"Hello, Mr. Wenger, how do you feel that Arsenal are in the same group as Marseille, Napoli and Borussia Dortmund?" Zhang Xu and Arsene Wenger had just returned to London, and before they could get out of the airport, they were blocked at the exit of the airport by a large group of reporters. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Well, each of their teams has a good quality and it will be difficult for us at Arsenal to make it out of the group! However, no matter how many difficulties lie ahead, we at Arsenal will move forward! "Arsene Wenger is worthy of being an old man, and he has a set of clichés.

"So what do you think are Arsenal's chances of qualifying?"

"I've always had 100 per cent confidence in my team, but, as you know, football is round! You know! Wenger smiled mischievously.

"Zhang, hello, I'm XXX reporter from The Sun, this is your first time participating in the European Champions Cup, how do you feel? Excited? ”

"Yes, excitement is inevitable! I've always wanted to play in the European Champions Cup because it's the best in the world and I'm looking forward to doing in the European Cup. Zhang Xu talked eloquently to reporters.

"So do you think Arsenal will make it out of the group stage?"

"Of course, we at Arsenal have the belief that we will win! I believe in my coach, I believe in my teammates, and of course, I've always been confident! ”

"So, do you think Arsenal will come out as group winners?"

"All I can say is that I have this faith! Thank you! Zhang Xu actually wanted to say that it was necessary, but he felt that it was a bit too arrogant, so he still restrained a little.

After returning to the club, Zhang Xu and Wenger didn't have time to rest, so they set off with the team again and went to Marseille, France.

Olympique de Marseille is a football club located in Marseille, the capital of Provence in southeastern France, the largest port in the Mediterranean and the second largest city in France, founded in 1899 and currently in the French First Division.

Marseille have won 11 French Serie A titles and 10 French Cups, becoming the first French team to win the European Championship when they defeated AC Milan 1-0 in the 1993 European Cup final.

However, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League final, Marseille was sentenced to disqualification from the 92/93 French Serie A titles, relegated to the second division and banned from European competitions, while chairman Bernard Tapie was sentenced to one year in prison for masterminds.

With the support of Adidas owner Robert Louis-Dreyfus in 1996, Marseille returned to the top flight. Marseille reached the UEFA Cup final in 1999, losing 3-0 to Parma.

Marseille reached the UEFA Cup final again in 2004, knocking out Liverpool, Inter Milan and Newcastle United on the way, with Didier Drogba putting in an impressive performance but losing 2-0 to La Liga champions Valencia. Didier Drogba moved to Chelsea for £24.5 million.

In the summer of 2005, Marseille won the International Toto Cup, beating Spanish club Deportivo La Coruna 5-3 over two legs in the final to qualify for the UEFA Europa League. However, this has affected Marseille's performance in Ligue 1, with the quality and results lagging behind the likes of Lyon, Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain, and the chances of winning the title are increasingly slim. It was not until the following season that Marseille started the season with a strong start to the season, pushing Lyon closer to the table and finishing runners-up in the league before returning to the UEFA Champions League in 2007/08.

On January 20, 2006, Jean-Jacques Eydelie, a former member of the Marseille team, revealed that before the final of the European Champions Cup in Munich, Marseille players had been collectively injected with unknown drugs, and only German striker Rudi Worrall refused to be injected.

Marseille won the French League Cup in 2009/10, becoming the club's first major trophy in 17 years. In the same season, Marseille beat Rennes 3-1 in the 36th week of competition, while second-placed Auxerre lost to Lyon, leaving Auxerre five points behind Auxerre in the remaining league game to win Ligue 1 after 18 years.

On 18 September 2013 at 20:45 p.m., the highlight of Group F on matchday 1 of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League season was contested at the Stade Velodrome, home of Marseille.

Arsene Wenger naturally took this game very seriously, and when he set up his line-up, he directly sent all the main line-up except for the injured and sick:

The formation is still 3-2-3-2, and the goalkeeper is No. 1 Szczesny; The defenders are No. 3 - Sagna, No. 4 - Mertesacker, No. 6 - Koscielny; The midfielders are No. 20 - Flamini and No. 18 Zhang Xu; The midfielders are No. 16 Ramsey, No. 10 Wilshere, No. 11 Mesut Ozil; The forwards are No. 12 Gee and No. 14 Walcott.

Vermaelen was on the bench, while Rosicky had to be treated at home due to injury.

Such a lineup is already the best card that Wenger can play in his hands, and if he can't win the opponent like this, it can only mean that there is something wrong with the strength of the team.

