Chapter 330: France, Golden Globe Awards! (5K)
Pick the ball and turn around, volley!
The perfect combination of agility and violent aesthetics!
As the ball hit the upper right corner of the goal, the commentary seat broke instantly, and the cheers of the fans in the stadium shouted and the tsunami cheered, Chen Mo, who was extremely excited after the goal, rushed to the corner, and under the gaze of Wenger with a smiling smile, it was a rushing backflip, and then opened his arms to the thousands of people in the stands!
“Chen!”
“Mo!”
“Chen!!”
“Mo!!”
“Chen!!!”
“Mo!!!”
Rain cats and dogs!
10,000 people chanted in unison!
The rain curtain was almost shattered!
Feeling the cheers of the fans, Chen Mo had an excited smile on his face, but soon, some louder and louder noises also poured into his cochlea.
The raindrops fell on his cheeks, and under Chen Mo's gaze, not only the Arsenal fans were chanting their names, but even the Chelsea fans at home gave them a standing ovation, throwing towels in their hands!
"Oh! Chen Mo actually won the applause of his opponent! ”
"No way! This ball is really handsome! ”
"Who can not love Chen Mo!"
"Haha! Everyone loves Chen Mo! ”
The narrator is excited!
And at this time, Chen Mo was also surrounded by Henry and others who were rushing over!
The goal was beautiful!
And now it's still 2-0 ahead, and the whole team is very excited.
Not just because of a two-goal lead, not just because of a two-goal lead over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, but because Chelsea are now top of the league!
So far, the 14 rounds of the Premier League have been played, Chelsea has 33 points, Liverpool has 31 points, and Arsenal has 30 points!
A win over Chelsea in this game will see them Arsenal level with Chelsea and top spot in the league on goal difference!
Admittedly, with the depth of their Arsenal squad right now, it will be more difficult to play towards the end of the season as the physical pressure accumulates.
Not to mention the FA Cup, the Champions League and the Premier League, it is difficult to fight on both fronts of the Champions League and the Premier League, and it is estimated that Wenger will eventually decide which side to focus on according to the Champions League and league schedules.
But, there must always be a dream, right?
This season, not only is Arsenal in trouble, Manchester United is also suffering from rebuilding, and most importantly, Chelsea, the defending champion who is as stable as an old dog in the league, has also suffered from a conflict between the coach and the owner!
Except for Liverpool, all the top teams in the Premier League have had problems of one kind or another this year!
In the face of this situation, they Arsenal are not completely devoid of hope of winning the league title this year while ensuring the intensity of the Champions League!
And this game, they have almost won it, after all, Chelsea are a team that plays defensive counter-attack.
The defensive counterattack is stable, but the disadvantage is that once you fall behind, you can't take your fate into your own hands, because once the leading side is not in a hurry to attack, the defensive counterattack will not be able to play!
At the same time, because defensive counterattacks require midfielders to have strong defensive ability, but there are few players like Chen Mo who are all-round offensive and defensive players, so organization and ground penetration are weaknesses.
Just like just now, all Chelsea members did play very hard, but in the face of Arsenal, which was firmly on the bus under the leadership of Chen Mo, they had no way to use the pass to create opportunities, they could only break through on the side, and once they were too far forward, Arsenal could use the two wings and Chen Mo's super speed to counterattack!
A one-goal lead may not be shaky, but now it's a two-goal lead.
"Steady!"
"Fuck you! What the hell beautiful football! ”
Arsenal celebrated excitedly, on the sidelines, Mourinho, who was so mad that his face was red and his neck was thick, kicked the mineral water bottle away, stood in the rain and scolded at the pitch!
looked at the stadium, but it was not the players who were scolding, but the boss Abu!
Now that they are top of the league with Chelsea, other top Premier League teams will have to attack when they face them.
In addition to the top teams, those teams at the bottom of the league table need to chase points and relegation, and they can't do Arsenal's ability to block Chelsea after shrinking, so Chelsea must also take the initiative to attack when facing them.
The opponent takes the initiative to attack, which is exactly what Chelsea need, exactly what he Mourinho needs, but! Before this match, Abu gave him a death order, Shepchenko must be sent, and the scene must be played well.
Don't underestimate this one substitution.
With Drogba and Shepchenko, Chelsea can only play 442, but the 442 in the parallel position can't prevent Chen Mo in the middle, and the 442 in the diamond-shaped position can't fly with both wings!
