Chapter Twenty-Six: Freestyle Fall
Descartes' goal was a huge morale boost to the Arsenal players, and although no one knew it was just a crooked goal, the goal went in anyway, Riddle may have escaped, but Birmingham were not immune.
And this revenge shot, which took all the strength to kick out, also gave birth to a ridiculous result: the Birmingham players who originally seemed to be not here to play but to kill people, finally began to rein in, they seem to understand that violence on the football field cannot solve any problems, even if the referee is merciful and let them take advantage of the loophole, the opposing players are not wood, they will also be angry, and they will retaliate, everyone comes to play football to eat, and it is really unnecessary to lose both sides.
Birmingham City, who took off their rough masks, quickly exposed the difference in their quality, and Arsenal finally equalised in the 82nd minute of the second half, this time by the black big man Adebayor.
The league played 27 rounds, Ronaldo topped the scorer list with 21 league goals, and Adebayor followed with 19 goals.
General Fan began to have a trace of doubt about himself in his heart.
Either way, Arsenal struggled to get that precious point away from home, and the next thing we heard was the professor's talk about the "murderer" Martin. Taylor's words.
Fiercely criticized Martin in front of the media. After Taylor, the professor began to worry about the current state of the team as soon as he turned his head.
Plus and Toure can no longer coexist, and now it seems that Cesc Fabregas and Descartes also have a tendency to lead the way for half the game, goalkeeper Lehmann has submitted a transfer application to him with resentment, Eduardo has a broken calf, Rosicky has a muscle strain, Hleb and Ebue are still lying on the injury list, and a team that looked imposing at the beginning of the season is now showing some signs of falling apart.
To make matters worse, these were just the beginnings, and the subsequent journey made the professor understand what it means to be unlucky to drink cold water and stuff your teeth.
On February 21, the Champions League quarterfinals kicked off, Arsenal hosted AC Milan, the first of Group D, and the two sides fought fiercely for 90 minutes, but in the end no one could score, and the Italians got a very satisfactory result.
Arsenal not only failed to win on the pitch, but also lost another big player, and a frustrated Van Persie strained his ligaments after overpowering a shot and looking to miss another two or three weeks.
Immediately after the 28th round of the league, Arsenal at home won another draw, Aston Villa retreated from the Emirates Stadium 1-1, and with them left with the season's No. 14 injured player Diaby.
Next up is the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, with Arsenal travelling to San Siro to take on last season's defending champions AC Milan.
This match can be described as Descartes's "battle to go home", Milan and Pavia are only 30 miles apart, and even Mr. Javier and Angelie and their families will be on hand to cheer for Descartes.
Cheered on by his family, friends and sweethearts, Descartes showed that he was in better shape than everyone after coming on in the second half, and finally Arsenal upset AC Milan 2-0 away in this game, causing a small upset.
In this game, Descartes completely dominated the San Siro stadium with one pass and one shot, and even the always avid Milan fans applauded him, and the veteran Milan commentator Crudeli, who was commentating on the sidelines, shouted excitedly at the camera: "Donadoni, Donadoni, you see, why haven't you recruited such a player into the national team?" ”
In fact, in addition to dedicating this game to his parents and Angeli, half of this game was to play for Donadoni.
In Serie A two weeks ago, Donadoni's handpicked Torino striker Di Michele suffered an unexpected injury, which made him almost certain to miss this year's European Championships, and there was a gap in the national team's original forward squad.
Of course, Descartes is not the only one who is eyeing this position, Milan striker Borriello and Bianconeri Prince Piero are all in the media's appeal, and Donadoni only gave one answer to the media's suggestion that Descartes, who is getting better and better in the second half of the season, to the national team: "Since he is far away in London, I can't look at his form more, and we need to think about it in the long run." ”
This is the reason why many Italian players are reluctant to play abroad, in addition to the shadow left by those players who failed abroad in the past, the Italian national team coach does not like to call up foreign players is also a very important factor, because they always think that those players are not tested under their noses, which will make people feel very uneasy.
Now that Descartes is putting on a good show right under Donadoni's parent club AC Milan, he wants to see what else Donadoni has to say.
Donadoni really had nothing to say, because he didn't say anything at all, he directly answered Descartes's forced palace with actions, and on the third day after Milan was eliminated from the Champions League, Donadoni announced the new striker for the national team - Piero, the zebra prince from Juventus.
