Chapter 115: Pressure

On February 23, 2008, Eduardo. Silva broke his leg. On February 27, 2010, Aaron. Ramsey broke his leg. plus Diaby's broken leg in 2006; Arsenal have suffered leg breaks three times in the past five years. Diaby was twenty years old when he broke his leg and had been recuperating for nine months; Eduardo had just celebrated his 25th birthday when he broke his leg and had been recuperating from his injuries for a year; It will take at least nine months for Ramsey to come back, now 19 years old.

One team suffers such a frequency of broken legs that Arsenal are the only ones in modern football. It's a curse, both tactically and psychologically.

Since Manchester United ended the Gunners' unbeaten run of 49 games at home in '04, "kick Arsenal if you can't beat them, kick them in the leg" has become an unspoken rule to restrain Arsenal. That year, Reyes was replaced by Gary. Neville focused on taking care of it, his legs were kicked purple, and he was forced to substitute in the second half, and then he collapsed, and soon fled the Premier League in a hurry. Later, with the retirement and transfer of a group of tough guys such as Keown, Parlour, Vieira, Campbell, Lehmann, etc., the Gunners' football artistry has not diminished, but the blood and strength have become weaker. Bolton, Blackburn, Stoke City, Manchester United, Chelsea and the likes of Liliang have repeatedly played out scenes of the Gunners being brutalized over the past few years, and even ended up with the joke of "adults beating children".

In particular, Eduardo's broken leg two years ago, Klich gave a penalty to Birmingham City before the end of the game, and the leader of the first team, Garra, sat on the ground and burst into tears, which completely exposed Arsenal's weak mental quality. Before Eduardo broke his leg, the Gunners were five points ahead of Manchester United, but after four draws and one defeat, Manchester United overtook them by seven points. In the end, he missed the championship. It can be seen how fragile the gunman was at that time.

Now it's happening again. Arsenal are still top of the table. With only 10 games left in a row, they are still around five points ahead of Manchester United or Chelsea. Two years later, Arsenal's nightmare seems to be repeating itself.

Arsene Wenger and his disciples have raised the issue of refereeing with the FA on more than one occasion in the face of such a tragic fate, but the Premier League's tradition of speed and physicality makes it impossible for such a football culture to be fundamentally defeated by a broken leg or twice. Even if the referee's scale is gradually inclined to severely punish rude tackles, Arsenal, who are known for their jishu flow, must redeem themselves mentally if they want to regain the top of the Premier League.

Arsenal lost the title two years ago. They seem to be frightened by a broken leg; However, Arsenal performed very well in this game, and although the Gunners players were confused after Ramsey's bad luck, they were still stubborn in the Zuihou moment of the game to win the game. The young Gunners were tougher in this game and they looked even more invincible; Although they have encountered many difficulties, they continue to move forward in the midst of difficulties. Arsenal were defeated by Eduardo's broken leg, and this time the young Gunners went from strength to strength to win the game after Aaron Ramsey was dismissed.

"We have another strong reason, a reason for unity, and we will fight to the end. Fight for Ramsey. He deserves it. Xiao Qing ignored the accusations against him, and Xiao Qing during this time caused an uproar because of his speech; The FA, who wanted to come to bureaucracy, reacted quickly this time. Xiao Qing was fined 50,000 pounds, and the ban may have taken into account the current mood of Arsenal, so Xiao Qing was somewhat unexpected and not banned. As for those media, they naturally think that Xiao Qing is too arrogant and unreasonable.

Xiao Qing, who has always been genuine, angrily scolded Xiao Kroos for being too crazy and vowed to win the Premier League title for his friend: "To be honest, I don't care about my goals and wins. Ramsey is one of my most haode friends and I think about him. It was a terrible injury, I was standing next to Ramsey and I saw it all and all of a sudden, his leg was broken. Shawcross's tackle was so frantic that he lunged towards Ramsey. I don't believe anybody could have intentionally hurt other players, but he was completely out of control when he put it down. As far as I could see, the players on both teams were stunned, and so was I. ”

'We were told afterwards that Ramsey was going to be out for six or nine months and I think he must be sad because he's so young. I haven't had a serious injury in my career, so I don't know about his injury now, but I understand it's a disaster for a young player. But now we just have to move on and win the title for Ramsey. 'This incident made the Gunners' players angry, and they were also scrappy; Originally, Arsenal were determined to win the league title, and now there is one more reason for them to have to work harder. 'It's going to be a tough time before the end of the season, but we're very strong as a team and with the whole team working together we have to fight until the end of the league and win the league title for Ramsey.'

