Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 121: Sagna's Mahel Song! Alaba's two prayers and lightning-fast surrender!
"Ouch!!"

In the broadcast room, CCTV 5 commentator Shen Fangjian screamed out his catchphrase in an excited voice: "The ball goes in! Maher's long shot expands the lead! This is a world-class shot! A powerful shot!
"I was just saying that although this is a friendly match, Bayern will definitely do some research on Arsenal's new players before the game. Only when they are fully prepared can they better test their skills and tactics!

"Before he could finish his words, Maher easily stopped the ball in an empty space and knocked on Bayern's door with a volley!
"Heynckes is not doing his job well. Even I know that Maher has a long-range shot that makes all the teams in the English Championship shudder. Is he trying to test the saving level of new signing Neuer?
"If that's the case, then this experiment can be declared a failure. Neuer is so uncomfortable standing on the goal line!"

He joked about Bayern's head coach Jupp Heynckes, a commentator with a strong subjective nature.

In the Bayern coaching booth, Heynckes spread his hands and complained to the team's three midfielders, looking dissatisfied, as if he felt that the team should not make such low-level mistakes.

Especially Toni Kroos, who was standing not far from Maher, but still failed to hold the second point, allowing Maher to shoot from outside the line.

"Tony! Tony!"

Heynckes' face turned red and he forced a bitter smile: "When you are in that position, you have to pay attention to the person and not let him kick the ball."

As if he felt that the ball had been lost and there was no point in saying anything more, he turned his head and looked towards the warm-up area, shouting, "Alaba, warm up your body in the midfield, run away, don't get hurt later!"

"Okay, boss." Alaba saluted him in a childish way and waved his hands in agreement. He was already excited and was waiting to go on the court to fight Mahel.

Heynckes didn't focus his attention on him, but looked past Alaba towards the Arsenal bench.

Wenger's celebration was a little more unrestrained this time. He stretched out his long arms, smiled and hugged the people around him.

"How long can you keep this?"

He muttered, without any sarcasm or ridicule, just curiosity and shock at Maher's performance in this match.

"Gabi." Heynckes' eyes moved, and he returned to the bench and asked: "How much is Maher worth now?"

"Transfermarkt is currently 2000 million."

An assistant coach who was responsible for collecting information answered him, "I heard that Chelsea offered a price of nearly 3000 million euros, but Arsenal had no intention of selling."

"You won't sell it for 3000 million?"

Heynckes glanced in Wenger's direction in surprise, shook his head and sighed: "It's too expensive. If it's more than 3000 million, why not try to bid for Gotze from Dortmund? That will be the next Messi."

"What about Maher?" an assistant asked him, wanting to hear his opinion.

"More like a younger version of Henry."

Heynckes spoke his mind truthfully, continuing: “He is the kind of player who makes people feel amazing right from the start because he has speed, power, passing and shooting.

"But in terms of creativity, I can't compare with players like Messi and Gotze.

"These things are innate. If you are born with them, you have them. If you don't have them, you don't have them. He doesn't often give people a bright feeling."

"But," the assistant coach hesitated, and finally said: "Young version of Henry is also very good, which is what Arsenal needs now."

"Is such that."

Heynckes did not deny it, and smiled as he looked at the field: "But don't forget, we have Robben at his peak."

"Beep--!"

The referee quickly blew the whistle to end the first half, and players from both sides returned to the locker room to rest.

Arsenal players were able to remain calm before returning to the locker room. Once they returned, they began to dance and celebrate, shouting Maher's name.

"Mael! Mael!"

They did not hesitate to praise Mahel, and even praised him in an exaggerated way, which was the best way to show their enthusiasm and admiration.

"Happy birthday!"

“You’re so cool!”

"He outshined us."

"Let him treat us to a meal when it's over."

The players started talking about it at once. Seeing a young player in the team perform so well in his debut, most of them were happy for him from the bottom of their hearts.

No matter why you play football or how much you love it.

Having reached their current position, there are three things they want most: wealth, fame, and the most important "honor".

It can even be said that as long as you have honor, your wealth and fame will naturally increase rapidly like mushrooms after rain.

Honor represents everything for the players!
Under this premise, each of them hopes that strong players will appear in their club. As long as they are not in the same position as themselves and do not snatch their core position.

Of course, if there really is a player who can lead them to win the championship.

