In this world, almost every derby is a war full of gunpowder.
After all, the two sides that can be called "Derby" are often either bitter enemies or bitter rivals in the same city. There are too many conflicts of interest and historical entanglements.
If there is no smell of gunpowder, then there must be a clear gap in strength or ranking between the two teams, or the two teams have been sinking together for a long time and their attention has dropped a lot.
A very typical example is the Milan Derby.
When the two teams were at their peak, they could compete most directly in both the league and the Champions League. At that time, whether they were fans of AC Milan or Inter Milan, they would definitely compete passionately online.
But with the decline of Serie A, the Milanese duo became the Milanese bears, and the two teams in Milan became brothers. The fans of the two teams would no longer be so at odds with each other, and more often they would stick together for warmth.
If we play the Milan Derby again at this time, to be honest, whether it is local fans or fans around the world, the interest is definitely not as intense as it was during the "Fireworks Derby".
However, as the Milan duo can once again compete for supremacy in Serie A and the Champions League, and when they become at odds again, the war of words between the fans of both sides will begin to escalate.
If one day the two teams can return to their peak glory days, the confrontation between the two teams will definitely become the focus of the world, and then mutual scoldings will be inevitable.
The same goes for Manchester United and Arsenal.
Although it is not a derby between the two teams, when they were the most direct rivals for the championship at the beginning of the 21st century, was there any time when the two teams met that they were not stunned and heated scenes continued?
But after the two teams began to slump together, the two of them became sworn brothers with Milan and called themselves the eldest brother, second brother, and third brother, becoming the "Taoyuan Derby", and the relationship between them also eased a lot.
When there is a direct confrontation, the fans are not so fierce. Why should a down-and-out team bother a down-and-out team?
And at this time, everyone was enjoying the Three Kingdoms jokes and had no time to quarrel.
What about "Mao Tiuchang", what about "My second brother is invincible", what about "I am the same"...
Okay, when Manchester United started to improve a little, especially when Arsenal had the hope of competing for the championship, the eyes of the two teams were red when they met, what about the second brother and the third brother, let's go, today I just want to "warm the wine and cut off the tension" fly"!
The gimmicks of the Taoyuan Derby are rarely mentioned.
Today's London derby is no exception.
Although the derby between Chelsea and Arsenal is not as tit-for-tat as Arsenal and Tottenham, or Liverpool and Everton, it is not much worse.
Especially when there is a direct competitive relationship between the two teams.
Because today, if Arsenal can defeat Chelsea, the points gap between the two sides can be reduced to three points, and they can compete for the league championship this season.
As long as Chelsea does not lose to Arsenal, they can break Arsenal's unbeaten record in the Premier League. This is also very exciting for Arsenal, both players and fans.
This led to a war of words between the media and the fans before the London Derby.
From the history of the two teams, to previous games, to this season's performance, and the confrontation in the Community Shield, it has become the focus of everyone's quarrel.
When they arrived at the scene, Chelsea fans at home held high the banners of "We are the Kings of London" and "Wenger's record will soon become history" and shouted the slogan "We will soon be 50 games undefeated", hoping that the team Being able to defeat their rivals in the same city at home and continue their excellent performance and form over the past two seasons.
But even though the Arsenal fans were playing away from home, they were not far behind.
They grandly pulled out a banner in the stands that read "Pan Yi will never be Wenger." This move immediately aroused the anger and abuse of Chelsea fans in the audience.
After all, Pan Yi is now Chelsea's god!
Of course, God cannot be slandered by his opponents at will.
As a result, the fans on both sides, especially those near the Arsenal visiting team stands, stretched out their fingers to make international friendly gestures and used various F languages to communicate cordially.
The atmosphere of eager communication between the two teams of fans in the stands made the riot police who were maintaining order at the scene feel like they were facing a formidable enemy. They were afraid that some fans would suddenly break out and eventually turn into a big physical exchange, so they kept going. He was there to appease the fans.
But this was a London derby, and with the multiple emotions, even the police had a hard time calming down the fans.
"Today's London derby was full of excitement. Fans from both sides in the stands were shouting slogans at each other, hoping to overwhelm their opponents in momentum before the game started."
"Although Chelsea is home, the Arsenal fans who can come to Stamford Bridge today are all die-hard fans with strong fighting spirit. They may even gain the upper hand in the Stamford Bridge library."