With only ten league games left, this is the perfect time for Arsenal to make a splash; The advantage of the Gunners in the table is still relatively obvious, with Manchester United and Chelsea making mistakes one after another, which also gives Arsenal more opportunities. The current Arsenal schedule is relatively favorable, and Manchester United and Chelsea are gradually under heavy pressure to have a tendency to resist, and this is undoubtedly the best chance for Arsenal, as long as they can continue to maintain their recent form in the next games, they are likely to be in the league Zuihou moment to shake off Manchester United and Chelsea who have been entangled with them for most of the season this season to win the league in advance.

The league championship has entered the countdown, and the time has quietly entered March; At this time, Arsenal started a spring offensive, they want to basically lock up the league title in March, and they want to burst out all their fighting power for Zuihou's cup at this time.

Arsenal, which has won three consecutive league games, is against Burnley in the 29th round, which is still easier to bully for Arsenal, and now Burnley is still struggling in the relegation zone, and Arsenal is also very sure to win the game at home and continue to lead the standings. With only 10 league games to go now, it's a great opportunity for Arsenal to go all out and take down these more modest opponents. This is an opponent that must be defeated in order to win the championship.

March 6, 2010. The 29th round of the Premier League kicked off. Arsenal, the attacking most, hosts Burnley, who have lost three in a row, the weakest defensively. A number of slogans encouraging Ramsey appeared in the stands at the Emirates Stadium. The Arsenal players came on wearing T-shirts with the words "Get well, Ramsey" on the pitch.

For Arsenal, Denilson replaced suspended Alexander Song, with the injured Arshavin on the bench. Burnley's 38-year-old captain Alexander returned after five weeks from injury, but top scorer Fletcher was absent through injury.

In the fourth minute, Cesc Fabregas gave the ball to Xiao Qing's feet in the penalty area, Burnley back Patterson returned to the tackle to interfere, Xiao Qing's shot was saved by Burnley goalkeeper Jensen with his thigh and slightly missed. After a corner, Vermaelen's header from the middle was deflected to the back post. Xiao Qing fired a left-footed volley wide from 18 yards out.

Xiao Qing's two consecutive threatening shots made the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium more and more hot, Xiao Qing entered the state relatively quickly, and it seems that the current Xiao Qing has not been disturbed by those media at all. Because Xiao Qing bombarded the FA and the referee committee, this made many media very unhappy with Xiao Qing's high-profile performance, because Xiao Qing looked a little aggressive.

Xiao Qing doesn't care about those criticisms of themselves at all, they like to say whatever they want, anyway, Xiao Qing's attitude is like this. Now Xiao Qing just wants Haode to help the team go all out in the ten rounds of Zuihou, and he doesn't want some accidents; Arsenal finally got the advantage they have now, and Xiao Qing naturally doesn't want to ruin the team's efforts this season because of some dirty things at such a juncture.

Arsenal's attack was fierce, and the Gunners began to press the promoted Burnley with all their strength as the Arsenal fans cheered them on. Arsenal look set to score soon.

In the fourteenth minute of the game, Cesc Fabregas collided with Eboue on the right corner of the penalty area. Eboue's clever back-heel pass came in and Cesc Fabregas fired wide of the far post from a tight angle from 12 yards.

Arsenal continued to strengthen the attack, and in the 25th minute, Rosicky counter-attacked with the ball and was pulled down by Burnley midfielder McDonald, and the referee took out the first yellow card of the game. There was boos at the Emirates Stadium, and Gunners fans are now sensitive to the serious injuries they have just suffered from a crude foul.

Xiao Qing was expressionless, this was indeed a tactical foul, in fact, it was not so unacceptable, so Xiao Qing still stood in the front court relatively calmly and watched the referee show the yellow card. Although he had some provocative bombardment of the referee before, I have to say that this may cause dissatisfaction among some referees, but the effect is actually there. Xiao Qing is basically the top name of the Premier League now, and his high-profile bombardment of the referee will at least make the referee have some scruples in the decision; This season's Arsenal paid a lot of price in the game because of the referee's intentional or unintentional connivance, and now Xiao Qing doesn't mind becoming a player that the referee hates, as long as it is beneficial to the team, as long as these referees don't ruin Arsenal's good game in the next game. Don't expect to be cared for by the referees, but don't think that Arsenal is easy to bully, this is Xiao Qing's current plan and direction.

Arsenal are in the spotlight right now, not only because they have suffered three broken legs in five years, but also because Arsenal are now one step away from the league title; So at this time, the referees definitely need to pay attention, at least they don't want to cause controversy after the game, this is not only a question of the referee committee, but also a question of the FA, now Arsenal is on the cusp, at this time Arsenal will really not be allowed to suffer again.

The referee's penalty scale looks tight, which would be good news for Arsenal as they don't like those rough fouls because it would be better for Arsenal's players.

It's just that although the referee's penalty scale is relatively tight, this is the Premier League after all, and the fast-paced and high-intensity physical confrontation here is no secret; So even if the referee's penalty scale is tightening, these can't completely stop some things. (To be continued......)