Chapter 2 Warm-Up Match

On July 17, Arsenal issued a convening order to start pre-match warm-up training.

On this day, many familiar faces disappeared, and many new faces greeted us.

Van Persie finally chose Manchester United because he wanted to compete with Sir Alex Ferguson for the Champions League.

After all, General Fan failed to keep his 'promise not to be an enemy of Arsenal', and his behavior of surrendering to the enemy also made Arsenal fans angry.

The departure of two captains in succession has left Arsenal with a sense of upheaval.

Vermaelen was appointed as the new captain.

In just four years, Arsenal has changed three captains, which is a huge blow to a club.

Some media are even rushing to report that Arsenal is suffering from the captain's curse and will leave the team as long as they wear the captain's armband.

Of course, ridicule is also indispensable.

There’s no escaping the ‘selling captain’ meme.

After Vieira, this curse seems to be haunting Arsenal's captain.

They have nothing to do with loyalty, and no Arsenal captain has ever retired from this team.

Henry also left.

Henry's return was the first meeting arranged by Wenger. He was supposed to leave in March, but Wenger pushed it to the end of the league.

At this point, all the gunmen of the generation have left the team.

The second generation gunmen also left one after another.

Arsenal will usher in a new era of third-generation gunners!

In the medical examination room, Lucky's upper body was naked, and his body was as hard as steel, with explosive muscles exposed.

The muscular lines that looked like those carved by an ax and a chisel made everyone look at him.

Even the team doctor Levine was amazed and said: "I have spent this year polishing my body. Your current physical fitness is a monster level in the Premier League!"

Compared to three months ago, Lucky's muscles have obviously contracted.

This does not mean that Lucky's power has become smaller, but that it has become more powerful.

Today's Lucky is no longer that bloated figure, and his whole body exudes a faint aura of strength. Looking at this kind of muscle mass, even Arshavin swallowed his saliva.

Lucky moved his body, put on his coat, and said with a smile, "I have not been idle this year."

Levin smiled and nodded. Lucky would come with Patrice for a physical examination every month.

It can be said that he watched Lucky's changes from beginning to end.

Because of this, he became even more emotional.

It takes more than a year to build this kind of physical fitness. This is a lot of training that most people cannot endure.

Levin nudged Lucky gently with his fist and said, "Come on this season!"

Lucai showed a bright smile and said, "Watch me destroy them!"

Levin couldn't help laughing.

After walking out of the medical room, Chamberlain came over.

He looked a little frustrated and said, "My physical examination result failed!"

Lucky said angrily: "Who told you to train blindly? You, a forward, have gained a lot of weight! No need to be fast?"

Chamberlain was dissatisfied and said: "If I don't gain weight, I won't be able to compete with you midfielders and defenders!"

Lucai said, "Then just hide! I won't let you confront me head-on!"

Chamberlain's eyes widened and he said aggrievedly: "Can I hide from you? I want to hide too, but you can steal the ball every time. I used to rely on my skills, but now I have to lie on the ground when my butt sticks out!"

Lucky waved his hand and said, "Look for Patrice, he will tell you what to do!"

"He ignored me!" Chamberlain felt even more aggrieved: "He told me not to eat for three days!"

Lucky couldn't laugh or cry.

It is estimated that Patrice was also very angry with Chamberlain.

It is impossible to go without food for three days.

What he meant was for the guy to lose weight.

"Loose weight! After losing weight, go to Patrice and he will tell you how to do it!" Lucai said.

"I'm not here yet in the warm-up match!" Chamberlain almost cried.

Lucky comforted; "I'll wait for you to lose weight."

Arsenal is about to start the warm-up match, and this time Lucky will also go with the team.

Arsenal played a total of three warm-up matches.

They are July 20, New York Red Bulls VS Arsenal,

July 29th, Arsenal VS Benfica.

August 3rd, Arsenal VS Monaco.

Except for the first game, which is similar to an exhibition game and requires flying to the United States, the rest will be held locally.

Since it's an exhibition match, it's natural to choose expensive players.

The main players Suarez, Theo Walcott, Arshavin and Arteta all played and played the full 90 minutes.

Although Lucky was among them, he did not get a chance to play.

This exhibition match is linked to revenue, and Arsenal can get a certain amount of ticket fees from it.

The more people you see, the more money you get.

For this reason, Wenger did not give the substitute a chance to practice.

Although Arsenal now has the financial support of the second owner, which is relatively generous, but after a long period of hard times, they will still be careful about their budget.

But Wenger did not keep Lucky away for too long.

After all, in Wenger's plan, Lucky will be kicked out before the second half of the season.

This is impossible without enough playing time.

In the second warm-up match, against Benfica, Lucky started and played the full 90 minutes.

