Chapter 10: The Real Fight to Fame
In the end, Mr. Swell could only smile bitterly and comfort Ferdinand with words, after all, he was not shameless enough to take off Ferdinand's shorts in front of dozens of cameras to help him check "Little Ferdinand", although the old man is old, but after all, he still needs to be faced.
However, Ferdinand's worries could not be eliminated, if it weren't for the deep resentment towards Descartes, he would have been on the way to the hospital by now, and the thought of the heart-rending pain before, Ferdinand couldn't help but shudder, and at the same time fierce hatred welled up in his heart, fortunately his little brother now looks like nothing unusual except for a little redness and swelling on the outside, otherwise he and Descartes would really become enemies of life and death.
The two teams that made changes in the midfield quickly entered the state as soon as the second half began, and after Arsenal changed to 451, the overall feeling was a lot more organized, although they did not have a closed training camp in the 451 formation before the season, but in the past few seasons they will play more or less in such a formation, so they are no strangers to 451, coupled with Descartes's transition and attraction in the frontcourt, Van Persie, Ramsey and Walcott behind him have also played well.
Comparatively speaking, Manchester United's attack is indeed weaker. After Song occupied the middle of the court, whether it was Nani who cut inside or Rooney who pulled out, neither he could get any bargains from him, as for Owen...... Sometimes we have to sigh that time is fleeting, the face is easy to age, and what about the once peerless elegance, now it has turned into yellow flowers all over the ground. The "wind-like boy" of the year has really fallen in the wind now.
Of course, Manchester United still has a wing, but every time Park Ji-sung plays, it seems that the role of defense is more than attack, he has not scored double-doubles in seven seasons at Manchester United, and everyone is still very relieved about his firepower, coupled with the suppression of the fast Walcoat on the side, Park Ji-sung can only help Evra barely resist now. Occasionally, he gets to fill in the gaps for Scholes and Carrick. Offensively, he has been completely ignored.
Ferguson's idea was to constantly draw Arsenal players into the attack, and then use Paul Scholes and Carrick's play. Hit a counterattack or two by surprise. Fatal Arsenal in one blow.
Compared to Arsenal, who are constantly adjusting the squad and even the formation before the start of the season. Ferguson's players have been working together for many years and don't know each other anymore, so his purpose for this game is simple. In order to win the championship and avenge the double kill last season, compared with Manchester United, which is bent on revenge, Arsenal pays more attention to the integration of players and the adjustment of the formation, so although they found Manchester United's highly targeted style of play, they still did not make any changes.
Although Arsenal had some upper hand in possession, United's seven-player defence was also impregnable and did not give them any chances, and even Descartes almost broke his leg with all his might, but could not break the situation for Arsenal.
There was a more important reason why Descartes was unable to make a contribution, and that was that he met a preoccupied Ferdinand.
Leo. Rio Ferdinand, born in November 1978 in Camberwell, London, England, debuted at West Ham United in 95, and then moved to Leeds United and Manchester United, creating the highest defender transfer value in world football at that time.
The neurotic player, who became one of the best centre-backs in the world at Manchester United and has since been elected captain of the England men's team, has undoubtedly been the 'first brother' in England's backline, and even Terry, who has a more ageing Chelsea face, has not been able to shake his place in the national team.
It's just that this guy really likes to desert in the game, last season Manchester United played Liverpool away, the Red Army scored three, so that the old man lost in the place where he didn't want to lose, Ferdinand's performance in that game was simply a disaster, he was completely overwhelmed under the impact of Torres and Gerrard, and he was even more young than the little girl who had just come out to sell, and as a result, the old man was furious after the game, and almost didn't stuff him directly into the reserves.
And in this game, the ball he injured was actually caused by his own carelessness. In Manchester United's tactical system, Vidic marked, he dragged back, this is the iron rule set by the old man, when the two and the opposing players are almost far away, he should take a step back to defend the back, let Vidic pounce forward without any worries, but unfortunately his brain cramped for a while, and pounced with Vidic, if it weren't for his excellent physical fitness, long legs and quick reaction, Van Persie's shot at that time would not have been able to react at all, let alone block.
