Chapter 202: Doing nothing
"Aaron, we'll not show mercy later."
"We're rivals, do a good job."
"Hehe, Aaron, I'm really not used to seeing you wearing this dress."
…
The constant greetings, it can be seen that Ramsey is very popular as a player in Cardiff City.
In fact, Ramsey's popularity, among Cardiff City fans, is also very good, it can be said that Ramsey was raised by Cardiff City fans.
It's as if Wilshere has a place in the hearts and minds of Arsenal fans, but only in the London area.
When the on-site director read Ramsey's name, the entire Ninian Park burst into applause to welcome his child back.
Ramsey just smiled knowingly at this, and did not show too much emotion. It's normal that an eighteen-year-old runaway boy will always cover up all this with enthusiasm and ambition.
At this time, Ramsey is not a Grim Reaper who fell into endless darkness after breaking his leg, fans are dissatisfied, media accusations, and experts call for Wenger to kick away the good-for-nothing Welshman. He is the rising star of the United Kingdom and is known as the natural successor of Xiaofa.
It can be said that in addition to Xiang Hao, the new star in the Arsenal team has attracted the most media attention.
After all, Wilshere is still too young, his performance is not as stable as Ramsey, and the order of appearance is not as good as the Welsh, and Nasri can't stop the British Coal from making a self-aggrandizement, so Arsenal's twin stars this season are Xiang Hao and Ramsey.
Even some local media have a higher evaluation of Ramsey than Xiang Hao, after all, good children are always more popular than.
However, for the sake of sales, they are more willing to contact a thorn like Xiang Hao.
But today is different, the camera of the scene stays on Ramsey again and again.
Obviously, Welsh people want to see more of their children, and as for people like Xiang Hao and Van Persie, they are too far away from them and they don't pay much attention.
"Phew, looks like Aaron is very popular here in Nyan Park."
Seeing that some fans were already shouting Ramsey's name, Lineker said with some emotion. After all, Ramsey has transferred to Arsenal, and it goes without saying that he can have this treatment.
"Well, I want to play in such an atmosphere, and Aaron wants to prove his choice."
Mortenson nodded, not thinking anything particularly strange.
This situation is normal, basically a low-level team, or a very weak team, has produced a talent, and these fans will talk about it for a long time. Because they are easily satisfied, consider it their pride.
Small teams have the joy of small teams, it's that simple.
But for the players on the pitch, winning this game is the happiest thing for them, especially Arsenal.
They have reached the final of the Carabao Cup and the Champions League knockout rounds are just around the corner, so they absolutely want to play here and don't want to go back and play again.
As for failure, they didn't think about it at all.
"——! Toot"
With Dodd's whistle, Arsenal's away game against Cardiff City officially began.
On the Arsenal side, the front court is Vela partnering Bendtner, the midfield, Nasri, Xiang Hao, Ramsey and Eboue, the backfield, except for Gibbs replacing Klich, nothing else has changed, Galla is still not selected, and the goalkeeper is Fabianski.
In this game, Arsenal is still half of the main team as a general substitute, against Cardiff City, the sixth place in the Championship.
At the start of the game, Cardiff City launched an offensive amid the incessant shouting and cheering of their home stadium. And the Arsenal players seem to be still adapting to the field and not taking the initiative from the start.
In the eighth minute of the game, Cardiff City, who were the first to enter the rhythm of the game, created a very threatening chance.
Burke, who had just transferred from the Su Chao Rangers, suddenly made a buckle after passing Nasri on the right side, squeezed past Gibbs, broke directly into the penalty area from the outside, grabbed ahead of Xiang Hao, and shot with his left foot, "Bang!" ”
Fabianski noticed his movement immediately, his center of gravity randomly shifted and he pounced on the ball where it was moving.
"Whew, isn't it?!"
"Oh my God!"
"Damn, it's a little bit worse!"
Cardiff City fans were frustrated and regretful. Just now, when Fabianski made a save, an extra kick was born.
The clumsy Julu stretched out and blocked it, but he didn't notice that his goalkeeper's center of gravity had moved, and the ball was turned back in the opposite direction, which made Cardiff City fans delightful and Arsenal fans in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, the ball crossed the goal and went out of the bottom line, so that this crayon little new classmate did not become a background man again.
Arsenal narrowly escaped the disaster, and the Cardiff City players regretted it, but also strengthened their determination to attack.
Three minutes later, Cardiff had a chance to hit back. Their captain, Ledley, who has been sought after by a number of Premier League sides lately, sprinted down the flank and crossed from the wing before Sagna could get it out.
