Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 362 Nerve Knife
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Home of Premier League giants Chelsea. Today is their biggest and most dangerous opponent, Arsenal, and this is no ordinary league game, it will decide the league title, and it will also be a life-and-death battle between two rivals in the same city.
In the stands, flags flew and banners were unfurled, and tens of thousands of Blues fans occupied most of the space, with only thousands of Arsenal hardcores in red and white jerseys cheering for the visitors.
In the news area, the live commentator is explaining the background of the game to the fans.
“…… Arsenal three points, theoretically speaking, Chelsea still have the hope of winning the championship, but in fact there is not much hope, they can only beat Arsenal cheaper Manchester United, Arsenal is Chelsea's sworn enemy in the same city, Manchester United and Chelsea have also been enemies for many years, but according to the lesser of two evils, Chelsea would rather be cheaper Manchester United than Arsenal to fight to the death......"
"In terms of strength, there is not much gap between Chelsea and Arsenal, Arsenal has gone four absolute main players, and Chelsea's main force is starting to age. Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, and Frank Lampard have passed their prime, although they poached Nasri from Arsenal, but a Nasri cannot fully activate Chelsea's aging midfield, and in terms of attacking power, Arsenal is slightly stronger than Chelsea. But Chelsea's defensive strength is very strong, the defenders Essien and Mikel are in their prime, the four defenders cooperate tacitly, the individual ability is excellent, the number of goals conceded so far this season is less than Arsenal, one is strong in attack and weak in defense, one is weak in attack and strong in defense, and there must be an injury when two tigers fight...... "At 6 o'clock in the evening, the Arsenal and Chelsea players came out of the dressing room, and the stands rang out with a stormy applause, and the fanatical Blues fans chanted "Long live Chelsea!" "There's only one Chelsea in London!" "Kill Arsenal!" The slogan renders the atmosphere of the whole stadium extremely bloody.
'The players from both sides came out of the dressing room, we take a look at the starting line-up of both sides, Chelsea are in a 4-3-3 formation: Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Ashley Cole, Essien, Nasri, Frank Lampard, Kalou, Drogba, Malouda Judging from the previous performances of this season, Chelsea under the leadership of Villas-Boas are very defensive, and the requirements for defensive players are quite high, especially to quickly adapt to the opponent's attacking routine. As for the attack, there will be an emphasis on attacking from the wings. Encourage the centre-backs to move to the sides after receiving the ball and send the ball to the feet of the winger at the near end, followed by a cross from the winger or under, or an inward shot or a 45-degree angle. However, Villas-Boas has been reluctant to pair Torres and Didier Drogba in the attack, much to the disappointment of Blues fans. ”
"Let's take a look at Arsenal's starting lineup, Arsenal also has a four-three-three formation, goalkeeper Fabianski, defenders Li Huan, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Sania. Midfielder Alexander. Song Wilshere, Rosicky, strikers Walcott, Van Persie, Bella.
The all-round defender Li Huan appeared in the left-back position, and from left to right, Li Huan's power has not diminished in the slightest, and he is still the most dangerous enemy in the Arsenal camp. In addition to Li Huan, the most dangerous in the current Arsenal camp is Wilshere, after Fabregas left, Wilshere has grown rapidly. Half a season later, he can already support Arsenal's midfield, but he still lacks some experience and the ability to deal with the urgency of change. Bella's strength is also good, although he is a little weaker as the main force, but it is not something that can be dealt with by any player. In general, Arsenal's away team still has a certain attacking power, and after the players of both sides exchanged the team flag and team emblem, the referee also blew the whistle for the start of the game.
Arsenal, who were playing away, took the lead in the attack, with three swords from the left, center and right, straight into the heart of Chelsea, Walcott and Vela from the wing, Van Persie went to the middle palace and went straight to the penalty area, as if he wanted to cut Chelsea into three pieces.
Chelsea are not scared or nervous either. They have faced plenty of tough opponents this season and this is arguably a backline that can stand the test, even against Arsenal in the first leg. On the road, they also withstood Arsenal's stormy attack and finally managed to hold on to a draw. Now back on their home turf, how can Chelsea be afraid?
Players from both sides fought fiercely in Walcott's area.
Chelsea were bent on winning the game, so they did not bring on Mikel, who was more defensively strong. Instead, he was replaced by Nasri, who is more attacking and more familiar with Arsenal. Defensively, Nasri has also taken on a certain task. His confrontation with Walcott became the main theme of the opening phase.
