There is a dream called football

Chapter 444 The new line of defense that refuses to be crushed
"Wow, just one minute into the game, Ballack shot a shot in the frontcourt. I have to say, the goal is not bad."

Several of Chelsea's midfielders are strong enough, and Ballack's long-range shot is more of a deterrent, like telling the opponent, don't think about getting out here, I don't agree.

In the final analysis, Chelsea in the Mourinho era has two major characteristics. On the one hand, it is a bus, and on the other hand, it is iron and blood.

The title of Jagged Blue Army started from this time.

Drogba bullied Senderos for so long, but at this time Arsenal's defense line is no longer Senderos, but the more sophisticated Gallas.

But for Drogba, his goal is still to crush everything, that is to say, Drogba didn't take Gallas seriously at all.

Whether this is domineering, or it can be said to be really powerful, so when Drogba got the ball for the first time, he was going to eat Gallas alone.

After receiving a pass from Lampard, Lampard leaned against Gallas, then opened his arms, ready to half-turn and squeeze in. At this time, Gallas was firmly stuck in his position, but if it was pure confrontation, then Gallas was not Drogba's opponent at all.

In other words, few defenders in the world are Drogba's opponents in terms of pure confrontation, but football is not rugby, and pure confrontation does not necessarily solve the problem, otherwise there would not be so many short and excellent central defenders in the world.

And the secret of defense is the card position.

Gallas knew this very well, so he turned around and kicked forward, blocking Drogba's direction. This was unexpected by Drogba. He touched Gallas from behind, and the two fell to the ground at the same time.

The referee blew his whistle and pointed to Chelsea's half, meaning Arsenal's possession of the ball.

Drogba, who was sitting on the ground, showed a mischievous smile, and he chattered with the referee: "Is this ball fouled by me?"

The referee made a push gesture, which was obvious to the referee.

Mourinho made a big thumbs-up and praised the opponent's defense this time. Arsenal's defense has indeed improved. In fact, Arsenal still has a backup this time, that is, Toure is actually watching.

This is also the experience that Wenger summed up after suffering many losses, so Senderos' losses are not in vain.

For Arsenal, Henry has the ball. In the past half of the season, the Frenchman has been in a mediocre state. He has completely lost the arrogance of the former Arsenal lord. Some people say that Henry is out of his mind, and his heart has already flown to the Nou Camp.

And only Henry himself knows that his own problem is that he wants to repay Arsenal too much. This is the reason why the so-called haste makes waste.

When Henry got the ball, he buried his head and rushed forward. He wanted to pass the opponent's defense line in one go, but this was impossible, so many problems would arise.

The ball was broken again, Xiaofa and Li Qiao stared blankly, if Van Persie was so alone, then Li Qiao would have yelled out - "Split sides."

But that was Thierry Henry, the legend of Arsenal, so other people would not dare to yell at Henry, and this was seen by Wenger. It has to be said that Van Persie's role is stronger than Henry's now.

Wenger glanced at Van Persie who was stretching on the sidelines, and he still had a bottom line in his heart. At least Henry's departure would not create a vacuum, but Li Qiao's departure may make Arsenal very passive. Walcott may be able to fill this position, but it will take time to practice.

Li Qiao took the ball, and the audience booed everywhere. Everyone knew that this was Arsenal's most threatening player, and the opponent here was his former teammate-Ashley Cole.

Cole lowered his center of gravity, and Li Qiao kept going and stopped. He didn't use speed to go to Cole, because for Cole, speed didn't work. Cole's type of player is tailor-made for speed players.

He is fast, turns quickly, and can deal with players like Li Qiao very well in all aspects, and he is also the most assured left gate under Mourinho.

Li Qiao dribbled the ball for 20 meters, but couldn't find a way to get past it. In the end, he could only push it to Rosicky.

The moment Rosicky took the ball, Essien and Makelele all overwhelmed them. The Czech had two options. One was to pass back to Flamini, which was a safer approach, and the other was to pass back to Li Qiao obliquely.

Of course, the latter depends on Li Qiao's starting ability, and in the end Rosicky chose the latter. He pushed his foot onto Li Qiao's running route, but Cole's positioning ability is really strong, and he is stuck on the ball.

In this way, the referee blew the whistle. It was Li Qiao's positional foul, and the ball belonged to Chelsea.

Regarding Ashley Cole's defense, Wenger and Mourinho should be almost aware of it. They all appreciate such a player, but he is now in Chelsea's team.

The two sides are hoarding the midfield. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to penetrate the center, so either play the wing or directly behind the opponent.

Ballack took a look, and he kicked a pass to Shevchenko. At the same time, Arsenal's four defenders-Eboue, Toure, Gallas, and Clichy exchanged glances and collectively pressed forward.

Shevchenko was overjoyed when he got the ball, and there was no defense around him. Just when he was about to pass the ball to Drogba, the referee blew his whistle again, and the linesman's flag was raised high, indicating that the ball was offside.

It should be said that Arsenal did a great job of making offside. The ball flew to the wing quickly.

Mourinho praised it again, but this tactic is too dangerous, because as long as the timing is a little bit bad, then Drogba and Shevchenko will beat Lehmann and one, and the goal will not be missed.

The commentator Martin Taylor said: "Although there was no goal within 20 minutes of the first half, the tactical level of the two teams was very high, especially Arsenal, which was basically impeccable in defense, but their offense was too rough today. It was Henry and Joe Lee who did it alone. Maybe they could win against a weaker team, but this is Chelsea."

It has to be said that this is a problem, because Li Qiao is very used to partnering with Van Persie at this time, the tacit understanding between the two is sufficient, and there is no need to be devious when talking to each other, and foul language can be violent, as long as it is for the team.

And with Henry, the helplessness facing the boss made Li Qiao a little uncomfortable, and one more thing, the current Li Qiao is no longer the rookie when he first came here.

(End of this chapter)