legendary midfielder

Chapter 287

After the [-]-[-] victory over Naples, Arsenal have already gained six points.

In the following game, Galatasaray defeated Porto 1-0.So Arsenal play Galatasaray tomorrow, while Napoli play Porto.

Galatasaray FC, often referred to simply as Galatasaray, is a professional football club based in Istanbul, Turkey.It is a sub-club of Galatasaray Sports Club, which is part of the higher level Galatasaray community.

Galatasaray has won 49 Turkish domestic championships, including 20 Turkish Super League championships, 16 Turkish Cup championships and 13 Turkish Super Cup championships. The number of championships has maintained the current Turkish domestic record.Galatasaray is also one of the three clubs that have never been relegated since the establishment of the Turkish Super League in 1959. It is also the only club in Turkey that has won the league championship for four consecutive seasons.

In continental competitions, Galatasaray won the Europa League and UEFA Super Cup in 2000, becoming the first Turkish club to win an intercontinental trophy.In the 1999-2000 season, the club completed the four-time feat of winning the Turkish Super League, Turkish Cup, Europa League, and European Super Cup at the same time, and remained unbeaten in all competitions in the Europa League that season.Galatasaray is also the only Turkish club that has ever been ranked No. [-] in the IFFHS world rankings.

How many honors Galatasaray has is not the focus of Zhang Xu's attention. There is only one person Zhang Xu pays attention to, that is the former Chelsea striker "Warcraft" Drogba!

Drogba has a strong body and outstanding scoring ability. He won three Premier League titles and two Premier League Golden Boots.

Drogba has strong physical fitness, strong explosive power, good running, and it is difficult for defenders to defend.Drogba is the nightmare of top defenders, because he is not famous for his fancy moves when dribbling the ball, but with his monster-like impact, cheetah-like speed, and lion-like physique to leave defenders far behind him, which is very practical.Moreover, he also has an excellent sense of smell in front of the goal, and his decisive kicks make it impossible for even the best goalkeeper to do anything.

Drogba has the physical fitness of a sprinter, with a height of 6 feet 3 inches and a perfect physique of 88 kilograms. His starting speed is not very fast, but if he rushes up, he will appreciate the terrifying speed of Warcraft.

His shooting is mainly based on long-range shots, angry shots, and violent shots; due to the unique position of Drogba's shooting and holding the ball, the line of the ball is very strange, and his shooting skills are very good.

At the same time, he is also good at creating opportunities for his teammates.

Drogba's free kick style is unique, roughly the same as Ronaldo's free kick style, and he is one of the representative players of the elevator ball.

Facing such a player with comprehensive abilities, although Drogba is 35 years old, it is still a big challenge for Arsenal and Zhang Xu!

Zhang Xu is called a tank, while Drogba is a "monster". Who has the better physical fitness is also a hot spot for many fans in this game.

However, Zhang Xu is still very confident in himself.

No matter how strong Drogba's physical fitness is, he can't be compared with himself whose physical attributes have almost reached 99 points, right?
Coupled with his general defensive attributes of around 95 points, Zhang Xu has the confidence to completely block Drogba.

Although he is very confident, Drogba's strength has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Premier League teams, especially Arsenal, who has scored many goals by Drogba, so they all feel that it is almost impossible for Zhang Xu to completely block Drogba.

Even head coach Arsene Wenger was not optimistic about Zhang Xu. He repeatedly explained to Zhang Xu what he needed to pay attention to in defending Drogba, for fear that Zhang Xu would not know how good Drogba is.

On the second day, it was still [-]:[-] in the afternoon, and the focus battle kicked off with the whistle of the referee.

In this game, Wenger continued to play in a 3-2-3-2 formation, Zhang Xu still served as the captain of the team, and Vermaelen needed training due to a relapse of injury, so the back line was Koscielny, Sagna and Mertesacker; Arteta was still working with Zhang Xu, Wilshere was on the bench, and Ramsey, Salogo and Cazorla were the starters.

Theo Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain are up front, with Giroud also on the bench.

Such a large adjustment is also Wenger's usual practice. The warm-up match, the result is not important, the important thing is to let the team get enough training and take the opportunity to practice formation and tactics.

Galatasaray, the former Arsenal full-back Ebrahimovic played as Galatasaray captain, Drogba and Sneijder are on the bench.

After the start of the game, Zhang Xu didn't make any temptations at all, and directly launched a fierce attack on Galatasaray.

Only 40 seconds into the game, Zhang Xu saw the right moment in the frontcourt. With a beautiful anticipation and a steal, he blocked a pass from Galatasaray's midfielder, and then passed it diagonally to Sarogo who was going forward. Sanogo's low shot from the edge of the penalty area was confiscated.

