Jagged Wings

Chapter 72 The Devil's Race
The Arsenal team back in the locker room was very excited.They even opened a few bottles of champagne to celebrate the victory as if they had won the championship.

They have reason to celebrate, as Arsenal have only recorded one victory over Chelsea since Jose Mourinho took over last year.That is, in last year's Champions League knockout round, Arsenal lost 1:4 away, and barely won two at home in front of Chelsea, who let the water go.

This game was their first real victory over Chelsea.

They had been arguing for a long time, until the head coach Wenger, who was going to hold a press conference, came back, and then went to take a shower and gestured things, ready to leave.

On the bus back home, Reyes turned on his cell phone and received congratulatory text messages from many people, all congratulating him on his outstanding performance in the game and being selected as the best in the game.

It is not the first time he has been elected as the player of the game, but only this time has attracted so many people's attention.

All thanks to live broadcasts in over 120 countries.

His excellent performance in this game caused a sensation no less than that of the World Cup.
The first is a text message from his cheap mother, Margaret praised her son's excellent performance, thinking that he definitely has a world-class performance, on the other hand, at the end of the text message, he tactfully suggested that his son has a world-class performance, then " Mothers should also live in world-class villas” request.

Then came a text from Gaia, his "relative agent," praising Reyes for an excellent self-advertisement.Since Reyes sent his parents back to Spain, Reyes has taken back a lot of rights himself.This "relative broker" is really looking more and more like a real broker now.

Then came a text message from the national team coach Aragones, as usual: "You and Del Horno both scored, I think it would be wonderful if you played on the left side at the World Cup ! That will definitely make every opponent pee their pants!"

Finally, my friend Fernando Torres: "Dude, your first assist is really beautiful. When you pass the ball, the football does not touch the ground. It would be great if the ball was passed to me!"

Several crazy expressions were posted below.

Reyes smiled and replied to Torres: "Hey, you come to Arsenal, can't you enjoy such treatment?"

Torres sent Reyes back an exploding emoji, followed by a grinning emoji.

In fact, both of them knew that this incident was just a joke. Torres is currently playing very well in Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid and Barcelona both want to get the main center forward of Spain in the future. How could the "golden boy" in the center of the stage choose Arsenal? What about teams whose dues are calculated in single digits?
Just after finishing replying to the text messages, Reyes' phone rang, and it was Androni calling.

"Congratulations, Antonio!" Androni said with a smile: "I counted the time and thought it was almost time for you to finish your work, so I called you. You played really wonderfully in this game!"

"Are you there, Anne?" Reyes asked.

Although Androni can't see, she likes to listen to the cheers like a tsunami in the stadium, because it makes her feel that she is living in the world of sound.No matter who it is, the voice that is activated by the atmosphere in the stadium, even if it is only a monosyllabic word, is the embodiment of the most sincere emotion.

"I heard it, this is the most enthusiastic home game I have ever heard, I feel like the roof is going to be blown off."

"That's all right. Is George here?"

"Yes, the two of us came together!"

At this moment, a voice came from behind: "Antonio, who are you calling?"

As soon as Reyes turned his head, he saw Ashley Cole bouncing up to his seat. When he saw Reyes holding the phone, he purposely approached him and sang louder.After singing a few lines, they walked away and returned to their respective seats, but the singing still didn't stop.There are a lot of young people in the car, and together they make the whole car like a party.

Reyes waited for them to leave and said to Androni: "How is it? Do you feel the enthusiasm of my teammates?"

Androni smiled over there: "I feel it. To be honest, your teammates are really good at singing! It seems that you are very happy there, so I am relieved."

"Go back to the hotel and have a good rest. Tomorrow is a day off!" Wenger was the last one to get into the car. He announced the news. All the players in the car raised their arms and cheered.

After playing Chelsea's Premier League, Chelsea officially entered the devil's schedule during Christmas-on December 22, the Premier League Cup quarter-finals, Arsenal played away against League One team Doncaster.In the No.26 round of the league on December 18, Arsenal played away against Charlton.On December 29, in the No.19 round of the league, Arsenal challenged Portsmouth at home.On December 31, in the No.20 round of the league, Arsenal challenged Aston Villa away.January [-] vs. Manchester United at home.On January [-], in the third round of the FA Cup, Arsenal played against the Championship team Cardiff City at home.

If the Gunners qualify for the League Cup, Arsenal will play away to Wigan Athletic on January 20th.Then three days later, in the second round of Premier League No. [-] on the [-]th, they will face Middlesbrough at home.

Calculated, in 34 days, Arsenal will play eight games, an average of one game in a little more than four days.

Such an intensive schedule, coupled with the cold temperature and severe weather in winter, accelerates the physical consumption of players and greatly increases the chance of injury.In the Premier League every season, there are extensive injuries at this time.

The only good news is that the previous victory over Chelsea gave the players confidence and gave the Christmas Devils a good start.And the opponent here is only a strong team of Manchester United, and the other opponents are all teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League or the English Championship level.

At this time, it is time for the youth army to show their power.

In the Premier League Cup game against Doncaster three days later, the teenagers defeated their opponents 2:1 in extra time and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup.

The 25th is Christmas, and the club took a special time the day before to hold a Christmas party for the players.Players with families can bring their families, but bachelors like Reyes can only go alone...

Although Reyes performed well on the field, he was the object of ridicule by his teammates in this situation off the field.

The teammates all booed that a "diamond fifth" like Reyes, how could there be no beautiful women to throw him in his arms or something, and the teammates wondered if there was something wrong with Reyes in "that aspect".

But Reyes just shook his head.

Having just beaten Chelsea in the league to close the gap to one point, and then progressed to the Carabao Cup, so the dinner took place in a very pleasant and happy atmosphere.

It started with club chairman Hill Wood coming forward to thank the players and staff for their efforts over the past year.Then head coach Arsene Wenger took the stage to speak.

In the end, we all get together to eat and chat.

(End of this chapter)