Chapter 323: Red Devil Red Devil
Eighteen consecutive wins, which has surpassed Inter Milan's record of 17 consecutive wins, and is one step closer to Real Madrid's record of 20 consecutive wins. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
And now one of the toughest tests is coming, and that is to challenge the Premier League hegemons Red Devils --- Manchester United!
Manchester United Football Club is located in Manchester, Manchestershire, North West Territory, England, England, English name Manchester United Football Club, referred to as ManUtd or MUFC, Chinese referred to as Manchester United, its predecessor "Newton Heath" was founded in 1878 by Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company workers on the Newton Heath construction site. In 1902, the team was reorganized and renamed Manchester United, which is now an English Premier League club, and Manchester United's home stadium is Old Trafford, the "Theatre of Dreams", which has been in operation since 1910.
Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football and one of the most influential and successful teams in Europe and the world, with 20 English top flight titles, 11 FA Cups and 4 League Cups (all but the English League Cup).
On the European stage, Manchester United have won three UEFA Champions Leagues, one European Cup Winners' Cup and one UEFA Super Cup.
The match will be played at Old Trafford, Manchester United's home stadium.
Old Trafford is an all-seater football stadium located in the west of Manchester, Greater Manchestershire, England, and is home to English football club Manchester United.
With a maximum capacity of 76,212 spectators, it is one of the three UEFA five-star football stadiums in England, the second largest football stadium in England after Wembley Stadium, the third largest stadium in the United Kingdom and the eleventh largest in Europe, and one of the most famous football stadiums in the world. As a result, it can host the finals of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA European Football Championship.
Manchester United have been using the stadium as their home stadium since 1910, and after being partially damaged by German air raids during the Second World War in 1941, it took eight years (1941 to 1949) to repair the stadium and has been used as the stadium ever since.
In 1939, the stadium had the highest attendance, with a total of 76,962 spectators attending an English FA Cup semi-final between Gansby and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Expansion works were carried out in the 1990s and 2000s.
The northern, east and west stands have all been extended to the second floor, and there are plans to expand the south grandstand in the future, which is expected to increase the total capacity to 90,000. The Old Trafford course underwent a major expansion to the north-east and north-west sides of the course in 2006 and opened for the 2006/07 season, increasing seating from 68,000 to 76,000.
It is currently the second most seating football stadium in England, behind the new 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium. In November 2006, Portsmouth Football Club reached 76,004 seats, the highest since the stadium was expanded.
At the same time, Old Trafford has also hosted various important competitions such as the European Championship, the UEFA Champions League final, and the Olympic football competition.
In order to win this game, Arsene Wenger sent the strongest line-up in his mind: still a 3-2-3-2 two-back formation: the goalkeeper is No. 1 Szczesny; The defenders are No. 3 - Sagna, No. 5 - Vermaelen, No. 6 - Koscielny; The midfielders are No. 18 Zhang Xu and No. 8 Arteta, and the midfielders are No. 16 Ramsey, No. 11 Ozil and No. 19 Cazorla; Up front are No.12 Giroud and No.14 Theo Walcott.
Wilshere, Gibbs and Rosicky, Bendtner were all on the bench.
The only change in this squad is the return of the core of the defence Vermaelen from injury, which is indeed good news for Arsenal.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of November 10, 2013, Zhang Xu accompanied the team bus to the Old Trafford Stadium, the home of Manchester United.
As soon as he got off the bus, he was surrounded by a group of reporters, if it wasn't for the stadium staff to stop him, it is estimated that he would have rushed up directly Zhang Xu and the others would have been flayed alive.
"Hello zhang, I'm Sky Sports reporter XXX, now that Arsenal have managed to reach 18 wins in a row, and now you will be here to challenge the Red Devils Manchester United, do you and your team have the confidence to win against the opponents?"
"Of course there is confidence! We're here to take three points! Zhang Xu was not polite, and directly said what he thought in his heart.
"Oh? What is the reason for your confidence? The reporter asked.
"The reason is simple, that is, we are first in the league at Arsenal and Manchester United, what is the standing?" Zhang Xu asked rhetorically.
Manchester United's ranking this season is naturally miserable, after Ferguson left, Moyes's results can only be described as dismal, and Arsenal is simply not the same.
"Hello, zhang, I'm XXX reporter from The Sun, you Arsenal are about to make history, are you excited? Stressed? ”
"It's a little exciting! After all, it's a rare honor to be able to set a record, but the pressure is really not! Because I think it's just a normal league, it's just that history or other people have given him too many different colors, and my team-mates and I, when we look at this game, we will erase that color. We're just going to play this game well with our normal mentality and condition! Zhang Xu smiled and said.
