Early in the morning of June 9.

Qin Xiong picked up a taxi in a shoulder bag and headed to Arsenal's training base.

A.T. Kearney Training Base.

He greeted the doorman politely, and he had visited the last time he came to sign a contract, so he was no stranger to it.

He walked to the first-team dressing room and was surprised to find that not many players had arrived, with only two players in the dressing room.

They looked very young, and one of them, Qin Xiong, still recognized.

Van Persie.

The other looked like he was about 14 or 15 years old, and he was quite handsome.

Qin Xiong generously stepped forward and greeted, "Hey, I'm Qin Xiong, it's nice to meet you." ”

Van Persie first reached out and shook his hand and said: "Well, Robin van Persie, we met in the Netherlands, twice, although the second time I was on the bench. ”

Qin Xiong nodded and smiled: "Yes, the first time I fought, you impressed me, your left foot is very powerful. ”

Van Persie shrugged: "You also impressed me, your achievements at Ajax are enviable, Rafael and Wesley will talk about you in the national team. ”

"Huh, huh? Who is this? ”

Qin Xiong set his eyes on another young player, he reached out to shake hands with Qin Xiong, and said, "Seske Fabregas, have you been injured before?" Why did you come to the team today? ”

Qin Xiong's eyes lit up, and he said to Fabregas: "Oh, I remember, you are the youngest player to play in the history of the club, and the one who broke the record for the youngest goalscorer. I? I just came back from the Asian Cup and I just played the Asian Cup final the day before yesterday. ”

"Huh? Asian Cup? Did you win the championship? ”

"Won the championship. The opponent Japanese team did not send the full main force. ”

"Oh."

Passage of Guò van Persie and Fabregas's reaction. Qin Xiong understands that European players are not interested in the Asian Cup. I won't pay attention to it, maybe this is similar to the nature of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, what's so great about the championship? It's just a big one in the group of shorts.

Qin Xiong looked at the time and found that it was not too early, but his teammates did not come, so he asked his teammates that Cesc Fabregas told him that the team would go to the Millennium Stadium in Wales today to play the Community Shield, so it was different from the usual schedule. Most of the players arrive later to rest and travel to Wales together.

After hearing this, Qin Xiong changed into a set of sportswear and left the locker room, he didn't do ball training, just jogged around the training ground to do some warm-up, as well as adjust his physical condition, his recent schedule is very simple, except for eating and training, all other times must be used to rest!

Sleep as long as you can, and then wait for your body to recover before doing high-intensity physical training to prepare yourself as quickly as possible for the new season.

When he felt pretty much the same, he went back to the locker room. This time there are more people in the locker room.

He greeted teammates he knew or didn't know, and Henry didn't seem to be in a good mood. But he still stood up and officially welcomed Qin Xiong's arrival.

In fact, the Arsenal first-team players were very impressed with Qin Xiong, after all, they were eliminated by Ajax last season, Qin Xiong had a wonderful performance, especially the free kick goal that directly changed the overall shape, so that Arsenal was finally eliminated in Highbury.

But there was one person who never showed up.

Vieira.

When Wenger and the coaching staff came to the locker room, he didn't say much, he noticed Qin Xiong's return, and just made eye contact with Qin Xiong to say hello to each other.

Arsenal packed their bags and headed for Wales.

On the train, Wenger called Qin Xiong to his side.

Maybe when pursuing Qin Xiong, it will seem how special Qin Xiong is, but when Qin Xiong really puts on the Arsenal shirt, Qin Xiong has become a member of this team, he is a newcomer, he will not have privileges, even if the head coach focuses on cultivation, he must treat everyone equally on the surface, and will not show too much enthusiasm and care.

You have to rely on your own efforts to stand your ground, not just talk about promises.

This is the case with any team.

Wenger mainly asked Qin Xiong about his physical condition after the Asian Cup, there was no physical reserve for summer preparation, and the run-in with the whole team was blank, Wenger needed to re-plan the arrangement of Qin Xiong.

