Chapter 425: Forcing Chelsea Back
Looking at the players on the field at Arsenal, all of them are first-class stars, top players, and even superstars such as Thierry Henry and Ballack.
But at the moment of crisis, Wenger's first reaction was that he could rely on Quaresma, who was always able to work miracles.
It's not that Henry isn't strong, it's not that Ballack isn't strong, but only Arsenal are used to it, and Quaresma stepped up to save Arsenal at critical moments, even Wenger is no exception.
King Highbury is still King Highbury, but it is Chief Quaresma who can lead Arsenal to glory now.
And just as Arsene Wenger set his sights on Quaresma, the Arsenal fans in the stands were chanting Quaresma's name in unison.
It's become a ritual at the Emirates Stadium!
Whenever Quaresma's name rings on the pitch, it must be when Arsenal are already in trouble, and then Quaresma descends on the Emirates Stadium like Superman, striking a lethal blow and dominating the world.
It was as if he had given Quaresma unlimited power, allowing him to go from being a superstar to truly dominate the lives of all people.
He couldn't help but look up at the stands on all sides, and although he couldn't see the faces of Arsenal fans clearly, he was vaguely familiar.
The chest seemed to be infused with an elemental reagent, sour, astringent, excited, and enthusiastic.
He loves it!
I like to be expected by everyone, I like to be called by everyone, and I like the sense of honor of being the savior in everyone's hearts.
He didn't want to disappoint everyone either.
So, he's going to do it!
Eyes fixed on the Chelsea half, Quaresma's already sharp eyes once again evolved towards a furious one, and the scorching light seemed to melt everything in front of him.
Theoretically 36 times to block yourself?
The winger makes an average of 30~40 passes per game?
So what if you finish this statistic in the first half?
Who else would dare to stop themselves in the second half?
If he had done this in the first half, then if Chelsea had stopped themselves in the second half, Quaresma could have assured that the game would have ended early because one side had less than seven players on the pitch!
It was as if a completely changed Quaresma man, and he knew what he was going to do.
The position is slightly withdrawn, and he keeps raising his hand to ask for the ball, and he has to increase the number and frequency of his own ball.
He didn't believe that every time he got the ball, Chelsea would target him.
There is no need to say hello to his teammates, every time Quaresma behaves unusually, it is clear that he has some kind of special idea, they don't need to guess, they just need to send the ball to Quaresma's feet.
As a result, the style of play became very different.
Quaresma takes the ball and is brought down by Frank Lampard;
Quaresma catches the ball and is pulled down by Ferreira;
Quaresma stops the ball and is knocked down from behind by Carvalho;
Quaresma broke through with the ball, and Terry, who was robbed, was left there;
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The match was completely a solo show by Quaresma, but in a way that was thrown down by his opponents in various ways.
Each time, Quaresma got up with a blank face, patted his butt, and then continued to raise his hand for the ball amid the shouts of the Arsenal fans.
It's as if nothing happened just now, and it wasn't him who was put down at all!
Every time Quaresma fell to the ground, Arsenal fans booed the Chelsea players in the most strident way of retribution for their atrocities.
Everyone could see what kind of strategy Chelsea were adopting, and they were eager to rush down from the stands and tear apart the opponents in front of them who were constantly fouling Quaresma.
'Chelsea's tactics today probably really worked to keep Quaresma at bay, even if it was extreme, but it was really effective.
'There were a lot of fouls by Chelsea, and they were all committed by Quaresma, but the number of fouls in football is not the number of fouls that determines the winner!'
'As long as you can make Quaresma disappear, even if it costs a little, it's totally worth it, and the point is, Chelsea are really ahead now!'
'If this trend continues, then Chelsea have a good chance of winning this game, which is absolutely significant for the Blues!'
'Now it's up to Arsenal and Quaresma to think of an effective way to deal with Chelsea's blockade of Quaresma.'
"The key to victory or defeat is in Quaresma!"
The narrator and the guest commentator were in front of the TV with deep feelings, like fans analyzing the situation in front of them.
At this time, most of the fans in front of the TV and the Internet have already been indignant, and the game has already exceeded everyone's expectations and imagination, and this game has long become abnormal.
"It's good that Chelsea don't have buses, but what's going on with them now?"
"The number of fouls committed by Chelsea in this game can definitely break the Guinness World Record, and if you don't get a team to get a bad Chelsea, you can also break the world record for the number of cards you have been fouled in the whole game!"
'Chelsea's style of play has always been so anti-human, but they were right to deal with Guardesma because Quaresma is not human!'
"All I want to know now is if Quaresma will blow up and kill Chelsea?"
"How do I feel like this race is going to be a battle for Quaresma? If Quaresma can still lead Arsenal to victory in such a difficult situation, then he is the absolute king of the ball! ”
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At this time, Quaresma's leg was already blue and purple, and he was in pain, and his injury tendency attribute was not high enough, and there was no way to completely avoid the pain, but he was always enduring it.
A man who has not been injured is not a real man!
Since the start of his career, Quaresma has not suffered a serious injury, which is certainly a big reason why Quaresma has maintained his dormitory form.
But Quaresma isn't afraid of getting hurt, as long as it's worth it!
If an injury were to be exchanged for a championship trophy, Quaresma would be willing.
And the importance of this game for Arsenal is self-evident, especially in the face of adversity, what kind of performance is played, it is likely to determine the final result of this season.
So, Quaresma isn't going to be scared of getting hurt, he just wants to win this fight.
Quaresma hurts, but he thinks it's Chelsea who hurt more.
The foul on Quaresma did not come without a price, and in the absence of a clear preference from the referee, there was a risk of being carded as long as the Chelsea player's foul action was up to the yellow card standard.
