CIATB Chapter 907 Seize the opportunity
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 their performance shows how excellent they are.
In this game, Mourinho still did not mobilize too many main players against Manchester United.
After all, for Mourinho, the FA Cup is a training ground.
He doesn't care where this championship belongs.
Even if it is eliminated, it will be eliminated.
An FA Cup winner 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 least popular man.
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 was Mourinho able to show this level of training at Arsenal, but not at Manchester United?
However, the fans didn't have the experience to delve into the problems inside. What they do most is abuse.
The booing was loud.
The boos were for Mourinho and the Arsenal players.
In this game, Arsenal played a 4-3-3 formation.
Goalkeeper: Martinez.
Defenders: Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Robertson.
Midfielders: Kante, Odegaard, Xhaka.
Forwards: Saka, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
There is no doubt that the focus of this game is still on Aubameyang.
Lucky did not start in this game. In fact, since the third round of the FA Cup, Lucky has been sitting on the bench.
Mourinho doesn't want Lucky to waste his energy in this game
The same is true for this game. 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.
Le Kai picked the ball, held the ball in his arms, and walked over.
"Are you so nervous?"
Lucky's sudden utterance 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 Odegaard performed well, Saka's performance was better, and Odegaard's progress was very fast!"
Lucky commented.
Saka himself was born in 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 state and is speeding up 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 tempered by the big competition!" Arteta looked at Le Kai and said; "When did you start playing the main force in the Champions League?"
Lucy froze for a moment.
Suddenly asked, he couldn't remember.
"About eighteen?"
Lucky gave a general answer.
Arteta nodded at this 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 chances to play!"
At this point, the warm-up is over.
Everyone returned to the locker room under Mourinho's call.
After the final preparation period, Arsenal's players also began to walk out of the pitch under the leadership of Koscielny, the captain on the pitch.
Before walking out of the locker room, Arteta suddenly stopped 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'll do my best!"
Arteta watched Saka leave.
Le Kai stepped forward wearing a substitute vest.
"Are you serious about him?"
Arteta said: "I am optimistic about all the young players in the squad."
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 little 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 title.
But for Manchester United, this game is very important.
Manchester United has been crownless 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, but the mosquito legs are still meat!
An FA Cup win could give United some morale boost.
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.
Kante in 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.
Once 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 dropped back to catch the ball frequently, but Manchester United played a lot on his defense.
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 do it alone, when a voice came.
"Pass it to me!"
Lacazette turned his head to the other side, and 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, Le Kai 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 the result be?"
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 big penalty area, forming a threat to the goal.
This is the difference and gap between Lacazette and Giroud!
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