soccer king

The night before leaving Amsterdam, Qin Xiong and Sylvia spent the night in her bedroom.

It makes Qin Xiong feel happier than most of the time before. I don’t know why, even though his apartment in London is more spacious and luxurious than Sylvia’s home in Amsterdam, but he is in the bedroom where Sylvia grew up with her. When the love is lingering, there is a brand new feeling, calm and warm, making his heart seem to have entered a safe haven, so comfortable that he almost doesn't want to leave.

When he was sitting on the plane looking at the sea of ​​clouds, he suddenly thought that maybe he wanted to have a real and warm home.

No matter how luxurious a hotel is, no matter how spacious an apartment is, it is a temporary residence after all, not a real "home".

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At the beginning of the new season, Qin Xiong got a satisfying relaxation and recovery during the FIFA match day. This is a kind of spiritual release and a real combination of work and rest. When he returned to London, all his attention was on training with the game.

Arsenal did not make any more signings before the transfer window closed. The club's finances were tight. In addition, in the last two or three days at the end of August, there would be no players that Arsenal looked up to. Every game they play now seems to have hidden dangers before the game, and they are questioned and speculated by the outside world.

It also gave many opponents the ambition to kill the king when they faced Arsenal!

On September 9, the fifth round of the Premier League kicked off, and Arsenal challenged Middlesbrough as a guest.

The sun was shining in the afternoon of this day, and Qin Xiong walked into the stadium full of fighting spirit.

"Welcome to the Riverside Stadium to watch the fifth round of the Premier League this season. The defending champion Arsenal is away to face Middlesbrough at home. Arsenal has recently experienced a wave of injuries to the main group that has been rare for many years, which undoubtedly makes the lineup thin However, Wenger has always believed that the team can advance firmly in the face of difficulties. His confidence is not without support. As long as Henry and Qin Xiong remain healthy, no one will doubt that Arsenal will really fail! The difference! However, in the highly competitive Premier League, will Arsenal make more mistakes than their opponents, which will lead to the failure of defending the title at the end of the season?

Well, let's take a look at the starting rosters of both sides.

Middlesbrough start 442.

Goalkeeper: Schwarzer.

Defenders: Retzger, Exiogu, Southgate, Quejedrew.

Midfielders: Mendieta, Parlor.Boateng.Downing.

Forwards: Yakubu, Hasselbaink.

Arsenal starting 451.

Goalkeeper: Lehmann.

Defenders: Eboue, Toure, Senderos, Flamini.

Midfielders: Reyes, Fabregas, Qin Xiong, Silva.Hleb.

Forward: Henry. "

In addition to the absence of some of the main players due to injuries, after the FIFA match day, Pires needed to recuperate due to his age. Wenger just included him in the substitute list.

The game started. Although Middlesbrough played a 442 formation at home, they were not aggressive at all. Instead, they showed a simple and rough sense of sight in tactics.

Mendieta was on the right, and Tangning was on the left.The two wings fly together to deliver shells to the striker, relying on Yakubu and Hasselbaink to carry out high-altitude bombing!

That approach didn't work out at first.Arsenal launched an offensive immediately after getting the chance to counterattack.

Qin Xiong can easily push forward in the midfield, while the opponent's double defensive midfielder Parlor and Boateng are dragged in front of the back line.It will not hinder the advancement of Arsenal's position in the middle.

It seems that they know that counter-robbing in the midfield will not cause trouble for Arsenal, but will make the defense short of major generals and expose huge flaws.

Qin Xiong took the initiative to challenge Parlor in the 5th minute of the game. Now his advance in the counterattack has an intuitive effect. He almost never looks back. He moves forward all the way, overtakes and accelerates.

Parlor is an old Arsenal player. He can be regarded as one of the important players of Arsenal's past era. The tough double midfielder combination with Vieira is now very different. Veteran Parlor played in Middlesbrough Continue to use the residual heat.

It is very easy for Qin Xiong to break through him. As long as he changes direction with acceleration and the combination of man and ball is not a problem, there will be no chance for Parlor to succeed in stealing.

With his rich defensive experience, Parlor will not lose his center of gravity even if Qin Xiong passes by, but quickly withdraws to block Qin Xiong's pass to his teammates, or defends in the penalty area, allowing the Middlesbrough's defense system is operating flexibly.

This is a very smart approach.

After Qin Xiong made a successful breakthrough to the left, he sent a through ball directly to the outside of his right foot. The football bypassed Exiogu's back. The aged Southgate blocked Henry on the periphery, but it seemed that his moving speed Already too slow, he couldn't push the foot sent by Qin Xiong straight to the ground to clear the siege.

Just when Qin Xiong thought that Henry could easily receive the ball and form a shot, before Henry touched the ball, left back Quayedreu blocked the space in front of Henry with a shovel and shoveled the ball away!

Middlesbrough defended successfully!

Quayedrew stood up from the ground and clapped hands with Southgate. Middlesbrough's defensive players looked extremely calm. They seemed to have foreseen such a cooperation between Qin Xiong and Henry.

It seems that they are very well prepared for this game!

After 3 minutes, Qin Xiong once again dribbled the ball to force the front waistline. After dialing the ball horizontally in front of Parlor, he suddenly passed the ball to the counter-cutting line, hoping that Hleb could cut in from the side to meet in place, but the right defender Retzger grabbed the ball. Clear the ball before Hleb!

Qin Xiong carefully recalled the fragment of Middlesbrough's successful defense today as he walked back.

Obviously the Middlesbrough defenders came prepared!

They are not focusing on curbing Qin Xiong's performance, but specifically targeting the passing line between Qin Xiong and his teammates.

In particular, the shrinkage of the full-backs is very frequent. It is probably related to the fact that Arsenal seldom play wide cross tactics.

Qin Xiong made eye contact with Henry, and there seemed to be countless exchanges in silence. The strangest thing was that both of them nodded, as if they really understood what to do without talking.

After another 5 minutes, Yakubu's header in the penalty area was smoothly embraced by Lehmann, and Arsenal launched a quick counterattack again.

Fabregas passed the ball to Qin Xiong's feet steadily in the midfield.

Without hesitation, Qin Xiong split the ball to Reyes. Reyes dashed in from the right, and then crossed the ball to Henry from the right. Henry directly crossed the pass to the open area in front of the penalty area.

This is the route for Qin Xiong to run forward, but when Henry passed the ball, Boateng rushed to the football as if he had foreseen it, and shoveled the ball out of bounds before Qin Xiong touched the ball.

Once again successfully defending Arsenal's counterattack, Middlesbrough players showed a confident brilliance on their faces.

When they looked at Arsenal's attack group, they all seemed to have a playful provocation in their eyes!

Successive defensive successes represent the correctness of their pre-match tactical deployment. After successful defenses one after another, they are more confident, as if in their eyes, Arsenal is nothing special.

After Qin Xiong saw the change in his opponent's mental temperament, he lowered his head and smiled silently, with a somewhat cruel smile.

Well done Middlesbrough!

However, the game has just begun! (to be continued~^~)