88. Excessive (3)

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017, Arsenal hosted promoted Huddersfield Town in a match in the 14th round of the English Premier League at 7.30pm, winning 5-0, ushering in a sixth consecutive league win and sending their opponents to four consecutive defeats.

With this game, Arsenal's home winning streak extended to 12 games, just one short of the 13-game winning streak set in 2005.

Five goals swept Ha Town, the Gunners made a good start to the Devils' schedule, it is worth mentioning that this game was a big win in the absence of Tan Xibi, in addition to the score, the process of the game is also very Arsenal.

Despite this week's fixture schedule of two games a week, the Gunners have fielded all their main players as starters in order to cement a top-four finish, making just two changes from the previous game.

One is Mesut Ozil's return from illness, and Arsenal's strongest trident starts again.

One is Tan Xibi, who is regarded as Arsenal's iron waist since joining Arsenal, and the talented Chinese midfielder has sat on the bench for the second time.

The midfielder who started in place of Tan Xibi was Granit Xhaka, who had been the main midfielder before Tan Xibi joined Arsenal.

Arsenal's front trident Alexandre Lacazette, Alex Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and substitute Oliver Giroud all scored for the first time this season.

In particular, the "cake king" Ozil, who returned from illness, did his best to do the cake, shining all over the field with his amazing performance of two passes and one shot, and won the best of the game without suspense after the game, and got a high score of 9.4.

In November, Arsenal won four in a row and jumped to third place in the league.

If the upset away win over Manchester City and the home win over rival Tottenham Hotspur boosted the team's morale, and the away win over Burnley showed the team's attacking ability, then this round of home win over promoted horses shows that Arsenal is strong and getting better.

However, after this round, the Premier League will start the devil's schedule, with the Gunners having seven league games in the coming month, and will host Manchester United this weekend, when the Gunners' home winning streak will be strongly challenged, and the team will face Liverpool and Chelsea at the end of the year.

Whether they can make a breakthrough in the top six of the league and maintain consistency against the middle and lower teams will be the key to the success or failure of the Gunners this season.

For Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger, how to deploy the squad and how to arrange the rotation in the coming month will be crucial. After all, Arsenal have fallen behind in the Christmas and New Year schedule too many times in past seasons.

A big win was certainly gratifying, but Alexandre Lacazette's injury in midfield cast a shadow over the Gunners' attack, but Mesut Ozil's timely return to peak form and Tan Xibi's on-the-wall watch and recuperation in this game, and the Arsenal squad was still sharpening their knives against the Red Devils.

Before the gun battle, the draw ceremony for the 2018 World Cup in Russia was held at the Moscow Kremlin on December 1, attracting the attention of fans and countless businesses around the world.

Tan Xibi also watched the draw ceremony on TV on this day.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is the 21st World Cup in history and will be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018.

This is the first World Cup to be held in Europe since the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and 11 of the 12 stadiums hosting the tournament are located in Europe in the western Ural Mountains, so the team's commute time will not be too long.

Of the 32 teams participating in this World Cup, 20 have participated in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, including defending champions Germany.

Iceland and Panama are newcomers to the World Cup, having never played in a World Cup before.

The bracket rules for the group stage of this World Cup are different from the previous ones, and this time the bracket rules are completely based on the world rankings announced in October 2017, which means that the seven highest-ranked teams in the world out of the 32 teams that have qualified, plus the host Russia, are divided into Pot 1, and the rest are ranked in order.

The rules of the draw are that one team from each pot is divided into a group, and there is a certain circumvention principle: there can be no teams from the same continent in the same group, except for Europe, and no more than two European teams can be in the same group.

The draw ended quickly after just an hour, with Spain and Portugal in the same group, England meeting Belgium, and there was no absolute death in this group.

For the top five in Asia, in order to wash away the shame of being wiped out in the group stage of the Asian semifinals of the last World Cup, if you want to make a breakthrough in Russia, hope is still in the draw.

When the grouping was announced, it was almost certain that Japan in Asia had the best signing among Asian teams, having been placed in a group with Poland, Senegal and Colombia.

In the history of the World Cup, Japan has only played against Colombia, with a negative record and a heavy defeat. As for Poland and Senegal, Japan is the first time they have met.

As Asia's most skilled team, if Japan plays properly under the leadership of Wahid Khalikhodzic, it should not be a problem for them to finish second in this group and advance to the knockout rounds.

In addition to Japan, in fact, the Australian team also has a chance to qualify. In addition to the championship favourites France, Peru and Denmark actually have a fight.

Probably most Chinese fans think that the Australian team's results in the world preliminaries are terrible and difficult to compete. But after Postjoteglu's dismissal, a smart manager for Australia, combined with the team's 'European physical' ability, doesn't necessarily guarantee that they will lose to Peru and Denmark.

Don't forget, four years ago, even if Australia was out of the tournament and played the Netherlands and Spain, it didn't suffer.

To be fair, the current boss in Asia should be Iran. The team, which was already physically and technically European, would have been Asia's best hope, but unfortunately they met two of the most buggy teams in Europe, and the brothers of the Iberian Peninsula would join forces to crush the Iranians' dreams of qualifying.

In 2014, Iran had fought against Argentina's Lionel Messi until the last second, this time with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Spain's Alvaro Morata.

As for the match against Morocco, this team just won 3-1 against South Korea in the warm-up game, and the physical confrontation and individual ability are better than the Iranian team, and the Iranian team really has to work hard to beat them.

The most likely scenario is that the Iranian team, like the Australian team in 2014, will die with dignity in all three fights.

As for Saudi Arabia, the most watery team in the round of 32, the lack of fighting power was undoubtedly revealed in the warm-up match.

And without the help of the "faint whistle", coupled with being "chosen" by the host, Saudi Arabia only wants to stop causing tragedy on the World Cup stage.

Whether it's the senior team or the youth team, Saudi Arabia really can't beat anyone.

For the South Korean team, no matter who they are in a group, it is not easy to play.

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