My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 259 The Ultimate Counterattack

When Arsenal's counterattack flew out like an arrow, both Chen Yao and Mourinho jumped to their feet.

"Interception! Interception!" Mourinho shouted to the court at the highest volume, while waving his hands vigorously, asking the players in the frontcourt to retreat.

But Mourinho did not panic. He was quite sure of preventing this counterattack.

Thanks to his conservative tactical style, the frequency of Chelsea's two full-backs assisting is extremely low, and Ramirez and David Luiz rarely insert themselves into Arsenal's hinterland to support the attack.

Therefore, Chelsea's midfield and backfield even have a numerical advantage at this time.

Although the scene of Arsenal's players sprinting towards Chelsea's penalty area was shocking, the piece of blue quickly woven into a big net, trapping Arsenal's offensive.

Santi Cazorla's position to receive the ball was not good. He was in front of Chelsea's defensive midfielders, and there was Oscar behind him who was covering the ball like a wolf.

Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Oscar, Ramires and David Luiz forming a three-man formation to strangle Cazorla from the front and back.

Even if Cazorla could get rid of Chelsea's mid-range strangulation, Chelsea's other players would have retreated long ago, and Arsenal's counterattack would be in vain.

Sure enough, against a team like Arsenal, it is still possible to maintain stability.

Mourinho felt a lot more confident. He realized that his coaching style could indeed restrain a team like Arsenal, and that familiar sense of security returned to his heart.

What's the use of playing smoothly and beautifully? Still can't win.

Then, he saw Santi Cazorla's performance and understood why Chen Yao put Cazorla in the midfielder position.

Oscar was the closest to Cazorla. He stretched out his hand to grab Cazorla's clothes.

Cazorla's jersey was just a hair away from his fingers, and Oscar didn't pull it.

The failure of this pull meant that Oscar completely lost the chance to block Cazorla.

Cazorla dwarfed and jumped out from under Oscar's arms. Oscar waved his arm and flew away.

After that, Cazorla ran to Ramirez's right side.

His dribbling pace is not messy at all, and his speed is not affected at all.

Cazorla's short-distance propulsion ability is fully demonstrated.

Ramirez bumped into Cazorla with his body, made physical contact with the opponent as early as possible, entangled him, and the defense ended.

But he failed.

Cazorla's center of gravity is very low and extremely flexible. Ramirez seems to be hanging on Cazorla, but Cazorla can still turn around while moving, pulling Ramirez away. Si threw it out.

Now only David Luiz remains.

Cazorla's feet were still moving flexibly and skillfully.

David Luiz was like a slow tall man, and Cazorla didn't hesitate at all when facing his defense.

With continuous feints, slight body swaying, and dazzling dribbling, David Luiz's control of his center of gravity quickly became disordered.

Cazorla keenly found the gap that David Luiz could not adjust. Seeing that he was about to break through from the right, he took the ball and burst from the left side of David Luiz.

David Luiz turned around like a top, stretched his legs, drew a semicircle on the ground, and made a tackle.

Got nothing.

David Luiz got up from the ground in embarrassment. Seeing Oscar chasing after him with a frown on his face, Ramirez also turned around and ran away.

Santi Cazorla's technique was used very frequently. It was as if he didn't need to think. He just relied on instinct to stick the ball tightly at his feet and get rid of Chelsea's three midfield stranglehold.

The distance of about thirty meters disappeared in Cazorla's smooth movements, and Arsenal's offensive starting point approached the top of Chelsea's arc in an instant.

Mourinho was slightly stunned. He had been in charge of a wealthy club and had seen many talented superstars with outstanding skills. This was not the first time he had seen such a performance.

But as an opponent, there are really not many times when we are hit by such a performance.

what's next?

Mourinho saw that Santi Cazorla did not continue to dribble, and he passed the ball to Kevin De Bruyne with a short pass.

This player looks familiar.