His partnership with Arteta is very tacit, with one offense and one defense, making Arsenal's midfield extremely stable.

In the 90 minutes of the game, Lucky also scored 5 interceptions, 3 steals and 2 key passes.

It can be called a defensive gate!

This game made Benfica's main player Cardoso a little depressed. His data in this game was extremely bleak.

It was mainly because he was mainly marked by Luka.

The ball could not be passed to his feet. Even if he got the ball, it was either intercepted by Luka or intercepted in advance.

It was so depressing!

On the Arsenal side, the newly joined Suarez and Cardoso played very well.

With the cooperation of the two, they got a goal and an assist.

Cardoso's arrival was somewhat unexpected.

In Wenger's mind, Wilshere was given high hopes this season, but this guy had a recurrence of his old injury at the end of the season and went back to lie down.

One season of reimbursement is not enough, and now it is likely to come another season.

This also made Wenger lose patience with the body of this prince.

Despite this, with the offensive cooperation of Arteta + Cardoso and the defense of Luka, Arsenal still won the game 1:0.

Luka was also somewhat happy for these two strong reinforcements.

Thinking that they were all future teammates, he wanted to have more contact with them.

But the two people's attitude towards Lekai was a little strange.

It's not that the two people didn't want to communicate with Lekai, but they seemed a little afraid of him.

This made Lekai a little puzzled.

He met these two people for the first time, why did he have such emotions?

He didn't know that his bad reputation had spread in Arsenal.

He even had the status of "the first villain in the team".

This has to do with the "parking lot beating incident" last season!

Since this incident, Lekai has been defined as a tough guy who may beat people up at any time.

There are many players with bad tempers in the Arsenal team, but few of them really take action like Lekai.

In broad daylight, he carried a baseball bat and a sack and beat people up.

This operation alone gives people a sense of brutality.

Not to mention that Lekai can now be regarded as the best physical fitness in the team!

What's more, this guy didn't get hurt after beating people!

This also made them think more about the attitude of the coaching staff towards Lekai.

You really can't win a fight!

And it's basically impossible to quarrel with Lekai. In their imagination, this guy can take action at any time!

Therefore, try to build a good relationship with Lekai.

Fortunately, since that incident, Lekai has no more problems.

Even some conflicts will be resolved through dialogue.

But this incident is a knife hanging over their heads.

It warns them to talk to Lekai calmly!

In the second training match, Lekai performed very well, which also made Wenger intend to continue to give him opportunities.

The third game was against Monaco.

Cardoso finished cycling in the frontcourt, but played too much and was intercepted by someone.

The opponent immediately prepared to counterattack.

A long pass was hung to the midfield.

Monaco striker Germain judged the landing point of the ball and prepared to receive the ball.

But when he ran to the ground, he found that someone was already standing there.

Germain frowned and prepared to fight.

He got close to him and pushed hard.

Hmm?

No push!

Germain continued to push hard.

Lekai looked down at Germain, who was half a head shorter than him, pushing him. Lekai turned slightly sideways, then raised his buttocks, and Germain was immediately pushed away.

At this time, the ball had reached the predetermined position.

Lekai squatted, jumped up and unloaded the ball, and passed it to Arteta easily.

Germain was a little confused, with his hands on his waist. He had just pushed and squeezed the Chinese man, but he couldn't make the other party move.

On the other hand, the Chinese man was bounced away when he raised his buttocks.

This physical fitness is a monster!

Lekai ran easily near the center circle. When the team attacked, he would basically protect here.

His head kept turning, staring at the ball closely, predicting the path of the ball in the next second.

Suddenly, Lekai stopped!

At this time, Cardoso also made a small arc ground pass.

Suarez made a successful forward run and scored with a clean push of the instep.

After scoring, Suarez seemed very excited.

Two games, two goals, this performance is enough.

He was also afraid that he would not be able to adapt to the local climate after joining Arsenal, but now, at least he doesn't have to worry about it.

Lekai applauded from a distance. This goal was very beautiful and fully demonstrated Arsenal's passing and cutting cooperation.

In fact, Lekai was quite envious.

People always envy what they can't get.

Wenger also applauded. He was very satisfied with the performance of the players.

Wenger turned around and asked; "How is the shooting data comparison?"

Patles took the notebook and said: "Arsenal shot 9 times, 6 shots on target, and scored a goal!"

"Monaco shot 3 times, one shot on target, no goal!"

Paused, said; "Most of them were destroyed in the midfield, and finally decided to use long passes to play behind them."

Patles laughed; "They are afraid of our midfield!"

Wenger also laughed.

"Tell me Le's statistics!"

"4 interceptions, 1 steal, 7 midfield disruptions!"

After saying that, Patres said with emotion; "He is Arsenal's defensive gate!"