legendary midfielder

Chapter 301

Although it is a derby, in fact, Arsenal has an absolute upper hand in the confrontation of the derby.

阿森纳连续2个赛季主场5比2逆转取胜热刺，热刺近24次客战阿森纳仅胜1场，其余23战8平15负。

双方英超历史交锋42场，阿森纳16胜17平9负，其中主场12胜7平2负均占据上风。双方历史交锋170场，阿森纳71胜45平54负占据上风。

Meanwhile, the north London derby is the most-scored competition in the Premier League era with 124 goals.Arsenal have only had one misfire against Tottenham in the past 29 times. Tottenham have not kept a clean sheet in the league since January 1.

"Fans and friends, good afternoon, everyone. I am the on-site commentator Houllier that you miss!" When Zhang Xu and his teammates listened to Wenger's explanation in the locker room, the familiar voice of the commentator Houllier sounded at the game site.

"Welcome everyone to the Emirates Stadium! Today's game is a derby, a game known as the North London Derby! Well, I don't want to comment on the derby because I think I can't speak fast enough to match the hot scene!"

"Okay, without further ado, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. Arsenal's starting lineup is like this. Goalkeeper No. 4 Szesny. Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup is as follows: They have arranged a 5-1-25 formation, the goalkeeper is 2-Lloris; defenders: 20-Walker, 5-Dawson, 3-Vertonghen, 15-Ross; midfielder 8-Capue, 17-Paulinho, 19-Townsend (, 21-Dembe Lai, 9-Chadley; Forward [-]-Soldado."

"It seems that facing Arsenal, who are currently playing well in both the league and the European Champions Cup qualifiers, Villas-Boas is still very cautious, not as arrogant as he was when he was interviewed by reporters!"

"The game is only about ten minutes away. Presumably both sides of the game are already standing in the player tunnel waiting to enter the field. Then, let us welcome our warriors with the loudest screams and applause!"

Instigated by Houllier, countless fans at the scene burst into earth-shattering screams and thunderous applause.At the same time, the team songs of the two teams became loud again, echoing in the Emirates Stadium again and again.

At this time, Zhang Xu was standing in the player tunnel. He was trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and he clenched his fists tightly.

why?
Just because that idiot Soldado, the Tottenham Hotspur striker, sneered when he saw Zhang Xu standing in front of the Arsenal team with the captain's armband while queuing up in the player tunnel.

"Ha, the little cat in the East is actually the captain of Arsenal? It's unbelievable. When did Arsenal become a cat family? It seems that our Tottenham Hotspur team will win today! The opponent is actually a group of kittens!"

Soldado's words immediately met with glaring glances from everyone in the opposite Arsenal, and there was a tendency to fight if there was a disagreement.

Zhang Xu turned his head, looked at the actions of his friend, and suddenly said: "Even if we are just cats, it is still very easy to tear a white lily! I am just thinking, whether to tear it into seven pieces or dare to crush it into flower mud!"

"Haha, flower mud, flower mud, flower mud!" The teammates were already ready to do it, and when they heard Zhang Xu's voice, they burst out laughing, shouting strangely that they wanted to crush their opponents into flower mud.

"Damn yellow-skinned monkey, you have the guts to say it again!" Soldado suddenly became furious, and he yelled at Zhang Xu.If it hadn't been for his teammates to stop him, Zhang Xu believed that the other party would definitely do it unceremoniously.

For such a mentally handicapped guy, Zhang Xu has plenty of ways to deal with him.

I only heard Zhang Xu say slowly: "Can I think you are engaging in racial discrimination? Or are you engaging in anti-Chinese? Huh?"

Soldado was immediately stunned. Whether it was racism or anti-Chinese, these were things he would never touch as a professional player. If this kind of thing was established, then his career would soon come to an end. No club dared to use a player with racism, because it was a dynamite bag, the kind that would blow himself up at any time!
"Shut up!" At this time, Tottenham Hotspur's head coach Villas-Boas came out from behind the team in a "timely" manner, shouted loudly at Soldado, then turned his head and looked at Zhang Xu with complicated eyes, and explained: "I apologize to you on behalf of Soldado. He didn't mean any racial discrimination!"

"Oh? Really? Then, Mr. Boas, please let that idiot keep his mouth shut, otherwise I will formally sue him in the name of 'racial discrimination'!" Zhang Xu said lightly to Boas.

