Chapter 5: The first step to the Premier League title
If Yelo has now won the favor of the players in the Arsenal dressing room.
That's next.
Yelo brings the players of Arsenal. It's just frightening.
The physical test ended quickly.
Ye Luo in the speed, physical fitness, strength of the three major items, all. Ranked first!
Although some of the players have not yet returned to the team.
But the Arsenal players know it too.
With the data that Ye Luo showed, even if the players who returned to the team came back, they still couldn't surpass him!
What kind of monster is this?
Could it be that an alien planet popped up?
After the Arsenal players finished on their sides, they looked at Yelo with the same look as a monster.
Speed, fitness, strength.
It's not uncommon for any one of these three disciplines to rank first.
But to say that all three are first
That's really counterintuitive.
But now Ye Luo's body side data is in front of everyone.
This is not a fake.
When the 4*10m switchback run, Ye Luo finished the last switchback run, and most of the players still have one round to finish.
In the face of such data.
The Arsenal players were completely convinced.
They were still suspicious of Ye Luo's physical condition, but now it seems that they are thinking too much
Such Ye Luo is very healthy.
And after getting the players' body data.
The coaches of the team began to get together to discuss the training plan for each player.
Sports scientist Colin Muller, a member of the coaching staff, exclaimed after looking at Yelo's physical data: "I think Ye is completely physically ready for the new season, and his physical training plan can be cut back on a large part and only keep the basic physical recovery training." ”
"That way, we can get him more involved in the team's training and let the other players get up to speed faster." The team's chief assistant coach, Steve Brown. Blake said.
"That's right, as long as Ye's body is fine, no matter what kind of lineup we send next season, the core of the field will be him." Technical analyst Pierre. Carobey said, touching her chin.
Wenger looked at Ye Luo's physical test report, as if looking at a treasure, and suppressed the excitement in his heart.
"Regarding Ye Luo's training plan, most of the physical and strength training will be cancelled, and more team cooperation exercises will be involved, so that other players can have a certain tacit understanding and cooperation with Ye Luo as much as possible."
Arsene Wenger put down the lateral report in his hand and said.
In the next few days, Ye Luo always arranged different players around him and tried different midfield combinations.
Arsenal's players know why, too.
Other words.
Whoever can call Ye Luo more will get more opportunities to play in the new season!
So.
Yelo's position in the Arsenal dressing room is almost transcendent, and he is at the heart of the team's tactical core on the pitch.
And Wenger also explained to Yelo, hoping that he can use the pre-season for more than a month to complete the run-in with the whole team as much as possible.
This is reflected in the team's practice matches, when Yelo starts to get his teammates used to his rhythm more through passing and running, while also getting to know the rest of the team in the process.
With the gradual return of the players who participated in the European Championships.
A week later.
The entire Arsenal squad boarded a plane to the United States for this year's International Champions Cup.
The International Champions Cup is a pre-season brand that has emerged in the past two years, and many big-name teams will participate.
It is divided into North American and Asian competitions.
However, Arsenal have rarely played in the International Champions Cup before.
Because Arsenal have their own pre-season warm-up cup – the Emirates Cup.
However, this year, due to the London Olympics, the Emirates Stadium was requisitioned as a venue for Olympic football events.
So this year's Emirates Cup was cancelled.
As a result, Arsenal have been invited to participate in the International Champions Cup, a commercial event in which many big teams will participate.
This year's International Champions Cup has also invited many giant teams, including Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Juventus and other teams in the North American region.
Arsenal will face Bayer Leverkusen, Real Madrid, Juventus and local side LA Galaxy in North America.
By the time Arsenal's plane landed in New York, a large number of fans had already gathered around the airport.
Most of the fans are coming for Ye Luo.
In addition to the local Chinese fans in North America, there are also a considerable number of local fans - football is not as popular in the United States as football and baseball, but with the influx of Latin American immigrants into the United States, the popularity of football is also on the rise.
In recent years, the International Champions Cup has also gained a lot of popularity in the United States.
Last year's match between Real Madrid and Manchester United in Los Angeles was attended by more than 80,000 fans.
The "box office results" can be said to be quite good.
In fact, there may not really be that many football fans in the United States.
But sports are very much a "social activity" in the United States.
People who come to the stadium may not really know about football, but they will play a big game.
Since it's a fun, it must be who is famous to join in the fun.
That's why Real Madrid and Manchester United sold more than 80,000 tickets for their commercial matches in the United States last year.
And when the Arsenal players walked out of the airport, they were stunned by the scene in front of them - Arsenal are also a well-known team, but when have they ever seen such a scene?
A large number of fans wearing Yelo's Arsenal No.10 shirt cheered Yelo's name at the airport.
Many of them took off their jerseys and their lights were shining.
Later, the local media in the United States reported that Arsenal received a warmer welcome in the United States than Real Madrid, and the reason was only Ye Luo!
Yelo's crazy performances last season, combined with his handsome appearance, quickly made him a new generation of football icons.
Arsenal also got the treatment of a super giant like Real Madrid.
After arriving in the United States, Arsenal also needed to participate in some commercial activities in addition to training - in fact, this is also the reason why many managers are more resistant to playing commercial games abroad.