"It's just that judging from the record of the two teams' confrontations in the past two years, Arsenal only defeated Chelsea once in the FA Cup, and fell behind in all other games, including a big defeat where they lost three goals."
"And if we expand the head-to-head record to include Pan Yi and Wenger, the gap here will be even greater. It can be said that Wenger is at an absolute disadvantage."
"At the pre-match press conference, Chelsea head coach Pan Yi also said that he believed the team would achieve good results in this London derby. As for Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record, he did not think too much about it. No matter what, the focus is still to get three points.”
"Pan Yi does have enough confidence. After all, the fact that his team can hit the unbeaten record in the Premier League shows everything."
"Looking at Arsenal, coach Arsene Wenger took the initiative to show weakness before the game, saying that Chelsea is indeed stronger. The Gunners will be satisfied as long as they can get a draw away from home."
"However, Arsenal fans don't seem to see it that way. The famous Arsenal fan dt said in an interview with the media that Arsenal is in good shape this season. As long as they perform normally, there is a possibility of winning. A draw will send the opponent to the opponent. An undefeated record is unacceptable!”
"He also said that Wenger should have the determination and confidence to catch up with Chelsea and Manchester City. Otherwise, he should leave as soon as possible."
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In the home team's dressing room at Stamford Bridge, the Chelsea players who had just returned from warm-up training on the court were all sitting in their seats. They were already dressed and ready to play at any time.
Pan Yi stood among them, scanning every player in front of him with his eyes, while his mind was rapidly brewing the words of mobilization before the game.
Finally, he stood up among the players and clapped his hands vigorously, attracting all the attention.
"I don't need to say more about the importance of today's game. I believe everyone understands it."
"Although I said in the press conference before the game that I don't value the unbeaten record, that was false."
"I certainly hope that my name, and the names of everyone here, will be engraved in the history of the Premier League and will be mentioned for many years to come."
"If you ask any Arsenal fan now and ask him to name the Arsenal lineup in the unbeaten season, he will definitely know it by heart. He will remember Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira, and Ashley Coe. Er, Campbell, Ljungberg, Pires, Leman... yes, even I remember them."
"This kind of history has even been made into a movie and has become a phenomenon and a sentiment."
"Do you also want to be mentioned like this in 10, 20, or even 50 years? They will mention the team that has been invincible in the Premier League since the summer of 2014!"
Looking at the firm eyes of the players, Pan Yi smiled slightly and continued:
"I also saw it in the stadium just now. Some Arsenal fans hung up banners, saying that I couldn't be Wenger."
"Yes, I admit that I may not be able to stay in a club for that long. But time is not everything. I will use a shorter time to achieve Wenger's achievements and... surpass him."
"Not to mention whether I can break his record, I have at least won the Champions League."
Everyone laughed.
"I respect coach Wenger very much. In fact, I have a very good relationship with him. But today, we just want to beat him and take away his record!"
"Many people say that we are a new Chelsea. Including me, including you, all of us also feel that we are completely different from any Chelsea in the past."
"No, we are stronger than any Chelsea team in the past ten years, the past twenty years, and the past hundred years! We can defeat any opponent that stands in front of us, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal..."
When Pan Yi said this, he deliberately stopped and asked everyone to raise their heads and look at him.
Every player's eyes reflected a strong fighting spirit.
Then Pan Yi took a step back and let Arteta step forward.
As the former captain of Arsenal, he also has something to say.
"I was an Arsenal player just a few months ago, so if you score and win, I'll be happy for you but I won't celebrate on the sidelines."
Arteta said:
"I was once proud of Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record, but today, I hope I can strive for a new record as a member of Chelsea."
"As a professional coach, of course I will do my best to help you defeat any opponent."
"I have analyzed the characteristics of Arsenal players many times with you in previous training sessions. Now let me talk about the key points..."
A few minutes later, Arteta took out a piece of paper from nowhere and started drawing on it.
Then, under the pen of this "soul painter", a heart-shaped cartoon character appeared on the paper, next to it was a brain, two hands holding hands, and behind there was a little man holding a sign that read " Chelsea".
Above "Heart Man", there is a word, "passion" written on it.
There is also a word written on the "brain man", "clarity".
Two "people" are connected by a word "energy energy".
