Chapter Ninety-Seven: "Traitor" Nani

What Descartes was thinking, no one could have guessed, but it was clear that after Nani's provocation, his attention was returned to the court, and those mistakes that had been frequent before became few and far between, and even his momentum seemed to have become more tough. Neville kicked him off, and while Neville was still rubbing his calf bones, he continued to charge towards the United players who had the ball unconcerned.

In the eyes of most of the players at Manchester United, this is a rather dangerous sign, they have played against Descartes several times, this Arsenal's No.20 is like Manchester United's nemesis, Ferguson has used almost every means to mark him, but he always makes Manchester United feel hurt every time, his previous form was relatively low, Manchester United players thought that this time it was finally easier, they never thought that Nani's idiot was full enough to provoke him, but now he is back in form, It made Manchester United's defenders a little bitter.

At this time, Nani didn't expect so much, he was afraid that Descartes' state returned to normal, in his opinion, only by defeating a peak Descartes can he prove that he is more worthy of the title of Premier League top brand than him, so for Descartes to return to normal, he is not afraid of rejoicing, thinking that this is his success in stimulating the fighting spirit of his opponent.

But he didn't know that in private, he had been cursed countless times by his teammates, and I am afraid that even Ferguson on the sidelines was very dissatisfied with his nonsensical behavior, and it was not easy to quiet that guy, do you have to provoke him to make him hairy?

Nani, who didn't know whether to live or die, felt that she didn't seem to be excited enough at this time. After breaking Descartes' ball with his teammates again, he did not forget to shake his finger at Descartes, who had a somewhat gloomy face, and said, "See, you will never be my opponent." ”

With the intention to show off a few times, he also stepped on the ball at his feet and made a few bicycle movements, indicating that his breakthrough skills were a hundred times better than Descartes.

Descartes didn't say anything at all, and his answer was to make a sliding tackle without hesitation, which startled Nani, and he hurriedly poked the ball out, and Scholes in front of him took the ball and immediately launched an attack on the heart of Arsenal. Nani, on the other hand, was a little scared. Descartes' movements just now were very fast, even more standard than some defenders' tackles, and if he hadn't reacted fast enough, maybe even someone would have been tackled to the ground.

This action also made Nani feel angry. He believed that Descartes was deliberately retaliating after being angry. So she glared at him fiercely. It seems that there is a posture of wanting to come forward to comment on the theory.

Unexpectedly, Descartes got up from the ground immediately after he poked the ball out, didn't even look at him, and quickly chased after Scholes who had the ball. This made Nani's menacing action immediately become a little awkward, and everyone ran away from him, and he could only vent his anger in the air, which somewhat hurt his pride.

Don't you even bother to give me a look?

Feeling insulted, Nani ran after Descartes, and he was ready to find an opportunity to show the arrogant Italian a little color.

At this time, there was a strange scene on the court, Scholes was in front of him, and Descartes chased after him desperately, but behind Descartes, Nani chased after him, and the three of them formed a straight line, which looked particularly dazzling against the tight stance of the other players.

"What is he doing here?" Ferguson asked the assistant coach next to him in confusion, Nani's running position made him feel a little inexplicable, this guy, don't hurry up to the side to pick up the attack, what is it to run with the opponent's striker, and I didn't specially arrange players to keep an eye on Descartes in this game?

The strange straight line only appeared for about a few seconds before it was quickly brought to an end as Arsenal's defenders blocked Scholes' path.

Standing in front of Scholes is Diaby, who was pardoned by Wenger before this game, the French slut was previously blocked by Wenger for "domestic violence", and finally mixed up in the reserve team, Wenger considered that the season was coming to an end and needed more manpower, so he transferred him back, this game, he replaced the overtired Denilson as the starting midfielder.

Diaby has gradually been reduced to a substitute in the team this season, compared to a few of his good friends, in addition to Vela and his sympathy, Walcourt and Descartes have already established themselves in the main position of the team, to say that he has no idea in his heart, it is certainly impossible, but his nature is lazy and, even he himself can not control his bad habit of hanging out in nightclubs, so although he is ready to cheer up several times, but in the end he is still dragged down by his own personality and less and less liked by Wenger.

