Chapter 11 Warm-Up Match (Part 3)

After the trip to China, Arsenal returned to Europe to continue their warm-up match journey. Google search reading

The next two warm-up match opponents are Nuremberg of the German Second Division and Sevilla of La Liga.

Since Arsenal won the Premier League championship, their status has also risen sharply.

They no longer need to take the initiative to find people for warm-up matches, but clubs take the initiative to find them.

Previously, Barcelona also wanted to arrange a warm-up match with Arsenal.

But Arsenal gave up all the teams that might become opponents in the Champions League, and looked for clubs that did not have any competitive conflicts.

Nuremberg and the king of the European League, Sevilla, are very suitable.

Arsenal took the lead in going to Germany to contact Nuremberg for a warm-up match.

In this game, the substitutes finally got the opportunity to play.

Since the first game was a commercial game, Wenger directly played with all the main players, and also arranged for players with higher reputations such as Di Maria to go out and play.

But this time, Arsenal obviously got serious.

What they need to do now is to practice the lineup.

Therefore, the starting lineup is the most solid lineup of Arsenal at present.

Goalkeeper: Navas.

Defenders: Sagna, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs.

Midfielders: Ramsey, Cazorla, Lukay.

Forwards: Di Maria, Suarez, Sanchez.

This lineup is all about solidity!

Mustafi and Koscielny's partnership played very well last season, and continued Wenger's tactical policy of holding the ball. Therefore, compared with Mertesacker, Wenger now prefers Mustafi.

As for Mertesacker, he is ready to rotate with Fernand.

Judging from the previous performance, the two are still very compatible.

The two full-backs are the only positions that have not been supplemented. Wenger has not recruited a suitable full-back after a round of selection. Even if there is a suitable one, it has been snatched away by others.

Faced with this situation, Wenger should be angry.

But when he thought that he also got back Navas and Di Maria, he was relieved.

In the midfield, Cazorla and Lukay's partnership is unchanged for thousands of years, which is the core position of Arsenal.

As for Ramsey, he rotates with Kante.

Although Kante performed well in the training match, it is unknown how he will perform in the real game, and Wenger still needs to observe.

If he can really make up for Lukay's attacking position, then Kante's starting position in Arsenal will be settled.

The striker is currently the most sharp offensive line of Arsenal.

There is no need to mention Suarez and Di Maria.

Both of them have strong offensive capabilities, and Sanchez is also very good at stirring up the penalty area.

It can be said that even without Cazorla, these three people have the ability to fight alone.

The task of Lukay and Cazorla in this game is to provide enough ammunition!

Nuremberg fell into the second division with the second-to-last result in the league last season.

Some rectifications were made immediately, but there was not much change overall.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal showed strong oppression.

Suppression and upward pressure were carried out from the first moment of the game.

At this moment, Arsenal has gradually perfected Wenger's passing and cutting style and the initiative under high-pressure pressing.

Basically, Arsenal is unilaterally pressing. Even if they lose the ball, Arsenal will counter-grab on the spot, giving Nuremberg a great sense of pressure.

Cazorla and Lucky directly turned into passing machines. With the support of one shell after another, Arsenal advanced in three directions, which made Nuremberg painful.

While Lucky was constantly passing the ball, he also paid attention to the running positions of the three forwards.

Of course, Lucky focused more on Di Maria.

As the top target of Arsenal's summer transfer, Wenger naturally hopes that Di Maria will be smoothly integrated into the team, especially to form a linkage with the midfield.

Di Maria also ran actively and communicated seriously.

And in the running again and again, Lucky finally understood how to use Di Maria.

Di Maria is not a player like Walcott. He can gain enough advantages with his personal ability on the wing. Compared with passing him that kind of good ball, it is better to give up a certain amount of ball rights and let him play freely.

Thinking of this, Lekai came behind Di Maria and signaled Cazorla to pass back.

Cazorla passed the ball to Lekai, who passed it directly to Di Maria diagonally and then ran towards the empty space in front.

