Chapter 333 Watch out for Rooney!

"Welcome to Sky TV's live broadcast of the 2004/2005 season, a highlight of the 34th round of the Premier League, which is a home game between Premier League leader Chelsea and second-ranked Arsenal!"

"We all know that Chelsea currently leads Arsenal by 15 points. Even before this game, they could have won the championship in advance. Arsenal only had the possibility of a theoretical reversal, but not until the last minute. No one knows whether Chelsea can become the first player to cross the line in this marathon race of the Premier League.”

“At the Stamford Bridge Stadium where we are, the Chelsea fans present clearly felt the warm atmosphere before winning the championship. They even couldn’t wait to put up various banners and slogans to celebrate the championship. According to the information we received, , the Premier League championship trophy has also been sent to Stamford Bridge. If Chelsea do not lose this game, then this season’s championship trophy will be awarded to them after the game.”

"It can be said that this is Arsenal's last chance. Unless they defeat Chelsea, it will be difficult to prevent the Blues from successfully defending the Premier League. Not only that, it may also cast a shadow over the next FA Cup final because this season Chelsea are aiming for an unprecedented quadruple crown.”

Andy Gray not only introduced the current situation of the two teams, but also specially introduced the guests in the stands to the fans. They are all famous British football stars, because if Arsenal fails to defeat Chelsea in this game, An awards ceremony will be held after the game to award Chelsea the championship trophy.

Not only that, the paunchy Huang Chu also appeared at Stamford Bridge accompanied by Eliza Moon and Ye Qiu’s parents. They also became the targets of live TV cameras, as well as the players’ family members. Abramovich also invited his relatives and friends to Stamford Bridge again.

The Russians may have a lot of opinions about Ye Qiu, and they can even be said to be a little dissatisfied, but they simply cannot refuse a head coach who can bring him a championship. Just imagine, who else in today's football world can be like Ye Qiu, who just won the championship? Taking over the team will win the Premier League championship, and have a chance to defend the Champions League this season, or even achieve an unprecedented four-time championship?

Sitting in the stands, Abramovich thought a lot, and his mood was indescribably complicated, even uneasy.

"Okay, the two opposing sides entered the stadium one after another. Let's introduce to you Chelsea's starting lineup for this game. The goalkeeper is Edwin van der Sar, and the defense is Heinze, Gallas, and Terry. With Maicon and Cannavaro injured, Ye Qiu asked Gallas to start this game, obviously because of Cannavaro's poor performance in the previous game against Manchester United."

"In the midfield, Deco and Makelele still occupy the main positions. Ronaldinho is absent and sits on the bench. I heard that his ankle is also injured, and Drogba is absent due to injury. After the whole season, Ye Qiu naturally does not want Ronaldinho to get injured in such a game."

"Joe Cole, Lampard and Rooney formed an offensive formation behind Gudjohnsen. Joe Cole has performed very well under Ye Qiu this season. He and Gudjohnsen are both very trusted substitutes for Ye Qiu. Although the players are substitutes, their performance is not inferior to the main players at all, and there are even reports that many teams hope to introduce them.”

After Andy Gray introduced the lineup for the match against Chelsea, the opposing teams lined up in the tunnel. There was thunderous applause. All the Chelsea fans were chanting, "Come on," hoping that the team could defeat Arsenal in one go. Na, successfully defended the Premier League championship this season!

"Arsenal also used their main players in this game. Wenger himself said before the game that this is the Gunners' last chance to stop Chelsea. The goalkeeper is Lehmann, and the defense is Ashley Cole, Senderos, and Co. Lou Toure and Lauren, the midfielders are Pires, Gilberto Silva, Vieira and Ljungberg, and the two forwards are Henry and Reyes.”

"Judging from this starting list, Arsenal also attaches great importance to this game. Wenger even shouted out his determination to fight to the end at Stamford Bridge. And they can only defeat Chelsea in this game. Let’s keep our theoretical chance of winning the title, otherwise Chelsea will win four games ahead of schedule.”

The live TV camera went to the sidelines, "This is Chelsea's head coach Ye Qiu. He is from China. He is very young, only 31 years old, but he already has very rich coaching experience. He has led Ajax to win many championships." , and a treble. In addition, in his first season at Chelsea, last season, he successfully won the Premier League and Champions League double.”

The camera fell in front of the visiting team's coaching bench. "This is Wenger, a Frenchman. He has been coaching Arsenal for several years. He is regarded as one of the coaches with the longest coaching experience in the Premier League besides Ferguson. His ability is extraordinary. But they have had bad luck recently. Last season, Arsenal was the only team in Europe to maintain an unbeaten season like Chelsea, but in the end they lost the league championship, which can be said to be the most tragic runner-up in history. "

"Arsenal once occupied the leading position in the league this season, and even successfully widened the gap. However, after entering the cold winter, Arsenal's excellent state was also frozen, losing points continuously, and finally As a result, Chelsea came from behind and the Blues reversed Arsenal with a record-breaking winning streak to lead the Premier League."

