Team Spirit

Chapter 285 Ashley Succubus Young, Seven Consecutive League Titles
"Huh? Arsenal are signaling that a player is injured. It's Traore... He failed to clear the ball and ran onto the pitch, crashing into the back railing."

"It looks like he won't be able to hold on any longer."

"Wenger also needs to make some adjustments to the team... full-back Eboue replaces Traore, which is a like-for-like substitution."

"Danielson, who had a poor performance, was also substituted, and a young player, Alexander Song, came on."

At the same time, Dartford also made adjustments.

Henderson, escorted by Zidane, stood on the sidelines, about to replace Motta.

Guardiola was talking to him about tactics, which he needed to relay to the team.

Alfred patted Henderson on the shoulder as well.

"Jordan Henderson, he's a new member of the England youth national team. According to the Green Gunners' classification, he's an all-around midfielder, so he can also play as a defensive midfielder... wait a minute?"

"Lu Kai has actually moved to the defensive midfield position, so Henderson is now playing as a proper midfielder?"

"It's safe to say that only Dartford would see their star player give up his place to a young academy player."

"On the one hand, Lu Kai is capable of playing all positions on the court; on the other hand, there is no hierarchy within their team."

"Lu Kai never forgets his original aspiration and always puts the team first."

"This kind of spirit is something many lost stars, even superstars, should learn from. The behavior of those people makes the team's locker room dangerous!"

The winds of Yilin eventually blew to the millennium-old stadium.

The green gun is becoming the center of human civilization.

The Green Gun youth academy players in the stands watched with bloodshot eyes.

Father pats on the shoulder, Zidane sees him off, Gua Tu preaches, and Lu is his assistant. What kind of treatment is this?
I'm afraid I'll have to write a piece called "Drinking Song" tonight?

In the 59th minute, Henderson began his performance.

His first pass to Giroud was intercepted.

Kolo Toure launched a counterattack with a long kick.

The Walcott on the right made a high-speed run forward.

Phil quickly chased back.

Both players were very fast, but after Walcott stopped the ball forward, he suddenly accelerated again, outpacing Phil and squeezing into the penalty area.

Neuer launched an attack to block, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws.

If Walcott passes the ball across at this moment, Aliadire will be in a wide-open position and will be able to score into an empty net.

Must enter.

But he lacked that vision.

boom!
Walcott barely managed to shoot.

After the ball passed Neuer's arm, it naturally missed the goal frame and ended up hitting the outside side netting.

"Oh! What a pity, Walcott was a little unlucky and a little unsightly."

"He will definitely become a super winger in the future, but he is still a bit too green now."

"Giroud is talking to Henderson; his timing for that pass was indeed poor."

Lu Kai also approached Henderson, telling him to relax, not to worry too much about organization, to attack when he should, and to defend when he should, as someone would pass the ball to him.

After all, Modric is mainly responsible for passing the ball forward.

Green Gunners can't make the same mistake Arsenal made in this match, where everyone passed the ball forward.

In the 63rd minute, Hleb received the ball on the left and advanced, then passed it diagonally to Fabregas in the middle.

Fabregas used a series of feints and cutbacks, seemingly intending to make a through pass to the right, but in reality, he shook off Lu Kai and took a long-range shot from the middle.

Lu Kai's interference did not affect the quality of the shot.

But Neuer saw everything Fabregas did, and he caught the ball and threw it to Vidic.

After receiving the ball, Vidic looked towards Lu Kai at the top of the penalty arc, and Baptista and Fabregas immediately rushed towards Lu Kai.

As a result, Vidic flicked the ball to his right, and the center-back dribbled forward.

He is tall and strong, and his first two steps are slow, but once he gets going, he's not bad.

Walcott used his speed to quickly cover for Vidic, approaching him from the side and front, attempting to intercept the ball.

As a result, once the two made contact, Vidic's momentum did not diminish, and his speed was not affected at all.

Walcott stumbled and overturned, his speed dropping to zero.

The referee made a chopping motion with his hands crossed, indicating that there was no foul.

This was a normal collision.

If we really have to say that Vidic fouled, then it was his strength that fouled, exceeding Walcott's expectations.

