Jagged Wings

Chapter 78
Reyes has a very high appearance rate this season. He is the player who has played the most times in the team except Lehmann and Xiaofa. Too many appearances also make his body tired. It is not easy to have problems now.

This made Wenger very troubled. Originally, there were a lot of people in Arsenal's position. Reyes, Hleb, and Pires were all able to play the main force.

But as Pires went away, Hleb's position on the right was stable, and only Reyes could play on the left.Now that Reyes is injured, Wenger unexpectedly found that there is no one available in the team.Hleb is a good choice, but Ljungberg, who can play on the right, is also injured, and Arsenal's right is also stretched.

In the end, Wenger chose Flamini as the team's left midfielder, and formed the striker combination of Adebayor and Henry on the front line.

One of the highlights of this game is also the "Spanish Derby" between Benitez, Garcia, Reyes, and Fafa.Of course, the Spanish media have seen the world, so they will not have the kind of crazy hype about the so-called "Spanish Derby" that is similar to the crazy hype of the "Chinese Derby" in the Chinese media, but only made a little report.

For Liverpool, Luis Garcia recovered from his knee injury and returned to the bench. Defender Carragher played for Liverpool for the 400th time.Previously, the two sides had played 158 games in the league, and Liverpool had a slight upper hand with 62 wins, 40 draws and 56 losses.Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is also watching the game at Anfield.

Liverpool, who are playing at home, are in good shape and have launched a tidal attack towards Arsenal's hinterland.Before the game, Wenger's left side became the object of active research by Benitez, and Flamini has always played the position of central midfielder.During the game, he would often unconsciously lean towards the middle.

The disadvantage of this is that it squeezes the living space of Jenas and Xiaofa in the middle, but Arsenal's left is wide open.

In the 32nd minute, Flamini was out of position. Morientes and Kewell cooperated skillfully and broke into the left side of Arsenal's restricted area. The Australian made a direct pass. But the referee Boll gave the death penalty, and Gerrard took the penalty and shot it straight to the lower left corner. Lehmann judged accurately and saved the ball.

Although the penalty kick was missed, Wenger still spread his hands and expressed his helplessness.

So far in this game, Arsenal is very passive.Flamini is a defensive player. He completely abandoned the left side of the Gunners when he played left midfielder, which made Henry, who likes to run to the left rib, not get much support.

For the Liverpool team, it was able to save energy to deal with Arsenal's Hleb on the right.With Hleb cut off, Adebayor, who still lacks a tacit understanding with the Arsenal team, has become an invisible figure.

So Arsenal's offense was completely contained.

Liverpool once controlled the situation on the field, but the pass in front of the goal lacked creativity.

If it weren't for the brave performance of Arsenal's Senderos and Lehmann, Liverpool would have gained more opportunities.

That's it, Arsenal still failed to withstand the bombing of Liverpool. Liverpool broke the deadlock in the 87th minute. Hamann's right-footed shot from 25 yards from the left was saved by Lehmann. Luis Garcia followed up with a supplementary shot. After hitting Lehmann, he deflected into the far corner and scored.

This score was also maintained until the end of the game. With this score, Liverpool overtook Manchester United and climbed to third place in the standings.

Although Arsenal suffered a defeat, Chelsea had an upset. They lost 3-0 to Middlesbrough in the away game. They lost without resistance. The gap between the two teams is still only three points.

Of course, it is too late for both sides to reflect on this game, and the Champions League is about to start.The first and second in the Premier League happened to draw the first and second in La Liga, and it happened to be the first in the Premier League versus the first in La Liga, and the second in the Premier League versus the second in La Liga.

Arsenal challenged Real Madrid away.

Chelsea away to Barcelona.

These two games are the two most important games in the first round of the UEFA Champions League knockout round, and major TV stations have also included these two games in their live broadcast plans.

Although there is still a week until the game starts, but now there is an atmosphere before the big battle.

According to the odds offered by the bookmaker before the game, the odds of Real Madrid winning are 1 to 1, the odds of Arsenal winning are 1 to 8, and if the two teams draw, the odds are 1 to 3.
Everyone is optimistic about Real Madrid winning.

Although Real Madrid is a lot behind Barcelona in the league this season, the second position in the league is also in jeopardy, and there are many contradictions in the team.With the sinking of Pavon, Florentino's "Zidane + Pavon" policy also declared bankruptcy, and he was also criticized by players in Real Madrid.

However, the strength of the Galacticos, including Zidane, Beckham, Ronaldo, Cassano and other stars, should not be underestimated. Their offensive lineup is luxurious and they can play exciting games that are pleasing to the eye. Their odds of winning the Champions League , even ahead of Barcelona with Ronaldinho.

The situation at Arsenal can only be described in eight words: the battalion is full of wounded soldiers, and the look is bleak.

Since entering January, Arsenal's lineup has never been complete, and everyone is injured.

It has been determined that the players who will not be able to play on February 2th are: Ashley Cole, Adebayor, Van Persie, Sigan, Clichy, Campbell, Lauren, Gilberto.

Among them, Adebayor is because he has played the Champions League for the Monaco club this year.Both Van Persie and Clichy have unhealed foot injuries, and Campbell has an ankle injury. In fact, even if he played, his condition has almost declined...

Fortunately, there is Bergkamp. Faced with such an injury, Bergkamp stood up and said: "I decided to go to the Bernabeu game away." The Dutchman who did not fly expressed his determination: "I have already decided to go to Barcelona. Tickets, I will be in the Bernabéu stadium!"

The English media felt very excited, and they even planned the route for him.Here they really want to thank UEFA. Although London is not facing the sea, it has a wide Thames River that leads directly to the English Channel.

Barcelona is located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, on the verge of the Mediterranean Sea. The Port of Barcelona is the largest port and the largest container distribution terminal along the Mediterranean Sea. It is also the largest comprehensive port in Spain.Therefore, it is very feasible to travel from London to Barcelona by boat.

Of course, these are all the nonsense of the media following the trend. Bergkamp's "boat ride" is just talk. If you really want to take the boat, you may not be able to reach Barcelona in a week.The most available mode of transportation is the train, and now the high-speed trains in Europe are very convenient. It only takes 18 hours to travel from London to Barcelona via Paris.

Although it's a joke, it also shows the media's eager hope that the Ice Prince will appear on the stage.If Bergkamp plays, then his duel with Zidane will become a very good topic.

Both are representatives of the last remaining artistic football masters in today's football, and both will retire after the end of this season.In such an important game, how could the two not spark each other a little bit?

But the good wishes of the media fell through.

However, on the second day after he said he would participate in the competition, Bergkamp's calf was strained, and he had no choice but to announce his withdrawal from the competition.

Compared with the declaration of the previous day, this news really has a taste of black humor.

But Wenger couldn't laugh: now the Gunners only have Henry as a striker available...

The only good news is that Reyes is back, and it seems that this week's injury has not detracted from his form, and it seems that he can play in that game.

Cole's injury is actually barely enough to make an appearance, but Wenger finally excluded him from the list.

In the end, after hurting most of the main lineup, Wenger promoted many teenagers from the reserve team to the first team. They include Sebastian Larsson, Deyoulu, Alexander Song, Walcott.These teenagers with little league experience may make their debut at the Bernabeu.

For them, it is full of joy and hope.

It's been a fantastic season, especially for Theo Walcott.

In the first half of the season, he was still on the bench in the Championship team, and now he is going to the Bernabeu to show himself.

Contrary to the situation where the whole team was not in high spirits due to injuries, Walcott was full of joy in his heart, and he was suppressed and joyful.

After all, he was only 17 years old.

(End of this chapter)