According to some rumors, Wenger is ready to dispose of him after this season, the French heart is a little sad, but also a little reluctant, his life in London can be regarded as calling friends, spending all day drinking, changing to some other unknown team, he doesn't know if there is such a good treatment, he really does not want to leave London.

In order not to be purged by Wenger at the end of the season, Diaby also showed a 12% attitude in this game, plus he was abstained from Wenger for a period of time in the development team, and his fitness and all aspects of condition are not bad, so his performance in this game is also enough to praise, although Arsenal conceded two goals, but it has nothing to do with him.

In the face of the rushing Premier League old fritter Scholes, Diaby stood firmly in position, and this time even Wenger on the sidelines had to nod in affirmation, because his position just blocked most of Scholes's follow-up actions, creating excellent conditions for his teammates to help defend.

Scholes was also a little surprised by Diaby's defense, this little French black man he hadn't seen on the pitch, but his awareness was not better than his physical condition, so it was rare to see him have such an excellent defensive position, in the face of such a defense, even Scholes, an old Premier League fritter, had to stop, while protecting the ball while thinking of other ways.

That's when it happened. Scholes suddenly heard the exclamation of his teammates: "Be careful......" and then a strong wind swept through his ears, and by the time Scholes reacted, his body had been violently knocked away, and the ball had fallen to the feet of others.

Scholes was shocked and hurriedly turned back, only to see that it was Descartes who had been chasing back from the front court who had broken his ball, because he didn't expect someone to chase him so far from behind to break his ball, so the ball was easily snatched by Descartes.

Scholes was about to gain his footing and chase the ball back, but when he looked closer, he saw another red figure lunging at Descartes. This time he was even more surprised. Which teammate is so powerful and fills the position so quickly?

When Scholes took a closer look, he realized that it was Nani, who was particularly excited in this game, who pounced on Descartes. He couldn't help but exclaim to himself. If only the Portuguese blackspot had been as positive as he was today in every game. These veterans of thirty-five or sixteen, why do they have to work hard to support themselves to this day?

Before Scholes could finish his sigh, Nani had already crashed into Descartes at a rapid pace. It was the same as Descartes' previous action of breaking the ball, but this time the result was different, because the moment he hit Descartes, Descartes had already started to prepare to break through with the ball, but Nani knocked Descartes with his center of gravity backwards and flew out, and the ball also fell at his feet.

The referee's whistle blew just in time, and he signalled for a foul on Nani and Arsenal won a free-kick at the back.

Nani was in a hurry all of a sudden, the same steal action, before Descartes knocked Scholes away, no, why did I foul when it was my turn?

This is clearly a black whistle!

Nani immediately glared at him and rushed straight to the referee, and Scholes, who had just reacted at this time, hurriedly rushed up and stopped him, for fear that he would have a conflict with the referee.

In fact, the ball is obvious, when Descartes collided, Scholes was stationary, because Diaby was in an excellent position, he was thinking about what countermeasures to use to organize the attack, so when Descartes rushed out from behind, he was defenseless, the person was knocked away, the ball was broken, and he had nothing to say; But when Nani broke the ball with this action, Descartes had already turned half-turned and was about to start with the ball, both sides were in motion, this collision looked particularly intense, Nani of course also carried the suspicion of a foul, after all, he did not touch the ball first, and knocked the opposing player out of position, which was completely enough for a foul.

The rules on the football field are sometimes very humane, and the same action does not necessarily lead to the same penalty result.

Nani suffered a big loss, of course, he was not convinced, but Scholes, his senior, held him back, and after a few struggles to no avail, he could only stop in hatred and transfer all his anger to Descartes.

But Descartes had already run past half the pitch by this time, and it was Arsenal's defender Galla who was standing in front of the ball and ready to take the free kick at the back.

Nani rolled his eyes and found that Descartes seemed to be moving towards Manchester United's penalty area, and he suddenly felt a rush of heat above his head, so he ran towards Descartes without hesitation, and he thought to himself that he must blow up this skinny guy at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, so as to show his ability.