Mourinho vaguely remembered that when he was in contact with Chelsea, he looked through the team roster.

He had noticed the player, Kevin De Bruyne, who was being evaluated as a promising young player in the team.

But Mourinho doesn't like De Bruyne's style.

He had a cursory understanding of De Bruyne. In Mourinho's impression, De Bruyne's common activity area is on the wing. He likes to attack with the ball and has the desire to sharply tear apart the opponent's defense - but his None of the technologies are considered sophisticated and mature. More importantly, Mourinho returned to Chelsea and required attitude and defense from the players.

He may not need a talented offensive player, but he will certainly require this player to sweep the area around him clean like a sapper.

Mourinho is not sure whether De Bruyne is willing to accept such a position. He can give De Bruyne a chance, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't.

Because Chelsea also has players such as William, Schurrle, and Hazard in the lineup, and they all have the ability to start.

When De Bruyne left the team as early as last winter window, Mourinho also forgot about this player.

It's no pity, Mourinho thought, there are many stars of hope in any team.

But now, in front of Mourinho, is De Bruyne appearing in the attacking midfielder position.

Arsenal's trident occupied the center and left and right sides respectively, and Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Terry and Gary Cahill all firmly stood in their respective positions.

How will De Bruyne choose?

"Kevin only has one chance," Juan Lillo said. "This is the last pass."

"Yeah." Chen Yao nodded in agreement. Chelsea players were quick to catch up. It seems that in Mourinho's first season back at Chelsea, the players are still willing to work hard for him.

The situation on the court is as clear as a mirror in De Bruyne's mind.

In his current position, De Bruyne has a special feeling: this is how he controls the ball.

It turns out that all I need to do is bring the ball to my teammates' mouths and let them kick it in.

He seems to be able to think of his teammates' thoughts, and he seems to be able to see the trajectory of the ball he passes.

Then tear through the opponent's defense with one kick.

De Bruyne touched the ball with his instep while traveling and sent a direct pass to the ground.

A well-judged pass - or so Gary Cahill thought - and he slightly adjusted his movement to intercept the pass.

His interception failed.

The football glides against the turf, friction with the air as it spins...

Then a strange arc was drawn.

It looked like the ball was looking for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the middle, and even if Aubameyang thought so himself, he had glimpsed the path of the ball and wanted to get ahead of John Terry. and Gary Cahill controlled the ball before.

Aubameyang is still complaining secretly in his heart, doesn't he see that his position is the most cramped?

If you catch the ball yourself, you will directly face the blocking of two defenders and a goalkeeper.

What is this guy Kevin thinking? Is it fun to shove the ball into the crowd?

However, Aubameyang was shocked to find that the ball actually followed a curve, and his real target was Theo Walcott cutting in from the right.

Azpilicueta was a step slower and Walcott got the ball before him.

The speed with which John Terry turned around was like an aircraft carrier turning around against Walcott.

Walcott flashed in front of Petr Cech like the wind, hanging the door at a small angle——

Petr Cech dived to block, but the ball missed him.

It was a clever cross, and Wilfred Zaha rushed to the goal and flicked the ball into the net.

One to zero.

Simple, elegant and smooth.

The ultimate counterattack.

"..." Mourinho pulled his hair.

How many passes are there in total? Three legs? Or five feet?

Tore apart Chelsea's defense so easily?

How did they do it so fast? In such a transition attack, the redundant time is almost zero.

Moreover, this change of rhythm is quite consistent with Mourinho's understanding of an excellent counterattack, which is to take advantage of the opponent's offensive and unstable footing, seize the flaw, and achieve success in one fell swoop.

This counterattack effect worked perfectly on Chelsea.

He looked towards the Arsenal coaching bench, where Chen Yao and the assistant coaches hugged and high-fived one by one to celebrate this wonderful goal.

"The problem is left to Mourinho." Chen Yao said with a smile, "Now, he has to do things he is not good at."

(End of this chapter)