Sunderland's nickname is "Black Cat", and the origin of this nickname is quite legendary. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Legend has it that the local envelope black cat brings good luck. In 1937, a Sunderland fan brought a black cat into the pitch during the FA Cup final, and in the end, Sunderland won the final, and the symbol of the black cat began to be celebrated.

In the 60s, a black cat lived in Rock Park, and later, the image of the black cat became the symbol of the team. The team's mascot is a black cat named "Hercules", which is also printed with the image of a black cat on the earliest crest in the team's history.

Founded in 1879, Sunderland has a long history of founding a group of teachers who were known as the Sunderland Regional Teachers' Association, and later joined players from other professions and officially competed under the name Sunderland Football Club, officially turned professional in 1885, and the following year they joined the Football League.

From there, Sunderland embarked on their own journey, becoming the top team in the north of England, losing just one home game in the next six years and becoming the first team to win three league titles. The league resumed after World War II, but Sunderland was relegated in 1958 and bid farewell to their 68-year record of playing in the top class (a record that Arsenal later broke with a 79-year relegation streak).

It was also from this point in that Sunderland went completely downhill. They have risen and fallen back and forth between the lower divisions and the top leagues, and their strength has not improved much. After the restructuring of the FA and the establishment of the Premier League, although Sunderland often appeared in the Premier League, they still continued their style of lifting, repeatedly promoted and relegated, and now although they have reappeared in the Premier League, they have been reduced to a complete relegation team.

Sunderland FC have a history of glory, having won six top-flight titles and two FA Cups.

However, their current strength is not to mention that it is very different from several giant teams in the Premier League, even the mid-table teams can also throw them out of a few streets. The former "champion team" has become today's downtrodden situation, which is indeed a little embarrassing.

Of course, sighs are sighs, games that should be won, points that should be scored, that cannot be soft at all. Therefore, in the face of this weak opponent, Arsenal is full of confidence. If you want to make a difference in the league and get to the top, then you have to win the opponents who have to do their best to win, and Sunderland are the ones to steal points.

Nearly 6,000 visitors poured into the Stadium of Light before the game, and the number of people who followed the team to the city was even greater, and if it weren't for the home team giving out so many tickets to the visitors, the number of Arsenal fans who would have poured into the Stadium of Light would have multiplied.

There is a big gap between the two sides in this game, and if there are no surprises, Arsenal's victory is almost a certainty. It stands to reason that it is difficult to attract too many fans to follow the game that is almost a foregone conclusion, but before the start of this game, Arsenal's eighteen-man squad was exposed, and Qin Shou's name was impressively on the list, which made Gunners fans extremely excited.

After more than half a month away from the field, the leader and captain of the team will return from injury and is likely to play.

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The tournament officially kicked off at 8 p.m. local time.

The Arsenal fans who came to the away stadium were a little disappointed that Qin Shou did not appear on the field, that is, he did not start. However, everyone also expressed their understanding, after all, Qin Shou had just recovered from injury, and it was unknown what his physical condition and competitive state were, and the club did not dare to risk directly letting Qin Shou start.

Anyway, as long as he sits on the bench, if the team behaves normally and quickly gains an advantage or takes the lead, then Qin Shou will always have a chance to play.

Therefore, the Arsenal fans cheered loudly and sang loudly, not only to cheer for their team, but also to express their welcome to Qin Shou's return from injury with such an attitude.

The fans are confident in this game, and the Arsenal players are equally confident in this game. The difference in strength between Sunderland and Arsenal is too big, not to mention the full main team, even if they play with a substitute lineup, they can throw off the opponent ten streets.

It's just that the football field is always full of accidents and unknowns, and this unpredictability is the real charm of football.

No one expected that as soon as the game began, Sunderland, who were playing at home, would take the lead.

In the third minute, Sunderland organized an offensive on the side, quickly hit near the bottom line, former Manchester United player Fletcher directly crossed, the football caused chaos in the penalty area, and finally, in the chaos, Italian striker Giaccherini stretched out a kick and stabbed the football into the goal.

