After the game against Chelsea, the team went on vacation directly because the next day was Christmas Eve and the day after tomorrow was Christmas.

Like everyone else, Zhang Xu left the club and boarded the flight to the United States. This was agreed with Nicola that this year's Christmas would be spent with Nicola's family in the United States.

Christmas is happy, but tense events soon followed.

At 3:00 pm on December 26, 2o13, a focus match in the 18th round of the 2o13/14 English Football League was held at Upton Park Stadium, and Arsenal challenged West Ham away.

West Ham United Football Club (esthamunited Footba11c1ub), one of the English League teams, is located in Newham, east of London. It was established in 1895. The team's home stadium is Upton Park Stadium. The team has won three FA Cup championships and one European Cup Winners Championship.

West Ham United is hailed by the English media as the "Football Academy" (Theacademy of Footba11). The team has provided many talented young players to national teams at all levels, and is a veritable "star-making factory". This reputation has also been officially accepted and inherited by the club.

Since West Ham's double defeat to Arsenal in 2oo6/o7 season, Arsenal has won 9 wins and 2 draws in the last 11 matches between the two sides. The British and British confronted each other 34 games in history, with Arsenal having the upper hand 21 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. Among them, 9 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses away. The two sides have 127 matches in history, with Arsenal 56 wins, 38 draws and 33 losses. Wenger only used Cassorla to rotate Rosici to play.

Arsenal's lineup is still familiar to everyone: goalkeeper 1-Szesni; defender No. 3-Sania, No. 5-Fermalen, No. 4-Murdersack; midfielder No. 18 Zhang Xu and No. 8-Arteta; midfielder No. 16-Ramzi, No. 11-Ozil, No. 19-Caszorla; forward No. 14-Walcott and No. 12-Girou.

Shortly after the game began, Arsenal quickly controlled the rhythm of the game under Zhang Xu's leadership.

In the 7th minute of the game, Ramsey passed the ball, and Zhang Xu nimbled and Casolla's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked.

In the first minute of the game, Arteta fouled against Diame outside the edge of the penalty area, and Noble shot directly from outside the upper left corner of the penalty area and was saved by Szesni.

Arsenal gradually entered the rhythm of the game, and Cassorla's header was saved by Adrian. O'Brien was given a yellow card for a foul on Gibbs.

In the 25th minute of the game, former Chelsea winger Joe Cole passed the ball, and Diame's powerful shot in front of the penalty area was blocked by Zhang Xu, Szesny easily confiscated it.

Arsenal missed a good opportunity in the 26th minute. Ramsey made a pass and successfully offside Walcott shot from 8 yards on the right side of the penalty area and missed the near corner.

In the 27th minute of the game, Ozil took a corner kick and Mertesak headed the ball and scored a high goal.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu suddenly passed the ball straight near the center line, and Casora's shot from 2o yards missed. Then Ozil passed the ball again, and Giroud's left-footed shot missed in the edge of the penalty area.

In the 35th minute of the game, Ramsey's long-range shot was confiscated by Adrian. Before the end of the half, Cazorla's free kick was blocked and Arteta's shot missed. Kevin Nolan's shot missed the right edge of the small penalty area.

West Ham broke the deadlock in just 47 seconds at the start of the second half. Jarvis was barely cleared through a cross from the left. Kevin Nolan's powerful shot in the penalty area was barely saved by Szesney, and Carlton Cole shot into the net in front of the small penalty area.

This is the first time Arsenal has conceded the goal this season.

This annoyed Zhang Xu, so his offensive frenzy became even more intense.

In the 48th minute of the game, Joe Cole missed the shot in front of the penalty area.

In the 5th minute of the game, after Mertesack received a pass from Zhang Xu, the shot from the edge of the penalty area hit Tomkins, and the referee Dodd refused to award a penalty.

In the 51st minute of the game, Noble made a straight pass, and Jarvis shot from the right side of the penalty area and was saved by Szesney.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Sarnia received a diagonal pass from Zhang Xu on the right and made a cross. Giroud's shot from the front still missed the far corner.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Casolla took a corner kick, and Fermall headed the ball and missed the ball. One minute later, Diame made a cross from the right, and O'Brien, who was unguarded, headed the ball from 8 yards, missed the ball.

In the 55th minute of the game, O'Brien tackled Giroud in front of the penalty area, but he managed to escape the second yellow card penalty. Ramsey's free kick was blocked. In the 57th minute, Rat made a cross from the left, Szesney shot out of the shot, but Carlton Cole's volley at the edge of the small penalty area missed. Then Cazorla's consecutive shots in the penalty area were blocked.

Arsenal almost scored in the 60th minute. Zhang Xu's powerful shot from 22 yards was barely saved by Adrian. Ozil's 12 yards shot was blocked by Adrian who fell to the ground with his legs. Diame's two shots from the outside missed. Casorla was given a yellow card. In the 65th minute, Ramsey was injured and replaced by Podolski.

Arsenal equalized the score in the 68th minute, Zhang Xu passed the ball outside the penalty area, Walcott shot low from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty area, the ball passed between McCartney's legs, and then slid through Tomkins' feet and Adrian into the net, 1-1.

