"Both sides did not make substitutions during the halftime break, and they still used the lineup of the first half."
"Arsenal took the lead, but Chelsea still took the defensive position."
The situation in the second half is still not much different from the first half.
During the halftime break, Wenger calmed down and warned his disciples to stay patient and not fall into the trap that Chelsea might set.
After all, he is an old martial artist, can't he still see that Pan Yi is using provocation?
Therefore, no matter how anxious he is, he will force himself to calm down.
After all, if the coach is anxious, his players will inevitably be even more impatient.
However, players' behavior on the court is sometimes beyond the control of the coach.
Just like the current situation at Arsenal, the players are surrounded by the constant cheers of the home fans, and their adrenaline keeps surging!
From the beginning to the present, they have actually overpowered Chelsea, who have been enjoying great success this season. Who dared to imagine this before the game?
Both players and fans are a little excited inside.
But now that the situation has an absolute advantage, but the score cannot lead, it is inevitable that people will have the idea of "if you can't win like this, it will be a big loss."
Therefore, after the opening, the offensive players in the frontcourt pressed heavily, eager to suppress Chelsea from the beginning, hoping to score early to ensure today's victory.
The frontcourt is pressed up, and players in the midfield such as Cazorla can only press up in order to avoid the disconnection between the front and backcourt.
The attitude of the defense is the same.
As a result, after a short period of play, Arsenal pressed forward again.
Even though Wenger kept reminding him from the sidelines, it still didn't help.
The attackers in the frontcourt are like wild horses that have escaped the reins and cannot be pulled back!
"I feel like the team's thinking is a bit inconsistent now, and there are differences in ideas."
In the Sky Sports live broadcast room, Yin En Wright also expressed his concerns.
The offensive players in the frontcourt want to press forward, hoping to use their personal abilities to change the situation of the game.
But what the midfielder and the head coach mean is that they cannot push Chelsea too hard. They have to pull back first, let Chelsea breathe a sigh of relief, patiently look for opportunities, and then suddenly press forward.
This directly led to a disconnect between the team's front and backcourt thinking.
The frontcourt wants to press forward, but the backcourt tries desperately to hold on; when the backcourt wants to pull back, the frontcourt tries desperately to push forward. How can it not be chaotic?
However, it seems that this cannot be completely blamed on Arsenal's attacking team for not listening to the coach's instructions.
The main reason is that Chelsea has shrunk too much. At this time, Arsenal's forwards will always involuntarily press into the opponent's penalty area.
Otherwise, it is impossible for everyone to retreat to their own restricted area and then look at each other from a distance, right?
The ball cannot be given to the opponent out of thin air.
Therefore, the main reason is that Wenger failed to make timely adjustments according to the situation on the field at this time, such as simply letting the backcourt press but maintaining a certain number of defensive forces;
Or really all the players should retreat, and then fight Chelsea's counterattack, etc.
But now...
Yin En Wright obviously also saw this problem.
"We seem to be completely led by Chelsea now."
"When the opponent is tightly defending, either attack hard, use a fast-paced offensive, plus pressure from the frontcourt to force the opponent to make mistakes, and then take advantage of the players' personal abilities to solve the opponent."
"If a strong attack doesn't work, then you can only withdraw, slow down the pace appropriately, and patiently look for opportunities. Then by changing the rhythm suddenly and slowly, you can forcefully create loopholes in the opponent's defense."
"Now, with the pressure so high, the rhythm is slowed down by the opponent's tight defense, and we can't get up fast. Under the opponent's tight defense, we can't find any gaps at all and can't play a threatening offense.
That's very dangerous."
"In this case, any counterattack by the opponent may create a murderous opportunity. Therefore, every time Chelsea counterattacks, it forces our midfielders and backfielders to try their best to return to defense and run back and forth. This is not only a huge physical challenge.
The consumption is even more mental torture.”
"In addition, we did not do a very good job in pressing in the midfield and frontcourt. They all wanted to score goals as soon as possible! Therefore, more energy was invested in offense and they were a bit slack on defense."<
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Yin En Wright was worried, and Reinker nodded and said:
"I seem to have noticed it. Arsenal's frontcourt stars now seem to be in a situation where they are fighting alone."
"When facing a tight defensive formation like Chelsea, relying too much on individual players' individual fights will only slow down the team's rhythm, which in turn will cause the team to be dragged into a slow-paced quagmire by the opponent."
"The pace is slow, but the team is pressing forward as a whole. This makes it difficult for Arsenal's offense to create a threat. Instead, it exposes the loopholes in its defense to the opponent. This can be said to be chronic suicide..."
"It's just that now we can all see that Arsenal has so many problems, can't Pan Yi see it?"
"He seems to be content to just keep defending like this? He doesn't really just want to take a point, right? Is this still the Pan Yi we know?"
