Arsenal certainly want to win, and although they are now exhausted from fighting on three fronts, no one will choose to give up at this time when hope and glory are just around the corner, even if they grit their teeth.

However, compared to Chelsea, Arsenal's momentum is still a little weaker, after all, this is their fifth game in 15 days, and Chelsea, without the drag of the Champions League, their fitness is much better.

Chelsea showed their determination to win from the start, even on the road, and Scolari was meticulous in the game, with Chelsea uncharacteristically fielding a midfield trio of Frank Lampard, Ballack and Essien to form an inverted triangle and press Arsenal's midfielders frantically from the start.

Although Lampard and Ballack are not superstars who are famous for their defense, the two also have body and fighting spirit, once they are entangled, it must be a very troublesome thing, Wenger arranged the disc midfield of Denilson and Fabregas in this game, but I didn't expect to be caught by Scolari, double forward to double back, Arsenal's ball became very difficult for a while.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Gala is back in the line of fire in this game, he and Vermaelen have gradually improved after a period of cooperation, and the back line of the two is many times more solid than one of them with Silvestri, so although Chelsea's attack is strong, Cesc Fabregas and De Nelson are also forced to be embarrassed, but Arsenal still stubbornly hold on to the defence.

Arsene Wenger was quick to see Scolari's intentions. It was to cut Cesc Fabregas off the front line and neutralise Arsenal's attack in their own half, and if things were allowed to continue like this, it was clear that Chelsea would have the absolute advantage on the pitch, and it was only a matter of time before they laid siege to Arsenal's gates.

After so many years of fighting in European football, what tactics has Wenger not seen? Scolari's trick was poisonous, but it wasn't his first one, as Mourinho had used it against Barcelona in the first place, when Frank Lampard and Duff had forced Xavi and Davies into a mess. 04-05 Champions League quarterfinals. Chelsea beat Barcelona 4-2 at home, and Mourinho relied on that trick.

Now that he has seen it, Wenger certainly knows how to break the defense, but the problem is actually very simple. Give the ball to the wing. Let the two wings assault the Chelsea defence. Whether it's a set-up or an inside cut, Essien can never really cover the entire midfield with a single midfielder, and Arsenal have plenty of space to sprint in Chelsea's half.

Speaking of sprints. The best fit for this task in the Arsenal squad is undoubtedly Theo Walcott, who has a speed of 9.77 seconds in the 100m, and when he actually runs, there is no one to intercept the ball from his feet.

The world's martial arts are unbreakable, only fast and unbreakable.

Arsene Wenger walked to the sidelines, naturally called Walket over and gave a few words, and when the game resumed, Chelsea quickly felt the change at Arsenal.

When Arsenal's midfielders Denilson and Cesc Fabregas got the ball, they never looked up for their team-mates in front of them, they started running straight down the flanks and then looking for the two wing-backs who dropped back in front of them. Arsenal's two full-backs were Rosicky and Theo Walcott, with Nasri resting with a minor injury and versatile Rosicky appearing in the left wing-back position.

Cesc Fabregas and Denilson have strengthened their links with the two wings, which has suddenly made Chelsea's defence a little more difficult, and the problem with the midfield three is the weakness of the wide defence, although theoretically both wingers Joe Brown. Kerr and Malouda or both sides of the flanks Belletti and Ashley. Kerr can defend by running, but a winger is a winger after all, a defender is a defender after all, and if you let them stand in the position of full-back for a long time to help defend, then why have three midfielders? How good is it to directly discharge the lineup of 442 at the beginning?

Arsene Wenger was keen to catch Chelsea's holes and responded, and it was up to Scolari to make a move.

Scolari's reaction was also very fast, in fact, he didn't think that he could eat Arsenal to death with the move of double midfield, all he wanted was to cut off Fabregas and the front field, so that he could not play his role in scheduling and forward, which he had done, when the side defense was tight, he did not hesitate to give the order, and the two forwards retreated together, changing the formation to 451.

Joe. Cole and Malouda were originally born in midfield, both of them are versatile, they can play wingers or full-backs, Joe Jr. has skills, Malouda has speed, no matter where they are in the position, it is the same for them, what is lacking is nothing more than a little farther away from the goal, and fewer opportunities to shoot.

But what is it compared to the team's victory?

And in essence, the retreat of Joe Jr. and Malouda has little impact on Chelsea's attack, Drogba is their bridgehead, Chelsea's attack with or without two wingers will eventually find this point, Drogba plays the ball in front, and Frank Lampard and Ballack in the back have strong long-range shooting skills, this way is the usual routine of Muhammad Chelsea, Scolari is currently just using it and adding a little bit of his own ideas.

