422 was shattered
Jose Mourinho is firmly on the path he is pursuing, there is no loss of key players at Chelsea this year, plus players such as Robben, Drogba, and Ferreira have adapted to the Premier League, and local players such as Joe Cole, Lampard, and Terry have improved significantly, and their overall strength has become stronger, and it is rumored that Chelsea are still trying to strengthen their midfield, and they have taken a fancy to an African black and hard midfielder Essien.
Arsenal's situation cannot be said to be the opposite, but at least the main attacking group consisting of substitutes and new signings was terrible in the first half of this game.
As a side consequence, the backline was almost broken.
The reason is very simple, Henry, Pire, and Ljungberg will not easily lose the ball to Chelsea to counterattack, and Chelsea counter-attacks play more, and the number of successes will naturally increase during the same period, not to mention that Vieira's departure from Cesc Fabregas's new position has been weakened and affected.
Qin Xiong is not good at blaming his teammates, he came to Fabregas's side, just to tell Fabregas a fact.
'If we want to beat Chelsea in a positional battle, it's basically impossible.
Fabregas couldn't help but nod when he heard Qin Xiong's words.
Arsenal's attacking attack was cut off by the opposition as soon as it advanced into Chelsea's danger zone, and the connection between the players became weak, and without a strong tacit understanding, it was difficult to play an effective attacking combination.
So it's almost impossible to break through Chelsea's defence.
'The only environment we need to be able to play in attack right now is to play on the counter-attack of Chelsea! Do you understand what I mean? ”
Fabregas pondered for a moment before nodding again.
Positional warfare is cleaner, and since you don't have expectations, you simply give up. Focus on defense. Waiting for Chelsea's counter-attack to come. Then, after blocking it with all your might, then suddenly launch a counterattack!
Arsene Wenger criticised the team's attacking performance after walking into the dressing room, but he did not criticise Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong was inconspicuous in the first half, most of his passes were formulaic, his pass success rate was over 90%, and those missed passes, most of which were threatening passes, no teammates could catch them. Of course, if it is the main player, maybe half of them will succeed.
Van Persie doesn't retreat, Cesc Fabregas is getting further and further back because of defensive pressure, Qin Xiong is like an outcast facing Chelsea's three tough guy midfielders alone in the midfield area, what can he do?
Passing the ball threatens without teammates being able to pick it up, and it is irresponsible to break through without certainty.
Wenger could understand Qin Xiong's situation, so he didn't say a word to him in a more serious tone.
Hleb, Reyes and Van Persie were taught by Arsene Wenger. Arsene Wenger repeatedly emphasised the team's attacking unity and cooperation, as well as the active involvement of running. Then encourage the team to try to improve their performance in the second half.
No one cares about the outcome of this game, but everyone cares about the process!
It is no exaggeration to say that in Arsenal's first half, once you meet Chelsea in a league or cup match, you have to kneel once!
Back in the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Qin Xiong simply retreated to the mid-guard area and took the initiative to participate in the defense.
Anyway, he can see that he either has the ability to step forward and abuse Chelsea in this game, or he can't rush forward in vain and get no effective support from his teammates.
Chelsea were still patiently counter-attacking, and in the 57th minute, Chelsea once again counter-attacked, Robben sprinted forward on the right, he cut through the middle in front of Ashley Cole, Silva went to block, Robben took a step back, bypassed Silva, and drew Cesc Fabregas to fill in when he was about to shoot from distance, and then Robben passed the ball to Frank Lampard who cut in behind.
When Lampard just stepped forward, Qin Xiong decisively stepped down to intercept, Lampard hurriedly protected the ball, Qin Xiong and him got entangled, the two physically opposed neither of them retreated, and finally Qin Xiong stabbed the ball from Lampard's feet at the cost of losing his balance.
But the stabbed football actually rolled to Robben's feet, at this time Robben directly hoisted the ball into the penalty area, originally thought that the Arsenal defensive line was moving forward, but I didn't expect Chelsea's attack to come in again, and so direct!
Waiting for his chance, Drogba successfully countered offside and headed the ball before Lehmann, and the ball changed direction and was pushed into the bottom right corner of the goal.
Lyman is going crazy!
He snarled at every Arsenal player out of shape.
Such a defense is simply miserable!
“3:0! Chelsea destroy Arsenal! Arsenal should regret it! They sold the player they shouldn't have sold, Vieira! Looking at their midfield defense, Cesc Fabregas has a certain amount of performance in the attacking organization, but he can't find any sense in the defense! If you want to defend the Premier League with such a table, it is a fool's dream! Chelsea are preparing for the new season with last season's huge unwillingness! ”
Wenger wiped his face on the sidelines, of course he didn't care about the outcome of this game, even if he lost 0:5, he didn't care!
But I have to admit that the process of losing the game is something he cares about very much.
It's time to face reality!
Admit it!
If you want to rely on Van Persie, Reyes, Hleb to make a difference in the new season, that can't be!
Last season in all competitions combined, Reyes and Robin van Persie both averaged around 0.25 goals per game.
In other words, it takes 4 games to score a goal.
Even if two players play at the same time, it will take two games for one of them to score a goal.
Hleb himself was not a solid scorer in Stuttgart.
Indeed, Arsenal must rely on Henry, Pire, Ljungberg.
But the current situation is that people like Reyes and Van Persie are not even a super sub, let alone compete for the main team.
Arsene Wenger, it's time to wake up!
The gap between the main and the substitutes is huge.
Arsenal is still the Arsenal that only has the strength of a single line!
Arsene Wenger is at peace inside, he knows what reality is, and he is able to discover more.
The difference in player level is not only a decline in the overall strength of the team, but also the impact of individual players.
Like Qin Xiong, he couldn't play his true strength in this game.
His stunning delivery of the ball was able to scare the Chelsea defenders into a cold sweat, only to turn into a mistake when his team-mates failed to grasp the intent, only to give Chelsea a false alarm.
The first mistake, the second mistake, the third time, sorry, Qin Xiong doesn't try anymore, there's no point.
When there is no teammate to take the initiative to cover so that he can have more room to play, Qin Xiong can't move forward, forward will make Chelsea have a greater advantage in the midfield, he can only go backwards, but retreat and move forward, he can't get a positive response from his teammates, relying on one person, how to play well?
Arsene Wenger turned and walked to the bench and called Thierry Henry, Pire, Ljungberg to warm up.
It's not to save face, most of this game has already been lost, Wenger just wants Fabregas and Qin Xiong to cheer up and cheer up, because they are the absolute main force in the new season! (To be continued......)