Chapter 269: Wenger with a headache
"Manchester United No.13, control your behavior, otherwise—" the referee solemnly warned Li Lei behind him.
"Hey, sir, give you the ball, you know, it's just a football."
Li Lei turned his head, stuffed the football in his hand to the referee, explained with a smile, and immediately walked towards the players' tunnel, ignoring Henry's cold gaze that was still staring at him and Reyes, who had already stood up again and was so angry that he stared at him with a hideous face.
"Shh!!h
At the same time, Highbury Field, which had just been dead silent, finally came back to life, and once again sent an overwhelming shrill boo to the focus of everyone in the audience at this time - Li Lei.
Since the players on both sides on the court and the referee team did not recover from the shock caused by what Li Lei had just done at this moment, Li Lei at this time can be said to be taking the lead on the road to the players' tunnel.
It is precisely because of this that the on-site camera was able to perfectly capture the smug smile on Li Lei's face at the moment, and clearly projected it on the big screen on the scene and on all the TV screens that were broadcasting the game, so that all the people who were watching were temporarily distracted because of the shrill boos on the screen, with a disdainful smile on his face, and Li Lei, who strode towards the player's tunnel without care.
This also includes Lineker, who is the commentator of this game and is known as Li Lei's number one fan. At this time, the eyes of this English football celebrity, who is now a football game commentator, have long lost focus, looking at Li Lei, who is relaxed and complacent on the screen, the words in his mouth have completely lost their order, as if he is muttering unconsciously.
"Oh, my... Oh, my God! ... How could he be like this, how could he do this ... Oh my God, my Virgin......"
At this moment, everyone did not expect that now Lineker's unstructured nonsense, coupled with Li Lei's chuckling alone into the players' tunnel, will become another classic moment in Manchester United history in the distant future, a good memory for Manchester United fans.
However, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.
When the players of both teams returned to the dressing room with a score of 0-0 to rest, the atmosphere in the dressing room of the two teams was very different. Compared to United's cheerful and relaxed atmosphere in the visitors' dressing room, the atmosphere in Arsenal's home dressing room was very dull and depressing, as if they had been beaten by Manchester United in the first half, and the score was already behind, and it was not a draw that went into the break.
The eyes of all the Arsenal players in the dressing room will be consciously or unconsciously aimed at Reyes, who is already sitting in his place at the moment, with his head completely wrapped in a towel, and he looks so ashamed that he has no face to see anyone.
There is no doubt that Reyes is at the root of the very depressing atmosphere in the Arsenal dressing room at the moment. Although Reyes was at the end of the first half, the cowardly picture of Li Lei squatting with his head in his hands made a group of Arsenal players feel very disdainful, but they really couldn't say anything cruel about this little brother who had just joined the Premier League.
Moreover, they are even worried that whatever they and others say to them, even if it is comforting, may stimulate their self-esteem, which seems to be extremely sensitive and fragile.
With such scruples and moods, the atmosphere in the Arsenal dressing room was silenced and depressed.
It wasn't until Arsene Wenger walked in and spoke that the atmosphere was finally broken.
"Guys, we didn't play badly in the first half and I was very happy with your offensive performance, apart from not scoring a goal. But it's definitely not good, you're being too polite to the United players defensively, giving them too much space. Yes, we have more attacking firepower than Manchester United at the moment, but don't forget that attacking from the ground is not what we do best, it is the quick counter-attack after the counter-attack. So, I ask you to start the second half, don't get too high, be smart, take it back and play again. ”
"Also, look at your dejected looks, I'm very dissatisfied. Do you know what this game means to you?! Do you still want to win the Triple Crown?! I've never seen a team win the treble with their heads down, lift your heads up for me!! ”
After saying a word out loud, looking at the Arsenal players whose mental state has obviously improved a lot compared to before, and whose eyes are full of dazzling brilliance and fighting spirit, Wenger nodded with secret satisfaction and continued to add fire: "Remember, we are a team that is making great history!" A great team can't afford to lower their head at any time! Now, there's only one thing I want you to do, and that's to go into the second half with your head up and give me a hard lesson for Manchester United on the other side! Go and tell them that their glorious history has come to an end and it's our turn! This era will belong to me! It's all yours!! It belongs to the great Arsenal!! We're going to step on their heads to get to the top, do you understand?! ”
"Got it!!" The Arsenal players responded with a bang.
Seeing that his disciples had regained their mental state, Wenger couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. It's just that this look of satisfaction disappeared from his face when his gaze swept to Reyes, who was still covering his head with a towel at this moment, bowing his head and being silent, exuding a sluggish and lost aura all over his body.
For Reyes, Arsene Wenger has high hopes. At a time when Bergkamp was inevitably starting to enter retirement stages, the Spanish phenom was the new partner he found for Thierry Henry up front.
In today's game, until Li Lei began to combine with Gary Neville and others to start killing him, Wenger, who supervised the game on the sidelines, was also satisfied with his performance. It's just that what Wenger never expected was that in the face of the fierce and deliberate killing of the Manchester United defense, Reyes's performance would be so stretched and even embarrassed.
Previously, in daily training, although he only noticed Reyes's discomfort with the Premier League's physical confrontation style, he never expected his psychological tolerance in this regard to be so low.
Li Lei and others' killing actions against him are certainly hateful, but Wenger knows that this level of physical confrontation in the Premier League is not an uncommon thing, and Reyes must survive this hurdle if he wants to break through the world at Arsenal and in the Premier League.
It's just clear that this time the Spanish genius has disappointed the French manager.
Meanwhile, what made Arsene Wenger even more a headache was how he would handle Reyes in the second half.
Replacing him with Dennis is a good option, but what if it breaks down his self-confidence and makes it even more difficult to recover and adjust in the future? Although his performance today was a bit disappointing, the team will still need to use him again in the future, and we can't just let it go.
But if he doesn't make a substitution, with Jose's current form, it's hard to believe that he will do anything in the second half. This is an important battle for the Triple Crown, and there must be no mistakes!
Hey, that's a real headache!
Just when Wenger was having a headache because of Reyes's problem, Li Lei's annoying and disdainful sneer's face suddenly appeared in his mind, and his mouth couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Blame that damn Asian kid!
It's all his fault!!
That bastard like the damn Ferguson, blame him!!