legendary midfielder

Chapter 347 Achieving Legend
When Zhang Xu, as the captain, lifted the European Champions Cup trophy in the stands, the whole Old Trafford stadium was completely boiling!

At this moment, it belongs to all Arsenal fans!It also belongs to all Arsenal people, it belongs to Wenger and all Arsenal players, and it belongs to Zhang Xu, who has repeatedly created miracles and legends!
Unprecedented quadruple crown!

Zhang Xu led Arsenal to create an unprecedented record!Four championship trophies in one season, especially the heavyweight league championship and European Champions Cup championship, are enough to make the world football crazy!
After winning the quadruple title, Zhang Xu also surpassed Messi and Ronaldo and became the most expensive player on the planet!

Now Zhang Xu is worth an astonishing 8000 million pounds!

At 2014 o'clock in the evening on August 8, 28, the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw Ceremony and the 2013-14 UEFA Player of the Season Award Ceremony were held at the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monaco.In the much-anticipated UEFA Player of the Season (UEFA Ballon d'Or) selection, Zhang Xu overwhelmed Ronaldo, Neuer, and Robben to win the title in one fell swoop!

The lottery & awards ceremony was held at 8:28 pm local time on August 54th. After the results of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw for the new season were released, media representatives from 2013 UEFA member states voted on the spot to produce the winner of the 14-5 UEFA Ballon d'Or.Each voter has votes worth 3 points, 1 points, and 2013 point, and the one with the highest accumulated points will win the UEFA Ballon d'Or.Zhang Xu, Neuer, Ronaldo and Arjen Robben attended the awards ceremony in full dress. UEFA President Michel Platini personally announced the result. Zhang Xu unexpectedly defeated Ronaldo and others and became the winner of UEFA Ballon d'Or in the 14-[-] season!
In July, UEFA announced the 7-person shortlist for the 2013-14 UEFA Ballon d'Or. Zhang Xu, Ronaldo, Messi, Diego Costa, Di Maria, Muller, Neuer, Ronaldo, Suarez, and Robben were shortlisted.After the first round of voting, Arsenal's Zhang Xu, Real Madrid's Ronaldo, Bayern's Arjen Robben and Neuer were shortlisted for the top three. Thomas Muller scored 10 points and missed the top three, tied for fifth with Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez, Di Maria, and Diego Costa ranked 10-39.

Due to the merger of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA Player of the Year, in the 2010-11 season, UEFA decided to set up the "UEFA Ballon d'Or" award. Cristiano Ronaldo was shortlisted in the top three for 4 consecutive years. In the 2013-14 season, if Zhang Xu hadn't led Arsenal to win the European Champions Cup, then it is very likely that Cristiano Ronaldo will be the best player of the UEFA season this time.

In the 2010-11 season, Messi won the championship with 39 votes, Harvey ranked second with 11 votes, and Ronaldo had only a poor 2 votes; the competition in the 3-2011 season was extremely fierce, Iniesta won the championship with 12 votes, Messi and Ronaldo were tied with 19 votes. In the 17-2012 season, Ribery deserved 13 votes, Messi 36 votes, and Ronaldo 14 votes.

In fact, Zhang Xu deserved the UEFA Ballon d'Or in the 2013-14 season. In the Premier League last season, Zhang Xu did not miss a game. With his undefeated record and terrifying assists and goals, he won the Premier League assists leader and won the European Golden Boot without any suspense.

In the Champions League, Zhang Xu scored an astonishing 11 goals and assisted 1 times in [-] games!
It can be said that in this season's European Champions Cup, it was almost Zhang Xu who led the team all the way through all the obstacles, which led Arsenal to the final and won Arsenal's first European Champions Cup in one fell swoop!
Throughout the season, Zhang Xu's record is very dazzling, not to mention the number of assists topping the list, and the number of goals scored is also among the best in the Premier League!
In terms of team honors, Zhang Xu added four titles including Champions League, League, League Cup and FA Cup.

In contrast, Ronaldo and Neuer are part of the overall success of Germany and Bayern. In individual awards, goalkeepers have inherent disadvantages; Robben scored 2013 goals in 14 games on behalf of Bayern in the 45-21 season, and also scored 3 goals in the World Cup.

