If it's just an anonymous tabloid newspaper that publishes such a commentary, then the Arsenal players may not even read it.

But the influence of The Times is too great to ignore.

The reason why this report review stimulated Arsenal's main players is because Arsenal players are afraid that what is written in the newspaper is the truth!

If it is really as written in the newspaper, Qin Xiong will subvert the status of all Arsenal players!

Players who originally thought they were on an equal level with Qin Xiong would be surpassed by Qin Xiong, and team superstars like Henry Vieira would be shared by Qin Xiong with glory and attention.

This is actually a very normal law of football development.

There are talented people in the country, and no one can enjoy glory and attention at the top of their entire career.

It's just that having said that, when it comes to the parties, it is impossible to accept it calmly.

If Qin Xiong wants to surpass, then let him surpass.

He's going to be the team's No. 1 star, so let him be the No. 1 star.

Who would be so willing?!

It can be said that the stimulating effect brought by this report review is to make Arsenal's main players "shame and courage", when Qin Xiong returned to the team to participate in training, the training atmosphere changed abruptly, teammates were more serious than before, and their devotion to the cause was stronger than before.

When the second half of the season has begun, a new round of healthy competition within the team has also been quietly staged.

Qin Xiong returned to training without distraction, and since he had been overtaken by Chelsea, it made Arsenal more serious and focused when preparing for the league.

However, Arsene Wenger has been telling his players to keep their mentality calm and not be unduly distracted by the standings.

January 22nd.

Arsenal welcome Newcastle United in Highbury.

The two teams met less than a month ago, and the second half of the schedule is scheduled. The two teams met earlier. So soon they met again.

Silva's absence gave Cesc Fabregas the chance to start.

Qin Xiong has just returned from injury. So I didn't dare to fight too fiercely in the game.

It's just that he's in big trouble!

Trouble from his teammates.

Cesc Fabregas started at the same time as Patrick Vieira, both in midfield.

But there was a clash of thinking between the two men when they were involved in the attack.

Although both of them can play in the back, they both have the awareness of moving forward, and the inertia of activity is longitudinal, that is, they go in front of the opponent's penalty area.

When Vieira is partnered with Silva, Silva sits at the back to defend, Vieira sometimes comes forward, and Qin Xiong will take the initiative to give Vieira a chance. And he pulled the side to the right and worked with Ljungberg to create the offensive effect of the lateral width of Arsenal's attack, tearing the width of the opponent's defense.

But when Vieira and Fabregas stepped forward to participate in the attack at the same time, Qin Xiong inevitably had to pull the side, but the problem was that after the two came up at the same time, Qin Xiong's role was reduced, and there was no one on the back waistline!

The Newcastle United counter-attack was very sharp in the early stages of the first half.

If there is no one on the line, the defender must go up, otherwise a parallel defensive line will have no sense of hierarchy. The opponent can break through the defense with a ball from behind!

In the 23rd minute of the game, Dyer had a chance to counterattack in front. He dribbled the ball to Arsenal's penalty area, Toure stepped up as a defender, Arsenal's back line suddenly became extremely empty, Dyer did not give Toure a chance to press closely, and sent a through ball to Bellamy.

Before Bellamy entered the box, Lehmann, who had a lot of movement, had already abandoned the goal, he slid and brought down Bellamy outside the penalty line, and the referee's whistle blew, awarded Lehmann a foul, and showed him a red card!

Lehmann came off the pitch furious, but instead of protesting the referee's decision, he was dissatisfied with the team's defense!

Who exactly? I don't know.

Probably the midfielders, the defenders, are all within his range of attack.

The German goalkeeper, who had been in a bitter conflict with Thierry Henry before the season, was no slouch and felt that he was a victim of Arsenal's poor defence in this game, so it was understandable to make some rhetorical vents.

"Oops, Arsenal played one less in the first half, Lehmann would have a chance to get a single chance if he didn't abandon the goal, but he might be calmer and take a step back and think, even if Bellamy scored this goal, Arsenal will still play at least 11 men to 11 men, and there is plenty of time for the game, but now it is necessary to have 10 people to fight, conceding the goal or playing one less, which is the best deal, everyone has different opinions."

