This is Sczesney's fifth year in London.

He still clearly remembers that in the winter when he was fifteen, it was snowing and he played for the youth team in Legia, Warsaw, Poland. Arsenal scouts found him and brought him to London during the winter break in 2006.

At that time, the main goalkeeper of the first team of Legiya in Warsaw was his current Arsenal teammate and competitor, Fabianski. At that time, there was a well-known talented striker in the team, Robert Lewandowski.

He left his motherland at the age of fifteen and went to England alone. Szczesny first received training in the Arsenal youth training camp. At the age of nineteen, he was loaned to Brentford in the third-level England league. After playing for a season of main players, his strength was also recognized by Arsenal. So he was left with the team this summer and promoted to the first team.

Currently, Arsenal's two goalkeepers are Amunya and Fabianski. The former has not performed stably in Arsenal in recent years, while the latter is the same. Therefore, Arsenal has high expectations for Szczesny. Wenger even publicly stated in an interview with the media, "I really believe that he will become Arsenal's No. 1 goalkeeper one day."

This undoubtedly gave Szczesny strong confidence and high fighting spirit.

In addition to the coaching staff, luck is obviously on Szczesny's side.

With the start of the season, Spanish veterans Amunia and Fabianski were injured one after another. This god-given opportunity allowed the third goalkeeper Szczesni to become the only goalkeeper in Arsenal after December, taking the team's leverage.

Szczesni did not disappoint the coaching staff and teammates. In the game after January, he showed his strength one after another, but he guarded Arsenal's goal. This was quite good for the Gunners who had been tortured by goalkeepers.

But Szczesny was not satisfied. He felt that he could do better. He hoped to seize this god-given opportunity, make a comeback in one fell swoop, and become Arsenal's main goalkeeper, so he was eager to perform in the League Cup final.

Because this time the opponent is Manchester City.

Manchester City's head coach is Gao Han, who once led his friend Lewandowski away from Poland and trained him to become a well-known European striker, which made Szczesny extremely envious and admired.

After the start of this game, Szczesni was very active. He did not limit his range of activities to the small penalty area, but instead made decisive attacks frequently and decisively. His excited state also stimulated his body and brain nerves. He even felt that every reaction he had to react faster than usual.

Szczesny's performance also made him frequently appreciate and affirmed by Arsenal fans, which undoubtedly made him more confident.

When the game reached the 26th minute, Arsenal made a counterattack and entered Manchester City's penalty area, but was intercepted and successfully transferred the ball to the frontcourt.

Both teammates, Julu and Koscheerney, were dragged behind and seized a favorable position in time, but Manchester City's forward Sturridge refused to give up at all and chased the ball desperately, which made Julu, who was the first to be hit, a little nervous.

Just when everyone thought that Zhu Lu had seized the most favorable position and could definitely push the ball back to the midfield directly, he didn't expect that after he jumped high, he didn't touch the ball.

At that moment, everyone burst into tears, and even Zhu Lu's eyes widened, unable to believe that he had actually leaked.

Szczesny behind him and Koscheerny beside him were both shocked and chose to pounce at the ball as soon as possible, trying to make up for the mistakes that his teammates made at the critical moment.

"I'll do it!"

"I'll do it!"

The two shouted in unison, but they didn't care about anything else and chased the ball.

They all saw Sturridge, the English striker was so fast that if he caught up with the ball, they would all be done.

The two caught up with the ball almost at the same time. Koscheerny swung his foot and wanted to clear the ball directly. Szczesny was shocked, afraid that he would be injured by Koscheerny, so he quickly stopped the action of rushing towards the ball. Koscheerny was also surprised, afraid that he would hurt the goalkeeper, so he subconsciously stopped his foot.

By chance, neither of them could escape in time, causing the ball to bounce quickly after it landed. At this time, Sturridge, who was chasing from behind, caught up with the ball faster than them, and rose up to the rebound, pushing the ball that was about to land.

The ball quickly ran into the unguarded Arsenal goal along a straight line.

Szczesny and Koscheerny knelt and sat down, looking at each other in disbelief, and collapsed there in suffocation.

They could not believe that they would make such a mistake, and both of them were deeply immersed in regret.

Behind them, Sturridge, who was chasing unremittingly, turned around and rushed out of the stadium, celebrating the sudden goal frantically. He raised his right hand high and shouted excitedly to the fans in the stands. All the Manchester City players rushed up one after another, surrounding him in the middle.

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"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!"

"Oh my god, Arsenal's defense line had a very bizarre but fatal mistake in the 26th minute."

"Zhu Lu's leaked shocked both of his teammates, and then there was a conflict when making a judgment. As a result, neither side was able to clear the ball at the first time, resulting in Sturridge getting a big advantage."

