Although it was a derby battle, in fact, Arsenal had an absolute advantage in the derby battle.

Arsenal has reversed 5-2 at home for two consecutive seasons, winning 1 game in the last 24 away matches between Arsenal and 15 losses in the remaining 23 games.

There are 42 matches in the Premier League in history, with Arsenal 16 wins, 17 draws and 9 losses, of which 12 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses at home have both upper hand. The two sides have 170 matches in history, with Arsenal 71 wins, 45 draws and 54 losses having the upper hand.

At the same time, the North London derby is the most goal-scoring game in the Premier League era, with 124 goals. Arsenal has only been silent against Tottenham in the last 29 times, and Tottenham has not had a consecutive clean sheet in the league since January 2010.

"Dear fans, good afternoon, everyone, I am the live commentator Hollier you miss!" When Zhang Xu and his teammates listened to Wenger's explanation in the locker room, the familiar voice of the commentator Hollier sounded at the game.

"Welcome to Emirates Stadium! Today's game is a derby battle, a game known as the North London derby! Alas, I don't want to explain the derby battle the most, because I think I can't beat the hot situation on the scene!"

"Okay, let's not talk about it. Let's take a look at the starting lineup of both sides. Arsenal's starting lineup is like this. Goalkeeper No. 1 Szesny..., Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup is as follows: they are arranged in a 4-5-1 formation, with goalkeeper 25-Loris; defenders: 2-Walker, 20-Dawson, 5-Wiltonheng, 3-Ross; midfielder 15-Capue, 8-Paulinho, 17-Donsend (, 19-Demberle, 21-Chadrie; forward 9-Soldado."

"It seems that Boas is still very cautious when facing Arsenal, which is currently playing well in both the league and the European Champions League qualifiers, and is not as arrogant as he was when he was interviewed by reporters!"

"It's only ten minutes before the game. I believe both sides have stood in the player channel and waited for entry. So, let's welcome our Warriors with the highest screams and applause!"

Under Hollier's agitation, countless fans at the scene burst into earth-shaking screams and thunderous applause. At the same time, the singing of the two teams once again became louder and echoed again and again in the Emirates Stadium.

At this time, Zhang Xu was standing in the player channel, trying his best to suppress his anger, clenching his fists tightly.

Why?

Just because of the Tottenham Hotspur idiot striker Soldado, when he saw Zhang Xu standing in front of the Arsenal team with the captain's armband when he was sneering in the player channel, he actually sneered.

"Ha, the kitten in the East is actually the captain of Arsenal? It's incredible. When did Arsenal become a cat family? It seems that our Tottenham Hotspur team will win today! The opponent is actually a group of kittens!"

Soldado's words immediately attracted the glare of everyone opposite Arsenal, and there was a tendency to fight when there was a disagreement.

Zhang Xu turned his head and looked at his friend's actions, and suddenly said: "Even if we are just cats, it is still easy to tear a white lily! I am just thinking about whether to tear it into seven pieces or dare to grind it into a piece of flower mud!"

"Haha, flower mud, flower mud!" The teammates were all ready to take action. After hearing Zhang Xu's voice, they burst into laughter and screamed at the slightest to crush the opponent into flower mud.

"Damn yellow-skinned monkey, you have the will to say it again!" Soldado suddenly became furious and shouted at Zhang Xu. If it weren't for his teammates stopping him, Zhang Xu believed that the other party would definitely take action without hesitation.

For such a mentally retarded guy, Zhang Xu has some ways to deal with him.

Zhang Xu said slowly: "Can I think you are racist? Or are you doing something anti-Chinese? Hum?"

Soldado was stunned. Whether it was racial discrimination or anti-China, these were things that he dared not touch as a professional player. If this kind of thing was established, then his career would be over. No club dared to use a racial discrimination player, because it was a explosive pack, the kind that would blow up his body without any remaining bones!

"Shut up!" At this time, Tottenham Hotspur's head coach Boas came out of the back of the team "at the right time", scolded Soldo loudly, then turned his head and looked at Zhang Xu with complicated eyes, and explained: "On behalf of Soldo, I apologize to you, he has no intention of racism!"

"Oh? Is it true? Then, Mr. Boas, please let that idiot keep my mouth shut, otherwise I will formally sue him in the name of 'racism'!" Zhang Xu said lightly to Boas.

