Chapter 27: Harvesting the Future (Seeking Collection)
On the pitch, the game seemed to be going smoothly as Arthur had hoped. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Arsenal continued to attack with firepower, but struggled to really threaten Blackburn's half as they were united.
As the game was about to enter injury time, Arsene Wenger played the last card, replacing Bergkamp, who was no longer running, with Nwankovo Kanu.
Although Kanu's chances have dwindled as Thierry Henry has become Arsenal's top option up front, the African Footballer of the Year has caused a lot of problems for Blackburn's backline.
Because of Kanu's play, Henry's position was changed, and instead of continuing in the middle, he pulled to the left, facing Blackburn Rovers right-back Jeff Kenner.
When Arthur saw this change, he immediately felt bad, and he also felt a little dissatisfied with Souness.
Jeff Kenner is indeed Blackburn's most reliable right-back at the moment, but he is already tired from the onslaught of Ljungberg and Overmars after switching sides, after all, he is over 30 years old.
If it were placed in the league, Souness would have replaced Jeff Kenner as early as the 70th minute of the game, but today, facing Arsenal, Souness looked very hesitant to make adjustments, and did not even let Paolo Ferreira warm up.
The exhausted Jeff Kenna, facing the impactful Premier League No. 1 striker Thierry Henry, is really more than lucky.
Thierry Henry is one of the few dribbling masters in football at the moment, and his speed on the flanks has given Jeff Kenner a headache, and sometimes he can barely block through fouls.
What's even more worrying is that Jeff Kenner worries that in his current state, he may not be able to keep Henry by relying on fouls sometimes.
Arthur shook his head in the box, Wenger's on-the-spot adaptability is one of the relatively poor among the world's top coaches, but now it is just a substitution and a small change, which makes Blackburn so passive on the field, and it is obvious that Souness's on-the-spot adaptability is even worse.
Had Paolo Ferreira, who had been a little less experienced but better defensively, earlier in the game, he would have been able to hold off Thierry Henry, who had already played nearly 90 minutes.
After all, Henry is also a normal person and will get tired after 90 minutes of play, and Paulo Ferreira will not be able to take advantage of it.
Pity......
Arthur finally made up his mind at this time to get together with Souness at the end of the season, or after Blackburn Rovers won the League One title, so that the team's new manager could take over as soon as possible.
As for this candidate, Arthur already knew it.
Thankfully, time was running out and the fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines for three minutes of stoppage time, with less than five minutes left before Blackburn's shock draw at Arsenal.
The Blackburn fans who came from afar in the stands kept singing, singing the team anthem that Arthur thought was very ugly, and in their opinion, Blackburn held the ball. Back at Ewood Park, they'll be sure to make the proud Arsenal look good!
"The team song is a little ugly, and I don't know how the new team song recorded by the Guns and Roses that Abby contacted last time is going now? Take the top work on the billboard chart as the team anthem, and think about it, it's also drunk! Arthur had a smile on his face again, and the imminent release of the new team song and the achievement of the goal of the game gave him no reason not to laugh.
As the minutes ticked by, the Arsenal fans became more and more anxious and began the final cheers!
There is an old saying that has been mentioned countless times on many occasions, and the ears of listeners have become calloused. But at this moment, this famous saying must be repeated in the same old tune.
That is: football is round.
Just as the fourth official put down the electronic sign and turned to go back, Henry managed to break through Jeff Kenner again, who had no choice but to foul Arsenal and give Arsenal a free-kick in front.
The free-kick was taken approximately twenty-five metres from the centre of the penalty area. They were awarded five free-kicks up front in this game, and it was the free-kick that they took advantage of when they found the back of the net for the first time at Blackburn.
As Ljungberg stood in front of the ball, fans on both sides in the stadium watched intently.
Arthur was also quite nervous, as long as he survived the ball, the rest would be easy to say. With only a minute left, Blackburn could have kept the ball at their feet until the end of the game.
At this time, 16 of the 22 players on the field were crowded in Blackburn's penalty area, and Blackburn suddenly made a noise in front of the goal.
The referee blew the whistle, Ljungberg duffled a shot, and Overmars followed up with a kick cross!
