Chapter Eighty-Five: When I Go Home
If 10 to 11 just erased the difference in strength, the score of 2:1 is still satisfactory, the score of 9 to 11 and 2:2 is desperate. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
What's even more unexpected is that the protagonist of this game is not Saul Campbell, nor Patrick Vieira, but Thierry Henry!
This guy who has just arrived at Arsenal and helped the team win the European Champions Cup with a perfect performance, has always appeared in everyone's impression as a good baby, and he rarely even receives a yellow card, let alone a red card.
So when the second red card appeared and the score was equalized, the anger of all the Arsenal people was directed at the referee!
They felt that the team must have been targeted, and there was definitely a conspiracy behind the successive unfavorable decisions, so Henry's actions did not cause an uproar, and the referee became the target of their anger!
Including the Arsenal players, there is no way to face the reality calmly, after the game restarts, everyone is impetuous, mistakes are frequent, if it is not for Lehmann to play well, the reversal is a matter of minutes!
At this time, if there is no substitution, most of the people sitting in the coach's seat are blind.
So in the 72nd minute of the game, the substitution card was lit up, and Arsenal made two substitutions in a row.
Wiltord replaces Bergkamp and Grimindy replaces Ljungberg.
The substitutions are decent, which is very different from Wenger's handwriting, which is to maintain the competitiveness of the team with the strongest fighting power on the bench.
This kind of substitution has lazy leisure, but at this time it is also famous.
10 to 11 at half, 9 to 11 in the last 30 minutes, is a very severe test for everyone's physical strength. Both Bergkamp and Ljungberg are in the stage of recovering from injury, and staying on the pitch at this time is easy to further magnify the losses.
Whether the team can hold on to a point or whether there is any hope of taking the three points away is not in the range, as long as it does not become a turning point in the season.
With the team at an absolute disadvantage, Ljungberg, who was substituted, slowed down his pace and gave his teammates who remained on the pitch a chance to breathe.
But there's one guy who doesn't see it that way!
"Come on, come on, fifteen minutes to go, let's go!"
Youmo was expressionless when Henry went off the field when he was dyed red, and he remained silent after the score was rewritten, but when it seemed like the mountains and rivers were at the end of the day, he suddenly rose up and beckoned all his teammates to come over.
Assembled!
Hearing the call, his teammates suddenly reacted and remembered something!
It was his last race before returning home!
If you lose the game, what's the use of putting the blame on the referee?
His club honour is only missing a Premier League title, and if a game that could have been bloodied is turned into an upset for the opponent, the whole season may be used to pay off the debt!
One can imagine his mood at this time.
Impatience, anger, sadness, worry......
He has brought miracles to this team, to everyone, but can only watch everything in front of him and see no hope?
No!
"One, two, three, come on, come on, come on!"
Pire, Vieira, Ashley Cole, Campbell, Lauren, Lyman, Wiltord and Grimandi, who had just been replaced, gathered silently and looked at the guy with a serious look on his face, as if he could penetrate people's hearts.
Feeling that detachment, the kind of not being happy with things and not being sad with oneself, that my life is up to me......
It seemed like it was just a moment, and it seemed like a whole year had passed, and from head to toe, all emotions had been precipitated.
Their physical strength may have been exhausted, but their faith has never been clearer; Their abilities may not dominate the game, but their attention has never been more focused; They may still have distractions in their heads, but their hearts have never been so longing!
Come on, fight together!
It wasn't until everyone formed a circle that all the words they wanted to say were pinned on the monotonous cheering sound, and the belief sank into the bottom of the heart.
Yes, how difficult the road ahead is?
So the difficult road has been passed, what is in front of you?
Even if he's not there, what's the big deal?
Come on!!!
……
Everyone thought that there was no suspense about 9 to 11, but after seeing the scene that happened in the 75th minute of the game, many people quietly changed their opinions.
They rekindled their expectations and, like those players who didn't say a word, completely ignored the time that slipped away, the self-righteous opponents, and the fearful score.
They don't know what kind of contradictions and collisions are behind everything that happens on the field, but they can feel the power brought by that kind of spiritual baptism.
So what happened next didn't look like a miracle, but like an explosion in a desperate situation, and everything was traceable.
