Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 65 Double Tenth Achievement! High Efficiency! [35]

"London."

Gilbert echoed this with a look of longing in his eyes. Counting the days, they had been out there for five months.

Even though it is not their real hometown, they still feel homesick and always feel that they belong there.

On the one hand, they come from there and have benefited from the platform there to get to where they are today.

On the other hand, it is a truly big club with the best players in European football, the best coach, the highest attention and a magnificent stadium.

It is natural for people to yearn for that place and want to stay there to play football.

"I miss the food at Kearney Base."

Gilbert became sentimental and started to recall the taste. "The food in the youth team's cafeteria is still delicious. The food in the professional team is too healthy and tasteless."

"There are so many emotions in one day."

Maher patted him on the shoulder and said disdainfully: "You're living the life of a star in the Championship, playing professional league games every week, just be content."

"Be content."

Gilbert suddenly laughed again, his whole body startled, "Just like before, I just feel that everything is too fast, so fast that there is no time for people to react and accept."

He picked up a football and threw it like throwing a foul ball, "I have scored 3 goals and 1 assist, which I couldn't even imagine before I came here.

"Not to mention you, 9 goals and 10 assists! Whenever I see your statistics, I feel dazed, sometimes lost, sometimes confused, and I really want to ask, is this the Maher I know?"

"Mael," Gilbert calmed down, feeling deeply touched. "When we came here, we had nothing. At most, you had a few more pairs of sneakers."

"We have nothing now."

Maher sat up and continued: “People will only remember the championship and the miracle, not the 10-11 season when someone scored 9 goals and 10 assists in the Championship.

"The road is still long, just keep going. You and I both still have a long way to go."

The two had a rare heart-to-heart talk and went to the cafeteria to eat together. On the way there, Maher was thinking about future training plans.

After all these skills reached level 3, the only thing left for his additional training was passing, which was definitely not enough.

"I need to keep practicing my dribbling shot." He first confirmed this idea in his mind. Now, he cannot limit his sights to the Championship League, but needs to look to the future.

With level 3 lob shots, it’s no problem to penetrate the Championship, but it may be difficult to penetrate the Premier League.

Now that you have time, don't give up, keep working on it, and bring it to level 4, to the same level as long shot!
Others: You can consider Arsenal's tactical system and practice a skill that can be used in the future.

When talking about Arsenal, the first thing that comes to anyone's mind is the picturesque passing and cutting cooperation, beautiful football, which requires very high passing ability.

"Short pass."

Maher knew what he should practice. It happened that he only had one passing skill at the moment. If he practiced short passes, he would be more balanced overall.

This ability should not be underestimated. Passing is the foundation of a team's operation, and short passing is undoubtedly the most frequently used passing technique!
This ability can be used for anything from a small kick of three to five meters to a large surgical pass across two lines of defense!
After dinner, Maher took a walk nearby, rested for a while, and then went to the training ground to kick short passes against the wall with the arch of his foot.

"Boom, bang, bang!"

This is something that every player has trained for many times since they were young, so they have some basics and are not very awkward.

However, this time the skill panel has not appeared yet.

The more Maher practiced, the more confused he became. Fortunately, passing training was not tiring, and he just had to endure the boredom and keep kicking.

Finally, before dark, he, who had passed the ball to the point of numbness, finally saw a few lines of dark black words appear in front of him.

[Skill: Instep Pass lv2]

[Proficiency: (151/300)]

[Effect: You have basically mastered the essentials of short passes, and the quality of your passes is not bad, but you still have some distance to go before you can make extremely fast and accurate short passes.]

Maher paused for a moment, and checked several times whether he had seen it correctly, "Level 2?"

After the short pass comes out, the basic level is directly lv2. Is it because his basic quality has been improved?
"wrong."

He then figured it out, and his doubts gradually dissipated. "It's because this body already has a level 2 pass. This also explains why the panel came out so slowly."

Yes, short pass ability, as a basic ability, is not possible if you don't have it at all. Then there is no point in playing football.

Thinking of this, he also remembered the physical fitness panel that had never appeared.

Just like physical fitness and strength, they can be developed more or less through daily training. He practiced harder every day, but to no avail.

He would occasionally think of this incident, and he thought that the physical fitness judged by the proficiency panel was only cardiopulmonary function, not his slowly increasing muscle endurance.

Now that I think about it, it should be because it is already at level 2, so the panel comes out a little slower!
"This is not urgent."

Mahel kept calm. Since physical fitness can be cultivated imperceptibly, he just had to wait for it to appear naturally.

Now, it is important to practice crossing, dribbling and short passing to level 4 first, and make full preparations for landing in the Premier League!
On November 11, the 21th round of the Championship kicked off at Bramall Lane Stadium, with Sheffield United hosting Crystal Palace.

In this round of the league, Gary Speed ​​sent out a full lineup, determined to overcome the frustration of two consecutive draws at home.