Blackburn's air defense is not too good, the two central defenders in this game Henning Berg and Carvalho are only 184cm and 181cm respectively, and the team's defensive midfielder Carsley is only 178cm, so although these three defensive giants are not afraid of confrontation, the 1.95m tall Kanu still stands out in the penalty area.
Kanu was as fast as he could to get to the left of the penalty spot, with Henning-Berg disrupting on his flank, just as the ball was passed by Overmars.
Kanu jumped straight up in the high-speed sprint, and didn't even adjust his pace, just threw the ball that flew towards him.
Henning Berg was going to fight Kanu to the death in the small penalty area, but he just arrived at the penalty spot and jumped up, and he couldn't react for a while, didn't jump enough, and was a full head lower than Kanu.
In this way, Henning-Berg looked up at Kanu in the air, high up, made a head-shaking gesture, and then ...... The ball hit Kanu straight on the bridge of her nose.
Kanu felt good about the absence of an opponent and his eyes were always on the ball, but like Ibrahimovic, he was a wasted centre-forward - with a mediocre header that was aimed at the football, but it was right on the bridge of his nose.
Originally, everyone thought that it should be like a sharp arrow shooting at the goal, but because Kanu didn't eat the right part, he hit the bridge of the nose and formed a bullet ball.
When Kanu landed, the ball was bouncing off the turf in front of the goal line, stumbling right past Friedel's hand before crashing headlong into the net behind him.
The next moment, Kanoo, who was bleeding two red nosebleeds, didn't have time to wipe it, and was crushed under his excited teammates!
The voice of the live commentator echoed in the stadium: "92nd minute! It's only a minute until the end of the game! Canu defends the honor of Highbury Field! He didn't let Blackburn Rovers from League One take away a satisfactory result from here! Pretty! 2:1! He killed the game! Kanu, kill the game! ”
In response to the on-site commentators, the 30,000 Arsenal fans in the stands let out roars and cheers like thunder!
"**** his uncle's!" Arthur slammed his fist on the seat next to him, spilling thousands of euros worth of red wine on the table.
This is the most unacceptable ending for Arthur, if Blackburn has been behind, and even the big score was slaughtered, Arthur can barely endure it, but just when Blackburn had more than a minute to get a satisfactory result, Arsenal actually used a free kick to equalize.
There's nothing more infuriating than the expectation of getting it to you in an instant!
Even angrier is that Arthur knows that the problem is not with his team, his team has performed almost perfectly in more than 90 minutes of play, and all the hard work has been wasted just because of a dribble balloon on the other side!
"fxxk!fxxk!fxxk!flick!" Arthur kicked the seat in the box again, clearly furious.
In this game, Blackburn's defense has almost done everything they can, Arsenal's wide attack, quick counter-attack, short pass advance and long pass transfer and most of the offensive means have not broken through Blackburn's door, but twice they are not very good at set-piece attacks, breaking through Blackburn's door.
Is there any place to make sense?
It's not uncommon for Messi to score a hat trick, but if it is a hat trick scored by a header, it is no less likely than the Chinese men's football team to break into the World Cup again.
The Arsenal players were still celebrating, and even the usually suave Arsene Wenger was hugging and cheering with his assistants on the sidelines, while Blackburn's players were standing on the pitch with a confused expression.
There was still more than a minute left in the game, but Arthur was no longer expecting a miracle, and in his opinion, the game was over.
1:2, Blackburn was at a disadvantage in all aspects of this game, and losing to the stronger Arsenal was also a reasonable result, and 1:2 was also an acceptable score.
Arthur stared down at the Blackburn Rovers fans who had come from afar, disappointed and unwilling...... It was a terrible feeling to see them go from joy to disappointment.
"Next season, next season, come here again, and I'm sure I......'ll bring you a victory," Arthur muttered in a low voice.
That's the goal, and it's the guarantee!
The end result of the game was a tenacious Arsenal who beat Blackburn Rovers one minute before the break to reach the last four of the FA Cup.
However, in the eyes of everyone on the outside, Blackburn should not be depressed.
Because, Arsenal wins the present, while the young and promising Blackburn Rovers gain the future.
'Yes, it's a bit unfair to the rest of the League One teams, but I think Blackburn Rovers will be in the Premier League next season and they will be a fixture to be reckoned with by any team. Arsene Wenger said in his post-match press conference.