Chapter 22: The Style of the Sword

Originally, I was going to use the idiom "one goal to fame" for the title of this chapter, but I found that almost all football novels cannot do without this title, and it is even more common than the cabbage on the bad street, so I decided to use a title that is a little more ancient, and please congratulate everyone on finally becoming a title party.

From David Beckham's 45-metre lob shot from a six-metre radius to Carlos' arc-shaped free-kick, from Owen's powerful strike against Argentina to Bierhoff's first golden goal in European Championship history, these stars have all become famous after a game and have since become idols in the hearts of thousands of fans.

In Arsenal's opponent team, there is also a "goal fame" players who make their hearts ache - in the 2002-2003 season, 17-year-old Rooney was born, in the tenth round of the Premier League Everton against Arsenal in the game, Rooney scored in the final stage of the game, breaking Arsenal's 30-round unbeaten golden body, and also made himself England's new "golden boy".

This is the most recent case of "one-goal fame" between the two teams, and in fact, in such a world-renowned strong confrontation, the probability of one-goal fame is the largest.

As the so-called feng shui rotates, who will you go to this year?

Descartes' appointment made him the center of attention.

In previous matches, England fans have known the 17-year-old Italian teenager through the media, his dribbling is not fancy, and his speed is not as fast as the wind, but the fans who really see him play will be impressed by his ability to handle football reasonably, although Descartes has not yet become a star like Henry Ronaldo, but has already occupied a place in the hearts of fans.

Especially in the last League Cup, after Descartes played, Arsenal and Liverpool scored 9 goals in the second half together, which was simply a feast for the fans, and as a member of the winners, Descartes was also firmly remembered by the media and fans.

It's just that I didn't expect that after 11 days, Descartes was once again in danger, appearing in the Premier League, appearing in a game like Arsenal and Manchester United.

Could this be the myth of a one-goal fame?

Descartes' first touch of the ball thrilled Arsenal fans and made Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson frown.

He replaced the "black and hard" Adebayo, and in such a game, the professor still did not dare to replace the King of Highbury, so he chose to sacrifice the Togolese striker, who was also unsuccessful.

The first time Descartes touched the ball was when he received a through ball from Gilberto behind him.

At this time, he had his back to Manchester United's goal, at least ten or twenty meters away from the penalty area, and because Manchester United compressed the midfield, the entire backfield and forward line were retracted to the middle, so their defenders pressed a lot, and Silvestre was behind Descartes.

Silvester is 1.84m tall and weighs 83kg, and he was in very good form in today's game, and he had already built up a lot of confidence by letting Adebayo, who is 1.9m tall and weighs 75kg, fail several times in the previous half.

Seeing Wenger suddenly change to a thin "little dot", Sylvester couldn't help but be full of disdain in his heart, he rushed up at the first time before Descartes received the ball, clinging to Descartes to not give him a chance to turn around, and then stared at the rolling ball, ready to poke the ball away from behind.

Descartes, who is 1.73 meters tall and weighs only about 60 kilograms, is not taken seriously by him at all.

And Silvestre's close defense did bring great difficulties to Descartes' catching this time, if it weren't for the physical training for more than half a year after coming to the Premier League, he wouldn't be able to withstand the big black man behind him at the moment, in this case, let alone catching the ball, he even seemed extremely difficult to stand firm.

But even this could not stop Descartes' inspiration, and since he couldn't get the ball, it was better not to have it. Descartes took two steps towards the rolling ball, and then, just as he was about to touch it, he flicked the forefoot of his left foot, and the ball jumped obediently, sliding through a wonderful arc and running behind the entire United defence.

It was a strange pass that scared the United backline, and it was unbelievable that no one, including Silvestre, could see how Descartes was able to get the ball behind him.

Unfortunately, even Descartes' teammates didn't expect the ball, and Henry waited until the ball hit the ground before reacting, desperately accelerating to scramble, but the ball was already firmly stuck in Ferdinand's preemptive destruction.

