Fame with a ball

At the beginning of the game, the rhythm was in the hands of Arsenal.

Arsenal follow the technical flow, pay attention to the ball possession rate, like to play short passes and penetrate, and win with an extremely tacit offensive cooperation.

Serie A is not prevalent in technical football, but Juventus is considered to be relatively skilled among the 20 teams in Serie A. After all, it can be regarded as the overlord of European football for decades. It's impossible to win for so many years, right?What's more, according to the FIFA data survey, Juventus maintained an average possession rate of more than 56.3% in every game in Serie A last season.

However, compared to Arsenal's delicate and artistic style of football, Juventus' football is taken for granted...not beautiful.

The BBC commentator laughed for granted, mocking the Juventus players' skills.

The Italian commentator gave himself confidence: "The obligation of the team during the game is to bring the fans goals, not just to play well. Just blindly controlling the ball cannot win the game."

Sagna hooked his toes and passed the ball to Arteta with a beautiful posture.

Arteta jumped to catch the ball, but was snatched away by the sudden attack of Lin Zhigao. Lin Zhigao jumped higher than him and ran faster than him. He quickly dribbled the ball to his feet, turned and broke through.

The surrounding Arsenal players surrounded Lin Zhigao one after another.

However, Lin Zhigao sent the ball straight to Pepe, and Pepe attacked from the side.

Van Persie chased after Lin Zhigao, stopped, took a breath of depression, and said to Lin Zhigao: "Seeing that you often score goals in Serie A, I thought you had trained the skills under your feet to be gorgeous and delicate. What do you think?" Is the style still the same?"

"Football that looks like a show can't survive in Serie A. It has long been blasted into scum by the defenders." Lin Zhigao said triumphantly: "We call it an economical and practical style. We don't want to look good, but to be practical!"

Van Persie disdained his face: "Practical, you haven't scored yet!"

Lin Zhigao raised his arms, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Compare?"

Van Persie gave him a high-five: "Whoever scores first, please eat."

"I'm going, you want to blackmail me?"

Van Persie laughed loudly: "I want to do my best to be a landlord!"

After the two clapped their hands, they were in a state of blood, chasing the football away.

……

15 minutes after the opening, the score was still 0:0.

Wenger was somewhat annoyed to find that the tactics he set up before the game did not work in time - he initially hoped that the team could control the situation of the game through possession, and then played a fast-paced and coordinated attack to penetrate Juventus. line of defense.

But the game has been going on until now, the football has been passed between the own half and the midfield, but it still can't open Juventus' defense.Although Arsenal's ball possession rate was high after the opening, reaching an astonishing 75%, all of them were useless, consuming the players' physical strength in vain, and Arsenal still could not break through to the front of Juventus' penalty area.

So Wenger stood on the sidelines and gestured, asking the team to step up their offensive rhythm. He hoped that Arsenal could score first at home.

Chamberlain made a short pass, Van Persie did not hesitate after receiving the pass, and immediately galloped towards Juventus half-court.

Chiellini and Caceres immediately stepped forward to outflank him.

Van Persie slowed down and, after a few dizzying feints, he managed to shake off Cáceres and continue to break forward.

But Chiellini reacted closely behind him!

The distance between the two is only one step. As long as Van Persie hesitates, Chiellini may catch up and steal the ball.

After a little hesitation, he lifted his right foot and hit the football like a shot!

Under Chiellini's intuitive reaction, he immediately turned his head and looked around, looking for the No.2 Arsenal player. He thought Van Persie was passing the ball.

But Van Persie seemed to shoot in real life!

The football flew towards the goal at an extremely fast speed, and the route was erratic, making it difficult to tell whether its destination was the left center or the right.

Buffon's eyes were fixed on the football, his brain was spinning at the speed of light, and finally at the last moment, he instinctively rushed to the right!

The football gets bigger and bigger in the pupil.

He was right!

Buffon's fingertips felt the friction of the football's flight. The ball was powerful and heavy, but he still held his breath, swung his palm with all his strength, and saved the ball out of the goal!

