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Chapter 418

What the old French man Wenger said was not actually implying that Chelsea’s title defense would come to naught, but that he had experienced such a cruel experience of defending the title. He has been in the Premier League for so many years. The professor is right. All the rules and troubles of the Premier League are all too familiar.

Arsenal failed to defend their title last season. Facing the siege and interception of many competitors, they became unable to do what they wanted in the middle of the league, and finally allowed Chelsea to complete the overtake. Chelsea must now be a leader. All opponents They will all stare at him behind him.

If you want to successfully defend your title, you must not only have super strength and a desire for victory, but you also have to consider whether you can maintain a high level of concentration throughout the long season. The game between Chelsea and Wigan is In this way, the Chelsea team really wants to eat each other in one bite.

Maybe it was because last season's game was played too smoothly. The league record of only one loss made many Chelsea players think that they would kill their opponents with a strong attack, just like they won Arsenal in the Community Shield , but the reality is not the same thing, the other party is very tenacious.

A newly promoted team like Wigan Athletic will not have any scruples. Even their coach has said that when we play this kind of game at home, we will play desperate defense. If we want to compete with Chelsea in offense, that is Very unwise, the team he led did not have the strength to knock down the opponent.

Showing weakness does not mean that the opponent has surrendered. On the contrary, such showing weakness is to find a suitable excuse for their iron barrel formation. Wigan only took three shots in the whole game, and that was still in the opening stage. They took advantage of the home court , came out suddenly, and struck very fiercely several times.

The three shots failed, but temporarily suppressing the momentum of the Chelsea team, the coach of the Wigan team waved decisively on the sidelines and retreated!Then the problem that the Chelsea team has to solve is the dark group of people in front of them. They must tear apart such a dense half-court defense of the opponent.

Although Chelsea took more than [-] shots in the whole game, only a few passes sent by Lin Yi in the second half were fatal. Point, in the face of a group of defenders besieged, you really have nothing good to do.

Even if Drogba's height is obviously higher than the opponent's central defenders, but two or three heads interfere in front of you, even if you are an elephant, you can't really hit everyone to complete this kind of header attack What's more, the opponent's central defenders are all traditional Englishmen, and their headers are not weak.

It can be said that in the whole game, except for the fact that Chelsea defended in the first 5 minutes, then in the next 85 minutes, they were all attacking desperately, including Ashley Cole and Ferreira began to press unscrupulously , but their running did not achieve any effect.

People, all fucking people, any chelsea player trying to break through, they have a player or two in front of them, those Wigan Athletic guys, no fancy skills, but they have ferocious tackles The balls are enough, all they have to do is wreck.

Trying to destroy Chelsea's cooperation as much as possible, destroying the football flying in front of their eyes with their big feet, Wigan Athletic did not even think about playing a sharp counterattack, they just started near the arc of the middle circle, using one after another Defensively, they tried their best to intercept Chelsea's advance.

Although Lin Yi's right ankle was injured at the last moment, in the previous 80 minutes of the game, Lin Yi himself could not remember how many times he was overturned by the opponent. Wigan Athletic won a total of Six yellow cards and one red card, more than half of which were due to defending Lin Yi.

This is the strength of the opponent's defense. Even if Lin Yi retreats to the center circle arc, the opponent's plaster-like defense will keep chasing after him. As long as Lin Yi gets the ball, it will be a fierce tackle, not only for the ball, but also for the ball. That's right, anyway, they only have one thought, and that is not to let Lin Yi dribble.

Even if the kid won't break through immediately when he gets the ball near the middle arc, they will bring him down viciously and win the card?It doesn't matter, just look at the head coach of Wigan Athletic. He used up three substitutions early in order not to let the yellow card drag down his defensive strength.

If it hadn't been for Lin Yi's forceful breakthrough before the end of the game to force the opponent's central defender to be sent off, maybe the chance of lore at the last moment would not have appeared, but Lin Yi also paid the same painful price. At that moment, the supporting foot was shoveled off by the opponent's defender and kicked hard.

If Lin Yi hadn't pulled back at the last moment, it might have been such a severe stress injury. Although the game was won, Lin Yi, who was lying on a stretcher, still had a [-]-to-[-] score, and he was already reminding Mourini O and Chelsea players, want to defend?You have to go through this game every week.

After the first game, Mourinho knew very well that this is the game situation he will face this season. Those opponents will not feel how ugly they are playing. Lose less, after all Chelsea is a great quadruple winner.

Who would have nothing to do to fight against the four-time champion?It is not guaranteed that there will be such a reckless team, but most of the teams are still ready to put on an iron barrel and let Chelsea attack as much as they want. They just need to tighten the fence and wait for one or two times that can be used Opportunity to fight back.

