Chapter 85
"Kim, go warm up, get ready to play and find your form!" Wenger called Leng Fei, Leng Fei took off his coat, agreed, and ran to the open space of the stadium to start warming up, in Germany, Leng Fei is not famous, not many people noticed Leng Fei who warmed up on the sidelines, they were still concentrating on discussing Jenkinson's own goal just now.
Subsequently, Leng Fei came on the field and replaced Walcott, Leng Fei just came on the field, Arsenal's sharp offensive rushed to Cologne, Ramsey controlled the ball in the midfield, transferred a wide range to play the side, Leng Fei followed at high speed, after receiving Ramsey's pass, he passed the two in one breath, and crossed directly, Van Persie came out from the penalty spot, grabbed the ball before everyone, and pushed the ball into the net, Arsenal 3:1 Cologne.
The game was won, but for the professor, the win was not the most important thing, he still saw Jenkinson's shortcomings, and he began to reconsider the advice Leng Fei gave him some time ago during his time in China, and reintroduce a reliable right wing-back as a substitute.
In fact, there are many good players, but there are also many good right-backs, but there are also good right-backs, and they are willing to be substitutes, there are not many such players, to put it bluntly, it is very simple to find a main force, but it is very difficult to find a substitute.
After the game, Wenger approached Leng Fei and the two chatted for a while, during which Wenger mentioned the suggestion that Leng Fei had made last time in China to bring in a substitute right-back, and he wanted to see what Leng Fei thought about it.
Leng Fei was silent for a few seconds, and then said to Arsene Wenger: "I used to play at Ajax, but I have also heard about some players from other places, and I have three suggestions, the first is my former teammate Van der Wiel, but he may not be willing to come to the bench. ”
Arsene Wenger nodded, he also had the idea of signing Van der Wiel when he was inspecting Leng Fei, but he didn't execute it, after all, Sagna's performance has been quite good.
"So, what about the others?" Arsene Wenger asked.
'My team-mate from the youth team at Ajax, Ricardo van Rijn. Leng Fei said.
"Van Rijne? Oh, I've heard of him. Arsene Wenger frowned slightly, he has always been interested in the Ajax Academy, Van Rijn has heard a little, but it is limited to the interface of Ajax's youth team players.
"So, what else?"
Leng Fei scratched his head, there was another player he would pay attention to when playing games before, and he hadn't heard much of it, but he still reported the player's name "Croatia's Fosariko." ”
Arsene Wenger smiled when he heard the name, some time ago, he also went to inspect Fosarico, this Croatian kid has very good potential, Arsenal has also made an offer to his club Dinamo Zagreb for Fosarico, but at present, the Croatian powerhouse has no plans to cash out Fosarico.
"Your suggestion is valid, I'll consider the person you mentioned, well, maybe the one called Van Rijn, I'll need a little time to look into it." Wenger patted Leng Fei on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead, go to training." ”
Leng Fei ran to the field, he didn't know what Wenger meant by asking him, did he still think of himself as a scout?
However, if Wenger can really sign Van der Wiel or Van Rijn, he will be happy, after all, he is a good friend who has fought with him, and it is a good thing to be able to play in a team.
Sure enough, the next day, Arsenal sent scouts to the Netherlands, and London was talking about it.
On July 30, the Emirates Cup at the Emirates Stadium was contested, Arsenal's first match opponent was Argentina's Boca Juniors, Boca Juniors camp, there is also a superstar-level player, no one else, it is the representative of Argentine classical art football, Juan Roman Riquelme, first-class dribbling skills, shooting from a long distance are very level, and a good free kick, oh yes, as a forward midfielder, he also has an outstanding passing kung fu, very imaginative, and the accuracy is amazing, The only thing that is lacking is his speed, but as a representative of Greco-Roman football, his speed is also his characteristic.
When Leng Fei was a teenager, he also used to like the yellow submarine Villarreal (by the way, Huang Qian was downgraded...... But we believe they'll be back next year, just like last year's Laco), and most of them are headed for Riquelme, Leng Fei's favorite thing to see is that Riquelme kicked straight through, and then Uruguayan star Forlan kicked ...... Then, GOAL!
In this game, the two sides went back and forth, and the game was very exciting, because it was only a friendly match, and both sides had no burden, so they put a lot of effort into the offensive aspect.
