"China Zhang joins Arsenal, that is, he has created a record of 20 consecutive wins in the Premier League! 》

The day after Arsenal's win over Southampton, England media outlets raced to cover the game. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis is an article in the Daily Mirror, which reads:

With the addition of Chinese Zhang, Arsenal's strength has changed dramatically, and this season's performance is even more crazy. From the start of the season, Arsenal have never been defeated! Even the goals conceded have become horribly rare! In the last thirty games, only two goals have been conceded!

Now, under the leadership of China's zhang, Arsenal has tied the record of 20 consecutive wins set by Real Madrid! With this alone, Chinese Zhang and the rest of Arsenal's players can be on the wall of honor in world football!

Obviously, Arsenal and China Zhang are aiming for more than that, they must also want to break Real Madrid's record and set a new record that will attract the attention of the world!

And this goal, for China Zhang and Arsenal, is not a distant and untouchable goal, but a very realistic goal!

Because their next opponent is the Marseille team of Ligue 1!

Although Marseille is a giant team in Ligue 1, there is still a certain gap compared to the Premier League giants Arsenal. What's more, in this game, Arsenal is still playing at home and occupies a unique advantage.

I believe that on that day, countless Arsenal fans will flock to the Emirates Stadium to cheer for their team in order to witness the team make history!

And the Arsenal players will also show their best form, knock Marseille off the horse, and forge an insurmountable record.

"On November 26th, let's witness a new record together!" 》

This is a report from "Sky Sports", which reads: Arsenal has risen strongly this season, and since the beginning of the season, Arsenal has not tasted defeat and set a terrifying record of only conceding two goals!

At the same time, Arsenal also equaled Real Madrid's record of 20 consecutive wins! Now, they're on their way to winning twenty-one games in a row!

We have every reason to believe that Arsenal have the quality to beat an away side from Marseille and set a new record!

Just when various media outlets were commenting, at seven o'clock in the evening of November 26, 2013, Zhang Xu and his teammates took a bus to the Emirates Stadium.

As soon as they stepped off the bus, they were greeted not by the media reporters they were familiar with, but by a large group of fanatical fans holding flags and shouting slogans.

On the banner they were holding, it was written "Win 21 games in a row, set a new record!" In their mouths, they also shouted all kinds of slogans to cheer for the team over and over again.

After Zhang Xu and his teammates got off the bus, they waved to the fans, which immediately caused screams and shouts from the fans.

At this time, the reporters of those sports media finally rushed to the front and handed the microphone to Wenger, Zhang Xu and others.

"Hello, zhang, I'm Sky Sports reporter XXX, Arsenal are about to set a new record, how do you feel?"

"To be honest, I'm not really excited! I think it's a normal group stage of the UEFA Champions League and if possible, I think it's better for the fans not to put too much mental pressure on our players! Zhang Xu smiled bitterly and said.

"Okay, Zhang, do you have any thoughts on this ordinary match?" The reporter continued to ask helplessly.

"Our opponent in this game is Marseille, this is an old opponent, in the last game, we Arsenal were able to win away from home, so we are playing at home today, there is no reason why we should not win the opponent!"

"So, can you predict the final score of the same game?"

"I think we should be able to score two goals!" Zhang Xu is full of confidence.

At 7.45pm, the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League Group F match kicked off at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal beat Marseille 2-1 in their opening group game and drew at home two years ago. Arsenal have lost just two of their nine games against French sides, with their last defeat coming against AJ Auxerre 11 years ago.

Marseille have won just one of their 11 away games against English teams, drawing four and losing six, with their only victory coming against Liverpool in 2007.

It was Arsenal's 150th Champions League game and 250th European game. Monreal, Flamini and Rosicky rotated to start the game.

Arsenal's line-up is like this: the formation has changed slightly, it has become 3-2-4-1: the goalkeeper is the thunderous No. 1 Szczesny; The defenders are still No. 3 - Sagna, No. 4 - Mertesacker and No. 6 - Koscielny; There have been changes in the back, in addition to the perpetual motion machine No. 18 Zhang Xu, there is also No. 17 - Monreal; The midfielders are No. 20 Flamini, No. 10 Wilshere; No. 11 - Ozil, No. 7 - Rosicky; The striker is No.12 Giroud.

In fact, this formation brought Ozil a little earlier, and Wenger had the intention of letting Ozil play as a shadow striker.

Arsenal took the lead just 27 seconds into the game.

After the Marseille team kicked off, when passing the ball to the front court, Zhang Xu accurately judged the opponent's passing route, took the first step, and broke the football.

Then Zhang Xu launched a fierce attack directly with the football, he first pushed the football to the receiving Sania, and then quickly interspersed the running position in front.

As soon as he got into position, Sagna's pass came in at the right time.

Zhang Xu didn't stop the ball at all, and directly pushed the arch of his right foot and passed the football to Wilshire in front, who cut into the right side of the penalty area and immediately used an unbelievable toe to pick up the ball and pass the football to Ozil who was inserted in the middle!

Ozil faced the falling football, and it was a furious shot!

His shot was powerful, and the ball went straight to the goal! It's just a pity that his shot angle was too right, and the football actually hit the goalkeeper!

After the goalkeeper was hit hard by this shot, he was immediately knocked down on the grass and couldn't get up for half a day. And just when he was in pain, the football was also blocked by his body to the left side of the penalty area!