This will cause a certain amount of disruption to the team's pre-season training.
But now that football and business are so deeply tied that no professional team can avoid these things.
Of course, the fans are concerned about the team's competitive form.
The first match in the United States was against Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen.
In this game, many fans were expecting Ye Luo's performance.
However, everyone can see that Ye Luo did not exert much force in this game, he just moved, received the ball, and passed the ball in the midfield.
And he only played half the game, he didn't score, but he did have an assist.
In the second half, both sides made a large-scale substitution of 11 men for 11 men - this is a commercial game, there are no restrictions on substitutions at all, and the rules are negotiated by both sides.
The final score was 2-2, with Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen tied.
After this match, many media outlets were talking about Yelo's performance.
"Is Ye Luo not exerting his strength or not being able to exert his strength?"
"Is there really something wrong with your body? Want to transform? ”
"Yelo was the player with the most passes in the whole game, but he barely took the initiative to fight physically!"
"Obviously, he's hiding from the confrontation!"
Many media outlets have made such judgments.
Manchester Evening News reporter Samel . Lukehorst wrote on Twitter: "There is an interesting statistic, Ye Luo, the king of the first two seasons, did not have a single breakthrough in this game, yes! Not once! ”
His remarks made many Manchester City fans breathe a sigh of relief - we Manchester City have finally not become clowns! We were right to return Yelo! He must have something wrong with his body, otherwise why would the king of people be no more!
I have to say.
The brain-replenishing ability of media reporters is really strong.
The reason why Ye Luo plays like this is completely the request of the coaching team, they require Ye Luo to run in with other players as soon as possible, to pass the ball more, and to find a little more sense of cooperation in the game, so Ye Luo will choose this way of playing, it's not that he won't pass - anyway, it's just a warm-up game, the result is not important, the key is to run in, Ye Luo's style of play is also to understand more about his teammates' habits of receiving and running.
However, after this game, Yelo was moved when he saw these reports and took the initiative to find Arsene Wenger.
"You say. To give these media a. Surprise?! ”
"That's right, Boss, I'm looking forward to the first round of the season." Ye Luo said with a wink.
Arsene Wenger laughed dumbly.
Their opponent in the first round of the Premier League is Liverpool.
Who did Liverpool recruit and provoke whom?
If they had believed the nonsense of the media, they would have died a terrible death.
The opponent in the second match of the International Champions Cup is Real Madrid.
This opponent Ye Luo is very familiar.
However, he still did not exert his strength, but organized the team through skilful movement and passing, which allowed Arsenal and Real Madrid to play on a par, and the two sides led 2-1 at the end of the first half.
However, in the second half, after both sides removed their main players from the starting line-up and replaced them with substitutes and players from the reserve team and youth team, the gap between the two teams was reflected.
In the second half, Real Madrid scored two goals in a row to turn the game around.
Arsenal eventually lost 3-2 to Real Madrid.
Two warm-up games, one draw and one loss, not to mention the media, even Arsenal's own fans are muttering.
But do you say Ye Luo is not doing well?
When he was on the pitch, Arsenal once pressed Real Madrid to play.
But is this what the fans want to see?
Definitely not.
Because the image that Ye Luo brings to the fans is a sharp breakthrough and an unreasonable scoring ability.
Now there are no goals in two games.
Even though he had two assists, even though he had a lot of passes, although when he was on the pitch, Arsenal looked like they were playing in a very holistic and orderly manner.
But this is not what the fans want to see!
"Could it be that Ye Luo really has a problem with his body?"
The thought lingered in the minds of many Arsenal fans.
I thought I had introduced a flashpoint, a super scorer, but now I have become a passer.
Passing is also important, but it's not as refreshing as a super scorer
Even Arsenal fans think so.
Fans of other teams, as well as the media, of course, are even more imaginative.
In the next two games, Ye Luo still played like this.
Arsenal's results were one draw and one win – in the end, Arsenal's four warm-up games in the United States were one win, two draws and one defeat, and the win was against American league side Los Angeles Galaxy.
This kind of result really worries Arsenal fans.
And after playing these four games.
The team flew back to London.
The first round of the Premier League is still a week away.
The team must also enter the final pre-season adjustments, and everything is starting to prepare for the sprint to the new season.
Before the start of the new season.
Naturally, public opinion is boiling.
First of all, the reinforcements of each team have been introduced.
Manchester United and Arsenal have reached an agreement.
Robin van Persie moved to Manchester United for £24 million.
In addition, Manchester United also negotiated the core of Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa for a transfer fee of 17 million pounds.
Manchester United have made a big move, but Van Persie's move to Manchester United is undoubtedly one of the biggest transfer news in the Premier League this season.
The Arsenal captain's switch to rival Manchester United has undoubtedly become the biggest topic of ridicule among Manchester United fans.
Arsenal and Manchester United are not historically enemies.
But because of the fierce competition between the two sides in the nineties and the beginning of the twenty-first century, for more than ten consecutive years.
The relationship between the fans of the two sides is not harmonious.
Being able to disgust a competitor in the matter of transfers.