"If this is really the case, I will lose my fandom... Ah, wait, look, Pan Yi seems to have made some moves!"
On the court, Pan Yi really started asking people to warm up.
Lingard, Bamford, Hazard, William...
All offensive players!
It seems that he is really going to cause trouble!
This scene on the Chelsea bench was immediately captured by the fans in the stands and the sensitive live television footage.
The away team's Chelsea fans immediately cheered.
The place where the substitute players warmed up happened to be on the visiting team's side of the stands, and the fans also gave them warm applause.
The faces of Arsenal fans of the home team showed a trace of uneasiness for no reason...
"We see that Chelsea is preparing to make a substitution!"
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"The Chelsea fans in the audience are excited! There is a saying circulating in the Premier League this season that Pan Yi's every on-the-spot command and substitution can change the situation of the game."
"Especially after 70 minutes... Hey, I looked at the time, and it's not even 60 minutes yet. No matter what, Pan Yi's substitutions are always interesting anyway."
"I just don't know how he will prepare for substitutions? Will he just do three ups and three downs and replace the entire offensive trident?"
"If this is really the case, it means that Pan Yi has long understood Chelsea's current defense. The current three generals are used to consume Arsenal's physical and energy."
"And substitution means the beginning of a real counterattack! Especially Hazard, a fast and good dribbling star, has not performed particularly well since returning from injury. He is likely to play as a surprise player today to deal with Arsenal.
A tall defender."
"Today Arsenal's captain Mordessack is tall and strong, but his turning speed is slow, which is enough to give a dexterous forward like Hazard room to play."
"The fans at the scene were all gripped by the upcoming substitution. Chelsea fans were cheering, while Arsenal fans were worried. This looked very interesting."
"Perhaps only Pan Yi's substitutions can influence the fans' emotions like this..."
"Substitution so early today?" Scaloni asked Pan Yi with some confusion, "Didn't you tell Wenger that you will start to work hard in seventy minutes?"
"I said seventy minutes, just seventy minutes? Can't you just show off his old man a little bit?" Pan Yi smiled slyly, "That's almost it. Their physical fitness is almost the same."
Arsenal pressed forward for a long time, which actually put a lot of pressure on their defensive players.
Every time Chelsea counterattacks, no matter whether there is a threat or not, they have to quickly return to defense and run back and forth, which consumes a lot of physical energy.
Lukaku, Gnabry, and Seat B, the three of them frequently went back and forth during the counterattack, which also caused a lot of trouble for Arsenal's defense.
The constant running back and forth, coupled with the long-term tension of the nerves, really makes the Arsenal players' physical fitness a bit overwhelming.
"Then... how to change? Substitute on opposite sides?" Scaloni pointed to the players who had finished warming up and were walking back to the bench.
Under normal circumstances, position substitution is the most common and safest.
After all, although Chelsea seems to be passive now, the three lines are maintained very well, and the counterattack is also impressive. There is no need to make adjustments to the formation.
"Almost." Pan Yi waved his hand, "Let Hazard, Lingard and William go up."
"Oh." Scaloni turned around and took two steps, then looked back and glared, "No center Bamford? This is called a matchup substitution, this is called almost?"
……
After everyone saw Chelsea's substitution clearly, there was an uproar inside and outside the stadium.
Although it is not common to have three substitutions in 60 minutes, it is not unusual either.
In particular, Pan Yi often makes such "generous decisions", and everyone is not surprised.
However, Gnabry and B-seat were replaced by Hazard and Willian. This is considered a match-up substitution between the two wingers, which is understandable;
Why did Lingard replace Lukaku?
Putting Lingard in the center position? This is obviously unrealistic. After all, Lingard has no fulcrum and header ability.
The only explanation is to let Lingard play as a shadow striker in the middle, and then Chelsea starts playing without a striker.
What kind of melon-style surgery is this?
Although they didn't understand it, when Gnabry was replaced, Arsenal fans still gave this team's once promising star a warm applause.
Pan Yi stood on the sidelines and applauded Gnabry.
Although he was not able to perform the drama of "killing his old boss" at the Emirates Stadium today, he has perfectly completed the work assigned by the head coach and performed very well.
How can every old player score goals when he returns home?
In the Sky Sports studio, Reinker, the "Pan Chui", understood Pan Yi's intention and said:
"In the first 60 minutes, Lukaku, including Gnabry and the B bench, have been running hard, sprinting back and forth, consuming the physical energy of Arsenal's defense players. In fact, I was still worried about whether they could make it in the second half.
Get through it all.”
"Now it seems that replacing them at this time is something Pan Yi has already prepared for."
