i am gun king

Chapter 389

As for Khomeini, the players heard about him as soon as they arrived at the training base, and they also knew the orders issued by the club.

Accompanied by good friends Theo Walcott, Li Yuxin, Ramsey and Ozil, Bell accepted the interview with Khomeini. The whole interview process lasted for more than half an hour. Khomeini interviewed five Arsenal players at once, which made him feel excited and excited. After all, he had never imagined that he could talk face-to-face with these big-name players.

"I have to thank you, Khomeini, you made me understand a lot of truths. I hereby solemnly apologize for what happened yesterday. I hope you can forgive me." Bell apologized very sincerely.

Khomeini fidgeted and stood up, shaking his head vigorously, "No, no, Gareth, I should apologize too, I was so rude in the morning, I was so confused, I..."

"Okay, you two don't want to be mother-in-law, let's make friends." Li Yuxin interrupted with a smile.

Both of them immediately laughed at the same time, and nodded in agreement.

After finishing the interview at noon, Khomeini was taken by Jim to visit the Arsenal Stadium in the afternoon. He went to the exhibition hall and personally photographed the Champions League trophy in Arsenal’s permanent collection.

Then he was allowed to go to the stands and turf of the Emirates Stadium to feel the feeling of being surrounded and watched by 6 fans under the high stands. Although the Emirates Stadium was empty at this time, he was still shocked. He even felt that the shock of being there in person was far greater than watching live TV.

After that, he went to the theme restaurant at the Emirates Stadium to enjoy afternoon tea, and then returned to the training base, and by this time, the team's training had ended.

At the end of the holiday, on November 12, 11, Arsenal ushered in the North London Derby, and Khomeini also came to the scene,

Just like the Premier League derby with Manchester United, the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur attracted media attention very early. //
Both the fans of the two teams and the media in London paid great attention to this game.

Some derbies are hyped up by the media in order to repost ratings, such as the Premier League derby between Arsenal and Manchester United, and the London Derby between Arsenal and Chelsea.

In fact, whether it is Manchester United or Chelsea, Arsenal does not have any major grievances with them, and there is not much grievance between the fans.

However, the situation of Tottenham Hotspur is completely different.

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are centuries-old enemies. The grievances between the clubs have become too many to resolve, and the fans of each other are full of hostility.

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur fans may still go to work together during the day and have a good relationship with each other, but as long as they talk about football, or go to the stadium to watch a game, they can even fight to defend each other's beliefs.

It's faster to turn your face than to turn a book.

This is Derby, this is Derby!
For the upcoming derby in the same city, the media and fans are all excited.

However, the head coaches of the two teams took a cold approach to this.

Because, before the North London Derby, these two teams still have 11% of their games to play, one is the [-]th round of the Premier League, and the other is a European game.

Speaking of European fixtures, Tottenham Hotspur are really unlucky.

Last season, they were exhausted, and they managed to suppress Newcastle United in the last round of the league with great difficulty and finished fourth in the league.

According to past practice, No.4 in the Premier League will be qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers next season.Through the qualifying rounds that are not too competitive, they often have a relatively high chance of entering the main match of the Champions League, which is the group stage.

But there was a little surprise last season.

Chelsea won the Champions League.

As the defending champions of last season's Champions League, Chelsea automatically qualified for this season's Champions League.

Since Chelsea only ranked 6th in the Premier League last season, and England has only 4 places in the Champions League this season, Tottenham Hotspur is a tragedy.

Because, their qualifications were replaced by Chelsea. *.

The seats in the Champions League, which had been fought so hard, turned into bubbles in the blink of an eye.This season, they will have to fight for the Europa League.

As for the Champions League, that has nothing to do with them.

Therefore, in the face of their rivals in the same city who can participate in the Champions League with peace of mind, Tottenham Hotspur fans are all kinds of envy and hatred.

As for the miserable experience of the derby rival, Arsenal fans did not forget to add insult to injury and sprinkle salt on their wounds.

Like in a song, if you're better off than me, I can't stand it.

This sentence is also true in reverse.If you're having a bad day then I'd be terribly happy.

The relationship between fans of rival teams is often like this.

As the North London Derby draws closer, Londoners are paying more and more attention to the game.At the Kearney training base, fans even pulled out long banners for several days, asking the Gunners to win the derby for them.

"It doesn't matter if there is a champion or not, but please beat Hot Dog [-]

Radical fans even used insulting words to describe their rivals in the same city.The hatred for the rival team has long been integrated into their blood.

As the derby is approaching, players such as Li Yuxin will inevitably encounter questions about the derby from reporters.Regarding these issues, Li Yuxin's attitude is consistent with that of head coach Wenger.

