Chapter 257: Arsenal Again
After returning from the Lake District, Jose returned to his daily training routine.
The relationship with Wang Churan is also heating up rapidly, the most obvious is that Wang Churan no longer refuses to kiss Jose.
On January 24, at 16 o'clock local time, the last game of the 23rd round of the English Premier League started.
Arsenal play Chelsea at home.
In the first leg of the season, Costa was the center of attention. He used his cleverness to directly induce Gabriel to be sent off with a red card.
After the incident, it sparked condemnation of Costa from fans around the world.
If Jose single-handedly kept Jose Mourinho's position, then Costa single-handedly brought Chelsea to the opposite side of the Premier League.
Before the start of the game, Mourinho spoke to Costa alone, and it is unknown what the conversation was.
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For this game, Eden Hazard continued to sit on the bench.
On top of that, Pedro has not been included in the squad for technical reasons, and with the exception of a few games at the beginning of the season, Pedro has not been able to adapt to the pace of the Premier League until now.
Chelsea's transfer is likely to be another failure.
Jose Mourinho continued to play in a 433 formation, the specific list is as follows.
Goalkeeper: Jose.
Defenders: Cesar Azpilicueta, John Terry, John Stones, Ivan.
Midfielders: Nemanja Matic, Mikel, Cesc Fabregas.
Forwards: Oscar, Diego Costa, Willian.
In addition to Eden Hazard, there were also Remy, Thibaut Courtois, Zick and others on the bench.
On the Arsenal side, Gabriel, who was plotted by Costa in the first leg, was on the bench, and Wenger was afraid that he would encounter Costa's uncalm behavior again?
Compared to Arsene Wenger's line-up, their injury list is the more worrying thing.
Rosicky, Cazorla, Welbeck, Wilshere, Corcoran and many other good players were all unable to make the squad due to injury, so the medical team of Arsenal was nicknamed the vet team by fans.
In this game, Arsene Wenger lined up 442 formations, and the specific list is as follows.
Goalkeeper: Cech.
Defenders: Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Bellerin.
Midfielders: Ramsey, Flamini, 272, Hoel Campbell.
Forwards: Olivier Giroud, Theo Walcott.
In addition to Gabriel, there were Sanchez, Chamberlain, Gibbs, Chambers and others on the bench.
[New Mission: Help your team achieve victory without using "Time and Space Pause" and reward double your points.] Your current base score is 256,000 points. 】
When Jose stepped into the Emirates Stadium, the system released a new mission on time.
Now that the base score has reached 256 times, Jose is starting to pay attention to the difficulty of the task again.
In the face of Arsenal, the system once again did not use plug-in tasks.
The stronger the opponent, the more plug-ins are available?
Perhaps the system believes that Chelsea are naturally restrained by Arsenal, so they don't give Jose a crumble.
At the pre-match handshake ceremony, the Arsenal players glared at Costa.
Costa turned a blind eye to this, not caring at all about the cannibalistic gaze on the other side.
Arsenal drew the first kick-off.
In the centre circle, Giroud played a big ball to Koscielny.
Koscielny didn't stop the ball and played a long pass to Walcott on the left.
As a result, Stones was pushed off the sideline.
Arsenal's intention to open the game was frustrated.
A minute later, Walcott picked up the ball on the left side of the box.
Faced with Jose's block, he chose to pass the ball to the middle of the penalty area.
The ball is at Campbell's feet.
Campbell took the ball and looked a little lacking in confidence in the face of interceptions from Terry and Stones.
As a result, Campbell barely managed to hit the goal with his left foot, and the ball was completely off the course of the goal.
Jose then took a goal kick.
Chelsea organised a quick counter-attack.
Nemanja Matic passes the ball down the left and Oscar has a half-chance to get a chance.
Oscar dribbled straight into the left side of the box.
With Mertesacker's interference, Oscar forced his feet to hit the goal.
The result hit the left post.
The first shots of both sides after the opening were not satisfactory.
The game continues.
The pace of the game was fast, but neither team was able to break through the opposing defence.
In the 10th minute, Bellerin won the ball on the right flank.
Just as Bellerin was about to burst into the penalty area with the ball, Oscar flew in and tackled Bellerin directly.
Oscar received the first yellow card of the game.
It's okay to dare to fight, but Oscar's foul is very unnecessary.
In the 14th minute, Chelsea had another good chance.
Azpilicueta's cross from the left goes straight to the right of the box.
Willian kicked the ball head-on, only to hit the opposition defender.
The ball bounced back and Willian took it again.
Willian had a second shot but couldn't get past Cech.
A minute later, Arsenal counter-attacked quickly.
Walcott's cross from the middle found the ball at Giroud's feet.
From 25 yards out of the box, Giroud suddenly fired a long-range shot from his feet.
The ball flew straight over the goal.
Giroud shot high.
In the 17th minute, a game-changing scene appeared.
Arsenal attack on the left.
Jose came out and took the ball.
Without any pause, Jose quickly drove the ball.
The ball was at the feet of William.
Chelsea's quick counter-attack.
Willian crossed behind the Arsenal defence and Costa smashed in briskly to get on the ball.
