Chapter 130: The Pressure of the Frontrunner (The Third Update, Asking for a Monthly Pass!) )

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After the 35th round of the league, the media focused on several things - the title match between Manchester United and Manchester City; relegation battles for relegation teams; Tottenham, Chelsea and Arsenal compete for Champions League places; Everton and Chelsea, Tottenham, Newcastle and Liverpool in the battle for European places, as well as the battle for top scorer ().

Arsenal lost at home to Chelsea and Chelsea continued to chase after Tottenham.

Tottenham, on the other hand, were also neat and withstood the pressure to beat Queens Park Rangers away from home to a relegation-struggling Queens Park Rangers.

Tottenham's victory in this game basically announced that Liverpool has no chance of going to next season's Champions League.

Arsenal lost at home to Chelsea and Robin van Persie did not score. Liverpool beat West Bromwich Albion at home, but Chen Yingying scored a goal.

This one in and one out, Chen Yingying is only one goal behind Van Persie.

The difference of one goal is simply not worth mentioning for Chen Yingying.

And Van Persie is feeling the pressure.

After the game, many media outlets said that Van Persie had performed so well this season that it would be cruel if he could not win the league's top scorer in the end.

But looking at the aggressive Chen Yingying who was chasing closer and closer behind, many people were sweating for whether Van Persie could hold the first place in his shooter list.

"The hero is too fierce...... some media sighed.

Plagued by Liverpool's ups and downs this season, he was able to score 32 goals (). If Liverpool are doing well, how many goals can he score?

I can't imagine it!

They kind of understood the mood of the Italian teams before them - it was really ...... to meet such a perverted goalscorer I want to cry without tears!

It is no wonder that after Chen Yingying left Napoli, many Serie A teams were relieved, and their head coach or club president publicly said that Chen Yingying's departure was a good thing for them - "...... Because we don't have to see him at least twice a year anymore......"

However, for the Italian media, the loss of Chen Yingying is "a loss for the entire Serie A", because there are few players as outstanding and outstanding as him. It is no longer appropriate to describe him as "where he is, there is news", it is necessary to say: "He is news." ”

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Van Persie is feeling a lot of pressure right now, and despite his relaxed appearance in front of people, everyone can see how much he cares about the league's top scorer.

This is the first time he has scored more than 20 league goals in a single season since joining Arsenal, and it is also the first time he has had the opportunity to lift the Premier League Golden Boot.

How could he give it to someone else?

At the beginning, when there was a big gap with Chen Yingxing, he was relatively relaxed. Now he is beginning to regret why he didn't score a few more goals in two games when the hero didn't score in two games – Van Persie only scored one goal himself in those two games.

Could it really be that Chen Yingying is not strong, and he himself is not motivated? Do you have to chase after you to get to the bottom of your heart?

It doesn't make sense!

Van Persie has now practiced his shots, and that's how he's feeling the pressure – something he doesn't usually practice for himself.

In fact, even if you practice more, it may not be effective. Because his level of training is like that, it is impossible to increase the level in the short term after training. He just felt that there seemed to be no other way to express his determination to fight to the death with Chen Yingying except for additional training.

He can only strengthen his belief by practicing this way - I must not lose! Who do I want to be the top scorer in this league more than anyone!

Chen Yingying really drove him to a dead end.

Arsene Wenger has seen Van Persie's performance and he always feels that this is not necessarily a good thing.

Van Persie hasn't been injured so far this season, which is unusual. He was worried that before the game could start, Van Persie tossed himself first.

He felt the need to speak with Van Persie alone to ease the pressure. The hero had already driven him to a pulp, but in fact there was no need for this.

He wants to make Van Persie realize that a healthy body is the most important thing. You can't mess your body by competing for the top scorer.

Fishing with all your salt won't work.

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After a training session, Arsene Wenger returned to the pitch to find Robin van Persie working on another session. He shook his head.

"Hey, Robin!" He strode onto the training ground and shouted at Van Persie, who was shooting the ball into the goal.

Van Persie heard the manager's voice and didn't stop right away. Instead, after shooting the football under his feet into the goal, he turned to look at Wenger who was walking by.

"Boss, haven't you gone back yet?"

"You didn't go back, how can I go back?" Arsene Wenger laughed. "You're a big fan of the league's top scorer, Robin."

Van Persie nodded: "This is the first top scorer of my career, boss. ”

Just this sentence illustrates how important the top scorer is to Van Persie – anyone's first time is always something to remember, just like first love.

