Qin Xiong had now started to become "unreasonable" on the field!
When he gained insight into the condition of Fulham's full back, Nicklas Jenson, he began to target Jenson with all his might!
As a 31-year-old Danish veteran, Nicklas Jenson had a wealth of experience, so he valued Qin Xiong. At the same time, he also knew his own limits. After understanding Qin Xiong's characteristics, he did not dare to rashly close in on him for fear that Qin Xiong would easily slip past him. His choice was not wrong. What was wrong was Fulham's tactics and ambition in this match. They hoped to achieve something in Highbury. They wanted to retreat unscathed, and even win!
Therefore, if Fulham wanted to attack, then their defense could not be seamless.
Qin Xiong came to the right wing again in the 36th minute of the match. He dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area, and his target was Jenson!
Jenson retreated step by step, trying to form a line with his teammates in the rear defensive line to form a coordinated defense.
However, Qin Xiong's dribbling speed was too fast. His teammates also had to take care of Henry in the middle. When Jenson knew that he would only become flustered if he retreated, he decisively stood firm and waited for Qin Xiong's charge.
Qin Xiong's dribbling was smooth and natural. After cutting diagonally into the penalty area, he cycled back and forth in front of Jenson. Jenson could not tell which direction Qin Xiong would break through. His thoughts were already a little messy. However, Qin Xiong did not wait for him to tilt his body's center of gravity and directly chose to cut in the direction of the end line!
Because Qin Xiong knew a fact.
This 31-year-old veteran could not keep up with his speed!
He was forcing it!
Crushing!
When Qin Xiong passed by Jansen and charged towards the end line, Jansen turned around and found that Qin Xiong had already put some distance between them. Jansen wanted to continue his defensive harassment, but it was too late. There was no chance!
Qin Xiong swept the ball across the middle, and Henry rushed diagonally to the front of the goal between the center backs, Lehman and Qin Xiong, to receive Qin Xiong's cross. Before the goalkeeper, Walner, could save the ball, Henry gently tapped the ball with his right foot and changed the trajectory of the football's horizontal roll. The refraction changed direction and rolled into the goal!
After Henry scored, he pointed at Qin Xiong. As usual, the two of them had their arms around each other's shoulders as they ran along the sidelines of Highbury. They ran as fast as the wind, as if a hurricane had passed through!
"Qin Xiong scored a second assist! Henry had scored his third goal of the season! Perhaps the lack of players in the rear defensive line was a hidden danger that Arsenal could not ignore, but as long as Qin Xiong and Henry were there, who dared to say that Arsenal would lack goals? Their cooperation is simple and efficient. Qin Xiong is the creator, and Henry is the terminator! There is nothing more exciting and blissful for the Gunners fans than these two players running on the sidelines with their arms around each other's shoulders! "
The fans in the stands were excited. They were drunk on clouds, admiring Qin Xiong and Henry's joint attack. They were willing to believe that no team in the world could stop the offensive power of these two players. It was a combination that ignited the passion of the game. It was an all-conquering killer move. It was a nuclear weapon that could sweep through the field and destroy all obstacles!
Fulham's wishful thinking fell through.
What was even more embarrassing was that Jansen was almost beaten up by Qin Xiong. The Danish national footballer was placed under the spotlight, as if his own mistake had made him worthless. He was not reconciled, but there was no other way!
Fulham's strategic mistake might appear on the surface as most of the responsibility was on his shoulders.
Arsenal continued the offensive posture of the first half in the second half.
After Qin Xiong almost destroyed Fulham's defense on the left flank, he stopped targeting Jansen's individual breakthrough. Instead, he let Ljungberg return to his original position. It was a flexible change.
In the 61st minute of the second half, Ljungberg went down the right flank. Jansen could only follow like a shadow. Ljungberg passed the ball to Qin Xiong.
Fulham's defensive midfielder, Levinski, rushed up to intercept Qin Xiong's forward path. But Qin Xiong stopped the ball and went back in the opposite direction of Marseille to take the ball away. After bypassing Levinski, he passed the ball straight to Henry in the middle of the penalty area.
Henry could only reluctantly raise his leg to shoot when he was marked by two center backs. He did not force it. Instead, he knocked the ball back to Qin Xiong.
This time, Qin Xiong was in a charging posture, which gave him a better opportunity to raise his leg.
After a season of training, Qin Xiong's right foot outside the instep of his right foot to send out a strange outside curveball was a common occurrence. He had sublimated this skill in the summer preparation. He could even shoot like this!
When Henry's return pass rolled in front of him, he did not look like he was going to release his strength by shooting the football. Instead, he deftly and easily used the outside of his right foot to shoot the football towards the goal.
The football flew past the center back, Lehman's body. Lehman immediately had a premonition that the football would go out of the end line!
Because the line between him and Qin Xiong extended in a straight line, behind him was the outside of the goalpost. But when he turned to look at the football, he saw that the football was spinning strongly in his line of sight. Although the speed was not particularly fast, the arc was clear at a glance.
It was a light and beautiful trajectory.
The Gunners fans could not help but stand up to watch Qin Xiong's shot. They saw the football fly into the goal, graze the inside of the goal post, and then hit the inside of the goal net. After rolling down, the football was still spinning in place!
"Wow!"
All the Gunners fans could not help but exclaim in shock!
They stood up and applauded Qin Xiong. Some of the beautiful fans in the stands blew kisses. They probably thought that since Qin Xiong could create an elegant and beautiful scene on the field, he must be a romantic man in life. They were very wrong.
"Please applaud Qin Xiong for his third goal in the new Premier League season! A beautiful arc, excellent viewing. His shot and pass are now highly concealed and deceptive. This will definitely be one of the five best goals in the Premier League this round, made by the Arsenal Factory and starring Qin Xiong! "
Wenger crossed his arms on the sidelines. He began to ponder on his recent conversation with Dane.
The focus was on the issue of renewing Qin Xiong's contract.
Arsenal's financial budget was tight. Being able to give Qin Xiong a weekly salary of 55,000 pounds was their upper limit.
To say what kind of position a 55,000 pound weekly salary could occupy in the Arsenal team's salary system was actually high enough!
The team's highest salary was Henry, more than 100,000 pounds.
The second was Campbell, 100,000 pounds.
The third was the former Vieira. Now that Vieira was gone, the third place became Ashley Cole, 70,000 pounds!
Dane had originally expressed the request of Qin Xiong's agent, Freddy, when he communicated with Wenger in the summer. Dane and Freddy did not make it clear, but Dane could roughly guess Freddy's bottom line. He said it was around 75,000 pounds. In fact, it was not far from the 80,000 pounds Freddy asked for.
Freddy did not think his idea was excessive, especially since he did not use Campbell's standards as a bargaining condition. After all, Campbell joined Arsenal on a free transfer. The transfer fee would naturally be converted into the signing fee and weekly salary.
Wenger had told Dane in the summer that it was not excessive to give Qin Xiong 70,000 pounds!
He also wanted to lock in Qin Xiong's future.
And at that time, Arsenal's financial situation was able to give Qin Xiong such a contract. But one thing disrupted their plans, and that was Ashley Cole's contract renewal!
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