Chapter 259: There is a tiger in my heart

This is not that Li Zihan has much prejudice against them, but the grievances between China and South Korea in football have been around for a long time. In the AFC Champions League, if a Chinese team met a South Korean team, Chinese fans would be able to watch the jokes. It's not that their team is good, it's that their media is more exciting than the football they play.

Before the game, the South Korean media unanimously boasted that the match was a derby between China and South Korea in the Premier League.

Because there are two South Korean players in the Black Cats Sunderland team, one is striker Ji Dongwon, who once played for Reading, and the other joined Swansea City in the Premier League from Scottish giants Celtic the year before, and then played for Swansea City for a season last year, and this season was sent by Sunderland on loan as a midfielder.

Of course, the South Korean media certainly didn't say Ji Dongwon, because the competitive pressure of this product on the front line is greater, and whether he can get playing time is another matter, and when he joined Reading as a teenager, he was returned to the K-League team by Reading, and then returned to England two years ago.

They were talking about Ji Chengyong, a player who has been in impressive form for Swansea City and has been on loan at Sunderland this season. Because the midfielder was struggling, he was placed in the starting XI for the first three rounds. Not to mention, at least the South Korean midfielder has performed well in these three league games. At the very least, he has earned the trust of head coach Di Canio.

Therefore, the South Korean media believes that their football can completely suppress China not only in Asia, but also in European players, it can also overwhelm Chinese players. In the past, it was difficult to meet Chinese players in Europe, but now it is difficult to come out with a Li Zihan, and they have high hopes for Ji Chengyong.

And Ji Chengyong is an all-round midfielder, who can attack and retreat. So they hope that the midfield "mixer" of their national team can completely "block" the opposing Chinese player, so that everyone knows that this so-called one of the most talented young players in Europe is actually a Xibei goods, and they are not vulnerable to the Republic of Korea at all.

Even the more excessive South Korean media directly believed that Li Zihan, who performed badly, could not be in the starting list at all. He has been dropped by Arsene Wenger, as can be seen from the fact that he did not even make the squad in the last round of the league. At the same time, they also called on Wenger to give Arsenal's other South Korean striker, Park Joo-yong, more chances, rather than counting on Lee Zihan, a hairy boy with no strength.

In short, the South Korean media said that Li Zihan was worthless and blew their Korean players to the sky.

One of the South Korean hosts said in a football program: "Li Zihan? Who's that? I only know Ji Chengyong, Ji Dongyuan, Sun Xingmin, Gu Zizhe, by the way, there are Kagawa Shinji, Keisuke Honda, Qianguishi, Sakai Gaode Chinese football players? Does China have football? Sorry, I thought Chinese only played table tennis and badminton."

The humiliation is evident even to a fool.

In the face of the provocation of the South Korean media, the Chinese media certainly could not bear it. Who is Li Zihan? He is now a hot figure in China, although Li Zihan has recently been described by the European media as useless, and even labeled as a parallel import. But this has not affected his popularity in China, and many fans still have a supportive attitude or even an attitude like "protecting the calf".

So, inevitably, a big war between China and South Korea began.

As a teammate, Park Joo-yong and Li Zihan still know. As for his ability, Li Zihan thinks that Matri, who didn't even have to play in Juventus, is much better than him.

It is worth mentioning that Matri was also cashed out by Juventus this summer and sold to Matri's academy team AC Milan.

In the end, the match began with the attention of fans and media in China and South Korea.

Arsene Wenger kept his promise after observing Li Zihan's recent situation, and he started the game as a striker. By the way, Giroud, who returned from the French national team, was given some time to rest, although Giroud did not have much playing time in the national team

And the opposing head coach Di Canio did not disappoint the Korean media and arranged for Ji Sungyong to start. In fact, this head coach is also a character coach, not a peaceful master, seeing that the Chinese and Korean fans are so enthusiastic, he also came to join in the fun

Because this game is not a strong team, Wenger also showed up in the starting line for most of the young players and players who have not played many games in the national team, which is to give other national team members some more time to rest, you must know that the famous FIFA virus has killed Arsenal more than once or twice.

At 4 p.m. in mid-September in England, the sun was not very strong, and the soft sunlight poured into the Stadium of Light on the outskirts of Newcastle.

When the two sides shook hands amicably, Li Zihan and Jia Kai hugged each other tightly. The two didn't say anything, and everyone knew that this was not the time to catch up. Everyone, they are opponents on the pitch, but they are still good friends off the pitch.

Li Zihan sighed secretly in his heart, "Jia Kai is sorry, I have initially adapted to the Premier League, and I will not be polite in this game." ’

Sometimes, it's not just Li Zihan who likes to slap other people's faces, but people also like to slap Li Zihan's face.

Ten minutes after the opening play, Li Zihan's good friend and good friend Giaccherini became powerful.

