legendary midfielder

Chapter 304
After the press conference, Wenger and Zhang Xu brought Ozil to meet with the rest of the team. Afterwards, Ozil hurried to the national team, preparing to participate in the German team's match.

Zhang Xu, who had nothing to do, returned to his previous two-point and one-line life. Except for the training ground, he was at home. This kind of life continued until the national competitions were finally over, and his teammates returned to the team one after another.

What troubled Zhang Xu was that in this national team match, several teammates were injured to varying degrees.Among them are defender Merdesacker, midfielder Rosicky, Cazorla, forward Podolski, Chamberlain, etc., all of whom suffered injuries to some extent.

As a result, the number of injured players in the team reached as many as eight, which had a great impact on the strength of the team.

Fortunately, the team recently added some players, such as Ozil and Flamini, which more or less helped the team's strength.

The next game is the fourth round of the league: an away game against the Black Cats Sunderland!

Sunderland Football Club (English: SunderlandAssociationFootballClub) is an English football club for the English Premier League.

Founded in 1879, the stadium is located in the newly built Stadium of Light on the banks of the River Wear in Sunderland, Northeast England.Sunderland have won six First Division titles, but the most recent was in 1936, but they are still the last team to win the English league title in a fencing shirt.

They also won two FA Cup titles, the most famous of which was the 1973 victory over Leeds United, which was then in full swing as a second team.

2013年9月14日下午三点整，2013/14赛季英格兰足球超级联赛第4轮一场焦点战在桑德兰的主场光明球场展开角逐。

阿森纳的首发出场阵容是这样的，依然还是3-2-3-2双后腰阵型：守门员是1号-斯泽斯尼；后卫线是3号-萨尼亚，6号-科斯切尔尼，28号-吉布斯；后腰是18号张旭和20号弗拉米尼；前面是16号-拉姆齐，10号-威尔希尔，11号-厄齐尔；前锋是14号-沃尔科特和12号-吉鲁。

Ozil played for Arsenal for the first time, and Sagna and Flamini entered the starting lineup in rotation.The team also has better news, that is, the defensive backbone Vermaelen has recovered from his injury and is also sitting on the bench today.

阿森纳近2个赛季联赛客战桑德兰均取胜，但2012年足总杯却在光明球场惨遭淘汰出局。阿森纳在双方近19场联赛交锋中仅负1场，其余18战取得11胜7平。

双方英超历史交锋24场，阿森纳13胜8平3负占据上风，其中客场5胜4平3负。双方历史交锋144场，阿森纳55胜39平50负稍占上风。

At the beginning of the game, Zhang Xu did not play more cautiously because it was an away game, but unceremoniously launched a fierce offensive against Sunderland.

Because it was Ozil's first show, Zhang Xu paid special attention to strengthening the cooperation between himself and Ozil, and gave Ozil as many opportunities as possible to shine.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu blocked the pass of Sunderland No. 11 Johnson, and then stabbed the football to Ozil.

Ozil ran towards the ball, and when the football was about to stop at his feet, he suddenly made an emergency stop and reverse start, and he threw the Sunderland players who were following him behind him, successfully forming a breakthrough.

Ozil immediately accelerated, advanced quickly, and quickly approached Sunderland's defense line. After being intercepted by the opponent's defender, he didn't even look at the situation in the middle. He directly hooked the football with his left foot and sent it to the middle.

Zhang Xu arrived at the right time, tapped the arch of his right foot, and firmly controlled the football. Then he pulled and pushed to avoid the opponent's right foot.

Then he quickly started, passed the intercepting player, opened a position, and made a direct pass with his right foot!
Immediately the ball passed through the two Sunderland defenders and landed at Walcott's feet!

Walcott made a quick decision, and without waiting for the opponent's defender to destroy it, he shot directly!

The football flew towards the lower right corner of the goal. Sunderland's goalkeeper Westwood reacted quickly. Seeing that it was too late to catch the ball with his hands, he fell to the ground and stabbed the flying football with his left foot.

As luck would have it, the football hit the toe of his left foot and bounced off the baseline.Arsenal win a corner.

Ozil ran over immediately, ready to take a corner kick.

Ozil has great trust in Zhang Xu's header ability, so the corner kick he took was directly aimed at Zhang Xu's point.

Zhang Xu did grab the first point, but his body was hit by two Sunderland defenders, and his body was a little tilted. He could no longer make a complete header, so he had to use his forehead to point the football to Walcott who was waiting for the opportunity.

Walcott strikes again!

Unexpectedly, Sunderland's goalkeeper played really bravely today, and even blocked this shot that was close at hand!

However, although these consecutive shots failed to score a goal, they still played with a certain momentum and suppressed Sunderland's offensive firmly.As a result, Zhang Xu gradually took control of the rhythm of the game in his own hands.

In the 11th minute of the game, after Zhang Xu received a pass from Gibbs in the backcourt, he suddenly made a direct pass, passed through the gap between the four players, and came directly to Ozil.

