Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 420 London Derby

After winning Maccabi Tel Aviv, Arsenal immediately began to prepare for the game against Chelsea. For Arsenal, the importance of the London derby far exceeds a normal league game.

Moreover, Chelsea has been in a bad state recently. As a mortal enemy, Arsenal will naturally take the opportunity to step on it, but Wenger also knows that it is not easy to step on Chelsea and Mourinho.

Chelsea desperately need a victory to boost their morale, and as far as the current situation is concerned, what better way to boost morale than a victory over arch-rivals Arsenal?

So Chelsea must work hard, and this is directly reflected in the Champions League game. Chelsea played all substitutes in the midweek game, and lost to Dinamo Zagreb 1:2.

Chelsea's determination can be seen from the loss of this game, but there is another possibility. Although Dinamo Zagreb is strong, a normal Chelsea may not necessarily lose even if they have all substitutes.

Chelsea's status this season is indeed a big problem. Compared with last season, Chelsea's lineup has not changed. Cech is the biggest player in Chelsea, but Cech last season was just a substitute.

However, Cech's state in Liverpool is indeed good, but the state of other Liverpool players is too poor. After losing to Arsenal in the third round, it seems to have dealt a big blow to Liverpool.

The time came to the day of the game in a blink of an eye, and the Stamford Bridge Stadium was already full. This is a stadium that can only accommodate more than 4 people. In fact, it can't satisfy Chelsea.

However, recently there are rumors that Chelsea is preparing to rebuild the stadium, demolish the current stadium for expansion, and there are even rumors that Chelsea invited the designer who designed the capital's Bird's Nest before.

So the old Stamford Bridge Stadium has entered the countdown, perhaps next season Chelsea may no longer play in this stadium.

Derby does not need any tactics, and Arsenal has been very strong this season, so Wenger's tactics in this game are offense. Besides, Chelsea's state is indeed not good, but Arsenal's state is very hot.

"Although Chelsea's state is not good, Chelsea will definitely work hard in this derby, and the derby is also the best opportunity to jump to the team's state." In the subconscious of all players, the derby is the most important, so the players will not be distracted and will subconsciously try their best.

And when a person concentrates on one thing with all his strength, the mentality and state of the whole person will naturally change.

Mourinho needs the derby to stimulate the state of Chelsea players, and Arsenal needs to let the players go further in the derby.

But the referee's whistle sounded, and the game immediately became fierce. Chelsea attacked the front of Arsenal's penalty area in less than a minute, and then a foul occurred.

Coquelin tackled Diego Costa, and then the two looked at each other fiercely. Fortunately, the referee was next to the two. Because of the beginning of the game, the referee McDean only warned the two that they did not draw their cards.

Fabregas took the free kick. As usual, the Arsenal fans booed frantically as soon as Fabregas took the ball. Unfortunately, this is Stamford Bridge, and the boos of the Arsenal fans were directly drowned in the cheers of the Chelsea fans.

However, the voice of the Chelsea fans obviously cannot affect Li Shou on the field. Although Fabregas kicked a free kick well, it is almost impossible to break Li Shou's goal.

Immediately, Arsenal launched a counterattack. Cazorla made a long pass to Giroud, and Giroud was defended by his fellow French genius Zouma. In front of the old-fashioned Giroud, Zouma could only watch helplessly as the ball was thrown to Sanchez.

The latter broke through from the side with the ball and made a pass from the bottom. Griezmann rushed into the penalty area and flew to the top to complete the attack, but the ball was not within the range of the goal frame. Under Cahill's entanglement, Griezmann pushed the ball out of the baseline.

In the 9th minute, Arsenal scored again at the front of Chelsea's penalty area, but before Cazorla kicked a long-range shot, it was blocked by Cahill. The Chelsea central defender made a wonderful tackle and directly blocked Cazorla's shot.

The state of the Chelsea players was indeed not ideal. Three minutes later, Arsenal scored again in the hinterland of Chelsea. This time it was Ramsey.

No. 15 minutes before Chelsea completed the second kick of the game, Diego Costa and Eden Hazard hit the wall and entered the penalty area, and then the kick was saved by Li Shou.

After that, Li Shou directly completed the clearance at his feet, and the next 5 minutes became Sanchez's personal performance time. Although Sanchez did not make a shot in the end, in these 5 minutes, Sanchez made a left and right cross, completely disrupting Chelsea's defense, forcing Chelsea to end their performance with a foul.

McDean finally took out the first yellow card of the game, a flying shovel from Fabregas. Although Fabregas didn't say anything, he must have held his breath when facing Arsenal.

Fabregas not only applied for a yellow card, but also made Arsenal fans hate him even more. Just 5 minutes after Fabregas fouled, the former Arsenal core made a mistake. Fabregas, who had the ball in the backcourt, actually passed the ball to Cazorla.

If Fabregas hadn't participated in the London derby once, the Chelsea people couldn't help wondering whether Fabregas was an undercover agent. Unfortunately, Arsenal failed to seize this opportunity, or Chelsea's defense reacted quickly and immediately created an offside trap. When Giroud reacted, it was too late.

No.303 minutes, Arsenal also got the first yellow card of the game, Chelsea played a wave of counterattack, Cazorla shoveled Pedro in order to stop Chelsea's counterattack, the referee immediately took out a yellow card for Cazorla.

Then Oscar sent the ball into the penalty area and was cleared by Koscielny, but the cleared ball fell at the feet of Zouma, who blasted a long shot nearly 40 meters away from the goal.

Such a long shot obviously cannot really threaten Arsenal's goal. Li Shou's terrible concentration is one of the main reasons why Arsenal have not conceded the ball so far. Zouma's surprise kick may be useful to other goalkeepers, but it certainly does not include Li Shou.

No. 40 minutes, Chelsea once again threatened Arsenal with a long shot. Pedro, who transferred from Barcelona in the past summer, shot a long shot about 25 meters from the goal.

A diagonal pass from Cesc Fabregas failed to hit the goal frame, but forced Li Shou to make a save. The ball finally hit the side netting against the goal post.

Then Arsenal also shot a long shot from Sanchez outside the penalty area. Cazorla cooperated with him. Sanchez moved across the middle and shot slightly higher under the cover of Giroud and Griezmann.

(End of this chapter)