With such a wonderful goal, it's no wonder that Martin Taylor stood in the broadcast room and waved his hands, even forgetting to explain the incident.

"Sun did the best way to reassure the crowd that he was still the one who could control the game!" Alan Smith said.

The reaction of the fans at the scene can no longer be described as excited, they waved the scarves in their hands, sang the war song, and let Sun Xiang's poster flutter in the north stand!

Sun Xiang ran to the stand, using the same sliding kneeling action as on the poster, pointing to the east!

“sun！ You're the best player on the planet! ”

"Our whole family is your fan!"

"Arsenal for the rest of your life!"

The fans in the first row on the sidelines leaned forward, hoping that their voices could reach Sun Xiang's ears.

Sun Xiang stood up, patted the team badge on his chest, and nodded to them.

He won't leave, at least until the club is going to sell him.

In the ensuing time, although the referee gave an unexpected 5 minutes of stoppage time, the disheartened Crystal Palace had no intention of fighting, and basically became Arsenal's garbage time.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the Palace players fell to the pitch like deflated balls...

"Professor, what do you think of this 'good start'?" One asked.

"It's like a normal game, we go and finish it and get the final win."

'Everyone could feel the change in the mood of the team in the second half, did you do anything at half-time?

"Nothing special, if I had to say it, it would be that I gave Sun a banana. But it does seem to work. ”

Arsene Wenger was in a good mood after the game, and he made small jokes with reporters from time to time. But Hodgson's face was different.

"It was a complete defeat and the mentality of the players had something to do with me. I'm going to adjust the form of the team as soon as possible and in the next game, we are bound to win. Hodgson said firmly.

"The next game is against West Ham, are you confident as well?"

"Without faith, I wouldn't be here!"

................................................................................

The next day, while the news was full of reports that Hodgson had taken a challenge to West Ham, Arsenal were on a flight to Turkey. On August 20, they still have a fierce battle waiting for them.

The Champions League play-offs were against Besiktas, Turkey's giants, Negrodo, Quaresma, Pepe and other big names made them play in the Champions League last year, but Turkey was not ranked in Europe's top competition, so its Champions League place became extremely valuable.

Last season, there was a contrast between the ranking and the strength, so I had to play from the play-offs.

However, there is another point that Arsenal will be concerned about, and that is the Turkish football market. Far from the top flight, the fan culture should never be underestimated, with many of the Turkish Super League teams, including Besiktas, being home to some of Europe's most prestigious home stadiums, and security has always been a major issue.

In history, there have been countless incidents of fan brawls in Turkey.

The players felt this as soon as they got off the plane.

After landing in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, they walked out of the airport hall to find all around them surrounded by heavily armed local special police officers, armed with blast shields, standing in two rows in front of the Arsenal rental bus.

"This is too evil, isn't it?" Sun Xiang couldn't help but say.

"What did you say?" Lacazette wondered, because he couldn't understand Chinese.

"I mean, the security is so good and you can imagine how enthusiastic the fans are."

After hearing this, Lacazette laughed, he also thought that the security here was in place, after all, he had heard that Turkish fans were crazy before. At first, I was worried that there would be an attack. However, it seems that UEFA still attaches great importance to this, and he is very happy to be able to arrange so many police forces.

"But then again, Chinese is really hard to understand. You just said one sentence directly, but it turned out to be two sentences. It seems that I used to want to learn Chinese and it was better to dismiss it as soon as possible. ”

After a half-hour drive, the bus dropped the whole team off at the hotel where they needed to stay. This is arguably the best hotel in Turkey, and the reason why it is chosen is that the more upscale the hotel, the higher the safety factor.

After allocating the corresponding rooms, the players cleaned up and went to the hotel's gym for maintenance training. Due to the fatigue of the turnover just off the plane, the team did not schedule a lot of training on this day.

The next day, they went to the training ground located in the central area of Istanbul, which is also the training ground of the Istanbul football team.

The game on this day was mainly based on tactical drills, strengthening the tactical quality of the players, defending and attacking steadily, and using Sun Xiang as the offensive fulcrum.

At the end of the two-hour training session, the team drove back to the hotel, where they had another hour of relaxation before getting ready for the next day's competition.

Since there was a game the next day and there were a lot of extreme fans in the area, the team did not allow the players to take half a step out of the hotel even if they had half a day of leisure in the afternoon. Therefore, most players choose to surf the Internet and play games in their hotel rooms, and some people will also choose to go to the gym to practice for a while.

Anyway, they still have a way of how to spend time.

................................................

The time finally came on August 20th, and the team arrived at the home of Besiktas FC, the Vodafone Arena. In the away dressing room, their jerseys are neatly hung.

Walking to the closet where his No. 4 jersey was hung first, Sun Xiang reached out and gently stroked his jersey, with mixed feelings in his heart.

'Well, it's your first Champions League game. Nervous? Koscielny, who was beside him, saw that Sun Xiang seemed to have a smile on his lips, so he asked.

"It's impossible not to be nervous, but at the same time I'm excited and I can't wait to get ready to play!" As he spoke, Sun Xiang took out his training clothes.

It was his first Champions League game, and despite the Devil's home turf and star-studded squad, there was no reason for him to mess it up. If you want to go further, you must defeat them with the whole team!

"Five minutes left, change your clothes and go warm up! Remember not to get hurt! The fans are very friendly, don't let them lead you by the nose! After speaking, the team leader did not forget to glance at Sun Xiang, who was changing clothes.

Obviously, that last sentence was addressed to Sun Xiang, who, as a young player, is likely to be affected by the aggressive behaviour of the home team's fans.