Chapter 117: Captain Lin Yun
'Stamford Bridge is definitely the most difficult home stadium in the entire Premier League, and Jose Mourinho's Blues have almost defended to the extreme, conceding just nine goals at Stamford Bridge in all competitions this season, but now they are led by two goals by Arsenal at half-time, which is definitely something that no one expected before the game.
Lin Yun has scored 23 goals in the league, which is the second highest scorer in the league last season, tied with Suarez and second only to Robin van Persie, who scored 26 goals.
In addition, he has 4 assists, which is also at the top of the current assist list, and the biggest opponent is in addition to Suarez and Gerrard, as well as his teammate Modric, although it is unlikely that he will reach the top of the assist list, but the possibility of assists reaching double digits is not small, and maybe this season we will witness the birth of another king of guns who has scored goals and assists in double digits at the same time......"
Lin Yun scored 23 goals, Su Ya also scored 20 goals, and the two of them took the least time in the top ten of the scorer list, and they didn't give others half a way to live.
Chelsea stepped up their attacking efforts as the game resumed, but it was a shame that the Stamford Bridge frame was made with a backbone today.
In the 36th minute, Cesar Azpilicueta burst into the left side of the box to return the ball, but Lampard fired a shot wide of the post.
Two minutes later, Torres hit the post again with a volley.
“…… Chelsea were out of luck and for the 10th time this season they hit the ball on the woodwork! ”
It didn't go through, but Chelsea were on the offensive and it was clear that they were starting to pick up.
Luka Modric and Rosicky have retreated to their own half, leaving only Lin Yun and Theo Walcott on Chelsea's side.
The competition started to get intense.
In the 38th minute, Cesar Azpilicueta was verbally warned for hooking up Ramsey in the middle.
A minute later, Torres was brought to the canvas as he broke through Mertesacker, but referee Dean refused to award a penalty.
This time, Muño finally couldn't sit still and immediately ran to the fourth official, and the hair dryer was blowing.
Arsene Wenger is also quite uneasy.
Arsenal's offense today is almost supported by Lin Yun and Modric, and that's all, but even the defense is so disgusting, he can't bear it.
Others are playing in the Champions League, Manchester City and Club World Cup, and the slump is understandable, but Fermalen, who rotated in this game, also disappeared, which made the professor very dissatisfied.
It really can't be stayed......
With the mid-beam and the post, and the rhythm of the attack disrupted by Arsenal's despicable fouls, Chelsea's offensive finally began to slow down, and Arsenal took the opportunity to attack in a wave.
Wilshere made a short pass to Walcott, who wanted to use the starting speed to get rid of Mikel, but unfortunately he was stuck in position and couldn't fly, so he could only awkwardly entangle Mikel with the ball in place.
Lin Yun was just about to retreat to respond, but he didn't expect Modric to rush up from behind and help Walcott out of the predicament.
"Walcoat and Luka Modric are working together to hit the wall, dribbling the ball on the wing, will it be an inside cut or a cross?"
Walcourt himself hesitated, wanted to cut inside but was not confident, wanted to cross but Lin Yun was guarded like a bun filling, and was about to kick in casually, and the impatient Modric was reaching out to ask for the ball again.
Chelsea certainly couldn't just let the Magic Flute jump up and down, but the kid was too good to run, and he quickly ran out of space with all kinds of wide movements, and received a pass from Theo Walcott.
Without any hesitation, go straight to the outside of the instep to make a pass.
The football flew in a strange arc towards the goal, and Lin Yun jumped up with difficulty under the double love of Terry and Cahill, grabbed the first point and shook his head to attack the goal.
The ball flew a parabola into the top left corner of the goal, and Cech adjusted his foot, leaped to his feet, and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand.
Modric immediately ran to the corner flag area and prepared to serve.
Arteta, who wanted to serve, could only enter the box and prepare for the aerial battle.
Terry and Cahill seemed to grow on Lin Yun, no matter how they got rid of it, Lin Yun simply walked out of the penalty area and came to Modric, ready to play a tactical corner.
Gary Cahill stayed on the line of the penalty area and John Terry followed, still pressing closely.
Modric gave the ball to Lin Yun with a short pass, and then rushed in quickly along the bottom line.
Lin Yun directly kicked the ball and sent the ball in front of him.
Luka Modric crossed and Cahill immediately stepped forward to block it, but the Magic Flute's raised right foot dropped softly and the inside instep gently knocked the ball on.
Lin Yun stabbed the football he sent into the penalty area, and then quickly followed up and hit the goal.
“…… Arsenal played a tactical corner, and Lin Yun hit the goal from a small angle! ”
The penalty area was full of people, and Lin Yun's shot was not only to try his luck, but also to confuse the water and see if he could create opportunities for his teammates.