All Juventus players and thousands of fans collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

While rejoicing, the Italian commentator also affirmed Van Persie's skills: "Van Persie's shot is impeccable, as beautiful and precise as a textbook, but he lacks a little luck, and Buffon's title of 'goal god' It’s not blown out, it’s an evenly matched shot and save. Arsenal’s offense is really beautiful, no wonder some fans say that when watching a Premier League game, Arsenal’s game is the least likely to make people fall asleep.”

The ball saved by Buffon was very good. It was sent towards Juventus defender De Qielie, and De Qie Lie immediately controlled the football, so Van Persie couldn't make a supplementary shot.

Robinxia sighed slightly at the Juventus goal.

"Hey man, it's back to me."

Lin Zhigao's voice suddenly came from behind, Van Persie turned around, but saw Lin Zhigao grinning at him crookedly.

In the distance, a black and white football is flying towards them.

As soon as Van Persie moved his footsteps, he was about to step forward.

But Lin Zhigao was faster than him!

As if he had eyes on his back, Lin Zhigao turned sideways slightly, hooked his long legs, and just stopped the football flying to the height of his thighs.

Then Lin Zhigao started up at high speed in an instant, and he had already covered a distance of several meters in the blink of an eye!

Van Persie wanted to catch up immediately to help the team return to the defense, but his speed was not enough. When he caught up to the midfield, Lin Zhigao was already ready to move at the front of Arsenal's penalty area!

Sania caught up head-on and gave Lin Zhigao a sharp slide!

Lin Zhigao was half a second faster than him, taking the ball one step ahead!

Sania jumped into the air and was quickly left behind by Lin Zhigao.

I saw that the Juventus players were holding the ball on the court, and they were about to shoot!Tens of thousands of Gunners fans at the Emirates Stadium suddenly refused to follow. They booed desperately, trying to influence Lin Zhigao's actions!

But Lin Zhigao's feet didn't even tremble, and he didn't even lift his eyelids.

Another two guards rushed out obliquely in front, and Lin Zhigao could be surrounded by a few meters away. After a little consideration, Lin Zhigao immediately raised his right foot and hit the middle and lower part of the football with violent force!

The football flew straight into the far corner of the goal as if it had been measured!

"GOOOOOOOOOAL!"

"Juventus took the lead at the Emirates Stadium! Although Lin has left the Premier League for nearly two years, he is still familiar with everything here. He is calm and steady like the owner of the Emirates Stadium rather than an opponent! Facing tens of thousands of Arsenal fans Hush, he still accurately sent the ball into the Arsenal goal, this mental quality is unmatched! Lin is the hero of Juventus tonight!"

……

The first half ended with Juventus leading by one point.

At the beginning of the second half, a cold wind suddenly blew up in the stadium, and it rained big beans.

The fans stood up from their seats, wrapped their coats tightly, stomped their feet to keep warm, and cursed: "This is the damn weather! The forecast said there will be no rain tonight."

"I said man, do you still believe in the weather forecast?"

When the Juventus and Arsenal players came out of the tunnel, the heating retreated and the cold wind blew, and they all shivered.

Van Persie stood on the court, doing simple warm-up exercises, in case the amount of exercise suddenly increased after the start of the game, causing muscle strain.

Looking at the white mist in front of his nose due to breathing, he thought of what Wenger had said to him during the intermission just now, and felt a little heavy.

The head coach and teammates are all cheering for themselves, and hope that he can make a fast break for the team to reverse the score at the beginning of the second half of the game. Van Persie also knows that scoring goals is what he should do-a good core player, not only must To become an important force on the team's offensive axis, you must never be discouraged when the team falls behind, boost the morale of your teammates, and even use your own strength to turn the tide.

But with a heavy burden on his shoulders, he will lose his sense of normalcy during the game. He has experienced the feeling of being unable to score the more anxious he is. Now this game is very important. He hopes that such a tragedy will not be repeated.

When the referee blew his whistle, Van Persie took a deep breath, cleared all his thoughts, and prepared to concentrate on playing football.

Five minutes after the start of the second half, the light rain turned into heavy rain. The jerseys of the players were soaked, and some people's sneakers were also filled with water.

The turf became more and more slippery. After Chiellini accidentally slipped and fell to the ground, all Arsenal and Juventus players took turns and ran to the sidelines when their rhythm was not so fast. Go take your sneakers off and replace them with studs that won't slip during the game.