He really didn't expect that the Asian Cup would open in mid-July, and Qin Xiong went straight from beginning to end until early August.

Qin Xiong did not hide his physical state, he showed the correct professional attitude in this regard, and it would not be beneficial to conceal or support it.

The intensity of the Premier League is evident and if it is overwhelmed, the negative impact may not only be an injury, but may have a profound impact on the future of a career.

Arsene Wenger provided Qin Xiong with advice, and also openly and honestly said that he needs to adjust his physical condition in the short term in the future, make physical reserves, let his body have a longer recovery period, avoid fierce games for the time being, and focus on running in with the team in training, as well as understanding Arsenal's tactical system, etc.

Qin Xiong agreed without hesitation, he was eager to compete, but he also had to be rational and calm.

Afternoon, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

There were three groups of fans in the stands, Arsenal and Manchester United, and neutral Welsh fans.

Alex Ferguson's Manchester United and Arsene Wenger's Arsenal meet in the Community Shield.

The pair of old enemies had another verbal battle at the pre-match press conference.

Ferguson questioned Arsenal's unbeaten title as a matter of great water, believing that Arsenal had tried to secure a draw in the second half of the season in pursuit of unbeatenness, which was an act of humiliation.

Arsene Wenger ridiculed Ferguson for being cautious and unable to accept a great achievement that Arsenal has achieved, while neither Manchester United nor Liverpool have done it.

Ferguson is understandably in a bad mood.

Manchester United also started almost as a half-team second-tier team in the Community Shield.

As many as 8 injured in the first team were the most troublesome for the old man.

Coupled with the fact that his disciple Cristiano Ronaldo had just finished playing the European Championship and went to participate in the Olympic men's football competition, which made the old man angry, and he even said to the media: The Olympic men's football competition should be participated in by non-professional athletes.

Accompanying Ronaldo to the Olympic men's football match was new defensive signing Heinze.

As a result, Manchester United not only has a shortage of personnel for this game, but even the future of the new Premier League season has become uncertain.

Arsenal is actually not much better, Henry has just recovered from injury and is in doubt, Vieira is simply in a state of disappearance, and Pire, Campbell and others will still relieve the fatigue of the European Championship.

This Community Shield match is estimated to have made Welsh fans very unhappy.

Both teams have almost all sent a large number of little-known youngsters.

Berion, Jemba, Fortune on Manchester United's side, Van Persie, Pennant, Cesc Fabregas on Arsenal's side, etc.

And due to the large number of substitutions in the Community Shield, this game is almost no different from the warm-up game.

The first half was scoreless for either side.

Arsenal, who had the advantage on the field, was so poor in quality that Thierry Henry's kick was clear that he had not yet recovered to his peak.

Arsene Wenger's midfield changes worked well in the second half, and Reyes was put to good use, contributing a pass and a shot to the team in the second half, becoming the best player of the game and helping the team win the Community Shield 3-1 against Manchester United.

Qin Xiong watched the game seriously from the bench, didn't play for a minute but mixed up a championship, when he came to Arsenal on his first day.

At the end of the game, Qin Xiong stood up, his eyes looking through the crowd to Fabregas, who was cheering on the pitch.

His deep gaze gradually became full of warlike intent.

Surviving in a big club is almost impossible if you want to be the only option for the team.

On the same role player, you have to come out on top and press other players with similar characteristics to you to the bench!

Henry is like this, Bergkamp is like this, don't look at Reyes playing well, but he is obviously not as good as Pire, Vieira, Lehmann, Ashley Cole, etc., they are the first in the team.

The internal competition is equally fierce.

Cesc Fabregas was brilliant today and he almost annoyed Manchester United's Jemba because he had almost nothing to do with Cebragas.

Qin Xiong with the "arrogance" from Ajax, he wants to conquer the Premier League!

But before that, he has to crush all the contenders in the team who threaten his main position! (To be continued......)