Van Persie, who scored the goal, had an obvious change in mentality.
He would not be too impatient to get close to the opponent's goal and try to get a chance to break the opponent's goal. Instead, he would calmly pay attention to the changes in the situation on the pitch.
Arsenal and Sunderland entered the locker room with a 1: 1 draw in the midfield.
In the second half, Arsenal's offense became more flexible.
It could be said that Sunderland was a practice for them to break in the execution of the new tactics.
In the 55th minute of the second half, Van Persie received Fàbregas' pass from the right side and knocked into the middle. Then, he began to run into the penalty area. He created a space for Henry to run into.
Qin Xiong looked like he was going to pass to Van Persie in front of the defensive midfielder, Robinson, but he passed the ball to Pires, who was close to the middle on the left side.
Pires did not stop the ball and went straight into the middle of the penalty area. The football rolled behind the center back, Breen. The other center back, Cardwell, who had been close to Van Persie for fear of being penetrated by Qin Xiong's straight pass, moved to the middle to defend against Henry. It looked like they were only two steps apart, but after Henry started to cut diagonally, these two steps made the gap between them into an insurmountable gap.
Henry received Pires' straight pass and did not stop the ball. He shot directly into the bottom right corner of the goal!
"Arsenal has completed the reversal! Beautiful! We saw all of Arsenal's attacking players in the front field participate in this attack. They tore apart Sunderland's defense delicately, smoothly and quickly. Van Persie played the role of the front line to cover for Henry. Qin Xiong's transfer was just right. Pires' decisive direct pass was the key. Henry's goal shows world-class standards. It looks easy, but it shows Arsenal's strong team standard! "
They created a wonderful team cooperation goal. Arsenal's attacking players laughed and ran to the corner area to celebrate. Everyone hugged and enjoyed the cheers and cheers of the Gunners fans.
Wenger heaved a sigh of relief. Looking at it now, it seemed that the effect of testing out the new tactics in this game was to start low and move high. It was an upward trend. If everything went well, after a few more games, Arsenal's offense would be able to show even more power.
Wenger subconsciously looked to the sky in the southeast direction, which was Europe outside the United Kingdom.
There were countries like Germany, Spain, Italy, and so on. It was also the main battlefield of European football.
He knew that Arsenal's experiment would definitely end in failure if they were to encounter the European tyrants today. That was because the adjustment period during the experiment would be accompanied by defensive flaws and loopholes. The European tyrants would definitely seize the opportunity to crush them.
The amount of time left for Arsenal might be more or less. It all depended on the team's state of improvement.
In order to meet the real test of the Champions League knockout stage, Arsenal struggled to walk the path of digging for potential from within.
Wenger's ambition was to hope that Arsenal could reach the most perfect condition under his own conditions before the Champions League knockout stage.
In that case, no matter what the final result was, he would have a clear conscience and the team would have no regrets!
He retracted his gaze and looked at the field again, muttering in his heart, "Boys, do your best!"
In the stadium, Sunderland went from being in the lead to falling behind. The players were unwilling to give up, but there was still a lot of time left in the game. They were not in a hurry to press on. They were still determined to defend.
Arsenal's offense was getting fiercer.
Under the cover of Pires and Henry, Qin Xiong completed two high-quality long shots in front of the penalty area. One of his feet hit the goalpost, and the other was blocked by the goalkeeper, Davies, and rolled out of the end line after it brushed the outside of the goalpost.
The fans in the stands kept applauding Qin Xiong. They could see how much help Qin Xiong had to the team after his return.
It was a decisive reversal. He could allow Arsenal to continuously generate shooting opportunities. The team's operation was completely different from the stumbling of the past two league games.
Fàbregas was doing organizational work in the middle and backfield. He had to admit that Qin Xiong was important and outstanding. Whenever Qin Xiong was not on the field, he did want to prove that he could play the same role as Qin Xiong. But limited by his position and ability, he knew that there was a clear gap between him and Qin Xiong.
When the game reached the 75th minute, the Sunderland manager waved his hand and began to command the Black Cats to launch a desperate counterattack.
The good news was that although Arsenal's offense had been like a tide in the past period, it was a pity that they were always a hair's breadth away from breaking the goal, so the Black Cats Sunderland were not sentenced to death.
Now, the final moment to fight for their lives had arrived.
In the 78th minute of the game, the striker, Gray, was entangled by Fàbregas when he followed up in the middle. Walsh mistakenly crossed the ball for Senderos to rush up and intercept the ball. After Senderos intercepted the ball, he immediately passed the ball to Qin Xiong, who was running towards the midfield.
Qin Xiong saw the football rolling towards him. He turned directly. When the football came behind him, Northworth, who was in front of him, thought that Qin Xiong would let the football roll in front of him and then directly complete the change of direction. But he was stunned to see Qin Xiong use his heel to knock the ball behind him. Then he rushed past the stunned Northworth.
The football that was knocked behind him by his heel was received by Fàbregas who came forward. Fàbregas kicked the ball out and then passed it to Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong faced Miller and Robinson's joint blockade. He did not force it. This time he let the ball in front of him, and then in front of Miller, he knocked the ball to van Persie on the right. Van Persie stopped the ball and passed it diagonally to Henry, who was retreating in front of the penalty area.
Qin Xiong continued to plug forward after passing the ball. Henry passed the ball back to Qin Xiong. Then he turned and ran forward. His running position drew the defensive attention of Sunderland's defensive line. Qin Xiong did not send a straight pass to Henry. Instead, he passed the ball to Pires on the left side.
Pires stopped the ball on the left side in front of the penalty area, observed the situation in the penalty area, and then sent a pass out!
Henry stopped when he saw the football flying towards him, ready to seize the opportunity for a second attack.
But his running position had already covered the attack.
This was because Pires' pass had gone past the front and was flying directly towards the back of the goal.
There, Qin Xiong arrived just in time!
He faced the falling football and calmly headed the ball into the goal!
The goalkeeper, Davies' save was useless!
The football went into the net.
Qin Xiong rushed into the goal after the goal. He stopped in time and turned around with a smile on his face. His gaze swept over Henry, Pires, van Persie, and Fàbregas. Everyone was trotting towards him with confident and enjoyable smiles on their faces.
This goal was an opportunity that everyone created for Qin Xiong. It was indeed one of the important tactical cores of Arsenal's new season.
This was true unity, true selflessness, and a true team!
No matter what the outside world thought of Arsenal's strength as declining or rising, no matter how fragile the team's competitive lifeline was.
But they were playing true team football together!
No matter what difficulties and challenges awaited them ahead, they were not afraid!
They were in the same boat through thick and thin!
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