Chapter 419 The Road to Growth
In the Arsenal locker room.
The atmosphere is more depressing and dull than ever before.
Close the door of the locker room, and the suffocating crazy cheers of the Newcastle people in the stands finally disappeared at this moment... The whole world is clean!
Unfortunately, even if the door is closed, the confusion and confusion in the hearts of the gunmen will not disappear because of the closing of the door... What happened in the first half was so shocking that at this moment, when the young gunmen remembered the three words Li Tongfan in their hearts and the black standing on the opponent's command table. The figure was already timid before the war, and involuntarily felt invincible... Professor Wenger looked at the gunmen who were all drooping their heads without exception and sighed gently... "Such a result is indeed unacceptable, and now, I have to admit the China standing in front of the Newcastle command seat. People are too horrible... Such a person is simply the nemesis of other coaches. He lives in the same era as him, which is the greatest sadness for a football coach..."
"However, we have too many reasons not to give up when the game is here. If we still lose the game with a shame of 3:0 in the case of two more people, then no matter what kind of record we have achieved in the league before, we will become weak..."
"...Because if that's the case, there is no doubt that we will be firmly nailed to the pillar of shame and never turn over! And the names of each of you will be regarded as the object of ridicule when future generations mention this game... I can guarantee that the fans will not have the slightest pity or sympathy. Their sneer is enough to make the stubborn stone burst and the iron man crazy..."
"So, now, you must, listen, must, must be happy with everything else... From now on, we will no longer fight for victory or defeat, but for the honor of the club! Crazy Li is indeed terrible, but that's not the reason for us to flinch! Because of our glorious Arsenal!"
"We have our own glory, we have what we must defend, and you should also have your own persistence, right?"
Wenger said a lot in one breath.
Watching the young disciples gradually wake up from confusion and helplessness, Wenger finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"In the second half, we attack!"
This is the last sentence Wenger said during the entire 15-minute halftime break.
That's right, but you have to attack at all costs!
After all, no matter how strong Newcastle is, there are only nine people on the court. The ball game in the first half has consumed enough of their physical strength... Wenger doesn't believe that Newcastle's players are really a group of steel and iron, with unlimited physical strength!
Wenger doesn't believe that the middle finger of the madman Li, which can decide the goal, can really stand up unscrupulously!
Otherwise, he only needs to stand up his middle finger in every game. How could he be almost desperate in so many previous games. In the end, he almost won the game by relying on good luck!
At this moment, Wenger only believes that as long as his Arsenal attack in the second half, there will be a chance to overturn the 9-man Magpie Legion!
... Forced - the second half of the game finally began.
Wenger was dumbfounded!
Because Newcastle has been replaced!
Fernando Gago replaced the alien Ronaldo, who contributed two assists.
Hedira replaced Juan Mata!
Musa Sissoko replaced Alan Smith!
Replaced three offensive players and three defensive midfielders in one go!
3-4-1!!
After ignoring the seemingly insignificant '1' on the forward line, the defensive energy of such a formation is not even a little worse than that of the 11-man formation.
Madman Li... This is going to be defended!
Three minutes ago, Wenger was still confident that a Chinese should carry out his usual crazy style to the end. After all, Newcastle's offensive in the first half was full of momentum, and it was the most vigorous time... Who would have thought that the madman Li retreated so simply!
Newcastle chooses the retreat tactic, which is no less than a blow for Arsenal, who is eager to achieve a big reversal by catching the gap leaked out of the opponent's attack.
Any team will feel a headache when facing the iron barrel array!
But at this time, Arsenal has no other way but to attack!
Wenger has a black face and has not changed his tactics!
...Li Tongfan smiled shamelessly.
Because he saw Wenger's black face.
Lao Li thought shamelessly: with Newcastle's super offensive success rate and unrelenient momentum at the last moment of the first half of the mountain, not only Wenger, but also many people thought that Newcastle would definitely carry the attack to the end in the second half!
They must have thought that the madman Li has been crazy to the extent that only in this way can he release his arrogantness!
However, Li Tongfan has to tell them that madmen also have time to be calm and rational!
Moreover, in addition to the attack, the defense of the Magpie Legion is also strong.
In the face of Arsenal, 9 people can score 3 goals in the attack, and there are still 9 people, and they can block their opponents in defense!
