Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 365 Goal Battle (I)
Van Persie's 35th-minute goal was like a fuse, instantly igniting Chelsea's anger, and they couldn't bear to lose their lead suddenly, and like children who have been robbed of their favorite toy, they pounced on Arsenal in a fit of rage, trying to put the score back in the final 10 minutes.
Arsenal scored such a beautiful goal, morale was boosted, the trust between the players was greatly improved, and the crazy attack of Chelsea did not back down at all, in the last ten minutes, the two sides started hand-to-hand combat with each other, Arsenal's passing and receiving the ball was fast and smooth, Chelsea's physical confrontation was ferocious, and the game scene was neither lacking in artistic beauty, nor lack of strong strength confrontation... It was so exciting that the fans were so fascinated that they even forgot to applaud when they were nervous.
After Li Huan completed a wonderful offensive planning, his excitement seemed to have been mobilized, continuously causing trouble for Chelsea on the side, and from time to time cutting inside to the middle of the long shot, the area within 30 meters is his test shooting range, although there are too many people in the midfield, Li Huan is difficult to shoot with all his strength for a while, but Cech is also busy with a cold sweat.
In the final moments of the first half, Chelsea came close to scoring when Didier Drogba squeezed past Vermaelen in the box, and Koscielny couldn't keep Drogba out of his way, but Drogba also lost his head and stabbed straight into the arms of goalkeeper Fabianski.
Drogba's goal made Chelsea fans rejoice, they were too unwilling to go into the break with a score of 1:1, they suppressed it for almost three seasons and waited for Arsenal to drop slightly, this was almost the only game in the past three years that Chelsea had a chance to beat Arsenal, in the previous games, Chelsea were mostly slaughtered by Arsenal, and there were almost no counterattacks.
However, even if Arsenal has dropped to the level of Hoffenheim, Li Huan is still a mountain in front of Chelsea, no matter how hard the Chelsea players try, no matter how the head coach uses all kinds of tactics and means, it is impossible to overcome, which makes Chelsea fans very helpless.
During the break, the on-site commentator commented on the first half of the game, and Liu Jianhong, the commentator of the Celestial Empire, praised Li Huan, saying that Li Huan is the pride of Chinese and the pride of Asia, and the few years since he was born are a legend and a myth in world football.
"Football without Li Huan is destined to have shortcomings, but with Li Huan, the world football is destined to be the shortcomings of other superstars, because Li Huan took away all the championships and honors, they can only be second, we missed Pele, many young fans missed Maradona, but fortunately we didn't miss Li Huan, we grew up with him, we witnessed the miracle of his domination of the world, the only regret is that we didn't see Li Huan's performance in the World Cup......"
Liu Jianhong's partner Tao Wei heard that he wanted to mention the news that Li Huan joined the Chinese team again, and immediately said with a smile: "Now we won't mention the national team, this must be a topic that Li Huan's fans don't like to hear, I believe Li Huan will use his performance to make up for this regret." ”
Liu Jianhong smiled awkwardly and said: "Yes, we are no longer playing in the World Cup, the Chinese team is sorry for Li Huan, not Li Huan is sorry for the Chinese team, we did not provide him with a stage to show." Let's talk about this game, Tao Wei, what do you think the final result is, I think the possibility of a draw is not very big, both sides want to win. ”
Tao Wei said: "I think Arsenal will be English, their fighting spirit is stronger, more confident, this game is a battle for Arsenal, they have passed the Chelsea level, the following is smooth sailing, the championship is basically in their bag, they have the spare energy to compete for the Champions League." With their thin squad, it is really a bit difficult to deal with three fronts, and even if Wenger is more stable, he will plan to do it all at once. ”
At half-time, the Arsenal fans in the stands were also doing their best to cheer for their team, although they were small in number, but they were die-hards, and they acted in unison, creating no less momentum than Chelsea fans.
Soon the players came out of the locker room, and their rest time was only about ten minutes, mainly to listen to the manager's tactics, make adjustments to the surname, and unify the team's will, which actually did not help much for physical recovery.
Arsenal made no substitutions in the second half, while Chelsea made minor changes up front, Villas-Boas was not happy with the attacking quality of the team, he had enough strikers at his disposal, and big stars like Fernando Torres were still on the bench, Boas could not be as conservative as Arsene Wenger.