On the field, Leng Fei also felt the former idol at close range, Riquelme's master demeanor, his speed is not very fast, but he can make up for this with excellent dribbling skills, in the face of Song's pressing, Riquelme is very elegant and calm, and calmly copes with Song's pressing with his foot technology, so that the latter repeatedly kicks, all in vain.
Caught when Song had just made a move and had no time to reorganize the defense, Riquelme moved, his speed was not fast, but his pass was able to give the opponent a fatal blow! Like a ghost, Riquelme's foot ball has been sent into the penalty area.
Boca Juniors striker Pablo Mush easily received Riquelme's through ball and fired a shot that Szczesny couldn't reach, giving Boca Juniors a 1-0 lead.
Riquelme ...... It's really amazing! Leng Fei shook his head, if that ball is replaced by himself, there are three options, it seems like a lot, but it is nothing more than long-range shooting, strong burst, passing, Riquelme used the last method, but Leng Fei asked himself that he would never be able to pass such a beautiful through ball, in the face of Koscielny and Squeerage, he felt that he had succeeded if he could pass to his teammates.
Because from this point of view, not to mention the Song in front of him, even Squeerage, can also cause visual obstruction to it, how can he still pass it on? This is the style of the master.
However, on the whole, Boca Juniors' strength is not as good as Arsenal, soon, Arsenal recovered a goal, Walcourt received Leng Fei's big foot long pass, grab the point to break the goal, Leng Fei rarely chooses this way of passing, he generally only chooses short passes or pick passes, unless it is a cross, otherwise Leng Fei is difficult to use such a passing method, of course, it may also be influenced by Riquelme, in short, Leng Fei's foot pass, the quality is surprisingly good.
At half-time, Arsene Wenger made a big personnel change, Leng Fei also went off the break, the two sides finally drew 1-1, and then tomorrow will face the New York Red Bulls Football Club, this game, for Arsenal up and down, is a very special moment, because that will be the day when Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry, will come home.
The next day, the second game of the Emirates Cup, the opponent is the American team New York Red Bulls, as mentioned before, Arsenal legend, the Frenchman Henry spent the last period of his career there, this time, Henry returned to Arsenal to play, back to Arsenal again, although it is no longer the same Highbury as before, but there are still memories of Henry here.
When the New York Red Bulls team bus drove to the Emirates Stadium, the outside of the Emirates Stadium was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, many of which came to Arsenal legend Henry, who was a god in the hearts of Arsenal fans, and there were only three people in Arsenal who could be called legends, one was Arsene Wenger, the godfather of Arsenal in recent years, the other was this Henry, the king of Highbury, and finally, the coach of Leng Fei when he was at Ajax, Bergkamp, the ice prince of Highbury.
Henry got out of the car for the second time, smiled and waved to the fans who had cheered for him, the atmosphere was very warm, some old fans looked at Henry who got out of the car, and recalled as if a few years ago, Henry wore Arsenal's captain's armband and walked out of the car, but, to this day, the person is still this person, but the shirt on his body, somehow, is no longer Arsenal's.
They held up Henry's jersey and shouted Henry's name, and the atmosphere at the scene changed from warm to quiet.
Henry greeted the fans and then followed the team to the Emirates Stadium, which he left Arsenal for Barcelona, Spain, after its first season, and stayed at the stadium for a very short time, from Barcelona to the New York Red Bulls, during which time he also returned to the stadium, but mostly as spectators, as a player, back to the Emirates Stadium, it seems to be the first time.
Arsenal, as the hosts, of course, came to the stadium very early, and in the dressing room, hearing the shouts of the fans outside, the players looked at each other, and they also guessed that the New York Red Bull had arrived.
In fact, there are no players in that club who can arouse the enthusiasm of the fans, only one Henry, Marques? Oh, and although he is the captain of the Mexican national team and a former Barcelona defender, he is still a stranger to England fans.
Henry left Arsenal in the 0607 season, and the few players here now, only Jurou, Van Persie, Walcott, Fabregas and Diaby have worked with Henry before, and Walcoat entered the team at the time and has not yet played in the first team right away, so only Jurou, Fabregas, Van Persie and Diaby have really competed with Henry, and Fabregas did not appear in the Emirates Cup because of injuries and various rumors with Barcelona, This has made the media in England and Spain even more convinced that the future of Junior Law is no longer Arsenal.
"Let's go, let's go out and have a look." Arsene Wenger was not there, Cesc Fabregas was not there, and vice-captain Robin van Persie stood up and headed for the door, with several players following him.