In the 55th minute of the game, Chamberlain and Walcott played a two-for-one cooperation. The ball was picked up from outside the penalty area and passed diagonally. The ball reached the feet of Van Persie.

In 57 minutes, Juventus counterattacked. Pepe broke through from the side with the ball, then cut inside and passed the ball to Lin Zhigao who was guarding at the front of the penalty area.

Lin Zhigao volleyed vigorously, but the football was rejected by the crossbar.

The score was still 1:0, with Juventus leading.

In 61 minutes, Juventus returned to defense. After Arsenal played two consecutive one-twos, Van Persie dribbled the ball and cut inside.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and with a few drops of rain, it blew into Van Persie's eyes. His eyes were immediately sore and uncomfortable, and he couldn't help blinking hard.

While Van Persie was blinking, Caceres made a ferocious shovel at Van Persie's feet!

The ball was successfully broken by Cáceres, but because of the slippery turf, his right foot could not hold back the strength when he tackled the ball, and it rubbed against Van Persie's ankle.

Van Persie felt a sharp pain in his feet, and immediately fell to the ground clutching his ankle.

Cáceres thought that Van Persie was diving because he felt that his tackle was not strong enough, so he didn't react and still rushed forward with the ball.

Other Arsenal players, Rosicky, Arteta, Chamberlain and other seven or eight people surrounded him. Sagna stretched out his hands angrily and hit Caceres on the chest, causing Caceres to stop. Then Chamberlain yelled in English: "You idiot, how dare you run forward after injuring our captain?"

Cáceres raised his hands, stepped back, and said in Italian: "He flopped! I am not strong, he must have flopped!"

Seeing that Cáceres was about to fall into the state of being beaten by a group, the nearby Juventus players also ran over one after another. A few grumpy De Qie Lie and his like were already sandwiched between Cáceres and Chamberlain. Standoff with Arsenal players.

The referee ran over quickly, first gave Caceres a yellow card, and then signaled that the players on both sides should calm down, but his prestige was seriously insufficient because no one listened to him.One of the players from the two teams spoke Italian and the other spoke English. The noise became more and more intense, and they started to move.

The vicinity of the midfield suddenly fell into a state of chaos.

No one cares about the football that is still parked at the feet of Caceres, and no one even cares about the fallen Van Persie.

It was difficult for people outside the field to see the situation on the field clearly. Because of the bad weather, even the team doctors moved slowly.

Lin Zhigao came running from a distance, relying on his strength and thin body, squeezed into the crowd, kicked the football out of the baseline, then pushed aside several people, squatted beside Van Persie, and asked eagerly: "Robin, what is your foot?" How about it?"

Van Persie frowned and gritted his teeth, and let go of Lin Zhigao's hand covering his left leg.

Lin Zhigao gasped suddenly—although he couldn't tell if Van Persie's bones were okay for the time being, the consequence of Cáceres rubbing against Van Persie's body with sneakers with spikes was that Van Persie's left calf started from below the knee. It became bloody, and it was impossible to see where the wound was and how big it was!

Van Persie once had the experience of being misdiagnosed.It was in November 09, during the friendly match between the Netherlands and Italy, he was shoveled by his opponent in that match, and due to the negligence of the Dutch team doctor, his left ankle ligament tear was diagnosed as a minor injury, and he was not able to Get timely treatment.He paid a heavy price for this. Not only did he take a full five-month offseason, but he also suffered a lot during the recovery period, and his left ankle has since become the most vulnerable part of his body.

At this time, his ankle was injured again. Van Persie didn't know what his injury was like this time, but he really didn't want to miss another game due to injury at this time, otherwise his career would be over.

Van Persie was in a panic, he could only hold Lin Zhigao's hand tightly, and said in a messy voice: "I, I don't know... Lin... my feet..." In the last sentence, his words There was already a hint of despair in it.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the stadium was covered with huge water vapor, mixed with the wind, which hurt people's faces like knives.

All around were shouting and cursing, shoving, and someone's leg hit Lin Zhigao's back all of a sudden. If he hadn't been able to stay still, someone might have fallen on Van Persie!

Lin Zhigao was annoyed, he stood up suddenly, straightened his arms and pushed around violently, immediately pushed seven or eight people around him to the ground!

