Chapter 419: The Returning Inter
In the years since that day, Arsenal's future legendary defender De Vrij has never had a bit of trouble with their captain, He Xu. Only a visceral convincing can bring about such an effect, and if you look at De Vrij's original character, you may be able to understand what I didn't describe what that training match and goal was like......
When the training match was over, Wenger clapped his hands in satisfaction, and then directly appointed De Vrij, Chen Boyan and Koscielny to start next week's league game against Fulham, although Mertesacker was a little unhappy with this arrangement, but he also knew that he was still injured at this time, and was not suitable to participate in next week's fierce competition.
The arrival of De Vrij has once again improved the thickness and strength of Wenger's backline, as for the strengthening of the offensive line! You'll have to wait a little longer, and like I said before, think of De Vrij as a warm-up!
Then against Fulham in the league, De Vrij made his Premier League debut, and completed his Arsenal debut goal in the 21st minute of the game, when Tang Lintian, who took the ball, crossed a curved ball on the side, the football flew over most of the field, around the back of the goal, De Vrij, who pressed from the defender position to the front, jumped up easily, smashed the ball into the goal, Fulham's goalkeeper did not understand what happened, and the score was rewritten to 1-1. Arsene Wenger on the sidelines didn't have much expression on his face, just raised his arms to celebrate, but his heart blossomed.
He Xu reached out and patted him on the back as De Vrij ran past him. "Yes!"
De Vrij smiled, "Maybe I'll be able to score a brace with a header in a while!" As he spoke, he also stretched out his hand and touched his head, and gave He Xu a thumbs up.
Then, although Fulham's defence was very serious, it was a pity that De Vrij did what he said he would do, and he flicked his head in a corner kick and headed the ball into the net for the second time. Fulham's manager has been stunned by Arsenal's offensive at this time, originally at this time. He should have done it. It's about letting your players defend first and then find a way to attack. This is not to mention whether Fulham's players can prevent it, but at least it can create some difficulties for Arsenal. However, the Fulham coach actually gave instructions for the whole army to attack at this time. Not every wreck has the desired effect, like Fulham's egg-to-stone at this time. Arsenal not only didn't concede a goal under their onslaught. Instead, He Xu and Garrincha scored three goals in the counterattack. The score was 5-0 in the first half......
After this big victory. Once again, Arsenal got good news for their opponents in the quarterfinals of the Champions League knockout round. After He Xu left the team, after several blood changes, Inter Milan was already in tatters at this time. If this team can reach the last 16 of the Champions League, the most important thing to thank may be the draw guest Luther who drew the weakest group for them. Gurlit. However, in the draw for the round of 16, the guests invited by UEFA failed to continue the magic of Gullit and drew Inter Milan to Arsenal, a Premier League powerhouse that was in full swing at this time.
Leonardon was fortunate to remain at Inter Milan and became one of Inter's longest-lived coaches in recent years. It's just that when he learned that he was going to face Arsenal, he vaguely felt a trace of fear. During the winter break, Moratti let himself go, and if he couldn't reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, he would be sacked immediately. Now that I'm playing against Arsenal, they're not going to just kick me out, right?
Thinking about it this way, he can be regarded as a doctor in a hurry, and there is no way to defeat the opponent, so let's make up for it with the simplest diligence! In this way, the training, which was already a large amount of tasks every day, was once again extended by an hour, and the intensity was increased. The players were full of complaints about this, but they saw that the captain Chen Bo had no complaints, so they gritted their teeth and stood up. As the captain of the Nerazzurri at this time, Chen Bo is very respected by his teammates in the team, after all, the striker, who can only play about 60 minutes per game, has scored more than 25 goals for the club in two consecutive seasons. Even the captain can grit his teeth and train with such a physical condition! Why don't we grit our teeth and get through? The shortcomings of Leonardo's training were finally revealed ahead of the league game against Juventus. Before the first half of the match against Juventus was over, the Inter players were already showing fatigue, and many fans at the scene, including the commentators, thought that the Inter fans had gone out en masse before the game to indulge. Only Leonardo knows that his players have been being trained by him lately to the point that they don't even have the energy and stamina to indulge. Inter Milan, which is inferior to its opponent in its own strength, suffered a rout at the Alpi Stadium, losing 0-4 to Juventus, and fell directly from third in Serie A to fifth place in Serie A.
