Chapter 568: The Smell of Late Gunpowder

Watching Ielo complete his turn, Arsene Wenger and Mourinho were in the opposite mood.

Arsene Wenger knows this is a typical Muslim counter-attack, with a much higher success rate than many teams' quick counter-attacks, and the Chelsea player who is now on the front foot is still one of the fastest three players in the Premier League.

Not only is he exceptionally fast, but he also handles the ball with great calm, with a success rate of over 95 per cent so far, which is a very scary number, which means that Chelsea's quick counter-attack can be assured.

Coupled with the fact that Almunia is not a goalkeeper who is good at saving one-on-one goals, he prefers goal-line skills, so ......

The next shot is what Chelsea fans want to see, and it is also what Arsenal fans don't want to see, because they are already 1-0 down to Chelsea, and if the visitors score another goal, it will be 0-2, and they don't think Arsenal, who are two goals behind, still have a chance to equalise the score.

Iroh was very fast, receiving the ball in the corner of the box on the left, and at the moment the centre-back Galla was still two meters away, and the two meters became an insurmountable chasm.

Iello took the ball straight into the box and consciously swiped it to the right, which prevented the Frenchman from tackling the side.

Almunia knew he couldn't afford to wait, and he re-attacked after retreating to the line of the small penalty area, and at this moment, Gala consciously hit Iroh behind him, but the force was not obvious, and the referee ignored it.

However, because Gara's strength was not obvious, the impact on Airo was not very large, but he stumbled a little under his feet.

Seeing this, Almunia sped two paces and pounced on the ball at Iro's feet.

But how could Iroh let him pounce on the football lightly?

What Almunia doesn't know is that the moment the goalkeeper pounces on the ball is often the advantage of a technical player, because the moment he falls to the ground and pounces on the ball means that the goalkeeper's body center of gravity is completely under him, and the upper three roads are open, and what angle Ailu is looking for is here.

Mourinho saw the veteran Galla hitting Ailo behind him at the far end, and his heart was subconsciously cold, if Ailu was knocked down and the referee did not award a penalty, then this game would be difficult to say.

However, Iroh did not disappoint him, and while stumbling under his feet, he did not fall to the ground, but suddenly rubbed the bottom of his left foot against the bottom of the football in an extremely difficult situation.

This change was something that no one expected, even goalkeeper Almunia waited until the ball flew over his waist before his right hand subconsciously pounced on the ball, but the ball did not pause in the air to wait for his save......

So the football slowly ...... in the exclamations of all the fans on the scene Fly to the far corner of the goal.

The home fans then lost their voices, while the away fans seized the rare opportunity to burst out, filling the Emirates Stadium with their cheers with the 6,000 fans present.

After the goal, Iroh did not celebrate alone, because he felt that this kind of one-on-one ball was not difficult for him, as easy as chopping melons and vegetables, so he got up from the turf and jogged towards Shepchenko, who provided him with a wonderful assist.

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Ballack breaks the ball!! He passed the ball directly to Ai, who retreated to answer, and the Frenchman Klich was aggressively ready to foul, be careful! Oh? Pretty...... The ball was given to Shepchenko, who also pulled out the vacancy, and Ai turned and accelerated, which is the most common one-two combination in the Premier League! QuickPass! Pretty...... Ai is single-handed!! Will it go in? oh――**!! Damn the French, pretty...... Shoot! Ai made a shot in a desperate situation and the ball went in!!!! ”

The passionate voice of Chelsea TV commentator Clive Walker burst out of the noisy radio, sending all the older generation of Chelsea fans who were used to listening to the game on the radio chanting.

Uncle John, the doorman at the Cobham training base, was particularly excited, now holding the radio in his right hand to his right ear, while holding a photo of him with his grandson in his left hand, muttering, "See? 2:0! We are two goals ahead of Arsenal!! ”

After a short period of contemplation, Uncle John no longer had the same excitement as before, and instead looked relieved.

Standing in the second-floor stands at the far end of the Emirates Stadium, they were excited like children, jumping around the stands and shouting Elo's name loudly.

At this moment, Mourinho has passed the time period of excitement, he turned to explain to his assistant Boas, and asked Makelele and Bridge to warm up and wait for the game.

In his mind, 2:0 is a very appropriate scoreline, taking advantage of this score to replace the faster Bridge with Ferreira can effectively limit Walcott, and Makelele is to increase the coverage of the midfield defense, and at the same time allow him to lead the team's overall defense, when the counterattack can be played more sharply.