As a result, after being injured, Ferdinand's mind was really unpredictable, and Van Persie, who directly caused him to be injured, could only rank second on his blacklist, but it was Descartes who was inexplicably shot and became his uncommon enemy, this guy's brain is indeed slightly different from ordinary people.
Now it is different, when Ferdinand dealt with Descartes as if he were a murderer of his father, Descartes finally felt the pressure of one of the best central defenders in the world, Ferdinand was so physical, strong, fast, and accurate that he almost forced him to the point where he had to avoid the edge for a while.
When Descartes couldn't get his feet up front, Arsenal's attack was hampered, Ramsey was too young after all, and under the alternating care of Paul Scholes and Carrick, he was full of momentum, but he was like a fist in cotton, and he couldn't use his strength.
Arsenal's biggest fixtures were on the flanks during this period, with Arshavin on the left immediately showing his performance at the European Championships. Frequent breakthroughs have left United's new Nen Rafael almost defenseless, and if it weren't for Carrick's frequent drop-back assistance, Arshavin alone could have burst the entire right side of Manchester United.
Walket on the other side is not far behind, after a few seasons of tempering, Walcott is no longer the super sports car that only has acceleration gear and no brakes, he can now at least do the combination of movement and static, and initially master the rhythm, plus his main goal in this game is not to cross the bottom, but to seize every opportunity to go straight to the middle, which also makes his cross quality is not well covered. Under his furious advance. Not to mention Patrice Evra, even Park Ji-sung often had to run back to his penalty area with him.
With the two wings at the same time, although there was a little problem in the middle, Arsenal still gradually suppressed Manchester United in attack. Ten minutes into the game. Once again, United's formation was largely pushed back into the half. Even Wayne Rooney had to retreat to the back to get the ball often, otherwise he wouldn't even have a chance to touch the ball.
Seeing that the war situation is erosive, Lord Fu is not the indecisive Wenger. He made a quick change, and another veteran of the old and strong team, Ryan Giggs, was called on to replace the tired Park Ji-sung, and the old gentleman hoped that at least one change would be able to salvage the situation and not let the team be completely contained.
Giggs's appearance really had the desired effect, compared with Park Ji-sung, who is conscientious but has limited talent, Wang Laoji just stopped there, which made the previously unscrupulous Walcott and Sagna have a guess, after several repeated temptations, Walcott finally had to put away his arrogant face, and honestly returned to the side to assist Sania to defend, Giggs replaced the defense with attack, and hit Arsenal's dead hole at once, so that the team finally saved a city on the left side.
But no one expected that Arsenal's goal would come when Manchester United gradually recovered the situation.
This time it was Arshavin's assault on the left wing, when Walcott's side was dumb, the Russian "Tsar" became Arsenal's last fast lane, the immature Rafael was nearly 27 years old under the rule of the "Tsar", after all, it still seemed that the heat was not enough, he was broken through again in defense, resulting in Arshavin and a flat trip to Manchester United's bottom line.
This is where the older players are experienced, Arshavin did not cut inside according to the previous routine this time, but went straight to the bottom line with a thunderous ringing bell, which killed Manchester United's defense by surprise, Ferdinand, who was still standing on the inside and waiting for him to cut inside, was thrown away several positions at once, looking at Descartes who was constantly looking for an empty seat next to him, Ferdinand had to grit his teeth and throw him away, and flew to Arshavin.
As a result, Arshavin's pass came at the moment when Ferdinand saved, and when Ferdinand pounced forward and Vidic was not in place, a brief gap appeared in front of Descartes, and the veteran Arshavin handed the ball to Descartes at this moment, creating a golden opportunity for him.
Descartes certainly didn't hesitate to laugh at such an opportunity, he raised his left foot high and it looked like a thunderous volley, Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar nervously lowered his body, and he was even ready to be hit by a cannonball.
But at this time, another defender of Manchester United Vidic desperately threw his body out, he slid behind him like a forklift, his feet raised high, in order to block Descartes' shot.
If Descartes is a little "smarter" at this time, as long as he moves his foot lightly and lets Vidic hang up, this ball is an undisputed penalty + red card, because Vidic not only tackles behind him, but also raises his foot, on the football field, both of which are "death sentences", which shows the anxiety in his heart.
