legendary midfielder

Chapter 318 Red Devil Red Devil
Eighteen consecutive victories, which has surpassed Inter Milan's record of seventeen consecutive victories, and is one step closer to Real Madrid's record of twenty consecutive victories.

And now one of the most severe tests is coming, and that is an away game against the Red Devils, the overlord of the Premier League-Manchester United!

Manchester United Football Club is located in Manchester City, Manchester County, Northwest England, England. In 1878, the team was reorganized and renamed Manchester United. It is now the English Premier League club.

Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football, and also one of the most influential and successful teams in Europe and the world. It has won 20 English top league titles, 11 English FA Cup titles, and 4 English League Cup titles (the highest record except for the English League Cup).

In the European arena, Manchester United has won 3 UEFA Champions League titles, 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and 1 UEFA Super Cup.

The match will take place at Old Trafford, Manchester United's home stadium.

Old Trafford (Old Trafford) is an all-seater football stadium located in the inner west of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of the English football club Manchester United.

It can accommodate up to 76212 spectators and enjoys the reputation of "Dream Theater". It is one of the three UEFA five-star football stadiums in England. It is the second largest football stadium in England after Wembley Stadium.Therefore, it can host the finals of the UEFA Champions League and the European Football Championship.

Manchester United has used this stadium as their home stadium since 1910. During World War II in 1941, the stadium was partially damaged by German air raids, and it took eight years (1941-1949) to repair it. It has been used as Manchester United's home stadium since then.

In 1939, the stadium created the highest number of spectators, a FA Cup semi-final between Gansby and Wolverhampton Rovers, with a total of 76 spectators entering the stadium to watch the game. Expansion works were carried out in the 962s and 1990s.

The north, east, and west stands have all been expanded to the second floor, and the south stand is planned to be expanded in the future. The total capacity is expected to increase to 90 people.The Old Trafford Stadium began a large-scale expansion in the northeast and northwest of the stadium in 000, and it was officially used in the 2006/2006 season. The number of seats increased from 07 to 68.

It is currently the football stadium with the second largest number of seats in England, after the new Wembley Stadium with 90 seats. In November 000, the number of seats for Portsmouth Football Club reached 2006, creating the highest attendance record since the stadium was expanded.

At the same time, Old Trafford has also hosted various important competitions such as the European Championship, the UEFA Champions League final, and the Olympic football match.

为了拿下这场比赛，温格派出了他心目中最强的阵容：依然还是3-2-3-2的双后腰阵型：守门员是1号-斯泽斯尼；后卫是3号-萨尼亚，5号-费尔马伦，6号-科斯切尔尼；后腰是18号张旭和8号-阿尔特塔，中场是16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。

Wilshere, Gibbs, Rosicky and Bendtner were all placed on the bench.

The only change in this lineup is the return of the defensive core Vermaelen from injury, which is indeed good news for Arsenal.

At four o'clock in the afternoon on November 2013, 11, Zhang Xu accompanied the team bus to Old Trafford, Manchester United's home stadium.

As soon as he got off the bus, he was surrounded by a group of reporters. If it wasn't for the stadium staff to stop him, he probably would have rushed straight up. Zhang Xu and the others would have eaten them alive.

"Hello, Zhang, I'm XXX, a reporter from Sky Sports. Now Arsenal have won [-] consecutive victories, and now you will challenge the Red Devils Manchester United here. Do you and your team have the confidence to beat the opponent?"

"Of course I have confidence! We came here to take three points!" Zhang Xu was not polite, and directly expressed his thoughts.

"Oh? May I ask why you are so confident?" The reporter asked.

"The reason is very simple, that is, our Arsenal ranks first in the league, and where does Manchester United rank?" Zhang Xu asked rhetorically.

Manchester United's ranking this season is naturally appalling. After Ferguson left, Moyes' leadership performance can only be described as dismal, which is nothing like Arsenal.

"Hello, Zhang, I'm XXX, a reporter from The Sun. Your Arsenal team is about to set a record. Are you excited? Are you stressed?"

"It's a bit exciting! After all, it's a rare honor to be able to create a record, but there's really no pressure! Because I think this is just an ordinary league. It's just that history or others have given him too many different colors. When I look at this game, my teammates and I will erase this layer of color. We will only play this game well with a normal mentality and state!" Zhang Xu said with a smile.