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The Arsenal players on the field fell to the bottom in an instant, seeing that the situation had turned around, and the equalizer was a matter of course, but at this moment, Chelsea seized the opportunity of a quick counterattack to expand the score difference to two goals, this huge psychological gap made it a little difficult for this group of young Arsenal players to recover.

Especially Fabregas, who made a passing error, the responsibility for losing the ball is entirely on him, even if he passes the ball half a second earlier, he will not be cut off by Ballack's fatal blow and play a quick counterattack, he pulls his hair with both hands, and his expression is quite painful.

The second is that Flamini, who thinks that Ailo is no different, before the game, Professor Wenger handed him the responsibility of defending Ailo, but in the 65th minute of the game, he was scored two goals by Ailo, which was completely dereliction of duty, even if the second goal was not directly related to him......

However, captain Gara clapped his hands at this time and encouraged his teammates to continue to cheer, after all, there are still more than 20 minutes left, and if he plays well, it is not impossible to equalize the score.

Two minutes later, Chelsea and Arsenal made changes at the same time, the faster and more mobile Van Persie replaced Adebayor, Chelsea replaced Ferreira with Bridge, and Makelele replaced right winger Malouda, and the formation changed to 442, Shepchenko continued to top the front, while Iello became more ranged, the entire midfield was his range of movement, and more importantly, he had the absolute right to fire in the Chelsea team.

That is to say, he can shoot at any time and anywhere without being dissatisfied by the manager and his teammates, of course, there must be a certain amount of rationality when shooting, if he blindly completes the shot, then it is another matter.

The game went on and Arsenal consciously picked up the tempo of the attack.

Fortunately, Mourinho had the foresight to replace the ineffective Malouda and replace an experienced veteran Makelele, whose experience and ability can help Chelsea now, especially in this area at the edge of the penalty area, which has basically been controlled by him.

It is difficult to break through Makelele's defensive area with only the central attacking combination of Rosicky and Cesc Fabregas, and he is not a single man, with the assistance of the two fierce men Mikel and Essien in front of him, it can be said that Mourinho has arranged three lines of defense in front of the central defender, which is enough to ensure that the door guarded by Cech is easy.

This, coupled with the fact that the star Iroh is cruising around the Arsenal backline, has made Arsenal's attacking players too cautious, and they are worried that Chelsea's rapid counter-attacks will start again, so the suddenness will be reduced and the threat will be reduced.

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In the blink of an eye, the game went to the 85th minute of the game, which means that there may not be ten minutes of injury time, leaving little time for the home team Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger has learned over the past 10 minutes that it would be wishful thinking to open a gap in the middle, so he made one final substitution midway through the second half, replacing Flamini with 19-year-old Dane Bendtner for a simple and crude long pass.

For traditional English teams, the long pass rushing tactic is no stranger, and it is quite familiar, because it is an advanced style of play created by the English decades ago.

Although with the advent of many technical and tactical plays, the current long pass rushing tactic can be regarded as the most outdated tactic, but for the current Arsenal, there is nothing more suitable than this set of tactics......

Because Bendtner has a height of 1.93m in the frontcourt, and Robin van Persie also has a height of 1.88m, this qiē and qiē all predict that Arsenal is the most correct to use this tactic.

So Chelsea's backline has been dangerous for a while.

But then again, while it looks like Arsenal's frequent ball and aerial battles, Cech's goal has not been tested because it's all mutual, which means that the pressure felt by Chelsea's defenders when they fight for the top is also felt by Arsenal's attacking players, and on a deeper level, Arsenal are under more pressure because this is their home stadium.

Time passed quietly in Arsenal's kick-off and the battle between the two sides of the game, and the time slowly came to the last minute of regular time.

At this moment, Cesc Fabregas changed his previous style of playing directly with the ball, and suddenly sent the ball to Walcott who came to the right, which was sent very suddenly, so that left fullback Ashley Cole was a little caught off guard, plus Walcoat was a straight sprint, and he had one more time to start, so he naturally couldn't keep up with Walcott, one of the three speed maniacs in the Premier League, so he could only choose to fall to the ground and stroke when Walcourt went forward.

But instead of tackling the football, Ashley Cole shoveled Walcott to the ground, and a tsunami of boos erupted from the stands to their traitors.

The Arsenal players on the pitch quit, and Ebo, who has a more fiery personality, rushed directly to question Ashley Cole, so it was normal for the players on both sides to have physical contact.

"The game went into the last minute of regulation time and the game finally got the smell of gunpowder...... Isn't it a little late, though? ”

Andy Gray shook his head and said.

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