377 Turnaround?
When Didier Drogba broke the deadlock and levelled Chelsea at 3-3 on aggregate, and Chelsea equalled Arsenal on away goals, the whole of Stamford Bridge was in a huge frenzy.
Jose Mourinho vibrated his arms and paced the sidelines with a grim look on his face, and then he immediately gestured at the Chelsea players to play a counter-attack!
In Qin Xiong's view, this is an unsmart choice for Chelsea.
Because if Chelsea take advantage of the victory to chase down Arsenal and use the physical advantage to speed up the tempo, it is hoped that Arsenal's disadvantage in this game will become impossible to turn over.
But Chelsea are a team that is good at defending and counter-attacking, and Mourinho has no problem making such a change.
This gave Qin Xiong more room and the Arsenal team to buffer the room, after the restart, Qin Xiong did not immediately instigate the attack, in the case of global instability, aggressive attacking will only be inefficient, and the offensive and defensive system is fragmented.
He struggled to interact with his team-mates and create a situation where Arsenal were in flux.
After 10 minutes of steady and adjusted form, Qin Xiong began to instigate a team-based threat attack.
It was difficult to play in the middle, and compared to the previous game, Chelsea's central defense was once again a notch higher.
Qin Xiong took the initiative to pull the side and launch a threatening attack with Ljungberg on the right side, and the two cooperated to push the attack to near the baseline by hitting the wall, Ljungberg's premeditated cross to find the back post failed to allow Pire's chance to attack, and Terry nodded the ball behind to make Pire look up to the sky and sigh.
'Chelsea defended today with more focus than they were in the previous leg against Arsenal and they are familiar with Arsenal's cross-cutting strategy. Look at Terry's position. He made sure Thiago had back to block Thierry Henry's lead before Ljungberg's cross. Then he went to block the back point of the penalty area! Chelsea fight back! ”
John Terry's header was picked up by full-back youngster Johnson, who was a great assist and strode forward down the flank when Pire couldn't harass him.
Duff pressed Ashley Cole to keep him from moving, and when Johnson rushed past half-pitch, Silva had to come to help, when Johnson crossed the ball and Lampard dribbled forward. Vieira immediately moved laterally to expand the defensive area.
Qin Xiong can't form an effective defense in the chase, in the attack, once Qin Xiong is in the danger zone of Chelsea, then when Chelsea's rapid counterattack that shocks Europe is completed, any player who returns to defend in the front court is actually doing useless work, but Qin Xiong still has to run, at least to block the possible back insertion point, Thiago or Makellele.
Otherwise, it might be smart not to run once, twice. Three times, there is always a heavy price to pay for not returning to defense.
Frank Lampard was on the verge of dribbling the ball diagonally and slotted the ball diagonally into the middle of the box. Joe Cole cut inside to meet Frank Lampard's pass and slotted it on to Drogba.
Drogba did not have a regular wall collision with Joe Cole, but Joe Cole ran to Drogba's side, Drogba pretended to turn around and confused Senderos, after Senderos's center of gravity moved, Drogba crossed the ball, and Joe Cole swiped the ball from the other side of Senderos's body directly into the penalty area.
After the ball enters the penalty area, Joe Cole shoots directly with his feet!
The soccer ball hangs in the top left corner of the goal!
'England genius Joe Cole scores second goal for Chelsea! Chelsea lead Arsenal 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and win 4-3 on aggregate! ”
Arsene Wenger's face changed on the sidelines, Chelsea's counter-attack was too strong!
It must be admitted that it is stronger than Arsenal who fought back then!
Most of the Gunners fans in the stands clung to their heads in disbelief.
It was as if the collapse of the arsenal had withered in the spectacular cheering of the Blues.
A sinister smile appeared on the corner of Mourinho's mouth.
There are still six rounds of matches in the Premier League, and he believes that as long as this game collapses Arsenal, the impact on Arsenal's morale will inevitably make Arsenal collapse in the closing stage of the league!
Chelsea are indeed in danger, but mentally, mentally, in momentum, and on the surface of the bench, they are stronger than Arsenal!
The young marshal was convinced of this.
Qin Xiong shook his head slightly after witnessing the team concede the second goal.
Chelsea's form was so good, and the physical advantage was obvious, that the contrast between Arsenal, who were a little slower in the counter-attacking sprint, was extremely strong.
You can't play this game step by step, or you're going to lose!
Fortunately, he still found some turnaround points that could turn the tide of the battle!
And the use of this point happens to be in line with the tactical design of Wenger's pre-match preparation.
Chelsea were more determined to counter-attack after the aggregate scoreline, as if they had turned the box into an impregnable barrier.
Qin Xiong tried two long-range shots with poor effect, either hitting the opposing player and bounced off, or the angle was too positive and was directly confiscated by Cech.
It's just his strategy to play the shots, and Chelsea's central defense inside and outside the box is extremely tight, and he tries to shoot from a distance even if he doesn't have a good angle in front of the box, which makes Chelsea pay more attention to defending in the middle.
In the 42nd minute of the game, Arsenal's really threatening attack began.
Qin Xiong passed the ball to Pireth on the wing in the middle of the field, and then he ran diagonally in front of Pire.
This came as a bit of a surprise to the Chelsea defenders.
They may think that Qin Xiong's running position will make Arsenal's attack extremely unbalanced!
Henry is already leaning to the left, plus Pire, so if Qin Xiong goes to the left side, wouldn't Chelsea's defense only need to erect a solid barrier on the left side of the penalty area to block Arsenal's attack?
No!
When they were looking for Henry's figure, they were stunned to find that Henry went to the right of the penalty area, and the distribution of attack points on Arsenal's attack line was still even and reasonable!
This is the most important tactical idea of Wenger's game, Henry is focused on all opponents when arranging the defense, it can be said that Henry does not have many secrets, the last Arsenal's three goals, all Qin Xiong completed on the right side of the front!
The corner kick was taken from the right side, Qin Xiongtong guò sideline ball smashed on Ljungberg to get an opportunity for an unexpected offensive effect, also on the right side, and Ljungberg crossed, Qin Xiong knocked the ball with his right foot, or on the right side of the offensive end!
This will allow Chelsea to get used to Qin Xiong's move to the right, focusing on Henry's movements on the left and in the middle.
Arsenal's tactics in this game were the opposite, with Henry and Qin Xiong shifting positions.
When Pire passed the ball to Qin Xiong, Johnson immediately stepped up to steal.
The flaw in the Chelsea defense that Qin Xiong found that could be exploited was Johnson!
Chelsea's main play is Senderos, because it is seen that Sendros sits in the key position of central defender, but his ability is definitely not up to the world-class or even first-class middle and upper level.
Qin Xiong wanted to beat Johnson, of course, because he observed Johnson's strong offense and weak defense!
At the moment when Johnson got down, Qin Xiong lightly touched the bottom of the football with the tip of his left foot, and the football jumped forward at a height of less than half a meter, just past Johnson's foot, and Qin Xiong rushed past him!
Johnson was broken through almost without resistance! (To be continued......)