2015年1月12日晚上七点45分，2014国际足联年度颁奖典礼在瑞士苏黎世举行。已经退役的法国球星亨利颁发了世界足球先生的大奖。

In the end, Zhang Xu from China successfully won this honor, which is also his first time to win the Golden Globe.The performance of Ronaldo, who was also highly regarded for the award before, was not satisfactory, and he finally ranked second with a very small advantage.Messi, who is not optimistic, beat Neuer by a slight advantage of 0.04% and ranked third.

When Zhang Xu received the trophy, he said that he would continue to play hard and become the best football player in the world!

Zhang Xu's personal performance in 2014 was crazy. Zhang Xu played every game of Arsenal in 2014 and won the reputation of the Premier League assist leader.

In addition, Zhang Xu's performance in terms of team honor is even better. In 2014, he helped Arsenal win the Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup and European Champions Cup!As the team's number one star, Zhang Xu performed well and had the upper hand in direct conversations with Ronaldo's Real Madrid, Messi's Barcelona and Neuer's Bayern.

According to the distribution of votes, Zhang Xu got 37.66%, Ronaldo 15.76%, Messi and Neuer 15.72%.Zhang Xu's vote rate alone exceeded the sum of Ronaldo, Messi and Neuer. Compared with the 41 Golden Globe Award, which was called "the most intense Golden Globe Award in 2013 years", there is no suspense about the ownership of the 2014 Golden Globe Award.You must know that Ronaldo won 2013% of the votes in the 27.99 Ballon d'Or, Messi 24.72%, and Ribery 23.36%. The three votes were extremely similar.But now, Zhang Xu has an absolute advantage.

After winning the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Zhang Xu is the first time an Asian player has won the Golden Globe!
Zhang Xu thanked his family, teammates and head coach after winning the award, and then he said he would continue to work hard, "2014 was a memorable year for me, and now winning the Ballon d'Or is a special moment. I am very happy, and I am very touched by winning the Ballon d'Or. I have been working hard to win more championship trophies, but I did not expect to win this Golden Globe again while pursuing victory. Maybe I will match Ronaldo and Messi one day, but I will not think too much. I will sleep well tonight. I I want to be the best player in the history of football, I am on the right path and I believe that one day I will achieve this."

In addition to the Ballon d'Or, this grand ceremony also announced the 2014 annual FIFA awards, the specific awards are as follows:
The best 11-man team of the year: Neuer/Ram, Sergio Ramos, Vermaelen, David Luiz/Zhang Xu, Wilshere, Kroos/C Ronaldo, Robben, Messi.

This is the first time Zhang Xu has won the Golden Globe, but everyone knows that this will definitely not be his last Golden Globe.

At 2014:8 pm on August 10, 2014, the 15/3 Community Shield match was played at Wembley Stadium. Arsenal beat Manchester City 0-[-].

Arsenal won the Community Shield for the 13th time.

曼城近4个赛季第3次参加社区盾，此前10次杀入决赛4次夺冠。第20次跻身社区盾的阿森纳9年来首次参加该项赛事，此前曾12次夺冠。这是双方自1932年以来首次在中立场比赛，阿森纳1934年曾在海布里球场4比0击败曼城夺得慈善盾(社区盾赛事前身)。曼城近2个赛季4战阿森纳取得2胜2平。双方历史交锋184场，阿森纳93胜42平49负占据上风。

Arsenal's new aid Debusch, Chambers and Sanchez started the game.Many of Manchester City's main players were absent, and new aid Caballero and Fernando started.

After the opening, the two sides fought fiercely.

In the 14th minute of the game, Navas passed the ball from the right, and Nasri shot from 12 yards was blocked by Debussy with his right shoulder.

In the 18th minute of the game, Clichy's backcourt pass was intercepted, but Gibbs' shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Clichy.

Arsenal took the lead in the 21st minute, Sanogo passed the ball, Zhang Xu shot an earth-shattering long shot from outside the penalty area, and the football flew directly into the upper right corner of the goal!The score was rewritten to 1-0.