It's a pity that the opportunities were created, but they didn't work!!
The ball hit Mikel's calf, bounced off Azpilicueta's foot and came to Gibbs.
Gibbs was overwhelmed by the gift and kicked the ball straight at Cech.
Petr Cech quickly reached out and got the ball in front of Arteta.
Tazigo was overjoyed and kicked the ball off the post with a push shot, and was happy to mention the best clearance award of the game.
Arsene Wenger in the stands raised his hands and eyes in disbelief to refuse to admit that the two were his players, and Arteta in front of goal also held his head in disbelief and wanted to crash to his head on the post.
Lin Yun and Modric glanced at each other, and everything was silent.
Tired.
The fans were disappointed at first, and then they had a ridiculous thought in their hearts: this is the Arsenal we are familiar with.
According to tradition, around Christmas, it should be time for Arsenal to drop the chain, and this kind of performance is just a basic exercise for the former Arsenal.
On the contrary, it was Lin Yun and Modric who continued to be reliable at such a critical moment, and they were quite non-gunners.
“…… Gibbs and Mikel Arteta missed back-to-back chances to open the scoring, and it was a shame they could have had a chance to kill the game completely. ”
'There is a penalty for missing chances, and it will be interesting to see if Chelsea can pull a goal back before half-time.'
Chelsea pulled back a leg.
After Cech drove the ball out, they couldn't even get into the Arsenal penalty area, and the two sides were in a close match in the final stages of the first half.
Until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score remained at 0-2.
Arsene Wenger walked into the dressing room in a rage and looked at his face as if Arsenal were the ones behind right now.
He didn't know that this was the moment when Arsenal's tradition was off, and the performance of the players was not sticking to what tradition is.
For the first time, the old man spoke heavily.
'Anyone who thinks the Premier League title isn't worth chasing can say it out loud and I can accommodate any of his requests, whether it's a reserve report or a winter transfer!'
The atmosphere, which had been quite lively, suddenly became cold and heavy.
"I know you're tired, and so am I, but that's not a reason for you to put on this kind of amateurish performance!
Wake up, guys! It's true that we're number one in the Premier League now, but if we lose two or three games, we'll be second or third in a few more games, and a few more and we'll be fourth again!
Damn fourth, I hate that!
Did I forget to tell you what our goals are for this season?
It's to win the championship! Win! Win!
Champions League winners, Premier League titles, I want them all!
Because we have this strength, we have this ability! ”
Everyone was silent...... Except for Lin Yun.
Anyway, I didn't scold him.
The old paper performed so well, I was afraid of a ball of yarn.
It's so fearless that I almost laughed out loud.
Because Wenger usually has a serious face and few expressions, but once he breaks the defense, his expression becomes richer, and he is very much like Mr. Bean.
Arsene Wenger glared at him as if sensing something, and then walked out of the dressing room.
Boulder, who continued to take charge of the seal, coughed lightly, "We will make some personnel adjustments in the second half......"
'The second half started and Arsenal made a substitution at the start, captain Vermaelen was brought on and Koscielny was replaced.
Fermaelen gave Koscielny a high-five with an expressionless face, passed by Boulder directly, and was about to walk to the bench, but Boulder suddenly said, "Wait, captain's armband!" ”
Fermaren stopped, untied his armband, resisted the urge to throw it on the ground, and handed it into his hands.
Arteta had already trotted to the sidelines, ready to take the armband from Boulder, but he didn't expect Boulder to shake his head after handing the armband into his hands, "What does the boss mean, to Lin." ”
"What?"
Arteta also thought he had misheard, or misunderstood, and let out a cry of astonishment.
"I mean, give the captain's armband to Lin."
Arteta looked at him in surprise and then looked up again to see Arsene Wenger on stage, as if to confirm whether Boulder was making a false decree.
It's a pity that they are too far away, and when they look up, they can only see a black and linen human head.
Vermaelen was the first captain, Mikel Arteta was the second and Mertesacker was the third.
Now the first captain is gone, but the second and third are still alive.
Wenger directly skipped the second and third and gave the captain's armband to Lin Yun?!
It's not that Brother Tazi feels insulted or anything, he just feels a little ridiculous.
The tradition in most teams is for the oldest player to be the captain, and Arsenal don't have that rule but let a kid who hasn't even played a full season lead the way...... Seriously?
Boulder nodded affirmatively.
Arteta came to Lin Yun with an armband.
Lin Yun looked at him inexplicably, "What's wrong?" ”
"I've got something for you," Arteta took his hand and helped him wrap the armband, "Captain." ”
Thank you Yan Xiang and the first time to see the old brother for another tip (..)
(End of chapter)