Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Golden Boy of Spain
() "Reyes! It's the teenager Reyes again! ”
At Highbury Stadium, the red fans screamed.
"This is the gunslinger! This is Arsenal! Such a gorgeous football is worthy of the full score of the professor! ”
The commentators at Highbury were already going crazy, who would have thought that in less than ten minutes, such a big change would take place on the field.
After scoring the goal, Reyes ran to Tang Wu, fiercely stretched out two fingers and gestured a "V", and then ran to the sidelines with the gunners who rushed up.
Tang Wu leaned against the goalpost and looked at the Arsenal players who ran to the sidelines to cheer and celebrate, not knowing what he was thinking.
Fast forward to 30 minutes ago, when Chelsea had just taken a one-goal lead.
That goal came from Hasselbaink and also from Lehmann.
It was the Gunners goalkeeper's poor goalball that was denied by Frank Lampard before the unselfish Blues midfielder flicked it away to Hasselbaink on the other side. The Dutch striker got rid of Toure on the left side of the box and fired home into the far corner.
However, the 1-0 score did not last long.
Just five minutes into the second half, no one expected Reyes, who usually rarely takes the ball, to burst into action from 25 yards on the right flank.
Tang Wu could only see a step to his right, but when Terry's body moved away from Tang Wu's field of vision, the ball was already flying vertically towards the far corner. Tang Wukankan's body had not yet stretched in place, and the ball had already crossed the goal line.
This kind of ball, Tang Wu is the most helpless.
If the position is better, maybe Terry won't be disturbed by the view, maybe even if he is disturbed, he will make a successful save.
But all this is hypothetical.
Standing is a lifelong study for a goalkeeper. And this science is more like metaphysics.
Sometimes just a small step of 10 centimeters, or simply because the weight is on the other foot, can lead to conceding the ball.
At this point, Tang Wu had already made up his mind to practice with more than ten years of hard work.
Just when Tang Wu got up from the ground and picked up the ball from the net, an accident happened.
Tang Wugang bent down and held the ball in his hand, when a figure suddenly rushed up behind him. knocked Tang Wu into a stumbling moment, and snatched the ball from Tang Wu's hand.
Tang Wu subconsciously grabbed Reyes' jersey with his left hand, keeping his balance while also causing the opponent to stumble.
Taking advantage of this, Tang Wu suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the ball under Reyes' left arm.
But the Spanish golden boy was faster, and he slammed his right hand back on Tang Wu's arm, blocking Tang Wu's next move.
The scramble between the two in front of the goal immediately attracted players from both sides, Terry pulled Tang Wu aside, Reyes gave Tang Wu a vicious look, scolded in Spanish, and ran back to the midfield with the ball.
"What did he say?" Seeing that Tang Wu actually wanted to step forward and reason with Reyes, Terry hurriedly grabbed Tang Wu to divert Tang Wu's attention.
"John, that's a bad question!" Tang Wu glanced down at Terry, "He just greeted my sister. ”
"Fake, what a rude fellow!" Terry also took a sip, "Don, ignore him. ”
"I can't pay attention to him anymore!" Tang Wu pointed to Reyes, who had already run into the distance, I can't chase him to the midfield and beat him!
Such a clash is more like a child's fight for the referee and the Premier League fans, and after seeing the players return to their respective halves, the referee blows the whistle again for the start of the game.
After the equaliser, Arsenal continued to intensify their attacking efforts, and Chelsea also launched a counter-attack without showing any signs of weakness.
However, after only ten minutes of attack, the Blues' defence was once again breached by the Gunners.
This time, Pire played the ball from the back to Bergkamp. The Ice Prince picked up the ball and spun around in one go, swept the midfield and slammed the ball through the two Blues' defences and into the feet of Patrick Vieira.
The French centre-back dribbled the ball towards the right baseline and, after attracting the attention of a number of Blues defenders, crossed to the left side of the box. The unguarded Reyes followed up in time to calmly score, and Galla, who was following him, could only watch the ball go into the net.
Tang Wu stood at the near post, and there was nothing he could do about the goal at the far post.
From behind to overtake, the Spanish golden boy took only ten minutes.
This time, the Spanish golden boy raised two domineering fingers in front of Tang Wu and ran to the sidelines proudly.
