Chapter 115: Familiar Recipe, Familiar Taste
Calmly staring at the field, Wenger didn't think about what his two former disciples were thinking at this time, he cared about the present.
He knew that the vast majority of people were not optimistic about him, but he believed that these disciples would not let him down, especially Xiang Hao.
Kunpeng is destined to go against the wind.
Arsene Wenger believes that he will be able to transform again in this game, and this game is also a monthly test for him, a battle to test his strength.
"Toot!"
Webber blew the whistle, and in the 2008-2009 season, in the fifteenth round of the Premier League, Arsenal's away game against Chelsea officially began.
Chelsea kicked off first, and after Drogba handed the ball to his midfield team-mate, he rushed forward as soon as possible.
When passing by Xiang Hao's side, Drogba deliberately glanced at Xiang Hao.
Xiang Hao didn't care about Drogba, although Drogba has the saying of Arsenal's nemesis, but Xiang Hao is not enough to stare at him from the beginning of the game.
However, Xiang Hao did start, but rushed to the left back, where the opponent's attack had already started.
There, Ballack and Frank Lampard combined to press the situation, and the skinny Walcott was no match for either of them.
Sure enough, in front of Walcott, the Germans didn't need any shaking at all, and directly used their bodies to resist, crossed Walcott's defense line, and killed directly from the outside.
"Bang!"
In the competition of strength, at the moment when Barak cut in, Xiang Hao had already chased directly from his side, and drove and suppressed the other party, without letting it go at all.
'Damn, how can this kid be so strong. ’
Xiang Hao's strength surprised Barak, and when Xiang Hao caught up, Barak had already noticed his movements.
However, the strong body did not allow Barak to dodge in the slightest, although the height was about the same, it was obvious that Barak's body was larger.
The absolute physical advantage made Balak very relieved, but at this time, he knew that he was careless.
Although Xiang Hao's strength was not enough to make Ballack lose his center of gravity and directly lose control of the ball, the rhythm was suddenly messed up, and it was difficult to do whatever he did next.
As the saying goes, if people's hearts are scattered, the team will not be easy to lead.
Fortunately, Ballack was not Adebayo, and the moment he felt that his rhythm was wrong, he immediately made his first choice, took a few steps outside, unloaded the impact that Xiang Hao brought to him, and then handed back to make a perfect transition to the ball.
Chelsea's first wave of attack was blocked and the organization was restarted.
Although the first wave of Chelsea's attack was ineffective, Chelsea's attack did not diminish in the slightest.
Amid the cheers of more than 40,000 Chelsea fans in the stadium, Chelsea's offensive exploded like a blowout from the start.
Chelsea's three lines are like steel knives stuck in a person's skin, and they could be a fatal blow to Arsenal at any moment.
The main thing is that Arsenal's midfielders can't get the ball, and the Chelsea midfield quartet is ready to say that they have suppressed Arsenal's midfield line.
Arsene Wenger sent a 433 formation, which was clearly playing the attacking card, but in doing so, Arsenal's midfield was out of balance.
Scolari, on the other hand, is 442 and has taken the risk of putting Drogba, who has just returned, on the pitch in order to disrupt the ball in Arsenal's midfield.
Chelsea's four midfielders have Deco in terms of technique and Mikel in terms of fitness.
As for Frank Lampard and Ballack, it's a combination and, more importantly, their impact.
Arsenal's midfield trio can't hold each other down, plus there is Drogba, so that no matter how you defend, you can do Arsenal's players at any time.
Relying on Denilson alone can't hold it at all, Xiang Hao can't put all his attention on the offense, more retract, relying on Fabregas alone, can't support the delivery of the ball from the midfield to the front.
The midfielder can't do the other side, is suppressed, and Arsenal falls into passivity, which has become an inevitable trend.
The situation became unfavorable to Arsenal little by little, and Xiang Hao was even more tired of tug-of-war, and he had to fight with all his might at the beginning of the game.
"Toot!"
As soon as the whistle blew, Webb stopped the game as soon as possible and rushed to the scene of the incident.
Drogba covered his calves and fell to the ground in pain, while beside him was Xiang Hao with an innocent face.
"Shhh
"Damn Oriental, is that what you can do!"
"Hehe, is this the new Vieira you are boasting about."
"Punish him, punish him!"
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In the eighteenth minute of the game, Xiang Hao had to take the initiative to receive a yellow card and contribute to Drogba.
I have to say that the Ivorian is indeed strong, and this strength is not only reflected in his physical fitness, but also in his use of his body.
When competing with Xiang Hao for the high-altitude ball, Drogba exerted force three times in a row in a very small space, each time it was bigger than the other, but each time it was shorter than the other, and he didn't give Xiang Hao a chance to counterattack at all.