The main lineup, which had been rested for one game, also showed great aggressiveness from the start, pressing in Crystal Palace's half and launching threatening attacks continuously.

"Boom."

In the 6th minute of the game, Maher received a pass in an open space on the left and had a great opportunity to show himself.

"Come back! Zaha! Come back!" The Crystal Palace coach stood on the sidelines, gesturing and shouting. Now everyone knows the threat posed by Maher with the ball, and he should have made targeted deployments.

For example, send out an equally young 18-year-old winger, let him take advantage of his youth and ability to run, retreat deep every time defending, and double-team Mahel.

Zaha, with a young face, gritted his teeth and swung his arms rapidly, trying his best to chase back.

It’s not about showing yourself anymore.

As an 18-year-old player playing in the English Championship, he lived in praise and expectations every day, was proud of his talent, and felt that his future was bright.

Unexpectedly, the emergence of Maher has single-handedly raised people's assessment of the talent of young players in the Championship.

The praises are gone, and the expectations for him are also less. People just think that since Mahrez has scored less than 19 goals in half a season and Zaha has scored less than 5 goals, you should just step aside.

Chase back!

Not only for the team, but also to save face for himself, Zaha's pace became faster and faster, and soon came behind Maher.

However, as if it had been expected, Maher did not dribble the ball into the encirclement at the baseline, but suddenly cut inside.

"Boom."

He used the outside of his right foot to push the ball towards the middle, took it out from between two people, and immediately followed.

Zaha avoided colliding with Mahel in the first shot, and he believed that with his speed, he could keep up with Mahel in the second shot.

"mine!"

He shouted to encourage himself, pushed off the ground to speed up and chased after Mahel, only to find that he could not catch up!
Maher's first few steps were particularly fast. It might not be in time to catch up and steal the ball, or even to reach out and pull him.

Awkward!
Zaha's face turned red instantly, but ordinary people couldn't see it.

In the moment before Maher shot, in the logic of having a beginning and an end, he made up for the "mine" he shouted, "Hi!!"

He tried to use the noise to affect Maher's shot, and also explained that he didn't really want to steal the ball when he shouted "mine", but just to scare people.

Quite cute.

"Bang!!"

Maher made a smooth shot from the center of the penalty area. Fortunately, the Crystal Palace goalkeeper was focused and stepped sideways to save the ball with his fingertips as it went out of the baseline.

He clenched his fist regretfully, waiting for the next opportunity to come.

While retreating, he saw Zaha, who looked confused and pretended to be serious, walking next to him, which was quite funny.

London's soccer king?
In childhood, this stadium will give you a good special training.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the first goal came in the 1th minute of the first half.

"Oh!"

Sheffield United kicked the ball from the backcourt, and the ball went over the head of the Crystal Palace center back and fell behind them.

Evans rushed out like a ghost, unloading the ball and dribbling it in one go, creating a one-on-one opportunity.

"Bang!" His one-on-one shot was very stable. After the goalkeeper approached him, he picked up the ball with the toe of his right foot, and the football flew over the goalkeeper's head and fell into the goal.

One to zero!

Sheffield United leads at home!
"Yeah!" More than 20,000 home fans stood up and cheered from the stands, and prolonged applause resounded throughout the stadium.

When Evans arrived at the edge of the field, he hadn't figured out how to celebrate. In the end, he just high-fived a few people who came up and congratulated each other.

After the restart, everyone was in their best form and the game gradually turned into a fierce battle.

In the 43rd minute of the game, Maher once again got a one-on-one opportunity with the opponent's defender Klein. It was still a familiar scene and familiar routine.

Klein kept retreating to delay time, while Zaha rushed back from the front court with great effort.

As the first half passed, they gradually felt Maher's speed advantage. While they increased his threat level in their minds, they also had many complaints about the head coach.

Why didn’t they tell them before the game that this kid has speed?

Maher then performed a dazzling array of bicycle movements, sometimes connecting two strides together, causing Klein to quickly lose balance and surrender.

"Oh!"

The moment Klein kicked the ball, he dribbled the ball to the middle again, created an angle, and swung his arm to kick it in an arc.

This time, he came with a determination to win!

The football took a banana-shaped route and was about to fly out of the baseline, but at the last moment it turned around and went into the goal.

This time, the Crystal Palace goalkeeper was helpless. He looked at the ball, sighed, raised his head and closed his eyes helplessly.

"Yeah!!" The fans at the scene burst into even more intense cheers than before. Such a wonderful inside shot was certainly worth their cheering for him at the top of their lungs.

What's more, after this goal, a new milestone moment has arrived!
They all remember that Maher has already completed 9 goals and 10 assists in the league. After this, it will be Double Ten!

"Oh!" In the field, Maher cheered and rushed towards the corner flag area. He didn't do anything special to celebrate. He just found a camera and stretched out his ten fingers, shaking them back and forth.

He used this celebration to celebrate his first double 10 achievement in his career!

If I were to use one word to describe his journey in the Championship, it would be high efficiency!
(End of this chapter)