Chapter 171: World War II Gunners, Paulista's two yellow cards turned into a red card

"Kochlan stops the ball...and shoots directly!"

"Oh my God, Begovic saved the ball! Just two minutes after the start of the game, Arsenal, playing away, directly threatened Chelsea's goal!"

"It's Arsenal's corner kick now, and Coquelin is still responsible for this corner kick! The French midfielder just completed a long shot, and now he is still responsible for this corner kick. It can be seen that the 23-year-old young player is in very good shape!"

Coquelin was seen raising his right hand behind the corner flagpole. Chelsea players did not know Arsenal's secret signal and had to mark their targets one-on-one. Among them, Zouma, Costa and Jiang Yuan, who had the best heading ability in the team, marked Walcott, Koscielny and Paulista respectively.

There is a big problem with Arsenal's lineup this season. Before the transfer window closed, Wenger always felt that Jiang Yuan would come to Arsenal, so he did not buy any additional strikers.

This also leads to the fact that at Arsenal now, except for center forward Walcott, no one is good at heading!

Because of this, Chelsea players do not actually have much defensive pressure. Not many people at Arsenal can head the ball, but Chelsea has a lot of experts in heading the ball!

"Snapped!"

Coquelin took a corner kick and Jiang Yuan headed the ball out before Paulista.

"Pretty!"

Fabregas on the outside reacted quickly, running to the landing point of the ball before anyone else, turning around to meet the ball during the confrontation, and then getting rid of the ball to the left. The whole action was done in one go, and the fans at Stamford Bridge screamed in surprise.

"What a great move. The one with the ball now is Azpilicueta. He swapped positions with Hazard during the corner kick. Hazard is now running forward but Arsenal don't seem to want to give him this chance. Ramsey got in the way."

"Hazard stopped running forward temporarily. There was no other way. The Belgian could only play the role of a full-back in this situation...Look at Azpilicueta's side. He cooperated with Matic through the wall and Azpilicueta completed the breakthrough."

"We pressed forward quickly. Although the defender had the ball, Chelsea's counterattack was very fast. We had already entered the opponent's half, but Azpilicueta also encountered some problems. In front of him was Bellerin and Ramsey who was returning to defense. It was a bit bad."

"We can only pass the ball and look for the midfield wingman, William! The ball came to William's feet, and as soon as his right foot stopped, William caught the ball."

After Willian got the ball, Koscielny did not go up to block it immediately, because it was Chelsea's counterattack now, and Arsenal still had one defender Paulista who had not returned. Now all Koscielny needed to do was to keep it as stable as possible and prevent Willian from entering the small penalty area.

Seeing this, William looked left and right, stepped on the ball, and pushed it directly to Costa, who shot it violently.

"duang!"

"Oh my God, Costa's shot was powerful, but unfortunately it hit the post and bounced to the right. Jiang Yuan is chasing it. Can he catch up?"

"It's almost out of bounds. Hey! Jiang Yuan used the momentum of his running to fall to the ground and hooked the ball back with his foot. Now the ball is in bounds!"

"Monreal wanted to come up and grab the ball, but Jiang Yuan was lying on the ground. Hey, Jiang Yuan stood up immediately after seeing the opponent's player coming, but William didn't run to the receiving position in the first time, so Jiang Yuan had no outlet now."

"Protecting the ball with your back to the basket! Hey, this..."

At the corner flagpole at the bottom line on the right, the ball was in the arc. Jiang Yuan used his back to support Monreal's body, determined not to let Monreal grab the ball.

After finally counterattacking to the baseline, Jiang Yuan would never give up the ball easily. Now he had two goals, to pass the ball safely to his teammates, or to create a mistake and let Monreal kick the ball out.

Monreal's hands were stuck under Jiang Yuan's armpits, and his two pectoral muscles were almost touching Jiang Yuan's back. Even his two feet were standing very close, so Jiang Yuan had no way to pass the ball.

"Shit, someone come!"

Jiang Yuan Dasheng asked for help, Ivanovich hurried over, but there was another person in front of Ivanovich.

Cazorla!
Cazorla and Monreal almost locked Jiang Yuan at the corner flagpole.

"no solution anymore!"

Jiang Yuan muttered something in his mind, preparing to force the two people apart with his body, but at this moment, a scene he could not have expected appeared.

When Jiang Yuan was protecting the ball with his back to the goalkeeper, Monreal bent down, grabbed the back of Jiang Yuan's right leg with his right hand, and then moved it forward. Jiang Yuan's right leg was almost uncontrollable and kicked the ball out of the sideline.