But Descartes didn't use this rule-based "little trick", he didn't even change his posture, yes, his feet just kept raising high, knowing that the ball had slipped under his feet and never landed.
It's a ...... Leaking the ball?!
The quick-witted Vidic guessed the beginning, but did not guess the result, Descartes was not greedy, he missed the ball, and then a red and white figure rushed up behind him, and slid the ball on the ground, at this time the entire United defence, which was all focused on Descartes, was caught off guard, and Van der Sar didn't even make a save. I saw this one cut through a white electric light and drilled into the net!
Aron. Ramsey, who opened his account in his ninth game for Arsenal, the 19-year-old little one, this time it was the Premier League overlord Manchester United who scored the goal!
Ramsey himself was stunned by the goal, and he was even stunned for several seconds after the ball drilled into the net, and then reacted to the hoarse celebrations of his teammates, and hugged his teammates frantically, especially thanks to Descartes who leaked the ball to him, and 50% of the credit for this shot went to Arshavin. Thirty percent of the credit goes to Descartes. The only thing that Ramsey couldn't figure out was that he didn't say anything and didn't intend to fight Descartes for the ball, but how did Descartes find out that he was suddenly plugged in behind him?
"It's intuition." Descartes answered everyone's questions after the game, although he didn't hear Ramsay shouting behind him. But out of judgment of the situation and understanding of teammates. He didn't hesitate to slip the ball under his feet. The goal that made Ramsey famous.
But that's just the beginning, not the end, people say. When luck strikes, the walls can't stop it, and this game is destined to be Ramsay's battle for fame, and he once again reaped an unexpected surprise just two minutes after the first goal.
This time it was Rio Ferdinand, who had previously made the mistake.
After conceding that disappointing goal, Ferdinand's courage and all his energy seemed to suddenly be gone, perhaps out of regret or frustration, when he made a rather low-level mistake in the face of a simple return pass from Carrick, failing to step on the ball and letting it slip straight under his feet.
Ferdinand, frightened, hurriedly turned to chase the ball, and at the same time he heard a violent wind behind him, and without looking back, he knew that the Italian boy was catching up again.
To tell the truth, in Ferdinand's more than ten years of football career, he has never encountered such a difficult guy, you say that you are a striker and do the work of a striker, what do you have to rob the ball? Descartes in Manchester United's backline between the constant running and counter-robbery, resulting in Manchester United's defenders now every time they take the ball in their hearts have a shadow, in the past few games Manchester United has been repeatedly succeeded by him, in fact, a large part of the reason is because they are not used to Descartes's jackal-like counter-robbery, at this time the high pressing has just taken shape in Barcelona, the Premier League and even the world's teams lack experience in dealing with this kind of pressing, Ferdinand, although he is a first-class central defender, is also very uncomfortable with Descartes's tackle.
Sure enough, Ferdinand and Descartes made another mistake when chasing the ball at the same time, he actually tried to open his feet to the main position after reaching the ball first, and then calmly passed the ball back to goalkeeper Van der Sar, but before he could stand firmly, Descartes stabbed him under the crotch and poked the ball out again, and at the same time the wind crossed his body.
If it was just like this, Ferdinand might not be afraid, but what was so good was the foot that Descartes stretched out from under his crotch, which vaguely seemed to hang on his balls again, and then Ferdinand couldn't "set the eggs" at all, although it seemed that there was just a breeze blowing from there, Ferdinand seemed to suddenly feel a chrysanthemum tight, and then an inexplicable psychological pain surged into his heart, which made him subconsciously clamp his legs, allowing Descartes to pass by him without hindrance.
Seeing this scene, Ferdinand's partner Vidic was stunned, he was still desperately running back to his penalty area, but suddenly found Ferdinand grinning with his legs between his legs, and thought that he had been hit hard again, so he also subconsciously slowed down and raised his hands to signal the Arsenal players to foul.
And just as Vidic slowed down, another figure rushed past him without hesitation, and in an instant, Van der Sar was only left with two Arsenal players in front of him, forming a double ghost slamming the goal.
