There are five chapters in total today. Tomorrow is Teacher's Day. If any of you are a teacher, I wish you a happy holiday!
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Although Arteta felt a great deal of pressure, he did not actually think that Qin Xiong was all that outstanding. He was born in La Masia and had received the highest level of cultural influence in the Grassi world. He was not a brat who had not seen the world.
He did not know that if it were not for the rainy day, he would have been Qin Xiong's main weakness on the field.
Compared to Phil Neville's defensive ability, Arteta was obviously Everton's weak point in the midfield. Qin Xiong was confident that he could beat him under normal conditions.
Even if it was raining today, Qin Xiong's mentality had not changed. The breakthrough in the middle was still Arteta.
Everton seemed to start with a 4-5-1 formation, but it was the same as Arsenal's.
It was essentially a 4-4-1 formation.
Cahill and Qin Xiong were similar in that they both had the effect of forming an attack into the penalty area.
Therefore, when Qin Xiong launched an attack in the middle of the field, he would directly face the defensive zone of Arteta and Phil Neville.
In this way, in the horizontal defensive area, Qin Xiong would choose to attack Arteta's defensive zone and not Phil Neville's.
Everton's attack was not going well. They lacked an effective breakthrough point on the flank. Flamini was cautious and conscientious in defense. His defensive effect was no less than Ashley Cole's. If there was something he was worse than Ashley Cole as a full-back, it was definitely in terms of offensive ability.
Eboue, who was usually funny in training and games, was equally convincing in his defense on the flank.
If Osman and Davis could not form an effective attack on the flank, Everton's offensive pattern was forced to be very simple. It was the traditional English style of passing.
Bitty could not do much under the joint defense of Touré and Sendros. His condition was not as good as before. He was no longer the Bitty who won the British Super League's Golden Boot.
Under the stable protection of the rear defense, Arsenal's attacks could be more unscrupulous.
In the 21st minute of the game, Qin Xiong once again dribbled the ball to force the front of the waistline. He had now formed a kind of habitual thinking in the game: break the surface with a point!
He specifically targeted one of the opponent's points, and then caused the opponent's orderly defensive system to become chaotic, and then completely collapse!
Phil Neville was well aware of Qin Xiong's threat. He had personally witnessed Manchester United's Fletcher and O 'Shea being trampled by Qin Xiong until they had a nervous breakdown. Therefore, when Qin Xiong took the initiative to challenge Arteta again, he knew something was wrong. He was afraid that Arteta would become another victim of Qin Xiong's wanton bullying, so he took the initiative to move towards Arteta.
The observant Qin Xiong smirked. Arteta might still be in a state of complete ignorance, but Navier was already on his guard.
Is this okay?
Very good!
When Phil Neville moved over, Qin Xiong passed the ball to the front of the area that Neville was supposed to defend. Fàbregas plugged in to get the ball and dribbled the ball forward at a moderate speed.
Neville had no choice but to immediately turn back to press for Fàbregas.
Fàbregas passed the ball straight before he was pressed by his opponent. Henry, who was sandwiched between Neville and Jabot, took the ball with his back. He kicked the ball back.
Arteta looked at the trajectory of the ball as it rolled back. He moved to control the ball, but unexpectedly, someone rushed past him!
He took control of the ball before he could, and then finished a shot in front of him!
Qin Xiong!
Bang!
The football hit the crossbar and bounced out. Jabot almost made an own goal in front of his own goal. He wanted to head the ball to break the siege, but for some reason, he headed the ball in the direction of the goal. Fortunately, he headed the ball high, otherwise the goalkeeper, Martin, would have been powerless to reverse the situation.
There was a warm applause in the stadium. The Arsenal fans wholeheartedly cheered for Qin Xiong's wonderful shot, even if he did not score.
Arteta only felt the real horror of Qin Xiong at this moment.
He had repeatedly lost in key confrontations!
Five minutes later, Reyes dribbled the ball forward from the right flank. Before encountering Pistone's defense, he passed the ball to Henry, and Henry once again kicked the ball back.
But this time, the target of his return was not Qin Xiong, but Fàbregas!
Fàbregas dribbled the ball forward, and then in front of Phil Neville, he knocked the ball to Qin Xiong.
He did not pass the ball well. It was passed behind Qin Xiong, forcing Qin Xiong to stop plugging forward. Originally, he had the opportunity to directly rush past Arteta's defensive zone and form an opportunity to press in front of the rear defensive line. Now, he stopped, turned around, and stopped the ball.
Arteta was afraid that he could not keep up with Qin Xiong. His thoughts focused on Qin Xiong. When he saw Qin Xiong turn back to stop the ball, he immediately stopped and went forward, intending to press Qin Xiong.
Phil Neville felt a burst of fear when he saw this.
Don't go!
In the end, Arteta did not know Qin Xiong well.
Due to the Premier League's emphasis on close-in pressing, Qin Xiong had focused on honing his skills to get rid of close-in pressing since he came to the Premier League last season. There were already many people who thought they could press Qin Xiong and be bypassed by him.
Qin Xiong made a small mistake when he stopped, turned around, and stretched out his leg to stop the ball.
The field was slippery on the rainy day, and Fàbregas' pass was not quite in place. In addition, he also had to observe the situation around him, especially Arteta's movements behind him. With all these factors combined, his stop of the ball did not make it still at his feet. Instead, the football bounced up slightly.
But at the same time, he observed Arteta rushing up to press from behind from the corner of his eye. He decisively used the sole of his foot to deftly kick the ball behind him before the football landed.
The football rose in front of him and was about to fly over his head when he directly completed a turn from the right.
Because Arteta's line of sight was blocked, he did not see where the football was and continued to pounce forward. But after he brushed past Qin Xiong, he took a closer look and was shocked. Where was the ball?!
The football had just flown over his and Qin Xiong's heads, but the timing was so perfect that when Qin Xiong turned around, the football came to the top of his field of vision, so he did not see it.
At this time, he looked back again and was stunned to see the football fall from the air and fall in front of Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong used his thigh to push the ball forward, and then completed a shocking volley before the football landed!
Boom!
The football flew between Neville and Jabot like a cannonball, and Henry subconsciously bent down and shrunk his head!
The ball was extremely fast and powerful, but the angle was not tricky.
But it still made the goalkeeper, Martin, break out in a cold sweat. He did not expect Qin Xiong to suddenly form a shot. He hurriedly moved a step and pounced out horizontally. He wanted to hold the football, but he did not expect the football to fall rapidly in the penalty area. He did not hold the football, but his forearm blocked the football, causing the football to bounce diagonally into the penalty area.
Just as all the Everton players had not reacted, Pires rushed to the front of the rebounding football, received the ball, and directly volleyed the ball into the empty goal!
Highbury suddenly boiled, and the passion that was ignited seemed to evaporate the rain in the sky.
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