Chapter 490 Defense is the thigh?

   "How is the opponent in the training match arranged?"

   Patrice asked.

   In order to prepare for the battle, Patrice found a total of four warm-up opponents.

   are Rome in Serie A, Barcelona in Spain, Wolves in the English Championship and Porto in the Portuguese Super League.

  "It was not particularly smooth. Barcelona clearly rejected our invitation to the warm-up match. Porto and Wolves said that they had already finished their schedule and had no free time."

   What about cheating ghosts?

  Patrices looked angry.

  That’s all for Barcelona. Porto and Wolves definitely did this on purpose, and it is very likely that they don’t want to have a warm-up match with Arsenal without Wenger.

  Patrice's face was cloudy and uncertain.

   "Who are the warm-up opponents who invited us?"

  Martin Hughes said helplessly; "Many teams have invited us, but they are mainly concentrated in the second-tier league."

  Patrice's complexion became even uglier.

   This is isolating Arsenal!

  As the champion of the Champions League last season, Arsenal has become the research target of many teams in the new season.

  After Wenger fell ill and Patrice took over the team, no team wanted to play a warm-up match with this opponent who had European competition.

  They want to study Arsenal without revealing themselves.

  But the Wolves refused the warm-up match, it was purely disgusting!

   After a moment of silence, Patrice sighed and said, "Find three teams to fill the vacancies. Tomorrow we will go to Italy first, and the remaining three warm-up matches will be held in London."

  Anyway, the invited party decides where to kick.

  In fact, after Arsenal won the championship, the outside world gradually began to have some remarks that questioned the Arsenal championship.

   The problem arises with the intensity of Arsenal's game.

  Arsenal has only faced a traditional strong team from Bayern Munich in the entire Champions League.

  Paris Saint-Germain is also a rookie who has risen recently.

   Although Juventus has been revived, it is still not in the top ranks of Europe.

  Therefore, many people think that Arsenal took the bonus of the draw, and they did not win the Champions League from Real Madrid, Barcelona and other teams.

  The strong teams were all defeated by other teams, while Arsenal took advantage of the weakness of the opponent to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat the opponent.

   Simply put, they are questioning the gold content of Arsenal's Champions League.

   In this regard, Arsenal did not make any refutation.

  A champion is a champion, how can there be any stolen champions?

  They reached the Champions League final with dignity and defeated their opponents, so they are not champions.

   But outside fans don't recognize this.

   Anyway, there is no gold content.

   Arsenal have nothing to do about it.

   It can be said that the current Arsenal has become the target of public criticism.

  Under the aura of Champions League champions, everyone's research goal at the beginning of the season is Arsenal.

   While denigrating Arsenal, they are studying them.

   Moreover, the current Arsenal has just undergone a major change of blood. Under the influence of many main players leaving, how much combat power is left is also a question worthy of attention.

  The next day, under the leadership of Patrice, the whole Arsenal team went to Rome, Italy to prepare for the warm-up match.

  Here, Le Kai met many familiar faces.

   First of all, the old Arsenal player Gervinho.

   This Arsenal player who was in the same period as Le Kai was finally abandoned by Wenger and moved to Rome. The situation in Rome is not particularly good now.

   It's just that Gervinho seems to be avoiding them intentionally, and doesn't want to communicate with them too much.

   Obviously for Gervinho, the memory at Arsenal is not particularly good.

   On the contrary, Szczesny seemed extraordinarily enthusiastic.

  He even invited Lucky and other Arsenal players to hold a party at their house after the warm-up match.

  But Patrice directly vetoed it.

   There is nothing Szczesny can do about it.

   In addition, Dzeko also transferred from Manchester City to Rome.

   Obviously there is no place for Dzeko in Guardiola's lineup, so he sought a transfer.

   Dzeko looked at his former opponent, Arsenal, the current Champions League champion team, feeling very uncomfortable.

  He is already the champion of the Champions League!

   But he started to go downhill.

  Although Serie A is also one of the five major leagues, compared with the Premier League, neither salary nor competition intensity can be compared.

