Chapter 367(3/3)
"This substitution means that the real decisive battle has just begun!"
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"Asshole, what's the promised seventy minutes?"
Generally speaking, the period after taking a lead is a high-risk period for conceding goals.
"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 own defense to the opponent. This can be said to be chronic suicide..."
This directly led to a disconnect between the team's front and backcourt thinking.
Lingard, Bamford, Hazard, Willian...
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.
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"Then...how to change? Substitution?" Scaloni pointed to the players who had finished warming up and were walking back to the bench.
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.
As a result, after a short period of play, Arsenal pressed forward again.
Or really all the players should retreat, and then attack Chelsea's counterattack instead, etc.
"In this case, any counterattack by the opponent may create a murderous opportunity. Therefore, 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 challenge.
The consumption is even more of a mental torture.”
"Good guy, Hazard gave the ball very beautifully, and William didn't need any adjustment at all when he rushed up from behind. There were no defensive players next to him. He could even stop the ball and hit it again!"
"Sanchez accelerated towards the baseline, then passed into the penalty area, and Giroud received the ball..."
"Chelsea finally scored!"
Because he saw that Hazard had already made a smashing action!
"How should I put it? Pan Yi's substitutions brought out his usual high level, and putting Lingard in the shadow striker position to play without a striker was also a stroke of genius."
Although they didn't understand it, when Gnabry was replaced, Arsenal fans still gave the once promising star of their team a warm applause.
"This is a great combination from Chelsea's frontcourt!"
"Chelsea got a chance to counterattack."
It is already annoying enough to say that he has always had the advantage but has not scored.
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;
"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 this header that was so close. 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!"
Chapter completed!