Jagged Wings

Chapter 38 St. Cole

Vieira watched Lauren being tortured by Ronaldo alone, dying, so he hurried to the sidewalk to help.As a defensive midfielder, a wide range of running determines his coverage. Ronaldo moved past Lauren, but Vieira stood in his way. Ronaldo also knew that Vieira was difficult to deal with. He slowed down, his upper body kept shaking, and his feet kept gliding across the football, trying to confuse Vieira.

Vieira knows that Ronaldo's speed is very fast. In the past, Ronaldo's speed was also very fast, but he didn't feel the pressure. Now he finds that Ronaldo's speed is still the same, but the combination of man and ball is not good. It's getting better and better.The speed of progress of this Portuguese teenager can really be seen with the naked eye.

Vieira couldn't find the opportunity to step down, he subconsciously took a step back, trying to see clearly.

But when he took this step back, he knew it was broken, and hurriedly wanted to make it up. Cristiano Ronaldo's reaction was quick, and Ronaldo passed the ball just as Vieira stepped back and flashed the slightest gap.

Vieira and Lauren were both on the wing, and the gap in Arsenal's ribs was exposed. Ronaldo's pass hits the right spot and Rooney appears in front of the football.

Senderos rushed to defend, but the distance was a little far.After Rooney received the ball, there was still a process of observing the opponent's position, and then he shot decisively.

Lehmann blocked the near corner, but the football flew into the far corner.

The flying speed of the football is not fast, but the angle is very tricky.Toure ran up to make a clearance, but was afraid of hitting the ball into the goal.With hesitation, the football slid past his feet.

The football flew towards the goal under everyone's gaze, and the fans behind the stadium held their breaths, fearing that a big gasp would blow the football into the goal.

But he was still flying towards the goal, getting closer, getting closer!
Rooney has his hands up, ready to cheer.

Just as the football brushed the left post and went in, a foot appeared in the camera and hooked the ball out.

Ashley Cole!

Cole hooked the ball out of the goal with a sliding tackle, then immediately jumped up and drove the ball out of the baseline.

"St. Cole! St. Cole saved Arsenal! It was a beautiful goal line save, he let us understand the importance of Cole to this Arsenal! Real Madrid has Saint Cassie, and today we can say , We have - St. Cole!" Arsenal commentator enthusiastically said.

"It's unbelievable! Cole, who has been criticized for his defensive ability this season, actually kicked Rooney's must-go goal at the most critical moment, but the speed was too fast at the time. Did the ball come when he tackled the ball? Has it crossed the goal line?" Manchester United's commentator tactfully questioned.

The referee hesitated for a moment, looked at the linesman, and finally did not decide that the football entered the goal.

The Manchester United players also rushed to the referee under the leadership of Keane and put pressure on the referee: "This goal has been scored, I saw it with my own eyes!"

They are very excited. If this goal is scored, then Manchester United will have absolute control and dominant position in the next final.

But the referee still didn't say anything, but instead showed a yellow card to Manchester United captain Keane.Keane still wanted to argue, but Scholes and Fletcher hurriedly took him away, for fear that he would annoy the referee again.

Keane, whose requirements were not met, was full of temper in the next game, constantly venting his dissatisfaction with rough fouls and bad moves.

Reyes received a pass from Gilberto, and as soon as he turned around and was about to break through, he was shoveled out of the baseline by Keane.

Bergkamp dribbled the ball in the frontcourt, and he slowed down a little, trying to observe his teammates' running positions.At this time Keane ran from behind, stretched his foot between Bergkamp's legs and poked the ball away.If that wasn't enough, his knee landed on Bergkamp's thigh with momentum.

The referee called Keane a foul and came up to warn him, telling Keane to be more honest.

In addition to the head coach, the captain is also the one who can most affect a team, let alone Keane, the soul of Manchester United's offense and defense?

Keane's eagerness and impetuosity also infected the Manchester United team, making their offense more eager for success and less subtle.Taking advantage of Manchester United's impatience, Arsenal also launched several counterattacks.

