Reading is the largest satellite city on the outskirts of London, and the game between Reading and Arsenal is technically a local derby.

It's just that Reading have been mixed in the Championship or League One for many years, and compared to the other three strong teams in London City, their reputation is completely unmatched, so few people will notice this team from the countryside.

Reading, however, had a mad chairman who was very famous in England, John Brown, who was of Polish descent. Majdeski, the 55-year-old billionaire with a net worth of over £300 million, inherited his continued passion for football, and in '98 he independently invested in the construction of Reading's home stadium, which he named after himself.

The stadium, called Majdeski, has a seating capacity of 24,045 fans, which is nothing short of a luxury for a team on the outskirts of the city.

In addition to his passion for football, Majdesky is also very keen on politics, and in addition to being named a local Justice of the Peace for his contributions to Reading, he is also the leader of the Conservative Party, Duncan. One of Smith's main thugs and sponsors, he has no small influence in the Conservative Party.

The crazy chairman brought in Steve in '03. Under Koper's leadership, Reading built a tough team that was also known as the "Forest of Muscles", with a solid defence and a bold style, and after spending the highest price in the club's history to bring in South Korean star Xue Qixuan, they were finally promoted to the Premier League this season, and after 28 games, they finished sixth in the league and had a good chance of qualifying for next season's European competition.

And Reading's most impressive game for fans is probably the iron-clad battle between them and Chelsea in the eighth round of the league.

In the 8th round of the league in October 06, Reading hosted Chelsea, in the game Cech was hit by Reading player Hunt broke his neck, for which he recuperated for most of the season, and in the subsequent game, Chelsea's substitute goalkeeper Cudicini was injured by Reading's Sangao, and injured two goalkeepers in a game, and all of them were seriously injured, Mourinho was simply out of anger.

After the game, he chanted Reading's Hunt as a "murderer" who should be brought to justice.

And it is precisely because of this game that Cech has changed the shadow in his heart, and he must wear a helmet in the future games, and the source of the "Helmet Man" Cech we see now lies in this game.

Despite being criticised by most of the media after the game, Koppel and his Reading had no intention of changing their style of play, with Hunt, who almost broke Petr's neck, even refused to apologise to Petr Cech after the game, claiming it was just a normal collision and he didn't even need to visit Petr Cech in hospital.

Such a tough attitude made Hunt a public enemy at Stamford Bridge, and when Reading visited Stamford Bridge again after Christmas, manager Koper did not even dare to send him on for Hunt's personal safety, allowing him to watch the game from the bench.

With such a tough foe at a crucial moment in the fight for a place in Europe, how could they possibly let Arsenal get out of their hands?

So although this game is Arsenal's home stadium, Reading showed their determination to admit defeat as soon as they started, they built an iron wall in the midfield, and spared no effort to start a strangulation battle with Arsenal in the midfield.

Wenger sent a midfield lineup of Xiaofa, Gilberto, Rosicky, Diaby in this game, Belarusian Hleb is injured again, with a diagnosis, at least 2-3 weeks out of action, and Baptista Although he has occasionally played well in the cup, he has never been able to interact with his teammates in the league, and as the end of the season approaches, Wenger has basically decided to give up on him.

As for the front, Wenger still sent a combination of Henry and Adebayo in this game, facing Reading's rough backline, the experienced Henry and the physically strong Adebayo are obviously more in line with the professor's thinking, as for Van Persie, he seemed to have been a glass man before 09, and he always made the professor love and hate.

So in this game, he can only sit on the bench.

Sitting on the bench with Van Persie is our protagonist Descartes.

Due to the previous two consecutive defeats, Wenger finally couldn't resist the pressure of the fans and ended the ban of some players in the team ahead of schedule, so Diaby and others were able to qualify for the start in this game, as for the three young players who were sent to the reserve team, Bella has not had any chance to play this season, and Walcott's England fritter needs to be beaten well, so Wenger finally chose Descartes, who looked more honest, and continued to keep those two guys in the reserve.

Descartes, who was re-called up to the first team, took this opportunity very seriously, and it was not a good feeling to be sent back from the first team to the reserves, so he had already sworn in his heart that he would never return to that place again in his life, and he must take every opportunity to establish himself in Arsenal.

The process of the game seems to be extremely difficult, although Reading's players are not as skilled as Arsenal's group of stars, but their fighting spirit is very tenacious, they have hoarded 5 midfielders in the central area, so that Arsenal's midfield can not function normally at all, at this time Xiaofa has just taken over Vieira's gun, not the core of the Gunners who performed well later, so he seems to be struggling in Reading's muscle forest.

Without the organization of Xiaofa, Arsenal can only rely on Rosicky and Henry's breakthroughs to create a threat, but Rosicky is also a man who is prone to injury, when the Reading players hit him a few times, he unconsciously began to cringe, so in the end, only Henry was seen on the pitch alone in desperate breakthroughs, and other Arsenal players could not help him at all.