At this time, Wenger was seen standing not far away, looking outside, and when the players saw Wenger standing there, they all aimed at Van Persie, meaning "Shall we go back?" ”
Before Van Persie could speak, Wenger turned his head and saw that some of the players had come out, and Wenger smiled: "Did you come to see Thierry?" ”
Several players nodded, and Wenger stood there motionless, his eyes fixed on a slightly darkened man, this person was none other than Thierry Henry, the king of Highbury, the best player Wenger has signed in his life.
A few people stood in front of the window and watched for a while, Wenger turned around, waved his hand and said, "Okay, go back, he will let you see it in a while." ”
The professor had a rare comeback, the players laughed, and then went back to the dressing room.
Soon after, players from both sides were already standing in the tunnel of the players.
Leng Fei was not the starter of this game, he just played half of the game yesterday, although such a game does not need to be too hard, but Wenger still decided to keep Leng Fei on the bench for the time being.
The two sides walked out of the tunnel and the Arsenal players were rightfully cheered on by the Arsenal fans, but this time there was an exception, and although the fans cheered on the Arsenal players as always, they seemed to be waiting for someone else, yes, their opponents. When Henry, as the captain of the New York Red Bulls, walked out of the players' tunnel, in the direction of the stands opposite, a huge banner suddenly unfurled, very quickly, and it could be seen that it was carefully prepared-
Welcome home, King of Highbury!
Henry was visibly stunned for a moment when he saw the huge banner, then raised his hand, put it to his lips, and sent a flying kiss to face the fans.
The cheers in the stands were even stronger, and this is the courtesy that the "king" should have!
Leng Fei looked at the fans and Henry, the protagonist of this game, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, when will he be able to enjoy such treatment?
Thinking of this, Leng Fei smiled, he had started thinking about this question so early? Isn't it too early?
After that, the game officially began, the New York Red Bulls won the first serve, and in the third minute, Henry, who was still doing well, had a shot after breaking through the people, although under the interference of his old teammate Julu, Henry shot the ball crooked, but there was still applause in the stands.
Henry smiled and chatted with Jurou, who was also a member of the bench during Henry's time at Arsenal, and the two were relatively familiar.
In the following game, the two sides reached a stalemate, and there was no good way to break the opponent's goal for a while.
Of course, Arsenal's strength is still above the New York Red Bulls, in the 40th minute, it was Arsenal who took the lead in breaking the deadlock, Van Persie received Arshavin's cross and grabbed a header to score, and Arsenal temporarily led the opponent 1:0 in the first half.
Entering the second half, the game continued, and both sides made personnel changes, but the New York Red Bulls did not replace Henry, and almost 70% of the fans bought tickets to see Henry.
In the 60th minute of the second half, Leng Fei came on as a substitute for Ryo Miyaichi, which was also the first time he could feel the Arsenal legend not far away so closely.
However, at this time, the defender of the New York Red Bulls told him, you kid should focus on the game, Ramsey had just passed the ball to Leng Fei, who stopped the ball, looked a little absent-minded, and was cut off by Marquis.
The ball was broken at his feet, Leng Fei was stunned for a moment, and then spread his hands.
Marquis launched a counterattack with a long pass, Senegalese striker Kanji burst into the penalty area and gave the ball to Thierry, Henry crossed with his feet, and Arsenal defender Bartley cleared the ball with his feet, but he accidentally touched the ball into his own goal.
Thierry Henry and his team-mates celebrated the goal, even though it wasn't their own, but Henry contributed a lot to the own goal, and before that they won 1-0 against Paris Saint-Germain, so in this game, as long as they draw with Arsenal, they can lift the Emirates Cup, and Henry is also the captain of the New York Red Bulls, so it looks like it is not bad for the New York Red Bulls to clink glasses.
Subsequently, both sides had some chances, but they couldn't grasp them, Leng Fei also had a very beautiful pass, almost forming a single knife, but the final shot hit the post.
The final score of this game was 1:1, due to the special way of scoring in the Emirates Cup, New York Red Bull won the championship of the Emirates Cup, the runner-up was Paris Saint-Germain, the third place Arsenal, and the third place Boca Juniors.
At the Emirates Stadium, Henry lifted the Champions Cup trophy, Henry carefully held the wings of the Emirates Cup (the shape of the Emirates Cup: a suspended cylinder in the middle, flanked by S-shaped wings, the trophy is fixed in the middle of the wings, and the glass-raiser can grab the wings or hold the wings and the gap under the trophy), held high above his head, at this moment, many old fans' eyes were a little moist, why is Henry wearing a blue jersey? Why isn't that trophy the Premier League? The scenes of the past echoed in the minds of fans like a movie......
