Chapter 300 Defeat the Yellow Canary
"China zhang's one pass and one shot, demonstrating the world's top midfielder's strength!"
This was the second day of the game, an article published in the Sun, which read: In the first round of the 2013-2014 season held yesterday, Arsenal faced the visiting Aston Villa. As expected, Arsenal defended his dignity as a traditional Premier League giant and won Aston Villa with a score of 3-0.
In this game, we saw that China zhang played an extraordinary role in it, not only perfectly controlling the game, but also an exquisite assist and a beautiful quick counterattack completely destroyed Aston Villa's fighting spirit!
Every fan or reporter who arrived at the scene was very impressed by Arsenal's China after watching this game. Because it can be said that this game was completely a game written and performed by China.
Why do you say that? Because from the first goal, we were surprised to find that China zhang implemented his plan at the beginning of the game and successfully gave Aston Villa a blow.
Then, he used his superb midfield organization ability to quickly control the game in his hands, and then used a wonderful predictive steal to cut off Aston Villa's pass. Finally, he used his lightning speed to hit Aston Villa with a quick counterattack, successfully scoring his first goal in the Premier League!
Not every player who just joined the Premier League can perform so well when he first participated in the Premier League. However, it is obvious that China has done it!
I have to say that this is because he has strong strength as his backing!
China zhang deserves to be a £37.5 million gentleman, and he does have the strength of a world's top midfielder!
"Perfect debut, China zhang helped Arsenal win the first round of the league!"
This is a comment from "Sky Sports". In the article, they also gave very high comments on Zhang Xu's performance.
They believe that this game is completely dominated by China! From the beginning of the game, China has controlled the game in its own hands.
There are very few players in the world who can truly control the game, but we have seen it in China! We can only say, Mr. Wenger, you have made another super cost-effective deal!
"Arsenal defeated Aston Villa three-to-zero, the core, captain China zhang aims at the Premier League championship!"
This is an article in the Daily Mail. In the article, the commentator first described Zhang Xu's perfect performance in the competition, and then wrote at the end of the article:
China Zhang, who was successfully elected as the best player on the spot with one pass and one shot, made it clear at the award ceremony that the team will strive for the league championship this season.
It can be seen that when China Zhang said this, he was full of confidence, not to encourage the morale of the team or to cater to the fans. He simply expressed himself and the team's confidence in winning this season's league championship!
Combined with the unparalleled strength and master-level demeanor that China zhang showed in this game, his declaration does not seem so unrealistic!
So, we have sufficient reason to think that Arsenal is ready to strive for the Premier League championship with all its might. Dear Premier League giants, are you ready to accept Arsenal’s challenge?
In addition to these three comments, many media have reported on this game, most of which are front page headlines.
So, Zhang Xu passed the goalkeeper's shot and spread to the streets and alleys of major British cities. Almost every British football fan knew the new captain and team core of Arsenal.
And now, what is Zhang Xu doing?
He was sitting on a plane to Turkey, laughing and joking with his teammates.
Because in four days, they will usher in the first round of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, challenging Türkiye's Fenerbahce team away.
Fenerbah esporkulübü is a Turkish football club located in Istanbul. The club is named after an area called Fenerbah esporkulübü, and the name Fenerbah esporkulübü is because there is a lighthouse in the area ("Feren" is interpreted as a lighthouse in Turkish). The most famous category of the club is football, but the club is also active in basketball, volleyball, rowing and other fields.
The football team is currently playing in the Turkish Super League. Their nicknames are "Yellow Canary" (sar?kanaryalar) and the Turkish version of Manchester United, while the home court is located at the Saraggioglu Stadium (?ükrüsaraco?lustadium). Fenerbahce's home atmosphere is hot and it is known as the "Devil's Purgatory-style home court".
Fenerbahce has won 19 Turkish Super League titles, 6 Turkish Cup titles, and 6 Turkish Super Cup titles. It is a team with countless honors and traditions.
Faced with such a team, with away games, Wenger attached great importance to the opponent's Devil Purgatory-style home game. On the second day after the game against Aston Villa, he led the team to Turkey to carry out relevant pre-match preparations.
