My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 250 Dawn of the Arsenal ()

Snapped.

A newspaper was thrown on the desk, and on the spread page was "Two Smoking Barrels."

Szczesny and Wilshere stood silently in the manager's office.

The picture of the "Invincible Division" hangs quietly on the wall. Behind the desk, Chen Yao glances at the two players in front of him expressionlessly.

"Fortunately, I discovered the unprofessional behavior of you two guys off the court. I guess this can somewhat explain the reason for your decline in form."

Chen Yao pointed his finger at Szczesny, "Wojciech, in the past few games, your attention in front of the goal has been even more distracted than that of an amateur goalkeeper. Your performance in training is also average. Then I saw you squatting on the roadside smoking."

Chen Yao rapped his knuckles on the table, "Why do you smoke? To relieve boredom? Or is the game not exciting enough? Do you want to find some other excitement? You are a goalkeeper, Wojciech, you need to be agile Physicality, quick reflexes and determination. Give me an explanation."

"I..." Szczesny murmured, "Coach, many people smoke and drink...smoking...can make people relax."

"Do you really need this kind of relaxation? What's stressing you out?"

"Training, games, and things like that... Coach, we are playing the highest level of football in Europe. My nerves have been tense and I need to release..."

Chen Yao looked at Szczesny. The Polish goalkeeper's defensive voice was very weak. Maybe he himself knew that this was unprofessional behavior.

"I should really thank you for not smoking in the locker room." Chen Yao shook his head, "You can light up a cigarette on the roadside and get photographed by the paparazzi. Why don't you tell me, how many packs do you smoke a day?"

Szczesny's expression became more and more embarrassed: "Not much, coach, just to relieve my boredom..."

"Do you think lighting two cigarettes has no side effects on your body?" Chen Yao sighed, "Our team doctor and sports science team will explain to you what harm nicotine does to a goalkeeper. Oh, Antonio will do it to you too. I am very interested in your state, I think you are too idle, let Antonio train you hard, do you still have the strength to smoke?"

Szczesny lowered his head in embarrassment, "Coach, you are right, you are right..."

Chen Yao knew that Szczesny was just giving up for the time being, and it was not so easy to quit smoking after getting addicted to smoking.

From the perspective of a team manager, whether Szczesny likes to smoke or not has nothing to do with Chen Yao.

Nicotine will not immediately destroy a player's competitive condition. There are many reasons for a player's decline in condition.

When Szczesny's condition becomes unbearable, as Arsenal's coach and manager, just sell him.

As long as the player can bring back a transfer fee to the team, what does it matter?

But Chen Yao didn't want this.

At least for now, he has not been able to treat his players as commodities, regardless of their life or death.

He wants this group of players to reach their peak.

He has seen too many regretful stories. The genius who was supposed to write a legend under the banner of Arsenal ended up injured Zhongyong and became a passerby.

After watching Szczesny, Chen Yao set his sights on Wilshere.

"What about you, Jack?" Chen Yao said in a stern tone, "I didn't expect you to indulge yourself so much."

Before he could speak, Wilshere heard the head coach's voice again, "Jack, you have just come back not long ago. You know how high my demands on the team are. We need every player to devote themselves to training and training." During the game. You should be able to feel that the football our team wants to play is not a joke football, but a football that competes for the championship."

"Just having a cigarette." Wilshere whispered, "Coach, are you too strict? You look like you want to kill me..."

"You are murdering yourself, Jack. You are committing suicide." Chen Yao emphasized his tone, "You think you are young and can still indulge yourself, don't you? You are wrong. You were a genius at nineteen, but now you are You are eleven years old, are you better than you were when you were nineteen years old?"

"If you just maintain the same level or even regress, how can you convince me, and how can you convince yourself, that you can become an outstanding professional player?"

Chen Yao shook his head, "You have talent, Jack. So do Wojciech. You all have the potential to become top players in European football. But you are indulging yourselves."

"Now you are only in your twenties, but each season passes quickly. Soon, when you look back, you will find that you are almost thirty years old. At that time, your talent is not a rich mine that can be mined. But a lottery ticket that cannot be cashed is the pity others feel for you."