So after Descartes entered the penalty area, Nani quickly entangled him, and even Vidic next to him felt very surprised, what happened to this Portuguese little black man today, he actually defended himself in the penalty area, he used to hate participating in defense the most?

Nani was not only ready to explode Descartes in action, but also not ready to let him go in his mouth, he kept clinging to Descartes and constantly grabbed the position, while whispering in his ear: "You are really a soft egg, you can't even compare to a 35-year-old guy like Scholes, you fall down at the slightest touch, did your girlfriend decide to dump you because of this?" ”

Descartes suddenly stopped, he glanced back at Nani, Nani only felt a chill coming from behind his spine, but in order to show that he was not guilty, he still puffed up his eyes and glared back viciously, while letting out a disdainful snort from his nose.

Descartes did not speak again, he turned his head and rushed out of the restricted area.

Nani, of course, wouldn't give him any chance to get involved in the attack, so he quickly followed, continuing to haunt Descartes.

Galla's pass didn't go straight to the pitch and he slid it to Cesc Fabregas, who was picking up in the middle. Cesc Fabregas then moved on to the right and Theo Walquette picked up the ball and began to force Patrice Evra at United's left-back.

Patrice Evra's last game was a success in keeping an eye on Descartes until 80 minutes ago, but it fell short when Descartes broke through the United defence from the wing, even though the goal was scored by right-back Wes. Brown made a mistake, but he felt a sense of regret because they were just minutes away from the Champions League final, and the whole United were unconvinced.

So in this game, although Wenger's arrangement caught Lord Ferguson off guard. But United's players are undeterred. They feel that Arsenal have managed only one draw in both Champions League semi-finals, and it is not certain who will advance to the final without relying on the rules, so they will have to regain what they lost in this game anyway. This year's league champion. They will never give up to the Arsenal guys.

In the face of Walcott's menacing assault. Patrice Evra was also in full swing and he had even figured out how to push Walcoat to the touchline and then take the opportunity to break the ball. It's best to be able to cut the ball off and then counter-attack along the gaps left by Walcott.

When the two made contact, Walcourt really pushed the ball out as Evra expected, and then prepared to force overtaking with speed, but Evra was prepared, and his outstretched thigh was not withdrawn, this action forced Walcoat to take an extra detour in order not to be tripped, and it was this step difference that gave Evra time to stick to it, and used the physical confrontation to force Walcoat to slow down.

The two men rushed to the ball together in this hustle and bustle, Patrice Evra had the advantage and could break the ball off the touchline without worrying about anything else, but Walcoat had to make sure he couldn't get the ball and not be disrupted by Evra, which made him look like he was on the back foot for the time being.

But at this moment, a red and white figure grabbed the ball before the two, and the two looked at it at the same time, but found that it was No. 20 Descartes who took the ball, I really don't know when he ran to this position?

At this time, the only person who can catch up with Descartes in front of Evra and Walcott is Nani, who has been pestering him.

Originally, Nani was playing right midfield, but at this time he had already followed Descartes to the left back position, and when Ferguson on the sidelines saw such a scene, he really didn't know whether to say that he was actively fighting for a good job, or that it was better to run out of position?

Thankfully, Nani was able to intercept Descartes just when everyone didn't expect it, making his delicate run look like it was in his pocket, which was a big success, and also relieved the two Manchester United centre-backs Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, who had been secretly frightened before.

But then Nani's action lifted everyone's hearts at the same time, because he didn't get stuck and forced Descartes to the touchline, waiting to be with Evra to cover the opponent, he rushed directly at Descartes, ready to steal the ball at his feet.

It's a pretty risky move, and if you can get the ball, you're happy, but if you don't make a tackle, your opponent can pass him, and you have to take a lot of risk.

