Chapter 446 Volume 3 The Red Forest Arsenal Style

"Thierry Henry! WOW!"

The football flew off the post and the Arsenal captain's shot went wide.

"Seven minutes into the game, Arsenal had three shots, two shots on target, this one just wide. Arsenal looked proactive in their own home."

"Henry is in very good form and I think Nottingham Forest is in trouble."

When the commentator said this, Dunn and Chris Lark were sitting on the coach's bench and chatting.

"It doesn't look like a defense, does it?" Chris Rack said, frowning.

"What do they defend when they don't score?" Dunn looked at the pitch and said, "We have a chance to change Wenger's plan. As long as we break their goal before they want to score, we can force Wenger to give up The intention to defend and counterattack, let the game return to the track we are familiar with."

As soon as Tang En finished speaking, the Forest team got a chance to attack. Arteta made a wonderful pass in the frontcourt. Viduka screened for Anelka. After Anelka broke into the penalty area and shot, he was caught Lehman flew to catch him.

Lehmann's performance won the applause of the Arsenal fans, but the scene was booed. Naturally, the boos were not aimed at Lehmann, but "dedicated" to Anelka who shot.

Anelke turned and ran out of the penalty area as if nothing had happened, he has long been used to it. Of course, he didn't forget to give Arteta a thumbs up for passing the ball for him.

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Lehmann threw the ball to attack, Fabregas turned around to catch the ball, and George Wood followed. He didn't care about his original position, because Dunn told him that if Fabregas dropped back to catch the ball, he must also keep up. He obeyed Tang En's request, which made Cesc Fabregas a little uncomfortable.

"Cesc Fabregas, George Wood! They're back together again! It's one of the things we look forward to when we watch Arsenal play Nottingham Forest, two fine young men, like fateful enemies... ...I know it's cheesy to say that, but is there a better way to describe it?"

The No. 13 of the Forest team has been entangled with him for two seasons, starting with a youth team game at the earliest. He originally thought it was an ordinary youth team game. With his level at the time, he didn't even need to participate in the England Youth FA Cup of the same age group. He had the strength to be directly promoted to the first team. However, in order to test his status before the real first team game, Wenger still put him in the youth team to play a few games.

Before the game against the Nottingham Forest youth team, he didn't pay attention to his peers in England at all. For him, that kind of game was as casual as playing on the street, and he could win casually. After all, he is a child who has seen the big world and achieved great achievements. What is the use of such a game besides warming him up? He is tired of the seemingly endless youth team games, he is eager to go to the first team, to participate in the real league, to feel the real victory and defeat... If he keeps playing with this mentality, who knows what will happen in the future? Can you see the radiant genius Cesc Fabregas?

A youth game against Nottingham Forest changed his future. It was his first defeat since joining the Arsenal youth team, and what made him grieve was that his crushing opponent was a nobody. He didn't know who this person was before, but after that he paid attention to the information about George Wood, and found that he was a novice who had trained for less than a year!

He was very angry, he wanted to completely defeat Wood, he worked very hard in training, trying to adapt to the cold and humid weather in London as quickly as possible... All these efforts are aimed at defeating him the next time he meets the Nottingham youth team, so that he can also Flat out. But there was no chance. More than a month after that game, he was transferred to the first team by Wenger. Perhaps Wenger also saw that participating in the youth team game would not improve Cesc Fabregas too much. He became a member of Arsenal's first team, he became the youngest player to represent Arsenal in the league, and he even became the youngest player to represent Arsenal to score an official goal.

All of a sudden, countless praises such as "genius" and "child prodigy" flew to him, and he became the object of the world's attention. Football stars, TV commentators, fans... all praised him full of praise. But in this overwhelming success, he has not lost as much as he did in the youth team. His mind is extraordinarily clear, because he knows that there is another person who he wants to defeat but has no chance to defeat.

Until Nottingham Forest was successfully promoted, he finally had the opportunity to compete with George Wood in the official game. He thought that one game would end all the grievances between himself and this person, but he didn't expect it to last until today. George Wood is no coward to be knocked down by one defeat, and neither is Francesc Fabregas!

