Chapter 489: Classic Cooperation

Chelsea vs. Arsenal is not a legend as the two teams have met so many times in the Premier League over the years.

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho wrestling with each other seems nothing new, from Jose Mourinho's first stay at the Bridge to his second move to Chelsea, the two have played each other many times, and they sometimes have to praise each other.

For example, Jose Mourinho said that Arsene Wenger was a great and persevering coach, while Arsene Wenger called Mourinho a bold and passionate coach.

In short, the two are also old rivals.

However, in the Premier League, the duel between Lin Yu and Benzema is the first time.

Benzema also had a brief glory in the Mourinho era, but unfortunately after Mourinho left, he has not been able to find his form, but because of a heart that does not admit defeat is making trouble, so he still refuses to leave Real Madrid, until this season, he is really a little unbearable, scolded by fans, despised by teammates, that feeling is really more uncomfortable than anything, he can't continue to stay in Real Madrid with a thick skin, change places, maybe he can do better.

So this season he took the refuge with Arsene Wenger and came to Arsenal, which is in the midst of a revival.

Not to mention, Wenger has a lot of experience in using players like Benzema who are more delicate in foot work, this season, after seven rounds of games, Lin Yu has scored 9 goals, second-ranked Suarez has scored 5 goals, and Benzema is ranked third with 4 goals, and his assists are several more than Suarez, and the state is really good.

Benzema doesn't think he can surpass Lin Yu, but he just wants to see if he can help his team win. After all, the value of a player is not only to compete for personal results, but also to help the team win.

Poor Benzema spent a few seasons at Real Madrid. Known as a Benzer cat, or even a stupid horse. However, after arriving at Arsenal, this title soon became a galloping horse and a civet, and it seems that the Benzema who used to kill all sides in Ligue 1 has come back again, and it was Wenger who gave him a second spring, and he naturally had to help Wenger win one victory after another.

Benzema has a bit of a cowardly personality, he is reluctant to fight back when others scold him, and on the pitch, he sometimes prefers to sacrifice his chances to score. It is also necessary to satisfy the desire of some players in the team to shoot, but unfortunately this is not the quality that a striker should have.

As a striker, assists are secondary, defense is secondary, goals are the focus, and even as a striker, it's okay to be alone.

Now Benzema is slowly changing, and the attacking group he and Ozil, Ramsey, and Walcott form a front-court attack group that really makes people see a championship-contending Arsenal. And not Arsenal in the race for the fourth.

Arsenal are now joint with Chelsea for top of the table, and second only for goals scored, which is quite an impressive record.

Nevertheless.

In this game against Chelsea, Arsene Wenger is the main force. Facing Lin Yu, who is in hot form, and Chelsea, who has been wronged in the Champions League and wants to be angry in the league. He didn't dare to slack off.

Arsene Wenger emphasised his pre-match focus on defending against Lin Yu, who was in last year's FA Cup final. found one of the ways to contain Lin Yu, that is, try not to let Lin Yu have a chance to get the ball. The whole team should try to control the ball as much as possible, so that Lin Yu can reduce the number of shots on goal.

The coach attaches so much importance to Lin Yu, which makes Benzema want to challenge Lin Yu, Wenger may think that Benzema's idea is beneficial to the improvement of the game state, so he didn't say anything, let him come.

Benzema's opportunity to perform came soon, so fast that even he didn't expect it.

In the fifth minute of the game, Wilshere took the ball on the side, then broke forward, saw Ivanovic come up to block, so a half-high ball was handed to Benzema in the middle, Benzema did not stop the ball, directly left his foot pad, half-high ball cushion to Ozil with his back to the goal, and then continued to plug in.

Mesut Ozil did not stop the ball, with his back to the goal, if he did, it was likely that the ball would have been snatched away by the Chelsea defenders, so he chose to pick it up directly with his foot, and the ball crossed the Chelsea backline and fell directly into the penalty area.

The ball hasn't hit the ground yet, and Benzema has already made it.

Petr Cech tried to make a block, but Benzema was so close that all Benzema had to do was stab the ball lightly and it easily flew past Petr's defence and into the back of the net.

"This kind of classic pass that is more Barcelona than Barcelona, from Wilshere to Benzema, to Ozil, and finally back to Benzema, the ball in the middle did not land, it went directly into the Chelsea goal!"

'It was such a beautiful goal, I can't help but praise it, when will our team Chelsea be able to play like this!' Even Chelsea's on-site commentary is waiting for you to envy, Arsenal under Wenger's tutelage is more beautiful in terms of playing style, which even Mourinho admits, but beautiful does not mean strong, so Mourinho is not willing to learn Wenger's football, he wants his own unique beautiful football, the kind of beautiful football that kills with one hit, and the kind of beautiful football that makes people's blood rush.

In just five minutes, Arsenal took the lead, and it was scored by Benzema, which gave Arsenal a clear morale boost, they thought Chelsea's home stadium would be difficult to play, but now it seems that it is nothing, is it not easy to lead?

