On April 22, I opened a sports channel from various sources to browse news about football. Kaka's birthday, David Ruiz's day, it seems, today is really a big day. However, there are birthdays every year, and every year is the same thing, and for me, who is already a senior football fan, there is nothing surprising to talk about. Until, I saw a video like this: Eight years ago today, Arshavin staged a senior year in front of Liverpool.
Remember the tsar who single-handedly overthrew Anfield?
Andrey Arshavin, for those who have watched the ball for a while, this name is not familiar, but it is not unfamiliar. Deep in our memories, there are indeed vague fragments of the name. But in our minds, there is no news of this name. Admittedly, his time in the European arena was short, with a glimpse of meteors flying by, and then, in silence. The fans are short-sighted, and people linger in every fresh face, but they also forget the old people who have met.
This article doesn't want to tout whom and belittle anyone. I just think that the golden gravel drowned in the rotten grain of chen sesame seeds can be turned over, dried, and looked back at the beauty of those memories.
At Euro 2008, the flying Dutch have never been so proud. They were placed in the death group, but their team played the scariest offense of the entire group stage. Hitting Italy 3-0, sweeping France 4-1, and taking Romania 2-0 is really not worth mentioning. In the quarter-finals, their opponents were Russia, who had only crossed the border in the final round of the group stage. The Oranges believe that Russia is just another stepping stone on their path to victory.
They overlooked the fact that the Reason why the Russian team survived until the final round of the group stage was difficult to qualify was because one of their players was banned for two rounds. And they ended up qualifying because the man was back. Arshavin, Hiddink risked that he could only play from the third round of the group stage to recruit him into the team, because he knew what kind of energy the 1.72-meter-72 little man who had just put Zenit St. Petersburg on the UEFA Cup title could explode.
Russia vs. Netherlands, Arshavin narrowly won a free kick after the opening
The Dutch did not take Russia and Arshavin seriously, and in their opinion, Arshavin's one-pass shot against Sweden was really not a skill. But it wasn't until they got on the pitch that they realized they were wrong, the little man named Arshavin, the tulip stars eclipsed. Everyone present found that tonight's God was only 1 meter 72.
Arshavin wanders around the forbidden zone as if it were no man's land
In 120 minutes of playtime, 5 fatal passes, 6 breakouts to win any, 5 sharp shots on goal, and in extra time, a weird assist, a cold-blooded goal. Van Basten's nerves had been tossed to pieces by this little man to the point of collapse. Watching Arshavin "wreak havoc" on his own defense again and again, Basten was forced to replace Bolaruz with Hettinga in the second half. After the game, the Dutch young marshal also explained: the defensive line before the substitution is very dangerous, and this danger comes from Arshavin.
Back assists are a stroke of genius
Overnight, world war fame. That night's soccer belonged to Arshavin, and that night's miracles belonged to Arshavin. The world's media are celebrating the birth of the new Tsar. To this day, some fans declare on the forum: That year's European Championship was the closest performance I have seen in so many years to Maradona.
A cold-blooded goal sent the Oranges to hell
Later, Russia met the current hegemonY, Spain, and Arshavin, no matter how magical, was powerless to stop the tide of the era of possession. But this Russian, who is somewhat out of shape, has long since become a coveted treasure trove of European giants. He deserves to play the best football in the best clubs.
Barcelona opened 15 million euros, Tottenham opened 16 million pounds, but Zenit's boss insisted on not letting up at 22 million. In the transfer window at the beginning of 2009, Arshavin's ownership became the biggest series in the European football market, and the tension was no less than the competition. In the last hour of the last day of the transfer window, the deal for the Tsar to parachute into Arsenal was finally struck. André even compensated Zenit out of his own pocket for this. But finally, the Russian Tsar came to the best league in the world.
After several twists and turns, Arshavin finally landed in the giants
Arshavin doesn't need to adapt, even though Andre can no longer represent Arsenal in the Champions League that season due to rules, and he has already captured everyone's attention in the league. With 12 appearances, 6 goals, 5 assists and only half a season, Arshavin became the absolute mainstay of Wenger's system.
The first goal of the Night of the Anfield Miracle
On April 22, 2009, in the 33rd round of the Premier League, Arsenal visited Anfield, and the Premier League has been an indelible classic confrontation in the 20 years since its establishment. It wasn't so much arsenal and Liverpool as it was Arshavin alone, who broke the wrist at home in Hell and the Reds at the heyday.
The outside instep shot won the second goal
Even if it weren't for Fabianski's multiple butter hands, Arsha Text would have taken a victory and taken away a more perfect ending. In any case, the first away player to score four goals in the league since 1946, Arsenal's first 4-goal player in a single game since 2007, the sixth away player in the history of the Premier League with 4 goals in a single game, the 3rd month of coming to England, the Russian genius has written himself into the annals of the Premier League.
Grab a point inside the penalty area to score a third goal
2009 was a glorious year for Al-Shavin, who scored numerous goals, assists, honours, praise, he wore the captain's armband of arsenal in the century-old giants, he scored a blast from 30 yards at Old Trafford, and he took away another belated victory at Anfield. There are the Tsars, there are goals; there are the Tsars, there are victories.
A sword to seal the throat of the fourth ball
At that time, Arsenal had Van Persie, Nasri, Fabregas and Arshavin. If I had to use one word to describe Arsenal's attack, that word would be dream. On 16 February 2011, in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, the Emirates Stadium witnessed the first time in the football world that someone had lost barcelona with an equally flamboyant attack, and the executioner who killed the game was Andre Arshavin.
The Czars beat Barca in the Champions League
Arshavin's last happy time for Arsenal was on 11 February 2012, when Arsenal welcomed back their old King Henry with a long-lost victory. And that understated goal was actually due to Arshavin's soul-destroying long pass assist.
Henry's return to the dead is the last beauty Arshavin left to the gunners
People thought they could witness the longevity of arsenal legends, or at least, to watch Arshavin kick the arsenal for a long, long time, and then fall back here. But the Russians' unhealthy lifestyle and the late tsar's gradual obsession with single-handed court play made such a vision end in regret. And as with his arrival, Arshavin's deal to rent back Zenit dragged on until the last 40 seconds before the transfer window closed.
Today's Arshavin has long since lost the glory of the Tsar and can only spend his last football years in kazakhstan's league. The brilliance of meteors is intoxicating, but perhaps, the ultimate beauty is doomed to last. I tell you the story of Arshavin, do you also remember 8 years ago today, with the beauty that shook the sky?