The battle between Arsenal and Chelsea at the top of the table and the Great Christmas War was in the second half, as if it was a fierce collision.
Any small mistake on both sides could cause irreversible consequences.
The winner and loser of the pinnacle match had also arrived. Techniques and tactics may restrict and counter-restrict each other, but the outcome of the individual one-on-one match would change the overall situation of the match!
In the 63rd minute of the game, after a fierce scramble in the midfield, Lampard intercepted the ball that Fàbregas was trying to pass to Ljungberg in the midfield. He immediately passed the ball to Duff.
The Irish sharp knife tried to pass Eboue again, but Eboue seized the opportunity to intercept while retreating step by step and successfully intercepted!
He finally predicted it correctly!
Duff was directly intercepted by Eboue in the crosswise change of direction!
Eboue blocked Duff behind him and did not touch the ball again. Instead, Touré rushed forward and unexpectedly dribbled forward after controlling the ball.
Touré's dribbling was usually very dangerous.
But he was extremely calm and was not overly excited.
He saw Lampard waiting for an opportunity to move next to Fàbregas and Duff could not form a counterattack on him on the flank. There was no better receiving point in his passing vision.
He knew that he had to create a better receiving space for his teammates.
So he chose to dribble forward himself and carefully observed the changes in the position of the Chelsea players.
Lampard watched in surprise as Touré dribbled forward and got closer and closer to him. He did not expect that the idea of marking Fàbregas and trying to launch a quick counterattack after a successful counterattack in the front field would fail.
At this time, he decided to take a gamble!
Go forward and steal Touré!
As long as it succeeds, the sky will be wide open!
Arsenal simply did not have enough defensive strength to block such a counterattack.
So he quickly dashed to the front of Touré.
He had just run two steps when Touré secretly said in his heart: Mission accomplished! The rest is up to you guys!
He passed the ball to Fàbregas, who already had an extremely loose environment.
After the ball, Touré immediately retreated back to the rear defensive line and formed a parallel position with Senderos to ensure the defensive tightness of the rear defensive line.
Fàbregas followed the football that rolled past his side and directly dribbled the ball forward.
Qin Xiong rushed through the midfield and came between Essien and Makelele. Fàbregas passed the ball to Ljungberg on the right, and Ljungberg dribbled the ball into the dangerous area 40 yards away from Chelsea's goal.
He did not choose to force Delno. After he observed Qin Xiong moving to his side, he directly passed the ball to Qin Xiong, and then he slanted into the side of the penalty area, entering the penalty area earlier than Henry to become the first warrior on the offensive line!
Makelele was afraid that Ljungberg and Henry would not be able to hold on, because most importantly, Qin Xiong's passing ability was too strong!
He couldn't help but feel nervous. He gave up the idea of chasing after Qin Xiong, and instead retreated to reduce the space for Yumberg to play in the penalty area.
After Qin Xiong received him horizontally, Delno moved horizontally to his front.
Qin Xiong leaned forward and looked in Henry's direction, seemingly taking a leisurely stroll.
Delno saw that Qin Xiong seemed to be absent-mindedly observing Henry and Ljungberg, and the grievances that had accumulated for most of the game erupted at this moment.
He gritted his teeth and rushed forward to intercept the football at Qin Xiong's feet.
Arsenal mainly attacked the right flank most of the time, leaving Delno in a difficult situation.
But what irritated him the most was that Qin Xiong was clearly in front of him at this moment, but his eyes were looking elsewhere.
Motherf * cker!
Don't ignore me!
Just as he stepped forward, Qin Xiong's gaze also returned to the front and looked at Delno.
And at the same time, the technical movements of his feet followed.
Delno was stunned to see that Qin Xiong clearly did not care about him, but keenly grasped the change in his body's center of gravity after he went up the ball.
Qin Xiong half turned forward to pull the ball and completed a 360-degree turn forward movement. The football was still at his feet, but he brushed past Delno!
In that instant, the figure that was reflected in Delno's shocked eyes carried an incomparably elegant color.
Marseille spun past him!
The Arsenal fans in the Highbury stands were suffering. They wanted so much to get up and applaud Qin Xiong, cheer for him, and go crazy for him!
Just as Qin Xiong charged into the penalty area from the edge of the penalty area, Chelsea's defensive line immediately retreated in the direction of the goal. Terry and Makelele moved to block Qin Xiong's straight angle of diagonal shooting. When Delno turned around and forced Qin Xiong again, Qin Xiong directly passed the ball back to the outside of the penalty area!
It looked like he had bypassed Chelsea's full back and had already pushed the attack into the penalty area, but he passed the ball back to the outside of the penalty area. Was this a regression of the attack?
No!
The space and opportunity outside the penalty area were better. Fàbregas rushed up with firm steps, and Qin Xiong also created a favorable space for him for a long shot.
But this was a little different from Fàbregas's own idea. He wanted to come up and make a pass, not a long shot. In today's game, there were not many opportunities for both sides. But once a good opportunity was created, it was a key attack, a threatening attack. If he squandered it easily, he would not be able to forgive himself.
In fact, he was just not confident enough.
So at this moment, he subconsciously passed the ball to his teammate who he thought was the most confident and reliable in the team.
It was Qin Xiong!
This made Qin Xiong even more surprised.
He would never stand in place after passing the ball. He would run and pass the ball nonstop.
He was running out of the penalty area because there were enough attack points in the penalty area. Were Ljungberg and Henry not enough? He was filling in the layering of the attack. If Fàbregas' long shot was blocked, he might be able to create a second attack opportunity on the outside.
So he ran out after passing the ball. Although Chelsea's defensive adjustment did not keep up with Qin Xiong's thinking, leaving him unmarked, he did not have a good chance to shoot.
At least he was diagonally to the goal.
Fàbregas passed a half-high ball. He and Qin Xiong did not form a tacit understanding this time.
In the face of the half-high ball flying from the side, Qin Xiong could only improvise.
He immediately made a half-turn in place, and then used his heel to knock the ball in the direction of the goal when the football flew over!
Scorpion swung its tail to shoot!
All the Chelsea players did not expect it. No, except for Čech!
Čech would not forget that Qin Xiong's heel seemed to be enchanted in last season's Champions League game.
He really knew how to guard against Qin Xiong's strange and unpredictable offensive style.
But Qin Xiong's Scorpion swung its tail to shoot after penetrating Chelsea's defensive line, and the angle of the ball flying towards the goal was very tricky!
Čech desperately rushed towards the direction of the goal's far post. Then he gritted his teeth and jumped. His right arm stretched out, and his right palm roared in his heart to block the football flying towards the bottom corner of the goal!
The tip of his right middle finger touched the football!
Dang!
Because of this small change in angle, the football finally hit the goalpost and bounced out, but the rebound force was already very small. Before the football could roll out of the small penalty area, a figure used his foot to shoot the ball into the goal.
Čech, who had always been calm and collected, knelt on the goal line at this moment and slapped the turf with both fists!
Chelsea's goal was lost for the second time!
Arsenal's goal scorer was Pires, who was almost forgotten by everyone!
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