Chapter 29: Have You Ever Regretted It

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Robin van Persie, who had a great performance here last season, is still very close to his hometown, but the sense of intimacy is a notch below his previous league performance.

It was because Van Persie did not form a good bridgehead for Arsenal's attack in front of the pitch that Blackburn was able to attack the Arsenal backline frantically and scored the lead.

When Arsenal's attack did not improve, Blackburn Rovers were unforgiving at Lippi's signal to Xia De, and began to play an oppressive style again, investing far more troops in attack than the visitors.

This is the biggest criticism of Arsene Wenger's coaching, and he is far inferior to managers of the same grade in terms of on-the-spot adaptation - but there are only a dozen or so coaches in the same level as Wenger in today's football.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has developed into a superstar this season, then put on a show, breaking through the wide and passing the ball forward from the edge of the box, and Ballack received the ball and fired a low left-footed shot from 25 yards to the left in an attempt to hit the near corner, but the ball went wide of the post after bypassing Almunia's ten fingers.

Blackburn's attacking strength caused Arsenal to be tired and paid the price for the foul, and in the 37th minute, when Ronaldo broke through with the ball again, a somewhat unbearable Sagna chose to fall to the ground and tackle the dangerous move of shining the spikes.

Sagna was booked for a foul on Cristiano Ronaldo, and Blackburn were awarded a free-kick that was slightly wide.

Bynes' free-kick cross from the left was met by Drogba, who was on guard and nodded back with a header from just eight yards out.

Almunia, who had been focusing most of his attention on the front post, was helpless in the face of Vidic's header, but the unguarded Serbian header at the back post was slightly wide of the far post, and Arsenal were lucky to escape again.

Vidic's header also showed the crowd why he was the team's centre-back rather than a striker, and if any player like him could become a striker, it would probably only appear in a football league in a major Asian country.

Three minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo made a comeback, winning another free-kick with a break down the right.

Cristiano Ronaldo opted for a tactical set-piece this time to turn the ball sideways, but Torres volleyed high again in the face of Flamini's timely rush.

Arsenal made a mistake in a Blackburn Rover's less dangerous attack as they were heading into first-half stoppage time, and McCone found a chance in the right-hand corner of the box to unresponsive Almunia with a left-footed volley.

The soccer ball drew a beautiful straight line in the air and it was about to hang in the top left corner of the goal!

Just as the Blackburn Rovers fans were ready to cheer on the ground and on television, they erupted in the biggest wail of the game so far – the football slammed into the post amid the cheers of the home fans at the Rose Theatre.

At the end of the first half, Blackburn Rovers led Arsenal 1-0.

After the start of the second half, the two sides changed places and fought again, and Arsenal still struggled to open the situation, completely losing the upper hand on the field, and was always suppressed in their own half, quite passive.

Van Persie frequently called the names of his teammates on the pitch in the front, but he still couldn't get the pass, and he could only pull the opponent's backline.

As soon as the second half began, Ronaldo began to continue the coquettish performance of the first half, after he broke through the line on the right side, he hit a ball that seemed to be a pass and flew to the far corner of the goal, and Almunia could not save the football and slid past the goal again.

The passivity on the field made the youngest Arsenal starters with the youngest average age in the Premier League start to become impatient, and the anger when playing is also increasing!

Arsenal suffered a blow in the 58th minute, Sagna tackled McCone when the ball was out of the bottom line, Sagna made an unnecessary side-back tackle near the opponent's bottom line, and then chattered to the referee, and was sent off by the referee for accumulating two yellow cards, and the situation on the field of Arsenal took a sharp turn.

The Gunners' already passive scene was even more passive, and even except for Van Persie on the very wall, the other Arsenal players retracted into their own half. However, Arsenal, who were playing with 10 men, began to defend solidly, and Blackburn's players also reached a peak in fitness, and their speed began to drop.

However, it was clear that Lippi was a little worried about the 1-0 scoreline, and in the 64th minute of the game, Blackburn chose to make two substitutions in a row to strengthen their own attack.

After the two captains of Frank Lampard and Duff were replaced, Blackburn's attack improved and the pace picked up again.

In the 71st minute, after receiving a long pass from the backfield, Drogba tried his best to protect the football at his feet, and after never being able to get around Drogba's strong body to cover, Durr chose to pull vigorously behind in anger.