Di Maria saw this ordinary pass and immediately retreated.

At the same time, the opponent's defensive players were also following closely.

Di Maria pretended to observe and was ready to pass the ball at any time.

When he was close to the ball, he suddenly accelerated and sprinted, his right foot swung in the air on the ball, deceiving the opponent's defensive players to block inside.

But the next second, the whole body pulled back and hooked the ball back, the explosive power was fully displayed, and began to break through at high speed along the wing.

This sudden change made Nuremberg a little unable to react.

But at this time, Di Maria was already approaching the penalty area.

"Quick! Go and defend him!"

Nuremberg could only spare one central defender to limit the defense.

But Di Maria did not slow down at all. Without any adjustment, he directly rubbed the ball into the middle.

This pass just bypassed another Nuremberg central defender and was scored by Suarez who followed up!

After 20 minutes of attack, Arsenal finally scored.

This goal fully demonstrated Di Maria's ability.

Whether it is the simple and quick breakthrough ability or the cross ability.

These make Di Maria a killer of Arsenal on the wing!

Even Wenger on the sidelines nodded repeatedly.

"This money is worth it!" Patres nodded.

Wenger smiled and said; "Di Maria does not need too much care. Kai quickly discovered this problem. I think his future opportunities will be more inclined to Sanchez on the left!"

It's good to have a worry-free winger who can create opportunities by himself, which also allows Lekai and Cazorla to focus more on other places.

For example, a child who has no milk to drink

"Here! I'm empty here!"

"Look!! Pass it to me!!"

"Me, me, me!!"

Sanchez shouted happily. This guy is very energetic and has a bad habit of talking too much.

He exaggeratedly used body language to show that he is trustworthy!

And under Sanchez's tireless requests again and again, Lekai and Cazorla finally noticed him.

Lekai cooperated with Cazorla, completely suppressing the opponent's midfield, and suddenly used force to hit the wall and passed the defensive line of the back waist.

At the same time, Lekai passed the ball to Sanchez, letting this guy face the opponent's back line directly.

Sanchez was eager to try, and now in the most familiar position, his combat effectiveness is directly MAX!

This guy's movements are extremely flexible, and the frequency of his feet is amazingly fast.

Even if Lekai is not close to him, once he is pulled away by this guy, he will still be broken through at the swift frequency of his feet.

This is something that no foresight can stop.

After all, even if the head can keep up, the body may not be able to keep up with this frequency change!

And the defenders of Nuremberg are obviously also in this pain.

Sanchez directly knocked down the full-back!

Then he flicked the ball to the left, opened up the shooting space, and shot at a small angle.

This shot was extremely tricky and went in close to the goal post.

In the 35th minute, Arsenal scored another goal!

Both wing forwards performed very well!

Wenger also nodded with satisfaction and made substitutions immediately.

The warm-up match is the time to test the new players and substitutes.

Wenger will not miss this unlimited substitution opportunity, he will give every player the same opportunity.

Wenger made three substitutions at once.

Suarez, Sanchez, Ramsey left the field.

Campbell, Walcott and Kante came on the field.

Among these three people, the main targets of observation are Campbell and Kante.

Campbell performed very well in the World Cup, which is why Wenger transferred this guy back to Arsenal.

He hopes that Campbell can continue this state in Arsenal.

And Kante is expected to be more.

Wenger is ready to use Kante and Lucky together. Once Kante can really show enough ability to intercept and block, and after Lucky attacks, he will take on the task of "building a wall" again, even if it is just a restriction, so that Wenger can invest a lot in training!

Kante walked onto the court silently, wearing a red and white jersey of Arsenal, with the No. 17 jersey on the back, which was the back number he wore in Caen and continued in Arsenal.

Seeing Kante coming up, Lucky stepped forward and patted Kante on the shoulder and said; "Leave it to you!"

Kante knew what Lucky meant.

He nodded seriously. This was the first official warm-up match since coming to Arsenal, and Kante also needed to perform well.

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