Jagged Wings

Chapter 56 Why Isn't Young Crazy?
"This proposal is very good! No one wants to lose!" Wenger smiled: "So I decided to fully support this proposal!"

The players opened their eyes wide, looking at Wenger in disbelief.

This sentence is not like what Wenger usually said. Wenger is a complete gentleman, and it is rare for him to express such personal emotions.

Of course, Wenger would not say that his real purpose is to exercise his mental ability, he just said: "Although you are young, you are not children anymore. If you say it, you must act like a man! In this regard, you must redouble your efforts!"

A few days later, in the selection of the best player of the month in the Premier League, Reyes beat Robin van Persie and won the honor of "best player of the month" for the first time.

While Van Persie has scored six goals in eight games, Reyes has also contributed four assists while contributing five goals, and his attack on the left has become a nightmare for right-backs.His contribution to the team is much greater than Van Persie's mere "offensive terminator".

A few days later, in the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Arsenal was still at home. Arsenal, who played at home, ushered in Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic. This was a duel between the top and bottom of the list.

If Arsenal wins, they will qualify two rounds ahead of schedule and advance to the knockout rounds; if Sparta Prague wins, there will still be a glimmer of hope, and if they lose, they will be eliminated.

This is a battle of life and death.

Now facing a strong team, the best defensive strategy for a weak team is not to make an offside, but to park a bus in front of the goal, and then conduct a hand-to-hand defense against an important team.

Arsenal have been treated like this.

Sparta Prague know how powerful Arsenal is, and they are more aware of the terror of their attacking lineup.Although they heard before the game that Arsenal wanted to be unbeaten at home this season, they were not as indignant as they had imagined.

They know their weight.

3 points for luxury, 1 point, 1 point for head office, right?

Sparta Prague tried their best to draw with Liverpool at home, so they did not hesitate to give up their offense and choose to defend.

But they only lasted 21 minutes with this defense...

No.20 In the second minute, Henry grabbed a point in the penalty area. After receiving a pass from Reyes, he scored the football with his right foot and opened the scoring for the team!

It was also his second goal in the UEFA Champions League this season.

This conceded goal did not make Sparta Prague give up the idea of ​​continuing to defend. After all, it is not a big deal to be only one goal behind. As long as the first half does not continue conceding goals, after the adjustment of the intermission, Sparta Prague still hopes to equalize score.

And there is hope.

But 3 minutes later, Arsenal made a comeback, this time it was Hleb who made a cross from the left!
Henry leaned against the opponent's defender and pushed the ball into the goal.

Arsenal lead 2-0 at home!

Two goals behind, the Sparta Prague coach suddenly realized that their plan had gone horribly wrong!

They can't hold it at all, it is useless for Arsenal to stick to it!

The head coach of Sparta Prague is definitely not an ordinary person who can win the domestic championship.He figured it out quickly.Two goals behind, defending is hopeless, it is better to change tactics and attack, if you are lucky, you can get back a point, or if you succeed in two quick counterattacks, can't you equalize?

So the head coach of Sparta Prague made a decision after simple thinking. He waved his hand at the team and let's fight back!

This decision was made quite rationally, which showed that he hadn't lost his composure yet, and wasn't in a mess yet.It shows that he still has ideas about this game. To win the championship in the Czech Republic, he also has two brushes.

However, in front of the young Arsenal who was flushed with blood, there was no hair left on these two brushes!
Before the end of the first half, Xiaofa took advantage of a mistake made by the opponent's midfielder, dribbled forward with the ball, and then took a long shot. The football was blasted into the goal for the third time!
"Arsenal led the visiting team Sparta Prague by three goals in the first half! Fabregas scored the goal!"

In the next game, Arsenal did not give the opponent another chance at all.

In the end, Van Persie scored another goal in the second half of the game. Arsenal defeated Sparta Prague 4-0 at home and entered the knockout round of the 2005-2006 UEFA Champions League.Sparta Prague was eliminated with only two points in four games.

The UEFA Champions League qualifying made the north London media jubilant, and began to sing praises again, praising Wenger for his wisdom, excellent players, and all kinds of praise.

