Chapter 210 Substitution Changes
"There is no way to concede the ball like this. The game has not yet reached 60 minutes. There is still time left for the home team Chelsea. Whether the eleven players can complete the reversal at their home court in the next place depends on these players."
When the players of both sides stood in the serving position again, the game time was less than two-thirds of the ninety minutes. Such development undoubtedly kept the suspense still, after all, it was just a goal difference.
If Chelsea can solve the problem caused by one less player in combat, their offensive power will definitely be enough.
Although Ramirez is missing the silhouette of the right, Dembaba and Shurle are still in hot form in this game, and Hazard, Oscar and Matic are definitely capable of creating threats themselves.
The only thing to note is that they no longer have the advantage of using the midfielder to grab the ball with Arsenal.
"Shh!"
"Okay, with the referee whistle, the game started again, Chelsea took the ball, Oh~, Xuerle's position was moved."
With a reasonable adjustment, Mourinho finally showed his own specialty when the team's situation took a sharp turn. As Xuerle came to the right midfield position, Chelsea changed into a 441 team.
Their tactics have changed from the previous offensive strategy to a defensive counterattack again. The ball began to be passed on in their half-court, without any intention of taking the initiative to attack the Gunners at half-court.
Faced with the opponent's move, Arsenal first carefully tested it for a while. In a short period of time, only Liu Feng and Giroud rushed through the half and kept pressing. When Chelsea was getting more and more shy, they had no intention of attacking. They finally decided to push forward.
"Okay, the offense and defense of both sides have returned to people's previous impression of them. Chelsea defended against the counterattack, and Arsenal took the ball and attacked, as if the previous sixty minutes of the showdown was just a dream."
On the court, as the two sides fought for ball rights opened, Zhan Jun and Liu Jianhong looked at each other and smiled.
Sometimes, fate is so wonderful. After you go around in circles, you may finally return to the original starting point.
However, there is one thing that Chelsea cannot forget. They are using a defensive counterattack tactic with a score of 2-3, which also means that as long as the Gunners do not make a rash move and don’t give them a chance to counterattack, the score will continue to be with Chelsea falling behind by one goal.
This made the Blues players on the court more than once after Arsenal deliberately sold their flaws and wanted to launch an attack and rush forward.
Fortunately, several core members of the team have just received the order from Mourinho, who was brought to the court. The coach of his own is to ensure that the Gunners cannot completely push out the Gunners, and these players dare not disobey.
As a result, the situation on the court became dull. The two sides continued to switch ball rights from 60 to 75 minutes, and their attacks were much less.
However, overall, Arsenal, which has the advantage of playing one more player in the midfield, has the initiative in possession of the ball, and they have launched several attacks that directly threatened Chelsea's goal again.
First, in the 65th minute of the game, young player Chamberlain cooperated with Giroud on the left to hit the diagonal shot on the left side of the penalty area. This shot was transferred out of the baseline by Cech at the extreme position on the crossbar, which made Chelsea people sweat in a cold sweat.
In the 69th minute of the game, Gansuo received a ball from Liu Feng on the right from outside the penalty area and shot directly. The ball barely hit the crossbar of Chelsea and flew out of the baseline. Even the Blues goalkeeper Cech did not have time to react this time.
Such development naturally made the entire Chelsea team more thoroughly shrink, and their back line became the busiest existence.
It was this kind of busyness that made them again create a very good free kick opportunity for Arsenal in the 74th minute of the game because of their excessive movements - just on the right side of the top of the penalty area.
Unfortunately, Liu Feng was too excited and used a lot of force to take the penalty. He finally hit the ball with the ball and hit the upper edge of the crossbar and bounced on the net.
A series of shocks has meant that Arsenal's offense is getting closer and closer to the opponent's goal, and the whole Chelsea team's tense spirit is on the verge of collapse.
Mourinho also realized this, so in the 75th minute of the game, he waved his hand and used the remaining substitutions for the team.
"Cheatah Etoo and wide player Salah have come on as a substitute. They replaced Sherle and Dembaba respectively. Mourinho's final substitutions are all strengthening the team's offense. It seems that Chelsea will start their counterattack in less than twenty minutes."
"Winger also completed substitutions, Wilshire and Alba came on the bench, and they exchanged their favorites Cazorla and Gibbs respectively, which is an enhancement to the team's midfield and back line."
The substitutions of the coaches of the two teams are very consistent with the team's current state. One urgently needs an offense to equalize the score, and the other maintains the status quo, can win the game and leave from the opponent's home court with his head held high.
When all the substitutes of both sides appeared on the court, the situation on the court also changed.
In the 77th minute of the game, Arsenal's sideline attack was cut off by Terry and Callas as Chamberlain took the ball. Then Terry, who took the ball, directly passed the ball with a long pass and drove the ball towards his middle and frontcourt.
When Salah, who came on the bench, ran forward from the right, he did not attract the attention of the Gunners players, who was not the place where the ball landed.
So, as Oscar in the middle successfully removed the ball and passed it out with a big foot before Gansuo rushed to him, only Alba, who had just appeared on the bench, was left.
"Alba rushed towards the ball quickly, landing between him and Salah. Both of them never want to give up on the ball this time!"
"Dong!"
The two people who jumped high collided in the air, and the ball changed direction again.
"Salah took the lead and hit the ball! His early running gave him enough speed and strength, and directly landed and rushed past Alba. He threw away half of his opponent's position!"
"This is a Chelsea opportunity. Etoo, who followed up in the middle, is also very fast. Arsenal's entire defense is in a state of catching up with each other!"
"boom!"
"Chelsea! Chelsea! Chelsea!"
In the stands at Stamford Bridge, the voices of Blues fans sounded again. This was their most threatening attack in the past twenty minutes, and all Chelsea people were looking forward to the arrival of the goal.
Chapter completed!