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Chapter 307 The Rough Reading Team
Chapter 307 The Rough Reading Team
After qualifying for the Champions League group, Arsenal focused on the league and cup competitions.
In the 12th round, Arsenal defeated Sunderland 4:1 at home.
Cesc Fabregas started the game, he played a good level, one shot, two assists.
This season, Cesc Fabregas didn't have much playing time. With the arrival of Van Bommel and Vogel, Fabregas' playing time has been compressed a lot.
Cesc Fabregas is not very old, Hiddink still feels that he should be allowed to come in step by step.
Moreover, Cesc Fabregas' physical condition is not very ideal. It seems that contacting the professional league too early still has an impact on the health of young players.
Subsequently, Hiddink sent a substitute to play, and defeated Thun 2:0, and the Champions League group won 5 consecutive victories.
Back in the league, Arsenal beat Newcastle United by 2 goals in an away game, still maintaining a good momentum.
Then, they beat Blackburn 3:2 at home.
In the three league games that Jia Yi missed, Arsenal maintained a complete victory.
For a while, Hiddink's coaching was also getting better.
Without Jia Yi, the team can still win. Hiddink now feels that the team may have gotten rid of Jia Yi's dependence.
On November 11th, Arsenal played in the fourth round of the League Cup against Reading, the leader of the English Championship.
Jia Yi also started the game, and he was rested for two weeks. He felt uncomfortable all over.
The opponent was very ambitious before the game. Coach Koppel said: "Although Arsenal is the leader of the Premier League, we are also the leader of the Championship. In our home court, everything is possible."
After the start of the game, the Reading team used unconventional tactics. They fought fiercely and played rough.
In 4 minutes, Van Bommel was directly cut open by the opponent's sliding shovel, and was carried off the field with blood streaming down his legs, and Figo came in as a substitute!
In 9 minutes, Vogel was also shoveled behind the opponent, sprained his ankle and was forced to leave the field.
In less than 10 minutes, the Reading team used two crazy lethal fouls to damage two of Arsenal's main players.
The rotating Mascherano was forced to play. He was supposed to rest, but now he has no midfielder available, so he can only play.
For these two fouls, the referee did not issue a single yellow card. It seems that this home court advantage is really not small.
In the 14th minute, the Reading team pressed forward and caused Reyes to fall to the ground. This ball was obviously suspected of fouling.
But the referee encouraged the offense and didn't brag about it. Reyes' confrontation ability is also criticized.
Reading striker Taylor volleyed from outside the penalty area, the ball hit the post and bounced into the net, 1:0!
Reading took the lead.
The home fans celebrated wildly. This kind of scene is also worthy of celebration. The Championship team is ahead of the Premier League leaders, which makes them excited.
Koppel was also excited and made an exaggerated kneeling motion on the sidelines.
Moreover, he ran to Hiddink's side and made a provocative look.
This also made Hiddink look gloomy, being led by a low-level team, of course he would not be satisfied.
He walked to the sidelines and made a forward pressing gesture with both hands to let the players strengthen their offense.
In the 18th minute, Jia Yi made consecutive breakthroughs in the middle of the road, a Marseille roundabout, a gap appeared on the penalty area line, and he pushed and shot, 1:1!
This time Jia Yitu was resolute, and the opponent's serial kills didn't stop him from breaking through. This series of breakthrough moves also dazzled people.
Jia Yi also excitedly rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal. Against such a rude team, he still had to grind slowly and seize the opportunity to give them a fatal blow.
Hiddink finally waved his fist, and at the same time gave Koppel a look. What is the Championship team doing in front of the Premier League leaders?
The game continues.
In the 25th minute, Jia Yi made another strong attack from the middle, and suddenly slanted in. Reyes slashed out from a slanted stab. He took advantage of his speed, threw off the opponent's player and entered the penalty area. When the opponent's player came up to intercept him, he volleyed vigorously. , the ball hit the far post, 1:2!
Arsenal overtook the score!
Reyes finally brought out his own characteristics.
This time the running position was good, and when he went in, he was also very decisive.
The angle of the shot is also well grasped. Reyes is usually a supporting role. This time, he is also crazy.
Hiddink is relieved now, and has entered the rhythm of Arsenal. Once the opponent wants to come back after taking the lead, there is not much hope.
The game continued, and the Reading team pressed out to attack.
This allowed Arsenal to counterattack and start to show off.
In the 37th minute, Figo made a long pass from the side, and Reyes once again entered the penalty area. After shaking the opponent's goalkeeper, he scored with a low shot, 1:3!
Reyes also kicked away!
This pass and run is also very tacit, and the opponent can't guard against it.
Before the end of halftime, Reyes once again used his speed to throw off the opponent's player, hit the bottom line and made a cross, Chalisteas headed the goal, 1:4!
This time, the home fans were completely silent.
Many Reading fans began to leave the field, obviously giving up hope for the game.
In the opening stage, their tactics were quite successful, after all, they were a bit of a rogue, but after being beaten dizzy by Arsenal a few times later, they couldn't find the southeast, north, south, and north.
At halftime, Arsenal led 1:4.
In the second half, the Reading team didn't make any adjustments. They didn't work hard, and they also conceded defeat.
In the end, Arsenal defeated Reading away to enter the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
After the League Cup ended, Arsenal immediately set off for Japan to prepare for the 2005 Club World Cup.
As last season's Champions League champions, Arsenal represented Europe.
This is actually the first Club World Cup, preceded by the Toyota Cup.
It was supposed to start in 2000, but because of sponsors, this event has not been held as scheduled.
This year's Club World Cup has finally been sponsored, and the championship club teams from all continents have also agreed to participate.
The other five participating teams are Sao Paulo of Brazil, Ittihad of Saudi Arabia, Al Ahli of Egypt, FC Sydney of Australia and Saprissa of Costa Rica.
As European champions and South American champions, Arsenal and Sao Paulo do not need to participate in the first round, they directly advance to the semi-finals.
After arriving in Tokyo, the Arsenal players began to revert to their old ways. They also have a certain understanding of this country and know that the customs industry here is very developed.
This also made Hiddink a little helpless.
In fact, there was one in the hotel, and Jia Yi was harassed by constant knocking on the door that night.
He naturally ignored it. Obviously, these women wanted to hook up with Arsenal players. Once the hookup was successful, even women who could not be called players could come down and show off to others. It can be sold for money.
However, other Arsenal players may not have Jia Yi's concentration. There should be many stories that night.
On the first match day, the entire Arsenal team also watched the match between Etihad and FC Sydney in the stands.
The strength of these two teams is average. The Etihad team has good skills at their feet, but the Sydney team has relatively strong physical fitness.
The two teams scored one goal each in the first half, but there was no improvement in the second half.
After extra time, the two sides still drew, and finally entered a boring penalty shootout.
In the end, FC Sydney had the last laugh, eliminated Ittihad and entered the semi-finals, and Arsenal was waiting for them.
(End of this chapter)