Chapter 569: Questioning? You're thinking too much!

Everyone was talking about Li Zihan becoming the captain of Arsenal, and in this interlude when the World Cup fever gradually passed, everyone remembered those stars in the league, such as Li Zihan.

Because Li Zihan did not participate in the World Cup, there is little news about him in the tide of the World Cup, although he has bought a Chinese team and is also the fourth shareholder of a La Liga team. But these news did not overwhelm the German team's championship, Messi's forever one step away from the king of the ball, Cristiano Ronaldo's sincerity, and James Rodriguez's sky-high transfer fee

So in this summer, in fact, many people have forgotten about Li Zihan. When the news that Li Zihan became the captain of Arsenal was reported by major media, everyone immediately remembered this horror shooter of Arsenal.

Opinions are divided, with Arsenal die-hard fans fearing that such a big responsibility could leave the youngster at a loss and affect his form.

At the same time, Li Zihan also broke Cesc Fabregas's record, becoming the youngest captain in Arsenal's history at the age of 20 years and seven months. Cesc Fabregas was a little over twenty-one years old when he captained Arsenal.

With the news that Li Zihan was appointed captain of Arsenal, Arsenal ushered in their first European Super Cup match in their history.

The match took place at the Cardiff Sports Complex in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, and since last season the UEFA Super Cup has been held in Monaco, France, the country of China, and last season was held at the Eden Stadium in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

Their opponents are Spanish powerhouse Sevilla!

Sevilla FC finished fifth in La Liga last season and are in the top three after Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona dominate the traditional top three, and the fact that they won the UEFA Cup last season is a testament to their quality.

Arsenal were not complacent about this game, and they did their best to play the line-up against Manchester City in the last Community Shield. It was only Wilshere who replaced Ramsey in midfield, and Chambers on the right side did not enter the starting line-up, but replaced the position with German centre-back Heverdes.

Although Hevedes was born as a central defender, he is still familiar with and good at the position of right wing-back, and he has not played a few cameos in this position when he was at club and national level. He was a right-back in Germany's World Cup squad last month, while he was able to barely make a cameo at left wing-back.

In the selection of central defenders, Wenger used the standard equipment of Arsenal last season, with French central defender Koscielny partnering German central defender Merdessatt.

In the goalkeeper position, Arsene Wenger still used Szczesny.

There is no change in other positions, it is still a strikerless formation.

In the face of Arsenal, a 3-0 clean lineup that can make the powerful Manchester City, Sevilla directly put on a defensive counterattack lineup, using a four-five one-team formation. Intercept Arsenal's attacks with a strong midfield of five and be comfortable in possession.

It is worth mentioning that one of Sevilla's five midfielders is Mikel Arteta, a former Arsenal vice-captain. Mikel Arteta moved to Sevilla for a symbolic €1 million sum this summer, and there are no major problems with Arteta's fitness and form for another two seasons of high-level league play. However, with the addition of Russ Bender and Paul Pogba, Mikel Arteta was destined to be without a regular and he was largely reduced to the last midfielder.

Arteta, who is reluctant to sit on the bench as often as Rosicky, decided to switch to a mid-to-upper club, and this time he chose to return to his hometown in Spain, which is basically an amicable parting between the two parties.

And in Sevilla's starting line-up there is an old acquaintance of Arsenal, Jose Reyes! The Spanish striker joined Premier League giants Arsenal from Sevilla in 2004 for 105 million euros. However, he did not play well in the Arsenal team and there was no place for him in the team, and in the summer of 2007 he joined the Galacticos Real Madrid on loan, and then moved to another club in Madrid for 12 million euros the following year.

However, Reyes' career has not been smooth, and a long-term injury has affected him. After spending a season at Atletico Madrid, he was loaned to Portuguese Premier League giants Benfica for €2.65 million.

Finally, in the summer, Reyes finally ended his wandering career and returned to his hometown of Seville.

Sevilla FC played a loud game, using the defensive ability of the midfield to hinder Arsenal's attack, and then the only Colombian centre-forward Carlos Baca looked for an opportunity to counter-attack. At the same time, Reyes and Arteta, two Spanish players who are familiar with Arsenal's system, were used to find Arsenal's flaws.

