Jagged Wings

Chapter 19
Reyes got the ball on the left, he circled O'Shea and faced Gary Neville's defense.

This time, I am not afraid of you!
Gary Neville looked very excited, and he shouted: "Comeon! Baby! Come on, let me shovel you, boy!"

"Then why don't you come up?" Reyes smirked.

Reyes made a move to break through and Gary Neville immediately took a step back.

With such a rampant mouth, Neville was still very careful when facing Reyes. After all, Reyes has excellent skills and his ability cannot be ignored.

So as long as Reyes made a move, Neville would back up a bit. He was worried that Reyes would rush past him with his speed.

Reyes repeated the fake action just now, and Xiang Tao took another step back.

Reyes laughed, and he passed the ball to Flamini in the middle.

Neville felt that he had been humiliated, and he yelled in dissatisfaction: "Scholar can be killed and cannot be humiliated! If you have the ability to fight me one-on-one!"

As soon as he finished, Flamini passed the football back to Reyes.

Neville froze for a moment: "What the hell, are you so obedient?"

Reyes dribbles close to Neville before cutting inside suddenly.Neville was also unambiguous, and immediately stuck his body up.

Since the last match, Reyes was shoveled by Neville.In the following games, Reyes's undercuts decreased, but his inside cuts suddenly increased. Neville had already guarded against this move.

But Reyes' inside cut was fake. He flicked the football out with his right foot, then changed direction suddenly, and rushed past Neville with his speed!

"Beautiful change of direction! Reyes prepares to cross!"

Neville reversed his center of gravity and rushed forward again.But before Neville stretched his foot, Reyes had already crossed.

Henry hit the football, but the football flew off the crossbar.

There was a round of applause at Highbury Stadium.

Henry gave Reyes a thumbs up: Good pass!
Manchester United seemed very active from the beginning. They had a bit of an anti-customer taste and took the initiative to attack.Ferguson's 451 tactics this season actually copied Mourinho's 433 tactics.Rooney is at the forefront in the frontcourt, while Giggs and Ronaldo, one left and one right, are called full-backs, but they actually perform the duties of wingers.

Such a new tactic did pose a certain threat to Arsenal's defense.And the Arsenal fans in Highbury booed wave after wave, constantly creating disturbance for them.

Midfielder Fletcher takes the ball and faces Flamini, both of whom are 20 years old. The duel between the two young midfielders is also a highlight of this game.But Fletcher obviously has no such awareness, and he doesn't intend to satisfy the media's idea of ​​watching gimmicks.He passed the ball to Scholes, and when Flamini pounced on Scholes, Scholes passed it back.

Two over one!

After getting the ball, Fletcher took a few steps and shot angrily at the ball.

Almunia concentrated and wrapped the ball firmly in his arms.

Fletcher hugged his head somewhat annoyed, today is his birthday, he originally wanted to use a goal as his 20th birthday present.

A few minutes later, Scholes dribbled the ball in. He was looking for an opportunity to pass the ball, but he was shoveled by Vieira from the side and the ball was lost.

Bergkamp came back to get the ball, how could Scholes give up so easily?He got up and threw himself at Bergkamp.

But a light Marseille turn by Bergkamp fooled Scholes again.There was a huge scream from the Arsenal fans.Every time Bergkamp made this kind of enjoyable trick again, they would cheer to express their inner madness.

Bergkamp, ​​who turned around, was facing the attacking direction, but he did not continue to dribble.In the game against Manchester United, when you see an opportunity, you have to pass the ball. The Manchester United players work hard, otherwise the second defender will come up soon.

He caught a glimpse of Henry in front of him looking back at him, and passed the ball with one kick.

Sure enough, as soon as he passed the ball, Keane came up behind him.

Henry swerves when he catches the ball, and he is now facing the attacking direction.

Standing in front of him was the Manchester United defense line consisting of four defenders.

It was Sylvester who pushed forward first.

Henry didn't talk nonsense with him, he slammed the ball towards the middle, and then accelerated to rush over. Poor Sylvester's speed was not Henry's opponent at all, and he was already left behind by Henry when he turned around.

Next to Henry are Fletcher, who returns to defense at high speed, and Keane, who never gives up.

There were interceptions in front and pursuers in the back. They wanted to trap Henry to death in the encirclement.

Just then, Henry passed the ball.

The football flew to Reyes' feet on the left and Reyes received the ball just outside the penalty area as United shrunk.

Ferdinand stood ready at the front.

Reyes didn't slow down, but he did a "cycling" move as he approached Ferdinand.Reyes, who has amazing acceleration, did this movement very realistically, even Ferdinand, who has always been stable, also lost his center of gravity.

Reyes saw that Ferdinand's center of gravity shifted to the inside, flicked the football to the outside, and accelerated to rush over!
pass!

At this time, Neville had already run over and made up for the position.

"You won't be arrogant this time!"

A ferocious tackle from Neville aimed at Reyes' ankle, and Reyes could even see the gleaming studs on the sole of Neville's foot.

When Reyes was approaching Neville, he suddenly stepped on the ball and made an emergency stop, pressing the ball down hard with his right foot.As the football bounced, he jumped up himself.

The Arsenal fans in the stands screamed again.

Reyes evaded Neville's flying tackle with superb technique.

Reyes flicks the football in and it's about to go into the penalty area!

But at the moment of entering the penalty area, Scholes ran over and knocked Reyes down in one fell swoop.