In the 7th minute of the game, Cassorla passed the ball, and Podolski shot with his left foot. Arsenal scored in the 71st minute, Podolski made a cross from the left, Tomkins headed the ball and failed to clear the ball, and Zhang Xu, who was in the front, headed the ball outside the edge of the small penalty area, scored 2-1.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Caszorla made a straight pass, and Podolski shot with a one-on-one shot from the edge of the small penalty area was blocked by Adrian.

In the 75th minute of the game, West Ham cleared the corner kick, and Cazorla's left-footed shot missed from outside the edge of the penalty area.

Arsenal expanded the score in the 79th minute, Giroud passed back, Podolski shot with his left foot from the edge of the penalty area into the lower right corner, 3-1. Then Flamini replaced Ozil and Bentner replaced Giroud. In the 9th minute, Casorla passed the ball, but Bentner shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area and slipped out.

In the end, Arsenal lost one goal first in this game and scored three goals in a row and successfully won West Ham United!

At 13:00 on December 29, 2o13, a focus match in the 19th round of the 2o13/14 English Football League was held at St James Park Stadium, and Arsenal challenged Newcastle away.

Newcastle United Football Club (itedFootba11c1ub), is an English football club located in Newcastle. It was founded in 1881. It is one of the English Football League teams. Its home is located at St James' Park Stadium in Neapon Tyne. Newcastle United is one of the earliest football clubs not only in the UK, but also in Europe.

Newcastle United didn't have its first head coach until January 193o, but previously won the league championship four times, FA Cup two times, and FA Cup runner-up four times. The club's last important honor was to win the European Expo Cup in 1969. Fans affectionately called the team wearing black and white jerseys "Magpies".

Arsenal won the top four away game in the final game last season. Newcastle only won one of the last 15 matches between the two sides, and the Gunners won 9 wins and 5 draws in the remaining 14 games. The Gunners lost only 1 game to St. James Park in the last 14 times, and the remaining 13 games won 5 wins and 8 draws.

The British and British sides had 38 matches in history, with Arsenal having the upper hand in 19 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses, of which 6 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses away. The two sides had 172 matches in history, with Arsenal having a slight advantage in 68 wins, 38 draws and 66 losses. Ozil was absent due to injury, Wilhel lifted the ban and returned, and Koscheerney, Flamini and Rossiki took the lead in rotation.

Arsenal's lineup is still familiar to everyone: goalkeeper 1-Szesney; defender No. 3-Sania, No. 6-Koscheerny, No. 4-Murdersack; midfielder No. 18 Zhang Xu and No. 2o-Framini; midfielder No. 16-Ramzie, No. 1o-Wilsheer, No. 7-Rossicki; forward No. 14-Walcott and No. 12-Giroud.

Arsenal broke through many times after the opening game and caused trouble for the home team's defense, but the Gunners did not get a shot.

In the 12th minute of the game, Newcastle United's Kabaye passed Debuch in a long pass, but the latter was tackled by Zhang Xu and missed the opportunity.

In the 15th minute of the game, Debuch passed the ball and Kabaye missed the long shot.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu made a pass from the sky like a fairy from the sky in the middle, Wilshire shot higher from 25 yards. Three minutes later, Wilshire passed the ball, and Rosici's arc shot in front of the penalty area was just around the corner. In the 30th minute, Rosici passed the ball, and Zhang Xu's left-footed shot was also obtained by Kruel.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Wilshire passed the ball, and Giroud's arc shot missed the left post. In the 36th minute, Giroud made a yellow card for a foul on Tiot from behind the frontcourt. In the 42nd minute, Tiot headed the ball to clear the ball, and Mertesak's volley outside the edge of the penalty area was outrageously missed. In the stoppage time of the halftime, Anita made a counterattack and passed the ball, Kabaye's shot on the right side of the penalty area was blocked by Koscheerny, and Sissoko's strong shot from 25 yards was pushed out of the crossbar by Szesni. Then Debuch headed the ball in a corner kick melee in the melee of the crossbar and bounced out.

The two teams competed fiercely in the second half. Thornton's long-range shot was blocked, and Flamini's shot from 25 yards was high.

Arsenal broke the deadlock in the 65th minute, Walcott passed a free kick into the penalty area, and Zhang Xu, who had left William Song, headed the ball from 8 yards into the goal.

One to zero! Arsenal leads the score!

In the 67th minute, Mertesacker headed the ball to clear the corner kick, and Thornton missed the long shot.

Arsenal missed a good opportunity to expand the score in the 69th minute. Wilshire made a straight pass, Walcott's shot from 12 yards was rescued by Kruel, Zhang Xu's shot was shot by Debuch on the empty goal, and Giroud's shot from the right side of the penalty area missed the goal. Then Arteta replaced Gibbs. Flamini was given a yellow card for a foul on Ben Alfa. Jenkinson also replaced Walcott.

In the 81st minute of the game, Szesney cleared the ball and hit Remy and rebounded and missed the left post. Ben Turner replaced Giroud. In injury stoppage time, Jenkinson failed to throw an outbound ball to Ben Turner in time, missing a good opportunity to expand the score. In injury stoppage time, Ben Alfa missed both shots.
Chapter completed!