Chapter 158 Tacit understanding of offense and defense
"Van Persie!!!"
"It was Van Persie who scored the goal!"
“So beautiful!!!”
"Look, this is what Lei Yu does."
"Don't look at Lei Yu's body, but sometimes he can penetrate the opponent's defense instantly like a ghost."
"After Lei Yu succeeded in breaking through, he was actually at the end of his strength and lost his balance."
"But Lei Yu's reaction is very quick!"
"Seeing that there was no chance to score, I just moved the ball to the side and assisted Van Persie to score!"
"Arsenal equalizes!"
"Van Persie, 36th minute."
Stamford Bridge is boiling again.
But this time the call came from the visiting team stands, with gun fans waving their arms and chanting the names of Robin van Persie and Lei Yu.
The Dutchman rushed to Lei Yu immediately after scoring the goal, then extended his index finger and made a "you know" expression.
Then Lei Yu laughed and opened his arms, and with a "poof", Van Persie jumped directly on!
"Wonderful transmission, Lei!"
"Good shot, Lao Fan!"
Throughout the first half, Van Persie passed the ball to his teammates several times in the penalty area, but there was no teammate in the middle who could respond.
This time, Van Persie finally picked up a ready-made one.
Looking at the excited expressions on the faces of the Dutch, no wonder most people like to eat cakes!
Arshavin also came over at this moment and asked with envy: "Lei, when will you pass one to me too?"
Before Lei Yu could answer, Van Persie, who had just been put down by Lei Yu, laughed loudly and said: "Czar, if you had followed up before, you might have scored twice now. How else do you want to pass?"
Recalling Robin van Persie's previous accurate passes, Arshavin scratched the back of his head and blushed with shame.
Indeed, besides Gervinho, he should be the one who should be in the outflanking position!
At this time, Jiulang’s live broadcast room also exploded.
"Brother Yu 6666!"
"It has to be Brother Yu!"
"Just have fun, Lao Fan. Would you have scored without our brother Yu passing the ball to you?"
"This ball is given to you by my brother Yu!"
The fans were ecstatic that Lei Yu finally performed brilliantly in such a hard-core London derby.
Seeing "leiyu" on the assist list in the subtitles at the bottom of the screen, the fans were filled with happiness.
Our players can also occupy an important place in such a high-end competition!
Lei Yu's assist greatly satisfied the fans' desire to watch and expectations. This assist completely eliminated the inferiority complex of some fans who were not very confident.
These fans began to feel that football is not a game for one person, but a team sport.
It would be great if Lei Yu can have a "sense of participation" as one of them!
Of course, this "sense of participation" was obtained by Lei Yu with an assist!
...
After the scores were tied, Villas-Boas was obviously a little anxious.
He walked around the sidelines in that tight suit, shouting instructions to the players.
After walking back and forth for a few times, he returned to his seat with a frown.
Perhaps it was Villas-Boas' command that had an effect. Within two minutes of kick-off, Sturridge's breakthrough from the left directly penetrated Arsenal's door.
Under the high-altitude camera, the scene was noisy.
"Ouch! Sturridge's breakthrough!"
"Straight shot!!!"
"Eh? Offside!?"
"Did anyone meet in the middle?"
"Or was he already offside when he had the ball?"
The camera focused on the linesman raising the flag on the sidelines, and the director quickly replayed the clip of the goal.
From the air, Sturridge, who received the ball, was not offside.
As soon as he accelerated, he passed Santos.
Then he quickly pushed the ball across the field and brought the ball into the penalty area.
The moment he took action, the director pressed pause.
In the clear picture, Ramirez's right foot suddenly appeared on the line of the small penalty area, and then blocked the ball.
Undisputed offside!
As if he already knew the answer, the Chelsea players did not complain and simply turned around and walked out of the penalty area.
Maybe in their opinion, if they keep playing like this, they will always score!
Although the goal was disallowed, the goal really gave the Gunners fans a cold sweat.
It's not a good feeling to be ahead again by your opponent just after tying the score.
Although Gunners fans have great confidence that their team will continue to score goals, who doesn't want to enjoy the joy of equalizing the score for a while?
"Arsenal's two full-backs are really scary today!"
"One is leading the attack, and the other is not very strong in defensive ability."
"Look at Santos's position now."
"He seemed to look away, 'My specialty is not defense, so I'll make up for it with offense!'"
Santos' assist passed the ball to Lei Yu again. Lei Yu opened the gap laterally and then made a through pass, which was intercepted by Ivanovic with a tackle.
It can be seen from the footage that if Ivanovic keeps dropping the ball, Arshavin will do it alone after getting the ball!
Both sides on the field fully understand the opponent's weaknesses, and they also know where their own weaknesses are.
But just like a "tacit understanding", no one makes up for their own shortcomings, but keeps grabbing the opponent's weak points and attacking them fiercely.
Whether it's Chelsea's crosses from the wings or Santos' left corridor connecting the frontcourt...
It’s not about recruiting something new, it just works.
Time and time again, both sides repeated the routes and methods of previous successful goals. Judging from the attitudes of the coaches on the sidelines, it seemed that no one had the intention to defend well first.
"Fans who have been watching football for a little while will know that Arsenal has always been suppressing Chelsea in the past."
"But after the second half of the 2003-04 season, the situation turned around."
"Before that, Arsenal maintained an unbeaten streak of 17 games; but after that Champions League semi-final, Chelsea had a great impact on Arsenal. In the subsequent 19 games, Arsenal only won 3 games!"
"After Abramovich came, he had a great impact on Chelsea's strength."
Indeed, just like now.
The Blues' morale on the field was not affected at all by the Gunners' equalizer; on the contrary, in the final minutes of the game, they still launched a fierce attack on Arsenal's goal.
After several consecutive high-intensity attacks, the first half of the game came to an end.
In the 44th minute, Zhu Lu made a tackle in front of the corner post and gave his opponent a corner kick.
At this time, we can see from the data displayed in the upper left corner of the screen that the ball possession rate of both sides is Chelsea 51% and Arsenal 49%. The two teams are almost the same!
After Ashley Cole picked up the ball and handed it to Lampard, he walked into the penalty area.
The magic lamp just glanced at the penalty area, then swung his right foot and kicked the ball directly into the Gunners penalty area.
"Lampard corner kick..."
"Oooh!!"
"The ball is scored again!"
"45 minutes, John Terry! A player who has been in a lot of news recently."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is Terry's first goal against Arsenal since 2004!"
In the slow-motion replay, Blues captain Terry jumped high in front of Mertesacker and blocked the ball into the blind corner with the arch of his outstretched foot.
Szczesny flew to the rescue, but still failed to make the save. The ball rubbed the inside of the post and rolled into the net.
Looking at the cheering Blues fans on the field, Zhan Jun could only smack his tongue: "It seems Chelsea is determined and doesn't want Arsenal to have a good rest for these 15 minutes!"