The UEFA Champions League 18 final had just ended, and the draw for the quarterfinals was fresh out. The match between Arsenal and Chelsea was highly anticipated.
The two teams were chasing each other in the Premier League, and both had hopes of setting a new Premier League points record.
Who would be the final winner?
Who would work hard for a season and end up with nothing?
On the fourth day after the UEFA Champions League 18 final, Arsenal moved to the Reebok Stadium and the FA Cup 14 final began.
Qin Xiong, Henry, and the other main players sat on the substitutes' bench and watched the game with serious expressions.
Arsenal was the guest to challenge Bolton Wanderers.
Bolton Wanderers had been trained by Allardyce this season and had brought Bolton Wanderers into the upper echelons of the Premier League with a group of veterans. It was no exaggeration to say that Bolton Wanderers were creating club history in every round.
Because they had never been ranked so high and had so many points in the top league in the same period.
Although they could not overturn the Premier League, they were surpassing themselves.
Many fans thought that it was an accident that Arsenal's unbeaten record ended at the hands of Bolton Wanderers. However, considering Bolton Wanderers' improvement every week this season, plus Arsenal's state of exhaustion after the New Year's Express campaign, it was not surprising that Arsenal's record ended.
Football was never about comparing the strength of two teams on paper to determine who would win and who would lose.
Because Arsenal's unbeaten record was broken by Bolton Wanderers, the team did not show any signs of taking it lightly, even though Wenger had sent a large number of substitutes to play in the game. Moreover, today was the FA Cup 14 final. After this stage, they would be in the semifinals! There were only two games away from the championship!
Arsenal did not fall behind on the field. Fàbregas's improvement this season was obvious. He had the faint air of a general, but he was still unable to become the key player in determining the victory of the game.
Bolton Wanderers firmly played defense and counter-attack. Their group of veterans in the rear defense, if they did not play defense and counter-attack, the rear defensive line would probably collapse in 60 minutes.
Campbell will not be able to return to the team for another five weeks, which has worried Wenger and his Arsenal teammates.
Because by the time Campbell returned, the two legs of the UEFA Champions League 14 final had already been played …
Senderos was entrusted with a heavy responsibility. The young Swiss player did not have stage fright on the field and played more and more bravely. He knew that this was his opportunity to defeat Nishioka first, and then take the opportunity to usurp Campbell or Touré's main position!
How could he be without ambition?!
Under the outstanding performance of the defensive triangle of Sendros, Touré and Flamini, Arsenal's rear defensive line was not destroyed by the threat of the opponent's counterattack.
The problem in front of Arsenal was clear at a glance: Henry, Henry, Pires, who would score when Qin Xiong was not on the field?
Fàbregas had already shown enough organizational strength, but he could not contribute more on this basis. The distance between Qin Xiong and him had become even more concrete at the end of the season.
The situation was getting more and more intense. The score did not change, and the deadlock lasted until the 75th minute of the game.
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. "Arsenal is going to make a substitution. Van Persie and Edu have been replaced. Henry and Qin Xiong will play at the same time!"
Qin Xiong and Henry, who were standing on the sidelines and stretching their bodies, walked into the field together. The Bolton Wanderers players' expressions suddenly changed, and they became highly nervous.
Allardyce pondered on the sidelines how Arsenal would use these two lethal star players.
Fàbregas thought that Qin Xiong would replace him as the midfield commander, and he would withdraw to do the defensive and offensive and defensive work. He did not expect Qin Xiong to say to him after he came on, "You continue to organize the attack in the middle. First play on the left, then the right!"
According to the Bolton Wanderers' style of play, Arsenal did not need to use two defensive midfielders at all.
Therefore, when Bergkamp was on the field, Henry also came on. Now Bergkamp and Henry played as the two strikers. Reyes played on the left, and Qin Xiong went to the right.
Fàbregas could hear the encouragement in Qin Xiong's words to him, which proved that Wenger was satisfied with his performance on the field.
He surged with boundless fighting spirit and began to actively organize and dispatch.
Arsenal tried to attack on the left many times, but previously it was Van Persie on this side, and now it was Reyes who switched to that side.
Although Reyes's performance against powerhouse opponents was not convincing, he was still a very threatening player in most games. His delicate dribbling skills made him a very difficult guy in the eyes of the opponents.
Fàbregas continuously touched the ball on the left, and Reyes fed the ball to Henry from the flank.
Henry fought alone twice. One time he failed, and the other time he formed a shot, but it was blocked by the opponent. At least Arsenal's substitutions began to have a positive effect.
However, it was not until the 84th minute of the game when Fàbregas suddenly made a diagonal pass in the midfield that Arsenal really played an explosive offensive threat.
Qin Xiong sprinted from the outside to meet Baines head-on. When the two players rushed into the inside to fight for a chance, Qin Xiong took the initiative to use his arm to push Baines away and took the first step to touch the ball!
After more than half a year of reasonable scientific training, Qin Xiong's muscle strength and explosive power had significantly increased compared to before.
He dribbled directly to the end line, and then when the veteran Hierro rushed over, he flicked the ball to the back of the goal.
Henry rushed past Campo and used the arch of his foot to pad the ball back to the middle of the goal before the end line.
With Qin Xiong and Henry tearing up the space in the penalty area for Bergkamp, Bergkamp certainly would not waste a good opportunity. He directly volleyed the ball into the Bolton Wanderers' goal!
When Bergkamp rushed to celebrate the goal, Qin Xiong and Henry, who were trotting behind him, gave each other a high five with indifferent expressions.
"Arsenal's substitutions have a miraculous effect! The appearance of Henry and Qin Xiong has made a qualitative change in Arsenal's offensive threat. Qin Xiong received Fàbregas's straight ball and cut into the inside line from the flank. Then he flicked the ball to the back of the goal at the end line. Henry rushed up to the ball back to the middle of the goal, and Bergkamp volleyed the ball open the Bolton Wanderers' goal! Another wonderful goal from 'Made by the Munitions Factory'! "
Wenger nodded gently on the sidelines. Arsenal needed to win at the lowest cost. It was the end of the season and also the sprinting stage. Fitness, injuries, state, and other aspects of control were extremely important. It seemed that everything was possible for Arsenal, but maybe everything was just a bubble!
The key was to control.
The Bolton Wanderers' team was extremely frustrated. There was not much time left in the game, so they could only press forward to create a miracle.
But Arsenal already had a card up their sleeve in the face of such an opponent's counterattack.
In the 88th minute of the game, Fàbregas went straight into the backfield. Henry and Bergkamp each attracted the attention of the defenders. Bergkamp, who was most likely to touch the ball, slipped the ball through Hierro's entanglement. When the football rolled past the Bolton Wanderers' defensive line, the audience was surprised to see Qin Xiong get rid of Baines from the flank and cut straight into the middle.
After the goalkeeper abandoned the goal early, Qin Xiong calmly and calmly shot the goal from outside the penalty area. The football flew nimbly around the goalkeeper's head and fell into the goal!
Arsenal secured a 2: 0 victory at the Reebok Stadium. Not only did they get a ticket to the FA Cup semi-finals, but they also took revenge for the Bolton Wanderers' ending of their unbeaten record!
When the game ended, Qin Xiong and Henry were still in good condition. The image of the two walking in the middle of the team and leaving the field made the post-game cover headline.
"The King and King of the Munitions Factory!"
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