In the 81st minute of the game, Tottenham failed to besiege the ball, and the ball was knocked out by Lehmann's double fists and flew to the left touchline.
It's a high, floating, worthless sideline ball that doesn't seem to be worth sacrificing, but in Pire's eyes, it's an opportunity, an opportunity that opponents won't fight for without reservation!
So he didn't have any reservations from the beginning, and after starting at high speed, the whole person flew out sideways, just to be able to hook the ball before it went out of the sideline!
In the end, he succeeded, he was firmly stuck in position, waiting for the ball to fly out, bypassed his opponent, and in a state of complete loss of balance, with an amazing ball feeling, he hooked the ball back with a light hook of his left toe!
Although he didn't have time to do any protective action, the whole person turned over and fell on the runway; Although it is too late to glance behind him, it is likely that he is making a wedding dress for his opponent; Although he couldn't notify his teammates in advance, maybe he couldn't stand up and continue, but he still didn't have any regrets!
Yes, although he has only been in the team for a year, he has already connected himself to this team and imprinted his soul deeply!
Without any exchange, he used his instincts to make judgments, disrupting the situation and giving his teammates a chance of a half-shot.
Vieira didn't let his team-mate's efforts go to waste, taking the lead in the two-man bag, carrying one on his back and one between his thighs, and protecting the ball with his amazing explosiveness!
The back was hit, the thigh was kicked, and the body shook a little, but the ball was still unharmed, lying quietly in the warm embrace. Like a faint flame, the two Frenchmen protected it with flesh and blood, keeping it safe and sound in the raging waves.
Grimandi was there in time, showing up in the receiving position before his opponent let go, and continuing to pass the flame of hope before his teammates fell to the ground!
The Frenchman, who had just come on the field, was full of energy and clear thinking, and together with Wiltord, who arrived later, he shuttled freely in the opponent's pursuit and interception like two butterflies wearing flowers!
No one knows where their tacit understanding comes from, but everyone can see clearly, it is a kind of heart-to-heart connection, and you don't need to look at each other to know each other's plans, which is dazzling cooperation!
The two did not choose to pass directly forward, not because they didn't want to, but because it didn't work.
In the case of 9 to 11, it is inevitable to retreat on all fronts, even if there is a chance to counterattack, you can't throw a big foot forward, you have to give your teammates time to run to amplify the threat, otherwise it just gives the opponent a chance to continue attacking.
Neither man opted for a wide range of transfers due to their absolute lack of speed, instead using their nimble foot skills to maneuver around their opponents, sometimes with the help of their teammates through return passes. As a result, although there are many Tottenham people, they can't form a siege quickly, but they are led by the nose, and the more anxious they are, the easier it is to leave a vacancy.
After more than half a minute, the two played from left to right, and then from right back to left, Wiltord took the ball, took a step horizontally, lifted his thigh, and the ball crossed a crescent moon and flew towards the opponent's right half!
There's a guy there!
Since the central defender is not a position that requires a lot of physical exertion, You Mo has not yet reached the limit, and such a long time is enough for him to run two rounds. However, since his teammates are on the rise, he is also happy to be idle and can take a good breath.
Although it was a little sad to watch the pas de deux stir up the audience......
In fact, as a central defender, he rushed to the front line at this time and took some risks. In the unlikely event that a team-mate miscoordinates, or fails to see his movement, or fails to pass the ball, his choice will leave the team at the back of the air and leave the opponent to take advantage of it. But in his opinion, the game is not over yet, there is no need to hang the result in his heart, since there is a rare opportunity to rewrite the score, is it a pity to miss it?
What if you lose?
To have this experience of fighting side by side, it is worth losing!
So when he saw Wiltord open the air and the ball was about to take off, his slow pace suddenly accelerated, the energy hidden in his body spurted out, and the two legs were like two engines at the moment of starting, and the whole person slammed forward, appearing under the ball without warning!
This ability to seize opportunities is usually used in front of the door, which is a bit of a luxury at this time. Fortunately, this thing has rested long enough, and the mood is unprecedentedly refreshing, luxury is luxury, anyway, it will be a month before I return to this battlefield again.
His opponent was confident that he would remove the threat at the first time, but before he could fully jump, a red lightning bolt swept through him, leaping upwards before the ball had completely fallen, and a monkey picking a peach slipped away with the ball!
