Every moment on the pitch was fleeting, and before Fabregas could react to Descartes' words, he reached out and pulled Jr. off the ground.

The media captured the moment when Descartes pulled Fabregas up, but failed to notice what he said to Petitas.

What's even more surprising is that Xiaofa itself did not have any dissatisfaction with these overstepping words.

It stands to reason that as a captain, one's authority must be upheld, and saying such things to the captain of the team in such a situation is bound to cause conflict in the dressing room.

It's a pity that Xiaofa does want to be the captain, but he is not the captain of Arsenal, his heart may never be in Arsenal, and he has no interest in maintaining a position and authority that he doesn't care about. Maybe Descartes' words will give him a moment of anger and loss, but after the anger, he is left with only a little relief, and a little bit of snickering, and the team will not lose the leadership after losing him.

After staying at Arsenal for so many years, he still has a little affection for this team, and the reason why he has not responded to Barcelona's call is because he still has a sense of gratitude and guilt for Wenger and the team.

Barcelona had contacted him privately, hoping that he would stand up and put pressure on Arsenal to gain the initiative in the transfer, but Xiaofa never made up his mind, because he thought that Arsenal had cultivated him, Wenger had reused him, and he was a great favor to him, and he did not want to be this villain. So he was torn between betrayal and loyalty, he didn't want to be called a traitor, but the thought of going home never left his mind.

Now Descartes took the initiative to say this sentence to him, which contains the meaning of forcing the palace, but as everyone knows, for Fabregas, this is an opportunity, because he also thinks that Descartes is a person worthy of trust, if Arsenal is handed over to him, then he can also go without regrets?

Descartes also saw the little relief in Fabregas's eyes, he sighed in his heart, he said this, although it was a kind of confidence from the heart, but he didn't want to arouse Fabregas's fighting spirit, but when he saw Xiaofa showing that look, he already knew that Xiaofa's heart was no longer in Arsenal.

The two silent men returned to their combat posts, and a new round of onslaught against West Bromwich Albion began.

This extremely dangerous shot not only made the spectators on the sidelines exclaim, but also made West Bromwich Albion's coach feel threatened, he only then remembered that his opponent was Arsenal, the powerful Arsenal, he would have because of the little opportunity in the first half and should not have thoughts, and actually wanted to secretly take three points, which has completely deviated from his pre-game plan, and also put the team in danger!

He immediately made a change, replacing Sessegnon with a defender, and the team was transformed into a 541, which was a signal to hold on until the end of the game.

No one can say anything about West Bromwich Albion's change, a team that has wow the crowd and onlookers in the first 80 minutes, and as a Premier League newcomer, and the kind that is completely new, they were able to hold on to the 80 minutes at the Emirates Stadium without conceding a goal, and even almost broke the Arsenal goal, which was enough to impress everyone, and they are now making a conservative posture, which is completely the right choice.

Next, it will be up to Arsenal's attack to save some face for themselves.

The remaining time is not long, only 10 minutes, maybe two or three minutes of stoppage time, as the clock hand ticks and ticks, Arsenal's attack is becoming more and more ferocious, if it is drawn by a weak team in the first round, then what is Arsenal's face, and will they still have enough deterrent power against other teams in the future?

Arsenal's players are desperately attacking, West Bromwich Albion's players are also risking their lives to defend, and there are endless eye-catching actions on the field, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the two teams have played a fire.

In the 85th minute, it was Rosicky and Descartes' right side cooperation, Rosicky was about to cross along the bottom line, when West Bromwich Albion's defender suddenly came over and shoveled Rosicky out of the sideline with the ball, and then he quickly got up and ran back to his defensive position, without looking at Rosicky at all.

The referee awarded the ball a free-kick on the touchline, but he did not punish the West Bromwich Albion defender because it was a frontal tackle and the opponent's action was fiery but clean, just bringing Rosicky down.

The ball was about 5 or 6 metres behind the line and was out of the box, and no one thought there was a chance to shoot straight on goal, and they were all speculating that Arsenal might hoist the ball into the box and then scramble for a header from inside the box.

Even West Bromwich Albion's defenders thought the same way, only putting two people in front of the ball as a human wall, and then the rest of them all retreated into the box and closed all the tall players in the Arsenal squad.

Descartes and Van Persie stood in front of the ball together, and the outside world did not know that Descartes had been practicing free kicks before the start of the season, and they all thought that this ball Descartes was just a cover, and the real killer was Van Persie in the back.

And Van Persie is a left-footed player, and this free kick on the right side will be more threatening if he takes the free kick, which is simply a lice on a bald head, and it is a clear thing.

All eyes were on Van Persie's left foot, and even the camera was focused on Van Persie's back, and no one was watching Descartes' preparations.

