As a Arsenal supporter, I gets a real fright seeing Gabriel go down on the pitch. We all just hoping it isn’t bad. The news about his fitness is all we can thinks about right now. Him getting hurt in that Brazil game was the worst timing, honestly.
A daunting run of fixtures is what we has next after the break. Tottenham, then Bayern Munich, and also Chelsea we must face. Him clutching his leg was a sight I didn’t wanna see. Our defense has been so good this season, see. The medical staff helping him off just made me more nervous. Only five goals we let in for the whole league so far.
From my view, he is a rock for us at the back. Losing him for any period feels like a massive blow. My thoughts is all over the place with worry. We are already having problems with other players being out injured too. Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard was already missing from the squad.
Over at Tottenham, they also had a player get hurt which I heard about. The match itself, Brazil won it 2-0 in the end. But the real story for us is the injury, for me. We are just waiting on the tests results now. A crucial period in our season this definitely is. Hopes for good news is all we can do.
I just feels like the international breaks always brings trouble for someone. Why it had to be our Gabriel is a real puzzle to me and my friends. We was just enjoying a good run of form and everything.
Honestly, the thought of William Saliba having to play without his partner is worrying. Their partnership at the back is the foundation of our whole team, I thinks. It’s like one of those things you don’t appreciate until it might be gone.
The manager Mikel Arteta, he must be having a real headache planning for the derby now. What options does he even has if Gabriel isn’t fit? I can’t hardly think of a good one. Someone like Jakub Kiwior maybe has to step in, which is a big ask.
My phone has been buzzing non-stop with messages from other fans. Everyone is sharing the same fear, we all are in this together. There’s a real sense of dread about what the scan results will show.
I remembers last season when we had injuries and our title challenge suffered. The squad is meant to be deeper this year, but this is a big test. You can’t just replace a player of his quality easy.
Even my dad, who’s been watching Arsenal for fifty years, said he got a sinking feeling. He says the good teams finds a way to cope with these setbacks. I hopes he is right about that.
Then there is the news about Oleksandr Zinchenko also having a small problem. It feels like the injuries are all happening at once. Why does it always seems to happen before we plays Tottenham?
I read something about Pape Sarr for Tottenham also getting a knock. But that doesn’t make me feel any better, not one bit. Their problems is theirs, and ours feels much bigger to me.
The next few days of waiting is going to be terrible. Just refreshing news feeds and hoping for a positive update. Every fan knows this feeling, and it never gets easier.
In the end, all we can do is waits and sees what the club tells us. I just really, really hopes it is good news for a change. The rest of our season might depend on it, I believes.
