Unlike most stadiums, St James' Park is not located in the suburbs, but in the heart of Newcastle's busiest city.

With a capacity of 52,387 spectators, it is one of the most famous modern stadiums in England, which has been hosting football since 1880 and has since become an icon of Newcastle City and a mecca for fans when Newcastle United moved their home stadium to the stadium in 1892.

The stadium has accompanied Newcastle United through 115 years of ups and downs, and it can be said that in the minds of fans, it is Newcastle, Newcastle is it, and it is no wonder that when Ashley wanted to change it to the vulgar name of Sporting Goods Arena, hundreds of thousands of Newcastle fans resisted it.

Although the match between Arsenal and Newcastle United was not the highlight of the round, it attracted more than 50,000 spectators.

Newcastle fans are the largest fan group in England, and despite the team's decline, they still consider themselves to be one of the six biggest clubs in England, and many Newcastle fans wear black and white sword stripes to cheer on the team whenever the team plays.

Unlike Sunderland and Birmingham, Newcastle's fans are fanatical, but they have a good reputation in the outside world and are not known for producing football hooligans. According to a 2003 list published by the FA and the Home Office's relevant security departments, Newcastle's football hooligans were ranked 14th out of 20 Premier League teams. Sunderland, Birmingham, Manchester City and Everton are in the top four.

So when the Arsenal players walked into St James' Park, they heard nothing but cheers and noise, but not too many cursing or boos.

The quality of Newcastle's fans is truly extraordinary.

However, the fans in the stands put up a huge curtain with Shearer's face on it, which was to think about the club's president, Michael Shearer. Ashley and manager Sam Allardyce protested that Newcastle had brought in a number of quality players this season only to finish 11th in the Premier League, a far cry from the expectations of the fans, who certainly had reason to express their displeasure.

In addition, there are many people in the stands holding brightly colored balloons, instead of glow sticks, desperately waving them at the players in the stadium. These balloons are available for sale at vendors outside St James's Park. Priced at just 0.5 euros, it can pass through the stadium's security without worrying about being classified as dangerous goods and not allowing fans to bring them into the stadium.

The game fell into Arsenal's rhythm at the start, as Owen was once again on the injury list. So Newcastle's attacking partners in this game are Martins and Ameobi.

The pair have combined to contribute just three goals in their previous matches for Newcastle. If it weren't for the fact that there was no better candidate up front. Sam Allardyce won't let them play together. It is said that due to extreme dissatisfaction with the two strikers, Sam Allardyce has promoted a young player in the youth team who he thought was Carroll, if the two could not improve a little. One of them will surely be taken down.

Such a forward line certainly cannot pose a threat to Arsenal, and the only thing that has caused problems for Arsenal's players is Newcastle's midfield hub Barton.

The full name of the player with the dazzling surname is Joey. Barton, who was born in Liverpool, was the most indispensable captain and pillar of the Manchester City team, and like most Premier League homegrown players, Barton is also known for his toughness and short temper, although his skills are a little worse, but he is also one of the few players in the Premier League who dares to argue with Keane and Vieira.

They were able to survive under pressure from their formidable neighbours Manchester United during their most depressing years, thanks to Barton and his toughness.

This season, due to constant off-field disturbances and a series of disciplinary problems, Manchester City finally couldn't stand Barton's temper anymore and had to sell him to Newcastle for £5 million.

Barton arrived at Newcastle and quickly became the new leader of this lackluster team, and with his never-give-up fighting spirit and ferocious scrambling, he quickly erected a barrier for the team in midfield, although the Magpies have conceded a high number of goals this season, but it is mostly because their backline is really chaotic and has little to do with Barton.

And in this game, Newcastle's backline was surprisingly strong, and Barton's performance was as strong as ever, which made Arsenal still have nothing to gain after 30 minutes of wild attack.

However, this did not make Arsenal's manager Mr. Wenger feel anxious, although the team failed to score, they have mastered the advantage on the field, and on the bench, Wenger and Van Persie, Rosicky, Descartes and other players did not come on the field, as the so-called "food in hand, not panic", the professor sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, just waiting for a suitable time to release the hole cards in his hand, I believe that Newcastle will be completely defeated.

