In this kind of top-level confrontation, once Arsenal's offense was a little more aggressive and unrestrained, then Arsenal's defense in the middle would have obvious problems.
Fàbregas could not mark Lampard!
This was something that Arsenal's coaching staff and team could foresee before the game.
As the iron man who was expected to become the world's number one midfielder in the European mesozoic generation, Lampard needed at least a world-class defensive midfielder to mark him. With Fàbregas's ability to focus on offense and weak defense, it was understandable for Lampard to seize the opportunity when he could not absolutely contain Lampard's space to plug in.
Before the restart, Qin Xiong went to encourage Fàbregas, hoping that he would not have too much psychological burden.
Fàbregas's emotions settled down a little. He was not a defensive player. In fact, Wenger put him in the midfield defensive midfielder position, not simply because he wanted him to replace Vieira. Vieira was unique, and in Wenger's eyes, Fàbregas was also unique.
The two were not comparable. In fact, using Fàbregas hoped that he could play the role of delaying the organization like Pirlo and further amplify Qin Xiong's offensive ability.
In the last few minutes of the first half, the two teams did not break out a more threatening offensive.
Qin Xiong barely managed to shoot a long-range shot before the end of the first half. His shot was a little far from the goal and did not pose any threat.
The two teams walked into the locker room with a score of 1: 1.
Wenger emphasized in the locker room that in the second half, Chelsea's defensive line had to be torn apart from Chelsea's left back no matter what.
In fact, Chelsea's defensive line was very stable. Except for Delno, Arsenal's positional play was almost impossible.
In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again.
As soon as Qin Xiong came up, he started to make a fuss on the left flank. Chelsea was probably worried that Qin Xiong would suddenly shift his attack to Ljungberg's side, so the formation of the rear defensive line was more open. Qin Xiong and Henry carried out a slightly complicated combination in the middle, which made their opponents run around in circles.
Essien's defense against Qin Xiong was like a shadow. Qin Xiong did not entangle with Essien at all. He passed the ball directly to Henry, and then ran to the empty position next to Henry.
Carvalho and Terry probably thought that Qin Xiong and Qin Xiong would play a two-versus-one pass. Henry would pass the ball diagonally behind Carvalho, and Qin Xiong would plug in and complete the threat to the goal.
However, Qin Xiong ran to Henry's side and stopped.
Henry did not send a straight ball. He gently pushed the ball horizontally. After Qin Xiong stopped the ball, Carvalho took a step back and immediately headed up, not giving Qin Xiong room to control the ball and get rid of it.
He just took a step forward, but Henry immediately cut diagonally behind him. Carvalho was shocked to find that he was wrong! It was still a two-versus-one pass!
However, it was not Henry who sent the cannonball to Qin Xiong, but Qin Xiong who sent the cannonball to Henry!
His defensive prediction and rhythm were messed up. When Henry rushed past him, Terry and he could not completely block Henry.
Qin Xiong's expression was even more indifferent as he delivered a kick that almost made Carvalho fly into a rage out of humiliation!
Through the ball!
It was through the crotch of the confused Carvalho!
Henry successfully reversed the offside position, but Chelsea's defensive line itself was behind, leaving not much space for Henry. Čech also cleverly abandoned the goal in advance. After Henry turned around to kick the ball, he found that he no longer had an angle to shoot. Čech was just a meter in front of him. Henry calmly used his right foot to kick the ball diagonally in the direction of the end line again, trying to get past the goalkeeper, Čech.
Henry had absolute confidence that as long as he could kick past Čech, even if it was from a zero angle!
He also had the confidence to send the ball into the goal!
Čech was very steady. He abandoned the goal and went out, but he did not rush to lose his body's center of gravity to save. When Henry's action was to spike the ball, he pounced out and reached out to kick the ball rolling to his side behind him.
It was this seemingly weak hand that caused the ball to roll slightly under Henry's feet. His left foot, which rushed forward, kicked the ball out of the end line!
"A world-class showdown! Čech won by a narrow margin! Arsenal's wonderful attack almost created a chance to break the goal. Henry almost dribbled past Čech, but Čech calmly fell to the ground and pounced to destroy the ball. He also did not lose a corner kick to the opponent. Although this is an offensive and defensive showdown without a shot, it is a real contest of strength! This round, Čech wins! "
Henry showed a trace of regret, while Čech was patted on the head by Terry after being pulled up by Carvalho.
The audience in the stands held their breaths. When they saw the showdown between Henry and Čech, there was a sense of suffocation.
Chelsea quickly returned the favor and also organized a strong offensive.
Duff pushed the ball forward on the left side and immediately changed direction before encountering Eboue.
His change of direction would naturally attract Fàbregas' attention and contain Fàbregas' defense on the back waist line.
When Fàbregas turned sideways to face the side, Duff immediately passed the ball to the middle.
Lampard, who followed up, saw Qin Xiong in a defensive posture not far from him.
He ran forward with a focused expression. When the football rolled over, he directly kicked the ball. The football rolled past Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong could only look at the ball and sigh. He did not have time to stick close to Lampard. How could a top midfielder be so easily marked?
And Lampard's kick simply did not give Qin Xiong any chance to defend.
He could only turn and run into the penalty area to further defend. At the same time, he pointed to Lampard to Fàbregas, meaning to let Fàbregas be wary of Lampard plugging in from the back.
Silva turned back to defend against Drogba, who received Lampard's pass.
But Drogba used a barbaric way to deal with the ball.
He turned 180 degrees to spike the ball and rushed behind!
The Magic Beast's eyes were cold and his whole body exuded a strong aura.
Because he knew that Senderos was the one defending him closely behind him!
The only difficulty in turning 180 degrees to spike the ball was that the ball could not touch Senderos's foot. Otherwise, it would directly bounce or refract to other places.
As for whether Senderos would seize his position after turning around, Drogba sneered in his heart. That was not a problem at all!
His spike was timed so well that Senderos did not react at all. The football rolled past Senderos's foot and rolled behind him. Senderos turned around almost at the same time as Drogba. But when he took a step to chase the ball, Drogba's tyrannical body directly rolled over him!
It was as if he was tearing him apart bit by bit, forcing him to chase the ball in a straight line!
The growth of the Magic Beast was absolutely shocking and terrifying!
Just when Drogba thought he had won, the football in front of him was destroyed by a leg that flew horizontally and skidded close to the ground!
The football rolled in the direction of Arsenal's goal. Lehmann hurriedly kicked the ball out of the sideline.
Drogba looked up to the sky and sighed. He was extremely unwilling.
He looked down at Flamini, who had climbed up from the ground in front of him. It was his last-minute move inside and decisive slide to destroy the football that made Drogba lose the good opportunity to directly face Lehmann and finish the shot!
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