Chapter 103 Rotation

Hummels eats very little, mainly a small amount of meat and vegetables to supplement vitamins.

Lucky needs to supplement a lot of energy, so he eats a lot.

After eating, Hummels looked out the window with a smile on his face and whispered: "What a nice weather!"

Lucky put a piece of beef into his mouth and smiled; "You must be in a good mood!"

"Everything is good!"

Hummels smiled and shrugged.

Lucky said: "Happy things should be shared, so it's double!"

Hummels said: "I just feel that joining Arsenal is the right choice."

"Why do you say that?"

Lucky asked.

Hummels said: "Actually, when I joined Arsenal, I took some risks."

"My goal is the Champions League. I want to join a team that can join the Champions League. In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is undoubtedly the first choice, but as a player from Dortmund, there are obviously better choices!"

"When Arsenal approached me, I was very hesitant!"

"You just lost the Champions League qualification and can only play in the Europa League this season. This is very contradictory and conflicting with my goal."

"But Mourinho flew over in person and talked to me in detail. He showed me his plan and his ideas for the back line, which are very good ideas."

Lekai nodded and said: "Mourinho is indeed an excellent head coach."

Hummels nodded and said: "After coming to Arsenal, I really felt the upward impact here, or in other words, the pressure here is very high, much greater than the pressure in Dortmund, but I like this kind of pressure, because Because he would tell me that everything here is for the championship. "

"This season is almost over, I can feel that we are getting better and better, the team's running-in has become better, I play a lot more easily, and the defensive pressure is not so great!"

Hummels looked at Lucky and said; "I feel that we really have the possibility of winning the Champions League again."

Lucky shrugged: "I have always believed so."

Hearing this, Hummels smiled and said; "This season's Europa League is not bad, although it is not making history"

Lucky waved his hand to interrupt; "It is to create history. Arsenal does not have the Europa League trophy yet. Their European Cup Winners' Cup has nothing to do with the Europa League!"

"That's even better!"

Lucky had also finished his meal at this time, patted his belly and said; "Digest for an hour, and then go to Lianlian's ball feeling!"

Hummels nodded; "I also need to cooperate with Jimenez for training."

Not long after, Arsenal's players walked into the restaurant one after another and started to eat breakfast.

Some people were walking on the road, still yawning, obviously still a little sleepy.

Physical fatigue can't be solved overnight.

Lekai saw all of this, but he had no other choice. At the end of each season, he could only rely on willpower to hold on. There was no better way.

Before training, Mourinho organized a group of massages to relax.

The players needed to go to the team doctor's office one after another to receive massages from the team doctor.

Massage can promote muscle recovery.

After a whole day, most players fell asleep during the massage.

The team doctor fed all of this back to the head coach.

Mourinho looked at the report in his hand and sighed deeply.

"Who will we play next?"

"Crystal Palace!"

Mourinho's eyes twitched.

"It's the relegated team again!"

Mourinho was almost psychologically traumatized by the last time two players were injured by the relegated team. If the opponent uses foul tactics again and the referee does nothing, Arsenal's situation will become even more difficult.

Moreover, Mourinho does not dare to make large-scale rotations. Currently, Arsenal is just in the Champions League qualification circle with 63 points in the league.

They cannot afford any mistakes.

A loss in a game will lead to a season of hard work going down the drain.

Although the Europa League champion has the qualification to directly participate in the Champions League group stage, who can guarantee that they will win the championship?

Mourinho has this intention, but he also needs to take it easy.

Rotation is a must.

We can't continue to play like this.

Once all the main players fall into fatigue, the next game will not be played.

This has just entered the highlight, they can't fall behind at this time.

In the 32nd round of the Premier League, Arsenal will challenge Crystal Palace away.

The lineups of both sides are as follows:

Crystal Palace (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Hennessey.

Defenders: Ward, Martin Kelly, Sakho, Schlupp.

Midfielders: Zaha, Milivojevic, Ponjon, Cabaye, Townsend.

Forward: Benteke.

Arsenal (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Martinez.

Defenders: Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Robertson.

Midfielders: Kante, Ramsey, Wilshere, Lukay.

Forwards: Aubameyang, Mane.

In this game, Arsenal rotated the two main central defenders and the starting center forward.

Mustafi and Koscielny got the chance to start again.

Under pressure, the two central defenders did not give up the idea of ​​competition, but trained harder. Although they are still not as stable as Hummels and Jimenez, they will not have too many problems with the protection of the midfield line.

Lukaku was not able to start, which made the Belgian star very dissatisfied, after all, he was chasing the Golden Boot at a critical moment.

But Mourinho said that "important weapons should be used in important games", and this explanation immediately made Lukaku happy and agreed to be a substitute.

After all, his tonnage and weight have been extremely tired until now.

It is not a bad idea to take a break.

The midfield is still the starting lineup, and Mourinho obviously wants to rely on the strength of the midfield to win the game.

As soon as the game started, the confrontation between the two sides was extremely fierce.

There is no doubt that Crystal Palace's playing style is very targeted, with frequent tackles, interceptions and pressing.

This also increased the number of yellow cards in a short period of time.

Fortunately, the referee's penalty standards are extremely strict. Under the deterrence of yellow cards, Crystal Palace dared not continue to receive cards.

They received four yellow cards in the first 15 minutes of the game, and an average of one yellow card every three minutes.

Arsenal did not get scared because of the opponent's foul tactics.

Relying on the control of the midfield line, they began to gradually control the rhythm.

Crystal Palace still wanted to attack and win.

But Arsenal took advantage of this to lure the opponent's players into their own half, stretching the opponent's front line and completing the steal.

When Arsenal controlled the ball, they immediately launched a counterattack.

Aubameyang and Mane, the two attacking points, became Arsenal's offensive terminators.

Behind the two, Wilshere was behind them to instigate support, while Lucky played more of an organizing and commanding role.

In the 30th minute, Arsenal relied on a counterattack opportunity to get a good set-piece in the frontcourt.

Relying on the set-piece tactics, Wilshere did not kick a high ball, but a horizontal ball cross. Lucky ran out of the penalty area, turned around and shot, and after deceiving the opponent's defender, he kicked the ball to the back point.

Mane followed up and scored with a poke shot.

Arsenal took the lead.

And this goal also slightly dissipated the breath that Crystal Palace had been holding.

Facing this kind of relegation team, you only need to disrupt their rhythm and morale, but not over-stimulate them.

Otherwise, the last injury is the best result.

Arsenal has learned a lesson, so they slowed down the rhythm a lot after scoring, in order to wear down the opponent's morale and delay time.

Sure enough, after Crystal Palace lost the ball, their morale was low.

In addition, Crystal Palace did not have a loud voice like Lucky, who always shouted at his teammates, encouraging and reminding them.

This also caused them to become more and more depressed.

After the time entered the second half, Lucky relied on a long pass to hit the defense behind him, helping Aubameyang to form a single-handed situation.

Facing the opponent's goalkeeper, Aubameyang easily pushed the ball into the goal and expanded the score again.

In the 70th minute, Mourinho decisively changed again.

Directly transformed into a full defensive formation, Lucky and Aubameyang left the field.

In the 89th minute, Mane was also replaced.

And Arsenal relied on two goals from Mane and Aubameyang to lock the victory.