Chapter 14: The Big Scene

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Manchester United was beaten by Arsenal last season, but there are only 2 defeats in the last 8 home games against Arsenal, and the two sides have met a total of 30 times in history, Manchester United has the upper hand with 12 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, including 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at home, which has a natural psychological advantage over Arsenal.

When the match began, the 73,212-seat Old Trafford stadium was flooded with at least 85,000 fans, all but the 3,000 Arsenal fans who came from afar.

According to Sky Sports, the game will be broadcast live or broadcast in more than 114 countries around the world, and nearly a billion people will watch it in front of their TV sets - the most watched football match in history.

Of course, the more intuitive data is that there are more than 1,400 media on the scene to conduct interviews, and looking from the center of the stadium to the stands, you can only see a continuous stream of spotlights, reflecting the entire Old Trafford as if it were the Milky Way above the nine heavens, which completely dazzles people's eyes.

If there's any big scene, it's an out-and-out big scene!

Every player wants to play in a situation like this, as a professional footballer. If you can enter such a venue one day, it will be worth remembering for a lifetime, even if you die.

Even the old players in the Manchester United team such as Ryan Giggs and Scholes have rarely seen such a battle, seeing the crowd outside the dressing room, hearing the deafening cheers in their ears, the blood in their bodies is also surging, and at this time, Giggs did not forget to joke with Ronaldo:

"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid we wouldn't have seen such a scene in our lives."

Scholes exclaimed: "Yes, I remember seeing so many people at the Stade de France in the '98 World Cup, it was just shocking." ”

'98 World Cup. Scholes travelled to France with the team. However, it is a pity that England was eliminated by the Argentines before they could enter the Stade de France, and they were unable to perform in front of nearly 100,000 spectators, which is also the regret of Scholes's life.

And when Scholes mentions the Stade de France. No one noticed the blink of gloom in Giggs's eyes.

Ryan Giggs chose the Welsh national team. already knows that this life is likely to miss the World Cup. As a master with unique skills, but unable to stand on a stage like the World Cup, this must be an eternal pain in Giggs's heart. He looked out at Old Trafford, which was crowded. A thought silently swelled up in my heart:

"This is my World Cup!"

While United's players encouraged and teased each other in familiar surroundings, Arsenal's players were also making the final call in the dressing room.

Arsene Wenger was not a motivating player, in fact, he was meticulous in his pre-match preparations, but he was not adept at mobilizing the emotions of his players, while Cesc Fabregas maintained his usual style of talking less and doing more, just saying a few words before sitting back in his seat.

At this time, the Arsenal dressing room should have been a little quiet. In fact, Descartes wanted to say a few words, but in the final analysis, he provoked this matter, and he was afraid that other teammates would complain that he had caused others to complain, so the Adam's apple rolled several times, and finally failed to say a word.

But there will always be two or three active members in a team, and if they don't speak, naturally someone will stand up and express their opinions.

"Guys!" This time it was Gara who stood up, his dark face flashing with excitement: "Did you see, there are at least more than 80,000 people outside, this is really a big scene!" ”

The eyes of Arsenal's players are gradually brightening up, and they have no regrets in this life to be able to play in such an environment, even if it is just once.

"I think we should do something!" Galla raised his voice: "It's obvious now, they all think Manchester United have won, they're all here to cheer on those bitch-bitched bastards, we shouldn't be silent, we should show them how good we are, you say?" ”

There were a few echoes in the locker room, and given Garra's usually flamboyant personality, he really didn't have many friends.

Although Gala's speech did not succeed in arousing the emotions of most people, it also gave Wenger a new idea, he clapped his hands, stood up and said to everyone: "Guys, I think Garra is right, we are not here today to watch how our opponents celebrate, we should have our own ideas, winning this game is the best counterattack for our opponents, do you think?" ”

In order to show their support for the boss, Walcott and others even stood up, raised their arms and roared a few times, expressing their full support for the boss's speech.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the dressing room was lively, Wenger glanced around with a smile, and when his eyes fell on Descartes, he asked gently: "Descartes, are you ready, you are the protagonist today." ”

The professor's rare joke caused a laugh in the locker room, compared with Gala, Descartes's popularity in the team is much better, which may come from his age, or from the fact that he often goes out to "communicate" with everyone, of course, the envy of his teammates must also be included in it, in short, when it comes to this bet, no one shows the meaning of blame, but everyone is extremely supportive of him.