Costa's one-shot chance.
Just as Costa was about to speed up, Mertesacker behind him looked at the linesman and shoveled at Costa.
Costa was brought down in the opposition half.
"Beep, beep~" referee Clattenburg immediately blew the whistle for a foul.
I saw Clattenberg walking towards the accident point and pulling cards into his pocket.
The last defender, needless to say, can only be a red card.
In this way, Mertesacker was sent off with a straight red card.
'Arsenal are finished, two games this season, three sent off.
"Seriously, Costa is dirty, but there's really no problem with this red card."
"The waste central guard of the arsenal, slow, and I don't know that the other party has been hitting you in the back."
In the chat room, fans expressed their opinions.
Mertesacker was sent off, and Arsene Wenger immediately approached the fourth referee for a theory, but to no avail.
In the 21st minute, Arsene Wenger made a substitution.
Gabriel replaces Olivier Giroud.
Giroud was replaced with a depressed expression on his face.
Regarding Wenger's substitution, all parties said afterwards: Wenger changed the wrong person.
A minute later, Chelsea broke the deadlock.
An Arsenal free-kick into the Chelsea box.
Jose came out and confiscated the ball directly.
Without any pause, Jose immediately passed the ball to Willian.
Chelsea had a quick counter-attack.
Willian shifted with a big foot and passed to Cesc Fabregas on the left.
Cesc Fabregas passes the ball to Nemanja Matic.
Nemanja Matic crosses from the left side of the box, but Costa in the middle can't get his hands on the ball.
The ball swept past the Arsenal penalty area and into the right side of the box.
Ivan wins the ball and comes to the right side of the box.
Near the baseline, Ivan crossed the ball low and sent it directly into the small penalty area.
Costa stabbed a right-footed shot between two of the opposing centre-backs.
The ball went in.
Chelsea have a one-goal lead away from home.
Arsene Wenger stood on the sidelines with a depressed expression.
The game continues.
With one more player, Chelsea have more of a numerical advantage.
Unfortunately, whether it was Costa, Willian, or Ivan's headers, none of them could break through the door guarded by Cech.
In terms of performance, Cech is still at the peak of his career.
In the 42nd minute, Willian won the ball in the opposing half.
Flamini blackkicked Willian and received his second yellow card of the game.
Flamini's foul was completely an act of discharacter.
Just before half-time, Arsenal counter-attacked.
Ramsey's cross from outside the left side of the box went straight past the Chelsea defence and into the box.
In the middle of the Chelsea penalty area, 12 yards in front of goal, the unmarked Flamini shoots with his right foot.
The ball flew straight into the top right corner of the goal.
Thankfully, Jose was prepared.
I saw him leap forward and easily confiscate the opponent's shot directly.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Chelsea kicked off in the centre circle and did not rush to attack, but passed the ball at the back in search of opportunities.
In the 46th minute, Cesc Fabregas was pushed to the ground by Flamini.
Chelsea were awarded a free-kick on the left side of the pitch.
Willian takes the free-kick and passes it straight into the box.
Blocked by an opposing player.
Oscar won the ball on the edge of the penalty area and shot directly from a distance, but was blocked by the opposing player.
Chelsea were awarded another corner.
The corner kick was taken and there was no threat.
At this point, Chelsea's first wave of attack in the second half was declared fruitless.
The game continued, and the battle for midfield was fierce.
Arsenal actually took the initiative to play a defensive counterattack.
Chelsea were not in a hurry to kill the game, more often opting to pass back to Jose.
Jose took the ball and found that there was no chance of a quick counterattack, so he could only choose to dispatch a pass to the wing.
Considering that the score is now leading, Jose is not in a hurry.
Therefore, the second half of the game was a bit dull.
In the 56th minute, Arsene Wenger made another substitution.
Alexis Sanchez replaces Campbell.
Alexis Sanchez came on and looked very active, but he didn't have any chances against a Jose-led backline.
A minute later, Chelsea organised the attack.
Xiaofa took the ball and forced his way into the right side of the penalty area.
Just as Xiaofa was about to continue advancing, Koscielny flew to kill him, and then pushed Xiaofa down with both hands.
However, the referee did not say anything.
Instead, Arsenal had a chance to counter-attack.
However, it was not possible to pass Mikel's interception.
In the 69th minute, Oscar made an inverted triangle pass on the left side of the penalty area.
The ball reached the feet of Cesc Fabregas.
In the middle of the penalty area, Fabres hit the goal with his right foot.
The ball flew straight into the middle of the goal.
Unfortunately, the angle was too positive and was blocked by Petr Cech's fists.
It was Chelsea's final shot on target of the game.
In a slightly dull battle for midfield, the game came to the 84th minute.
Arsenal went all out and won a free-kick on the right.
Straight into the box.
It caused chaos in the Chelsea penalty area.
Jose stepped in to take the ball down.
However, there was a scene that made Chelsea fans nervous.
In the confusion, two Arsenal players and two Chelsea players collided with Jose in order to get the ball.
Under the attack of the four, Jose, who had already won the ball, was knocked out of his hand.
Is there going to be an accident at the last minute?
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(End of chapter)