Chapter 16: The First Round of the Premier League Is Coming

Arsenal won the Community Shield and won their first championship of the season, which greatly increased the confidence of the entire team to a certain extent.

After all, it is the first championship of the season, which is a good start.

However, the players also know very well that the Community Shield does not represent anything, and the same is true for Leicester City.

If it were Leicester City last season, that would be fine. You can test the strength of the lineup.

But the current Leicester City is severely divided by the giants, and its strength is weak. In this state, Leicester City can no longer be called a good test object.

Lucky's performance in this game still became the focus of attention from the outside world.

Many people are speculating, how long will Lucai's crazy state last?

In this state, who can stop Lucai from performing?

Although the season has not yet started, for many teams, after watching this game, they already have a certain understanding of the strength of Arsenal's lineup. Especially at Lucky's position, there is really no way to limit it. !

If you want to restrict Lucky, you must go deep into the opponent's half. Without an absolute strength gap, this kind of play is tantamount to courting death.

If Lucky is ignored, the problem will be even bigger.

According to Lucky's current state, his long-range scoring ability and passing ability will definitely become a serious problem for them.

All teams are studying Lucky and how to restrict this Arsenal, but they have not yet found an effective enough method.

"I guess everyone is studying Kai!"

Mourinho is in the office with a smile on his face.

It's rare to see such a bright smile on Mourinho's face, but Mourinho is really happy at this moment.

In the past, every time he played against Arsenal, he had to worry about how to restrict Lucky. Even if he found a way, it might not work.

And according to Lucky's strength in the midfield, he has the ability to retreat and provide long-distance support at any time.

There is absolutely no limit to this!

But now these are no problems.

Let other people worry about these headaches. Now his task is how to maximize Lucky's point!

"Let the forwards cooperate more. How many shots did they score in the whole game? This kind of goal conversion rate is too low."

Mourinho couldn't help but complain.

Although Lucky's performance is gratifying, the cooperation among the forwards is somewhat unacceptable.

Lukaku took 7 shots and scored 1 goal.

Aubameyang took 6 shots and scored 0 goals.

Wilshere shot 3 times and scored 0 goals.

On the other hand, Lucky shot twice and scored a goal.

In this case, the forwards must form a tacit understanding, and the front trident is very important.

"Our lineup is squeezing the frontcourt players' space!"

Arteta sighed; "We conducted a detailed analysis of the last game. Aubameyang's breakthrough requires a certain amount of space. Lukaku always wants to run out of the penalty area, which will also squeeze a certain amount of space and threaten him." The same goes for Ershier’s dribbling breakthrough!”

To put it bluntly, Arsenal's three strikers all want to be the main player!

If you want to become the core point of attack, you must have enough resources to support it. For this reason, they are always cannibalizing each other.

Mourinho also knows the seriousness of this problem.

"Start giving Mane some chances in the next game!"

Mourinho said suddenly.

Mane has been with Arsenal for nearly a year. Although he has had several opportunities to play, the effect has not been very good.

Wenger hopes that Mane can take on the responsibility of offensive breakthrough on the left wing, but Mane seems unable to do this job well.

In other words, at this stage, Mane has not yet prepared the psychological preparation to become a major breakthrough point.

Mane now still relies more on passing the ball rather than shooting alone.

"Mane plays a more functional role, and he will not squeeze other people's space in the frontcourt!" Mourinho paused and said; "As for Wilshere, let him drop back to serve as a central midfielder, which is appropriate. to carry out organizational work and help Kai share some of the pressure.”

Once facing a strong team, Lucky must always focus more on defense.

At this time, Wilshere will take over the organizational work for Lucky.

In previous Arsenal games, Wenger always gave too much work to Lucky, resulting in an unclear overall division of labor, so Arsenal always played in chaos.

Now, Mourinho plans to separate their respective tasks, which will be more conducive to the team's tactical clarity.

"The next game is against Liverpool!"

Arteta said suddenly.

Mourinho's face also became solemn.

Liverpool is definitely not an easy opponent to deal with, especially the Liverpool trained by Klopp.

After a season of accumulation, Liverpool's lineup has become extremely solid.

The combination of Salah, Firmino and Chen Man in the frontcourt has become a fortress in the frontcourt that integrates pass penetration and defense.

Firmino also began to gradually show his so-called "shield striker" ability. With the breakthroughs of Salah and Chen Man, Liverpool's offense became invincible.

In the midfield, Henderson is still extremely stable, playing extremely tough with the two sweeper-type midfielders.

The defense is the key!

The central defender combination of Van Dijk and Lovren has become a key link in Liverpool's strength. The young youth player Arnold on the wing has shown extremely high defensive and offensive capabilities. Except for occasional dazes, his performance is very good for a young player.

It is very likely that Arnold will be promoted to a main player this season.

Goalkeeper Alisson is in excellent form.

It can be said that the current Liverpool has not yet reached its peak, but has gradually shown that kind of strong ability.

In Liverpool's training base.

Salah, Chen Man and others gathered together.

"The next game is against Arsenal!" Chen Man grinned; "It's so disgusting, playing against Arsenal in the first game!"

Lovren on the side also shook his head and said; "Every time we play against Arsenal, it's difficult. It's too tiring to play against them!"

"Arsenal has strengthened this season, and the game will become more difficult to play!"

"It's hard to play, and it's our home court, so what's there to be afraid of!" Chen Man clenched his fist and grinned, saying; "Watch me, I'll help you get past Kai!"

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Everyone couldn't help but look at Chen Man with a smile.

Is this a blow to my national team teammates?

But it must be said that players like Chen Man are the most troublesome existence for Le Kai.

Chen Man's speed is too threatening to Le Kai.

Once the start is a little slow, don't think about catching up.

Last season, Liverpool defeated Arsenal at home relying on Chen Man's ability to restrain Le Kai.

Creak!

The sound of the door opening sounded.

Henderson walked in and shouted, "Everyone, gather in the tactical room!"

Everyone stood up and walked out.

Obviously, Klopp was going to arrange the tactics for the Premier League opening game.

After arriving in the tactical room, Klopp waited for everyone to arrive, and then knocked on the tactical board and said, "It's still the lineup system of last season. This is also the style of play we are most familiar with. In the first game, we will use the tactics we are best at to open a breakthrough from the right side!"

After that, Klopp looked at Chen Man and said, "Chen, is it okay?"

Chen Man grinned and said, "Leave it to me!"

Klopp also smiled.

Chen Man is still trustworthy. After joining Liverpool, Chen Man has grown a lot.

From a player with only speed, he has now shown an all-round improvement and is still in a stage of improvement.

With good ball skills and absolute speed, Chen Man has long become an invincible breakthrough weapon on Liverpool's wing.

But Klopp has a little worry in his heart.

Can the continuation of last season's style of play really limit Arsenal?

You know, Mourinho is not Wenger, this guy will definitely pay more attention to defense.

And Arsenal's defense has also been strengthened. It seems to be strong enough to fight alone without the back midfielder.

This strength of the defense line cooperates with Arsenal's defense linkage

Klopp's heart is extremely heavy.

However, he can't find a good way in a short time.

Klopp still has some luck now.

Since it worked last time, Arsenal should not be able to fully cope with it in just two months.

And just after the reorganization, the running-in period has not yet ended, and Arsenal will definitely not be able to play that kind of absolute suppression.