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But in the next game, the situation was not so rosy.

Because the opponent is Arsenal's old rivals Chelsea.

Chelsea Football Club (Cantonese name: Che Lushi, Che Tsai, Che Zi), referred to as Chelsea, nicknamed the Blues, Blue Lions. Participated in the English Premier League, tied with Juventus, Bayern Munich, and Ajax as a European Grand Slam team. The club was founded on 14 March 1905 and is based at Stamford Bridge near the River Thames in the Hammersmith Fulham borough of London.

After Abou bought Chelsea, he spent a lot of money on reinforcements, and the team gradually became a giant. The team is known for its rock-solid defense and iron-blooded spirit, and is also known in the football world for its overly defensive "swing bus" tactics, and is one of the representative teams in football for its defensive counter-attacking play, as well as one of the most influential and successful teams in Europe and the world.

As of 3 May 2013, Chelsea have won four top-flight titles (one in the Old League One and three in the Premier League), seven FA Cups, five English League Cups, four Community Shields, two European Cup Winners' Cups, one UEFA Super Cup, one UEFA Champions League and one Europa League.

On 20 May 2012, Chelsea took on Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in the Champions League final. Chelsea were passive without John Terry, Ramirez, Meireles and Branislav Ivanovic but played extremely tenacious, with Muller giving Bayern the lead in the 83rd minute before Didier Drogba stepped up to equalise in the 88th minute just when everyone thought Chelsea's defeat was a foregone conclusion.

Bayern were awarded a penalty in extra-time when goalkeeper Petr Cech withstood the pressure and saved Robben's spot-kick.

Chelsea drew 1-1 with Bayern Munich after 120 minutes, with Juan Mata conceding the penalty shoot-out.

However, Cech burst out again, taking every penalty in the right direction and successfully saving from Olic and Schweinsteiger.

In the end, Drogba was able to score the crucial penalty. Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history.

The world was touched by the efforts of the old boys. Chelsea have officially qualified for the Champions League trophy!

On 3 June 2013, Chelsea Football Club announced through its official website that Jose Mourinho had been appointed as the club's head coach on a four-year contract.

The Magic Bird, the God of the Bridge, has finally returned to his forever home after years of wandering, and the wish of Blues fans for years has finally come true.

On 22 June 2013, Premier League giants Chelsea signed a 10-year £300 million (€353 million) shirt sponsorship deal with Adidas Sporting Goods, which would ignite a "recruitment frenzy" for new Blues boss Jose Mourinho.

Chelsea's previous shirt sponsorship contract was £20 million per year, and after it was raised to £30 million per year, it surpassed Manchester United, Liverpool, and Barcelona in the annual jersey sponsorship rankings, tied Arsenal, and was only one step away from Real Madrid at the top of the list.

After Mourinho took charge of Chelsea again, he began his own drastic rebuilding of the team, using 18 million pounds to poach Schurrle from Bayer Leverkusen, and another 30 million pounds to buy Brazil's talented midfielder Willian, and many other players, among which Eto'o's free transfer and Essien's return have greatly increased Chelsea's strength.

In addition, Mourinho is very familiar with Zhang Xu and knows Zhang Xu's strength and characteristics, perhaps, in the whole of England, only he knows how perverted Zhang Xu is, and only he has studied how to restrict Zhang Xu so seriously.

Prior to this game, Arsene Wenger had wanted to give up this game. Because for Arsenal, the League Cup is not a very important competition, it cannot be compared to the league and the FA Cup.

But after communicating with Zhang Xu, Wenger found that Zhang Xu had no intention of giving up at all, and after thinking about it again, Wenger decided to fight for it, because as long as he carried Chelsea, there would be no too strong opponents in the back, and the championship was almost a certainty.

Therefore, in this game, Wenger sent all the main players who could play.

It is still the familiar 3-2-3-2 double back formation: the goalkeeper is No. 1 Szczesny; The defenders are No. 3 - Sagna, No. 4 - Mertesacker, No. 6 - Koscielny; The midfielders are No. 18 Zhang Xu and No. 7 Rosicky, and the midfielders are No. 1 Ramsey, No. 11 Ozil and No. 10 Wilshere; Up front are No.12 Giroud and No.14 Theo Walcott.

Vermaelen and Cazorla and Bendtner were all on the bench.

Before the start of the game, Zhang Xu and Mourinho met.

"Hey, Zhang, I can't imagine that when we meet again, we will become rivals again, this is really the last thing I want to see." As soon as they met, Mourinho exclaimed in annoyance.

"Haha, Mr. Mourinho, you're laughing!" Zhang Xu touched the back of his head and said a little embarrassed.

