In the 30th round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Swansea cleanly away from home.
Throughout the game, Lucky was in a relatively relaxed state.
Swansea's desire to fight was not enough, so Arsenal played more easily.
It’s actually very easy to understand. After entering the 30th round, many things have been decided.
Especially for a team like Swansea that is neither high nor low.
Swansea, currently ranked ninth in the standings, is in a rather embarrassing position.
They were unable to compete in the European competition zone and had no pressure to avoid relegation, and were eliminated from the FA Cup early on.
It can be said that this season's mission is over.
In this case, the players' desire to fight will be weakened.
After all, no matter how hard they try, it will be useless. Instead of doing that, it would be better for them to spend an easy period in the later stages of the league and try again next year!
Compared to those teams that are fighting desperately for relegation, Swansea is stronger on paper, but their desire to fight is not strong, which makes it not particularly difficult for Arsenal to play.
On the other hand, Arsenal have to be careful when facing some relegation teams.
These guys can do anything to avoid relegation.
Throughout the late Premier League, there have been instances of relegation teams suddenly breaking out and acting like "rabbit teams".
At the end of the 90-minute game, the entire Liberty Stadium was filled with insults.
"Shame on you! Your kicking is not pretty at all!"
"You have completely lost the desire to fight. You are just waiting to die!"
"What a shitty match!"
"Go to hell, you disgusting bastard!"
The home fans were angrily scolding the players, and Lekai could see that the expressions of the Swansea players were not particularly good either.
But what can I do? I've already lost!
On the other hand, Arsenal was in a harmonious atmosphere.
The away fans kept applauding.
Despite having just been eliminated from the Champions League, Arsenal fans are getting excited again.
The reason is simple, Arsenal's momentum in the later stages of the league was extremely strong.
In the remaining 8 league rounds, the only strong opponent is Manchester United.
If Arsenal can maintain this momentum, it is not impossible to win the Premier League title.
Compared with their performance in the early and middle stages of the league, Arsenal's performance in the later stages was truly amazing.
"Hey! Come on!!"
"Kai! Come on!!"
Arsenal fans kept urging Lucky to do a "three-punch celebration", but Lucky smiled bitterly and shook his head and refused.
Won’t he get beaten for celebrating so wildly in someone else’s home stadium?
Seeing Luka wave his hand to refuse, Arsenal fans felt helpless.
After rejecting the fans, Lucky turned around and looked over.
Monreal was found standing alone on the sidelines drinking water.
Monreal is a fringe Spanish international who moved at the last minute of this winter window and plays as a full-back.
After spending more than a month at Arsenal, he finally got a chance to play after Vermaelen was injured.
That’s right!
Vermaelen is injured!
Lekai is about to cry to death!
These Arsenal players are more fragile than the other!
Cazorla and Arteta have just returned, and Vermaelen is injured again.
Fortunately, Monreal, who just transferred here, performed very well.
This is a gentle and shy Spanish boy, and he is very quiet when playing football.
In this game, he played a key defensive role many times and performed very well.
"Hey! How's your debut feeling?"
Lucky walked over and patted Monreal on the shoulder.
The latter was slightly stunned and looked at Lekai with some surprise.
He was surprised that the 'boss' of the Arsenal dressing room would come and talk to him on his own initiative.
"Not...bad!" Monreal smiled and spoke in not very fluent English.
Lucky smiled and nodded; "Keep it up, and remember to shout more during the game. You play too quietly. Don't think that this will cause conflicts with your teammates. I know you just transferred and haven't fully integrated into the team yet, but I will help you."
Monreal was confused, but he could sense the goodwill expressed by Lucky, and couldn't help but smile brightly and said, "Thank you, you are a good person!"
Lucky: “…”
"Come on, let's go back to the locker room."
Soon, the two walked into the player tunnel together.
As soon as he walked into the locker room, Lucky saw a group of Arsenal players gathered together with their butts sticking out. They gathered around Chamberlain, staring at their mobile phones.
You don't need to look to know that these guys have started studying the standings again.
Lucky said angrily: "It's useless to keep staring at them. Can Manchester United still lose the game?"
In response, Chamberlain turned around and said, "Manchester United won!"
Lucky spread his hands: "Look!"
“But City lost!”
"I... uh..." Lucky was stunned. He stood up and leaned over, and asked in surprise: "Manchester City lost? Who did they play against?"
