(This is a text I wrote seven years ago, after staying up late to watch Thierry Henry's first return to the Emirates Stadium to play in the Champions League after his transfer to Barcelona.) Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info suddenly remembered, in fact, in Li Liang's story, there are also these traces)

Reminiscence always needs a bit of foreshadowing, so let's talk about three photos first.

One is an advertisement for the game, the emperor sits on the bed and stays up all night scratching his head, holding the handle in pain, and the dog next to him is also very worried, and I laughed when I saw it.

There is also a picture after he scored, Southampton (if memory serves) goalkeeper Niemi was angry that the Emperor was offside, and the Emperor was very serious about holding the angry Niemi, pointing to the big screen of the stadium, patiently explaining to Niemi how he was offside, and laughing.

The third is the famous penalty match with Pire, and the editor of the sports world quoted the evaluation of foreign media - Dumb and Agua - and then laughed.

If I'm not mistaken, the first time I saw Thierry Henry was around the 1997 World Junior Championships, and I was still wearing pigtails at that time, and I still had an impression of Riquelme at that time, as if Roman was wearing a number 8 at that time, and there was a shot where the jersey was torn, not sure, maybe I remembered it wrong.

I liked Lazio very much at the earliest, and since the official transfer to Serie A in 94, Signori, Casirachi, Di Matteo, Macecchiani, Zhang Lu, Zhang Huide, these names are now familiar.

In those two years, Lazio beat Florence, who were in their prime, such as Barty, Rui Costa, and Toldo, to 8:3, and the words "the king of European attacks" suddenly appeared in my mind.

Knowing and starting to pay attention to Arsenal, mainly because of Bergkamp's transfer, I can't say why, that is, I think he is otherworldly. I still remember buying a copy of the Football Newspaper at that time, and there was an article that seemed to be titled "Premier League Goalscorer...... How did it come", saying that in the same round, Yeboa scored 4 goals, Fowler scored 3 goals, and Bergkamp scored 2 goals......

There is also the fact that it was performed by Guangdong Satellite TV at noon one day, Fowler Jr.'s first Premier League hat trick, after the game, McManaman drove the ball to the center circle for Fowler to pick up, forcing him to accept the cheers of the fans, and it was Arsenal who was defeated at that time.

Gradually, with Wenger's transformation, I began to like Arsenal, and it was from those two years. One day I saw a broadcast with a very bad signal, and Anelka, who had a square title, received four assists from Bergkamp and bloodied Myburgh, which was quite shocking. Later, I have been watching France win the World Cup, and when I warmed up, Anelka also entered England twice, but I didn't expect to be defeated, Henry was selected, but I found that Trezeguet slowly overpowered Henry.

After that, there was Bianconeri winger Henry, who didn't think it was much to look at, and until Henry arrived at Highbury, he still didn't think this guy was very special. Slowly discovering that Henry was growing the ball very quickly.

There is an interview with Henry who said that when he first arrived at Arsenal, Keown and Adams kept "beating" Henry from the beginning to the end of training, and Henry kept "beating" until Henry said later that as soon as the training of the "five elders" saw him, they ran away...... Henry finally reached the realm of the "big truck" that Sun Jihai later said.

Henry really gave me the impression of being powerful, sensitive, proud, and full of expression. There was a field against Manchester United and Lauren after the cooperation ran a good position that must be scored, Lauren heart in the right side of the penalty area did not pass, shot directly, did not score, Henry was scolded with a gesture, half a minute. At the end of the game, Lauren leaned over to coax Henry, and another scolding gesture, and it was said that the locker room was singled out later, but it was pulled away.

No one can avoid going downhill, the slump of the European Cup and the World Cup, the defeat in the Champions League final, the regret of marriage with Barcelona, the divorce in life, to the beginning of encouraging Adebayo, saying "to help Van Persie get the top scorer", Henry is trying to adjust himself, and then he leaves Arsenal without words.

When I went to Barcelona, I felt that Henry's momentum was more than his state, and he really had a bitter feeling of "being under the roof", and he was still trying to adjust, even pretending to be a team player. However, pride is engraved in the bones of this genius, and when we see Henry again, we will inevitably use our Oriental thinking to figure out whether they are crowding out Henry, whether they are too proud of themselves, thinking that Henry is playing with the body, and so on.

Last night, to be honest, I think CCTV's commentary is okay (don't scold me), they have too many scruples since Huang Jianxiang.

I haven't slept much, and when I saw them commenting on the game later, He still obviously suppressed his feelings, and said (to the effect) "I believe that the fans who watched it (guess it should refer to the fans of Arsenal and Henry) can't sleep, and we ...... in life (These should be clichés) ......, everyone must have a lot of psychological things to say now (this is definitely a true outpouring of feelings, He must have imagined me squirting like this, but I definitely don't dare) ......"

Yes, I have a lot of psychological things to say, I remember the first time I went to my friend's house in the middle of the night to watch the live broadcast of the Champions League Ajax and Juventus, I remembered that I was drunk for football, I remembered the World Cup, and I remembered my college days.

I think of Graham, Heisser, Jonker, Sucker, Wright, Seaman, Guoan, Gongti, Vieira, Grimandi, Jeffers, Ljungberg, and the French team also said back then, "Henry has to pass the ball to him when we are on the field."

I think of Pennant and Reyes, I think of Keane, I think of Petty and Overmars, I think of Bentley and Upson, I think of Manninger and Silva.

All of this, in this late night, made me toss, made me cry, made me have to write it, otherwise as I grew old, how could I not be afraid that I would gradually lose these memories, and how could I not be afraid not to forget the penetrating feeling that this late night brought to my soul.