At last year's World Junior Championships, Reyes and Torres were the two biggest names.
Although Spain lost 1-0 to Brazil in the final, the name "Spanish Twin Stars" overshadowed any player in the Brazilian team.
In the second half of last year, in Sevilla's 4-1 thrashing of Real Madrid, Reyes assisted his teammates to score with two second passes. Coupled with the wonderful tricks of Figo on the left side, everyone knows that it is difficult for the small temple of Seville to accommodate the "great Bodhisattva" of Reyes!
In the spring of this year, Arsene Wenger, a professor known as a "genius obsession", took the lead and brought a new generation of Spanish left foot to the Premier League at a price of £1,050w.
Who would have thought that the youngster would score twice in a very short space after scoring his first goal for the Gunners.
At this moment, the Highbury Stadium has been completely boiled, and countless applause and cheers are dedicated to the Spanish golden boy.
Tang Wu looked at the golden boy with infinite scenery on the sidelines with a bitter face, he didn't mind that the background board of the London Daily News would become himself again the next day, he hated himself as a goalkeeper, but he couldn't hold on to the team's "hand" victory.
"Hey, don't mind, it's not your fault!" Terry noticed Tang Wu's depression and immediately ran over to comfort him.
"No, John!" Tang Wu shook his head, "If I pay more attention to these two balls, I might be able to pounce!" ”
You said "maybe"! Terry found the loophole in Tang Wu's words, "There is no goalkeeper who doesn't concede the ball, so far, you have done much better than the goalkeeper on the opposite side!" ”
Use the opponent's goalkeeper to comfort your goalkeeper, and comfort a person who is not very "miserable" with a more "miserable" person.
So far, although Tang Wu has been breached by his opponent, he has never conceded a ball because of a low-level mistake like Lehmann.
"No, John, I can't compare with that grumpy German, I think I can do better!"
"Don, listen!" Terry's tone became serious.
The blue army leader put his hands on Tang Wu's shoulders, raised his eyes and said solemnly: "Tang, I know that you have not had a good time these days, and my teammates probably know a little about you. What I want to say is, Don, you're still young, there's no need to put so much pressure on yourself! ”
"You've done enough that no one can blame you, either off the field or on the field."
"What you're doing now is just keep relaxing, relaxing, relaxing!"
"You know, if even you are nervous, Gala and I are even more nervous!"
"Don't be discouraged, we still have thirty minutes, and we still have a chance, you know?"
Terry said a lot in a row, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Tang Wu with straight eyes, waiting for his response.
"Suck~~~ exhale !!"
Tang Wu took a deep breath and temporarily adjusted his mentality, "John, thank you, I won't let you worry about it next!" ”
"Then kick it off, young man. I'll take you to a good place tonight if you want. Terry blinked, and showed Tang Wu a "you know" expression.
"No, I think it's better to forget it, I still have to go back to the dormitory to write a summary!" Tang Wu flatly refused.
"That's not good!" Terry shook his head, "Young people should relax when they should relax, holding back will suffocate themselves!" ”
After falling behind, Chelsea need more attacking firepower.
Latelli brought on Gudjohnsen and then Joe Cole, but Crespo, like Thierry Henry, missed the pitch due to injury.
In the 78th minute, Bergkamp picked up the ball on the left side, and Edu, who burst into the middle, swept the volley, and the ball was blocked by Tang Wu with his fingertips.
Taking advantage of the corner, Arsene Wenger replaced Reyes with Klich.
As the golden boy walked towards the sideline with his hands raised in the air, the Arsenal fans in the stands stood up and Highbury once again erupted in long-lasting applause.
In the duel between spear and shield, people will not remember how many times the shield was held, but only the moment when the spear pierced the shield.
In the end, the Gunners withstood the Blues' frantic onslaught in the final 10 minutes to progress to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and continue their quest to defend their title.
After the game, the British news agency deliberately scored the players of both sides.
Reyes, who scored a brace, scored a game-high nine points, while Arsenal midfield leader Patrick Vieira scored the next eight. Although Tang Wu contributed a few wonderful saves, he could not do anything about the two shots of the Spanish golden boy, and only scored 6.5 points.