It is not uncommon to win the Crystal Palace team, because there is still a certain gap in Crystal Palace's strength compared to Arsenal.

But in the next game, the situation was not so optimistic.

Because the opponent is Arsenal's old opponent, Chelsea.

Chelsea Football Club (Cantonese name: Chelsea, Chezi, Che), abbreviated as Chelsea, nicknamed the Blues and Blue Lions. It participates in the English Football Super League and is tied for the European Grand Slam team with Juventus, Bayern Munich and Ajax. The club was established on March 14, 1905, and its home court is located at Stamford Bridge Stadium near the Thames River in Hammersmith Fulham District, London.?

After Abu acquired Chelsea, he spent huge sums of money to recruit, and the team gradually became a giant. The team is known for its rock-stable defense and iron-blooded spirit, and is also famous in the football world for its overly defensive "business" tactic. It is one of the representative teams of football's defensive counterattack style and one of the most influential and successful teams in Europe and even the world.?

By May 3, 2013, Chelsea had won 4 top league titles in England (1 time in the Old English League One and 3 times in the Premier League), 7 FA Cup, 5 English League Cup, 4 English Community Shield, 2 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1 European Super Cup, 1 European Champions League, and 1 Europa League.

On May 20, 2012, Chelsea faced Bundesliga powerhouse Bayern Munich in the Champions League final. Chelsea lacked four main players, Terry, Ramirez, Mereles and Ivanovic, so they were quite passive in the game, but the team played extremely tenaciously. In the 83rd minute, Muller took the lead for Bayern. Just when everyone thought Chelsea would be defeated, Drogba stepped forward and equalized the score in the 88th minute.

Bayern won a penalty in overtime, and goalkeeper Cech withstood the huge pressure and saved Robben's penalty.

In the end, Chelsea drew 1-1 with Bayern Munich in 120 minutes. In the penalty shootout, Mata was the first to lose the free throw.

However, Cech broke out again, and every penalty kick was saved by the opponent, and he successfully saved the penalty kicks of Olic and Schweinsteiger.

In the end, Drogba scored a key penalty. Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League for the first time in history.

The efforts of the old boys moved the world. Chelsea officially advanced to the top of the giants with this Champions League trophy!

On June 3, 2013, Chelsea Club announced through its official website that Mourinho was appointed as the team's head coach, and the two sides signed a contract for 4 years.

Magic Bird, the God of Blue Bridge, finally returned to his eternal home after years of adventure, and the wishes of Blues fans over the years have finally come true.

On June 22, 2013, Premier League giant Chelsea just signed a 10-year jersey sponsorship contract with adidas Sports Goods Company, which will ignite the "signing frenzy" of the new Blues coach Mourinho.

Chelsea's previous jersey sponsorship contract was 20 million pounds per year. After increasing it to 30 million pounds per year, it surpassed Manchester United, Liverpool and Barcelona in the annual jersey sponsorship ranking list, and tied with Arsenal, just one step away from Real Madrid, which is the top.

After Mourinho coached Chelsea again, he began to rebuild his team by making drastic efforts, using 18 million pounds to poach Shrörle from Leverkusen, and 30 million pounds to buy Brazil's talented midfielder William, and many other players were added. Among them, Etoo's free transfer and Essim's return have greatly increased Chelsea's strength.

In addition, Mourinho is very familiar with Zhang Xu and knows Zhang Xu's strength and characteristics. Perhaps, in England, only he knows how perverted Zhang Xu is, and only he has studied so seriously how to limit Zhang Xu.

Before this game, Wenger wanted to give up this game. Because for Arsenal, the League Cup is not a very important event and cannot be compared with the League and the FA Cup.

However, after communicating with Zhang Xu, Wenger found that Zhang Xu had no intention of giving up. After thinking about it again and again, Wenger decided to fight, because as long as he survived Chelsea, there would be no too strong opponents in the opponents behind him, and the championship was almost a foregone conclusion.

So, in this game, Wenger sent all the main players who could play.

The 3-2-3-2 double-middle formation is still familiar to everyone: the goalkeeper is No. 1 - Szesni; the defender is No. 3 - Sarnia, No. 4 - Mertesacker, No. 6 - Koscheerney; the backer is No. 18 Zhang Xu and No. 7 - Rossicki, the midfield is No. 1 - Ramsey, No. 11 - Ozil and No. 10 - Wilsher; the forward is No. 12 - Giroud and No. 14 - Walcott.

Fermulen, Cazorla, and Bentner were all placed on the bench.

Before the game began, Zhang Xu and Mourinho met.

"Hi, zhang, I didn't expect that when we met again, we became opponents again. This is really the situation I don't want to see." Mourinho shouted in extreme annoyance when he first said the meeting.

