"Damn, why don't you pass the ball in!"

Ronaldo is anxious, but it's useless to be anxious, in the face of Chen Mo sweeping in front and Toure defending behind him, the only thing he can do is to resist Toure with his back to squeeze out space backwards like Chen Mo did before Keane, so that the midfielders can hoist the ball in, but unfortunately, the muscles on his body look beautiful, but he has no ability to carry the ball.

On the other hand, Manchester United's left centre-forward Ruud van Nistelrooy promised Ferguson to help Cristiano Ronaldo open up space, but he didn't actually do so at all.

"Give him a hand? To hell with it! ”

Ruud van Nistelrooy kept moving his feet in the penalty area, looking at Ronaldo's back, there was some disgust in his eyes, last season Ronaldo dribbled on the side as long as he got the ball, broke through, and rarely gave him Ruud van Nistelrooy, he has long been dissatisfied with this, how can he be willing to play this Portuguese with a huge style of football now?

Arsenal's defensive line was already strong, and at this time, Manchester United's forward double arrows were distracted, and gradually, Manchester United's offensive became more and more sluggish. Soon, in the last two minutes of stoppage time of the first half, Ronaldo couldn't help himself, and he ran back away from the edge of the penalty area and retreated to the familiar right side.

"Give me the ball!"

Looking at Ronaldo, who rushed forward and waved with his hands on his waist, Keane, who took the ball in the middle, did not hesitate, resisted Essien with his left arm, and pushed the ball away with his right foot. At the same time, Rooney quickly bypassed behind Ronaldo and took away the defenders at the bottom, creating an opportunity for Ronaldo to one-on-one with Chen Mo at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the penalty area!

The ball rolled to his feet, Ronaldo just turned around, and Chen Mo had already made up for it!

"You can't get by!"

didn't rush down to steal, Chen Mo just lowered his center of gravity, his eyes stared at the ball at Ronaldo's feet, and at this moment, Ronaldo suddenly lowered his shoulder to the right, and at the same time stretched out his right foot to make a gesture to pluck the ball to the bottom!

The action is very realistic!

But. Pedal your bike on the spot and trick the ghosts!

Chen Mo, who has been one-on-one with Messi every day for the past four years, was not moved at all, just watched Ronaldo dancing in front of him, but in the next second, Ronaldo suddenly kicked the ground with his right leg, pushed the ball to the left with the instep of his left foot, and cut inside with the ball!

Ronaldo's first step was very fast, almost in an instant, it was almost to Chen Mo's right shoulder, but Chen Mo's reaction and turning speed were also very fast, the forefoot of his right foot was the axis and turned around for the first time, and his thighs pushed the ground two vigorously, and soon stuck Ronaldo's inward cutting route!

One side rushed to the top of the arc and cut diagonally, and the other side stuck the inner road!

"Damn, I can't cut in!"

After just one physical collision, Ronaldo understood that there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides, and at this moment, the corner of his right eye suddenly swept to a figure beckoning in the penalty area!

"Fanny?!"

Between the lightning and flint, Ronaldo, who was running wildly at the front of the penalty area, made a judgment, he ignored Fanny, who had formed a one-on-one in the penalty area and held the opponent with his back, in Chen Mo's gradually widening gaze, he suddenly stretched out his right foot and licked Chen Mo's right calf, and the next second, the whole person bounced up as if he had suffered an electric shock, with an extremely painful expression on his face, and flew forward with his legs!

"Oh! Cristiano goes down on the edge of the box! Could it be a free kick?!! ”

"This free kick is very important!"

"Another fake fall?!"

Looking at Ronaldo rolling on the ground with his legs in front of him, Chen Mo frowned and opened his hands for the first time, and at this moment, the referee's whistle sounded.

"It's a fake fall!"

"I can see very clearly, we didn't run into him!"

"NONO, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A FREE KICK!"

Vieira, Campbell and others immediately surrounded the referee, but the referee ignored them, but walked up to Chen Mo and reached out for his pocket.

"No, it won't! Is Mr. Thompson going to show a yellow card?! ”

The commentary was a little surprised, Wenger on the sidelines also stretched his neck, his eyes were full of worry, Chen Mo is not only an offensive player, he is also crucial on the defensive end, it will be very troublesome to get a yellow card!

And at this moment, referee Thompson took out a yellow card and did not point at Chen Mo, but at Ronaldo who fell to the ground!

