My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 261 Magic Bird Broken Wings ()

Chelsea players came to Arsenal's penalty area one by one. This was one of the few opportunities for them to stand in Arsenal's penalty area in this game.

On the sidelines, Jorginho and Olivier Giroud are ready to go.

The time is approaching seventy minutes.

Chen Yao's heart tightened for no reason. Chelsea scored a lot of goals from corner kicks. For Mourinho's tactical style, corner kicks are a very important way to threaten the opponent's goal.

His team is not only a bus, but also an armored bus. The source of firepower of the armored bus is the set ball.

At this time, the difference in player size between the two teams became apparent.

The lineup left by Chen Yao on the court can beat Chelsea in terms of speed and counterattack efficiency, and can also beat Chelsea in terms of running speed in transition between offense and defense. However, without the sports scene in the open area, they are all crowded in the penalty area. Arsenal The players appear weak.

A corner kick was taken, and the first point was grabbed by David Luiz. He and Per Mertesacker jumped up to compete at the same time. Luiz was one step ahead and touched the ball.

This is not a one-time attack.

The second point was grabbed by Chelsea players again.

John Terry threw the ball over his head, and players from the two teams continued to fight.

Chen Yao's face became very ugly. He wanted to say something to Lillo, but he heard a sudden burst of cheers from the Stamford Bridge stadium.

He knew what was going on, and it was definitely not a good thing.

Ivanovic rushed towards the goal and scored a goal.

One to one even.

The score returned to the same starting line.

"This kind of defense is unacceptable." He finished what he was about to say to Lillo and rubbed his hair. "It's really not good news."

Jose Mourinho jumped to his feet, this goal was precious to him.

He looked at Arsenal's gloomy coaching bench and did not hide the joy on his face. He screamed and jumped, wishing that his voice could be amplified several times.

It's part of psychological warfare.

Does Arsenal still want to win?

If they want to win, they have to attack in the last twenty minutes of the game.

This is exactly the pace Mourinho likes, and the game is finally entering a situation that he and his team are used to.

Well, football is a game of offense and defense to a certain extent, and some teams are good at one phase of it and some teams are good at that phase.

Now, the balance of victory and defeat is faintly tilted towards Mourinho.

……

Aaron Ramsey and Giroud came on with Chen Yao's latest instructions, and Aubameyang and Cazorla came off.

Among the several players who started warming up early, as the game situation changed, Chen Yao chose Ramsey to play.

This is a matchup substitution and Arsenal's formation has not changed.

Are you just prepared to keep a draw?

Mourinho frowned and thought for a while, seeing the game resume.

The last twenty minutes.

Immediately, he discovered that Arsenal was not the kind of team prepared to be satisfied with just one point.

Their formation leaned forward, with Kante deep in defense, Ramsey flying up and down, and De Bruyne roaming behind the forward.

Arsenal are attacking - they move the ball faster, Ramsey's appearance provides Arsenal with impact in the midfield, and De Bruyne also takes off the reins. Although Arsenal's last goal The goal conceded was partly due to De Bruyne's passing error, but Chen Yao did not restrict De Bruyne's control of the ball.

Instead, he encouraged De Bruyne to attack Chelsea's goal with impactful passes and dribblings in the final twenty minutes.

He doesn't like to get a point and call it a day, at least not this season.

The schedule is nearly halfway through, and Arsenal is still at the top of the standings. There is no doubt that Chen Yao's goal is to win the championship.

Then every point is precious.

……

N'Golo Kante is feeling the pressure.

He intercepted the ball again and saw the disbelief in Lampard's eyes.

Kanter made a risky decision. He left his tactical position and faced the risk of giving up a large space behind him.

At that time, Chelsea was just about to switch to counterattack, and Kante was already familiar with Chelsea's passing route. In most cases, the starting point of their distribution of the ball was the two midfielders, and the goal of the distribution was the two wingers who could surge up. .

Kante resolutely pushed forward, and his forward push drove Arsenal's frontcourt pressing network to move, launching high-intensity pressure on Chelsea's backcourt.

Kanter's defensive movement changed continuously. He ran wildly chasing Chelsea's passing route, and finally got the ball back during Lampard's brief pause in handling the ball.

Lampard was helpless. After all, at his age, he had to find a sense of the ball when playing, but Kanter seemed to have no regard for conserving his physical strength. But Kanter’s choice was right. Lampard thought that since he pushed forward, he could no longer go back.