George Wood's panting sound came from behind, and he felt the touch brought by his body's constant collision. He must work hard to protect the football and prevent it from being snatched by the guy behind him. If there is no player on the field, Fabregas has to look up to observe the running positions of his teammates and the opponent's formation, find loopholes that can be exploited, and pass the football through... If there is no chance, he must also transfer the football out, and then run empty to get rid of Wood , Reorganize the attack.

He saw a gap that could be exploited. But Wood was pressing very hard behind him. He was not absolutely sure that the ball would fly exactly where he wanted it to go. What if he was intercepted halfway and let Nottingham Forest counterattack?

Cesc Fabregas quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and gave up the chance of a direct pass, but passed the football to Edu next to him. Then he turned and ran elsewhere, and George Wood didn't give up, he continued to follow up.

Edu passed the ball to him again, Wood continued to lean forward at the first time, Fabregas had no choice but to pass the ball again, this time he passed it to Ashley Cole, and then the England international dribbled the ball to kill out.

Next, Fabregas deliberately noticed Wood next to him. He saw Wood turned his head to look at himself, then looked at Ashley Cole who was dribbling forward, and finally chose to run back to defend. He ran very fast, not the normal speed of returning to defense at all, more like there was only one goalkeeper left in the backcourt, and then he ran as hard as he could, and ran away from Cesc Fabregas in an instant.

The Spanish teenager shook his head, he really didn't know what mood he should be in. Such a not-so-smart person turned out to be the opponent he wanted to defeat. Suddenly, a feeling of "I'm so stupid" came to me, but it quickly disappeared without a trace.

Because he saw Ashley Cole lose the pace with Wood...

The monster!

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George Wood's containment of Cesc Fabregas was very successful, but Fabregas also quickly knew how to deal with it. He no longer just observes the position of his teammates after receiving the ball, but observes the running route of his teammates and the defensive position of the opponent in advance when he raises his hand to ask for the ball, and then sends the football out as soon as possible. Or being able to make the next move right after catching the ball without having to stop and think about what to do next.

This really caused a lot of trouble for Wood's defense. No matter how fast he was, he would still give Fabregas a chance to pass the ball.

Fabregas is alive, Arsenal's offense is alive.

Edu passed the ball to Fabregas, and before George Wood could press, Fabregas passed the ball to Bergkamp in front, and the Dutch veteran passed the ball to Henry, who then shot. Although this attack did not score a goal, it has given Wenger hope.

Cesc Fabregas has completely replaced Vieira's position and role in the team. Now Arsenal's entire team must operate with him as the core. He is the central nerve of the team. As long as he can find a way to deal with George Wood, Wenger is not afraid of Forest.

The game came to a stalemate, with Forest desperately trying to get past Arsenal, who thought exactly as they did. It seems that the two sides are attacking each other, but neither has any effect.

As I said before the game, these two teams are too familiar, and they don't feel like playing in the Champions League at all, just like they usually play against each other in the league. Arsenal knows the habits of every Nottingham Forest player, and Nottingham Forest is also familiar with Arsenal. Tang En didn't need to tell George Wood to watch out for Fabregas, and he didn't need to tell Anelka how to find Arsenal's defensive space, and he didn't need to tell the defense too much about how to deal with Henry and Bergkamp. They all knew. What should I do.

It's quite awkward to play against such an opponent, especially in the context of the Champions League semi-finals. not excited enough...

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The Forest team attacked again, Ribery lobbed the ball into the penalty area, Viduka was trying to fight for the top, and Anelka was cruising in the back point, ready to suddenly insert. The football was not pushed by the two of them, but was pushed out of the penalty area by defender Toure.

Fabregas, who returned to the edge of the penalty area, received the football. At this time, George Wood was not close to him, but he was rushing towards him.

The Spanish teenager glanced at Wood, then passed the football to Henry who came up to meet him, and everyone's attention turned to this world-class striker. If you still have an impression, you will definitely feel that Henry's current position with the ball is very familiar.

