Chapter Ninety-Five: The Door God
It was Chelsea's turn to attack again, and much of the crowd at Stamford Bridge was nervous, with Blues fans praying in their hearts: pass, rush over.
Chelsea's counter-attack was quick, Cesc Fabregas received the ball and crossed the ball directly, Jones's header in the box was crossed, Costa jumped high, turned his neck, and shook his head at the ball.
The fans chanted again: go in, go in, and even some female and male fans stood up.
The Arsenal fans shouted: "Pounce! β
The ball was saved! Goalkeeper Petr Cech had just jumped up and down from the air and landed on the ground, and the object between his hands, it was a ball headed by Costa.
"How did you get out?" Many people who didn't see it clearly hurriedly asked their friends, but the excited Arsenal fans said: "I don't know either!" I just felt that as soon as he got up and jumped, as soon as his arm stretched, the football obediently drilled into his arms! I've never seen anything like this! Even when Cech was in peak form, he didn't feel so easy! Could it really be that God favors Arsenal today? β
And Cech used actual actions to tell everyone what a door god is! Jones raised his foot and hit a rolling ball, the football grazed the turf and flew towards the dead corner of the goal, Cech suddenly jumped to the right with his center of gravity, Cech was 196CM tall and his arms, just from the middle of the goal to the dead corner of the goal, covering it tightly, almost the moment he fell to the ground, the football came! Cech used all his strength to suckle and slammed his hands towards the football!
"Bang!" Soccer flies back!
Kodic looked in disbelief at the direction of Arsenal's goal: "It shouldn't be! Cech should be past his prime, but how can he be in such good form today? β
The goalkeeper who saved three almost inevitable shots in a row, the goalkeeper came to the state, and it was difficult for him to win this game!
Not only Kodic thought so, but even the Chelsea players and fans were wide-eyed, full of disbelief and surprise.
Because of the wonderful saves made by Cech now, compared with Arsenal, the morale of Chelsea players has indeed suffered a heavy blow, the opponent who was despised in the first half of the game, but in the second half they gave them three major shaves in succession, there is anger, but in the face of a out of form goalkeeper, more pressure and frustration.
In front of Cech who played well in the second half, who knows how far Cech's performance can lead Arsenal to go, Kodic now understands the players' thoughts very well, because he himself feels a little hot when he thinks about the consequences of the derby defeat.
However, as a manager, he had to do something to save the players when they were at a loss, so he asked Hazard to warm up and replaced Segura.
Speaking to Hazard: 'You know, we're in a bit of an awkward situation where we can only keep our heads held high, not backwards, not even stop. β
Gritting his teeth, Kodic said fiercely: "In order to win this game, after I let you play, it is an attack, no matter what, you must score in front of Arsenal!" They must not be allowed to go through the third ball! β
Chelsea will only have those games to win if they score ahead of their opponents, because their morale is already declining, scoring goals is the only way, and scoring at the hands of an in-form Petr Cech will be the only way to regain Chelsea's morale.
"Got it!" Hazard nodded in agreement.
After Eden Hazard came on, the game continued to start Chelsea's attack, but Arsenal were not far behind, because in the first half they were mainly defensive, and Arsenal's attacking posture was even more vigorous than Chelsea's.
The next ten minutes were a battle of attack and counter-attack, with football falling to Bellerin's feet and Arsenal players Alexandre Lacazette, Iwobi and Welbeck closing in near the centre circle.
Bellerin took a few steps with the ball and after attracting enough attention, he played a short pass to Alexandre Lacazette, who had replaced Alexis Sanchez in the second half, and Arsenal's pass picked up sharply.
Alexandre Lacazette played for Iwobi, who played a one-two with Welbeck before going straight to Bellerin on the edge of the box.
This wave of attacks Arsenal played smoothly and beautifully, so that the Arsenal commentators couldn't help but applaud: "It's like a dream-like attack, an attack that progresses layer by layer!" The Arsenal players work so well together that they don't have to search for the location of their teammates, as if they just run a few steps with the ball and pass it, and the ball can find its target on its own! β
Arsenal's current offensive tactics are not complicated at all, relying on running without the ball, and the biggest reliance is the tacit cooperation between the players, and there is no tacit understanding, which can be more solid than the training in the academy.
Bellerin broke through to the penalty area with the ball, Cahill made a fierce tackle at him, Bellerin pushed the ball out first, the ball hit the post directly, and then came a rebound, Cahill just breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly saw a figure flash in front of the goal! "Lacazette!" The Chelsea commentator exclaimed.
I saw Lacazette suddenly insert himself into the penalty area at high speed, and raised his right foot, and easily pushed forward towards the football! The ball immediately changed direction and flew back towards the goal! Courtois swooped down on the right side of his body like lightning! But before he could finish it, the ball had already passed through the gap between him and the ground and into the net!
βTOOOOOOORοΌ 1:2οΌ Arsenal took the lead at home to Chelsea on the road, and it was Alexandre Lacazette who stepped up to make a difference, the 26-year-old striker born in Lyon, France, who became a killer in front of Chelsea's goal. β
Arsenal fans chanted Alexandre Lacazette's name with their heads held high, and Stanford Stadium erupted into the first big climax of Arsenal fans since the start of the game! This goal made everyone who was on the side of the Arsenal fans stand up with excitement, and from this moment on, the situation of the game will be completely reversed!
Chelsea fans, on the other hand, looked at their own goal with disappointed eyes, thinking: just now we still had the advantage, and we almost scored, why did it be Arsenal's first goal.
I have played against Cech many times, and my former teammates are the main goalkeeper of Chelsea, and now Courtois has experienced how amazing Cech is in great form, so Courtois is very angry, I am not even as good as a 35-year-old goalkeeper, after seeing the languishing expressions on the faces of several players in the backfield, Courtois yelled at them: "When are you still downcast?" Do you really want to lose this game? We haven't lost yet! β
Cahill added: "We're only one goal down, we haven't lost yet, so cheer me up. Everyone heard the captain's voice in high spirits: "We're Chelsea, it's not over yet.
The defenders continued to run and defend, and after the restart, Chelsea also began to counter-attack and ushered in their second wave of attack in the second half.