McCormack pressed Toure to get ready to jump when the linesman's whistle blew and Dodd blew for an offside goal amid boos from many Cardiff City fans. Once again, Arsenal's backline has stood the test.
Slow motion shows that McCormack's shoulder did poke out a little bit at the moment when Ledley took the ball, but it was not obvious, and the referee was aware of it.
But in the 16th minute of the game, it was Arsenal who did their own thing.
Arsenal's players saw Cardiff City attacking so ferociously, so they consciously controlled the midfield, not letting the opponent pass the midfield so easily, and indeed let Cardiff City's onslaught after the opening momentum, slowed down.
Cardiff, however, took advantage of a long pass to attack. After Parry held the ball in the backfield, he didn't give Xiang Hao room to press at all, and took advantage of Arsenal's unstable foothold to make a long pass.
Luckily, Arsenal's two centre-backs are at the back and should be fine.
This is everyone's idea, but Arsenal's backline can subvert everyone's thinking with the most bizarre ideas.
Zhu Lu played the spirit of respecting the old at this time, and did not break the siege for the first time, but humbly gave it to Toure, Toure was stunned for a moment, and he was not polite, and came up to open a big foot, but as a result...
"Damn it, what are you guys doing?!"
"Gogogogo, Rose!"
Arsenal fans shouted and Cardiff fans were excited. McCormack got the ball in his hands before Toure cleared the ball, swiped it past Djurou, and inserted it into the box.
Toure was horrified and used his full speed to read frantically to block McCormack. He knew very well how his sworn enemy was pressed on the bench, except for the big mouth, it was a big mistake.
Finally turned over, Toure definitely didn't want to sit back on the bench, desperately pressing with his life, forcing the opponent to go outside.
McCormack failed to pass Toure in the first step, and the speed was not an absolute advantage, and he could not resist in strength, he could only walk outward, and he was afraid of missing the opportunity, seeing Fabiansky moving his pace, he suddenly got up and pushed a rounded corner with the arch of his right foot.
Fabianski fell to the ground and the ball slipped through his fingertips as the Cardiff City fans watched expectantly.
Unfortunately, McCormack wanted to get around Fabianski too much, and the arc of the ball had to be a bit big, and it flew straight away, and Arsenal were lucky to escape again.
"Phew, Cardiff City would have had a chance to change the scoreline."
'Arsenal's defence, it's stupid.
"Arsenal are going to be ruined by their defence in a season."
…
Although Arsenal was lucky to escape, the criticism of Arsenal did not decrease at all, and the camera repeatedly explained to Toure and Juroud, and finally stayed on Wenger's face.
Although Wenger did not shake his head, the brow in the shape of the Sichuan character still told the world that he was now annoyed.
The camera also explained to Galla on the bench, and it was clear that he was questioning the choice of Wenger's central defender combination.
However, Wenger can't help it, the conflict between Toure and Galla has become more and more intense, and they have hardly communicated in private.
The most terrible thing about the central defender is this, once there is no tacit understanding, then it will be a disaster for the whole team.
Arsene Wenger could only choose one to play, but unfortunately, both Toure and Galla proved that they were not very credible.
Arsene Wenger's only hope now is for his team to play their own attack as soon as possible and suppress the opponent's opening momentum.
And after a burst of onslaught at home by the opposition, Arsenal gradually gained the upper hand and began to perform in attack.
In the 21st minute of the game, Arsenal's rib attack finally threatened. Ramsey and Nasri passed the ball in succession, and suddenly pushed the outside of his left foot into the box, and handed it to Bella, who had entered the box.
Vela was forced by the opposition centre-backs to get on the line and back into the middle, where Nasri, who followed up, pushed a shot from the penalty spot and was saved by goalkeeper Nkelman.
In the twenty-fifth minute, Xiang Hao, who was inserted in the back, was thirty meters away, deducted Ridley, and suddenly pulled out his foot and shot angrily, but it was a little higher, almost rubbing the crossbar, and flew out.
In the 34th minute, Gibbs broke the ball forward, collided with Bendtner, and fired a left-footed volley from the edge of the penalty area, which was a little worse again.
In the 39th minute, Bella's cross, Nasri took the ball and passed it again, Bendtner shook off space in the penalty area, and then shot, but unfortunately he didn't hit the power and was picked up by Enkerman.
In the 44th minute, Bendtner fell in front of the penalty area, and in the chaos, the ball was kicked by a Cardiff defender to the feet of Eevue, who was inserted in the back row, and Eboue's shot was blocked by the goalkeeper.
In stoppage time, Arsenal took a corner kick and Bendtner jumped from four yards, but unfortunately, his header went high. Arsenal missed the last chance of the first half.