Arsenal entered the Champions League for the 16th consecutive season, winning seven and drawing two in the first game of the last nine seasons. The two sides met in the 2011/12 Champions League group stage, with Arsenal winning away and drawing at home after winning away, and are unbeaten in their history with six wins and three draws away to France. Marseille have lost three of their last five home games against English teams, winning only against Chelsea.

At the beginning of the game, Zhang Xu didn't care about 3721, led the team, and launched a tidal attack on the Marseille team.

In doing so, it seems that Zhang Xu seems a little reckless, but in fact, Zhang Xu wants to take the lead and use his strong speed to quickly tear apart the opponent's formation and seize the initiative in the game.

However, Marseille echoed his thoughts and took advantage of the start of the game to quickly launch an offensive against Arsenal.

So, in the first 20 minutes of the game, the two sides fought for each other in the middle and played happily.

In the 2nd minute of the game, Marseille team Morel crossed from the left, and striker Jignak actually competed with Zhang Xu for a header in the penalty area, and the result was naturally obvious, he was directly squeezed out by Zhang Xu, and the football was easily cleared by Zhang Xu

One minute later, it was Marseille's attack again, Gignac passed, Balbuena volleyed directly from 25 yards on the left without stopping, and the football played a beautiful arc, but this shot was easily picked off by Szczesny because the angle was too positive.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xu's counterattack came.

In the fifth minute of the game, after Zhang Xu crossed the halfway line, he made a direct pass to the left side of the penalty area, and Ozil quickly crossed the ball, but Walcott's header was blocked by Marseille defender Ruud van Nistelrooy.

In the 6th minute of the game, it was Zhang Xu again, who suddenly made a long pass in the midfield and found Walcott accurately, and Walcott's sweeping shot from 10 yards on the right side of the penalty area was confiscated by Marseille goalkeeper Mandanda.

In the 19th minute of the game, the Marseille team launched another attack, midfielder Morel passed, but in front of the Balbuena penalty area, Zhang Xu pressed, hurriedly kicked up, and volleyed high over the crossbar.

After some offensive and defensive conversions, Zhang Xu gradually figured out the offensive routines of the Marseille team, began to adjust the tactics and offensive focus in a planned manner, and grasped the initiative of the game in his own hands little by little.

In the 27th minute of the game, after the Marseille team's Imbula got the ball from 25 yards, he was about to shoot, but Zhang Xu, who suddenly intervened, stabbed the football away.

Subsequently, the football was picked up by Wilshere, who took advantage of the situation and pushed it with his right foot, passing the football to Ramsay.

Ramsey has been particularly active in recent games, working very well with Zhang Xu and is now a very dangerous killer wing attacker on Arsenal's right flank.

Zhang Xu just saw that Marseille's left defense was a little unstable, so he focused on Ramsey to launch a fierce attack on Marseille's left side.

Now after Ramsey received the football, he immediately started quickly according to Zhang Xu's request and ran all the way. Soon after, he was intercepted by Marseille's left-back.

He didn't choose to pass the ball, but used his good foot skills to try to break through. The Marseille left-back was visibly nervous and a little dazzled to see Ramsay's feet slicing across the ball.

Ramsey suddenly made a left cut, then quickly pulled back and thrust forward to the right, and directly shook the opponent to the ground.

Ramsey formed a breakthrough!

He cut in quickly with the football, and Marseille saw that the situation was not good, so they had to deploy a central defender to come forward.

Zhang Xu wanted this moment, and he immediately waved his hand to Ramsey.

Ramsey understood and crossed directly!

Zhang Xu jumped high in the middle, and after a beautiful **** stopped the ball, he didn't wait for the football to land, directly picked up his right leg, and shot angrily at the edge of the big penalty area!

"Bang!" With a bang, the football rolled up a gust of wind and went straight to the top right corner of the goal!

The speed of the football was so fast that the goalkeeper of the Marseille team only had time to turn his head to see that the football had flown into the net!

1 to 0! Arsenal are ahead!

After taking a one-goal lead, the Marseille team was suddenly stimulated heavily, and they began to attack frantically, and at this time, Zhang Xu did not fight with the Marseille team, but played a defensive counterattack without hurry.

As a result, the two teams were at a stalemate.

This continued until about ten minutes into the second half.

In the end, Zhang Xu saw that the offensive of the Marseille team weakened, so he immediately made a decision and quickly launched a counterattack, which completely disrupted the formation of the Marseille team at once.

In the 68th minute of the game, Zhang Xu played a series of wonderful cooperation with Ozil and Wilshere in the midfield, and finally Ozil made a direct pass to directly assist Walket to score a strong shot!

Two to zero! Arsenal seal the win!

With these two goals, Arsenal beat Marseille away from home and successfully collected the first three points of the group stage! (To be continued.) )