In the first half, the main tactics were to cross the bottom and grab points in the middle, and in the second half he replaced Torres and replaced Malouda, the tactics of the first half did not satisfy Villas, Chelsea did not open the gap from the side, but Drogba's contribution in the middle was unexpected by Villas, and it also made him see the weakness of Arsenal's central defender position, and the cunning Villas will never let go of the opponent's little flaw.
After the start of the second half, Chelsea continued to intensify their attack in the hope of turning the score back as soon as possible, while Arsenal played the same as in the first half, unhurried and showed great self-confidence.
In less than ten minutes into the second half, the situation of the game changed dramatically, the players' fitness dropped compared to the first half, and both sides adapted to each other's rhythm and atmosphere on the field, attacking and defending very boldly, so it was much easier to score goals than in the first half.
In the 9th minute, Lampard passed back to the backfield, Terry was forced by Van Persie to drive a long ball directly, Vermaelen and Koscielny's attention was on Drogba, the three were deadlocked, but forgot that the Spanish golden boy Torres is not good at stubble, and Torres is more flexible and fast than Drogba. He leapt past Drogba and hoisted the ball over the head of the onrushing goalkeeper Fabianski with his head.
“goalgoalgoal…… Pretty! Pretty! Torres! Torres, who had just come on the pitch, scored! The two centre-backs ignored the Spaniards and allowed Torres to sneak out from behind and head the ball into the net! Chelsea took the lead and the game turned in favour of the hosts again......
Almost along with the commentators, the Chelsea fans all stood up, their arms frantically waving wildly, their faces contorted, a combination of extreme excitement and desperate eagerness, the Chelsea fans so desperately needed to score, they needed to win so much, and now their almost extinguished hopes were burning again.
"Stupid! Bastard! ”
Arsene Wenger was furious, furious that two centre-backs had made such a low-level mistake, and the two centre-backs plus a midfielder did not ignore Torres and allowed him to rush up from behind to get to the spot. It's a crime, don't think that Torres is nothing when he sits on the bench, in fact, Torres is no worse than Drogba, and in terms of value, Torres has more potential than Drogba.
Koscielny and Vermaelen also had a verbal altercation with defender Wilshere, complaining that Wilshire did not keep an eye on Torres, and it was already very difficult for the two of them to mark Drogba, where would they have the energy to care about Torres.
"Two strikers, you're only keeping an eye on one. And the face to talk about me. 'Wilshere, despite his youth, has become more and more important in the team, and he doesn't take Koscielny and Wilshere seriously at all.
"Then you can try to keep an eye on Drogba." Vermaelen yelled angrily at Wilshere.
Li Huan saw that his teammates were about to quarrel because of the loss of the goal, so he walked up and said, "Get out of the way, don't you just lose a ball?" Haven't you conceded a goal? Is the game over? ”
Li Huan didn't give face to his teammates at all, he was most angry at the senseless quarrels on the field, these quarrels could not help the game, but could hurt the confidence and unity of the players, as the captain and the spiritual leader of the team, Li Huan could not tolerate this kind of thing to continue to develop, he must stop it in time.
Vermaelen, Koscielny, and Wilshire all left in disagreement, they didn't dare to talk back, they couldn't talk back, logically speaking. Teammates complain on the court that the team's rules are not allowed, in terms of status, Li Huan is the captain of the team, in terms of age, Li Huan is a few years older than the three of them, not to mention in terms of fame, Huan is the first person in world football, they are just a little famous, how dare they disobey Li Huan's order, even if this order is a little rough.
The three of them did not quarrel to expand, but it still hit Arsenal's morale a little, and being reversed is very consuming of confidence and fighting spirit, Arsenal is no exception, in fact, the quarrel just now is because the players are under too much pressure and are in an impatient mood, in fact, the relationship between the three people is still very good.
Seeing this situation, Li Huan knew that he had to give his team and fans a little encouragement now, otherwise their morale would be consumed little by little over time, and the opponent's confidence and morale would be doubled.
Wenger, who was on the sidelines, also almost had a sense with Li Huan, and he also recognized this, with the professor's familiarity with his team, he understood that he needed to adjust and strengthen the attack, so the professor replaced Chamak and replaced Vela to strengthen the attack on the side, leaving only one center forward on the field to avoid the overlap of Chamak and Van Persie.
(To be continued)