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Chapter 417 London Derby

Arsenal immediately began preparing for a match against Chelsea after winning Tel Aviv. For Arsenal, the importance of the London derby is far greater than a normal league match.

Moreover, Chelsea has been in a bad state recently. As a mortal enemy, Arsenal naturally has to take the opportunity to step on it, but Wenger also knows that it is not easy to step on Chelsea and Mourinho.

Chelsea urgently needs a victory to boost morale, and as far as the situation is concerned, what else can boost morale more than defeating arch-rivals Arsenal?

So Chelsea must fight to the death, which is directly reflected in the Champions League match. Chelsea played all substitutes in the mid-week game, but was lost 1:2 to Dynamo Zagreb.

From the lost game, you can see Chelsea's determination, but there is another possibility. Although Dynamo Zagreb is good, a normal Chelsea may not lose even if they are all substitutes.

Chelsea's condition this season is indeed a big problem. Compared with last season, Chelsea's lineup has not changed. Cech is the biggest player to be Chelsea, but Cech last season was just a substitute.

However, Cech is in good shape at Liverpool, but other Liverpool players are in poor condition. After losing to Arsenal in the third round, it seems to have a big blow to Liverpool.

Time flies on the day of the game, and Stamford Bridge Stadium is already full. This is a stadium that can only accommodate more than 40,000 people, which can actually not satisfy Chelsea.

However, there have been rumors recently that Chelsea is preparing to rebuild the stadium and demolish the current stadium for expansion. There are even rumors that Chelsea has invited designers who have designed the capital's Bird's Nest before.

So the old Stamford Bridge Stadium has entered the countdown, and perhaps Chelsea will no longer play in this stadium next season.

The derby does not require any tactics, and Arsenal has been performing very strongly this season, so Wenger's tactics in this game are offense. Besides, Chelsea's condition is indeed not good, but Arsenal's condition is very hot.

"Although Chelsea is in a bad state, Chelsea will definitely fight hard in this derby, and the derby is also the best opportunity to jump to the team's state." In the subconscious of all players, the derby is the most important, so the players will not be distracted, and will subconsciously try their best.

When a person focuses on one thing, his whole mindset and state will naturally change.

Mourinho needs a derby to stimulate Chelsea players' form, while Arsenal needs to take the players further in the derby.

But the referee's whistle sounded, and the game immediately became hot. Less than a minute into the game, Chelsea attacked Arsenal's penalty area, and a foul appeared.

Coquelin tackled Diego Costa, and then the two looked at each other fiercely. Fortunately, the referee was next to the two. Because of the beginning of the game, the referee McDin just warned the two not to pay the cards.

Fabregas took the free kick. As before, as soon as Fabregas got the ball, Arsenal fans began to boo wildly. Unfortunately, this is the Stamford Bridge Stadium, and the booing of Arsenal fans was directly drowned in the cheers of Chelsea fans.

However, the voices of Chelsea fans obviously cannot affect Li Shou on the field. Although Fabregas played a good free kick, it was almost impossible to break Li Shou's goal.

Arsenal immediately launched a counterattack, and Cassorla made a long pass from Giroud. The defender of Giroud was Zuma, a French compatriot. In front of the experienced Giroud, Zuma could only watch the ball was pushed to Sanchez.

The latter broke through the ball on the wing and made a cross from the bottom. Griezmann rushed into the penalty area and flew to the top to complete the attack, but the ball was not set within the goal frame. Under Cahill's entanglement, Griezmann pushed the ball out of the baseline.

In the ninth minute, Arsenal once again broke into the front of Chelsea's penalty area, but before Cassor could take a long shot, Cahill intercepted it. The Chelsea central defender made a very exciting tackle, directly blocking Casora's shot.

The Chelsea players are indeed in poor form. Three minutes later, Arsenal once again broke into Chelsea's hinterland. This time it was Ramsey, who shot a pass and sent the ball into the penalty area. Giroud beat Zuma again, but Giroud's header was directly confiscated by Begovic.

In the fifteenth minute, Chelsea completed the second kick of the game. Diego Costa and Hazard collided with each other and broke into the penalty area, and then they were saved by Li Shou.

Then Li Shou completed the clearance directly, and the next five minutes became Sanchez's solo performance time. Although Sanchez did not make a shot in the end, Sanchez broke left and right in these five minutes, completely disrupting Chelsea's defense line, forcing Chelsea to end his performance with a foul.

McDan finally took out the first yellow card of the game, a flying tackle from Fabregas. Although Fabregas didn't say anything, he must have breathed a sigh of relief when facing Arsenal.

Fabregas's flying tackle not only applied for a yellow card, but also made Arsenal fans hate him even more. Just five minutes after Fabregas's foul, the former Arsenal core made a mistake. Fabregas, who got the ball in the backcourt, actually passed the ball to Casorla.

If Fabregas hadn't participated in the London derby once, Chelsea people could not help but wonder if Fabregas was undercover. Unfortunately, Arsenal failed to seize this opportunity, or the Chelsea defense line responded quickly and immediately created an offside trap. When Giroud realized that it was too late.

In the 33rd minute, Arsenal also won the first yellow card of the game. Chelsea played a counterattack. In order to stop Chelsea's counterattack, Cazorla immediately took out a yellow card for Cazorla.

Oscar then sent the ball into the penalty area and was cleared by Koscheerny, but the cleared ball fell at Zuma's feet, and the latter shot a long shot that was nearly 40 meters away from the goal.

Such a long shot obviously cannot really threaten Arsenal's goal. Li Shou's terrible concentration is one of the main reasons why Arsenal has not conceded the ball so far. Zuma's unexpected kick may be useful to other goalkeepers, but it certainly does not include Li Shou.

In the 40th minute, Chelsea's long shot once again threatened Arsenal. Pedro, who had transferred from Barcelona this summer, had a long shot of about 25 meters away from the goal.

A diagonal pass from Fabregas, the ball was unable to hit the ball within the frame, but it forced Li Shou to save. The ball eventually rubbed the post and hit the side net.

Arsenal then also made a long shot from Sanchez outside the penalty area. Cazorla cooperated with him. Sanchez moved across the middle and shot slightly higher under the cover of Giroud and Griezmann.
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