Chapter 318 The battle for the group's first name
After successfully winning the "Canary" Norwich, Arsenal won 18 points in all six league games in the first six rounds, and naturally stood on the throne of the league's number one.
The second place is Liverpool, with only 13 points, 5 points less than Arsenal!
The third place is Tottenham Hotspur, with 13 points. The fourth place is Everton, with 12 points and the fifth place is Chelsea, with only 11 points.
Manchester United and Manchester City are ranked 12th and 7th in the standings respectively, and Arsenal has left them far behind.
Of course, this does not mean that Arsenal will definitely be able to lead like this. Whether it can maintain such momentum is a very important issue for Arsenal. In the past, almost every season started perfectly, but in the middle and back-end, he was caught up by Manchester United and Manchester City and other giants step by step and overtaken!
However, after Zhang Xu has been with him this year, will Arsenal change? No one can tell this!
However, Zhang Xu is very confident in himself because he will not have physical fitness issues that Premier League players are worried about. In addition, he is always improving and he will only become more and more cross-bows, so the greater his contribution to the team will be.
In addition, running quickly and on a large scale on the field greatly reduced the physical consumption of the players. In this way, the physical consumption of the teammates will be greatly improved compared to before, which is also an important reason why Zhang Xu is confident.
Wenger naturally saw this, so he is in a very good mood now, even when arranging the team to prepare for a game against Dodmund, he always has a relaxed attitude.
Yes, the next game is the group stage of the UEFA Champions League at home against Dortmund.
This game is still relatively important for Arsenal. It can be said to be a competition for the top spot in the group!
Porusia Dortmund Football Club is a football club located in Dortmund, Germany, located in Dortmund, Ruhr District, Germany.
Dortmund once won the UEFA Champions League, and also won eight Bundesliga titles, three German Cup titles and three German Super Cup titles, one Toyota Cup title and one European Cup winner title.
On December 19, 1909, in Dortmund, the 1909 ball club of Porusia (ballspielvereinborussia 1909).
The club name Prussia originated from the Polucia Brewery on Steiger-str. The club clothing was prescribed at that time, blue and white sweatshirts and black shorts. The first goal of the new club was to join the West German Event Federation.
In 2001, Summer began coaching Dortmund.
The club spent 140 million marks to buy Rosici, Kohler and Amoruso, of which Amoruso's transfer fee of 25 million euros is the highest record for German club transfer fee so far.
The following year, in 2002, the Dortmund Club won the championship.
In 2011, Jurgen Klopp led the team to win the Bundesliga for the seventh time and returned to the peak after 9 years. In 2012, Klopp led the team to defend the title two rounds ahead of schedule, and Dortmund dominated the Bundesliga for the eighth time in history.
There is no doubt that Dortmund is powerful. Even if Arsenal has Zhang Xu, Ozil and others, it is hard to say that he will definitely defeat his opponent in the face of such an opponent.
Therefore, in order to win this game, Wenger not only held two days of closed training before the game, but also sent the strongest starting lineup of the team except for the injured and sick.
The 3-2-3-2 double-middle formation is still familiar to everyone: the goalkeeper is No. 1 - Szesni; the defender is No. 3 - Sarnia, No. 4 - Mertesacker, No. 6 - Koscheerney; the back midfield is No. 18 Zhang Xuhe No. 8 - Arteta, the midfield is No. 1 - Ramsey, No. 11 - Ozil and No. 10 - Wilshire; the forward is No. 12 - Giroud and No. 14 - Walcott.
Fermulen, Cazorla, and Bentner were all placed on the bench.
At 7:45 pm on October 22, 2013, the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage began, with Arsenal playing against visiting Dortmund at the home Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal has won both home games against Dortmund, losing only 4 home games in the last 47 Champions League games, but has lost to Germany in the last two games (Schalke and Bayern last season).
Dortmund has only won one away game in his last 11 Champions League games (won Ajax last season). The team's only Champions League victory in England was a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in April 1997, with a record of 3 losses and 1 draw since then.
Coach Klopp was unable to command the sidelines due to a suspension, Kyle and Gundogan were absent due to injuries. Schmelzer, who missed the league due to a thigh injury, returned, and goalkeeper Weidenfeller ended his suspension. Buwashchkovsky beat Aubameyang to appear.
"Beep!" With the referee's whistle, the competition for the top spot in the group officially kicked off.
At the beginning of the game, both sides played very proactively, forwards again and again, forwards and shots again and again, and both sides fought hard. For a moment, the field was full of excitement and high scores.
In the 4th minute of the game, Dortmund Groskreuz suddenly shot on the right side of the court, but was disturbed by Zhang Xu and the shot missed a thousand miles!
In the 6th minute of the game, Hummels was dribbling near the center line and was careless against Zhang Xu's defense. Of course, Zhang Xu easily broke the ball. After Zhang Xu took the ball, he directly passed the ball with one kick. The ball crossed Dortmund's back line and fell on the right edge of the penalty area.
Walcott quickly stepped forward and forced a shot before the opponent blocked it!
However, the shot failed to suppress it, and the football flew over the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.
In the 12th minute of the game, Giroud lost the ball in the midfield, and Dortmund quickly launched a counterattack in the middle. Faced with Zhang Xu's pressing, the opponent finally learned a lesson and immediately passed the ball to the wing.
After the wing player got the ball, he quickly cut inside and then passed the ball to the forward wandering on the right. Lewandowski shot hard 22 meters away from the goal on the right and missed the far corner.
When the game reached the 16th minute, the stalemate situation was finally broken!