Vidic dribbled close to half-court and tried to pass the ball to Henderson.

But Hendry kept moving forward without looking back, so Vidic couldn't pass the ball and could only dribble forward.

The young Alex Song's defensive choices were still immature. He was drawn to Modric making a run down the flank and assumed that Vidic would pass the ball, so he cut off the passing lane.

Then Vidic dribbled straight past the center circle and charged into the penalty area.

"Fuck! What are you doing, Song?" Wenger shouted angrily from the sidelines.

Zidane and Guardiola couldn't help but joke in Chinese, "Wenger probably doesn't know that Song was indeed giving a gift; their pronunciations in Chinese are the same."

At this point, Arsenal's defense was in disarray.

Duff, Henderson, Giroud, and Mertens moved back and forth in front, switching places.

It forcibly tore a gash in the skin.

No one came to close in on Vidic on the left side of the penalty area.

He began to slow down.

Song, who was behind him, caught up, and the two got into a physical confrontation.

Vidic, with Song on his back, charged into the penalty area.

boom!
By the time Toure came to the rescue, Vidic had already unleashed a powerful shot.

Despite his seemingly unremarkable movements, as the Green Gunners' most powerful player, he possesses unparalleled strength throughout the team.

The football shot like a cannonball straight towards the far corner.

“GOAL!!!”

"Four to zero! Dartford are still scoring!"

"What's even more terrifying than the goal itself is that it was a solo run by a center-back!"

"The key point is that this was Vidic's dragon, which is incredible!"

"The clumsy Vidic so easily dribbled past the entire Arsenal team, from his own penalty area to the opponent's."

"He crushed Walcott and Alexander Song like a tank."

"Can anyone tell me what kind of mosquito repellent he has on him? Why are Arsenal players all avoiding him?"

"This was absolutely a huge mistake in Arsenal's defensive choices."

"They never imagined a center-back could play like that, but they forgot that anything is possible at Green Gunners. Even a superstar like Lu Kai, who contributed over 100 goals in a single season and scored a total of 69 goals last season, can give up his attacking midfield position to Henderson, who has a more defensive style of play. Why can't Vidic go all out?"

Henderson: ? ? ?

On the court, even the Green Guns players themselves found it very strange.

Everyone rushed toward Vidic in disbelief.

This is more interesting than them scoring a goal themselves.

Vidic covered her face, just like a girl who had just been proposed to, feeling like everything that had just happened was unreal.

He found Ashley Young and made him slap himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"Haha! Vidic has been quiet all this time, but I didn't expect his goal to be so effective."

"I feel like this is the biggest goal of his life."

"No matter how much time passes, the legendary status of this goal will not diminish unless another center-back dribbles past several players to score a goal... and that is impossible."

Fan Defen: ? ? ?

After the celebration ended, Green Gun stopped pretending and made two substitutions, using up all his substitution slots.

Marcelo replaced Firo.

Perisic replaced Duff.

The former is not in good condition and has only recently recovered from injury; he should go and rest as soon as possible.

The latter, like Motta, was substituted as a protective measure.

Wenger hesitated for a long time on the sidelines.

Two minutes later, he substituted Adebayor for Aliadire.

At the same time, he signaled to the two full-backs to move forward, entering an aggressive attacking mode.

In the 68th minute, Neuer, who had just received an assist, got a little cocky. After receiving a pass back from Lu Kai, he focused on finding opportunities in the attacking third.

Then, before Baptista could rush over, he launched a long pass, attempting to connect directly with Mertens on the right.

Unfortunately, the passing lane was too low.

Adebayor instinctively jumped, knocking the ball down.

Fabregas received the ball at the edge of the penalty area, but Baptista was in an offside position.

boom!
Little Fa can only play by himself.

However, Vidic and Kompany both closed the door.

Fabregas can only rely on clever shots.

Although the ball slipped past the two center-backs, it was then caught by Neuer.

Neuer was still shaken.

Guardiola also came to the sidelines to reprimand him. The Green Gunners' enthusiasm cooled down slightly.

In the 74th minute, Arsenal launched a sustained attack on the edge of Greensport's penalty area.