This led to Mourinho opening with only the more defensive ability of Ballack to play left midfield, and let him stand closer to the middle to help defend Chen Mo, and in this way, the price is that the wings fly together and become a little bald donkey Robben flying alone!
Just like the substitution, on paper, it seems that two wings become single wings, and the lethality is reduced by half, but in fact it is not reduced by half! It's completely gone!
The left and right wings contain each other, so that Arsenal's defensive position will be pulled away to the sides, the wings will share the pressure evenly, and Drogba in the middle will also get space, which is a system effect of 1+1+1 far greater than 3!
The two wings are missing a wing, and Arsenal can directly lean the formation to one side to defend, which is why Arsenal pressed with high pressure in the first ten minutes of the first half, but Chelsea's counterattack could not be played!
Jose Mourinho, as a top coach, knew all this, but due to the pressure from the owner, he still allowed Shepchenko to play.
However, he also played Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, let Shepchenko play for twenty or thirty minutes, and when everyone saw that the situation was wrong, he would replace the person.
As a result, I never expected Chen Mo to break through the goal in thirteen minutes, which made them, who are not good at taking the initiative to attack, have to attack and kick in order to keep the first place in the league, which led to the second goal conceded!
This is called a chain reaction!
Headache!
Mourinho has a lot of headaches and it is uncomfortable to stay at Chelsea, but Chelsea gives a lot of money!
Not only is there a lot of salary, but also a lot of investment from the transfer window!
In addition to Chelsea and Real Madrid, where else in the world will invest more than 100 million in a transfer window?
I don't want to go to the days when Wenger was in power but bitter, but if I continue to play like this, it will be a matter of time before I get out of class.
Jose Mourinho was very uncomfortable.
However, the pain and happiness of people are not the same.
Soon, Arsenal's celebration ended, Chelsea's side had just served, and seeing that Lampard did not directly drive the ball forward to attack, the referee blew the whistle directly at the end of halftime.
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With a two-goal lead over Chelsea, both Chen Mo and Arsene Wenger were very happy at half-time.
There is nothing to adjust in terms of tactics, their team has been honed for a year and a half, and the conventional tactics have long been familiarized, and as the leading side, there is naturally no reason to take the initiative to change formations.
Soon, at the end of the break, Chen Mo led his teammates back to the court amid the applause of Wenger and the coaching staff.
In the first half, it was Chelsea's kick-off, and now the ball is at the feet of Arsenal.
As soon as Giroud knocked the ball back in the middle, Lampard immediately pressed high, not only to fight physically, but also to make some small gestures on his hands.
With a yellow card on his back and doing this, it can be seen that he is already a little impatient, but Chen Mo has no interest in confronting him, but directly passes the ball back to Brother Xiaoma, and runs backwards at the same time.
Yes, run backwards.
In Mourinho's frowning brow, Chen Mo went to the midfield position, while Xiao Ma and Modric formed a double central midfield on both sides above him, while Giroud in the center forward position began to retreat, almost to the area where the forward field was active.
- Olivier Giroud -
The Magic Flute, Little Pony
——Chen Mo——
False nine Giroud!
Under everyone's gaze, Giroud has changed from a positive central striker to a false nine!
"What's the situation?"
The core function of the Zhengyin center forward is to make a wall on the back line and grab points in the penalty area, and although the pseudo-nine is also a center, the more role of the pseudo-nine is actually to withdraw and participate in the midfield organization!
Not only were the fans stunned on the sidelines, but the Chelsea players were a little confused, but they soon understood Arsenal's tactical intentions.
Giroud is a very biased centre-forward, who doesn't have the slightest bit of individual breakthrough ability, but he has a strong back-to-back ability and a good ability to hit the ball.
Arsenal don't need to attack too aggressively now, but more to control the ball, which has led to Arsenal having an extra point of contact in central midfield after Giroud's retreat.
Don't underestimate this, as Giroud retreated, Essien did not dare to rob recklessly, because he had Giroud behind him, and robbing was tantamount to leaking.
Useless.
The best way to do this is to go up to Giroud with one of Chelsea's two centre-backs to free Essien, but then Thierry Henry and Angel Di Maria moved closer to the middle!
Don't dare to go to the top!