"beep……"

The referee's whistle sounded!
"Penalty kick!" the Arsenal commentator couldn't help shouting.

"A wonderful breakthrough! He has done this for us many times over half a season. He has more space to use his speed when he is late. What a beautiful move! If Scholes doesn't Foul in time, and it will be too late when he enters the penalty area."

The fans in the Highbury stands were also shouting the word, and they all believed that this was a penalty that was [-]% sure.

Even Manchester United's on-site commentator sighed: "This ball... Scholes is too impatient. As long as he gets stuck, Reyes won't have a chance. In fact, he doesn't need to hit people at all..."

but!

The referee's finger did not point to the penalty spot, but ran to the spot where Reyes fell.Then he raised his right hand high, signaling a defensive foul by the Manchester United defender, and Arsenal's free kick.

Free kick?
"It was a penalty kick, I saw it!" Henry ran over, pointing to his eyes.Vieira was on the side, putting pressure on the referee.

Reyes also spread his hands: "He fouled in the penalty area!"

But the referee just shook his head and signaled Arsenal's players to disperse, and he still insisted on his penalty.

Manchester United teammates came over and patted Scholes on the head, touched his shoulder, and praised his timely and reasonable foul.

The Arsenal players all asked for an explanation anxiously, while the Manchester United players gloated and watched jokes on the side.

The application was not approved, and the Arsenal players could only take this free kick.

Huge boos sounded over the Highbury Stadium, which was ten times louder than boos Manchester United's offense!

"Free kick? The referee's penalty is open to question. The ball has clearly entered the penalty area!"

The Arsenal players whose appeal was dismissed could only prepare to take free kicks.

Bergkamp stepped forward to pull Reyes up, and did not forget to pat Reyes on the shoulder, praising him for his wonderful breakthrough.

Manchester United escaped unharmed and were busy lining up the wall.

The big screen at the scene was also replaying this scene: Reyes had completed the dribble, and most of his body had stepped into the penalty area. Keane rushed over from the side and pushed him down.

It is indeed a penalty!
The fans booed the referee all the time.

Reyes placed the ball on the penalty line, and Henry and he both stood in front of it.At this moment, Reyes felt as if his heart was on fire.

"Fucking head coach!"

He was outraged by the referee's misjudgment and the gloating of the United players.Others will show it when they are irritated, but Reyes is thinking quickly, trying to find a way to get back on the field.

The referee was already in place, but he didn't make the "wait for my whistle before serving" gesture to Reyes.

Reyes suddenly had an idea. He saw that Vieira had rushed to the front of the penalty area, while Manchester United's players were still lining up the wall under the command of the goalkeeper.

Reyes suddenly knocked the ball across the middle.

Vieira appears in front of football!

The unmarked French iron waist calmly made his moves, and then shot angrily at the ball.

The football flew across a straight line and flew straight into the goal.

With a "swish", the sound of football flying into the goal attracted Manchester United goalkeeper Carroll.

Go in?How can I get in?How did you get in?

He looked at the football in the goal and felt incredible.

The goal is valid!

The referee pointed his finger at the middle circle.

"This unscientific!"

The Manchester United players, who had been calm just now, were no longer calm. They ran to the referee for an explanation.They moved their heads towards the referee one by one, forcing the referee back.

Keane's face flushed with anger, such an inexplicable loss of the ball, it would be better to award a penalty kick directly.

At least I know how I died!
Same as when facing Asen just now, the referee still refused to change the penalty.Moreover, he saw that the Manchester United players were emotional, so he directly showed Keane a yellow card to help him "calm down."

Under normal circumstances, the referee usually gives a gesture to the serving party when calling a foul—wait for my whistle. Sometimes the referee may not give such a gesture, so the player can take advantage of this loophole, which is a quick free kick.

Fast free kicks are usually used to exploit loopholes, so the referee can request a replay once the fast free kick is taken.

The referee of this game is obviously looking for a balance. When he can blow it or not, he judges that the goal is valid.

1:0, Arsenal lead at home!

The mentality of the Manchester United team, which conceded a goal first, was a little out of balance. Their defensive actions began to increase, and all kinds of rough fouls could be seen everywhere.

And Reyes, who often takes the ball, is the object of "key care". After 20 minutes of the first half, his jersey can no longer see the original color, and the top and bottom are all dark and light grass green. .

In the 24th minute of the first half, Giggs defended Cole. When Cole passed the ball, the Welshman did not stop, and a flying shovel knocked his opponent down on the wing.The big screen at the scene showed that Giggs' left foot stepped hard on Cole's calf.

A few minutes later, Fletcher shoveled Pires behind his back, and the Frenchman fell heavily to the ground. Annoyed, he stretched out his foot and kicked his opponent's body, then Rooney rushed up, and several players next to him also rushed up, and the conflict continued. escalating trend.

The referee rushed over and showed Pires and Fletcher yellow cards respectively, which cooled down the increasingly "hot" game.

Arsenal's football is known for its flamboyance. Wenger, who advocates offense, is not conservative in his style of play. Arsenal players can often use good skills and delicate coordination to tear through the opponent's defense.

On the opposite side, Manchester United deployed a five-man midfielder, using "strangulation tactics" to destroy Arsenal's delicacy.

Arsenal's offense cannot flow smoothly, and Manchester United will have a chance to counterattack.

(End of this chapter)