127 Sun Xiang's anger
Inside the stadium, the Vodafone Arena has been filled to the brim, wanting to see the home team slaughter the Premier League giants on their doorstep.
In the stands, they hung a giant banner of their own production on the walls of the stands, with striking English text and the Gunners' torn emblem, all decorated with the overly "friendly" stadium.
In addition, there are also some slogans that insult the players. The first to bear the brunt was Sun Xiang.
It seems that Turkish fans know that this is Sun Xiang's first Champions League match, even if it is a greeting gift, they wrote their "blessings" to Sun Xiang in this game on the banner, and even some related slogans.
"Thank you for your circus performance, Chinese!"
"Come happily, cry and go."
But there is one sentence that is particularly eye-catching,
"Stupid sun, Turkey doesn't like the sun!"
Just like the Turkish flag, the scarlet flag has only the moon and stars on it. And the sun, let's stay in the sky.
"Oh sun, did you see those slogans?" After Cazorla and Sun Xiang walked out of the players' tunnel, they were attracted by the banners hanging at the scene.
"Seriously, I'm angry right now, why didn't you say mine?" Looking around, most of them were laughing at Sun Xiang, and some were behind and opposite the goal for Cech.
Sun Xiang smiled and said, "Maybe it's because they don't think this can affect you." ”
"Are you affected?" Cazorla asked rhetorically.
Sun Xiang nodded: "To be honest, I'm quite angry now, but the team leader told us to calm down before training, so I'll try not to pay attention to those banners." ”
When Sun Xiang saw the banner for the first time, he even wanted to curse, it was the first time he had seen such a fan atmosphere. Then when he thought of the reminder of the team leader at that time, Sun Xiang still pressed down.
But that breath is still held in my heart.
It wasn't until later shooting training that Sun Xiang vented with a few powerful shots, which also caused some dissatisfaction from Cech.
"Hey Sun! I'm going to die if you shoot like this! Don't be angry with me, okay! ”
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Sun Xiang waved his hand to apologize.
After half an hour of warm-up, the whole team returned to the locker room, changed their equipment, listened to the final deployment, and then got ready to play.
The minutes before the players entered the pitch were the quietest minutes on the field, and it seemed to be the calm before the storm.
The players walked out of the tunnel and lined up on both sides of the midline for a pre-match ceremony.
After the ceremony, the fans returned to their previous state, and the boos were deafening.
And so in this hustle and bustle, the 2018-19 Champions League play-offs began.
Unlike Arsenal, Besiktas played in the third round of Champions League qualification at the end of July. They faced Dutch side Feyenoord and scored five goals home and away to advance to the play-offs 5-2 on aggregate. And the double kill of that game made the hearts of "Black Hawk" fans more weighted.
"It's not so easy for Arsenal to get away from home in this game, the best way is to get a precious away goal. This makes it easier to get back to London. Ten minutes into the game, Martin Taylor was watching the situation on the pitch and said.
During these 10 minutes, whenever an Arsenal player gets the ball, the fans in the stadium create a powerful noise to interfere.
And Besiktas's players also suppressed the psychology of the Arsenal players with ferocious tackles again and again, creating a sense of panic among them, so that they would have more worries when they got the ball.
However, fortunately, Arsenal's players are still very good at executing tactics on the pitch, and in this situation they are still effectively advancing according to Professor Wenger's arrangement.
"Sun, pass the ball to the right! Ramsey is a bit more aggressive! Arsene Wenger was directing from the sidelines.
If you want to say that the busiest person on the field now, it is estimated that Sun Xiang, as a transit station, he also has to bear the danger of being put down by the opponent's "warrior monk".
As soon as Wenger's words fell, Sun Xiang was put down again.
Plus last time, he's been dropped by Pepe 7 times.
He avoided carrying the ball with his back as much as possible, but whenever the ball came back to his own half, he had to put his back in front of Pepe.
"Referee! It's the seventh time! Sun Xiang used his finger to draw the word "7" and told the referee.
The referee shook his head, which was not enough to show the cards.
Xhaka walked over and patted Sun Xiang before re-stacking the ball at the place where the foul was committed.
The best way to govern the opponent is to score goals.
"Hey Chinese, is the turf here delicious?" Pepe sneered at Sun Xiang, who was standing at the top of the arc of the penalty area, which was one of his most used defensive tools.
"Would you like to try it?" Originally, Sun Xiang was holding back the fire in his belly, but now that Pepe said this, he had an irrepressible impulse.
"No, I'm not going to steal food from you."
"Would you like to try the fist?"
"I don't think you're going to do that, weak Chinese."
"What did you say!" Just as Sun Xiang's patience reached the critical point, the referee's whistle stopped Sun Xiang's forward pace in time.
"Number 4, I'm going to play my cards at this point." The referee came over and sternly warned, "No. 5, this also includes you!" Be mindful of what you say and do. ”
After the small storm cleared, the free kick was also taken.
Xhaka's free-kick fell to the back post and Mustafi grabbed a header.
The ball was held firmly by goalkeeper Fafrisio.
"Now Arsenal are slowly taking some initiative on the pitch, but on the contrary, I am more concerned about Sun's mentality. You can see how angry he was from the argument with Pepe just now, even though the referee warned him that he kept staring at Pepe, as if he was going to eat him. Martin Taylor worried.
"If a person is always put down from behind by someone else, and then verbally attacks you after you get up, whoever puts it on you will be angry. I think Sun has done a good job, at least he's going to be able to settle down. Alan Smith also expressed his opinion, in his opinion, Sun Xiang has done a good job.
But if Sun Xiang will be taken care of like this in the future, it is difficult to say whether he will be able to maintain his sanity.
However, in a subsequent attack, the same scene happened again.
Besiktas went on a local pitch and eventually Quaresma's shot was blocked by Cech and they were awarded a corner.
Quaresma took a corner and headed it in the box, which was eventually headed wide by an Arsenal defender.
Bellerin on the wing took the ball and passed it to Sun Xiang in the middle circle.
At this time, if Sun Xiang can successfully turn around, then he will get half a chance to single the knife.
With the nearest defender around him also 4 metres away, Sun deftly stopped the ball with the inside of his foot and turned around.
He now has to face Serbian centre-back Tosic. The veteran, who joined the team for 15 years on a free basis, has secured the position of the main defender with his solid defense.
The tough-guy defense that is close to that of an English defender makes him not afraid of any attacking player.
If it's a one-on-one fight, Tosic will have a complete advantage.
But Sun Xiang is not a player who likes to use his body, and what can rely on technique will definitely not use his body. It's the same this time.
Sun Xiang took advantage of the general speed shortcomings of English defenders, made a few simple bicycle pedals to disrupt Tosic's defensive pace, and then accelerated from Tosic's side with a change of direction.
Tosic tried to keep up with him, but struggled.
"It's a one-on-one chance! Look no further than SUN! Martin Taylor stood up and shouted.
After passing Tosic, only the goalkeeper was left in front of Sun Xiang's eyes.
The shouts from the fans were getting louder, but not quite like boos. Sun Xiang didn't have time to estimate anything else, and devoted himself to this precious offensive opportunity.
Suddenly, a leg appeared in front of his eyes, which was sticking out from behind him. Immediately after, as if thrown by gravity, he flew out lying sideways.