Jagged Wings

Chapter 66 The Angry Beast
In Chelsea's dressing room, the players were either standing or sitting, all silent.

Coach Mourinho sat there with a dark face and said nothing.After a long time, Mourinho coughed, indicating that he was going to speak. Of course, the locker room was always quiet.

"I want to admit my mistake to everyone!" Mourinho's first sentence surprised everyone. Many players who lowered their heads and blamed themselves raised their heads, trying to find something from their coach's face.

"In this game, I had a wrong estimate of Arsenal and made wrong decisions and arrangements, which led to our current passive situation."

"No, boss." Terry hurriedly said, "It's because I don't keep a close eye on people..."

"Listen to me first, John!" Mourinho stopped Terry's words, and then said: "It is not my responsibility, I will not bear it; it is my responsibility, I will not shirk it. I am your master Coach, but that doesn't mean I'm always right."

"I make mistakes too, but I don't allow the same mistake to be made twice. If I make it once, it's a mistake. If I make it twice, I'm a stupid pig!"

"Okay, cheer up, I'll give you the tactics you don't know about the second half!"

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Leading by one goal at home, the Arsenal players had excited expressions on their faces when they left the field.They played against Chelsea on the home court for 45 minutes, and they were in a good position and scored a goal, which can't help but make them happy.

Back in the locker room they were still discussing the first half with great interest.Who performed well, who missed the opportunity, who successfully completed a defense... Of course, Reyes' goal was also mentioned the most.

"Antonio's ball is beautiful!"

"Don't take it so superficially, it's just that Antonio dunks Essien's kick!"

"Actually, the most exciting thing is the tacit understanding between Hleb and Reyes. Who would have thought that the ball would have such a change of direction?"

Hleb was a little embarrassed, and waved his hands again and again in the face of his teammates' praise; Reyes, however, accepted all the orders, smiling from ear to ear.

Although he has half of the Chinese memory, he also inherited Reyes' original Western memory.In the face of other people's praise, Westerners will not say "where is it", but "thank you".

The lively atmosphere in the locker room lasted until the head coach Wenger came in, and the sound slowly disappeared.Everyone looks at their manager and they want credit for what they did.

Wenger didn't skimp on that.The first thing he said was to praise the team's performance: "You guys did a good job in the first half, lads. Antonio's goal was beautiful! To be honest, I was overwhelmed by you at that moment! We let Chelsea play at Seab. You have seen our power!"

Everyone burst into laughter, and everyone was very happy.After working hard for half the time, don't you just want your hard work to be recognized?

Wenger held up his hands, motioning everyone to be quiet.

"But that's not enough!" Wenger continued after the voice died away, "One goal lead is not guaranteed, we still have to score! Didn't you say that Highbury will be unbeaten at home for the whole season? Then go and score another one." !"

"We scored a goal in the first half, but how many chances did we waste? If these chances are taken well, they will all turn into goals!"

"This is Highbury, don't disappoint the fans outside! The honor of Highbury needs you to defend!"

Wenger asked the team to continue to attack like this in the second half, and he didn't say much tactically.Since this tactic gave the team the lead, is there anything else that needs to be adjusted?
During the 15 minutes of the intermission, the coaches of both sides actually didn't have much to do.They all feel that their team has made no mistakes in major tactics, but is missing in small details. Except for this one conceded goal, Chelsea did not allow their opponents to get any good opportunities at other times; He played quite well. If he can seize another chance, Wenger believes that the final victory of the game will belong to the Gunners.

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"Hey, Didier!" Mourinho finished the tactical arrangement, and when the players left, he specially called Drogba to the front.

"What's the matter, boss?" Drogba said.He is not worried about Mourinho criticizing him for not working hard. He runs almost every game to cover the whole court, and his offense and defense are active enough.

"There are always people mocking you in the newspapers, do you know that?" Mourinho said.

"I don't look at that, boss."

"Didier, what I want to tell you is that you will always be the number one striker of the Blues in my heart." Mourinho patted Drogba's thick shoulder, and then said angrily: "But there are some in the newspapers. People slander you as someone who can only defend and not attack! They laugh at you for not scoring as many goals as Lampard, a midfielder this season!"

"Boss, you know, I am not such a person!" Drogba quickly waved his hand.

"Indeed, you are not! But I know, outsiders don't know!" Mourinho said: "Highbury is a stage to prove yourself, go to Didier, tell them you are a striker, you can score goals !"

"I won't let you down! Boss!" Drogba clenched his fists.

Looking at the back of Drogba going away, Mourinho laughed.

Arsenal, you wait for an angry beast!
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At the beginning of the second half, the two head coaches did not make any adjustments to the team's lineup. They both believed that their team performed well and did not need adjustments.

"Martin, are you still optimistic about Arsenal?" Lineker asked before the start of the second half.

"Of course." Martin Taylor was full of confidence.

"I really don't know where your confidence comes from." Lineker muttered, although Arsenal led by one goal, most people are still optimistic about Chelsea.

"Watch the game, after 45 minutes, we will know the result."

"Ok."

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Arsenal kicked off in the second half, which is a favorable condition for them. They can use this opportunity to launch an attack, and they may score one if they are lucky, so that they can take the initiative of the game in their hands.

So the football was passed to Xiaofa at the beginning of the game, and it was up to him to launch the attack.

Reyes and Hleb, as the left and right wingers, each advanced forward and cooperated with Xiaofa to move.

Xiaofa didn't observe for too long. Before Makelele forced him up, he passed the football straight to the front, and Bergkamp retreated to respond.The ball was received, but he couldn't turn around. Terry came up and stuck him firmly so that he couldn't turn around easily.In desperation, he passed the ball back again.

Xiaofa transferred the ball to the right again this time, but was intercepted by Lampard halfway!

After stealing the ball, Lampard turned and ran forward, planning to counterattack with the ball.

"Lampard steals the ball! This is Chelsea's chance!" Lineker said excitedly, and now he is behind in the bet with Martin Taylor.

But as soon as Lampard started, Jenas' hand came up, and then he poked the ball away with his foot later.

The football ran a few meters and landed at the feet of the retreating Drogba.At this time, Drogba retreated slightly, in the vacuum between the central defender line and the midfield line, and no one was marking.

"Damn!" Senderos cursed in a low voice, and then ran up to stick to Drogba.

But Drogba had already turned around when he rushed up, and Senderos rushed to squeeze Drogba away.But in the first half, the Ivory Coast striker who he saw almost disappeared suddenly burst out with a different power from the first half.Caught off guard, Senderos seemed to have knocked down a wall.

Drogba, who made a breakthrough, shot directly with a strong kick. The football was hit by Leman and bounced off the crossbar. Toure, who was defending, quickly cleared the ball.

"Ooo, Warcraft has revived! He announced his return with a powerful shot!"

(End of this chapter)