Chapter Forty-Nine: Highbury's Slippery Kneeling
After the goal, the Southampton fans were finally able to sing and laugh as they had just started, and they were even expecting the result of the victory. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 InfoThe Southampton players also hugged each other to celebrate the equaliser. The players of the strong division Arsenal had confused and lost looks on their faces, and they had just paid the price for their carelessness.
Arsene Wenger stood on the sidelines and watched the brave and invincible Southampton players who seemed to have been unable to flinch, and deeply felt that this game was unlucky.
Chen didn't get too excited about the goal because he knew it was the result of the players' hard work, and he was convinced that it wasn't the final score and that Southampton would win.
After Arsenal were quickly equalised, it was as if all the players had been drained of their souls, unable to concentrate on the pitch and conceding more than three passes. This mentality led to a plummeting situation for Arsenal on the pitch, with Southampton taking the initiative instead.
Arsene Wenger also offered his last ace of the game at this time, replacing the 21-year-old Robin van Persie for the ineffective right-back Frédéric Ljungberg. The substitution was the same as Pire's appearance, and he wanted to use the new players to take advantage of their fitness and speed to play on the wings.
Chen Zhun saw Van Persie on the field this time, and immediately called Delap and left midfielder Pluton to tell them to guard against Van Persie, and as soon as he got the ball, he had to give him some color to see, and not let him break through or share the ball easily. Robin van Persie, this is a player that Arsenal fans love and hate. "General Fan", who once made contributions to Arsenal, is also a traitor who transferred to Manchester United for the so-called ideal. Chen Zhun doesn't know if Arsenal has a captain curse, from now Vieira, Henry, Van Persie, Fabregas one by one Arsenal captains leave year after year, Arsenal is unable to keep them in the face of high transfer fees.
Back at the game, there were still ten minutes left in the game. As Chen Zhun expected, Van Persie received special treatment from the Southampton players after coming on the field. As soon as he got the ball, he was surrounded by two or three players, and Van Persie wasn't as comfortable as he was on the pitch a few years later. Robin van Persie also moved from Feyenoord in the Eredivisie this summer and has yet to fully adapt to the intensity of the Premier League.
Martin Taylor said: "Lauren Emeta at the back of Arsenal took the ball and he distributed it to Robin van Persie in front of him. The youngster didn't show his quality in the 10 minutes he played, he was always out of the Arsenal system and was always tackled by Southampton players when he got the ball. Oh! This time it was snatched again!! It was John Drap and David Pluton who combined to get the ball down. Robin van Persie fell to the ground in pain, but referee Messias did not say anything, which means that the tackle just now was not a foul. David Pluton dribbled across the half pitch and immediately sent a ball across the pitch that found Fabrice Fernandes on the right. Fabrice Fernandes was arguably Southampton's most active player of the game, with his off-the-ball runs and break-aways causing a lot of problems for Arsenal's defence. Ashley Cole was watching Fabrice Fernandes and today Ashley Cole didn't play to his quality as England's number one left-back. Ashley Cole stepped forward this time to press and was easily passed by Fabrice Fernandez! This time, Ashley Cole pressed too hard, resulting in the loss of position. Fabrice Fernandes is in the box! Get ready to pass the ball to the six-yard box! Ashley Cole behind him is in pursuit! Fabrice Fernandez has fallen!! ”
"Look at what the referee Messias does to this goal! Penalty kick! Messias points to the penalty spot! Ashley Cole has a pull on Fabrice Fernandez behind his back! The penalty was accurate! Ashley Cole's expression was full of regret. Martin Taylor explains the situation that came into being.
At this time, Fabrice Fernandez, who fell to the ground, excitedly blew the lawn with his hands. Chen Zhun's hands were already trembling a little at this time, and he was looking forward to the moment of scoring. Also trembling is Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who is not far away. It's just that the mood of the two is one heaven and one earth.
Southampton striker Kevin Phillips took the penalty. Kevin Phillips runs, pauses in the middle, hits goal, and the ball goes in! Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann makes the wrong save!! Southampton miraculously overtook the score in the 85th minute of the game!! What a twist and turn!! Martin Taylor was inevitably a little emotional when he said this.
Chen Zhun saw Kevin Phillips steadily sending the ball into the door of the Arsenal team, he could no longer suppress his mood, jumped up from the coach's bench excitedly, rushed directly out of the coach's command area, ran along the lawn in front of the coach's command area, and ran towards the lawn in the direction of the Arsenal goal, suddenly knelt down on both knees, and with the inertia of running, made a sliding kneeling celebration in front of the 38,000 fans in Highbury Stadium. But Chen Zhun didn't hold on to his kneel at the end, and knocked down the linesman on the side, and Chen Zhun helped the linesman up a little embarrassed. Although this action belonged to Mourinho in the previous life, Chen Zhun was embarrassed to use it first today. The Southampton players on the field saw Chen Zhun's domineering celebration and had to sigh that their head coach was also a temperamental.
Highbury Field, which was still noisy and lively just now, is now dead silent.
Martin Taylor also smiled when he saw the manager of the Southampton team make such a domineering move and said: "David Winston's action ended up hitting the linesman, and if Arsenal protests in this situation, then David Winston is likely to be punished by the FA." ”
At this time, Chen Zhun only had victory in his mind, although the game was not over yet, Chen Zhun had already firmly held this victory in his hands. He knew that such a somewhat provocative gesture would bring him some punishment, but he did not regret it. In this way, he wants to tell the world that Southampton will be a non-negligible part of European football in the future.
After Chen Zhun returned to the bench, he received a verbal warning from the referee, which was already the lightest punishment.
The final five minutes of the game became Arsenal's only time to redeem as they laid siege to the Southampton penalty area, but Southampton contracted back to swing the bus.
Chen Zhun waited for referee Messias' final whistle at the last moment.
In the 94th minute, Messias glanced at his watch and finally blew the whistle in his mouth. A game full of twists and turns is finally over. Chen Zhun heard Messias's final whistle and rushed into the field with a whoosh, celebrating with his players as if they had won the championship after this game. Some fans will be shabby Southampton, beating Arsenal and thinking they got everything, if Chen Zhun hears these responses, he will reply fiercely, you win once! We are victors and we have the right to celebrate.