Walcott passed the ball to Hoyt, who adjusted and then delivered a cross.

Adebayor was indeed impressive, successfully winning the header, but unfortunately his shot went wide.

In the 77th minute, Arsenal launched another attack down the right flank.

After Dartford substituted both players on the left flank, both their attack and defense dropped a level, and the two players showed little coordination, becoming a weak point for the team.

Fabregas made a run down the right flank, drawing away the defender, and Walcott seized the opportunity to cross the ball.

Baptista pulled Vidic away at the near post.

Adebayor and Kompany engaged in a fierce battle, with both players landing their balls on the ground.

Hleb controlled the ball with his chest on the left side of the penalty area and followed up with a shot.

This was almost a guaranteed goal.

But Neuer made a diving save to tip the ball far away.

"Wow! What a brilliant save!"

"Neuer redeems himself by keeping a clean sheet!"

"Although he made a lot of mistakes due to his aggressive style, his goalkeeping technique is not a problem. Especially when it comes to saving super shots aimed at the far corner, his body movements are very fluid."

Among the four goalkeepers of the Green Gunners, Joe Hart excels at diving for fastballs, possesses lightning-fast instinctive reactions, and has a variety of amazing close-range skills.

Neuer is tall and has a long reach, making him adept at coming out of his goal and controlling the entire penalty area and even his own half. His best shot is from the corner.

He can save shots from the tenth-tenths corner, but he's also very good at saving shots from the eighth and ninth-tenths corners, places that even ordinary goalkeepers can't reach.

Cech is the best at goalkeeping and a wall of sighs in the penalty area.

Back on the field, the...

Scott: What happened to the four goalkeepers we were promised?

In the 79th minute, Arsenal continued their attack, with Baptista crossing from the wing.

As a precaution, Vidic cleared the ball out of bounds, giving the opponent a corner kick.

After the corner kick was taken, Giroud's header clearance went poorly.

Song fired a powerful shot.

Henderson stepped up and blocked the ball at close range.

The football bounced to the right.

Ashley Young quickly sprinted out and chased after the ball.

But Eboue on the left rushed over and knocked Ashley Young away just as he was about to touch the ball.

Hleb on the right also arrived quickly, and the three of them were within a one-square-meter area.

Hleb immediately turned around, preparing to go down the wing to receive the ball and continue crossing.

But Eboue, who was facing away from the goal, was a full-back and was used to crossing from the byline, so he wanted to pass back to Hleb and then turn and go down the byline himself.

The result was that the ball rolled a meter and a half toward the midfield, but both Arsenal players moved in the opposite direction, giving way to Ashley Young, who had been knocked aside at the beginning.

Ashley Young was dumbfounded.

Speed ​​up immediately.

He walked towards the two men, brushed past them, and then drove off with the football in his hand.

Eboue and Hleb stared at each other, neither of them expecting to concede a goal like this.

"Oh! Ashley Young has dramatically gained possession of the ball, and he's sprinting with it at a great speed."

"Mertens caught up to Ashley Young on his left rear, they made a crossover run, Mertens moved to the right and started accelerating!"

"Perisic made a high-speed forward run on the left, and the three formed a trident with Ashley Young in the middle."

After crossing the halfway line, Ashley Young and his two teammates were only up against Toure, a defender.

Three against one in the frontcourt!

My mind immediately started working on it.

Modric's mere assist stole the spotlight from Fabregas.

If he scores, wouldn't he be the "Green Henry"?
Ashley Young passed the ball early to Perisic on the left.

That pass wasn't good.

Because Toure is positioned between Ashley Young and Perisic, it's risk-free for Ashley Young to pass the ball to Mertens on the right.

However, this would likely allow Mertens to create a one-on-one opportunity and score the goal herself.

This guy was in great form in this match, scoring two assists.

So Ashley Young passed the ball to Perisic, who was in a slightly worse position.

Sure enough, after Perisic received the ball, Toure immediately moved close to him, effectively eliminating Perisic's chance for a long-range shot.

"This way!"

Ashley Young let out a roar and began to accelerate. He... huh?

