Jagged Wings

Chapter 75 Winger and Fullback Switching Positions
This game is also a gamble for him. He bet that Ferguson will not just want to get a point at Highbury.Judging from Manchester United's current situation and the feud between Ferguson and Wenger for many years, Ferguson has no reason to let Arsenal go.

Now that the mind is clear, the rest depends on the patience of both parties.

In the second minute, Giggs, who was serving as a defensive midfielder, uprooted Henry and was shown a yellow card.Under the pressure of Arsenal, Manchester United's midfield was stretched.

In 6 minutes, Lauren Rooney moved too much on the right side and got a yellow card, and then Clichy replaced him.

No.603 minutes, South Korean midfielder Park Ji-sung came on, replacing Ryan Giggs.

No. 605 minutes, Ashley Cole fouled Ronaldo on the wing, and Manchester United got a free kick from the wing.While everyone was focusing on Ronaldo, Ferguson walked to the sidelines and quietly gestured to Gary Neville.

Ready to go!

Gary Neville winked towards Ferguson: Received.

Manchester United's free kick is a bit far away. If such a free kick is shot directly, the threat is not great, so Arsenal only sent a wall from Ashley Cole.In order to prevent Manchester United from playing a second attack, Arsenal left two people in the midfield to control.

Ronaldo set the ball up, and then pretended to speed up and ran up slowly, but Ronaldo kicked the ball to his right, which is Arsenal's left line.

There is no one there, who is he going to pass it on to?
A red figure pierced from behind Ronaldo, then stepped in front of Ronaldo and received the football.

Gary Neville!

No one thought that Gary Neville would appear in this position at this time, so the closest to him was Ashley Cole with his left hand covering his chest and his right crotch.

As the left and right main full-back candidates in the England national team, Ashley Cole and Gary Neville are very familiar with each other. Although Gary Neville is old, he has a superb grasp of the forward attack.Let him seize the opportunity, that is definitely selling his throat to the other party.

At this time, Gary Neville had already controlled the football. He gently knocked the football running outside the sideline. Although the football was still very close to the sideline, the direction was already parallel to the sideline.

Gary Neville, who was running at high speed, took the time to glance ahead and to the side. Fortunately, Ashley Cole, who was closest to him, was a full ten meters away.

Although Gary Neville is old and physically exhausted, his explosive power is still there.He is confident that he can get to the baseline within a meter gap and cross.

Moreover, Ashley Cole's energy and physical strength for most of the game were spent on fighting against Ronaldo, and his physical strength dropped very badly.Gary Neville stayed in the backcourt for most of the game, and his physical exertion was not great.

This in and out is enough to pull the two to the same level, and Neville may have a slight advantage.

It turns out that Neville's judgment was correct, but he ignored one person.The man literally disappeared for the entire game, not only from the TV commentators and the fans, but from Neville as well.

"Neville...he plugged in! Arsenal fell on the left...wrong!...An Arsenal player rushed up with a faster speed. Is this Ashley Cole?"

"Cole... Cole appeared where he should appear... Hey, no, it's not Cole! Who is that? How can he have such a fast speed on the wing?"

"Let's look at the big screen, ah, it's Arsenal's number 9, Reyes!"

Yes, Reyes disappeared from Neville's eyes, but Neville never disappeared from Reyes' eyes.Throughout the game, Reyes looked at Neville with more focused eyes than he used to look at beautiful women on the street. The "silent communication" between Neville and Ferguson thought it was very concealed, but he didn't expect that Reyes would have already seen it. see it.

So as soon as Gary Neville plugged in, Reyes noticed it and quickly followed!
The teammates behind Gary Neville opened their mouths to remind him, but those voices were insignificant in the face of the huge fans' voices.Even if a few words reached his ears, Neville didn't care at all.He only has goals in his eyes!
Reyes is very fast, and there are only three or four positions left from Neville.

Already about to enter the penalty area, Neville slowed down slightly and wanted to make moves.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew past him - Neville thought it was a gust of wind, but his eyes saw a red figure.

Of course, there is also the big "Number 9" on the back!
Reyes?How could he appear here?Why is he here?
Gary Neville slammed into Reyes' thick back with a hint of incredulity.

But Reyes didn't stop. After protecting the ball, he turned around and knocked the ball to Xiaofa near the center line. This is the passing route he had planned before he inserted it.