Ozil leaned on his right foot, pulled back to the right, and quickly turned his body to the right, throwing the opponent's player who rushed up to mark him behind him, then pushed his right foot, immediately accelerated, and quickly went to the bottom!

When approaching the back line, he suddenly kicked a beautiful cross with his left foot!
Giroud succeeded in grabbing a point in the middle. From 14 yards away from the goal, he took a calm low shot, which immediately penetrated Sunderland's goal and scored from the lower left corner of the goal.

The ball went in! 1:0!Arsenal lead by one goal away!
Seeing the football fly into the net, Giroud immediately ran all the way to the south stand, and burst into a crazy roar.

Giroud is indeed more excited. Since this season, his scoring efficiency is much lower than that of Walcott, which makes him tangled all the time.It's not that Zhang Xu is biased. Zhang Xu has also sent him many beautiful balls, but he failed to grasp them. Now he finally scored a goal, which can be regarded as a justification for himself!
After leading by one goal, Sunderland was obviously stimulated, and the offensive momentum suddenly became violent.After scoring the goal, Arsenal played calmly.As a result, the two sides came and went, and the scene gradually became more intense.

In the 15th minute of the game, Ozil made a direct pass, and Walcott shot from 16 yards on the right side of the penalty area and was beautifully rescued by Westwood.

In the 18th minute of the game, Sunderland Roberg passed the ball, and under the interference of Zhang Xu, Altidore hastily shot a long shot from 30 yards and failed to cause trouble for Szesny.

In the 20th minute of the game, Zhang Xu made a direct pass from the backcourt. After Wilshere received the ball, he quickly made a diagonal pass. Ramsey shot wide from the left side of the penalty area.

In the 20nd minute of the game No.[-], Zhang Xu saw Wilshere suddenly go forward and immediately made a diagonal pass knowingly. When Wilshere received the ball, he was tripped by the opponent's guard and fell into the Sunderland penalty area, but the referee did not give a penalty.

In the 206th minute of the game, Sunderland Altidore made a handball foul. Ozil's free kick from the right 25 yards directly shot was confiscated by Westwood at the near corner.

In the 208th minute of the game, Zhang Xu and Ozil had two consecutive wonderful cooperations, and suddenly sent a direct pass. Walcott shot from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty area and was saved by Westwood.

In the 403rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu rushed to the front field, cooperated with Giroud to kick the wall, and then made a precise oblique pass. The unguarded Walcott dived 12 yards from the right rib of the penalty area, but the ball missed the near corner.

After wasting countless chances, the first half of the game was finally over, and Arsenal took a goal lead into the second half.

However, the start of the second half almost gave Sunderland a sneak attack.

In the 408th minute of the game, Sunderland attacked. No. 11 Adam Johnson broke into the right side of the penalty area from Koscielny's side. Facing the goal and the attacking Szczesny, Johnson made a decisive decision and shot directly!

The football was thrown by Szesny, but it didn't change the direction of the football movement, and the football still rolled towards the goal!
"Hurry up!" At this moment, Zhang Xu chased up from behind like a bolt of lightning, and destroyed the football on the goal line!
"I'm sorry! It's my fault that he made a breakthrough!" Koscielny lowered his head and apologized to Zhang Xu after seeing Zhang Xu clear the football.

"Haha, what does it matter? I also often make mistakes, just correct it! I believe you can do it!" Zhang Xu patted Koscielny on the shoulder and said with a big smile.

"Thank you! I will learn my lesson!" Koscielny nodded fiercely and said seriously.

Zhang Xu smiled again, and then ran straight away.

After this danger, Koscielny's condition improved significantly, and his defense appeared very stable. This also relieved Zhang Xu's defensive pressure a lot, allowing him to spare more energy to strengthen the team's offense.

In 1 minute, Ramsey made a cross from the right, and Giroud missed the goal with a header.

In the 8th minute of the game, when Zhang Xu broke through with the ball in the front court, he was directly dragged by the Sunderland defender. The opponent received a yellow card, and Arsenal got a free kick in a good position.

Zhang Xu gave Ozil the opportunity to make a free throw. Ozil nodded at Zhang Xu, and then directly kicked the ball to the upper left corner of the goal.

However, because of too much pursuit of angles, the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.

In the 607th minute of the game, the score was finally rewritten again.

Zhang Xu cooperated with Wilshere on the right, and after an effective breakthrough, a big foot passed the football to the middle. Ramsey, who crossed positions with Zhang Xu, volleyed into the net at the first time 16 yards away from the goal!

2: 0!

In the 70th minute of the game, Walcott, Wilshere, Ramsey and Ozil passed the ball consecutively, Giroud made a direct pass, and Ramsey pushed from the left side of the penalty area 10 yards and scored!

3:0!Ramsey also managed to score twice!

Arsenal also sealed the victory!

Arsenal have won 9 consecutive victories in all competitions.Arsenal won seven consecutive league away games for the first time in 11 years.

(End of this chapter)