Strong Waist

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Hummels eats very little, mainly eating a small amount of meat and vegetables to supplement his vitamins.

Lucky needs a lot of energy, so he eats a lot.

Hummels looked out the window after eating, with a smile on his face, and whispered: "The weather is so nice!"

Lucky put a piece of beef into his mouth and said with a smile, "You must be in a good mood!"

"all good!"

Hummels smiled and shrugged.

Lucky said: "Happy things should be shared, so it's a double share!"

Hummels said: "I just feel that joining Arsenal is the right choice."

"Why do you say that?"

Lucky asked.

Hummels said: "Actually, when I joined Arsenal, I took a certain risk."

"My appeal is the Champions League. I want to join a team that can join the Champions League. Bayern Munich is undoubtedly the first team to join the Champions League, but as a player from Dortmund, there are obviously better choices!"

"When Arsenal approached me, I was very hesitant!"

"You have just lost your Champions League qualification and can only play in the Europa League this season. This is very contradictory and conflicting with my demands."

"But Mourinho flew over in person and had a detailed discussion with me. He showed me his plan and ideas for the defense, which were very good ideas."

Lucky nodded and said: "Mourinho is indeed an excellent head coach."

Hummels nodded and said: "After coming to Arsenal, I really feel the upward impact here, or in other words, the pressure here is very high, far greater than the pressure in Dortmund, but I like this kind of pressure. Pressure, because he would tell me it’s all about the championship.”

"This season is almost over, I can feel that we are getting better and better, the team's running-in is getting better, I am playing a lot more relaxed, and the defensive pressure is not so great!"

Hummels looked at Lucky and said: "I feel like we really have a chance of winning the Champions League again."

Lucky shrugged: "I have always believed this."

Hearing this, Hummels smiled and said: "This season's Europa League is good, even if it doesn't create history."

Lucky waved his hand and interrupted; "It's history. Arsenal doesn't have a Europa League trophy yet. Their European Cup Winners' Cup has nothing to do with the Europa League!"

"That would be even better!"

Lucky had also finished eating at this time, patted his belly and said, "Digest for an hour, and then go and feel the ball!"

Hummels nodded; "I also need to train with Jimenez."

Not long after, Arsenal's players entered the restaurant one after another and began to have breakfast.

Some people were walking on the road, still yawning, obviously still a little sleepy.

Physical fatigue cannot be solved overnight.

Lucky sees all this in his eyes, but he has no other way. At the end of the season, he can only rely on willpower to hold on. Other than that, there is no better way.

Before training, Mourinho organized a series of massages to relax.

Players need to go to the team doctor's room one after another to receive massage and relaxation from the team doctor.

Massage can promote muscle recovery.

At the end of the whole day, most of the players fell asleep during the massage.

The team doctor will provide feedback to the head coach.

Mourinho looked at the report in his hand and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Who's going to kick next?"

"Crystal Palace!"

Mourinho's eye twitched.

"Another relegated team!"

The last time he was kicked and injured by a relegated team, Mourinho almost had a psychological shadow. If the opponent uses foul tactics again and the referee does not act, Arsenal's situation will become even more difficult.

Moreover, Mourinho does not dare to make large-scale rotations. Arsenal currently has 63 points in the league, just within the Champions League qualifying circle.

They don't allow any mistakes.

One loss can result in a season's worth of hard work being wasted.

Although the Europa League champions are eligible to directly participate in the Champions League group stage, who can guarantee that they will win the championship?

Mourinho has this intention, but he also needs to be more relaxed.

Rotation is a must.

We can't keep playing like this.

Once all the main players fall into the fatigue period, there will be no need to play in the next game.

This was just the beginning of the main event, and they couldn't let things slip at this point.

In the 32nd round of the Premier League, Arsenal challenged Crystal Palace away.

The lineups of both sides are as follows:

Crystal Palace (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Hennessy.

Defenders: Ward, Martin Kelly, Sakho, Schlupp.

Midfielder: Zaha, Milivojevic, Pangjon, Cabaye, Townsend.

Forward: Benteke.

Arsenal (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Martinez.

Defenders: Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Robertson.

Midfielder: Kante, Ramsey, Wilshere, Lucky.

Forwards: Aubameyang, Mane.

In this game, Arsenal rotated its two main central defenders and starting center.

Mustafi and Koscielny once again got the chance to start.

Under pressure, these two central defender partners did not give up the idea of ​​​​competition, but trained harder. Although they are still not as stable as Hummels and Jimenez, with the protection of the midfield line, they will also Something too big went wrong.

Lukaku was not given a starting start, which made the Belgian star unhappy as he was chasing the Golden Boot at a critical moment.

But Mourinho said that ‘important weapons should be placed in important games’. This explanation immediately made Lukaku elated and agreed with the substitute.

After all, due to his tonnage and weight, his body is extremely exhausted after persisting until now.

It’s okay to take a break.

The midfielder is still the starting lineup, and Mourinho obviously wants to rely on the intensity of the midfielder to win the game.

Once the game started, the confrontation between the two sides was extremely fierce.

There is no doubt that Crystal Palace's playing style is extremely targeted, with frequent tackles, interceptions and pressing.

This has also resulted in a significant increase in the number of yellow cards in a short period of time.

Fortunately, the referee's penalty scale was extremely strict. Under the deterrence of yellow cards one after another, Crystal Palace did not dare to continue to receive cards.

In the first 15 minutes of the game, they received four yellow cards, averaging one yellow card every three minutes.

Arsenal was not deterred by the opponent's foul tactics.

Relying on the control ability of the midfield line, he began to gradually control the rhythm.

Crystal Palace still wants to attack and win.

But Arsenal took advantage of this to lure the opponent's players into their own half, lengthen the opponent's front line and complete the steal at the same time.

When Arsenal took control of the ball, they immediately launched a counterattack.

The two offensive points of Aubameyang and Mane have become Arsenal's offensive terminator.

Behind the two of them was Wilshere for instigating support, while Lucky played more of an organizational and commanding role.

In the 30th minute, Arsenal relied on a counterattack opportunity to get a good set piece in the frontcourt.

Relying on the set-piece tactic, Wilshere did not play a high ball, but passed the ball from the ground. Lucky ran out of the penalty area, turned around and shot in sheepskin. After deceiving the opponent's defender, he scored the ball to the back post. .

Mane followed up and scored with a kick.

Arsenal takes the lead.

And this goal also made the breath that Crystal Palace had been holding slightly dissipate.

Facing this type of relegated team, you only need to disrupt their rhythm and morale, but not overly stimulate them.

Otherwise, the last injury was the best outcome.

Arsenal learned a lesson, so they slowed down the pace a lot after scoring a goal in order to kill the opponent's morale and delay time.

Sure enough, after Crystal Palace lost the ball, their morale went down.

In addition, Crystal Palace does not have a loud voice like Lucky, who is always calling his teammates to encourage and remind him.

This also caused them to become more and more depressed as they played.

After the time entered the second half, Lucky relied on a long pass to beat the defense behind him, helping Aubameyang form a one-on-one situation.

Facing the opponent's goalkeeper, Aubameyang easily pushed and scored, expanding the score again.

In the 70th minute, Mourinho made another decisive substitution.

Directly converted to a full defensive formation, Lucky and Aubameyang came off the field.

In the 89th minute, Mane was also replaced.

Arsenal secured the victory with two goals from Mane and Aubameyang.

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