"Our next game is against Fulham. After playing Fulham, we will go to France to challenge Lille. Only after these two games will we play against Tottenham Hotspur: it is disrespectful to Fulham and Lille to talk about Tottenham Hotspur when these two games have not yet been played."

Refusing to respond positively, this is Li Yuxin's answer to the media's questions about the derby.

In fact, Li Yuxin can also feel the impact of the derby on the atmosphere of the game and on his teammates.

However, games have to be played one game at a time. Talking about the derby now will only aggravate the uneasiness in the team.As the leader of the team, Li Yuxin is not so unwise.

Soon, the Premier League with Fulham will begin.

At the Emirates Stadium, the reserved Arsenal were drawn by the tenacious Fulham.

After beating Manchester United at home, Arsenal suffered another draw.

In the subsequent Champions League group stage, Arsenal defeated the French Lille team 3-0 in an away game and won a big victory.

In this game, the Gunners did not send all the main players.

Among the main players, only players such as Li Yuxin, Bell, Vermaelen, Arteta, and Sagna made their appearances, and the rest of the positions were mostly rotation players.

But even so? They still easily defeated their opponents and avenged their first-leg loss in the group stage.

In this game, Li Yuxin and Bell scored a goal for the Gunners respectively. Rosicky used a wonderful volley to score the icing on the cake for Arsenal's third goal.

The victory over Lille is the Gunners' four consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage.

After five rounds of competition, the Gunners had 4 wins and 1 loss, with 12 points in total, and qualified for the group stage one round ahead of schedule.Not only that, they locked the No.1 of this group ahead of time.

In other words, in the UEFA Champions League draw after the group stage, Arsenal got a good position in advance.

In the next round of the Champions League, they will meet No.2 in another group.

That is to say? They will avoid Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona and other No.1 groups.If there is no accident, the opponent they will encounter should not be very strong.

After finishing the Champions League group stage, the Gunners focused all their attention on the upcoming North London Derby.

In the last three games, Arsenal have one win and two draws to remain unbeaten? But this result is not very good.

Tottenham Hotspur's recent record is two wins and one loss, which is similar to the Gunners.

In the last round of the league, Tottenham played away and lost to the unstoppable Blue Moon, suffering the only defeat in the recent game.

It can be said that the recent status of the two teams is comparable. It is difficult to predict which team will win the upcoming derby.

"It's going to be a good game, but it's only us who win."

Before the game started, Tottenham Hotspur coach Villas-Boas took the lead in launching a psychological warfare, trying to overwhelm his city rival Arsenal first in terms of momentum.

In this regard, Wenger also responded.

"The derby is a very important game and the pressure is high on both sides. Villas-Boas is a very good coach, but he is too young."

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Professor Mianli Hidden Needle fought back.

Derby is a war.

Before the war officially started, the smoke of gunpowder had filled the entire city of London.

The team flags are exchanged, the players shake hands, and then the game officially begins.

During the handshake, Buffon and Tottenham goalkeeper Cesar deliberately hugged and said "good luck" to each other.

Although each has their own masters on the field, the personal relationships of many players off the field are actually pretty good.Buffon and Cesar have always had a good relationship with each other.Now that the two meet in the Premier League, this should be regarded as an old acquaintance in a foreign land.

After the intermittent entrance ceremony, after referee Webber's whistle, the North London derby officially kicked off.From the beginning of the game, the Gunners fans kept singing and clapping in the stands, cheering for their team.

In Buffon's impression, when they faced a strong opponent like Chelsea at home, the fans had never been so excited.

This shows how important this North London derby is in the minds of Gunners fans.

The fans were full of enthusiasm, and the players on the field naturally played with enthusiasm.

Arsenal is still their traditional 433 ball possession style of play, paying attention to the control of the scene and pursuing the success rate of passing and receiving; while Tottenham Hotspur is completely different.

Today, the Tottenham team has a double forward of Defoe and Saha. The formation uses a 442-[-]-[-] wing, and the style of play is more concise and pragmatic. It is often a long pass from the midfielder, directly looking for the winger or striker on the two wings, and directly seeking opportunities to talk to Buffon.

Boas's tactical idea is very simple, that is, he does not compete with Arsenal for possession of the ball, and directly passes long passes behind Arsenal's defense.

He knew that if they had possession of the ball, they would definitely not be Arsenal's opponents.

The weakness of Arsenal is that their two central defenders have a slightly poor sense of position, and their defensive awareness is not top-notch.

Therefore, avoiding its strengths and attacking its weaknesses is Tottenham Hotspur's preferred policy.

Although Boas is young and has just been fired by Chelsea, his tactics are still very powerful, otherwise, he would not have won the reputation of "Little Mourinho".

A coach who can lead Porto to win the league and Europa League doubles in his 30s, a coach who can make Inter Milan and Chelsea chase after him, and a coach who can make Abramovich pay 1200 million euros in termination fees is naturally not an ordinary person.