"Haha, Mr. Mourinho, you were joking!" Zhang Xu touched the back of his head and said a little embarrassedly.

"zhang, it's not a joke. Actually, I originally planned to bring you to Chelsea, but unfortunately Dr. Wenger took the lead. I can only say it's a very regrettable!" Mourinho said seriously.

"Well, maybe it's fate!" Zhang Xu could only attribute all this to fate.

"Oh, by the way, I see the starting lineup you sent, it seems that you attach great importance to this game!" Mourinho asked casually.

"Hehe, Mr. Mourinho, don't think about getting any news from me, but you should know my personality. As long as I am on the field, I have always been a person who pursues victory! So, please be careful! Haha!" Zhang Xu blinked and said mischievously.

"Haha, it's not okay to be careful when facing a freak like you!" Mourinho laughed and skipped the embarrassment of the cliché.

At 7:45 pm on October 29, 2013, a focus match in the fourth round of the 2013/14 England League Cup started at the Emirates Stadium, and Arsenal's home match against Chelsea officially began.

Chelsea beat Arsenal twice last season. Both sides met five times in the League Cup, and Chelsea won all the last three times. Arsenal won the last time in 1998. This is the 180th meeting between the two sides, with Arsenal having the upper hand in 71 wins, 52 draws and 56 losses.

Chelsea had 10 players in rotation, only Cahill continued to play, Etoo, Mata, William and De Bruyne all appeared, and Hazard and Torres entered the bench.

At the beginning of the game, Chelsea seemed more proactive and frequently launched fierce attacks on Arsenal. However, under the leadership of Zhang Xu, Arsenal responded calmly and did not give the opponent any chance. On the contrary, every time Zhang Xu attacked the frontcourt, he could pose a great threat to Chelsea.

In the 9th minute of the game, after receiving Zhang Xu's straight pass, Giroud suddenly shot and was successfully blocked by Chelsea's goalkeeper.

One minute later, Ozil was blocked from the left cross and deflected. Walcott headed the ball in front of the ball and was easily obtained by Chelsea goalkeeper Schwarzer.

In the 16th minute of the game, after Zhang Xu and Rosici cooperated, they suddenly passed the ball over the top, and Giroud's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Azpilicueta.

In the 19th minute of the game, Chelsea finally had a decent opportunity.

William passed the ball, De Bruyne cut inside from the left and shot from outside the edge of the penalty area was easily blocked by Zhang Xu.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Wilhelm made a pass, Ramsey took Schwarzer who attacked, and Cahel promptly cleared the ball in front of the empty goal.

After the game ended twenty-five minutes, Arsenal finally took the lead. After Zhang Xu intercepted William's pass in the middle and backcourt, he quickly launched a counterattack.

After cooperating with Ozil twice, Zhang Xu quickly approached Chelsea's penalty area. Later, he passed by a slam, and was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Will Sher grabbed the first point and shot again! He was saved again!

Walcott once again grabbed it, and he shot into the net from 11 yards away from the goal!

One to zero! Arsenal finally leads the score!

After taking the lead with one goal, Zhang Xu felt that the wall blocking him finally disappeared, and the team's offense suddenly became much smoother.

In the 28th minute of the game, Mikel's midfielder was given a yellow card for a tactical foul against Wilshire.

In the 29th minute of the game, Azpilicueta's pass was intercepted, and Zhang Xu's diagonal shot from 18 yards on the left side of the penalty area went out of the far corner.

However, after Chelsea's adjustments, their offensive efficiency gradually improved.

In the 30th minute of the game, Etoo's knockback, and Essin's powerful shot from 20 yards was successfully blocked by Zhang Xu and cleared the wing line.

In the 42nd minute of the game, Mata and William passed the ball continuously, and Essin shot from 20 yards, but because he was disturbed by Zhang Xu, the shot was outrageously missed.

In the 49th minute of the game, William passed the ball, Etoo cut in from the left and shot from 20 yards to hit the right post and missed it.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Ramsey passed the ball and Giroud missed the low shot from 25 yards.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Ramsey's diagonal shot from 18 yards on the right side of the penalty area deviated from the far corner.

In the 55th minute of the game, Rosici passed the ball, and Giroud, who was unguarded, did not choose to shoot near the penalty spot. His return pass allowed the Chelsea defense to be dangerously relieved.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Ramsey shot from 25 yards after passing De Bruyne, and the ball missed the left post.

In the 66th minute of the game, Arsenal expanded the score. Ozil returned to the hook from the left side of the penalty area, and the opponent's defender headed the ball to clear the ball. After Zhang Xu inserted, he shot hard at the edge of the penalty area!

2-0! Arsenal secured the victory!
Chapter completed!