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When Henry, Pires, and Ljungberg came on the field together, Mourinho grinned on the sidelines. They finally played their trump card!
If Chelsea's main force could not beat Arsenal's half main force and half substitute lineup, then Mourinho would immediately take the blame and resign. Why should he embarrass himself in England?
What really made his fighting spirit surge was to play against Arsenal's main force.
Now, the game really began!
The outcome was not important at all!
Henry and the others had watched most of the game on the substitutes' bench and were well aware of the game situation.
After coming on the field, Ljungberg took the initiative to retreat. He shared the defensive task with Fàbregas on the defensive line. At least when Joe Cole on this side wanted to easily dribble forward, he would encounter defensive pressure from him.
Pires wandered in the middle of the flank. Henry seemed to move back and forth aimlessly, but in fact, he was interfering with Chelsea's defensive attention.
After Ljungberg's retreat, Qin Xiong would have more support from the rear, which made him start to become active.
In the 69th minute of the game, Qin Xiong received Fàbregas's diagonal pass and took the initiative to run to the right flank, which was supposed to be Ljungberg's area of activity.
After Tiago was attracted over, Qin Xiong immediately passed the ball across and then ran forward to plug in.
Pires kicked the ball out from the attacking midfielder position in the middle and sent the ball to Qin Xiong's feet after he collided with the wall with Qin Xiong.
Only then did Qin Xiong have a carefree feeling. The match was no longer so stifling. Playing football with these main players would not be so stifling and incomprehensible. It was as if they were not on the same beat and thinking.
As soon as he stopped the ball, he did not give Tiago, Gallas, and Carvalho a chance to surround him from three sides. He immediately rubbed the outside of his foot to spin the ball straight into the ball!
As soon as the ball was passed, Chelsea's defensive line turned pale with fright.
Qin Xiong had shown this kind of curveball straight into the ball that was his personal brand last season.
But most of them bypassed the fullback when facing the goal head-on, or bypassed the center back on the left in front of the penalty area.
Now, he passed the ball on the right flank in front of the penalty area. The effect was that the football flew between the front and back positions of Makelele and Terry, but it did not fly straight to Ferreira. The curved trajectory formed a direct plug effect and cut into the left side of the penalty area!
The strangest thing about this kind of ball was that it would create an illusion for the defensive players. For example, Ferreira initially thought that he could get out of the encirclement before Henry ran towards the football. However, Henry cut straight inside and ran in the direction of the goal. After the football went through the rotation trajectory, Ferreira's first prediction was wrong, causing him to not keep up with Henry.
This kind of ball made Henry feel more comfortable than Qin Xiong's direct pass in the middle.
Because he could directly shoot with his right foot!
Čech left the goal and went out. Henry pretended not to stop the ball. After he raised his leg to shoot, he suddenly spiked the ball in the direction of the end line. He dribbled past Čech. Although the shooting angle had become smaller, Henry still steadily pushed the ball into the empty goal with his left foot.
"Arsenal scored a goal after the substitution! Wenger's adjustment is very effective. This is the offense that Arsenal should play! The offense has a tacit understanding, decisive and sharp, and is full of incredible magic! Qin Xiong, the assist king who shocked the world last season, used his right foot to send out a strange and unpredictable curved straight ball, which tore open Chelsea's defense like a scalpel. Henry calmly bypassed Čech and shot into the empty goal from a small angle. Arsenal's fantastic cooperation! "
After the goal, Henry and Qin Xiong high-fived to celebrate and walked to the backfield together.
If van Persie and Reyes were numb, Hleb was completely shocked.
Was this the offense that Arsenal should really play?
A clean cut forward, a surprise and fatal pass, a calm and effective kick in the goal!
The most shocking thing was the kind of indescribable tacit understanding that could only be understood and not explained in words!
Qin Xiong's kick position, if it were Hleb, he might have thought that he was going to shoot directly!
There were probably no more than three players in Arsenal's lineup who could cooperate with his scalpel pass!
Mourinho made a gesture on the sidelines to cheer the players up.
The main force came on and immediately scored a goal.
This allowed Qin Xiong, Henry, and the others to continue to put pressure on Chelsea's defense.
Chelsea paid more attention to compressing the defensive space.
In the 75th minute of the game, Henry began to cut inside after he cooperated with Pires on the left side. When he rushed to Terry's defensive zone, he suddenly stepped on the ball in place and turned to run to the middle.
Terry only saw a shadow in front of him. Henry ran past him horizontally, and there was no football at Henry's feet.
Qin Xiong, who came out from behind Henry, kicked the football that Henry left in place forward!
In fact, it should have been Henry's path to cut inside. Terry was ready to defend, but suddenly there was a change of player. After his mind was distracted, Terry turned around awkwardly and watched Qin Xiong dribble the ball into the penalty area!
Just as he was about to chase after Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong suddenly passed the ball back. Furthermore, the ball was slightly raised, causing Terry to almost sweep his leg over. However, he managed to retract his leg in time. Otherwise, he would have swept Qin Xiong to the ground.
Qin Xiong turned back after breaking through to get a better angle to shoot, and then he decisively shot!
The football flew to the inside of the goal near the post. Qin Xiong thought that the ball would definitely go in, but he did not expect Čech to make a world-class save. He fell sideways and blocked the ball with his arm!
Qin Xiong's shot caused a sigh in the stands. The rebounded football also fell at the feet of Ferreira, who immediately passed the ball to the right side of the front field.
Robben had been waiting impatiently for a long time. Finally, there was a good opportunity for him to play. This time, he dribbled the ball along the flank. When Silva came to assist in the defense, Robben took advantage of the difference in the movement rhythm and suddenly kicked the ball to the middle, then drove straight in!
Fàbregas followed him and paid attention to Lampard, who plugged in from behind.
As expected, Robben passed the ball to Lampard. Just as Fàbregas turned back to prepare to defend against Lampard head-on, he did not expect the football to roll behind him again.
Lampard kicked the ball out and made a coordination with Robben!
When Robben touched the ball, he took another step to the left and then kicked!
The football drew an obvious arc. After the half-high ball landed, it brushed the inside of the left post of the goal and flew into the goal!
Lehmann was still powerless against the ball.
Wenger looked dignified on the sidelines.
If Arsenal's offense could still compete with Chelsea's defense last season, they would not be at a disadvantage.
Then this season, without Vieira, it was almost certain that Arsenal could not withstand the opponent's sharp counterattack storm when given a wide space for Chelsea to counterattack!
This might be a question of whether they could score goals. Arsenal could score goals, but they might concede more goals because Chelsea's conditions to create a threatening offense were lower.
Arsenal's players also saw this on the field. This was not a classic battle in the traditional sense. It was just a game where Arsenal could score goals and Chelsea could score more goals through counterattacks.
They had suffered a great loss in terms of tactics!
This was a lesson, and if they did not correct it, when they met Chelsea in the first two rounds in the league tournament, they might give away six points. If they met Chelsea again in the Champions League, Arsenal, who already had a thin lineup, had a high probability of being eliminated by their opponent!
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