soccer king

Although Arsenal achieved an overwhelming victory against Middlesbrough last season, it does not mean that Arsenal can easily win every time they face Middlesbrough.

Winning the Premier League championship for two consecutive seasons, Arsenal has become the target of public criticism in England. All teams are studying and targeting Arsenal. Whether it is defeating or drawing Arsenal, it can bring huge attention to the team and stimulate fans. The market and team morale, which makes Arsenal a thorn in the opponent's side, doing everything possible to contain Arsenal's offense.

Qin Xiong takes every match seriously, no matter how strong or weak his opponent is, this is not only a manifestation of his professionalism, but also one of the reasons why he has become stronger.

The reason is simple, these seemingly ordinary opponents are an important training stage for him to consolidate and hone his skills and improve himself.

It is impossible for a player to start from League Two, beat the strongest team in League Two today, and expect to beat the League One team tomorrow, and then challenge the Championship team the day after tomorrow.

Strong-strong dialogue is a hurdle, but it does not mean that beating a strong team once can become a team or player of the same level as a strong team. Before facing the next challenge from a stronger opponent, the accumulated new experience must be turned into strength. Constantly consolidate, hone, and sublimate.

Therefore, Qin Xiong takes every game very seriously, no matter whether the opponent is strong or weak, the strong team is a challenge, and the weak team is a necessary process to maintain the state and integrate and strengthen what he has learned.

In this match against Middlesbrough, the opponent's targeted deployment caused Qin Xiong to encounter some difficulties, but it was these difficulties.It made Qin Xiong even more excited.

In the 29th minute of the game, Reyes successfully broke through Quayedrew from the right and made a pass from the bottom. The football was cleared by Southgate's header. Boateng immediately turned around and swept the ball to the left of the front field road.

Downing, a native England rookie who played for Middlesbrough at the age of 17, is in full swing. At the age of 21, he dribbles forward along the wing with a strong impact.

There is a hot flame burning in his heart, which symbolizes his fighting spirit. Maybe a game will not change anything, and it will not make the outside world look at him with admiration.But he is stubborn to prove that he is no worse than Arsenal's young talents!

Instead of attacking Eboue's defense, he took the ball directly from the side at 45 degrees to find Hasselbaink in the back of the penalty area.

The ball he passed was urgent and fast, but Hasselbaink ran too far, and Senderos calmly cleared the ball with a header.

However, the football he cleared landed on the right side of the penalty area. Mendieta, once the leader of one of the strongest midfield combinations in the world, stopped the ball steadily on the right side of the penalty area.

After going from Spain to the world, and going to the Serie A with a sky-high price transfer, Mendieta's mentality has become vicissitudes.It seems that the memory of how outstanding he was once has been mottled.He just wants to do better, to be better than yesterday's self, to recover slowly, not to say that he has become as dazzling and eye-catching as before, at least to make a name for himself, and no longer be ridiculed by the outside world as he pleases.

This kind of mentality made him lose his aura, and his self-confidence naturally declined, now.He just did what a full-back should do: cross!

The superb footwork is still there, and the keen insight of the overall situation will not disappear out of thin air. Once one of the best midfielders in Spain, Mendieta sent a cross with an excellent kick!

The ball landed between Senderos and Toure, and Yakub shot diagonally in front of Toure, and before the ball hit the ground, he swept the ball towards the goal with his feet!

Less than 12 yards from the goal, at such a close distance, Lehmann did not move in advance.And when he saw the football flying to the lower right corner of the goal, he was powerless to save it again!

Yakubu rushed to the sidelines excitedly after scoring to accept the cheers from the Middlesbrough fans at the Riverside Stadium!

Every Middlesbrough player.Both offensive and defensive players celebrate passionately at this moment!

What they broke was the defending champion Arsenal's goal!

"Jakubu scored! Assist from Mendieta! Yakubu who moved to the Riverside Stadium in the summer with a £750 million transfer to the river made a contribution. He broke the Arsenal goal! It was a fantastic goal, yes Middlesbrough's steadfast implementation of tactics paid off. Their high-altitude bombing was extremely effective. The continuous high-altitude bombing disrupted Arsenal's defensive system. Downing's cross may not be so threatening, but it made Arsenal's defense line in a short period of time. There was chaos in the time, before they adjusted in time, Mendieta launched a second attack from the outside, and this time Middlesbrough won!"

The Arsenal players saw the extraordinary passion of the Middlesbrough generals celebrating, and they could understand how special it was to be treated as a strong player after being scored.

Qin Xiong walked back halftime and came to Fabregas' side.

Cesc Fabregas is a very stable player so far in this game. Qin Xiong's pass success rate should be 100% according to Qin Xiong's visual inspection. He has not made a pass error yet. Qin Xiong's pass success rate should be less than 70% , because none of his threatening ball delivery was scored.

Qin Xiong said to Cesc Fabregas: "Cesc, attack, there is no point in staying behind."

If you play against most other teams, Fabregas may have a defensive effect in the back midfielder, but in today's game, it is obvious that Middlesbrough is playing wide cross tactics and does not go to the middle midfielder to defend the area at all. Penetration, Fabregas can't be said to be useless in defense, but his defense zone has not suffered any impact. Even if he returns to the penalty area, his height and high-altitude ball defense ability are almost of no obvious help to the defense.

Now the team's offense needs an unexpected offensive point that breaks Middlesbrough's planned defense. Looking at Arsenal's offensive and defensive lineup, this point must be Cesc Fabregas. Take the risk easily.

Cesc Fabregas felt very good originally, and his play was extremely stable.

But Qin Xiong's words awakened the dreamer, so he thought about it carefully: Middlesbrough's two midfielders in the midfield did not step forward to participate in the attack at all. Tang Ning cut in the middle. The threat is relatively small. If Mendieta cuts in, They will encounter Silva, so most of them play cross balls, and cross balls test the defender's air defense ability, and the midfielder has no time to retreat into the penalty area and form a defense against high-altitude balls.

Fabregas nodded to Qin Xiong and said, "I understand. Next, I will take the initiative to advance and participate in the attack depending on the situation."

Qin Xiong patted him on the shoulder and turned to face Middlesbrough's half. In the most difficult lineup period of the year, at least the mentality of the strong, they still cannot be shaken. (to be continued~^~)