This quick and sudden goal stunned the fans of the whole stadium, and the visiting fans, who had been showing enthusiasm and passion, opened their mouths wide as if they had been choked, and were dumbfounded. The home fans were also a little incredulous, and after a while, they made sure that their team was ahead, and after reacting, they jumped up from their seats with their fists and shouted loudly.

Not to mention the fans on both sides, the players on the field were a little stunned. The visitors were a little baffled and the home team were equally incredulous, but Giaccherini burst into the net to scoop the ball out and run in celebration, before the rest of the Sunderland players followed, shouting excitedly.

'Sunderland took the lead unexpectedly, even though they were playing at home, but looking at the reaction of the home fans, it seemed that they couldn't believe that they could score so quickly!

'Is this a lightning tactic that Sunderland specified specifically for Arsenal? Italian Giaccherini won in a mess and he gave the Stadium of Light the lead! ”

"Well, maybe it was really just an accident...... Even we felt a little incredible. ”

The commentators expressed their opinions. Indeed, in their opinion, the difference in strength between the two teams is too big, but they did not expect the weaker side to score first, which can only be explained by accident.

The next matches proved this as well.

Arsenal's overall superiority was quickly evident once the game restarted, as they quickly took over the initiative and used skilful foot passes and ground coordination to keep the pressure on Sunderland's defence.

Sunderland resisted for a while, but were eventually overwhelmed by Arsenal's attacking prowess and had to retreat into the half.

The game then turned into an offensive and defensive drill. Arsenal's attack was like a storm, wave after wave towards the opponent's goal.

However, Sunderland's performance was also tenacious, perhaps it was the unexpected goal in the opening three minutes that gave them confidence, although they were at a disadvantage on the field, but the strict defense in the half did a good job, giving the Arsenal players a great sense of urgency, although the visitors attacked fiercely, but whether it was a cross from the wing, or a penetration in the middle, individual breakthroughs, long-range shots...... Eighteen kinds of martial arts have been used, but they still haven't been able to score for a long time.

At the end of the first half, the score on the field remained unchanged, it was still 1:0, and the home team was ahead.

Before the game, I thought it would be a game with a huge disparity in strength, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult.

At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal stepped up their attack. However, their luck was really bad, they attacked frantically for about five minutes, failed to break through the opponent's goal, and their own defense once again had problems.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Sunderland took advantage of Arsenal's big pressure on the attack, played a quick counterattack, and it was Giaccherini, who received a long pass from his teammate in front, stumbled but quickly rushed to the front of the penalty area, and hit the goal with a powerful kick, breaking Cech's ten fingers again.

2:0。

Sunderland unexpectedly took a two-goal lead.

The Stadium of Light has become a sea of joy, and it is because of the unexpected that it is even more surprising. The home fans were almost stunned by this sudden happiness, cheers, shouts, wave after wave.

Arsenal fans, on the other hand, are much more frustrated. The game was inexplicably played like this, leaving them all speechless.

Obviously, they have the advantage in strength, and the initiative on the field is also in their own hands, why did the game play like this?

"Qin!"

"Qin! Qin! ”

There are Arsenal fans chanting Qin Shou's name, and at this time, they can only think of their captain and their backbone. They hope that Qin Shou can play and can bring change to the team.

The fans shouted their own shouts, but Wenger only hesitated slightly before shaking his head. He thought that it was not time for Qin Shou to play, although the team doctor had already indicated that Qin Shou had no physical problems, he still didn't want to take risks.

The game was quickly resumed, and it was almost the same as before, with the visitors attacking the home side around half time. But as the minutes ticked by, the score remained at 2:0 and Arsenal still did not score.

"What an inexplicable game!"

'Yes, for Sunderland, they may have taken a two-goal lead out of nowhere.

"I think it's time for Qin to play...... However, Professor Wenger is still very conservative, and he doesn't seem to plan to let Qin play, at least for now......"

While the commentators were chatting like this, the situation on the field changed again. In the 71st minute of the game, Arsenal, who had been attacking fiercely, finally scored a goal.

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