Chapter 48 Targeting Pogba

Arsenal won the second round of the Champions League with the outstanding performance of Lucky.

After this game, Arsenal is in a relatively advantageous situation in the group.

In another game, Paris Saint-Germain also defeated the opponent, and currently has one win and one loss, ranking second.

The ranking of Group A of the Champions League has entered the predetermined ranking after only two games.

After all, in the pre-match prediction, Arsenal basically qualified as the first in the group and Paris Saint-Germain ranked second in the group.

In Group A, Arsenal still has a strong dominance.

After the Champions League, Arsenal will prepare for the weekend league again.

They only have three days to prepare, and their opponent is Manchester United.

Manchester United is still in a half-dead state, and even worse.

Solskjaer failed to fulfill his promise at the beginning of the season, and Manchester United did not show too good a performance.

Although Pogba has returned, Manchester United is still in the middle of the standings with a record of 2-2-2.

And they are facing Arsenal, who is currently leading the standings and in full swing.

Arsenal has won all six games in the past six rounds, and has scored 12 goals and only conceded 2 goals.

Under such offensive and defensive conditions, it is extremely difficult for Manchester United to beat Arsenal.

Even at Old Trafford, Manchester United does not have much confidence.

Today's Manchester United fans have been driven crazy by the team's performance.

This is no longer a problem of mental explosion, but a rage without any clue and completely unable to find the right path.

They catch people and spray them, regardless of whether they are enemies or friends.

There are also a large number of so-called Manchester United legends who come out to point fingers, which makes the situation of the club even worse.

The most important thing is that in order to stabilize the emotions of the fans, Manchester United Club invited Ferguson to the stands to watch the game several times, but in two consecutive games, Manchester United failed to defeat the opponent, which led to Ferguson's refusal to attend.

Ferguson has been silent.

He is very clear about his influence on Manchester United, so in order not to interfere with Solskjaer and the team, he did not give random instructions like other "legends".

Ferguson's silence also made Manchester United fans think that even the Jazz was desperate in the face of the current situation.

At the beginning, Manchester United fans thought that Solskjaer carried the Red Devils DNA and thought that they were a group of people.

But as the results declined, they went from trying to understand at the beginning to being intolerable now.

To put it bluntly, the current situation of Manchester United is a mess.

This is not a problem that can be solved by a simple transfer and a player. It is a thorough cleansing of the shit from top to bottom.

But Manchester United does not have this ability at present, or in other words, their top management will not remove themselves.

So, this is an unsolvable problem.

Old Trafford is still so lively, even if the record is not obvious, but Manchester United's influence is still great.

Although the current "noisy next door" neighbor has become Manchester City, Manchester United still hopes that they can restore their former glory.

After all, in their view, when Manchester United was prosperous, Manchester City was nothing.

Despite thinking so, they have to admit that Manchester City is very strong now.

But even such a strong Manchester City is powerless against Arsenal. Do they really have any solution?

Manchester United fans have never been so unconfident as they are now.

Even when facing Barcelona, ​​the Dream Three Dynasty, they were closely surrounding Ferguson, ready to overturn the opponent at any time.

But what about now?

Is Solskjaer worthy of their trust?

Does he have the ability to overturn Arsenal, a new dynasty that is rising?

"Arsenal's advancement is extremely fast. After Kai intercepted Pogba's long pass, Arsenal immediately entered the counterattack mode. They are so fast!"

Paul Merson exclaimed.

After three consecutive passes, Arsenal had already pushed the ball to the opponent's back line.

Giroud faced the ball, took a step forward, and rushed forward with Maguire.

But in the end, he was suppressed by the tall and strong Maguire and failed to touch the ball. After Maguire successfully intercepted Giroud, goalkeeper De Gea held the ball tightly in his arms.

After De Gea stood up, he immediately gave Maguire a thumbs up.

At this time, the two were not in the state of resentful teammates, and Maguire's state and performance were not so bad as to "turn around the aircraft carrier".

In fact, Maguire, who had just joined Manchester United, was in great spirits and state at this time.

He had already joined a giant team like Manchester United, and he regarded this as a turning point in his life.

For this, he was also willing to work hard.

"Maguire! Suppressed Giroud. Maguire, who just joined Manchester United this season, was the most stable defensive core of Manchester United in the first six rounds of the game!"

Paul Merson exclaimed; "Manchester City was unwilling to pay 70 million euros to invite Maguire. I wonder if they regretted it after seeing this performance?"

Soon, Arsenal's attack came again.

A cross ball.

Saka made a very clever pass, bypassing the defender and heading straight for the empty space at the back post.

The ball should have been missed, but it was suddenly hit by a huge head.

Yes!

Maguire performed again.

Based on his tall body and huge head, he barely managed to rub the ball over the top, which also caused Mane behind him to be disturbed. The ball hit Mane's instep and rolled out of the baseline.

After two consecutive wonderful defenses, Maguire has become a wall in the hearts of Manchester United fans.

Even Manchester United coach Solskjaer off the court applauded Maguire.

Maguire himself was in high spirits, with bright eyes, directing his teammates to start defense.

This scene also made De Gea feel safe.

He likes this central defender!

Compared to Maguire, Pogba is more depressed.

His passing line was suppressed, which also led to his frequent long passes in the backcourt to promote the attack.

Speaking of long passes, this is also Pogba's forte.

But the problem is that so far, his long passes are pitifully inefficient.

Either they are approached by Arsenal or intercepted by Lucky.

The most depressed is the latter.

Lucky always appears at the point where he passes the ball, sometimes even faster than his teammates.

Pogba suspected that Lucky knew where he wanted to pass the ball.

Of course, he didn't think it was possible.

So, the only explanation is the terrifying predictive ability.

This is also the reason why Pogba hates playing with Lucky the most. After all, he is always guessed by the opponent what he is going to do. As the same core player, how can he feel comfortable.

At the same time, Lucky's eyes were also fixed on Pogba, who was also looking at Lucky.

The two looked at each other, and Pogba quietly moved away from the eye contact. He was a little guilty, afraid of being seen through by the other party.

Lucky would naturally not underestimate Pogba, the World Cup champion midfielder.

Although Pogba's short pass was blocked, his long pass was also threatening.

As early as the Juventus period, he had never lost the right to pass when he partnered with Pirlo.

Partnering with a midfield master and still being able to retain the right to pass shows Pogba's ability.

However, in this game, Lucky was determined to be Pogba.

He knew very well that as long as Pogba was restricted, Manchester United's advancement would be hopeless.

As for Lingard, Lukay didn't bother to care. This guy kicked the ball to an inexplicable corner.

Besides, Xhaka could completely restrict him.

What Lukay needed to do was to kill Pogba one-on-one. As long as Pogba lost his voice, Arsenal could rely on Eriksen's organization to advance and gain an advantage.

His thinking was very clear.

Eriksen looked at the depressed Pogba, and there was a hint of sympathy in his eyes.

He had felt this feeling before.

But he hated it, and now he liked it a little.

He was a victim back then, and now he is the perpetrator.

Based on Lukay's point-to-point pressure, Eriksen didn't have to consider the problem of defense at all, and he himself showed excellent offensive performance under this liberation.

Arsenal's many attacks were driven by Eriksen.

Lukay and Eriksen are currently doing their own jobs and suppressing Manchester United's lineup.

They believed that the other party would not be able to jump for long under such oppression.