Jagged Wings

Chapter 46 Playing and Being Played

If someone who doesn't know, heard what Van Persie said just now, he must have thought that Van Persie was thinking about the team.But who is Reyes?Half of the memories in his body are from 2013. Words can deceive people, but facts can't!
Reyes knows that Van Persie said this, there may be reasons for the team, but the bigger reason is that Van Persie wants to score goals, right?

In 2013, Arsenal had a tradition of "selling captains". Among the several captains sold before, the departure of Vieira and Xiaofa received mixed reviews from Arsenal fans; Henry's departure was given by Gunners fans. It is a blessing; but Van Persie's departure was unanimously denounced as a "traitor" by gun fans.

In the summer of 2005, Van Persie was involved in the "rape case" scandal and was detained for two weeks, his reputation can be described as discredited.But when the whole world abandoned Van Persie, Wenger said "he was just a kid" and accepted him.

Every time Van Persie was injured, Wenger would always comfort her; when Van Persie performed poorly on the field, Wenger would always take the responsibility on himself.

At the beginning, Van Persie also contributed a lot to Arsenal, but after the Gunners had no championship for six years in the 2012 season, Van Persie chose to join Manchester United.

Perhaps the absence of a championship really prevents Arsenal from attracting players?Van Persie is a professional player after all, and he has no reason to give up when there are better options.

In fact, everyone understands the reason for this, but that season Van Persie led the young Gunners forward by himself. They thought Van Persie would continue to lead the Gunners forward.

But fans are not critics, they have a clear distinction between love and hate. Beckham, who joined Real Madrid, got applause from the audience when he returned to Old Trafford. Why did Figo, who joined Real Madrid, get boos when he arrived at Camp Nou? Woolen cloth?

Reyes is not a saint or a level-headed critic. On the contrary, he is a person who can distinguish between likes and hates.

He doesn't like Van Persie. In the same situation, Van Persie is definitely not his first choice for passing.

After Xiaofa attracted the opponent's firepower, he passed the ball to Reyes again.

Reyes gave the ball to Henry this time, but under Carvalho's strict defense, Henry shot the ball high.

Henry turned and applauded Reyes, thanking him for the pass.

Let Reyes get unmarked opportunities twice in a row, Chelsea's bosses couldn't sit still, Makelele returned to the backcourt and became a barrier for the defense.

In this case, the pressure on Xiaofa and Flamini will be much less, and they will be able to free up their hands to attack.

The 31-year-old Makelele's physical fitness is declining, but his fighting spirit is still strong, and his running is still active.Facing a world-class midfielder like Makelele, the role of Reyes in the middle is reduced.

Van Persie's performance was very active, he kept interspersed and running in the frontcourt, disrupting Chelsea's defense.He knew that his starting position was not stable, and he only sat on it because Bergkamp was old and Abeye was too young.So he has to use good performance to prove that he is suitable for this position.

Flamini wanted to show off his footwork in front of Essien, but the football was touched by Essien's legs and fell to Xiaofa's feet.

Xiaofa was facing the attacking direction with the ball, Van Persie retreated to ask for the ball again, Xiaofa passed the ball.Van Persie leaned on Terry's left foot and swung the ball to the right. Henry and Van Persie made a two-for-one cooperation, but Van Persie hit a wall as soon as he turned.

Terry turned around a long time ago. If he can still pass him after such an obvious two-on-one pass, wouldn't he be worthy of the title of the best player of last season?

After stealing the ball, Terry passed it to Lampard in front of him. There was no interference in front of Lampard. He observed a little, and suddenly kicked a long pass to Robben on the right.

Arsenal's right flank was wide. After Reyes pressed into the midfield, Cole also moved to the position of the winger.Anyway, Ferreira never goes forward, and Cole doesn't have to worry about the defense.

But he ignored the existence of Dutch Peter Pan Robben.

Robben was extremely fast, and after getting the ball, he sprinted along the sidewalk. Cole couldn't catch up if he turned around and chased.

Senderos hurried over to fill the left-back position, he was stuck inside because he knew Robben never crossed.