A central defender is on top, and behind him are Henry and Di Maria, which is very risky!
But if he doesn't go to the top, Essien will not dare to top and must help Giroud, which leads to Chelsea's midfield only Lampard and Ballack being the only pressers, and Arsenal's side is Chen Mo's Magic Flute and Little Pony.
Needless to say, Modric's passing ability is self-explanatory.
Although Xiao Ma is a back waist, he actually kicked the front waist when he debuted.
It's just that because the speed is not fast enough, the foot work is not up to the ability to pass one-on-one, and the lack of creativity in penetrating passing, this is the retreat from the front to the central midfielder, and then from the central midfielder to the back waist, and now even occasionally makes a cameo as a central defender However, although the position is withdrawn, his passing ability is not first-class, and it must be up to standard.
Soon, under the watchful eyes of the fans, Frank Lampard and Ballack were constantly slipped around by the three of them relying on passes!
The backfield was nailed, and the midfielder could not break the ball with his own strength, and Arsenal's possession rate even rose to more than 80% for a while!
Unable to touch the ball, as time passed bit by bit, Chelsea's players became more and more impatient, and the forward trident began to retreat to participate in the rush, and at this time the role of Chen Mo's retreat was reflected.
Drogba is a body monster, he Chen Mo is also a body monster, Drogba, who is close to 1.9 meters tall and has not polished his flexibility much, may have some advantages, but Chen Mo's skills and feet are not known to be much stronger than Drogba.
One man couldn't break the ball at all, let alone the two central defenders of Arsenal who were freed up after he dropped back.
And Chen Mo's retreat can not only suppress Drogba, because his running ability and ability to fight for the ball are much stronger than Brother Xiaoma, and Arsenal's back line is also dragging back further than before, even if Chelsea breaks the ball, it can't hit directly behind him!
Giroud retreated, Chen Mo retreated to the back, the back line dragged back, and under Arsenal's triple insurance, Chelsea became more and more uncomfortable.
In the eighty-second minute of the game, Xiao Ma controlled the ball in the right midfield, and in the face of Ballack's pressing, he directly knocked the ball back to Chen Mo in the back position.
The game was almost over and two goals behind, Drogba immediately defended, not only Drogba, but even Robben on the side also ran over!
Two clips one!
is desperate, but Chen Mo, who understands Chelsea's strength, has never let his guard down!
As soon as Robben left the side, left full-back Chiellini immediately stepped forward, and Chen Mo, who captured this information, immediately resisted Drogba behind his back, and directly hit a diagonal plug with his right foot!
The ball cut from the Arsenal backfield to the left side of the halfway line like a knife, and Chiellini rushed to the ground and it was a violent trip!
Unmarked!
This is one of the weaknesses of the 433 system, because there are only three players in the midfield, it is difficult to cover both wings in place, and once the winger loses the defensive position, there will be a huge gap in the entire waist, and this will give the opposing full-back and striker the opportunity to cross over!
Knowing this, Essien immediately moved sideways to the top defense, but to no avail.
Chiellini's speed is okay, but he is far from being a fast horse on the wing, but Essien is not a fast horse either, both are defensive players who focus on physical confrontation.
And most crucially, it was Thierry Henry who played on the left alongside Chiellini!
Henry, who likes to drop back to get the ball and then charge with the ball!
Just when Chiellini rushed across the middle line with the ball and Essien was about to make up for the defense, Chiellini directly handed the ball to the retreating Henry with a diagonal stopper, and then did not slow down, but because he ran faster without the ball, he accelerated and sprinted towards the bottom line!
Sleeve edge two dozen one!
Henry takes the ball on the left and cuts diagonally to the top of the arc, and on his left, Chiellini goes under!
Right-back Geremi grabs the horse directly!
Defending Henry, Chiellini can easily get a cross opportunity near the corner, you must know that Chen Mo is also plugging forward after sending the pass, and Arsenal also has Giroud in the center of the team with a sharp header!
Don't dare to let the other party go to the bottom at all!
However, Henry would have cut to the top of the arc and singled out the defender if he was unmarked
didn't hesitate, the lesser of two evils collided, and Geremi directly turned sideways to chase Henry, but it was useless.
Will a striker who can be defended one-on-one be touted?
Thierry Henry is one of the best strikers in the world!