The ridicule from the professor and his teammates made Descartes stunned for a moment, and then his heart warmed, no matter what, as long as everyone stood behind him, he was confident that he would defeat all enemies.

With the urging of the staff. The players from both sides quickly walked out of the locker room in turn and stood in the middle of the tunnel.

There is no wall in the dressing room at Old Trafford, so players from both sides can see the opposition directly, and when the Arsenal players walk into the tunnel, the United players have not yet come out.

This is also a little trick of Lord Frue on the plate, making the visitors wait a few more minutes in the dressing room, and sometimes it can successfully provoke their impatience, which is not arrogance, but tactics.

For Lord Fru, his psychological warfare is everywhere. as his old rival. Of course, the Arsenal players understand what he is doing, but it is clear that the opponent is so arrogant, which still makes many Arsenal players feel angry.

Until a few minutes later. Manchester United's players are only late to the game. When a group of big men in red jerseys walked into the passageway. Descartes saw Ronaldo walking last at a glance, his eyes were cold and sharp, staring straight at Descartes. I can't tell whether it's hatred or hostility, but it's creepy for no reason.

If Descartes had read Chinese martial arts novels, I believe he would have understood that this was the legendary "murderous spirit".

It's just that when Ronaldo released his "murderous aura" domineeringly, Descartes unexpectedly turned his head away and chose to ignore his eyes.

When it comes to psychological warfare, Descartes will not be much worse than Manchester United's players. Santos went crazy, and although he has since recognized the two-sided nature of such things and rarely tries to provoke opposing players, that doesn't mean he has forgotten the skill.

For an arrogant person like Ronaldo, choosing to ignore him is the best provocation for him, and with his fiery temper, he will definitely not be able to help it.

Sure enough, Ronaldo's cold snort came from behind him, it seems that Descartes's actions have hooked the anger in his heart, maybe as long as he adds a little material, his emotions will completely explode.

When the players of the two teams walked out of the players' tunnel at one time, the atmosphere of the scene reached its peak, looking up, there was a tsunami everywhere, countless confetti falling from the stands, mixed with deafening cheers and occasional curses, which simply made everyone in the middle feel inexplicably dizzy.

Descartes was still on the bench in this game, although Wenger joked that he was the protagonist in this game, but this does not mean that Wenger will let him play the full 90 minutes, after all, Descartes, who was put on the field in the second half, is the most powerful Descartes.

Seeing Descartes sit on the bench, the Manchester United fans at the scene immediately let out a sky-piercing boo, and the spectators near the edge of the stadium even pointed at him directly, and then roared hoarsely:

"Coward, you're a coward, go back to Italy and get milk!"

"Don't even dare to play, what qualifications do you have to grab a woman with Ronaldo, go home and hug your mother and cry!"

"Hey, little man, you thing is so small, can you satisfy Zhenma, why don't you let me help you, you Italian shit!"

……

All kinds of harsh scolding continued to reach Descartes' ears, so that his originally somewhat apprehensive mood completely turned into anger, no wonder Cantona had such a flying kick in the first place, if he could, Descartes would have rushed up to give them a flying kick now.

Amid the constant insults and provocations from the fans, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth, and this world-renowned game finally kicked off.

Arsenal is still the main team in the last league game, this is their most often lined up this season, the only variable is that Rosicky on the right side has become Walcott, the Czech glass man was injured again before this game, and even the professor's heart was also injured: Wasn't it good to be in Dortmund before buying, why is it that when you come to Arsenal, it's like confinement, always playing and stopping, stopping and playing?

Manchester United, on the other hand, made changes to their squad from last week's Carabao Cup, with Ryan Giggs and Patrice Evra starting for Nani and O'Shea respectively, Rooney and Saha up front, and Cristiano Ronaldo as a free man up front.