"Gifts are not only blessings, but also curses. If you turn them into strengths, you will have a successful career. If you let them slip away, believe me, you will regret it. This regret will become your lifelong regret. "

After saying this, Chen Yao took a few gulps of water, folded the newspaper into a roll, and threw it away.

Szczesny reacted quickly and grabbed the newspaper with his hand.

Wilshere moved helplessly, coughed twice and stood back to where he was.

"If Arsene were here, he would probably tell you that it's okay - he smokes and drinks too. But I won't allow it. You sit on the bench for a few games and think about what a professional player should do."

Szczesny lowered his head and asked softly: "Coach, how long are we going to sit on the bench?"

"Until you figure out what professionalism is."

Chen Yao waved his hand angrily and told the two guys who were giving him a headache to get out.

……

On December 4, in the fourteenth round of the Premier League, Arsenal played against Hull City.

"Arsenal's starting goalkeeper is Fabianski - surprisingly, Wojciech Szczesny is on the bench."

The commentator's comment was a voice-over from the TV camera. The live camera was pointed at Arsenal's bench. Wojciech Szczesny was sitting on the bench with his teeth gritted and a look of sorrow on his face.

"Szczesny suddenly emerged in the first two seasons and showed outstanding talent on the goal line. He quickly replaced Almunia's starting position and became Arsenal's starting goalkeeper. Many fans praised him as the best goalkeeper in recent times. Arsenal’s first reassuring goalkeeper in years.”

"But Szczesny has been in poor form in recent rounds. He has frequently made low-level mistakes due to lack of concentration, and was exposed by the media for smoking photos. It seems that Arsenal's coaching staff has strict requirements on the players' professionalism...whether it is Either because of his poor performance on the field or because he was caught smoking off the field, Szczesny will pay the price."

"Another person who was revealed to be smoking was Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, who was regarded as the hope of England's midfield. But in the past two years, Wilshere spent most of his time in bed. After his comeback, Wilshere's occasional outstanding performances showed his lack of self-discipline."

"Wilshere was also put on the bench. The game started and it was Arsenal's game to defend top spot."

Fabianski stood on the goal line, a little nervous.

He was concentrating on the situation on the field, occasionally glancing quickly at the scoreboard.

0: 0.

Well, this is the Premier League.

As the team's backup goalkeeper, Fabianski can only appear in insignificant domestic cup matches.

No team will frequently rotate the goalkeeper position. If the second goalkeeper can be promoted to the first goalkeeper, either the team's tactical system has undergone tremendous changes, or the first goalkeeper is injured, or he has made a mistake that prevents him from continuing to be the starter. things.

In Szczesny's case it is obviously the latter.

Fabianski is not sympathetic to Szczesny's situation. Professional players need to be responsible for their own actions. And Fabianski understood that Chen Yao was very optimistic about Szczesny.

In the past two seasons, Szczesny has been the undisputed starter of the team. Chen Yao has given great trust to the Polish goalkeeper and trained him to become Arsenal's long-term goalkeeper.

Fabianski does not expect to be able to kick Szczesny out and replace him.

But when the opportunity comes, he will not let it slip away.

Arsenal players were not affected by the minor turmoil within the team.

Wilshere was not a regular member of Arsenal's main lineup, and the three midfielders composed of Cazorla, Ramsey and Jorginho controlled the situation.

Arsenal's center back line pressed higher, and through the breakthrough and suppression of the two wings, Hull City's defense was squashed to the point that it lacked depth.

It is difficult for them to pose a threat to Arsenal's goal.

In the fourteenth minute, Jorginho split the ball and Walcott took the ball into the penalty area. Aaron Ramsey followed up and tried a long shot from outside the penalty area.

Ramsey's shot was so powerful that the ball hit the leg of the Hull City defender, refracted and rolled right into the goal.

Arsenal took an early 1-0 lead.

"Arsenal's excellent form continues. They will usher in six rounds of games in December. After these six rounds, the Premier League schedule will be halfway through. Arsenal has a good chance of winning the half-way championship this season!"

Fifteen minutes later, Cazorla used his wizardly pace to pluck the ball from the defense of three Hull City players on the left rib and passed it to Aaron Ramsey.