Boas nodded with a gloomy face, then gave Soldado a hard look, then turned around silently, and stood at the back of the line.

Wenger also stood behind, looked at Boas's ugly expression, couldn't help but smiled, and said softly: "Man, how is my captain? Not bad, right? Your little tricks are in front of him. You'd better not use them, otherwise he might make you look ugly! Haha!"

Although the team is a feud, Wenger and Boas are still relatively friendly, so Wenger easily teased Boas.

Boas snorted, and then said to Wenger: "This kid is a pervert. He is so calm at the age of 22. Are all Chinese people like this? It's really scary. Now, I'm really worried!"

"Haha!" Wenger patted Boas on the shoulder: "Dude, don't forget, he is a super student at the Sixth University of Paris in our country! His brain is so good! Haha!"

Boas nodded sympathetically.

The two of them talked softly behind, but no one noticed them.

Soon, it was time to enter the field. Under the leadership of the referee team, both sides walked out of the player channel with their heads held high.

They were naturally greeted by the screams and shouts of tens of thousands of fans.

Of course, there is also the commentary voice of the live commentator Houllier: "Wow, they have come out! Let us welcome them with the warmest applause!"

After queuing up, shaking hands, exchanging team flags, and guessing sides, the referee deliberately called the captains of both sides to the front, and said in a deep voice, "Attention, although this is a derby match, I don't want to see any hot scenes, otherwise I don't mind showing my red card, understand?"

Zhang Xu nodded, expressing his understanding, then returned to his team, formed a circle with his teammates, shouted "We must win", and then dispersed.

"Beep!" With the referee's whistle, the game officially started.

Since it is a derby, although the referee repeatedly emphasized the need to control emotions, hot scenes still appeared one after another.

As soon as the game started, the opponent's attacking midfielder had just crossed the center line when he was stalked by Ramsey. Wilshere also moved over, making small moves.In the end, Ramsey made a beautiful poke on the ground, directly kicking the football under the opponent's feet, and "by the way" also brought the opponent down.

Seeing this situation, the referee ran to Ramsey very seriously, emphasizing again and again to control and calm down.

But the referee had just warned Ramsey, and when he turned around, he saw a scene that left him completely speechless.

After Tottenham Hotspur forward Soldado received a pass from his teammate in the frontcourt, he just wanted to turn around when he felt a strong pass from his feet, and the football left his control.

Then, because of this force, his body suddenly lost its center of gravity, and he fell hard on the grass.

Embarrassed, he turned his head to look at the opponent, only to realize that the steal was actually the kitten China zhang he was talking about!

Soldado became angry immediately. He lay on the grass, raised his right hand, and shouted loudly: "Oh, foul! He fouled!"

It turned out that when Soldado was about to catch the ball, Zhang Xu began to approach the opponent secretly. The moment he caught the ball, Zhang Xu fell to the ground and slid the ball in a timely manner, making a beautiful shovel to keep the ball.

This tackle is very standard and very clean. If there is one thing that is not good, it is "accidentally" after breaking the football, Zhang Xu's calf happened to touch Soldado's supporting leg.

For such a tackle, the referee was very troubled, because Zhang Xu's tackle was obviously a very beautiful steal, without any problems, but he knocked down Soldado at the end, which is a bit unclear.

foul?This is definitely not true!
No foul?If you don't do something, "accidental" like this will probably appear one after another!
So, the referee ignored Soldado who kept shouting, stretched his arms forward, made a movement to continue the game, and then ran to Zhang Xu's side and said: "Boy, don't treat me like air, pay attention to controlling your emotions, and don't force me to draw cards!"

"Yes! I understand! Don't worry!" Zhang Xu's complexion changed, he nodded fiercely, and expressed his attitude seriously.

"Very good! I hope you can really do it!" The referee looked carefully at Zhang Xu, but couldn't see anything, so he had to explain something again, and then ran away.

Zhang Xu looked at the back of the referee going away, and smiled.

If the opponent's players are honest, Mr. Referee, I will naturally not pick things up casually, but if one or several players are not so civilized, then forgive me for not being able to fulfill my promise!
However, the first thing to pay attention to is to improve such movements and make them more secretive, otherwise it may be impossible to fool the referee!
However, this really does not bother me!

(End of this chapter)