Strong Waist

Chapter 129: Pass that slows down

Chapter 909 Pass that slows down

Although Saka's performance threatened Manchester United, he still failed to win the game in the end.

However, the competition was still very intense.

Especially in the second half, after Giroud came on, Arsenal fired from left to right, putting great pressure on Manchester United.

But Manchester United's offense is very fierce.

After the final 90 minutes of the game, Arsenal lost to Manchester United 2:3 and were eliminated from the FA Cup.

The final was just around the corner, but they were eliminated, which made Saka, Odegaard and other young players extremely frustrated.

They fought for it for a season, but in the end they were still eliminated.

Their strength is still not up to the championship level.

Mourinho also enlightened these young players after the game. For Mourinho, the performance of these young people was excellent enough.

Even if they failed to win the game in the end, Mourinho saw their performance.

If Mourinho properly adds some main players, the score may be rewritten.

But this is not necessary.

After all, Arsenal has long made a general direction of giving up the FA Cup.

And now is not the time to be depressed, the real test is about to begin.

On April 14th, Arsenal will go to Barcelona, Spain. They will play the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at the Camp Nou Stadium, which is Arsenal's Champions League life and death battle.

After the FA Cup match ended, Arsenal entered into an intense preparation process.

On the first day of the team's training match, something fishy appeared.

During the grouping process, Lucky took the initiative to invite Saka to join their side.

"Why are you still standing there? Put on your vest and go on stage!"

Only then did Saka come to his senses. After putting on his vest, he came on the stage smoothly.

You know, Lucky's side has an all-main lineup, and it's a collection of offensive players.

Mourinho likes to separate the defense, midfield and frontcourt for confrontation training matches. The midfielder will move between the two teams from time to time and make adjustments according to the training content.

For example, if you need to practice offense, then the midfield and frontcourt become a team.

When practicing defense, it is a team in the midfield and backcourt.

But the main players will definitely occupy the spots for both teams.

If the substitutes can enter the vacant main team, it will be a big status improvement for them, let alone someone like Saka who was directly called to the main team by Lucky.

"When I attack next, pay more attention to my running position. If there is really no room to pass forward, then pass back!"

Lucai said seriously; "The most important point! Don't lose the ball easily!"

Lucky said the last words to Saka, who also nodded solemnly.

Finally having the opportunity to join the main team, Saka is holding back his energy.

Soon, the training match began.

The intensity and pace of this training match are very high.

As if preparing to face Barcelona, the overall rhythm is very close to the official game.

Saka clearly felt that everyone was moving very actively and changing positions very quickly.

Sometimes, Saka can't keep up with this rapid pace.

But there is a feeling of being pulled along by the rhythm.

"Quick! Faster!"

"too slow!"

"Report immediately!"

“Retreat immediately after losing the ball!”

"What are you looking at? Come back!"

Lucky kept yelling, and his roar also spurred Arsenal's players to quickly get into shape.

Saka was pushed by the rhythm, and after a while, he got used to it.

But I still felt extremely heart palpitated.

The pace is too fast.

In other words, the overall speed has become too much.

Whether it is running speed, dribbling speed, movement, position exchange, offense and defense transition, or even the strength of the pass, etc., these have all undergone obvious changes.

In the past, when playing training matches with substitutes, the main team basically kept their pace.

Therefore, the substitutes never experienced the moment when the main team showed its true fangs.

They know that the main team is very good, after all, they can eliminate such a powerful Bayern Munich.

But they don’t know exactly how awesome it is.

And now, Sarkar understands.

He felt that Bayern Munich did not lose unjustly. With this kind of pace and this kind of pressure, if it were the group of people they played in the FA Cup, they would be beaten by the main team in an instant.

Snapped! !

When Saka slipped away, he was unable to stop the ball for a while.

Saka immediately raised his hand to express his question, and at the same time looked at Lucky with an anxious look.

He was afraid that Lucky would yell at him.

Unexpectedly, Lucai did not yell at him, but walked over and said softly:

"You see, my pass just now had an advance amount. You want to slow down and adjust before catching the ball, but my pass has a spin. This is to match your fastest pass, so in When you catch my pass, you don’t need to slow down, just rush over as fast as you can!”

Hearing Lucky's words, Saka opened his mouth and said, "The fastest speed? Can't you knock the ball out?"

Lucky smiled and said, "You can try it!"

Saka was dubious. Although Lucky's passing ability was very strong, it could really be that strong.

Back to intra-squad play.

Saka saw Lucky holding the ball, and he rushed forward without even waiting for Lucky to look up at him.

There is a gap in front of you, which you can take advantage of.

And just when Saka started, Lucky suddenly turned around and passed as if he had eyes behind his back.

The ball flew straight and diagonally.

When Saka was confronting Bellerin, he saw the ball coming to him.

"Don't slow down! Don't slow down! Rush over!"

Saka kept repeating in his heart, and kept sprinting forward as he rushed forward.

At this moment, the ball suddenly spun and slowed down, and Saka just stretched out his foot to dunk the ball in.

Bellerin beside him was unable to counteract the momentum of the sprint. He took two steps forward before slowing down, but by this time Saka had already completed the cut inside.

Saka's face was full of shock.

Really slowed down!

This passing ability is simply abnormal!

Saka moved sideways along the penalty area line, suddenly stepped on the ball and pulled it behind him.

Giroud, who had completed a cross-running move with him, volleyed directly towards the ball, and the ball accurately went in between the goalkeeper's calf and the goal.

"pretty!"

Loud cheers came from the sidelines, followed immediately by sparse applause.

With a bright smile on his face, Giroud took the initiative to find Saka.

"High five!"

Giroud raised his hands.

Saka also raised it subconsciously.

Snapped! ! !

Palms are hot.

But Saka didn't feel pain. He could feel a sense of recognition from Giroud.

At this time, Lucky also came over.

"How's it going? This is tactical coordination in the frontcourt!"

Saka licked his lips and said, "Captain, how did you do it?"

"What?" Lucky asked confused.

"Slow down the ball! It just slowed down in front of me! How did you do this?" Saka asked excitedly.

Lucky smiled and said, "Want to learn?"

Saka nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and Lucai smiled and said: "I will call you when you have perfected your cross!"

"It's settled!" Saka shouted.

After that, he ran to the sidelines to celebrate with his friends in the bench area.

And this scene was also seen by Mourinho.

"You made the right choice!"

Mourinho turned to look at Arteta.

In previous games, Mourinho was really disappointed with Lacazette.

Lacazette's biggest problem is his lack of teamwork. Mourinho would not dare to use a person who hesitates to pass the ball to his teammates.

If there are no surprises, Lacazette may appear in the transfer market in the summer window.

This is Mourinho's way of completely giving up on the player.

Of course, with Lacazette as the center, Arsenal has Lukaku and Giroud at this position, and there is no need for Lacazette as the third substitute. This is also one of the reasons.

Sell it while it's still worth some money.

It's better to give him the title of a champion and then sell it at a high price to earn the final return.

Since taking charge of Arsenal's transfer rights, Mourinho has become more and more able to live a good life.

It can’t be called careful calculation, but at least we should extract enough value from various places.

A breeze blew across his face, and Mourinho narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up at the sky.

"It's time to get ready to go!"

Mourinho murmured softly.

This is his biggest crisis since taking charge of Arsenal.

It is also Arsenal's redemption battle.

They have only one goal.

That is to capture the Camp Nou!

Only in this way can Arsenal advance!