As a result, Chelsea's attack has become more directional and the threat more direct.

Whether it is in this world or football, there are always some people in this world who cannot be stopped by manpower, even if others know that they are a great threat, but they cannot stop them. And people who have this ability, we usually call them "killers", the only difference is that in football, we call them "striker killers", and in society, we call them "professional killers".

There is O'Neal in the NBA, Drogba in football, including Ronaldo and Messi later, we all know that we can't give them any chance, but there are not many people who can really do it. Because their strength is beyond your imagination, you can try, but you can't stop it.

Although Drogba does not have the ability to score goals like Messi and Ronaldo, no one can doubt that at his peak, he has no defender who can easily grab his striker, even if he knows that Chelsea puts him in the front court as a lighthouse, but there are few who can stop him from doing the ball, and the good body does not have his skills, and the good skills will be suppressed by him with his body. Count and count. At that time, the only person in the Premier League who could be called able to restrain him was probably Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand, and if you insist on talking about others, his teammate John Terry may also be one.

However, neither of them is in Arsenal's squad. Vermaelen is good. But only 1.8 meters. Gala was a little taller, but compared to Droba, Gala was just a dwarven musketeer next to the monster. When Chelsea began to resolutely raise the ball high in search of Drogba, the two of them could only watch the ball fly in the air.

Wenger's brow furrowed again.

Sometimes the stadium is really the same as the battlefield, the two armies face each other, each with a strange move, the two sides set up a formation to come up with their own arrangement, you make a move here, I will return a move after resolving it, and then it is your turn to break the move, if both sides can crack each other's tricks, then the two armies are likely to fight back and forth in the end it is likely to be a draw, or which side is lucky to win a game first; But if one side can't catch the other party's tricks, the end is likely to be defeated, and he will become a defeated general.

Scolari showed his second change and Wenger began to feel a little overwhelmed.

The problem is not that he is tactically behind Scolari, but that Arsenal have been fighting so hard that Arsene Wenger is running out of men. Nasri did not appear in the squad for this game, and Eduardo sat in the stands with him, and the two main full-backs Clichy and Sagna were also tired in this game, replacing them with Gibbs and Eboue, counting over and over, the only change that Arsenal can play is only Descartes, but Descartes has to stay until the second half to play again to shock the opponent, what hole cards does Wenger have in his hand?

After thinking about it, Wenger finally replaced Ramsey, who is gradually emerging this season, to replace Bendtner, and Arsenal also changed the formation to 451.

Ramsey's purpose on the field is to take over Fabregas's position to connect the attack between the midfield and the back, Fabregas was chased and intercepted by Frank Lampard and Ballack, unable to step forward to respond and organize, Wenger simply sent the Welsh youngster, known as "Fabregas second", to take over his job, as for Xiaofa, let him involve the energy of Lampard and Ballack.

Ramsey is a promising young player, he and Descartes were brought to Arsenal by Arsene Wenger in the same year, but after Henry's departure, Descartes quickly became an important rotation player in the forward line, and Ramsey has never been able to find a place in the talented Arsenal midfield, so far, among the players in the same reserve team as Descartes, only Walcott has gradually settled in the position of the team's main right midfield, such as Beila, Ramsey, Frimpong, etc., are still hovering between substitutes and rotation players.

Arsene Wenger must have taken a big risk to send Ramsey, who is one year younger than Descartes, in such an important game, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and at this time in the season, Wenger really has no other way but to hope that the young player he has promoted can take on the responsibility of the team.

Ramsey's performance did not disappoint Wenger, he played a decent pass and received the ball or organized the attack after he came on the field, and there were no unnecessary mistakes, but in the final analysis, his performance can only be regarded as mediocre, but there is not much to brilliant.

The deadlock was finally broken in the 41st minute of the first half, when Drogba used his height to snatch a header and Frank Lampard, who was following him, forced his foot on the back of the net under Denilson's interference, the ball grazed Galla's heel and changed course in flight, before Almunia finally pounced on a cloud of air and the ball flew into the net from the other direction.

This ball has a little luck in it, but it can also be clearly seen that Arsenal has basically no way to attack Chelsea's unreasonableness, neither Vermaelen nor Galla have the capital to compete with Drogba, this goal can be said to be an accident or an inevitability.

Arsene Wenger rubbed his eyebrows and reluctantly made the second substitution of the game, Alexander. Song replaced Denilson and Xiaofa in the back. Arsene Wenger has identified the problem, he needs a full-time defensive midfielder to compete for the second place, otherwise the triangular combination of Drogba, Frank Lampard and Ballack will pose an infinite threat to Arsenal.

