"For the 2018-2019 season, the grouping of the UEFA Champions League is out! Sun Xiang's Arsenal will go to Italy on February 25 to challenge Juventus, the second place in Group A, and CCTV 5 will bring you a live broadcast of the whole game, so stay tuned~"

On January 5, all one-eighth of the Champions League fixtures were listed, with defending champions Real Madrid challenging Schalke 04, Basel and Porto, Grand Paris continuing to meet Chelsea, Shakhtar meeting Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid, Wolfsburg and Morocco, Manchester City and Barcelona, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund.

The first round of the knockout rounds is played on February 25, with the lower-ranked teams playing at home and then swapping.

After the Champions League group came out, China was in an uproar, it has not been nearly a decade to see Chinese players appear in the Champions League knockout round, Sun Xiang will rewrite history, as for the Champions League tickets on February 25, the Chinese side has fan organizations and travel agencies to open the relevant itinerary, Allianz Stadium tickets for Chinese fans from afar to provide 30% of the pre-offered, fans even a little impatient.

Contrary to the enthusiasm of the fans, the current Chinese Football Association is worried about one thing.

The 2019 Asian Cup is about to start, the time is from January 5th to February 1st in the United Arab Emirates, the Chinese team's game is half a month later from the top 12, but before that the team needs to assemble for training, but Sun Xiang, as the strongest core of the Chinese team in this Asian Cup, has not been able to arrive.

The reason is simple, Arsenal will not let go.

Soon Arsenal will face a two-front battle, Giroud and Alexis Sanchez have left after the winter window has opened, and it is difficult for the backup on the forward line to carry the attacking banner, in this case, Arsenal's attacking problems will be exposed, and they must keep Sun Xiang to ensure the team's results.

And the reason for their refusal is also very simple, just with Sun Xiang alone, it is still difficult for China to win this Asian Cup, and they are worried that Sun Xiang will be violated by the opponent in the game and cause unnecessary damage, so they refuse to release people.

Now the Chinese Football Association is not happy, you can think about the results, so why don't we? As a result, after the match day on January 1, the Football Association has been in communication with Arsenal's senior management.

"No, Chairman, Arsenal just doesn't agree to release people, what should I do?" Zhang Biao sweated profusely and rushed into the office of the Football Association, which was the first time he had run in for an unknown number of times.

Ever since Arsenal refused, he has been repeating these things over and over again.

"En......." Chairman looked at the document handed over by Zhang Biao and frowned.

Half a day.

"Find Sun Xiang's contact information and call him directly!" The chairman said coldly, this is an ultimatum, he must bring Sun Xiang over.

"It's the chairman!"

After speaking, Zhang Biao left the office.

"This hateful Arsenal actually spoils my good deeds!"

If Sun Xiang can't appear in the Chinese team, the attention of this Asian Cup will be greatly reduced, and the Football Association will have a lot less extra money. And the key is not these, Sun Xiang is raising attention at the same time, if the national football team enters the finals, then the executives of the Chinese Football Association must be beneficial one by one, this is what they want.

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London, England, at Sun Xiang's home.

There is no training today, it is a rare rest day, Sun Xiang is leisurely enjoying the winter sunshine in the yard.

In the past few days, he was too lonely, so he went to the pet store and bought a dog back.

Compared to his teammates, Sun Xiang's dog is much smaller.

A little starling, this is Sun Xiang's future relative.

The security level of this community is enough, so Sun Xiang didn't raise those big dogs, but starlings have always been his favorite. Especially the angry expression, which makes Sun Xiang love it.

It's still a puppy, but he doesn't need to be taken care of all the time, and if he's away from home for a few hours, it won't be a big problem, so he doesn't have to worry about training.

"Quietly, you said that you eat so much and pull so much every day, why don't you grow one~"

Lying in the courtyard, Sun Xiang held Jingjing in his arms.

Jingjing is the name of the dog, because it is too noisy, so I simply gave it this name, hoping to have a good meaning.

On the second day after he came, he bit Sun Xiang's cotton slippers, which caused Sun Xiang to chase him all over the house.

"Jingle Bell ~ Jingle Bell ~"

"Go to Jingjing, help me get my phone!"

The mobile phone Sun Xiang put on the floor of the house.

As for the reason, he had just finished pooping quietly in that position, and then Sun Xiang chased it all the way to the garden after collecting it, and pressed it as a "loving touch".

"Wow!"

"Are you going?"

"Wang!"

"To go?!"

"Wang!!"

"Then I'll go, you lie down obediently~"

After speaking, Sun Xiang got up and went over and picked up his mobile phone.

I don't know the number, but it looks like it's a domestic number.

Since it is domestic, it is definitely not an advertising harassment call to promote the product.

In fact, before this, Sun Xiang had a doubt. It's time for the Asian Cup, why hasn't the recruitment news of the Chinese national football team yet appeared, generally speaking, he should be called up.

It is very likely that the call came from the Football Association.

"Hello?"

"Is it Mr. Sun Xiang?"

Sure enough, the voice of a Chinese came from the other side of the phone.

"It's me, who are you?"

"Hello, I am the assistant to the president of the Chinese Football Association, my name is Zhang Biao, on behalf of the Football Association, I ask you, whether you are willing to play for the country, the team does not need to pay attention, we will find a way, we just want to know what you think now."

And so it was.....

He thought about this question, why the national football team did not call him up, and there is only one reason that can be explained, that is, the club did not notify him. And the club did not notify itself, either the national football team really did not apply, or the club did not release him.

Now, the possibility that the first national football team has not applied is almost zero, so far the whole set of national team play is basically built around Sun Xiang, after Zheng Zhi and others in the current midfielder left, Sun Xiang is the new signature of the national football team after 00, and they have no reason not to recruit themselves.

In this way, it is only possible that the club will not let go. And combined with the club's subsequent schedule, the No. 11 will play Stoke City, the No. 18 will play Manchester City, and then the FA Cup will follow. During this period, if the club does not have a strong newcomer to join, the only options in the forward line are himself and Alexandre Lacazette, and Welbeck has little hope of becoming a central striker.

Although it's basically a one-week match, the Asian Cup is not a one-week game, it's basically a one-week game or three games. As a seeded team, the Chinese team can directly enter the knockout round, and can play a few fewer games in the early stage, but during this period, the team needs to assemble for running-in, which is a necessary process.

If it was played at the beginning, Arsenal might still be able to agree to release him, but the key is that the national football team did not play at the beginning, which is not enough for Arsenal to have a reason to release themselves.

And Zhang Biao also said just now, in his statement, there seems to be a sense of intention to enforce it, so that his future in the club will be his most concerned issue, and he must express himself in this regard.

"Mr. Zhang Biao, I would like to know if the state forcibly removes me, will I be affected by the club?"