Chapter 414

May 15, Saturday, afternoon.

The final round of the Premier League is on at Highbury stadium in London.

Home team Arsenal face Leicester City.

After Chelsea won the championship seven times ahead of schedule, the final round of the game has been unable to change the ranking between the two teams. Arsenal locked up the second place in the League ahead of schedule, while Leicester City got a demotion quota ahead of schedule.

Before the game, everyone felt that Arsenal should be able to beat their opponents easily.

But this is not the case.

The referee of this game is the 48 year old Durkin, who will retire after his last whistle game.

But I don't know whether it was because of his old eyes or other reasons that he made a very controversial decision at the beginning of the game.

It was the first attack of the game. Arsenal attacked after the opening. Right back Lauren inserted the ball into the restricted area of Leicester City, but suddenly fell to the ground.

The Arsenal players thought it was a penalty, but Durkin thought the Leicester City defender didn't foul.

In the slow motion replay of the scene, it is difficult to judge whether it is a foul or Lauren diving due to the angle problem.

Maybe due to the influence of the opening, Arsenal didn't play well at the beginning. Although they firmly controlled the advantage on the field, they failed to turn the advantage into goals.

In the first ten minutes, Gilberto Silva, Henry and Ljungberg tried to hit the goal, but they didn't hit the right part once, especially Henry, whose long-range shot was too far away.

But Arsenal still have an overwhelming advantage in overall strength and continue to control the situation.

In the 20th minute, the guard of Leicester City fouled again, Arsenal got a good position, just a little far away from the direct free kick opportunity, Henry directly started to hit the door, again higher.

After that, Bergkamp, Pires and Henry all got the chance to start, but still failed to hit the target.

The only more threatening shot came from Henry's small penalty area, but was bravely saved by the other goalkeeper.

The French striker is so depressed that he almost wants to hold his head and can only come back in frustration.

But when the game entered 30 minutes, Arsenal could not attack for a long time, and the situation was a little relaxed. Leicester City suddenly launched a counterattack. Sinclair got rid of Vieira's cross on the right side, and former Arsenal player dikov headed in front of the goal to break Lehmann's goal.

This goal completely broke the deadlock on the field.

Arsenal began to launch a crazy counterattack, Leicester City's situation is even more difficult.

In particular, four minutes after Leicester City scored, Bergkamp broke the opponent's defense with a beautiful straight ball and entered the restricted area. After Henry received the ball, he threw away the goalkeeper and pushed it.

But it was supposed to be a safe shot, but because of too much pursuit of angle, he wanted to push a dead corner at the bottom right. As a result, he ran into the column and was caught up by the other side's defender. A big foot kicked out of the sideline and the ball was out of bounds.

Henry was furious in the penalty area when he missed scoring opportunities in a row.

Everyone can see the anxiety in his heart at this moment.

From the original lead of five goals, to now being chased by the other side again and again, catching up with the draw, his nervousness and anxiety can be imagined, the urgency of scoring is beyond words.

But it was the captain Vieira who drew for Arsenal.

In the first half of stoppage time, Vieira suddenly came in from behind and after receiving a straight ball from Bergkamp, he swung past the attacking goalkeeper in the restricted area and hit the goal with a cool push.

What's interesting is that whether it's assists, passing routes or scoring methods, it's exactly the same as Henry's shot just now, just one goal and one deviation.

As soon as the ball came in, the first half was over.

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"What's the score over there?"

As soon as the whistle sounded, Henry walked out of the stadium and went straight to the head coach's desk. He asked assistant coach Pat rice, who is Arsene Wenger's best assistant and has a good relationship with the players.

Pat rice is also very clear that Henry's side refers to Chelsea.

"2-0, Chelsea are ahead for the time being

Pat Rice's words made Henry take a cold breath and quickly asked, "who scored?"

Anxious appearance let everyone see.

"Don't worry, it's Ibrahimovic and Deco who scored

Henry was relieved to hear the news.

This game, Arsenal's opponent is the relegated team Leicester City, but Chelsea's opponent is Leeds United. At present, the Premier League ranks at the bottom. Although the hard power is better than Leicester City, this team has long lost its fighting spirit, otherwise it will not be relegated so miserably.

"The first half was 2-0 up and there was a good chance of scoring in the second half Said Henry anxiously.

Last season he lost the league title and the top scorer, so Henry is determined to help Arsenal win the league title and the top scorer.

But now, Arsenal have lost the title, empty handed, if he lost the top scorer, it would be nothing.

Also because of this, so Henry goal desire is very strong.

But sometimes the stronger the desire to score, the easier it is to make mistakes.