As for Bam Adebayor, who has been picked up by Arsene Wenger this season, the Togolese striker's performances can only be described as mediocre, he can score when the team is doing well, but it is unrealistic to expect him to break the deadlock when the team is performing badly, and his attacking ability is not as strong as his size seems.

The dull game lasted for 45 minutes, and the two sides had to return to the dressing room with a score of 0-0.

Wenger looked a little absent-minded as he walked to the dressing room, thinking about how to break through Reading's bucket formation, because there were too many injured players in the team, Wenger didn't have any good cards in his hand, and the only ones who could make adjustments up front were none other than Van Persie and Descartes.

Van Persie's glass man attribute Wenger couldn't be flattered, he broke his leg in the game with Manchester United at the beginning of the season because of a goal celebration, and it took more than three months to recuperate before resuming the game, and it was during this time that Adebayor was able to quickly rise to the top, and even Descartes got the opportunity to play in the league, facing a team like Reading with a fierce style, Wenger did not dare to let Van Persie play.

But on the other hand, Descartes is also a thin player, although after nearly a season of special intensive training, but his physical innate conditions limit his muscle growth, Descartes' strength has increased a lot compared to when he came, but compared with Reading's fierce muscular men, he is still a little insufficient.

In the final analysis, the professor is afraid that Arsenal can no longer afford to be injured, counting the injured players such as Aria Diere, Hleb, Eboue, etc., there are already 8 players in the first team who are more or less injured, Wenger is now not even able to make up a list, in order to play against a team like Reading, is it worth sending a few more players to the injury list?

Wenger shook his head and walked into the dressing room, who knew that as soon as he entered the door, he heard Henry roaring: "Momentum, we have to show momentum!" You can't let that country team crush you, you know?! ”

As the captain of the team, Henry rarely roars at his teammates, but the team's consecutive defeats during this period of time have put him under heavy pressure, especially after the undefeated teammates left, he has not won the championship for two years, and has lost in the League Cup, FA Cup, and Champions League in the past half month.

The players who heard Henry's roar all hung their heads, and they also knew that the performance of this game was completely like a piece of shit, but Redding's reputation for murder was not in vain, Cech and Kudinic were almost killed, and who else wants to go toe-to-toe with this gang of thugs?

Reading are now sixth in the league, is it really their quality? Of course not, that's because after the Majdesky bloodbath, other teams will have a shadow of psychology when they play against them, and they will lose three points unconsciously, so they can win consecutive games and achieve the best record in the team's 135-year history.

In the face of such a group of outlaws, Arsenal's players will be timid even if they want to rise.

Seeing the heads of his teammates hanging down, Henry's eyes showed a glint of disappointment, he has been with Arsenal for 8 seasons, it was Wenger and Arsenal who turned him from a failed winger to a top goalscorer, he has experienced the peaks of Arsenal and the lows of Arsenal, it can be said that his feelings for this team are as good as five people.

But now that he is 29 years old, according to Arsene Wenger's 39-year-old one-year signing rule, he can only get a short-term contract next year, which has already made him a little unhappy, and the team's poor performance for two consecutive seasons has disappointed him.

Coupled with the fact that the internal disputes within the board of directors have reached the final stage, it is said that David, who has always had a close relationship with him. Dunn was about to be kicked out of the board, and a sense of sadness welled up in Henry's heart.

Perhaps, it's time to leave?

No one noticed the gloom in Henry's eyes, but at this time, a childish voice suddenly came from the dressing room: "We should pass the ball, pass the ball, pass the ball all the time, use the pass to consume their physical strength, and when they can't run, our chance will come!" ”

Everyone was surprised to follow the reputation, but found that it was Descartes, who had just been transferred back to the first team, only to see him standing in front of the tactical board, and said to everyone in a matter-of-fact manner: "Although the opponent's scramble is very fierce, as long as we play the advantage of tacit understanding of the pass, we can easily consume their physical strength, we don't have to rush to attack, as long as they feel tired through continuous passing, the final victory must be ours." ”

His words and childish expression made his teammates want to laugh a little, but chewing on his remarks carefully, I found that what he said is actually very reasonable, Arsenal has always been known for its gorgeous style of play in the Premier League, and their passing and receiving are definitely the top level in the Premier League.

The main reason is that the successive defeats in recent times have made everyone a little unbalanced, and the players are eager to break through the opponent's goal and prove themselves, so they lose patience with passing and rush to the opponent's goal.

In the face of such a simple line of sprints and assaults, Reading's defense is naturally handy.

Descartes' words woke up the dreamers, and many of the Arsenal players looked up, their eyes full of hope again.

Unbeknownst to them, Wenger, who was standing outside the door at this time, heard Descartes' words, and the corners of his mouth curled up with satisfaction.

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PS: It's amazing, what VIP author certification number to enter after the independent shelf, but they didn't tell me any author certification number, nor did they arrange a responsible editor for me, I feel like an orphan that no one cares about, and it's still on the shelf? Today, I can only continue to send public chapters first.,Wait until that thing is clear before opening the VIP chapter.,Gentlemen,Please help the drama to publicize it.,It's up to you~~~.

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