The substitution wasted a few minutes, and before the effect could be seen, the referee had already blown the whistle for the end of the first half, and the Arsenal fans began their entertainment in a loud noise, they were all waiting for the changes that would take place in the second half, and everyone knew that the appearance of Descartes in the second half was the moment when Arsenal sounded the horn of the counterattack, and Descartes had gradually become their belief. Flutes. eternal life.

Sure enough, when Descartes appeared near the center circle as soon as the second half began, the Arsenal fans also set off a huge cheer at the right time, and they all knew it. Descartes is Arsenal's "man who can solve problems" right now. It's past the season. He will be officially crowned Arsenal's new leader.

Fabregas's departure is irreversible, but fans are finding more solace in Descartes, who is about to turn 20 and is even younger than Cesc Fabregas. But he is different from the past Arsenal captains, he is more direct and full of domineering, his ambition is not disguised, Arsenal fans like this, if you want to be a champion, you can say it directly, much better than those hypocritical guys who hide and don't even dare to say their goals out loud, Arsenal is a giant, what they want is the championship, what is there to be humble?

Speaking of which, we have to mention the Nike sneakers endorsed by Descartes, when his advertising and the phrase "each" appeared on the TV screen or the huge advertising space of the high-rise building, Arsenal fans have been unable to help falling in love with this Italian guy, this advertising slogan is really domineering, it is completely in line with the rebellious character and self-centered value system of contemporary young people, so although this advertisement is still only broadcast in England, But Nike's sneakers increased sales by 600,000 pairs within two months of the ad, overpowering Adidas, which has made Europe its backyard, and surpassing its old rival Graham, Nike's regional sports marketing director for England and Ireland, for the first time in the UK domestic quarterly sales chart. Bartlett has become the person of the year within Nike, you know, even Ronaldo did not help them sell so many sneakers, last year in Ronaldo's peak season, Nike statistics that Ronaldo only increased sales for the company in the UK by 17% throughout the year, that is, about 1 million pairs of sneakers, but Descartes only took 3 months to reach his 60% results, and by the end of this year, is the agreement reached between Bartlet and Descartes about to be implemented?

The player who can help Nike sell 2 million pairs of sneakers is definitely worthy of Nike to create a sports series for him, not only that, Nike is also ready to expand the scope of cooperation with Descartes, their goals are no longer limited to sneakers, sportswear, sports backpacks, and even other sports equipment, they are ready to carry out more comprehensive and in-depth cooperation with Descartes.

Nike aside, let's get back to the FA Cup.

Arsenal fans understand the role of Descartes and as their opponents, Chelsea certainly understand the threat that Descartes poses, so when Descartes touched the ball for the first time on the pitch, he was taken seriously.

Although there is no concept of "bag" in the field of basketball on the football field, it is because the football field is too wide and too big, and if you do any "bag", it will be self-defeating, but Chelsea still uses the ubiquitous double block to make Descartes understand what it means to "linger".

When he first received the ball from Ramsay's feet, he felt Alex behind him squeeze and pull him at every turn, while Essien in front of him directly let Ramsey go and rushed towards Descartes without hesitation.

Descartes replaced Rosicky, Wenger put Ramsey on the right and Walcott on the left, and when Descartes appeared on the pitch, Wenger no longer had to worry about the offensive organization in the front, so he reverted to 442, and Van Persie remained on the pitch to assist Descartes.

So at this time, in the center of the field, if Fabregas does not rush up to answer, Descartes actually has only two passing targets, one is Ramsey on the right, and the other is Van Persie next to him.

Essien dropped Ramsey over and Descartes didn't hesitate to pass the ball to Ramsey. But in the moment Ramsey got the ball, Chelsea's left-back Ashley Ashley was the next player at Chelsea left-back. Cole also stepped up, Ramsey had no choice but to pass the ball back to Eboue behind him, so Arsenal's attack was forced back into the half, which was equivalent to the end of the attack.

This is only the first test between the two sides, and neither Descartes nor the Chelsea players will think that this is the tone of the game, although Descartes has not broken through as many times as Cristiano Ronaldo or Walcott, but his breakthrough success rate is actually quite high, and Scolari has pointed this out for the Chelsea players before the game. When the game comes to a critical moment. Descartes' breakthrough success rate was almost 77 percent, which was an extremely terrifying number, which meant that when Descartes really wanted to break through, no one could intercept him.

