Chapter 41: Descartes' Counterattack
How angry was Descartes?
Arsenal began to collapse at the end of February last season, but they did not suffer their first defeat until at least the 31st round of the league, losing away to Chelsea, who were recovering from a change of manager.
However, this season Arsenal were met head-on in the second round of the league and suffered their first defeat immediately after Descartes said that their goal was to win the title.
This hot slap is not to mention a bloody eighteen-year-old young man, even an old man like Wenger can't stand it.
Descartes did not take all the resentment out of his teammates, although they lost, but Arsenal really had the upper hand on the field, and the reason why they suffered defeat can only be said that the opponent's goalkeeper played too well, or that their own luck was too bad.
28 shots on goal, 15 times within the frame of the goal, 2 hit the post, and it was not even in exchange for a goal, what else to say about losing such a game?
The only thing that made him hold a grudge was the mocking report in the Manchester Evening News, in which Descartes became the epitome of a villain, who had just been promoted to second-in-command and couldn't tell the difference between the sky and the earth, and rashly shouted the slogan of winning the championship. Got a slap in the face, right?
Hahaha, hahahaha, the columnist of the Manchester Evening News is eager to print his smug laughter on the newspaper so that everyone can see their comfort and joy at the moment.
There is a lot of love in this world for no reason, but there is no hate for no reason. The Manchester Evening News, the mouthpiece of Manchester United, sneered at their arch-rivals Arsenal and rightly did, but it also angered Descartes, who rightly hated the newspaper.
But as a footballer, Descartes certainly couldn't have retaliated with a watermelon knife in his hand, and his best way to fight back against the Manchester Evening News was to win the next game, and get an uncontroversial victory to shut up the damn newspaper. to restore the confidence of the team and the fans.
So he ramped up his training again. Not only do you have to practice an hour of free kicks after training, but you also have to practice an hour of strength classes.
Descartes' efforts fell into Wenger's eyes and he was doubly gratified, in contrast. The performance of Cesc Fabregas, another key player in the team, disappointed him a bit.
Cesc Fabregas was a genius. But he was never known for his hard work. So far, there has not been a single report that he stayed after the team finished training and took the initiative to practice, and he is like an excellent student who is extremely talented but very content with the status quo. It is enough to be at the top of every exam, and as for the first, he never wants to, nor does he have the motivation to strive for it.
The reason why he later transferred back to Barcelona and played for several seasons and always rotated between the forward and forward lines, and could not be guaranteed a main position, is because of his character, so that he will not fight for himself at all, even if Xavi missed most of the season due to injury in the first half of 2013, he still failed to establish his position in the team.
It is not for nothing that some media have ridiculed him for preferring to go back to Barcelona to sit on the bench rather than be a core at Arsenal, and as a result, he has been reduced from a world-class player to a bench-level gangster.
Wenger couldn't see Cesc Fabregas's efforts or say anything about the team's loss, and as the captain of the team, he acted as if the team had nothing to do with him, which made Wenger feel a little chilled.
Combined with the previous fax of inquiry from Barcelona, as well as the secret secret communication between Fabregas and Barcelona vaguely revealed by the media, Wenger seems to have some kind of rather bad premonition.
In the third round of the league, Arsenal hosted Newcastle United.
The biggest positive for Newcastle this season is that their striker Owen has recovered from injury again, although the former European "golden boy" has now faltered, but no one dares to underestimate his sense of smell and shooting skills in front of the goal, the former "son of the wind" has left too deep an impression on people, even if he has long been out of the top striker list because of injury, but as long as he is still on the field, any enemy will be afraid of three points.
And Irving's forward partner has also changed from Martins to the tall Carroll. The homegrown striker gradually became a regular in the second half of last season, and with the ferocious strength of England's traditional strikers and excellent receiving skills, everyone believed that Owen would reach a new peak under his cover.
And Carroll herself has been praised by the English media as a legendary striker who hopes to become like Shearer.
Newcastle have lived up to expectations in their first two games, drawing 1-1 away at the Red Devils and narrowly beating Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the second round, and although they have only scored two goals in both games, their control on the pitch has improved dramatically compared to last season.
The most important thing is that this season's team's former meritorious coach Kevin Brown. Keegan is back at St James' Park.
In 1996, it was Keegan who brought Allan to Newcastle. Shearer and Solano and other players, and cultivated one of the "Black Wind Twin Evils" Andy. Cole, who allowed Newcastle to win consecutive games in those seasons, once dominated the top of the standings, although finally overtaken by Manchester United and other teams due to lack of stamina, but the third place in the league is still Newcastle's best Premier League ranking so far.