Xiang Hao felt that he couldn't exert his strength, it was very bad, not only that, but his position had also been slowly pushed away by him.
On the fourth contact, the ball was already about to fall, and Xiang Hao couldn't give up his position anymore, so he was ruthless in his heart and exerted his strength.
When he came into contact with Drogba's body, Xiang Hao knew that he had been fooled, and the other party had no strength at all.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiang Hao's strength went out, Drogba's whole person also fell to the ground.
Weber was not polite at all, not only blew Xiang Hao's foul, but also gave Xiang Hao a topaz.
"How can this foul give a card, that person is obviously faking a fall, before my team member fell to the ground, why didn't you blow it!"
Seeing that Xiang Hao received a yellow card in the eighteenth minute of the game, Wenger was almost mad and ran to the fourth official to protest loudly.
This yellow card is really terrible, only 18 minutes, Arsenal's most relied on offensive and defensive core Xiang Hao, got a yellow card.
There was still more than an hour to go, and Xiang Hao didn't dare to make a move at all.
As a result, Arsenal's already passive situation is even more embarrassing.
A feeling of being tied hand and foot, how Wenger is not in a hurry.
"Arsenal was passive, Wenger's 433 formation was guessed by Scolari from the beginning, and the midfield quartet led by Lampard gave Arsenal a great sense of pressure.
At this time, someone has to stand up and break the situation, Hao can't break free from Arsenal's midfield now, and can only rely on Sesk. ”
Lineker also saw Arsenal's passivity and gave a suggestion.
"Hao's task is too onerous, it's no longer realistic to let Denilson focus on defence, Chelsea are too strong, relying on him to form a barrier, it is easy to be blown up.
At this time, the only way to liberate the Brazilian's offensive ability is to maximize his forward impact, and he can make a fuss about this. ”
Mortensen also made a further extension and gave a bolder idea.
"Well, you can give it a try, now Chelsea's focus is on suppressing Hao, and if Denelson can step up at this time, it may work wonders."
Lineker nodded, agreeing with Mortensen's words, and then said: "Now what Arsenal has to do is to stand on a stable foothold and get through this difficult period, the defense can't make mistakes, can't concede goals, oh my God?!" ”
Lineker also wanted to say 'don't concede a goal, so their chances will come sooner or later'.
But before he could finish speaking, Lineker saw a huge oolong appear.
Swiss, Drogba.
It is definitely a classic disaster combination for Arsenal in recent years.
Even if Senderos is gone, the combination he left behind still exists.
He was replaced by his compatriot Juru, and this time, the Spaniard Almunia will be added to make a cameo.
In the twenty-first minute of the game, Almunia made a big mistake and threw the ball with one hand, which was handed directly to Boisin.
The latter made a forward move past Klich and then crossed from the flank into the Arsenal penalty area to find Drogba.
After switching back and forth in panic and dismay, this crayon kid finally entered the rhythm of his compatriot's cheat.
It was to stretch his foot before Drogba, but he shoveled in the wrong direction, it was a line, it was a net.
Almunia scrambled to watch the ball slip through his right side and roll into the goal.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOO――OL!!! Goals, goals! 1 to 0! Arsenal surrendered!! ”
Chelsea's on-site commentator was stunned for a moment when he saw Joroud's own long, followed by ecstatic excitement and hoarse screams.
Peeked at Arsenal's commentator Luke, who was slowly bitter, and now, with endless banter and pride, shouted 'Arsenal surrender'.
"Surrender!"
"Surrender!"
"Surrender!"
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The chorus of shouts echoed across Stamford Bridge and Chelsea fans were so excited that nothing could have been more exciting than seeing their city rivals present them.
And the previous situation of his own team pressing the opponent also fueled such excitement.
They didn't expect a Swiss to go and a Swiss to come, and it was so cute, they were crazy with joy.
Chelsea's players also seem to be flattered, their own team has played half-dead before, and they have not knocked on the opponent's door.
finally planned to slow down, but I didn't expect the other party to send a big gift out of the door, and took the initiative to open the door, Chelsea really couldn't slow down.
However, seeing the Arsenal players look like they are dead, the Chelsea players are happy.
There's nothing more cool than seeing the opponent have no fighting spirit, and this game is simpler than I thought.
The celebratory ones returned to their own half.
The Arsenal players are all depressed, even lost, in this game, they were full of confidence, and they were still visible when they first entered the field.
However, the trend of the game gave them a blow to the head, passive, and comprehensively passive; Mistakes, big oolongs.
The morale that was finally boosted through these two games, at this moment, they began to question themselves again.
The situation is extremely unfavorable for Arsenal, the contrast is too great, and the Arsenal players are difficult to accept for a while, a pool of stagnant water, this is their current mental state.