On July 17th, Xiao Ji's fifth day at the Haigeng base. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xiao Ji can only do basic physical fitness training every day, and there is no one with him in ball training, and the level of the only few people is too poor.

He's had enough of these days.

At this time, Xiao Ji's mobile phone suddenly rang, it was Wenger's phone.

"Shaw, sad news for you, the wonderful holiday season is over, you have to come and report to me in three days, the team is about to start the summer warm-up."

"Oh, that's not bad news for me, in fact, I'm pretty happy now, and I packed up and flew to England right away."

Xiao Ji felt that this was really a timely rain, and he finally had a valid reason to leave this boring base.

Arsene Wenger was surprised by Xiao Ji's answer, he has been in charge for more than 20 years, he doesn't know how many players he has, and those players are basically very depressed every time they hear the news of the end of the holiday, and occasionally there are a few calmer, or the first time to see the end of the holiday but happy players.

In Wenger's impression, Xiao Ji is indeed a very hard-working player, but not the most diligent, if he can be as crazy as this time, the future may be unimaginable.

Hanging up the phone, Xiao Ji immediately went to pack his luggage in a hurry.

In Fu Bo's office, Xiao Ji was saying goodbye to Fu Bo.

Although it was very uncomfortable to stay at the base, Xiao Ji and Fu Bo still got along well.

In the past few days, Fu Bo often comes to chat with Xiao Ji when he is bored, talking about football skills, tactics, and the future of Chinese football, everything.

The two have a common point of view in many places, and they hate to see each other late.

Fu Bo understood Xiao Ji's feelings and did not make any obstacles to his departure.

On July 18, Xiao Ji arrived at the Kearney training base.

The team doctor conducted a routine physical examination of him, he was not overweight, his body fat content was quite good, his muscles were full, and he felt that his physical condition was even better than in the middle of the season.

It was the first time the team doctor had encountered this situation, and he suspected that there was a problem with the machinery for a while, so he checked it again, and it was still the same data.

Arsene Wenger was simply too satisfied with Xiao Ji's medical condition.

In the subsequent physical test, consistent with the physical examination, Xiao Ji became stronger, whether it was speed, strength or endurance, there was a certain improvement, especially speed.

"Xiao, you didn't travel during the holidays, and you still continue to train?" Arsene Wenger asked Xiao Ji with a smile.

"Yes, boss, I've been training with my mentor for most of this holiday."

"That's great, but why sprint training? You are a soccer player, professional soccer training should be more suitable for you, and there is still a slight difference between running and sprinting in football. ”

Xiao Ji felt that sooner or later he would have to talk to Wenger about his intention to participate in the track and field competition, and immediately confessed.

"What, did I hear it wrong, you mean you're going to compete in track and field?"

"Yes, I hope you can give me three days off then, and I'll be back when I'm done."

Wenger felt like he was about to go crazy and said: "Are you crazy?? You're going to participate in your country's collegiate athletics championships, and you want me to give you a day off? ”

"I didn't, I thought about it."

"Shaw! Come to your senses, soccer players are much more productive than track and field athletes. I'll admit that you're very fast in the 100 meters, but that's on a football field, and compared to a professional sprinter, your results don't stand out. And even if you can dominate the country, can you outrun those blacks? ”

"I believe in myself."

"You're unreasonable, I don't want to argue with you anymore, now, you give me training."

There is no doubt that this conversation has seriously offended manager Arsene Wenger.

As punishment, Wenger did not even take Xiao Ji to the United States, and while the rest of the team was eating, drinking and having fun in the United States, Xiao Ji remained at the Kearney base for hard training.

On 2 August, Arsenal will play in the Emirates Cup at their home turf.

The Emirates Cup is Arsenal's annual pre-season warm-up tournament and is the most important unofficial warm-up tournament in European football, with around 120,000 viewers a year.

This time, Wenger put Xiao Ji on the bench, he thinks that the lesson of the last time is enough, too much, and continue to punish, God knows what counterattack Xiao Ji will make, now the summer transfer window has not closed, his current contract liquidated damages are not high, and there are quite a few teams interested in him.

This match is against Portuguese giants Benfica.

The game went well, with Arsenal establishing an early 4-0 lead, and Xiao Ji was sent for a lap in garbage time.

In the end, Arsenal won 5-1.

On 3 August, Arsenal take on Ligue 1 giants Monaco, Arsene Wenger's former club where he began his coaching career.

The game was a scorching one, with no goals scored in the first half and Monaco scoring first in the second half.

Wenger can't sit still, at his home stadium, Arsenal has not won the Emirates Cup for 3 years, although the warm-up match does not matter, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, but this is too face-saving, he can only let Xiao Ji come off the bench.

Back at the club, Xiao Ji was first reprimanded by the head coach, and then punished, and he had no chance to perform in the last game.

After coming on the field, Xiao Ji was surprised to find that Monaco did not press him defensively, but left a normal distance.

Xiao Ji has been used to pressing defense in the Premier League, and the whole Premier League knows that his long-range shooting is terrifying, and the coach of Monaco does not seem to know this, it may be that Monaco and Arsenal have very few exchanges, and this game is a warm-up nature, and no special research has been conducted.

Xiao Ji immediately realized that this was his perfect opportunity.

In the 62nd minute, Xiao Ji seized the opportunity and scored with his trademark long-range shot to equalize the game.

The coach of Monaco didn't care, thinking that it was just Xiao Ji's luck to get a kick, for example, it was just a draw now, and they could accept a draw.

Five minutes later, Xiao Ji helped them to have a long memory, and he scored again with a long-range shot.

This time, the Monegasque finally realized the long-range shooting skills of the opponent's No. 39 and immediately defended with a targeted defense.

This kind of defense had an effect, limiting Xiao Ji for 20 minutes, but it ended here, how could Xiao Ji, who was already in a state, have such a good defense, Xiao Ji forcibly kicked up and broke the goal with an unreasonable heavy artillery!

"Three shots to surprise the chief!" After the game, the media reported this and warmly praised Xiao Ji's performance.