Chapter Seventy-Nine: An Upstart Is an Upstart
In the 11th minute of the second half, Arsenal attacked on the flank, Theo Walcott's clever pass to Sagna broke through to the edge of the line, Bendtner showed his rare blood in the process, he interfered with Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany's clearance, and then in the chaos in the Manchester City penalty area, Descartes fought for the ball and stabbed the ball into the Manchester City goal.
There is nothing to say about this goal, it is just a natural work after Arsenal suppressed Manchester City's attack, and this goal also fully exposed the gap between the two clubs: despite spending a lot of money to buy many stars, Manchester City has always lacked a superstar who can make a decisive decision, but on Arsenal's side, Descartes is on the road to becoming such a superstar.
If that goal wasn't enough to tell the story, Arsenal's second goal made the gap even more apparent.
After conceding a goal, the Manchester City players realized that they could not defend like this anymore, they contracted the defensive line too tightly at the beginning, and there was almost no distance between the two lines of defense between the back and the back, such a defense could not be long, otherwise the nerves of the back line would be highly tense, and when the tension suddenly broke, the team would collapse.
So they moved the formation forward a little bit under the command of Toure, the core of the rear.
But it was this mention that made them fall into the abyss again.
In the 25th minute of the game, just 14 minutes after the last goal, Arsenal once again got a chance in the heart of Manchester City, this time it was Nasri's breakthrough from the left side, under the continuous cover of Bendtner and Descartes, Nasri dribbled the ball diagonally from the left side to the middle, when Toure came up and was ready to cut off his route to continue with the ball, Nasri handed the ball to Descartes, and then quickly rushed to the penalty area, Descartes was quick with his eyes, and a non-stop ball hit the wall to penetrate the Manchester City defense, Nasri didn't wait for the ball to stop, and he kicked it with the instep of his foot, and the ball slid past Joe Hart's fingertips with a slight arc, and Arsenal achieved a 2:1 lead!
The goal was a great example of the star's individual skills in the game, from Nasri's diagonal breakthrough to Descartes' wall-to-wall coordination, all the steps were clear and clear, and the Manchester City defenders could easily guess what they were going to do next, but even so, the Manchester City defence could not stop the ball, because Nasri and Descartes were one step ahead of them everywhere, and they did a flawless and flawless pass or break.
The heavy sword has no edge, and the great ingenuity does not work.
Football matches are like that, there are a lot of goals, you can guess the end almost by looking at the beginning, but when you are there, you suddenly find that you just can't crack it, because the opponent is faster, more accurate than you, more stable than you.
In the final analysis, the game of football is still based on basic movements, stopping, passing, shooting, and that's all there is to it, and whoever can do these basic actions perfectly will be able to become a superhuman star.
Arsenal are lucky to have players like Descartes and Nasri, while Manchester City can only lament that their gold is scattering in the wrong direction, buying all second-rate goods, bullying and bullying the weak team is good, once they meet the real giants, they will quickly show their feet.
And this goal also completely crushed the confidence of the Manchester City team to win, they now don't even want to attack, just want to hold the back line well, and strive not to lose by a big score, so under the leadership of Toure, they originally pressed out of the formation and shrunk back, judging from the situation on the field, they have surrendered.
The Arsenal fans immediately let out earth-shattering boos, since Adebayor's provocation in the first half, the fans have hated the Togolese along with Manchester City, and now they see them as shrunken turtles, of course, they have to use the most presumptuous ridicule to relieve the depression in their hearts, what about money? Is it great to have money? If you have money, you won't be beaten by us in the same way!
An upstart is a nouveau riche, how can it compete with a team like Arsenal with a rich background!
In fact, the players of the Manchester City team don't know that Arsenal is already very weak at this time, although Eboue, Bendtner and others are substitutes in Arsenal, but in their respective national teams, they are still indispensable main figures, these people have also participated in previous national team games, their physical strength is estimated to be only slightly better than Rosicky and others sitting on the bench, if Manchester City can be tough to the end, risking their lives to let go of their hands and feet to attack, Arsenal weren't necessarily able to withstand their fire in the final twenty minutes.
It's a pity that Manchester City lacks the confidence and heritage of the giants. Hughes is not Ferguson either, he still can't get rid of the peasant mentality of small riches and small losses, so he missed the opportunity to upset Arsenal away from home, and also missed the opportunity to change his determination to change the manager in front of owner Mansour.
After this game, Manchester City finally made an official statement, given that Mark. Hughes was unable to meet the expected goals and was summarily dismissed in London, and the team will be led by assistant coach Andrise Hughes. Colwill took over for the time being until they found their next head coach.
As for who is the next head coach? There is media speculation that it is likely to be the black swan Rijkaard, who has just left Barcelona, and some people speculate that Hiddink is a disgraced departure from Chelsea, of course, there are also media guesses that it is Mancini, who advocated voluntary resignation at the press conference, in short, no matter which way it is said, Manchester City will have another change next season is certain, those famous European black shops, such as Porto, have begun to calculate who of their players will be favored by the oil boss from the Middle East, and how many euros should be slaughtered for him at that time.
Even if everyone has been trained enough in the golden storm of manager Abou and boss Mansour, when Manchester City's backstage boss really made a move, the whole world was still shocked, because his big deal this time completely shocked the entire football world - 100 million euros, package to buy Arsenal's Fabregas, Nasri and Descartes!
When Wenger heard the news, he almost suffered a heart attack and was admitted to the hospital, and when he came to his senses, he jumped to his feet and began to scold in his office, as for the content of the scolding, it really damaged the professor's personable image over the years, we will not describe it much, but the general meaning is only one: let those copper-smelling Arabs go back to the Middle East to sell oil!