Of course, Arsene Wenger is not here to persuade him to give up the battle with Chen Yingying for the top scorer.

"Well, I think you should relax a bit, Robin, though. Competing with heroes is a long process - do you think that if you win him this season, you won't have to fight him again next season? It's not a good thing for you to make yourself too nervous at this time, Robin. ”

"But he's only one ball away from me now, boss." Van Persie said worriedly.

"What's that, it's you who is ahead, even if you don't score a goal in the next game, he has to score two goals in a row if he wants to overtake you. I think you're being pushed a little messed up by him right now, Robin. Arsene Wenger said.

"How can I ......," Van Persie retorted with a frown - he didn't want to admit that he was really forced to suffer by the other side.

"I remember you rarely practice shooting for yourself, do you?" Arsene Wenger pointed at Van Persie and smiled.

Talking to Van Persie today, he always had a smile on his face. He wanted to infect Van Persie with his smile, so that he could also relax, and not always frown, looking bitter and hateful.

Van Persie was a little embarrassed, and he shrugged: "I think my shooting skills can still improve a little bit. ”

"But there's no hurry." Arsene Wenger said. "In long-distance running, the pressure of the leader is always greater than that of the pursuers behind, you know this rule, right?"

Van Persie nodded. Of course he understands this truth, the leader will worry about his position from the moment he takes the lead, for fear of being accidentally chased by the people behind, if he is caught up before the finish line, but he really wants to cry without tears ().

Because this fear is always present and continues to affect the athletes, the person who leads the race actually consumes more physical energy than the person who chases after it.

This is that in long-distance running, many powerful athletes will actually choose to follow the strategy, and will not be stupid to rush to the front at the beginning to be everyone's target. Then wait until the last moment to overtake the opponent and kill with one blow.

And those athletes who adopt a follow strategy are not all the same, they keep rotating people to follow the first place. It caused a feeling of "no matter how he ran, he couldn't get rid of the chasing soldiers behind", and constantly put pressure on him mentally until he collapsed.

Arsene Wenger looked at his protégé – Arsenal is no longer the Arsenal it used to be, Thierry Henry is gone, Cesc Fabregas is gone, a team that was once star-studded, and now only Robin van Persie can handle it. The Dutchman is Arsenal's only hope for the future, and he must not let this man fall because of Chen Yingying.

"Have you ever thought that the hero is using this long-distance running strategy to put pressure on you and then expect you to collapse on your own?" He said.

Van Persie was stunned for a moment - he really hadn't thought about it.

Wenger saw his reaction and knew that his words had worked, so he struck while the iron was hot.

"In fact, the hero's ability may not be as strong as you think, and it is very hard for him to bite you. You just look at his goal distribution, a lot of the time he relies on concentrated explosions, not consistent scoring efficiency......"

Wenger said this with a bit of a bad conscience. Chen Yingying is not so strong, he knows very well, after all, his team has only been poured three goals by him. But in order to comfort Van Persie and let him relax, he inevitably had to belittle his opponent.

As for the side effects of doing so, Wenger didn't think about it. In case Van Persie loses the top scorer because he is too underweight, it has nothing to do with Wenger, he wants a healthy Van Persie, not a Van Persie who dragged his injured leg and body to get the top scorer.

Moreover, he believes that Van Persie will not be able to lose the top scorer because of his pride because of his words.

This kind of thing can happen to a lot of people, but definitely not Robin. Van Persie's body.

With his words, Van Persie's eyes gradually lit up.

Apparently he accepted his manager's explanation.

In fact, he didn't really believe that Chen Yingying could score 31 goals in a season without the team's strength.

So there is only one reason, that is, Chen Yingying is also very desperate.

It's all too hyped by the media, as if Chen Yingying is unparalleled in the world.

It even affected him.

The thought of having one ball left makes him distraught.

Now that Wenger is so little, he reacts. I was influenced by the media! If you toss like this, it must be yourself who can't withstand the pressure first, once you collapse, isn't it easy for Chen Yingying to overtake himself?

Damn it!

It's dangerous...... If you really do this, you will die unjustly!

Well, if you're going to put pressure on me, then I'll show you how much I can work with!

Van Persie made up his mind, and a smile appeared on his face again: "I understand, boss." I won't practice today, I'll go home! ”

Wenger was pleased with his answer, and he patted Van Persie on the shoulder: "You're always the best, Robin!" Don't be afraid of any opponent! ”