At this point most of the Manchester United players are still watching the show.

Xiaofa sent a long pass without marking. Ashley Cole didn't know when Reyes should have appeared. At this time, Gary Neville went up. The central defender on this side Brown hesitated, not knowing whether to defend Ashley Cole or continue to follow Henry.

Van der Sar knew that Manchester United's "rotten brick defense" could not resist at all. The moment Cole caught the ball and ran towards the penalty area, he had already chosen to abandon the goal and attack.

But Cole was calm and tricked Van der Sar with a lob into an empty net.

1:0
Arsenal lead at home!
No one expected this. Gary Neville, who never assisted in the whole game, suddenly assisted, and Reyes, who had been sleepwalking throughout the game, suddenly stopped sleepwalking.

The game restarted, and Reyes' performance suddenly became better!
He began to actively participate in the team's games, completely different from his previous performance, and now this Reyes is the Reyes that everyone is familiar with.

Ferguson also noticed this change. He had been sitting on the coach's bench chewing gum before, with a normal expression on his face.

But now his expression and movements have changed, he is still chewing gum - that was already his subconscious movement, but he clenched his fists and leaned forward slightly.

After the game restarted, Manchester United was obviously much more active than in the first half, and their counterattacks also exceeded the first half.But in doing so, the effect has become much worse. Manchester United originally took the initiative, but now they suddenly don't have such an obvious advantage.Gary Neville's forward penetration was originally an important weight for Ferguson to turn the team from defense to offense, but when he activated Gary Neville, he also "activated" Reyes by the way.

The consequence of activating Reyes is to "activate" the Gunner's left attack.

As soon as Arsenal's left side becomes active, Ronaldo will not have many chances to perform with the ball. In addition, Gary Neville will always be forced to return to defense by Reyes' side attack, so he can't give him too much support.

So looking at it now, Manchester United, which has turned to offense, is not as advantageous as when it was defending.

In fact, even without Reyes' plan this time, it would not be difficult for Arsenal to beat Manchester United at home.After all, Manchester United's strength has dropped too much, and the team urgently needs to be rebuilt.

Arsenal is also facing the same problem, but the growth of new players this season has given this team a sense of vitality, like an old tree that is about to die, and everyone suddenly finds that its branches are sprouting green. Sprouts...

But Manchester United is also the old overlord, they don't want to die in such a shameless way, Ruud still wants to beat Henry...

If the situation cannot be opened, the heads of both sides will be filled with anger, and a little friction may spark sparks.

For the rest of the match, the two sides mainly fought close to each other on the field, entering the stage of hand-to-hand combat.

During this period of time, the chances for both sides to get shots are much less.

In the end, the referee issued three consecutive yellow cards within 15 minutes to suppress the tense atmosphere.

The game gradually returned to the right track.

But time is running out for both parties.

Until the end of the game, Manchester United failed to get the score back, and of course Arsenal did not continue to score.

"The game is over! Manchester United made a desperate move at the last moment, but they did not capture Arsenal's goal! Arsenal defeated Manchester United 1-0 at home! The hero of the goal is Cole!"

"Arsenal has successfully won the No. 13 unbeaten games at home this season. When Chelsea and Manchester United have become Arsenal's ghosts, who else can beat Arsenal?"

As soon as the game was over, the TV broadcast cut to a close-up, focusing on Reyes, who wasn't the best player of the game but who was responsible for Arsenal's goal.

"We don't know if Reyes has ever exchanged defensive experience with Cole. In this defense, Reyes showed everything that a good full-back has. Correspondingly, Cole showed everything that a good winger has. , Arsenal have these two offensive and defensive players on the left, it is really a nightmare for other teams."

As he exited the field, Reyes was pulled into the mixed zone by post-match reporters for interviews.

Everyone asked about what he said to Manchester United before the game. Reyes smiled: "I think Sir Alex Ferguson's psychological warfare is very good, so I came here to do everything."

The reporters looked at each other in blank dismay - sure enough, we knew it!
Someone else set a trap for Reyes: "Then your previous evaluation of Ferguson is also a psychological warfare lie?"

"It's not a lie. Ferguson is indeed the most respected head coach in English football. Of course, it will feel good to beat such an excellent head coach."

(End of this chapter)