It would be the best if they can succeed, but it doesn’t matter if there is no effect, they just need to keep the draw and score one point, even their fans will cheer for a draw, this situation will only intensify, who let Chelsea last The defensive counterattack tactics of the season were too successful.

Just like Moyes's coaches have used this tactic since last season, but now it seems that this defensive counterattack or defensive non-counterattack tactic may backlash against Chelsea. They must be prepared to face players like A defensive formation like an iron wall like Wigan.

Not only is it necessary to play [-] points to diversify the offense when facing the underdogs Chelsea, even if they are playing against giants, the first thing the opponent thinks of is a solid defense instead of thinking about how to play against Chelsea. This was the case when they met Arsenal in the second round of the league.

The Community Shield game made Wenger aware of a problem. Now Chelsea’s offense has indeed undergone a qualitative change compared to last season. If they fight hard against the opponent, then he will definitely suffer in the end. Although this game Lin Yi The kid was sidelined due to injury, but the opponent was still very strong.

So in this away trip, Arsenal obviously put on a defensive posture, especially this game is a bit commemorative. The old man Wenger has coached [-] games in the Premier League. The Arsenal players he led, I don't want to congratulate my head coach with a failure.

The process of the game is also the same. Without Lin Yi's organization in the middle, Chelsea's offense is indeed a little less inspired. Whether it is Gerrard or Lampard, they are more than brave in their offense, but they lack aura. The offense also puts a lot of pressure on Arsenal's defense.

But most of the time the game is still in a stalemate. The Arsenal team has learned how to behave. The failure of the Community Shield made them not want to use pure offense to smash their opponents. The offensive combination of Henry and Van Persie has also withdrawn. Near the midfield, only when he counterattacked, he occasionally showed his glory.

However, such a shrinking style of play did kill Chelsea's fierce offensive momentum in the opening stage, and with a top scorer like Henry, Chelsea's defenders did not dare to press as unscrupulously as they did when they played against Wigan. It may be to rely on the offensive power of the front field to fight with the opponent.

But this kind of game is really awkward to play. Last season, I used to defend myself, and then fought hard with the opponent in the midfield, and seized the opportunity to attack the opponent's defensive loopholes. Now all this is reversed. In the past, I used to catch others by myself. Loopholes, now I have to guard against being found by the other party to break through.

And without Lin Yi's flexible running and offensive organization in the midfield, Chelsea played too routinely. No wonder the commentary on the sidelines also complained, "We don't have that angelic little guy, so we suddenly feel It was as if something was missing in Chelsea's attack."

It is estimated that not one or two people have this idea. Although many fans of Lin Yi knew that this kid could not play in this game, they still wore the No. 20 Chelsea uniform, stood on their seats, and kept waving, as if To give these Chelsea players some attacking inspiration.

Mourinho also saw the trouble of lacking Lin Yi from the game, "It would be better if there is another person who can send a penetrating pass in the midfield." However, this guy's extravagant hope still makes Brito So contemptuous, is that kind of little lunatic still mass-produced?Then let people live?
However, without Lin Yi's tearing in the midfield, Arsenal's midfield has lost a lot of pressure, especially Flamini, who was ravaged by Lin Yi in the last game, can also start to give Chelsea's offense in the midfield. To create trouble, such an interception has indeed repeatedly blocked Chelsea's offense.

Although Arsenal has an extra midfielder, Hleb, most of their offense still relies on the resonance between Pires and Henry. However, in such a counterattack, this tacit cooperation did create a problem for Chelsea. No small trouble, Henry made a few breakthroughs and made threats.

But Chelsea's defense is tougher than last season, and they are highly concentrated at home. Even an ace shooter like Henry can't take advantage of them, not to mention Chelsea's steel defense. Heck such a high level goalkeeper exists.

Therefore, the Arsenal team had a total of ten shots in the game, but those shots that hit the goal frame were firmly grasped by Cech's hands. The stalemate between the two sides has been maintained like this. As dull as Wigan Athletic was, it was by no means exciting.

Don’t expect both sides to make mistakes in this kind of game. Sometimes God is the one who can control the final result. When stoppage time has reached the last tens of seconds, even Mourinho has nothing to do with winning the opponent at home. I hoped, but at this moment, Chelsea scored.

Lampard quickly took a free kick on the right and crossed the penalty area. Drogba leaned on Senderos with his body 8 meters in front of the goal. Although his ball control was not coordinated, the ball hit his right. The knee was refracted into the near corner. This time the ball was stopped and the ball was stopped in the opponent's goal. The score was rewritten.

