The Stamford Bridge stadium was dead silent, as if the god of death had passed through.
The Blues fans watched in disbelief as Chelsea's goal was lost.
The Gunners fans did not react. The game, which had been uneventful, took an earth-shattering turn in an instant!
After they reacted, the Gunners fans in the visiting team's stands suddenly boiled over!
They cheered, roared, and sang the battle song!
Yes, in British fan culture, what they sang in the stadium was not a song, but a chant. It had the meaning of a battle song, a hymn, and a hymn.
Uncontrollably, the sought-after fans collectively sang their time-honored battle song, "This is Arsenal!" They roared over and over again, "We are by far the greatest club in the world," even though the song was often plagiarized by fans of other clubs, who could praise their own team by changing the team name. The Arsenal fans protested, but finally accepted the reality.
They praised the team and slightly changed the lyrics of the song. Qin Xiong's name continued to spread from the stands in all directions!
"World class ball! World class ball! Qin Xiong scored the first goal of the game! It was a world class ball about 35 yards away from the goal! The ball was fast and the angle was tricky. Terry could not block the ball. Čech did everything he could. Let's see it again. Oh, my God, Čech's vision was blocked. After Qin Xiong had already shot, Čech clearly saw the football start to move. He moved as if he was flying, but in the end, he was just a little bit away from blocking Qin Xiong's goal!
After scoring Arsenal's first goal of the season in the opening game of the Premier League, Qin Xiong created another world-class goal in this match between the strong! Arsenal is now leading at Stamford Bridge! What should Chelsea do? "
After Qin Xiong saw the ball fly into Chelsea's goal, he opened his arms and ran wildly to the visiting fans' stands. When he was ten meters away from the sideline, he directly slid down on his knees. After sliding out of the sideline, he stood up directly, clenched his fists and roared!
His excited teammates rushed over and soon surrounded Qin Xiong. They clustered around Qin Xiong and waved their fists to the fans in the stands!
Wenger was overjoyed and applauded in celebration. Then he kept waving his fists.
Mourinho's face was gloomy. He made a gesture on the sidelines. He had no choice but to attack.
He could not accept the result of losing at home. Chelsea and Arsenal had tied in two rounds in the league last season. Even so, Chelsea still lost the league title. If they lost three points at home today, God knows if the three points would be the fatal factor in determining the title at the end of the season.
On the way back to the half, Qin Xiong and his teammates encouraged each other. Although they were in the lead, the tactics and attitude of the game could not be changed. The more top-level the game was, the more the score change must not affect the mentality, regardless of whether they were in the lead or behind!
Chelsea began to step up the offense, while Arsenal was more conservative in their defense after the goal.
This also weakened their defensive power, perhaps because they were too concerned that their opponent was Chelsea.
Wenger saw this development on the sidelines and felt that something was wrong.
If they did not put pressure on the opponent to counterattack after taking the lead, then the situation would continue to be bad.
Just as he was about to instruct the team not to drag the defensive line too much, an unforeseen event happened on the field that caught Wenger off guard.
Robben was a little unscrupulous. He had not been successful in taking the inside line today, so he began to "do as he pleased" and kicked wherever he wanted. As a result, he created a predicament on the flank that almost caused Ashley Cole to twist his waist.
In the 78th minute of the game, Ashley Cole quickly turned around to shovel Robben's ball at his feet after Robben made a move to take the inside line but suddenly stopped and changed direction. After that, Ashley Cole quickly turned to shovel Robben's ball.
He succeeded, but he caused his own injury!
He limped out of the field with a bitter face accompanied by the team doctor.
With this unforeseen event, Arsenal could only pay more attention to their defense.
Flamini came on as a substitute. He played as the left back to defend.
Qin Xiong began to control the field to see if Chelsea would lose his mind and press heavily. At this point, Chelsea did not let him succeed.
Chelsea's positional play also did not have many good ways to attack smoothly and delicately to the front line, so they could only use the means of passing from the flank.
In the 85th minute of the game, Joker took the ball from the flank into the penalty area. Campbell and Drogba competed for the header. The two men collided in the air and the football bounced into the penalty area. Silva directly kicked the ball out of the sideline.
Just after the successful rescue, the Arsenal players came to their senses only to find Campbell on the ground and did not get up.
After colliding with Drogba and losing his balance, he sprained his foot when he landed and it looked serious. Most of the players who were already heavy would not be light once they sprained.
Wenger's expression was as if he had just attended the funeral of a relative!
Arsenal, who already had a thin lineup, had lost two of their main players in the second round of the Premier League!
And in response to this game, Wenger gritted his teeth. After paying such a high price, he would definitely go crazy if he could not win the game!
Therefore, Wenger used up the last substitution spot after replacing the injured Kanber with Senderos.
Eboue, who was promoted to the first team this year and whose performance was getting better, replaced Pires on the field.
Wenger wanted to use more defensive strength to contain Chelsea's goals and the offense was handed over to Qin Xiong and Henry.
If Chelsea still wanted to get a goal with four or five players thrown into the offense, it would be simply too difficult.
Arsenal controlled the dangerous area in front of the goal so that not a drop of water could leak out. If Chelsea pressed heavily, then there would be room for Qin Xiong and Henry to play.
Mourinho also made a final desperate gamble. Crespo, Gudjohnsen, and Duff went into the game. He withdrew Gallas, Ferreira, and Joker.
Despite this, the backfield defense still had a defensive line of at least four players.
Chelsea's aerial bombardment created the biggest threat in their offense in the game. Duff passed, Drogba pressed Senderos to head back, and Lampard shot a long shot in front of the penalty area under the cover of Gudjohnsen. Unfortunately, the football hit Flamini and bounced out. Flamini blocked Chelsea's shot with his body on the goal line!
When the game came to the 91st minute, Arsenal got a very good chance to fight back.
Fàbregas's diagonal long pass in the backfield sent the ball to Qin Xiong's feet, who took the initiative to pull the side.
Qin Xiong drove the ball straight in. Chelsea had almost no defense on the flanks. The defense was concentrated in the penalty area.
Qin Xiong observed Henry's running position. In fact, it was difficult to find a better running line.
Terry, Carvalho, Makelele, and Essien were not inflexible. Their positions were not rigid. They formed a defensive line with three defenders and one defensive midfielder. They also gave up the defense on the flanks to not give Qin Xiong a chance to break through. At the same time, if they wanted to pass the ball, Henry did not have the ability to control the air, which made their defense easier.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Qin Xiong simply did not create a chance to shoot. He dribbled the ball to the corner area and then protected the ball to delay the time under the abuse of all the Chelsea fans in the nearby stands.
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