Fast, too fast, not at all a level, so that the originally advantageous position did not play a role at all, and it was too late to foul, and I could only watch him whizz past in front of me!
One!
After that, it's a single knife!
The Tottenham defense line was not so careless, but if 11 to 9 could not be taken, it was really unreasonable, and it was a waste to leave too many people in the backfield. Coupled with the fact that the Arsenal players were not threatening back and forth, the whole team fell into a frenzied scramble after losing possession, and the formation had no intention of being recycled.
Until this moment, everyone's hearts are cold!
He's not Henry, he's a real killer, unstoppable when he goes crazy, and can use any part of his body as a weapon in order to kill with one hit!
If you want to stop this kind of guy in this state, no guard has the confidence to do it except for fouls. Looking at the guys speeding in such an open area, and watching the originally safe distance between the two quickly shorten, all Tottenham people couldn't help it.
Foul, what the hell are you hesitating about!
What about the red card, there are still more than ten meters away from the penalty area!
What if you are sent off, as long as the score is not rewritten, revenge is considered a success!
In fact, these thoughts are purely YY, in the tense competition, in the state of high-speed movement, all judgments are instinctive, even if the brain is running fast, it takes time to correct the body's wrong instructions. Tottenham's last defender was in a good position, while the opposition was slightly out of position and had a longitudinal distance, so there was no need to send him off with a red card from any point of view.
As a result, driven by instinct, the safe distance between the two quickly slipped away, and if you want to foul again, you can only use the bad action of tackling behind you, which is a bad action in addition to a red card and an additional suspension.
Fortunately, it was a derby, and no matter how bad the action was, it would be appreciated and supported by some people, so the Tottenham player did not miss a second chance, and after driving side by side for a distance, he fell to the ground, his right leg stretched out, and blocked the opponent's forward path!
Unexpectedly......
How could You Mo be defenseless!
He has long passed the stage of dribbling with his head down, especially this kind of straight dribble that does not need to change direction, except for the occasional moment of touching the ball to observe the position of the ball, the rest of the time he looks up to observe. So when the longitudinal distance between the two was smoothed out, and there was nothing else to do but foul, the frequency of the feet quickly accelerated, the right foot poked forward, the left foot kicked on the ground, the body jumped up, and the whole person jumped out like a wild horse!
It can still be accelerated!
9 to 11, it has reached the last ten minutes of the game, it has been a long journey of more than 50 meters, and it has already used amazing explosiveness to get rid of an opponent once, and it can still accelerate?
Will there still be suspense?
No, the real suspense is the ending of the game.
After falling behind 2:3, Tottenham launched a more crazy long pass rush + high pressing, and the balls flying in the sky caused frequent collisions on the ground, and everyone was fighting with flesh and blood, bleeding, and suffocating all the spectators!
The nine-man Arsenal side survived the toughest stage with great tenacity, and the decisive moment came in the 90th minute when the final substitution was used up.
It is still the combination of Wiltord + Grimandi, and the two have taken on all the organizational tasks to ensure the team's attacking power to the greatest extent. The rise of the two-person killing this time, the continuous cooperation crossed the midfield, and it was like a straight smashing Huanglong!
In fact, it is still a fake, and the real killer needs time to catch his breath.
Unfortunately, this time the two men's plan did not succeed, and Tottenham killed all threats with foul tactics, giving Arsenal a free kick opportunity four or five meters from the halfway point.
With the score leading and time running out, there was no quick free kick this time.
Although You Mo wanted to replicate the magic of the first round of the Champions League group stage, his teammates' thinking did not keep up, so he could only follow the rules.
Unexpectedly, the Tottenham team, who was eager to equalize, was not well defended, and actually left enough space to gallop in the area he was most familiar with!
So Wiltord's free-kick landed exactly on the right side of the penalty area, giving him an easy chance to get off the ground!
The angles are small and require a lot of precision to grasp the fleeting opportunity!
Can it be done?
No problem!
The fully awakened body reached its peak state before touching the ball, and all the movements were done in one go, every minute and every second, and it was not cool at all!
The ball followed a seemingly impassable route, used speed to cross the goalkeeper's five-finger barrier, and hit the post into the net!
4:2!
It's time to go home again.