The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 342
Regarding what Ye Qiu said in the pre-match press conference, Wenger was dubious, because he himself used smoke bombs.

Henry finally appeared in the starting lineup, together with Reyes, formed a double striker tactic, and Gilberto Silva was indeed absent due to injury. This game was replaced by Flamini, the young French midfielder Vieira together form a double midfielder.

The French defensive midfielder who switched from Marseille last summer has performed well in Arsenal this season. Although he basically played as a substitute, it also makes people see his potential. Although he is young, he is very hardworking and very dedicated on the court. Running actively, his skills and awareness are not bad, after all, he came out of the French youth training.

Chelsea also made appropriate adjustments to the lineup in this game. The goalkeeper is Cudicini, the defense is Evra, Gallas, Terry and Maicon, and the midfielder is Essien and Fabrega. The combination of Adams and Lampard, the frontcourt is a trident composed of Joe Cole, Van Persie and Rooney.

Judging from this starting list, Chelsea obviously still have the feeling that they are ready for the Champions League final. At least Ye Qiu did not arrange the center Gudjohnsen, who has performed well recently, to start, nor did he let Deco play, but let Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas replaced them in the starting lineup, obviously preparing for the Champions League final.

Wenger was standing in front of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, looking at Chelsea's starting lineup, watching the players of the two teams lined up in front of the tunnel, preparing to play the British national anthem, but he was thinking about one thing in his mind. What kind of tactics will Qiu adopt in this game?Is it really like what he said? Press it out and fight?
"Chelsea's starting lineup doesn't seem to be defensive!" Pat Rice shook his head after watching it from the sidelines.

Both Essien and Lampard belong to the kind of players who can run, grab, and have plenty of physical fitness. Among them, Essien is mainly a substitute at Chelsea this season. He has many opportunities to play, but his performance is average. People feel that he is a stable midfielder, he belongs to the kind of midfield defensive player who runs and covers a wide range.

Then the problem arises. If Chelsea want to defend, Ye Qiu's midfield combination lacks a defensive midfielder with a good sense of position and can be reassuring. Fabregas prefers to organize and attack. Lampard and Essien's sense of position is relatively average. If you let them run, that is their strength, but if you let them stand, that is their weakness.

Before Chelsea played Porto, Ye Qiu also adopted the tactic of bombarding immediately when they came up, and because of Makelele's absence in that game, Ye Qiu had to take the risk. Dry.

"Let them keep an eye on Lampard!" Wenger cautiously reminded Pat Rice.

The latter nodded. Lampard's back attack has become a label of Chelsea's offense, and the magic lamp is also Chelsea's top scorer this season. His performance is very eye-catching. As a midfielder, but in Competing with Henry and other forwards for the top scorer in the league shows how strong the Chelsea vice-captain's scoring ability is.

Relatively speaking, other Chelsea players are relatively average. Van Persie and Joe Cole are substitutes. Rooney performed well, but his scoring statistics are not very impressive. He is more reflected in the impactful breakthroughs in the frontcourt. superior.

Of course, Rooney has performed well in recent times, but relatively speaking, Lampard is the most threatening player.

For Arsenal, whose current tactical system has been well-formed for many years, what Wenger needs to do is to adjust the targeted tactics of each game, and to tell the players to pay attention to the details in the game, such as paying attention to a certain player of the opponent , As for the specific tactical framework, all players have already memorized it.

And when Pat Rice conveyed Wenger's request to the court, the referee Stiles blew the whistle to start the game.

Quick, full of sense of responsibility, full of desire to attack, these are the labels Ye Qiu put on the Frenchman Evra.

"After the opening, we will attack without hesitation. I ask the defense line to press up as a whole!"

"I believe that Wenger must have studied our semi-final away game against Porto. He would want us to play Arsenal like Porto, because we lack a defender with a good sense of position in the midfield. He is sure. We're not going to be content to defend and counterattack."

"Yes, I am not willing to defend and counterattack, so we attack from the beginning and actively play on the wing, especially on the left. Joe Cole and Evra need to cooperate more, and strive to create threats through the wing attack and strive for goals. While suppressing Arsenal's wide attack, and I also want to give Wenger the false impression that he can and should play defensive counterattacks."

This was Ye Qiu's opening strategy prior to the match. Chelsea seemed to be rushing to attack, but in fact, they were also very cautious in defending and counterattacking. They would not invest too much force in the counterattack.

It seems that this time, Evra got a chance soon after the opening, quickly inserted from the left, Joe Cole got the ball and cooperated with Evra, the French left back quickly inserted into the left side of the Arsenal penalty area Side, cross with left foot.

The goal of this pass was excellent, but the problem was that there were no players in the frontcourt to follow up, and Lehman easily picked it up from the midair, defusing Chelsea's first attack of the game. Suddenly, the Chelsea fans in the stands of Cardiff Millennium Stadium let out a sigh of disappointment.

But after the failure of the first wave of offense, Chelsea did not choose to retreat, but adopted a relatively forward pressing tactic.

Lehman's goal kick went directly past the midfield, but neither Henry nor Reyes obviously had the ability to compete for the top in the frontcourt, especially in front of Terry and Gallas, they simply couldn't compete for the first place point.