Sure enough, Arjen Robben, on the left side of the Arsenal penalty area, swiped the football with his right foot and cut inside!

Senderos keeps his eye on the ball at Robben's feet, following him laterally.Flamini on the other side has already run over, trying to steal the ball.

Robben caught a glimpse of Flamini, and suddenly accelerated while moving laterally, flashing past Flamini.Under the action of inertia, Flamini bumped into Senderos and huddled together for a while.

Robben took advantage of this moment and suddenly made a curve ball with his left foot.Lehmann stepped back and leaped high, but the football flew past his fingertips, hit the far post and bounced into the goal.

2: 2!

Chelsea equalized the score!

With such a score, the two sides entered the midfield lounge.In the Chelsea dressing room, Mourinho expressed his dissatisfaction with the team's defense, and then expressed his reassurance about the defense on the right.Mourinho made a plan. In the second half, the center of attack was put down to Arsenal's center, oppressing the living space of Arsenal's two young midfielders, and opening a gap from the center.

For Arsenal, Wenger praised the performance of his teammates in the first half. He didn't say anything about Van Persie's mistake, but just brushed it off. For the second half, Wenger deployed the team to make more use of it. The opponent's two sides.

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea really shrunk their defense and prepared to defend to the end.

But Arsenal's young midfielder launched a blitz, Flamini's long pass to Reyes, who forced a deep cross.Henry and Van Persie attracted the defense of the opponent's defender, and then Xiaofa stepped forward and scored a goal, rewriting the score again.

Arsenal's sneak attack was beyond Chelsea's expectations. It was hard for them to imagine that a master who usually likes hard bridges, hard horses, and people to slash, suddenly played a trick without blood, so it was not easy to get hit. No wonder.

Chelsea, who had conceded a goal, pushed forward aggressively and wanted to equalize the score, while Arsenal's center was in danger and lost ground in offense and defense.For offense, Chelsea has Makelele at his peak, and for defense, Lampard's long-range shots are hard to defend, so he is very passive.

Wenger knew that he would lose the ball sooner or later, so he quickly made adjustments.In the 57th minute of the second half, Gilberto came on to replace Xiaofa, Hleb came on to replace Ljungberg, his position moved to the center, and Van Persie played right midfielder.In this case, Arsenal's midfield became five people, Gilberto plus Flamini's double midfielder, Hleb, Reyes, and Van Persie formed an attacking midfielder.

Wenger was satisfied with the addition of one player in the midfield, which would be able to resist Chelsea's suppression of their midfield, but he ignored one point: Hleb is also a newcomer, and he has only been training with the team for less than half a month. A tacit agreement will definitely not work.

Moreover, he and Reyes are still cooperating overtly and secretly undermining the relationship on the court.

Three minutes later, Gilberto steals the ball and hands it to Hleb, who observes with the ball.Van Persie on the right ran too far forward and was stuck very close by Del Horno; Henry was always surrounded by Terry; it seemed that only the left was left.

But isn't this an opportunity for the Spaniard to perform?

You don't get that easily, I see it's my fault for not passing the ball when open, but if I pass and you don't get it, that's your job.

In practice, Hleb knew that Reyes was fast, so just pass a slow one.

Hleb made a pass with his right foot, and the football flew to the left, looking in the direction where Reyes was most comfortable sprinting.

Has this kid changed his gender?Reyes had a doubt in his heart, but Hleb passed him a good pass.But no matter what, receiving the ball is the last word.

As soon as Reyes accelerated, he got behind Ferreira. When he turned sideways to observe the football, he found that the football suddenly fell when it was about to approach its destination.

been played!

Reyes recognized it immediately and the football landed two meters behind him.

Ferreira, who was left behind by Reyes, received the ball faster, and Ferreira quickly handed the ball to Essien.Essien resisted Flamini with his body, then suddenly took the ball and handed it to Drogba who retreated.

Drogba flew the ball to Duff on the right, and he inserted himself into the penalty area.

Duff made it past Lauren with ease and then crossed, Drogba squeezed out of Toure and put the ball in the goal from the front point.

3: 2!

Chelsea overtook the score.

(End of this chapter)