379 Pros and cons
Jose Mourinho is a master defence.
Any coach who can manage the lowest percentage of goals conceded per game in any of Europe's top leagues is worthy of being hailed as a defensive guru.
It was a spear and shield game.
When Mourinho finds a "hard flaw" in defence, he will of course adjust and improve the defense in a targeted manner.
It's a problem that everyone can see, and Johnson just can't keep Chelsea's right side defence solid.
However, there are too many uncertainties in football, which makes even the best defensive team concede goals, just like the outside world agrees with Mourinho's post-match interview after the last leg, Mourinho is right, Qin Xiong's personal play is the absolute hero of Arsenal's victory, he unexpectedly tore through the Chelsea defense, three assists are classic, because he is facing the strongest defense in Europe, a defense that seems to have no big problems at all, and is close to perfect in terms of strategy and tactics!
Fifteen minutes into the second half, Qin Xiong saw the defensive changes made at Chelsea at half-time.
Makelele's main task is to help defend Johnson's side, Qin Xiong may not be able to break through Makelele one-on-one, and when Makelle uses Johnson as bait and premeditately waits for Qin Xiong to break through Johnson before intercepting, then his defensive success rate will be greatly improved!
As for Pirene, it was handed over to Thiago to defend, and if Vieira also came up, Lampard had to return to the defensive position, and Gallas adducted into central defender, Carvalho stepped forward to press, and Chelsea's defensive line was adjusted. There is an amazing degree of unity between teammates.
Qin Xiong wants to focus on Johnson, which forms a turning point for the game. That's right. The action paid off, but timing disrupted his plans.
Fresh from pulling a goal back in the first half and heading into the half-time break, Chelsea's side quickly made targeted adjustments, making it difficult to exploit this 'comeback' flaw.
It is conceivable that if the game is not interrupted, even if Mourinho yells on the sidelines, it is impossible to let Makelele and Thiago. Carvalho and Gallas agreed to make up for a gap.
After all, the football field is all about the whole body, but Makelele is going to help the defense, without the further cooperation of other team-mates, Chelsea may be able to close the gap at right wing-back, but other points may expose more problems.
Mourinho's defensive prowess is evident.
The battle between Arsenal and Chelsea has reached a stalemate again, with Arsenal struggling to play a more effective combination to threaten Chelsea's goal, and Chelsea's counter-attacks have not been able to penetrate the Yellow Dragon for the time being.
As the clock ticked on, and after the 70th minute, Arsene Wenger couldn't hold back on the sidelines. This is a time to take risks!
He ordered Ashley Cole to step forward and join the attack.
The left wing-back's aggressive assist was effective.
Because it allows Pire to easily blow Johnson up front.
In the 71st minute, Pire and Ashley Cole collided with the wall and scored the bottom line. After bypassing Johnson's defensive zone and then diagonally returning the pass, Ashley Cole, who came to the left position in front of the penalty area, passed the ball to Qin Xiong in the middle, Qin Xiong got rid of it horizontally in front of Thiago and sent a straight kick, Ljungberg cut inside and passed the ball horizontally without stopping!
The space in front of the goal is so small, Henry has done what he can, start, burst, grab points, shoot!
But when Henry shot, Cech was already standing in front of him and lowered his center of gravity, and Henry's shot eventually bounced off Petr's chest.
The Chelsea man broke out in a cold sweat at this moment.
Jose Mourinho is also on the sidelines, obviously Arsenal's physical fitness is not as good as Chelsea, but Arsenal's creativity in the offensive end, the power it presents, Chelsea's defense occasionally appears crumbling and dangerous.
It would be risky for him to make the decision to weaken the attack further and strengthen the defence, because once Arsenal score the next goal, Chelsea will not be able to fight back!
Arsenal saw the results of Ashley Cole's assist, which strengthened their belief in playing like this.
Two minutes later, Qin Xiong and Ljungberg combined on the right side of the midfield, and then he stepped forward to the front, in front of the defense of Makelele and Thiago, he passed the ball back to Vieira behind him, and then ran to the left himself, when Vieira passed the ball back to him, he was on the side of the ball rolling on, and then under everyone's surprised gaze, he didn't stop the ball and slashed the ball directly!
The football flew lightly, around the head of Makelele, and flew behind the empty space between Johnson and Terry, Johnson thought that he was following Pire's close attention, but he didn't expect Pire to rush to the football at all, but Ashley Cole accidentally stepped down and crossed the ball in the area that had just entered the penalty area!
This time, Cech was very vigilant and attacked in advance, holding the ball directly next to Henry, and did not even give Henry a chance to touch the ball!
Qin Xiong shook his head slightly when he saw this scene, it was too difficult to grab a point in front of the goal and blast the ball into Chelsea's goal!
The space in the penalty area compressed by the back line makes the space between the defender and the goalkeeper very narrow, and it is almost impossible for the defender to not touch it and the goalkeeper not to abandon the goal.
Ashley Cole's assist was effective, but there was a big problem with the way he made the final pass, and it can be said that the final pass was inefficient, burying all the efforts to create a chance.
Just as Qin Xiong summed up his experience based on the game, Cech ran directly to the edge of the penalty area and threw the ball directly into the right side of the midfield.
Here Duff stopped the ball unmarked, turned around, and exploded forward with a terrifying propulsion.
When Silva came to help the defense, Duff kicked the ball directly in stride in the direction of the baseline without reason, and then shook off Silva with speed, so as to control the football in front of the baseline.
At this time, Senderos came out to help the defense, Vieira could only recycle the back line and act as a central defender, he was worried that Drogba would run diagonally, and Duff's pass would give Drogba a chance to score.
Chelsea's counter-attack went straight to Arsenal's baseline, and the drawbacks of Ashley Cole's assist at the back were obvious.
By the time Joe Cole cut in and Drogba ran towards Patrick Vieira, it was clear that Arsenal's back line had lost its barrier at the back line.
Duff observed the situation in the middle and crossed the ball diagonally to the top of the box.
Someone from the Blues rushed here with majestic momentum, and the ball was not adjusted and directly hit the goal!
Frank Lampard!
The ball was amazing, with the speed and power of the city, without the slightest spin in flight, and flew cleanly into the bottom left corner of the goal!
Lyman stood up after making a fruitless save and roared angrily at his teammates.
He thinks his team-mates are obviously too slow in this defence, especially after Silva was blown up by Duff, he should have dropped back into the box instead of chasing Duff! (To be continued......)