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In fact, Qin Xiong and Lampard should not be playing against each other. Qin Xiong was the attacking midfielder, and Lampard theoretically should also be the attacking midfielder. However, Chelsea's formation dragged behind. After Lampard withdrew, Qin Xiong also withdrew. When they withdrew at the same time, the two men became the illusion of facing each other directly.
When the defensive players in the backfield each played their own positions, if Qin Xiong followed Lampard, it would inevitably reduce Lampard's threat. But at the same time, there were two drawbacks. One was that if Tiago or Makelele pressed on, no one would mark them. The other was that if Qin Xiong followed Lampard, he might be entangled by Lampard when he turned from defense to offense.
Qin Xiong realized that the person he should mark was Tiago or Makelele, and at the same time ensure that the defensive pressure he faced during the transition from offense to defense would not be too great.
Then, when fighting Chelsea's counterattack, Arsenal would not be an attacking group facing Chelsea's seven-man three-front defensive system with Lampard.
Arsenal's teammates also saw the biggest change in the offensive and defensive situation. That was, if Arsenal did not delay the time, they would be in a four-man VS six-man offensive and defensive situation this time.
It was much better than before.
Henry, Pires, and Ljungberg began to move, and Arsenal's flexibility and sense of layering in the offense began to manifest.
After Qin Xiong dribbled the ball across the half of the field, he was about to face the defensive line of Makelele and Tiago's double defensive midfielders.
When he was two meters away from the two men, Qin Xiong made a dribbling change by stepping on the bicycle to pull the ball to the left.
After the smooth, natural, and skillful dribbling skills were displayed, Makelele was slightly surprised.
He expected Qin Xiong to dribble the ball to Tiago's side, and then defeat Tiago with his personal ability!
In terms of defensive one-on-one interception ability, Tiago was obviously not as good as Makelele.
This made Makelele uneasy about Tiago. He had played against Qin Xiong before. Although he could block Qin Xiong most of the time, defense was always the standard of "one failure, the whole game is lost."
Therefore, Makelele took the initiative to move to Tiago's side, trying to give Tiago an insurance.
Qin Xiong's actual object of observation during the dribbling was not Tiago, but Makelele!
When Makelele moved, the space on the other side of Chelsea would become bigger.
At the same time, Ljungberg also noticed the change in space.
He decisively passed the ball in front of Tiago, in front of Tiago and decisively passed to the right side of the field in front of Tiago.
Ljungberg easily got the ball there. Even though Mourinho seemed to be waving a whip at Robben on the sidelines and roaring at him to quickly return to defend, there was still a clear distance between Robben and Ljungberg.
Makelele was full of anger anger anger.
He had been cheated!
It was a diversion!
Qin Xiong attracted two defensive midfielders to create space for Ljungberg to run, and then passed the ball over.
After the ball was passed, Qin Xiong ran to Ljungberg in the direction of his pass.
Ljungberg dribbled to the front, driving the deep space of Arsenal's attack, which made both Tiago and Makelele retreat. At the same time, Makelele rushed to Ljungberg, trying to intercept him.
When Ljungberg dribbled the ball to the area thirty-five yards away from the goal, he could not see a stable pass point, and his space of movement became smaller and smaller.
At that moment, he suddenly passed the ball back. Qin Xiong was in the area behind him, forty yards away from the goal.
Qin Xiong controlled the ball again, and the situation was completely different. He stepped into the danger zone, and Chelsea's defensive formation was also torn apart by the back and forth movement.
Qin Xiong looked to the left front.
He saw Henry.
He decisively sent out a straight pass like a scalpel!
Henry started the attack from the left flank, which was caused by his playing habits. He changed from a winger to a center forward, and his offensive habit of leaning to the left was very obvious, especially when he did not get the support of his teammates in the center forward position.
Qin Xiong's pass rolled between Makelele and Tiago. The two did not keep a good distance in the movement, and Qin Xiong grasped the fleeting opportunity!
Qin Xiong's eyes were calm.
He kept staring at Henry to see what choice he would make.
Henry ran in front of Terry, and he had a chance to stop and run into the penalty area. Of course, Terry and Carvalho would immediately block him.