Leonardo recognized his mistake this time and gave his players a longer buffer period. And in training, with a lot of recipes that can play a role in regulating the body, the players of Inter Milan finally managed to raise their bodies before playing against Arsenal.
Compared with Inter Milan's mourning, Arsenal's side is really a bit of a song and dance. First of all, the injured players are gradually recovering, and their starting eleven is also stabilizing in the run-in. Although Jovetic can't play his level as a sharpshooter in the position of wide midfield, his long-range shots from outside the box from time to time can still pose a lot of threat, and overall, Wenger's transformation has been successful.
He Xu is still the main force in Wenger's team, and it is precisely because of Wenger's trust in him that the striker, who is not yet 20 years old, has become a strong contender for the top scorer in the Premier League and the Champions League.
Massimo. Charlie has been called up to the German team more and more often, although this is definitely not a good thing for He Xu's former club teammate. But He Xu can only be silently happy for his friend in his heart, and the coach of the German team at this time, Loew, may be the happiest but tangled person in the world. Because there are too many young talents in his team, and the previous batch of players are also in their peak or even rising stage, how to match their strong lineup is really a headache for Loew.
The Champions League quarterfinals started as scheduled, and the first game was Arsenal's visit to the Meazza Stadium to challenge Inter Milan.
He Xu, who revisited the old place, led his teammates to briefly move in Milan City to stop vomiting, and according to the coach's request, everyone stayed at the station together to recuperate their bodies with peace of mind.
In fact, for the players of the London team, they have an innate advantage, that is, when they go to most European cities to play, the weather conditions they face are much better than their home stadium, and after returning to their home stadium, most of the opponents can't stand this foggy weather. So the weather is generally not a problem for the London team.
When He Xu stepped on the field with the team and stepped on Meacha's turf again. I can't help but feel in a trance, this can also be regarded as a revisit to the old place, right? Chen Bo, I don't know if you're ready for supper! I'm going to let you treat me twice in a row! Haha, that won't disappoint you......
Although He Xu was very confident before the game, he and his team were hit head-on as soon as the game began.
In just seven minutes of the opening game, Chen Bo assisted Hulk to score with a left-footed shot in a three-of-four in a frontcourt.
This goal came a little early, and it disrupted Wenger's overall plan, and he didn't expect Inter Milan's declining midfielder to seize such an opportunity in the melee and pass the ball to Chen Bo's feet. Wenger still recognizes Chen Bo's ability, after all, before the club bought He Xu, he had proposed that Chen Bo could also be a good starting striker. Fortunately, the senior management of Arsenal finally became willful and used a lot of money to get He Xu.
He Xu and Chen Bo were still taunting each other during the pre-game ceremony, and asked each other to wait for supper, but judging from the current situation, He Xu doesn't seem to be so dominant!
When He Xu was about to kick off, Chen Bo, who passed by him, whispered, "Hey! I found a nice restaurant in Milan, are you in such a hurry to invite me? ”
He Xu rolled his eyes, "I will definitely invite you to go, anyway, you will consume!" ”
However, after He Xu said this, within ten minutes, Arsenal was hit again. This time, Chen Bo personally broke the goal called the donkey goalkeeper, and Mariano finally couldn't call it, after all, the blow came a little too suddenly for him.
He Xu clearly understands in his heart that judging from Inter Milan's lineup and player ability, today's wonderful performance can only be regarded as a return to the past, but unfortunately how did we meet this return?
Although He Xu ran very actively in the front court and tried to threaten Inter Milan's goal personally, it is a pity that Handanovic seems to have made a deep study of He Xu, and He Xu's several shots were in vain, and he didn't even get a corner kick...... (To be continued......)