Football: Don’t talk about feelings, I’m just an AI

Chapter 73 Why do you know how good your “ex” is only after losing it (first update)

Before the game, Manchester City asked Arsenal to get half of the tickets.

Wenger agreed. This is the biggest difference between Wenger and Ferguson.

Manchester City has 44 points in the league, 7 points behind Arsenal. If they lose this game, they are almost out.

Manchester City failed to qualify in the Champions League group stage, and defending the Premier League became the only thing on the minds of Manchester City fans.

And this game is so crucial, that's why more than 30,000 fans traveled with the team.

Arsenal is only 2 points ahead of Manchester United, and there is no room for error in this battle.

With the arrival of Manchester City and Manchester City fans, Arsenal fans were not enthusiastic but relatively friendly, with no abuse or middle fingers.

At least that's the case outside the stadium. They thanked Manchester City for their "friendly sponsorship" and sold Xia Qi and Balotelli to themselves.

But all this friendly atmosphere changed at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal fans booed the "sponsors" who were warming up the loudest.

Manchester City fans were not to be outdone, and fans from both sides had a fight while the players were warming up.

The Emirates Stadium also became lively.

In the stands of Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium, there were still several familiar and unfamiliar people sitting.

They are Balotelli, De Bruyne, Aurier, Umtiti and Luke Shaw.

Luke Shaw is only 17 years old this year, one year younger than Xia Qi. He transferred from Southampton and cost Wenger 1580 million pounds.

From this we can see why Arsenal fans are so friendly towards Manchester City outside the Emirates Stadium.

Left-back, Luke Shaw: £1580m, (Southampton)

Centre-back, Umtiti: £2880m, (Lyon)

Right back, Aurier: £1440m (Toulouse)

Attacking midfielder, De Bruyne: 2000 million euros (Chelsea)

Forward, Balotelli: €2000 million (Manchester City)

The 80 million given by the board of directors seemed like a lot, but in the end it was not spent at all.

Wenger sold some players for this purpose: Arshavin, Chamberlain, Squillac, Fabianski, Gervinho, Chamakh.

Chamberlain wanted to leave on his own initiative. He felt that he could not develop here, so he went to Liverpool.

The contracts of these four people have been signed and are waiting for confirmation by the Football Association, so this game can only be watched from the sidelines.

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Although both sides had to win this game, the atmosphere was still very friendly as they lined up to play.

Xia Qi joked with his former teammates and made an appointment with his friend Joe Hart to get together with Balotelli after the game.

Penguin Live Room:

"Viewers, welcome to the Penguin Live Room, I am your old friend Zhang Lu, and I am Zhan Jun.

Tonight's game is the 2012nd round of the 2013-22 season, with Arsenal facing Manchester City at home.

Arsenal is now the hottest team in the Premier League, beating the Manchester City duo in the league and qualifying early in the Champions League group stage.

Manchester City is the last champion of the Premier League. After being eliminated from the Champions League group stage, they can concentrate on playing in the league. This is their advantage.

But before grabbing points in the second half, they have to pass Arsenal first, otherwise the point difference will be too big and their hopes will become slim.

"The game is about to begin. Coach Zhang, please introduce to the fans and friends the starting lineups of the two teams tonight."

"Ok."

"The visiting team Manchester City's lineup is not much different from the lineup when the two teams met before.

The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, and on the back line, the center back is paired by Lescott and Kompany. Kompany is called the best center back this season by the British media.

Left back Clichy, right back Zabaleta.

Manchester City's back line is the strongest in the Premier League, and its conceding rate is the lowest in the Premier League.

Manchester City was eliminated from the Champions League. The reason for lagging behind in the Premier League was not the defense, but the inability of the forwards to score goals.

Letting Xia Qi go was their biggest failure.

Currently, Xia Qi has 40 Premier League goals, Dzeko has 8, Aguero has 12, Tevez has 7, and Balotelli has 7.

Xia Qi alone is worth the entire forward line.

Mancini has been looking for a forward who can score 20 goals in a single season all season, but he doesn't know that the strongest one is already in his own lineup.

As a result, the lights were dark and the strongest one was let go.

It would be a stain on his career.

Manchester City midfielder, Barry and Xavi Garcia are the double defensive midfielders.

David Silva plays the left midfielder position, and Milner plays the right midfielder.

Milner is a versatile player who can play any position except goalkeeper.

The forwards are Dzeko and Tevez.

Aguero, Toure and Maicon...are out due to injuries.

Arsenal also has a 442 lineup in this game.

The goalkeeper is Mannone, Vermaelen and Mertesacker teamed up as a central defender.

After buying Umtiti, Arsenal captain Vermaelen may become a substitute.

