Chapter 48: Capturing Dreams

"Hello to the audience in front of the TV! Join me for Sky TV to bring you a match of the 10th round of the 2001-2002 Premier League against Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoI'm Paul Mortenson! The familiar voice of Sky Sports commentator Paul Mortenson was once again on the TV screen.

"Hi everyone, I'm Martin Taylor!" Paul Mortensen's partner, Martin Taylor, will naturally not be left behind.

"I've done so much effort, it's all some tricks that can't be put on the table, I hope you don't let me down." Arthur did not come to London this time, but watched the matchup on TV at home.

Suddenly, there was a huge cheer from the stands at Highbury Stadium on live television.

The two commentators hurriedly stopped their pre-game analysis, looked at the game scene and said, "Okay, the players of the two teams have played, let's take a look at the roster of this game-"

Blackburn Rovers lineup (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Friedel

Defenders: Finnan, Stam, Carvalho, Jeff Kenna

Midfielders: Alonso, Cambiaso; Duff, Lampard, Benayoun

Forward: Ibrahimovic

Arsenal (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Seaman

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Keown, Campbell, Lauren

Midfielders: Pire, Vieira, Parlol, Ljungberg

Forwards: Thierry Henry, Bergkamp

Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal walked out of the tunnel side by side and onto the pitch. The home fans at Highbury Stadium gave Arsenal their cheers.

The players on the pitch did not change anything because of what happened in the stands, and they went through a series of pre-match rituals as usual. When all the rituals are over and the players of both teams are in their places, the final stretching is done there.

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Just two minutes into the game, Arsenal launched a fierce attack at home, with Ljungberg's cross from the right headed high over Bergkamp in the box.

In the 11th minute, Thierry Henry burst into the box and was cleared, and Pire's left-footed volley from just outside the edge of the box went wide of the right-hand post. Ljungberg then crossed from the right, but Bergkamp missed the ball.

In the 22nd minute, Arsenal's attack came again when Pire's pass led Vieira's powerful shot over the crossbar from 20 yards down the middle.

Two minutes later, Patrick Vieira combined with Pire's kick against the wall again, but the French winger's shot was deflected wide again.

In the 26th minute, Blackburn's captain Jeff Kenner fouled Pire at the back, and the latter's free-kick from 30 yards went straight high.

"Hehe, false fire!" Although it seems that Arsenal is in good shape and Blackburn is in a dangerous situation, Arthur is more and more relieved the more he looks, because as he said, he thinks that Arsenal at home is just relying on a false fire in the game under the banned drug turmoil.

Just as Arthur could speak, Duff was booked for a foul on Ljungberg on the edge of the box, and Ljungberg's free-kick was cleared.

Arsenal's attack was only flowering, not fruitful, and they who had been pressing Blackburn Rovers soon conceded the first goal and were attacked by Blackburn.

Blackburn took the lead in the 34th minute when Cambiaso broke the ball in midfield and shifted to Duff on the left, who pushed forward quickly before slotting a cross from the edge of the box to Frank Lampard on the edge of the box.

Ashley Cole is not yet the Premier League's No. 1 left-back, but he made a big mistake at the moment when he made a hasty tackle that allowed Frank Lampard to burst into the box with ease and fired a powerful low shot into the bottom right corner, but Seaman's save couldn't stop the ball from going into the net.

1:0!

"Good shot! The goal was scored by England national team midfielder Frank Lampard! It was his fourth league goal of the season! "The two England commentators on live TV had some obvious preference for their own players.

Jose Mourinho on the sidelines stole a lot of Lampard's limelight, seeing him running excitedly on the sidelines, and then a slide and Lampard in the same position hugged him at the corner flag.

Soon, Ibrahimovic, Duff and other teammates also gathered around, surrounding Lampard and Mourinho in the middle, celebrating wildly!

"Jose of the bag!" Arthur is watching Mourinho's infinite scenery at the moment on TV, and he is also all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred!

Unfortunately, the chairmanship has prevented Arthur from showing himself as much as Mourinho does on the pitch.

"Arsenal are not going to be able to do it right now!" Martin Taylor, who has the same name as Blackburn Rovers defender, commented pertinently.