In the 40th minute, Reyes took the ball to face O'Shea.This is the first match between O'Shea and Reyes.As a rotation player for Manchester United this season, O'Shea also played a lot.Because of the constant injuries in various positions of Manchester United, O'Shea often has to adapt to the team's tactics to play new positions.

Left and right backs, central backs, defensive midfielders, full-backs... Except for the goalkeeper, O'Shea tried almost all positions on the pitch.While this increased his number of appearances, it also made his status unstable. In other words, his importance decreased instead.

If things go on like this, he will lose himself in the constant change of position.

O'Shea himself knows this, so this time in the FA Cup final, he intends to work hard to show himself and add points to the competition between himself and Gary Neville's right back. O'Shea wants to have a fixed position.

So facing Reyes, O'Shea was nervous, extremely nervous.Facing this person who played tricks on Neville, he really lacked confidence.

Reyes dribbles forward, slowing down as the distance gets closer to O'Shea.

The one-on-one between offensive players and defensive players is often a test of the defensive player's reaction speed, and in terms of reaction speed, O'Shea can't keep up with Reyes.

O'Shea felt that he might not be able to compete with Reyes in terms of speed, so the only thing he could do was to start early.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer... The opponent still hasn't accelerated.

"When will he act?"

O'Shea suddenly felt a dry mouth, his body suddenly felt a little hot, and he couldn't control his hands and feet.

But Reyes never made a move.

Can't wait any longer!
O'Shea suddenly roared and shoveled towards him.

Reyes was taken aback by O'Shea's roar, but that didn't stop him from moving.In the eyes of a professional offensive player, the move that O wrote was done too early.

The distance between the two is still more than two meters.

Reyes stepped on the football with his right foot, pulled the ball from right to left behind him with his left foot as the axis, turned 180 degrees, then turned 180 degrees again with his right foot as the axis, Reyes after turning around Si, has left O'Shea behind.

Marseille roundabout!

In today's football field, there are not a few people who can use this kind of action.But Reyes seldom uses this, you can use faster and better methods to pass people, why should you go around so tediously?

Although the Marseille roundabout looks good, the side effect is that it slows down the team's offensive speed.

Of course, if the opponent came to the door like this, Reyes wouldn't mind playing it once.

Reyes, who had passed O'Shea, was flat in front of him. Manchester United's central defender Sylvester had already made up, and Fletcher also came up from the other side to try to steal the ball together.

Reyes didn't give them a chance to close the circle and passed the ball directly.

Cross!

The football hit the foot of Bergkamp who was in the middle of the penalty area. Bergkamp, ​​who received the ball, swung his leg and was about to shoot. Scholes had rushed up and hit him.

foul!

The referee ran over and showed Scholes a yellow card.Scholes spread his hands and left without any indication. This yellow card is still worth it. It is absolutely dangerous to let Bergkamp shoot without marking.

"O'Shea fell to the ground... Reyes, O'Oo, beautiful Marseille spin, he passed the ball... Bergkamp shot...he was knocked down..." The passionate commentary of the Arsenal commentator was also captured With such a bump, Scholes stopped abruptly.

Bergkamp lay on the ground, rubbing his numb shoulders.He didn't see Scholes this time, and he ate it up.

"Can you still stand up?" Reyes held out his hand.

"I'm not that old!" Bergkamp offered his hand, and Reyes pulled him up.

"Tch, there are so many wrinkles on my face, I'm ashamed to say it."

"I'm young at heart, do you understand?" Bergkamp pouted.

Bergkamp took the free kick, but it went over the bar.

Although Bergkamp received two yellow cards early in a row by Keane and Scholes, he himself felt that his body was a bit overwhelmed by these confrontations.As a veteran, Scholes, who plays as a midfielder, is physically strong and strong, but Bergkamp is technically delicate, but he suffers a bit physically.

"It's still old after all."

Bergkamp began to subconsciously avoid physical contact with the opponent, so that Arsenal, which was already weak in attack, could no longer find the direction of the opponent's goal.

After a climax of confrontation, the first half of the game ended in such a mediocre way.

(End of this chapter)