And Wenger has the same mind as Barcelona, which has roughly reached a personal agreement with Fabregas, I heard that the handsome man Mansour in the Middle East suddenly had a mind about Xiaofa, Laporta was so anxious that even his underwear fell off, Fabregas is a weapon he uses to win voters and compete for next year's Barcelona presidential election, how can he watch being snatched away by others?
So Laporta made a rather brainless decision, he leaked the agreement between Barcelona and Arsenal in advance, claiming that Barcelona had reached an agreement with Arsenal on the transfer of Cesc Fabregas, and Xiaofa would transfer to Barcelona after the end of the season.
This Laporta has stabbed the hornet's nest of Arsenal fans, and Xiaofa has been sold?
In fact, this news has not been confirmed within Arsenal, only Wenger and the personnel involved in the transfer negotiations know the specific situation, Wenger originally in order not to affect the morale of the team, the news has been covered up until the end of the season, but he did not expect that he met Laporta, a pig friend of his teammates, he had to come forward to accept the Arsenal fans' questioning.
Arsenal fans are quite outraged by the news, the team is empty-handed every year, and the talent produced is flowing out one after another, from Patrick Vieira to Thierry Henry, from Bam Adebayor to Cesc Fabregas, is this kind of selling method to prove that Wenger has lost his ambition and is ready to embark on the path of the academy training center?
Arsenal fans only accept the championship and nothing else!
In order to appease the morale of Arsenal fans, Wenger has racked his brains in the past few days, and in the end, he had to hate Laporta, a fool, in private.
In the end, the matter had to be settled by the two captains of Arsenal together, and Descartes and Cesc Fabregas joined hands in a public interview, in which Fabregas confessed his thoughts and told the Arsenal fans that he returned to Barcelona for love and not for anything else, he prayed for the blessings of the Arsenal fans, and as for the core problems of the team after his departure, Cesc Fabregas solemnly introduced Descartes next to him.
'He's a better fit to be a leader than I am, and I can leave Arsenal because of him, I hope you believe in him as much as I do, support him, and he won't let you down!' Fabregas had a very high opinion of Descartes, perhaps a faint hint that some people were leaving, and his words were kind.
But Descartes will not be so polite, since Henry left when he was already working hard to become the leader of Arsenal, to this point, it can be said that he has been prepared, so his speech is also full of confidence: "Arsenal is a great club, we will not lose the ambition of winning the title because of the lack of any player, I spoke to Francisco, he left because of his affection for Barcelona, I think we should respect his decision, I would like to assure you that even if Francisco leaves, we will still move towards the championship, and I will work tenfold or hundredfold to fulfill my promise today! ”
The positive call of the captain and vice captain is obviously not to be underestimated, and the most important thing is that Descartes expressed his determination to stay at Arsenal and has great confidence in the championship, which has given Arsenal fans a little more sense of security, you know, Descartes has actually replaced the core position of the injured Xiaofa in the middle of this season, and his performance is obvious to all, as long as he is still there, Arsenal fans do not have to worry about the team's record.
Before you know it, Descartes has become a fixture in the Arsenal dressing room and fans.
After this public interview and the unremitting efforts of the Arsenal staff, the farce of Cesc Fabregas leaving finally subsided, and about the initiator of this matter, the nouveau riche Manchester City tycoon, Wenger is not even interested in faxing back, what does he think of Arsenal, Manchester City reserves? Did he think that if he lacked any players, he would just go to the Arsenal supermarket and pick up the goods? Arsenal is not a broken house like Ajax, and needs to sell players to make ends meet, 100 million euros? Let's go while playing!
Sure enough, Manchester City seems to understand that after a series of farces, they can't get the three players of Arsenal, but the Middle East tycoon has not given up, and he can't get Cesc Fabregas, Descartes and Nasri; What, Descartes has already made a public statement to stay at Arsenal? That's okay, if you don't get Descartes, you can do Nasri......
During this inquiry, the French have been silent, Wenger did not have the heart to think about this problem, but Manchester City's Athletic Department noticed, so they sent someone to London secretly......
In addition to Laporta, who sold his teammates, the thing that made Wenger worry was of course the next Champions League quarter-final against Villarreal.
Villarreal is by no means an underdog, and the Love Song Stadium is not a good place to enter, in fact, the Yellow Submarine is currently on the tail end of their prime, although Romy (don't tell me you don't know who it is) and Diego. Forlan is the two leading stars, but Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini still brought the team to the fifth place in the league and the top eight of the Champions League. Pire.
The former member of the French national team was once part of Arsenal's unbeaten division, and his quality is certainly clear to Wenger, although he is now quite old, but Wenger does not think that Pire has lost his threat, on the contrary, with his grudge with Arsenal, he is likely to fight back at the Love Song Stadium, which is a dangerous figure to guard against.
In addition to Pire, Villarreal's other midfielders also have a lot of background, Cazorla, who later transferred to Arsenal, Senna, the chief defender of the Spanish national team, and Ibargasa, who was selected for the Argentine national team, these are all good players that cannot be ignored, although the outside world believes that Arsenal will have the upper hand in this series, but also believes that Villarreal has the potential to cause an upset, especially after Arsenal broke the rumors that Cesc Fabregas will leave the team after the season. The peripheral handicap has been lowered by several percentage points in a row, and Arsenal's current promotion handicap is only 1.47, which is not much higher than Villarreal's 1.66.
This big war is imminent. (To be continued.) )