"Everton!" Chamberlain laughed and raised his scissors hand, saying; "We are second in the standings!"
1: Manchester United, 23-3-4, 69 points.
2: Arsenal, 19-5-6, 62 points.
3: Manchester City, 17-8-9, 59 points.
…
"Get forward! Run!"
"Back to defense! Back to defense!"
"Arteta, run, don't be lazy!"
"Go forward and block it!"
"Monreal, shout! You can't keep silent forever!"
There was a bustling scene inside Arsenal's training ground.
A voice ran through the entire training match.
You don't need to look to know that this is Lucky's shout.
Arsenal's players are used to this.
It feels good to have this voice always reminding them what to do.
Compared to those dull environments, Arsenal’s training atmosphere is now very lively.
Wenger stood on the sidelines, looking in the direction of Lucky with a look of joy and satisfaction.
Next to him is Vermaelen. His injury does not require him to lie in bed, but he cannot do strenuous exercise. Therefore, he is also doing recovery training without affecting his injury.
Vermaelen glanced at the field, then looked at the professor, and said thoughtfully, "The second and third captains of the team have not been determined yet. When I'm not here, you can't always rotate the players to wear the captain's armband, right?"
Wenger didn't even turn his head; "No hurry."
Vermaelen shook his head and smiled, saying, "You want to announce it next season, right? Are you waiting for Kai? Let me guess, do you want him to be the third captain or the second captain?"
Wenger turned and looked directly at Vermaelen and asked: "Why can't he be the first captain?"
Vermaelen's smile froze.
It's not impossible!
It would have been fine if he had changed the head coach, but Wenger sold Vieira directly in order to support Fabregas to take over.
Vermaelen is confident that he can play a certain role, but compared to Vieira's weight, he is not up to the mark!
Seeing Vermaelen's somewhat stiff expression, Wenger smiled and patted Vermaelen on the shoulder and said, "It's still early!"
Vermaelen is silent...
He didn't deny it!
Wenger took a step forward, clapped his hands, attracted attention and said, "Okay, boys, today's training ends here. Those who I call out will report to the team manager's office!"
Everyone stopped the training match and stood in front of Wenger.
Wenger began to call out names; "Vermaelen, Suarez, Arteta and Kai! The four of you go to the team manager's office, Martin Hughes will tell you what to do."
After the training, Lekai and others washed up and walked towards Arsenal’s office building under the leadership of Vermaelen.
"What are you doing? Why are you just letting the four of us go?"
Suarez was puzzled.
Lucky shook his head ; "I don't know either, but you'll know when you get there!"
Led by Vermaelen , the four men arrived at the gate of the office building and found Martin Hughes already standing there.
"You are finally here, follow me!"
A business car was heard in front of the office building, and Martin Hughes called for the four people to get in.
After Lucky sat down with a confused look on his face, he asked, "What are we going to do?"
Martin Hughes turned around and smiled; "The professor didn't tell you? Well, let's go take a poster photo!"
"Poster?" Lekai looked surprised.
What kind of poster is this?
Martin Hughes explained: "Because Van Persie's transfer was too sudden, the electronic poster at the front entrance of the stadium was not refurbished in time. The team logo was placed there for the whole season, so we have to make a new poster!"
Lucky was surprised; "The four of us? The entrance poster of the Emirates Stadium?"
Martin Hughes nodded affirmatively; "That's right!"
Lucky is a bit dazed...
Last year he was still wondering when he would be able to appear on the posters on the outer wall of the Emirates Stadium. So soon, he will be on the poster at the entrance.
Came to a studio where the poster was shot.
Lekai and others changed into their respective Arsenal jerseys, and then under the photographer's instructions, they turned their backs to the camera, formed groups of two, and hugged each other's shoulders.
Arteta is in a group with Vermaelen, and Lukay is in a group with Suarez.
There is an obvious gap between Vermaelen and Luka.
Snap!!
That night, the electronic poster screen at the Emirates Stadium was updated.
An extra-large poster that is seven meters long and four meters high.
In the middle is the Arsenal team logo, with Arteta, Vermaelen, Lukay and Suarez standing on both sides.
They put their arms around each other's shoulders and turned their backs to the entrance, like warriors heading into the battlefield!
At the top is a short line of English.
【Arsenal never give up! 】