After helping the team win the Manchester City team and win the League Cup, Zhang Xu boarded the plane directly to Iraq. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is because, on March 5, there is still the last Asian Cup qualifier to be played! This is the national team away from Iraq.

Zhang Xu rushed to the national team in the early morning of March 4. Without much rest, he began to follow the team for pre-match tactical training and training to adapt to the field.

The next day, the competition officially began.

At the beginning of the game, Zhang Xu showed strong strength, directly grasped the initiative of the game, and then led his teammates to quickly launch waves of attacks!

In the 15th minute, 29th minute, and 57th minute of the game, Zhang Xu scored three goals for the national team with two assists and a long-range shot!

When the overall situation was decided, Zhang Xu was replaced and rested.

In the end, Iraq scored a face-saving goal, and the score was locked at 3-1! The national team won the top spot in the group stage and advanced to the group stage of the finals.

After playing this game, Zhang Xu rushed back to England in the dust, preparing for the quarterfinals of the English FA Cup.

The opponents of this game are Everton.

At 12:45 p.m. on 8 March 2014, the 2013/14 FA Cup quarter-finals were contested at the Emirates Stadium, with Arsenal hosting Everton.

Arsenal have won nine and drawn four of the last 13 meetings between the two sides. Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 19 home games against Everton, with 15 wins and four draws, with Everton's last away win coming in 1996. The two sides have met three times in the FA Cup, with Arsenal winning only at home in 1928, while Everton won in 1910 and 1981 respectively. In the 200 historical meetings between the two sides, Arsenal has the upper hand with 98 wins, 44 draws and 58 losses.

With Wilshere out injured, Cazorla returned to the starting line-up, with Fabianski, Vermaelen, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sanogo rotating.

Because it is a home game, Arsenal played more actively after the start of the game, especially Zhang Xu, who quickly established his own base in the middle and firmly controlled the initiative of the game in his own hands.

Arsenal took the lead in the 7th minute, McCarthy slipped, Zhang Xu dribbled the ball and suddenly made a direct pass in the counterattack, and Ozil calmly fired a low shot into the bottom right corner of the net in the face of two tackles from 15 yards.

The ball is in! 1:0！

In the 9th minute of the game, Sanogo's shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was saved by Joel in the near corner, and then Everton cleared the corner, and Oxlade-Chamberlain's powerful shot from 25 yards was saved by Joel. In the 10th minute, Barry passed, Milaras returned the right side of the penalty area, and Pinal's shot from 10 yards was blocked by Sagna. In the 17th minute, Gibbs combined with Mesut Ozil and fired a powerful shot from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area that was blocked.

In the 24th minute of the game, Sagna crossed from the right, and Joel made a save and hit the left post. Flamini was booked for a foul on Ross Barkley. Everton equalised in the 32nd minute when Ross Barkley broke through to the right and crossed, Milaras was able to block from distance and Lukaku slotted home from close range to make it 1-1.

In the 34th minute of the game, Oxlade-Chamberlain's powerful shot from the right side of the penalty area was saved by Joel. One minute later, Milaras burst into the box and flicked back to Romelu Lukaku and the Chelsea loanee's shot was comfortably cleared by Fabianski. In the 41st minute, Mesut Ozil passed the ball and Cazorla's volley from the edge of the box was blocked.

In the 49th minute of the game, Oxlade-Chamberlain's volley from the edge of the box went wide. One minute later, Gibbs crossed from the left, and Sanogo failed to volley the ball and missed the chance. In the 54th minute, Vermaelen made a mistake and Lukaku crossed back from the right side of the penalty area, and Barkley shot high from 15 yards.

In the 61st minute, Olivier Giroud replaced Sanogo.

Arsenal exceeded again in the 68th minute, when Zhang Xu burst into the penalty area with the ball, he was put down by Barry, Arteta hit the penalty against the old boss, but Giroud rushed into the penalty area in advance and was given a yellow card, Arteta hit again, 2-1!

McCarthy is booked for a foul. In the 73rd minute, Mirallas' cross from the right side of the penalty area was saved by Fabianski. Rosicky replaces Oxlade-Chamberlain. Arsenal scored two goals in three minutes to seal the win.

In the 83rd minute of the game, a cross from the right side of the Saña penalty area, Zhang Xu grabbed the point in the middle, and then gave the header to Giroud, who stabbed the goal from the edge of the small penalty area, 3-1!

In the 85th minute of the game, Rosicky and Ozil passed the ball in succession, and Giroud pushed the goal from 12 yards, 4-1!

It was his 18th goal of the season. In the 87th minute, Rosicky passed the ball and Giroud shot high. Jenkinson replaces Gibbs. Lukaku's low shot was also saved by Fabianski.

