Smiling Proudly

Chapter 105 FA Cup
April 4, FA Cup semi-final.

Arsenal vs Reading.

As the post-Wenger era, the main battlefield for Arsenal to win honors, the FA Cup has always been very important to Wenger.

What's more, this is already the semi-finals, and the opponent is still a secondary league team, not to mention the other two top four teams, one is Aston Villa, which has performed poorly this season and is fourth from the bottom.The other team is the veteran giants Liverpool, last season's runner-up, but after leaving Suarez this season, they are also stretching their hips. They are currently ranked eighth in the league and may not be able to play in the Europa League because they are far away from West Ham, which is seventh. The team still has a gap of 7 points.

After carefully analyzing this game, Wenger came to the conclusion that half the main force would be fine.

The main defense is all the main players, and the young players should be replaced in the frontcourt.

After all, the opponent is only a team in the British Championship. If it is still the main force, even if it wins in the end, so what can it do? It is best to train the young players.

As for Wang Yi.

Wenger struggled for a while, the next second round of the Champions League is too important, especially now that the Premier League has fallen behind No.1 Chelsea by too many points, which led Wenger to put the breakthrough point of this season on the Champions League.

Therefore, when choosing the starter, Wenger still ruled out Wang Yi.

When Wang Yi received the notification, it was normal. After all, the second round of the Champions League will be in a few days. In his opinion, that match must be more important.

Although the FA Cup has a very high status in the hearts of the British people, in Wang Yi's view, it is just a domestic cup competition. Of course it is a championship, but it must be put together with the Champions League knockout round. Everyone will choose the knockout round. I haven't heard of any team that will strategically give up the Champions League knockout game.

I have heard about the UEFA Champions League group stage. Didn’t Liverpool just give up strategically when facing Real Madrid this season? Wang Yi read reports and some comments on SNS after the game and knew that Rodgers was sprayed by Red Army fans after the game. How miserable it is.

anyway.

On the day of the match, Wang Yi, who was sitting on the bench, chatted happily with Sanchez and Giroud beside him.

Because the form on the field looked very favorable for Arsenal's side.

At the beginning, the Reading team was under pressure.

Ramsey, who was sitting next to Giroud, was still staring at the field with a serious expression.

Wang Yi originally wanted to play a joke on Ramsay.

But suddenly Ramsey was seen standing up.

Wang Yi turned his head to look at the field.

At this time, the situation on the field changed suddenly. Originally, the Arsenal team had been attacking very well.

But in this game, the young center Bernie suddenly failed to stop the ball from his teammates. I don't know if he was too nervous or his basic skills were not good.

All in all, the ball didn't stop, it stopped big.

Reading's defensive players are all veterans. Seeing this situation, they first grabbed the ball and then directly distributed it to the wing.

It is indeed a miracle that Reading can break into the semi-finals of the FA Cup this season. It is not too big or small because there have been teams in the English Championship or League One before breaking into the FA Cup. semifinals.

It is said to be a miracle, the reason is that this season, Reading is only ranked No.10 in the British Championship.

This result is not bad, certainly not good.

Reading's defense is very good this season. They even conceded the fewest goals among the top ten teams in the British Championship, but their offensive efficiency is too poor.

This directly caused their ranking to plummet. How bad is the number of goals? The two teams ranked fourth and fifth in the British Championship have scored more goals than Reading. It is so magical.

And the head coach of the Reading team in this game naturally knows this well.

So he put all his chances of winning on set pieces from the start.

So when he saw his team's full-back taking the ball at this time, he immediately gestured on the sidelines, press up, press me up.

Wang Yi, who was on the bench, clearly saw the gesture of the head coach of Reading.

"The coach of Reading is so crazy, he directly pressed him, isn't he afraid that we will fight back?"

"They probably just want to make a start, otherwise they may have no chance in the future."

It was Giroud who answered.

It's a pity that reality slapped these two mercilessly.

Reading's left back Diss dribbled the ball all the way to the center line, but no one came up to grab him at this time. Arsenal's midfield was full of young players, so they all went back to defense.

Just when Wenger shouted loudly on the sidelines to grab the ball.

Diss passed the ball, and he aimed at the feet of forward James and prepared to pass it.

The head coach of Reading felt a little bit in his heart.

In the British Championship, it was James who wasted the most opportunities.

James caught the ball easily, showing his basic skills.

But in the next step, he was worried, and there was a line of defense in front of him.

The teammates around him haven't come up yet.

What's going on now, I'm not the kind of player who can break through.

Just as he was thinking, the young Arsenal player Bernie who returned from the defense directly uprooted James.

"Yes, the coach said, create set pieces."

James, who was uprooted, immediately covered his ankle and cried out in pain.

The sound was so loud that Wang Yi on the sidelines even heard it.

"Fuck, this ball is dangerous."

Facts have proved that Wang Yi's prediction was very accurate.

The referee immediately stopped the game and walked towards Bern, taking out his coat pockets as he walked.

Bernie knew that he missed the ball and knocked someone down with his foot, so he must get a card. However, he was not the last defensive player, and James didn't have an excellent chance to score. The biggest was a yellow card.

Bernie thought it all over, and after a while, he pulled James up and hugged him, earning an impression point from the referee.

Bernie waited for the referee to play the card.

However, what appeared before Bernie's eyes was not yellow, but red.

Bernie felt that his eyes were blurred in an instant.

He couldn't believe it.

Until I heard the phrase "out" from the referee.

He still wanted to go up and ask the referee. At this moment, he suddenly felt that his hands were pulling him. Looking back, Koscielny, the captain of the game.

"Don't go up again, just get off."

There were not too many words, and I didn't feel any warmth. When I was off the court, there was no staff to come up to give comfort. In this way, Bern's first FA Cup game came to an end.

At this time, James on the court had already stood up.

He is going to stand in front of the ball and take the penalty.

Can't play sports, but can't I set the ball?

You must know that he scored 3 goals in the British Championship, 1 penalty kicks and [-] free kick.

The team scored more free kicks than him, and he is still lying in the hospital today, so James stood in front of the ball without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)