legendary midfielder

Chapter 288

After winning the first championship trophy, Zhang Xu's performance in the Emirates Cup immediately attracted intense attention from various British media.

"The Chinese government is strong and helped Arsenal win the Emirates Cup!" "

This is a report from Sky Sports. In the report, the commentator made a high evaluation of Zhang Xu's ability. He believes that Zhang Xu, who has just joined Arsenal, performed perfectly in the Emirates Cup match, which is enough to prove that he is indeed a top midfielder in the world.

In two consecutive games, Arsenal beat Naples [-]-[-] and Galatasaray [-]-[-]. In every game, Arsenal's performance was light.

We have seen that China Zhang is not only solid in defense, but also sharp in offense. What is even more frightening is that his midfield organization ability is particularly strong.

Arsenal's midfielder was already very strong, but now with the Chinese Zhang, it is even more terrifying.It can be seen that the Chinese Zhang has become the core of Arsenal's offense and defense.Moreover, under the organization of the Chinese government, Arsenal has indeed made a qualitative leap.

Such a powerful Arsenal makes us full of curiosity about the Premier League this season. Perhaps this season will be very lively!

"China zhang serves as the new captain of the arsenal, which is to help the team win the Emirates Cup." This is an article in the "Sun". The commentator wrote:
The Chinese zhang, who spent £3750 million to buy from Arsenal, was appointed by Wenger as the team's new captain and the core of the team's offense and defense after officially joining the team.

From this, we can see that Wenger attaches great importance to China Zhang and wants to make China Zhang the soul of Arsenal.

As a matter of fact, China Zhang's subsequent performance also deserves the position of captain. In the two games, almost every goal was closely related to him.

Moreover, in the game, we have a feeling that the Chinese Zhang seems to be able to control the rhythm of the game!
It is rare in football history for a player to control the rhythm of the game, and such players are all well-known superstars in football!

Perhaps, we are now witnessing the rise of a new superstar in Arsenal!
Apart from Sky Sports and The Sun, other media also spoke highly of Zhang Xu's performance.

"One goal and three assists in two games, the Chinese Zhang shines at the Emirates Stadium! "

"Arsenal's weapon to control the game-new captain China Zhang! "

"Arsenal's super tank - the £3750 million Chinese zhang! "

Although the media praised Zhang Xu, Zhang Xu himself did not pay attention to these boring things, all he cared about was whether his own attributes had improved.

After fully recovering from his injuries, Zhang Xu can finally do daily tasks and side tasks every day. Coupled with the occasional training competitions, Zhang Xu's experience value has risen relatively quickly during this period.

The most important thing is that he played a total of six warm-up matches with the team recently, which allowed him to accumulate a lot of experience. Now, he has been promoted to two levels in a row, and he has returned to level 64 before the injury!
Currently, his properties panel looks like this:
Name: Zhang Xu

Rating: 64
Team: Arsenal
Experience points: 1400/146000 (allocated attribute points: 10)

Height/weight: 183.0cm/84.0KG
Worth: 6100 million euros

National team appearances: 6
National team goals: 9
Olympic team appearances: 0
Number of goals scored by the Olympic team: 0
Left/right foot: 8/9
Current ability/potential ability: 96/99 (minimum 30 for professional players, maximum 99)
Current physical fatigue/status: 16/98 (up to 99)
Technical attributes (up to 99 for a single attribute):
Crosses: 66 Dribbles: 75 Shots: 79 Headed: 95
Long shots: 83 Marks: 95 Passes: 99 (locked) Steals: 95
Stops: 88 Skills: 83 Penalties: 59 Corners: 59
Set pieces: 61 Throw-ins: 39
Spiritual attributes:
Aggression: 51 Anticipation: 94 Bravery: 93 Calm: 86
Concentration: 81 Vision: 99 (Locked) Decision: 73 Determination: 96
Imagination: 82 Impact: 93 Off-ball movement: 99 (locked)
Positional Sense: 93 Teamwork: 99 (Locked) Work Engagement: 99 (Locked)
Physical properties:
Explosive power: 93 Flexibility: 83 Balance: 82 Bounce: 93
Constitution: 97 Speed: 99 (locked) Stamina: 99 (locked) Strength: 99 (locked)
Hidden properties:
Injury Propensity: 2 Stability: 92 Dirty: 2
Big games played: 96 Position diversity: 89
Player Personality:
Adaptability: 94 Ambition: 99 (locked) Loyalty: 97
Stress resistance: 98 Professionalism: 96
Sportsmanship: 95 Emotional Control: 96
Active Skills: Wholeheartedly, Quickly, God's Perspective

Passive skills: Ambitious, Undead, Strong as a Bull, Pass Master, Tactician, Omnipresent
Ultimate Secret: Mastering the Rhythm (Advanced)

Teams of interest: Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Byron Munich, Arsenal, AC Milan, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Juventus

Current team offers: None
Assists: 3 (3 in Emirates Cup)
Goals: 1 (1 in Emirates Cup)
Current team league points: 0
In fact, with his current attributes, it is basically enough to deal with most of the games, so Zhang Xu is not in a hurry to allocate the precious ten free attribute points, but to save them for emergencies.