This was originally a Dortmund attack, but when the opponent's midfielder No. 18 Shahin dribbled the ball, he obviously made a mistake in judging Zhang Xu's speed. At the moment of his legend, Zhang Xu suddenly stepped forward and used his unparalleled speed to directly cut off Shahin's pass, and then launched an attack with the trend.
Zhang Xu first passed the ball to Ramsey on the right, then passed Shahin who was preparing to counterattack and ran to the next receiving position.
Ramsey immediately understood and passed it back. Zhang Xu leaned his right foot and controlled the football. In front of him was another midfielder, Bend, of Dortmund.
In fact, with Zhang Xu's current foot skills, it is not difficult to shake Bend away, but he chose the most direct way to pass the ball!
He pushed the ball with his right foot and pushed the ball to Ozil who was in the left side.
After Ozil got the ball, he immediately rushed forward at high speed and immediately made a cross before the opponent's defender blocked it!
Zhang Xu then jumped up quickly in the middle, and with an unyielding momentum, he beat all Dortmund's defenders and directly faced his forehead towards the flying football!
Obviously, Dortmund did not pay enough attention to Zhang Xu, so he only arranged a strong defender Hummels to guard Zhang Xu.
When Zhang Xu was about to take off, Hummels originally wanted to use his body to squeeze Zhang Xu away, but he quickly understood that he was wrong.
And it was a ridiculous mistake. This Chinese zhang was not something that could be squeezed away by himself. Even if there was another defender like him, he might not be able to squeeze away by the other party.
So, he could only watch Zhang Xu jumped high and then grabbed the first point very smoothly.
After a crisp "bang" sound, the football changed its direction of movement by Zhang Xu's lion, and quickly flew towards the upper left corner of the goal.
Dortmund's goalkeeper Weidenfeller was also very quick to react, but the football flew too fast, so when his hands blocked the angle, the football had already penetrated into the net!
The ball was in! Arsenal led the score by 1-0!
Seeing this goal, countless Arsenal fans went completely crazy. They screamed Zhang Xu's name loudly and neatly sang Arsenal's team songs loudly and neatly.
The one who is most excited at this moment is Wenger. At this critical moment, Zhang Xu's goal immediately broke the deadlock on the court and gave the team the lead. This is really timely for Arsenal. If the opponent scores first, the situation will be another situation.
Zhang Xu ran wildly to the fan stands and crazily folded the Luohan with his teammates. Fortunately, Zhang Xu's body was strong enough, otherwise he would be crushed and broken by his teammates.
Dordmond is worthy of being a giant team of German chariots. His will is indeed quite terrifying. After taking the lead with one goal, their morale fell sharply. Instead, they became more and more courageous in the battle, and continued to compete with Arsenal for the initiative in the game.
However, Zhang Xu would not let them take the initiative back easily. He continued to calmly dispatch in the middle, blocking the opponent's attack again and again.
In the 23rd minute of the game, Hummels knocked down Giroud and was warned by a yellow card. Ozil took a free kick from the right, and Koscheerny headed the ball high, but the referee gave the goal.
At the same time, Wilshire suffered an ankle injury and returned to the court after receiving treatment.
In the 31st minute of the game, Ramsey shot from 24 meters in front of the goal and missed the left post.
In the 35th minute of the game, after Zhang Xu made a long shot forward, the football was taken by the opponent's defender. After Groskreuz received the pass, he directly passed the football to the frontcourt with a long pass. After Dortmund's Reus dribbled the ball into the penalty area, he shot 14 meters away from the goal on the right side of the penalty area!
The shot was very powerful, and goalkeeper Szesny barely saved the football from the bottom line.
Although he did not concede the ball, he also reminded Zhang Xu, so while continuing to maintain the team's pressure on Dortmund's defense, he strengthened the team's defense.
In the 38th minute of the game, Giroud made a cross from the left by Schmelzer. Ozil stopped the ball 18 meters in front of the goal and shot with his left foot half a volley. Hummels' goal line was destroyed!
The score was rewritten again when the first half reached the 41st minute!
Sania made a cross from the right, Subotic escaped and kicked. Weidenfell was disturbed and hugged the ball and took off. Giroud's left foot volleyed into the empty goal 3 meters in front of the goal!
2 to 0!
Arsenal led two goals! He entered the second half with two goals.
At 6 minutes in the second half, Rossiki, who came on the bench, did not act like a slight relief when facing his old club. He knocked down Mkhitaryan while defending and was warned by a yellow card.
Then, Wenger replaced Wilhel with Cazorla.
In the 53rd minute of the game, Lewandowski fought for the elbow to hit Koscheerney in the face and was warned by a yellow card.
In the 66th minute of the game, Ozil took a corner kick from the right, Mertesak headed the ball, and Ramsey volleyed in the back post, but Mertesak made a foul on Hummels first, and the goal was invalid.
In order to change the situation of the game, Dortmund frequently substitutions, young players Hoffman and Aubameyang appeared to replace Mkhitaryan and Boischkovsky.
In the 69th minute of the game, Ozil made a comeback from the right, and Cazorla shot 18 meters in front of the goal to hit the junction of the near post and the crossbar! Sven Bend brought down Rosici and was warned by a yellow card.
In the 76th minute of the game, Ozil made a low pass from the right, and Cazorla's shot across the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Bend.
In the 82nd minute of the game, Dortmund finally scored a goal!
Groskreuz made a cross from the right, and Lewandowski volleyed into the near corner at 8 meters from the back point!
2:1!
Chapter completed!