In the 25th minute of the game, Cazorla made a direct pass, and Sanogo shot low from the left and went wide of the far corner.In the 29th minute, Cazorla's shot was blocked by Clichy, and then Sanogo's header in the corner kick melee was confiscated by Caballero.

In the 38th minute of the game, Kolarov made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, but the unguarded Nasri missed the ball from the edge of the penalty area.

Arsenal expanded the score in the 42nd minute, Zhang Xu made a counterattack with a straight pass, Sanogo leaned on Boyata and knocked across, Ramsey shot obliquely from 10 yards into the net, 2-0.

In the 45th minute, Sanchez, who succeeded in anti-offside, almost got a one-handed chance, and Caballero made a timely clearance.

In the second half, Monreal, Giroud and Chamberlain replaced Koscielny, Sanogo and Sanchez respectively.Manchester City also replaced Nasri with Silva.Fernando is booked for a foul on Wilshere.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Navas made a pass from the right. Jovetic hit the goal with a header from the edge of the small penalty area and hit the left post. He then shot higher from a small angle on the left side of the small penalty area.In the 56th minute, Jovetic shot from 15 yards was saved by Szesny.Dzeko and Yaya Toure were replaced by Milner and Zucurini respectively.

Arsenal sealed the victory in the 62nd minute, Zhang Xu passed the ball, and Giroud volleyed past Caballero into the net from 25 yards, 3-0.

In the 65th minute of the game, Clichy made a cross from the right, and Jovetic hit the goal with a barb shot from 12 yards.Manchester City's counterattack lacked threat, Fernando and Milner's shots were blocked one after another.The two sides made substitutions and adjustments one after another, and the rhythm of the game was frequently interrupted.In the 89th minute, Boyata took a corner kick from the edge of the small penalty area and then missed the right post with a header.

In the end, Arsenal won the Community Shield trophy for the 13th time.

In Zhang Xu's room of honor, another championship trophy was added.

2015年5月17日下午四点整，2014/15赛季英格兰足球超级联赛第37轮一场焦点战在老特拉福德球场展开争夺，阿森纳客场二比零战胜了曼联，再一次提前夺得了英超联赛的冠军。

曼联近4个赛季7次联赛对阵阿森纳取得5胜2平，近7个联赛主场对阵阿森纳取得6胜1平，阿森纳上次联赛客胜曼联还是2006年。双方英超历史交锋45场，曼联21胜13平11负占据上风，其中主场14胜5平3负。

这是双方第221场交锋，此前曼联93胜48平79负占据上风。法尔考替换受伤的鲁尼首发，此前2次主场对阵旧主均有进球的范佩西坐上替补席。阿森纳自1994年以来首次连续6轮联赛排出相同的首发阵容。

Manchester United actively put pressure on after the opening. Ashley Young cut in and shot a curve ball wide. Falcao's shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was also blocked by Koscielny. Smalling's corner kick melee mid-range shot was also blocked by Bellerin.Mata's free kick from the edge of the penalty area was confiscated by Ospina.Phil Jones made a mistake and slipped and almost gave Giroud a chance, but the Manchester United defender leaned over in time to make a header and the ball bounced off Giroud's leg.Phil Jones gave up the ball and then suddenly passed back. Fortunately, De Gea, who struck out in time, stretched his legs to make a clearance.

Manchester United almost took the lead in the 30th minute. Ashley Young made a pass from the left edge of the penalty area to a long point. The unguarded Herrera shot from outside the edge of the penalty area for the first time.

It's just that his shot was stopped by Zhang Xu at the door!
Then Fellaini passed the ball, and Herrera shot wide of the far corner in front of the penalty area on the left.In the 45th minute, Mata made a low pass from the left free kick, but Blind shot from the edge of the penalty area but was blocked by Smalling.Arsenal played Manchester United 0:0 in the first half!

Arsenal's first goal of the game came in the 51st minute. Zhang Xu made a direct pass, but Sanchez's shot from the left side of the penalty area went directly into the near corner of the goal.

1: 0!

Falcao was replaced by Van Persie, and the Manchester United fans gave a standing ovation.