Drogba was leaning against Dur behind him with his back, but he didn't expect this guy to pull him backwards with his hands, and the fallen monster couldn't help but get the sixth free kick of the game for the Blue Devils.

The free-kick was a bit far from goal, 40 metres away.

Baines' free kick from the right side was hoisted into the penalty area, and Vidic fought for the first point on the left side of the penalty area, but because of the poor angle of attack, he chose to ferry the header, fortunately it coincided with the collision between Eboue and Gala at this time, and Torres, who was ambushed in the middle, was lucky to get a chance, and the header relay in the small penalty area rushed to the top.

The Spanish shooter's header widened the score, 2:0, Blackburn locked the win!

"Got it!" Arthur watched Arsene Wenger move his troops in the middle of the frenzy in an attempt to equalise and didn't care at all.

Although Arsene Wenger brought on Bam Adebayo and Bendtner in an attempt to strengthen the attack, the 10-man Arsenal have struggled to create a lethal threat.

In the space of 10 minutes, Arsenal were besieged from three corners in quick succession, but the Gunners had no good headers in front of the tall Nemanja Vidic and substitute Vincent Kompany, giving the two young centre-backs a couple of opportunities to show themselves.

In the final corner, Van Persie was fighting for position with Kompany when his nose was subconsciously elbowed and hit a nosebleed when the opponent landed.

After roaring at the referee on duty again and again but not getting a response from the other party, Van Persie directly blocked the referee's way forward with his body for a while, ready to continue to spray, but the referee's dissatisfaction with the penalty was directly shown a yellow card warning.

Wenger couldn't help but bite his finger when he saw Van Persie being dragged away by captain Cesc Fabregas on the pitch, and he almost couldn't remember how many yellow cards Van Persie had received since joining Arsenal in the first half of the season.

The professor, who already knew that defeat was inevitable, was secretly thinking to himself: Van Persie was a good boy when he was at Blackburn Rovers in the past few seasons, why is he so angry this season? Would you like to ask Blackburn how to discipline Van Persie?

In fact, Van Persie has never been a fuel-efficient lamp. In the previous time at Blackburn, with the four captains of Duff, Lampard, Alonso and Drogba, plus the strong Mourinho and Lippi, Van Persie did not qualify for the second time at all.

But now that he has received a lot of praise on and off the pitch and has become Arsenal's top scorer, Van Persie feels that he is a big name this season, so he is somewhat inflated, angrily reprimanding opponents, and questioning the referee These moves Van Persie came easily.

With the big four captains and superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo in the Blue Devils, who is in the Arsenal squad?

You must know that the current captain of Arsenal is nothing more than Cesc Fabregas, a hairy boy.

As long as sex is there, Van Persie will do things that he can't even predict.

After Robin van Persie was booked, his striker partner Bam Adebayor also received a yellow card for overacting in a subsequent game, but the forwards all returned to participate in the defense at the back, reflecting how passive Arsenal were on the pitch.

Blackburn have the advantage on the pitch, but it is also difficult to break into the Arsenal penalty area, and the long-range shots from outside the box can only be useless to waste the opportunities on the field.

As the final stoppage time heading into full-time, Blackburn Rovers launched the final wave of attacks, with Marcos Alonso as a midfielder setting up the edge of the Arsenal box.

The final score remained 2-0 until the end of the game, with Blackburn Rovers firmly in the position of league leader, while Arsenal continued their winless run at Blackburn's home stadium in the last five seasons - whether it was the Ewood Park Stadium under Jose Mourinho or the Rose Theatre Stadium under Lippi.

After the final whistle, Blackburn veterans such as Duff and Frank Lampard took the initiative to hug and shake hands with the Gunners players.

The on-site camera captured a rather strange scene, when Duff and Van Persie hugged and parted, the Blackburn captain whispered something to the Dutch striker, who was half a head taller than him, and Van Persie's face instantly became gloomy.

And according to the research of lip experts, Duff's words to Van Persie's words were quickly deciphered, and the content was very simple.

Duff said to Van Persie: "Do you regret it? ”

Yes, have you ever regretted leaving this invincible army of kings and becoming an adversary destined to be ravaged by him, traitor? (To be continued.) )