No one can figure out why Nani chose such a reckless move, Manchester United players thought he lacked defensive experience, so they were ready to remind him, but in the middle of this lightning and flint, Descartes suddenly stepped out of the ball again, and then jumped up and leaned on Nani, just this time, Nani's original fierce collision action seemed to have become a platform for Descartes to borrow force, he relied on this impact force to stabilize his body in the air, and then as soon as he fell to the ground, he immediately began to start catching up with the ball, It was Nani, who had been rushing fiercely, so the impact had to freeze in place for a moment, and by the time he reacted and reflexively chased after him, he had already been pulled away by Descartes several paces.

At this time, Manchester United's left central defender Vidic, who was originally staying in the penalty area, had to make up for it, although the distance between Descartes and the shooting angle was not large, but he couldn't let him rush sideways like this, in case he suddenly came to a shocking small angle shot, then Manchester United's players didn't become the backboard of this wonderful shooting highlight?

Vidic crossed in front of Descartes, but Descartes had no intention of stopping, he flicked his left foot at the moment when he was about to make contact with Vidic, and the ball was flicked to the left, because he has always been good at the right foot, so Vidic focused on his right foot bottom cross. This unexpected left-footed deflection caught Vidic off guard, and Descartes suddenly found a gap for himself in every inch.

Because Van der Sar had already come to the near post to block a possible shot from a small angle, when Descartes reversed the ball out of the small penalty area, the angle in front of him suddenly widened, and as far as he could see, Manchester United's back post was blank, Van der Sar was out of reach, and Manchester United's defenders were not in place in time.

Then Descartes made a delicate arc with his left foot, the kind of ball. It's usually shot by left-footed players. However, after several seasons of non-stop practice, Descartes has gradually become proficient with his left foot, and most importantly his excellent football talent and ball sense, which allows him to practice another foot that he does not use often.

This curling ball is beautifully rubbed. Even Van der Sar, who is tall and has long arms, is helpless about it. Rio Ferdinand, another United defender, flew out to try to clear the ball with his long leg barb. Unfortunately, his movements were all useless in the end, and the ball gracefully crossed the goal line in full view of everyone, and gently hit the net on the inside of the goal.

The shot heralded the return of Descartes. It also set off a wave of Arsenal's counterattack.

When this shot was completed, the score on the pitch became 1:2, but there was a subtle change in mentality between the two teams, and the Arsenal players immediately felt that their morale was back, especially when their core returned to normal, and the difference of one goal was nothing in their eyes; On Manchester United's side, the lead of two goals has become a lead of one goal, which is very unsafe, not to mention that at this time, Arsenal is gradually gaining momentum, and they seem to feel a little irresistible.

Despite Ferguson's continued efforts to drum up his hair dryer near the touchline, United were gradually pushed back into their half by Arsenal, especially right midfielder Nani, who almost transformed himself into a shadow of Descartes, and his serious misplacement caused United to become very thin on the right flank, with Clichy and Nasri taking turns attacking Gary. Neves guarded the flank, the 34-year-old captain of the 92 class is no longer young after all, and finally, after holding out for 20 minutes in the second half, his defense zone has fallen again.

This time it was Clichy down the wing, Gary. Neville did his best to make a block, but the veteran captain was clearly a little unable to compete with the pace of the young Klichy, and in the end Klicy got rid of Neville's entanglement before the ball was about to go off the line and sent a very high quality cross.

Van Persie in the middle did not take advantage of the header in the process of competing with Ferdinand, but he successfully interfered with Ferdinand, causing the Manchester United central defender to fail to destroy the ball out of the penalty area, the ball flew high and then went through a scuffle, a foot in the chaos suddenly stretched out and stabbed the ball into the net, and at this time Van der Sar's old eyes were already dazzled, and when the ball rolled into the net, he reacted, and fished out of thin air, but nothing was caught.

After everyone was separated, everyone realized that it was Descartes who scored again, and he refreshed his goal statistics against Manchester United to eight goals in eight games, and also equalized for Arsenal.

When Descartes walked past Nani with his head held high, he said coldly to the Portuguese, "It's 8:1 now, Softie, what are you going to do?" ”

Nani gritted a bite of white teeth, he never expected things to turn so dramatically, just before half-time, they were 2-0 up, scored a goal of their own, and looked like victory was on the horizon, but 20 minutes later, everything was different, Arsenal equalised, morale was boosted, and his team-mates were numb-eyed, looking like they didn't even understand what was going on.

