386 The Blues' Curse

At the weekend, the final game of the 33rd round of the Premier League kicked off at Stamford Bridge!

Arsenal are back at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea are on the lookout.

Qin Xiong and Sylvia joined hands in the VIP table at Stamford Bridge.

Bergkamp replaced Qin Xiong today, and Campbell, who had just returned from a minor injury, returned to the starting lineup.

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho were on the sidelines as Chelsea fans cheered wildly in the stands than they had been in the Champions League a few days earlier.

"Now the outside world is optimistic that Chelsea will reverse Arsenal in the closing stages of the league to win their first Premier League title, after all, Arsenal's defeat in the Champions League is too hard, and in terms of overall team consumption recently, Chelsea still have a certain advantage, plus they still have the advantage of home!"

Jose Mourinho is now bursting with confidence and he is convinced that Chelsea will reverse Arsenal!

Arsene Wenger stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed over his chest, looking calm.

No one knew that Arsene Wenger would come home every night after the Champions League exit and go over the footage of the two legs between Arsenal and Chelsea, trying to find out the root cause of why Arsenal, who looked the best in his history, ended up losing to Chelsea.

The reasons must be complex and diverse, physical fitness, state, lineup, time, place and people, and so on.

But Arsene Wenger still insists Chelsea's success is no accident, with Arsenal coming close to their limits in attack.

This kind of limit is not ideal, just like Wenger, if he pursues the ultimate beauty of football, he can give him a young Figo, Buffon. Nesta pursues. It's always time to start with your own reality. Arsenal have so many resources that he has almost pushed Arsenal's attack and defence to the limit on a balanced basis.

If that doesn't give us the edge to crush Chelsea, then what's next season? Wouldn't it be hanging again against Chelsea again?

So he still has to improve and think about how the team will develop in the next stage.

Outsiders can't see the vicissitudes of life on his aging face, and his hair is a little grayer, which can't be said to be heartbroken for Arsenal, which is his job in itself. He just wanted to do his job better and do it best.

The race is on.

As the game had passed 15 minutes after the game had gone quiet, the Chelsea players looked at Mourinho frequently, as if their confused expressions were asking the same question: What to do?

Mourinho with his hands in his pockets is furious: Arsène Wenger! What are you doing?!

Arsenal didn't send Cesc Fabregas today, they used Flamini.

Flamini Vieira Silva.

Is the defense tough enough?!

Of course it's a hard mess.

Pire, too, has been on the wing of central midfield, shifting the attack forward from the flank rather than dribbling forward.

Thierry Henry is often the only one up front, waiting for either Pire or Bergkamp to send him a pass, and then relying on his individual ability to try to create a threat.

Rarely, Arsenal's attack went from being varied to simply boring.

Obviously. Arsenal are also playing defense today!

And it's not the end point of the anti-counterattack on the basis of ordinary balance, but the extreme anti-counter-attack!

Wenger was stubborn and unwilling in his heart at this time. He glanced at Mourinho and said inwardly: Aren't you the most powerful coach in Europe? Come on! On your home turf, let your players attack! How? Will only fight against the counter? Give up the initiative to you, and you won't attack, will you?

After playing beautiful football for a season, Arsenal today was the best strategy to defend and counter-attack, both in terms of strategy and their own situation.

As long as they don't lose at Stamford Bridge, Arsenal are still the top team.

Attacking at a risky distance away, the opponent is still an expert in defensive counterattacks, isn't this looking for death?

Jose Mourinho, as long as Chelsea can score one goal first, Arsenal will have to attack, maybe the result will be a devastating victory for Chelsea!

But if Chelsea can't force the attack and is counterattacked by Arsenal to score the first goal, then Chelsea may have to score two goals, can Chelsea complete such a task?

Arsene Wenger gritted his teeth, he had some regrets, if a few days ago before the second leg of the Champions League, he ordered the team to play this kind of game that doesn't care about the scene, as long as the victory is at the limit of the defense, maybe Chelsea will not be the first to score, but only after the defeat will wake up, this kind of thing is too commonplace.

Jose Mourinho broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead on the sidelines.

Attack to shock Arsenal, or let the scene stalemate and watch Arsenal retreat?

He knows that if Chelsea win this game, they will all but seal the league title.

But on the other hand, what if Arsenal wins?

Then it can also be declared that Arsenal has successfully defended the title!

Because Arsenal's lead will be extended to one goal difference!

They have a goal difference advantage and as long as there is no big rout ahead, even a small defeat will put Arsenal on Chelsea's head.

Jose Mourinho has been slow to give instructions, and the Chelsea players have to carry out the pre-match strategy step by step, of course, they mainly play defensive counter-attack, and in the conventional attack, only three or four players in the front field will not be able to make waves in Arsenal's dense defensive area.

Mourinho weighed the pros and cons and had to be well thought out before making a decision.

Chelsea's lack of creativity is naturally related to their tactical drills.

The reason why their defense is fast and aggressive is actually related to the lack of change in the overall tactics.

This includes the basic strategy of the player's positioning.

For example, Arsenal's attacking creation is rich in strength, which is based on a tacit understanding that is almost disorderly and relies on the players for a long time, and in the running position, the players change positions frequently and the roles change, which makes the opponent unguardable.

In order to ensure the efficiency of counterattacks, attacking players have strong requirements for the control of their respective areas.

Once there is space, when the backcourt player passes the ball forward, he will see his teammates in that area for the first time and immediately send the pass, ensuring the speed and efficiency of the counterattack, and achieving a smooth and fast effect.

And this is the most powerful part of their counterattack, which looks monotonous, but it is also difficult to exert great power.

And this kind of requirement, has become a kind of thinking constraints in Chelsea's positional warfare, there are almost few switching between players, except for wingers to wingers, in fact, it is just a change of environment for individual play, the overall idea is not much changed, then in the positional battle, they want to rely on point-to-point passing, the lack of further player substitution and the threat of running and passing to shake Arsenal's tight defense, it is really difficult to climb to the sky.

Like Arsenal's dense defense when the front midfield becomes a winger, the full-back cuts the front midfield, the forward turns to a winger or a second striker, the full-back hits the front line and becomes a striker, with team cooperation, can Chelsea play?

Can't hit it!

It's not a question of ability at all, it's a constraint of thinking and tactics!

The more Mourinho thought about it, the more pessimistic he became, his Chelsea wanted to break down Arsenal's defence when they broke down a dense defence, and it was almost impossible to touch Arsenal's goal without paying the offensive price of at least six men.

And if there's a lot of space at the back and only three or four people to defend, God knows what kind of play Bergkamp and Thierry Henry will play. (To be continued......)