"wdf?"

Jiang Yuan raised his hands to complain to the referee, but Monreal's action just now was too small, and the referee Dean only paid attention to the ownership of the ball.

Arsenal throw-in!
"Pooh!"

Jiang Yuan spat on the grass. Today he suffered from the loss of experience.

So TM can be played like this?
Many sharp-eyed viewers in the live broadcast room noticed this scene with the help of the camera director.

[Damn, isn't this a foul? Monreal grabbed Jiang Yuan's thigh and controlled Jiang Yuan's body to hit the ball out of bounds! Referee! Black whistle, black whistle!]

[??? The Premier League is still as dark as ever, but I personally think there is nothing wrong with this ball. The referee may have counted this leg-lifting action as a physical confrontation. In the Premier League, bumping into each other is normal! ]

[Hahahaha, I am dying of laughter. Arsenal and Chelsea are so good at making a show? I thought we were going to see a big battle in London, but it turned out to be a comedy at Stamford Bridge]

[Monreal: This is basketball IQ! ]

[Oh my god, if this isn't a foul, then if Jiang Yuan gets the ball and I just hug his thighs, wouldn't it also not be a foul? This referee is really stupid, the Premier League is full of stupid referees, there are very few who are not stupid]

[The fake idiot is the Premier League referee who successfully obtained the referee certificate; the real idiot is the English Football Association]

[Hey! The guy above, stop being so stubborn and just watch the game. It's just that we missed one offensive opportunity.]

[One less attacking opportunity? If Chelsea had the upper hand, I wouldn't say anything, but Chelsea was clearly at a disadvantage. Do you know how important a counterattack opportunity is in this situation? Damn, I'm going to find the referee's Twitter account and kill him! ]

As the saying goes, nothing is difficult if you are willing to climb. With Monreal's efforts, Arsenal regained the ball and launched a counterattack at the sideline.

It has been less than 50 days since the last match between the two teams. Chelsea has changed a lot, but so has Arsenal. Compared to the Community Shield final, Arsenal was more aggressive today, constantly luring Chelsea into counterattacks from the start to now.

At the beginning, Chelsea did not escape and directly fought against Arsenal. The passing and controlling game was very intense, but problems also arose. Chelsea's lineup was brand new. William, who originally played as a right winger, was moved to the attacking midfielder, and Fabregas, who originally played as an attacking midfielder, retreated to the defensive midfielder position, including Jiang Yuan who changed from the left to the right. These three players were unfamiliar with their current positions and were prone to passing errors.

As expected, Arsenal's double defensive midfielders Cazorla and Coquelin focused on Chelsea's passing errors in the midfield and frontcourt. William, who has excellent ball protection ability, was fine, but Jiang Yuan was in trouble. If someone came up to press, Jiang Yuan could only pass the ball back or force his way past the opponent, which caused Jiang Yuan to lose the ball in the frontcourt more than once.

"shit!"

Mourinho was a little anxious. As the head coach, he could certainly see that Chelsea had no advantage at all in an offensive situation.

So Mourinho pulled his assistant Brown, and the two ran to the sideline and shouted: "Back! Back!"

Defensive counterattack, this is the tactic Chelsea will adopt next!
"Hey, William, go back and talk to Eden too!"

Jiang Yuan was closest to Mourinho, so he quickly conveyed Mourinho's tactical requirements to his teammates.

In terms of skills and tactics, football can be simply divided into four items: attack, defense, offense to defense, and defense to offense. What the Chelsea players on the field need to do now is to weaken the offense and strengthen the defense and defense to offense.

"arrow"

William made a gesture to Jiang Yuan, then retreated while defending. Hazard on the left had the same reaction. Anyone with a bit of football IQ could see that Chelsea absolutely could not fight against Arsenal again.

"Wow!"

The audience burst into screams, and Ozil passed William in the middle through a wall pass with Cazorla. Now Ozil faces Fabregas directly.

"Stop him!"

William shouted that if Ozil passed Fabregas, he could pass the ball to Ramsey, whose passing skills were very strong!

Fabregas was seen standing with one foot in front of the other, staring at Ozil intently, and then stretching his feet.

"Beautiful! At the last minute of the first half, Fabregas made a steal. Fabregas has become more and more skilled in the defensive midfielder position! Sanchez saw Ozil lose the ball and rushed forward to steal the ball, but Fabregas immediately transferred the ball to the left, and Arsenal's counter-stealing plan failed."