It was also in the hands of the likes of Keegan and Dalglish that the "Magpies" gradually squeezed into one of the six giants of the Premier League, which makes Newcastle fans still talk about it today.
Although Keegan's resume with the England national team can be described as an embarrassment and failure, he is still an idol in the hearts of the fans at Newcastle, and his return has made Newcastle fans excited, and everyone is looking forward to restoring Newcastle's glory under his leadership.
More than 5,000 Newcastle fans arrived at the Emirates Stadium to cheer on the Magpies. At the same time, the first two games have given them hope of a resurgence of the Magpies, and it is only natural that Newcastle fans will have to give everything to their team.
With the addition of these 5,000 Newcastle fans, the Emirates Stadium, which was originally able to accommodate more than 60,000 people, was full for the first time in the new season.
Newcastle and Arsenal are not bitter rivals, and the two teams are not known for being football hooligans, so the security level of the match between the two teams is not high, and Newcastle fans can even be seen toasting with Arsenal fans in some stands. While chatting happily, we waited for the start of the game.
Of course. All they had in their hands were plastic paper cups.
The game kicked off at 22:00 local time on time, and as soon as the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the atmosphere on the pitch reached another climax, and the enthusiastic cheers of the fans almost opened the roof of the Emirates Stadium. So that all the sound engineers on the scene had to turn down the volume of the machine. Otherwise, there will be a loud electric sound.
Cesc Fabregas, as Arsenal's captain, has picked sides for the team. In fact, at such a time and such a lighted stadium, as long as there is not too much wind, it doesn't matter which side you choose. So Cesc Fabregas casually pointed to his finger and the Arsenal players ran towards their own half of the pitch en masse.
Newcastle, on the other hand, won the first half of the serve.
Owen passed the ball back to the midfielder Bart behind him, and then ran to the front court with Carroll, but just as he crossed the halfway line, a strong wind suddenly blew past him, Owen looked back in surprise, and a big "18" ran farther and farther away in his sight, and rushed to Bart who was holding the ball like an arrow.
Yes, Descartes unexpectedly appeared in the starting forward position in this game.
It was one of the few games in his three seasons at Arsenal that he was given a chance to play in the first half, and of course, this is what he asked Arsene Wenger to ask for.
Wenger knew very well why Descartes had such a request, he was anxious to be ashamed, eager to get the Manchester Evening News to shut his stinky mouth, so he didn't want to wait even a minute, Wenger could understand his feelings, and naturally would not refute his request.
So Descartes appeared on the turf of the Emirates Stadium from the first minute of the game.
Originally, according to the usual practice, the opposing players will not grab like mad dogs when kicking off, but gather the formation and slowly press up, so Bart, who just got the ball, didn't think much about it, he controlled the ball at his feet, and then raised his head and began to look around, he wanted to observe the Arsenal formation, and then decide which direction he should send the ball to.
But as soon as he looked up, he saw a red and white figure rushing towards him like a mad bull, which surprised him, and he didn't even care to see who was rushing over, and the experienced Bart immediately turned around and protected the ball at his feet, and at the same time prepared to meet the opponent's impact.
He had already calculated that if he really couldn't protect the ball, he would simply pass it back to the backline, but he had to block the guy who rushed up, lest he rush to his defensive teammates and make a mistake in the panic.
Bart's idea was to play well, and Rozenar behind him was ready, as soon as Bart's ball came back, he would kick the ball forward, because in his position, he saw not only Descartes who pounced first, but also saw Arsenal's overall formation move forward, which did not match the plot at the beginning of most games, and Arsenal seemed to have made up their minds to attack from the start.
In this case, the more seconds you have to keep the ball at the back, the more you threaten.
On the contrary, with Carroll as the fulcrum in the frontcourt, Newcastle has enough capital to counterattack, maybe this ball will be fought over by Carroll after passing through, and it can also take Arsenal by surprise and use Owen's speed and experience to score first?
Descartes then crashed head-on into a wall of flesh, and Bart firmly isolated the ball from Descartes, his eyes still wandering around looking for a better passing position.
But Descartes did not give up, although he was blocked by Barth's broad back and outstretched arms. But he still stretched out a foot and kept pushing it out of Bart's crotch, trying to poke the ball out of Bart's control.
Descartes' action scared Bart, as a muscular midfielder, Bart is not so confident in his skills, Descartes' actions made him feel a sense of worry, if he is really poked away by Descartes, then he may not be able to win this slippery little guy.
