In terms of counter-attacking effect alone, Arsenal must play better than Chelsea, there are two factors that determine the basis of the game, Arsenal is psychologically prepared to play defensive counter-attack, but Chelsea does not, Chelsea thinks that Arsenal is still the team that lives in a dream, they can use the defense to ravage the Gunners at Stamford Bridge, and the other factor is that Arsenal's creative force in the counterattack and the player's individual play are better, and Chelsea plays very uncomfortable when there is no counterattack space, and it is not very adaptable.

It's easy to understand that even though the two teams are fighting on the counter-attack, they still face the opponent's tight defense.

However, Arsenal played a lot of games that broke through dense defence at least last season, and even if they didn't have good counter-attacking opportunities, they just played as fast attacks, while Chelsea's attack based on wide spaces has declined when the environment is not adaptable.

Qin Xiong is aware of the difficulty of Arsenal's breakthrough, and Mourinho is also aware of Chelsea's discomfort in this game.

In the same dangerous situation, if Chelsea had increased their attacking commitment a little, it might have given Arsenal a better chance to break quickly, and then the goal would have been lost.

This is the key reason why he has been slow to call on the team to step up the attack.

Chelsea began to threaten in other ways, and in the 65th and 70th minutes, Drogba found Drogba on three occasions from the flanks, but Drogba only managed to get it once, with a header wide and the remaining two were cleared by Toure and Campbell headers.

'Chelsea lacked an effective positional approach and had very few long-range shots from outside the area in the face of Arsenal's tight defence. Arsenal were able to threaten the Chelsea goal with a long-range shot from front of the penalty area. ”

Qin Xiong began to slow down. It doesn't make much sense to play fast. The opponent's defense tends to be static, and if it is fast, it is easy to let your rhythm become chaotic.

His eyes were always calm and calm, and his mind was racing fast.

Break Chelsea's dense defence, individual breakaways, set-pieces, long-range shots.

Nine out of nine are sure to be unthreatening, and the Chelsea defence was still very successful. I have to admit that Mourinho is a master of defence.

And what about personal breakthroughs?

The effect is not good, being able to break through Essien once does not mean that it can be successful every time, it requires a specific environment, and breaking through the midfield line does not mean that it can destroy the back line, and Chelsea's back line adjustment is also calm and orderly.

A set-piece?

There were few set-piece opportunities, and Arsenal's small number of attacking players put little pressure on Chelsea, who simply had to compress space to close the ball. He was able to put an end to Arsenal's attack, and he couldn't risk giving Arsenal a free-kick in front.

Then only long-range shots remain.

In fact, the Arsenal squad knows it. So more often in the second half, there was still a chance to shoot from a distance, but the quality was not high, and long-range shots that could hit the goal range would be easily defused by Cech.

Qin Xiong thought about it, but he still had to work long-range shooting.

To make a long-range shot a threat, the basic requirement is to hit the goal, and the premise of hitting the goal is not to be blocked by the opponent's player, and on this basis, the opponent's goalkeeper can't save!

In the 76th minute of the game, Pire received a pass from Cesc Fabregas on the left side of the midfield and dribbled to the middle, he consciously went to create a zào opportunity for Qin Xiong, so it was necessary to liberate Qin Xiong and cover for him.

He was able to attract Frank Lampard's attention when he dribbled, and Chelsea's midfielders couldn't afford to let Pire, who was dribbling the ball, go unpunished.

Frank Lampard had just arrived near Pire, who played the ball to Qin Xiong, who then quickly cut forward and interspersed with runs to keep Essien's defence focused.

Qin Xiong observed the distance between Lampard and himself, and for a moment and a half Lampard was unable to defend himself, while Essien was pinned down by Pire, who could dribble forward for some distance without speed.

When dribbling forward, his focus was no longer limited to Chelsea's back line, but directly to Petr Cech's position.

In the change of the running position of the attacking and defensive players of Arsenal and Chelsea, Qin Xiong's eyes suddenly became sharp.

He was on the right side of the pitch, about 35 yards from goal, and Makelele made sure Essien could keep Pire, then moved to that side, moving laterally, waiting for Qin Xiong to come in and he would see the moment to get in and intercept.

Henry was waiting behind Makelele, ready to play offside, with Carvalho sticking to Henry.

Qin Xiong, I can't see Cech!

Henry, Carvalho, Makellele, and the staggered positions of the three blocked the parallel vision, which just cut off Qin Xiong and the football at his feet from the visual connection with Cech.

Qin Xiong said secretly in his heart: It's now!

Bang!

Qin Xiong's right foot blasted the football out!

Petr Cech has been mentally focused, and Arsenal's most dangerous point up front is inevitably Thierry Henry, so his positioning in front of goal will have to be fine-tuned to Thierry Henry's position.

This time he was standing slightly to the right of the goal, and he was afraid that Qin Xiong would send a through ball for Henry to attack, so he could abandon the goal faster and block.

But at this time, he suddenly couldn't see Qin Xiong, who was holding the ball farther in front of him, and he couldn't see the football.

His vision was blocked by Henry, Carvalho, and Makellele.

This feeling made him very uneasy inside, and he didn't know what to expect!

Suddenly, he seemed to see that the picture was still, Henry, Carvalho, and Makelele all had a tendency to turn around, Terry was shrinking to the middle, and he looked nervous, his movements were all subconscious, Terry was moving sideways, and then jumped sideways, to use his body to intercept and block!

What the hell is going on?!

Cech's uneasiness reached the pinnacle of the explosion in an instant!

When he saw the football, it was as if he saw a shooting star piercing the sky!

He quickly anticipated where Terry was moving and moved towards the left side of the goal.

Qin Xiong's long-range shot was a half-kick high ball, Terry was already quick to react, he directly planned to use his body to block Qin Xiong's long-range shot, but unfortunately after he jumped, the football brushed his scalp and suddenly flew by!

Petr Cech can only subconsciously make a best effort to make a cross according to the direction he sees the ball flying from!

There is not much time left for him to react at all!

But at the moment of flying out, Cech opened his eyes wide and was shocked inside!

WTF！

Bounce the Earth!

Cech's palm has been stretched out, and in order to ensure the distance of the flight, the center of gravity of his body is downward, and his palm can block the football in a three-dimensional straight line!

However, the football fell after entering the penalty area, and the football, which was a half-high ball, bounced on the line of the small penalty area, and after bounced again, it flew over from the top of Petr's palm, less than 20 centimeters!

It was almost grazing the inside of the left post.

Cech fell on the line, he didn't look back, he knew it was gone!

Stamford Bridge is dead in an instant! (To be continued......)