Chapter 668 Europa League! Yellow canary!
Chapter 668 Europa League! Yellow canary!
Usmanov came back, and also brought a full 100 million capital investment.
He will hand over this money to Arsenal in the form of a zero-interest loan, which will be repaid within the next ten years. This also enables Arsenal to obtain strong economic support and get rid of that financial embarrassment.
Usmanov’s strong debut made Arsenal fans see the generous chairman again.
The two parties have cooperated for many years, from distrust at the beginning to sympathy now.
Usmanov proved with practical actions that he is not a vampire like Kroenke, and Russians are much more generous than Americans.
And Usmanov’s move also gave him great support, and he even had greater influence in the board of directors.
Arsenal’s dressing room.
Usmanov stands in the middle, Arsenal players sit on the bench.
Everyone has different expressions.
Among them, the most embarrassing one is undoubtedly Bellerin. After all, he was once bewitched by Usmanov to publish an article, which almost ruined his career.
If Lucy hadn’t come forward to help him deal with it in time, Bellerin might be sold to some low-level club at this time.
“Yes, we had some misunderstandings and struggles before, but in fact, we are all for Arsenal, and this has never changed.”
Usmanov stood in the middle, looked at the crowd and said with a smile; “When I first entered the locker room, I still felt very strange. After only one year, the players have changed a lot, but I believe you all The best players, you guys can do enough for Arsenal.”
After finishing speaking, Usmanov looked at Le Kai and said with a smile, “Do you still remember what I said? Captain?”
Lucky nodded affirmatively; “I never forget!”
Usmanov smiled and said: “Very well, I will always pay attention to you, cheer for you, let us rebuild the glory of Arsenal together!”
Clap clap clap clap!
Fierce applause rang out, and Usmanov left the locker room after finishing his brief speech.
Looking at the back of the other party leaving, Le Kai also heaved a long sigh of relief.
He didn’t know how David Dane did it, but this farce was finally over.
The contradictions in the Arsenal team finally completely dissipated,
“team leader.”
At this moment, Bellerin found Lucky, and saw this guy with a worried expression on his face: “Mr. Chairman, he…he won’t trouble me?”
Le Kai was stunned for a moment, and said, “Why?”
“I’m after all” Bellerin was about to cry.
Only then did Le Kai understand the reason, and he couldn’t help but smiled and patted the other person on the shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, he doesn’t have time to talk to you.”
Being comforted by Lucky, Bellerin relaxed a little.
In the third round of the Premier League, Arsenal once again played away against Watford.
As a newly promoted last season, Watford stayed in the Premier League after a season, which is a very worthy celebration for them.
And in this season, Watford has also carried out a wave of reinforcements with sufficient funds.
But the overall effect is not bad, not even as good as last season.
They have lost two games in a row and will face Arsenal in the third game.
“Aubameyang shot! Oh~~~ Slightly higher than the crossbar, Aubameyang is in a very hot state. This is his fourth shot in this game, and three of them are extremely threatening. Face Against such a powerful Arsenal, Watford can’t find a good chance to counterattack!”
“At the same time, we must also pay attention to Mane who played in the second half. The boy from Senegal, his performance is amazing. Mane’s continuous pressure on the right wing continues to promote Arsenal’s offense, and also indirectly activates Arsenal. Bameyang’s ability!”
Mane’s performance was unexpected.
Even better than in the scrims.
Even Mourinho had to admit that after the start of the second half, through Mane’s wing, Arsenal played many threatening attacks.
For this reason, Le Kai also frequently passes the ball towards Mane, trying to continue to expand the score through Mane’s wing.
Mane was also extremely excited at this time.
After the start of this season, he can get more opportunities, which also made him understand that he has also begun to receive attention at Arsenal, and he is not far from the main force.
And in this game, his state is even more explosive!
Feel how to kick how to have!
In this fiery state, Mane also continued to make breakthroughs with great efforts.
After Watford failed to attack, Arsenal launched a counterattack again.
Lucky directly gave the ball to Mane, and ran wildly at the same time.
Lucky’s forward speed is very fast, especially in the second half, Lucky’s physical fitness has become his advantage.
Passing the opponent’s defensive player like lightning, and at this time most of the Watford players’ eyes are focused on Mane.
Le Kai glanced at the restricted area, he didn’t go in, but slowed down near the restricted area line.
At this time, Mane also noticed the situation in the penalty area. He dunked with his right foot, and the ball rolled towards Le Kai in an inverted triangle.
Facing Mane’s pass, Lucky directly made a shooting action, attracting defensive players to step forward to block, and in the next second, he rubbed his feet.
The ball flew over the defender and flew into the penalty area. Lukaku roared in the crowd, stood up, and shook his head against the ball to attack the goal.
The ball flew to the far corner in response, and flew into the net with a swish.
In 87 minutes, Arsenal scored the second goal of the game.
This also made the game lose its suspense!
90 minutes later, Arsenal beat Watford 2-0 and won their second victory of the season.
For three consecutive games, Arsenal got off to a good start with a record of 2 wins and 1 tie, ranking fourth in the current standings.
The top three are Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United.
These three clubs have won consecutive victories in three rounds.
On the other hand, Liverpool’s start was a bit bad.
Lost to Arsenal in the first round.
Lost to Burnley in the second round away.
In the third game, they barely drew with Tottenham in the away game.
With a record of 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, Liverpool suffered a very bad start.
However, due to Liverpool’s crazy pursuit ability last season, no one thinks that Liverpool will really fall behind, they just need some adjustments.
So far the competition in August is over.
The next fourth round will be on September 10, 12 days later.
And the period again is the national team match day.
The international players who played for the Premier League have also returned.
Arsenal also had to let it go, and Lucky, who was the core, also left the team and returned to the country to participate in the competition.
After a short match day, the Arsenal club became cold again.
During this period, Mourinho was not idle, constantly studying tactics, and at the same time praying that the players would not be injured.
The season has just begun, and injuries are not good news.
But soon, the bad news came.
On September 5, Cech, who served as the goalkeeper of the Czech national team, injured his wrist and had to stay in the country for treatment.
At the same time, Ramsey, who had just transferred to join, also received news of his injury.
Every day since then, Mourinho has been extremely worried.
Finally, 12 days of torment have passed. Most of the players returned to the club after the national team match day, but Le Kai could only miss this round of the league due to the fact that the game schedule has not yet ended.
In this game, in the absence of Lucky, Arsenal, Wilshere wore the captain’s armband and led the team to the fourth round.
In the fourth round, Arsenal played against Southampton at home.
The game came to 77 minutes, but the score between the two sides was still 0:0.
The situation in the arena is even more stalemate.
“Arsenal can’t stabilize the rhythm! After Kay’s absence, Arsenal seems to be a bit incapable of playing in the midfield!”
Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.
From the start of the game, Arsenal couldn’t play any effective offense.
Even when counterattacking, there will be procrastination, which is far from the decisiveness and quickness when Le Kai is on the court.
And with such a poor offensive performance, Arsenal was stunned to be tied at home by Southampton.
This also allowed Arsenal to get their second draw of the season.
After four rounds of competition, 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
At the same time, three days later, Arsenal will usher in the Europa League group stage.
And Lucky will return on the fourth day, that is to say, Lucky still missed the first round of the Europa League group stage.
Their opponent in the first round of the Europa League group stage is the “yellow canary” Fenerbahce from Turkey!
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