"As for why Lingard was replaced in the middle position? It was because he wanted to further use his dexterous movement and interweaving to attack Arsenal's weaknesses, which are the central defender's slow movement speed, slow turn, and slow filling of positions." "Linggard plays as a shadow striker, and he can further drop back to support the midfield, thereby helping his side regain control of the midfield, and it is also more confusing during counterattacks. After all, there is no center forward now, and anyone can move forward.
Get to the front!"
"Of course, we cannot ignore the other two wingers Hazard and Willian. They are both good at breaking through and shooting."
"This substitution means that the real decisive battle has just begun!"
"Asshole, where's the promised seventy minutes?"
Wenger on the sidelines also stood up.
Of course he was nervous when Pan Yi made a substitution.
Everyone knows that when Pan Yi changes people, it means that this kid has another killer move!
However, Wenger kept thinking about how to defend against Pan Yi's new move after 70 minutes, but Chelsea made a substitution at 60 minutes.
You really don’t keep your word!
And Pan Yi changed three at once! They were all attackers! And it also turned into a no-front formation!
This means there is definitely something wrong!
But the question is...where is this problem?
However, before Wenger could figure it out, the situation on the court had undergone hundreds of millions of changes.
"Let's take a look at this ball...Chelsea's Kante actively attacked to defend Arsenal's Cazorla."
"The two were entangled. Cazorla shook several times but failed to shake Kanter's center of gravity. Instead, Kanter saw the opportunity and stretched his foot to intercept the ball."
"Kante made a beautiful steal! Then he immediately passed the ball to his teammates in the frontcourt."
"The answer is Lingard, who has just been replaced. He is now theoretically the player in front of Chelsea, but of course his range of activities is different from that of a traditional center. He is more at the top of the penalty area.
Move left and right."
"Arsenal central defender Mordessack, who has been defending Lukaku, seems to have not adapted to the opponent's style of play without a center, and did not catch up immediately."
"So Lingard got the ball easily and had enough time to look ahead. Then, he passed the ball, and it was a ball that went straight behind him!"
"Good opportunity!"
"Another winger Hazard, who came on as a substitute, inserted himself into the ribs from the wing. His explosive speed was very fast, and he directly left behind Bellerin, who was known for his speed but was unprepared."
"No offside! This is a one-way goal..."
In an instant, the entire Emirates Stadium became quiet.
Almost all Chelsea fans jumped up from their seats with a loud cry, looking at the stadium with their eyes wide open.
The Arsenal fans made almost the same move, but there was a clear trace of panic on their faces.
Hazard, wearing a blue jersey, was like a blue lightning, throwing away multiple Arsenal defenders in an instant and catching up with Lingard's through ball.
Arsenal's goalkeeper and former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech made a decisive decision to abandon the goal.
He has been teammates with Hazard for several years, and he has beaten the Belgian countless times on the training ground. Therefore, he knows that if Hazard bullies him into the goal and takes aim, he will really have a chance.
All gone!
But the problem is that Hazard's dribbling speed is really very fast, even faster than Cech's prediction.
In other words, Cech felt that Hazard's movement was much faster than the speed on the training field!
He was still far away just now, but in an instant he was already killing me.
This frightened Cech and he subconsciously pounced on him.
Because he saw that Hazard had already made a smashing action!
But what Cech didn't expect was that Hazard's move was a fake move!
After Cech pounced to the right, Hazard suddenly dunked to the left. As soon as he dunked over, his left foot quickly flew out.
This is the advantage of a player like Hazard who is very balanced with both feet. No matter how he dunks his foot, the other foot can complete a high-quality shot!
At this moment, the ball flew out from behind Cech like a shell and quickly hit the goal!
At this moment, Arsenal's fastest defender Bellerin caught up with Hazard.
It was also at this moment that the Chelsea fans in the visiting team's stands burst into deafening shouts!
"gallllllllllllllllllllllllllll!
”
"Chelsea scored!"
"Chelsea finally scored!"
"In the 62nd minute, Chelsea took the lead in breaking Arsenal's goal!"
"This is a wonderful combination from Chelsea's frontcourt!"
"We saw that the magical young coach Pan Yi's on-the-spot substitutions once again showed miraculous effects!
”
"Lingard, who just came on as a substitute, got the ball in the frontcourt and sent a beautiful through ball. Another substitute, Hazard, calmly passed goalkeeper Cech and scored!"
"This is a classic Chelsea counterattack! This is also Hazard's first goal after returning from injury!"
"Now, all the Chelsea fans are celebrating with abandonment, as if the Emirates Stadium is now their world!"
"Arsenal has been unable to attack for a long time, and finally the loopholes in the defense have been exposed. This is definitely not good news for Arsenal. They have to face the embarrassing situation of falling behind."
"With one goal ahead, Chelsea's defensive counterattack will definitely be more resolute!"
"How should I put it? Pan Yi's substitutions brought out his usual high level, and putting Lingard in the shadow forward position to play without a forward was also a stroke of genius."