Then sacrificing one's core position, or even the main position, might not be unacceptable, depending on what that person can bring to them.

Arsenal players will not directly regard Maher as the person who can lead them to win the championship, but it is still good to regard him as a young player who can be looked forward to.

Many people have been in the team for so long that their expectations for honors have become increasingly dim, and they are gradually beginning to feel like giving up.

After seeing Maher, they may regain their hope for the future, hoping that this growing young player can grow into a key player of the team and perform like the King Henry of Highbury.

"Mael! Mael!"

The team's right-back Sagna immediately choreographed a dance, standing on the table in the locker room, spinning around and twisting his shoulders while dancing, which was quite magical.

"Ding ding ding ding! I have a friend who drives a Pagani on the sidelines and does the swan dance on the back line!"

Black people do have some talent for dancing, which is admirable.

"It's called Mahel Dance." Sagna twisted and turned, laughing and stirring up the atmosphere in the locker room, and shouted, "Now count, how many people's name dances were choreographed by me?"

“Do you only edit for frontcourt players?”

Central defender Vermaelen was a little reluctant, and smiled and spread his hands and said: "What about our backcourt? Don't we deserve any of them?"

"How do you edit yours?"

Saniya stood on the table, thinking for a while, twisting his body and stamping his feet again, "Ding ding ding, he was passed again, he lost his position again. Oh, look how embarrassed they are!"

"Hahaha!" A burst of laughter rang out in the locker room. The atmosphere was very cheerful and the players briefly escaped from the tense game.

Vermaelen wanted to chase Sagna on the table, but Sagna was very agile, stomping his feet and singing and dancing as he ran.

Maher sat in his seat and watched them with a smile on his face. He was in a very good mood. If he took a step forward to the stadium, he could play against top teams; if he took a step back to the locker room, he could watch the performances by the stars.

This kind of life is really great.

Mr. Wenger quickly walked into the locker room, took the tactical board and talked to the players about the problems and precautions. After saying that he was going to make large-scale substitutions in the 70th minute, he left the locker room to the players again.

"Beep!" Soon, the referee's whistle sounded outside the locker room door, and players from both sides came on the field again.

Before the start of the second half, the substitution card was raised on the sidelines and Alaba replaced Rafinha.

After Arsenal weakened its attack and strengthened its defense, Bayern made the same choice.

Even though they are behind in the score now, their attacking power in the frontcourt is actually enough to overflow. Now they should avoid the score from being widened again and just wait for the goal.

"Alaba, come on!"

Heynckes came up to young Alaba and patted him on the shoulder, "Guard him, you are not afraid of most Bundesliga wingers."

"Sure, boss!" Alaba had a firm expression. He closed his eyes and prayed earnestly, hoping that God would bless him in this game.

Before going on stage, he made the sign of the cross on his chest. After doing so, he hesitated slightly, as if one stroke was too short or the other was too long?

Would that not be pious enough?
Alaba shook his head and stroked his chest up and down, as if thinking that this would erase what had just happened, and he adjusted his stroke and began to stroke again.

"Prayer number two!"

In the broadcast room, Shen Fangjian, who caught this, smiled and said jokingly: "This is enough to show that Alaba attaches great importance to this game. I hope this sideback, who was born in 92, can play well today.

"After he came on the pitch, the left side became a battle between two young men, one born in 92 and the other in 93, both under 20!"

As Alaba finally prayed and ran towards the court, the referee took one last look at his watch and pointed his finger to the sky, "Beep!"

"Bang!" Van Persie passed the ball to Alexander Song, opening the curtain for the second half of the game between both sides.

The fans in the stadium couldn't sit still any longer. The hot atmosphere made them feel very excited. As more and more people stood up to watch the game, everyone gradually stood up.
There is no way if you don't want to stand. If you don't stand now, what you will see is not Robben and Van Persie, but the butts of the people sitting in front.

"Boom! Boom!"

In the second half, both sides played more aggressively, and even Arsenal frequently made long passes to teammates in open positions.

The pace is faster and all the players are running as fast as they can!
There will be a large-scale substitution in friendly matches to give substitute players some opportunities to play. This is a tacit understanding among all teams.

Therefore, the final confrontation time between the main players of the two teams is only about 25 minutes.