In the 5th minute of the game, it was Zhang Xu again. After receiving a pass from Cazorla, he made a precise direct pass and directly tore through Galatasaray's defense.

Sanogo grabbed the first point and shot directly, but was blocked by the opponent's defender, but the football did not block it, and Ramsay got it, and Ramsay shot again immediately!

And this time Ramsey's shot hit the outstretched arm of the Galatasaray defender!But this obvious handball was not seen by the referee, which allowed Galatasaray to escape.

In the 19th minute of the game, it was Zhang Xu again. When he was dribbling the ball near the center line, he keenly spotted Walcott's forward drive and immediately made a precise long pass.

Galatasaray defender Riera made a fatal omission when defending the pass. The football was received by Walcott 12 yards from the right rib of the penalty area. After forming a single knife, Walcott hit a rebound volley.

But it is a pity that this shot that was close at hand missed the near corner post and flew out of the baseline!
During this period of time, the powerful Galatasaray was not without offense, but in front of Zhang Xu's strong defense, their offense was just like waves hitting the rocks, which looked beautiful but had no effect.

When the game progressed to 39 minutes, Arsenal finally scored a goal.

After Zhang Xu took the ball in the front court, when he turned around and shot from a long distance, he was blocked by the Galatasaray defender. The football hit the goal post and flew out of the baseline. Arsenal won a corner kick.

Walcott did his part to take the corner kick. When passing by Zhang Xu, he secretly gestured to Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu understood, and walked towards the outside of the penalty area seemingly casually, as if organizing the team to counterattack and defend on the spot after the team failed to score a corner kick.

Galatasaray didn't know much about Zhang Xu's abilities, so they didn't regard Zhang Xu as their main defensive target.

Walcott directly took a corner kick. The flight arc of this corner kick was very beautiful, flat and fast. In a blink of an eye, it had already flown to the edge of the penalty area.

This is the time!
Zhang Xu saw the timing, suddenly advanced at high speed, and took off directly at a distance of about three meters from the small restricted area!
At this time, his powerful jumping ability was completely exposed. When he was stranded in the air, he was more than [-] centimeters taller than the others!
In this case, no one can stop Zhang Xu from grabbing the first point!The football hit Zhang Xu hard on the forehead!Then quickly changed direction, hit the goal line, and bounced into the net!

The ball went in! 1:0!

And this ball has been brought to the intermission.

After the start of the second half, Galatasaray, who was behind, had to arrange Drogba and Sneijder to come off the bench.

Drogba is really strong. When he touched the ball for the first time, because he was not used to his dribbling and shooting methods, Zhang Xu really gave Drogba a chance to shoot. Fortunately, the goalkeeper Szesny reacted quickly, otherwise Drogba would have succeeded in this shot.

After learning the lesson, Zhang Xu began to ponder Drogba's habits and shooting characteristics, and soon, his super academic head studied Drogba thoroughly.

In the next time, Zhang Xu had a plan in mind.Drogba's good days have thus come to an end.

In the 57th minute of the game, Drogba crossed the center line and was immediately stopped by Zhang Xu.Seeing that a man of yellow race dared to confront him head-on, Drogba twitched his mouth and rushed towards Zhang Xu with a football.

Seeing this scene, Walcott suddenly showed a strange smile on his face: Haha, it seems that Drogba is in trouble!
As expected, Drogba changed direction twice in a row, but failed to get rid of Zhang Xu. In the end, he planned to use his body to force Zhang Xu to push away, but unexpectedly found that the opponent was like a wall, unable to squeeze away at all.

Just when he was amazed at the opponent's strong body no less than his own, he suddenly felt that the football under his feet was nowhere to be seen. When he looked down, he saw a foot being retracted quickly, and the body behind him also loosened, and a figure rushed out from his side.

Drogba's center of gravity was unstable, and he fell backwards, almost falling to the ground.

Only at this time did he see a big number "18" clearly printed on the back of that person who was going away!
Needless to say, it was Zhang Xu.

In the following time, Zhang Xu fully demonstrated the strength of the world's top midfielder, restricting Drogba to death. This "Warcraft" who once galloped in the Premier League was as cute as a kitten in front of Zhang Xu.

In the 703rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu made a long pass from the middle and found Walcott with great precision. Walcott suddenly accelerated, and after swaying a position, he shot decisively. The football bounced off the inner post and rolled into the net!
Two to zero!Arsenal seal the victory!

In the end, Arsenal beat Galatasaray 2-0 in this game!

So far, in the Emirates Cup, Arsenal has won two games in a row and accumulated 11 points, winning the Emirates Cup in 2013!
As a result, Zhang Xu won his first championship trophy after coming to England!

　A new book is about to be published, the title of which is "Green Forest Paladin"!
　　
　
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