Volume 1 Chapter 10: Defending the Gate

Chamberlain came on first.

Arteta is already stepping on the ball and getting ready.

In the first round, Arteta broke through and Chamberlain defended.

Both of them got ready.

Lucky stood aside and watched.

Arteta is a player with extremely balanced technical skills. It cannot be said that any one aspect is outstanding, but no aspect is too weak either.

In other words, there are no obvious shortcomings.

If I have to point out a shortcoming, it is that the style of play is not tough enough.

When facing a weak team with little pressure, Arteta is always able to show beautiful and gorgeous skills.

But if facing a tough team like Manchester United or Liverpool, they will disappear in minutes!

So it's easy to limit Arteta, just put enough pressure on him.

You don't need to do anything at that time, he will disappear automatically.

On the field, Arteta has started to advance. Chamberlain has good breakthrough ability, but his defense is terrible.

Even Luka can break through, let alone Arteta.

After the Spanish player Arteta knocked Chamberlain down with his brilliant skills, the guy started to cheat again.

"Come again! Come again!"

Artate smiled, passed the ball and said, "It's your turn."

Hearing this, Chamberlain's eyes lit up.

Compared to defense, he is more confident in breaking through.

Moreover, in recent battles with the defensive pervert Lucky, he feels that his breakthroughs have become more and more sharp.

Lukay had the same idea, even though Chamberlain was not a player known for his breakthroughs.

But as the two continued to practice against each other, Chamberlain made great progress in breakthroughs.

If it weren't for psychological factors limiting him, he might have become a good winger.

At this point, Chamberlain had already started.

He carried the ball with the outside of his foot and slowly approached.

Arteta lowered his center of gravity and waited for the opponent to break through.

Lekai saw that Arteta opened his legs slightly, and the gap between his legs was a bit big.

Obviously, it was to induce Chamberlain to get his crotch penetrated.

If it were in the past, Chamberlain would have been fooled.

But this trick has been used to great effect by Lucky, and Chamberlain will not be fooled again.

Sure enough, Chamberlain took advantage of Arteta's excessively stretched legs and kept changing direction.

Two months of training enhanced Chamberlain's ability to change direction.

But in the end, Arteta took advantage of a change of direction and made a decisive kick to complete the steal.

Chamberlain was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.

He felt like a piece of trash!

The defense couldn't be stopped and the breakthrough failed.

If it's not trash, then it's nothing.

Chamberlain's dejected end.

Next it’s Lucky’s turn.

"Do you need to rest?" Lekai asked.

Arteta did not play in the game, most likely because he was injured and is recovering in training.

"No, I'm not tired yet!" Arteta said with a smile.

This made Chamberlain on the sidelines even more frustrated.

Lekai smiled, then took a deep breath and slowly squatted down.

The person standing in front of him now is a real top league player.

Although he also has experience in defending Arshavin, it was only those few times, and Lekai was not particularly clear about the level of his defensive ability in the entire European football.

This is a good opportunity to test it out.

Looking at the serious Lucky, Arteta also put away his smile.

But Pateles said that in the entire Arsenal, only Van Persie could get past Lukay.

This made Arteta not particularly convinced.

Just a rookie, he didn't think Lucky could defend him.

"coming!"

Arteta shouted and dribbled the ball forward.

Lucky moved forward quickly, and when he was three meters away, he began to retreat synchronously.

Lucky has a clear understanding of his defense.

Unable to keep too far away from the opponent, it is easy to be eaten by fast players.

To this end, he would take the initiative to move forward and engage in close combat every time.

Secondly, he is well aware of Arteta’s weaknesses.

pressure!

Put pressure on the other party!

Luka's defensive actions were very standard, which made it difficult for Arteta to find any good opportunities for a while.

But he is a Spanish player after all, with gorgeous footwork, and he began to make frequent feints.

But Lekai stared at the ball without wavering at all.

You really can keep your cool!

Arteta made a brief comment and suddenly passed the ball to the left.

But at the same time, Lekai also kicked decisively.

Chamberlain on the sidelines grinned: "Here it comes!"

Snapped!

Arteta staggered, his whole body tilted, and he took two steps forward before stopping.

