"Neil Harris kicked down Qin Xiong at the start of the match! Wow! Harris had obviously committed a foul, but he received enthusiastic cheers from the Millwall fans. Harris, who had played for the Mad Lions for more than five years, was a hero in the hearts of the fans! Harris' display of strength to Qin Xiong made the fans feel excited, but it still could not change the fact that it was a foul! The referee showed a yellow card to Harris. Haha, he had an indifferent expression. When he walked back, he intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Qin Xiong who was lying on the field. The China player had not stood up yet, but Wenger was already furious on the sidelines! He was in a dispute with the fourth official and kept talking. We can understand that Wenger did not want the ten million euros he had just spent to buy a piece of trash lying on the hospital bed. The team doctor entered the field and the game was interrupted at the start. Haha, Qin Xiong should have experienced the cruel side of English football today. Will he become the second Reyes? At least Reyes has begun to adapt to the English game after six months of hard work and showed a brave and fearless side in the Community Shield. What about Qin Xiong? We can only wait and see. Hopefully, he can still persist in the game. "
Arsenal's team doctor ran to Qin Xiong's side and knelt directly at his feet. He gently pushed his hand away and checked the back of his left calf where he had been kicked. When he saw the obvious red and swollen bump, the team doctor took out a cold analgesic spray and sprayed it on the wound. Then, he checked the wound again.
The two team doctors covered their mouths and communicated.
Qin Xiong's injury was a contusion caused by the opponent's kick. It was not the most serious, but it had caused subcutaneous bleeding. The red and swollen area was big. Obviously, Qin Xiong could not persist in the game.
When Qin Xiong stood up, the team doctor told him the result.
Qin Xiong lowered his head and closed his eyes. After three seconds of silence, he agreed with the team doctor's opinion. The team doctor signaled to Wenger on the sidelines to make a substitution. He then planned to help Qin Xiong off the field, but Qin Xiong gently pushed the team doctor's hand away.
He was unable to continue competing, but that didn't mean that he couldn't walk alone. He didn't need others to make him look weak.
He stared straight ahead with an expressionless face as he slowly walked towards the sidelines. Even though his left calf was in excruciating pain with every step he took, he still walked step by step against the deafening jeers of the New Neil Stadium.
The Millwall fans seemed to have entered a state of revelry as they mercilessly mocked and ridiculed the new Arsenal player who had the honor of being the Champions League champion!
It was as if he was silently telling Qin Xiong, "Is the Champions League so great?" Even if you came to Mad Lion's territory, you still have to kneel!
Qin Xiong, accompanied by the team doctor, went straight to the players' tunnel. He did not look at his teammates. He knew that with his injury and retirement in the first minute of the game, and on the occasion of his debut, many of his teammates would have doubts about him!
Training was just training.
A competition was a competition.
So what if he performed well in training?
If you can't do anything at the crucial moment of the competition, who can count on you?
Sitting on the substitutes' bench, Vieira and Henry watched as Qin Xiong walked into the players' tunnel.
Henry said in a low voice, "Is he really unable to continue playing? He doesn't seem to be affected much when he walks. "
Vieira, with his arms crossed, said faintly, "Maybe he can continue by treating his wound on the sidelines. But he might be frightened."
Henry said thoughtfully, "In my impression, he doesn't have such a posture in a game."
He was referring to the confrontation with Arsenal in last season's Champions League.
Vieira shook his head slightly and said, "Makelele and I are different from these barbaric thugs. You can't confuse these two. Besides, that was in the Champions League. This is England."
Henry sighed softly. Just then, Wenger walked over and called Vieira to warm up.
Apparently, Wenger saw that Millwall was blatantly "committing a crime" in the scramble. He needed a tough guy on the field to intimidate the opponent, or even directly confront the opponent!
Vieira felt a little helpless. He thought he could take a break, but he did not expect to have to fight in the EFL Cup.
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Qin Xiong returned to the locker room and took off his shoes and socks. The team doctor treated his wound again.
When Qin Xiong heard from the team doctor that it would take about five to seven days for the wound to heal, he sighed deeply.
