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Chapter 278: The "canary" that hit the "muzzle".

After a week of high-intensity training, Arsenal ushered in the time to test the results at the weekend.In the eighth round of the Premier League, Arsenal played at home against the "Canaries" Norwich City.

Because there will be a Champions League game in the middle of next week, Wenger still uses a mixed lineup of main players and substitutes for this game.

The captain Vermaelen, who is partnered with central defender Modesat, the Gunners captain has not performed well so far this season, often making mistakes and giving the opponent goals.And Modesat, the German central defender, is deeply trusted by Wenger. Koscielny also made a lot of mistakes when he first came to Arsenal, but after several seasons, he has established himself as the main force.However, captain Vermaelen is becoming more and more marginalized. There are media rumors that maybe Arsenal will sell the captain again this time.

There are rumors that Wenger's scouts are investigating Vermaelen's Belgian national team teammate, currently playing for Atletico Madrid's central defender Toby Alderweireld in La Liga.He wants to make this deal next summer, perhaps during the winter transfer period two months later.

Media reports are not always reliable enough.In fact, according to Li Zihan's understanding, Arsenal is currently inspecting the captain of the Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke [-] and one of the German national team's central defenders, Benedict Hoeders.And what Wenger means is that he plans to pack Schalke's talented winger Julian Draxler in [-] and captain Benedict Hodes.

After a period of improvement, Germany's youth training has now entered the harvest season.In addition to Bayern Munich, the youth training of the miners brothers Schalke [-] and Borussia Dortmund in the Ruhr area are the most dazzling.

In addition to the talented Draxler and Hodes, Schalke also has the 17-year-old attacking midfielder Max Meyer and the Greek central defender K`Papadopoulos.In fact, Ozil is also a product of Schalke [-]'s youth training, but later went to Werder Bremen, and was later introduced by the giants Real Madrid.The most dazzling Dortmund in recent years are the twin stars Royce and Gotze, and then there are the midfielder Gundogan and the full-back Schmelzer, as well as the central defender Hummels and Hummels, who are half of the youth training. Subotic and defensive midfielder Sven Bender.

So Wenger plans to go to Germany to find a reliable central defender. Now Arsenal only has three main central defenders.Even if there is no problem with Vermaelen's state, it is difficult for Arsenal, who are fighting on multiple fronts.For the central defenders of the first team of the Premier League team, there must be at least four configurations. If the full-backs can play as central defenders, three are still so-so.

In fact, Wenger also inspected Dortmund's defensive cores Hummels and Subotic, but their turns were slow, and they were not suitable for Arsenal's tactical requirements.The Badstuber produced by Bayern is also relatively slow to turn around. Of course, the reason why Bayern will not release people occupies the main reason.

So Wenger locked his target on the captain of Schalke, and Hodes has good technical ability.He is a good player in defense, but also has excellent jumping and heading skills. The key is that clubs like Schalke have never said that they are not for sale, unless of course your price is too low.

Regarding this point, even the well-connected media do not know about it. Some well-informed media only know that Wenger is interested in Schalke's talented winger Draxler, and plans to make Draxler the second Bodo Elski.Coming to take over for the 28-year-old Polti, Podolski may still be able to play at Arsenal for about three seasons, and Draxler, who was born in 20, is only [-] years old. It's time for Draxler's official debut.

Now that Li Zihan has joined Arsenal, Wenger has transformed him into a versatile center forward and winger, so Arsenal's demand for Draxler is not very strong.And Wenger ordered the scouting team to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Draxler, anyway, there is plenty of time.

For current reasons, Vermaelen can only play in some less important games.

In this game, the two full-backs are also young teenagers, with Gibbs on the left and Jenkinson on the right.It can be seen that Wenger wanted to save his energy for the midweek Champions League, and Li Zihan was also placed on the bench.

Everyone has to sigh with emotion, Li Zihan has only been at Arsenal for how long, and now he is already a forward who "takes the lead".Wenger has arranged for him to start in important games. If time passes, he will definitely be a "Highbury" king.

It can't be blamed for the high expectations of the outside world, but Li Zihan's performance is really a bit "monster".Looking at his stats and performance on the court last season, and looking at the stats this season, he doesn't look like a young player of eighteen or nineteen years old.This data is comparable to the popular Falcao, Cavani, Neymar, and Bale in the transfer market this summer, and they may not be at a disadvantage in the slightest. However, they are not as good as Li Zihan, that is, many of them are "" Personal heroism", and Li Zihan can not only score goals for himself, but also help his teammates score goals. The key is that he can create many opportunities for his teammates.The most important point is that this kid is only 19 years old this year.

So Li Zihan is actually quite happy at Arsenal. The teammates here are easy to get along with, and the atmosphere in the dressing room is very friendly.Head coach Arsene Wenger is also very concerned about his training, and the professor has also fulfilled Li Zihan's expectations - play more games and play more in important games.

After a week of "study and practice hard", the other Arsenal players were also full of anger.At this time, the poor Canary Norwich crashed tragically and became the object of Arsenal's flag.