Ashley Young was taken aback when he saw Mertens accelerating on his right as well, and... he was ahead of him!
It's not that Mertens is faster, but rather that after the two players switched positions, Ashley Young had the ball while Mertens was off the ball, so Mertens charged forward more aggressively.

boom!
Perisic made a left-footed cross, a slight curve.

He is also a relatively rare player with two feet, and his left and right feet are quite balanced.

"Give me!"

Ashley Young screamed hysterically, her voice even tinged with pleading.

Is his "Henry Plan" going to fail?

You know what, that sound worked really well.

Almunia was prepared to make a save to deal with Mertens, but Ashley Young's shout made him realize that he should hold back.

Given Green Gunners' team-oriented nature, Mertens could very well easily set up a pass with a gentle cross.

After all, he already provided two assists. Isn't an assist hat-trick better than one goal and two assists?
boom!
Mertens took a direct shot.

Almunia didn't even have time to react after the ball went into the goal.

"Fuck, why did you just start hitting him?" Almunia was utterly desperate. He glared angrily at Ashley Young and roared, "How dare you! You liar!"

"you are lying!"

Almunia was almost in tears; she had completely lost control of her emotions.

He charged toward Ashley Young, but was stopped by Giroud and others who came over later.

A standoff ensued between the two sides.

Adebayo traveled a long way back to help his teammates get revenge, but Henderson instead took up the Green Gun banner and refused to give an inch.

Ultimately, Adebayor, Almunia, and Henderson all received yellow cards.

In the stands, Gondoan and the others were utterly envious!
Not only did he participate, but he also won a yellow gem and left his mark on the competition.

In the future, when people look back at match details, they will be able to see Henderson's photo on the cold formation diagram, a treatment comparable to goals and assists, which are not shown on his profile picture.

What's the difference between Henderson scoring and scoring a goal?
Ashley Young wanted to explain, but before he could even speak, Mertens turned around and jumped on him after the matter was resolved, celebrating: "Perfect teamwork, Vice Captain Young!"

“If you hadn’t said ‘shoot it,’ I might have hesitated!”

"You awakened my striker's heart! For an ultimate striker, a goal is more important than an assist hat-trick!"

"This kind of exhilarating feeling of directly changing the score is exactly what I crave!"

Ashley Young: "Huh???"

"Is it possible that I just meant 'for me'... after all, 'for me' and 'for me to shoot' have completely different structures in English?"

Mertens laughed: "Vice Captain Yang, are you testing me? I also studied Chinese. What you want to say must be a Chinese-style English like 'give me shoot,' not a traditional English like 'shoot at the goal.'"

"You have told us countless times that Chinese is the most concise yet the most advanced language!"

"I understand you!"

Ashley Young exclaimed in Chinese, "You know your mother's words!"

Mertens' Chinese is also quite good: "That's a good question. I didn't really understand myself before, but after your guidance, I understand myself very well now!"

The next moment, Perisic rushed over, and the three of them hugged each other tightly.

The other teammates also gathered around, and then they continued playing music and dancing.

"What a beautiful goal!"

"Perisic assists Mertens to score."

"But the essence of this play lies in Ashley Young's steal and penultimate pass!"

"He was like a succubus, making Eboue and Hleb give up football at the same time, and then he tricked Almunia, causing the latter to lose control of his emotions."

"Just as the saying goes, there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names! Modric pulled off a quick free kick and scored a steal in this match!"

"Ashley Young, the footballing swindler, is incredibly clever and unpredictable, completely captivating Arsenal. His impact cannot be measured by statistics alone!"

"You have to use your brain when playing football, Lu Kai taught us well!"

The scene was filled with jubilation.

The outcome of the match is no longer in doubt.

"A month ago, in the same EFL Cup match, Dartford thrashed Chelsea 5-0."

"A month later, nothing had changed; Dartford still suffered a humiliating 5-0 defeat to their opponents."

"As it has been for the past seven years, the League Cup champions have always been this green spear! That's why the League sky is so exceptionally green!"

"From now on, please stop talking about 'red guns' and 'green guns.' At least in the EFL Cup, Arsenal can only be called Arsenal. Only Dartford deserves to be called the Gunners!"

(End of this chapter)