Van der Sar let out a long sigh, knowing that the situation was over, but the goalkeeper's work ethic forced him to make a choice, and he finally chose to pounce on Descartes without hesitation, and at the same time let out a loud roar, trying to interfere with Descartes' judgment with his voice.
But how could Descartes, who had been in the Premier League for a few seasons, be deceived by such a trick? He easily pushed the ball sideways to his team-mate, who was following him, and Ramsey again. He drove the ball into the empty net without any blockage.
In just three minutes, Arsenal miraculously scored two goals in a row, instantly turning the score upside down.
Is it going to be reversed again? At this time, a shadow had unconsciously landed on Lord Ferdinand's heart, and he didn't even have time to pay attention to Ferdinand, who had made a big mistake, but just looked at the high-lit scoreboard, and his eyes flashed with light and darkness.
And Ferdinand on the field also reacted at this time, he hurriedly rushed to the referee who ran over, and waved his arms excitedly to signal that Descartes had committed a foul when he grabbed the ball, and he kicked his balls, which was a bad foul that deserved a red card!
It's a pity that the referee saw everything that happened before. What's more. Ferdinand was now screaming and jumping in front of him, like a wounded man with a badly wounded ball?
Glancing at Ferdinand with disdain, the referee made a calm gesture and issued a warning to him. If you dwell on it any longer. Then you'll have to get a Topaz God of War card.
Ferdinand saw that his appeal was fruitless. He could only cry and retreat to the half-time, but before he could walk back into the penalty area, the referee's whistle sounded again. Ferdinand looked up in surprise and found that the staff on the sidelines held up the number plate, 5 down, 6 up!
Wes. Brown plays, Leo. Rio Ferdinand is substituted!
It can be seen that the lord's anger has reached the point of irrepressibility, he didn't even save any face for Ferdinand, and directly took him down after he made a mistake, as the main force of the team, this kind of treatment can be said to be quite a slap in the face, Ferdinand can even feel that the heart that is about to burst under the calm appearance of Lord Ferdinand.
No matter how unwilling Ferdinand was in his heart, under the domineering Lord Ferdinand, he could only accept this humiliating fate, and finally walked off the pitch with his head down.
Fortunately, it was not Lord Ferdinand's hair dryer that greeted him, but the team doctor, Mr. Swell, who walked up to Ferdinand and asked in a low voice, "Is there something wrong there?" Let's go to the hospital for a check-up first, and be careful not to leave any hidden dangers. ”
At this moment, Mr. Swell's smiling face, which was as old as a chrysanthemum, was so lovely in Ferdinand's heart, he secretly swore that he would never stuff ice cubes under Mr. Sver's cushion again, and never deliberately let out a few farts when he checked his body, he was too ignorant before, such a good old man, that is a treasure in the team.
Rio Ferdinand walked back to the players' tunnel with his ass twisted, and at the same time, the football commentators on the field were also mournful, most of them supported Manchester United for various reasons before the game, but now it seems that Arsenal has really become Manchester United's nemesis, and they have reversed the game against Manchester United I don't know how many times!
However, the unhappy media soon found the focus of stimulating their G-spot, that is, Ramsey, who had just scored twice, and it only took a dozen seconds for information about Ramsay to quickly appear in the subtitles of various TV stations: Welsh player, born on December 26, 1990, debuted at Cardiff City Football Club, Arsenal defeated Everton in 06 and recruited him (there are changes here, the real information was only introduced by Arsenal in 07, but it has been explained before, So let's keep watching), spent three years in the development squad, was promoted to the first team by Arsene Wenger last season, played eight games, didn't start, all on the bench.
However, such a little-known little guy suddenly scored two goals in three minutes in the game with the Premier League hegemon Manchester United, which is the real allusion of the ugly duckling turning into a white swan!
The praise for Ramsey was overwhelming, and even Descartes, who had played a major role in those two goals, was ignored, and a rising star quickly took shape in the media, and for at least a week, the streets will be filled with the young face of the Welshman.
This is the real Fight to Fame!
Ramsey was still excited after the goal, he excitedly tore the front of his shirt, rushed to the Arsenal fans under the stage and roared wildly, his teammates who had been with him in the junior team, Descartes and Walcott, have gradually made a name for themselves in the Premier League, and only he has endured until now to finally break out, and the young Welsh genius suddenly has a feeling of raising his eyebrows.
