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Chapter 265: The Group of Death kicks off
The score was not rewritten until the end of the game. In the end, Arsenal won the away game against Sunderland and won the three-game winning streak this season.In the No. 80 minute of the game, Wenger replaced Li Zihan, who scored a hat-trick, with Danish high center Bendtner.In this way, Li Zihan accepted the applause and cheers of the Arsenal fans who came with the team, and the Premier League fans have never been stingy with their own applause.So when Li Zihan walked off the field, the away Gunners fans who came from afar stood up and gave encouraging applause.

At the end of the game, Li Zihan didn't forget to go to the field and give a hug to his good friend Jaccherini, who was his master, and exchanged jerseys.This is the second time Li Zihan has exchanged jerseys with an opposing player on the court. The first time was last season when Juventus challenged Chelsea away. Li Zihan exchanged jerseys with his idol Torres and "shamelessly" asked signed a signature.
Giacherini also put down the "ruthless words", saying that the next time the two sides play against each other, he must also go to the Emirates Stadium to show off his power and take three points from there.

Li Zihan just smiled, saying that unless he didn't play, this day would never happen.For Li Zihan's answer, Giacherini just rolled his eyes helplessly.

After the game, Gaccherini originally wanted to invite Li Zihan to his local home in Newcastle for a drink. Like Li Zihan, Gaccherini almost never goes to bars and nightclubs.I rarely drink alcoholic beverages, and only drink two glasses on special occasions.

Facing Giacherini's kind invitation, Li Zihan had no choice but to refuse the dinner, saying that the team will go to France to play the Champions League in two days.

Such a sentence once again caused Giacherini to roll his eyes, because Sunderland didn't even have to play in the UEFA Cup, not to mention the Champions League.Even last season they were fighting for relegation.
In this round, Chelsea lost [-]-[-] to the Toffees in the away game. Everton had a big upset, and Swansea City drew the Red Army Liverpool [-]-[-] at home. Tok City also drew with the mighty Manchester City at home.It's just that the score was zero to zero, and both sides scored goals.Manchester United defeated the newly promoted Crystal Palace [-]-[-] at Old Trafford, their dream theater, and Tottenham, which signed heavily this summer, also defeated Norwich [-]-[-] at their White Hart Lane.

On the second day, regarding Arsenal’s [-]-[-] away game against Sunderland, Chinese striker Li Zihan, who had been underestimated by the media before, performed a hat-trick and became the headlines of almost all newspapers, even more than Manchester City and Liverpool being drawn by each other and Suarez It is even more eye-catching to play after lifting the ban.

Of course, there are also quite a few media who said that this was just Li Zihan's flash in the pan, and it does not represent his full strength.And it won't be long before he will be beaten back to his original shape!There are actually quite a few voices like this, and the instability of young players is not an inside story.

Among them, Mr. Sanchez, who is now an official reporter of the Sun newspaper, is the leader who insists on this point. He continues to discredit Li Zihan's "great" task, regardless of whether Li Zihan's performance is excellent or not.

The league has just passed, and the midweek European game will start immediately.After Arsenal ended their game with Sunderland, they flew directly to France the next day to start their first game in the group of death this season.An away game against Ligue [-] powerhouse Marseille Olympic Club.

Although Marseille has lost the glory of the four consecutive league championships, they have only won the league championship once in the 20 years after the four consecutive league championships.But their strength is still there after all. Although there are not so many champions, they have won a lot of third and runner-ups, and they are also frequent visitors in the Champions League.

The temperature of the Velodrome Stadium in the evening in mid-September is relatively low, and the humidity in the air is relatively high.During this time of year in France, the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large.

Fortunately, the weather is good tonight. Although the stars in the night sky can't be seen clearly, there is no rain.

In this game, Wenger did not let Li Zihan start, but chose French center Giroud.First of all, it was to let Li Zihan take a break, after all, he only played a league game two days ago.Secondly, Giroud has also played for the Tours Club in the French Second Division and the Montpellier Club in the French Ligue [-]. He has played against Marseille more than once. He should be familiar with the French teams.

On the winger, Wenger chose the Frenchman Podolski.Ozil appeared on the starting midfielder, while the other side unexpectedly chose Spanish midfielder Santiago Cazorla.In the midfield, the veteran French midfielder Flamini partnered with the Welsh young midfielder Ramsey, the central defenders were Modesat and Koscielny, and the Spanish left back Monreal and the French midfielder were the full backs. Right back Sagna, the goalkeeper is the Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.

Marseille, which sits at home, launched an attack on Arsenal from the very beginning, without the sense of humility that the host treats the guests at all.

The famous Ghanaian brothers in the Marseille team, Jordan Ayew and Andre Ayew, can be described as a tacit understanding on the court, and their cooperation is better than other frontcourt players.

It's just that there is still a lack of personal ability. Andre Ayew often made the ball for Jordan Ayew, but Jordan failed to threaten Arsenal's goal much.

These two people may be an excellent player together on the court, but if they are separated, they will be mediocre.Especially the younger brother Jordan Ayew's ability is not as good as his elder brother Andre Ayew, and Andre Ayew is also one of Marseille's main forwards, Jordan can only be regarded as a rotation forward.

