In a typical 90-minute game, there are four periods that the coach deliberately emphasizes in training.

10 minutes after the start of the first half and 5 minutes before the end of the first half.

5 minutes after the start of the second half and 10 minutes before the end of the game.

In these four time periods, in the first two periods, it is easy for teams to be slow to enter the state, resulting in conceding goals or being passive throughout the game, and forced to follow the rhythm of the opponent who entered the state first.

Before the end of the first half, it is easy to relax mentally, because it is about to enter the half-time break, and the time before the end of the game is the most dangerous, on the one hand, because the game is almost over, on the other hand, the physical fitness has entered the critical point in 70-75 minutes, and the motivation to support the players to continue to play, many of them come from the mental will.

In Highbury's last game, the first half has come to the 44th minute of the game, and the injury time may only be one minute at most, and the referee can even blow the whistle for the end of the first half without stoppage time.

Wigan Athletic is still facing Arsenal in a stubborn attitude, they are not like a monolith, but after the mental state has relaxed, the performance has improved significantly, while Arsenal has inevitably become anxious in the mentality of some players, but the performance has been up and down.

Like Pire, frequent inward cuts make it difficult for passers to find space to pass the ball, while Ljungberg cuts into the box to form a new striker but can only force himself but cannot threaten the opponent's goal.

Wigan Athletic's players have a simple idea.

You can't grasp the opportunity, so why be so nervous?

In the last minute of the first half, Arsenal attacked the group. Two of the wide players plus striker Thierry Henry burst into the box. Teammates who want midfield to create some chaos for them. Let's see if we can win in chaos.

Cesc Fabregas stepped forward and he couldn't see room for chances up front.

When Mahon returned to the middle of the midfield to defend, Cesc Fabregas passed the ball directly to Qin Xiong, who ran out of the space to respond.

Qin Xiong controlled the football, and in the face of Wigan Athletic's defensive line, which was also not up for grabs, he walked forward with the ball slowly.

In front of Brad and Francis, Qin Xiong made a bicycle movement and pulled the ball to the left side, then immediately pulled the ball back and then turned around to pull the ball to the right.

This was the dribbling technique he used when he was deflected by Riquelme against Villarreal.

It's not too difficult to change direction, it's flexibility that is difficult. It just so happened that he felt that he could do it, so he tried to get rid of it.

This kind of getting rid is ideal for static use.

Brad made the same mistake as Qin Xiong at the time.

When Qin Xiong pulled the ball to the left side, he followed to the left side, seeing that Qin Xiong was approaching, and Qin Xiong pulled the ball behind him, which made Brad think that Qin Xiong was forced to "retreat" because he was helpless, so he subconsciously stepped forward to intercept!

But just as he stepped forward and pressed with his feet, Qin Xiong pushed the ball to the right side coherently, and Brad pounced!

Qin Xiong got rid of his defense, and at this time it happened to be in Francis's frontal defensive area. Francis also stepped forward to intercept, but was stunned to see Qin Xiong dunk the ball diagonally to remove the gap between him and Brad.

Qin Xiong almost circled in a small area. After playing Tai Chi, which foreigners don't understand, after rubbing shoulders with Francis diagonally, Qin Xiong still didn't speed up because the space was too small.

However, when he looked up at the Wigan Athletic goal, he instantly caught a detail.

He was on the left side in front of the penalty area, and when he looked towards goal, he didn't see goalkeeper Pollitt.

The back line contracted very tightly, and Zim Bonda blocked between Qin Xiong and goalkeeper Pollit, making Qin Xiong a blind spot in Pollit's vision!

Qin Xiong, seemingly absent-mindedly, pushed the ball with the arch of his foot towards the lower right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Pollit was engrossed, and although he didn't see Qin Xiong's person, he guessed who Qin Xiong would pass the ball to.

Ljungberg?

Pire?

Henry?

That's where the threat comes in the box.

But just as he was speculating and anticipating and ready to move on the goalline at any moment to defend reasonably, he was stunned to see the football roll past Zim Bonda.

He immediately thought that the ball was passed to Ljungberg, but he instantly observed the position of Ljungberg and felt that Ljungberg could not receive the ball.

The inner world suddenly set off a monstrous wave!

Pollit was horrified!

He just felt that the ball was a passing mistake by Qin Xiong, and blindly transported the ball to the penalty area.

But when the football rolled past the parallel position of the penalty spot, he realized in hindsight that the football that was not fast was coming from his mother in the direction of the goal!

Pollitt immediately moved towards the bottom right corner of the goal, and the slow shot made the crowd nervous.

It looks like you can get in, but it doesn't seem like you can't.

It seems that the goalkeeper will make a successful save, but I always feel that there is hope for scoring again!

Pollit felt like he had to make a save after two steps, so he pounced, his left arm stretched to the extreme, and the fingertips of his palm reached the ball that was about to roll into the goal against the right post.

Everything doesn't look like the earth-shattering visual sense on the green field.

But in this slow duel, it seems to have turned the unexciting scene into another world.

Pollit watched in amazement as his left hand was barely able to reach the football, which slowly rolled into the goal as it grazed the inside of the post before his eyes!

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Pollit fell in front of the goal line, the football grazed the inside net and rolled less than a meter before stopping, a very calm goal, but it made Pollit like a bolt from the blue!

There was deafening applause from the Highbury stands, and Qin Xiong smiled with joy after seeing the football roll into the goal.

This goal is too much of a thousand pounds.

He rushed to the sidelines, and the flag fluttering in the wind in the stands was once again waved by the fans.

Arsenal fans were unsparing in their affection for Qin Xiong, cheering his name incessantly, and many fans immediately began to talk about the goal, describing what appeared to be a slow reaction of goalkeeper Pollit.

"Qin Xiong has scored! It was an incredible goal, although the angle of the ball was tricky, but the speed of the ball was not fast, and it didn't look like a big threat, but through the slow-motion replay, we can understand that goalkeeper Pollitt's vision was blocked, he made a save when he saw the football roll into the box, and despite his efforts to save the goal, he ultimately failed!

The crowd cheered in Highbury Stadium, Qin Xiong has once again become the hero of the team, his contribution is unparalleled, and now Arsenal are ahead, as long as they win, they will be able to successfully defend the title one round early!

It was a goal of gold! (To be continued......)