"It was indeed a very bad turnover, and both Szczesny and Koscheerny looked extremely frustrated."

"They do have reason to be frustrated because this conced will completely change the situation on the court."

"It's hard for us to determine who has a greater responsibility in this mistake, but it is undeniable that in this game, Arsenal's defense line was seriously failed. Goalkeeper Szczesny threw Sturic down shortly after the opening. It was an unquestionable penalty, but he escaped because of the misjudgment of the lineman."

"But this time, there was definitely a conflict between him and his teammates. Neither of them adjusted their tacit understanding in time and pounced on the ball at the same time, resulting in neither of them being able to resolve the squad in time. This is a very bad phenomenon."

"As we said in our comments just now, the problem with Arsenal is that there are many young players in the team. Goalkeeper Szczesny has just taken the lead recently. Koscheerny, Juru and Squillac have not developed a tacit understanding, so Arsenal's defense concerns have never been effectively solved."

"Now, this mistake has exposed the problem again, it depends on how coach Wenger will solve it."

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Wenger seemed to have known that the live TV camera would be given to him on the sidelines, so he looked as normal as he was, and still had the expression of bitterness and revenge, as if he was saying, What can I do?

Zhu Lu lost the top and disrupted the plans of all the players on the defense. It can be seen that he was indeed very nervous at the time. He was chased by Sturridge all the way. He wanted to clear the ball as soon as possible, but the more he did, the more he was likely to make mistakes in judgment.

Julu's mistake led to the cooperation mistake between Szczesny and Koscheerny, which made the persevering Sturridge pick up a big advantage. What else can Wenger say?

Looking at the three players on the court, they were either confused or regretful, and their intestines were blue. Wenger really couldn't say anything at this time, so he would better choose to remain silent.

"It's time for our defense to change." Assistant coach Pat Rice shook his head and sighed.

Why didn't Wenger himself know?

In the past few years, Arsenal's defense has never been better, and he can still move forward with bumps and bumps in the league, but in the cup, this problem was exposed particularly clearly, becoming the biggest deadlock for Arsenal's six-year championship.

But is Wenger unwilling to sign aid?

No, it's because he has no money.

In the past few years, outstanding central defenders have basically been worth a hundred times the price. For example, Manchester United has introduced Pepe, Real Madrid has introduced Bruno Alves, with a net worth of 30 to 40 million yuan. Not long ago, Chelsea wanted to introduce David Luis from Portugal, but Benfica refused to sell it even if it was 30 million euros. In addition, Scolari has been staying for a long time, so Abramovich quickly called for a stop to trade.

A good central defender is extremely short of shortage. Finally one can come out and a sky-high price can be created at any time. For Arsenal, there is no choice at all. At least the Gunners cannot use that financial resources to compete.

Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Chelsea, Juventus...Who doesn't lack central defenders?

"It's not the time to discuss this topic," Wenger said with a long sigh.

"This time the mistake is hard to accept, but look at them. If you put pressure on them at this time, they will probably collapse. So we should try to help them. After all, as a defender, mistakes are inevitable."

When Wenger said this, he felt very uncomfortable.

This conceding basically means that he is a little further away from the championship, and it can even be said that he has no hope again.

"In addition to defense, we have another serious problem in this game. On the offensive end, Rosici was too sluggish on the left, just like a missing invisible man, which obviously cannot be satisfied."

Pat Rice nodded after hearing this, "Mascherano's defense on this side is indeed sharp, but Rosici is indeed too sluggish. Should he replace him?"

Wenger also has a headache about this. Who can he replace Rossicky?

Fabregas is not here, and Willsheer alone cannot afford to play the midfield, so he needs Rosici, but it is obvious that the Czech veteran did not show a satisfactory level, which forced Nasri to retreat frequently.

The French midfielder is still the most eye-catching player in Arsenal in this game, with outstanding personal abilities, which will undoubtedly give him a more advantage in the subsequent contract renewal negotiations and further push Wenger into a dilemma.

There is also Fabregas, Barcelona and Real Madrid are starting to pursue each other again. Can they stay this summer?

Van Persie is also a big hidden danger. His years of no championship made him a little disappointed with the team. After his comeback, he showed a huge state, which certainly made Wenger happy, but also made him worried.

Will the Dutch center still be willing to stay in Arsenal?

All the things were so complicated that all of Wenger's head was stirred into a ball of slurry, and he was dizzy.

Sometimes he even thought, just quit. With his current status, why should he be so angry?

But when he thought about it again, he felt unwilling to accept it.

It’s like that guy Ferguson must win the championship before he is willing to retire.
Chapter completed!