Arsenal expanded the score again in the 63rd minute. Ozil made a pass from the left side of the penalty area after receiving a direct pass. Giroud got the ball out of Rojo and pushed from the edge of the small penalty area. De Gea blocked the ball with his legs again!Zhang Xu grabs the first point and shoots again!

This time, football hit the net!

2: 0!

In the 70th minute of the game, Sanchez made a direct pass, and Ramsey picked out De Gea, but Rojo made a clearance in front of the empty goal.

Both sides made adjustments, Walcott and Wilshere came off the bench.Blackett replaced Rojo, De Gea was injured and left, and Valdes made his first appearance for Manchester United.Arsenal almost scored again in the 82nd minute, when Walcott crossed from the right side of the penalty area and hit Blackett's leg, deflected past Valdes but hit the post.

Then Ozil made a cross from the left side of the penalty area, and Giroud hit the side net with a close-range shot.Valencia made a pass from far to far, Fellaini swung back with a header, and Van Persie shot high from 12 yards.

In the end, Arsenal defeated Manchester United and won the Premier League championship in the 2014-2015 season one round ahead of schedule!
At 2015 o'clock in the afternoon on May 5, 31, the FA Cup final began. Arsenal beat West Brom 4-1 and won the FA Cup again.

Walcott scored a hat-trick and Zhang Xu scored a world wave!

Arsene Wenger made three adjustments before the Arsenal game, Walcott, Wilshere and Gabriel entered the starting lineup.

西布朗此前连续5轮不败(3胜2平)，但与阿森纳近7次英超交锋不胜(1平6负)，近5次交锋总共只打进2球，普利斯上任后17轮仅4负，10次零封对手，可作为教练6次英超作客酋长球场全负，他照搬了上轮3比0击败切尔西的阵容。

In the opening 4 minutes, Arsenal made an ideal start. Zhang Xu scored the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Walcott volleyed from a small angle 11 meters in front of the goal to the far corner. It was 1-0. Arsenal ended the 275-minute home scoring drought, and Walcott broke the individual goal shortage since February 2.

In the 14th minute of the game, Özil broke through the middle of the restricted area and was refracted. Walcott pushed into the near corner 9 meters from the goal on the right side, 2-0. He doubled his goals in the Premier League this season (10 goals) in only 4 minutes. The last time he scored twice in the Premier League was against West Ham United on Boxing Day in 2013.

仅过3分钟，阿森纳角球没有被彻底破坏，加布里埃尔禁区内回做，张旭在门前17米处左脚半凌空抽射直窜右上角，3比0！这是史上英格兰比赛中末轮最快的3比0领先(17分钟)，阿森纳上次英格兰比赛如此快的3比0领先，还要追溯到2011年2月5日对阵纽卡斯尔(10分钟)。

Walcott almost completed a hat-trick in the 23rd minute. He received a pass from Sanchez, and the curve ball on the left side of the penalty area was resolved by Mehill. 2 minutes later, Wilshere and Sanchez kicked the wall to cooperate, and the left-footed low shot in the penalty area was too positive and was caught by Maishire.

阿森纳在比赛第37分钟再添1分，张旭左侧低传禁区，沃尔科特右门柱边推过门线，4比0，他近9次比赛首发打进10球，职业生涯第5次上演帽子戏法(英超3次、联赛杯1次，国家队1次)，总进球达到50个。此前一位上半时完成帽子戏法的阿森纳球员是彭南特(2003年5月7日)。张旭近2个赛季英超助攻29球，排名英超首位。

In the second half, West Brom replaced Anishbe and Gardner one after another, and recovered a point in the 57th minute. Brent took a corner kick from the right, Ospina made an attack, and Macaulay headed 5 meters in front of the goal. Bouncing into the lower left corner, 1-4.

Ramsey and Giroud come on for Coquelin and Walcott.In the 75th minute, Brent's shot was saved by Ospina, and Morrison volleyed and missed.Chamberlain replaces Wilshere.In the 81st minute, Ozil passed the ball, and Ramsey volleyed his left foot from the edge of the penalty area and hit the outside of the right post! Two minutes later, he received another wonderful pass from Ozil. He shot a curved ball from the left side of the penalty area, and Maisir flew up and hit the goal frame!
Since then, Arsenal has won the FA Cup this season in one fell swoop!
At 2015 o'clock in the evening on May 5, 22, the final of the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League was held at the San Siro Stadium. Arsenal drew 2-1 with Liverpool. Coutinho took the lead, and Zhang Xu and Giroud scored goals to overtake.

