Chapter 42 The smell of gunpowder in Derby
Arsenal, who played at home, naturally had no reservations when facing Tottenham. They had to do their best to ensure victory in this game at home. In this game, Henry, the Gunners's flagship character, also came to the Emirates Stadium to watch the game. This may also be another motivation for the Gunners. They all hope to show themselves well in front of this senior.
Goalkeeper Fabianski; from right to left on the back line, Sarnia, Squillac, Koscheerny, and Klich; midfielder Alexander Song; attacking midfielder consists of Nasri, Fabregas and Al Shavin; Chamak and Xiao Qing form double strikers.
Arsenal's defense is all French players. Although the main defender Vermullen's injury has been repeated and has not yet made a comeback, Arsenal looks pretty good now. At least they don't have to worry too much about no one on the back line.
For Tottenham, Gala, who came from Arsenal free transfer this summer, also formed a French double center back with Cabur. Lennon returned from a hamstring injury, and Pavlyuchenko served as a single striker. Defoe, who had been recuperating for two months, finally returned to the roster. He is indeed a good addition to Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez; Hatton, Galasla, Cabur, and Ector on the back line; midfielder Lennon, Genes, Modric, Bale, Van der Fate; single striker Pavlyuchenko.
In the player channel, the players on both sides can clearly feel a different atmosphere. Tottenham Hotspur players and Arsenal players are quite inconsistent, especially the current conflict between Nasri and Galas has been completely exposed, which also makes the current atmosphere quite depressing.
Xiao Qing and his teammates walked into the stadium with expressionless expressions led by the referee, and the game was about to begin soon; among the cheers and boos at the Emirates Stadium, when the two teams began to shake hands and greet before the game; all the camera reporters' cameras were probably aimed at the "intersection point" between the two Frenchmen, because the conflict between Galas and Nasri was hyped before the game. Now everyone wants to know the reaction of this focus character.
Sure enough, Nasri did not shake hands with Galas! The former Gunners captain still had a smile on his face when he greeted old friends, but when he saw Nasri walk in front of him, his expression froze and deliberately turned his face away. Nasri also acted as the French defender in the air and walked over blindly. Before this derby, the two did not shake hands. The last time this unqualified situation occurred was the match between Chelsea and Manchester City. Bridge and Terry refused to shake hands because of "friendly wife's goal", while the two Frenchmen only had an attitude confrontation due to the past, and it evolved into each other's disgust.
Arsenal fans don't care about this. They only saw Galas turning their heads in advance. In fact, the more important reason is that the gun fans think Galas is Arsenal's Judas, who betrayed Arsenal and turned to Tottenham Hotspur; so booed at this moment, and there was no politeness to the former captain's gun fans at this time.
Seeing that Galas was a little embarrassed, Xiao Qing was also helpless. Both of them were really a little petty, and of course it was not ruled out that it was the media's inspiration that made Galas and Nasri no way to go. So Xiao Qing and other Tottenham players simply made a lot of understanding, but when shaking hands with Galas, Xiao Qing still smiled and patted Galas' head to express his kindness.
The gunpowder smell of the game was obvious. When the whistle sounded, the two teams started to attack in a big way. The two French players who had conflicted had a body collision less than a minute after the start of the game. When Nasri broke through on the right, he was destroyed by Galas's tackle. Galas got up and hit Nasri with his elbow.
Although the referee's rapid whistle did not completely break out of this contradiction, it was obvious that the booing sounds in the sky at Emirates Stadium could prove the unhappiness of the gun fans at this moment. Both Nasri and Galas were obviously extreme at this moment. They were even playing football with obvious emotions.
In the third minute, Van der Fate took a corner kick from the left, Bale crossed the front point and rubbed his left foot, and Fabianski knelt down and confiscated the ball. In the sixth minute, Nasri faced two defensive players near the right sideline and passed the penalty area in a diagonal pass. Fabregas's cross pass from the bottom line was obtained by Gomez.
Nasri performed extremely actively in this game. He hoped that he could break through Tottenham Hotspur's goal, not only that he hoped to help the team win, but also because Tottenham Hotspur's current core defensive is Galas, the player Nasri least welcomes. Therefore, the young Nasri hopes to teach Galas a lesson with better performance in such an extremely attention-oriented game.
