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Chapter 319: The league continues, against the Saints!
The national team competition did not have any impact on Li Zihan. In Hanniang's own words, she should eat and drink, and then recuperate her body and wait for the start of the league.

About ten days later, the national team's game temporarily came to an end, and the league's war was rekindled.

When the league reached the No.12 round, it was already the end of November, the cold weather gradually hit, and the sky above London began to rain lightly.

England is a rainy place. Londoners describe London as having only two seasons a year. One is the rainy season and the other is the non-rainy season. The number of days in the rainy season reaches 320 to 3 days, and there are more than a dozen games every day on average. Rain, and each rain is generally "persistent" for [-] minutes
And this league match is inevitably a rain battle!It's just that today's rain is as firm as taking a small blue pill. It has been falling non-stop since noon, and there is no tendency to stop it at all.

The opponent Arsenal will face in this league is the Saints Southampton team that has sprung up this season. This season's Southampton team unexpectedly appeared in second place in the standings, overwhelming all the Premier League powerhouses.And in this game, if Southampton beat a tired Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, then it is possible to taste the taste of the top of the league for the first time.

Of course, the reason why the Saints can have such an impressive performance is that they lost one game against Manchester City and Chelsea. If both teams win this make-up match, then the Saints may fall directly out of four. strong position.

Speaking of the Southampton team, their relationship with Arsenal is not ordinary, the relationship between the two sides is not bad, and Arsenal also used the role of "big brother" to poach Southampton's corners, basically they are very talented A teenager from the youth training camp.

For example, when Walcott was only 17 years old, Wenger strongly introduced England's future right-wing wing corridor into his tent, and five years later, another winger, teenager Chamberlain, also followed his brother Walcott Alcott's stride comes to Emirates Stadium
And Southampton is a little worried about this game, because they are afraid that the teenager Luke Shaw or Ward Prowse from the youth training camp will attract Arsenal's attention too much. After the game, Wenger will "graciously" invite them to stay. Come down as a guest and discuss the transfer of players by the way.

It's not that teams like Southampton don't sell people, they just don't want to sell people cheaply.Although Arsenal has been very weak in recent years, it is still the best choice for joining in the hearts of young players.They are afraid that after being seduced by Arsenal, the young genius is determined to join such a famous club that is the cradle of young talent.

In fact, the directors of Southampton think too much. This season, whether it is captain Lallana, full-back Luke Shaw or substitute midfielder Ward-Prowse, these people have attracted the attention of many teams.According to Arsenal's "tradition", once someone raises the price, they will give up decisively.
And this league also attracted the attention of many Asian media, mainly because both sides have an Asian player, including Arsenal's talented striker Li Zihan and Southampton's Japanese midfielder Maya Yoshida.

Therefore, the Asian media reporters in this league were more active than the local media in England and Europe, but this time the Japanese media did not put up any slogans such as "Asian Derby" that made Li Zihan's egg hurt.

It is estimated that the confrontation and performance between Nagatomo Yuto, Ki Sungyong and others and Li Zihan completely taught the media in other countries to behave.Although in the previous game against Manchester United, Manchester United, where Shinji Kagawa, who once had the status of the first brother in Asian football, defeated Arsenal.But Li Zihan didn't play in this game, not to mention Li Zihan, Arsenal didn't even send 100% of the main players.Shinji Kagawa came off the bench in the second half, but the only goal had nothing to do with him.

Regardless of the reaction of all parties, anyway, this league started in the drizzle.

Because considering the UEFA Champions League in the middle of next week, Wenger is still relatively reserved in this league.The core members of the national team's return all sat on the bench in this game, and Walcott, who was rumored to be likely to return from injury, also sat on the bench in this game and did not appear in the starting lineup.

The main players in the starting lineup are Koscielny, Szczesny, Ramsey, Wilshere, and forward Li Zihan, who has no national team assignment and has plenty of rest during this period.

Veterans such as Rosicky and Arteta who have not been called up by the international team for the time being are also on the scene.

And without the distraction of the Champions League, Southampton, who has few national team internationals, certainly will not let go of this chance to reach the top of the league.Including captain Lallana, Kenyan midfielder Wanyama who joined from the Scottish Premier League this summer, and French midfielder Schneiderlin as the double midfielder, the experienced Lambert. Do your best!

Speaking of French midfielder Schneiderlin, there was a scandal with Arsenal at the beginning of this summer's transfer period. According to news from the media, Wenger has always wanted an excellent midfielder to make up for his midfield strength and "waist". Muscle strain" embarrassment, and Southampton's outstanding midfielder Schneiderlin is the best choice, and he is French. Everyone knows that Wenger has a special preference for French players.