"Zhang, I'm not joking, in fact, I originally planned to bring you to Chelsea, but unfortunately Dr. Wenger took the lead, I can only say that it is a pity!" Mourinho said seriously.

"Well, maybe it's fate!" Zhang Xu can only attribute all this to fate.

"Oh, by the way, I see the starting lineup you sent out, it seems that you are taking this game very seriously!" Mourinho asked seemingly nonchalantly.

"Hehe, Mr. Mourinho, don't try to get any news from me, but you should know my character, as long as I'm on the field, I've always been a person who wants to win! So, be careful! Ha ha! Zhang Xu blinked and said mischievously.

"Haha, in the face of a freak like you, it's not okay at all if you're not careful!" Mourinho laughed and skimmed over the embarrassment of the cliché.

At 7.45pm on 29 October 2013, Arsenal's home match against Chelsea kicked off at the Emirates Stadium in the fourth round of the 2013/14 English League Cup.

Chelsea beat Arsenal twice last season. Chelsea have won the last three of the five Carabao Cup meetings between the two sides, with Arsenal last winning in 1998. This is the 180th meeting between the two sides, with Arsenal holding the upper hand with 71 wins, 52 draws and 56 defeats.

Chelsea rotated 10 players, with only Gary Cahill continuing to play, Samuel Eto'o, Juan Mata, Willian and Kevin De Bruyne all in, with Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres coming to the bench.

At the start of the game, Chelsea appeared to be more proactive, attacking Arsenal with a frequent. However, Arsenal, under the leadership of Zhang Xu, responded calmly and did not give the other party any chance. On the contrary, every time Zhang Xu attacks the front, he can bring great threat to Chelsea.

In the 9th minute of the game, Giroud received a direct pass from Zhang Xu and suddenly had a powerful shot successfully blocked by the Chelsea goalkeeper.

A minute later, Mesut Ozil's cross from the left was blocked and deflected and Walcott's header was comfortably met by Chelsea goalkeeper Schwarzer.

In the 16th minute of the game, after Zhang Xu and Rosicky cooperated, he suddenly passed the ball over the top, and Giroud's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Azpilicueta.

In the 19th minute, Chelsea finally had a decent chance.

Willian passed the ball, De Bruyne cut inside on the left and shot from outside the edge of the box was easily blocked by Zhang Xu.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Wilshere picked up a pass, Ramsey picked out the attacking Schwarzer, and Cahill cleared in front of the empty goal in time.

Twenty-five minutes into the game, Arsenal finally took the lead. Zhang Xu quickly launched a counterattack after cutting off Willian's pass in midfield.

After playing twice with Ozil, Zhang Xu quickly approached the Chelsea penalty area, and then he made a hanging pass, which was saved by the opposing goalkeeper, Wilshere grabbed the first point and shot again! Got pounced again!

Walquette grabbed it again and stabbed it into the net from 11 yards out!

1 to 0! Arsenal finally take the lead!

After taking a one-goal lead, Zhang Xu felt that the wall blocking him had finally disappeared, and the team's offense suddenly became much smoother.

In the 28th minute of the game, Mikel was yellow carded for a tactical foul on Wilshere in the midfield.

In the 29th minute of the game, Cesar Azpilicueta's pass was intercepted, and Zhang Xu's diagonal shot from 18 yards on the left side of the penalty area went wide of the far corner.

However, after Mourinho's adjustments, Chelsea's attacking efficiency has gradually improved.

In the 30th minute of the game, Eto'o knocked back, and Essien's powerful shot from 20 yards was successfully blocked by Zhang Xu and cleared out of the sideline.

In the 42nd minute of the game, Mata and Willian passed the ball continuously, and Essien shot from 20 yards, but because Zhang Xu interfered, the shot was outrageously wide.

In the 49th minute, Willian passed the ball, and Eto'o cut inside from the left and fired a low shot from 20 yards that grazed the right post.

In the 52nd minute, Ramsey passed the ball and Giroud fired a low shot wide from 25 yards.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Ramsey's diagonal shot from 18 yards on the right side of the penalty area deflected into the far corner.

In the 55th minute, Rosicky passed the ball and the unguarded Giroud did not choose to shoot near the penalty spot, and his return pass cleared the Chelsea defence.

In the 63rd minute, Ramsey shook off De Bruyne and fired a powerful shot from 25 yards, but the ball grazed the left post and went wide.

In the 66th minute of the game, Arsenal expanded the score, Ozil hooked back on the left side of the penalty area, the opponent's defender cleared the ball with a header, and after Zhang Xu inserted it, he shot hard at the edge of the penalty area!

Two to zero! Arsenal seal the win!

At the same time, Arsenal also managed to break into the quarterfinals of the League Cup! (To be continued.) )