Only Descartes and Van Persie know who is really in charge of the ball.

Of course, although Descartes discussed with Van Persie that he would try it himself, in fact he was not completely sure, and he had only practiced free kicks for less than a month.

The reason why he wants to try his foot style is only because the ball is so far away that even if he gives it to Van Persie, the chance of shooting directly on goal will not be more than one percent, in this case, it is better to let himself test the results of the past month's hard work.

Controlling where the ball hits has always been Descartes' forte, and if he can't do that, he won't be able to make as many assists, but as Albertini said, if you want to be precise with the ball within 30 metres, you need to have the power to kick the ball out of at least 60 metres.

The reason why Descartes used to be able to play exquisite passes in a small area, but could not take free kicks well, was because his lower body strength has always been insufficient, and of course, he could not control the ball better, let alone control any landing points.

So for most of the month, he wasn't shooting desperately against the cardboard wall as people think, he had been working hard in the training room, and Albertini told him that as long as he got his strength right, it was only a matter of time before he could take a free kick with his footwork.

Now is the time to put Descartes to the test of what he has been training for a month.

Of course, free kicks are not just enough with power, and the choice of footwork is also important, Carlos likes to volley vigorously with the outside instep, Beckham likes to draw a perfect arc with the arch of his foot, Juninho Jr. likes to kick the erratic S-ball with the forefoot, these are all formulated according to their own preferences and habits, and Descartes also has his own shooting habits.

He chose to use the arch of his foot to make an arc.

It is not difficult to understand this, for any kicker, the arch of the foot is the easiest way to grasp the direction of the ball, in a game, the number of touches of the arch of the foot is definitely more than the instep or other parts of the touch of the ball ten, 100 times or even hundreds of times, at least 90% of the players who are good at taking free kicks in the world are using the arch of the foot to take the penalty.

Outliers like Carlos, Cristiano Ronaldo and Juninho Jr. are really difficult to imitate, and there are only a few players in the world who use these methods to take free kicks.

Descartes started his run, and all eyes were still on Van Persie, and they noticed that Van Persie had also started running, so they became more vigilant, and even the camera turned to his left foot.

But before Van Persie could run to the ball, there was a low muffled sound on the field, and the ball was kicked out!

The West Bromwich Albion players were shocked, and they were horrified to find out that the ball was actually taken by Descartes!

The ball arcs across the sky in a pleasing arc and then hangs straight at the back of the goal, and the lights are so dazzling that it's hard for players with their heads up to tell where the ball is going, the back post or the net.

Only one person in the box reacted to the goal, and that was West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Carson. For him, no matter where the ball goes, he has to be in front of the ball, and if necessary, he has to use his body to block the ball.

The ball flew very fast in the sky, and it could be seen that the ball was full of power, so there was chaos in the West Bromwich Albion penalty area, the first half of the people were looking up at the flying ball, while the second half of the people were desperately running to the back point, the Arsenal players were looking for opportunities, and the West Bromwich Albion players were going to destroy opportunities.

The ball eventually fell to the back of the six-yard box with a whistling sound and did not appear in the woodwork. West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Carson let out a long breath, and at first he thought that Descartes was going to hang the door directly, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

But before his heart could fall back into place, a red and white figure suddenly appeared in his field of vision, and then the man's header was flicked, and under Carson's desperate gaze, the ball flew over his head and into the goal.

It's Nasri! The skinny Frenchman scored the winning goal in his Premier League debut!

The Arsenal fans in the stadium were boiling, they stood up and sang wildly, many people were shouting Nasri's name, the story of a goal to fame has been played out many times at the Emirates Stadium, and Nasri, relying on this goal, has quickly broken into the hearts of Arsenal fans.

The only thing on the pitch that had a slight regret was Descartes, who everyone thought was a wonderful assist, but only he understood that he really wanted to shoot.

It's a pity that the strength is still not enough, and the technique is still not skilled, and the landing point of the ball finally deviated, and it turned into an assist.

In any case, the goal gave Arsenal a 1-0 lead and essentially sealed the death of West Bromwich Albion, and although it was not his own goal, it was still something to be happy about.

So he just regretted it for a second, and then he smiled and threw himself into the crowd of his teammates celebrating.

In the end, the score was 1-0, and although it was a difficult win, Arsenal got off to a good start, and West Bromwich Albion were widely praised for their tenacity, showing that they were respected for their will and quality in the fight against strong opponents, and even Arsene Wenger praised West Bromwich Albion's performance at his press conference.

But the eyes of the media were still attracted by Descartes's words, as he loudly announced to everyone at the press conference: "Yes, our goal this season is to win the championship!" (To be continued.) )