  The two sides quickly threw themselves into the warm-up match.

  Arsenal is still using the tactics of last season!

  Arsenal (4-3-3):

  Goalkeeper: Cech!

  Defenders: Chambers, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs.

  Midfielders: Kanter, Wilshere. Lucky.

  Forwards: Aubameyang, Suarez, Sanchez.

   Rome (4-3-3):

  Goalkeeper: Szczesny

  Defenders: Florenzi, Manolas, Rudiger, Digne.

  Midfielders: Pjanic, De Rossi, Falk.

  Forwards: Dzeko, Perotti, Shalawi.

   Lucky stood in the arena, constantly jumping lightly.

  For a whole season, Lucky has achieved the goal of weight loss, the whole body has become lighter, and the frequency of feet has also been effectively trained.

  How the progress is, Le Kai actually doesn't know, he needs to be certified in the competition.

   But the light body makes Lucky feel great.

  Besides, Patrice also instructed that Lucky should stand on the front left, and he needs to connect with Sanchez and Suarez.

   Obviously, compared to Aubameyang who just joined, Patrice is more inclined to have a chemical reaction between Lucky and Sanchez.

   Of course, Aubameyang also gave up.

   He and Wilshere also need to form a linkage.

   There also needs to be a tacit understanding among the tridents in the frontcourt.

   Does it look familiar at first glance?

   This is how Arsenal played last season!

   It's just a personnel change.

  Patrice is copying homework.

   But Di Maria and Cazorla in the key positions, walked and injured, which also made Patrice full of anxiety. He didn't know whether the kick would be effective.

  In this case, the warm-up match begins,

  Arsenal kicks off first.

  After Suarez returned the ball, he ran forward.

   Lucky received the ball, continued to pass back, and made a protective response.

   After confirming that there is no one around, Lucky asks for the ball.

  The ball came to Lucky again.

   Lucky slams the ball forward.

   But he is pulling the ball sideways, the whole person is along the left side, facing the right side, and in the sideways situation, he pulls the ball with his right foot.

  In the past, Lucky would not pull the ball like this, but after training during the holidays, the speed of his feet has accelerated so that he can choose more ways to play.

  Just like now, Le Kai’s position can better observe the front, and at the same time, when facing the defense, he can suddenly accelerate laterally and have more options.

   After pulling the ball sideways for a distance, Le Kai frowned when he saw the Roman players retreat.

  Last season, many teams would choose to press forward, but this time they looked for a retreat.

   Obviously this is researched.

  They are afraid of Lucky's passing ability.

  Looking around and finding that there is no good passing position, Lucky can only pass the ball to Wilshere, and then retreats a little depressed.

  Wilshere is full of energy and runs extremely actively.

  He and Suarez have completed many passes and cooperations.

  But Aubameyang's side is obviously not very adaptable to Arsenal's passing and cutting system, so every time the ball comes to Aubameyang's feet, there is a feeling of dragging the rhythm.

  Aubameyang doesn't take the ball either, he also passes the ball.

   But the speed of passing and thinking is too slow, which also leads to a decline in the overall rhythm.

   Le Kai sighed at this. There is no way to do it. Aubameyang can only get used to it gradually.

  The game continued little by little, and the offenses of both sides began to let go.

   Both sides have carried out many offensive cooperation and shooting.

  But none of them scored a goal.

  The defenses on both sides are excellent.

   Roma coach Spalletti nodded in relief. They came to test their defensive ability.

  It is already very good to be able to complete the defense under Arsenal's offense.

   On the other hand, Patrice frowned.

  Arsenal's offense has gone wrong!

  When it comes to Arsenal, it is definitely a team with explosive attack power.

  The same is true for Arsenal last season. When it comes to attack power, they are definitely the top in the Champions League.

  But in this warm-up match, Arsenal's attack power was greatly reduced.

  There is an impact of personnel changes!

   Has the effect of new players not getting used to it!

   There is also the impact of insufficient running-in as a whole!

   Anyway, for now, Arsenal's best performance is actually the defense?

  Damn it!

  Arsenal's defense has become thigh!

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