Chapter Eighty-Six: The Long Journey (I)

Mourinho stood on the sidelines and waved his hand angrily, half unwilling, half helpless. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Such a lost goal, even he is a little speechless, Arsenal's series of passing cooperation, fast and accurate, like peers, their team's defense is very intact and compact, but it was directly penetrated by the opponent.

This is a crime of non-war.

Jose Mourinho has the feeling of facing Barcelona in La Liga, and when he was still the manager of Real Madrid, Barcelona's attack was also so layered, with wave after wave of short passes. The difference is that Arsenal's attack is more direct and faster, while Barcelona is more tempo-oriented.

Either way, this kind of passing ball play, Mourinho is "deeply hated". What he advocates is the uselessness of possession, to put it bluntly, is to win, even if he can't defend the whole game, even if the fans boo him together, it doesn't matter.

Mourinho's coaching philosophy and defensive counterattack tactics are actually very distinctive, which also allowed him to win a lot of championship honors, but when facing Barcelona, he is always deflated, and most of the time he eats defensive counterattack tactics, but he has been repeatedly hit hard by Barcelona, which can almost be said to be the first in the world, how can Mourinho not be resentful of this.

And now, Arsenal, which is also the main pass-and-receive cooperation, has also given him a head-on attack, which makes him even more depressed. Barcelona is okay, after all, in many encounters with it, most of them he has not been able to take advantage of, although he has been trying to think hard about the countermeasures to break the enemy, but he has lost a lot, and he has gradually gotten used to it.

But Arsenal is different, since he first became the head coach of Chelsea, the arsenal of the same London team has been suppressed by the Blues, and now, he has regained the coaching whip of the Blues, Arsenal's passing and receiving coordination has become more and more slippery, and until now, his team has been suppressed by this team that has been ridiculed.

Mourinho's depressed mood at the moment can be imagined.

However, as a famous manager, he did not lose his cool, he kept gesturing and yelling on the sidelines, asking the team to stabilize the defense first and not give Arsenal the opportunity to tear through the defense easily with the pass again.

With almost half an hour to go before the end of the game, Mourinho made the safest choice and at the same time, he began to make personnel changes.

In the 65th minute, Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres were substituted at the same time, with Demba Ba and Schurrle coming off the bench.

'Chelsea were the first to make substitutions. Demba Ba and Fernando Torres made a change in position, and with the substitution of Eden Hazard as a striker and striker Schurrle brought on the Blues' 4-3-3 formation, it was clear that Chelsea were stepping up their attack. ”

'Yes, Jose Mourinho doesn't want his side to go from top to second in the league after this game.

'After conceding again, Chelsea were calm and more focused on defence. Ha, I thought Mourinho would work hard again in the final period, but I didn't expect his substitution to be so sudden and so resolute. ”

'Is the passionate battle between Arsenal and Chelsea going on again? It's exciting to think about! ”

After securing his footing, Mourinho brought on two strikers in a row, with the obvious aim of strengthening the attack. And Demba Ba and Schurrle were also extremely active after they came on the field, and with it, the offensive of the whole Chelsea team gradually rose again.

Although they are now on the back side, most of Chelsea's players are still unconvinced, and the simple reason is that their mindset has not changed. In recent years, Arsenal has always been a role pressed by them, and now, in turn, they are ahead, is this a counterattack?

Chelsea, who are also London teams, naturally do not want to see Arsenal climb back on their heads, not to mention, they are only one goal behind now, the gap is not huge, and there is still a lot of game time, which is enough for them to see the hope of an equaliser or even a comeback.

With this in mind, Chelsea's line began to slowly settle again, because there were three centre-forwards in the front, their attack became extremely simple and direct, that is, to send the ball into the penalty area one by one, and let the three big men fight for it.

Don't look at the simple routine, but it has caused a lot of problems for Arsenal's defence. Koscielny and Mertesacker, the center-back pairing, is one of the best defender combinations in the Premier League, Koscielny has an excellent header, fast turning, and accurate grabbing, while Mertesacker turns slowly, but he is tall and big, almost a backfield air bully, and can firmly guard his own penalty area air dominance. The two complement each other and complement each other.

But now that Mertesacker is out of action due to injury, Koscielny is dragging Jenkinson, a new recruit, a little Alexander. Jenkinson's stature is not very tall, but he is characterized by his agility and good awareness. But the problem is that Chelsea don't play with you at all, people just let the football fly around in the penalty area, and it's useless for you to head the ball against others.

