Football: The Strongest Hexagon Warrior

Martin serves as the captain of Arsenal and is the youngest official captain of the Premier League. He has naturally become the focus of mainstream media reports in Europe.

The person involved, Martin, did not pay attention to external comments. He focused all his attention on the Community Shield match, which started at 8 pm on August 5, British time.

Prior to this, Arsenal had a warm-up match at the Emirates Stadium, against the Norwegian Super League team Viking.

This team was founded in 1899. Its strong period was in the 1972s. It won the Norwegian top league championship for five years in ten years and won the championship for four consecutive years from 1975 to .

The last time they won the Norwegian top league championship was back in 1991.

The most recent championship was the Norwegian Cup in 2001.

Although it has not won a championship for a long time, this team is still competitive in the Norwegian Super League.

Of course, there is no comparison with Arsenal, a champion team in a top league like the Premier League.

Players with a little bit of ability have all joined the Norwegian Premier League giants Rosenborg or Molde, or the Swedish Premier League giant Malmo. Young players with particularly strong talents like Odegaard have joined the top giants Real Madrid early on. .

This warm-up match against Vikings is to allow the team to find confidence before the start of the season and prepare for the subsequent facing of Leicester City, Sevilla and Liverpool.

Although the opponent was not strong, the Emirates Stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 fans, was still full.

Arsenal, who are at home, fielded their strongest lineup.

Goalkeeper Cech, defenders Monreal, Mertesacker, Van Dijk, Bellerin, double midfielders Xhaka and Kante, forwards Welbeck, Martin and Walcott, forward Cavani.

Except for Sanchez, who just returned to the team two days ago, he did not start the game. It can be said that he sent the strongest main force.

Leicester City head coach Ranieri is also paying attention to this warm-up match. In his opinion, Arsenal will most likely try the strongest lineup before the Community Shield match.

as predicted!

However, it will be very difficult to defeat Arsenal at the new Wembley Stadium.

In particular, Kanter, the midfielder the team relied on most last season, also transferred to Arsenal.

Of course, winning is not impossible.

Luck and Arsenal's poor form will help his Leicester City win the first Community Shield in the history of the Premier League.

In 1971, he won the Charity Shield, the predecessor of the Community Shield.

Sevilla coach Sampaoli is also paying attention to Arsenal's home warm-up match against Vikings.

"aoaoaooaoooo——"

The fanatical atmosphere spread throughout the stadium from the first second of the game.

Arsenal, which has absolute strength, quickly showed its superior strength.

In the 4th minute of the game, Martin headed Monreal's cross from the left into the goal in the penalty area.

1:0

Three minutes later, Martin, who moved forward, received Xhaka's through ball at the front of the penalty area and stopped it. Just when everyone thought he was going to shoot, he unexpectedly faked a shot and passed the ball.

Cavani, who was moving like a ghost, used his strong body to block his position and succeeded in a low shot from the right rib of the penalty area, scoring his first goal in the Gunners career.

The visiting team Vikings conceded two goals in less than ten minutes after the game started. When the game restarted, they consciously tightened their defense and compressed Arsenal's offensive space.

This tactical adjustment did play a certain role, but Martin brought out the secret skill in his arsenal - long-range shooting!

One of the best ways to break through a dense defense.

In the 19th minute, Martin stopped Cavani's return ball about meters away from the goal and fired an angry shot at the right rib of the attack.

The kicked football was like a cannonball that escaped from the barrel and hit the upper right corner of the goal.

3:0

Martin once again contributed a wonderful world wave, and the auditorium rang with hysterical chants from Arsenal fans.

The game had only started twenty minutes, and Arsenal already had a three-goal lead. The Vikings, who were lagging behind by a huge margin, were feeling defeated.

In the remaining time of the first half, Van Dijk, Welbeck, and Martin scored goals respectively, setting the score in the first half at 6:0.

Before the start of the second half, Arsenal made extensive rotations.

Martin and other main players were replaced, and Sanchez, Ramsey, Coquelin, Elneny, Chamberlain, Holding and other players all came into battle.

The large-scale rotation means that the players who appear and the players who start the game still need to be adjusted, and the offensive efficiency drops significantly.

When the game was over, the scoreboard showed an 8-0 disparity.

This result is actually not surprising.

In the eyes of many people, even Rosenborg, who currently dominates the Norwegian Premier League, would have to concede at least four goals against Arsenal.

At the end of the game, the Emirates Stadium was filled with hysterical shouts from Arsenal fans.

The on-site director showed Martin a close-up shot, and Xinying Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai said impassionedly: "Martin contributed 2 goals and 2 assists in his first appearance as captain, perfectly demonstrating his good competitive form. This is a very good start. With Leicester City playing the Community Shield at the new Wembley Stadium in four days, will the seventh trophy of the year be achieved?"

"This probability is very high."

Zhang Hehe said solemnly.

Whether it is Leicester City or Sevilla, there is a high probability that they will not be able to pose a threat to Arsenal, which is in full swing.

In addition, the biggest enemy of the Club World Cup at the end of the year is Atlético Nacional from Colombia, the champion of the Copa Libertadores, which was decided at the end of last month.

If it were a top club from Brazil or Argentina, it might still bring some threats, but this little-known National Athletic Club is not even as threatening as Leicester City or Sevilla.

……

Ranieri returned to the Blue Fox training base with a frown on his face.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Assistant Craig Shakespeare asked curiously.

"Arsenal's integration is better than we imagined."

Ranieri rubbed his temples with both hands.

"This is really difficult to handle."

……

Sevilla training base.

Sampaoli, who took over as coach this summer, also didn't know how to start.

Arsenal, led by Martin, feels like a huge improvement compared to last season.

If Arsenal's glory last season was entirely due to Martin's own efforts.

Then Martin, who has many powerful assistants this season, can completely retreat behind the scenes and strategize to control the overall game.

Both goals were completed under unexpected circumstances by the opponent.

The two assists also reflect the new player's superb shooting skills, which can send Martin's scalpel-like precise pass into the goal.

"It's hard to do~!"

Sampaoli couldn't help but sigh.

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The opening game of the 2016-2017 Premier League season begins with the traditional Community Shield.

The Community Shield was formerly the Charity Shield founded in 1908.

It was not until March 2002 that a report from Great Britain pointed out that the Football Association's use of income from the Charity Shield violated the rules on the use of funds, and was later forced to change it to the Community Shield.