However, the gap in strength between the two sides is doomed, and Sanchez has played Barcelona for several seasons before and has not played against Sevilla, so he is very familiar with Sevilla's tactics and style of play. Mesut Ozil, who also played for Real Madrid, is also very familiar with Sevilla, so Sevilla is no stranger to Arsenal.

In the entire first half, Sevilla was retreating to the 30-meter area and was attacked by Arsenal in turns, and Sevilla did not have a shot on goal for 45 minutes. Enreyers' kick at the back could only be considered a clearance.

The most active player in the whole Arsenal is Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez, because he is familiar with Sevilla, so he is very comfortable playing the Spanish team, as if he is back in La Liga.

And in Sevilla, the best player is Mikel Arteta at the back. Like Sanchez, because he is familiar with Arsenal, he can predict things in advance through the movements and demeanor of the other party.

For example, Li Zihan's shooting direction and route, Ozil's passing route and Wilshere's insertion attack are really attacking or to disrupt the game.

Although Arsenal did not score in the first half, everyone believed that Arsenal were not far from scoring.

Sure enough, Arsenal scored a goal at the start of the second half.

Alexis Sanchez's breakthrough completely disrupted Sevilla's rhythm, while Pogba went straight up and switched from midfield to centre-forward. Such an abrupt change of tactics caught Sevilla off guard, as Pogba was only a midfielder in the first half, and even if he was plugged in, he didn't go so deep, and most of the time he shot from distance.

At this time, he actually went to the heart of the penalty area, right in front of the two old central defenders, Tremualina and Fernando Navarro.

And at the beginning of the second half, Sevilla focused their attention on Sanchez, who was very active in the first half, and thus ignored the rest of the Arsenal players.

After 50 minutes of play, it was found that Li Zihan was not in good form, and he was completely overshadowed by Mesut Ozil and Sanchez and Pogba's appearance. Even at halftime, many commentators were still saying that Li Zihan was at a loss because he wore the captain's armband for the first time.

Everyone thinks that Arsene Wenger should not let Li Zihan be the captain of Arsenal, at least not now! And Li Zihan's first battle with the captain's armband is destined to remain in his first history with inaction or poor performance.

However, at this time, Li Zihan went crazy. Taking advantage of Pogba and Sanchez's attacks to create a hole for him, he received a cross from Ozil and volleyed directly without stopping.

The ball flew straight into the goal of Portuguese goalkeeper Antonio Beto!

Li Zihan used this goal to announce his existence and also proved his captain's ability with this goal!

Li Zihan did not celebrate particularly excitedly after the goal, although at halftime, he had already learned about the outside world's doubts about him in the locker room!

He just casually tightened the captain's armband, which had slipped a little on his right arm, then waved at his team-mates and ran towards his own half - he was ready to kick off again.

The photographer on the sidelines used a lens worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan to faithfully record this scene, and many years later, everyone looked at the photo of Li Zihan waving his hand and recalled that he already had the temperament of a leader from the beginning, but everyone didn't find it.

Everyone thought that this goal was enough to show that Li Zihan's state was not affected by the "captain's turmoil", but everyone didn't know that this was just the beginning of a storm.

Li Zihan's goal in the 51st minute was cut off after Sevilla's kick-off before the Spaniard could threaten Szczesny's shot.

In the 53rd minute, Li Zihan took the ball in the position of the ribs at the front of the penalty area. Pogba and Wilshere pressed decisively forward to attack the opposition's centre-backs, while Alexis Sanchez cut inside on the other flank.

But at this time, Li Zihan did not choose to pass the ball, but shot directly.

The ball hit the crossbar and was bounced back, but it was still Li Zihan who appeared at the first landing point of the ball. Facing Beto, who fell to the ground for the first time, Li Zihan easily scored an empty goal.

This move is Li Zihan's signature goal technique, some people call him "self-throwing, self-grabbing rebounds, and his own football shot in the make-up", and some fans directly summarized it as: "This is Li Zihan three seconds ago to Li Zihan three seconds later." ”

Within three minutes, Li Zihan scored a brace. Seville's carefully prepared defense is like a wall made of foam, which looks tall and mighty, but it will fall down with a push like a cute girl paper!