Chapter 481: Royal Salute
He Xu, who entered the winter break, realized how tired his body was, this time he changed his previous laziness, and came to the Sunshine Coast abroad with Elena, using the sunshine here to dispel the coldness in their bones brought by the long-standing fog in London. Bounced on the beach, feeling the sunshine, He Xu suddenly remembered the banner that a fan had pulled up for him before, "Thank you!" Great Captain! You bring us victory, you bring us champions, the gunners continue to move forward under your guidance, your shoulders can carry heavy artillery! β
He Xu thought so, looking back on his performance in the first half of the season in his mind, maybe this time, what I shouldered was no longer a heavy artillery, right? Now this weight and performance should at least be a royal salute!
The winter break passed quickly, and there were not too many blockbuster transfers in the winter transfer window, so it seems that Arsenal's strength and status have not been greatly impacted. At the same time, another piece of good news has arrived, the draw for the Champions League knockout stage has ended, and Arsenal's opponents are ideal.
The day before returning to London, He Xu, who had already packed his luggage and was about to leave the hotel for the airport, suddenly received a call from the old Chinese medicine doctor, on the other end of the phone, the old Chinese medicine doctor was still saying something that He Xu couldn't understand at all, "In the first game of 2016, you can't play anyway, remember?" Even if it's just a friendly match, you can't play! It's that simple, remember not? Well, I'm pressed for time! That's it. Good bye. β
After expressing his intentions, the old Chinese medicine doctor hung up the phone very simply. This made He Xu a little confused at the same time. kept scolding at the phone, obviously he was a little hot-headed at this time, and he was not ready to take this seriously.
Elena, who had been with him all the time, naturally heard what the old Chinese medicine doctor was saying on the other end of the phone. After pondering for a moment, she suddenly said to He Xu in a coquettish tone: "He Xu, how about we stay here for another three days?" I'd like to eat the food here for a few more days and enjoy the sun for a few more days. Seeing He Xu's embarrassed face, she immediately used a stunt, stretched out her hand to pull He Xu's arm and shook it vigorously, making a pitiful look.
In fact, how could He Xu not understand Elena's purpose, but the old Chinese medicine doctor's way of expressing himself really couldn't accept it, which further stimulated his idea of wanting to go back and try what would happen.
But it can't survive Elena's soft grinding and hard bubbles. He Xu had no choice but to dial the professor's phone and was very embarrassed to explain the cause and effect of this matter, but Wenger agreed without hesitation, and said that he would give a reasonable answer to the media and let him have a good rest. This kind of treatment made He Xu's heart a little moved.
After dragging through the first league game unharmed, He Xu returned to London. Wenger's statement to the outside world is that their captain is too tired, so he extended his vacation, and then some media photographed He Xu and Elena playing in the water on the beach. Naturally, they would not let go of this opportunity, and they all accused He Xu of being unhappy.
For this kind of boring accusations from the media, He Xu has no heart to deal with them, as for Elena. He thought that Elena would care very much about the opinions and accusations of these media, but who knew that Elena actually said it very calmly. "Just these guys? This level of writing is too bad, isn't it? If this were the editor-in-chief of our newspaper Sarn, I would have fired them all. Such good, gimmicky news. It's so boring......"
He Xu laughed and kissed Elena. Just went to the training ground. Although he did not play in the 19th round of the league, their team easily defeated their opponents and became the deserved halfway champions.
Before He Xu had time to change his clothes when he arrived at the training ground, he found that his teammates had already gathered in the locker room, looking like they were obviously waiting for the coach. He Xu, who had just returned to the team, looked at his teammates with some surprise, "I was late for a game, did I miss something?" What are you ...... What's new? Assemble early? β
Tang Lintian shook his head, "ArsΓ¨ne said that today he is going to do a season mobilization for the second half of the season, so we will collectively come a little early." That way, we'll know what he's going to tell us sooner. β
He Xu touched his nose, season mobilization? When did Arsene Wenger start having this hobby? Isn't that the endless mobilization Guardiola's favorite? Could it be that Wenger has some special winning method to teach......