"Hello, Zhang, I'm XXX, a reporter from the "Mirror". Manchester United will arrange Rooney and Van Persie as two heavyweight forwards today. Do you think you can defend against the bombardment of the two of them?"

"I'm sorry, I can only tell them two through you, please don't think about attacking from my side, because so far, no player has successfully broken through in front of me! Messi and Ronaldo are no exception! I say this, I guess Messi and Ronaldo will jump up to argue with me again, haha!" Zhang Xu changed his previous modest statement and directly provoked the flames of war.

In fact, Zhang Xu has a reason for doing this. He wants to take this opportunity to stimulate Rooney and Van Persie. If they are not convinced and really attack from his side, then he will do as he wishes.

Among other things, Zhang Xu still has absolute confidence in his defensive ability.Why?Because of that series of defensive attributes with the highest value of 99 points!With such attributes, I believe it is impossible to find another person in this world.

What's more, he still has so many perverted skills!
At this time, Zhang Xu wished that everyone in Manchester United would attack from him. In that case, at least half of the game would be won.

But this sentence caused the reporters to exclaim, Zhang Xu is challenging Rooney and Van Persie!Big news!So the reporters were excited!

"Zhang, you mean that no one can break through in front of you, right? No one can, right?" the reporters asked excitedly.

"Not bad!" Zhang Xu confirmed with burning words.

"Wow! It's unbelievable! Zhang, do you know? You are challenging all forwards!" A reporter kindly reminded him.

"Haha, so what? If anyone has the confidence to beat me, then come on! My teammates and I have never been afraid of any challenge!" Zhang Xu shouted a little arrogantly.

"Sir, isn't it inappropriate for him to say that?" Powell frowned, looked at Zhang Xu suspiciously, and asked Wenger.

"Haha, old man, don't be fooled by him! This kid is a ghost, he probably wants to cheat Van Persie and Rooney!" Wenger smiled and guessed.

"Hit Van Persie and Rooney?" Powell froze for a moment, lowering his head in thought.

When changing jerseys in the visiting team's locker room, Walcott patted Zhang Xu on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Zhang, what you said just now was really domineering, haha, I think Van Persie is about to jump!"

"Haha, absolutely. He has always been a proud and arrogant guy. If we are teased by our captain, just wait and see for a while! He will definitely launch a fierce offensive towards Zhang." Ramsey laughed loudly.

After Zhang Xu changed his jersey, shoes and other equipment, he stood up and smiled: "How about we play a game?"

"Game? What game? I like games the most!" Ozil hurriedly came over and asked when he heard that there was a game.

"As long as Van Persie or Rooney successfully break through from my side, one time is enough. Even if I lose, please everyone have a luxurious Chinese meal! If you fail once, hey, you lose, how about treating me to a luxurious Chinese meal? Of course, if someone chooses to side with me, that's okay too."

"Really?" Ozil hadn't spoken yet, but Wilshere became interested.

In Wilshere's view, Zhang Xu's defensive ability is really good, but he still knows Van Persie and Rooney very well, especially Van Persie, whose attack power is still very strong.

Wilshere really didn't believe it if he couldn't break through even once, so he said, "If that's the case, then I bet you lose!"

"I bet you lose too!" Vermaelen also voted for Wilshere.

"Hey, captain, are you okay? Forget it, isn't it just a Chinese meal? I bet you lose too!" Ramsey hesitated for a while, and finally fell on Van Persie's side.

Soon, other Arsenal players laughed and took over the game, beating Van Persie and Rooney to win.

"Ozil, what about you?" Zhang Xu turned his head, and now Ozil was not on the sidelines, so Zhang Xu asked curiously.

"Hey," Ozil leaned close to Zhang Xu's ear and whispered, "Captain, don't lie to me. I have full confidence in your defensive ability!"

After finishing speaking, he said loudly: "Brothers, I'm sorry, I decided to side with our great captain Zhang, haha!"

"Haha, Ozil, do you really believe that the captain can successfully stop all the attacks facing him?" Wilshere asked in surprise.

"Haha, of course!" Ozil laughed.

In his opinion, he is sure to win!
(End of this chapter)