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"What are you looking at?" Before the training started that day, Reyes saw Senderos smirking with a newspaper and walked over.

"They said I was the savior of Highbury, that I was comparable to Nesta and Zambrotta..." Senderos said, pointing to a message.

Reyes leaned over: "Let me see!"

On the other side, Bergkamp, ​​who closed his eyes and meditated, also squinted at Senderos.

Senderos read it with gusto: "This reporter is really a cultural person! You were all reporters in the past and were 'uncrowned kings', but I think they are all very good at doing things. Look at this news, how strategic and how Easy to understand... This reporter's level is obviously very high! You see, besides me, he also praised other people..."

Xiaofa was already vomiting in disgust, but Flamini leaned over to grab the newspaper: "Did you say anything about me? Did you say something about me?"

Van Persie watched coldly and pretended to be profound, expressing his disdain, but his glance at the newspaper from the corner of his eye had already betrayed him...

Reyes looked at the newspaper, and sure enough, on the page introducing Arsenal, there was a small piece of tofu boasting that it was Senderos. Ah", "Great Wall Senderos" ah... all kinds of disgusting and shameless...

Reyes felt sick to his stomach when he read it. At this moment, his eyes suddenly caught the signature of this newspaper: Taylor-Jonathan
"This person." Reyes suddenly remembered: "Hey, this is not the person who said in the last round that you played 'shit is not as good', 'it's better to move on as soon as possible', 'the defense is soft, and the duck is not tough enough' ?"

"Ah?" Senderos's face changed color, but he still insisted: "Maybe this person has woken up and realized that I am a piece of rough jade?"

"Your unpolished jade is as much as the bricks on the construction site." Bergkamp sneered: "Since I entered the Premier League, such "raw jade" added up is enough to build a city wall." ..."

Senderos burst into tears: It's too embarrassing...

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As the record gets better and better, the atmosphere in the Arsenal team is also getting better and better.

After Vieira left, after a few games of turmoil, Arsenal learned from the pain and introduced Jenas.With the deepening of the league, the performance of young players such as Jenas and Xiaofa has become more mature.Especially Xiaofa, he and Gilberto's midfield combination is full of tacit understanding.

Hleb has already squeezed Ljungberg to the bench, with more mature Xiaofa and others escorting the midfielder, Reyes and Hleb's two flanks are also getting sharper, and Van Persie's main position is also sitting on the bench. Steady.

Of course, in the league scorer list, Henry took the lead for granted.

Returning to the Premier League, this time it is still at home, and Arsenal ushered in the newly promoted "Black Cat" Sunderland.As a team that was promoted as the champion of the British Championship last season, Sunderland and the other two newly promoted West Ham United and Wigan presented two completely opposite situations.

At the beginning of the season, relegation was their unanimous goal, but the following games were surprising.

The first round of the game made everyone "pretty surprised"-West Ham beat Blackburn 3:1, Wigan was inseparable from the whole game against Chelsea at home, and finally the defending champion relied on Crespo's flash of inspiration. The deadlock was broken in the 89th minute, although Wigan lost to You Rong!Only the Black Cats lost to Charlton 1:3.In the second round, Wigan lost 0:1 to Charlton, West Ham 0:0 Newcastle... and then Wigan won consecutively and once occupied the second place in the standings. West Ham also frequently grabbed points and left early. the relegation zone.

Contrary to them, "Black Cat" Sunderland has been repeatedly defeated, and soon basically "locked" a relegation spot.

In this game, Arsenal will certainly not let go of the opportunity to beat the dog in the water.

Of course, Arsenal have just shouted the slogan of unbeaten at home for a few rounds, and they are still very enthusiastic.Many media watching from the sidelines fanned the flames and encouraged Sunderland to play against each other at Highbury Stadium.

"Can't let Arsenal be so rampant, do you think there is no one in the Premier League?"

As a result, the media jumped up and down for a long time, but there was no response at all, not even the head coach of Sunderland.

The media is like a clown, directing and acting out a farce, only to find that the protagonists didn't even glance at them from the corner of their eyes.

(End of this chapter)