Arsenal's top battle with Chelsea ended with a draw in the first half.
More intense, less exciting.
The caution of the strong dialogue is fully reflected.
On the way back to the locker room, Qin Xiong, Henry, Vieira, Pire and Ryomberg gathered together to discuss how to play in the second half. They expressed their opinions and summarized the problems found in the first half, including observing the details of Chelsea's discovery from a personal perspective.
It is hard to say what Qin Xiong's position is in the Arsenal locker room. He is actually no different from ordinary players. He will not lead his teammates, nor will he resist the leadership group led by Vieira.
But at the purely competitive level, he has the right to speak, and important players in the team will also take the initiative to communicate with him.
After all, football is not basketball or rugby. The head coach can use tactics to plan every offense and defense for the team. It is obviously unrealistic to expect the coach to make every player clear what to do in a 45-minute game in just a few words.
Moreover, Arsenal is a team that is quite creative in offense. They have rich offensive routines. Since they are not stereotyped and fixed offensive routines, the players' personal performance will play a key role. The idea of ​​group cooperation and the full cooperation of the attack group are all achieved by individual players.
If Henry is a standing center, he will hardly get support from his teammates, because the ball is difficult to reach his feet. Even if it reaches his feet, he does not have the super physical confrontation like Drogba to break out of the encirclement of Terry Carvalho Thiago Marclale.
So Henry would take the initiative to wander around the periphery, but this is just a way, not a specific offensive idea.
Five people returned to the locker room and were still communicating. Before they could think about the result, Wenger came among them and said solemnly: "This game is much more difficult than we expected. If we face this game with a regular mindset, it may be difficult to cause trouble for Chelsea. We need to break the rules. Each of you has the ability to make a final decision on the game. Therefore, try to ignore your original role and position, and observe your teammates' positions more during the offense. Make our offense more active and elusive."
Wenger's words made everyone nod and agree.
This concept is not advanced, but it is difficult to form a normal state in a mature team.
Just like letting Henry be a passer, he can do this and can definitely do it very well.
But the problem is: Henry is the forward.
No matter how selfless the striker is, if there are no large number of goals and a stable goal rate as the basis, the striker's presence will be very low!
However, in key games, players should make sacrifices and consider the overall situation.
The most important thing about this adjustment is Henry.
Because Henry is Chelsea's top defensive target in defense.
As long as Henry changes his offensive thinking and approach, then Chelsea's defense may be caught off guard.
The second half returned to the court and the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Chelsea are still confident, they hold their heads high and hope to make achievements in the second half.
With the development of the game to date, at least Chelsea has not been destroyed by Arsenal, which will further increase their confidence.
Arsenal, who is unbeaten in 56 games, looks like he is the omnipotent ruler!
At the beginning of the second half, Qin Xiong was still active near the central circle. Faced with Chelsea's extreme defensive counterattack tactics, Qin Xiong has actually been very passive since the beginning.
Because he has to respond according to Lampard's activity inertia.
Lampard strengthens his defense against him, so it is difficult for him to play more, but instead, he has more room for play.
Mourinho still has ambitions for the game.
If Arsenal's undefeated ends at Highbury, Mourinho believes that Chelsea will win the throne in one go!
When Lampard actively stepped forward and behind in the counterattack, Qin Xiong had a clear mind.
Arsenal's defense is not absolutely impeccable, but in the context of Chelsea's only investing a few troops, no fatal flaws have been exposed for the time being.
If the full-back does not step forward, he will face the winger who defends Chelsea, block Lampard with both back midfielders, and block Drogba with two back guards. They are linked together and have close joint defense, and still have convincing defensive quality.
Qin Xiong still used the opportunity of Chelsea's counterattack to break out of offensive threats.
He began to wander towards the side and used Vieira to step forward slightly as the center link.
In the 54th minute of the game, Qin Xiong made a two-pass and one-slammed the wall on the left. He ran to the bottom line to meet Pire and passed the ball in turn to pass Ferrey, then sent a cross from the side. The football spun around the center back and flew straight to the back point of the goal. Lyonberg grabbed the back but was stuck by Galas and failed to make a shot.
The biggest change in Arsenal's offense is Henry.
Qin Xiong's left leaning is just a smoke bomb.
When Henry cooperated with Pire on the left in the 58th minute of the game and cut across the middle of the penalty area, his all-roundness was perfectly reflected. After attracting Thiago to defend, Henry and Qin Xiong cooperated against the wall. Over Thiago, Marklele pounced on Qin Xiong again. After receiving Qin Xiong's pass, Henry directly shot!
Cech made a contribution again.
It's not a world-class save, but it's also very exciting. He put Henry's shot directly into his arms.
Mourinho looked grim on the sidelines.
Arsenal's offensive creativity is very threatening, and he did not expect Henry to make such a change.
Looking at this attack statically, Arsenal can almost be said to have no center, and Henry cut across the middle as a winger.
In the 61st minute, Qin Xiong passed the ball back to Vieira who was inserted in the middle. Vieira passed it straight ahead, and Qin Xiong ran to the right. What surprised Chelsea's double midfielder was that Yoneberg came to the middle of the front midfielder.
Yongbery does not have the excellent ability to play as a front midfielder, so he does not dare to control the ball. The first time he touched the ball, he divided the ball to the right, which was originally where he should be.
Qin Xiong dribbled the ball along the wing road, made a fake crossing action in front of Galas, and then pushed the ball behind Galas, then used acceleration and Galas' defensive prediction error to rush past him, and the ball was scored!
Qin Xiong, who cut to the bottom line, slowed down the dribbling rhythm, and then passed the ball back behind him when Galas came back. Yongbery made a two-pass one with him. Qin Xiong cut inside and Chelsea's gap in the right side of the penalty area.
Carvalho, Marklele, Galas, and Qin Xiong were trapped in three-bread clips, and he had no time to control the ball and shot with one kick.
The football rolled behind Henry.
Henry's running position provided a cover for Pire, who shot from the left side outside the penalty area!
The football flew into the stands.
Two minutes later, Henry retreated to the midfield and dribbled the ball. He gave Pire a good shot. Piree passed the ball in the left side of the penalty area. Qin Xiong quickly stepped forward and stopped the ball with his chest and then volleyed directly.
Perhaps because he used his left foot, the quality of the shot was very poor, and he directly deviated from the goal by two meters.
Despite this, Arsenal's offensive during this period still made Chelsea frightened.
Who is the fatal offensive point?
The Arsenal attack groups cover and restrain each other, making their offensive points difficult to predict.
Such an offensive threat also forced Chelsea to wake up, and his opponent is Arsenal, who is unbeaten in 56 games!
When you cannot figure out who the opponent is the most threatening attack point, Chelsea can only slow down Arsenal's offensive rhythm, so fouls are a good means of delaying.
In the 71st minute of the game, Qin Xiong was knocked to the ground by Marklele. The referee blew the whistle and signaled that Marklele was fouled, and Arsenal won a free kick.
After Qin Xiong stood up and placed the ball, Marklelai stood in front of the football to prevent Qin Xiong from taking a quick free kick.
Qin Xiong walked forward and walked towards Maclalele, not only blocking Maclalele's vision, but also using his body to squeeze Maclalele backward.
The place where Marklele himself stands is a violation, and he should have stepped back, so when Qin Xiong squeezes his actions, he can only fight symbolically at most, but cannot resist firmly.
Just as he took a step back, the football behind Qin Xiong was quickly kicked out by Vieira.
Henry received the pass beside Marklele, and then dribbled directly into Chelsea's penalty area!
Chapter completed!