Qin Xiong joined Arsenal after reaching the top of Asia in early August, and it looked very smooth.

But on the last day of August, it didn't seem to be on the expected track.

He was hidden for more than half a month due to pre-season preparation and physical condition, and retired due to injury in the first minute of his England debut.

There must be media in the outside world who are falling into him.

There will even be football critics who label Qin Xiong as a parallel import, believing that Arsenal has made a bad acquisition.

Blindly believing that there is a "magical" watch in Ajax for the young rookie.

Maybe his magic was just luck, just the occasional glow.

When I arrived at the English stadium, it was revealed

Qin Xiong returned to the apartment, his private team was waiting for him here, the physical trainer re-planned the content of his future training with injuries, the physiotherapist is Chinese, in addition to having the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, after coming to England with Qin Xiong, he began to study sports medicine, he formulated cool herbs applied to the wound to help Qin Xiong get out of the injury faster.

Qin Xiong made a phone call to Alihan to inform him that he could not return to China to participate in the fourth group stage of the World Preliminaries.

Alihan was concerned about his injury and was relieved to learn that it was only a contusion and would heal in a week.

Fortunately, the opponent of the Chinese team in the fourth game was not strong, it was Malaysia, which had been poured 8 goals by the Chinese team in early June, and the only difficulty was that the Chinese team had to be a guest in this game.

Qin Xiong changed into casual clothes and went to dinner after doing this.

Living in an upscale neighbourhood in North London, Qin Xiong regularly patronizes a mid-to-high-end restaurant outside the neighbourhood.

He liked the secluded environment and the restaurant was full of people every time he ate. He sat alone in the corner without being disturbed.

Today. He held the fork and didn't start it for a long time.

He's reminiscing about the game. Thinking about English football.

It is true that he was a bit of a big man before his injury, thinking he knew English football, even after Vieira had reminded him before, but in fact that reminder did not represent any real point.

Be careful?

What exactly should you be careful of?

Now that I think about it, this injury has made Qin Xiong roughly understand the difficulties of English football for technical players.

Why is a midfield master like Veron, who can thrive in Serie A, the world's first league, unable to get along in the Premier League?

Maybe it's the Premier League, when you rush up, you can't tell whether the opponent is rushing or rushing to the crowd is too aggressive!

Italy's defense is not dominated by top-tackles, so technical players have room to possess the ball, and whether they can break through is a sword and shield trick.

Available in England. The overall pace is faster, the players run more on the pitch, and the aggressiveness of the initiative gives you less time to handle the ball.

But if it is a competition that is absolutely within the rules, Belon or Qin Xiong should be more like a fish in water.

Because your opponent grabs frizzily, you can get rid of your opponent in a split second!

Qin Xiong also thought so before.

Until the moment he was kicked by Neil Harrison!

Yes, the opponent here will easily throw away the weight of the body to come up and press, and ideally, as long as you control the ball and turn around, it is easy to get rid of the opponent in an instant.

But the opponent is aiming at you, not the ball at your feet. Then you can guarantee that your opponent will not touch the ball, but you will not be able to avoid your body being violated by your opponent!

Of course, not all opponents will do this.

But how do you know that the opponent in front of you is absolutely rushing the ball?

With such concerns. The psyche will be subconsciously protective.

Trying to brake with static and take the lead is very dangerous in England, and you may pay the price of being violated by your opponent and getting injured.

The index knuckle of his left hand was rhythmically tapping on the door of his head, Qin Xiong still hadn't touched the food on the plate, and his thinking came to himself.

It's time to change your habits.

The habit of waiting for the opponent to come up and grab it, exposing the flaws in the defense before breaking through must be changed.

Or refer to the successful midfielders here.

Manchester United's Paul Scholes, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, Chelsea's Frank Lampard.

Their style of play is wide open and close, and they rarely do delicate ball control breakthrough changes, why?

Because they know to avoid getting entangled with their opponents.