That's right, in the North London Derby on November 17, 2002, Henry scored the Premier League's best goal of the season in the first half of the game. He robbed the ball from the outside of his team's penalty area and started He made a 65-meter lightning strike, passing several people in a row, from one penalty area to another, and scored the football into Tottenham Hotspur's goal.

Is he going to do it again?

Henry started to start.

George Wood changed his target in the middle of the run and chased after Henry. Now he is the only one in the midfield who can catch up with Henry.

Henry didn't dribble in a straight line, but dribbled sideways, so George Wood caught him easily.

But Henry used his experience and skills to shake Wood away, and then changed direction again, attacking the Forest team's penalty area.

Wood would not be thrown away once, he turned and pounced, and at this time Reyes was already coming up quickly to support, George Wood didn't notice, he put all his energy on Henry who was dribbling the ball.

Of course, Henry knew that Wood's target was himself. He had fought against Wood several times, and he was no stranger to him. He also knew that once this guy entangled him closely, things would be troublesome. So he didn't get entangled with him, and when everyone focused their attention on their own front, suddenly came a stunning pass.

At that time, Wood had already crossed Henry in front of him, forcing him to slow down. It seemed that Arsenal's fast break was over. Henry made the gesture of directing a cross in front of the goal, allowing George Wood and left-back Leighton Barnes behind him to focus on the penalty area.

Henry's fake movements were so realistic that he even deceived the TV camera at one point. The camera moved to the penalty area as Henry swung his right leg, but did not see the football flying out. It wasn't until this time that the TV director realized that he had also been fooled. The camera lens switched quickly, just in time to see Henry's right leg swinging in the air, and the toe of his left foot, which was supposed to be a supporting foot, stabbed the football to the right. There, Reye Si is plugging in behind him at high speed.

"Reyes! Great pass, so inspired! Thierry Henry's performance!"

There were huge cheers at Highbury Stadium. Henry played a beautiful move, which not only won the applause from the stands, but also boosted Arsenal's morale.

Compared with his slightly playful pass, Nottingham Forest on the defensive side looked a little embarrassed.

George Wood was completely deceived by Henry. When Xiang went to turn around to assist Barnes to defend Reyes, it was too late. Reyes did not stop the ball, but passed directly, and sent the football to him with his right foot, which he was not good at. The middle of the Forest team's restricted area.

The football bypassed the defense of Pepe and Piqué and fell to the back point no man's land.

Who will be there? !

George Wood turned to look.

"Cesc Fabregas!!" The commentator screamed.

Wood saw it, Arsenal's No. 4, that slightly thin figure suddenly appeared at the landing point of the ball like a ghost, and appeared in front of Van der Sar, then he calmly raised his left foot and passed the ball from Reyes The ball lightly pads...

The football bypassed the hands of Van der Sar who jumped up to defend, and then fell into the empty goal!

All the Arsenal fans in the stands at Highbury, wearing red and brown jerseys, jumped from their seats with their hands up.

"What a wonderful combination! Wonderful goal! This is a typical Arsenal attack, Nottingham Forest is played around by them! Fabregas, Henry, Reyes, Fabregas! Perfect cycle, Arsenal 1:0 lead! They had a start that couldn't have been better!"

Arsenal's players swarmed Cesc Fabregas, who ran wildly in celebration, Henry and Reyes ran past George Wood, arms outstretched. Wood stood where he was, kept turning and looking back, and bit his lips tightly watching their backs. He lost sight of that kid...

At the same time off the court, Tang En also set his sights on Arthur Wenger who was celebrating with the assistant coach. Being scored first by Arsenal means that the game will enter the track that Wenger most wants to see in the next time.

The situation is not good.

After celebrating with the assistant coach, Wenger also noticed that someone was watching him. He turned his gaze to the Forest team coach's bench and smiled at Tang En.

Tang En looked away.

Wenger turned to assistant coach Patrice and said: "Look, Pat. As I said, we need to absorb some of the strengths of others, but at the same time we have to maintain our own style. This is an Arsenal-style goal. We My old friend is in trouble."

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