Like Descartes, Piero also withdrew from the national team after falling out with Donadoni, but unlike Descartes, Prince Zebra's qualifications and connections are much stronger than him, I don't know if he reached a settlement with Donadoni in private, in short, his selection made all the media who were ready to attack Donadoni shut up: If Piero is not eligible for the national team, then who is still eligible?
The media, who were still gearing up to use Descartes to disgust Donadoni before, were all disgusted by Donadoni now, and the reason he expelled Piero from the national team was "the need to give more opportunities to young people to avoid the team getting too old", but now he has called Piero back with a slap in the face, what is this?
Maybe it was the Juventus hierarchy who made some effort in this, or maybe some people in the Football Association gave instructions, in short, in any case, Descartes' performance was once again useless, and it seems that he and the national team really lack a little fate.
The battered Descartes were a little sluggish in the following games, Arsenal drew 0-0 away at Wigan Athletic in the 29th round of the league, and in the 30th round of the league they were held to a 1-1 draw by Middlesbrough, and before they knew it, they had won four consecutive league draws, and if you count the Champions League, they had a record of five draws and one win in February.
Although they still haven't lost, fans who think of Arsene Wenger and Arsenal won't be satisfied with such a record, right?
What's more, on February 24, the English League Cup also decided the champion of this season, and it was Arsenal's sworn enemy Tottenham Hotspur who unexpectedly won.
The media of the double championship does not know, they only know that after Arsenal won four consecutive draws in the league, Manchester United has quietly completed the overtake in the standings, they are at the top of the league table with 22 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses and 70 points, while Arsenal now only has 67 points, and they have been pulled down by their old rivals by 3 points!
From leading 6 points to 3 points behind, it seems to be just a blink of an eye, this time the professor can no longer sit still, he hurriedly convened all the team members to carry out a "tree civilization, create a new style" rectification movement, oh, sorry, it is a "unified thinking, fight to the end" United Front Conference, at the meeting made a profound criticism and self-criticism, and at the same time called on the players to be at such a critical moment, the more they must show the spirit of hard work, hard work to the end, hard work to the end.
What was the effect of the United Front Conference?
After 31 rounds of the league, Arsenal finally ushered in their first defeat of the season.
It's still Chelsea, it's Chelsea again!
Whether Mourinho is present or not, Arsenal always seem to have a mouse-pulled and mouthless feeling when facing Chelsea, either being held to a draw by the Blues' tenacious defence or a hard-fought one-goal victory, and the two teams have never had a goal difference of more than one goal in each other in the last three seasons.
The same was true of the game, where Arsenal and Chelsea battled for 90 minutes before being beaten by Frank Lampard at the last second, with the lamp saving Grant in dire straits and kicking their London neighbours into the abyss of nightmares.
After losing their first league defeat of the season, the spirit that had been holding on to the Arsenal players suddenly broke off, and they then lost 3-2 to Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium, dropping further down the league table and being overtaken by Chelsea to third.
Arsene Wenger is also helpless against the team's free-form decline, because this matter cannot be solved by manpower - after the game against Chelsea, Arsenal has 13 players on the injury list this season, and half of the original 26-man main squad has entered!
The professor, who suffered from the injury raid, had no choice but to send Wilshere, Frimpong and other players on the field, in the eyes of the opponents, at this time, it is not "take advantage of your illness to kill you", so when?
On April 5th, Arsenal ushered in another important game, the "Premier League Derby" in the Champions League top 8.
They will be up against Benitez and his Reds, who have also struggled this season.
It has been said before that Benitez has introduced a number of players this season, originally prepared to attack the Premier League championship, but he did not expect that halfway through the season, his reinforcements were reprimanded by the media as "casting a net indiscriminately, and the gains outweigh the losses".
Seeing that another half billion has been lost, the American bosses Gillette and Hicks are trembling in distress, look at the Red Devils, they are also approving a red skin, the Glazer family can not only win the championship in Manchester United, but also pay 100 million yuan every year, and then look at yourself, 3 years and 300 million have gone down, and I haven't even heard a sound of water, Bei Bald, your good words are not much!
Benitez naturally knows that it is a dream to get a contract extension for next season with the team's current performance, so he is ready to use a weighty opponent to justify his name early in the morning, and he happened to meet Arsenal in the Champions League. (To be continued.) )