The first half quickly came to an end in Newcastle's tenacious defence, with Arsenal failing to score a single goal despite having 13 shots in the first half, and their opponents were even worse, with Newcastle having just two shots on goal throughout the 45 minutes, with 0 of those shots in the woodwork.

In the second half, Arsenal stepped up their attack, and in order to improve the efficiency of the goal, the professor replaced Eduardo with Descartes, and at the same time moved Cesc Fabregas forward, allowing him to have a closer connection with the attack.

The adjustment worked, and after only seven minutes of blowing, Arsenal took a 1-0 lead, with a pass from Xiaofa and Adebayor as a wall, followed by Descartes' powerful shot, which pierced Given's ten fingers and improved his season stats to four goals.

The goal put the 50,000 spectators in unison and a big rock in Wenger's heart, and with the current trend on the field, Newcastle has little hope of coming back if they abandon the iron wall of defense in the first half. The professor was convinced that the forward line of Descartes and Adebayo would never give them another chance.

Allardyce frowned on the sidelines, pacing back and forth.

This is a common situation, the team is not as strong as the opponent, and the opponent scores first, and the previous strategy of defensive counterattack has failed, and this is the time to test the coach's courage: attack, it is possible to equalize, or it may be beaten into a sieve; Stay on the defensive? The players are willing to do it, and it depends on whether the fans agree or not.

In any case, Newcastle was once one of the six giants in England. The fans have a lot of self-esteem. If they continue to defend after being 1-0 down at home, then Sam Allardyce will not be far from the end of the lesson.

The helpless Allardyce could only wave his hand and let the team kick the formation to the midfield and fight!

Newcastle's front-line players, who were finally liberated, immediately came to their senses. The counter-attack in the first half made them really depressed. The defense is there. But the counterattack was nowhere to be seen, and Martins faced the experienced Gala and Senderos, except for hitting a wall and making mistakes. And Ameobi is even more unremarkable, without the support of the midfield, he has no speed, no technique, and the only sense of smell in front of the goal that is worth boasting about is useless because the ball is always flying around in his own half, and he can't run back to his penalty area to play the "smell in front of the goal", right?

Now Newcastle's midfield has finally been pressed, which has also boosted the morale of Martins and Ameobi, and with the support of their teammates, they have a lot of confidence.

However, the ideal is plump, but the reality is always skinny, with Barton and Smith, Duff, Dyer composed of Magpies midfield, hard enough, but quite lacking in creativity, Duff is no longer the Duff of Chelsea, his speed gradually declines with age, but the technique has not improved at all, the past wind-like pass has now become a "crazy" mistake, without his side breakthrough, Newcastle almost completely unable to send the ball to the front.

As a result, Martins and Ameobi happily waited in the front court for a long time, and finally found that the ball was still flying around in their own backfield, and their enthusiasm finally turned into deep disappointment, and they had no choice but to withdraw to the midfield again to help the team defend.

Sam Allardyce's attempt to break through was easily annihilated by Arsenal, much to the displeasure of the Magpies fans on the sidelines, who desperately booed Allardyce and shouted a name in unison: "Solano!" Solano! ”

A Peruvian player and the first Peruvian player to reach the Premier League, Solano joined Newcastle in 1998 and has been a favourite of fans at St James' Park.

In his five-and-a-half-season spell for Newcastle, Solano played 172 league games and arguably played more than 30 games almost every season, scoring 29 goals in total, making him the most creative player in Newcastle's midfield

In January 2004, Solano made a brief move to Aston Villa, but in August 2005 he responded to the call of the fans to return to St James' Park, and despite the fact that he was 31 years old by the time, the fans were still crazy about him.

This season, Allardyce has embarked on an extreme path of "salute to Mourinho", arranging four tough muscle clubs in the midfield, originally thought that he could rely on bulldozer-style attacks and concrete defense to rise again like Chelsea, but unexpectedly, it became a mess with poor results, and the abandonment of a creative wide player like Solano has become a major crime accused by fans.