With just a change in rhythm of accelerating and slowing down and then accelerating, Henry directly forced Graremy to dribble to the left side of the arc, and at this time, Chen Mo had already rushed to the right side of the arc!
Double ghost knock on the door!
There's a big Giroud in the middle!
Even if Chen Mo is still some distance from the penalty area line at this time because the starting position is too far back, he is located behind Henry's right, but because of his strong long-range shooting ability, Chelsea's double central defenders are still attracted to his attention!
At the moment when the right central defender Terry took a step to the left and tried to block the middle, from left to right, Henry, who was running wildly with the ball, directly buckled with his right foot, and the speed was extremely fast, and he directly diagonally to the top of the arc to cut into the penalty area vertically, and rushed to Terry's right shoulder in the blink of an eye!
"It's over!"
Terry subconsciously turned to the right side, but before his body could turn, Henry had disappeared from the corner of his right eye!
In the next second, he dribbled to the left side of the goal, looked at Cech who blocked the near post, and Henry, who had a strong ability to push the far corner with his right foot, did not hit the goal himself, but with a bow of his right foot, the ball was sent directly to the right side of the goal, where it was Di Maria, who was outflanked in place!
Empty door!
It's not Raheem Sterling or the national team-specific versions of Lautaro and Romelu Lukaku who are outflanking!
In the excited shouts of the Arsenal fans, Di Maria, who was holding Ashley Cole behind his back, gently pushed with his left foot, and the ball drilled into the empty goal!
Three to zero!
Eighty-two minutes 3-0!
The commentary roared, the fans in the stands were overjoyed, Di Maria, who completely killed the game in the cheers of everyone, put his left hand on Chen Mo, who ran laughing, and pointed to Henry who retreated towards the corner with a strange smile on his face, and soon, Giroud joined in, and the four rushed to the corner to celebrate side by side.
As the celebration ended, Di Maria gave a kiss to the camera alone, and the game also completely entered garbage time, and when the 90 minutes were up, the referee did not continue to torture the Chelsea players who had lost their morale, and directly blew the whistle for the end of the game.
After the game, Wenger naturally routinely called Chen Mo to give a post-match interview.
After all, he almost locked up the MVP of the game with one pass and one shot.
Chen Mo is really not interested in the interview, but the winter window is coming.
Yes, winter windows.
The winter window actually has nothing to do with Chen Mo, but the problem is that Arsenal now needs to strengthen the bench, but they have no money in hand.
As a result, he Chen Mo became an enrollment guide.
With a strong offensive and defensive integration and a strong ball quotient, as long as the players who play next to him have a good team character, he can always make up for some of the shortcomings and play a good performance.
The most typical examples are Di Maria and Bale.
The two of them are very talented, but to be honest, their skills and all aspects are not first-class, after all, they are only less than twenty years old, but because Chen Mo's lethality is too strong, the two of them can often get one-on-one opportunities in the game, and one-on-one opportunities are excellent opportunities for strikers to play highlight scenes and gain attention.
In addition to the forward line, the backline and midfield are not to be talked about.
Chen Mo has a strong ability to protect the ball and a strong ability to pass people, but unless it is a necessary moment, he generally does not stick to the ball, and more often shoots the ball with one kick.
Don't look at Arsenal with him as the absolute core, but that's just with him as the core to do the passing, whether it is Modric or Pony, there are a lot of touches in every game.
As for the backline.
No defender of an opposing team will like Chen Mo, but no defender of his own team will hate Chen Mo.
Maybe Chen Mo didn't even notice it himself, but unconsciously he had changed from the sweet and sweet in the mouth of the coach to the sweet and sweet in the mouth of all the players.
But
Chen Mo was really not interested in these, under Wenger's frequent rolling eyes, he was all kinds of perfunctory things in the interview area, almost all of them were Henry talking.
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The 3-0 win over Chelsea, as well as the creative penalty tactics and the aesthetically pleasing turn-and-shoot of the ball, were touted by the major news media and celebrities the next day.
But Chen Mo didn't have time to pay attention to these.
On December 7, the night of the 2-1 victory over CSKA Moscow in the final six rounds of the Champions League group stage, Chen Mo and Henry and Samuel, who were also selected for the Golden Ball list, flew to Paris, France with their respective families.
There, the draw for the Champions League round of 16 and the 2006 Ballon d'Or will take place!
There's one more chapter later