legendary midfielder

Chapter 314 Continuing to Lead the Standings

After defeating Dortmund, Arsenal won all three games in the Champions League group stage, with 9 points in the group and successfully reached the top.

In this way, Arsenal put themselves in a more favorable position. There is still a difference between the first and second in the group, because generally speaking, the first in the group will play against the No.2 of another group, so it is easier to go further.

Similarly, after defeating Dortmund, Zhang Xu also successfully upgraded, and he got another five free attribute points.

Without hesitation, Zhang Xu allocated the five free attribute points to the position attribute points.

"Ding dong, congratulations to the host! The position attribute point has successfully reached the highest value of 99 points, automatically locked, and unlocked passive skills: Accurate: The accuracy of the host's running position increased by 20.00%, and the accuracy of the defensive position increased by 20.00%."

It's another passive skill, and it's still a very useful passive skill, earned it!
Now Zhang Xu's property panel becomes like this:

Name: Zhang Xu

Rating: 67
Team: Arsenal
Experience points: 89400/168000 (allocated attribute points: 0)

Height/weight: 183.0cm/84.0KG
Worth: 7200 million euros

National team appearances: 7
National team goals: 15
Olympic team appearances: 0
Number of goals scored by the Olympic team: 0
Left/right foot: 8/9
Current ability/potential ability: 97/99 (minimum 30 for professional players, maximum 99)
Current physical fatigue/status: 16/98 (up to 99)
Technical attributes (up to 99 for a single attribute):
Crossing: 69 Dribbling: 78 Shots: 83 Heading: 99 (locked)
Long Shots: 85 Marking: 99 (Locked) Passes: 99 (Locked) Steals: 99 (Locked)
Stops: 89 Skills: 84 Penalties: 63 Corners: 64
Set pieces: 64 Throw-ins: 43
Spiritual attributes:
Aggression: 51 Anticipation: 99 (locked) Bravery: 93 Composure: 86
Concentration: 82 Vision: 99 (locked) Decision: 76 Determination: 99 (locked)
Imagination: 86 Impact: 93 Off-ball movement: 99 (locked)
Positional Sense: 99 (Locked) Teamwork: 99 (Locked) Work Engagement: 99 (Locked)
Physical properties:
Explosive power: 93 Flexibility: 86 Balance: 84 Bounce: 93
Constitution: 97 Speed: 99 (locked) Stamina: 99 (locked) Strength: 99 (locked)
Hidden properties:
Injury Propensity: 2 Stability: 95 Dirty: 2
Big games played: 96 Position diversity: 91
Player Personality:
Adaptability: 94 Ambition: 99 (locked) Loyalty: 97
Stress resistance: 98 Professionalism: 96
Sportsmanship: 95 Emotional Control: 96
Active Skills: Wholeheartedly, Quickly, God's Perspective, Follow Anywhere, Turn Upside Down

Passive Skills: Ambitious, Undead, Strong as a Bull, Passing Master, Tactician, Omnipresent, Airmaster, Insight, Rock Solid, Accurate

Ultimate Secret: Mastering the Rhythm (Advanced)

Teams of interest: Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Byron Munich, Arsenal, AC Milan, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Juventus

Current team offers: None
Assists: 15 (3 in Emirates Cup, 4 in Champions League)
Goals: 10 (1 in Emirates Cup, 4 in Champions League)
Current team league points: 18
Now Zhang Xu's worth has risen to 7200 million euros, which is among the top in world football.

2013年10月26日十二点45分，2013/14赛季英格兰足球超级联赛第9轮一场焦点战在塞尔赫斯特公园球场展开争夺，阿森纳客场挑战水晶宫队。

Crystal Palace Football Club (Crystal Palace Football Club) is a professional football team located in London (South), England. It was founded in 1905 and its home stadium is Selhurst Park Stadium. It is now playing in the English Premier League.

In the 2009/10 season, Crystal Palace, which was playing in the British Championship at that time, was taken over due to financial problems and was deducted [-] points. In the end, they ranked fourth from the bottom and only kept their seats in the British Championship.

However, in the 2012/13 season, Crystal Palace won No.5 in the British Championship and could participate in the promotion play-offs, and finally won to be promoted to the Premier League.

For the first 40 years of the club's existence, Crystal Palace did not have their own crest.Until the end of the 1940s, the original team crest began to use the image of a building in Hyde Park.But after that, the image of the eagle was added to the team crest, and Crystal Palace's nickname became "The Eagles".

The game was played at Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace.Selhurst Park is located in south London and can accommodate 26247 spectators. It was opened by the Mayor of London on August 1924, 8. At that time, there was only one stand (the current main stand). In the first game, Crystal Palace lost 30-0 to Sheffield Wednesday.

In 1953, floodlight facilities were added (some of which are still covered by the main stand), but nine years later they were replaced by lighthouses at the four corners of the stadium.Selhurst Park did not make major improvements until Crystal Palace was promoted to Group A for the first time in 1969. The Arthur Wait Stand was added and the main stand was changed to seats.

In 1983, Crystal Palace sold the back of the Whitehorse Lane stand and car park to Sainsbury's for £200 million to ease financial difficulties.

In 1986, Charlton Athletic moved into and shared Selhurst Park with Crystal Palace as the home stadium, which was the first league team in England to share the stadium agreement.

Wimbledon became a new tenant in 1991 when Charlton Athletic returned to the Valley Stadium.The Holmesdale stand was demolished in 1994, a new two-story 8500-seat stand was completed a year later, and the roof of the main stand was replaced due to water leakage.

In 2002 Wimbledon was allowed to move out of London, officially moved out in 2003 and changed its name to Milton Keynes.In 2008, Selhurst Park was jointly owned by HBOS and former Tottenham Hotspur Vice Chairman Paul Kingsley's Rockgroup (Rockgroup), and was leased to Crystal Palace on a 25-year contract at an annual rent of 120 million pounds.