Blackburn's biggest image of this season has been a solid defence and a sharp defensive counter-attack, and once they have been led by Blackburn this season, no team has yet been able to snatch the fruits of victory from them.

Can Arsenal break this convention?

I have to say that the football game is really a very suspenseful game, Arsenal controlled the game more, but faced a backward situation, and then Arsenal's offensive was even more than one.

In the 39th minute, Bergkamp's left-footed shot from 25 yards hit Friedel.

Three minutes later, the Dutchman's long-range shot went high again.

Arsenal's last chance of the first half came in the 45th minute when Patrick Vieira crossed into the box and Thierry Henry's header was deflected wide of the far corner from a tight angle on the right side of the box, declaring that they had to return to the half-time lounge as the side behind.

Arsenal were more attacking in the second half, and in the first minute of the second half, Thierry Henry's close-range shot from inside the box threatened Blackburn's goal, but his shot was saved by Friedel's quick reflexes.

But Blackburn weren't entirely without backhand, and in the 56th minute, Alonso played a pass to Duff on the edge of the box on the left, whose curling shot went just wide of the far corner.

But that still won't change the situation with Arsenal besieging Blackburn. In the 58th minute, Ashley Cole passed the ball and Henry burst into the left side of the box and fired from a tight angle that was saved by Friedel.

In the 63rd minute, Parlour passed the ball and Vieira's left-footed shot from the middle of the box was beautifully saved by Friedel again.

In the 67th minute, Ashley Cole shot wide from the left.

In the 72nd minute, Overmars replaced Ljungberg, and the Gunners won back-to-back set-pieces, but were never able to open the situation.

In the 80th minute, Patrick Vieira passed the ball and Thierry Henry's volley went just wide of the post.

As the game time dwindled, Arsenal's attack became anxious.

Even if they no longer have the luxury of closing the gap on Blackburn Rovers through this game, they will also want to be left behind after this game, which means they must equalise.

For a while, the onslaught of the Arsenal team continued, and Blackburn Rovers were in front of the goal, but Blackburn's defenders also insisted on it with their tenacious willpower.

Even goalkeeper Friedel was already soaking wet and breathing heavily. With Arsenal's powerful attack, the defenders are clearly more likely to get tired.

Seeing the game enter the final three minutes, Mourinho has called back Carsley, ready to use up the last one substitution, consume some time, and hold on to the victory.

But there was no dead ball on the pitch, and every time Arsenal failed to attack, the ball would return to their feet, and so on, Mourinho couldn't sit still on the sidelines.

The Blackburn fans in the stands were also very anxious as Arsenal looked like they could score with every attack, and they didn't want to see the three points conceded in the last minute.

"There are still some gaps in our strength." Arthur in front of the TV had to admit that in terms of real strength, Blackburn was still slightly inferior to Arsenal.

In the original history, this season's Premier League title winner is Arsenal, which Wenger has been training for many years.

In the FA Cup, Arsenal also won the trophy to win the double, and the Gunners became the first team in Premier League history to score in every league game without losing a single away game in the whole year.

The reason why Arthur detonated the banned drug storm and pointed the finger at Arsenal was that he admitted that Blackburn's current strength was not as good as his opponent and his skills were inferior, so he had no choice but to make this "dark move".

Arthur admits that his "trick" is more or less above board, but the temptation to relive the myth of Kaiserslautern has been seducing him.

The myth of Kaiserslautern is certainly no stranger to friends who are familiar with German football, even if they don't care about the Bundesliga, they will also hear about it.

In 1997, Rehhagel took over the Kaiserslautern team, which had been relegated to the second division, and led the team back to the first division in the first year, and the second year actually pushed the promoted team to the Bundesliga championship, creating a myth in world football.

Arthur's expectations for winning the league title in his first season in the Premier League and staging the English version of the "Kaiserslautern Myth" are unprecedentedly strong, even crazy, even if even he himself thinks it is an unrealizable, even impossible dream.

"There are European competitions to be distracted from next year, whether it's the Champions League, the League Cup, it will make the team face multiple fronts in the domestic league, cup competition and European competitions, and in terms of a single round of fixtures, this season is our best chance to win the title, isn't it?" Arthur suddenly remembered a sentence from Ma Yun in later generations at this time.

"People still have to have dreams, what if they come true?"