My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 258: Use the other person's way to repay the other person's kindness

Mourinho stood up and paced back and forth near the touchline.

Arsenal was still very cautious. Ten minutes into the game, the stage of testing each other between the two teams was almost over.

Faced with the opponent's low profile, Chelsea, playing at home, gradually took control of the ball and tried to break through Arsenal's defense in a positional battle.

The pace of the game slowed down dramatically.

Jose Mourinho, Arsenal's defense makes it difficult for Chelsea to find holes.

The depth left for Chelsea's frontcourt attack group to sprint was very small, and Chelsea's several side breakthroughs did not achieve the desired results.

"Eden, Eden!" Mourinho shouted several times to Hazard and waved him forward.

Left winger Eden Hazard received a pass from Ramirez, and behind him, Bakari Sagna came close.

In this game, Arsenal's starting full-back is Sagna. Chen Yao's intention in sending him up is to use a more stable veteran to lock down Chelsea's wing attack.

Hazard is younger and more energetic than Sagna, but Sagna has rich experience and can block Hazard's position with skill, making it impossible for the Chelsea winger to turn around easily.

Moreover, the space near Hazard is also very narrow. If he goes to the wing, his ball rights will be easily destroyed by the sideline, or he will be suppressed on the sideline and unable to form an attack towards the goal.

If you cut inside, Theo Walcott diligently runs back to defend, and Chelsea left back Azpilicueta is a defensive-focused full-back under Jose Mourinho's tactical requirements. He didn't dare to press too close, and he couldn't provide support to Hazard.

The winger, known for his sharp breakthroughs, suddenly found himself in a very embarrassing situation. In the end, he could only pass the ball back to Azpilicueta's feet along the sideline.

Azpilicueta crossed Ramirez again, and the midfielder combination composed of Ramirez and David Luiz fell back and forth several times in front of the center line. Arsenal's formation also moved left and right in an orderly manner, but nothing happened. Create opportunities for Chelsea to pass the ball through.

"Chelsea really can't do anything about our low profile." Lillo watched the game and said to Chen Yao, "Jose Mourinho must think that we will take the initiative to attack at Stamford Bridge so that he can find opportunities to counterattack."

"Jose is not good at dealing with the current situation." Chen Yao said, "But Jose is not a vegetarian either...he will find a way."

Mourinho's tie was flying in the winter wind at Stamford Bridge. He yelled a few times and made gestures to the field.

There was a change in Chelsea's attacking direction, but that was to be expected.

David Luiz passed the ball to the right, Schurrle received the ball and rushed towards Nacho Monreal.

Schurrle fell into the same predicament as Hazard. Monreal kept adjusting his body direction and pace as Schurrle's body shape changed.

Schürrle tried to break through Monreal several times, but failed, and Wilfred Zaha's defense behind him was also very active.

In order not to blindly lose the ball, Schuerle had no choice but to pass the ball back to right back Ivanovic.

Ivanovic does not have the ability to organize an attack in the middle, so he can only hand the ball to David Luiz.

The ball returned to Chelsea's midfield, but Arsenal's defense remained firm.

The successive attacks on the left and right wing failed to achieve results, and Chelsea's offense came to a standstill again.

At this time, the rhythm of the game has become very slow, and Arsenal has no intention of jumping out to counterattack.

Stamford Bridge once again fell into the atmosphere of a library. The cheers of the fans gradually became tame, and the soporific game scene really made them unable to get excited.

Chelsea's attack method has undergone some changes. David Luiz is no longer satisfied with just being a transfer point for playing balls to the left and right sides. He began to launch long passes directly into the penalty area, trying to overcome Arsenal's layers of barriers and directly Attack the Arsenal goal.

Per Mertesacker had just the right ball to deal with David Luiz.

The German central defender is slow, but his aerial control ability is excellent, and he is exactly what he wants to deal with David Luiz's aerial guidance.

Several long passes from David Luiz were deflected away by Mertesacker, and Eto'o, who was searching in vain for opportunities in the penalty area, never touched the ball.

Chelsea's attacks were repeatedly unable to succeed, which gave Mourinho a sense of crisis.

He is very familiar with this situation. According to the normal situation, the opponent should attack around his team and be unable to break through Chelsea's defense.

After that, the opponent will become more and more impetuous and handle the offensive ball more and more sloppily until a mistake occurs.

That's Chelsea's chance.    And now? Arsenal are doing the same thing.

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After David Luiz's long pass attempt also failed, Chelsea turned back to the center, hoping to use Oscar's personal ability, combined with the penetration of Schurrle and Hazard, to launch an offensive against Arsenal in the center.

Mourinho glanced at the time. About thirty minutes had passed in the first half, and the mentality of Chelsea players had undergone subtle changes.

If he can no longer gain the upper hand, Mourinho is ready to ask the players to step back and give up possession of the ball.

This is the rhythm Chelsea is familiar with.

On the field, Oscar instigated an attack. He kicked the ball and bounced the ball to Hazard, who cut in. Hazard took advantage of the situation and broke through Bakari Sagna, who had entangled him enough.

Hazard broke into Arsenal's hinterland, and Eto'o also ran smartly, hiding in a position that Koscielny and Mertesacker couldn't take care of, looking for opportunities.

The Belgian winger took a quick look at the situation. The nearby space was occupied by players from both teams, leaving him with not many options.

Among the many choices, of course, choose the one with the highest success rate.

For example, break through the ordinary black boy in front of you.

N'Golo Kante takes on Eden Hazard.

Hazard speeded up smoothly. He swung to the left, switched the ball to his left foot, pushed forward sharply, and was about to break through Kanter's side.

In Hazard's expectation, even if Kanter was not deceived out of focus at this time, he should be forced to follow his pace.

As long as the defender's speed is increased, the time left for the defender to control the body will be shorter and more difficult, and Hazard can easily connect to the next move.

However, N'Golo Kanter did not take advantage of Hazard's fake moves. His body has always been agile and ready to attack at any time, and his center of gravity has always been under his control.

Hazard did not notice Kanter's stability. It was difficult to find Kanter's shadow in the corner of his eye. He must have been swayed away by his simple prelude.

The next moment, Hazard took the ball and made a turn.

He placed his center of gravity very low, stopped the ball quickly, turned around suddenly, and wanted Kanter to fly out from behind him.

This is a "Cruyff turn" in Hazard style.

But Hazard's intentions were shattered - as soon as he turned around, he ran into Kanter head-on.

Kanter was not fooled by Hazard's movements at all. He waited for Hazard's turn with incredible accuracy, let the ball appear just in front of him, and then poked it away easily.

Hazard lost the ball.

Before the Belgian winger recovered, Kante stepped over him, pushed the ball a few steps away, and passed it to Sagna.

Sagna passed a diagonal pass to Santi Cazorla, starting from the deep midfielder position. Cazorla was like Arsenal's engine, driving the Gunners' counterattack.

Arsenal's frontcourt players finally ran away after thirty minutes of slow pace.

The Gunners players poured into the frontcourt like a tide, and the blood-heated counterattack moment arrived.

At this time, Mourinho's face slowly turned pale.

Arsenal's counterattackers separated themselves from Chelsea's defense like arrows in the blink of an eye.

Zaha, Aubameyang, Theo Walcott, and Kevin De Bruyne behind these three players.

Arsenal's counterattack team was so fast that it didn't even need a second of conversion time to penetrate Chelsea's weakest area in three directions.

This was originally Mourinho's favorite "counterattack moment", seizing the moment the opponent conceded the ball and directly breaking up the opponent's defense.

And now, such a dilemma has happened to him.

(End of this chapter)