[football] walk side by side

"Arsenal's opening fast break caught Chelsea by surprise. The idea of ​​this attack was simpler and clearer than their usual. Terry and Carvalho controlled the ground very well, but ignored the high-altitude attack. Instead, it created a problem for Arsenal. A fantastic chance...Henry header! GOOOOOOOAL! Thierry Henry!"

"In the 73rd second of the game, Arsenal played at home and scored the first goal. Thierry Henry scored this goal for them! This goal is slightly different from Arsenal's previous style of play, but the overall style is still the same It’s smooth and beautiful! Football should not be just a sport, it should be an art!”

Seeing Henry open his arms, laughing and hugging Reyes who was assisting, a proud look appeared on his face.The narrator at Highbury also said proudly: "It turns out that there is only one overlord in London, and it is—"

"Arsenal! Arsenal! Arsenal!"

Under the overwhelming cheers of the Arsenal fans, the Chelsea fans could only boo and boo the other side. Compared with the cheers of most of the stadium, these boos seemed a bit insignificant.

Falling behind within 2 minutes of the start of the game, changing teams may feel frustrated at this moment, but fortunately, Mourinho's speech before the start of the game can be regarded as an inoculation for Chelsea players in advance. In the face of such backwardness, the morale of the Chelsea players has not been greatly affected.

After falling behind, Chelsea began to push forward aggressively. Their style of play is still a defensive counterattack, but compared with the ugliness of the previous Premier League games, it has changed a lot.

Many people talk about defensive counterattacks, and the first thing they may think of is the kind of bus in front of their own goal, and then find the right opportunity to counterattack.

However, after the return of offensive players such as Robben and Duff, Chelsea's defensive counterattack has also changed a lot.

Indeed, their style of play is still based on defense, but it is no longer the turtle-like style of play that nestles in front of the goal and only occasionally sticks out its head. Their defense and counterattack are carried out simultaneously.When the players run forward with or without the ball, both offense and defense exist simultaneously.

If you have the ball at your feet, then use the entire team as a unit to advance forward as a whole, tearing through Arsenal's defense to complete the shot.During this period, if the ball is intercepted by an Arsenal player, among all the forward pressing players, the defender must immediately turn his head and return to the goal, and the midfielder will immediately launch a counterattack on the spot.

There is a very important reason why Mourinho dared to play like this-Chelsea's midfielder is stronger than Arsenal's midfielder.

At this time, European football has not yet reached the point where everyone knows that "the midfielder wins the world", but in this game, Chelsea has implemented this sentence to the extreme. Basically, they completely controlled the midfield. With no worries in defense and strong offense, they began to frequently pose threats to Arsenal!

In the 4th minute of the game, Cyril turned around and volleyed under the restrictions of Ljungberg and Pires, and directly shot a long shot. Lehmann judged the correct direction. Although he did not completely save the football, he also successfully changed The direction of the football, the ball grazed his palm and flew off the post.

Even so, it still shocked a group of Arsenal players and fans into a cold sweat.

Although Cyril's kick is a helpless choice, it does not affect it as a beautiful long shot. If Lehmann makes a mistake in his judgment, the goal is likely to be scored!

"...Slade shot! It was a good long-range shot. Unfortunately, Ljungberg and Pires restricted his movements and did not give Slade a chance to adjust... Lehmann's reaction was also quite good. The shooting distance was actually a little far, and it was very sudden, and he not only made a judgment, but also rushed in the right direction, which is not an easy task."

The commentator commented on the long shot from the stands, and the Chelsea coaching staff on the bench were not idle.

"This long shot, you should have nothing to say, right?" Rui Faria curled up a playful smile, and did not turn his head to look at Mourinho's expression.

Compared with the lucky lob shot against Real Madrid, and the inaccurate long shot that was only intended to cause confusion in the penalty area, this long shot was played hastily, but there is indeed no problem in quality. Maybe it will go in.

Mourinho asked slowly: "Did the goal go in?"

Faria: "...No."

"What's the point of a high-quality long-range shot that didn't score?"

After three seconds of silence, the kind-hearted fitness coach could only show sympathy to a certain player on the field helplessly.There's nothing I can do about it, Cyril... Your head coach is too (bian) strict (tai), and I can't save you...

For Cyril's long shot, Wenger was also taken aback. He almost thought that the score was about to be equalized, but the professor didn't think there was anything strange about this long shot. After seeing Cyril's halftime lob shot , Cyril Slade is an excellent long-range player, which seems to have become an inherent impression in many people's minds.

