Reyes.The day after the game, he and Androni boarded a flight to China.

(End of this chapter)