If you want to talk about the trick of free man in the frontcourt, Lord Fergus really learned it from Arsenal, in the Arsenal team, when Descartes came on the field, he actually exercised such a duty. Arsene Wenger did not limit his movement, his running area covered the entire front line, greatly enriching Arsenal's attacking tools.

Inspired by this, Lord Fernando turned Ronaldo into a "free man in the front court" like Descartes in the second half of last season, so that he was no longer limited to the assault on the right side, but was active near the penalty area line under the cover of Rooney and others, who knew that this change really activated Ronaldo's offensive talent, and after the position was liberated, he was out of control, scoring 24 goals in the second half of last season, and scored 34 goals throughout the year, refreshing his record in the team in one fell swoop.

And this season, Lord Ferguson, who tasted the sweetness, continued to use Ronaldo in this way, and Ronaldo's reward was to team up with Rooney to contribute 18 goals in 17 games, which made Manchester United's attacking strength suddenly explode a notch.

With such a sharp weapon in his hand, Lord Fu naturally sat firmly on the Diaoyutai in this game. Although Arsenal are unbeaten in the league so far, in the opinion of Lord Ferguson, there is still a hole in them, and that is the tacit understanding between Gala and Toure.

These two players are very strong defensive backbones individually, but I don't know if it's because of their incompatible personalities, they rarely communicate on the field, and there is always an impenetrable barrier between each other, this opposition has caused the two to always lack tacit understanding on the field, when facing the general team, they can also rely on super personal strength to block the opponent's attack, but in the face of an opponent like Manchester United, the lack of communication between the two is likely to cause a fatal flaw.

Ferguson's strategy in this game is to take advantage of the distance between Rooney and Sahala, and then Cristiano Ronaldo inserts strongly between them to smash Arsenal's turtle shell.

And Wenger quickly saw the direction of Manchester United's attack, Ronaldo is no longer on the wing, but frequently appears behind Rooney and Saha, but Scholes, who originally played in the forward position, retreated directly to the midfield line and became a playmaker for delivering cannonballs.

Carrick and Hargreaves in midfield now look like a blue-collar pair, and their job is to sweep in front of the backline and prevent Arsenal's forwards from facing the United backline.

Such a formation obviously leaves a gap on the right flank, but Wenger is very clear that this is an empty space and a trap, if he really desperately allows Sagna and Walcourt to attack on the right flank, then Rooney, who has been cruising on the right side of Arsenal, will definitely penetrate the Arsenal defense from here and create a fatal opportunity for Ronaldo to follow in the middle.

At this time, if there is a balanced right midfielder and a midfielder who is good at filling in the position, it is not a big problem, but Walcott's defense is ...... The professor shook his head, and then looked at Flamini and Fabregas in the middle, neither of whom could pull the flanks to take charge of themselves.

Knowing that the other party's flaws are there, but he can only look at it and dare not eat it, which makes Wenger's heart seem to have a few kittens scratching and scratching, itching badly, he glanced at the red-nosed old man who was sitting on a chair not far away and chewing gum gracefully, and his heart was simply angry: There is a kind of you waiting for me, and see how I clean you up after the substitution in the second half!

However, Arsenal and Wenger failed to wait for the second half, their goal was finally attacked by the Red Devils in stoppage time in the first half, the goal was Rooney, the assist was Ronaldo, a classic counterattack, Brown made a long pass in the backfield, Ronaldo rushed forward with the ball, and when Galla and Toure were about to close the gate together, he suddenly turned to the right side, at this time, the lack of understanding between Galla and Toure finally had a problem, both followed Ronaldo to the side, and when they found that their teammates were also doing the same action, The two of them hesitated to stop again, only for Ronaldo to go down the flank, followed by Wayne Rooney stabbing home from six yards out, with Galla and Toure still desperately chasing after him.

Wenger's anger after conceding the goal, he was angry not at the end of the first half, but the performance of Galla and Toure in this conceded goal, if the two have a little tacit understanding, they will not both pounce on Ronaldo, let alone pause after the smooth rush into the penalty area, it seems that the problem between the two has gradually become prominent, and it is about to become the biggest hidden danger restricting Arsenal to move forward. (To be continued......)