No. 644: Battle Stamford Bridge!
Between the lightning and flint, the football flew out of the bottom line by grazing the column!
"Whew! ……”
Chelsea fans let out a breath as they felt their backs get wet and there was a cold sweat all over them.
"Good shot! ……”
The outnumbered Arsenal fans burst into applause.
Ancelotti was no longer able to sit comfortably on the bench, and he came to the command area with a gloomy face, yelling at his players, signaling them to focus on Arsenal's key players.
Sky Sports' commentator Bill exclaimed: "Arsenal took the lead and almost opened the scoring through fluid coordination! ”
With Arsene Wenger directing his players back into their own half after the restart, it was clear that Chelsea would be in for a stormy attack to follow.
As Arsene Wenger thought, in the following period, Chelsea intensified their attacking firepower, and for a while Arsenal roared in front of the goal.
In the third minute of the first half, Drogba fired a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball went over the crossbar!
Three minutes later, Chelsea were back in the hunt when Frank Lampard broke through Song's defence and fired a long-range shot wide of the back of the net from just outside the box!
In the ninth minute of the first half, Frank Lampard crossed diagonally into the penalty area, and Anelka leaned on Koscielny to shoot low, and the football slid out of the goal!
In order to curb Chelsea's attack, Arsenal increased the intensity of the confrontation, and in the twelfth minute of the first half, Drogba received Malouda's cross and suddenly shook off Song's defence.
Cut in!
Diaby made a very crisp tackle to bring the Ivorian down.
The referee awarded Chelsea a finely placed free-kick and showed Diaby the first yellow card of the game.
Frank Lampard's free-kick is blocked by the wall!
"Tick! ……”
The referee blew the whistle, pointed his right hand firmly at the penalty spot, and showed a yellow card to Van Persie!
Slow motion showed the ball hitting Van Persie's outstretched left arm, and the decision was accurate.
Van Persie argued with the referee that he did not deliberately handball, but he could not change the referee's decision.
ESPN shouted, "Penalty! Chelsea have the best chance to break the deadlock! ”
There was a huge cheer from the Chelsea fans in the stands, who even shouted Van Persie's name: "Van Persie! ”
"Van Persie!"
"Van Persie!"
As if the Dutch were their heroes.
Van Persie's face darkened, and it was clear that his mindset had changed, and it was an act of rubbing salt on the wound.
Reporters on the sidelines were discussing: "Does Van Persie really want to transfer to Chelsea, so he gives Chelsea a big gift?" ”
"No......"
"It's possible, the opening kick over the top, if he passes the ball a little deeper, Terry won't have a chance to push the ball out, Chen can go it alone!"
One has to admire the imagination of these journalists.
Drogba arrived at the penalty spot with a football in his arms and is now second in the scorers' list, two goals less than Chen.
Since the start of this season, he has scored seven goals in the first six rounds, and his form is not bad, and it can be described as "bursting in form".
In this case, of course, he wants to compete with Chen Fan in the shooter list.
"Tick!"
The referee's whistle blew and Drogba slowly ran towards the football, his rhythm changing as he ran.
"Smack! ……”
The ball flew like a cannonball towards the bottom right corner of the goal!
Almunia misjudged the direction and the football went into the net!
The ball is in!
1 to 0!
Chelsea were the first to break the deadlock thanks to Didier Drogba's penalty.
A tsunami of cheers rang out at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea fans excitedly waved their blue towels in their hands.
Ancelotti shook his fists and the pressure on his shoulders was taken off a lot.
Arsene Wenger's brow furrowed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal and went to the command area to encourage his players.
After the game resumed, Arsenal stepped up their attack, and Chen Fan took the lead and led the football to Chelsea's copper wall.
In order to curb Chen Fan's speed, Chelsea adopted a defensive strategy of containment, and Chen Fan was caught in the thick of the opposition, and he was surrounded by a blue color.
After failing to break through twice, Chen Fan frowned slightly.
If this had happened at the Theatre of Dreams, United fans would have taken the opportunity to taunt Chen, but there were no boos or cheers at Stamford Bridge at the moment.
Van Persie was fouled for handball and Chelsea fans taunted him by calling him by name, but they didn't do that to Chen.
Many foreign reporters on the sidelines were puzzled.
A London-based journalist explained: "Chelsea fans don't really want Van Persie to come to Chelsea, what they want most is Chen. ”
If this is the reason, then everything is clearly explained.
The bewildered reporter nodded, I see.
As time went on, the battle between the two sides on the pitch became more and more intense.
Every inch of land counts!
The two teams battled head-to-head at various points on the pitch, with screams ringing out from time to time.
In the 33rd minute of the first half, Frank Lampard and Song battled for a header when the heart of the Blues midfield suddenly collapsed on the turf with a scream.
Frank Lampard was eventually stretchered off the pitch and never played again, after which Chelsea announced that the Blues had suffered a concussion at the heart of the midfield and would be out for two weeks.
Carlo Ancelotti for John. Mikel.
Chelsea are a team that plays as a whole and Frank Lampard's departure will have limited impact on them.
The battle continued on the pitch, with Chen Fan becoming Arsenal's most infringed player, and whenever he picked up his pace, Chelsea immediately resorted to foul tactics, bringing him down and not giving him a chance to get close to the box.
For this, Chelsea paid the price of three yellow cards.
Chen Fan's attack was blocked, Van Persie struggled alone, and his form was really affected, with two missed shots and one flak in the limited shots.
Whenever he finishes his shot, the Chelsea fans chant his name.
The Dutchman's face grew more and more gloomy.
In the 41st minute of the first half, Chen Fan won the opportunity to get close to the Chelsea penalty area by rushing forward.
But when he got the ball and was about to cut inside to find a shot, Malouda simply brought him down.
"Tick! ……”
The referee blew the whistle and showed Malouda a yellow card and Arsenal won a well-placed direct free-kick.
The ESPN commentator said: 'This is the fourth yellow card a Chelsea player has received on Chen, which shows Chen's deterrent on the one hand, and on the other hand, Chen's game was very difficult. ”
Sky Sports' commentator Beal exclaimed: "Arsenal's attacking attack was completely contained by Chelsea except in the early stages of the game, and set-pieces were their best chance to score.
The goal was in a good position and Chan had a chance to take the opportunity to help Arsenal equalise! ”
On the court, Chen Fan endured the pain in his left ankle and stood up from the turf, and he wanted to take the free kick himself.
As Sky Sports commentator Beal said, he wanted to help Arsenal equalise with a free-kick.
Chelsea's midfielders were nervously lined up under the command of Cech, and I don't know why Cech was always dissatisfied with the wall and always felt that something was wrong. 10