legendary midfielder

Chapter 297 London's 300th League Victory

In the first round, and it was an away game against Fenerbahce with a score of [-]-[-], Arsenal can be said to have stepped into the finals of the UEFA Champions League. Therefore, after the team returned to London, although the second round of the league would be played two days later, Wenger was very excited to give the team a day off.

It wasn't until the next day that the team assembled and formulated a corresponding formation and tactics against their opponents in the second round, Fulham.

Because the game against Fulham is an away game, and it also has a certain taste of the London derby, so although most of the main players have not recovered enough, Wenger still very cautiously sent half of the main players and half of the substitute lineup.

Zhang Xu, who has never had a physical crisis, was naturally put into the starting lineup by Wenger unceremoniously.And Wilshere, Koscielny and others sat on the bench.

Fulham Football Club (Fulham Football Club), founded in 1879, celebrated their 2004th anniversary in 125.

They spent most of the 1960s playing in the old First Division without winning any major titles. In 1975, they finally reached the FA Cup final, but this was their only time.The club won the Europa League runner-up in the 2009-10 season.

However, in the 90s of the last century, wealthy businessman Al Fayed took over Fulham, and Fulham received his financial support. It took three years for Fulham to be promoted to the Premier League in 2001 from the third level of the English League Two at the time. In July 2009, Al Fayed, who had been in charge of Fulham for 10 years, sold his shares to Pakistani-American Shahid Khan, becoming the sixth American club owner in the Premier League.

Fulham's current home court is Craven Farm Stadium, which is located on the banks of the Thames and can accommodate more than 5000 people.

2013年8月24日十二点45分，这场2013/14赛季英格兰足球超级联赛第2轮一场焦点战在克拉文农场球场展开角逐。

双方历史交锋53场，阿森纳35胜10平8负占据上风，其中8次落败全部均在客场。双方英超历史交锋24场，阿森纳16胜5平3负，其中客场8胜1平3负。阿森纳上赛季在伦敦德比战中拿到19分。

Because of Zhang Xu's wonderful performance in the last round, in this game, Zhang Xu received special treatment from Fulham. By Zhang Xu's side, almost every minute, there will be two to three Fulham players surrounding him.

For this situation, Zhang Xu has long been prepared in his heart, and has long since had a way to get rid of this kind of key marking.

So when the game started, everyone saw a different Chinese zhang!

Running, the speed is like a shell fired from the chamber, always maintaining a high speed, and sprinting for a hundred meters from time to time, no matter who it is, there is no way to keep following him.

Defense, his defense is still solid.With his fast running, he can directly expand his defensive position to the entire midfield. Any Fulham player who enters his own half can feel the strong pressure brought by Zhang Xu.

Running position, his running position is very erratic. Sometimes he is on the east side of the court, sometimes on the west side of the court, sometimes he advances into the opponent's penalty area, and sometimes retreats to his own gate, making the opponent's players unpredictable.

Passing and receiving the ball, his passing and receiving are very clean and neat, often with one kick.A seemingly random kick is often very accurate and has benefits, allowing the teammates who catch the ball to get the football comfortably.At the same time, his passing route is also very weird, especially in the frontcourt, often a sudden direct pass can directly tear apart the opponent's formation.

Shooting, his long shots are still quite threatening.As long as he is given the opportunity to kick outside the penalty area, he will never hesitate to show off his long-range heavy artillery.And every time a heavy artillery is fired, the opponent's goalkeeper will be frightened.

Such Zhang Xu thoroughly interpreted the core ability and level of an all-round midfielder, and directly shattered Fulham's idea of ​​containing him. On the contrary, because he spent more energy to contain Zhang Xu, his formation was messed up by Zhang Xu.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Xu naturally would not let go of the rare opportunity, and made full use of his powerful midfield organization to gradually control the game directly.

However, this game was held in heavy rain, which invisibly increased the difficulty of passing and receiving the ball. Players often slipped or passed and received the ball in place, so it also brought a certain degree of difficulty for Zhang Xu to control the game.

Despite this, Zhang Xu still helped the team take the initiative in the game in a short period of time.

In the 13th minute of the game, after receiving a diagonal pass from Zhang Xu, Ramsey quickly moved forward, and then passed the ball directly over the top. Podolski received the ball in front of the penalty area. He faced the flying football and shot it directly!
As a result, the football was blocked out of the baseline by the opponent's central defender Aaron Hughes with his right leg.

Two minutes later, when Zhang Xu was in possession of the ball in front of the penalty area, he was fouled by an opponent's player and got a rare chance to take a direct free kick in the frontcourt.

Because Wilshere didn't play, the teammates directly handed over the free throw right to Zhang Xu!In desperation, Zhang Xu could only treat the free throw as a long shot to try his luck.

Obviously, his luck was not very good. Although the football passed under the foot of the human wall, the angle was still biased, and the football flew past the outside of the goal post and flew out of the baseline.