Therefore, Scolari's strategy for this game is to play as a central defender. A back waist clip. Fight not to give Descartes a chance to turn around. Everyone knows that having the opposing striker face the goal and having his back to the goal are completely two different concepts, even if it is Messi. When he had his back to goal most of the time, he couldn't make that crazy break.

This top central defender is sometimes Terry, sometimes Alex, it depends on where Descartes receives the ball, but the most important thing is Essien's defense, Arsenal's back can not be filled, which gives Essien more space, so that he can limit Descartes without distraction, Essin nicknamed "Ghanaian Buffalo", he has an absolute advantage over Descartes in terms of physical fitness, once he is entangled, Descartes will still feel extremely uncomfortable.

Descartes then began to battle his wits with the Chelsea defenders outside the penalty line, compared to his size, whether it was Essien, Terry or Alex, they looked like dragons breathing fire, while Descartes was the skinny elf with a sword, tossing and turning between the three dragons, trying to break through the dragon's defenses by all means.

It's just that Arsenal's midfield has been more or less suppressed by Chelsea, which makes Descartes unable to achieve results even if he tries his best, because Fabregas is pinned down by Ballack and Lampard, and cannot go up to the midfield to meet him, which makes his way of the ball easy to see through by Chelsea's defenders, as long as they strengthen the marking of Van Persie and the two full-backs, Descartes can't even pass the ball, and finally can only stumble and cut off the ball in the offer of Essien and the defenders. Give Chelsea another chance to fight back.

After so many times, Descartes finally understood Scolari's idea, his plan is very clear, suppress Arsenal's central connection, block Descartes' passing lane, and completely cut off all kinds of connections between Arsenal's back and front, front and front, I have to say that it is not easy to do this, but the Chelsea players performed very beautifully in this game, they did almost flawlessly everything Scolari's arrangement.

Although they are still only 1-0 up at the moment, in the eyes of most people, they have completely dominated the game, and this time, Arsenal are really dangerous.

But is Chelsea's arrangement really foolproof? Descartes didn't see it that way.

Scolari set the cage that trapped Descartes on the front line of the penalty area, and it is fair to say that he is not without risk in doing so, because once his cage is breached by Descartes, Cech will face directly against Arsenal's attacking players, which is undoubtedly a double-edged sword, and all the pressure is on the three players of Terry, Alex and Essien.

But Scolari is also forced to do this, of course he can withdraw Ballack or Lampard to stabilize the defense at the back, so that it is easier to clamp down on Descartes, but once Ballack or Lampard retreats, he will face the liberated Fabregas, and then Chelsea's defense is also in danger of being breached, you know, before Descartes, Fabregas is the real core of Arsenal, Chelsea finally trapped him, How could it be so easy to let him out?

In this way, Scolari can only ask the three of Terry to do their best to prevent Descartes, win, can't prevent, die.

It's that simple.

The trio remained solid until 30 minutes into the second half, which finally led Scolari to let out a long breath in his chest, and he secretly clenched his fist. This game is basically won!

But just when Scolari breathed a sigh of relief, the armpit on the field suddenly changed, and Descartes took the ball again, this time he didn't show any hesitation, he didn't even have any action to pass the ball, he leaned directly on Alex's body and began to force a turn, he wanted to break through!

Alex and Terry and others had been specifically advised by Scolari before the game, and they naturally responded to Descartes' forced breakthrough. At the moment when Descartes turned around. Terry next to him had already leaned over, Essien behind him also quickened his pace, and Alex was more straightforward, he stuck directly to Descartes's body. Even if he can't keep his ball. and keep his people.

Not as expected by the Chelsea defenders. Descartes was only halfway through the turn to declare his breakthrough a failure, as Alex's sudden forward pressure caused him to lose his center of gravity, and he fell to the turf. And the ball that was kicked out was got by Terry.

John Terry was about to kick the ball out when the referee's whistle suddenly blew, and several Chelsea defenders who had just relaxed their bodies were startled at the same time, and Scolari on the sidelines also felt that the hairs on his body stood up, and he unconsciously stood up from the dugout, and then walked to the sideline in a few small steps.

Foul! The referee blew Alex for a scramble foul.

In fact, there is nothing to argue about this ball, Alex lifted his body when Descartes' center of gravity was unstable, this kind of ball is a foul if it is tighter, and the referee's whistle may not be anything if it is loose, but the size gap between Descartes and Alex is a bit big, which also makes his fall look more serious, so the referee blew the whistle, and the Chelsea defenders acquiesced to this fact after arguing for a few sentences.