Arsene Wenger frowned on the sidelines.

He had long been aware of the conflict between Fabregas and Vieira as a double midfielder, but at that time there would be a fluke mentality, thinking that Fabregas was young after all, and when he came to the team in 2003, he was in the youth team for a while, whether it was training with Vieira or playing, it didn't take a long time to run-in.

He felt that after half a season, he would try this combination again, and maybe it would work better.

But in today's more than 20-minute game, it is no exaggeration to say that the role conflict between Vieira and Cesc Fabregas not only affected the performance of the two, but even Qin Xiong was affected by the pond fish.

Arsenal's midfield is extremely chaotic.

The rate of mismatches is higher than usual, and the most important point is the confusion of responsibilities and roles.

Qin Xiong failed to play the ability of the midfield organizer, because the two players behind him have their own organizational ability, Fabregas wants to play a little, Vieira also wants to play a little, originally just one person, can still maintain balance, and achieve the effect that the east is not bright and the west is bright, but if both of them play like this, purely from the perspective of organization, it will form a violent conflict.

Just like a movie, it can't be that everyone is the protagonist, there should always be a supporting role!

Qin Xiong should be the protagonist of the midfield organization, Vieira occasionally wants to grab a camera, no problem, but at least most of the time, Qin Xiong is the protagonist.

The current situation is a huge headache for Wenger.

He couldn't have left Cesc Fabregas on the bench for long, the young players needed more work, and Patrick Vieira was the leader of the team, so it was too difficult to choose.

Newcastle United had a numerical advantage and began to have new ideas for the game.

In the previous encounters, Newcastle United have tried to defend to the death, but it can't work!

Sansones gritted his teeth and waved his arms on the sidelines to direct his team's attack.

Arsenal had just suffered a defeat and ended their unbeaten streak and were now sent off in less than 30 minutes,-! The chance for revenge has finally arrived!

Newcastle United's morale was high, and the Arsenal backline was a little panicked in the first half, but fortunately, Almunia who came on as a substitute did not allow the opponent to break the goal, and the table was much better than expected.

Qin Xiong's face was expressionless when he walked into the players' tunnel in the midfield, and he was thinking about his thoughts.

Arsene Wenger stressed the defensive side of the back line at half-time.

But in the second half, after the game was played again, Vieira and Cesc Fabregas were still habitually pressing forward and attacking.

Because whether it is one less player or not, Arsenal must win!

Otherwise, Chelsea will open up the gap in the standings, which is tantamount to burying all their previous efforts.

"Huh? Arsenal seemed to have changed in the second half, Qin Xiong actually returned to the back line, he cut off the ball at Dyer's feet, Dyer probably didn't expect that after he broke through Cesc Fabregas, someone actually rushed over from diagonally behind to steal his ball! ”

Yes, Qin Xiong made a sacrifice.

Took the initiative to return to the back waistline.

For the team to win.

Let him do whatever he wants.

Some things can be solved slowly after the game, but when the game is in progress, he has always had the awareness of sacrificing for the team.

He doesn't feel like he can't play to his strengths when he returns to a midfield position.

On the contrary, he has a very strong impression of the excellent midfielders.

He thought of Andrea Pirlo, the handsome Italian who played a behind-the-scenes role at AC Milan.

Now he's copying Andrea Pirlo's on-pitch role, and despite the different style of play, the organisation is fine.

His change also caught Newcastle United off guard, Sansones stressed before the game to focus on blocking Qin Xiong in the back position, and now Qin Xiong is gone, as for who will impact, whether it is Vieira or Fabregas, they are all uncertain.

Newcastle United suffered a heavy blow after a long period of inactivity.

Shearer was stabbed off by Campbell after receiving a pass from a teammate on the front line, Qin Xiong took the ball with his back in the back position, made a right turn to confuse Dyer to move his center of gravity, and then completed the turn from the left.

Looking at the shape of the field in front of him, Qin Xiong directly sent a long diagonal pass on the spot.

Ljungberg and Thierry Henry were left in the front line, with Pire replaced by Arsene Wenger in the first half after Lehmann was sent off.

Qin Xiong's long pass is looking for Ljungberg! (To be continued......)