Chapter 48: The Battle of Feelings

On October 4, 015, when Wenger walked out of the passage of the Emirates Stadium with a calm step, he was greeted by applause from the audience. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info23us. is the fastest update

On October 1, 1996, when Wenger walked out of the hallway of Highbury with vigorous steps, he was greeted by questions and ridicule from the media.

Who is Arsène?

Arsene Wenger gave his answer in 19 years, in which Arsenal became the most artistic team in England, in these 19 years, he wrote the myth of 49 unbeaten games, in these 19 years, he became the greatest opponent in Ferguson's mouth, of course, it was in these 19 years that Wenger's team experienced defeat after failure, they did not win the title for nine years, and he was caricatured as an expert on failure.

He is an idealist full of contradictions, under the offensive of Jinyuan football, silently sticking to the bottom line of artistic football, although this perseverance is worthless in the eyes of many people, but I know that this old man will still stick to it.

Arsene Wenger is like a watchman, watching over the last pure land of this era.

Everyone is walking on the edge of the times in a hurry in this nineteen years, and everyone's fate is quietly changing, the biggest difference between these nineteen years and the last nineteen years is that the times are changing faster and faster, and people throw their nostalgia in the hurried footsteps.

So, this 19 years is 19 years of change.

For this era, everyone is a passerby, and everyone is on their way home.

And in the days commemorating Arsene Wenger's 19th anniversary at Arsenal, the sought-after ushered in the 8th round of the Premier League 015-16 season, and the opponent was Blackburn!

In the last round of matches against Manchester City, with Harry Kane's crucial brace, Blackburn drew at Manchester City away and were able to continue to lead the table with an eight-point advantage over Manchester City.

Since the start of the new season of the Premier League, Klopp has led his team to win six consecutive Premier League games, and Blackburn Rovers have also won the rest of the cup games. Against this backdrop, Blackburn Rovers undoubtedly top the Premier League and Champions League group breaks.

With a perfect start to the new season, Blackburn Rovers currently hold a four-point lead, while their opponents in the eighth round, Arsenal, are currently in good form, with 14 points from seven games, four wins and one loss, only behind Manchester City and fourth in the standings.

In the 19th anniversary of Arsene Wenger's reign, the clash between Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal will naturally be the biggest focus in European football in recent times.

At 19:00 in the evening, the players of both sides exited the pitch and returned to the locker room to make tactical arrangements.

Blackburn Rovers starting line-up (4---1):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Alaba, Phil Jones, Alderweireld, Bellerin

Defenders: Paul Pogba, Rakitic

Defenders: Bale, Griezmann, Neymar

Centre-forward: Harry Kane

Arsenal starting line-up (4--):

Goalkeeper: Szczesny

Defenders: De Busch, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs

Midfielders: Mesut Ozil, Cazorla, Ramsey

Forwards: Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud, Theo Walcott

The players on both sides were in their positions, and before the game began, it could already be seen that there was a strong smell of gunpowder in the air over the court. Players from both sides shake hands with the referee and prepare to enter a state of war. Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud stood in the circle and waited for the referee's whistle to blow before Arsenal kicked off first.

The referee adjusted the time of his watch, looked at the players on both sides, and the opening whistle of the "flute ......" blew!

Alexis Sanchez played the ball to Giroud, who passed back to Cazorla, and the pair ran into the Blackburn backfield together.

Cazorla was about to cross the line with the ball when Rakitic ran from the side and made a sliding tackle and tackled the ball to the ground.

Rakitic's wild move immediately drew a tsunami of boos from Arsenal fans, while Blackburn Rovers erupted in cheer.

Cazorla scrambled up from the grass and yelled at Rakitic in Spanish, and the referee rushed over to separate the two.

Because the game had just started, and Rakitic tackled the ball first before bringing down Cazorla, it was not impossible for Rakitic to foul, nor could Rakitic be awarded a foul, the referee just pulled Rakitic and verbally told him not to move too much, and then there will be a card next time.

Rakitic looked honest, then turned around and ran away, and when he passed Cazorla, he glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, pouted his lips with disdain, and was so angry that Cazorla was about to jump up and fight.

As soon as the game began, there was a fierce physical collision, and the hot scene on the field made the reporters excited, this is the rhythm of the big battle!

The game lasted more than ten minutes, the score on the field was still 0:0, and the fierce scramble between the two sides brought the referee to show two yellow cards in the more than ten minutes, one for revenge on Rakitic Cazorla, and one for Phil Jones who shoveled Giroud off the sideline.