At 8:45 on August 21, 2013, the first round of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers officially began.
In order to ensure that the opponent can be defeated in this game, Wenger sent most of the main lineups, with the goalkeeper being the unstoppable No. 1 Szesney, the defenders being Sanya, Koscheerny and Mertesacker, the back midfielder Zhang Xu and Gibbs, the front being Rossicky, Wilshere and Ramsey, and the forwards Walcott and Giroud.
Vermallen and Arteta are still recovering from their injuries and are unable to follow the team to Turkey. Especially Vermallen, his injury is indeed very serious and he is probably unable to play on behalf of the team for a long time.
After the game started, the Saragioglu Stadium was worthy of being the "Devil's Purgatory-style home court". Almost all Fenerbahce fans were shouting wildly. As long as the players of their team took the ball, it would be a shocking applause, and as long as the players of Arsenal took the ball, it would be a boo that would shake the mountains!
Such a clear tendency voice can indeed have a certain impact on the player's condition, especially Arsenal players. Among the fans' booing, there are many players who are not firm enough, and there are some deviations and hesitation in the pass and receiving movements.
Of course, there are still some players who will not be affected by these aspects. Among them, there is Zhang Xu, who has a big heart!
Zhang Xu has experienced such a away atmosphere a bit too much. Moreover, his willpower has always been very firm. He will not affect his mood due to fans or other factors, nor will he affect his movements.
So, no matter how the fans boo him, he has been calmly dealing with every football that passes to his feet.
Although Fenerbahce is a giant team in the Turkish Super League, there is still a big gap compared to Arsenal. Therefore, Zhang Xu, as the core of the midfield, was not affected at all. With his normal performance, the game quickly entered Zhang Xu's control.
In the 17th minute of the game, Zhang Xu received a clearance header from Gibbs in the middle, and gently pulled his right foot from the side of the flying football, and steadily controlled the football.
Now, after countless games, Zhang Xu's football skills are no longer the particularly rough. He can easily do such a ball-catching move.
After controlling the football, he turned around and pulled the football in front of him, preparing to drive the ball forward.
Two players rushed towards him immediately, one in front and the other behind, about sixty degrees apart, forming a trend of pincer attack.
Zhang Xu smiled slightly. This level of pressing really didn't pose much threat to him. He quickly activated his right foot, hooked his body, and quickly penetrated to the right side of the Fenerbahce player in front. After passing the side of the opponent's body, he quickly rushed, pulled and pushed the right foot, and the football passed through the middle of the two. Zhang Xu also jumped, crossed the left leg of the person behind, and chased after two steps, and then crossed the defense of the two!
After the breakthrough, Zhang Xu saw that his teammates in front were basically in place, so he stopped dribbling the ball and directly passed it with one pass, picking the ball over the two Fenerbahce players who rushed towards him and landed directly at Walcott's feet.
After Walcott got the football, he quickly stepped forward, got a shot angle of one position, and made a quick decision and fell to the ground and shot directly!
When he shot, he was very close to the goal, so Fenerbahce's goalkeeper Volcan had no time to react and could only watch the football fly into the goal.
The ball went in, 1:0!
After a goal lead, Arsenal players immediately returned to normal, and almost everyone was no longer affected by away fans.
Under such circumstances, the team's strength was immediately restored and the game was even smoother.
In the 31st minute of the game, Zhang Xu was still there. He made a beautiful steal near the center line and broke the football directly from the opponent's feet.
Just after he pushed forward for about ten meters, he immediately encountered the defense of three Fenerbahce players. One of them was too big and kicked Zhang Xu's calf.
Zhang Xu was fine, but the team got a good positioning ball.
Will Sher took the action and directly hanged directly at the upper right corner of the goal!
2:0!
After the second half of the game changed sides, Fenerbahce wanted to win back the score, but when the game was 52 minutes into the ground, Zhang Xu made a quick counterattack and brought the football into the goal!
3:0!
Chapter completed!