Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 154 The Broken Leg Tragedy

Li Huan's return from injury brought stability and passion to Arsenal, substitute 10 minutes at home 1:0 to beat the Reds, the first start on the away 3:2 against Porto, back to the Premier League, Arsenal continued their winning journey, easily won the black cat Sunderland 2:0 at home, Li Huan's league goals also reached 32. Just two goals shy of Shearer's record of 34 goals in a single season, many Gunners fans are following Arsenal to Stoke City's Britannia Stadium to see Li Huan break the scoring record.

Due to Arsenal's performance too eye-catching, they have not lost a game so far, and they are stronger than the 0304 season, when Arsenal drew a lot, and this season Arsenal only drew three. The middle and lower teams of the Premier League are very afraid of Arsenal's attacking power, and they all adopt lethal tactics in the face of Arsenal.

Professor Arsene Wenger expressed his deep concern about this, and before the match against Stoke City, who played ugly and brutal, he appealed to the media and the FA to protect the technical players and protect the talents, and Professor Wenger believes that Arsenal have not won the title in recent years because the Premier League fouls and confrontations are too intense, which has caused Arsenal's players to suffer too many injuries.

Arsenal has now swept the Premier League, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and other new and old aristocrats have been trampled under their feet, the middle and lower teams have been slaughtered by a large score, Arsenal has almost become the public enemy of the Premier League, Wenger's call not only did not get any response, Ferguson and Benitez also sneered at the professor.

Sir Alex Ferguson quipped: "The professor may be crazy about the championship, the Arsenal players need to be protected, don't the players of other teams need to be protected?" Stars are people, aren't ordinary players people? ”

Benitez said: "Does the professor still want the FA to guarantee Arsenal as Premier League champions? Physical confrontation is the hallmark of the Premier League and if the professor doesn't want other players to touch the Arsenal players, they'd better go and play golf. ”

Stoke City's tactics are simple and ugly, and not only the opponents are disgusted, but even the Stoke City fans are unhappy with this style of play, but manager Pulis is a man who wants results and dares to stand his own way. Stoke City's main form of scoring goals was from their Popeye Dilap throw-ins and set-pieces, but other than that, Stoke's attack was lackluster.

Playing against a team like Stoke City, Arsenal obviously don't want to play good football, and the excitement of football games has always been decided by the weaker team, not the stronger one.

Stoke City set up a 901 formation at the beginning, waiting for Arsenal to attack, Pulis didn't know that Arsenal's Li Huan's free kick was unparalleled in the world, but he had no choice, Stoke City could only have the possibility of a draw or even win in addition to playing 901, and with any other tactic, Arsenal could beat Stoke City into a sieve.

In the face of a formation like 901, even Arsenal has no good solution, they can only patiently look for opportunities.

But to everyone's surprise, Stoke City, who were extremely conservative in tactics, actually scored first.

In the fifth minute, Popeye Dilap played a trick with his first throw-in, unexpectedly throwing the ball into his team-mates instead of the box. In the eighth minute, Dilap threw a grenade directly into the box when he sent another throw-in, and Shawcross flicked a header to the back post in the middle of the chaos, and Danny Poole followed up with a header from six yards to score. Turned the score to 1-0.

Stoke City fans were thrilled with their side scoring an Arsenal goal, and the atmosphere in the stands was much warmer than it had been at the start.

However, the Stoke City people did not get excited for long, under the full siege of Arsenal. In the 22nd minute, Li Huan's cross from the right wing landed excellently, Bendtner's header from 12 yards out made a beautiful arc, the ball went past his national team teammate, and Stoke City's goalkeeper Sorensen drilled into the top right corner of the goal, 1-1.

Arsenal then took complete control of the game, but until the end of the first half, Arsenal were not able to knock on Stoke City's door again, which gave Stoke City the confidence to keep the draw.

At the start of the second half, Stoke City's defense was significantly more ferocious than in the first half, although they were still in a big swing at the edge of the box.

In the 66th minute of the game, an unbearable scene happened.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey was dribbling to the bottom line, Stoke City defender Shawcross put a tackle head-on, Ramsey couldn't dodge and was tackled to the ground. The moment Shawcross tackled Ramsey, the Welsh youngster's right calf instantly folded nearly 90 degrees, and Ramsey rolled on the ground in pain a few times and fell unconscious.

