Chapter 123 The Battle of Tianwang Mountain
All the starting lineups have been announced, and overall it can be seen that Arsenal is still the elite team to compete with Chelsea.
Although the match between the two sides is often the first League Cup to be abandoned by the league team, when Arsenal's duel against Chelsea has already appeared, it doesn't matter what kind of game it is.
In recent years, the Gunners and the Blues have had too many grudges. Arsenal will never allow them to lose to Chelsea at home, and Chelsea has been suffering from Arsenal for a long time.
The two sides are destined to be a duel in which Mars collides with Earth.
In the substitute lineup, the professor naturally also put a group of powerful players who can play a role at any time. As for the new player Bordosky, he also entered the roster the day after joining the team.
Not to mention whether he will be used in the game, at least Bordosky's existence has given the team a more back-up.
"Tomorrow's game, there are only wins and no losses!"
"clear!"
As we shouted and answered, the atmosphere of the entire Gunners team became warm.
That night, the players all returned home early to fall asleep. Faced with the upcoming heavy showdown, any loss of mind on the court may lead to failure, which they will never tolerate.
The next day, since both sides were teams in London, both the Gunners and the Blues gathered at their own training base in the morning for the final training.
Wenger and Mourinho have not had a pre-match battle of words this time, which is closely related to the fact that both teams actually ushered in the British League Cup just after playing the league.
Both sides are tired men, so they must accumulate some momentum. Once they speak, they may be able to fail.
In the afternoon of the same day, Arsenal's bus arrived first outside the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners and Chelsea fans, who were clearly distinguished outside the field, each occupying a large area, but there were still more calls.
The League Cup sets a winning and losing system, but there is actually no difference between home and away games. For example, in this game, Chelsea fans were qualified to buy 25,000 tickets at the Emirates Stadium.
However, even if both sides have 25,000 copies, there are no doubt that the remaining more than 10,000 copies were bought by gun fans.
Therefore, when Chelsea's bus came outside the Emirates Stadium, they were still greeted by boos than cheers. Although the Blues were very unhappy, they could only bear it.
After entering the court one after another, they quickly entered the stadium to warm up. Arsenal, wearing red and white jerseys and Chelsea, wearing blue jerseys, were clearly distinguished on the court, and the two sides faced each other at halftime.
Fans of the two teams also started to turn on the mutual spray mode in the stands early. After being tired of spraying, they immediately turned on the loudest mode of comparing who they called.
At this moment, the warm-up on the court has been over for a long time.
"Good spectators, the two teams have followed the referee group and entered the stadium. The leading players on both sides are Arsenal captain Liu Feng and Chelsea captain Lampard."
At this time, silence is better than sound. Although there is no passionate BGM, the murderous aura on the court has been spread to every fan's eyes as it is transmitted.
"The strongest derby in London ushered in the third match of the season. Whoever can defeat the opponent will be decided in this league cup with a certain victory or defeat."
On the court, Liu Feng and Lampard's captain Russ and Scissors quickly ended. Liu Feng, who won the victory, chose the kick-off for the team. He came to the serving point with the ball in his arms.
Standing opposite Neymar before serving point, Liu Feng was completely excited at this moment.
Although the fatigue brought by the last game has not completely disappeared, being strong when facing strong is Liu Feng's main feature.
"Shh~Shh!!!"
"Okay, with the referee whistle, the game begins!"
The ball was pushed out, Neymar quickly gave it to Gansu in the middle after receiving the ball, and Arsenal's formation also quickly unfolded.
"Oh~ Arsenal once again lined up 4231 formation in this game. It seems that the consumption of the last game has a relatively large impact on them."
"Haha, Chelsea is the same in this regard."
Liu Jianhong and Zhan Jun quickly began to get to know each other. Liu Jianhong took the lead in introducing the starter of Arsenal, and Zhan Jun then began to introduce the Blues' lineup.
"Murinho lined up 442 in this game, with Schurle and Torres partnering with the team's double striker."
The high-intensity event of Chelsea has caused many main players to have condition problems. Fortunately, as a giant team, Mourinho's subordinates still have many of them available.
"Four midfielders are Hazard, Essin, Lampard and Mata from left to right."
On the court, Arsenal's offense was not fast but still advanced very steadily for halftime, and Chelsea's midfielder quickly confronted the opponent.
"In the defender, Mourinho arranged the defender combination of Bertrand, Terry, Azpilicueta and Cahill."
Needless to say, Chelsea's iron-blooded defense is strong, as for their starting goalkeeper, they are even more stunning.
The starters of both sides have been announced, and the tests of both sides on the court have also ended. The showdown between the two teams has officially entered the first wave of intense heat.
"Ganso got the ball in the middle, and the continuous pulling and cooperation between Neymar and Jametz allowed him to control the ball with ease."
In the ninth minute of the game, Arsenal took the lead and Ganso got the ball and rushed from the middle. Lampard quickly posted on him.
In this case, Gansuo had no intention of pulling. He directly scored the ball to the right, and J Ronaldo successfully got the ball. Then the wing player followed Hazard and rushed forward.
"I haven't found a good interception route. Hazard is obviously not that good at defending. He was isolated from the ball by the young Hames for several attempts to get a position."
"Swish!"
Just after James brought the ball to the threatening area in the midfield's hinterland, he did not stop for a moment and split the ball diagonally.
"Liu Feng took the ball with his back in the middle, stuck Terry behind him with a slight point, and the ball moved to the left, and Neymar got the ball."
Mourinho's tactics in this game were obviously not a defensive counterattack, and therefore the Gunners' first infiltration was quite smooth.
Just after Neymar got the ball, Arsenal's offense came to the final stage. Liu Feng turned around and wiped Terry and broke into the penalty area, but the defenders around him followed closely.
So Neymar's foot changed direction after swinging.
"With a parallel push, Gansuoying, who followed up in the middle, shot and shot!!!"
"Bang!"
The bow is like a full moon and the ball is like a meteor. However, the angle is too straight, Cech jumped to replace Gansuo, who shot at the next moment, became the focus of the whole game.
Chapter completed!