"The bent Buddha?! What?! Mr. Thompson gave Cristiano a yellow card?! Did he think Cristiano was faking a fall?! Slow-motion replays are here. Oh, indeed, this is a fake fall, Chen Mo didn't stretch his feet, it was Cristiano who took the initiative.! Oh! Wait a minute! The scene was chaotic! Manchester United players surround the referee! ”

The commentary chattered, and when he heard that Ronaldo had received a yellow card, he was instantly anxious, his waist was not sore, and his legs were not painful, so he immediately got up and rushed to the referee.

Ferguson, who was on the sidelines, also rushed to the fourth official to protest, while on the other side, Wenger watched all this with a smile, everyone understood that the referee could not change his mind after the decision, and Ferguson's protest was just to put pressure on him.

As Wenger thought, the referee did not change the decision, and when he stared at the Manchester United players for the third time, a farce came to an end, and the picture of Ronaldo falling from the ground to getting up and rushing to the referee was also captured by countless news media.

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"Boys, you played a really good first half and it was a great game!"

Half-time, Arsenal dressing room.

Sitting in front of the No. 24 wardrobe, with red and white short sleeves on his shoulders, Chen Mo, who showed his strong muscles, listened to Wenger while drinking water, and the Arsenal players sitting in a circle around him were very happy, and they did not play Manchester United as easily as this time last season.

"You played in the first half awesomely, especially the knee pass, Ang Glass Bobo, it was unbelievable!"

"Haha, it's mainly Mr. Dennis's good ball passing, and Henry's they created space for me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to complete the pass under the strict defense of four people, and it would be difficult to even get the ball."

Giroud next to him looked at Chen Mo with some envy, Chen Mo shook his head with a smile, and Henry on the side heard this, and put a smile on his neck: "Oh, don't be modest, that ball can be passed to Pire, it's not just about having space, your vision is very broad, and the space is also what you get from the confrontation with Keane." Seriously, you're the best player I've ever seen under the age of 20. ”

"Hahaha, indeed, wow, you don't know, I was cutting forward when he hit the ball with his knee, and I was stunned! And the best part is that he actually sees Pireth behind you! Oh! Scary vision, listen to the little one, as long as you can keep up this kind of play, soon you will become a big star in the Premier League! Countless bills and blonde babes will wave at you, oh! By the way, Henry's final inverted hook shot was also very good! However, I guess you had no choice but to choose the barb when you felt that the header was not sure, hahaha! ”

"You guy."

Ashley Cole joked on the side, and didn't forget to tease Henry at the end.

A group of people talked and laughed, seeing that the players were almost relaxed, Wenger walked to the tactical board with his arms crossed, and said with a smile: "I know you are all excited now, but you can't relax next, in the first half our three-midfield formation made Manchester United confused, but after Rooney went to the right side to join the organization and defense in the final stage, they obviously showed signs of recovery, especially Cristiano's breakthrough, this time the referee saw through his fake fall, but next time it may not be, so we can't press the defense too far, This is very dangerous. ”

Speaking of this, Wenger looked at Bergkamp with a somewhat complicated gaze: "Dennis, after the start of the second half, I need you to drop back more to get the ball, create gaps for Xiao Mo, and at the same time work harder on the defensive end, don't need to worry about physical problems, I will replace you with Giroud in the 65th minute." ”

As soon as he said that, the players all looked at Bergkamp, their eyes bobbling between him and Giroud.

The two goals in the first half were created by Bergkamp after dropping back to get the ball, which was very effective, but it was also very physically draining, Bergkamp is 35 years old this year, and the decline in fitness is a problem that cannot be ignored, and the most obvious aspect of physical decline is in the defensive end.

The reason for United's resurgence in the final stages of the first half was indeed due to Rooney's withdrawal, but it was more because Bergkamp's fitness was no longer enough to support him to press at full speed, so United's backfield players were able to pass the ball comfortably.

Generally speaking, in the game, it is your own forwards who harass the opponent's back and back line, making it difficult for the opponent to control the ball comfortably, but Bergkamp consumes a lot of energy because of the frequent retreat and forward, and there is no excess energy to allocate to the defensive end.

If there is one less person to press, there is no way to press, so at the end of the first half, Chen Mo will choose to compress the overall formation and use a formation similar to a bus to deal with Manchester United's attack.

The twilight of the hero is undoubtedly a bit regrettable, but now everyone is more concerned about the question of Bergkamp who has been the absolute core of Arsenal for the past nine years, as long as he is not injured and has played almost all the games, now, is he willing to make way for the youngsters?

Everyone looked at Bergkamp, and Giroud leaned down nervously, resting his elbows on his knees, looking down and biting his fingers.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Bergkamp, who had been as cold as ice, hooked a smile on the corner of his mouth and looked at Wenger.

"No problem, boss, Arsenal's honour is above all else."

(End of chapter)