Worst of all, just as Nani was ready to redirect the finger back at the attacking line and shame himself, a whistle suddenly sounded from the sidelines, and then he saw the fourth official and a Manchester United player walking to the sidelines, with signs saying 17 down, 24 up.

Nani wore the number 17 shirt at Manchester United, while the number 24 belonged to Scotsman Fletcher.

Nani couldn't believe his eyes, at such an important juncture, Lord Fu was actually ready to replace himself who was in such a hot state?!

He glanced at Ferguson in disbelief, but the lord didn't have time to pay attention to him, he was pulling Giggs back to the sideline to say something, and at the same time pointing to the field from time to time, it seemed that he was teaching Wang Laoji face to face.

Believe it or not, Nani could only walk off the pitch depressedly under the guidance of the fourth official, and when he passed by Fletcher, the Scotsman was about to give him a high-five, but the absent-minded Nani didn't even bother to raise his hand, which made the interested Scots quite embarrassed, and his face instantly became stinky.

Nani, who returned to the bench, only felt very aggrieved, and he couldn't help but walk up to Lord Fu and ask in a complaining tone: "Why did you replace me?" I've just prepared ......"

"Alright." Lord Fu's eyes were still fixed on the court, and the gum in his mouth continued to chew, he just said coldly: "Remember in the future, stand in your own position, and don't worry about things that shouldn't be in your mind." ”

Ferguson's cold tone made Nani's neck cold, although he was still full of dissatisfaction, but considering the iron-blooded style of Lord Ferguson in the Manchester United team, he could only swallow those complaints back into his stomach, and then returned to the bench sullenly.

Not long after Nani was replaced, Arsenal completed a shocking reversal, Cesc Fabregas's long-range shot from 35 meters away caused a rare break from Van der Sar, Van Persie followed up with the follow-up shot, and Arsenal staged a Jedi counterattack!

The goal also completely broke the morale of the Manchester United team, who were tempted to try to equalise the score, but the morale was exhausted, and Nani, the most active attacking player in the first half, was already on the bench, which made their counter-attack look weak, and if it were not for Van der Sar's shameful and courageous rescue, which saved Arsenal several inevitable counter-attacks in a row, this game Manchester United might have suffered a once-in-a-lifetime massacre in the second half.

Although they did not concede any more goals, the 3:2 score made the league championship look like a new suspense, the league has the last round left, Manchester United is one point ahead, their opponent in the last round is Hull City, and Arsenal's opponent in the last round is Stoke City, theoretically, these two clubs are unlikely to cause any obstacles to the Premier League duo, but the fans who have watched the last ten minutes of this game have to worry about Manchester United, with their panicked performance, whether they can successfully cross the "tiger" of Hull Cityβ€οΌŸ

On the other hand, Arsenal's side, they have the last three games left this season, three are finals, each game decides a title, which is a wonderful thing, but also gives them a lot of pressure, before the season, no one could have imagined that Arsenal could go this far, but now, they are standing outside the threshold of making history, the second treble of the Premier League, will be born this season?

Compared with these gimmicks, what attracted the attention of the media more was the words of Descartes in the post-match press conference.

'I know I disappointed a lot of people in the first half. Descartes was very calm in the face of a reporter's tricky question: "But fortunately Mr. Nani woke me up, he told me not to fight on the court like a soft egg, and I benefited a lot from his words, so I woke up in time for the second half and won a victory for the team, and I need to thank Mr. Nani very much." ”

Descartes' words stunned Lord Fernandes, who didn't know what to say at all, but at this time, a reporter immediately asked the old man's question: "Then what did Nani tell you?" ”

"It's a secret." Descartes smiled slightly, not intending to reveal these discordant words, but at the same time, Ferguson, who was beside him, was even more depressed.

"Nani, you two-and-five!" Lord Fu only felt a wave of anger rushing to his heart, and the reporters on the opposite side could clearly see that Lord Fu's iconic red nose became even redder. (To be continued.) )