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Chapter 93 Injury Blow

Although he was eliminated in the FA Cup, it has no impact on Arsenal. Now they only need to continue working hard in the league games; for Arsenal, they are now getting better. Although the team has only introduced Campbell, a veteran and two young players who are basically staying in the youth training camp in the transfer market, many people are puzzled, but Arsenal is still continuing their game.

January will end soon, and Arsenal can be said to have entered a new situation by then; the attack of injuries seems to be better in February, and some injured people will also return to the team at that time. Ebue and Alexander Song, who participated in the African Cup, will also return to the team quickly. For Arsenal, they are slowly back on track and their combat effectiveness can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

On January 28, 2010, a focus match in the 23rd round of the Premier League was held at Villa Park Stadium; Arsenal, who topped the league standings, will challenge Aston Villa, who ranked fifth in the standings away. Currently, the league's offensive king Arsenal is a visit to Villa Park to challenge Aston Villa, who is the best defense. This will definitely not be an easy game.

If Arsenal wanted to win this game, they did do their best in the game; Arsenal did not reserve at all in the lineup. Although Arsenal sent several main players like a dog-selling meat in the previous FA Cup, Arsenal's players obviously had some reservations. At least the two core members Xiao Qing and Fabregas were sitting off the court at the time.

Goalkeeper Amunia; the back line from right to left, Sarnia, Gala, Vermalen and Clich midfielder Denilson, Fabregas leads the midfield attackers, Rosici, Al Shavin; Da Eduardo and Xiao Qing appear on the front line.

Arsenal re-ordered the 4-4-2 formation. Xiao Qing even felt a little uncomfortable at this moment. Because the last two forwards were a long time ago. Xiao Qing no longer remembers how long it was before he had a partner on the front line. But this is undoubtedly good news. Although Xiao Qing did a good job when he was a single striker, without a helper means that Xiao Qing would be frantically surrounded by his opponent, which is indeed easy to cause Xiao Qing to be completely frozen. Now there is an assistant in the frontcourt, which means that Xiao Qing can have a larger range of activities at this time and he has more choices in the frontcourt. And more importantly, Arsenal is gradually getting out of the impact of injuries, and Arsenal has begun to accelerate again. Arsenal's main defense all started after the FA Cup rest, and Bentner and Nasri, who have returned from injury, are temporarily substitutes.

Arsenal's strength is already the dominant one. Villa lacks main players Karu and Volnoke, which undoubtedly makes Arsenal more confident. Although Aston Villa has good strength, Arsenal still strives to double-kill Villa at home and away at Villa Park Stadium to score three-pointers.

In the fourth minute, Villa's two forwards made wonderful cooperation. Husky's straight pass from the left side of the frontcourt was reflected at Abanglaho's feet. Abanglaho inserted into the penalty area from the two defensive players, and his left foot shot was hit by Amunia.

In the eighth minute, Arsenal returned with his color; Xiao Qing shot at the front of the penalty area but did not hit the ball, Fabregas ambushed in the penalty area and missed the ball, Villa defender Dunn quickly kicked the ball out of the baseline. However, the corner kick came to the periphery, and Denilson's shot from 20 yards was blocked by Friedel.

In the 13th minute, Vermalen was warned of a yellow card for a foul on Husky in front of the penalty area. Ashley Young shot directly from 25 yards. The ball passed by the wall but missed the upper left corner. In the 15th minute, Petrov took the corner kick and headed the ball, and Collins shot in the penalty area. In the 22nd minute, Abonraho broke into the left side of the penalty area and fell under Galas' defense. The referee refused to award a penalty.

The pace of the game was very fast, and the two teams quickly went on a rhythm. At this time, the two teams also launched fierce fighting. Villa was able to become the best defensive team in the half-time game and relied more on their defense. It can be said that they are a thorough defensive team, and they are often representatives of English football.

When watching Premier League football games, you may not see the dazzling pass and cut cooperation, and you don’t have to wonder if there are any unfathomable tactical changes, but you can watch it very well, that is, because the "mad dog spirit" advocated by British teams is at work. Almost every Premier League team has a group of people who do dirty work on the court, running, fighting, blocking, and tackle, from beginning to end, as long as the referee’s whistle is not sounding, it will not stop.

The British claim to be gentlemen, but they throw the word gentlemen out of the sky on the football field. There are football hooligans outside the football field, and there are "vicious" players in the football field.

