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Chapter 45 Who and Ups and Downs (1) (Add more)

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October 10, 30:02 pm.The players have just finished warming up from the stadium.Chen Zhun prepares for the last mobilization.

Chen Zhun saw that the starting players all sat down in their seats, cleared his throat, and said loudly and energetically: "Guys, a team full of miracles appeared in the European continent in August. Everyone knows it is Is that the team?"

Someone shouted: "It must be Southampton!"

The team members burst into laughter when they heard his shout, and then clapped their hands together.

Chen Zhun shook his head and said, "No, no, not Southampton."

When the team members heard Chen Zhun's negative answer, they found another team in their minds, which was the Greek team that created myths in the European Cup this year.But this answer was also denied by Chen Zhun.The two results were wrong, and the team members didn't know where it was.

Chen Zhun said at this time: "It is the Iraqi team, the No.4 men's football event in the Athens Olympic Games. The Iraqi team defeated the favorites Portugal and Costa Rica in the group stage under the circumstances of being unfavorable. Lost to the Morocco team, still ranked No.1 in Group D, became the first Asian team to win and qualify in the group stage, and then defeated the Australian team in the knockout round to successfully break into the semi-finals. Isn’t it a miracle? We Who would have thought that such a team without even a training ground would go so far. You must know that Iraq is a country that has been devastated by war. They have come to this day relying on their strong willpower and fighting spirit."

Only then did the team members realize that it was the Iraqi team. After thinking about it carefully, no one would associate the Iraqi team with the Olympic semi-finalists before the Olympics.But the Iraqi team members have proved this point. Even though their country is beyond recognition and riddled with holes, they hope to bring a glimmer of hope and happiness to the Iraqi people living in dire straits.

Chen Zhun continued: "The reason why I tell you the story of Iraq is to tell you that all teams are not invincible. We are the Iraqi team today, and the opposite is the mighty Arsenal team. The world says we are doomed, Is it because Arsenal is better? What kind of bullshit logic is this! I don’t believe that Arsenal is better than us!! We want to become a strong team, a team that makes people fearful, and we have to step on these teams that the world thinks are very strong. Foot!! Today, we have to let them see who can beat Southampton easily!!" Chen Zhun couldn't control his emotions at the end, his voice was almost hoarse.

The players were also enthusiastic about what they heard, and the head coach was right.Why can't Southampton beat Arsenal? We just want to see who is stronger and who is weaker.

Chen Zhun saw the confident and passionate expressions on the faces of the team members, and sighed in his heart that the preparation for this speech was really not in vain, which made me recite these words for two days.Chen Zhun thought of the Iraqi team again, which was really a miracle team. In the 2007 Asian Cup, the Iraqi team went all the way and finally won the championship. This performance once again amazed the whole world.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Highbury Stadium was packed.Fans are looking forward to the birth of the 51st consecutive unbeaten record.

"Hello everyone, this is Sky Sports, and I'm Martin Taylor. The game broadcast today is the 2004th round of the Premier League in the 2005-11 season. The two sides are Arsenal and Southampton. Today's biggest The biggest thing to watch is undoubtedly whether Arsenal can continue to maintain their unbeaten golden stature. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. The starting lineups of both teams have changed today. Arsenal, the goalkeeper is Jens - Lehmann, the back line is Ashley Cole, Kolo Toure, Pascal Sigan, Lauren Emmeta. The midfield is Patrick Vieira and the 16-year-old Francis This is a big adjustment for Arsenal. The two full-backs are still Jose Reyes and Frederick Ljungberg. The forward line is Thierry Henry. Dennis Bergkamp cruising behind him."

Martin Taylor paused and continued: "Southampton's starting lineup today is goalkeeper Niemi, and the back line from left to right is Le Saux, Michael Anderson, Klaus Lundekwan, Jason- Dodd. The midfield four is David Prutton, John Delap, Neil McCann and Fabrice Fernandez. The forward line today David Winston is not lined up with the usual James - The combination of Beatty and Kevin Phillips was replaced by Peter Crouch and Jamie Vardy, who were also tall and fast. Vardy's first Premier League game, Southampton had James Beatty on the bench, Kevin Phillips and Marian Pajas who had been outstanding in the previous rounds."

Chen Zhun looked at the players who were about to kick off. He lined up Vardy and Crouch just to let them fight, frantically trying their best to disrupt Arsenal's defense.During the training these days, he also told the players that the core idea of ​​this game is fierce defense.

The referee Mesias blew the whistle to start the first half.First, the home team Arsenal kicked off. Arsenal kicked off without rushing to attack, but patiently poured their feet in the backcourt, firmly controlling the ball at their feet.But this situation only lasted a few seconds.When the ball was passed to the backcourt, Vardy and Crouch had already pounced on Kolo Toure who was about to get the ball at the same time.Kolo Toure is experienced in many battles, but he rarely sees such a crazy press at the beginning of the game. To be on the safe side, he drove the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot.

Chen Zhun was very satisfied with the performance of Vardy and Crouch. He applauded the field and shouted good, good.On the other side, Wenger sat firmly on the bench, and he didn't pay much attention to the press just now.

As the game progressed, the Arsenal players gradually felt the defensive atmosphere from the Southampton players.Every time the midfielder takes the ball, there will always be two or three Southampton players double-teaming, and the rest of the Southampton players will defend one-on-one around the possible Arsenal players who receive the ball, and The Southampton players have a lot of additional defensive actions. Although every tackle is directed at the ball, the scene is basically a downfall with the ball and people.

Arsenal did not launch a few effective offenses in the first 15 minutes of the game because of Southampton's almost crazy tackle defense. Basically, the ball was broken or someone was brought down after halftime.The price Southampton paid was only a yellow card for Vardy.

Wenger, who was still sitting firmly on the bench just now, couldn't sit still anymore. He saw Southampton's players savagely knocking down his own players again and again, but the referee only gave a yellow card.Wenger protested several times, but was warned by the fourth official not to do such behavior again.

(End of this chapter)