Chapter 51 Arrival in Barcelona

Barcelona, ​​Spain.

This is not the first time that Lucky has come to Barcelona. Based on the Champions League, Arsenal has to come to Barcelona for an away game almost every season.

Of course, there is also the reason that Arsenal frequently becomes a rival of Barcelona.

Compared with the urban atmosphere of London with tall buildings, Barcelona has more artistic atmosphere.

The whole city is square and well-organized, like a chessboard.

The scale of the entire city is formed by an independent small cube. Looking down from the sky, it is like a huge chessboard, giving people a sense of order.

Of course, the city itself is also very artistic.

There are all kinds of gorgeous graffiti painted on the mottled walls. Unlike the unchanging reinforced concrete walls, it feels more gorgeous here.

And these are also one of the reasons that attract a large number of tourists to this city.

Recently, a large number of fans have flocked to Barcelona again.

Thanks to this group match of the Champions League, many fans from surrounding villages and towns and foreign countries have been attracted, driving the lively scene of the whole city.

Walking on the street, you can see groups of Barcelona fans everywhere.

They shouted the name of "Messi" and paraded through the streets.

The slogan "Barcelona! Long live!" was even louder and louder.

Barcelona fans are cheering for the team in this way.

Of course, in some specific areas, Arsenal fans who came from afar are also bombing the streets.

English fans are enthusiastic, and Arsenal fans are the best among them.

With the current excellent results, it can be said that the enthusiasm of Arsenal fans has been mobilized to a great extent.

Whether it is an away expedition or a home game, they are full of great passion to give back.

The crowd set out from the street and headed towards the relief.

The tourists around saw this scene and took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and occasionally shouted "Come on", fully integrating into it.

In Europe, football has long been integrated into every bit of life, and various football cultures can be seen everywhere.

In this atmosphere, in a suburban hotel in Barcelona, ​​the entire Arsenal team got off the bus in front of a large number of reporters, media and cameras.

This time, Arsenal still traveled lightly on the away game.

There were two buses in total, and in addition to the players and coaches, there were also accompanying staff.

In the camera, the players got off the bus first, but they had no intention of greeting the media and walked straight into the hotel.

Then the staff moved some equipment into the hotel.

This kind of equipment includes jerseys, shin guards, medical kits, etc. for the game.

"This weather is too hot."

Walking into the hotel lobby, the cool breeze of the air conditioner hit, and the Arsenal players couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was only a few steps from the bus to the hotel, but the hot weather and sultry air made them feel extremely uncomfortable.

It has been raining in London these days, so it can't be said to be very hot, and there is always a little coolness in the wind.

However, in Barcelona, ​​there was no rainfall during this period, and even the wind was hot and humid.

As players, they also need to overcome these difficulties.

It is estimated that some adaptive training will be carried out at the training ground in the afternoon.

Under the arrangement of the team manager, the players completed the check-in, put the luggage and other things in the room, and then went downstairs to gather.

Arsenal's gathering has a specified time, and there will be penalties for being late or late.

In the past, Arsenal's discipline was extremely strict, and after Mourinho came, this strictness became even more severe.

However, no one was dissatisfied with this. They believed that it was this strict management method that created Arsenal's discipline in the arena.

Take the bus to the training ground again.

Arsenal rented a local training ground in Barcelona.

Originally, they contacted the Spaniards, who were also very willing to rent the venue to them.

However, since the Spaniards needed to adjust their training recently, they could not vacate the venue for this reason, so Arsenal could only rent the Barcelona City Stadium.

This is a public stadium located in the center of Barcelona.

The entire stadium is not designed as a single set.

Instead, it is divided into several football fields of different sizes.

The two in the middle are standard eleven-a-side courts, and there are some five-a-side and eight-a-side courts scattered around, which can be used for young people to play or train.

Since Arsenal only rented the two large courts in the middle, the surrounding training grounds are also in the stage of being put into use.

Some young people and youth training are also being carried out simultaneously.

These teenagers never thought that they could train with Arsenal one day.

Of course, there is an iron net blocking them.

But even so, this is the closest they have been to these top players.

Due to the arrival of Arsenal, these teenagers have almost no desire to train or play football. Their heads are bent at 90 degrees, and they are almost staring at Arsenal.

The coaches can't do anything.

Most teenagers have problems with lack of concentration, and this situation is even worse under the interference of Arsenal.

For this reason, they could only interrupt the so-called training and directly surrounded the iron net to watch Arsenal's training.

In general, the coaches still gave some explanations, which was regarded as a high-end teaching.

"Pay attention to Kai's movements. When he retreated, he did not run back blindly, but decided his running direction after observation. This is also the problem I have always emphasized. Even when defending, we cannot give up observation!"

"This attack is even more obvious. Pay attention to the number of times Kai observes."

Under the instructions of a coach, the little carrot heads stared at Lekai.

Under his gaze, Lekai observed more than 9 times from receiving the ball to passing the ball in less than two seconds.

Of course, this was not completed within two seconds. He kept turning his head to observe before receiving the ball, receiving the ball, passing the ball, and then observing.

"Won't he get dizzy?"

A white and fat child about seven or eight years old said with a surprised look.

He also tried to observe in the stadium, but after turning his head to observe several times, his head became dizzy.

The coach also grinned, not knowing how to explain.

At this time, in Arsenal's training ground, the players also completed their daily training.

After a short break, they began to pack their luggage and prepare to leave.

"It's been less than an hour, and the training is over?"

A child asked curiously.

Most of their training is based on two hours, thinking that professional players will have more training time, but from the situation of this training, it seems not to be the case.

In this regard, the coach explained; "Professional players are different from you. They don't need to do basic training, or even if they want to do basic training, they won't do it during training. The first element of becoming a professional is to judge the training method you need. The club and the coaching staff have limited time, and they won't waste training time on personal training."

After hearing the coach's explanation, the children suddenly realized.

But soon, they cheered.

Because the Arsenal players had packed up their equipment and were walking past them.

"Aubameyang! Look here!"

"Kai! Can you give me an autograph?"

"Giroud! Big Giroud!"

"Hummels!"

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The children called out their favorite players.

The Arsenal players were very tolerant of the children. After obtaining the consent of the coaching staff, they also took photos and signed autographs with these young players.

However, there were some naughty guys among these children.

Like one of the children wearing a Barcelona jersey, he stretched out his hand to Giroud with expectation and put on an extremely admiring look.

When Giroud wanted to shake hands with relief, the child pulled his hand back, put it on his nose, and stuck out his tongue to make a face.

Obviously, this is a Barcelona "die-hard" fan.

Giroud's expression was quite wonderful, and the other Arsenal players couldn't help laughing.

Many people even laughed out loud, and Giroud's expression became even more embarrassing.

In the end, the Arsenal players completed a day's training, and Giroud was unable to teach the runaway kid a lesson, so everyone took the bus back to the hotel.