Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 403 Opening the new season with a champion

On the night of the end of the game, Arsenal boarded the plane back to London, and in order to be able to quickly adjust to the jet lag, the Arsenal players could not sleep on the plane.

Two days after returning to London, Arsenal will usher in the Community Shield. Although it is only an insignificant championship, Arsenal still hope to win it.

Since the Triple Crown was won last season, why not go further in the new season?Take all the honor you deserve.

Let’s not talk about whether to defend the title or not, at least to get the champions of the Community Shield Cup and the Club World Cup first, and continue the glory of last season’s Triple Crown.

Especially the Club World Cup, which is another honor that Arsenal has never touched. Although the gold content of the Club World Cup is not high, the name of the Club World Cup is still very famous.

It sounds very exciting to bring together champion teams from all continents of the world to decide a world club champion.

The time to return to London was in the afternoon. Wenger asked the players to go back directly. Li Yimo did not go to bed when he returned home again. With Li Shou's physique and adaptability, he could adjust after sleeping at night.

According to Arsenal's current situation, if Arsenal want to win the Community Shield, they can only rely on Li Shou. This is not only clear to Wenger, but also Li Shou himself.

Not everyone has Li Shou's adaptability. This can be seen from the second day's training. Arsenal's players all looked exhausted, and the training has been out of shape.

In desperation, Wenger could only choose to give the players half a day off here, so the first day back to London was actually only half a day of training, but Li Shou did not leave.

The game against Villarreal reminded Li Shou that if he does not want to miss free kicks like before, he must improve his skills as soon as possible.

In the new season, Li Shou has set a lofty goal for himself. In the absence of the Arsenal management, Li Shou can only rely on himself to achieve this goal, so the success rate of free kicks is very important.

Wenger knew Arsenal's strength, Li Shou knew it, and even the whole of Europe knew it, but the club owner felt that his team was strong and didn't need signings.

On the third day back in London, the Community Shield game officially started. Fortunately, this game is still in London, Wembley Stadium, where all the Premier League domestic cup finals are played.

After another day, the situation of the Arsenal players has obviously improved a lot, but even so, the condition of the Arsenal players is very average.

So when the game really started, Arsenal directly started a full-scale retreat mode, and in order to counterattack better, Welbeck replaced Giroud with a faster speed.

In this Asian gold game, Welbeck was in very good form, scoring three goals in three games, compared with Giroud who only scored one goal.

Walcott is as good as Welbeck, so Arsenal's starting lineup for this game is Sanchez, Welbeck and Walcott.

The other positions have not changed. Goalkeeper Li Shou, defensive line Monreal, Mertesacker, Koscielny and Debig. If Debig was not injured last season, he would definitely be the team's starter.

The midfielder is still the old three, Coquelin, Cazorla and Ramsey. This is also the strongest combination in Arsenal's midfield. Even if Arteta recovers from injury, he can no longer be shaken.

Wenger also implemented his own plan. He promoted Li Shou to the position of vice-captain. The Arsenal players didn't say anything about it. After all, Li Shou's role in the team is obvious to all.

As for the purpose of Wenger's doing this, everyone knew it in their hearts, and many of them felt that Li Shou was actually quite suitable to be the captain. There was no doubt about Li Shou's strength. Apart from strength, Li Shou also had a big heart.

On the other side, Chelsea also played the main force. It was definitely a shame for Chelsea and Mourinho to be overtaken by Arsenal last season, so Chelsea in the new season wants to play on this shame.

However, the development of things seems to be different from what Chelsea and Mourinho thought, although Chelsea firmly took the initiative after the start of the game and once suppressed Arsenal in the half.

From the 7th minute to the 6th minute for a total of 9 minutes, Arsenal failed to let the ball cross the half-court even once, and in these 9 minutes, Chelsea completed 4 shots.

But Li Shou in front of Arsenal's goal was like a wall that couldn't be knocked down, blocking all Chelsea's shots.

And Li Shou can do far more than that. In the second minute of No.20, Chelsea suffered the worst blow of the game. Li Shou made a clearance to create a counterattack opportunity.

Cahill pulled on Walcott, and the referee then handed out a red card to Cahill, who was the last defender in Chelsea's defence.

This red card almost announced the final result of the game. Although the Arsenal players were in average condition, the Chelsea players were also full of resilience and did not intend to give up.

But the difference in numbers still determines the outcome of this game. Before the end of the first half, Arsenal got another chance to counterattack, and Sanchez got a single chance.

This season, in order to completely correct Courtois, Chelsea sent away the meritorious goalkeeper Petr Cech who had played for the team for 11 years. The latter went to Liverpool for 1000 million pounds.

Courtois did not perform badly in this game. After being at a disadvantage in numbers, Arsenal blew the counterattack horn, but Arsenal's last shots were rejected by Courtois.

But this time Courtois obviously failed to continue his good performance, or Sanchez did not give Courtois a chance at all. When Courtois abandoned the goal and rushed halfway, Sanchez kicked decisively.

After all, although Courtois is outstanding, he cannot compare with Li Shou. Li Shou's reaction and physical fitness beyond the limit can allow him to perform miracles when facing a single sword, but Courtois can't.

Sanchez's goal almost made the game lose suspense, but Chelsea didn't think so. Mourinho replaced Falcao at halftime, and Chelsea actually formed a four-forward lineup with one less player.

But it is a pity that the four forwards cannot help Chelsea change the score on the field. On the contrary, Arsenal focused on Chelsea's few opportunities in the midfield to expand their lead.

The cooperation of Cazorla, Ramsey, Sanchez and Theo Walcott four people, the fast pass of the four tore apart Chelsea's counterattack, Welbeck got an open opportunity, Cazorla immediately sent a diagonal pass when he saw the pass, Welbeck who received the pass completely killed the game with a push.

(End of this chapter)