In fact, the high risk factor of the Premier League is related to the overall style of their league. British football played physical football before the 1990s, requiring athletes to be tall and strong and fast. A strong body became the primary condition for adapting to the English team captain's pass and rushing style. In fact, the style of English football can get the answer from the foreign players they hired. In the early days of the Premier League, the foreign players in the Premier League came from Nordic national teams, and the biggest feature of Nordic players was physical strength. For a time, there was not even one foreign player from South America in the Premier League, mainly because their body and playing style could not adapt to the Premier League. After 1996, with the integration of more foreign coaches and foreign players in the Premier League, the style of the Premier League also changed.

With the rise of Arsenal, the body alone can no longer gain a foothold in the Premier League, and the style that the Premier League requires is retained. Fast speed and never stops have become one of the more attractive reasons for the Premier League. Emphasizing speed requires players to finish the game in a shorter time, while fast means shorter reaction time for players. A little slower means losing the ball and also causing injuries. The foul defender is given the reputation of "butchers". In fact, it is not that they are really dirty, they are just too fast to hold their legs.

Faced with fierce fouls, Arsenal seemed to be the victim; last season, Birmingham defender Martin Taylor, who played Arsenal's No. 9, the main player of Croatia's national team, tackled Eduardo da Silva's tibia and fibula at the same time in Minghan's away game, and Eduardo not only reimbursed the entire season.

And this time Arsenal suffered another heavy blow. Just when everyone thought Arsenal was gradually out of the impact of injuries, Arsenal became the victim of a rough foul. This is not the first time. Arsenal is too familiar with this scene.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Arsenal defender Vermullen inserted an assist; but received a knock from Xiao Qing in front of the penalty area and prepared to shoot, Vermullen was directly tackled by a defensive player. Looking at Vermullen rolling in pain with his legs, Xiao Qing was furious and prepared to argue with Villa defender Qualier, who was fouled.

Campbell made a replacement for the injured Virmuellen, who limped and even needed to get rid of the snare; this made Arsenal fans very worried, and also made Arsenal players and head coaches and worried, because the next game is really important for Arsenal.

What is even more terrifying than the general's absence due to injury is that in the next few weeks, the Gunners will face an extremely terrifying schedule. After the match with Manchester United next round, the Gunners will then visit Stamford Bridge and challenge Chelsea. Then, the Reds Liverpool, who will fight for the Champions League qualification at home, will face the Reds Liverpool. It can be said that the semi-finals of the quarterfinals in the next three weeks will directly determine the final ranking of the Gunners' season and even determine the Premier League's championship trend this season.

Originally, Arsenal gradually got out of the impact of injuries, and the injured returned to the team one after another. Ebue and Alexander Song, who participated in the African Cup, were able to return to the team at this time, but now the already weak defense has lost the most stable link, which is undoubtedly another weakening of Arsenal's defense, which is not very good.

Arsenal players were full of anger, but in the stoppage time of the first half, Denilson passed the ball, and Fabregas shot from the right side of the penalty area to hit the far corner post; Xiao Qing, who made the shot, was even more angry, because Villa's defender was just running towards his ankle while sliding the tackle; Xiao Qing, who was worried about the injury, subconsciously wanted to protect himself, and the shot was also knocked away at this time.

At the end of the first half, Arsenal players, who were full of anger, wanted to teach Villa a hard lesson in the second half; but in the 49th minute of the game, Fabregas passed back, and Ashaven tripped by Quelial on the edge of the penalty area, but the referee did not give a penalty. The gunpowder smell became stronger. In the 55th minute, Husky was warned by a yellow card for a tackle foul on Fabregas.

In the 58th minute of the game, Da Silva was injured and asked for a substitution. The referee stopped the game and caused dissatisfaction from the fans. Wenger hurriedly discussed a solution with the assistant coach. Arsenal, who was missing on the field, launched a fierce attack again at this time. Ashawen made a strong 50-yard shot on the left side of the penalty area and was blocked by Friedel who attacked; Fabregas, who had grabbed the ball, passed the ball in the penalty area, but Xiao Qing's header shot from eight yards hit the crossbar and bounced back.

Xiao Qing jumped straight to the point of depressedness. Although he soon recovered from injury and returned to replace Da Silva, he also had a forward partner, but Xiao Qing never had the feeling of shooting or the chance to shoot.
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