The fifth watch is over!――

At the end of October, Qin Xiong was suspended for the second league game, and he and Sylvia watched the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, with Arsenal drawing 1-1 away at Tottenham.

Yes, in the post-Vieira era, Arsenal seems to have decreased in the bloodiness on the field, coupled with the team's strategy of defending and counterattacking away from home, so that Arsenal's fighting posture in the north London derby is no longer as brave and fearless as before, but Tottenham's indomitable style of play first established the lead, if it were not for the hatred factor, I am afraid Tottenham would not have given Arsenal a chance to equalize in the second half.

In the Premier League games in which Qin Xiong was absent continuously, Arsenal's average goal rate per game plummeted from nearly 3 goals to 1 goal at once, and Qin Xiong's importance to Arsenal is self-evident.

At the same time, in the Fleet Street review game, some critics pointed out: Although Qin Xiong cannot replace Vieira in the position of spiritual leader, he will still inject blood factors into Arsenal!

Arsenal is a technical team, but on the field, it requires courage and courage, Qin Xiong is also a technical player, but his fighting spirit and combat posture often have strong aggressiveness, dare to face the opponent head-on, and explode bloody side at critical moments, this is exactly what Arsenal needs, in addition to technical and tactical needs, Qin Xiong's role should not be ignored by the outside world.

Whatever the reason, Arsenal need Qin Xiong, but the team's contract renewal negotiations with Qin Xiong are becoming more and more difficult.

Little by little, Dane tries to satisfy Freddy's demands, but as time goes on, Freddy's demands keep improving.

Arsenal don't have the courage to make a hammer. Freddie believes that Qin Xiong is "losing profits" every week. He was always paid close to £20,000 a week. In his eyes, it is a loss and Arsenal must compensate it as a condition added to the new contract.

In other words, Freddy's demands will only get higher and higher as time goes on, and Arsenal have not been able to satisfy Freddy, even if they raise the conditions a little bit, and in the process, the friendly relationship between the two sides is gradually being worn out. Becoming stiff contradicts accumulation.

Wenger also tried to talk to Qin Xiong privately about the renewal of the contract, there are some things between master and apprentice that don't need to be said too clearly, Wenger can't bargain with Qin Xiong to negotiate the contract, and Qin Xiong won't do such a thing, because he is not good at it, unprofessional, he doesn't understand whether the terms in a contract have potential value, or potential pitfalls, talk to Wenger? If Wenger is willing to talk in detail, it should be Wenger and Freddy. Anyway, Qin Xiong won't talk about it.

So Wenger's conversation with Qin Xiong did not lead to anything, and Qin Xiong put on an attitude of "I will leave the contract matter to the agent to deal with". At best, he expressed his inner position: he was willing to stay at Arsenal.

However, the premise is that Arsenal must give him enough team status and treatment, he does not compare with other big teams, and only requires his contribution to be proportional to his gain.

Qin Xiong's Premier League ban is over, and the first game to be played is the fourth game of the Champions League group stage in Highbury in early November.

The opponent was Spartak Prague, who fought back-to-back.

After three rounds, Arsenal won all three games and topped the group.

Ajax is second with four points.

Thun 3 points.

Spartak Prague has only 1 point.

Against this backdrop, Sparta Prague will still have to go all out to win away from home, and if they don't get three points, they could be declared out in the fourth round.

In this game, Arsenal settled the battle in 30 minutes.

Qin Xiong opened the scoring with a free kick from outside the penalty area, and then assisted Henry to open the scoring in the positional battle, and Hleb also sent a wonderful pass to Henry in the 30th minute.

30 minutes, 3:0, Sparta Prague fell into the abyss.

Arsenal didn't even look at their opponents squarely, and the difference in quality between the two teams was too big.

Sparta Prague simply couldn't shake Arsenal's goal, and Arsenal came out of the way after taking the lead.

Arsene Wenger made an early substitution in the second half, and Sparta Prague did not expect the game to win with all their might.

Arsenal ended up beating Sparta Prague 3-0 at home.

After the fourth game of the group stage, Arsenal won all four games and accumulated 12 points to advance to the last 16 of the Champions League.

Ajax, who finished second in the group, have seven points after beating Toun twice.

Thun has three points and Sparta Prague has one.

Arsenal qualified two rounds ahead of the pack and it won't look difficult to win the group, after all, they have a huge gap of five points behind Ajax.

By the end of the fourth round of the eight Champions League groups, only two teams had advanced to the last 16 of the Champions League, namely Arsenal and Lyon.

Fleet Street commented on Arsenal's record: Arsenal's progress in the Champions League is obvious to all, just a few years ago, whether they can qualify from the group stage is still a suspense, but now there is almost no need to worry that they will go home in the group stage, it is undeniable that this is related to the growing disparity in the strength of the Champions League group stage, but considering that giants like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, etc. have not qualified in advance, Arsenal's progress in the Champions League must be recognized, It's just that what kind of performance they will have in the knockout round, it should indeed be a question mark, many people think that Arsenal already has the strength to win the Champions League, but the chances in the Champions League are too great, if they can break through Chelsea last season, dare to say that it will not be Arsenal who will meet AC Milan in Istanbul?

Arsenal may not be the top three favourites in the Champions League, as Arsenal lack Champions League heritage, but the consistency of the results is a positive stimulus for the club's long-term earnings.

The task of the first half of the season in the Champions League has been completed, and Arsenal will have little problem securing top of the Champions League group, and now they can focus entirely on the league.

In the twelfth round of the Premier League, Arsenal hosted Sunderland.

Arsene Wenger offered a new attacking tactic, with Robin van Persie temporarily replacing Ljungberg as the starter, which was Van Persie's chance.

In the more than a year since he arrived at Arsenal, Van Persie has adapted to the Premier League with limited opportunities, and has been learning from Thierry Henry's sense of movement and honing his finishing skills as Arsene Wenger tries to establish him as the next Thierry Henry, at least with a similar trajectory to Thierry Henry's: from winger to centre-forward.

It's just that Van Persie doesn't have the support of a team like Thierry Henry.

As long as Henry reigns for one day, there is no striker in the team who can snatch Henry's center forward position, just like Qin Xiong now plays the role of the team's No. 9 and a half, there is no one to replace him, there was Bergkamp in the past, after Bergkamp is about to retire, if Qin Xiong can't play, Wenger does not consider replacing Qin Xiong with someone else, but directly changes the tactical play, because Qin Xiong's role and position are too special, no one can complete the contribution he made on the field. (To be continued......)