In the first half, he had so many chances. If it was normal, he could not say that he could hold them all, but at least he could score a goal. If he was in a better condition, it would be OK to score two goals, but now

"Thierry." "Don't put too much pressure on yourself!" he said

Henry looked at his mentor deeply and nodded heavily. "I know. Don't worry, I won't lose!"

With that, Henry turned and walked into the players' aisle.

Arsene Wenger watched him leave behind with a sad sigh.

After all, he put too much pressure on himself.

Henry has done well enough this season. Without his 30 goals, Arsenal could not have achieved what they have achieved today. He is definitely the greatest contribution of the team today.

But Arsene is also very aware of his beloved, the more critical moment, the more pressure he gives himself.

For some, it was a good thing, but not for Henry.

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In the second half, Yi Bian fought again. After the opening, Arsenal launched a strong attack on Leicester City in the hope of eating the opponent in one go, but Leicester City chose to stick to it.

The two sides are inseparable, but Arsenal have never been able to find an effective way to attack Leicester City.

The Gunners are good at defending and counterattacking. Breaking dense is not his strong point. No matter Henry, Bergkamp or other forwards, they are not good at breaking dense. On the contrary, they can play a more important role in counterattacking.

This also led to the fact that although Arsenal had the advantage on the field, it was difficult to turn the advantage into goals.

On the contrary, Leicester City launched a counterattack after a breakthrough to steal Pires and made Gilberto Silva's handball in the penalty area, but the referee Durkin didn't give a penalty.

Leicester City team is very dissatisfied with this, Arsenal players are not give up, the two sides even physical conflict, finally is Durkin each play 50 big board, resolved the contradiction between the two sides.

But after the restart of the game, Leicester City's action significantly increased, which makes it more difficult for Arsenal to attack.

Henry is anxious and helpless on the court. He is like a headless fly, bumping around with his head covered.

From time to time, he looked to the side of the court. Although he didn't speak, assistant coach Pat rice knew him very well. He kept shaking his head and motioned to Chelsea that Eto'o still failed to score.

Obviously, the more crucial the moment is, the greater the pressure on the players of both sides is, and the more nervous they are, even to the point that it is difficult to score a goal.

But the news that Eto'o failed to score did not relieve Henry's psychological burden, but made his desire to score more intense, because he knew that as long as he scored one goal, he would win.

He believes that Eto'o must have thought the same way at Stamford Bridge in the south.

Sixty minutes later, Arsenal failed to score and Henry failed.

But Chelsea in the South scored another goal.

Fortunately, the scorer is not Eto'o, but Ronaldinho.

It's a relief for everyone at Arsenal.

But Henry is more active on the field, as long as you see the opportunity to rush, see the gap to drill, and everyone at Arsenal is also working with Henry, trying to create a goal.

It's 70 minutes and Chelsea have scored another goal!

"Damn it, why are you in again?" Pat rice was furious.

But when he heard that the hero of the goal was Deco, he laughed again.

"Well, it seems that the damned Cameroon striker is under too much pressure. Even Deco scored twice. He hasn't scored yet."

But soon, pat rice shook his head and sighed, "what the hell is this?"

Even his assistant coach, who had nothing to do with it, was nervous and felt a lot of pressure, not to mention Henry, the player on the court.

He must want to score now. Is he crazy?

But at this critical moment, the pitch suddenly changed.

After bog kampra got the ball from the left, Ashley Cole slanted his left rib into the penalty area and the Dutchman picked up the ball without thinking.

After Ashley Cole took the ball, he turned around to pass the opponent. As a result, Sinclair, who had a good performance in this game, reached out and pulled Ashley Cole directly into the penalty area.

In an instant, everyone looked at the referee Durkin.

Arsenal's players rushed at him for the first time, and Henry and Vieira, who were the first to bear the brunt, roared in a ferocious voice, "penalty, it's a penalty!"

This time, Durkin didn't hesitate any more. He blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot with his right hand.

"Yes

In a flash, the whole Highbury stadium cheered.

Henry is in the penalty area with his teammates into a group, celebrating this is not an easy chance.

Vieira, Pires, Gilberto Silva, Ashley Cole, Bergkamp

All the players came to encourage Henry, and the French striker was on the spot.

I saw him carefully put the ball on the white spot, gently stepped on the grass in front of the ball, and then slowly stepped back, every step was skillful in calculation, as if to eliminate all the factors that hindered his goal.

After a few steps back, Henry stood still, closed his eyes and breathed heavily.

Until the referee blew the whistle, he took a deep breath, suddenly opened his eyes, rushed towards the ball, and stepped on his step as he had expected.

Every step is so accurate, so familiar!

Goal, at last!