Just when Pan Yi was secretly praising Brother Tazi for his painting skills and all the players were confused, Arteta said again:
"We are a team that connects and shines. No matter where you play or what your role is, you are expected to impart clarity of thought, energy and passion to your teammates and the way you play, just like these two 'people' Same."
"As long as we remember this, we will be a new Chelsea, competitive and fearless."
"We must win this game and let everyone in the world clearly see what kind of united team we are and what kind of invincible team we are!"
At the end of Arteta's words, he clenched his fist with his right hand, looking unwavering.
Although Pan Yi feels that both this picture and Arteta's analysis of this picture are a bit awkward, it is obvious that the players still like this.
In the locker room, all the players were deeply affected by Brother Tazi's words. Many people were already shouting, "Let Arsenal have a try!"
The motivational effect of the chief ppt master is still very obvious!
Pan Yi also added at the right time: "Today we are playing at home. I hope to suppress our opponents from the opening stage and let Arsenal feel our strength!"
Everyone also shouted and responded to the head coach's instructions!
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The players from both teams walked out of the tunnel under the leadership of the referee.
The home team Chelsea sent out all their main players in this game, and Pan Yi still deployed a 3-5-2 formation.
Forwards: Lukaku, Harry Kane.
Midfielder: Marcos Alonso, Kante, Hazard, Goretzka, Azpilicueta.
Defenders: Terry, David Luiz, Van Dijk.
Goalkeeper: Courtois.
It can be said that Chelsea's lineup is exactly Pan Yi's usual main lineup this season, except that Goretzka replaced the B seat to achieve the strategic goal of targeting Sanchez.
As for the 3-2-4-1 formation that shocked the world before, Pan Yi certainly won't use it often.
Strange moves are released all the time, are they still called strange moves?
Besides, there are so many powerful wing-backs in the team now, it's impossible to just use them all the time. It would be too wasteful.
It's not like Manchester City in the previous generation. They often use 3-2-4-1 in the 2022-2023 season. In fact, part of the reason is that they lack full backs.
At that time, Manchester City had sold Zinchenko and loaned Cancelo to Bayern. Benjamin Mendy was still preparing to go to prison. There was only one serious full-back in Walker, and he couldn't even make up the two sides. one of each.
And what about the centre-back? Ake, Akanji, Ruben Dias, Stones, Laporte, and Rodri all play as central defenders in the Spanish national team. It can be said that all of them are top players.
In this case, Guardiola chose a formation with three central defenders and 0 full-backs, which can be said to be a very perfect choice.
Coupled with the attackers like De Bruyne and the B-seat in the frontcourt, coupled with the man-eating Haaland, this formation can be said to be a very high match for Manchester City.
But there is no need for Pan Yi now.
He has enough personnel to play in any formation he wants.
People like Marcos Alonso, Azpilicueta and others are in excellent form, and there is no reason to put them on the bench or even exclude them from the squad.
Against old rivals like Arsenal, the old lineup is enough.
In fact, Arsenal's starting lineup today is not surprising.
Forward: Walcott.
Frontcourt: Sanchez, Ramsey, Willian.
Midfielder: Cazorla, Coquelin.
Defenders: Monreal, Koscielny, Gabriel, Bellerin.
Goalkeeper: Cech.
It's still a 4-2-3-1, the only variable is that the center forward is not Giroud, but the fast horse Walcott.
This also shows that when facing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Professor Wenger still wants to be more cautious and focus on solid defense and quick counterattacks.
At this time, the battering ram Dajiru may be slightly less useful, so it is temporarily hidden.
"We saw that Arsenal's Theo Walcott and Sanchez appeared in the center circle, ready to kick off, and both sides were already in their positions."
"With the referee's whistle, the game officially begins."
"Arsenal kicked off and Chelsea pressed hard."
"Dear viewers, the 12th round of the London Derby of the Premier League in the 2015-2016 season has officially begun!"
"Let's introduce the starting lineups of both sides. Arsenal, wearing the traditional red and white jerseys, attacks from the left to the right of the screen. Their starting goalkeeper today is Cech... Wait, let's take a look at this ball!"
"Arsenal kicked off the ball and passed it to the backcourt, and there were already three people in the frontcourt who directly inserted themselves into the edge of Chelsea's penalty area. Then the ball was passed long and found Sanchez on the left. It seemed that this was a kick-off routine by Arsenal. I want to take advantage of Sanchez’s speed and breakthrough to give Chelsea a head start in the opening stage.”