Gibbs plays left back, which is Gibbs' best position. Jenkinson plays at right back.

Wenger also strengthened these two positions in the winter window, and young player Luke Shaw will not affect Gibbs' starting lineup for the time being.

Jenkinson will need to compete with Aurier for the starting position.

In the midfield, Cazorla and Arteta still partner as the defensive midfielder. This has become Arsenal's standard configuration. In fact, Wenger should strengthen the defensive midfielder the most.

A player with a copper head and an iron tail will suffer a big loss in the Champions League.

The left and right midfielders are Wilshere and young tiger Walcott.

The two forwards are Xia Qi and Podolski.

"Okay, fans and friends, the players are already standing in the center circle and ready to kick off."

Beep!

"The game has started. The one wearing the blue jersey is Manchester City. He is attacking from the left to the right of the screen. The one wearing the red and white jersey is Arsenal..."

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On the field

"Ding Dong"

"Please host select 'training' or 'competition' mode."

"Contest"

"Please host choose the court position: A forward, B..."

"TO"

"Detecting the current predicament of the host's team, matching the attributes of the host [Wings of Freedom]."

"Flying is not your limit, cutting inside is the king. With the combination of dribbling, speed and dexterity, the host has his own stadium corridor."

"Please host choose 'autonomous mode' or 'one-click hang-up mode'"

"Warm reminder: During the hang-up period, the host will automatically complete various indicator actions by the system."

"Hang up with one click!"

"Easily hang up, automatically complete with one click, free your feet, and bring a relaxed and happy stadium experience to the host! The game experience has officially begun."

Beep!

Manchester City kicked off first and played cautiously at the beginning.

Mainly to prevent Xia Qi.

Xia Qi's "notorious" victory over Melo with 38 goals won the European Golden Boot at the half-time stage and became the focus of Manchester City's defense.

After a few passes, the ball was at Tevez's feet.

Tevez's ability to force Balotelli away is enough to show his strength.

The Manchester City fans who came with the team immediately cheered for them.

In this game, both Tevez and Xia Qi played on the right wing, and they did not face each other.

Balotelli in the stands sighed softly. He was still a little worried about leaving Manchester City. Next to him, De Bruyne lightly touched him with his shoulder. The two of them looked at each other and smiled, feeling like they were like-minded people.

The two joined Arsenal to prove their old club wrong, so at this point, De Bruyne is Balotelli's confidant.

Tevez broke through from the wing and passed in. The football flew towards the center of the penalty area. After Dzeko stopped the ball, he turned around and fired with his right foot.

Perhaps stimulated by the "catfish", veteran Vermaelen performed exceptionally and quickly stepped forward to block the hole of the gun, and the football flew out of the penalty area.

Cazorla passed the ball with a kick, and the football flew over the mountains and ridges for more than 60 meters and landed in front of Xia Qi.

Arsenal fans immediately burst into loud cheers.

"The Premier League is really good to watch, and the transition between offense and defense is very fast..."

Manchester City players quickly returned to defense,

But Xia Qi was faster. After a few steps, only Krissy was between him and the goalkeeper.

Xia Qi rushed towards Chrissy with the football.

Many people did not notice that Xia Qi was a little different tonight, but Wenger, who paid special attention to Xia Qi, discovered it. "

"Why did Xia's dribbling change?"

Pat Rice took a closer look, oh, it’s really different.

In the past, I was always a meteor, like Kaka, Bale...

Tonight, it’s just a small show, like Messi, Quaresma...

Dribbling is a bit like human handwriting. Only a few people can write in two different styles.

It's not that Kaka doesn't make small steps, but that with consistent movements, Kaka has the style of a meteor.

Just like handwriting, one or two words may be similar to others, but the long text must have its own unique style.

The style of Xia Qi tonight has completely changed.

The fans didn't feel it, they just felt it was fast, but the two senior coaches walked to the sidelines with worried faces.

They didn't care about this attack. They were worried that Xia Qi's steps would be too big and his balls would hurt.

Sudden changes in style can easily lead to muscle discomfort, which can lead to injury.

Pat Rice looked innocent. He really didn't notice Xia Qizhuan's style before tonight.

But... I haven't heard of anyone who can change his style overnight. He has to bear the blame.

When Xia Qi approached Krissy, his left foot moved towards the football, but did not touch the football and fell from the front of the football.

Follow with the same movement with your right foot.

Cycling!

The Emirates Stadium is a little livelier again.

"Xia Qi has put in some extravagances and is very popular among the fans."

The fans were happy, but Wenger and Pat Rice were frowning.

Wenger was sure that his old partner didn't know that Xia Qi had changed his style. Otherwise, Uncle Mi's explosive temper would have had Xia Qi's legs broken off long ago.