However, the former was acquired by Lloyds Banking Group in January 2009, and the latter underwent debt restructuring in June. PWC, acting as the asset manager, will sell the stadium for cash when the market price is right.

这是双方自2005年以来首度相遇。阿森纳近7次对阵水晶宫取得4胜3平，水晶宫上次客胜阿森纳还是1994年。双方历史交锋33场，阿森纳20胜10平3负占据上风。弗拉米尼伤愈复出，卡索拉也轮换回到首发。前阿森纳中锋沙马赫代表水晶宫首发出场。

依然还是大家熟悉的3-2-3-2双后腰阵型：守门员是1号-斯泽斯尼；后卫是3号-萨尼亚，4号-默特萨克，6号-科斯切尔尼；后腰是18号张旭和8号-阿尔特塔，中场是1号-拉姆齐，11号-厄齐尔和19号-卡索拉；前锋是12号-吉鲁和14号-沃尔科特。

Vermaelen, Wilshere and Bendtner were all placed on the bench.

At the beginning of the game, Zhang Xu did not release water because the Crystal Palace was once the place where Fan insisted on staying. Instead, he directly launched a fierce attack.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Sagna made a cross from the right, and Giroud's header from 12 yards was slightly higher.

In the 8th minute of the game, Zhang Xu shot slightly over the crossbar.

In the 14th minute of the game, the Crystal Palace team finally had a good attack.Former Arsenal youth training winger Thomas made a cross from the left, and Banan's header went over the goal from 12 yards.

In the 18th minute of the game, Zhang Xu passed the ball, and Walcott's shot from the edge of the penalty area also entered the arms of the Crystal Palace goalkeeper.

In the previous 10 minutes, the number of attacks by Arsenal was significantly higher than that of Crystal Palace.Thunderstorms are quite frequent, but what about the effect?But it's not so good. Everyone in Arsenal, including Zhang Xu, doesn't seem to be wearing shooting boots, and they can't get in no matter how they shoot.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu flew the header, Walcott's shot from the penalty area was blocked, Ozil's arc shot from the edge of the penalty area missed the left post, and Cazorla missed the chance to head the ball.

In the 35th minute of the game, Ramsey passed the ball, and Cazorla passed the sliding goal from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area.

In the 41st minute of the game, Özil made a cross from the left, but Giroud missed the chance to head the ball and the ball missed the far corner post.

In the 44th minute of the game, Ozil made another pass from the left. Giroud volleyed the ball after stopping the ball and the rebound was confiscated by Crystal Palace goalkeeper Speroni.

The first half of the game is over.Changing sides to fight again in the second half, Zhang Xu really didn't believe this evil, he still led his teammates to launch a fierce offensive against the goal of Crystal Palace.

His efforts were not in vain, and soon, he was rewarded.

In the 47th minute of the game, Zhang Xu dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Facing the three Crystal Palace defenders, he made a fake shot and kicked the football to Walcott's feet.
One to zero!Arsenal lead by one goal!Still the team to keep scoring every game this season.

After leading the score, seeing that the team finally broke the vicious cycle of not scoring, Arsenal's overall morale suddenly rose, while Crystal Palace was a little low. However, this is the home court of the Crystal Palace team after all. No matter what, they don't want to lose at their own doorstep.Therefore, Crystal Palace played relatively aggressively, and the number of offenses also increased.

In the 50th minute of the game, Crystal Palace defender Delaney deflected on Giroud's leg after a clearance, and the ball missed the right post.

Arsenal almost expanded the score in the 54th minute of the game. Sagna made a cross from the right, and the unguarded Giroud missed the goal with a header from close range.

Just when everyone in Arsenal thought there would be no suspense in the game, an accident happened.

In the 65th minute of the game, Arteta received a direct red card for a tactical foul on Crystal Palace's Chamakh, who was breaking through with the ball in the backcourt.The last time an Arsenal player scored a goal and received a red card in a single league game was Ian Wright in 1996.

Zhang Xu was incomprehensible to Arteta's foul. He was standing beside him at the time, and there was no need to use foul tactics to block the opponent's attack.

Zhang Xu believes that no matter whether the opponent breaks through Arteta or not, he has enough confidence to stop the opponent.

Well, maybe this is called thinking!
Zhang Xu can only comfort himself in this way, then adjust the formation, and stand in position before the head coach Wenger makes adjustments.

Soon, Wenger made adjustments, and Wilshere replaced Giroud.Then Monreal also replaced Cazorla and cooperated with Zhang Xu to play the midfielder.

Seeing that Arsenal was sent off, the entire Crystal Palace team seemed to see the hope of tying the score or even overtaking it, and immediately launched a fierce offensive.

In the 74th minute of the game, Crystal Palace's Dick Gakoy passed the ball. Ward's shot from the front of the penalty area was blocked by Zhang Xu and hit the crossbar.Then Zhang Xu cleared the corner kick, and Jedinak volleyed in front of the penalty area and was easily saved by Szesny.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Walcott passed the ball, and Monreal's shot from the left side of the small penalty area was blocked.

In the 86th minute of the game, Monreal made a cross and Ozil volleyed.

Arsenal expanded the score in the 87th minute of the game. Ramsey made a strong pass from the left side of the penalty area, and Walcott headed the ball from the edge of the penalty area!
But he was thrown out by the opponent's goalkeeper. Zhang Xu just received the thrown football and shot directly!Soccer hits the net!

Two to zero!Arsenal secured the victory and continued to lead the league!

Crystal Palace, who had just fired their coach, unfortunately suffered a 6-game losing streak.

(End of this chapter)