In the 18th minute of the game, Rosicky and Zhang Xu played a two-for-one cooperation, and then made an exquisite direct pass to Walcott's feet. As a result, Walcott's shot was saved by Stockdale.Then Giroud's header was blocked in the melee, and Ramsey's shot was also blocked by Aaron Hughes.

In the 203rd minute of the game, Arsenal got a corner kick. Walcott took the corner kick and Zhang Xu grabbed the first point in the penalty area. However, he did not head the goal because the goalkeeper of the opponent had already blocked the angle of his shot. So he gave the football point to Sagna on the other side. Unfortunately, Sagna's close-range shot went wide and the football flew out of the baseline.

At No. 303 minutes into the game, Arsenal finally took the lead.

Zhang Xu made a diagonal pass from outside the penalty area. The football passed through two Fulham defenders and came to Ramsey's feet. Ramsey shot from 25 yards from the right!

As a result, it unexpectedly hit Giroud on the leg. The Frenchman Giroud hurriedly chased the bouncing football, and shot the goal first from the edge of the small penalty area!

The goal was scored, 1:0!

这是吉鲁18次做客的第2粒英超入球，他13粒英超入球全部在伦敦打入。他此前9次联赛，阿森纳6胜2平仅负1场。

After leading by one goal, Fulham was not reconciled to losing at home, so they frequently launched offensives and rushed towards Arsenal's defense line with Zhang Xu as the core.

In the 307th minute of the game, the former Liverpool full-back Riise passed the ball. Zhang Xu directly destroyed Tarabut's powerful shot in the penalty area. The football flew to the right side of the penalty area.

Under Zhang Xu's organization, Fulham's counterattack was quickly suppressed by Zhang Xu, and then Arsenal's offensive became fierce again.

No.401 minutes, after receiving a pass from Rosicky, Giroud chose to pass back in the face of the opponent's two defenders. Zhang Xu took a long shot from outside the penalty area and hit the crossbar directly!

The first half of the game ended quickly, and the second half changed sides to fight again.

Fulham once again launched a fierce offensive, trying to get the score back.

Zhang Xu felt that the effect of blindly attacking was really not good, so he just pulled the opponent out. This way, there would be more opportunities.

Therefore, he deliberately led the team to withdraw the overall formation slightly.

Immediately, the Fulham players felt that the opportunity had come, and they became excited one after another, almost mobilizing all their members, pressing forward.

Two minutes into the game, after Zhang Xu intercepted the opponent's pass in the backcourt, he suddenly made a long pass and passed it directly to Walcott, who had been wandering in front.In the 7th minute of the game, Cazorla passed the ball, and Walcott's shot from the right side of the penalty area was blocked by Riise.

In 9 minutes, Ramsey fouled outside the edge of his penalty area. Kasami's free kick from 20 yards hit Ramsey and deflected it, which was confiscated by Szesny.Fulham continued to put pressure on the outside. In the 29th minute, Kasami passed the ball and Tarabut missed a long shot from the left.In the 30th minute, Berbatov returned a pass, and Parker shot over. No.603 minutes, Riise passed the ball, and Tarabut's shot in front of the penalty area was still confiscated by Szesny calmly.

Fulham's offensive seems to be wave after wave, but in fact, the effect is not very significant, and the threat to Arsenal's goal is not very great.

On the contrary, Arsenal's counterattack gradually became sharper.

In the 606th minute of the game, Walcott made a counterattack and passed the ball. Giroud shot 15 yards from the left side of the penalty area and missed the far corner.

In the 609th minute of the game, Cazorla, who replaced Ramsey, passed the ball. Walcott shot 10 yards from the right side of the penalty area and was saved by Stockdale. Podolski shot from the edge of the penalty area and scored.

The goal was scored, 2:0!

富勒姆已经近19个月未能在比分落后时逆转过了，上次还是1球落后逆转5比2取胜纽卡。阿森纳近52次做客半场领先2球，51场取得47胜4平，唯一的败局是1998年对阵维拉。

But now the score has become two to zero, and Fulham's morale has been severely hit. Under such circumstances, the game gradually lost its suspense.

In the 703rd minute of the game, Fulham changed 2 players in a row to strengthen the offensive, and Darren Bent came off the bench.In the 66th minute, Ritter passed the ball, and Kasami missed a low shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Seeing that the victory has basically been sealed, Wenger also began to make frequent substitutions.

In the 707th minute of the game, Wilshere replaced Rosicky. This is his 100th game for Arsenal.Then Giroud was also replaced by Monreal.

In the end, Arsenal defeated Fulham in the same city 2:0 away!It has won two consecutive victories in the new season and 6 consecutive away games in the league. It has also become the first team to reach 100 London derby wins. This is also Arsenal's 300th league victory in London City.

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