Although Marseille is playing at home, they behaved like the home team for a short period of time after kick-off.After that, they fell into the rhythm of Arsenal completely. On the contrary, Arsenal in the away game behaved more like the home team.

Fortunately, the Cameroon central defender produced by Monaco's youth training, Nicolas Nkulu, who was transferred to Marseille for 11 million pounds in the 12-300 season, and the 28-year-old goalkeeper Steve Mandanda trained by the French youth training performed well. Podolski, who was cut inside, and Ozil, who was plugged in, scored a two-to-zero.

In the end, Marseille still couldn't escape the bad luck. At 10 minutes into the game, Marseille conceded the ball when the referee was already counting a few minutes of stoppage time.

Ozil's pass flicked over the 31-year-old Benoit Sherou, the deputy captain of Marseille's midfielder, and Podolski caught the ball from the sideline and cut inside to bypass the full-back.Then when central defender Nkulu came over, he lobbed the ball to center Giroud in the penalty area in the middle. Giroud's header was rejected by goalkeeper Mandanda.

The Welsh midfielder who stepped in later faced the ball flying back into the penalty area and directly pushed and shot successfully. The ball flew into the goal without hindrance, and Mandanda and Nkulu could do nothing.

One to zero, Arsenal took the lead away.

When entering the 1-minute stoppage time in the first half, Marseille finally had a threatening performance.

Vice-captain Sheru made an unexpected long-range shot in front of the penalty area. Fortunately, Szczesny concentrated and saved the ball out of the baseline. Marseille still had a chance to attack from a corner kick.

Cherrou took a corner kick and the ball went straight to the center of the penalty area to find the starting center French center Gignac, but the ball was cleared by Monreal, who was ambushing at the near post in advance.

This was also Marseille's last chance in the first half. As soon as Marseille's throw-in was thrown, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

After the two sides rested for 15 minutes, they changed sides and fought again.

The lagging Marseille did not make substitution adjustments, but the leading Arsenal took the lead in making substitution adjustments.Li Zihan, who performed a hat-trick in the last round of the league, replaced center Giroud, who was mediocre in the first half.

After Li Zihan came on the field, he threatened Marseille even more. The saying that the best defense is offense is vividly reflected by the current Arsenal.

After Arsenal held the ball, they passed the ball continuously to suppress the opponent's backcourt.And the ball is always at Arsenal's feet, making Marseille even have no chance to attack.

It was hard to wait until Arsenal's shot was thrown by their own goalkeeper and they fought back.In Arsenal's backcourt, Modesat and Szczesny performed well again, frequently confiscating Marseille's shots.

What makes Marseille even more uncomfortable is that with Li Zihan, Arsenal will pass the ball to the frontcourt as soon as they have a chance, so that Li Zihan, who is extremely fast, can dribble the ball to break through and counterattack.And he was accompanied by Walcott, who was a little slower than him. If the cooperation between the two was not enough, otherwise, Marseille would have been blocked by the "two-person turn" of the two.

This time Marseille was in a difficult situation. The defensive defense was played around by Arsenal's pass, and their side was still one goal behind, so there was no way to calm down and defend.And if it is pushed out, it is easy to be counterattacked by Li Zihan and Walcott, the fast horses.

This entanglement lasted until No. 605 minutes of the game, and Li Zihan made them no longer entangled.

Li Zihan received Ozil's pass and dribbled the ball laterally at the front of the penalty area to find opportunities to attract the opponent's attention.Nkulu came up and wanted to steal the ball before Li Zihan entered the penalty area, but Li Zihan knocked the ball behind him with his heel at this time.

He himself continued to move laterally in front of the penalty area, taking Nkulu away, causing Nkulu to leave his defensive position and come to the defensive area of ​​another central defender Mendes. When Nkulu found out, he wanted to go back it's too late.

"Li Zihan passed the ball to Podolski with a beautiful heel, but he moved laterally and took away the central defender Nkulu, leaving a big gap in front of Podolski. Arsenal's chance !!"

After receiving the ball, Podolski did not adjust, and hit the goal directly before Nkulu turned around and stretched his feet.

The ball flew to the goal through the gap left by Nkulu, Mandanda concentrated and immediately flew to save.The ball was not hugged by Mandanda, but hit the goal post.

"Hey, it's a pity, Podolski's shot was too angled, and it hit the corner where the crossbar and the post of the goal meet."

The home fans immediately exclaimed, because the crisis has not been resolved.

The ball hit the goal post but did not fly out of the baseline, but flew into the penalty area.At this time, the goalkeeper Mandanda was still on the ground, too late to get up.

Li Zihan quickly inserted through the gap between Nkulu and Mendes, and then came to the door to face the flying ball with his right foot.The ball hit the instep of his right foot, then changed direction and flew into the empty goal.Mandanda was shocked and wanted to get up to make a save, but he was a step too slow. The ball flew into the goal as soon as he jumped up from the ground. He could only watch helplessly as the ball ignored him for the second time in the field.

"Li Zihan!!! A boosted shot in front of the goal scored and expanded the score for Arsenal."

"Li's condition has recently returned to normal. This is his fourth goal in the last two games!! Who the hell dares to call him a parallel importer?"