Volume 1 Chapter 336 Beware of Rooney!
"Welcome to Sky TV's live broadcast of the 04UU5 season, the highlight of the 34th round of the Premier League, when Premier League leaders Chelsea host second-placed Arsenal"
"We all know that Chelsea are currently as many as 15 points ahead of Arsenal, long before this game, they can already say that they won the title early, Arsenal only has the possibility of a theoretical reversal, but before the last moment, no one knows whether Chelsea can become the first runner to cross the line in this season's Premier League marathon."
'At Stamford Bridge, the Chelsea fans in attendance were clearly feeling the pre-title atmosphere and they were even eager to unfurl all sorts of banners and slogans to celebrate the title, and according to the information we received, the Premier League trophy has been sent to Stamford Bridge, and if Chelsea don't lose this game, they will be awarded the trophy after the game.
'It's arguably Arsenal's last chance to do so, and unless we beat Chelsea, it will be difficult to prevent the Blues from successfully defending our Premier League title, and not only that, but it could also cast a shadow over the upcoming FA Cup final as Chelsea aim to win an unprecedented quadruple this season.'
Andy Gray not only introduced the current situation of the two teams, but also introduced the guests in the stands, all of whom are famous football legends in the United Kingdom, because if Arsenal fail to beat Chelsea in this game, there will be a medal ceremony after the game to present Chelsea with the trophy.
Not only that, but the pot-bellied Huang Chu also appeared at Stamford Bridge accompanied by Eliza Moon and Ye Qiu's parents, and they were also the subject of live TV cameras, as well as the players' families, and Roman Abramovich once again invited his family and friends to Stamford Bridge.
The Russian may have a lot of opinions about Ye Qiu, and can even be said to be a little dissatisfied, but he simply can't refuse a manager who can bring him the championship, just imagine, in today's football, who can win the Premier League championship like Ye Qiu, just took over the team, and has the opportunity to defend the Champions League this season, and even achieve an unprecedented quadruple crown?
Sitting in the stands, Abramovich thought a lot, and his mood was indescribably complicated, even apprehensive.
"Okay, the two sides of the game have walked into the stadium one after another, let's introduce you to the list of Chelsea's starting line-up for this game, the goalkeeper is Van der Sar, the backline is Heinze, Gallas, Terry and McConn, Cannavaro has an injury, Ye Qiu let Gallas start in this game, obviously considering that Cannavaro did not perform well when he played Manchester United before."
"In the midfield, Deco and Makelele still occupy the main position, Ronaldinho is absent, sitting on the bench, I heard that he also has an ankle injury, after Drogba missed the whole season due to injury, Ye Qiu naturally does not want Ronaldinho to be injured in such a game."
"Joe Cole, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney form an attacking phalanx behind Gudjohnsen, Joe Cole has performed very well under Ye Qiu this season, he and Gudjohnsen are both substitute players that Ye Qiu trusts very much, although they are substitutes, but the performance is not lost to the main players at all, and there have even been rumors that many teams want to bring them in."
After Andy Gray introduced the Chelsea squad, the two sides lined up at the entrance of the tunnel and the audience was thunderous with applause, and all the Chelsea fans were cheering and cheering, hoping that the team could defeat Arsenal in one fell swoop and successfully defend the Premier League title this season
'Arsenal also played the main game, Arsene Wenger himself said before the game, this is the Gunners' best chance to stop Chelsea, the goalkeeper is Lehmann, the back line is Ashley Cole, Senderos, Kolo Toure and Lauren, the midfield is Pire, Gilberto Silva, Vieira and Ljungberg, the two strikers are Thierry Henry and Reyes.
"Judging from this starting line-up, Arsenal also attach great importance to this game, Wenger even shouted that he is determined to fight to the end at Stamford Bridge, and only by beating Chelsea in this game can they continue to have a theoretical chance of winning the title, otherwise Chelsea will win the title four rounds early."
The live TV camera was given to the sidelines, "This is Chelsea's head coach Ye Qiu, from China, very young, only 3l years old, but he already has a lot of coaching experience, he led Ajax to win many titles, and a treble, and his first season at Chelsea, that is, last season, successfully won the Premier League and Champions League double." ”
The camera fell to the front of the away team's coach's box, "This is Arsene Wenger, the Frenchman, who has been coaching Arsenal for several years, and is regarded as one of the managers with the longest coaching resume in the Premier League other than Alex Ferguson, with extraordinary ability, but the recent bad luck, last season Arsenal was the only team in Europe to be as unbeaten as Chelsea, but in the end they lost the league title, which can be said to be the most tragic runner-up in history." ”
"This season Arsenal also once occupied the league leader's position, and even managed to open the gap at one point, but after entering the cold winter, Arsenal's excellent form was also frozen, dropping points in succession, and finally Chelsea came from behind, and the Blues reversed Arsenal with a record winning streak to lead the Premier League."