Just when he was thinking nonsense, Wenger had already entered the dressing room, and when he saw that his players had arrived so early, he naturally knew what they meant, which made Wenger, who had not made any preparations, just want to emphasize the team's goals, nervous. He quickly cleared his throat, "Guys! The reason why I have gathered you here so early today is actually very simple, we won the Premier League and the FA Cup last season, which is also a not-so-good double for us. This season, I hope we can be a real double! Although I have told you many times before, today, I would like to emphasize once again that we have two tasks this season, one is to defend the league title! Second, it is to win the Champions League! β
Speaking of this, Wenger paused, glancing at his players, "Alright! Training! β
Although the acquaintance with the manager has reached an outrageous level, the players still slapped their hands very sensitively. Expressing praise for Wenger's speech, Wenger scolded with a smile, "Hurry up and change my clothes and prepare for training!" Slapping you can't beat hell Barcelona! Isn't it? β
With that, he got up and walked out of the locker room. The players finally couldn't help laughing, it had been a long time since they had seen Wenger look so serious, which at first glance was a little uncomfortable. Only Walcott and Koscielny, who have gone through those very difficult years with Wenger, can still vaguely remember that three years ago, Wenger had such a solemn face every season. From the original four-game maniac to the current defending champion, such a gap really makes the players who have experienced these two periods feel a little embarrassed.
At that time, Arsenal's captain was used to be ridiculed and sold at the end of the season. And now...... Koscielny looked at He Xu, who was much younger than him, with a look of awe, maybe he was the king of gunners who could really shoulder heavy guns, right?
He Xu, who was busy changing clothes, didn't know what his teammates thought, so he quickly changed his clothes and went out to train. Under his guidance, the players followed out of the locker room and began to train hard.
In the league, they have been moving forward steadily because they are well ahead of the second place, and with such a good mentality, they have performed very well, still maintaining their winning streak, gradually closing the gap on the goal of defending the title.
Their opponent in the Champions League is Shakhtar Donetsk, this team is really the first time He Xu has encountered, although the strength of the opponent is not too strong, but the unique tenacious spirit and tough style of Shakhtar still caused a lot of trouble for Arsenal. Defensively undertaken, Arsenal failed to score a single goal throughout the first half of the first leg at the Emirates Stadium. Although this may not seem like a lot, it is unacceptable for Arsenal, who are extremely strong at this time. Shakhtar Donetsk is just that, and it's not a formidable opponent. How could they be so rampant? Although Arsene Wenger didn't set up any tactics at half-time, the Arsenal players made a change in their positioning in the second half, and then the goal came ......
The goal was Bo Yang, in this game he and He Xu started together, in the shadow forward position, He Xu, who was strictly guarded by the opponent, very wisely chose to make the ball as much as possible to Bo Yang, who had a wider and larger range, Bo Yang's cold arrow outside the penalty area finally had an effect, and the football hit the ground very quickly into the lower left corner of the goal.
Such a goal caught the Shakhtar players off guard, and they originally wanted to wait for the opportunity to counterattack after holding off the opponent, so how could there be a chance to counterattack......
Bojan was surrounded by Arsenal players, and the young striker, who had been depressed at first, now seems to have finally found a little bit of what he was called a "genius" and a "prince".
Shakhtar Donetsk, who held on to the entire first half, but lost the goal at the beginning of the second half, was suppressed in the following half, although Arsenal was not able to continue to score, but the score of 1-0 was actually enough, although the next game was at the home of Shakhtar, but they were not sure that they would beat Arsenal.
Compared with Arsenal's difficult victory, Liang Zhao's Barcelona seems to be inferior to them, at Anfield Stadium, they were actually beaten 3-0 by Liverpool by counterattack, if it weren't for Ter Stegen's high and low block, I'm afraid this score is far from the limit. Neymar, Pedro and Messi are three collective allies, and Liang Zhao was limited by his opponent to have no chance to press forward at all, and the performance of the two strongest giants in Europe at this time seems to make their opponents see a lot of hope. (To be continued......)