Ramsey was in brilliant form, tearing apart Hull City's defense.

Hull City midfielder Jack Livermore's tactical task was to keep an eye on Ramsey. He tried hard to keep up with Ramsey, but the Welsh midfielder's touch and dribbling rhythm was very good, which made Livermore's play difficult. His foot fell into the air, and Ramsey was thrown away.

Aaron Ramsey bravely rushed into the penalty area, Antoine Griezmann also wandered into the penalty area, and Giroud held the Hull City defender as a pivot.

"Ramsey - to Giroud, Giroud is leaning on Curtis Davies - pass to Ramsey, Ramsey knocks across, Antoine Griezmann - the ball is in!"

Griezmann celebrates his goal.

Chen Yao also applauded the team. This goal was what he wanted.

Ramsey, Giroud and Griezmann completed a three-man collaboration in the penalty area. Ramsey and Griezmann's movements were very smart. They moved around Giroud, and every move and touch The balls all fit together just right.

This is not only a manifestation of the player's talent and talent, but also a manifestation of the quality of training - in the opponent's tightly defended penalty area, the error tolerance rate left for such delicate short passing coordination is very small.

Arsenal's players can perform dazzling offense in a narrow and crowded penalty area.

This is Arsenal's style of football.

After conceding two goals early, Hull City almost gave up resistance.

Their Premier League ranking is not bad, currently ranked 11th in the Premier League.

But when encountering Arsenal, who were unstoppable and determined to compete for the championship, Hull City's defense was torn apart like paper.

In the 65th minute of the second half, Arsenal's high-pressure attack finally gave Hull City a chance.

Jorginho's long-range effort from outside the penalty area was blocked and Hull launched a counter-attack through goalkeeper Alan McGregor's big kick.

Hull City's counterattack routine is obviously well-trained. They advance from both sides. Hull City's left winger George Boyd runs with the ball, and the person chasing him back to defend is...

Dani Carvajal.

Carvajal's performance has also become increasingly mature. He calmly discovered the start of Hull City's counterattack and rushed back like a little bulldozer.

George Boyd was visibly caught up by Carvajal. Boyd kicked the ball toward Carvajal's ankle in desperation, and the ball was knocked out of the baseline.

Corner kick.

This was Hull City's first corner kick of the game.

Players from both sides lined up in the penalty area, waiting for this attack and defense.

Hull City took a corner kick, and in the penalty area, players on both sides continued to push and change positions.

In the chaos, the ball was pushed far away, and Hull City forward Shane Long hit the ball hard.

boom!

Lukasz Fabianski dives to the ground and clutches the ball.

Fabianski breathed a sigh of relief. With a rare opportunity to perform in this game, he was finally poked out of the trap.

Hull City's most threatening attack is this one.

In the end, the game ended 2-0. Arsenal defeated Hull City and continued to occupy the top spot in the Premier League.

"Wojciech, you have to be careful." Gibbs joked at Szczesny on the bench, "Lucas is holding back his energy to be our goalkeeper."

Szczesny's expression was a little unhappy, and he shook his head, "Kieran, Lucas did a good job. I am sitting here at my own fault."

"You brought it upon yourself?" Gibbs smiled, "You have a pretty good attitude about admitting your mistakes."

"Can it be bad..." Szczesny sighed, "Kieran, to be honest with you, is smoking a cigarette a very serious mistake? Does it affect my reaction? I don't think it is that serious at all. .”

"But the coach doesn't think so."

"Yeah...but the coach doesn't think so. What else can I do except admit my mistake?"

Szczesny complained, wondering where he had hidden his cigarette.

It’s okay to listen to the coach on the court, and it’s okay to listen to the coach in the training base, but off the court, do you still have to listen to the coach if you want to relax as much as you want?

Yes, Szczesny admitted that his condition was indeed not good in the previous few games. But no player is always in good condition. Szczesny believes that if he is given some time, he can get his condition back.

At this time, Arsenal's players finished their showdown and walked back to the players' tunnel one after another.

Chen Yao walked among the players, glanced at Wilshere, and then at Szczesny.

The two of them still had to solve their problems, and the system reminded him at this time that he could start a new historical journey.

(End of this chapter)