Chapter 270: Battle Henry (1)
Well, this was an accident.
Li Lei, who was one step ahead of the game and took the lead in standing in front of the gate, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise when he looked at the figure of Reyes who appeared among the players who appeared in Arsenal.
He also thought that after his trouble at the last moment of the first half, Wenger, who saw Reyes's collapsed mental state, should have been completely disappointed in the Spanish youngster, at least in this game should not have any expectations for him, and he should be replaced at the beginning of the second half, but he didn't expect Wenger to let him continue to play in the second half, it seems that he still wants to give him a chance to try to prove himself.
Hey, but in that case, isn't that the same as sending fat meat to our mouths?
After being stunned for a moment, Li Lei immediately came back to his senses, and a cold smile immediately rose on the corner of his mouth. For Li Lei, who has a record of crawling and rolling in the slums, there is nothing in his dictionary that can bear to be unbearable, benevolent and unbenevolent, and he will kill them all and show no mercy, only the opponent who is out of the field is a good opponent, this is Li Lei's style and philosophy.
"Hey, Gary, huh~~"
There was no need to say anything at all, Li Lei just added Gary Neville, and then whistled playfully while pointing his head in the direction of Reyes, and Gary Neville, who was an old fritter in the Premier League, immediately understood what Li Lei meant. After turning his head to look at Reyes opposite, he immediately gave Li Lei a thumbs up, indicating that he had understood what he should do.
At this moment, the corners of Gary Neville's mouth also had a touch of coldness, similar to Li Lei's smile just now, just like the cruel smile of a hungry wolf when he saw a little lamb that had no ability to resist.
Seeing Gary Neville start to greet Brown and Sylvester and others, Li Lei immediately retracted his mind and stopped paying attention to Reyes.
He simply didn't believe that just 15 minutes into the break meant that Arsene Wenger had the ability to bring Reyes, who had a psychological breakdown in the first half, back to normal. None of the masters of psychology have such skills, and the French coach is simply impossible. In that case, Reyes is now the equivalent of bullying everyone, nibbling on a bite of fat, and almost any of his Manchester United teammates can solve it without much effort.
For such a soft opponent who must win the battle, Li Lei has never been interested. If it was a normal game, he might still be idle and occasionally bully and have fun, but this game is obviously not the time to do it. In the face of Arsenal, whose overall strength is obviously superior to Manchester United, Li Lei Ke has to devote his energy to more powerful opponents than Reyes, who is difficult to deal with, and he can't waste it wantonly, such as the tall figure who looks a little thin in the No. 14 Arsenal shirt - King Henry of Highbury.
Looking at Henry, who was standing near the arc of the middle circle at this time, tidying up the shin guards, Li Lei felt a fierce murderous aura from his body for some reason. This is a very mysterious feeling, but Li Lei has always been a person who trusts his instincts very much.
Come on! Come on!!
In this regard, he was not afraid, but became excited, his hands kept rubbing against each other, increasing the friction on the surface of the glove, but his eyes were staring at Henry's figure with burning eyes, and his eyes were full of hot fanaticism!
"Toot-"
With the referee's whistle, the second half of the game finally began. Arsenal, who took the lead in the second half, immediately began to press all the way to the deafening cheers of all the Arsenal fans on the scene, and launched a strong offensive against Manchester United's defense.
It's just that although their momentum is huge and their attacking attitude is very resolute, people quickly found that the danger of Arsenal's attack has decreased significantly compared with the aggression in the first half. Moreover, they soon discovered the problem point, which was the Spanish genius Reyes, who is now wearing the Arsenal No. 9 shirt.
From his first touch of the ball in the second half to get into Arsenal's attack, Reyes showed a sense of slump that was very different from his own lively posture in the first half. Although it was obvious that he wanted to give a good performance, and at the beginning of the second half he was very active in running and pressing, but once there were Manchester United players pressing at him fiercely and quickly in front of him, his next performance was like a mouse meeting a cat, and he suddenly became impotent. That was clear at the start of the second half.
In the 47th minute of the second half, Ljungberg and Lauren combined with each other with a series of short passes, which drew the attention of the entire Manchester United defence. At this time, Reyes, who retreated out of the penalty area to receive Ljungberg's pass, turned around with the ball, and faced Brown, who pounced on him a step later, had obvious breakthrough space, but his original forward breakthrough action suddenly hesitated. That gave Brown time to stick to him, and eventually forced him to pass back to Patrick Vieira behind him, giving United's newly formed defence a chance to adjust, leaving Arsenal to continue to pass and look for another opportunity.
Most fans may not be able to see the crux of such a small ball handling detail on the field, but Lineker, as a commentator, also saw the problem at once, and said bluntly: "The Spanish youngster seems to have been frightened by Manchester United's first-half killing, and he didn't dare to show the sharp breakthrough he relied on in front of the Manchester United players, I can guarantee that he will not spend too much time on the field in the second half, if Wenger still wants to win this FA Cup knockout round, Keep Arsenal's treble dream alive this season. ”
After that, despite Lineker's unequivocal words that Reyes would not stay on the court for too long was not realized too early, the situation on the field that followed was indeed moving in this direction.
In the 49th minute of the second half, Reyes, who received Vieira's direct long pass in the midfield in front of the penalty area, stopped the ball too much, and in the face of Keane's unhesitating sliding tackle, he voluntarily gave up the half-goal, jumped up in fear to avoid the sliding tackle, and returned the ball to Manchester United.
In the 52nd minute of the second half, it was again when he hesitated to face O'Shea's defense after winning the ball, and had to slow down, allowing Arsenal to come up front with a great counter-attack opportunity that could have been 3-on-2.
Three minutes later, it was again in front of him that Brown conceded a goal, allowing United to take the opportunity to play Arsenal on a counter-attack, Keane fired a left-footed diagonal shot from 16 yards out on the right side of the penalty area, which made the Arsenal fans and Arsene Wenger on the sidelines sweat.
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It wasn't until the 57th minute of the second half that Reyes faced Keane's sticky defense, hesitated again and chose to pass back, missing the opportunity to create a single ball to Henry, who had been inserted behind Sylvester, and Wenger on the sidelines finally couldn't sit still. Taking advantage of a dead ball on the sideline, Bergkamp, who had already warmed up on the sidelines at the beginning of the second half, replaced Reyes.
Looking at Reyes's downcast back in the silence of the scene, he bowed his head and left the game in frustration, Li Lei couldn't help but smile proudly, and said to Henry, who was beside him at this time: "Huh~, what a poor boy, why do you still want him to play in the second half, this is really cruel to him, look at your fans, no one applauds him." ”
Li Lei's extremely proud villain appearance obviously angered Henry. King Highbury, who played hard in the second half, but it didn't go well, looked at Li Lei coldly and said, "You wait for me!" ”
With that, he turned around and left.
At this moment, with a "snap", Li Lei felt a little coolness on his face. Then, the crackling sound became more and more intensive, and in an instant, the rain on Li Lei's face had become a chain of water droplets, and the foggy capital of London once again showed its changeability here, and it turned into a heavy rain in an instant.
However, no matter how heavy the rain is, it can't extinguish the fighting intent that is burning in Li Lei's heart at this time!
Looking at Henry's thin and straight slightly blurred back in the rain curtain, the gaze in Li Lei's eyes was still so hot!
Hot!!
It's like braving a spark!!