Koscielny, who was almost alone and struggled to support, was also a little unable to hold on under the repeated onslaught of Chelsea's three centre-forwards, and Arsenal's goalmouth danger came one after another.

In the 73rd minute, Costa barely pushed the ball back to the middle in front of the baseline, and Demba Ba followed up and jumped up to make a powerful head. Jenkinson was crushed by him, and could only watch as his opponent completed the shot with ease.

Fortunately, Cech had excellent reflexes and took a sideways leap to knock the ball off the line.

A minute later, the ball was played again into the Arsenal penalty area, Koscielny kept an eye on Costa, but for the other two centre-forwards, it was a lack of skills, and Jenkinson was once again abused by Demba Ba, the football was rubbed by the latter's head to the back post, and Schurrle's shot flew off the crossbar.

In the 77th minute, Costa also had a shot in the penalty area, after receiving a pass from a teammate, he leaned on Koscielny with his body and made a passing feint, but it was a sudden swing of his leg to shoot, Cech couldn't react, fortunately, the ball hit the post and saved Arsenal's life.

Chelsea's counter-attack was violent and aggressive, like a downpour of rain, and the Arsenal defence was like a small flower in a storm, swaying and in danger of being blown away at any moment.

'After the substitutions, Chelsea's attack is getting more and more intense!'

"Another shot...... Phew, Cech's heroic performance saved the Arsenal goal! This is not the way to go, Professor Wenger has to do something. ”

"Arsenal's offensive has slowed down during this period, which gives the opposition a chance to take advantage of it. If you can't suppress your opponent offensively, then your opponent will definitely go all out to counterattack! ”

The situation on the pitch turned against Arsenal, and although they were still ahead, if Chelsea were allowed to run wild in the box with such impunity, the score could be levelled in the next moment.

Wenger also couldn't sit still, called Boulder to his side, and said a few words, and soon, Boulder returned to the bench and gave a few orders, and several substitutes got up and began to warm up on the sidelines.

Three minutes later, Ramsey and De Busch were on the sidelines, with the fourth official holding up a sign with the numbers of Olivier Giroud and Cazorla on it.

Replacing a striker and a forward, replacing a central midfielder and a defender, Wenger's intention is also obvious, seeing the move, this is to strengthen the defense.

This is a very right adjustment, Chelsea's side is pouring out of the nest, crazy attack, Arsenal as the leading side, naturally there is no need to leave Giroud, the big tall man on the field, although he can act as a bridgehead in the counterattack, but his own speed is not fast, it will slow down the rhythm of the counterattack, leaving Sanchez in front, plus Qin Shou, it is enough.

Replacing Debusch is to strengthen the defense in the penalty area, and replacing Cazorla with Ramsey, on the one hand, the latter's physical fitness has dropped significantly, and on the other hand, it is to let Ramsey and Flamini form a double back to increase the interception of the midfield.

With no dead ball yet to be played, Ramsey and Debusy had to stand on the sidelines and wait for the goal.

At this time, the situation on the field was changing rapidly.

Arsenal, who were a little overwhelmed by Chelsea's ferocious offensive during this time, suddenly gained a great opportunity to counterattack.

Flamini's flying tackle from the edge of the box broke the ball away and brought it to Schurrle, and the referee gestured for the game to continue, signaling that the tackle was not fouled.

The Chelsea players were a little overwhelmed by the incident, but Flamini did not hesitate and swept the ball to the left while still on the ground, and Mesut Ozil took two steps back to keep the ball at his feet. Then, when I looked up, I saw a big foot kicking the football towards the front.

There was only one centre-forward left in front of Giroud, and although Chelsea pressed very forward, Giroud was still very closely guarded, so when Ozil raised his foot to pass forward, Cahill immediately posted Giroud.

Unexpectedly, Ozil's pass was not for Giroud, the football spanned almost half of the field, hit the right front on the other side, and when everyone was surprised and puzzled, a fiery red figure suddenly appeared in front of the originally empty right, like a sharp arrow off the string, fast and unparalleled.

"Qin! It's Qin! ”

"This is Arsenal's chance to fight back! Fight back quickly! ”

"Chong, Qin!"

Felipe, who remained in the half, was the first to realize that something was wrong and immediately ran towards the landing point of the football. He was closer to the landing point of the football, but Qin Shou's speed was faster, and after a few big strides and sprints, Qin Shou was already closer to the football.

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