The score of 3: 1 was enough for Arsenal. Wenger needed to control the team's physical exhaustion because they would soon face the Christmas express battle.
Pires was replaced by Hleb, and Henry was replaced by Robin van Persie.
Qin Xiong and Fàbregas worked together to control the field. Ljungberg retreated to participate more in the defense. Hleb and Robin van Persie were responsible for the counterattack.
Newcastle United's offense in the front field was unprecedentedly difficult. Once Arsenal retreated, many teams could not do anything to Arsenal. If they invested too much in the offense, they would only be beaten into sieves by Arsenal's counterattack.
It could be said that most powerhouse teams would not give their opponents a chance to score in a game that they did not want to score in!
In other words, if they did not want to win this game, they would definitely not lose!
This was the linkage between the offensive and defensive risks in the offensive and defensive systems.
The veteran Shearer was also replaced. Owen, who was left on the frontline, could not do anything by himself. He could only watch as the leader stepped on the magpie's corpse and continued to move forward.
After the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Qin Xiong took the initiative to walk in front of Owen. He reached out and shook hands with him. Then he said, "I said in an interview that you are my idol. It is my honor to play with you today. I hope you can fulfill a request of mine. "
Owen looked at Qin Xiong in surprise. In fact, his career in the past two years had not been smooth, and he had suffered a lot of mental pressure.
Qin Xiong's attitude was very good, so Owen asked, "What is it?"
"Please exchange jerseys with me. Thank you."
Owen was not in a good mood after losing the game, especially when the person standing in front of him was Qin Xiong, who scored a hat-trick in the game. He felt a little strange.
Qin Xiong was obviously more dazzling, but he took the initiative to ask for his jersey?
He did not spend time thinking about Qin Xiong's thoughts and directly took off his jersey. Qin Xiong saw this and also took off his jersey to exchange with him.
Qin Xiong put Owen's jersey on his shoulder and walked to the visiting fans' stands to applaud and thank the fans.
Owen looked back at Qin Xiong's back before he walked into the players' tunnel.
When Qin Xiong walked out of the players' tunnel with the game ball in his arms and came to the mixed zone of the stadium, the reporters had been waiting for a long time.
The Chinese reporter, who was close to Qin Xiong, immediately stopped him and asked loudly, "Qin Xiong, what are your thoughts on today's game?"
Qin Xiong tossed the football in his hand and replied with a smile, "Satisfaction and joy!"
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Arsenal, who led the table with a four-point lead over Chelsea, was about to usher in the Christmas express battle. Wenger considered giving some of the main players a break.
Before the 17th round of the Premier League, Wenger specifically called Qin Xiong into his office and asked him if he needed a few days off.
For example, in Round 17, Henry would be arranged to rest. From Round 18 to Round 21, a total of four Premier League games would be played in eight days, which was an average of one game every two days!
No player could withstand such a devilish schedule, but Qin Xiong told Wenger that he did not need a break!
He did not invest much in the national team in the first half of the season, and Arsenal was eliminated midway through the EFL Cup. He did not play a single game. The Champions League group stage was very easy. He only played four games to help Arsenal advance to the knockout stage. In addition, he still had two games in the league tournament due to suspension. The consumption in the first half of the season was much less than in the same period last season. Qin Xiong's fitness and physical condition were better than last season, so he did not need a break!
He already had a strong sense of ownership in Arsenal.
If I don't play, whether Arsenal can win or not will be a huge question mark!
On the night of the 16th, Qin Xiong went to the airport to welcome Sylvia and George.
In the past, he would see Sylvia holding George's hand, but now George seemed to be an independent little adult. Not only did he take the initiative to carry the luggage, but he also deliberately kept a little distance from his sister Sylvia, as if he did not want outsiders to see the two of them and see him as a child being taken care of by his sister.
Christmas was coming, and Qin Xiong would spend Christmas with the two siblings in London, just like last year.
After a night's rest in the apartment, George took the initiative to take on the task of decorating the Christmas atmosphere the next day. He and Sylvia went shopping together.
Qin Xiong hoped that this year's Christmas would be more lively because he wanted to invite some of his teammates to a party at home.
That afternoon, Qin Xiong went with the team to East London to visit the Hawthorns Stadium.
In Round 17 of the Premier League, Arsenal challenged Charlton in an away game.
Henry, Pires, Ljungberg, Fàbregas, and Silva had a truce.
Reyes, van Persie, Hleb, Clichy, and Song were the five substitutes.
Because Arsenal had sent a large number of substitutes, and because it was an away game, Charlton played more freely at home.
Van Persie, Hleb, Reyes, and Qin Xiong formed the attacking group in the front field.
These three teammates had been in the team for a long time, and their minds were much clearer than before.
They attacked around Qin Xiong, and Qin Xiong became the core of the attack.
Charlton's attack only blossomed without any results. Song and Clichy's defense was not seamless, and they always created opportunities for the opponent in their own defensive zone.
Unfortunately, striker Darren Bent's ability to seize opportunities in the game was terrible.
In the 31st minute of the first half, Qin Xiong dribbled and broke through Murphy in the middle of the field, and then forced a breakthrough from Hleb Darson when he broke into the defensive line, and then shot a low shot from a narrow angle to break through goalkeeper Anderson's fingers.
The Hawthorns Stadium was filled with a helpless atmosphere.
The Charlton fans were overwhelmed by frustration.
This was the gap between star players!
Especially Huck, who was sitting in the crowd of the home team fans in the stands. He was friends with Qin Xiong, and after seeing Qin Xiong's wonderful performance break through the goal of his beloved team, he did not know how to react.
"The unstoppable Qin Xiong has scored again! A beautiful breakthrough, and a lightning-fast impact. Murphy, Hleb Darson, they will remember Qin Xiong. In front of Qin Xiong, their one-on-one defense is useless! "
After Qin Xiong scored, he rushed to the sidelines in front of the camera. Because it was already winter, when Qin Xiong blew in front of the camera, a layer of mist immediately appeared on the surface of the camera.
People did not know what he was doing. Then Qin Xiong raised his right hand and drew a heart on the camera with his index finger, and wrote two identical letters in the heart: SS.
Finally, he leaned forward and kissed the lower right corner of the heart, leaving a lipstick mark.
After doing all this, he stood up straight and looked in the direction of the stands.
There, Sylvia and George stood together. Sylvia had a puzzled smile on her face. She did not know what Qin Xiong was doing in front of the camera.
It was not until the big screen replayed the scene that Sylvia covered her mouth with a surprised smile on her face, and then gazed lovingly at Qin Xiong's figure on the field.
SS, of course, was the initials of Sylvia Slott's name.
Today was Sylvia's birthday.
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