This meant that he could not return to China to participate in the fourth round of the qualifiers.
After the EFL Cup, it was the day of the FIFA match.
The team doctor gave him a series of treatment methods. He needed to put a sheath on his calf and massage it regularly every day to speed up blood circulation and disperse blood stasis. He could not apply hot compresses or soak the wound in hot water for 24 hours to prevent blood vessels from dilating and aggravating bleeding.
As a professional athlete, injuries were different from ordinary people. Ordinary people could completely rest. Most professional athletes had to train with injuries. Naturally, it was impossible to have the same intensity as the team to ensure basic training and a small amount of training.
Fortunately, the team doctor said that a small amount of training would help him recover quickly.
Qin Xiong, who had treated his wound, returned to the field. He sat on the substitutes' bench and put on his jacket. He calmly read the game.
In the end, Arsenal defeated Millwall with difficulty in the away game 2: 1.
After the game, the team would be disbanded and the national footballers from various countries would rush to the national team.
Wenger talked about Qin Xiong's injury in an interview after the game.
"The injury was not his fault. It was caused by the barbaric foul behavior of the opponent. I'm tired of this topic, but I still have to say it again. The Football Association should increase the punishment for rough fouls and premeditated fouls. This is killing the beautiful game of football. If English football only knows how to destroy and does not take the initiative to learn how to create, then there is no need to wonder why English football is criticized by the outside world for being rough and not having good results in major competitions. Look at the past few major champions, France, Brazil, and even Greece, who just created a miracle in the summer. Would they be as unscrupulous as the English players to foul? Would they deceive themselves and think that they can win the game by knocking down the opponent? This is the gap between England and the world, and on this point, the Football Association is responsible! "
This kind of debate had existed for a long time since Wenger came to English football. He had been fighting for more protection on the field for the technically talented players, but it was difficult for him to shake the century-old core value of English football by himself. Even if the Queen of England would invite Wenger to her birthday banquet and award him a medal in recognition of his contributions to English football, the core value was still at the stage of fighting words.
Wenger found Qin Xiong after the game and sat with him in the locker room to talk.
He comforted and encouraged Qin Xiong.
He also told Qin Xiong some of the reasons why he was violated.
It could be said that Qin Xiong was not specifically targeted.
It was just that he did not fully understand English football.
Qin Xiong thought he understood, but that was just the tip of the iceberg of the English Premier League.
Millwall did not belong to the English Premier League. In terms of tactics and fighting strategies, they still followed the old traditions abandoned by most of the English Premier League teams.
In the late 1980s to the 1990s, England was even more lacking of foreign talent because of the European ban. The rough style of play was brought back and more emphasis was placed on confrontation and aggression. At that time, a tactic emerged.
In the early stages of the opening, the opponent was first put to the ground!
This kind of momentum and wild posture was used to intimidate the opponent, thus creating a psychological advantage in the confrontation throughout the game!
Would this kind of playing style be successful?
Yes, the once famous crazy gang of Wimbledon was successful. The more exaggerated story among the fans was that they directly kicked Liverpool to tears.
In the modern era, most of the English Premier League teams had abandoned that kind of playing style. With the English Premier League returning to Europe and catching up, more and more excellent foreign players came to the English Premier League, which would change the style of play in the English Premier League bit by bit. Therefore, the difference between the style of play in the English Premier League, the English Championship and the lower level English leagues had become huge.
However, the lower level leagues abandoned and sacrificed by the English Premier League could change very little, so the rough style of play was still popular.
In the English Premier League, they would now compete on skills and more content of strength. However, in the lower level leagues, physical confrontation was still the main theme.
Qin Xiong felt that Wenger was actually trying his best to comfort him, as if to make him more "cynical" in looking at injuries.
It's not my fault!
It's the damn barbarians' fault!
Therefore, at the end of the conversation, he smiled at Wenger and then asked Wenger to help inform the club to send a copy of his injury report to the China Football Association. He would not be able to return to China for the FIFA match in early September.
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