Few people know that that halftime lob...was pure luck.

In the next game, this arsenal, which played smoothly and beautifully, gradually seemed to be trapped in a swamp, unable to unleash their fists, but Chelsea, who had always been despised for their ugly style of play, was attacking wave after wave. Bo's, he is still rude when defending steals. Although the offense is not good-looking, it is also methodical and fierce.

They continued to attack, and when the ball was stolen, they launched a fierce counterattack on the spot, fighting for the midfield?What Chelsea are least afraid of is playing midfield!They have to defend and defend, and they have to attack and attack. As long as they can grab the ball, they can launch a counterattack anytime, anywhere!

For a while, Arsenal's goal can be described as jittery!

The Arsenal fans, who were still singing in the audience, also became uneasy. From time to time, they would break out in a cold sweat when they were threatened by Chelsea's shots. With the midfield completely controlled by Chelsea, it was difficult for Arsenal to play anything effective. Chelsea's offense, the initiative is completely in the hands of Chelsea players, but due to poor ball handling, no goals have been scored yet.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that if this continues, Chelsea will only score sooner or later.

In the 16th minute of the game, Chelsea got a corner kick.

It was Alger Robben who was in charge of taking the corner kick. He drove the ball into the penalty area in front of Arsenal. Terry jumped up with his strong body and knocked down Toure who was trying to compete with him. , aiming at the ball and shaking his head, the football flew towards the upper left corner of the goal!

Lehman, who was always on guard, of course reacted, but this time he jumped in the wrong direction, and could only watch the ball jump into the net while falling to the ground.

"GOOOOOOOOOAL! JOHN Terry!! A mighty header from the captain of the Blues! Look at the replay on the big screen, Toure looks like a little kid next to him, playing with Terry In the confrontation in Li, he won't get any advantage at all!"

"In the 16th minute of the game, Chelsea took advantage of a corner kick to equalize the score. I believe that every player who has watched this game will not be surprised by this. On the contrary, Arsenal, who boast of artistic football, played very passively. In the midfield battle with Chelsea, they completely fell into a disadvantage."

"Wenger needs to think about how to deal with the current situation. The offense they are proud of can no longer allow them to be as invincible as they are against other Premier League teams in front of Chelsea, which is strong enough both offensively and defensively."

"Now the score has been equalized. According to past experience, Chelsea should choose to defend with all their strength to keep this one point. You know, in the last three years, Chelsea have not even taken a single point away from Highbury. However, for Chelsea, this is probably a remarkable achievement..."

As the commentator rattled off his self-righteous speech, Mourinho made a gesture that only the Chelsea players understood.

Cyril, who looked at the coaching bench from time to time after Chelsea scored a goal, certainly did not miss the coach's command, although Mourinho said in detail before the game, what if Chelsea scored the first goal, the first goal The question is what should Arsenal do, and what to do after the equalizer, but to be on the safe side, Chelsea players will still get used to looking at the head coach.

After seeing Mourinho's gesture clearly, the Chelsea players looked at each other and smiled, and seemed to feel better invisibly.

"Is it finally possible to attack well?" Robben was gearing up, his expression was a little excited - he really can't be blamed for this, Mourinho's defensive counterattack is an overall defensive counterattack, in other words, every player must join in During the defense, the offensive and defensive transition must be completed at any time.

The midfielder is fine, but which striker would like to defend?

The more talented a striker is, the more reluctant they are to be asked to defend. What is defense?Isn't that what defenders do?A rebellious genius like Robben is actually very upset about having to defend himself.

But there is no way, he knew what kind of person Jose Mourinho was before the start of the season.Against the wishes of the manager?It's okay to think about this kind of thinking. After finally coming to the top league, he doesn't want to sit on the bench.Besides, the other players in the team didn't have any opinion on it, so it was even harder for him to say anything.

Therefore, even if he is reluctant in his heart, Robben can only honestly participate in the defense in the face of Mourinho's request.

But this time is different.

Mourinho's gesture at this time is very obvious-attack!attack!attack!How is one point enough?What happened to Highbury?This three-pointer, we Chelsea will decide!

Therefore, the commentator who said that Chelsea would definitely shrink the defense was slapped in the face in the next second.

After this goal, Chelsea, who continued the game again, not only did not have the slightest intention to shrink their defense, but their offensive became more fierce, reaching Arsenal's goal!