Jagged Wings

Chapter 34
The ball boy threw the ball into the field, and Cech stepped up to hold the ball in his arms, trying to buy time.

But Bergkan came up, snatched the ball head-on, and ran back to the halfway line for the kickoff.

Cech spread his hands towards the referee, but the referee shook his head and walked away, ignoring him.

The first half of the game ended like this, and the Arsenal players who were off the field were a little disappointed. With such a big point difference, the chance of moving back is too slim.

In the locker room, Wenger didn't say much.He just encouraged the players to play their spirits and not to disappoint the enthusiasm of the fans.

In the second half of the game, both sides did not make substitutions, but the smell of gunpowder in the game was getting stronger.

Gudjohnsen brought down Pires from the right and was shown a yellow card. Arsenal set the ball to attack, Bergkamp hung the ball into the penalty area, and Terry cleared and destroyed before Henry.

In 61 minutes, Arsenal took the lead in making substitutions, Reyes came on to replace Gilberto, and Arsenal switched to three forwards.

In the 65th minute, Vieira stole the ball from Lampard's feet in the frontcourt and missed a long shot 40 meters away.

In the 75th minute, Huth gave Arsenal a free kick again, close to the bottom line, this time it was Pires who took the penalty.Pires saw that there were too many people in the penalty area, so he knocked the ball across the middle. Vieira received the ball and distributed it to the right.

In this game, Xiaofa replaced Ljungberg on the right. After receiving the ball, Xiaofa shot directly.

Cech was focused, but the football was too powerful and he missed the ball.But the saved football did not go far, and Reyes appeared in front of the football.

Reyes didn't stop the ball, but directly lifted his foot to shoot, and the foot flew into the goal without any suspense.

3:5, Arsenal pulled back a goal!
This goal once again stimulated Arsenal's nerves, and even the central defenders rushed into Chelsea's half-court attack.

Pires forced a cross from the wing, but the football hit Huth's thigh and changed its line, flying directly towards the goal.Cech was too far away, but the football ended up hitting the crossbar.

Reyes received a corner kick in the penalty area, a lion flicked his head, and Gudjohnsen cleared the ball from the far post.

Vieira made a diagonal pass to Bergkamp, ​​and Bergkamp assumed that the true pass was passed to Henry, but Henry's shot was blocked by Terry.

Chelsea's defense is shaky, but it never fails.

In the 82nd minute, there was a loophole in the defense of Arsenal, which had been unable to attack for a long time. Pires' long-range shot from the outside lacked threat. Cech easily got the football, and then launched a counterattack by throwing the ball.

Lampard took the ball and made a long pass. Joe Cole made a pass near the left baseline after receiving the ball. Drogba grabbed the spot before Senderos, shook his head and sent the ball into the dead corner. There is nothing to do about this ball, the score of 2:1 has basically sent Chelsea to the semi-finals, and Bayern fans began to exit.

With a three-goal advantage in the total score, Chelsea ended early, replacing the two main midfielders with Gremi, who had been out of battle for a long time, and reserve player Moras.

Reyes wiped off his sweat. Although he only played for 40 minutes, his physical exertion was indeed very high.Not playing games for a month made his physical fitness a little bit behind.

Some of the Arsenal players on the field have given up the game in disappointment, but Reyes is still looking for opportunities.

In the 88th minute, Vieira cut off Joe Cole's ball and then stuffed it to Xiaofa.Xiaofa circled two people from the left and went to the bottom, and then made a quick pass.

Reyes stretched his foot to unload the ball, pulled the ball back, and avoided a tackle by Makelele.He flicked the ball horizontally again, and Terry also flashed past.

Just when Reyes was about to shoot, Moras, who appeared in the second half, directly kicked Reyes' calf with a tackle.

penalty!The referee stood very close and could see clearly. His finger pointed to the penalty spot.

Terry and Cech wanted to come up to argue, but were driven back by the referee, who refused to change his penalty.

Henry took the penalty kick and it was done overnight.

Arsenal tied the score at 4:5.

"As long as you score a goal, you can win!" Reyes waved his fist fiercely towards the stands, and he knew that Mourinho would definitely see it.

Mourinho in the box did see it, and it is conceivable that he was not in a good mood.The director of the live broadcast also specially gave Mourinho a shot, showing his expression on the big screen.

Mourinho's face was very ugly, he stood up, walked out of the box, and left the stadium in a hurry.He can't direct this game. In fact, there is no difference between the stadium and the hotel.

In the last few minutes, the entire Chelsea team shrank into their penalty area, turning the penalty area into a steel cage.

The Reyes are still making the last effort, they want to seize every bit of time to attack.

But Chelsea did not give them any more chances in the end and kept the score until the end.