It's just that the place where they fouled was near the top of the arc near the center of the big penalty area.

Everyone knows that this position has always been a battleground, and every year the free kicks scored from this position are at least three times more than the goals scored in other positions, and for those free kick masters, the free kick in this position is even easier than the penalty kick, Beckham's out-of-the-sky fairy, Juninho Jr.'s S-arc, including Carlos's six-metre diameter stunning arc, are all scored near this position, and the free kick awarded here is not much different from the penalty in the penalty area.

The only thing that can leave Scolari and the Blues up to chance is that Arsenal don't have any free-kick specialists in their squad at the moment, with Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas taking the majority of Arsenal's free-kicks, but Arsenal have scored from direct free-kicks four times in the last four seasons, which is the most important reason why Scolari has dared to put Chelsea on the line of the penalty area, as they don't have to worry too much about fouls in this area.

But I don't know why, Scolari suddenly felt something wrong this time, but he couldn't say the specific reason, he could only paced anxiously around the sideline, observing the Arsenal players one by one.

This time, it was not only Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas standing behind the ball, but also Descartes.

Descartes?

Scolari pinched his chin, when did this guy start taking free-kicks?

Scolari sifted through his mind to make sure that Descartes had not taken a free-kick this season, not even an indirect free-kick, so he quickly shook his head and turned his attention back to Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas.

Number 11 or number 4? That's a problem.

The referee blew the kick-off whistle and Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas were on tiptoe on the ground at the same time, and the Chelsea walls were all tense, with several tall men such as Drogartley already covering their lower bodies and ready to jump, when they saw Descartes burst out and pick up speed against the ball.

Descartes? The Chelsea players have the same attitude as Scolari, who is clearly a front and the free-kick must have been executed by Cesc Fabregas or Robin van Persie.

It wasn't until Descartes' instep touched the bottom of the ball that the Chelsea players reacted, was it really him?

It's really him!

The ball spun hard over the heads of the unsuspecting Chelsea players, and it wasn't until long after the ball had flown past that the players jumped unconsciously, but it was too late because the ball had already appeared behind them, in front of Petr's eyes.

And Cech is actually the same as his teammates, no matter what, he didn't expect the ball to be punished by Descartes, and even when the ball has flown off the ground, his vision is still blocked by the human wall, when the ball really appears in Cech's field of vision, his eyes are already full of despair, too fast, the ball is completely unexpected by him, so he is not even ready to save, the ball rushes into the net with the sound of howling wind, And Cech was still in the frog position at this time, half-crouching on the goal line.

This is in?

Yes, that's in!

Even Arsenal fans didn't react for a brief moment, until the ball bounced inside the Chelsea goal and fell to the ground, and the 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium erupted into frantic shouts.

Tens of thousands of fans shouted in unison, bringing not only the high morale of the Arsenal players, but also the unspeakable disappointment of the Chelsea players.

After so many arrangements before the game, hard work on the pitch for 80 minutes, hard work to block all Arsenal's offensive routes, but all of this was defeated by a free kick, the score is still 1:1, but in the hearts of the Chelsea players, the shadow of defeat has inevitably shrouded their hearts, this is Arsenal's home stadium, they will not only pass the ball, but also kick free kicks, and so on, many unfavorable factors suddenly came to the hearts of the Chelsea players, The previous hard work and the momentum of seeing death as if it were home gradually faded, and in its place was the fatigue accumulated from the beginning of the season to the present.

No matter how hard we try, I'm afraid we will be defeated, right?

This kind of thought slowly climbed into the hearts of Chelsea players, Mourinho's departure, took away not only strict discipline, but also the Chelsea soldiers in the heart of the invincible belief, last season by Manchester United double, has made their hearts a few wisps of haze, to this day, this impact is finally fully reflected, the former iron division, collapsed.

Scolari was still trying to beckon the players to cheer up and continue to play the game, the game had not yet been decided, they were likely to face overtime, but when he saw the blank eyes of the players, his heart chuckled, this kind of look ...... This kind of look, he has seen, the four-star Brazil he took over, the players are this kind of look, confused, at a loss, don't know what the outcome will be, have no intention of fighting, and lose consecutive games in the World Cup qualifiers, almost breaking the record that the Brazilian team has never missed the World Cup.

At the time, neither Rafael Leao nor Luxenberg could do anything about it, but it was Scolari who transformed the Brazilian team, injecting discipline, defence, purpose, and belief into the team, which led to the rebirth of Brazil, winning the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and earning the five-star crown.

But this time, can Scolari save Chelsea? (To be continued......)