Strong Waist

Chapter 104 The semi-finals advance to the key match

Playing against a relegated team requires skill, and you cannot engage in brutal collisions with them.

The final result may have been victory, but the price paid was also heavy.

Therefore, Mourinho also changed his thinking. Different from his previous playing style of fighting for the ball, he began to change to a more supple attrition tactic.

Grind little by little!

To put it bluntly, the reason why the relegation team is a relegation team is that their abilities are much worse after all.

Fighting and grabbing everything in one breath will not last long.

As long as their breath is consumed, they will no longer pose a threat.

After winning against Crystal Palace to gain experience, Arsenal will play another relegated team, Middlesbrough, at home.

This game is still about rotation.

However, the opposite direction of the rotation became the midfielder.

Neither Lucky nor Kanter appeared in the starting lineup, with Xhaka, Ramsey and Cazorla starting.

After a season of silence, Cazorla reappeared in the Premier League. Many people are looking forward to this Arsenal champion member.

In this game, Cazorla also performed very well.

However, unlike the way he played before, he has made great changes in his style.

Cazorla used to be an agile and skillful player, but after undergoing surgery, a large area of ​​​​the Achilles tendon was removed and he was no longer able to play football as before.

For this reason, his style change is inevitable.

In terms of body shape, Cazorla is quite strong. When dribbling, he has a certain degree of agility and technique, but he is more capable of confrontational passing.

When facing Middlesbrough, Cazorla was still able to ensure possession of the ball and often made good passes to help the offense.

This also caused Arsenal fans to give frequent applause. After all, they are still full of feelings for Cazorla.

In other words, they are full of emotions for every member of Arsenal who won the championship in the 14-15 season.

Although they have dispersed to various leagues and are no longer playing for Arsenal, they still love each other deeply.

At the end of the game, Arsenal won 1:0 against Middlesbrough.

Lukaku contributed the only goal of the game.

Assisted by Robertson's cross after running forward.

For the entire 90 minutes, Lucky sat firmly on the bench and did not get a chance to play. This is also Mourinho's rotation method, which increases the players' rest time in a certain space.

Lucky sat very calmly in this game and was secretly happy for Cazorla's performance.

At the end of the game, Lucky took the initiative to run over and hug Cazorla.

"Great game!"

Cazorla's face was covered with sweat, but he was smiling broadly.

"I can't keep up with before. I'm still finding my form. I feel good. If I play for a while, I should be able to find the feeling!"

Listening to Casola's words, Lucai smiled and patted the other party's chest and said, "Don't worry, there is still time!"

Under the rotation of the lineup, Cazorla will definitely get the opportunity to play again with his performance.

If this can't be played, then we really have to doubt Mourinho's vision.

Two consecutive relegation teams were easily won by Arsenal without causing any injuries. This is extremely good news.

However, after this game, they will face the next round of the Europa League on Wednesday.

After defeating Manchester United at home, Arsenal will go to face Manchester United away from home.

However, for Arsenal, who have a two-goal advantage, it is relatively easy for them.

Manchester United's performance in recent games cannot be said to be very good. It is them who should be worried.

"Don't be affected by the opponent's rhythm, play your own rhythm, play your own rhythm!"

In the Carrington training base, Solskjaer roared angrily and immediately threw his arm and left the training ground.

The Manchester United players looked at each other.

The members of the coaching staff shook their heads helplessly and sighed.

Recently, Solskjaer has been under a lot of pressure, and Manchester United's wavering senior leaders have begun to cause trouble again.

Previously, they showed support for Manchester United's pedigree, but as Manchester United's performance gradually deteriorated, the pressure and discussion they exerted on Solskjaer increased again.

Manchester United's top brass want to quickly return to the glory days of Ferguson's era and make more money at the same time.

They are keen on investing and are willing to spend money.

But the only problem is impatient.

They can't wait for a head coach to slowly build up the team and run it in game after game.

For these lay executives, they think that they have spent so much money and bought such high-priced players, why can't they produce results?

What they hope most is to win the league in one year, replicate the Triple Crown in two years, and directly dominate Europe in three years!

For this reason, once their results are slightly poor, they begin to question the head coach, and so on, forming a vicious cycle.

Solskjaer finally understands how many of his predecessors left Manchester United.

These pig-brained high-level officials have no effect at all except disgusting people, and they also like to interfere at will.

For this reason, the long-sleeved communicator Pogba became the core point of the Manchester United team and even forced Mourinho to leave.

After all, compared to Mourinho's temper, Pogba is obviously 'approachable'.

Solskjaer only resurfaced later in the evening.

He gathered the players in the tactical room and laid out the tactics for the next game with a sullen face.

"In the next game against Bis, we have only one core point of attack."

After saying that, Solskjaer looked at Ibrahimovic and said: "Zlatan, you have to take on the responsibility of scoring goals, and the whole team will serve you for this!"

Hearing this, Yin Brahimovich naturally nodded unceremoniously.

Pogba, on the other hand, raised his hands in surprise and said, "What about me? We should increase the midfield confrontation."

Solskjaer looked at Pogba, feeling a little disgusted in his heart, but his expression was still calm: "The midfielder's task in this game is to pass the ball forward. This is a tactical order. You will execute it, right?"

Faced with Solskjaer's almost forcing attitude, Pogba could only nod angrily.

After all, it’s just a game, and the core point in the future will still be him.

Seeing Pogba quiet down, Solskjaer said loudly; "We must win the next game. This is a difficult test for us, but Manchester United is never afraid of tests, because this is Manchester United! "

Solskjaer's voice is sonorous and powerful, but few people cater to him.

This made Solskjaer a little embarrassed, but also lamented that in the past, Ferguson always motivated the players like this, and at that time they were as excited as if they had been pumped.

Time flies, Ferguson retires, and Manchester United is no longer like Manchester United.

The Europa League does not attract as much attention as the Champions League, and it does not have the atmosphere of a global festival.

Fans who follow Europa League games are mostly fans of a certain team.

For example, Arsenal fans are paying attention to their performance in the Europa League, but apart from that, more fans are paying attention to the Champions League.

After all, compared to the strong dialogue in the Champions League, the Europa League is a bit less interesting after all.

Even the heat of Manchester United vs. Arsenal cannot keep up with the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

However, Arsenal players and fans are united and they believe that they will return to the Champions League.

And he is also very confident about the next game.

Old Trafford.

Arsenal players are no longer unfamiliar with this.

As the home ground of Manchester United, it is also known as the ‘Dream Theater’.

Old Trafford, where Ferguson was in charge, became a stage that countless players yearned for.

As for Manchester United now, their appeal is not as good as before.

However, the passion of Manchester United fans still makes Old Trafford seem extremely fanatical.

In this game, Arsenal once again presented its full lineup after two consecutive rounds of rotation.

Facing Manchester United, Arsenal did not dare to make a big move.

And this is also a key game for Arsenal to advance to the semi-finals, and they don't want to lose the chain.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines, where he advised and fought for Manchester United last season.

And just a few months later, when he returned to this stadium again, his job became to score Manchester United's goal.

But Mourinho is not merciful.

He still remembers how miserable he was when he was kicked out by Manchester United.

Not just for promotion, but also for myself.

He also needs to win this game to prove it once and for all!

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