Arsenal were awarded a free-kick up front, but unfortunately they were not in a good position. Mesut Ozil's free-kick went straight into the plane and flew high over the Blackburn Rovers and towards the fans behind the goal.

The game went on when Petr Cech took a goal kick straight across the line to Harry Kane in front, who scrambled before Mesut Ozil could get on and quickly slotted the ball to Bale on the left.

Bale received the ball and rushed along the sideline, De Busch quickly made up for it, firmly stuck in the route of Berneche's pass, and Mertesacker also quickly pressed over.

Seeing that he couldn't get down, Bale had to get up and ask for a sideline ball.

It was Alexis Sanchez who offended Arsenal in the first fifteen minutes of the pitch, but he quickly provoked a ferocious "strangulation" from Blackburn's players.

Sanchez once again received a pass from his team-mate, and quickly pushed forward from the sideline, Rakitic gritted his teeth and chased after him, and when he got close to Sanchez, he flew straight down to tackle.

After Rakitic tackled the ball, he didn't close his feet and brought Sanchez to the ground.

......The referee immediately blew his whistle, ran quickly to Rakitic, took out a yellow card from his pocket, and flashed at Rakitic.

This was just the beginning of Sanchez's rough treatment of the game, with Sanchez's dumb fire, Arsenal's attack after that was greatly limited, and Blackburn's attack was also gradually unfolded accordingly.

In the first minute of the first half, Blackburn Rovers were awarded a free-kick from 33 yards out.

Bale glanced at Pogba, who was standing in front of the football with him, hugged the Frenchman with a smile, and whispered in his ear: "They must have thought that I would play it, so this opportunity is given to you!" ”

Pogba was indifferent, but he didn't expect that Bale would take the initiative to give himself this free kick opportunity, slightly pressed his beating heart, took a deep breath, and then looked at Arsenal's human wall and looked at the goal.

"Flute ......"

With a whistle, Pogba leaned forward, ran close to the ball in a few broken steps, and with a hard kick of his left instep, the ball rose in response, crossed the wall, and spun sharply towards the upper right corner of the goal.

Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny's face changed, and the right corner was obviously blocked by the human wall, but this damn son still chose the upper right corner.

It was not the time to think too much, and Szczesny struggled to move his feet to the right, flying up with all his might, hoping to block the ball.

But the ball seemed to be conscious, and just in front of Szczesny's fingertips, it whistled past and got into the goal with a large bag of nets.

Szczesny used his strength to fall in front of the goal, but his ears heard the last thing he wanted to hear: the blackburn fans landslide and tsunami of joy!

The Emirates Stadium, which had been silent for a while, suddenly erupted into a roaring boo from Andy, who was angry Arsenal fans venting their anger on Pogba.

Pogba, who had scored the goal, excitedly ran to the Blackburn Rovers fan zone, and after a sprint, slid to the Blackburn fans on both knees, and then stretched out his right hand to point at the fans.

The Blackburn fans erupted in deafening cheer again, firmly overpowering the boos of the Arsenal fans.

Fans excitedly shouted Pogba's name, sang the Blackburn anthem "Guns and Roses", danced excitedly in the stands, and stretched out their hands to Pogba.

Klopp excitedly hugged his assistant manager, for the Germans as long as Blackburn Rovers scored a goal first, then the probability of his side winning the game would become at least seventy percent, which he couldn't help but be ecstatic!

Wenger shook his head helplessly, today's game, there are too many variables, and he can't immediately come up with an effective rule on how to adjust the situation of the game Over the years, Wenger's on-the-spot command has been the biggest shackle that restricts him from becoming the world's top coach.

After the score was ahead, Blackburn's defensive counter-attack was more resolute, except for Harry Kane, who was almost nailed to the offside line, Blackburn's lineup was more like a 4-5-1, and the midfield was not an inch of land.

The Arsenal players who are behind the score gradually begin to look a little impatient, and this season's Arsenal is still not such a team with a particularly strong ability to resist pressure, as if it is now behind, whether it is the psychological preparation of the players or the adjustment of the coach, it seems that it is a little difficult to keep up.

The actions of the Arsenal players also began to become irregular, the action continued, the referee's whistle also sounded non-stop, and the first half was not over, and both teams added another yellow card.

On the other hand, after the restart, the excited Blackburn players were like doping, completely suppressing the Arsenal team that had the advantage in possession, although the field was not as good as the opponent, but the attack when defending the counterattack became sharper.

Pogba's free-kick goal seemed to be a key, the key to open the door to victory, which greatly hit the confidence of the Arsenal players and drove the madness of the Blackburn players. (To be continued.) )