Chapter 3 The Footsteps of the New Season
Arsenal's captain's armband, once a symbol of glory and responsibility, is now more of a joke. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
From Adams to Vieira, to Thierry, the king of guns. Thierry Henry, these captains led Arsenal to what was their glory at the time.
However, since Thierry Henry left Highbury Stadium, Arsenal's captaincy has been a bit awkward. Gallas, Fabregas, Vermaelen...... These players have all captained the Gunners in the past, and they are also very good at what stage they have done.
However, to the ridicule of fans all over the world, these captains left Arsenal when they were getting better. Gallas went to Tottenham, Cesc Fabregas was summoned back to Camp Nou by Catalonia, and Vermaelen, who was known as a defender with a knife, did not escape the fate of being "seduced" and followed him to Barcelona......
It can be said that Arsenal now seems to have a new tradition, which is to tirelessly send their own captains for other teams.
In such a situation, how can you not make people laugh, how can you not become a laughing stock in football?
Wenger is also a little helpless, over the years, Arsenal has been recuperating in Taoguang to recover his vitality, although the league results can enter the top four every season, and can also enter the Champions League, for ordinary teams, such results are very good, but for traditional giants like Arsenal, it is not enough. In particular, some of the top players in the team are not only aiming to play in the Champions League, but they also have the pursuit of glory and trophies. Arsenal have not won a title for nine years, and they have no choice but to vote for someone else.
This has created a vicious circle, they have produced excellent players, but before the results are produced, these players can no longer bear the embarrassing fact of not having a title, and they can only continue to develop and then ...... It continues to lose talent.
And this time, Arsene Wenger, or Arsenal, is determined to rise again, so he has made a series of big moves in the transfer market, and now he has brought Qin Shou back to the Emirates Stadium at a sky-high price. As soon as Qin Shou came, Wenger handed over the captain's armband to Qin Shou without hesitation.
In terms of fame and influence, as well as his own ability, Qin Shou has absolutely no problem taking the position of captain. And he has experience as a captain at Atletico Madrid, and the most important thing is that Qin Shou's qualifications in the team are not a problem, strictly speaking, Qin Shou himself is from the Koscielny base, which is considered his descendant troops, plus the support of the team's veteran qualifications Walcott, Rosicky and others, even if other players have opinions, they can only accept it.
Of course, Wenger has another consideration, but this factor is a bit of a bad one - don't you giants like to poach my captain? Gotcha, I'll give the captain's armband to Qin Shou now, and if you have the ability, you can dig it! Let's not talk about whether Qin Shou himself is willing to leave, even if he is willing, such a high value, such a high liquidated damages, come and dig it, I can't pay you to death!
Qin Shou and Arsenal signed a four-year contract, and the other conditions in the contract are very relaxed, but one of them is a little jaw-dropping, that is, liquidated damages, the amount of which is a little shocking when people look at it - as much as 500 million euros! This is unique in today's football.
It is estimated that Wenger and Arsenal were dug and dug into fear, so they proposed such a clause.
But Qin Shou didn't care, since he chose to return to Arsenal, he really wanted to stay here. Therefore, the liquidated damages should be higher, and he didn't care, so he didn't raise any objections.
'From today onwards, you have to be the captain of the team. Qin, don't let me down. Don't let down your friends and the fans who support you. ”
Arsene Wenger dropped that sentence and walked away, leaving the scene to the players.
"Captain! Captain! ”
"Yo Si! Qin, you will be the captain as soon as you come back, and you don't need to explain your fierce life! ”
"Envy, jealousy, hatred, Qin, please take my knees!"
"Guys, come and pay homage to the great god!"
Soon, everyone's laughter sounded on the training ground, whether it was an old friend or a new teammate, everyone surrounded Qin Shou and played together, and the scene was lively for a while.
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The following days were a bit dull, as the new season approached, so the Arsenal members were methodically carrying out the final preparations before the season.
In the past half a month, Qin Shou has also trained with the team every day.
I have to say that Qin Shou's ball quotient is really high, or because Qin Shou was originally born in Koscielny, although he has played in La Liga for several years, most teams in La Liga are the same as Arsenal, they all play technical streams, but there is a difference in rhythm.
