Jagged Wings

Chapter 68: Killing the Banner!

"Del Horno shoots!"

Just when Del Horno was about to break into the penalty area, he suddenly took a shot. The ball was not powerful, but it hit the back of Toure's leg and jumped up!

As the saying goes, the most feared thing is undercover, and this time Toure played this role.

The goalkeeper is not afraid of anything else, but the most fearful thing is changing the line.

The jump of the football was completely beyond the expectation of the goalkeeper Lehmann. He flew into the air and jumped at Del Horno's first shot. Unexpectedly, the football hit Toure's leg and flew higher, just from his hand. fly over!

By the time he wanted to react, it was too late.

"Del Horno shot!" Lineker cheered up and yelled.

The football flew past Lehmann's hands, then flew straight to the goal, and finally sprinted in against the lower edge of the crossbar!

"Goal! Goal! Beautiful shot! It was Del Horno's first Premier League goal! He equalized for Chelsea!"

The stands of the visiting team fans were boiling at this moment.

Wenger spread his hands helplessly off the field. He was very dissatisfied with the defensive performance of the players. In his opinion, the players shrunk too hard, giving Del Horno too much space and time……

Arsenal had a good scene before and they were in the lead, which led to the high morale of the Highbury home fans. They sang all kinds of songs and cheered to celebrate, and some even raised their middle fingers towards the Chelsea stands.There are only a small number of Chelsea fans themselves, and they are naturally silent in front of such a home team.

But Grandpa Mao said, where there is oppression, there is resistance!
Just when Del Horno equalized the score, the Chelsea fans were like a volcano that had been backlogged for a long time, and all erupted at this moment.

Three thousand Chelsea fans all jumped up from their seats. They raised their arms high, waved their Chelsea scarves, and sang the Chelsea team anthem in unison.

Not to be outdone, the home fans booed them, drowning out the singing with boos.

This is Highbury, be less arrogant!
Del Horno, who scored the goal, ran towards the goal and looked at the place on the visiting team's stand behind him, clinging to the barbed wire fence on the edge of the field, waving his fists with both hands, and shouting words that he didn't understand.

At this time, he just wanted to vent.

Drogba rushed up behind him, jumped up from behind him, and then waved his arms at the away fans.Then all the Chelsea players rushed up, they hugged and celebrated wantonly for this goal.

The Chelsea players were very excited, and the celebration of this goal lasted for a long time.

Chelsea has been soaring this season. Their victories and goals are too many to arouse the interest of the players. Few opponents can let them score an equalizer goal so crazy.

This also reflects the difficulty of this game from the side.

Lineker is interpreting Arsenal's conceded goal: "The inexperience of young players is the culprit for this conceded goal. First of all, the two midfielders, Hleb and Yenas, only watched the ball and did not watch the defense. People, followed by Arsenal's defense shrinking too far back. The central defender is absent, and the full-back Clichy lacks the anticipation of Del Horno's post-insertion. Del Horno starts from the left. During the whole process of accelerating diagonally into the middle, not even a single player pressed him..."

"Is that why you don't like Arsenal, Gary?" Martin Taylor asked.

"Yes, if you are young, you should pay the price. This ball is the tuition they paid." Lineker said: "Are you still insisting on your ideas?"

"Of course!" Martin Taylor smiled confidently: "A football is round!"

He returned the sentence unaltered to Lineker.

Lineker shrugged and smiled.

Chelsea celebrated wildly after their goal and it was minutes before they were back on the pitch.

The Arsenal players have already stood up, waiting for them to kick off.

Reyes stood on the left center line, watching the performance of Chelsea players with cold eyes.The Chelsea players who returned to the court were still smiling and talking about the goal easily.Since last season, it has been a long time since they have tasted the feeling of turning the tide on the verge of death.

This even made them feel a little lucky.

Reyes looked at the two people in the middle circle again, Henry looked unwilling, and Abeye had a look of "I'm the one who lost the ball".It seems that it is not a good thing for him to play in such an important game.

Abeye's skills may have been fine, but there is still a long way to go psychologically.

Reyes looked at his backcourt, and it happened that Xiaofa also looked over.

Reyes suddenly had an idea, pointed to Chelsea's direction to him, and then snarled at Henry: At the beginning of the second half, let's play a fast break, only you and Henry will participate.

Xiaofa tilted his head and said silently: "What if it fails?"

Reyes spread his hands, also silently: "If you fail, you will fail. It's just an attempt!"