Manchester United fans certainly won't let it go.
And the defending Premier League champions Manchester City are not too big of a move.
They bought Rodwell, McConn, Richard. Wright, Nastasch, Harvey. Garcia.
All are about £10 million in signings.
However, Manchester City's squad is already luxurious, and these signings are at most minor repairs to the existing squad.
Another big signing came at Chelsea.
Ahead of the start of the season, Chelsea have finalised a deal for Belgian striker Eden Hazard, who will move from Ligue 1 side Lille to Chelsea for £32 million.
Chelsea also bought Brazilian midfielder Oscar for £25 million, while also bringing Spanish right-back Cesar Azpilicueta from Marseille.
Liverpool's side has transferred two players, Joe Allen and Pollini, and has also loaned midfielder Shahin from Real Madrid, and the reinforcement is not too big compared to other teams.
On Arsenal's side, in addition to Yelo, there are three new signings from Cazorla, Giroud and Podolski.
The strength of the team has theoretically improved a lot.
However, due to the team's poor performance in the warm-up game, many media are still not too optimistic about Arsenal's season prospects.
As the new season draws closer.
More and more media attention began to be focused on the first round of the match: Liverpool host Arsenal.
The Liverpool Echo has been focusing on how to deal with Yelo when looking ahead to this game.
Arsenal's four warm-up games in the United States were not very good, they only won against the weak LA Galaxy, and Yelo played in these four games in an interesting way, he barely took the initiative to fight physically, did not sprint, did not break through. Although his passing is very accurate and he creates a lot of threats through his passing, this is clearly not what one would expect from Yelo! Maybe Liverpool can take the initiative to increase the pace and intensity of the game in the game, and show Yelo the rhythm of the game that belongs to the Premier League! ”
The opinion of the Liverpool Echo belongs to the mainstream opinion of many media in England during this time.
Didn't you Ye Luo hide from the physical confrontation?
Just about.
The Premier League is one of the most rude.
Over here.
It's not okay to hide from the body!
Much of the media's advice to Liverpool is to "get Yelo in good shape".
Liverpool's new head coach Brendan Rodgers is also looking at Yelo.
He watched and watched the footage of Yelo's four warm-up games at Arsenal.
"This guy didn't have any power at all, did he?"
Rogers said to his assistants.
"Is it a smoke bomb?"
"Unlikely, maybe he's really afraid of physical confrontation?" Rodgers' assistant coach frowned.
Ye Luo is afraid of physical confrontation?
That sounds a little unreliable.
This guy scored with a header in the Champions League final after knocking over Boateng and Dent in the air.
But judging from the warm-up match, he is indeed suspected of "hiding from the body".
'In any case, this guy is the heart of Arsenal, even if he doesn't break through, the whole Arsenal team obviously revolves around him, he is the Arsenal player who has touched the ball and passed the ball the most in these games. Rogers said, standing up.
"It doesn't matter if he's kicking or if he's really having a physical problem, we don't care, anyway. The defensive strategy of this game is to give this guy a little intensity! ”
Rogers said, pointing to Yelo on the screen.
As the pace of the league gets closer and closer.
Liverpool's home game against Arsenal is also getting more and more attention – the opening game of the Premier League season.
The opening match was already very popular, and it was another strong conversation.
So the whole of England, no, it should be said that the whole of Europe is watching this game.
If nothing happens in this game, Ye Luo will definitely start.
And judging from Arsenal's pre-match warm-up, you can't say that Yelo is in poor form, but he just didn't live up to the level that people expected from him last season.
This provides strong support for the view that "Ye Luo has a physical problem".
However, Arsene Wenger was adamant in his pre-match press conference.
"The warm-up game doesn't mean anything, the purpose of the warm-up game is never to win, but to run in the team, how he is in shape, we will know when the new season starts!"
And Yelo, who attended the press conference with Arsene Wenger, was also "besieged" by the media.
Logically.
The first game of the new season should be attended by the captain and the manager at the press conference.
Now that Yelo and Arsene Wenger are at the press conference, is Yelo the captain this season?
Faced with questions from journalists.
Arsene Wenger answered in the affirmative.
'Of course, he'll be captain on the pitch, he's the leader of the Arsenal dressing room now and the players are backing Ye to wear the captain's armband.'
Arsene Wenger said.
"Wouldn't you feel the pressure to come to the team and become captain of the field without playing a single official game?"
A reporter asked.
"Pressure? Stress is everywhere, but I've never been afraid of it, and it's the motivation for me. I'm delighted to wear the Arsenal captain's armband and I'm grateful to my team-mates for supporting me. As for tomorrow's game I have a lot of respect for Liverpool, but we're here for the three points. This will be the first step in our quest for the Premier League title this season! ”
Ye Luo said.
"Wait.. Premier League champions? A reporter couldn't help but interrupt Yelo, "Do you think Arsenal can surpass Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, and rank ahead of these three teams?" ”
"Why not?"
Ye Luo asked rhetorically.
Inside his quest panel. The main quest has already been brushed out.
"An unprecedented pinnacle of the arsenal."
(End of chapter)