The goal sent a scare strike at the back, Arsenal fans chanting and Ferguson from chewing on his gum from the dugout.

Ferguson was also involved in the offer for Descartes, so of course he knew what kind of strength this little guy had, but he didn't expect that in just half a year, Descartes had grown to such a point. If the ball just now had been replaced by Descartes before coming to the Premier League, he would not have been able to touch the ball at all, and Sylvester could easily squeeze him away.

Lord Ferdez knew Descartes' strengths, and naturally he also understood his shortcomings, in fact, pressing Descartes close to him was his instructions to Manchester United's defenders, and he knew very well what methods should be used to make Descartes feel uncomfortable with his weak body.

But I didn't expect Wenger to have found a countermeasure first, and his physical fitness enhancement training for Descartes was to deal with the high-intensity physical confrontation of Premier League opponents, and Descartes's flash of inspiration just now also made Lord Fernandes afraid, if Henry's start was a little faster......

Thinking of this, Lord Ferguson already has a plan to retreat the back line, but it is only less than 70 minutes, and it is not the time to fully retreat, so he plans to observe again, if Descartes can always pass such a penetrating pass, he will let the back line withdraw near the penalty line, if it turns out that Descartes just ran into a dead mouse just now, then he should not easily give up the midfield, continue to play with Arsenal in a place far from the danger zone of the penalty area.

After all, there is no shortage of famous players in the Arsenal squad, and if the defensive line is placed on the penalty line, any mistake can be fatal.

And it was Ferguson's brief hesitation that brought great damage to Manchester United.

With 75 minutes to play, Arsenal was still attacking with all their might, but Manchester United had two tough guys in the midfield, Park Ji-sung and Smith, who did not take advantage of it, and after returning again and again in vain, Arsenal chose more through the game, hoping to break the deadlock through the individual abilities of Henry and Descartes.

After another failed attack by Manchester United, Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann kicked the ball off with a big kick, and Cesc Fabregas finally got to the ball before Park Ji-sung did, but the ball landed a little crookedly and headed straight for the sideline of Manchester United's left back.

Manchester United's left-back Heinze remembered Lord Ferdin's words and didn't get involved too much in this game, so now he was closest to the goal, and he looked back and didn't see a Manchester United player behind him, so he slowly ran towards the ball, ready to wait for the ball to appear before sending the sideline, so that he could delay for another minute or two.

However, just as he was about to catch up with the ball, his defensive partner Sylvestre suddenly shouted "Be careful" from behind him! Heinze's heart sank, and he hurriedly opened his arms to jam the position, and then firmly protected the ball.

But a foot hooked the ball back from his crotch, and then stabbed it lightly into the front, and then a strong wind blew through his ear.

Heinze hurriedly looked up and chased after him, only to see a big No. 18 Arsenal shirt passing in front of his eyes, it was the Italian boy from Arsenal.

Heinze, who felt his mistake, hurriedly rushed to catch up, and since Descartes was not very fast, he caught up with Descartes near the corner line.

However, Descartes never meant to cross, he was frequently watching the flanking in the middle, but Henry was competing with Ferdinand and Sylvester for speed, and the outflanking was not in place, so he had to stop near the corner spot and then make a smash motion.

It was supposed to be a stop-and-go action, but Heinze behind him made up for it, thinking that he wanted to cut into the middle, so he slid and tackled it without thinking.

Fortunately, the ball was hooked by the inside of Descartes' foot, and Heinze's sliding shovel did not cause damage, but he himself slid directly in front of Descartes because he rushed too hard, and Descartes suddenly had only a smooth road left in front of him!

Descartes certainly wouldn't refuse Heinze's gift, and he slotted the ball forward and strode into the box.

At this time, Ferdinand and Silvestre also returned to the defense, and in the face of Heinze's mistake, the two United central defenders were shocked, and Silvestre rushed up to block the eye, while Ferdinand took a few steps forward and stuck Henry firmly behind him.