The new season is about to begin, and they must seize this opportunity to find their form, run in the team, and enhance their understanding with their new teammates!
They are not a team without desires or aspirations. Every player is very clear and aware of the situation and does not need to be reminded by others in this regard.

The game officially became exciting at this moment.

In the 49th minute of the game, Bayern Munich launched a quick attack from the middle. "Bang!"

The frequent positional changes between Toni Kroos and Gustavo disrupted Arsenal's midfield line, and captain Lahm passed the ball from the full-back position directly to Gomez in the center position.

Gomez used a wall kick to pass the ball back to Toni Kroos, who did not stop the ball but directly hit a high ball towards the side of the penalty area.

Thomas Muller rushed into the penalty area again and volleyed the ball towards the back of the goal. The ball passed the goalkeeper Szczesny, but was cleared by Gibbs who came to the back post with a header.

"Bang!!"

Robben followed up and shot the ball into the net with a violent left-foot shot!

"2-2! Bayern Munich started to show their strength. Arsenal's defense seemed a bit messy. Although they had the advantage in numbers, Bayern Munich felt like they had one more player.

"Robben scored a goal, which is what Bayern fans want to see!"

On the field, after scoring a goal, Robben did not run to the sidelines to do the classic sliding celebration, but just celebrated with his teammates near the penalty area.

"Well done!"

He ruffled the hair of young player Muller and encouraged him for his contribution in breaking into the penalty area and shooting.

Thomas Muller smiled happily, hugged Robben, and high-fived several teammates who came up next.

The new season is coming, and there are many new players in the team. I wonder how they will develop and whether they will have a brilliant career.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Bayern Munich's threatening attack returned.

Whether it is the German national team or the Bundesliga team, they give people a feeling of being hard-hearted and cold-blooded.

They never give their opponents a chance to breathe, and never engage in round-based offense and defense. As long as they get the chance, they will launch a fatal blow to your vital point!
"Oh!"

This time it was still captain Lahm who initiated the attack. He made a long diagonal pass from the full-back position and found Toni Kroos on the right.

Toni Kroos played a wall pass with Gustavo in the middle, and when he received the ball again he came to the attacking midfielder position, with only Arsenal's defense line in front of him.

"Behind him!" Vermaelen chose to move up to meet him, while pointing to the empty space behind him to remind his teammates, hoping that they would fill the position as soon as possible.

"Bang." But he still didn't expect that Toni Kroos' passing technique was too superb. The opponent looked at the wing position and pretended to hit the wing, but his ankle shook at the moment of kicking.

The football was coming towards where he was standing. He felt a chill in his crotch and subconsciously clamped his legs together, but the football still slipped away.

When Vermaelen looked back, Robben appeared in his position, and his teammates on both sides did not expect this pass at all, giving Robben the opportunity to cut directly into the penalty area.

"Oh!"

Robben broke into the penalty area with a single shot and shot the ball directly into the far corner, helping the team to score the reverse goal.

Three to two!
Robben scored twice!

"Well done!" Heynckes waved his right arm angrily to express his excitement on the sidelines. Even if it was a friendly match, he didn't want to lose to Arsenal, they were a veritable championship team.

In the 57th minute of the game, Bayern Munich players continued to press forward, pressing high in Arsenal's half.

"Bang bang bang!"

This time, they did not get the desired result. Arsenal played a quick pass and cut in the backcourt, and the players made wonderful two-on-one and two-on-two passes in many parts of the game.

"Oh!" When Ramsey's final kick hit the ball towards Maher's position on the left side, a loud cheer broke out in the stadium.

This is the picturesque transmission that many fans are looking forward to seeing, and it is the romance that is unique to Arsenal!

They broke Bayern's high pressure, and now it's Arsenal's turn for a fast break!

Maher finally received another key pass from his teammate. Just over ten minutes later, Bayern's attack was too fierce and he had few opportunities to receive the ball.

Every time he received the ball, the opponent's defense line was already in position, with a very narrow distance between them, leaving him no room to break through.

Most of the time, he would pass the ball back with one foot, or dribble a few steps towards the middle, trying to hit the space behind them.

This time, the opportunity for breakthrough has come!

"bang bang bang"

He ran straight towards Alaba with the outside of his right foot, with a very good frequency of feet, constantly speeding up and not giving Alaba any chance to steal the ball.