Qin Shou integrated very quickly, without a trace of sluggishness, and his outstanding performance in training amazed some new teammates who had not played with him, whether it was passing or controlling the rhythm, it made the teammates around him feel very comfortable.
Of course, after all, he was in a new environment, and Qin Shou couldn't immediately know the characteristics of each teammate, and it was normal for some things and improper cooperation to occur during this period. However, such a situation has long been expected by Wenger, continuous research, continuous changes, coupled with Qin Shou's professional attitude has always been diligent, the tacit understanding between him and the team is also improving day by day.
It is worth mentioning that while the players are preparing for the new season, the recruitment work of Arsenal FC is not over. As the transfer market was about to close, Arsenal made the last signing of the summer, and they finally agreed terms with La Liga's Barcelona, and in the end, they sold Chilean "C. Ronaldo" Alexis for £3,500W. Sanchez was brought to London.
In this way, Arsenal's three most expensive signings this season, respectively from the three giants of La Liga, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Qin Shou, Mesut Ozil, Sanchez three superstars gathered together, can be called the new "Avengers", and more good fans call the combination of these three "SOQ" combination, saying that this combination is likely to become the strongest firepower combination in the Premier League and even in Europe in the new season.
Of course, these are tight speculations, whether it is a mule or a horse, and it needs to be pulled out for a walk to know what its color is.
While training intensively to prepare for the new season, Arsene Wenger also arranged three warm-up games for the team, which can be regarded as a test of the team's training during this period.
They will face Bristol City and Brighton from the Championship, and Leicester City, their opponents in the Premier League.
Qin Shou didn't know the first two opponents, so it can be said that he had only occasionally heard the names of these two teams, and he was not familiar with them, so he could be said to be a passerby. As for the Leicester City team, they can be regarded as old acquaintances.
During his time at Atletico Madrid, Simeone also arranged a warm-up match against this team, and they won the game and eventually won the league title.
For Qin Shou, this is a good sign, the Leicester City team is like his lucky star, as long as he kills them, the team he plays for will always have something to gain at the end of the season.
Qin Shou is full of expectations for the match against Leicester City. Unfortunately, this opponent is last in the table, and Arsenal will have to play the first two Championship teams before they can play Leicester City.
The first opponent is Bristol City, although the Premier League and the Championship sound like the league level gap is not big, but the strength of the teams is very different, this game Arsenal played extremely relaxed, although the "SOQ" combination of tacit understanding is still a little insufficient, but can not withstand the individual ability of these three players, and finally Arsenal bloodless 6:0 will be the opponent bloody slaughter.
Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez scored a goal each, centre-forward Olivier Giroud scored a hat-trick, and Qin Shou also scored two goals - one for a leak and one from a penalty.
It doesn't seem to be very technical, but it's a good thing to have goals, at least it proves that Qin Shou's state is okay.
The game exposed some problems, and in the subsequent training sessions, manager Arsene Wenger made targeted changes and reinforcements, and in the second game against Brighton, Arsenal's overall performance was more comfortable.
The team's cooperation is more fluid, echoing each other, and the tacit understanding of the SOQ combination has also been strengthened, and on this basis, no one dares to believe that this Arsenal team is a "temporary army" formed by this summer's big blood change.
In the end, Arsenal once again won by a big score.
The score was 4:0.
Alexis Sanchez scored a hat-trick and the other goal was scored by French centre-forward Olivier Giroud. I have to say that the big man's performance before the season was extremely amazing and in great shape.
Qin Shou and Ozil did not score, but Qin Shou had two direct assists and also planned a goal, while Giroud's goal was a clever through ball from Mesut Ozil.
That good form carried over into the game against Leicester City. Ninety minutes later, the score was fixed at 3:1. Arsenal in front and Leicester City in the back.
And in this game, Qin Shou completely became the protagonist.
Not only did he score the opening scoring, but after Jamie Vardy equalised for Leicester City, Qin Shou seemed to be aroused, and in the ensuing period, he scored twice in a row - both goals from free-kicks.
A violent kick on the door, a weird elevator ball.
The two methods are different, but they are both wonderful and exciting goals, which made the fans at the scene scream again and again.
And after all three warm-up matches, the pace of the new season of the English Premier League is getting closer and closer.
(To be continued.) )