Chapter 789： New season! Opener!

A week flies by.

On May 12, London began to become restless.

The 2017/2018 Premier League season is about to start, which is a day worth celebrating for any football fan.

Although there is a European Cup transition in the middle, for British fans, this is obviously not a friendly memory.

The European Cup quarter-finals went home directly, and when none of the quarter-finals made it, England's poor performance made these fans suffocate for a long time.

For Arsenal fans, this season has been particularly compelling.

At the end of the 2015/2016 season, Wenger stepped down and retired.

In the 2016/2017 season, Mourinho was in charge of Arsenal's coach. After a season of hard work, Arsenal completed the run-in to a degree visible to the naked eye, showing excellent competitiveness.

Thanks to this, they also won the Europa League.

But it can't satisfy the ambitions of Arsenal fans.

They want the league championship!

They want the Champions League!

They want to play more dominant!

And they believe that after the experience of last season, Arsenal has become stronger this season after all.

The first round of the Premier League game is played at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal's home stadium.

Because it was the first game, the whole environment was extremely hot.

The stadium is surrounded by Arsenal fans. Every weekend, the fans' favorite thing is to cheer for their favorite team here.

A large number of Arsenal fans sang songs and walked vigorously towards the Emirates Stadium. The singing and morale were high along the way.

They believe the team can get off to a good start to the season.

At the same time, the Arsenal players also took the bus to the venue.

The three little ones were not selected for the 18-man squad, and they are all a certain distance away from coming to the home court to "watch the game".

Mourinho did not announce the starting list, but left the suspense until the end.

At the moment of warming up, Mourinho is announcing the starting list.

Giroud expects to make his debut in the first game, but Mourinho obviously doesn't think so. He wants to win the game steadily, so Lukaku is still his first choice.

The entire starting list is the main lineup of last season.

If the game progresses well, the substitutes can also get a certain amount of playing time.

"Here is the 2017/2018 Premier League season, and the opening game of the league is about to begin, Arsenal's home game against Leicester City!"

"At present, both teams are warming up, and the camera is on the French center Olivier Giroud who has just transferred to Arsenal!"

"Giroud, who played for Dortmund last season, transferred to Arsenal in the summer transfer window with a worth of 75 million euros. This is also Arsenal's biggest investment this season. Ku is competing for the starting position!"

"Looking at last season, Arsenal's firepower is not weak, but Mourinho is obviously not very satisfied after absorbing Giroud, Arsenal can have more choices in tactical play!"

"However, judging from the current warm-up situation, Giroud is wearing a substitute vest and may not be able to start this game, but we can still look forward to Giroud's debut at Arsenal, and also look forward to his running-in with Arsenal. !"

After Sky Sports commentator Paul Mawson finished speaking, Lucky appeared in the camera.

Dixon immediately cheered up; "It was Arsenal's captain Kay who appeared in the camera! There is no doubt about Kay's performance throughout last season. Although he failed to participate in the Champions League, with his excellent performance, he even Possibly selected among the best 11 players in Europe, after all, it is difficult for anyone to surpass Kay's performance in this position!"

“In the Premier League last season, Kay once threatened the position of the Golden Boot with 23 goals, and his terrifying scoring ability also made us feel a lot of emotion!”

"Judging from the pre-season warm-up match, the match between Arsenal and Barcelona was an offensive battle. Although we couldn't get any video data, the final score was 5:5. Both sides scored five goals. Goals, Kai failed to score any goals, but got four assists, which also reflects Kai's strong game control ability in that game from the side!"

"Of course we also hope that Kai can continue to play well beyond the last season!"

Immediately afterwards, the commentator briefly introduced the situation of Leicester City.

Leicester City has not invested much in transfers this season. With limited resources, it has improved the ability of the defense.

They introduced Harry Maguire from Hull City to increase the hardness of the defense.

But Harry. After all, Maguire is a little worried about facing Arsenal. After all, Arsenal used Harry Maguire as a breakthrough point to counterattack many times last season.

It can be said that it is difficult for such players to perform well if they do not have a reliable midfielder in front to protect them.

Fortunately, Leicester City set up a 4-4-1-1 formation in order to face Arsenal. The formation as a whole is low and mainly defensive.

In the words of the two commentators, the warm-up session ended.

The players on both sides returned to their locker rooms to prepare for the first match.

The cheers on the scene became louder and louder. While the commentator George Adams was motivating the fans to call 'Arsenal' over and over again, players from both sides walked out of the player tunnel.

"Forward! Gunner!"

"Arsenal!"

"Win the first win of the season!"

"Kill Fox City!"

"We are the strongest!"

"Arsenal is invincible!!"

Amid the intense cheers of the fans, players from both sides completed the opening ceremony of the league.

The captains of the two teams exchange team flags and choose sides.

Arsenal took the lead in getting the ball.

After the referee finished shaking hands, Le Kai ran to his own half, cheering for his teammates while running.

"focus!"

"Take the opener!"

"Guys! Remember! Be sure to shout!"

"Communicate! Communicate! Don't forget to communicate!"

Arsenal players are very active in the game, and they have communicated loudly before the game started.

They are extremely eager to win this game.

Arsenal fans too.

The referee Andre Marriner blew the whistle to start the game.

At the same time, the starting lineups of both sides also appeared on the screen.

Arsenal (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Martinez.

Defenders: Bellerin, Jimenez, Hummels, Robertson.

Midfielders: Aubameyang, Kanter, Wilshere, Lucky, Mane.

Forward: Lukaku.

Leicester City (4-4-1-1):

Goalkeeper: Schmeichel Jr.

Defenders: Fox, Maguire, Morgan, Simpson.

Midfield: Albrai, James, Shinji Okazaki, Ndidi, Gray.

Forward: Vardy.

As soon as the game started, Arsenal played extremely aggressively.

Everyone's running is extremely active, and the pressing and attacking in the front court are very resolute.

Arsenal exerted tremendous pressure at the beginning, which made Leicester City very uncomfortable.

It stands to reason that Mourinho's team should focus on stability, and should not attack at the beginning.

But that's how Arsenal attacked, and with ferocity.

Under waves of impact, Leicester City seemed a bit overwhelmed.

In particular, their defense must play the ball quickly, and if they are a little slower, they will be intercepted by Arsenal.

In this case, the pressure suddenly came to Leicester City.

"Arsenal opened the game with a fierce attack. Their game momentum was extremely fierce. Leicester City obviously did not enter the game state. They are still in a slightly passive situation!"

This is Paul Merson's more tactful rhetoric. In fact, Leicester City's defense line is already in jeopardy.

"Don't go head-to-head with him, bypass him!"

As soon as Harry Maguire was about to fight with Lukaku, the opponent moved the ball away, and immediately got into the penalty area with a body that was more sensitive than Maguire.

Maguire blocked Lukaku by pulling and pulling.

But Maguire was extremely depressed at this time.

You said that we are both tall and big, why are you more flexible than me?

At this time, Lukaku gave Maguire the feeling that he was a 200-jin chimpanzee, strong and agile.

This is also the type of center he hates the most!

Lukaku can also feel Maguire's resentment.

But he will not confront the opponent head-on, there is a better way, why use a stupid way?

"See if I can't trick you to death!"