Fly didn't know that the two commentators from Sky Sports were arguing about whether he could win the Premier League Golden Boot.
Even if he knew, he would just smile it off.
Premier League Golden Boot? To be honest, Fly had never cared about it.
Because in his eyes, if he was going to win something, he would win the European Golden Shoe; a mere Premier League Golden Boot couldn't satisfy his appetite.
After all, the number of goals scored by the Premier League Golden Boot winners in recent years has been in the range of 20 to 30.
The only 30+ goal tally was created by Suarez a few years later.
As for the Egyptian Pharaoh Salah's 32 goals in a single season, that was still about ten years away.
It could be said that the Premier League Golden Boot was never a target in Fly's eyes.
Because winning it was too simple.
Only the European Golden Shoe, with more League goals than Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, was the goal Fly wanted to strive for.
Even though his current strength couldn't be compared to these two, the ambitious Fly had always set his sights on Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
If you have a cheat and don't challenge the strongest, you might as well go home and sleep.
Why bother playing football!
In the 40th minute of the match.
Diouf broke through on the wing and crossed, Vermaelen misjudged the header, and the ball was headed into the goal by Mame, Blackburn Rovers pulled one back.
"GOOOOOOOOAL!!!"
"Number 41, Mame Diouf!!!"
"Arsenal defender Vermaelen made a mistake with a misjudged header, and Blackburn pulled one back at home."
"The score is now 1:2, the suspense of the match is back."
Conceding a goal in the final few minutes before the end of the first half was definitely not in Arsenal's plan.
Arsène Wenger was very unhappy with Vermaelen's mistake, but there was no better player than him at the moment, so he had to make do.
"Fortunately, Rafael's transfer is already finalized, just waiting for the official announcement, and the central defender position isn't so short-staffed anymore."
Thinking of the super rookie he was about to sign, Arsène Wenger's mood improved considerably.
Although Varane, only 17 years old this year, couldn't be the answer to Arsenal's defense right now because he was too young and severely lacked match experience.
But Arsène Wenger was full of confidence in his future.
Arsène Arsène Wenger believed in his own judgment, just as he had discovered Henry and Fabregas back then, Varane, Hazard, and others would also become the answer for Arsenal in the next era.
As the halftime whistle blew, Fly returned to the locker room with his teammates.
During this process, he noticed a burning gaze from behind, turned his head, and saw, oh, it was that guy Samba.
"What are you looking at? Keep looking, and I'll smash your head!"
In this life, Fly never indulged others, well... no, except for his girlfriend, when facing others, he would confront anyone he didn't like.
Especially when it was a guy who had a verbal confrontation with him during the match.
After Samba heard Fly's disdainful remarks, his temper flared up, "You little brat, you want to die, do you!"
Before Samba could rush towards Fly, the Main Referee noticed the verbal conflict between the two and quickly intervened:
"Stop, if you two don't want to get red cards, then behave yourselves."
After the Main Referee's warning, Samba and Fly could only let it go.
As Samba left, he pointed a finger at Fly, his face revealing a fierce expression, and then turned and entered the home team's locker room.
Wilshere, who was nearby, couldn't help but worry, "Nothing will happen, right? Samba is not easy to mess with!"
Fly waved his hand, completely calm, "Don't worry, you can't give this kind of person any leniency, otherwise their tail will be wagging in the sky!"
Fly wasn't a fool; he knew that someone like Samba would definitely hold a grudge because he had scored a goal in front of him in the first half.
With Samba's style as a brainless muscleman, he would definitely try everything possible to make Fly suffer next.
So how does a defender make a forward suffer?
Without a doubt, it's by using physical contact and constantly fouling.
With Fly's current physique, a head-on confrontation would definitely not be a match for Samba, one of the strongest players in the Premier League.
Since that's the case, it's better to provoke him first and make him do some hot-headed actions in the second half.
Plus the verbal conflict between the two when they just entered the player tunnel.
The Main Referee would definitely keep it in mind and be vigilant in the second half.
By then, when Samba does some very unreasonable actions towards Fly again.
The Main Referee would associate it with the conflict that occurred between the two at the end of the first half.
This way, it's very likely that he will preemptively consider this to be Samba's deliberate retaliation.
Deliberate retaliation on the football field will definitely result in a red card from the Main Referee, because it has violated the most basic sportsmanship.
It can be said that every step Fly took was guiding Samba towards getting a red card and being sent off.
After all, he hadn't forgotten the task given by the system for this match: to win by three goals against Blackburn Rovers.
With the goal conceded in the final moments of the first half, Arsenal's goal difference was reduced to just 1 goal.
Fly had to find a way to build a sufficient advantage for Arsenal.
And getting one of the opposing defenders sent off with a red card was the simplest method he could think of.
The 15-minute halftime break passed in an instant.
After the second half began.
Samba marked Fly even more tightly than in the first half.
And he kept using his arm to push Fly.
Fly was made very uncomfortable, but he endured it.
Because he knew he couldn't rush at this moment; he had to be patient so he could find an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow!
Since Blackburn Rovers were currently trailing by one goal.
So after the kickoff in the second half, Blackburn played very aggressively.
Fortunately, the technical level of the Arsenal players was indeed too far ahead; after a few passes, the Blackburn Rovers players realized they couldn't get the ball and gave up.
In the 51st minute of the match.
Walcott dribbled forward in the midfield, using his speed to forcefully break through Blackburn Rovers' midfield.
After a one-two wall pass with Fly, Walcott burst into the edge of the right side of the penalty area.
As Ryan was about to step forward to intercept, Walcott made a sudden stop, shook off his marker by a body length, and then swept the ball towards the left side of the penalty area.
Because this pass had a certain curve, neither Phil Jones nor Givet from Blackburn Rovers touched the ball.
And in the left side of the penalty area, Arshavin suddenly surged forward, getting ahead of Blackburn Rovers' right-back Salgado, and volleyed the ball into the net.
Although Robinson had already made the save attempt, he couldn't stop the shot which was simply too tricky.
Arsenal 3:1, restoring their two-goal lead.
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