He also wore the captain's armband, but Thierry Henry left five years ago, and this time he returned to the pitch as an opponent.
The sad atmosphere was short-lived, though, and soon the New York Red Bulls players began to celebrate the win, while the Arsenal players applauded and congratulated.
Henry handed the trophy to his team-mates, and as they celebrated, he walked over and shook hands with the Arsenal players one by one.
"Robin, you've done a good job! It's a lot like my partner, and you're getting more mature, like a captain. Van Persie was the first man Henry shook hands with, of course, he was the team's captain on the pitch and a team-mate who had played with him, and as for Henry's 'my partner', there was no doubt about it, Bergkamp.
Henry shook hands with every player, including Bartley, who scored an own goal, Jenkinson, Campbell, Ryo Miyaichi and others, and of course, Leng Fei.
"Your name is ...... Gold? Henry stretched out his hand, and Leng Fei also stretched out his hand.
"Yes, Thierry, I was your fan." Leng Fei smiled, this is not a lie, a few years ago, during Henry's peak period, Leng Fei also liked to watch Arsenal's games, as for the reason...... Well, they play very well, like Bergkamp, the elegant and good-looking Ice Prince, Thierry Henry, the terrifying striker who can represent a generation of legends, the combination of these two, not to mention the world's No. 1, the top three are always ranked first.
Henry smiled, he noticed that Leng Fei said a "Zeng", and then smiled: "What about now?" ”
After Leng Fei shook his hand, he pointed to himself: "Now, I'm my own fan." ”
"Hahaha......" Henry laughed and patted Leng Fei on the shoulder, "Do a good job, you will succeed." ”
After leading the New York Red Bulls to win the Emirates Cup, on this day, Henry and his team spent near the Emirates Stadium, because Henry's fame in Arsenal is too high, so on this day, the fans made it impossible for the fans to make a fuss, Arsenal and the New York Red Bulls discussed and decided to hold a fan meeting here, so Henry became the busiest of the players of the two teams.
Of course, Henry actually still has a deep affection for Arsenal, except for some economic factors and the club's face reasons, putting aside the New York Red Year, even if Arsenal asks him to hold a fan meeting alone, he will not refuse, even if it is out of the fans here, Henry will not refuse.
On this day, Leng Fei paid attention to the king of Highbury and found that he was still a relatively easy person to get along with, and he seemed calm and steady in the face of the media.
After the day, the three teams that came to participate in the Emirates Cup returned to their respective countries, and Arsenal, after the Emirates Cup, were also busy restarting pre-season training, and before the season officially began, they also had their last friendly opponent, Benfica from the Portuguese Super League.
After this game passes, the new season of the English Premier League will begin, which is a new challenge for Leng Fei, 20 participating teams, English Premier League, English FA Cup, English League Cup, UEFA Champions League, Leng Fei participated in so many games for the first time, and because of the relationship between the participating teams, The Premier League has more games than the Eredivisie, and the intensity is greater, some people call the Eredivisie "Little Premier League", since the Eredivisie is just a "Little Premier League", then it can be almost clear, The intensity of the original Premier League.
Leng Fei, who only got his labor certificate not long ago, must also have enough appearances to ensure that he can continue to stay in the Premier League, which he is not worried about, he believes that Wenger also has a bottom in his heart, he will not pay 10 million, just buy a young man who occasionally plays as a gangster, for him, Leng Fei is also an important chess piece in his lineup in the new season.
The next morning, a new face came to Arsenal's Kearney training base, and Wenger's second signing this season after Jenkinson, to fill the vacancy of Klich's Brazilian player, Andre Santos, the former Fenerbahce star can cover the entire left wing, from left wing-back to left wing-back, of course, this season, the Brazilian's task is still left-back, yesterday after obtaining a labor certificate, transferred to Arsenal.
The most outstanding point of the Brazilian is his offensive ability, in Corinthians, Santos has scored 24 goals in a total of 96 appearances, this data is generally lower for a striker, but if you know that he is a fullback, you will know how difficult this data is, it is Robert Carlos, who has scored more than 60 goals in his career, and is proud of the number of goals scored by full-backs. Robert Carlos's goal is much more valuable than Santos'.