The opposing sides have completed the draw and split sides, and each returned to their own half, just waiting for the whistle to start the game.
'It was Arsenal who kicked off first, Arsene Wenger shouted before the game that he was going to take Stamford Bridge, so we should see if he will play Arsenal's best attacking attack from the start, and what tactics will Chelsea use to take on Arsenal? The battle of wits between the two Premier League coaches is undoubtedly very interesting. ”
As Andy Gray spoke, the referee finally blew the whistle for the much-anticipated Premier League title match.
"Okay, audience friends, this much-anticipated battle has finally begun"
"The first to kick off was Arsenal, Henry passed to Reyes, Reyes quickly knocked back to the backline, and Senderos, who started in place of the injured Campbell, got the ball, Arsenal now has a lot of youngsters, and the combat effectiveness has been somewhat affected, but Reyes has performed very well this season and gradually gained a foothold."
'Chelsea are still using the pressing tactics they are good at, pressing high at the back, dangerous'
Kolo Toure got the ball and played a long ball straight away, the ball quickly crossed most of the pitch, Reyes and Henry cut in quickly to chase the ball, but Gallas was obviously more prepared, before them, directly kicked the ball back into the box and passed it back to Van der Sar.
"Van der Sar won the ball, Arsenal seemed to have a strong desire to win, Henry stepped forward for the first time, Van der Sar had to quickly distribute the ball to the right and handed it to McConn."
"McCone passed the ball to Makelele, the Frenchman knocked it back, beautiful, a beautiful one-two on the right, McCone got past Pire, who was on the up, and quickly dribbled along the right side into Arsenal's half"
McCone was very fast, especially on the right side of the ball close to the boundary line, very fast, always striding forward, because there was no one close, so he was relieved to rush forward, and the Arsenal defence was quickly retreating.
Chelsea's entire attacking system was also sprinting forward at a rapid pace as McCone was pushing forward, with Gudjohnsen clearly leaning more to the left, attracting Arsenal's defensive centre of gravity from the high ground up front, while Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Joe Cole were all involved in the attack
When McCone entered the Arsenal 30-metre zone, Ashley Cole finally stopped retreating, but wanted to entangle McCone at close range, because Ashley Cole knew very well that if he continued to let McCone advance, his 45-degree diagonal pass into the box would be a threat, especially with Gudjohnsen up front.
The mind turned sharply, Ashley Cole was close, McCone took the lead, and directly passed 45 degrees diagonally, but it was not passed to the penalty area, because at this moment all Arsenal's defensive attention fell on Gudjohnsen, so McConn's diagonal pass was looking for the top of the arc at the front of the penalty area.
Frank Lampard cut in quickly and met McConn's pass, taking advantage of the advantage of coming from behind to keep Gilberto Silva out of the box, and on the other hand, leaping high and heading McCann's cross to the right of the penalty spot.
In this moment, Wenger finally reacted, and he rushed directly to the sidelines from the coaching area, shouting, "Be careful of Rooney"
Patrick Vieira was helping Ashley Cole just now, and his attention shifted from McCone to Lampard, but he ignored Rooney, who was quickly inserted into Arsenal's right rib from the right.
I saw Rooney quickly insert into the penalty area, turn sideways to the left, meet the ball with his chest steadily, stop the ball at the same time, turn around, stop the ball between himself and the goal, and then quickly catch up.
Lehmann was in front of goal, he was always on the lookout for what was happening in the box and on the front line, and as soon as Lampard passed the ball, he began to turn his attention to Rooney, and he was positioned to his left side, which was Rooney's side, and when he saw Rooney stop the ball in front of him, his first reaction was to attack.
Lyman has a big problem with being cautious, although his first reaction is to attack, but he generally does not follow his first reaction, especially in this kind of situation where he can attack but not attack, he will have a mentality of not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, which will make him a little hesitant.
By the time he had made his decision, Rooney had caught up quickly and fired directly at the ball.
Rooney's right foot flicked off the ball like a springing leg, and the ball went straight into the net without the slightest turn, passing between Lehmann and the right post, and the German goalkeeper could not stop the ball from going into the net despite lifting his foot, l
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”
The whole process happened in an instant, from the beginning of the counter-attack, all the Chelsea fans almost held their breath, waiting for the final moment to erupt, so the Stamford Bridge stadium was quiet at the moment of Rooney's goal, so quiet that only the shouts of the on-site commentators remained, and the goal was particularly long.
Because they all know what this goal represents
The on-site commentator of "Wayne Rooney" shouted Rooney's name frantically the moment Rooney rushed out of the Arsenal penalty area and under the stands, and all the Chelsea fans in the field also responded to the call of the on-site commentator, chanting Rooney.
