Strong Waist

Chapter 9 Future America’s Cup Champion Goalkeeper

In the friendly match between Red Bull Salz and Arsenal, the former was extremely serious, and the head coach also conveyed an order to them to test their strength.

Many of them want to win Arsenal's favor through this game. Although this is difficult, it is not completely impossible.

Minamino Takumi is one of them.

Soon, the friendly match began.

Red Bull Salz took the lead to kick off, and their overall offense was dominated by a relatively simple side breakthrough.

But this also happened to meet the defensive position of Arsenal's two midfielders.

As soon as Minamino Takumi got the ball, and before he showed any performance, he felt his shoulders sink. The next second, his whole body tilted forward uncontrollably, gritting his teeth to steady his body, but the ball at his feet It has long since disappeared.

Minamino Takumi's first touch with the ball was a failure. Looking at Lucky walking away with the ball, he immediately ran back to catch up.

However, Lucky had already completed the pass and did not give him any chance to grab the ball.

After passing the ball, Lucky returned to his position.

He's not a technical player, so he doesn't do any fancy moves.

Lucky's playing style is just for competitive sports, without any showmanship.

On the other hand, Wilshere, Aubameyang, and Lukaku were having fun in the frontcourt.

All three of them have extremely strong foot skills, and their various dribbling and forward moves are entertaining to watch.

Among them, Lukaku also performed a fat man's version of human ball sharing and fried meatballs.

A 200-pound strong man playing with fried meatballs was the most eye-catching scene Lucai had ever seen.

But Lukaku really figured it out.

Of course, Red Bull Salzburg was not completely powerless and quickly launched a quick counterattack.

Taking advantage of Lucky's failure to return to defense, he advanced at high speed from the left.

"I come!"

Jimenez rushed forward.

Seeing Jimenez rushing forward, Hummels immediately formed a relatively defensive position, and the two full-backs also entered the penalty area for protection.

Jimenez started quickly and rushed in front of the opponent's dribbler in the blink of an eye.

He didn't even give the opponent any chance to fake a move, nor did he control the distance. Instead, he directly shoveled the ball out of the field with a decisive sliding tackle.

The Red Bull Salz player was a little depressed with his hands on his waist. He did not expect Arsenal to attack and steal so decisively.

Lucky also couldn't help but give a thumbs up after seeing the excellent performance of the defense.

This feeling is strange for Lucky, but it is also necessary!

In previous Arsenal games, Lucky did not dare to go too far forward, and always had to be wary of the opponent's counterattack.

This is a problem based on Arsenal's defence.

But now that the partners of Hummels and Jimenez have been replaced, the strength of the defense has increased, and it has sufficient ability to fight alone.

This also gave Lucai enough confidence to make a determined forward thrust!

"Well done!"

Lucky walked over, pulled Jimenez up and patted him on the shoulder to encourage him.

Jimenez was also very satisfied with this defense and joked with a smile: "Captain, how many points do you give this defense?"

Lucky smiled; "It must be perfect!"

This sentence made Jimenez smile even happier.

It is an honor to be recognized by Lucky on defense.

Due to Jimenez's steal, Salz Red Bull's offensive rhythm was also forced to cancel.

They can only pass back and start organizing again.

But Arsenal's entire lineup began to press forward, and Lucky and Kanter frequently made steals in the midfield.

At 20 minutes, Lucky suddenly completed the steal in the midfield and strode forward with the ball.

This change caught Red Bull Salz off guard.

The defenders quickly retreated, and at the same time, one person wanted to step forward to restrict Lucai.

However, Lucai directly raised his right foot.

The defensive player was so frightened that he strode forward to block the ball, but Lucai slowly put his right foot down, continued to move the ball to the right to get out of space, and then passed directly diagonally.

The ball passed between the center back and full back and came to the position behind him.

Aubameyang also rushed over and passed the ball in an inverted triangle.

Lukaku pushed the goal easily and the ball hit the net.

After the goal, Luka Kudes started to dance with his butt.

Lucky also smiled and clapped, "You're cooperating very well, keep playing like this!"

Arsenal kicked it off.

But Red Bull Salz was having a hard time.

They fell into a natural disadvantage when facing Arsenal. They couldn't control the ball, they couldn't steal the ball, and their offense couldn't break through the opponent's defense.

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It seems like everything is restricted.

Minano Takumi was also sweating profusely.

The game only started for 20 minutes, but his performance was very poor. Not to mention his performance, he even conceded the ball three times.

It can be seen how much pressure Lucai put on him.

Fortunately, Arsenal began to make substitutions in the 35th minute.

Lucky and Wilshere came off the field, and other substitutes appeared in confusion.

Lucky sat directly on the bench after coming off the field. There is a high probability that Mourinho will not let him play again.

After all, it's just an exhibition match, so just think about it.

The situation on the field is also very good. Even after leaving Lucky, Arsenal's offense is still unfolding in an orderly manner.

The defense is extremely tough.

In the second half, both sides made large-scale substitutions.

Although Arsenal only scored one goal, the tacit cooperation between them has begun to appear.

This is better news than scoring a goal.

The only problem Arsenal has today is the end of their offense.

That means scoring a goal!

But Arsenal are not in a hurry, they will slowly adapt.

Soon the 90 minutes were over.

In this exhibition match, Arsenal finally won 2-1.

Arsenal's defense was deliberately waterproof when they conceded the goal. After all, it would be unreasonable not to concede a goal at their home court.

After this exhibition match, Arsenal also completed the task of three warm-up matches. The time has come in August. They need to return to the UK and prepare for the new season after two rounds of warm-up matches.

Of course, before the start of the league, Arsenal, as the FA Cup champion, needs to play a Community Shield match with Leicester City.

But this game is not very critical.

On the one hand, this award has no practical effect. It is more of a symbolic nature, such as good pre-season status, etc.

On the other hand, after experiencing the exploitation during the transfer period, how strong can Leicester City be?

The departure of Mahrez and other main players left Leicester City almost drained of its core.

Although they are the Premier League champions, this season will not be easy for them.

This is also the tragedy of civilian teams!

On August 1, the entire Arsenal team arrived at Colney training base.

Mourinho let the players leave after a brief summary.

"I feel like I've found my groove!"

"We will definitely perform better when we play Everton next."

"I'm finally back. Go home, take a hot bath, and have a good sleep!"

"I'm going to go to Mrs. Winter's for a corn lake first!"

"Take me one!"

In the locker room, Arsenal players were sorting out their equipment and communicating.

Compared with the stiff atmosphere at the beginning, after a few warm-up matches, the unfamiliarity between each other has been reduced a lot, communication has become more frequent, and the relationship has quickly heated up.

Lucky is also organizing equipment.

At this time, a creaking sound was heard as the door opened.

Everyone subconsciously looked at the locker room door.

A tall man wearing a goalkeeper jersey walked in.

The man first glanced at everyone, opened his mouth slightly, but said nothing, and walked silently towards the locker.

Along the way, everyone looked confused.

‘Who is this? ’

To be honest, they don't remember such a number one person on the team.

Le Kai looked at the goalkeeper thoughtfully.

Emiliano Martinez.

Argentina's main goalkeeper, the future champion goalkeeper for Argentina to win the America's Cup.

If Lucky remembers correctly, Martinez was promoted to the first team in 2011, but Lucky only met him once at that time and was quickly loaned out.

After that, Martinez has been living on loan. Although he is an Arsenal player in name, for some newcomers, they are still very unfamiliar with Martinez.

Now Martinez is estimated to have returned to Arsenal after his loan contract expired.

It's not clear whether he will continue to be loaned out or whether he will stay with the team as a backup goalkeeper.