Arsenal's offense is smooth and gorgeous, with a high ball possession rate and a strong viewing experience; while Tottenham Hotspur is straightforward, simple and rude, and its offense is more concise.

The game between them is a collision of two offensive styles, and it is impossible to say which team's tactics are more advanced and clever.

It is still unknown which team will be able to win this game with superior skills.

"Arsenal! It's Arsenal possession time."

"Wilshere, good ball, he passed to Van Persie, Van Persie passed the ball back to Arteta, and Arteta passed the ball to Wilshere. Beautiful triangle pass. In today's game, Arsenal did a beautiful job with a small triangle pass like this."

In this game, Sky TV's commentator is their head commentator Gary.Neville, the former Red Devils Manchester United captain.

After retiring, Gary.Neville accepted the high-paying invitation of Sky Sports to replace Andy, the former gold medal commentator.Gray, became the head commentator of Sky Sports.The most powerful goalkeeper in history 576
Interestingly, this game is with Gary.The commentator of Neville's partner is Jamie, the son of former Tottenham coach Redknapp.Redknapp.

Jamie.Redknapp was also a player. Before he retired, he had another identity, that is, the former captain of the Red Army.

The captain of the Red Devils and the captain of the Red Army, the captains of the century-old enemy, sat together to explain the game, which is already rare enough.What's even more unusual is that they were explaining the match between the Gunners and Tottenham, another pair of century-old rivals.And, Jamie.Redknapp also played for Tottenham Hotspur.

Such a scene is as weird as it is...

Right here in Gary.When Neville introduced Arsenal's passing route in an orderly manner, Tottenham's midfielder Sandro suddenly made a grab and broke the ball at the feet of the little tiger Walcott.Immediately, the Brazilian suddenly gave a big kick, passed the ball directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and handed it to van der Vaart in front.

"Brilliant tackle, nice long ball, Tottenham counterattacked.

Jamie.Redknapp immediately became excited, his voice raised an octave, and he began to explain with a slightly excited expression.

"Vander Vaart! Van der Vaart
"Strike! A beautiful emergency stop and change of direction, he wiped Arteta and ran to the middle of the Arsenal penalty area."

"Van der Vaart gave the ball to Defoe, Defoe gave it back to him, a smooth one-two.
"Shoot! Van der Vaart shot!

On the edge of the penalty area, Van der Vaart got a brief defensive gap after collaborating with his teammates to hit the wall.Before Koscielny stepped forward to press, Van der Vaart decisively hit the goal with his left foot!

At the front of the penalty area, Van der Vaart has a long shot.

In the last round of this year's European Cup group stage, it was precisely because of Van der Vaart's sudden shot from outside the penalty area that pierced through the ten fingers of Portugal's national goalkeeper Patricio and won a glimmer of hope for the Netherlands to qualify for the group stage.

At that time, Patricio leaped and tried his best, but he failed to prevent Van der Vaart's long-range shot from scoring.

Now, this test is also placed in front of Buffon. Can he complete the protection that Patricio did not complete?

call!
The football flies like a sharp arrow and goes straight to the dead end of the Arsenal gate!

"nice shot''

Jamie.Redknapp applauded excitedly.Gary sitting next to him.Neville didn't speak, just pursed his lips, looking at the flying football with some seriousness.

In his memory, Van der Sar has saved such a dangerous shot more than once.However, Manchester United's current goalkeeper De Gea does not seem to be so stable.

So, what about Buffon, once known as the number one goalkeeper in the world, can he guard the gate of the Gunners?

Neville was a little curious.

The ball moved like lightning, and it was approaching the Gunners' gate in a blink of an eye.At the moment when the football was about to cross the goal line, a pair of big hands seemed to descend from the sky and suddenly appeared in front of the football!

The strong and powerful Dali firmly rests on the lower edge of the football.

Bang!
The football hit it, changed direction immediately, and flew high over the crossbar!
"Oh, nice save [-]

gary.Neville yelled!He sat up straight involuntarily, staring straight at Arsenal's goal, with a strange look in his eyes.

Buffon's save made the captain of Manchester United's meritorious service shine.

"A world-class save! Buffon is worthy of being an excellent goalkeeper. At the critical moment, he really stood up and saved Arsenal's goal with an outstanding performance [-]
Neville praised extremely fast.

Whoa!
After Buffon saved Van der Vaart's shot, the Emirates Stadium suddenly burst into applause.Many fans stood up and applauded their heroes.

After missing this opportunity, Van der Vaart looked a bit frustrated with his hands on his hips.

At the moment of shooting, he thought it must be a goal!Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, not only did his wonderful shot fail to score, but it made a perfect performance for the opponent's goalkeeper.

Van der Vaart was somewhat disappointed.

(End of this chapter)