After 10 minutes of ferocious confrontation at the opponent's home stadium, neither side achieved anything. Just when Arsenal were going to control the ball and slow down the tempo just as the 'old rules' were going to happen.

Lee was instructed by vice-captain Mikel Arteta to smash the ball back to full-back Jenkinson at the back. Because the two sides did not understand tacitly, Li Zihan's passing was less powerful, and the speed of the ball was not fast. And Jenkinson also thought that Li Zihan saw his position, so he didn't run up to catch the ball, he was afraid that he would miss Li Zihan's pass when he went up. But it's just that standing there and waiting for the ball that allows the opponent to seize the opportunity.

Ji Chengyong stabbed diagonally from the midfield, did not stop the ball, but flew up directly with a big foot to drive the ball to the front. And his big foot that seemed to clear the siege flew to the feet of Giaccherini in front of the court by mistake, and Giaccherini took a look at the situation in the penalty area after receiving the ball. Then he made a 45-degree diagonal pass directly to find Scotsman Fletcher in the penalty area, who appeared in the center of the game.

Fletcher takes his position and jumps to head the ball. Vermaelen was surprised not to gain the upper hand in the scrum, but substitute goalkeeper Fabianski made a sideways jump save and fished the ball out with one palm.

Before Fabianski could celebrate excitedly, Giaccherini didn't know when he burst into the box. He didn't have any stage fright against Koscielny and then fired a follow-up shot into the Arsenal net.

"One to zero!! Giaccherini!! Although Fletcher wasted Giaccherini's brilliant pass, Italy's new international Giaccherini burst into the box and scored a stop-out shot for Sunderland. Eleven minutes into the game, Sunderland, playing at home, temporarily took the lead. ”

The ball was actually a mistake by Li Zihan, and his pass failed to find Jenkinson accurately. Instead, he gave the South Korean midfielder a chance, and the ball that seemed to be cleared by Ji Sungyong was sent to the feet of Giaccherini. Then, thanks to Giaccherini's excellent performance, Arsenal fell behind. ”

When Giaccherini was celebrating the goal, he glanced at Li Zihan not far away, and thought to himself, 'I'm sorry Li, I've been by your side for a long time, and I have also learned from you the ability to seize opportunities in front of the goal!' ’

South Korean fans were even more excited than Giaccherini, who scored the goal, because in their hearts, most of the credit for the goal should be attributed to their compatriot Ji Yong. It was Ji Chengyong's 'Heroic Divine Warrior'' tackle and 'Wonderful Pass' that helped Giaccherini find his chance.

The unscrupulous South Korean fans were even more excited than the Sunderland fans at home, and they provoked Chinese netizens on the Internet. Chinese netizens hated itchy, and at the same time, they launched a sharp counterattack without relenting. Speaking of netizens' 'wit', Chinese netizens can be ranked in the top three, and in less than half an hour, Chinese netizens counterattacked each other so much that they wanted to stage a full martial arts, and the amazing thing is that there are not many swear words in the words of Chinese netizens.

And what about the party Li Zihan?

He didn't have any extra expressions, just stood silently in the middle circle, waiting for the other party to celebrate and kick off.

Li Zihan's 'inaction' performance stimulated Korean fans even more, thinking that Li Zihan had been beaten. Even Giaccherini patted Li Zihan on the shoulder before kick-off.

"Hey, two brothers who used to be on the same team, like soldiers on the battlefield. The drama is in Juventus where Li Zihan shines and Giaccherini goes into obscurity. And today, Giaccherini shines, and Li Zihan is estimated to be sleepwalking. ”

A certain British host is also quite stingy with his sarcasm, and even more ironic is that this host is also a famous Gunners fan Piers Morgan. What's even more ironic is that, according to incomplete statistics, in the eight years that Arsenal have been without a title, the well-known presenter, who claims to be a Gunners fan, has changed his attitude towards Wenger 400 times

Everything seems to be developing in a direction that is not good for Li Zihan, and some media have even typed press releases in the ten minutes of the game.

And Li Zihan has been labeled as a parallel import in the hearts of these media. The talent, who spent 20 million euros on Arsenal this summer, is not as good as Sunderland's 12 million 'inspirational emperor' Giaccherini. And Sunderland only came up with nine million in cash, and another three million were attached to the floating clause

Then, no one thought of it. They pressed forward step by step, but woke up a dormant tiger.

The tiger opened his eyes and was about to start hunting

[Something happened recently, and the first two days were updated in the field. Hey, I once again learned the "public servants" to do things, and we ordinary people can't afford to mess with them. I heard that the company is going to travel this weekend, and this kind of activity can't be postponed. I don't know if the update can catch up with the time, so I tried to break my sleep and slept less than ten hours in the past three days