The new Premier League season had finally arrived.
Highbury was packed to the brim. The defending champions, Arsenal's first performance would be at their home ground.
Their opponent was the Magpies, Newcastle United.
Qin Xiong stood behind Henry and walked into the stadium together. Countless fans in the stands began to cheer, and many Asian faces could be clearly seen. As Qin Xiong gained a foothold in Arsenal and shone brightly, many Chinese student fans in Europe organized groups to come to the United Kingdom to watch Qin Xiong's games. They enthusiastically cheered for him from the stands.
"Finally, finally, the long-awaited return of the Premier League! The 2005-2006 season of the English Premier League will begin today!
First, we come to the Highbury stadium to see the glory of the defending champions, Arsenal. As their starting lineup is presented in front of us, Vieira's successor has also emerged. It is not the summer transfer Hleb, but the highly praised Fàbregas by Wenger!
The 28-year-old Henry wore the captain's armband in the new season. The King of Highbury continues to be in peak condition. What kind of performance will he perform this season? Will he still be every team's nightmare? There is also the 20-year-old Qin Xiong. After Vieira's departure, Pires has aged another year. After Bergkamp announced his retirement at the end of the season, what kind of role will he play in Arsenal's lineup? Would he still be the super creative midfielder who dazzled the audience last season and continuously bombarded them with their senses?
Fàbregas has ushered in a moment that truly belongs to him. Taking over the position left by Vieira is a kind of pressure, but if he can show convincing strength, then Arsenal will have no problems and will still be a strong contender for the title!
Newcastle United's summer continued to be turbulent. In June, there was a rumor that someone wanted to buy Newcastle United, but chairman Sheppard expressed that he had no intention of selling the team. Before the start of the new Premier League season, Newcastle United first lost to Deportivo de La Coruña in the Toto Cup, which caused them to miss the European competition this season.
After Bellamy returned from his loan with the Celtics, his conflict with Souness and the team's number one star, Shearer, could not be resolved. In the end, he was sold by the team to Blackburn Rovers.
However, Newcastle United had made a few good deals. Parker had joined from Chelsea, and the deal between Emre and Craig Moore was viewed favorably. There were also rumors that Newcastle United was in talks with Real Madrid about a heavyweight deal. The English prodigy, Owen, was interested in returning to the UK, but why not Liverpool? But what about Newcastle United? Some people said that this was Owen's preparation for his return to Anfield, and that St James' Park was just a staging ground.
A lot of things happened in the summer, and the signings for each team are not over yet. Now, let's focus on today's opening match.
Arsenal starts 4-4-5.
Goalkeeper: Lehmann.
Defenders: Lauren, Toure, Campbell, Ashley Cole.
Midfield: Ljungberg, Fàbregas, Qin Xiong, Silva, Pires.
Forward: Henry.
Newcastle United 451.
Goalkeeper: Given.
Defenders: Carr, Boumsong, Taylor, Babayaro.
Midfield: Dyer, Jenas, Parker, Bowyer, Emre.
Forward: Shearer. "
The match began, and Arsenal launched a fast and smooth ground push from the start. As there was no major tournament last summer, Arsenal's preparation went smoothly, and there was no problem in adjusting the state of the team.
In the second minute of the match, Qin Xiong and Fàbregas quickly pushed from the middle to the front field. The two first used a wall combination to pass Parker, and then Fàbregas stopped moving forward. He needed to focus more on defense, and Qin Xiong ran in front of him. With a staggered front and back charge, Qin Xiong left Bowyer behind.
Newcastle United's midfield switch was a problem in an instant. Bowyer thought it would be Fàbregas who charged into his defensive zone.
Fàbregas calmly passed the ball to Qin Xiong's feet. When Jenas and Emre came to defend against Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong decisively passed the ball to the left flank.
Pires cut inside to shake off Dyer and received Qin Xiong's pass. Then he sent a diagonal kick straight to the right flank of the penalty area. Ljungberg strongly cut inside to shake off Babayaro and touched the ball in the penalty area!
The audience in the stands held their breaths. They did not expect the pace of the game to be so fast from the start.
Ljungberg charged into the danger zone and directly passed the ball. Henry seized the opportunity to shoot when he was outflanked in front of the goal. The goalkeeper, Given, attacked early and blocked a large area. Henry's shot was less than a meter away from him, and Given blocked the ball with his thigh.
The ball that flew out rolled outside the penalty area. Jenas and Bowyer were horrified to see Qin Xiong rushing towards the ball. The two men chose to shovel to block Qin Xiong's shooting area. Qin Xiong deftly flicked the ball up when he touched the ball and shot!
Jenas and Bowyer turned their heads to look in the direction of the goal at the same time. The falling football was not blocked at all. Given hurriedly got up from the ground and retreated. When he came to the front and back of the goal line, he jumped and used his hands to catch the falling football. He lost his center of gravity and rolled into the goal. The football hit the crossbar and bounced out of the end line.
Wow!
There was a deafening applause in the Highbury stands after a wave of sighs.
In three minutes, Arsenal had created two threatening shots!
No one doubted that when the players were in good health, Arsenal's attacking group was the most terrifying in European football. Perhaps the individual players were at a clear disadvantage compared to the star players of other teams, but in terms of team chemistry, Arsenal's attacking group was the most coordinated and the most effective.
Perhaps because the new season had just started and the teams did not have any pressure to accumulate points, Newcastle United played extremely boldly in the away game. They took the initiative to speed up the pace and compete with Arsenal's fast-paced attacks.
Two minutes later, Newcastle United's right flank attack was launched by Dyer. His dribbling was very effective. Pirès showed signs of old age. Although he tried his best in defense, he was somewhat powerless.
After Dyer pushed the attack to an area 40 yards away from Arsenal's goal, he quickly changed the attack from the flank to the middle.
Jenas and Parker carried out a quick two-over-one pass, but they did not completely pass Silva. Jenas passed the ball to the other side before avoiding entanglement with Silva. Bowyer unexpectedly rushed out from the front right of Fàbregas. It seemed that Newcastle United also knew that they had to focus on attacking Fàbregas' defensive zone.
Just as Fàbregas was about to move to cut off Bowyer's passing route, Bowyer had already made a move. He stuffed the ball straight into the penalty area. The veteran Shearer rushed out diagonally and snatched the shot before Touré could block it. The ball slid out of the goal.
Fàbregas's face showed a hint of ruthlessness. He knew that although he now occupied the main position, it was not absolute. Once he could not gain a foothold, even if he performed better in offense, if there were frequent problems in defense, there was no doubt that Wenger would immediately take away his main position.
He wanted to fight for his future!
At all costs!
Don't think that I'm easy to bully just because I'm 18!
There's already someone in the team who shocked the world at the age of 18!
If he can do it, so can I!
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