Quaresma has been violated a dozen times, but Chelsea have paid the price for a couple of yellow cards.
In addition to the yellow cards of Malouda and Drogba at the beginning, Carvalho and Joe Cole have also received yellow cards in a short period of time.
Chelsea have already received four yellow cards!
At this time, the first half was just over halfway through!
As Quaresma's next time he got the ball and Essien also received a yellow card, Quaresma's mouth curled up with a smile, and his eyes were full of banter when he looked at Mourinho on the sidelines.
"What do you want to do now?"
Quaresma's eyes had this in his eyes!
His relationship with Mourinho is interesting and he can switch between several layers at will.
First of all, one of them is the head coach and the other is the player, even if they are not on the same team, but they are actually on two levels.
But in fact, Mourinho and Quaresma are more like good friends, the kind of gentlemen who are as light as water.
The two have the same agent, Mourinho is the biggest manager under Mendes, and Quaresma is the biggest player under Mendes, representing Mourinho's proudest resource.
With Mendez as the intermediary in the middle, the communication between the two is very smooth and they have a lot of common language.
On top of that, Mourinho's love for Quaresma is unparalleled, and he has never hesitated to express his affection for Quaresma in public since his time at Porto.
Mourinho failed to achieve his wish in Porto's two transfer periods and the two transfer windows during Arsenal's period, and he has never been able to combine with Quaresma.
Even though he thinks that the combination with Juarezma will change the division of power in European football, the reality always makes him helpless.
Of course, Quaresma will not rule out playing under Mourinho, but by chance, everything must be based on fate.
When they meet Mourinho, the two always laugh and talk about it, which has become a very tacit topic between the two people.
Mourinho actually read Quaresma's eyes on the sidelines, but he couldn't help but laugh, in his opinion, Quaresma is really a little childish.
Now the initiative is still in the hands of Chelsea!
You're rejoicing too soon!
But Mourinho has always done his work first, and he already has a sense of crisis.
Especially when he saw that Quaresma actually switched to other areas to take the initiative to attack the defensive zone of the carded players, Mourinho knew that Quaresma really had ideas.
Mourinho is just doing his best to obey fate, his defensive method is already the ultimate in defense, if he can't block Quaresma, then I'm afraid he can really only abolish Quaresma.
He can't guarantee that Quaresma will actually be able to return to nothing, just like Quaresma's approach now, and if he does break the theoretical limit, then Chelsea's foul tactics will become meaningless.
And during the period of Mourinho's reflection, Quaresma actually stirred up a storm on the side of the midfield, not only allowing Lampard to receive a yellow card, but also almost allowing Malouda to almost receive a second yellow card and be sent off.
Had it not been for the referee's relentlessness in not wanting Chelsea to be embarrassed so early, Chelsea would have had to play one less man just after halfway through the first half.
Don't look at Chelsea's lead now, but if Quaresma is unbridled with full firepower, no one knows how long Chelsea will last.
The only good news is that Pacos Ferreira, the main player in defending Quaresma, has not yet been carded, which means that Chelsea can hold on.
However, if Pacos Ferreira also receives a yellow card, it means that Chelsea may have to change their defensive strategy.
Mourinho is now only praying that Chelsea will score a second goal before Pacos Ferreira is booked, and that will give Mourinho a sense of security.
Quaresma's movements became more and more flexible as he watched the Chelsea players as he ran, and his radar-like scan made it seem as if the Chelsea defence would automatically reveal its flaws.
"Maybe you've put the treasure on Ferreira, right?" Quaresma smirked in his heart.
But he just won't make the Chelsea people proud, he just doesn't go head-on with Ferreira.
Anyway, the whole stadium is his turf, he can run wherever he wants, he can touch any opponent he wants, the initiative is completely in his hands, how can he let the Chelsea people be happy!
It's like right now, he's stumbling on Joe Cole, running to the right to get the ball and forcing Joe Cole to foul him.
Joe Cole is about to cry, what can he do?
He had already tried a yellow card for a misplaced defensive Quaresma, which made him constrained in defending and did not dare to make too many moves.
But Quaresma grasped this, entangled with him, and held on, making him miserable.
Ferreira, on the other hand, had to stick to his position, and could only watch Quaresma bully Joe Cole with a dry glare.
Quaresma's style of play is simply unreasonable!
In desperation, Mikel and Ashley Cole had to put their experience into defending Quaresma and liberate Joe Cole from his misery.
If they don't act, Joe Cole will go crazy.
However, Quaresma is not a dead-eyed person, this time he will be unleashed and if he can't use it, then he will go in another direction.
So, Quaresma reappeared in the middle and went to bully Essien.
Then, a goofy Essien smugly sent Quaresma to the ground and received Chelsea's sixth yellow card.
Mourinho on the sidelines almost got his mouth crooked, Essien, the bastard, didn't see Quaresma's strategy, and looked at Mourinho with a "you come and praise me" expression, which was simply speechless.
Mourinho can be seen from the bottom of the line, Quaresma is simply spreading wild, as long as he finds a breakthrough in any place, then Chelsea will inevitably face a collapse in the end.
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Mourinho shouted a few times into the pitch and made some gestures that only the players on the pitch could understand, and Chelsea had to change their strategy.
Switching from extreme defense to regular defense, foul play is no longer suitable for Quaresma.
The players on the field received the signal and breathed a sigh of relief.
If they continue to foul Quares, they are really worried that they will be ejected from the game with a red card.
If they really lose the game because they were sent off, then they are likely to become the ones who take the blame......
But there were people on the pitch at Chelsea who didn't quite understand.
Essien stared at Mourinho in puzzled eyes like a cow, and asked in his eyes - "We defended Quaresma very well, why didn't we foul us?" ”
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