To everyone's surprise, Zhang Xu appeared behind the football like a ghost, and shot lightly!

The football flew into the empty goal! The ball is in! 1 to 0! In the opening 27 seconds, Zhang Xu scored the first goal leading the score!

It was already his fifth goal in the Champions League! It was also Arsenal's second-fastest goal in Champions League history, following Gilberto Silva's opening 20-second goal against PSV Eindhoven in September 2002.

This goal also blinded the Marseille team, they could not have imagined that the team would concede a goal in such a short period of time!

This was too big a blow to them, so when Zhang Xu and his teammates celebrated wildly, almost all the players of the Marseille team looked at the football in the goal stupidly, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

And this goal also directly detonated the passion of countless Arsenal fans at the scene, who were jumping wildly in the stands, shouting, singing the team song loudly, and screaming Zhang Xu's name!

The Arsenal manager off the field, Mr. Arsene Wenger, sat very comfortably in the coach's seat, with a relaxed and happy face.

"Looks like we've won this game, old man! And, we're sure to set a record! Arsene Wenger smiled at the assistant coach and said.

"Haha, our Arsenal have set a record of 49 games unbeaten and now it looks like they are going to set a record of 21 consecutive wins!" Powell Sr. laughed and said.

While the two of them were chatting, Arsenal almost extended the score again!

It was the 7th minute of the game, Zhang Xu passed the ball to Wilshere, Wilshire crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Ozil's one-handed shot from 10 yards was blocked by Mandanda.

In the 11th minute of the game, Arsenal won a corner kick, Ozil took a corner kick, Zhang Xu overwhelmed the crowd, and a standard lion swung his head and pushed the football towards the goal!

It's just that today's goalkeeper of Marseille performed really bravely, and Zhang Xu's close-to-hand header was saved by him out of the bottom line! Then, from another corner, Giroud stole the ball and headed wide of the post.

In the 17th minute of the game, an unexpected situation occurred.

When Marseille's defender Abdala crossed from the right side, Koscielny and Medsak grabbed the first point at the same time, but the two were stunned and collided together, just when Zhang Xu was about to make up the defense, Gignac of the Marseille team grabbed the first point, shot with a foot, and broke through the door of Arsenal so easily!

It's a one-to-one draw!

Seeing this unbelievable goal, the Arsenal generals were stunned, all the fans on the scene were stunned, and even the players of the Marseille team who scored the goal were stunned first, and then they shouted with extreme excitement.

Wenger involuntarily stood up and frowned, he didn't expect such a low-level mistake in the team's backline.

But now, on the one hand, it is necessary to prevent the team from continuing to make such unacceptable low-level mistakes, and on the other hand, it is more important to let the team get out of this goal, so as not to affect the morale of the team, especially the mentality of the players.

So he went to the sidelines and started using his own language to boost the morale of the team and adjust the mentality of the players.

In addition, he deliberately called Zhang Xu to the sidelines and carefully explained some matters that need to be paid attention to.

After Wenger's adjustment, Arsenal slowly eased up, and during this period of time, Zhang Xu did not rush to attack, but stabilized the team's defense.

Now that the Marseille team has scored, the morale will definitely be improved, and the team has lost the ball because of this, many players are a little distracted, at this time, it is the most dangerous time for the team, Zhang Xu does not want to be played by the Marseille team in the penalty area.

In the 20th minute of the game, it was Marseille's attack again, after Gignac burst into the right side of the penalty area, he was blocked by Zhang Xu, so he failed to control the football and was confiscated by Szczesny.

Slowly, Arsenal gradually returned to normal under Wenger's adjustment. Zhang Xu finally put his mind at ease and began to launch frequent offensives.

In the 26th minute of the game, Mesut Ozil passed the ball and Rosicky fired wide from the edge of the box.

In the 37th minute of the game, Arsenal missed another good opportunity, Nkuru was yellow carded for a foul on Ramsey on the edge of the penalty area, referee Lahos awarded a penalty penalty, and Ozil took a penalty but was saved by Marseille goalkeeper Mandanda.

In the 39th minute of the game, Morel was yellow carded for a foul on Ozil in the penalty area, and Ozil's free kick hit the wall.

In the 43rd minute of the game, Wilshere's long-range shot went wide.

In the second half, Zhang Xu was in complete control of the game.

In the 54th minute of the game, Mesut Ozil passed the ball, and Giroud's powerful shot from the edge of the box on the left side deflected Abdallah, but the ball grazed the left post and deflected.

In the 56th minute of the game, Zhang Xu made a direct pass, and Ozil's left-footed outside instep shot from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty area was saved by Mandanda in the far corner. Zhang Xu's shot from outside the edge of the box and Giroud's header were then blocked.

In the 65th minute of the game, Arsenal finally led the score again. Ramsey, who came on as a substitute, made a direct pass, Ozil crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Zhang Xu faced two defenders in the middle and missed lightly!

Wilshere in the back pushes home from 10 yards!

The ball is in! Two to one!

This goal immediately plummeted the morale of the Marseille team, and the subsequent game entered Zhang Xu's time.

In the 74th minute, Cazorla's shot from 12 yards went wide.

In the 91st minute of the game, Sagna passed the ball, and Walcott, who replaced him, also shot wide from the outside.

In the end, Arsenal won the game with a score of 2 to 1! Turned the winning streak into twenty-one! (To be continued.) )