"Can you stop arguing and care about Robin's injury!" Lin Zhigao shouted to the surroundings: "Shut up all the fuck!"

The first half of Lin Zhigao's sentence is in English, and the second half is in Italian. Maybe even Lin Zhigao didn't realize that he spoke two languages ​​at once, because he was really in a hurry.

The Juventus teammates had never seen Lin Zhigao angry before, they were all frightened.

The Arsenal players looked at each other, they didn't understand that Lin Zhigao lost his temper towards his teammates, but because he was doing it for Robin's good, they didn't try to stop him, but dispersed silently, giving Lin Zhigao Van Persie Give way enough space.

The referee quickly signaled the game to be temporarily stopped.

The team doctor came on the field carrying a stretcher, and they wanted to make an emergency diagnosis on Van Persie in the stadium.

Large pieces of rain fell from the sky, Van Persie's whole body was soaked, and his expression and state were also very bad.

"We need to find a place without rain, it's too cold here." Lin Zhigao touched Van Persie's forehead and said.

The Arsenal team doctor hurriedly said: "Let's go to the bench, where it can keep out the rain and have heating." Arsenal's home stadium, the Emirates Stadium, has a modern roof and a top-level geothermal system, which can ensure that the game will go on normally even in the worst weather. No offense, most Premier League grounds have such facilities, but in Serie A they are only matched by Juventus' refurbished Nuevo Alpi.

Two or three team doctors unfolded the stretcher, ready to carry Van Persie up, but their moving action made Van Persie gasp.

"You are too slow, let me do it."

As he said that, Lin Zhigao had already reached out his hands to Van Persie's armpits and knees, then gritted his teeth, hugged Van Persie from the ground, and then ran towards the outside of the field.

"Lin, you can't leave the field without a reason!" Pepe had just finished shouting, but Lin Zhigao could hardly be seen from the back. He could only lower his voice and muttered: "You will be yellow carded..."

Thinking of this, all the Juventus players immediately looked at the referee, wondering if he would chase Lin Zhigao off the field to give him a yellow card.

The referee lowered his head to look at his watch, counting the time of the suspension of the game. He has not expressed any position on Lin Zhigao yet.

Pepe immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to praise the referee in his heart: He is so humane!

The team doctors looked at each other in blank dismay, and hurriedly packed the stretcher and the medical kit and chased after them. Their running speed was not half as fast as that of Lin Zhigao. Put it on the coach's bench, and began to wipe the wound with medical cotton.

The team doctors immediately took over Lin Zhigao's work and began to diagnose and treat Van Persie.

"Go back to the court." Van Persie's face was pale, but he still smiled at Lin Zhigao and said, "Otherwise the referee will give you a yellow card. He is very accommodating now."

"I'll come see you after the game." Lin Zhigao nodded, turned around and ran back to the court.

When he passed by the referee, he couldn't help showing a thankful smile to the other party, and the staid-looking referee also nodded to him rarely, and did not impose any punishment.

……

Three minutes later, the Arsenal team doctor announced that Van Persie's injury needed to be transferred to the locker room for further treatment.

The game restarts.

The captain and main core actually left the field due to injury, which greatly affected the morale of the Arsenal team. Arsenal's offense was originally based on teamwork. There are not many top stars in their team, but the cooperation they played is indeed The top level can be called a chain attack.

This creates a problem, that is, if there is a problem with any link in Arsenal's offensive chain, the offense of the entire team will be immediately affected-not to mention that usually in the game, Van Persie is the player in the team. The person who turned the tide, even he is not on the court now, the hearts of the players were immediately confused.

Of course Wenger is an excellent head coach, especially his vision of seeing players and his adjustment of players are top-notch in the world, but the world's famous coaches also have shortcomings, such as Wenger, his psychological quality and on-the-spot command ability Not very good.

For the rest of the game, the Emirates Stadium completely turned into a performance venue for Juventus, and all of this was expected by most people. Sighing into the microphone: "There is no suspense about the ending of this game..."

Juventus won the game 2:0 in the end.

The teammates opened champagne to celebrate the victory in the locker room, and the joyful atmosphere infected everyone, but Lin Zhigao asked Capello for leave silently, and after asking the Arsenal assistant coach about Van Persie's whereabouts, he took a taxi to Van Persie Home.