The ball was pushed back to the midfield by Terry, Lampard headed the ball to Fabregas nearby, and then rushed forward quickly, running relatively to the right, Rooney also quickly inserted, and Van Persie But it was pulled directly out of the penalty area, seemingly to respond.

Cesc Fabregas stabilized immediately after getting the ball, but Vieira rushed towards the Spaniard at the first time. The tall Vieira was like a heavy tank, rampaging on the court, giving people Bringing huge psychological pressure, Fabregas immediately passed the ball to the left as soon as he saw Vieira approaching.

Evra rushed forward again quickly, and after getting the ball, he went forward vigorously, and directly drove away from Arsenal's right midfielder Ljungberg on the wing. After entering the Arsenal defense zone, Joe Cole leaned over and raised his hand. Asking for the ball, the French left-back also quickly passed the ball to Joe Cole, who avoided Lauren and knocked back to the bottom line.

"Beautiful two-for-one cooperation, Chelsea broke through Arsenal's defense from the left again, just to see if Evra can catch the ball, catch up, Evra stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area, Kolo? Toure blocked it on the edge of the box."

"Beautiful, with an emergency stop and accelerated breakthrough, Evra abruptly threw away Kolo Touré, cross!"

Evra's pass was still in the penalty area, but it was obviously further outside than the first pass just now. It was probably near the small penalty area line, and the smart thing is that it was a kick A low pass to the ball, but deliberately bounced a touchdown in front of the goal.

Because Kolo Touré blocked the left side of the penalty area, Campbell pulled to the center to stand, so Evra's cross fell right between Campbell and goalkeeper Lehmann, and if there was no touchdown rebound If the ball is played, Campbell can easily clear the ball, but with this touchdown rebound, Campbell made a misjudgment.

However, Campbell reacted very quickly. He turned around immediately and saw that Evra's pass just now was not for Rooney or Lampard. Raminila was on the right side of the penalty area, and there was a flaw in the middle, and Van Persie, who had just retreated out of the penalty area, suddenly rushed back to the penalty area.

Evra passed the ball quickly and quickly. After Campbell reacted, experience told him that the only thing he could do was to wait for Van Persie to stop the ball. If the Dutchman stopped the ball, he would have a chance to get close.

Unexpectedly, Van Persie's left foot was obviously ready. Before the ball bounced off the ground and landed again, he rubbed his left foot directly against the incoming ball. The rotation, after drawing an arc, almost hit the goal by rubbing the upper right corner of the goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

The on-site commentator at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff made a super long sound, and the long sound was accompanied by the scene of Chelsea players rushing out of the field quickly, celebrating with great excitement.

"Less than 6 minutes into the game, Chelsea scored the first goal. French left-back Evra made a wonderful pass from the middle of the penalty area. Dutch striker Van Persie rubbed a shot in front of Chelsea. The goal was 1:0!!!"

"This is a very beautiful goal. Evra broke through the left twice in a row and made a pass. They all successfully hoisted the ball into Arsenal's penalty area, but the landing points of the two passes were obviously different. The first time he chose a high ball, the landing point was also close to the goal, which was directly confiscated by Lehmann, and the second time he chose near the small penalty area line."

"Van Persie's rubbing shots are also very beautiful and very spiritual. Ye Qiu once praised the Dutch striker, saying that he has the ability and potential to become a player like Henry, and we have indeed seen that Van Persie's performance at Chelsea has always been excellent. It’s good, especially this season, the performance has been rising.”

After scoring the goal, the Chelsea players rushed to the sidelines and hugged Van Persie to celebrate. This goal came very suddenly, but it opened the door to victory for Chelsea and opened up a situation. .

"It's really surprising. We all thought that after Chelsea lost Ronaldinho, Drogba and Gudjohnsen, Ye Qiu should rely more on the scoring ability of Lampard and Rooney, but In fact, Ye Qiu's attack after the start was obviously centered around Van Persie."

Through the slow-motion playback, it can be clearly seen that both Lampard and Rooney consciously drew Arsenal's defensive attention to the right, while Van Persie has been paying attention to Evra's attack after retreating out of the penalty area. Movement, as soon as he saw Evra throw off Kolo Touré, he immediately turned back to the penalty area and rushed to grab a point.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines. After Van Persie scored a goal, he smiled and applauded for Van Persie's goal.

"If Wenger thinks that I still want to play in the defensive line and play in the midfield with him, then he really misunderstood me. I have no idea of ​​playing in the midfield at all, because it is too risky for me. !” Ye Qiu said to his assistant with a smile.

Ten Carter on the side felt a little sympathetic to Wenger. Ye Qiu's arrangement was indeed bold and surprisingly successful, but more importantly, Wenger's Arsenal style of play was too simple, and there was hardly any major change. They were all 442 , It's all the same team, it's all the same tactics.

Ye Qiu doesn't play in the midfield, it doesn't matter, he walks on the side, passes and catches the ball quickly and concisely, lets the ball go directly around the middle of the midfield, and walks more on the side, and the focus of Chelsea's game is to attack and defend on the side Go up, defend from the right, and attack from the left, all very resolute.