Of course, the most important reason is that the consumption of two [free points] has reached the limit of consumption that Li Tongfan can bear. There is no need for Lao Li to waste such precious points into completely meaningless goals!
... One takes the initiative to retreat, and the other sacrifices his life to attack!
The focus of the 15th round of the Premier League's "Pinnacle Battle" completely turned into a half-time attack and defense in the 45 minutes of the second half!
The defensive guard is out of breath, and the offensive attack is furious!
Arsenal has played its gorgeous attack to the extreme. The red waves are like the ever-lasting waves of the Aegean Sea, and they will never see the end!
However, Newcastle's defense is like a sea-proof dam, always standing!
'Brain' Fabregas tried his best and seemed to pass the ball again and again, but when the football really passed, the fatal gap that was clearly there in the previous second had disappeared!
Madman Lee almost used 'human flesh' to form a moving dam in front of Hugo Loris. In addition to Michael Owen, the other eight magpie players on the court put all their experiences into defense... 5 minutes passed, and the score was 3-0!
10 minutes have passed, and the score is still 3:0!
20 minutes have passed, and the score is still 3:0!
Time passed slowly and quickly, and the snowflakes flying all over the sky finally showed signs of stopping.
In the stands, the fans of both sides have begun to give up the tireless 'fight' between each other - although the team has no momentum to shrink back to the defense, no Newcastle fans have booed with dissatisfaction, because under the ratio of 9 to 11 people, they can take the lead of three goals. It's already a dream for them not to wake up... On the other hand, although the team is shamefully three goals behind, no Arsenal, who came from afar, left early to express dissatisfaction, because no team has been spared in the face of that person's middle finger, and it is the most dangerous in the team. At that time, what is needed is encouragement and support, not blame and betrayal... There is no one sitting in the stands of St. James watching the game.
It seems that only standing up from the seat and standing in the cold night wind is the best support for the players who are still fighting on the court!
In this way, all changes have nothing to do with energy and strength.
In the court of 70,000 people, Newcastle fans and Arsenal fans sang the team songs of their respective teams in a gentle tone... without interfering with each other.
This is a strange scene. The ferocious face in the first half, the towering middle finger in the first half, the provocative scolding in the first half, and the first half... All the antagonism and hostility in the first half disappeared!
Because they are no longer in the mood to fight anymore. They want to be proud of their own pride, and they must be proud of their own pride!
Time goes by, just like running water.
With less than 10 minutes left in the second half of the game, almost all Arsenal fans have no hope of achieving a big reversal. The only thing they expect is that the players they support can score at the last minute... even one goal!
Because it's the same as what Wenger said in the intermission locker room: it has nothing to do with victory or defeat, but glory!
The glory of 11 men and 10,000 men!
Maybe, more!
And the Arsenal players on the court obviously know that the Gunners' attack became more and more violent towards the end of the game. The football was sent to Newcastle's penalty area like a cannonball, and it was quickly pushed out by the 'f magpie'... Then go in, come out again!
In such a helpless and interesting round-trip cycle, the time of the game came to the last 30 seconds... on the sidelines.
The fourth official played an electronic billboard, and there was a stoppage time of 2 minutes in the second half of the game.
The saddest moment has arrived.
Gradually, "HOT-STUFF" sung by less than 10,000 gunmen unexpectedly surpassed "COME-IN-HOME-NEWCASTLE" sung by more than 60,000 Newcastleans... Fate has long been decided, and now is the last moment to decide the glory!
For the last time, Fabregas passed the ball, and football passed Fernando Gago in the most reasonable way, Sami Khedila, Maclele, Steven Taylor, Michelle Manzini... For the last time, [Little Warcraft] Adebayor followed his teammate's pass and squeezed out the dense Ma's opponent crowd, charging with all his strength... For the last time, Eduardo Silva moved his steps and tried to implicate the gap for his teammates... The tragic song resounded throughout the audience, which was Arsenal's last attack!
Fabregas's pass almost pierced the entire defense line of the Magpie Legion. Adebayor's sprint squeezed almost all the opponents who tried to block him. Eduardo Silva's running position involved all the gap... But... Forced - the whistle sounded!
The game is over!
Hugo Loris held the football in his arms, and then kicked high into the night sky, which had stopped snowing at some point... Newcastle players rushed to the coach's seat crazily.
Arsenal players either put their heads down, or put their hands on their hips, standing still... For them, this is a cruel game!
But how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain on the road of growth?
(to be continued)