The two teams have completed the draw and split, and each has returned to their own half, waiting for the whistle to start the game.

"Arsenal kicked off first. Wenger shouted before the game that he wanted to capture Stamford Bridge. We should see whether he will play the sharp attack that Arsenal is best at from the beginning, and what tactics Chelsea will adopt to compete with Arsenal? The battle of wits and strength between the two famous Premier League coaches is undoubtedly very eye-catching."

As Andy Gray was speaking, the referee finally blew the whistle for this much-anticipated Premier League championship battle.

"Okay, audience friends, this much-anticipated focus match has finally begun!"

"Arsenal kicked off first. Henry passed the ball to Reyes, who quickly knocked it back to the back line. Senderos, who replaced the injured Campbell, got the ball. Arsenal now has many young players, and their combat effectiveness has been somewhat affected, but Reyes has performed very well this season and has gradually gained a foothold."

"Chelsea still uses the pressure tactics they are good at, and the back line is very high. It's dangerous!"

I saw Kolo Toure pass the ball directly after getting the ball. The ball quickly crossed most of the field. Reyes and Henry quickly followed the ball, but Gallas was obviously more prepared. He kicked the ball back to the penalty area before them and passed it back to Van der Sar.

"Van der Sar got the ball, Arsenal seemed to have a strong desire to win, Henry rushed forward to press, Van der Sar had to quickly pass the ball to the right and handed it to Maicon."

"Maicon passed the ball to Makelele, the Frenchman knocked it back, beautiful, a beautiful two-pass cooperation on the right, Maicon passed Pires who was trying to steal the ball, and quickly dribbled along the right and entered Arsenal's half!"

Maicon's speed was very fast, especially when he dribbled the ball close to the boundary line on the right, very fast, always striding forward, because no one was close, so he rushed forward boldly, and Arsenal's defense was retreating quickly.

When Maicon was advancing quickly, Chelsea's entire offensive system was also sprinting forward quickly. Gudjohnsen was obviously more inclined to the left, using the commanding heights of the frontcourt to attract Arsenal's defensive focus, and Lampard, Rooney and Joe Cole also joined in the attack.

When Maicon entered the 30-meter area of ​​Arsenal, Ashley Cole finally stopped retreating and wanted to get close to Maicon, because Ashley Cole knew very well that if Maicon continued to move forward, his 45-degree diagonal pass to the penalty area would be threatening, especially when there was Gudjohnsen in the frontcourt.

With a quick thought, Ashley Cole got close to Maicon, and Maicon took the lead and made a 45-degree diagonal pass directly, but it was not passed to the penalty area, because at this moment all the defensive attention of Arsenal fell on Gudjohnsen, so Maicon's diagonal pass was looking for the top of the arc in front of the penalty area.

Lampard quickly inserted himself and faced Maicon's pass. On the one hand, he took advantage of the advantage of catching up and blocked Gilberto Silva behind him with his back, and on the other hand, he jumped high and headed Maicon's cross to the right of the penalty spot in the penalty area.

At this moment, Wenger finally reacted. He rushed to the sidelines from the coaching area and shouted, "Watch out for Rooney!"

Vieira was just helping Ashley Cole in defense, and his attention shifted from Maicon to Lampard, but he ignored Rooney who was quickly inserted from the right to the right side of Arsenal. At this moment, Wenger reminded him and turned his head to the penalty area, and found that Rooney had already rushed into the penalty area. It was too late to stop him.

I saw Rooney quickly enter the penalty area, turn sideways to the left, and use his chest to steadily meet the ball. While stopping the ball, he also turned around and stopped the ball between himself and the goal, and then quickly chased after it.

Lehmann was guarding in front of the goal. He had been paying attention to everything that happened in the penalty area and the front. As soon as Lampard passed the ball, he began to shift his attention to Rooney, and his position was appropriately leaning to his left, that is, Rooney's side. When he saw Rooney stop the ball in front of him, his first reaction was to attack.

Lehmann has a big problem of being cautious. Although his first reaction is to attack, he usually does not follow his first reaction, especially in this situation where he can attack or not. He will have a mentality of not seeking merit but avoiding mistakes, which will make him hesitate.

By the time he made a judgment, Rooney had already caught up quickly and shot the ball directly.

Rooney's right foot hit the ball as if it was a spring leg. The ball was like an arrow shot from a string. Without any turn, it shot straight to the goal, passing between Lehmann and the right post. Although the German goalkeeper raised his foot, he still couldn't stop the ball from entering the net, 1:0!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!"

The whole process happened in an instant. From the beginning of the counterattack, all Chelsea fans almost held their breath, waiting for the outbreak at the last moment. Therefore, at the moment Rooney scored, Stamford Bridge was very quiet. Only the shouting of the commentator on the scene was heard, and the shouting of the goal was particularly long.

Because they all knew what this goal represented!