阿森纳上赛季做客安菲尔德战平，这是阿森纳在双方近6次交手中的唯一败绩，而此前6次联赛客战利物浦取得2胜4平。双方英超历史交锋44场，利物浦16胜14平14负占据上风，其中主场11胜6平5负。

双方此前在安菲尔德交战100场，红军55胜。这是双方历史上第217次交锋，此前利物浦83胜56平77负占据上风。利物浦仅用萨科替换洛夫伦出场。阿森纳也仅用钱伯斯替换贝莱林出场。

In the 3rd minute of the game, Gerrard missed a free kick from 25 yards.Liverpool took the initiative with the advantage of the home court. In the 12th minute, Markovic passed the ball and Lallana shot high from the left side of the penalty area.Flamini is booked for a foul.In the 19th minute, Lallana's shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Cazorla.Gerrard takes a corner, Sakho's header goes wide.Arsenal's first shot appeared in the 22nd minute. Sanchez made a cross, but Zhang Xu's header went wide.

Liverpool got the best chance after the opening in the 35th minute. Welbeck made a header and made a mistake. Markovic's shot from the left side of the small penalty area was blocked by Szesny with his legs.

In the 39th minute of the game, Sterling passed the ball and Markovic shot high from the edge of the penalty area.Liverpool broke the deadlock in the 45th minute, Henderson passed the ball, and Coudinho shot low from the edge of the penalty area and hit the inside of the left post into the net.It was his first goal at Anfield since April against Manchester City.

Arsenal equalized after 2 minutes, Sanchez made a free kick from the right, Flamini headed the ferry, Zhang Xu overwhelmed Skrtel with a header from the edge of the penalty area, 1-1.Arsenal have scored in nine consecutive games against Liverpool.

In the second half, Coudinho and Cazorla's outside shots went wide respectively.In the 60th minute, Lucas and Gerrard's shots in front of the penalty area missed one after another.In the 62nd minute, Szesny's attack was missed, Sterling made a pass from the left, and Gerrard leaned over 14 yards to attack the goal with a header, and the ball was slightly higher.

Arsenal overtook the score in the 64th minute, Gibbs passed the ball from the left, Zhang Xu scored the ball immediately, Cazorla made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, and the unguarded Giroud scored in front of the small penalty area, 2-1.

Liverpool stepped up their attack and Sterling's shot from the left side of the penalty area went wide of the near corner.Gerrard's two outside shots were saved by Szesny.In the 75th minute, Henderson passed the ball, and Lucas volleyed with his left foot from the edge of the penalty area and missed the left post.Then Coudinho's shot from the same position was confiscated by Szesny.Rogers successively sent Borini and Lambert to strengthen the attack.Coquelin replaces Giroud.In the 87th minute, Sterling made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, and Bollini's header from the front of the small penalty area was pushed out of the crossbar by Szesni.

In the 88th minute, Gerrard almost slipped in the backcourt and sent a chance. He then passed the ball to Borini, who shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area and was saved by Szesny.9 minutes of stoppage time.In the 90th minute, Borini was dissatisfied with the penalty and angrily smashed the ball to the ground and was given a yellow card.

In the 91st minute, Gerrard passed the ball, and Sterling cut into the left side of the penalty area and shot a near corner and was saved.Liverpool suffered a blow in the 92nd minute when Borini stepped on Cazorla and got his second yellow card and was sent off.

In the end, Arsenal once again won the European Champions Cup!Another achievement of Arsenal's quadruple crown!
With his legendary performance this season, Zhang Xu once again won the Golden Globe!Continuing to win this honor!

And in the following two years, Zhang Xu relied on his miraculous performance in Arsenal to conquer the city again and again for Arsenal, winning one championship trophy after another!

At the same time, he also achieved his reputation as a legendary midfielder!

(End of this chapter)