But this transfer deal ended up in vain, and then Wenger recruited the veteran Flamini from AC Milan. The most important thing is that Flamini is also French, and he has played for four seasons. He has played more than [-] times in each season, so it will not take much time for him to integrate into the team after joining the team, and he will be able to play as soon as he comes up.Most, most, and most critical. In addition to the above advantages, the biggest point is that it is indeed free! !Joined Arsenal as a free agent.

However, in Li Zihan's view, his old teammate is also considered strange.The transfer from Marseille to Arsenal was a free agent transfer, Arsenal to AC Milan is also considered a free agent, and now returning to Arsenal from AC Milan is still a free agent
In such a comparison, Flamini, who joined freely, and Southampton's offer of more than 500 million pounds, which is equivalent to Schneiderlin's offer of 2000 million euros.Arsenal, which has always advocated the concept of "affordable", finally signed Flamini, who did not need to spend a single transfer fee, and in order to return to Arsenal, Flamini was willing to take the initiative to cut his salary
In any case, the "entangled" two teams finally met.

Under the suppression of the boos of the home fans, Southampton did not blindly advance the attack.It's a smart retreat across the board and a defensive counterattack.The frontcourt left an Argentine center Osvaldo who joined the Saints from Serie A Red Wolves Roma for more than 500 million this summer. Even Lambert and Lallana returned to their own half.

Li Zihan dribbled the ball in the frontcourt, and with a fake move, he swayed Ward Prowse away. Although Prowse is very talented, he is young after all, and the England genius midfielder born in [-] lacks game experience.On the other hand, Li Zihan, who is opposite him, is only one year older than Prouse, but from Serie A to the Premier League, from the league to the Champions League, Li Zihan has played many games in the past year. Can't even count on one hand.

So where is Prowse Li Zihan's opponent? Li Zihan, who is flexible and changeable, easily swayed the joint defense area of ​​Lallana and Ward Prowse.

And the African midfielder who joined from the Scottish super giant Celtics is not a young guy like Prouse, although he is only 22 years old this year.

As soon as Li Zihan broke through Prouse, he planned to pass the ball to Cazorla, who was responding, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a black figure approaching him. Li Zihan had no time to react, and the opponent started to grab the ball frantically.

Li Zihan half-turned, dodged the opponent's first steal, and then handed the ball to Wilshere, who came forward to meet him.

As soon as the ball was handed over, Li Zihan was tripped by the defender behind him.

Glancing at the player on the ground, Li Zihan's first reaction was black, the second reaction was still black, and the third reaction was still black
Kenya's Wanyama is originally a black African, and his skin color is naturally white.The Saints Southampton's main color red jersey conflicted with the home team Arsenal's home red, so they chose the away jersey with the largest color difference-the black jersey.

The black jersey matches the black skin tone. If the headlights of the stadium were not bright enough, Li Zihan would have to wonder if he would be able to see others after meeting him at night?
What impresses Li Zihan is that Wanyama, including the socks, is black, but his sneakers are "bright" pink
Damn pink that's Li Zihan's least favorite wink, especially on the pitch
When I think about such a tall and thick man wearing pink shoes, he is either very affectionate or very boring
The referee gave Arsenal a free kick in the front court, but the ball was too far from the goal. Li Zihan, who had already secured Arsenal's first free kick shooter, chose a free kick to cooperate.

The big foot drove into the penalty area and accurately found the head of central defender Vermaelen, but under the interference of Croatian defender Lovren, the header was deflected, and the ball flew high over the crossbar.

While trotting back to the defense, Vermaelen gave a thumbs up, expressing that Li Zihan passed the ball beautifully.

Later, Southampton, who played away, started a counterattack, but had no choice but to concede the ball in the frontcourt under Arsenal's midfield strength.

Although Vermaelen's defense still has loopholes, Southampton also saw Arsenal's "weakness" but Arteta performed well today. The vice-captain took the initiative to retreat to help the captain defend, which made Lallana initiate The offense is a little weak.

However, at the beginning of this season, Arsenal's captain and vice-captain did not perform very well. Not to mention the performance of the captain, Belgian central defender Vermaelen, the goals conceded from his side accounted for the total number of goals conceded by the team so far this season. 50.00%
Although the performance of the deputy captain Arteta is quite satisfactory, it is obviously not as good as last season. The cooperation with the team's frontcourt players is not tacit, and the defense often makes mistakes.

It is probably also because the frontcourt is now centered on the newly joined Li Zihan and Ozil. Arteta is still a little rusty, but the mistakes and flaws in defense are real.

This can be seen from the fact that Ramsey and Flamini have gradually established their main midfield partners.