Hearing the heart-wrenching cries of the fans in the stadium, Allardyce stubbornly supported him on the sidelines and ignored it, but the Magpies fans were also stubborn and cute, Allardyce never changed, they kept shouting like this, and they kept shouting for nearly 5 minutes, even the commentators of the major TV stations on the scene were amazed, Allardyce finally couldn't hold on, and turned around and called the 33-year-old Peruvian.

Seeing that Allardyce finally surrendered, there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers among the fans, and some fans even lifted their children high and asked them to wave the balloons in their hands to vent their joy.

Solano replaced another midfielder, Dyer, who was used to playing on the right side, but with Duff on the right, Allardyce put him on the left wing, hoping that he would play to the advantage of his right foot by cutting inside and causing some problems for Arsenal.

After Solano came on the field, Newcastle's offensive really improved a little, his right-footed passing was not only accurate, but also very good at passing, at least in the confrontation with a veteran like him, the stunned Walcott was completely at a disadvantage.

In the 88th minute of the game, the most ridiculous scene on the field happened.

Newcastle broke the ball at the back, and after a few simple passes, Solano brought the ball to the heart of the pitch, when a gust of wind suddenly hung on the pitch, and then a balloon fell from nowhere in front of the Arsenal goal.

The pink balloon floated in front of the eyes of Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia, but it didn't float away, and at this time everyone paid attention to Solano with the ball, and no one cared about this ownerless balloon.

Solano then shook off Senderos and fired a shot from the sideline of the penalty area, cutting straight straight into the top right corner of the goal.

Almunia, who was highly concentrated, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly flew to save, but the moment he touched the "ball", he suddenly felt that something was wrong, because the "ball" in his hand was too light, and with a little force, he fell directly into it.

What is it? Before he could see what he was doing, there was a deafening cheer on the pitch, and then he looked back to see the ball lying quietly in the net behind him.

Almunia only felt a dizziness in his brain, and he hurriedly looked at what he was holding, and then he saw a pink balloon!

This scene was not only stunned by Almunia, but even the Arsenal players, Newcastle players, Arsene Wenger, and Allardyce on the field were all stunned!

Solano's ball actually hit the floating balloon in the air, and then changed direction slightly and jumped into the goal, but the heroic Almunia, who jumped high into his arms, was the pink balloon.

The fans on the sidelines first cheered for Solano's goal, and then they suddenly saw the wonderful expression on Almunia's face, and let out a good-natured laugh, such a scene, which is rare to see in a hundred years on the field, it is really funny!

The Arsenal players on the pitch all looked helplessly at the referee, can such a goal be counted? Of course, they wanted the referee to invalidate the goal, after all, the game had reached 88 minutes, and if the goal was counted, the three points they had in their hands would have become one.

Newcastle's players couldn't do much more, they had a feeling of being out of the way, and a crowd rushed to Solano in excitement before happily throwing him to the ground, no matter how dramatic the ball was, but its importance was undeniable.

It's a quasi-lore!

In the different expressions and performances of the players and fans on both sides, the referee walked to the sidelines and discussed with the linesman, then calmly walked to the goal, blew the whistle, and pointed his right hand to the service point in the center circle.

The goal is valid.

The Arsenal players smiled wryly, this kind of ball ...... You can only attribute it to providence, which is really not something that human beings can stop!

The players and fans of Newcastle completely broke out, they used all their strength to make the biggest roar, especially Solono, who scored the goal, ran dozens of meters to the stands of the team's diehard fans, and waved his fists vigorously to salute the fans, which was a catharsis for finally getting the opportunity to play, and it was also a thank you for the support of the fans.

Amid the singing and dancing of the Newcastle fans, the Sky Sports commentator laughed and commented on the game: "A magical balloon decided the game, and I think the Newcastle fans will have a balloon every time they come in to watch the game." Let's see who exactly is the hero who released this balloon, oh my God, it turned out to be a 5-year-old girl, congratulations, little girl, you defeated Arsenal's luxury lineup worth 200 million euros with 0.5 euros, you are the strongest on the planet! (To be continued......)