269 Gunslingers

In addition to learning about the English style of football after coming to England, the most important thing for Qin Xiong is of course to have a deeper understanding of Arsenal's technical and tactical system, so that he can integrate into this new team.

He's the quintessential team player, and his sense of teamwork is reflected in the fact that he takes the initiative to integrate a new team, rather than having the team fit his playing characteristics.

Arsenal's overall style has abandoned the traditional English tradition of long balls and slings, and the team has played the continental style of playing on the ground under Wenger's careful cultivation for many years.

The three-line central defender line is dominated by attacking on the left side, Ashley Cole has become one of the best fullbacks in European football today in the eye-catching side impact, compared to Lauren on the right side, he is inconspicuous in comparison, because he is stable at the back most of the time, and defends diligently, so as to ensure that Arsenal's defense is stable, and change direction to make Ashley Cole more brilliant, after all, Ashley Cole does not need to pay attention to Lauren's position and worry about whether he can rush forward.

Arsenal's dual midfield configuration is an important guarantee of defensive stability.

Once upon a time there was Parlor + Vieira, now it's Silva + Vieira.

In terms of the distribution of responsibilities, Silva focuses on defense, Vieira tends to be all-round, can attack and defend, after all, not every opponent needs Arsenal to put a double back to defend, when playing some opponents with obvious strength gaps, Vieira will assist forward a lot, only Silva alone can be a good completion of the defensive task of the waist line, if it is a strong team, then Vieira's main task is of course defense.

Up front, Pire's on the left is Arsene Wenger's pride in building his team, and it can't be seen in isolation. It has to be combined with Ashley Cole's one-on-one on the wing.

Piret belongs to the wide side with the attribute of a forward midfielder. Similar to last season's Sneijder and Van der Vaart. Because he is not a pure wide player, the space is not limited to the wings, but can be cross-cut into the middle, which gives the full-backs space to cut forward and provide good cover.

Ljungberg on the right is more of a typical wide player, with good breakthrough skills and speed, but he lacks more assistance from full-backs, so Bergkamp used to be an important role in activating Ljungberg in the team.

Bergkamp's tandem up front ensures that Arsenal's local play up front can be extended to the overall range.

At the same time, striker Thierry Henry is not a traditional centre-forward. Fans can often see Henry from the left and right wings of the midfield to receive the pass from his teammates, which is related to his characteristics, he is not like Ruud van Nistelrooy in the penalty area, he has perfect speed and explosiveness, especially the rhythm change in the dribbling breakthrough method is simple and efficient, so on the one hand, he needs space, on the other hand, he is not on the front line, the opponent defender cannot defend him at the first time, can only wait for his impact, and when Henry and his teammates cooperate to rush forward. Defenders often can't keep up with his tempo.

Qin Xiong is now replacing Bergkamp, except that he has more sense of existence than Bergkamp in defense. In attack, he stands out more than Bergkamp in two ways, the first is acceleration, his speed and dribbling impact are more obvious.

The second is the display of organizational talent.

Neither Bergkamp nor Patrick Vieira are top playmakers, with the former dropping back with age and using experience to feed their teammates, while the latter is playmaker, but not top-level, as can be seen when France are disorganized without Zidane.

In addition to connecting the whole team and constantly choosing the best attacking direction in the organization, Qin Xiong pays more attention to activating Vieira behind him and Ljungberg on the right when running in the front court.

Obviously, when Vieira assists forward, if Qin Xiong does not move his position, the space will be crowded, and the utilization rate of the stadium space is very low, so he will take the initiative to cover for Vieira, which is not a sacrifice, and it is the duty of the offensive organizer to do.

Secondly, Arsenal's attack has always been left-leaning!

Ashley Cole, Pire, including Henry, the three of them on the left side of the attack with the wind and water to shake the United Kingdom, Henry even if the range of movement is large, but the proportion of activities on the left side is greater, which is why he is in the French team with Zidane but is criticized for the ability of the two to cancel each other, because Zidane's offensive habits are also left-leaning, Henry is also left-leaning, the two often have invisible collisions in the same area, so that the offensive power is not as strong as it seems on paper.

