legendary midfielder

Chapter 329 Advance to the Semifinals

A lot of harvest!
A symphony concert not only solved the problem of the team's mentality, but also allowed Zhang Xu to successfully break through the ultimate profound meaning "controlling the rhythm" skill, reaching the highest level of the perfect level!
This made both Wenger and Zhang Xu feel a little surprised.

Seeing that the team had completely returned to normal, Wenger made a decisive decision. After the team bus returned to the club, he directly announced a one-and-a-half-day holiday.

"Wow! Haha! Thank you, boss!" Ramsay and his teammates immediately cheered, grabbed the bus, and ran to their respective cars, preparing to enjoy this rare day and a half of rest time.

"Zhang, stay here!" Wenger stopped Zhang Xu when he was about to drive home.

"What's the matter? Sir." Zhang Xu asked suspiciously.

"Can you share with me what you learned at the concert?" Wenger asked directly.

"Uh uh, well," Zhang Xu didn't know how to express the level of the ultimate esoteric "controlling rhythm" skill in the system, so he had to explain roughly: "I just think that there is one thing that is very important in a game, and that is rhythm! And this is precisely the most important thing in music. If we control the rhythm, we control the music just like the band conductor. Of course, music is not used to control, but at that time, music can be controlled. Only music that controls the rhythm can appear so beautiful! rhythm, then our team will be invincible!"

"You actually comprehended such a profound thing from the concert?" Wenger was completely stunned by the amount of information in Zhang Xu's words. He never thought that Zhang Xu had reached such a point now!
Control the tempo!This is a particularly difficult but very important thing for countless midfield organizers.It can be said that as long as you control the rhythm of the game, you are in control of the direction of the game!The outcome is under control!
But now, Zhang Xu actually told him that he had realized the mystery of controlling the rhythm, Wenger couldn't help being surprised and delighted.

"Zhang, I really think you are a rare talent! You will become the most dazzling football superstar on this planet! I have the confidence!" Wenger praised sincerely.

"Haha, thank you, sir! However, I think I need to work harder!" Zhang Xu smiled and said modestly.

"Very good! Zhang, I hope you can keep this mentality, then you will reach the pinnacle of world football in the shortest time!" Wenger patted Zhang Xu on the shoulder and encouraged him.

"I will!" Zhang Xu nodded and said.

At 2013:12 pm on December 17, 45, the focus of the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, Arsenal's away game against Sunderland kicked off at Sunderland's home stadium, the Stadium of Light.

The League Cup has never been taken seriously by Wenger, but because of Zhang Xu's insistence, Wenger also paid enough attention to this game, so Wenger sent most of the main lineup for this game.

阿森纳出场阵容依然还是大家熟悉的3-2-3-2：守门员1-斯泽斯尼；后卫3号-萨尼亚，6号-科斯切尔尼，4号-默德萨克；后腰18号张旭和17号-蒙雷亚尔；中场是16号-拉姆齐，11号-厄齐尔，10号-威尔谢尔；前锋14号-沃尔科特和12号-吉鲁。

From the very beginning of the game, Zhang Xu appeared to be extremely active, advancing frequently, actively organizing, and defending tightly. Soon, he used his powerful Perfect Level Ultimate Profound Technique "Control the Rhythm" skill to firmly control the rhythm of the game in his own hands.

In the 7th minute of the game, Zhang Xu's pre-judged steal near the center line directly destroyed a pass from the opponent.

The football came to Ozil's feet. After Ozil took the ball, he quickly turned around and advanced.Soon, he came to a distance less than ten meters away from the restricted area.

Sunderland's midfielder and defender stepped up in time and blocked Ozil. Ozil did not continue to break through, but hooked his left foot and sent the football to the feet of Zhang Xu who was responding in the middle.

Zhang Xu saw that there was nothing in front of him, and he didn't take the ball. He just shot angrily at the football!

The distance of this shot is more than forty yards!But Zhang Xu's strength is really terrifying, the football was almost kicked by him!
A clear "bang" sound sounded in the Stadium of Light, and then the football flew directly to the upper right corner of the football to a fired shell!
Sunderland's goalkeeper was obviously unprepared. He never expected Zhang Xu to start shooting from such a long distance!So when he saw the football fly, he was still standing two meters away from the goal without moving.

It wasn't until he heard a loud "bang" that he realized that the football had rushed towards him. He quickly moved a step to the right, then quickly jumped up, and rushed towards the flying football.

However, his speed was still a step slower, and the football went directly over his outstretched hands and quickly fell towards the goal.

After a "swish", the football hit the net!

The ball went in!One to zero!Zhang Xu's super long-range shot immediately opened the gate of Sunderland, and also opened the gate of Arsenal's victory!
After leading by one goal, Zhang Xu played more smoothly. Now he has completely controlled the rhythm of the game in his own hands.

In this case, Sunderland was completely reduced to a passive target.

In the 18th minute of the game, it was Zhang Xu again. After stealing the ball in the backcourt, he made a long pass and accurately sent the football to Giroud in front.

Giroud took the ball forward and broke into the penalty area. Then he leaned on the opponent's defender and shot down!

The football hit the outstretched foot of the opponent's defender and was easily won by the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the 207th minute of the game, it was still Zhang Xu. After he played with Wilshere twice in the frontcourt, he pushed with his right foot and pushed the football to Ramsey on the right.

Ramsey made a cross directly, and Walcott succeeded in grabbing a point in the middle, and shot with his toe!

It's just that the angle of his kick was too straight, and he stabbed the football directly into the arms of the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the 403rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu's hard work finally paid off.

After stealing the ball in the backcourt, he gave the football to Ozil, and Ozil gave it to Wilshere in the middle.

Wilshere immediately ran forward with the football. After encountering the opponent's marking, he pushed with his right foot and pushed the football to Ramsey.

Ramsey didn't stop the ball either, and directly passed the ball diagonally, sending the football to Walcott in front.

After Walcott dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area, he suddenly kicked back!
Giroud shoots directly in the middle!

Soccer hits the net!

Two to zero!
After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Zhang Xu played more and more fiercely. Sunderland saw that there was no hope of equalizing the score, so they simply played turtle tactics.

Breaking the tortoise tactics has always been a difficult problem in world football, so Zhang Xu has no good solution. He can only frequently use the opportunities of set kicks and long-range shots to see if he can break the tortoise shell of Sunderland.

Zhang Xu's efforts were effective. In the 703rd minute of the game, Ozil's free kick was directly sent to Zhang Xu's head.

Zhang Xu headed the ball and gave it to Walcott, who was in the back. Walcott, who was unmarked, scored an empty goal!
Three to zero!Arsenal seal the victory!

At the same time, they successfully entered the semi-finals of the League Cup!Will compete with Manchester United for the place in the final!

(End of this chapter)