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A qiē was originally carried out in the trend of the Chelsea man's dream.
But when Qin Xiong received Pire's pass and directly wiped Johnson with a dexterous small pick-up next to Johnson, the Chelsea people's nerves inevitably tensed.
Even Jose Mourinho is no exception.
Qin Xiong's breakthrough can be described as straight to the point!
In opting to use Johnson over Hut, Mourinho was concerned that Johnson would be more capable of providing assists and could provide support on the right side of Chelsea's wide attack.
But the cost is also obvious, his defense is the weak link.
He expected Arsenal to take advantage of this, but there was no way, Chelsea didn't really have world-class full-backs, and there was always a choice to make between defending and attacking, and behind that choice was to pay a price and take some risks.
It's just that Mourinho thinks that if Pire takes advantage of this, he won't worry too much, because Pire's creative power has not yet reached the frightening level.
On the contrary, Qin Xiong did not play on the right side, but instead grabbed Henry's territory and made waves on the left side, which made Mourinho uneasy.
Qin Xiong turned to dribble towards the goal after cutting into the penalty area close to the bottom line, his pace of dribbling has slowed down, and the person who will defend him head-on will be Henry.
Thiago teamed up with Carvalho to block Thierry Henry, who was moving from the right side of the box to the middle.
Makelele did not return to the penalty area as soon as possible, but prevented Qin Xiong from passing the ball to Pire, who cut into the front waist line to form a threat.
Qin Xiong singled out Terry!
When the two were still two meters apart, Qin Xiong's right foot looked like he was about to complete a pass with the outside instep.
Terry was extremely vigilant, and he predicted that Qin Xiong would send Henry a bocce ball or a half-high ball. Use the outside of your right foot to make an outer arc. Then the ball will be slightly out of Cech's range after going around the right side of his body. As long as Henry can grab the point, then by any means, just hit the ball and send it into the goal.
Under such concerns, Terry deliberately focused on the protection of the side of the baseline, and the center of gravity of his body was slightly tilted, so that he could have a larger interception area at the moment of Qin Xiong's pass.
Qin Xiong's right foot dangled half a circle in front of the football, when he made this move. Terry's Instant Alert: Feint!
That's right!
After Qin Xiong stepped on the bicycle with his right foot and shook half a circle in front of the football, he buckled the ball to the right front of his body with his left foot, and at the same time pulled his leg and exploded to the right front.
Terry had mixed feelings in his heart, if he hadn't focused on Qin Xiong's right foot outside the instep arc passing skills, and deliberately focused on prevention, how could he have made a preconceived mistake in prediction?
There may only be a small space in the Chelsea penalty area, and it was Qin Xiong who broke through Johnson and Terry plus Pire's preparation to contain the space created by Makelele before breaking through Johnson and Terry plus Pire's forced pressure on the box. Caught by Qin Xiong!
He shook off a small space to shoot, and then slammed a powerful shot diagonally into the goal!
The soccer ball flew like a cannonball into the top right corner of the goal. Cech didn't make any saves at all, he couldn't react at all, the distance was too close, the ball was as fast as a meteor passing in a hurry, he couldn't capture the flight trajectory of the football in an instant, and in a blink of an eye, the ball went in!
Qin Xiong waved at Henry after scoring the goal, because Henry was closest to the football in the goal, and Henry also rushed into the goal to hold the football in his arms and ran to the backfield.
"Qin Xiong pulled a goal back for Arsenal! This is his wonderful personal watch! Deftly broke past Johnson and confused the Chelsea captain with a coherent feint in front of Terry, who flicked off the angle of his shot and fired a decisive blast into the Blues' goal! Now the first half is almost over, Chelsea 2:1 Arsenal, the aggregate score is 4:4, Chelsea relies on the away goal advantage to get the promotion priority, Arsenal wants to advance, must continue to score! ”
The Arsenal fans in the stands at Stamford Bridge saw hope, Qin Xiong's goal ignited the flame of hope in their hearts, and they firmly believed that Arsenal would be able to seize the initiative as long as they scored one more goal!
Jose Mourinho's newly calmed mind is once again up and down, even if Chelsea have a solid and frightening counter-attack, it would be absolutely fanciful to want to win against Arsenal without blood.
Towards the end of the first half, Chelsea continued to shape their pitch with a steady defence, burning time and heading into the dressing room with a lead to await the midfield changes from both managers.
Back in the locker room, Qin Xiong found that many teammates were the same as him, and they only played 45 minutes in the first half, but the strict nature of physical exertion was slightly shocking, and it seemed that as soon as he entered a state of rest, he didn't want to run and move again.
If they were given a bed, they would have fallen asleep immediately on it.
At this time, Arsene Wenger gave an impassioned motivational speech, hoping to stimulate the mental state of the players and relieve their physical condition.
"We lasted one season, for what? Victory, Champion! We're in a tough game, but this is the Champions League, the biggest battle in the club, and we have the ability and confidence to overcome all the odds! Are we worse than Chelsea? No! Will we throw in the towel at Stamford Bridge? No! We've written a new record in Europe's top leagues, we've made new history, and maybe no one will be able to break it anytime soon, that's our pride, but there's more we can do! We all want to go to the final stage of the Champions League, see the glorious Big Ears Cup, touch and lift the trophy that will go down in history! Don't give up, don't be discouraged, don't give yourself a reason to relax, we can defeat any opponent together! ”
Wenger's speech was echoed by the whole team, everyone used yelling to motivate each other, Qin Xiong was no exception, he knew that he did need some mental stimulation to make the mental state in the high, and then extended to the physical state of mobilization.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Chelsea are still in control of the process, so they are still playing a conservative defensive counter-attack.
Qin Xiong repeated his old trick as soon as he came up in the second half, moved to the left again, and received a pass from Piret to attack Glen Johnson's defence.
This time he stopped the ball in front of Glen Johnson and leaned his body to the outside, Glen Johnson passively followed the direction of Qin Xiong's body movement, but the football did not move in place, Qin Xiong then directly changed to move in the direction of the penalty area, using feints to directly get rid of Johnson's defense.
But just after Qin Xiong took a step on the ball, Makelele cut Qin Xiong horizontally, grabbed his position, and directly broke the ball successfully!
At Chelsea's half-time, it looked like Jose Mourinho had made a targeted defensive change! (To be continued......)