15 The Verge

London's oldest top-flight derby began in October 1907 with the retired officers' 2-1 win over Woolwich Arsenal. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This is the 189th meeting between the two sides in history, with Arsenal holding the upper hand with 73 wins, 54 draws and 61 defeats. The two sides have met 49 times in the previous Premier League history, with Arsenal holding the upper hand with 19 wins, 14 draws and 16 losses, including 7 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats away.

Chelsea still lined up a 3-4-3 formation that had been honed into a game and won all the games, starting as follows:

Goalkeeper: No. 13 Thibaut Courtois

Defenders: Gary Cahill (c) 24, David Luiz 30, Cesar Azpilicueta 28

Midfielders: Marcos Alonso 3, Nemanja Matic 21, Ngulo Kante 7, Victor Moses 15

Forwards: No. 10 Eden Hazard, No. 19 Diego Costa, No. 11 Pedro Rodriguez

In the previous game, Chelsea only rotated Pedro for Willian, with Arsenal replacing the injured Aaron Ramsey at the back, Theo Walcott rotating Oliver Giroud as a right winger, and Chilean international Alex Sanchez in the centre-forward role.

In addition to the importance of points, this game is also a contest between Alexis Sanchez and Costa, who are tied for the top scorer in the Premier League.

In the tunnel of players, players from both sides lined up, and Arsenal's side looked grim, and the unexpected shock defeat to the underdogs in midweek made them feel that this game could not be missed again. Chelsea, on the other hand, looks more relaxed, after all, with a 9-point lead, even if you lose, it will not collapse, and there are opportunities to score points in the following fixtures.

Zhang Zhetian stood at the end, and there was no trace of nervousness on him, twisting his neck, shaking his hands together, and jumping lightly, making people feel that he was doing warm-up activities.

The Chelsea players next to him looked up and down with a curious face, the Premier League has not appeared in the past Chinese players, nor has there been no Eastern faces, and they have not less than Japanese and South Korean players, but for the first time in so many years, they are somewhat curious, and at the same time a little puzzled, why did Arsenal send him in such a major game, instead of the former Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Cech.

Alonso, who was born in the Real Madrid academy, can play left back and left wingback, and his height of 1.88 meters can play center back, standing next to Zhang Zhetian, who is about 1.81 meters tall, and secretly thought: "Such a short goalkeeper, can he prevent high-altitude bombing?" ”

As if sensing the gaze of the Chelsea players, Zhang Zhetian stretched out his right hand, spread his five fingers, pointed to his right hand with his left hand, and chuckled at the corner of his mouth.

Hey, this Chinese is not tall, but this palm is so big.

Seeing Zhang Zhetian's palm that was different from ordinary people, Chelsea and the others took a slight breath, first looked down at their hands, secretly compared them with Zhang Zhetian, and then looked at the palms of the Belgian country together.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, don't look at Courtois's height of nearly two meters, the palm of his hand is really not as big as Zhangzhetian.

Seeing Zhang Zhetian holding his head high and showing his huge palms towards them, the corners of the Chelsea generals' mouths twitched slightly, this kid must be hinting to them, with his big palms, no one wants to break his door.

It is indeed not difficult to guess that this is indeed what Zhang Zhetian means, and his palm has this innate advantage, so he naturally wants to put it out to deter the enemy. Whether it is useful or not, at least, psychologically, put more or less pressure on the other party, don't think that you are Chinese, so you can bully.

This is already a small trick when Zhang Zhetian waits in the player's tunnel every time he plays, whether it is useful or not, as long as he sees his giant palms, no one will not show a trace of surprise.

Without waiting for the Chelsea players to think about it, Martin Atkinson, the referee of the game, said: "It's out. "The players on both sides walked out of the aisle under the leadership of the referee team.

When he walked on the pitch, the big screen in the stadium stands was already introducing the lineups of the two sides, the initial formation, and the cheers of the fans in the stands were endless, while some close-ups of the stands appeared on the TV screen and computer screen.

Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger is still on suspension, so he can only watch from the stands.

Chelsea chairman Roman Abramovich was smiling and hugging a black man, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be Chelsea's meritorious player, the world's number one "monster" Didier Drogba.

Manchester City boss Josep Guardiola was shocked at Stamford Bridge, why did the bald boss appear in the stands at Chelsea?

Seeing this scene, the commentators and guests in the Sky Sports live broadcast room also exclaimed, Manchester City's game is on Sunday afternoon, so Guardiola came to Stamford Bridge to inspect two opponents who are competing for the title or the fourth?

But what they won't know is that Pep Guardiola is actually coming to see the Premier League debut, and he wants to prove for himself whether he was right.

Although he flew to Portugal to meet Zhang Zhetian in person, he was unable to reach an agreement in the end, but he was grateful for Gua Shuai's appreciation and "If you are leaving, please consider me first." This sentence touched Zhang Zhetian, who promised that if he transferred again, as long as his conditions were met, the team coached by Guardiola would be considered first.

Seeing Zhang Zhetian standing on the pitch with his hands on his back with his head held high and confident, Guardiola nodded secretly: He is really a genius born with a big heart, and it is rare for a young player to start for the first time and face the pressure brought by away games and strong opponents can still be as calm as Zhang Zhetian, even if he performs well, Gabriel Jesus, a Brazilian genius who started in the Premier League for the first time in the last league, is also very nervous when he plays.

Arsene Wenger sat in the stands, his hands clenched with a serious face, and the nervousness in his heart showed that he was feeling a huge pressure to remove the main goalkeeper Petr Cech in such an important game and start with an unknown Chinese teenager.

I remember that when he announced in the team that the main goalkeeper for the game against Chelsea would be Zhang Zhetian, Arsenal was in an uproar, only Cech and Zhang Zhetian were very indifferent, the former has communicated with Wenger, with more than 20 years of experience and goalkeeper intuition, he is very confident in Zhang Zhetian's performance in this game. And the latter, uh, because there is an agreement to join Arsenal, so it is not surprising at all, as long as he is not injured, the main goalkeeper can only be him.

Although there have been a few joint exercises on the training ground, after all, the time is too short, and the training match is always different from the official game.

But since it was Arsene Wenger's arrangement, and Cech did not show protest and dissatisfaction, the players who started with a feeling of confusion stepped onto the pitch to prepare for the upcoming battle of Tianwang Mountain.