"Hello, zhang, I'm XXX reporter from the Mirror, Manchester United will have two heavyweight strikers Rooney and Robin van Persie today, do you think you can prevent the two of them from bombing?"
"I'm sorry, I can only tell the two of them through you, please don't think about attacking from my side, because so far, no player has managed to break through from my front! Messi and Ronaldo have been no exception! I say this, I guess Messi and Ronaldo are going to jump up and reason with me again, haha! Zhang Xu changed his previous modest statement and directly provoked the war.
In fact, Zhang Xu did this for a reason, he wanted to take this opportunity to stimulate Rooney and Van Persie, if they were not convinced and really launched an attack from their side, then it would be as he wished.
Not to mention anything else, Zhang Xu still has absolute confidence in his defensive ability. Why? Because of that series of defensive attributes with a maximum value of 99 points! With such attributes, I believe that it is impossible to find another person in this world.
What's more, he still has so many perverted skills!
At this time, Zhang Xu wanted everyone in Manchester United to attack from him, in that case, at least half of the game would be won.
But this sentence caused the reporters to exclaim, Zhang Xu is challenging Rooney and Van Persie! Big news! So the reporters were excited!
"Zhang, you mean to say that no one can form a breakthrough from in front of you, right? Nobody's going to do it, can it? The reporters asked excitedly.
"Not bad!" Zhang Xu confirmed with burning words.
"Wow! It's incredible! Zhang, you know what? You're challenging all the strikers! A reporter kindly reminded him.
"Haha, so what? If anyone has faith that they can overcome me, then come! My teammates and I are never afraid of any challenge! Zhang Xu looked a little arrogant and shouted.
"Sir, isn't it a little inappropriate for him to say that?" Powell frowned, looked at Zhang Xu suspiciously, and asked Wenger.
"Haha, old man, don't let him fool you! This kid is a ghost, probably trying to trap Van Persie and Rooney! Wenger smiled and guessed.
"Pit Van Persie and Rooney?" Powell was stunned for a moment, bowed his head and pondered.
When changing the jersey in the away team's locker room, Walcott patted Zhang Xu's shoulder and said with a smile: "Zhang, what you said just now was really domineering, haha, it is estimated that Van Persie is going to jump!" ”
"Haha, absolutely, he has always been an arrogant guy, and he was teased by our captain, so I'll wait and see after a while! There will definitely be a fierce offensive on Zhang's side. Ramsay burst out laughing.
After Zhang Xu changed his jersey and shoes, he stood up and smiled: "Why don't we play a game?" ”
"Games? What game? I love the game the most! As soon as Ozil heard that there was a game, he hurriedly leaned over and asked.
"As long as Van Persie or Rooney succeeds in breaking through from my side, once is enough, even if I lose, please have a luxurious Chinese meal! If it doesn't work out once, hehe, you lose, how about inviting me to a luxurious Chinese meal? Of course, if someone chooses to be on my side, that's fine. ”
"Really?" Ozil hadn't spoken yet, but Wilshere was interested.
In Wilshere's opinion, Zhang Xu's defensive ability is really good, but he still knows Van Persie and Rooney very well, especially Van Persie, whose attack is still very strong.
Wilshere really didn't believe it if he couldn't make a breakthrough once, so he said: "If that's the case, then I bet you lose!" ”
"I'll bet you to lose!" Fairmaelen also voted for Wilshere.
"Hey, Captain, what the hell are you going to do? Forget it, isn't it just a Chinese meal? I'm betting you lose, too! Ramsey hesitated, and finally pressed on Van Persie's side.
Soon, the other Arsenal players took the game with a smile on their faces, beating Van Persie and Wayne Rooney to win.
"Ozil, what about you?" Zhang Xu turned his head, and now Ozil didn't stand aside, so Zhang Xu asked curiously.
"Hehe," Ozil leaned into Zhang Xu's ear and whispered, "Captain, don't fool me, I'm full of confidence in your defensive ability!" ”
After speaking, he said loudly: "Brothers, I'm sorry, I decided to stand aside with our great captain Zhang, haha!" ”
"Haha, Ozil, do you really believe that the captain will be able to stop all the attacks that come his way?" Wilshere asked in surprise.
"Haha, of course!" Ozil burst out laughing.
In his opinion, he has won! (To be continued.) )