"Okay." Xiaofa went to find Henry.

Reyes stopped looking at him and looked away.He was afraid that the communication between the two would take too long and attract the attention of Chelsea players.

He looked up at the scoreboard. It was the 68th minute of the second half.At this time, the first limit of the players' physical strength has arrived.Although the physical strength of the Chelsea players is good, but in such an intense game, the physical exertion will be greater, and Reyes does not believe that they will not make no mistakes because of this.

"I really want to know what countermeasures Arsenal will take after conceding the goal. After 15 minutes of confrontation in the second half, Chelsea equalized the score. This is definitely a blow to Arsenal! Now that Chelsea is in full swing, they want to play even more. Just how to play, what will Arsenal do?" Lineker was a little curious.

Henry stepped on the football with one foot. He looked at the young Abeye opposite him. This partner was still too young.In the past few seasons, Henry has won the Premier League Golden Boot consecutively. On the one hand, it shows his own super strength, and on the other hand, doesn't it highlight the weakness of Arsenal's other attack points?
But Henry's eyes, through the nervous Abeye, saw Reyes in the distance who was close to the center line and was about to sprint.
At this moment, Xiaofa came to his side, put his mouth on his ear, and told Henry their plan.

"How about it? Do you dare to do it?" Xiaofa asked.

"You two boys...well, count me in!" Henry decided to get involved.

Abeye looked at the two of them curiously. Xiaofa and Henry spoke in a low voice, and he only heard a few words like "opening", "fast break", and "long pass".

After conveying the information, Xiaofa went back outside the middle circle.

"I'll kick off the ball later, I'll give you the ball, and you pass it directly to Cesc behind." Henry suddenly ordered to Abeye, and if he didn't say clearly, when he passed the ball to someone else, all his previous efforts would have been wasted.

Abeye nodded, remembering Xiaofa's whisper just now, and asked casually: "And then?"

"Then? Go!"

The referee stood outside the center circle, and then blew the kick-off whistle under everyone's gaze.

Henry took a deep breath, kicked the ball to Wu Abeye, and then rushed forward. At the same time, Reyes on the sideline also showed the speed of a [-]-meter sprint, and ran along the sideline to the bottom line.

Sure enough, Abeye passed the ball back directly to Xiaofa, Xiaofa stopped the ball again, and then looked up to find someone.

Although Xiaofa is young, he has a strong outlook on the overall situation, and his long pass accuracy is quite high. He is the best candidate for the midfield commander in the future.Whether this fast break can be successful or not depends on his long pass.

Xiaofa turned around, passed Robben who was symbolically pounced on to defend, and then looked up.

Xiaofa clearly judged Reyes' running route and Henry's follow-up speed, and he knew it was time to act.

Swipe your right leg and make a long pass!

The football flew from Arsenal's back field to the bottom line on the left side of the pitch.

Because of the TV angle, many people think that there are no Arsenal players in that place.

"Arsenal launched an attack with a long pass, but it seems a little too hard. This is not Arsenal's usual style!"

That is, many Gunners fans in front of the TV thought that after seeing Xiaofa's kick, who could receive such a big pass?Even if you barely catch the ball, how can you control it?How to cross?Are the Arsenal players too impatient?Wasted a ball possession opportunity in vain!
But as the camera moved quickly—or in other words, the football moved, because the camera moved with the football—they saw a lightning-fast red figure, a number 9.

The wide jersey bulged in the wind, like a flag flying in the wind.

Banner of death!
"My God! Reyes! He's so fast that even the cameras can't keep up!" the sideline commentator exclaimed.It's not that he didn't see Reyes, he was just surprised that Reyes could run so fast.

While Reyes was desperately chasing the ball, Henry was also sprinting into the penalty area in the middle. His speed was slightly slower, but the timing was definitely just right.

Xiaofa's long pass was just right, and Reyes managed to catch up with his full sprint speed. This speed made Chelsea's right winger Robben bow down-he chased tens of meters but failed to catch up.But what about catching the ball?How to handle the ball in this high-speed state?Even if the ball is stopped, Gallas is forced up.

Reyes, who was running, glanced back at the middle.

No, not enough!

Reyes gritted his teeth and swung his legs.Running at high speed, he accelerated again, took two big steps, and then he flew out, swung his right heel out, and made a direct volley pass!
"Direct pass?! Who can keep up..."

(End of this chapter)