Descartes didn't panic in the face of Sylvester's fierce pounce, he made a simplified version of the bicycle movement, and then took advantage of Silvestre's confusion to suddenly take the ball to the baseline, and then delicately passed a high ball straight to the back of the goal.

The ball was so brilliant that even the 1.97m-tall Van der Sar couldn't reach the ball even with all his might, and the ball began to fall sharply after crossing Van der Sar's 10-finger barrier, just a metre away from the goal line.

In the face of this kind of pass, Ferdinand only felt that one head was two big, and he definitely didn't dare to use his head to top it, because this ball could turn into an own goal as soon as he touched it, so he could only reluctantly choose to use a difficult barb to clear the siege.

Unfortunately, this time Henry was one step ahead of him, because Henry only needed to stick his head slightly, and the ball obediently flew into the goal.

The goal immediately ignited the Gunners fans in the stands, with fireworks flying in the sky, fans in the audience singing songs about King Highbury and, of course, some fans not forgetting to give praise to Descartes.

Even the Arsenal commentator Alain on the sidelines. Green also lamented the goal: "As far as I know, this is probably the easiest goal Henry has scored in the last two years, right? ”

King Highbury finally showed his smile after the goal, and he ran to the sidelines to interact with the crowd in the stands, while not forgetting to pull Descartes over and introduce the new Gunners to everyone.

The score on the field is finally back to square one.

After that goal, the old and spicy Ferguson finally smelled danger, and he did not hesitate to go to the sidelines to give instructions to his players, and United stepped up their attacks again in the closing stages of the game.

This is Lord Ferguson's style, this is the blood surname of Manchester United, no matter at any time and place, Ferguson will never bow to anyone, others may think that they will be satisfied with taking away a point in Highbury, but Lord Ferguson will not, his dialogue with Arsene Wenger, there is no compromise, only fighting.

In order to further strengthen the attack, Ferguson replaced Alan Smith and replaced Carrick, who still had a slight injury.

Manchester United, who re-launched the offensive banner, quickly sobered up the Arsenal people from their ecstasy, and they continued to make exquisite cooperation in the front, and finally Cristiano Ronaldo pulled out his foot and shot angrily outside the line of the big penalty area, and the ball hit the goal beam with a "thump", which also made the Arsenal fans on the scene tremble three times.

In the 85th minute, they made a comeback, Rosicky won the ball on the side, shook Carrick and Gary Neville in succession, cut to the middle of the penalty area, faced the blocking Ferdinand, he chose an imaginative lob shot, Van der Sar desperately chased back, and finally relied on his slender height to lift the ball before it was about to fall into the crossbar.

The back and forth between the two sides added a lot of brightness to the last ten minutes of the game.

But watching the time pass minute by minute, although the two teams played beautifully, they were never able to rewrite the score, and the game seemed to have entered injury time.

In the 92nd minute, Arsenal once again scored Manchester United's half, because there were still the last minute or two of the game, Manchester United also chose to defend all the way at this time, although unwilling, but to take a point from Highbury, they are not unacceptable.

But then King Highbury stepped forward.

Thierry Henry dropped back to get the ball and took advantage of Scholes's lack of marking, slammed off his stride and forced a breakthrough, Carrick, Park Ji-sung, Gary Neville, and Henry used his windy speed to get around the four United players before suddenly kicking a cold shot from outside the box.

This ball is flat and fast, it is the goalkeeper's least favorite to stick to the ground, Van der Sar is tall and long-legged, but the reaction is extremely fast, in the face of this sudden god gate he immediately bent over, and fished out the ball before the ball rolled into the dead corner, but between the lightning and flint, a red and white figure suddenly appeared in Van der Sar's field of vision, and before he could see who it was, the crisp impact sound had echoed in his ears.

Immediately after that, there was a "swish" of the net behind him, and the football was once again sent to the door of Manchester United!

Amid the frantic cheers of 45,000 fans, a young man in white stood proudly at the gate of Manchester United, his eyes full of power, and under the illumination of the lights, Van der Sar, who was lying on his back on the ground, was suspicious.