"Now is Chelsea's chance to counterattack!"

"Matic, look at Matic, pass to Hazard, good, wonderful through ball, the ball passes from Ramsey's left and comes to Hazard's feet"

"Hazard starts to dribble the ball, Coquelin rushes to the right, he wants to work together with Ramsey who is returning to the ball to stop Hazard. Costa wants to run forward to create a chance to pass the ball, but he has been marked by Cazorla. Let's see what Hazard chooses... pass it to William!"

"William passed the ball to Jiang Yuan again, and the Brazilian boy built a bridge between Hazard and Jiang Yuan in the middle, and the three of them formed a connection!"

After getting the ball, Jiang Yuan looked left and right. Standing in front of him was Sanchez. The Chilean was only 1 meters tall and was very weak in physical confrontation.

Faced with this kind of opponent without a body, Jiang Yuan only has one choice.

Lying down!

"tata!"

Two consecutive kicks were heard, Jiang Yuan passed the ball from his right foot to his left foot, then pointed the arch of his left foot straight forward and kicked the ball directly out. However, the distance between Jiang Yuan and Sanchez was still nearly 1 meter, and he was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of position.

but……

There is a big difference between disadvantage and failure!

"Explosive! Jiang Yuan starts to move, wow! He rushes out directly from the right side of Sanchez. Sanchez is about to reach out his hand. This is a yellow card action, but Sanchez knows he has to do it. If Jiang Yuan is allowed to pass, Arsenal's defense will be in great danger!"

"Hey! Sanchez didn't have enough strength, he was thrown away by Jiang Yuan!"

"Oh my God, Jiang Yuan ran to the front and caught the ball, then dribbled it towards the middle, with Koscielny and Paulista in front of him. Hey... friends in front of the TV, do you have a feeling? I feel like I've seen this scene somewhere before..."

"Use bicycle kick to protect the ball, or kick the ball forward with your left foot. Ah! Jiang Yuan wants to pass between Koscielny and Paulista, and is about to get close to the penalty area. Can Jiang Yuan use his personal ability to force a one-on-one shot?"

"Wait! Hey! Paulista's head-on confrontation, Jiang Yuan fell to the ground!" "Oh my God..."

"Beep!"

"Beep——!"

"Beep!!!"

At Stamford Bridge, various whistles sounded one after another, because everyone had just seen Jiang Yuan break in alone, although he did not
If Jiang Yuan had his feet in the penalty area, Paulista's foul would have been a penalty kick 100%.

However, Jiang Yuan was still 4 or 5 steps away from the penalty area, and Paulista knocked Jiang Yuan to the ground with his chest, so this foul should have been a yellow card if nothing unexpected happened.

If it was just a yellow card, the fans at the scene should not have reacted like this, because Paulista already had a yellow card!

"asshole!"

"Fuck you!"

"Red card! Red card!"

The audience pointed at Paulista and cursed. Jiang Yuan was not injured in the confrontation with Paulista, so he was about to stand up. At this moment, Azpilicueta rushed up from behind and pushed Jiang Yuan to the ground, saying: "You are seriously injured and fell to the ground."

What else could Jiang Yuan do? He just fell to the ground and cried for his parents. If people didn’t know, they would think Paulista had stabbed him with a knife!

Except for Azpilicueta, the remaining 19 outfield players including Arsenal goalkeeper Cech all ran to the referee Dean.

There are only two ways to punish this situation, yellow card or no foul.

Jiang Yuan opened one eye and peeked at the referee's movements. He found that the referee had not yet drawn a card, so he shouted: "Oh my God! Mom, hurt! I'm hurt!"

Jiang Yuan's cries, coupled with the dirt on his jersey, looked real.

In the end, referee Mike Dean's answer was...

"Yellow card! This is a yellow card! The referee showed Paulista a yellow card, and then took out a red card from his chest bag. Paulista was sent off!"

"Ouch, hiss! The referee finally decided to give a card. In the 40th minute, Arsenal center back Paulista was sent off with a red card!"

“xuuuuu——xuuu!!”

"wowww!"

Stamford Bridge was filled with boos and cheers. Arsenal, who had originally had the advantage on the field, was now one man down. The Gunners' previous momentum was wiped out the moment the referee pulled out the red card.

Outside the field, Wenger threw up his hands and sat back in his chair angrily. Patrice didn't say anything. He had already imagined how Wenger would curse when Paulista came down!
The Arsenal bench was somewhat calm, while on the Chelsea bench, Mourinho clenched his fist with one hand and kept shouting: "Nice! Nice! Good job! Good!"