"This change of formation made Arsenal's defensive players a little confused for a while, which exposed the flaw."
"And Lingard once again repaid Pan Yi's trust in him. He came on as a substitute and immediately completed a beautiful assist!"
At this time, the referee on the field had already called the Chelsea players back to the field.
You can celebrate after scoring a goal, but don’t keep it too long, after all, the game isn’t over yet!
After the game restarted, Arsenal served and immediately pressed forward.
Chelsea still chose to shrink their defense and firmly defend their own 30-meter area.
Generally speaking, the period after taking a lead is a high-risk period for conceding goals.
Because players are so excited after scoring a goal that they sometimes lose focus.
Arsenal's offensive ability is obvious to all. If you are not careful at this time, you may lose the ball at any time.
Therefore, Pan Yi stood on the sidelines and kept reminding everyone to pay more attention to maintain concentration. He also shouted to each other to remind each other about their positions and not to relax because of the goal just now.
Soon, Chelsea's players also immediately entered the game state, without giving Arsenal a chance to quickly regain the score.
"Chelsea got a chance to counterattack."
"We saw the ball moved to the left and handed it to Hazard. Without a chance, the ball was passed back to Kanter and then to William, facing Cochran's defense..."
"Beautiful, Cochrane stole the ball calmly and ruined a Chelsea attack."
"The ball still fell at the feet of the Arsenal players. Cazorla slowed down a little, allowing his teammates to calm down before attacking."
"Now the ball goes to Cochran, to Wilshere, to Sanchez."
"Sanchez accelerated towards the baseline and then passed into the penalty area. Giroud received the ball..."
"Ake was very fast. He blocked Giroud's shot. The ball didn't bounce far. Ramsey on the other side hit again!"
"Martinez contributed another great save, corner kick!"
"Arsenal took a corner kick and there was chaos in the penalty area."
"Zuma made a header to clear the ball and left the penalty area."
"Bellerin has grabbed the second spot, let's kick it!"
"Oops, the shot was too high and it flew directly into the stands."
"Arsenal has been attacking very fiercely during this period. But we can see that Chelsea defended very steadily and did not give the opponent a decent chance to score."
"Sometimes Arsenal did get some shots, but unfortunately Chelsea's goalkeeper Martinez played so steadily today. Ordinary shots really can't do anything to him!"
Time passes minute by minute.
Chelsea are becoming more and more experienced in defending, and Arsenal, who are one goal behind, are more impatient than at the beginning of the second half.
This is also human nature.
It is annoying enough to say that he has always had the advantage but has not scored.
But I didn’t expect that the opponent would score first? This is even more depressing.
But the more this happens, the Arsenal's offense becomes less and less efficient, while Chelsea's counterattack becomes better and better.
"Arsenal's offensive is coming again!"
"This time Sanchez ran to the right, and he wanted to pass it to Wilshere in the center, but he was touched by Kante, who was coming from Chelsea to defend. The ball changed direction and rolled towards the center circle."
"Ramirez grabbed the ball and passed it to the left with a big kick."
"Hazard stopped the ball, but Arsenal's defense was also in place. Bellerín came up to defend."
"Beautiful! Hazard passed Bellerin with a beautiful fake move and formed a breakthrough on the left!"
"Good opportunity, Hazard dribbled the ball towards Arsenal's goal, Mertesacker in the middle quickly came over to cover."
"But Hazard stepped very fast, and it was difficult for Mertesacker to keep up with his rhythm! Hazard easily swung away from an angle and then made a cross!"
"No, it's not a cross, because there is no high center forward in Chelsea now. Hazard passed the ball to the back point!"
"The winger William on the other side directly headed the ball!"
"Cech moved very fast and dived for the ball... However, it seemed that due to the influence of William's unkempt hair, the trajectory of his header changed slightly..."
"Cech's finger has touched the ball, but he has not been able to change the direction of the ball!"
"The ball is scored!
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"gallllllllllllllllllllllll!
”
"William!"
"In the 73rd minute, William, who also came on as a substitute, scored another victory for Chelsea!"
"0:2!"
"Good guy, Hazard gave the ball very beautifully, and William didn't need any adjustment at all when he rushed up from behind. There were no defensive players next to him. He could even stop the ball and hit it again!"
"But he still chose a header that he doesn't often use and scored the goal!"
"Arsenal goalkeeper Cech did his best when facing this header from Chi Chi. I really can't blame him!"
"For this ball, Chelsea's counterattack was very fast and their thinking was very clear. After all the substitutions of Chelsea's front three, the efficiency of the counterattack was further improved, while Arsenal's defense was obviously exhausted and could not keep up with Chelsea.
What a rhythm!"
"Chelsea fans are going crazy with joy!"
"Two goals ahead, the Blues have already secured victory!"