Chapter 90: The Contest (I)

At this time, the broadcast camera was placed, and the figure with the ball in the center of the stadium was crazy! And the hype before the game, as well as the process of the game, and then the story before the game, are all hot topics! It's a blood-pumping game!

Ten minutes have passed since Chelsea's home game against Arsenal in the fifth round of the 2017-2018 English Premier League season.

Looking at those 10 minutes, Chelsea did not dominate possession at home, having enjoyed 55 per cent of possession in the first 10 minutes, while Arsenal also had 45 per cent.

Costa had two touches on the ball today, the first with a misplaced pass and the second with a set-piece in front of him, and his partner Jones had already had two shots on goal, one of which forced goalkeeper Petr Cech to make a brilliant save.

Overall, Chelsea at home were in a good streak of momentum, while Arsenal at Stamford Bridge were not as expected, but were brilliant and did a good job defensively and attackingly.

"Mustafi's defensive mistake this time easily allowed Jones to get the ball, on the field, Jones is moving forward with the ball, allowing the opponent's striker to easily get the ball in such a position, what is Mustafi thinking? Didn't he know that Jones had scored a double hat-trick in the first round of the Champions League? ”

"Come on! Jones! Show them how good you are! Chelsea fans shouted excitedly.

Just as the Chelsea fans at Rietamford Bridge were looking at Jones expectantly, Jones was unexpectedly cut off by an opposition defender while dribbling the ball, and he was too big to be cleared by the opponent's right-back Bellerin.

"Jones's performance in this game was a bit sluggish, huh? And when did Arsenal's defense get so good? Gullit looked at his partner and said incredulously.

Jones' dispossession drew a wave of regret from the crowd, but Chelsea fans already knew Jones' quality, so they didn't do much.

"Jones, what's wrong with you! You're out of shape in this game! It's a derby, but you don't have to be nervous, just show your strength. Costa patted Jones on the shoulder.

Jones nodded, Jones naturally knew that it was because the system weakened himself and strengthened Arsenal's situation, but as a newcomer who participated in the derby for the first time, he was still too young! Because the Arsenal players treated him like a superstar just now, he was also a little nervous! I don't know why, he has never been so nervous in the Champions League and the national team!

Soon, Jones got another chance to receive the ball outside the penalty area, this time he stopped beautifully, and it was Arsenal's defender Mustafi who was marking him, as a striker, he looked at the surrounding situation when receiving the ball, and he still didn't want to take the ball, and he still didn't expose his weaknesses.

So he chose to pass the ball back to Fabregas, the midfield engine who had already picked it up! Then he turned around and tried to wipe out Mustafi forward, but Mustafi had already predicted his intentions, and the moment Jones continued to cut forward, the German defender stuck his position and blocked Jones in front of him!

Damn it! Jones could only helplessly watch Bellerin clear the ball passed to him by Cesc Fabregas, and at Stanford Stadium, just when the Chelsea fans were sorry for Jones's failure to break into the penalty area just now, on the field, Arsenal, who had been on the defensive, began to organize a quick counterattack!

Bellerin's clearance was passed to midfielder Mesut Ozil, and the Germany international received the ball in midfield before passing it diagonally to the fast-moving striker Alexis Sanchez

The striker, who was shortlisted for the 2017 World Footballer of the Year award and was named in the 2017 World Team of the Year shortlist on 10 September 2017, looked up to see the situation up front before smashing the ball away from Cesar Azpilicueta for a steal!

'A wonderful dribble, Cesar Azpilicueta still lacks experience in the game, it doesn't matter if he's been played, Chelsea's backline has a hole!'

On June 23, 2017, in the second round of Group B of the Confederations Cup, Chile drew 1-1 with Germany, Sanchez opened the scoring in the 6th minute, and this goal also allowed Sanchez to surpass Marcelo Salas with 38 goals and become the top scorer in the history of the Chilean team.

Striker Alex Iwobi rushed forward to pick up, Sanchez took the ball, and saw that he would be surrounded by Cahill and Cesar Azpilicueta if he continued forward, and Chelsea's defensive attention was all on Sanchez! Alexis Sanchez had no choice but to deflect the ball, and the appearance of Alex Iwobi, an Arsenal academy graduate, instantly collapsed Chelsea's left-hand defence!

Alex Iwobi was quick to take advantage of Chelsea's lack of reinforcement and continued to dribble forward, aiming for a low cross, Iwobi felt in great shape today, and for the Chelsea left-back, he couldn't make up for it at all.

Iwobi got up to his feet after getting to his most accustomed cross, and with no interference at all, Iwobi delivered his most standard wide cross of the season, because of a series of quick blows from Arsenal just now, Chelseaa now had a bit of confusion in the position of the two centre-backs in the box, too far forward, and Iwobi's cross jumped directly over their heads.

It was Mesut Ozil who found the ball in the receiving position, and Mesut Ozil scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 15th minute of the first half, when the visiting Arsenal player 272 scored first!

'Former Real Madrid member 272 broke through the door for Chelsea with a blast shot, and it was neither Jones, who is currently number one in the Premier League's scorer list, nor Costa, the Premier League's second scorer who scored a hat-trick in the Champions League, to fire the first shot today!'

"It's 272 Mesut Ozil, his second Premier League goal of the season, and 272 runs like crazy after the goal to celebrate."

"It looks like Chelsea's Jones wasted a lot of chances in this game, it is estimated that he is in the first derby game, the game is completely out of shape, on the other hand, Arsenal played too well in this game, but they Mustafi to Jones man-to-man defense, he must have studied Jones before the game, came up with this method, Mustafi completed the task perfectly."

Gurlitt sighed: "It's also to blame Jones for being a player who has risen quickly, if this defensive method is useful, I'm afraid Jones will be mediocre in the future." ”