Even Drogba was stunned after scoring a goal. He even forgot to run wildly and celebrate wildly, because the African elephant himself didn't realize that the ball scored so strangely, not only him , the German goalkeeper Lehmann was even more dazed and melancholy at such a weird goal.

God was still on Chelsea's side at the last moment. He didn't let Arsenal take a draw to celebrate Wenger's great record of coaching [-] games. It's just that such a weird way of winning made Mourinho have nothing to celebrate The interest, the process of winning the game is really too difficult.

Many commentators who were on Chelsea's side at the beginning of the game and advocated defending the crown, became cautious after the game, and many people began to find fault with Mourinho's team , thinking that this Chelsea team has not yet reached a perfect state.

"When the opponent starts to defend, Chelsea loses their most powerful weapon. Their offensive level has not reached the level of Manchester United and Arsenal at their peak. Now defending the title is not an easy task for them. The task, two games with one to zero has already explained the problem."

After losing the game, Wenger only said one sentence, "Luck is no longer on our side tonight. I can only say that God destined Chelsea to win, but this kind of luck does not happen every day. Going to Stamford Bridge every night, the league has only just started and everything is still undecided."

You can say that Wenger is a bit unconvinced after losing his 5 games in such a weird way, but you can't deny what Wenger said, indeed, you can't rely on luck to win every night, and neither does God Chelsea will be favored every day, and the league is indeed very long.

We must know that Arsenal's early games last season were almost all big victories. It was not until they lost to Manchester United that their results began to decline sharply, but Chelsea's current starting attitude is obviously not as good as Arsenal's. Smoothly, this defending momentum has already cast a shadow.

If they have been finishing the game in this state, many football commentators believe that if Chelsea want to defend their title, they may fall worse than Arsenal last season, unless their offense can have a qualitative change, Otherwise, it is best not to mention the topic of defending the title.

Once any tough opponent fights for a victory against Chelsea, perhaps the bravery of the defending champion will dissipate, and what awaits them may be continuous bad luck. You know, the teams trying to defend their title in the Premier League will It's a tradition to run into trouble of one kind or another.

Obviously, many people are dismantling Chelsea's tactics now. Maybe they don't expect to see everything that has trapped Chelsea, but as long as they can limit Chelsea's habits, half of the defensive task has been completed. In the last two games In the middle, the two wings of the blue army flew together, but they didn't fly.

It seems that this has become a consensus, that is, Chelsea can attack from the center, but they cannot open the gap from the wing, otherwise, it will be the same as the game when Arsenal lost the Community Shield. The offensive firepower is sieved, and no one may want a big defeat.

Defense is still the capital of Chelsea's king, but now it seems that not only should they stabilize their defense, but also have an offensive weapon that can tear apart the opponent's defense at any time. Mourinho refused all interview requests after the game. It seems that the team's offense may have to be sharpened.

Especially when Lin Yi was absent, he couldn't always rely on his body to fight against the opponent. Now that Chelsea is the defending champion, no one will give him a comfortable offensive channel, nor let Chelsea play the defensive counterattack he is familiar with. If you want to grab points, you must go all out to attack.

Both games were won [-]-[-]. Many people may say that winning is better than a draw. At least Chelsea scored all six points. This result is not too bad luck, but Mourinho saw But the trouble he has to face all season, breaking the dense defense, this will be a new topic.

However, the news that Lin Yi fully recovered within a week finally gave Mourinho a little light in his hard thinking. After all, with or without Lin Yi on the field, Chelsea's offensive level is not at the same level. The results of the round of the league also confirmed the importance of Lin Yi to the team.

Less than 2 minutes into the game, Lin Yi started in the middle of the field. The opponent tried to use a three-person double-team defense to contain the kid's breakthrough, but they could defend Lin Yi's forward path, but they couldn't prevent Lin Yi's pass. His pass accurately penetrated the encirclement of these three people and went straight into the penalty area.

When Lampard receives the pass, he doesn't even need to make any adjustments. He only needs to use an easy shot to get the opponent's goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation. West Bromwich Albion's so-called iron barrel defense line , and only persisted for 2 minutes before Lin Yi's sharp knife poked a hole.

Just like what Lin Yi himself said in an interview before the game, "If there are really many people who think that Chelsea can be trapped by pure defense, then let them try and see, the final result will prove How unrealistic are they thinking, a tough battle? It doesn't matter!"

When Lampard performed a cradle dance at the corner flag area to celebrate the birth of his child, Lin Yi was also standing aside and waving his fists high. He wanted to warn those obstacles in this way, defense?Yes, this is your choice, but I will mercilessly tear you apart!

The road to defending the title will not be smooth, but Lin Yi is ready to step on those ups and downs, and never underestimate the heart of a champion. . .Not to mention the big heart of a little lunatic.

(End of this chapter)