Boas nodded with a gloomy face, then glared at Soldado fiercely, then turned around silently and stood at the end of the team.

Wenger also stood behind, looked at Boas' ugly expression, couldn't help but smile, and said softly: "Budd, how about me, the captain? It's not bad? It's better not to use your little trick in front of him, otherwise he might make you look ugly! Haha!"

Although the team is a feud, Wenger and Boas are still relatively friendly, so Wenger easily teases Boas.

Boas snorted, then said to Wenger: "This kid is just a pervert. He is so calm at the age of 22. Are all Chinese people like this? It's really scary. Now, I'm really a little worried!"

"Haha!" Wenger patted Boas on the shoulder: "But, don't forget, he is a super top student at the Sixth University of Paris in our country! His head is so good! Haha!"

Boas nodded in agreement.

The two of them spoke softly from behind, but no one noticed them.

Soon, the time for entry was up. Under the leadership of the referee group, both sides of the game held their heads and walked out of the players' channel.

What greeted them was naturally the screams and shouts of tens of thousands of fans at the scene.

Of course, there was also the commentary from the live commentator Hollier: "Wow, they are out! Let's welcome them with the warmest applause!"

After lined up, shook hands, exchanged team flags, and guessed the side, the referee called the captains of both sides of the game to his face and said in a deep voice: "You guys pay attention. Although this is a derby battle, I don't want to see any hot scenes, otherwise I don't mind taking out my red card, do you understand?"

Zhang Xu nodded, and after he understood, he returned to his team, surrounded with his teammates, yelled "a sure win" and then scattered.

"Beep!" The game officially began with the referee's whistle.

Since it was a derby, although the referee repeatedly emphasized the need to control his emotions, the hot scenes still appeared one after another.

At the beginning of the game, the opponent's front midfielder had just crossed the center line and was beaten by Ramsey. Willsheer also came over and kept making small moves. Finally, Ramsey fell to the ground and poked the ball directly, stabbing the football under the opponent's feet, and also "by the way" the opponent was brought down.

Seeing this situation, the referee still ran to Ramsey very seriously and repeatedly emphasized that he should control and be calm.

However, the referee had just warned Ramsey, and when he turned around, he saw a scene that left him speechless.

Tottenham Hotspur forward Soldado received a pass from his teammate in the frontcourt and just wanted to turn around, he felt a strong force coming from his feet, and the football left his control.

Then, his body also lost its center of gravity because of this force and fell heavily on the grass.

In a very embarrassed manner, he turned his head and looked at the other party, and then he found that the kitten in his mouth was formally interrupted!

Soldado suddenly became angry. He lay on the grass, holding his right hand, and shouted loudly: "Oh, foul! He fouled!"

It turned out that when Soldado was about to catch the ball, Zhang Xu began to secretly move towards the opponent. The moment he received the ball, Zhang Xu fell to the ground and slipped the shovel at the right time, making a beautiful shovel to keep the ball.

This tackle is very standard and very neat. If there is a little bit of bad, it is that after "accidentally" and Zhang Xu's calf happened to touch Soldado's support leg after breaking the football.

The referee was very troubled by such a tackle move, because Zhang Xu's tackle was obviously a very beautiful steal with no problems, but he knocked down Soldado at the end, which was a bit difficult to explain.

Foul? This is definitely not true!

No foul? If you don’t do anything, such “inadvertent” may appear one after another!

So, the referee ignored Soldado who was screaming and stretched his arms forward, made a move to continue the game, and then ran to Zhang Xu and said, "Boy, don't treat me as air, pay attention to controlling your emotions, don't force me to take out the cards!"

"Yes! I understand! Don't worry!" Zhang Xu's face turned aloof, nodded fiercely, and expressed his serious expression.

"Very good! I hope you can really do it!" The referee looked at Zhang Xu carefully, but couldn't see anything, so he had to explain again and then ran away.

Zhang Xu looked at the referee's back as he walked away and smiled.

If the opponent's players are honest, I will naturally not make trouble casually, but if one or several players are not so civilized, I will forgive myself for not being able to fulfill my promise!

However, the first thing to note is to improve such actions to make them more secretive, otherwise it would be impossible to fool the referee!
Chapter completed!