In the end, Arsenal won the FA Cup quarter-finals with a score of 4-1 and reached the semi-finals. Arsenal became the first team to win the Merseyside double in a single FA Cup season since Manchester United in 1984/85.

At 7.45pm on 10 March 2014, Arsenal took on Stoke City in the 28th round of the 2013/14 English Premier League.

Despite Arsenal's 12-game winning streak at home to Stoke City, the Gunners have won just one of their last six visits to the Britannia Stadium. The two sides have met 11 times in the Premier League, with Arsenal winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 2. The two sides have met 98 times in history, with Arsenal having the upper hand with 52 wins, 23 draws and 23 defeats. Gibbs came on in place of the injured Monreal, with Mesut Ozil coming on the bench.

Because of the recent intensive schedule, most of the team's main players have more or less physical problems, and even Zhang Xu, who is physically invincible, also feels a little tired.

So in this game, Wenger arranged for most of the main players to rest, and even Zhang Xu was pressed on the bench by Wenger.

So, after the start of the game, the two sides entered a stalemate.

Arsenal won their first corner in the 14th minute and were unthreatening. Stoke City then went on a fast run and Arnautovic passed the ball, but Walters' header from an offside position went wide of the post. In the 20th minute, Wilshere missed the ball in the midfield, but Gibbs made a timely step in to block the opponent's cross. In the 22nd minute, Cazorla passed through and Gibbs crossed from the left, and Giroud nodded the ball wide. In the 30th minute, Sagna crossed from the right and Giroud headed in Begovic.

Stoke's first shot came in the 31st minute when Crouch fired wide of the near corner from a tight angle on the right side of the box. In the 33rd minute, Arteta crossed diagonally and Podolski fired a left-footed shot wide of the near corner from 15 yards on the left side of the penalty area.

The most threatening attack of the first half came in the 42nd minute, when Arnautovic passed the ball and Wilan's shot from the top of the box was saved by Szczesny. In the 43rd minute, Rosicky's header was crossed, and Cazorla's low shot from the edge of the box was confiscated by Begovic. Peters is booked for a foul on Olivier Giroud.

Just 40 seconds into the second half, Crouch headed in a cross and Nzunzi's header from 12 yards was denied by Szczesny. In the 50th minute, Wilshere knocked back Rosicky, whose first shot from the edge of the box was blocked.

One minute later, Cameron's cross from the right was deflected wide by Crouch from the edge of the box. Rosicky is booked for a foul on Pieters. Charlie Adam's free-kick was then crossed, but Crouch's volley from the edge of the six-yard box missed the ball and Szczesny made a timely save.

In the 65th minute, Arnautovic crossed from the left and Crouch's header from 10 yards was saved by Szczesny. Cameron then volleyed wide from 10 yards from a scuffle from a corner. Mesut Ozil then replaced Podolski.

In the 71st minute, Charlie Adam shot wide from distance. Oxlain replaces Rosicky.

Stoke City broke the deadlock in the 76th minute when Koscielny was fouled for handball in the box and Walters converted from the spot-kick.

0:1！ Arsenal are behind!

Wilson gets a yellow card. Zhang Xu replaces Wilshere.

After Zhang Xu came on the field, he used his strong midfield organization ability to quickly control the game in his own hands.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu passed the ball, and Ozil's shot from the left side of the penalty area missed the far corner.

In the 86th minute, Cazorla whipped up a free-kick from just outside the box and Arteta's shot from 19 yards was blocked by the wall. Zhang Xu then passed the ball, but Giroud's shot was still blocked by his opponent.

In the 94th minute of the game, Ramsey broke through the cross on the right side, and Zhang Xu, who was unguarded, shot directly from 28 yards from the goal!

The soccer ball flies straight to the top right corner of the goal!

The Stoke goalkeeper reacted quickly and quickly moved two steps to the right side of the goal before diving straight towards the ball.

It's just that the speed of the football flying is too fast, and just when he just stretched his body, the football has already flown into the net!

1:1！

Zhang Xu's goal allowed Arsenal to equalize at the last moment! Finally, I didn't break the undefeated golden body!

Three days later, the second leg of the quarter-finals of the European Championship began, with Arsenal away to Zenit St. Petersburg.

In March, it was still cold in St. Petersburg.

So most of the Arsenal players are a little unable to adapt, and when they play, they are timid and do not let go.

In this case, the game is naturally more difficult.

Fortunately, the opponent's offense was not very strong, and under Zhang Xu's tight defense, the opponent did not get any chances.

In the end, the match ended 0-0 and Arsenal advanced to the next round with an aggregate score of 3-0. (To be continued.) )