Arsenal’s London Cannon Team is releasing several explosions from their new striker, Gabriel Jesus. The young man whose childhood was known as a street painter in Brazil is really going to be a new pedestal for Arsenal this season.
Just brought in last summer at a price of 870 billion rupiah, Jesus was able to become the main goal machine for the Gunners, which was handled by Mikel Arteta. Previously, Arteta was familiar with Jesus’ playing style when they were still defending Man City. At that time, Arteta, who served as assistant coach to Pep Guardiola, already liked the quality of the 25-year-old player.
Not surprisingly, if Arteta made Jesus the main focus of his concoction with Arsenal in gaining many goals in the 2022-23 season. The arrival of Gabriel Jesus to the Emirates Stadium seemed to be the savior of the London Red team who were looking for an all-around quality striker on the front lines.
Yes, Jesus can not only score goals, but is also able to create opportunities that he will give to his teammates through accurate passes. Arsenal’s previous two strikers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette may have had more experience, but they were unable to execute the tactics Arteta wanted.
Aubameyang who was considered unable to carry out his role was released to Barcelona at the beginning of 2022, before finally joining Chelsea in August 2022 yesterday. Also read: Big Match Schedule in September 2022: From the Milan Derby to the Champions League. While Lacazette, this French striker is really good at finding a shooting space like a pure striker in general.
Unfortunately, Lacazette did not consistently carry out his duties as a goalscorer. His movements were easily read by opposing players which led to him being released to his former club, Lyon. Arteta, who already knew Jesus’ playing style, immediately asked Arsenal’s management to move quickly to recruit him last summer.
The reason is, apart from Arsenal, two other London clubs, namely Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are also reportedly interested in the former Palmeiras player. Lucky for the Red London team because they managed to secure the services of Gabriel Jesus from the pursuit of two rivals.
Since undergoing pre-season matches with the Gunners, Gabriel Jesus immediately showed his fangs by relentlessly scoring goals. This consistent game also continued at the start of the Premier League season, where Jesus has scored four goals from the seven games he has played for Arsenal.
Gabriel Jesus’ playing style is not like Tottenham’s Harry Kane, Ma City’s Erling Haaland, and Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez who rely on physical strength when dueling with opponents. He has amazing speed and his agile movements often make many opposing defenders have to work hard.
Gabriel Jesus is not only capable of playing as a centre-forward, but can also be in 9th position and also play as a winger. It was his playing style that allowed Arteta to rotate with other Arsenal strikers, such as Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka, and Eddie Nketiah, who made his team’s attack line more attractive.
The development of the Brazilian star’s game, apparently did not come as a surprise to Gabriel Jesus’ first coach, namely Jose Francisco Mamede who was the childhood coach of Gabriel Jesus who discovered talent in his SSB, Pequeninos do Meio Ambiente.
When he saw little Jesus cultivate the round skin, he immediately judged that the player would become the world’s top professional player. “I always believed he could become a professional star player. When he was a kid, I was sure he would become a professional player, play in the Brazilian national team, and get a contract abroad,” Mamede told the Guardian.
“I remember very well, he came around the age of 8 and only wore flip-flops. In the game in the first practice, he immediately scored a goal by passing three players who were much bigger than him,” recalled Mamede.
Mamede’s words are certainly not exaggerating, the proof is that Gabriel Jesus got the impression of the Brazilian team scout Palmeiras who invited him to join their academy, before finally being promoted to the senior team and then becoming a star at Man City in 2017.
In fact, the initial arrival of Gabriel Jesus had shifted the main striker of The Cityzens, Sergio Aguero. The presence of Gabriel Jesus to Arsenal this season did not immediately give the English Premier League title.
But it is certain, he will have a big influence for the Gunners to compete in the top flight which in recent years has been dominated by Man City and Liverpool. Not only that, Gabriel Jesus is also believed to be able to give Arsenal the last Champions League ticket that were obtained in the 2016-17 season.
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