"But Goretzka was guarding Sanchez very closely. It can be seen that from the moment the kickoff started, Goretzka was running with Sanchez. Yes, almost at the moment Sanchez moved forward, Goretzka It also moved over there.”
"Therefore, Goretzka was well prepared for this long ball. He leaped high and destroyed the ball out of the sideline. Arsenal's throw-in."
"Bellerin came out of bounds to serve and threw it to the right, but Chelsea's left back Marcos Alonso grabbed the ball and passed it to Kante in the center."
"Kante pushed the ball forward without hesitation! Because at this time, Hazard had already reacted quickly and inserted it into Arsenal's ribs!"
"He was very fast, received the ball, cut into the penalty area and then... passed to the right!"
"Lukaku rushed over and shot!"
"The ball went in!
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"Oh my god, before I even finished introducing the players on both sides, Chelsea took the lead in scoring Arsenal's goal!"
"Let's see how long this goal took... only 30 seconds!"
"It's so surprising, so unbelievable! In just 30 seconds, Chelsea took the lead at home!"
"Another classic Belgian connection! Hazard is so fast, and Kante also passes the ball very well."
"Koscielny couldn't keep up with Hazard's cut, and Cech's attack was a bit slow, and the timing was not very good."
"Hazard is not greedy for credit, he passes the ball directly, and then Lukaku scores!"
"Arsenal's situation is quite bad now. Conceding a goal just at the beginning of the game will definitely have a great impact on their tactical play, and Chelsea should be able to perform more calmly after taking the lead."
After Lukaku scored a goal, he rushed to the sidelines crazily and shouted at the Chelsea fans in the stands. All the Blues fans in the audience were shouting "Lukaku!" "Luka" Library!".
He raised his arms high and enjoyed the cheers and applause of everyone in the audience.
But the Chelsea players chasing him soon surrounded him.
Pan Yi was also very happy on the sidelines. He turned around and hugged his assistants one by one to celebrate.
Before the game, the team focused on rehearsing the opening, including several offensive lines, how to play, and who will play. These have all been practiced.
Of course, the focus is also on Goretzka marking Sanchez.
Just because he knows that Arsenal will attach great importance to playing Sanchez, Pan Yi has repeatedly told Goretzka to keep an eye on Sanchez and not let him have any chance to get the ball comfortably!
It's clear that Goretzka did a great job in the opening minute.
It was precisely because of his successful defense that Arsenal's opening raid failed, and instead Chelsea's counter-raid was achieved.
When he saw Lukaku and the players ending their celebration and walking towards their own half one by one, Pan Yi stepped forward to greet them.
"Good guy, well done!" Pan Yi hugged Lukaku and patted Hanhan on the back of his head to celebrate his goal.
To be honest, when Pan Yi chose to use Harry Kane instead of Lukaku on the single arrow in 3-2-4-1, he was a little worried about Hanhan's emotions.
If this emotion cannot be calmed down in time, it will definitely affect the quality of training and thus the state of the game.
Obviously, Lukaku was not affected.
His trust in Pan Yi has gone deep into his bones!
Whatever decision Pan Yi makes, he will obey it unconditionally!
Whether it's his performance when playing against Lyon or today's goal, it proves that Lukaku still maintains a positive attitude and is in good condition!
Necessary rotation is actually good for the players' physical and mental health and for keeping them hungry.
In Pan Yi's previous life, why did Guardiola often take Haaland off the field when he was leading instead of staying on the field to set records? It is for this reason.
Of course, Lukaku's goal is also of great significance to the entire Chelsea team.
In a game that may go down in history, scoring a goal just 30 seconds into the game, could there be a better start than this?
"Keep working hard, don't be careless." Pan Yi also shouted to the players on the field, "Try to score more goals!"
"good!"
The players, including Lukaku, agreed in unison and quickly returned to their own half, lining up and waiting for Arsenal's attack.
The gunmen all looked depressed.
This opening... is really outrageous!
Everyone knows that Chelsea has been difficult to play in the past two seasons, and Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is even more difficult to play.
At least in the Premier League, Chelsea still maintains a winning record after Pan Yi took over!
This can definitely be called a hell-level library.
Arsenal players are eager to compete in this game, and part of the reason is that if they can defeat the all-powerful Chelsea on the road, it will also be a very glorious achievement!
But now that the goal is conceded in the first 30 seconds, how can the game continue? …
