Chapter 35: Europe's Best Team
Recently, UEFA announced the list of the best 18 players in Europe last season.
Lucky's name is also on the list.
In a season without the European Cup and the Champions League, Lucky still conquered UEFA observers with his outstanding performance.
The 18-man roster is as follows.
Goalkeepers:
Buffon (Juventus), Oblak (Atletico Madrid).
Defenders:
Bonucci (Juventus), Carvajal (Real Madrid), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Ramos (Real Madrid), Godin (Atletico Madrid).
Midfielders:
Casemiro (Real Madrid), Kroos (Real Madrid), Modric (Real Madrid), Lucky (Arsenal), Insko (Real Madrid), Bakayov (Monaco).
Forwards:
Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Messi (Barcelona), Mbappe (Monaco), Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Lewandowski (Bayern Munich).
The 18-man lineup almost includes the best players in the European League that season.
Among them, Lucky has no Champions League, or even the European Cup, but no one is surprised that he is on this list.
After all, Lucky's performance last season was simply too wonderful!
For many people, Lucky's performance in the Europa League is enough to be selected into the European Best Team.
Among them, UEFA observers' evaluation of Lucky is even higher.
'Arsenal's leader! The patron saint of the Emirates Stadium, he is the cutest person in the eyes of Gunners fans, and the most terrible nightmare of opponents! When Kai builds a high wall, no one can break Arsenal's defense! '
Compared to the few comments of others, Lucky's comments obviously add some personal emotions.
For these observers, they need to carefully review and observe a large number of players, and have long formed aesthetic fatigue.
Therefore, when seeing Lucky's performance, they are always so passionate.
Lucky was selected into the European Best Team, and also selected into the Premier League Best Team, and was the best player of the league and Europa League that season.
It can be said that Lucky's performance is even enough to be selected for the Golden Ball Award.
Of course, Lucky is also on the waiting list for the Ballon d'Or, but since Arsenal didn't even make it to the Champions League last season, the chances of being elected are slim.
However, Lucky doesn't have too many ideas about this, he just wants to focus on this season's games now.
On September 17, in the seventh round of the Premier League, Arsenal challenged Chelsea away.
It was a dull game. After 90 minutes, neither side scored any goals.
Conte is still in charge of Chelsea, and he lasted much longer than expected.
However, Chelsea is almost running out of steam at this time. According to gossip, Hazard, the team's thigh, is also beginning to be disappointed and has the idea of transferring.
Although Hazard didn't say it clearly, it still had a great impact and anxiety on Chelsea fans.
After entering this season, Chelsea's play has obviously become much more conservative.
And after this home draw, some of them felt relieved.
It's good to get a draw from Arsenal, even if it's a home draw.
Although they feel ashamed for having such thoughts, Chelsea now seems to be a little powerless.
Arsenal won a draw in the sixth round of the league.
This is not entirely a bad thing!
It is refreshing to sing all the way, but once you fall, it will be cruel.
Compared with this, Mourinho hopes that Arsenal's performance can rise steadily.
And the away draw is also good.
The most important thing is that next week, Arsenal only needs to play one league game. Although it will soon be a double game in a week, this rare single game week can give them enough rest time.
In the stadium, Lukaku is training shooting.
Lukaku is very dissatisfied with his performance during this period.
Giroud's arrival did put a lot of pressure on him, but he did not break out because of it, but looked a little sluggish.
No matter how hard he tried, his state just couldn't come back.
In the shots in the previous few games, he also wasted several opportunities.
Although his teammates didn't say anything to him, he could read a hint of dissatisfaction in the eyes of some teammates.
On the other hand, although Giroud can't be counted as scoring in every game, he scored 4 goals in 6 rounds.
Lukaku, the Golden Boot winner last season, scored 3 goals.
If Arsenal's wingers hadn't become very powerful, the fluctuations in the center's state might have dealt a huge blow to the entire front line.
For this reason, Lukaku is training on his own to get back to his form.
He knows very well that in this Arsenal team, if he falls behind, he will face extremely severe challenges to his position in the team, and he may even be abandoned.
However, someone soon came to collect the ball.
"Training should be appropriate, and I should lock the door!"
Lekai came over and put the balls under Lukaku's feet into the ball bag one by one.
Lukaku had no choice but to follow him to clean up.
After locking the door of the equipment room and returning to the locker room, it was already empty.
"Kai, how did you adjust your state?"
Lukaku suddenly asked.
He is now eager to adjust his state.
In response, Lekai's answer was very simple.
"You must get enough rest. Appropriate pressure can bring progress, but too much pressure" Lekai turned to look at Lukaku and said, "It is likely to affect the state."
Lukaku smiled bitterly.
He knew his problem.
But he just couldn't change it.
"In fact, you can try to vent your stress!"
"How to vent stress?"
Lukaku asked back.
Lekai nodded; "Many people have unique ways to relieve stress. I think you should find a method that suits you and let yourself relax appropriately!"
After a pause, Lekai said seriously; "Drinking and clubbing are absolutely not allowed!"
Lukaku thought about it thoughtfully.
That day, he bought a game console and a cracked version of FIFA disc.
In the football setting, he directly maxed out all the abilities of his character, and then started to abuse people crazily.
Looking at himself killing people on the field, Lukaku felt satisfied immediately.
Then he stayed up all night.
When he trained the next day, Lukaku was still yawning.
But no one said anything about it. It is normal for players to suffer from insomnia.
For this reason, Mourinho reduced Lukaku's training volume and let him rest more.
For Mourinho, Lukaku must not be abandoned.
This guy is still very capable and will bring offensive benefits to Arsenal in the future.
That night, Lukaku slept very soundly, and he still dreamed of himself killing all around.
The next day, Lukaku returned to training.
This time, he found his passion for playing football again, and the pressure in his heart was not so great.
The most important thing is that he became much calmer in front of the goal.
In the past, in order to score goals, he basically shot wildly.
But now he can handle it calmly.
Not greedy for credit and willing to cooperate, this also formed a more threatening side impact, and Lukaku's chances and efficiency of shooting also rose sharply.
"I don't know what method you used to relieve stress, but it feels very good."
After the training, Lekai found Lukaku and said.
Lukaku nodded: "Although I haven't fully recovered, I have regained my passion for playing games and calm thinking, which is crucial."
Lekai nodded and encouraged; "Come on!"
Soon, the seventh round of the Premier League came, and Arsenal played against West Brom at home.
West Brom won 2-3-1 in the past six rounds.
They only lost one game in six rounds, and the performance was pretty good.
In order to meet this game with Arsenal, they set up a 3-5-1 iron bucket formation, putting a large number of players in the backcourt.
Even arranged four midfielders in the midfield.
In a sense, these people are all defenders!
This is an iron bucket formation.
They just want a draw, but Arsenal obviously disagrees.
From the first minute of the game, Arsenal launched an attack on the opponent's goal.
Repeated attacks and penetrations made West Brom miserable.
In the 77th minute, Lukaku finally used his physical advantage to chisel a gap and sent the ball into the opponent's goal.
In this game, Arsenal also won a narrow victory over West Bromwich Albion 1:0.