At the same time, he turned to look at Lucky who was stepping on the ball, and asked in surprise, "How did you know I was going to break through here?"

Lucky smiled and said, "Intuition!"

Arteta smiled, passed the ball to Lekai and said, "It's your turn!"

Lucky started dribbling the ball over.

Compared to his defensive skills, Lucky's breakthrough is really not that good.

The fake moves can be described as clumsy, and the ball protection is basically based on physical confrontation.

Finally, Arteta poked the ball out between Lukay's feet.

Lucky shook his head helplessly.

It turns out that you still need to practice!

At this time, Arteta stepped on the ball and said, "Continue?"

Lucky said, "Go on!"

In the second breakthrough, Arteta obviously started to change his approach.

He actually came over on his own initiative.

Throw yourself into someone's arms?

Lekai immediately lowered his waist and sat on the horse, ready to push the person.

He exerted force on his arms.

Huh?

No push?

At this moment, Arteta suddenly changed direction, and Lekai was shocked.

Just a sliding tackle!

Another clean tackle!

Arteta stood there with a serious look on his face.

This defense really shocked him.

Even when the body has not fully turned around, he can still make a tackle.

Although it was not particularly standard, he still tackled the ball cleanly and neatly.

In Arteta's career so far, he has never seen this kind of steal.

It's like foreknowledge...

On the other side, Lekai also had a serious expression on his face.

He stared at his palms.

I didn’t push it just now!

He underwent two months of special training with Patrese.

His body is much stronger than before, but even so, he didn't win in the physical confrontation with a Spanish-style technical player?

This blow was greater than anything that had come before.

Arteta is not physically strong, but if even he can't compete, let alone those in the Premier League.

“More practice!”

Lekai's face didn't look very good.

Arteta turned around and asked, "Are you coming again?"

Lucky turned around immediately and said concisely, "Come!"

…

In the evening, the Arsenal bus quietly returned to the training base.

In the tactical room, Wenger finally said, "Don't think too much about today's game. Training will resume as usual tomorrow! Disband!"

The players left one by one.

But their expressions were not very good.

In the first round of the Premier League, they faced Newcastle United, a team that ranked 14th last season. Even though they were playing away, they were able to win.

But they played in a daze throughout the game.

Even the opponent almost scored several times.

There were too many problems throughout the game.

The defense made frequent mistakes.

The midfielder can't hold the ball and can't move forward!

Finally the striker had to retreat to receive the ball.

It can be said that they played really badly!

The expressions of Arsenal's main players were extremely ugly. They walked out of the tactical room in silence without even communicating.

After everyone had left, the professor slowly exhaled and gently hammered the table with his right hand.

Boom!

Today's game was so frustrating!

Boom boom!

There was a knock on the door, Wenger turned around and saw Patelez and Arteta walking in.

Seeing Arteta, the professor's mood improved a lot.

After all, there is someone available.

"How is your recovery from injury?" the professor asked kindly.

Arteta shook his arms and smiled, "The team doctor said, I need to rest for another two weeks."

The professor nodded. He then noticed that Arteta was sweating profusely. This was not a normal amount of sweat. He frowned and said, "You should be healing your injury instead of doing strenuous exercise."

In response, Arteta smiled awkwardly and said, "I couldn't help it and played for a while longer!"

Patrese at the side smiled and said, "How do you feel?"

Arteta said with a serious face; "He has a strong sense of tackling, excellent positioning awareness, and a subtle intention to intercept. If possible, I hope he can become my midfielder partner."

Hearing this, Patles was stunned.

He didn't expect Arteta to have such a high opinion of Lukay.

Wenger on the side asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"

Patelez gave a brief explanation, and now Wenger became interested.

"He's got you on guard?"

Arteta smiled bitterly; "The defense is very strict, and the success rate of breakthrough is too low!"

When he thought about how he had been repeatedly humiliated by Lucky, he felt ashamed.

But at the same time, I am also happy.

Arteta's style of play is soft, and he needs a sweeper to protect himself.

And Lucky is obviously very suitable for this role.

This is totally a defensive gate.

The most important thing is that he felt a kind of "workaholic" momentum from Lucky.