"Rooney! Rooney!! Wayne Rooney!!!" The commentator shouted Rooney's name crazily when Rooney rushed out of the Arsenal penalty area and rushed to the bottom of the stands, and all the Chelsea fans at the scene also responded to the commentator's call, shouting Rooney.

England's golden boy rushed out of the stadium and rushed to the sidelines, waving his arms at the fans in the stands, calling on them to shout louder and let their passion be vented more thoroughly!

Ye Qiu was not surprised by this goal, so after Rooney scored, he turned around calmly, stretched out his palms to his assistants, and celebrated with them one by one. Such an opening did not surprise them, because Chelsea's opening of every game was carefully designed.

At the beginning of this game, Maicon made a 45-degree diagonal pass from the 30-meter area, and the landing point was at the top of the arc. Because Gilberto Silva's ground ball defense ability is very good, but his mobility is slightly poor, Lampard specifically competed for the header in this place.

Then Rooney quickly cut into the penalty area, and the whole process was designed to target Arsenal's weak spot.

Of course, Ye Qiu had no way to calculate the goal. He and his assistants could only study how to effectively send the ball into Arsenal's penalty area and create scoring opportunities for their players. As for whether they could succeed or seize the opportunity, this was not something he could control.

No one in the world can accurately calculate the goal, and this is the fun of football!

Compared with Ye Qiu's calmness, Wenger looked very disappointed, because the early goal loss would put Arsenal in a very passive dilemma. He now had to make a choice, whether to focus on attacking or continue to adopt a safe tactic?

As Cruyff said, Chelsea's game quality is very high, and the players are playing with a strong purpose, so they are very clear about what they want to do and what they should do, which makes them very efficient and uniform whether they are attacking or defending.

This season, everyone only noticed that Chelsea conceded 11 goals and thought that the team's defense was very good, but they did not notice that Chelsea has scored 82 goals so far, one more than Arsenal, and this was achieved when Chelsea had a poor performance at the beginning and maintained multi-line operations throughout the season.

In the Champions League, Chelsea is also the team with the best offense and the strongest defense, especially in the knockout stage, where they defeated Barcelona and Bayern Munich by a large score, which made Chelsea famous.

It can be said that Wenger was not sure that he could beat Chelsea when he was standing at the same starting line. Now that he was one goal behind, Wenger couldn't help but feel more depressed, because at least if you want to attack, you have to know which direction you should attack, but now he feels that he has no way to start.

"Damn it!" Even Wenger, who is usually gentle and elegant, couldn't help but curse angrily at this moment, turned and walked towards the visiting team's coaching bench, his brows were obviously frowned more than usual, and he kept thinking in his mind, how should he play next.

But the referee obviously would not give Wenger time to think slowly, and the game had to continue.

After the restart, Chelsea began to take the initiative. Arsenal retreated slightly because Wenger signaled the team to play safe, while Chelsea began to have the posture of a home team, pressing out steadily and creating several opportunities.

In the 5th minute, Joe Cole made a lob pass to the penalty area from the left, and Gudjohnsen overpowered Kolo Toure in the penalty area and shot wide.

But just 2 minutes later, Lampard dribbled past Kolo Toure on the left side of the penalty area arc and shot with his left foot, but the power was not strong. This time Lehmann held the ball steadily in his arms.

In the 10th minute, Chelsea attacked again. Joe Cole wanted to repeat the same trick. He cut from the left to the front of the penalty area and suddenly shot. But this time he failed. The ball was blocked by Senderos and went out of the baseline. Corner kick, then Joe Cole sent the corner kick into the penalty area. Terry headed the ball, and Senderos blocked it with his body. Rooney quickly came in and shot a powerful shot, but it hit the post and went out of the baseline. Goal kick!

The continuous shooting made Arsenal's goal suddenly a scene of panic. The defense line seemed to be in danger. Wenger even had to let Gilberto Silva and Vieira return to the defense to help the penalty area. At the same time, the frontcourt players had to shrink appropriately to keep the three lines compact and conduct overall defense.

With Wenger's adjustment, Chelsea's attack was gradually curbed. Ye Qiu was also worried about the speed of Henry and Reyes, so the defense line did not dare to press rashly. In addition, he already had a goal in hand, so he could play more easily.

Although Arsenal is good at attacking, in fact, this team is also very good at counterattacks. The speed of Henry and Reyes can make many Premier League and European teams suffer. Even a strong team like Chelsea, once they press forward and really give them the opportunity to counterattack, they will almost always hit the target.

And for Chelsea, this wave of attack after the opening not only took the lead by one goal, but more importantly, it knocked down Arsenal's spirit, forcing this London rival to hold its tail tight at Stamford Bridge.

Don’t underestimate this. Once Arsenal’s morale is destroyed at the beginning, it will take a long time to rebuild it. And now Chelsea has taken the lead again, so Ye Qiu’s strategy is to take it slow and not rush at all.

But there is one thing Ye Qiu will definitely not let go of, that is the control of the game rhythm and situation, which also allows Chelsea to continue to suppress Arsenal in the game, until the second half, until the end of the game, there is no relaxation!