In May, Qin Xiong won an award before the third last round of the Premier League.
He was the Player of the Year voted by the Journalists' Association this season! And the England Young Player of the Year!
And the Player of the Year voted by the Players' Association was awarded to Henry. Henry completed three consecutive individual player of the year awards.
The reason for Henry's award was very simple. He scored goals like flies. His scoring efficiency this season reached a goal per game.
The Journalists' Association wrote in their review of the award to Qin Xiong: "Henry is a phenomenal striker. He maintains the form that a top striker should have. But in the selection of the best players, Lampard and Qin Xiong are slightly ahead of Henry. Lampard is a pragmatic star player. He and Mourinho are a match made in heaven. He has scored more goals than Qin Xiong, but Qin Xiong's assist statistics are obviously more magnificent. As the new king who broke his teammate Henry's assist record, Qin Xiong is very close to the level of a top star player in the Premier League. The only thing he still needs to prove is whether he can continue to improve or maintain this season's level in the future. If he can continue to improve, then he will be a unique superstar. If he can only maintain, then he will be at least one of the top star players in the Premier League! But he is still very young after all, and his future is full of doubts.
But in terms of this season's performance, we don't have to deliberately bring up the field statistics to prove his excellence. Every month, among the top ten goals in the Premier League, Arsenal will definitely have the cream of the crop in the top three goals for the fans to appreciate. And Qin Xiong must be one of the contributors to creating magnificent goals. His creativity on the field is intoxicating. We think that this is the reason why he beat Lampard to be elected. Qin Xiong's performance on the field is recognized and loved by a wider range of fans. He is like the Premier League's Brazilian magician, Ronaldinho. We look forward to his continued improvement and bringing a higher level of enjoyment to the fans! "
Qin Xiong went to the Journalists' Association's award banquet to receive the award. Dressed in a suit and leather shoes, he held the individual award in his hands as he was interviewed by the reporters.
"Of course I'm personally excited to be able to win the award. I have to thank everyone in Arsenal. Without Arsenal, I wouldn't have been able to perform so well this season. But now is not the time to be overly excited. The most important thing for us now is the remaining three league games and the FA Cup final. As long as we don't let down our guard, I think Arsenal will win the title...
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The biggest difficulty for Arsenal in their bid for the title was Henry's injury, which confirmed that he would miss the rest of the season!
Pires would also miss the last three league matches. Whether he could make it in time for the FA Cup final was still up in the air. It would depend on his recovery from his injury.
Premier League's 36th round.
Arsenal was's guest Match.
West Bromwich Albion was still fighting to stay in the Premier League. At this stage, a team that was fighting to stay in the Premier League would not be any easier than a team that was fighting for the title.
The key was's mentality!
Wenger replaced Henry with Dennis Bergkamp and replaced Pires with Robin van Persie. As for Reyes, Wenger wanted to use him but did not dare to.
In the players' tunnel, Qin Xiong and Vieira were whispering. He told Vieira that he did not want the backfield players to overpress and that he hoped Vieira could calm down.
Vieira asked Qin Xiong, if they did not press, what would they rely on to win?
Qin Xiong said to Vieira, "Let's compete with patience!"
Vieira, of course, understood what Qin Xiong meant. He nodded in agreement with Qin Xiong's view.
There was a fact that Vieira knew better than Qin Xiong.
If West Bromwich Albion were to take the lead and score through a counterattack, then it would be very difficult for Arsenal to reverse the situation.
West Bromwich Albion might only want to get a point from Arsenal. If they could score, they might really all hide in the penalty area and use human walls to block Arsenal's goal!
In the game, Qin Xiong constantly moved around the midfield to control the field by passing the ball and organizing his teammates.
Arsenal also did not rashly launch a threatening attack. Instead, they constantly used passes to tear open the opponent's defensive line.
West Bromwich Albion seemed to have put out six defenders today. Four defenders stayed inside the line, two side midfielders retreated to the side line, and three players in the midfield formed a screen. Only one striker was left in the midfield to look for a counterattack opportunity.
Qin Xiong's focus was not the defensive line, but the midfield line to tear the opponent apart. After looking for a long shot, he decisively lifted his leg and shot.
Whether it was successful or not, it did not shake his will!
The game was like Arsenal's half-field attack and defense practice, constantly bombarding the opponent's goal with long shots.
After completely getting into the zone, Qin Xiong began to use his personal ability to dribble the ball to attract the opponent's defense in front of the penalty area and then create opportunities for his teammates.
In the 69th minute of the game, Qin Xiong was caught in a double team in front of the penalty area. When he lost his balance and fell to the ground, he barely swept the ball to the side.
Vieira inserted a long shot from behind and after the refraction, the ball blasted into West Bromwich Albion's goal!
After Vieira scored, he immediately went to help Qin Xiong up, and then everyone celebrated the goal together!
"Arsenal finally scored after a long attack! Captain Vieira scored a crucial goal for Arsenal. My God, it's Qin Xiong's assist again! His assist count has reached 32! How many assists does he want to get? "
West Bromwich Albion wanted to counterattack, but they could not weaken their defense too much. Arsenal had already formed a good operating system after controlling the field for most of the game.
In an environment where the strong played against the weak, it was much easier for Arsenal to control the field than it was in a match between the strong and the weak!
In the 81st minute of the game, Bergkamp was knocked to the ground when he retreated to receive the ball. Arsenal was awarded the 13th free kick of the game!
In the free kick with a chance to directly attack the goal, Qin Xiong did not manage to break the goal four times in a row, but he still stood in front of the football.
This time, before the free kick, his eyes were fixed on Robin van Persie, and then he began to prepare to take the free kick after Robin van Persie understood.
West Bromwich Albion was already familiar with the characteristics of Qin Xiong's free kick.
It had to go over the human wall, and then the football would fall and fly towards the goal.
In the first four times, two of them were blocked by the human wall, one flew out of the stands, and the other time the football went around the human wall and hit the crossbar and bounced off.
In the fifth time, they jumped with the human wall when Qin Xiong touched the ball, trying to block the area in the air.
But after the jump, the West Bromwich Albion players were stunned to see Qin Xiong push the ball with the arch of his foot. The football rolled under the human wall after the jump and behind them!
Originally, there was no gap for the football to pass through, but the human wall had jumped, and the football rolled under their feet after the jump!
Van Persie cut inside from the side of the human wall to the middle. He did not stop the ball and directly hit the goal with his left foot!
The goalkeeper was dumbfounded. He never expected Arsenal to play such a combination of free kicks and easily form a shot in the penalty area. He could only look at the ball and sigh.
Van Persie's shot hit the bullseye directly!
Wenger bowed his head and clenched his fists on the sidelines!
The title was getting closer and closer!
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