"Welcome to St Andrew's Stadium! The 2004-2005 English Premier League finale will be played today. The last 10 games of the 380 exciting games will be played at the same time! In this season, we have witnessed the development of a new generation of the former overlord Manchester United, the revival of the Red Army, Liverpool in Europe, the emergence of London's upstart Chelsea, and the magnificent Arsenal's unstoppable momentum!
After 37 rounds of big matches, Arsenal and Chelsea both have 94 points. Arsenal is at the top of the list with a goal difference of 11. As long as Arsenal wins the game at St Andrew's Stadium in the final game, they will lift the Premier League trophy!
As a team that has scored more than a hundred goals in a season, contributed a goal in the top five almost every week, and ranked in the top three in the top ten goals every month, if Arsenal wins the title, they will have created the record for the most goals scored in a Premier League season!
And if Chelsea overturns Arsenal at the last minute to reach the top of the Premier League, we should not be surprised. Chelsea has let us witness the best defense in the Premier League this season. As long as they do not concede too many goals at St James' Park today, they will also break a Premier League record: the record for the fewest goals conceded in a season!
Interestingly, the record holder for the fewest goals conceded in a season was Arsenal in the 9899 season! In 38 games that season, Arsenal only allowed their opponents to score 17 goals.
And that season, Arsenal was the runner-up with one point less than Manchester United. I don't know if there will be a historical cycle when the Premier League ends today. The team that set the record for the fewest goals conceded and the best defense will not be able to win the title! "
The game began. Wenger and Birmingham City's manager, Brosnan, supervised the game together on the sidelines.
If Arsenal and Manchester United were to compete for the title today, Birmingham City would definitely be more active because their manager, Brosnan, was an old Red Devil official, Ferguson's disciple, and also served as the team captain.
And today, Birmingham City's only pillar of support in sniping Arsenal was that they did not want to see Arsenal win the trophy at St Andrew's Stadium!
Other than the striker, Forssell, who was looking for a chance to fight back in front, the other Birmingham City players retreated to their own half of the field to encircle and block Arsenal's attacks.
Qin Xiong's position was based on the premise of little by little. He started to control the field from the backfield, slowly pushed forward, and finally stopped at the front waistline after the team's smooth operation and rhythm was consistent.
Today, Arsenal's tactics were relatively simple. They used fast and smooth team passes to create long shots for Qin Xiong in the front and back and Vieira in the back.
At least, that was how they played when the match started.
Bergkamp, Robin van Persie, and Ljungberg acted as the fulcrum in the front line. They did not break through, but tried their best to kick the ball out. Ashley Cole and Flamini, who was playing as the right back today, also plugged in together and became the support point in the rear flank.
When Birmingham City did not launch a large-scale attack and only Forssell needed to be vigilant, Silva, Toure, and Campbell's defensive iron triangle blockade was relatively easy for him.
In the eighth minute of the game, Bergkamp returned the ball. Qin Xiong was facing a pincer attack from Dunn and Anderton and knocked the ball through the gaps to his side. Vieira stepped forward and fired a long shot towards the goal. The goalkeeper, Taylor, bravely blocked the ball. Robin van Persie followed up and shot in the penalty area, but the defender, Upson, blocked the ball with his body.
In the 14th minute, Ashley Cole and Robin van Persie cooperated on the flank. Robin van Persie passed the ball across the flank, and Qin Xiong cut forward to receive the ball and directly shot at the goal. The football hit the side netting, and there was still a gap between the accuracy of his left-foot shot and his right-foot shot.
In the 17th minute, Vieira successfully intercepted the ball in the middle and launched a counterattack on the spot. In the process of moving forward, Qin Xiong cooperated with him by colliding with the wall. In front of the penalty area, Vieira once again shot a long shot. The football hit the crossbar and bounced off.
Birmingham City felt jittery during the nearly 20 minutes of defense.
Arsenal's overall coordination was clear and smooth. The simple coordination in a small area was also skillful and free. The long shots after long shots made their scalps tingle. No one could predict whether the next shot would cause them to lose the defense of the city gate.
In order to curb Arsenal's long shots, Birmingham City knew that the defensive line could not press forward. If they wanted to use this method to compress the space for Arsenal's long shots in front of the penalty area, it was bound to cause the space behind the defensive line to widen and be penetrated by Arsenal directly!
So they resorted to foul tactics.
Disrupting Arsenal's possession of the ball in the dangerous area in front of the penalty area was only their ideal idea.
Arsenal's individual strength in possession of the ball was obvious to all. It was very difficult to cleanly intercept the ball at their feet, so their foul gave Arsenal a direct free kick opportunity in front of the penalty area.
In the 27th minute of the game, Qin Xiong stood in the middle position in front of the penalty area. He ran up to take the free kick and aimed at the upper right corner of the goal. Although the curveball bypassed the human wall, the inner arc was not big enough and the football eventually slid out of the goal.
Three minutes later, Qin Xiong once again stood in front of the football. This was a position in front of the penalty area on the left side, which was very conducive for a right-footed player to play. The distance between the football and the goal was also moderate.
More than half of the stands were Arsenal fans. They stared at Qin Xiong expectantly, while Qin Xiong's eyes bloomed with a firm look.
Run up, shoot!
The moment his straightened right foot kicked the football, Qin Xiong's heart was full of confidence.
Birmingham City's human wall, which blocked the angle of the goal near the goalpost, tacitly jumped together.
Upson looked above his head. He felt the football fly over his head. As his body began to fall, he turned his head to look. He did not see the goal. He only saw a group of fans wearing Arsenal jerseys in the stands behind the goal. They began to raise their arms. The different expressions on their faces were brilliant and varied. Excitement, wildness, excitement, joy!
Boom!
The goalkeeper, Taylor, turned his head to the right and broke out in a cold sweat.
He did not move. When the football flew over the human wall and into the goal, almost no goalkeeper would save it because in theory, the angle on that side was blocked by the human wall, and the goalkeeper was responsible for the other half of the exposed shooting angle.
The football rolled in the goal!
"Arsenal scored! Qin Xiong helped Arsenal open the scoring! Again! In the absence of Henry and Pires, Qin Xiong scored in four consecutive Premier League games! And they were all crucial first goals! If Arsenal can win the title, Qin Xiong will be the biggest contributor to Arsenal's successful title defense this season! He has 16 Premier League goals and 34 Premier League assists. He has directly participated in nearly 50% of Arsenal's goals in the league! Oh my God! The comments on Fleet Street are simply sh * t! Qin Xiong is already a top star in the Premier League! He definitely is. He doesn't need to rely on time to prove himself. I believe he will get stronger and stronger in the future! "
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