283 The Battle of the Theater of Dreams begins
Qin Xiong felt very sorry that Sylvia had rushed from Shanghai to Beijing just to surprise him, and he had only been in Beijing for less than 4 hours before getting on the plane back to London.
Although he was dizzy and dizzy sitting on the plane, Qin Xiong still closed his eyes and savored the fragrance and gentleness of her hair.
Maybe the two of them really don't have any magnificent stories, but the warmth and touching from time to time make Qin Xiong have a long aftertaste.
Before parting, Sylvia swore in jerky Chinese: The next time we meet, my Chinese will definitely be better, wait and see!
Qin Xiong smiled every time he thought about this sentence.
It turns out that she also has a silly and cute side.
Traveling back and forth between Asia and Europe was a huge drain for Qin Xiong, and his head was buzzing when he returned to his London apartment, and he didn't get a good rest after the match against Kuwait.
Arsene Wenger deliberately gave him an extra half-day off to adjust his physical condition.
Even so, in the ninth round of the Premier League at the weekend, Wenger still put Qin Xiong on the bench.
In the home game against Aston Villa, Arsenal's form has declined, but they still defeated their opponents 3:1 at home and got a terrible start to the new Premier League season, winning nine consecutive games and 49 Premier League games unbeaten across two seasons!
At this moment, Arsenal has not only terrified their opponents in the English arena, but also attracted strong attention across the European continent and even the world.
Arsenal have become the brightest team in the Premier League, especially as the lead in the table has begun to become apparent.
In the ninth round of fixtures, Chelsea were spotted by Manchester City's Nicolas Anelka, breaking the unbeaten start to the Premier League. Extending Chelsea's deficit over Arsenal from four to seven.
Manchester United's new season has started poorly. The first 9 games. They have only won three games, and all but one of them have ended in draws, and the Red Devils are already a staggering 13 points behind Arsenal!
This made Fleet Street announce to the world that Manchester United could not challenge for the league title this season!
With Arsenal travelling to Old Trafford in the 10th round of the league, the third game of the Champions League group stage to be preceded by a trip to Greece to take on Panathinachs, Arsene Wenger decided to rest his key players, especially with Andreas Pire out injured after returning from the FIFA break.
Qin Xiong, who was a guest in Greece's Champions League match, did not make the squad. Arsene Wenger needs Qin Xiong to recuperate in London and be in the best shape for his first "big game" since he stepped onto England.
Substitute Arsenal were held to a 2-2 draw away at Panathinachs, but the result was not bad, with Arsenal still leading the group.
When late October arrives, the Premier League's most anticipated game of the season will be played at Old Trafford!
Arsenal visit Old Trafford to challenge the Red Devils Manchester United!
Arsene Wenger showed a lot of confidence before the game.
'Before the start of the season, there were people who questioned what Arsenal had achieved, and I thought it was better to try not to care about other people's affairs until we did our job, because Arsenal's nine wins in a row is not the end of the road. A 49-game unbeaten run isn't the end of the road, we're still getting stronger. Manchester United is not in a good position at the moment, but because it is Manchester United, we can't afford to be careless, we will hope to win at Old Trafford, even if it will be very difficult, but we are confident that we can do it! โ
Ferguson is a veteran of psychological warfare and Arsene Wenger was not yet in London when he humiliated Kevin Keegan and changed Keegan's coaching career in a big way.
In the face of the arrogant Arsenal, Ferguson did not show weakness, but he did not reach Cheng Dรน, who was confident without reason.
"Manchester United's new season has not started very well, but we have been in this situation many times, when the outside world thinks we are not good, at the end of the season we lifted the trophy, this is Manchester United's tradition and spirit at work, injuries are the main reason for our results, when this qiฤ is over, Manchester United will return to its old glory, Arsenal? When they get to Old Trafford, they will know that the gap in the table is meaningless, and want to walk away the win at Old Trafford? Manchester United will tell them who is the boss. โ
When the Arsenal bus drove into Old Trafford, Qin Xiong felt the grandeur of Old Trafford, and was amazed by this dream theater when he warmed up.