"Benzema, he has indeed regained his lost aura, and now he is definitely a striker that all teams in the Premier League should be careful about! Including Chelsea! The player's own ability is not to say, whether it is shooting, dribbling or delicacy, it is stronger than the traditional center, if you want to talk about his shortcomings, that is, too selfless, this character determines that he may never be able to become a real super center, but it is not bad to be able to help the team win. ”

Benzema was thrilled after the goal and he didn't hide his mood to score at Stamford Bridge. This is an honor for him, but also a kind of self-affirmation. Self-proven, it means he's really starting to get used to the pace of the Premier League.

The first few games were not strong because the opponents were not strong. Although he has performed well, there are not many people who fancy him, but this game against Chelsea, if he still has such a good performance, it will really be impressive.

He looked at Lin Yu and said secretly in his heart: "That's right, my personal ability may really be inferior to yours, but we have cooperation and a team." Can you Chelsea come up with such a brilliant combination goal? ”

When he first came to Arsenal before, he thought that from Real Madrid to Arsenal, this is a kind of regression, from a high place to a low place, a helpless move.

Even when Mesut Ozil joined Arsenal, he asked Mesut in surprise: "Why go to a team like that?" ”

Now he doesn't think that way, Wenger's coaching ability, the help he can help the players, this is something that cannot be learned from other coaches. And today's Arsenal, with the smooth cooperation, may not be able to show a hand in the league and the Champions League this season, maybe they can also slap the face of their old club Real Madrid.

Perhaps Real Madrid fans thought it would be a good option to sell him. But for him, it was an insult, and he had already thought about it in his heart. If he has the opportunity to play against Real Madrid, he will definitely be in the best shape to help the team defeat Real Madrid. Then go and celebrate with wanton.

He is now full of hatred and jealousy towards Real Madrid. There is no trace of attachment left.

Lin Yu and Benzema have very little intersection, at most they have met in the Champions League, and it has been a long time, so he and Benzema have no feelings, but there is no grudge.

However, seeing Benzema's triumphant appearance, Lin Yu was a little unhappy, he knew what Benzema had to do, it was nothing more than because Arsenal played that exquisite goal.

Also, any team that plays that kind of goal is something to be proud of, and Benzema is understandable to do that. But Lin Yu just doesn't want anyone to be wild at Stamford Bridge, this is Chelsea's territory, my Lin Yu's territory, my territory is my decision, how can I allow outsiders to be proud here?

Come to think of it, if you want to fight Arsenal's arrogance, it is indispensable to score, and it is not enough to score an ordinary goal, this goal must also be scored beautifully, scored incomparably, preferably more exciting than Arsenal's goal.

Lin Yu is a person who does not admit defeat, and he is also a competitive person, since someone dares to provoke him at Stamford Bridge, then he must redouble his reward.

Despite being behind at home, it seemed that the Chelsea players, the Chelsea coaching staff and the Chelsea fans were at ease, without that frustration or frustration at all, as if they thought it was only a matter of time before they would win, and conceding a goal now was just a matter of making the game a little bit better.

Even the commentator said: "Although Arsenal opened the deadlock with a beautiful short pass in such a short time, they really have to work hard if they want to maintain this advantage, and everyone knows that Chelsea in the second half cannot afford to mess with it." ”

"Chelsea in the second half can't be messed with!" It seems to have become a conversation among fans, just like the "Arsenal of the Big Four" in the past.

Perhaps they really wanted to lock in the time of revenge until the second half, and the score did not change until the end of the first half, it was always 0-1, and Chelsea were down at home.

Some teams, when you watch them play, when they concede a goal, you think it's basically over, because it's hard to beat that team when they score a goal.

And some other teams, maybe a very small number of teams, when they concede a goal, you don't feel nervous at all, as if they can definitely come back from defeat to win, and they don't worry about it at all.

Chelsea are one of the very few teams right now, with a lot of quality, a terrifying attacking ability, and it's really a matter of conceding a goal.

When some media saw the Chelsea players walking out of the players' tunnel with a smile and a smile, they also criticized the Chelsea players for not knowing the tension and the seriousness of the situation, but he didn't think about it, is this the absolute belief in victory that will be shown by strong self-confidence?

At halftime, Mourinho did not make any adjustments, he believed in his lineup, if he even lost this lineup, then the next game did not need to be played, just admit defeat.

Arsenal also made no substitutions as they were outstanding throughout the 45 minutes of the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, the two teams began to attack fiercely, these two pairs are of equal strength, and the attack power is not ambiguous, but in defense, it is obvious that Chelsea is better than Arsenal, and there is no way to concede the goal in the first half, that is because the opponent's cooperation is too much against the sky, not to mention Chelsea's backline, the back line that Italy won the championship that year may not be able to prevent it.

Arsenal's tactics are to keep the ball, and then rely on short passes to move forward, but in the second half Chelsea obviously strengthened the midfield pressing, which made Arsenal's cooperation obviously become a little chaotic, after all, if you really want to talk about it, the whole Arsenal team, the really strong is only those midfielders, their back line can really only be regarded as second-rate, just play a dozen tailwind, once you encounter trouble, it really has to be a big problem. (To be continued......)