After seeing his teammate suffer a serious injury, Campbell, the oldest man on the Arsenal field, lashed at the referee on duty, Peter Wharton, because after Ramsey was injured, Peter Wharton seemed to be a little blank in his mind by this sudden scene, that is, he did not show it immediately.

Li Huan grabbed Xiao Cross's chest, almost lifted him up, and couldn't wait to punch him in the face, seeing his teammate's leg broken with his own eyes, Li Huan's mood was extremely bad.

Knowing that he had made a big mistake, Shawcross's expression was also very painful, and he knew that his actions could lead to the end of Ramsey's career. Facing Li Huan's gaze that was about to breathe fire, he just kept saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" I really didn't mean to......"

The expressions of the other Arsenal players on the field were extremely frustrated and painful, Eduardo and Vermaelen couldn't hide their faces, Xiaofa looked up to the sky and sighed, Eboue kept shaking his head, Clichy was full of dazed eyes, even Professor Wenger on the sidelines forgot his anger, he stood on the sidelines and froze, many of them were in the third time with a broken leg, and the fear was only heavier than the first, not lighter.

It wasn't until the 68th minute, when an ambulance arrived to take Ramsey to a nearby hospital, that Peter Wharton showed Shawcross a red card and ejected him from the pitch.

The home team Stoke City was sent off, Arsenal got the opportunity to play more and less, but Stoke City was originally a bucket formation, one more person and one less person did not have much impact, in the rest of the time, although the Arsenal soldiers attacked fiercely, but they were restless and demoralized, almost everyone was thinking about Ramsey who went to the hospital for treatment, and did not create many opportunities to score, and finally Li Huan used a penalty to beat Stoke City 2-1.

The Arsenal players had no intention of celebrating the victory after the game, they didn't even want to be interviewed, and within five years, Diaby, Eduardo, and Ramsey broke their legs, and the hearts of Arsenal's players were almost broken, and if they were asked to make a choice between Ramsey's broken leg and defeat, they would definitely choose to fail without hesitation.

After the game, Arsene Wenger again bitterly bombarded the pitch with violence and power, "It was a terrible situation and we immediately sent him back to London for surgery. We don't know how long Aaron Ramsey will be out but it's a long time for sure. I've been in this situation many times, and I still can't believe my eyes. But I believe that such a situation is unacceptable. There's nothing wrong with dedication, but it's not right to be reckless about it.

I repeatedly questioned the team in the press conference about the power style of play, and that's why. I have seen three such tragedies in five years. First Diaby, Eduardo, now it's Ramsey's turn. I don't know what to say, we have mixed feelings right now. Obviously, we are not adequately protected. Sometimes we are the victims. I'm not complaining about anything, that's what football is all about. Although such a situation is extremely rare, it has occurred three times in five years. ”

There have been a lot of scandals with the surname in recent times, and Terry is followed by Ashley. Cole, and then Rooney, the media are busy reporting these peachy news every day, and after Ramsey's broken leg, the media finally did something right, they condemned the violence on the pitch through Ramsey's broken leg, hoping that the referee would be more strict in managing the game, and at the same time asking the players to cherish the professional lives of others.

Seeing the bloody tragedy of broken legs, Ferguson and Benitez stopped talking, wishing Ramsey a speedy recovery, expressing their support for the punishment of violence on the pitch, and hoping that the players can clean themselves and play against the ball rather than against people in the game.

In such a public opinion environment, Arsenal's 29th round and Burnley's game went a lot smoother, the referee was very strict in law enforcement on the field, Burnley did not dare to foul easily, the game was very beneficial to Arsenal's technical flow, and Arsenal finally defeated Burnley 5:1 at home, sweeping away the bad luck of teammate Ramsey's broken leg in the last game.

After playing the league against Burnley, Arsenal welcomed the challenge of Portuguese powerhouse Porto at home.

In the first leg, the two sides played 3:2, and Arsenal can advance to the last eight as long as they don't lose or even lose a goal at home, while Porto need a win, or a high score of more than 3:2. In fact, from a probabilistic point of view,. The team that lost 2-3 at home has not yet been able to reverse the promotion.

It was supposed to be a game of great disparity, but because of two mistakes in one round, Porto scored two goals, and Arsenal also suffered an official whistle from referee Hansen at the Dragon Stadium and almost lost the game. Now that Arsenal are back on their home turf, they are sure to get revenge, and Porto are not willing to give up hope of a slight comeback, so there was another war of words between the two teams before the second leg of the knockout round.

(To be continued)