England's golden boy rushed off the pitch and to the sidelines, waving his arms at the fans in the stands, calling them to shout louder and let their passion more completely vent
Ye Qiu was not surprised by this goal, so after Rooney's goal, he turned around more calmly, stretched out his palm to the assistants, and high-fived the assistants one by one to celebrate, such an opening did not surprise them, because the beginning of every game Chelsea is precisely designed.
The game began with a 45-degree diagonal pass from McCone into the 30-metre area, which landed at the top of the arc, as Gilberto Silva was very good at defending the ground ball but was slightly less mobile, and Lampard was fighting for the top in this place.
Rooney then quickly cut diagonally into the box, and the whole process was laid out to target Arsenal's weaknesses.
Of course, Ye Qiu has no way to calculate the goal, he and his assistants can only study how to effectively send the ball into the Arsenal penalty area and create scoring opportunities for their players, as for whether they can succeed or whether they can seize the opportunity, this is not something he can control
No one in the world can calculate goals accurately, and that's the fun thing about football
Compared to Ye Qiu's composure, Wenger looked disappointed, because conceding an early goal would put Arsenal into a very passive predicament, and he now has to make a choice, whether to mainly press up and attack, or continue to adopt safe tactics?
As Cruyff said, the quality of the game at Chelsea is very high, the players are very purposeful and they are very aware of what they want and what they should be doing, which makes them very efficient and consistent in attack and defence.
Everyone has only noticed that Chelsea have conceded goals this season and thought that the team was very good defensively, but they did not notice that Chelsea have also scored one goal so far, more than Arsenal, and this was achieved after Chelsea had a poor start to the season and played on multiple fronts for a long time.
In the Champions League, Chelsea were also the best attacking and defensive team, especially in the knockout rounds, beating Barcelona and Bayern Munich by big scores, which made Chelsea famous.
It can be said that standing on the same starting line, Wenger is not the slightest sure that he can beat Chelsea, and now that he is one goal behind, Wenger can't help but be more depressed, because at least you have to attack, and you also know which direction you should attack, but now he feels that he has no way to start.
"What the fuck" Rao is the usually gentle Wenger, at this moment, he couldn't help but curse angrily, turned around and walked to the away team's coach's box, his brows were obviously furrowed more than usual, and his mind kept thinking about how to play next.
But the referee obviously won't give Wenger time to think slowly, and the game will continue.
After the restart, Chelsea began to take the initiative, Arsenal slightly backed down after Wenger signaled that the team should be safe, and Chelsea began to have the home team's momentum, pressed out steadily, and began to create a few chances.
In the 5th minute, Joe Cole picked up a cross from the left and Gudjohnsen stabbed Kolo Toure in the box and stabbed wide.
Just minutes later, Frank Lampard slid past Kolo Toure on the left side of the box and fired a powerful left-footed shot that didn't hit the ground and this time Lehmann held the ball firmly in his arms.
In the 10th minute, an attack by Chelsea, Joe Cole wanted to repeat the old trick, cut from the left side to the front of the penalty area, and suddenly volleyed, but this time it was unsuccessful, the ball was blocked by Senderos out of the bottom line, corner kick, and then Joe Cole corner kick into the penalty area, Terry headed the goal, Sendros blocked it with his body, and Rooney quickly inserted it directly and shot a strong volley, but it rubbed the post and crooked the bottom line, goal kick
The succession of shots made Arsenal suddenly in front of goal, and the defence looked precarious, and Wenger even had to send Gilberto Silva and Vieira back to the penalty area, while the front-end players had to shrink appropriately to keep the three lines compact and defend as a whole.
With Wenger's adjustment, Chelsea's attack was gradually contained, and Ye Qiu was also worried about the speed of Henry and Reyes, so the defense did not dare to press rashly, plus he already had L goals in hand, he could play more easily.
Don't look at Arsenal is good at attacking, but in fact, this team is unambiguous when it comes to defensive counterattacks, and the speed of Henry and Reyes can ⊥ many Premier League and European teams have suffered thoroughly, even if it is as strong as Chelsea, once they press the attack, they really give them the opportunity to counterattack, it is almost a hit.
And for Chelsea, the opening wave of attacks not only gave a goal lead, but more importantly, knocked out Arsenal's spirit, so that the London rivals had to clamp their tails at Stamford Bridge.
Don't underestimate this, once the morale of Arsenal was knocked out at the beginning, it will take a long time to regain this morale, and now Chelsea has taken the lead again, so Ye Qiu's strategy is to take it slow and not rush at all.
But there is one thing that Ye Qiu will definitely not let go, that is, the control of the rhythm and situation of the game, which also allowed Chelsea to continue to suppress Arsenal in the game, until the second half, until the end of the game, without the slightest relaxation