However, the two successive goals also created an illusion among the Arsenal players and coaches on and off the pitch that United were powerless to resist. Now, everything is close to being grasped.
So Wenger, who was sitting on the sidelines, began to plan a substitution, Bendtner got up from the bench and began to warm up on the edge of the track, while Wenger also leaned his body completely relaxed on the coaching bench.
Descartes, who had much the same idea as Wenger, stopped running, and after missing a rare high-quality cross from Walcott, he smiled apologetically at Walcott, then shook his head and walked to the sidelines, crossed his waist and asked for a substitution.
In Descartes' four seasons at Arsenal, this was the first time he had asked to be substituted. You can see it. His face was a little strangely pale, and he was indeed exhausted, but in the past, even if he died on the court, he would not take the initiative to ask to get off the field.
It can only be said that Arsenal has already thought that there is no suspense in this game.
Although the score is only 2:1. The opponent is the Red Devils led by Alex Ferguson. But first of all, Arsenal just used this game as a drill. Winning the championship is still in second place in their minds; The second is that they have now completely dominated the midfield, and with Theo Walcott and Ramsey gradually coming back to life, Descartes no team needs himself for the time being. Let's save some time for the upcoming league game.
So in the 63rd minute of the second half, after Arsenal completed the winning goal, Descartes also walked off the pitch with Rio Ferdinand.
If Ferdinand saw this scene, he would probably be even more resentful, feeling that you are on the pitch just to deal with me? Don't let me see you again in the future, or I'll definitely ask for an explanation for my little brother!
However, Descartes, who left the game early, must not have expected that the reason why Manchester United, with its weaker and weaker lineup, could quickly recover after Mourinho and Manager Abou disrupted the Premier League and won a wave of three consecutive championships, relying on their unbeatable Red Devils spirit, under Ferguson, this Manchester United will not choose to give up at any time, Bayern has learned their strength back then, and now it is Arsenal's turn.
The game quickly came to the 84th minute in what seemed like a calm game, and when everyone thought Arsenal would win another classic comeback, Lord Ferdinh and Manchester United bared their fangs.
The same young Macheda was replaced, the same Italian, two years younger than Descartes, Macheda is another genius brought back by Ferguson from Italy last summer, after missing Descartes, Lord Ferguson has been ruthless so far, and even did not hesitate to go to court with Lazio to bring the Italian youngster to the Premier League, but the Italian youngster who appeared in the official match for the first time gave him a huge surprise!
In the 84th minute of the second half, less than a minute after Macheda came on, Giggs attacked on the left, and before Sagna pressed up, he showed his old and demonic skills with a long pass across the field, and Nani on the other side did not pause after receiving the ball, he knocked the ball back to the middle, and Scholes, who didn't know when to follow, put a shot in the middle, attracting the attention of Arsenal's two central defenders, Galla and Vermaelen, and then suddenly plugged through, Macheda, who was plugged in, needed just one touch to push the ball into the Arsenal goal.
The first appearance in the first team, the first official appearance, the first touch of the ball, broke the goal of the arch-rival Arsenal.
Could there be a more dreamy start to life?
The "bricks" who were still praising Ramsay a second ago were all stunned, this is, this is, what kind of trouble are you going to make?
Could it be that in the same game, there can be two cases that become famous with one goal?
Life has ups and downs, and it's too fast and exciting!
So in the next second, all the news studios were overwhelmed by bursts of roars: "What about the information, go find this guy's information, I want his details!" ”
Countless football commentators let out a crazy roar at the staff behind them, if Ramsey is still at the bottom of last season's eight games, then this Italian kid used by Ferguson to replace Owen is completely foreign to them, where did he come from, what kind of resume does he have, who is he, will he be the next Descartes?
Chaos instantly filled all football channels, and even in such a good period of tens of seconds, none of the dozens of news TV stations that broadcast the game even had time to speak, and their attention was all focused on finding the information of this pink and tender newcomer, compared to Ramsey, this is the real goal of fame!
The spring breeze is proud, and once it became famous all over the world. (To be continued......)