Nasri and Galas were both eager to prove themselves with a better performance in this game. This game was a battle of grudges, and they all needed to prove that they were much better than that bastard in front of everyone.
Nasri, who was extremely active and hardworking in the game, took the lead first, and Arsenal scored in the ninth minute; Fabregas made a long pass, and Nasri, outside the penalty area, counterattacked and rushed to the penalty area. Although Nasri stopped the ball for the first time, Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez made a mistake in attacking. Gomez lost his center of gravity and missed the opportunity to attack. Nasri drifted over Gomez and knocked the ball in the zero-degree balance!
One to zero, the Emirates Stadium exploded completely! After scoring the goal, Nasri got up and jumped up, and Nasri roared and punched hard! He scored, and his counter-offside made Galas' defense a loophole. In this round of competition, Nasri was undoubtedly the winner. He defeated Galas who was not dealing with and scored!
To be honest, the injury of Tottenham's main midfielder Heldelstone was a major blow to Tottenham's midfielder. Although the five-man midfielder sent, only Ginas played for defense, so Arsenal can have a greater advantage in the midfield, and Tottenham can only create a threat through counterattack.
Van der Fate and Modric are undoubtedly first-class midfielders. In terms of overall strength, Arsenal's midfielders may not be better than Tottenham; but the players in Arsenal's current lineup have a high level of tacit understanding, and Wenger's tactics for the team over the years have become increasingly mature, so the Gunners are gradually taking the initiative in the game.
In the 13th minute, Sarnia tackled Bale, and the referee Dove showed his first yellow card. In the 17th minute, Van der Fate, who was forced to move in the backcourt, violated Fabregas with a dangerous move and was verbally warned by the referee. Arsenal is getting stronger and stronger now, Tottenham Hotspur now seems to be powerless against Arsenal, who is working harder on the offensive end, and they cannot cut off Arsenal's tide-like offense; there is no full-time midfielder with outstanding defense in the midfield, so they can only see Arsenal's passes and cuts forward again and again. The superb cooperation of Arsenal players makes Tottenham Hotspur players unable to keep up with the ball in time in defense.
The more Arsenal players play, the more confident they are playing, they are eased to grasp the rhythm of the game on the court, and they firmly suppress Tottenham Hotspur. At this time, the frustrated Tottenham Hotspur players were also very anxious, and their mentality began to change.
Tottenham Hotspur asked himself that the team may not be the biggest favorite in the league like Arsenal. They may lack the ability to fight in the league and the Champions League; but Tottenham is not self-deprecating. They are indeed somewhat different from Tottenham, but they are definitely not suppressed and are not at the same level.
Tottenham players also know that they are actually not inferior to Arsenal in the midfield position, and there is not necessarily a gap in the back line, because their defensive core, Ledelikin is also a very reliable defender, but he has some glass man attributes. The current Tottenham is not as good as Arsenal, perhaps because of their forward line, which is also the reason why Tottenham is difficult to become a real strong team.
Defoe, Pavlyuchenko and Crouch, these three forwards have such good abilities, and they do have the ability to play in giants; but after all, these players can only be considered second-tier stars at most. They have good abilities, but they are not outstanding, and their ability to end the game is still lacking. In Arsenal, Xiao Qing has the title of the first player in the current service. Although Messi and Ronaldo are also extremely outstanding, Xiao Qing's performance is getting stronger and stronger now, and he has also changed from a chaser to a leader from the beginning.
Xiao Qing's ability to seize opportunities is hard to match the three forwards of Tottenham Hotspurs; and a terrifying striker like Xiao Qing can not only help Arsenal score goals on the court, but more importantly, Xiao Qing's existence makes the opponent's defense very afraid; when Xiao Qing is under great defensive pressure, he can still perform well, which is definitely a huge blow to other teams, and at this time other Arsenal players can also get better opportunities.
Xiao Qing's existence completely released the pressure from other Arsenal players, which allowed Arsenal players to show their talents unscrupulously; Xiao Qing doesn't need to charge again and again now, he just needs to steadily restrain his opponents on the court and seize some opportunities.
Chapter completed!