Moreover, Ye Qiu did not adopt the forward pressing tactics of the defense line, because the midfielder Essien and Lampard's running ability are both excellent, so Ye Qiu deliberately created an illusion of the defense line pressing forward, making Wenger think about how to counterattack , But in fact, Chelsea did not really invest a lot of troops in the offense. Coupled with the emphasis on defense on the right, Arsenal's counterattack was difficult to be effective.

In terms of Chinese Sun Tzu's Art of War, this is the soldier, and the tricks!
Of course, Arsenal is not without power to fight back.

Less than 3 minutes after Chelsea's goal, Arsenal seized an opportunity to counterattack.

In this game, Reyes, who was sent to the left by Wengla, forcibly used his speed and technique on the left, abruptly passed Maicon on the wing, quickly cut into the penalty area from the left, and passed Henry directly, but this time Terry stood firmly in front of Henry and cleared the ball with one kick.

As if they had tasted the sweetness and saw hope, Arsenal began to consciously strengthen their attack on the left, especially using Pires and Reyes to attack Maicon, and soon he got another chance to quickly attack from the left. After getting rid of Maicon, he cut inside, but this time Lampard fouled after chasing back and was shown a yellow card by the referee.

Seeing this scene from the sidelines, Ye Qiu immediately signaled Rooney to retreat appropriately to support the midfield defense. At the same time, Lampard moved to the right to support Maicon and freeze Arsenal's attack from the left.

Up to now in the game, it is obviously unclear who is attacking and who is defending. I only know that the pace of the game is fast, and the ball possession of both sides is very frequent. But if you look carefully, it is not difficult to find that Arsenal's offense It looks messy.

After the first attack tasted the sweetness, Reyes pulled to the left to attack Chelsea's right. This is indeed a very good choice. Pires naturally pulled to the center, but in the center, Essien and Fabrega The distance between Si and the defense line was kept very tight, so that neither Pires nor Ljungberg got too many opportunities, and there was no expected effect.

Arsenal's offense is mainly aimed at the penetration and impact of the ribs. Henry and Reyes are both good players of this type, but the problem now is that Reyes is forced to the wing by Chelsea, and Henry is isolated in front. Formed an effective offensive impact, and even the connection between the midfielder and the striker was cut off by Chelsea.

In contrast to Chelsea, the signs of defensive counterattack are becoming more and more obvious, especially after the opening goal, it seems to be aggressive, but it gradually retreats with Arsenal's counterattack, maintaining a compact formation, and then once the ball is scored , immediately took the initiative to play on the left, and formed a counterattack formation with Evra, Joe Cole and Van Persie.

Joe Cole and Van Persie's ability to hold and pass the ball are excellent, and Evra's speed and side impact are also very strong. The counter-attack combination composed of three people does not have many opportunities, but they are all threatening.

And Arsenal is different, because Ye Qiu deliberately gave up the right to Arsenal to play, and even intentionally or unintentionally lured Arsenal to play, specifically letting you attack from the left, so that Arsenal, who was eager to equalize the score Na seems to have created a lot of opportunities on the left, but in fact, there are very few truly threatening opportunities.

It seems that this time, Henry couldn't wait for the opportunity in front, and quickly retreated to help. Pires passed the ball to Henry's feet. In the penalty area, under the double-teaming of Maicon and Terry who filled the position, Reyes barely kicked.

This kind of opportunity is actually very reluctant at all. Reyes' shot directly hit the side net. The fans watched with horror, but after Ye Qiu saw Terry and Maicon complete the double-team, he knew that Reyes S can't help it.

With two defensive players double-teaming, and in such a small and dense space in the penalty area, even Ronaldinho may not dare to say that he can succeed, let alone Reyes?

There are still many opportunities for the same, so Chelsea looks a little passive, even embarrassed, but in fact it is very stable, patiently waiting for the opportunity, waiting for Arsenal to show their flaws again.

All teams are the same. If you can't attack for a long time, it is easy to show your flaws. For a team with excellent offensive ability like Chelsea, you don't need to show your fatal flaws. Often as long as you show your flaws and let me counterattack, I will have Possibly convert a counter attack into a goal.

As for when the goal will be scored, Ye Qiu has no choice but to wait.

Therefore, after the game entered the situation he wanted, all Ye Qiu's next adjustments were made to stabilize the current situation. First, Arsenal are eager to score goals, and second, this team has always They are known for their offense, so they are very handy in attacking.

As the game time passed bit by bit, Chelsea was still stable, while Arsenal began to be a little impatient, and finally in the 36th minute, there was another problem.

Henry tried to find Ljungberg with a cross, but Essien intercepted the ball and handed it to Gallas. Evra turned around and plugged in quickly.

At this time, Joe Cole and Van Persie rushed forward immediately, and Lampard and Rooney also quickly stepped in. Both of them were patiently waiting for the opportunity. As long as they were given the opportunity, they would still enter the penalty area.

And Evra quickly dribbled the ball along the left, Chelsea once again played a wave of counterattack.

(End of this chapter)