Don't wait for the opponent to stand in front of you to grab it, until then, decisively break through in advance if you want to break through, pass the ball immediately and run if you want to pass.

Absolutely, never give your opponent a chance to get close, otherwise you will be waiting for the unknown, not that you can pass the opponent with superior skills.

"Sir, are you not satisfied with your dinner?"

Qin Xiong's thinking was suddenly interrupted, and he turned his head to look at the person who spoke.

He saw a black waiter.

What he likes about this restaurant is that in addition to the quiet dining environment and the good food, it also includes the service.

The waiters here are uniformly dressed, with spotless vests and shirts, neat bow ties, and a classic British butler style.

The black man looked to be in his forties, had a soft complexion, and gave the first impression of being courteous and attentive.

Qin Xiong shook his head slightly, not that he was dissatisfied with dinner.

The black waiter smiled, "I noticed that your leg hurts, is it because of this that it affects the mood of the meal?" ”

Qin Xiong looked down at his left calf and said softly, "Mood? It should be complicated, when you go through a morning full of anticipation, but in the afternoon you are ridiculed, humiliated, racially discriminated by 10,000 people, and then you are still injured in front of everyone, hehehe"

Qin Xiong put away his smile when he saw the black waiter, but his face became stern, with a hint of respect in his eyes.

He could hear that Qin Xiong didn't take the experience he said to heart, it belonged to an optimistic and positive black humor.

Qin Xiong stared at him and asked, "Your expression seems to tell me, you know who I am." ”

The black waiter nodded and said: "I was smuggled with my family to East London when I was a child, it was a gathering place for immigrants, I became a fan when I was a teenager, I supported Charlton Athletic, I watched the news and knew that you were an Arsenal player, but I didn't know what happened in the afternoon game, I apologize for what happened to you, but I can see that you have a good mentality, which is admirable." As the saying goes: life always makes us bruised, but in the end, those wounded places will definitely become our strongest places! ”

The corners of Qin Xiong's mouth raised into a smile, and he carefully recalled the last words of the black waiter.

He asked curiously, "That's a great sentence!" Who said that? ”

"Hemingway."

The black waiter smiled back.

Qin Xiong stood up and stretched out his hand to the black waiter, introducing himself, "Qin Xiong, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

"Huck Dean, it's a pleasure to serve you."

Qin Xiong sat down again and said with a smile: "Huck, your temperament makes people feel that you should be a teacher. ”

Dean smiled and shook his head, "As a person who has been in prison, it is impossible for me to teach others, and I am not highly educated. ”

Qin Xiong's expression was slightly surprised, and he immediately said: "Your mentality is also very good, there shouldn't be many people who can calmly say that they have been imprisoned." ”

Dean nodded: "Yes, but I don't care about the eyes of others, once I was in prison for burglary, and when I was in prison, I got the bad news of my mother's death, her last words were to let me be a good person, since then, I began to study in prison, hoping to let my mother in heaven rest in peace, reading makes me calm, and also makes me re-examine myself every day, to be a man worthy of making my mother proud, as for what others think of me, I don't care, just like that sentence: superior to others, not noble, True nobility should be superior to one's past self. ”

Qin Xiong's eyes flickered, and he once again recalled what Dean said.

"Hemingway?"

Dean smiled: "I'll have dinner for you, athletes have high dietary requirements, and then, I'll tell you the answer." ”

Qin Xiong smiled dumbly, picked up the plate and handed it to Dean, saying, "Just heat it up." ”

Dean gracefully leaned over to take the plate, and said to Qin Xiong before leaving: "You guessed it right, it was Hemingway who wrote in "The True Noble", I like his book very much, if you want, I can share it with you." ”

Qin Xiong nodded and said, "My honor." ”

Seeing Dean leave with a steady pace, Qin Xiong's already not depressed mood suddenly seemed to change for the better.

He kept muttering to himself.

"Where you hurt, become the strongest. True nobility, superior to your past self! (To be continued......)