Therefore, in order to avoid the collision with Henry Pire, Qin Xiong will take the initiative to move to the right side to cooperate with Ljungberg, so that Arsenal can be more balanced than the previous attack, and achieve the effect of flying on both wings, no longer the left side of the world, the right side is not Erer.

Arsene Wenger watched from the sidelines, and as the first half of the game drew to a close, he was still reminiscing about Qin Xiong's running and technical play on the pitch.

Qin Xiong has made Arsenal's attacks on both flanks very efficient, and in some periods, Ljungberg will be even more brilliant than Pire!

Arsenal's attacking play is incredibly fluid, with space on the pitch and players being more dangerous when they get assists in the back.

In the 43rd minute of the game, Qin Xiong and Vieira ran to the right wing after a one-two in the midfield, and after Vieira's pass reached his feet, Qin Xiong passed the ball straight to Ljungberg in front.

The Swede didn't cross after dribbling to the bottom line, and passed the ball back to Qin Xiong, who was still on the side.

Qin Xiong stopped the ball and sent a beautiful cross without interference.

Thierry Henry's run from the middle of the goal attracted the attention of Fulham's defenders, but the ball went around the front and centre of the goal and fell to the back of the six-yard box.

Pire rushed to the point where the ball landed, and shot directly into the air with the arch of his foot without stopping the ball!

Van der Sar is about to collapse!

The younger generation, who was also born in Ajax, made him ugly one after another today!

You can't save this kind of ball!

Football hits the net!

Pire's thumbs up to the right after the goal and Arsene Wenger laughed and clapped on the sidelines.

"Scored a hat-trick in the first half! Qin Xiong proved his strength as the MVP of the Champions League final! Arsenal is still England's unbeatable king, and it is also the most pleasing and gorgeous division of England's style of play! ”

When entering the players' tunnel at halftime, Arsenal's teammates stepped forward to pat Qin Xiong's head or hit his shoulder with a smile, which was a kind of recognition and encouragement.

Fulham, who were three goals down, did not give up and started to attack more wildly in the second half.

The game turned into a tug-of-war, and the pace of your back and forth was very fast.

Qin Xiong's dispatch in the transition between attack and defense shone brightly, and he repeatedly instigated Arsenal's fast attack.

In the 57th minute of the game, he and Vieira, Henry in the middle of the continuous collision of the wall cooperation, the team's forward offensive played a whirlwind effect, in the front waist line he passed the ball to Pire, and then he ran forward to the right front, Pire crossed, the football back to Qin Xiong's feet.

At this time, he faced goalkeeper Van der Sar as a one-on-one knife, but the angle was not good, so he shook Van der Sar's center of gravity and then went to the baseline position to pass the ball back behind him.

Ljungberg thought Qin Xiong would shoot on his own, but in the face of this ball, he seemed unprepared, obviously facing an empty goal, but he stopped the ball, and it was not stopped, allowing the defender who Fulham chased back to destroy the ball out of the bottom line.

After missing this opportunity, Ljungberg touched his head and looked at Qin Xiong incredulously.

Qin Xiong spread his hands helplessly at him.

Yongberg never opened his mouth to question Qin Xiong: How can you be so selfless?

In the 68th minute of the game, Qin Xiong dribbled horizontally in front of the field and shook off Davies's interception and sent a hidden through ball to Pire's back, Ashley Cole cut inside from the outside and crossed in the box, Henry almost knocked the ball into the goal with his thigh.

4:0

Fulham collapsed.

In the 79th minute of the game, Vieira rushed up to receive Qin Xiong's cross and sent a through ball to Pire, who shot directly but was bravely blocked by Van der Sar, and the rebounding football fell at Qin Xiong's feet.

Qin Xiong shot the ball directly into the empty goal.

Probably because this goal was the icing on the cake, Qin Xiong did not celebrate excitedly, he was surrounded by his teammates, high-fived everyone to celebrate, and then walked towards the backcourt with a smile.

On the way back, Vieira put one hand on Henry's shoulder, stared at Qin Xiong's trotting back, and said, "Now, he's a gunslinger!" (Now,He-is-a-gunner! )”

Henry smiled and nodded. (To be continued......)