There is no doubt that the tiny Highbury is no match for Old Trafford's grandeur.
The fans on both sides of the stand have already started a war of applause.
This will make the stadium noisy, and Qin Xiong has become accustomed to the fanaticism of the fans in the Premier League.
When he walked back to the locker room to prepare, he didn't realize how intense the confrontation would be in this match!
He knew the game was important, but he couldn't really feel the war between Manchester United and Arsenal after just three months in England.
He was just hearsay as a bystander.
In fact, without Arsene Wenger's Arsenal rising in the Premier League in the late 90s, the Premier League in the past decade or so might have been dominated by the Red Devils.
From Arsene Wenger's victory in the league and FA Cup double in '98, Arsenal broke Manchester United's monopoly.
From '98 to 2004, three league titles and three FA Cups.
Before Chelsea really got anything, Arsenal were the troublemakers who prevented the Red Devils from dominating England!
The king is hostile to any challenger.
Arsenal are Manchester United's biggest rivals.
So after Arsenal subverted Manchester United's rule in 98 years, for several years, the confrontation between the two teams brewed and developed, and when Arsenal almost reached the pinnacle of England's game, it ushered in the outbreak of the confrontation between the two in a series of fierce confrontation development!
Qin Xiong waited for the start of the game with his teammates in the players' tunnel with great enthusiasm, he did not go to see the Manchester United players, and all the players of Arsenal were holding their heads high at this moment.
49 games unbeaten is a Premier League record, as for the 9 consecutive wins is the best start to the Premier League for Arsenal clubs, and the Premier League winning streak is also set by Arsenal, that is, in the first two seasons, Arsenal recorded 14 consecutive wins in two seasons, and one season helped them win the league title.
So there's no reason why Arsenal shouldn't be proudly facing Manchester United.
They play a different style of football from the traditional British style, and they are more popular and beautiful, which makes them have a certain sense of pride in their mentality.
Now that the Reds are in decline and look to have said goodbye to the league title this season, Arsenal have no sympathy for them, and instead are dismissive of them.
As players from both sides walked into Old Trafford under the leadership of referee Mike Riley, the countdown to the showdown at the Theatre of Dreams began.
"In the last match of the 10th round of the 2004-2005 English Premier League, the focus of this round was played at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, and the defending champion Arsenal challenged the Red Devils Manchester United, and Arsenal was 13 points ahead of Manchester United in the standings! That's a gap that would be enough to make United desperate, not to mention that they are six points behind second-placed Chelsea, and oh, to be correct, Chelsea have finished this round of fixtures and are nine points behind Chelsea with a game in hand.
However, Manchester United has a tradition of reversal, they have reversed Newcastle United, and they have reversed Arsenal, even if it is more than 13 points behind, so Sir Alex Ferguson's rhetoric is not untargeted, and Red Devils fans are also convinced that Manchester United has not fallen behind, and Manchester United still have hope of reversing Arsenal, but first they have to solve their own injury problems.
Both players are absent from the main players for this game, so take a look at their starting line-ups.
Manchester United started 442.
Goalkeeper: Carroll.
Defenders: Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Heinze.
Midfielders: Cristiano Ronaldo, Phil Neville, Scholes, Ryan Giggs.
Forwards: Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Keane's absence is undoubtedly very crucial, which makes us regret not to see Keane's fiery confrontation with Vieira, hehe.
Arsenal started 442.
Goalkeeper: Lehmann.
Defenders: Lauren, Toure, Campbell, Ashley Cole.
Midfielders: Ljungberg, Vieira, Qin Xiong, Reyes.
Forwards: Thierry Henry, Bergkamp.
With Andreas Pire on the bench and recovering from injury, but Arsene Wenger didn't start him on the safe side, can Reyes take his chance to prove what Wenger had to say about him before the season?
Arsene Wenger has said that bringing in Reyes is for this season! (To be continued......)