Chapter 451: Chapter 450: A single Piercing Cloud Arrow, despised by a thousand armies; this man named Himan, has practiced for 39 and a half years.
"Last season, Ibrahimovic, along with Deng Kai, had become the top scorers of the Portugal Cup. Everyone believes his talent is far superior to Drogba’s, including Drogba himself,"
"Let’s hope Ibrahimovic can give a stunning performance today."
After a round of introductions, the match had officially begun.
Huang Jianxiang took the opportunity to educate the fans with one last piece of essential knowledge before watching the game: "Lastly, media reports before the match revealed that Arsenal had made a bid for Deng Kai during the winter transfer window."
Wenger confirmed the news, but when Arsenal’s bid was made public, Portuguese fans saw it as a provocation."
"The English media’s tactic of spreading rumors about buying the opponent’s key players before a match is a classic move. It can effectively undermine the opponent’s morale, creating a feeling of superiority over them."
And the bid itself—20 million euros to snap up both Deng Kai and Ronaldo—is an insult to both players."
"We look forward to Ronaldo and Deng Kai responding to Wenger with their performance today!"
Beep!
Just as Huang Jianxiang finished speaking, the main referee in the video pointed to the center circle, signaling a valid goal.
He Wei, who had loved literature since he was young, recited with a strong and clear voice, "A brilliant goal, Bogkamp with a world-class strike piercing through the goal, it truly was a Piercing Cloud Arrow that could conquer armies..."
"Conquer armies? More like conquer hearts!" Huang Jianxiang interrupted He Wei with a tap on the foot, quickly continuing, "This is really unfortunate, to think that Arsenal had taken the lead within just five minutes of the start..."
He Wei was puzzled.
This... Huang Jianxiang’s bias is too obvious, isn’t it?
Does this mean I’m not allowed to praise Arsenal?
As commentators, shouldn’t we be impartial?
Arsenal scored and we’re not supposed to praise them? So you, Huang Jianxiang, are for Lisbon, right?
Huang Jianxiang saw He Wei’s expression and shook his head slightly in his heart.
This kid lacks inspiration, he can’t be led.
What do you mean by ’my team’?
That’s every Chinese football fan’s team!
Arsenal’s attractive style of play has a large following around the world, and they have many fans in China.
But do they have a famous Chinese star?
Do they have a Chinese youth player in their first team?
Do they have a dozen future Chinese stars in their youth team?
What is impartiality?
Does lack of subjectivity equal fairness?
If two people, one strong and one weak, fight and you ignore it, that’s endorsing the stronger one, that’s not fairness.
Soon, the complaint calls came in.
The director immediately told He Wei through the headset, "Don’t praise Arsenal, at least not this game. According to the pattern we’ve seen when broadcasting Lisbon’s games, even if the opponent is Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Juventus, or Real Madrid, we must never praise the opposing team."
"When Keane is on the pitch, praise Keane. When he’s not, praise Ronaldo. If there’s neither Ronaldo nor Keane, cheer for Maxa!"
He Wei nodded repeatedly.
The focus returned to the pitch.
Schmeichel and Deng Kai were communicating with Vidic, the latter mainly responsible for comforting their emotions.
The lineup for Lisbon in this game is:
Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic
Kaka, Deng Kai, Rivaldo
Yaya Toure, Guardiola
Pepe, Vidic, Barzagli
Schmeichel.
The lineup for Arsenal is:
Henry, Bergkamp
Pires, Vieira, Parlour, Ljungberg
Ashley Cole, Martin Keown, Campbell, Lauren
Lehmann.
In the fifth minute of the game, Ljungberg initiated a cross from the flank.
It wasn’t a particularly great opportunity.
But Vidic’s clearance went awry, directly passing the football to Bergkamp at the edge of the penalty area.
The Ice Prince met the ball with a volleyed shot, scoring the perfect worldie and securing Arsenal their first goal of the match.
1-0!
Deng Kai jumped up and patted Vidic on the back of his head, "Don’t worry, the main issue with that goal was actually Guardiola’s lack of protection at the top of the arc. You’re just taking the fall for him."
Hearing this from Young Master Kai, Vidic immediately adjusted his mood.
Guardiola: ...
The ninth minute.
Guardiola feinted Deng Kai with a fake, passing the ball to Ronaldo.
Ronaldo made a breakaway feint and chipped the football, preparing to accelerate and go down the flank.
But in the next moment, he was caught and pushed off the sidelines by Ashley Cole.
Cole intercepted and directly played the ball on the wing, commencing a counter-sprint.
Ronaldo gave a symbolic chase after Cole, realized he couldn’t keep up, and gave up.
Cole moved at high speed along the left wing, Barzagli didn’t dare to rush recklessly, retreating repeatedly, waiting for Guardiola to cover.
But when Guardiola lunged, Cole simply poked the football along the sideline, accelerating again and breezing past Guardiola with ease.
Bang!
Cole delivered a diagonal pass before Barzagli could approach.
The Highbury Express, Henry, moved to the left front, received the ball and, after a slight adjustment, took a narrow-angle long-range shot at the goal.
He acted as if Schmeichel was Arsenal’s goalkeeper Himan.
All good things must come to an end, meeting Joe Hart with one kick.
This is to say that England’s goalkeeper Joe Hart was too butter-handed.
But before Hart, England’s most authentic butterhands spokesman was Himan.
Born in 1963, Himan has been training for thirty-nine and a half years to date!
His butterhands were beyond perfection.
Bang!
Schmeichel made a heroic save, denying the French star’s long-range shot from entering the net.
When Henry came to the Premier League, Schmeichel had just transferred from Manchester United to Sporting Lisbon, and the two missed each other on the field.
But in the triumphant treble year of ’99 for Manchester United, Schmeichel’s Manchester United and Henry’s then club Juventus clashed fiercely in the Champions League semifinals.
In the end, Manchester United overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat Juventus.
At that time, Schmeichel was undeniably Manchester United’s first-choice goalkeeper, but Henry was just one of many rotational strikers at Juventus, scoring only three goals in sixteen matches all season.
The tenth minute, Arsenal took a corner kick with Pires.
Vieira leaped high, overpowering the seemingly towering Yaya Tu Lei with a headed goal attempt.
Tu Lei didn’t put much pressure on Vieira, but Vieira himself failed to connect properly, missing the opportunity to extend Arsenal’s lead.
The twenty-third minute.
Once again Ljungberg, again from the right side, initiated a straightforward cross.
This time Vidic didn’t make a mistake, heading the ball clearly away, guiding it to Guardiola near the penalty area line.
Unfortunately for Guardiola, unaware of the situation behind him, facing Vidic, he instinctively turned and cleared it with a big kick, but the ball skidded.
The football rolled out towards the edge of the penalty area.
France and Arsenal’s mainstay defensive midfielder Vieira rushed forward and blasted a shot.
It lacked the elegance of Bergkamp’s but was far more powerful.
When it comes to defensive midfielders with the strongest defensive and offensive capabilities through history, there are few, but at this stage, there were two, both coincidentally in the Premier League.
One was Manchester United’s captain Roy Keane.
The other was Arsenal’s captain Patrick Vieira.
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Male football fans who want to arrange this for their significant others (if you have one, but Tao has a hard time believing) can also do so.
Please only serious inquiries, if you’re certain you want to take photos then add her, otherwise Taozi will get criticized, thank you everyone!
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