If Kante's movement is slower, Lampard will be sure to send the ball to Arsenal's open backcourt.

That would be a great opportunity for Chelsea.

At the 75th minute, Mourinho also made a substitution. He replaced 36-year-old Frank Lampard and right winger Willian, replacing Ramirez and Schürrle.

The experienced Lampard still has some gas in the tank. It will not be a problem for him to sustain the remaining fifteen to twenty minutes of this game.

Lampard can provide grooming and support for Chelsea's midfield, and can also provide occasional long-range firepower.

It is Mourinho's intention that William can continue Chelsea's impact on the wing and replace him with a physically energetic winger at the final moment to attack the opponent's exhausted defense.

Arsenal's offense became more aggressive, and as a result, Chelsea got more counterattack opportunities.

The two teams went back and forth on the green field of Stamford Bridge. Their formations were increasingly difficult to maintain their original compactness and discipline in the alternation of counterattacks and counterattacks.

Just like two ships bombarding each other on the sea, after each round of shelling, the hull structure becomes looser and more water enters.

It depends on which ship sinks first.

……

N'Golo Kante passed the ball forward to Aaron Ramsey, running away from Frank Lampard and continuing to find his place.

Kante was panting and his physical energy was depleted very quickly, but Frank Lampard was also surprised by this thin black boy.

Kante is almost the only barrier in Arsenal's midfield. He is like a moving wall, appearing in every position where Chelsea may launch an attack.

He was almost knocked out several times. Kante was still not very good at handling the intensity of physical confrontation in the Premier League, but he was very smart. After discovering that he did not have an advantage in head-on confrontation, Kante approached from various weird angles and used precise Anticipate the kick to steal, or rush to the opponent's passing lane.

Mourinho's eyes were straightened when he saw it. He always felt that Chelsea's midfielder could not satisfy him. He wanted a midfielder with more solid defensive capabilities.

In January, his goal was to introduce Matic, but now, Mourinho discovered, where did Kante come from?

Having seen so many players and attaching great importance to defense, Mourinho can certainly see what excellent defensive abilities Kante has shown as he runs all over the field.

Was he introduced by Arsenal in the summer? Can an unknown defensive midfielder be trained to this level in half a season?

Mourinho only felt regret in his heart. If he had a choice, he would even be willing to buy Kanter back and train him now.

……

Eighty-seven minutes.

Frank Lampard's long shot was confiscated by Szczesny, Chelsea's players began to defend, and Arsenal did not launch a high-speed counterattack.

So tired. Even this season's Arsenal, after nearly ninety minutes of hard work, they were unable to organize an overall quick counterattack.

Szczesny passed a short pass to Koscielny. Koscielny watched carefully and found that the Chelsea players had no intention of pressing forward.

Koscielny made a short pass to Kanter, but Kanter did not stick to the ball and passed it to Nacho Monreal.

Near Monreal, Antonio Griezmann retreated to get the ball. He was Chen Yao's last substitution.

Chen Yao has not forgotten to slowly develop Griezmann's abilities. During training, he is also deliberately training Griezmann's ability to take the ball in a wider range.

To simply define Griezmann as a winger or shadow forward is to underestimate his talent. If Griezmann's potential can be unleashed, he can create a threat in any area of ​​the frontcourt.

Ivanovic stood on Griezmann's path, but Griezmann did not go wide.

He brought the ball to the edge of the penalty area, Nacho Monreal pressed forward to open up the width, and Aaron Ramsey suddenly started to move forward.

Griezmann passed the ball, but his target was not Ramsey.

Ramsey's insertion confused Chelsea's defense for a moment, and at the same time, Kevin De Bruyne also started.

Griezmann's passing target is De Bruyne.

De Bruyne comes to the wing...

He and Walcott's movements intersected, with the winger cutting inside and the midfielder covering the outside.

De Bruyne stopped Griezmann's pass and immediately crossed.

This was something Chelsea's defenders didn't expect - but it should have been expected.

De Bruyne's cross fell in front of the goal, and Olivier Giroud jumped into the air, as if stretching his legs casually, and kicked the ball in a ballet-like posture.

Petr Cech watched helplessly as the ball hit the net.

Two to one.

Mourinho was speechless by this conceded goal. The media's ridiculing comments about Giroud flashed through his mind.

"Olivier Giroud is an inefficient player...but he has a characteristic, that is, when you think he has no effect, he can always score some inexplicable goals..."

(End of this chapter)