When the football rolled to the running line of Henry's diagonal cut inside, Henry's posture was to directly control the ball and cut inside the penalty area, or look for an angle to shoot to challenge Čech.
Terry calmly followed Henry and was very focused.
At that moment, Henry suddenly strode past, and the football slipped between his legs!
Qin Xiong gritted his teeth and applauded in his heart!
That's right, the ball was not passed to Henry!
The straight pass of the scalpel tore apart not only Makelele and Tiago's defensive line.
Qin Xiong wanted to directly break down Chelsea's defensive line, which required Henry's cooperation.
The football that Henry had missed rolled past Terry, and Terry had no time to react to intercept the football.
At that moment, Terry looked like he had seen a ghost!
How could it be?!
He turned his head and saw that Pires was running in the same trajectory as Henry, cutting inside!
But Henry was behind, and Pires was in front, running deeper into the penalty area.
Henry was covering for Pires!
Was it Henry's flash of inspiration that made the missed ball work?
Or was it Arsenal's genius commander, who made Chelsea suffer last season?
Terry did not know, and neither did the audience.
Arsenal's attack this time had already played the most explosive offensive threat of the game!
Pires stopped the ball diagonally to the goal, and he had a chance to shoot. At the same time, he could pass the ball to Henry, but it was too dangerous. Terry was always blocking the passing route in his defensive movement. If he passed the ball to the goal, he was too close to Čech.
This allowed Pires to make a decision in the blink of an eye.
Shoot!
He aimed at the near corner of the goal and tried to roll the ball to make sure the shot was tricky.
Under the gaze of countless Arsenal fans at Highbury, Pires' shot was blocked by Čech's right leg as he fell to the ground!
Pires looked frustrated, and Henry was also a little helpless. He reflected that if he had not rushed forward and stood at the penalty spot, maybe Terry would not have been able to block Pires' passing route.
"Arsenal missed a great chance to break the goal! Qin Xiong instigated the attack. His pass was full of imagination and penetration, and Henry's missed ball in front of the penalty area was also wonderful. Unfortunately, Pires' shot was blocked by Čech. The Czech goalkeeper was a very successful acquisition by Chelsea in the summer. He was as steady as a mountain in front of the goal, and it seemed that he never panicked. "
Mourinho's accelerated heartbeat calmed down a little.
In any case, Chelsea's defense was really penetrated by Arsenal this time.
But he could not make any more changes, unless he really did not consider winning the game!
It was obvious that Chelsea was going to put in four players to counterattack: Drogba, Lampard, Robben, and Duff.
Arsenal had also just put in four players to counterattack Chelsea's counterattack: Henry, Pires, Ljungberg, and Qin Xiong.
Everyone was 4 VS 6, but each had their own advantages and disadvantages.
Chelsea had more space to counterattack, and his methods were slightly simpler but more violent.
Arsenal had less space to attack, but Arsenal's creativity was stronger.
Now it was time to see if Chelsea's flank storm was stronger, or if Arsenal's creativity was better.
If Mourinho did not want to win, as long as he withdrew Lampard, he believed that he could stifle at least half of Arsenal's offensive creativity, because the source was Qin Xiong!
But Mourinho did not want to do that. Chelsea always wanted to preserve the conditions to win. Even if the hope was not big, it might bring a surprising result.
Wenger's face was a little ugly.
He had not grasped such a good opportunity. In a match between the strong, the opponent would not give you another chance!
After Chelsea was almost scored by Arsenal, Chelsea's players on the field took the initiative to adjust their posture a little more conservative. After all, there was not much time left before the end of the first half.
Robben was very active in their offense, but it was difficult for him to play his unique skill of cutting and shooting on the left flank, which made him unable to bring more offensive efficiency.
Drogba's role as the fulcrum on the front line was very significant, but he was heavily surrounded. Even if he could stop the ball, it was a little whimsical to control the ball and get rid of it to finish the shot.
Arsenal's side also tried to counterattack from the flank, relying on the players' individual ability to tear apart the opponent's defensive line, but the effect was not good.
It could be said that Chelsea and Arsenal limited each other in terms of defense and offense in the game in a conservative overall tone.
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