After the Emirates Cup game, before the official start of the Premier League, Arsenal still have a warm-up match to play, and the opponent of this game is last season's league runner-up --- Manchester City!

For Manchester City, Zhang Xu's impression is still in Sun Jihai's era, but now Manchester City has already undergone earth-shaking changes.

Manchester City Football Club, referred to as "Manchester City", nicknamed "Blue Moon", the slogan is SuperbiainProelio, which means "Pride in Battle" (Pride in Battle); located in Manchester, England.

In 2008, Manchester City was acquired by an Arab consortium from the Middle East and won the 2010-11 FA Cup, becoming Manchester City's first championship in nearly 35 years. In the 2011-12 season, Manchester City won the Premier League title for the first time and regained the English top league title after 44 years.

Now Manchester City, like Arsenal, is already a strong contender for the Premier League title, so Wenger still attaches great importance to this warm-up match.

In order to play this game well, the starting lineup sent by Wenger is almost the team's main lineup.The goalkeeper is Szesny, and the back line is Koscielny, Sagna and Mertesacker. Vermaelen has not recovered from his injury, so he did not follow the team to Finland.

Arteta is partnered with Zhang Xu, Wilshere, Ramsey and Rosicky are in the front, Walcott and Podolski are the strikers, and Giroud has a cold symptom, so a substitute is arranged.

2013年8月10日当地时间15:00，这场季前热身赛在赫尔辛基的奥林匹克球场展开角逐。

Here in Manchester City, Zhang Xu met an acquaintance, that is, the former Seville striker Negredo who just joined Manchester City.

Negredo is a typical center with a height of 186cm and a weight of 85kg.

He has excellent physical conditions. Although his personal skills are not delicate and his speed is not fast, Negredo has a super catch-adjustment-shooting ability.

Whether it's a cross from the side or a through pass in the middle, whether it's a high ball over the top or a low pass on the ground, he always finds the right way to shoot. Even if it's some difficult balls, he will try to adjust his pace and body and force his feet.

Just as Zhang Xu is very familiar with Negredo, Negredo is very familiar with Zhang Xu, the assist king of La Liga.

When he saw Zhang Xu standing on the field and smiling at him, Negredo froze for a moment, then showed a wry smile.

If there is anyone in this world whom he is least willing to meet, then Zhang Xu must be one of them.

Just kidding, a guy who can face Messi and Ronaldo without losing the wind, you think scoring a goal in front of him is as difficult as reaching the sky, how difficult it is!

Negredo's worry was completely correct. When the game started, Zhang Xu used his strong defensive and organizational skills to completely stare down Negredo.Not only that, he also quickly controlled the rhythm of the game in the shortest time, allowing Arsenal to gradually take the initiative in the game.

In the 9th minute of the game, Arsenal took the lead.

After Zhang Xu intercepted Nasri's pass near the center line, he quickly dribbled the ball forward. Facing Yaya Toure, he directly pushed the ball to Ramsey on the right. After Ramsey received the ball, he quickly made a pass from the bottom.

Zhang Xu beat Yaya Toure in the middle, grabbed the first point, and ferried the header to Walcott.

Walcott relied on Clichy to shoot, and the football passed through Joe Hart's armpit and went straight into the goal!

The ball went in! 1:0!

After falling behind by one goal, Manchester City stepped up their offensive efforts and frequently attacked Arsenal.However, Zhang Xu responded calmly, defusing the opponent's offensive time and time again.

In the 12th minute of the game, Manchester City's Silva passed the ball, and Milner volleyed from the edge of the penalty area, but was blocked by Zhang Xu with his right leg.

In the 17th minute of the game, Negredo received a pass from Nasri outside the penalty area. Seeing that Zhang Xu had rushed towards him, he turned around and volleyed in a hurry, which was easily picked off by Szesny.

Game No. 203 minutes, this may be Manchester City's most threatening attack on Arsenal.Nasri was near the center line, and suddenly sent a through pass. Negredo received the pass at the right edge of the penalty area. Facing Koscielny, he shot directly!
The angle of this shot is very tricky, and it goes straight to the dead corner of the lower right corner of the goal.

Szesny finally showed his due strength, he jumped sideways and threw the football out on the goal line.

After the change of sides in the second half, the situation of the game remained unchanged, and Zhang Xu still firmly controlled the rhythm of the game.

After 9 minutes of the game, the score was rewritten again.

Zhang Xu cooperated with Ramsey in the frontcourt and made a series of wonderful interspersed moves. In the end, Zhang Xu made an exquisite through pass and stuffed the football under Walcott's feet. Walcott faced Manchester City's goalkeeper.

Ramsey pushed an empty goal in the middle of the right side of the penalty area!

The ball went in! 2:0!

This goal seriously hit the morale of Manchester City, and soon, Arsenal's third goal followed.

In the 603rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu passed a cross to Ramsey. Ramsey made a long pass from the midfielder. Kompany's interception failed, and Giroud scored from the edge of the penalty area!

Three to zero!
Arsenal seal the victory!

(End of this chapter)