Walket relied on his speed, and rushed into the penalty area after taking the ball, Nasri was very familiar with Livecott, even more familiar than with his own paint, and he did not compete with Walcott for speed and technology, he just stuck the position, forced Walket to take the arc, slowed down Walcott's speed, and also called his teammates to guard Walcott. Well, you don't need to foul to win the game several times, because Nasri is afraid of Li Huan's Xiao Li Feidao and doesn't dare to foul.
Chelsea's magic lamp Frank Lampard also quickly came to the flank, two men and the central defender stuck Walcott in the middle, Walcott is not reckless, after years of grinding and Li Huan's words and deeds, Walcott's ability to handle the ball has been greatly improved, before Chelsea's encirclement he knocked the ball with his heel into his own half, where the position should be Rosicky ran to.
Rosicky was in the right position, receiving Theo Walcott's pass and finding Vela on the flank at the first time.
Last season, Rosickiki was in poor condition due to injury problems, and he has been playing as a substitute, and Arsenal also intended to sell it, but because the midfielders and three generals were transferred, Rosicky stayed, and at the beginning of the season, Rosicky performed poorly, but after the second half, Rosicky's performance has improved greatly, and he has become the main force in Arsenal's midfield, sharing part of Li Huan's offensive pressure.
Rosicky's long ball was pinpointed, finding Vela who was running high and stopping the ball with his chest, but he was always on the back of Chelsea's full-back Ashley. Kerr stared, as he had just stopped the ball at his feet, Ashley. Cole came right in front of him.
Goo-ra made a false feint and suddenly broke through to the baseline, but Ashley. Cole was experienced and he followed closely on the Ran line, blocking Bella's pass and cutting inside.
Vela didn't have to force a breakthrough, and after the departure of Cesc Fabregas and others, Arsenal played more like the same Arsenal two seasons ago, but now their ability to take advantage of opportunities and play hard-fought battles is not the same as before.
Bella chose to pass the ball, he knocked the ball to Li Huan behind him, and he chose to cut inward to open up the gap for Li Huan's breakthrough.
As soon as Li Huan received the ball, the Chelsea players immediately panicked, and almost all of them began to run in the direction of the penalty area to prevent Li Huan's pass after the breakthrough. But Li Huan did not break through, he did not stop the ball and directly made a long pass to find Sagna who was inserted from behind Walcott.
Arsenal's two rapid large-scale transfers in a row disrupted Chelsea's defense, creating a vacuum behind Walcott, and Sagna in the back row was not marked by anyone After Li Huan changed to left-back, the Frenchman Sagna, who had been on the cold bench for two seasons, got the chance to start, and the Frenchman did not waste this opportunity, he performed very well, the defense was excellent, although the offensive ability was a little worse, but fortunately, he was very diligent, even if he didn't pose too much threat, he could disrupt the opponent's defense, At least it can attract the attention of opponents, and this attitude still won the goodwill of Arsenal fans, from the initial demand for the introduction of quality full-backs to later express support for the current change, Sagna used his performance to secure the right-back position.
With no one in front of Sagna, he could stop the ball a few metres in front of him and chase it, which gave the opponent a lot less time to react, and it wasn't until Sagna's pace picked up that Chelsea were free to mark, but at this time it was difficult to stop Sagna's breakthrough except for fouls.
The bulky Ivanovic's sliding tackle did not block Sagna, Sagna jumped over Ivanovic and rushed to the bottom line with the ball, Van Persie, Walcott, and Bella, who were outflanked in the middle, were already in place, and even Li Huan was standing on the periphery.
Within a minute of the game, Arsenal had a dangerous attacking opportunity and the Chelsea fans in the stands stood up nervously.
The Arsenal fans were also cheering and ready to applaud.
But no one could have imagined that Sagna would pass the ball to the stands with one kick when no one was marked, making the Arsenal players who rushed to the penalty area relatively wryly and speechless. There is no way, they have seen a lot of this situation, Sagna's running is very good, the assist is very positive, but the last cross is so neurotic, it may pass a wonderful cross, or it may go directly to the stands, but they can't help but grab the point, in case Sagna passes a good ball, they can only regret it.
"Hahaha!" The Chelsea fans applauded desperately, they weren't applauding, they were genuinely encouraging Sagna and hoping he would keep up the good work.
The on-site commentator quipped: "Sagna's clearance is beautiful, we have to suspect that he has been undercover at Arsenal for a long time.
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