The entire first half fell into the rhythm of Arsenal, and the ball almost never left the feet of Arsenal players.Arsenal is also a team that focuses on cooperation and possession of the ball, but their possession of the ball is about efficiency, not simply because of possession of the ball.

In the 15th minute of the first half, Flamini passed the ball to Walcott on the sideline after chamfering back and forth.The little tiger didn't dribble the ball directly from the sideline, but knocked it to Ramsey next to him.The talented Welsh midfielder barely avoided the opponent's pressing, and then sent the ball to the feet of veteran Rosicky in front.

Rosicky immediately split the side to Chamberlain, and Chamberlain directly used his speed to eat the opponent's full-back raw, and then when the opponent's full-back thought he was going to bottom.The young Chamberlain made a fake move and made a 45-degree high pass from the sideline.

High center forward Giroud immediately followed up in the middle, grabbing a spot in the front and outflanking the jump.But this is a wobbly point. Giroud didn't run for the ball. His running position directly took away the central defender in the middle, leaving a gap.

Ramsey jumped in very excitedly and got the ball in this gap.At this time, the opponent's Cameroonian central defender Basson knew that he had been fooled. He didn't believe that Giroud made a mistake in his movement and didn't see Chamberlain's pass clearly.

Seeing this vacancy, Ramsey felt that it could be there.Then he swung his foot directly at the front of the penalty area and shot a long shot. The ball didn't roar past, but a ground ball quietly ran towards the far corner of the goal.

Norwich's main goalkeeper, John Rudy from England, is not a fool. When he sees the open position, he knows that the opponent is very likely to come.Moreover, the young Welsh midfielder Ramsey, who has a good long-range shooting ability, is still holding the ball, so he is ready for battle.

Sure enough, the opponent hit a long shot.It's just unexpected. What Rudy didn't expect is that the ball is not a high ball hitting the upper corner of the goal, nor is it a half high ball.

It was a ground ball hitting the far corner, but he was surprised and surprised and made a save immediately.

Turn sideways, stretch your limbs, and block the angle with your body.

The ball was almost flicked by him with the tip of his hand, and then it deviated from the track and hit the goalpost.Rudy, who is 1.9 meters tall, couldn't catch the ball. You can imagine the quality of Ramsey's long-range shot.

As a goalkeeper, his natural sense of crisis tells him that as long as the ball is not in his arms, it is not safe, then it is when his defenders control the ball near the penalty area.

So he instinctively looked up, wanting to find the position of the ball to complete the second save.However, someone was one step ahead of him. As a veteran in his early thirties, he might not be able to keep up with young people in terms of responsiveness.But in terms of experience, it is by no means comparable to those young people.

So when Ramsey swung his foot, he focused on the small penalty area, and when he saw the goalkeeper Rudy making a save, he immediately stepped in and shot at the rolling ball with a tilted body.

The ball got into the net on the other side of the goal. Obviously Rudy's feet can't complete the same save as his hands.

"The goal has been scored!!! After 15 minutes of passing and catching performances, Arsenal finally won the game, temporarily leading Norwich [-]-[-] at home. This is the familiar Arsenal. The defense of the iron wall is still the attack of thousands of troops, I just kick my football, and then send the ball into your net. "

The host at the Emirates Stadium yelled loudly: "It's Thomas who scored for us-"

"Rosicky!!!" All the fans responded loudly to the host's chanting.

"Thank you for your cooperation, lovely 'Gunners'. Thanks to veteran Rosicky for his goal, and of course to Professor Wenger." The host finally expressed his support for coach Wenger.

"Norwich City's central defender was protesting like the referee. They thought Rosicky was offside when he made a follow-up shot. Let's take a look at slow motion. The ball bounced into the penalty area, and then Rosicky inserted this position. Yes, there is a full-back in front of him. There is no problem with the ball, and the referee also thinks it is a wonderful goal. The Canary central defender can think about how to play his own football, instead of doing something unconvincing The nonsense of force."

After scoring the goal, Rosicky threw away a large circle of teammates who wanted to celebrate with him, then ran straight to the bench, and then Wenger, who was standing in the coach's command area, gave him a strong hug, his face full of tears. smile.

"Oh, the goal hero Rosicky and Wenger came to a hug, it seems to be thanking the professor for his trust. Although the Czech veteran is 33 years old, it has to be said that Arsenal has his main position. It's just the veteran's His physical condition may prevent him from getting so much playing time, but for Rosicky at this age, it is impossible to want to play every game, and he has played 10 minutes in each game.

After hugging Wenger, Rosicky hugged Li Zihan who came to the side.

"Nice job Thomas!"

"Haha, I scored a goal in this game. When you play in the Champions League next game, you must also score a goal!" Rosicky said jokingly.

"No problem, if I score goals in the Champions League next game, I will increase my training to a higher level!" Li Zihan replied firmly.

"Hahaha, that's what you said."

"Well, it seems that our Hanniang is doing well in Arsenal, and has a good relationship with Rosicky, a veteran player, and I often see him with Wilshere, Ozil and Volko on his Weibo. A group photo of a few people. I have to say that Hanniang has done better than many Chinese players who have studied abroad. Whether it was in Juventus before, or the new Premier League Arsenal!"