Sir Alex is not the only one who hates playing tricks, Wenger does the same. This is the difference between coaches and fans.

on the field,

After Xia Qi rode the bicycle a few times,

Chrissy had a "That's it" expression on his face. He calculated the frequency of Xia Qi and moved forward.

Xia Qi's right foot immediately kicked back, knocking the football to the left side of his body with his heel.

The left foot then pushed hard on the ground, and the person was shot to the left.

Xia Qi played as a right winger tonight, and his left side was on the inside of the court.

Chrissy thought: I really want to cut inside!

He's not stupid. With all the tricks Xia Qi does, there's no way he's just trying to get away with it? !

Therefore, his approach was actually a trap, forcing Xia Qi to make a move as soon as possible.

Seeing Xia Qi successfully cutting inside, Arsenal fans once again let out deafening cheers, but the next second they all turned into boos.

Chrissy returned to defense and continued to stand in front of Xia Qi.

Xia Qi was extraordinary and failed!

And after this fight, all Manchester City defenders came back.

This is the real reason why coaches don’t like busywork.

Mancini looked at Wenger with an "alien" look. He didn't understand how Wenger, who was "good at cultivating young players", could train Xia Qi in the wrong way? ? ?

Wenger read Mancini's eyes and he blushed.

The professor's face is still a bit thin.

On the court, Xia Qi didn't know that Wenger was being laughed at because of him.

He continues to cut inside.

This time Clichy refused and would be derelict in his duty if he tried to cut inside.

He stepped forward and intercepted the ball directly. He had already memorized Xia Qi's steps in his heart. He was absolutely sure of this kick.

However, Xia Qi changed frequency in an instant, became faster, pulled the football with his right foot, and the football disappeared in front of Krissy's toes.

Krissy was shocked. It turned out that my brother had also set a trap and was waiting for me!

Having lost his center of gravity, he had no way to intercept Xia Qi's second inward cut. He could only turn his head and remind behind him: "Be careful!"

Amid the exclamations, Kompany quickly moved forward to make up the position.

However, facing Kompany, Xia Qi raised his right foot and shot directly.

At the moment when Kompany was filling in, Xia Qi slashed towards the football with the outside instep of his right foot.

The bottom side of the football was hit by gravity, spinning rapidly, climbing, and drawing an extremely weird arc in the air, bypassing Kompany and heading straight to the back corner of Manchester City's goal.

Kompany jumped forward, failed to touch the football, and turned to look at the goal...

Joe Hart never dared to take Xia Qi lightly. He constantly moved his position on the goal line according to Xia Qi's position.

After Xia Qi passed Clichy, he quickly shot. As expected by Joe Hart, the Manchester City defenders were back.

When the defenders were in position, he was greeted by a more difficult situation.

But Joe Hart didn't expect that Xia Qi would shoot from the "Qua's Arc", and he would shoot into the dead center of the goal.

Joe Hart ran to the right, took off into the air with a run-up, stretched his body as far as possible in the air like an eagle spreading its wings, and stretched his arms as much as possible.

However, it's still not enough!

That's a blind spot!

The arc hits the angle between the upper right corner, also known as the blind spot.

Watching the football pass through his fingertips.

Joe Hart cursed in his heart: Xia Qi, I’ll fuck you! Why don’t you just score the goal with the second shot? All friends are gone! I want to call two, oh no, three girls tonight!

"Xia Qi shot directly!"

"The ball is in!"

"Xia's arc, there will be blood right out of the sheath!"

"The ball went in, and it hit the dead center of the goal. Although Joe Hart saved it beautifully, it was an unsolvable ball and Buffon couldn't save it even if he came."

"The soles of Xia Qi's feet were so hot that he scored with his first shot. Is tonight the Good Friday for Manchester City?"

Arsenal fans were not mentally prepared to score when they saw the Manchester City defender returning to defense.

And this was the first shot taken by the Arsenal team.

However, Xia Qi, who was slow to attack due to playing tricks, made the impossible possible and scored an incredible goal.

A rare "Quatz's Arc" on the football field!

The moment they saw the football hitting the net, they all jumped crazily and saw Xia Qi waving to his teammates not to celebrate.

How could they leave the goal-scoring hero so lonely?

So he waved the club flag and scarf desperately and shouted:

"Xia Qi!"

"Xia Qi!"

"Xia Qi!"

Manchester City fans saw Xia Qi shooting a weird arc in the crowd, making the impossible possible.

Bitterness filled the corner of his mouth, and he felt a little better after seeing Xia Qi not celebrating after scoring a goal.

Why do I only know how good my ex is after losing him? ? ?

why? ? ?

(End of this chapter)