MTL - Strong Waist-Chapter 907 seize the opportunity
Chapter 907 seize the opportunity
A week later, Arsenal faced Manchester United in the FA Cup.
This is the FA Cup semi-final.
Arsenal relied on a group of young people to reach the FA Cup semi-final stage, and it can be seen how excellent their performance is.
In this game, Mourinho still did not mobilize too many main players when facing Manchester United.
After all, for Mourinho, the FA Cup is a training ground.
He doesn't care where this champion belongs.
Even if it is eliminated, it will be eliminated.
An FA Cup champion can't satisfy Mourinho's ambitions, and he doesn't want to spend Arsenal's limited energy on this issue.
The game will be played at Old Trafford.
Manchester United fans are still fanatical.
Even though Manchester United's state has fluctuated in recent seasons, the Red Devils fans still follow the team firmly.
Mourinho has become Manchester United's most unpopular person.
The main reason is that Mourinho led Arsenal to beat Manchester United violently, which made Manchester United fans feel embarrassed.
At the same time, they also have pantothenic acid in their hearts.
Why is Mourinho able to show this level of training at Arsenal, but not at Manchester United?
But the fans didn't have the experience to delve into the problems inside. What they did most was abuse.
There was a lot of booing at the scene.
These boos were given to Mourinho and the Arsenal players.
In this game, Arsenal played a 4-3-3 formation.
Goalkeeper: Martinez.
Defenders: Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Robertson.
Midfielders: Kanter, Odegaard, Xhaka.
Forwards: Saka, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
There is no doubt that the focus of this game is still on Aubameyang.
Lucky did not start the game. In fact, since the third round of the FA Cup, Lucky has been sitting on the bench.
Mourinho does not want Lucky to waste his energy in this game
This game is also the same. Mourinho just found a reason to let Lucky sit on the bench and not play the game.
Lucky is also happy to see the results, mainly because he has been too tired recently.
There is no need to start the game, and Lucky does not need to participate in the warm-up before the game.
A person was playing around with the ball, when Lucy saw Arteta looking seriously at the warm-up area.
Lucky picked the ball, held the ball in his arms, and walked over.
"Are you so nervous?"
Lucky’s sudden voice brought Arteta back to his senses. He sighed and said, “I’m a little nervous. This game is different.”
Lucky glanced at Arteta, then at the warm-up area.
"Both Saka and Erdegaard performed well, Saka's performance was better, and Erdegaard's progress was very fast!"
Lucky commented.
Saka himself came from Arsenal's youth training. He can easily integrate into the Arsenal system, and his own abilities are also very good.
Erdegaard has been abandoned for a while, but now he has adjusted his status and is accelerating his progress.
It can be said that the performance of these two players can be regarded as promising in the future.
"But even young players need to be sharpened by big competitions!" Arteta looked at Le Kai and said, "When did you start playing the main force in the Champions League?"
Lucy was stunned for a moment.
Suddenly asked such a question, he couldn't remember it.
"About 18?"
Lucky gave a general answer.
Arteta nodded and said: "Look, you have already started to play in the Champions League at the age of 18, and they can't even start in the Premier League!"
“We need to give them more opportunities to play!”
At this point, the warm-up is over.
Everyone returned to the locker room under Mourinho's call.
After the final preparation stage, the Arsenal players also began to walk out of the field under the leadership of Koscielny, the field captain.
Before walking out of the locker room, Arteta suddenly called Saka.
"Remember! All great players start by taking a chance!"
Saka looked at Arteta blankly.
He didn't know why Arteta was so serious, and his tone was so dignified.
Although he didn't understand very well, he still nodded vigorously.
"I will do my best!"
Arteta watched Saka leave.
Lucky stepped forward wearing a substitute vest.
"Are you very optimistic about him?"
Arteta said: "I am optimistic about all the young players in the lineup."
Lucky looked at Arteta carefully for a moment, and said with a smile: "You are becoming more and more like a professor."
This sentence made Arteta stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Thank you for the compliment!"
After finishing speaking, the two walked out of the locker room hand in hand, and walked out along the player tunnel.
Along the way, the Manchester United players looked at Le Kai from time to time.
Their eyes are a bit complicated.
I don’t know whether to be angry or happy.
But Le Kai understands that there is a high probability that he will not play in this game.
Even if you lose.
After all, soon, they will face the crucial second round of the Champions League.
At this time, Mourinho will not let Lucky play this kind of game to waste his energy.
The FA Cup is not important to Arsenal.
After all, they are competing for the Champions League and the league championship.
But for Manchester United, this game is very important.
Manchester United has not won a championship for many years.
Solskjaer also urgently needs a championship to stabilize the morale of the army.
Although the FA Cup champion is not so on the stage, the mosquito legs are still meat even at a small size!
An FA Cup winner may bring some morale boost to Manchester United.
Maybe it can make them perform better next season with the addition of the championship.
Of course, a large part of the reason is Arsenal's abandonment of the FA Cup.
But even so, Manchester United still cannot relax.
A large number of Arsenal's main players did not play, but Aubameyang's state has been confirmed in the last game.
Once this guy breaks out, it's really unbearable.
Kanter in the midfield is also annoying enough.
The combination of Mustafi and Koscielny in the defense is not as strong as the partner of Hummels and Jimenez, but these two are not so easy to deal with.
It can be said that Arsenal seems to be training, but each front has a main force.
And these main forces are enough to cause them trouble.
As soon as the game started, Manchester United defended Aubameyang tightly.
Their idea is very simple, as long as Aubameyang is restricted, Arsenal's offensive hub can be cut off. After all, most of Arsenal's offenses are opened by Aubameyang.
Manchester United's move is undoubtedly telling Arsenal that you have the ability to play on the right wing!
After Saka saw that Aubameyang was restricted, he was also a little anxious.
He frequently started dropping back to catch the ball, but Manchester United played a lot of defensive actions against him.
There are fierce confrontations at every turn, which makes Saka, a technical player, very unaccustomed.
Although he practiced with Le Kai for a while, he couldn't get strong enough because his body was not yet fully developed.
And Saka is not a player who needs to rely on resistance to ensure possession of the ball.
In this case, Saka pursed his lips.
He retreated again, and Manchester United's Matic also followed up.
But this time, Saka's retracement position was very deep, and when Matic wanted to keep up, Kanter had already passed the ball to Saka.
After Saka received the ball, he immediately passed it out.
Lacazette received the ball, he subconsciously looked at Aubameyang on the left, and found that the latter was surrounded by everyone.
Lacazette wanted to go it alone, when a voice came.
"Pass it to me!"
Lacazette turned his head to the other side. He saw that Saka had run forward, leaving Matic a certain distance.
After a moment of hesitation, Lacazette passed the ball.
But it was this hesitation that made Matic catch up with Saka, who couldn't break through immediately. Reluctantly pass the ball back.
This is a detail. It seems that Saka failed to break through, but it was indeed Lacazette who was slow to pass.
This detail was also watched by Mourinho, Lucky and others off the field.
"Lacazette! This guy didn't hesitate so much when he played the training game!"
Lucky grinned and shook his head.
Arteta said; "Facing his competitors, he naturally doesn't want to pass the ball to the opponent."
Lucy frowned slightly.
Arteta continued; "Think about it, if Lacazette is replaced by Giroud, what will be the result?"
Lucky pondered for a moment, and the choice of Giroud's pass appeared in his mind.
But no matter which option is chosen, Arsenal's attack will be pushed forward to the opponent's penalty area, forming a threat to the goal.
This is the difference and gap between Lacazette and Giroud!
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