He quickly followed the plan and passed the ball to Rozenar behind him, and then spread his arms to keep Descartes firmly behind him.
But the moment his ball left his feet, both Bart and Rozenal had shocked looks in their eyes as another red and white figure appeared between the two of them. The man seemed to have calculated that Bart would make such a passback. He had been lurking in the shadows until Bart made a move, then pounced like a cheetah and took his prey.
That man was Descartes' striker partner Robin van Persie.
The start of the game was also agreed upon by the whole team when they were in the dressing room. Descartes was anxious for revenge. So he encouraged everyone to start attacking at the beginning. Try to catch Newcastle by surprise, everyone knows that it is difficult to concentrate immediately at the beginning. Getting into the game, that's why everyone says it's easy to concede goals at the beginning and near the end of the game.
With Descartes already the team's second captain and his popularity in the team, his idea was unanimously endorsed by everyone, and his team-mates, including Gala, were willing to follow his plan to force the opening game to see if they could disrupt Newcastle's lineup.
The result was quite exciting, as Van Persie appeared halfway between Bart and Rozenauer in time, took the ball with a flick and slotted it into the box between Rozenaar and Newcastle left-back Huntington, only then did Rozenaar react and hurriedly move sideways to block Van Persie's path.
But at this time, Bart made another mistake, he saw Rozenaar move to block Van Persie, so he subconsciously ran to the penalty area, ready to fill the gap left by Rozenaar, but his run immediately set Descartes behind him free, and Descartes quickly turned in a direction and ran behind Bart to Newcastle's penalty area.
Van Persie took two steps into the box and was quickly blocked by Rozenaar and Huntington, but he didn't panic because he had already heard Descartes' footsteps behind him, and he suddenly made a brilliant backheel pass that no one expected, and the ball rolled from behind him to the middle, and by the time Rozenauer, whose vision was blocked, saw the ball again, it was already at the top of the arc of the box.
What is frustrating is that Bart has just rushed back to the penalty area from this position, his speed is too fast, it is too late to close the momentum, he can only look at the back with anticipation, to see if there will be teammates in that position in time.
But what appeared in front of Bart's eyes was a ball that was getting bigger and bigger, why did the ball just roll behind him and suddenly fly towards him?
Before Barton could react, the ball was already whizz past his face and flew straight towards the Newcastle gate guarded by Given.
It turns out to be this stinky boy again! Bart finally saw clearly, in front of him was Descartes who had just landed, judging from his posture, he had just used all his strength to pump the ball towards the goal, no wonder the ball was so fast, so powerful, it made his ears hurt faintly, this little bastard, when did he appear in that position?
While Bart's mind was still wandering, there was a sudden earth-shattering cheer in his ears, and Barton turned his head in horror to see Given's lying limply in front of his door, but the soccer ball was already spinning and falling in the net.
Nima scored like this?
Bart was full of remorse and anger in his heart, he didn't expect that just because of a small mistake of his own, the team would lose a point so quickly, how could he be embarrassed?
After entering, Descartes did not pay attention to the mood of the loser, he ran to the sideline quickly, and kept giving kisses to the fans at the scene, but he did not cross the billboard, nor did he take off his jersey to celebrate, but stood happily in place, as if waiting for something.
Soon, the Arsenal players revealed the answer to everyone, and they came to Descartes one by one, and then Van Persie and others stood opposite Descartes in various poses, while Walket bent down and crouched in front of Descartes.
What's to be done?
Experienced fans have guessed that the Arsenal players have designed a set of celebrations, but they can't guess what it is, because Van Persie and others are in strange postures, it looks like they are carrying a camera to record something, and Walcott, who is crouching in front of Descartes, has shrunk his body into a spherical shape, leaving only the big white ass exposed in front of Descartes.
Then in full view, Descartes raised his foot high and gently landed on Walcott's big ass, Walcott rolled slowly on the ground like a football, he rolled round and round, and rolled directly into the crowd composed of Van Persie and others, and the next scene made everyone laugh widely, Van Persie and others suddenly fell apart like bowling, and nearly ten Arsenal players lay on the ground on the bottom line, with very funny expressions and extremely funny movements.
Some of the reactive fans have already guessed that Van Persie and others are playing reporters like bowling, and Descartes hit them all with a shot, and then they lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, indicating that they are no longer good.
This is Descartes' counterattack against the previous news media, you say Arsenal is not good, I will let you see, whether Arsenal is good or not, I will not only defeat the opponent, but also defeat you, all the people who look down on us!
Now we've scored less than 15 seconds into the game, and I'll see what you write now! (To be continued......)
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