Alaba lowered his center of gravity and kept retreating, always on guard against Mahel's dribbling of the ball. He was already prepared to push off the ground, turn around and chase back!
This attack is not only an opportunity for Maher;

He prepared for so long off the court, even prayed twice, and finally he and Maher got the opportunity to face off on the wing!
He wants to let Heynckes see his strength!

Let the fans applaud his gorgeous flying tackle!
Let the superstars in the team be amazed!
charge!

"Oh!"

At the climax of Alaba's emotions, Maher was ready for everything, or his patience was exhausted. He dribbled the ball to Bayern's backcourt for the third time in this game.

This time, the dribbling of the ball should no longer be considered as a 'trip', it is more like a pass!
There was a lot of space behind Bayern, and all of them went up to press high, as if they had forgotten his existence.

So before Bale 'passed the ball to himself 3 seconds later' in the King's Cup final, he had to perform such a shocking scene on the court first!

"Thump, thump, thump!" Maher sped up in a straight line, using all parts of his body to exert strength, and in his mind he kept telling himself - speed up, speed up again, use the fastest stride rate!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Compared to Maher, Alaba has an additional turning movement, but because he was waiting for the next ball, his turning speed was very fast and he started on the same level as Maher.

The moment he has been waiting for has arrived, now is the time to show himself!

Before going on the court, he had thought that the scene of their two talented players competing at top speed on the wing would definitely be captured by the media and put on the cover of tomorrow's report, creating a wonderful moment.

Even if it is released again several years later, it may still be a classic scene in the "Football Memory List" and become a good story!

He took frantic steps forward, and in the first few steps, he could see from the corner of his eye that he was running side by side with Mael.

The two men's legs moved forward frantically, both bursting out with amazing strength and speed, which made him feel a little comfortable.

He could already imagine from a bystander's perspective how handsome and exciting the two of them looked as they galloped at high speed!
"Boom!"

Listening to the sound of his shoe spikes constantly hitting the ground and being pulled out, he couldn't help but feel a little intoxicated. This was truly the most primitive and beautiful sound in the world.

come on!

Let’s fight it out!

See who is the fastest!

"suffer?!"

Alaba, who was running, suddenly choked and his face changed drastically because he saw Mahel slowly overtaking him and he could not catch up.

what's the situation?
He thought it was because he was not concentrating and did not perform at his best, so he gritted his teeth in frustration and moved forward as fast as he could.

The result is slower?
"Ah?!" Alaba was horrified. As he got further and further away, he could only rush forward with his head covered and a ferocious face and bared teeth.

It's not ignitable. It's just embarrassing.

He quickly put aside the "classic scene" and the "legend" and risked his life just to get closer.

"Click, click!" Suddenly, lights flashed on the sidelines. A media reporter recorded Alaba's appearance and planned to use it as a comparison picture when promoting Maher's speed tomorrow.

When Alaba saw this, his face turned red instantly. Why was everything different from what he had imagined? It didn't come when he wanted it, but came when he didn't want it.

"Oh!"

Maher didn't bother to look for him. After seeing that the defender had lost him, he cut towards the middle and then made a diagonal pass to find Gervinho who was following up.

Gervinho had been scolded by Lahm for a while and was holding his breath. When he saw the ball coming, he kicked it directly towards the goal.

The football was heading towards the lower right corner of the goal. Neuer reacted quickly and made a save, but he didn't expect the football to hit Boateng with a "pop", changed direction and flew to the far corner.

refraction!

"Swish!" As the football hit the lower left corner, the Arsenal fans at the scene went crazy again. Everyone laughed and cheered, celebrating this lucky equalizer.

No, fortunately for Gervinho, but not for Maher.

"Alaba was blown away."

In the broadcast room, Shen Fangjian's commentary voice was somewhat amusing, saying: "This player who was fully prepared and specially sent by Heynckes to defend Maher was defeated in the first round!

"Let's look at the replay again. Maher's choice was surprising. It didn't look like he was dribbling past the defense. It looked like he kicked the ball towards Bayern's backcourt and then started to chase after it!
"Amazing speed! I have rarely seen a winger make such a choice. Arsenal's games in the new season may be even more exciting!

"It's just hard for Alaba. He prepared for a long time, but surrendered in a flash!"

ps: I haven’t written about a match for a long time, and my hands are a bit itchy, so I simply abbreviated the second warm-up match to “entering the Premier League”, and the rest is detailed and concise.

(End of this chapter)