4:5, Chelsea finally eliminated Arsenal and advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

"Is it over?" The moment before the referee's whistle blew, Reyes was still looking for an opportunity to attack. Only when the whistle blew did he know that the game was over.

Senderos sat weakly on the ground, buried his head between his knees, his shoulders twitched, and he cried like a child.Xiaofa walked over and patted him on the shoulder without saying anything.

Reyes stood in front of Chelsea's gate, he just stood there blankly, his eyes full of unwillingness.He tried his best to help the team win, but the fact is that he cannot change it alone.

At this moment, he felt the insignificance of his own strength.

What if I didn't get hurt last time?
If I can take a chance?
What if my shots were a little more precise?
Reyes is not a dreamer, he knows that there is no regret medicine in this world.The only thing he thinks about now is that he desperately hopes to increase his strength.The next time you meet Chelsea, you don't have to be so helpless and unwilling.

Wait for next time!I won't lose to you next time!
At this time someone patted him on the shoulder: "Antonio, cheer up, let's go around the field to thank the fans."

Reyes looked back, it was Captain Vieira.Looking further away, the old players have better psychological endurance and are pulling up the young players who are sitting on the ground one by one.

Reyes saw Senderos who was helped up by Xiaofa. The Swiss teenager cried like a tearful man, sweat and tears mixed together. This was his first time participating in the Champions League.

"I'm still crying at such a big age!" Reyes wanted to make a joke to ease the atmosphere.

But Senderos leaned on Xiaofa and cried even harder.

It seems that this is not a very funny joke, Reyes shrugged towards Vieira.

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Arsenal, more than anyone else, desire a European Cup.They have won the league title, the FA Cup and even the domestic double.Last season, they even won the championship with an unbeaten record, which is something that the Premier League overlord Manchester United cannot do!
But why does Arsenal still wear the hat of a "pseudo-rich family" in the eyes of many people?In Reyes' memory, Arsenal is still described by the word "Nana" by Chinese fans.In addition to the homonym of the last word of "Arsenal", another reason is that Arsenal's style of play is soft, so it is named with a feminine name.

Everything is because Arsenal lost the title of "Champion League Champion". They haven't won the Champions League, as if they haven't proved themselves.So for the Champions League, Arsenal will always have a different kind of obsession.Every time they fail, they will always die so tragically.

The failure of the Champions League is like a shackle on Arsenal, which makes the state of the Arsenal team become sluggish.The league championship is hopeless, the Champions League has also been eliminated, and there is only a tasteless FA Cup left for them to compete.

On April 4, Arsenal, which had just been eliminated in the Champions League, defeated Blackburn 16-1 in an FA Cup semi-final and entered the FA Cup final.

On the other side, Chelsea is still unscrupulously harvesting 3 points in the league. In the 35th round of the Premier League against Fulham, Chelsea defeated the opponent 3:1, thus with an advantage of 11 points, 3 rounds ahead of schedule Won the Premier League title in the 2004-2005 season.After the game, the defensive backbone Terry also won the title of the best player of the year selected by the Professional Players Federation, and he also won the honor of the best of the month before the game.

The only remaining suspense is how many points Chelsea will win the championship. With 3 rounds left in the league, Chelsea's points have reached 88 points. If they win one more game, they will break Arsenal's previous season. 90 points record.

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Without the pressure of the championship, Arsenal is as calm as ever, and has also come out from the shadow of the Champions League defeat.After all, they are professional players, and they have long learned not to care too much about the gains and losses of a game.It's just because of their obsession with the Champions League champion.

In nearly a month, those who should come out should also come out.

On this day of training, Reyes and Ashley Cole were in a group, and Reyes found that Cole was a little abnormal.

"Hey, Ashley, didn't you sleep well yesterday? The bags under your eyes came out. Could it be that you had too much fun last night?" In the Arsenal team, Ashley Cole is a well-known nightclub kid. prince.

"Hey, don't mention it." Cole said with a mournful face: "It's not my girlfriend yet!"

Cole's girlfriend, Shirley Tweedy, Reyes knew about because she was also a public figure.Shirley Tweedy is an English native beauty singer, as the lead singer of "Girls Who Sing Loud", she is also the darling of the British fashion industry.

"What's the matter? Is the life of husband and wife not harmonious?" Xiaofa on the side heard gossip approaching, and frowned.

"Fart married life!" Cole fell down, talking about what happened last night.

Shirley went out at night, left her phone at home, and then a text message came.Cole thought it was again, so he opened it to look, and it turned out that it said: "Baby, are you asleep?"

After seeing this text message, Cole and his friends were stunned.

Cole, who was extremely angry, dialed back the number directly: "Who is it? How dare you harass my girlfriend?"

There was silence for a while, and a sentence came: "I am his father!"

And then... not then...

(End of this chapter)