Chapter 49: Mbappe Becomes Famous in the Champions League

Recently, the first three rounds of the Europa League and the Champions League have both ended.

Although there are still three rounds of group matches, we can already see certain predictions of qualifying.

First of all, in the Europa League.

The most watched team is undoubtedly Arsenal!

After a tortuous failure in the early stage, Arsenal quickly adjusted its state. Many people think that Arsenal will enter the Europa League knockout stage with a perfect record next.

This is also part of Arsenal's strength.

After all, judging from the strength shown by Arsenal at present, they are a strong team in the Champions League, and it is a bit of a fish fried at the Europa League level.

However, after entering the Europa League knockout stage, the participation of those teams eliminated in the Champions League group will also become some variables.

In addition to Arsenal, the Europa League is not paid much attention. After all, it lags behind the Champions League in terms of competitiveness.

After three rounds of the Champions League group stage, the situation of each group has been ups and downs.

For Group A, Paris Saint-Germain, which relies on the strong financial strength of the Qatari consortium, failed to perform as expected, and was even suppressed by Liverpool.

Especially after sending off the striker Ibrahimovic, their finishing always feels a little bit lacking.

Liverpool's performance in the Champions League group stage is still good. If they continue to perform in this state, it will not be a problem to enter the knockout stage.

Group B is close in strength. Napoli, Benfica and Besiktas are fighting together. No one can predict the final qualification until the last moment.

Group C is led by Barcelona. The trident of Messi, Suarez and Neymar showed amazing dominance in the game. The SN combination defeated Real Madrid strongly in the league and maintained a very high competitive state in the Champions League group stage.

Manchester City in the same group seems to be a little overwhelmed. Although the lineup seems to be very strong, it still needs to be polished.

A dark horse appeared in Group D. Rostov, a Russian Super League team participating in the Champions League for the first time, defeated Bayern Munich at home. This also completely ignited the outbreak of the super upset in the Champions League, causing the situation of qualifying in Group D to become vague.

After losing to Rostov, Bayern lost to Atletico again. Two consecutive defeats made the Bundesliga giants struggle.

Group E is the death group. The youth storm led by Pochettino failed to fully form and was intercepted by Leverkusen and Monaco.

Harry Kane became the only support point in the team.

Group F has amazing firepower. The Hornets and the Galaxy Battleships lead the goal battle.

Group G The Blue Foxes continued their legend, overpowering Porto and leading the standings.

Group H Juventus and Sevilla dominate the group.

And after three rounds of the Champions League, the most eye-catching name is ‘Kylian Mbappe’.

This 19-year-old boy has played an astonishing presence in the Monaco lineup, and the crazy absolute speed has caused headaches for many teams.

The most exciting one is undoubtedly the five-step wading through the Tottenham defense line. Tottenham coach Pochettino opened his mouth wide with a shocked expression.

This 19-year-old French boy successfully made a name for himself in the Champions League.

During the period when Melo and Ronaldo were getting older, the rise of this teenager made many people say that it would be the birth of the next generation of super players.

And Mbappe's performance has not been hindered!

It seems that no one can limit Mbappe in the entire Champions League.

This also made many people start looking for players who can limit Mbappe.

But they found that the strongest midfielder did not play in the Champions League again.

In the topic of "Who can stop Mbappe", Luka became the most anticipated person.

After all, in the Champions League last season, Monaco and Arsenal had a direct dialogue.

In that game, the 18-year-old Mbappe was suppressed by Luka throughout the game. There was no crazy performance like this season. In the whole 90 minutes, he didn't get many opportunities at all.

This also hindered the confidence of the young Mbappe, and he was unable to perform well in future games.

And this season, Monaco played well, and Arsenal did not play in the Champions League.

This also made Mbappe start to run wantonly.

But what's interesting is that many people choose to ignore the fact that Mbappe was restricted by Luka last season, and instead turn around and praise the French teenager.

Obviously, this is more conducive to the topic and the increase of heat.

"What a fast speed!"

There is a TV hanging in the cafeteria of Arsenal, which is playing various highlights of the Champions League goals in a loop.

Now the popular Mbappe has become the object of heated discussion.

"Pierre, is he as fast as you?"

Aubameyang said; "He is faster than me, but the most terrifying thing is the explosive power at the moment of dribbling the ball. This explosive power can throw off all defensive opponents."

Ramsey grinned; "I hate this kind of player the most. There is no need for any fake moves at all, just a dribble, and the defensive players just can't catch up."

"The strength of the midfielders playing in the Champions League is going to increase. Who can stop Mbappe?"

Wilshere said with a smile.

He doesn't play in the Champions League, so this problem will be left to those teams playing in the Champions League.

Immediately, Wilshere turned his gaze to Lucky and said, "Ky, you restricted Mbappe last season. How did you do it?"

Lucky simply said one sentence.

"Prediction!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Lekai said: "Speedy players like Mbappe are really difficult to deal with. If you insist on competing with them in speed, you will be asking for trouble. So you need to observe, position and predict at all times. Every time he changes direction, it is an opportunity to steal. You just need to quickly separate the player from the ball when changing direction!"

Wilshere and others were confused.

"So, you need to predict, right?" Wilshere asked again; "How to predict?"

Lekai said nonsense; "Watch his teammates' running positions, pay attention to his subtle movements, the twisting range of his shoulders, but don't look at your feet!"

Wilshere was silent for a while, turned his head and said to Kant: "Do you understand?"

As a midfielder, he thinks Kant should understand better.

In response, Kant shook his head and said; "The captain's stealing style is different from mine, and I can't learn his stealing methods."

Kant also thought about learning Lucky's stealing methods, but he found that he couldn't learn it at all.

At least Lucky's absolute prediction is not something that can be learned.

Wilshere grinned; "This guy is a monster!"

At the table in the coaching booth, Mourinho was also paying attention to the players' discussion.

"How do you think Kai can defend?"

Lucky's defensive moves are very simple.

But it's hard to get past him.

You can say he is good at details, but that's not the case. His movements are not large and the frequency is not fast.

But he can just stretch out his foot at the most appropriate time to steal the ball, as if he knows where the ball will go.

"Prediction! Absolute prediction!" Arteta put down his fork and said, "I once played a one-on-one game with him. His prediction ability is terrifying. I even suspect that he can see a corner of the future, like a prophecy!"

"Sanchez once suspected that Kai knew some oriental witchcraft. His ability to steal and intercept is completely incomprehensible!"

Mourinho also nodded.

He had studied Lucky's defensive methods, but he couldn't summarize them because he couldn't understand them at all.

When did Lucky kick, what defensive secrets or habits did he have, etc., there was none of these!

Every defense is like an improvisation.

Just like Arteta said, Lucky can predict the future, this guy's defense is so exaggerated.

"Where are you going?"

"I've finished eating, I'm going to rest for half an hour, and then train!"

"The training starts at 2 o'clock in the afternoon"

"I know, but you won't go on time, right?"

Wilshere's cheek twitched, he lowered his head and quickly finished the food on the plate, stood up and said, "Let's go!"

Lucky and Wilshere left the cafeteria.

Mourinho smiled and looked at this scene.

No head coach doesn't like self-disciplined players, and this player also leads others to be self-disciplined, which is an extremely gratifying thing.

Mourinho brushed honey sauce on the bread and squinted his eyes to enjoy it.

He has begun to enjoy the future.

It is undeniable that Mourinho's lineup has begun to take effect, and the future Arsenal will definitely be the top and even phenomenal team in Europe.

Mourinho is convinced of this.

Mourinho has great ambitions. He wants to build a team similar to the Dream Team III that can sweep across Europe!