"The second half has started."
"Both sides did not make substitutions during the halftime break, and they still used the lineup from the first half."
"Arsenal took the lead and Chelsea were still on the defensive."
The situation in the second half was still not much different from the first half.
During the halftime break, Wenger calmed down and then warned his disciples to stay patient and not fall into the trap that Chelsea might set.
After all, he is an old martial artist. Couldn't he see that Pan Yi was 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 coach's control.
Just like the current situation at Arsenal, the players are surrounded by the constant cheers of the home fans, and their adrenaline is constantly rising!
From the beginning to the present, they have actually been playing against Chelsea, who have enjoyed endless 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 be leading, 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.
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The frontcourt presses up, and midfield players such as Cazorla have no choice but to press up in order to avoid the disconnect 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 attacker in the frontcourt is like a wild horse that has escaped the reins and cannot be pulled back!
"It feels like the team's thinking is a bit inconsistent now, and there are differences in thinking."
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 meant was that they could not push Chelsea too hard, they had 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 is trying desperately to hold on; when the backcourt wants to pull back, the frontcourt is desperately pushing 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's 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 instead, 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, we can either press a strong attack, use a fast-paced offensive, and press the frontcourt to force the opponent to make mistakes, and then use the players' personal ability advantages to solve the opponent."
"If a strong attack doesn't work, you can only withdraw, slow down the pace appropriately, and patiently look for opportunities. Then, by changing the rhythm from fast to slow, 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 defensive formation, 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. So 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 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."
Yin En Wright was worried, and Reinker nodded and said:
"I seem to see it too. Arsenal's frontcourt stars seem to be in a solo situation now."
"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 tempo 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 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 be making some moves!"
On the court, Pan Yi really started asking people to warm up.
Lingard, Bamford, Hazard, Willian...
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 television live footage.
The away team's Chelsea fans immediately burst into joy.
The substitute players' warm-up position happened to be on the visiting team's side of the stands, and the fans also gave them warm applause.
The faces of the Arsenal fans of the home team showed a trace of uneasiness for no reason...
"We see that Chelsea are going to make a substitution!"
"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, 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 is going to make substitutions? Will he just do three ups and three downs and replace the entire starting offensive trident?"
"If this is really the case, it means that Pan Yi has already understood Chelsea's current defense. The current starting three players are used to consume Arsenal's physical and energy."
"And substitution means the beginning of a real counterattack! Especially Hazard, this fast and 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 enough to give a dexterous forward like Hazard room to play."
"The fans at the scene were all gripped by the upcoming substitutions. Chelsea fans were cheering, while Arsenal fans were worried. It looked very interesting."
"Perhaps only Pan Yi's substitutions can influence the fans' emotions like this..."
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"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, seventy minutes? Can't you just show off the old man a little bit?" Pan Yi smiled slyly, "That's almost it. Their physical fitness is almost there."
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 the B seat, 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 made the Arsenal players' physical fitness a bit overwhelming.
"Then...how to change? Substitution?" Scaloni pointed at the players who had finished warming up and were walking back to the bench.
Under normal circumstances, match-up substitutions are 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?"
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After everyone saw Chelsea's substitution clearly, there was another uproar inside and outside the stadium.
Three substitutions were made in 60 minutes. Although this is not common, 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?
Put Lingard at center? This is obviously unrealistic. After all, Lin Huang 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 rejuvenation method is this?
Although they didn't understand it, when Gnabry was replaced, Arsenal fans still gave the once promising star of their team 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 owner" 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. He 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 deft movement and penetration to attack Arsenal's weaknesses, which are the weaknesses of the central defender's slow movement, slow turn, and slow replacement."
"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!"
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"Asshole, what about 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 substitutions at 60 minutes.
What a disloyalty!
And Pan Yi changed three at once! All attackers! And it also turned into a frontless formation!
This shows that there is definitely something wrong!
But the question is...where is the problem?
However, before Wenger could figure it out, the situation on the court had undergone hundreds of millions of changes.
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"Let's take a look at this ball...Chelsea's Kante actively attacked to defend Arsenal's Cazorla."
"The two were entangled. Cazorla swayed 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 great 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 behind him!"
"good chance!"
"Another winger Hazard, who came on as a substitute, inserted himself into the ribs from the wing. His burst was very fast, and he directly left Bellerín, who was known for his speed but was unprepared, behind."
"It's not offside! It's a one-on-one ball..."
In an instant, the entire Emirates Stadium became quiet.
Almost all Chelsea fans jumped up from their seats with a cry, looking at the stadium with their eyes wide open.
The Arsenal fans did almost the same thing, but there was a hint of panic on their faces.
Hazard, who was 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 tackled 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 speed was much faster than on the training field!
They were still far away just now, but they were already killing them in an instant.
This frightened Cech and he pounced on him subconsciously.
Because he saw that Hazard had already made a smash!
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!
“goalllllllllllllllllllllllllll!
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!
"
"Chelsea scored!"
"Chelsea finally scored!"
"In the 62nd minute, Chelsea took the lead in breaking Arsenal's goal!"
"This is great coordination from Chelsea's frontcourt!"
“We saw that the amazing young coach Pan Yi’s on-the-spot substitutions once again showed miraculous results!
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"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 like crazy, as if the Emirates Stadium now belongs to them!"
"Arsenal has been unable to attack for a long time, and finally exposed the loopholes in the defense. 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 can I put it, Pan Yi's substitutions have shown his usual high level, and putting Lingard in the shadow forward position to play without a forward is 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, and immediately completed a beautiful assist as a substitute!"
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At this time, the referee on the field had already called the Chelsea players back to the field.
It’s okay to celebrate when you score 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 hard.
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 immediately entered the game state, and did not give 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. There was no chance. The ball was passed back to Kante and then to William, facing Cochrane's defense..."
"Beautiful, Cochrane steals the ball calmly and spoils a Chelsea attack."
"The ball still fell at the feet of the Arsenal player. Cazorla slowed down the pace a little, allowing his teammates to calm down before attacking."
"Now the ball goes to Kirkland, to Wilshere, to Sanchez."
"Sanchez accelerated towards the baseline, then passed into the penalty area, and 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 made another great save, corner kick!"
"Arsenal took a corner kick and there was chaos in the box."
"Zuma made a header to clear the ball and left the penalty area."
"Bellerin has grabbed the second spot, here's a kick!"
"Oops, it was too high and 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 starting goalkeeper Martinez played so steadily today. Ordinary shots really can't do anything to him!"
Time passed by 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's annoying enough to say that he has been dominant but hasn't scored.
But I didn’t expect that it would be my opponent who scored 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 attack is coming again!"
"This time Sanchez ran to the right. He wanted to pass to Wilshere in the center, but he was touched by Kante, who was coming from the middle of 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 very good, Bellerin came up to defend."
"Beautiful! Hazard passed Bellerin with a beautiful fake move and formed a breakthrough on the left!"
"A 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 just headed the ball!"
"Cech moved very fast and dived to save the ball... However, it seems that due to the influence of William's unkempt hair, the trajectory of his header changed slightly..."
"Cech's fingers have touched the ball, but he failed to change the direction of the ball!"
"The ball went in!
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“goalllllllllllllllllllll!
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"William!"
"In the 73rd minute, Willian, 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 was no defensive player 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 Petr Cech did his best when facing Chi Chi's header. I really can't blame him!"
"With 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. The rhythm!”
"Chelsea fans are going crazy!"
"Two goals ahead, the Blues have secured victory!"