There is no way, the result is like this, Wenger must make substitutions.

With a shortage of central defenders, all the head coach needs to do is to reduce a midfielder to fill the gap in central defenders. Sure enough, Wenger immediately replaced midfielder Cazorla with defender Chambers, and Arsenal's formation changed to 41.

It's a rare formation, but Wenger has no other choice now. At least he has to finish the first half with this lineup.

Mike Dean's red card not only sent Paulista off, but also cured Jiang Yuan's muscle pain. Jiang Yuan jumped up from the ground, took the ball from Walcott, and stood behind the white line drawn by the referee.

A foul outside the penalty area, Chelsea gets a direct free kick!

"Beep!"

"Snapped!"

"Fuck!"

Jiang Yuan cursed loudly. He finally got a direct free kick opportunity in a good position, but Jiang Yuan just missed the target. It was really speechless!

If Jiang Yuan hadn't fallen down during the confrontation with Paulista just now, he would have had an 80% chance of scoring that one-on-one shot, but the problem was that he did fall down!

"beep"

"At the end of the first half, the score was 0:0. Arsenal, playing away, had the upper hand for a while, but at 40 minutes, something unexpected happened on the field. Paulista was sent off with two yellow cards and one red card."

"But unfortunately, Jiang Yuan's subsequent direct free kick did not go in. Arsenal paid the price of a red card to keep their goal in the first half."

"But whether this deal is a profit or a loss, we will only know in the second half. What kind of adjustments will Wenger make when he has one less player, and how will Mourinho get 3 points when he has one more player? We will bring you a live broadcast of the second half later."

"Jiannanchun is one of the top three famous liquors in China in terms of sales..."

When Paulista received the red card, the number of people watching the game nationwide reached a peak, with more than 740 million people online at the same time. Considering that China is not a football powerhouse, this number of online viewers is already very impressive.

It’s a pity that Jiang Yuan did not score a goal, otherwise the number of simultaneous viewers today would have likely exceeded 1000 million!
At the beginning of the second half, Mourinho did not make any adjustments, but made some changes in tactics. Chelsea shifted from the previous defensive counterattack to offense again.

The rapid changes in the tactical system require very high abilities from the players, but Mourinho has no such worries. The cheapest player on Chelsea's field is Bosnian goalkeeper Begovic, but as the cheapest player, Begovic's latest Transfermarkt value is 1000 million euros.

High requirements on players’ abilities?

Sorry, there are no incompetent players in my Chelsea.

"Chambers' long shot! Very good, Zouma blocked the ball with his foot, and the ball bounced to Matic. Did it touch his hand? No! Okay, Matic turned with the ball, and William retreated to meet it. Let's continue to watch."

"William passed the ball to Jiang Yuan. It was a familiar feeling. However, Jiang Yuan did not choose to dribble the ball this time. It is understandable. With such a high-intensity first half, Jiang Yuan's physical strength may have run out. He made an arc with the outside of his foot!"

"Wow! The ball passed over the heads of Ozil and Coquelin, and landed at... Hazard! The ball stopped with the arch of the foot, Hazard held the ball and went to the bottom. This was a pretend to go to the bottom, and Hazard began to cut inside."

"The rhythm changes, and changes again! Hiss - this fast and slow dribbling gave Arsenal's two central defenders a headache, but Hazard still failed to get past them."

"Jiang Yuan reached out from the right, Costa ran into the penalty area, Hazard looked up, what to do, who should he pass the ball to?"

"Shoot it yourself! The ball hit Koscielny's ankle and was refracted, and Cech couldn't save it in time!"

"GOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!"

"Eden...Harzardddddd!!!"

In the 15th minute of the second half, Jiang Yuan's outside-of-foot arc pass almost penetrated half of Arsenal's midfield. After getting the ball, Hazard lived up to expectations and shot the ball directly into the goal.

By this point, Arsenal had already paid the price for Paulista's mistake.

The current score is 1:0, and the time on the field has only reached 60 minutes, which means that Arsenal has to defend the remaining 30 minutes with one less player!

"Hazard!"

"Hazard!"

"Hazard, wowww!"

"Good!"

After scoring the goal, Hazard did not celebrate immediately, but instead pointed his index finger at Jiang Yuan, reminding the fans in the stadium who passed the ball.

"Good job man, great shot!"

Jiang Yuan hugged Hazard, who kissed Jiang Yuan on the forehead: "It's just as wonderful as your pass!"

"There's me too!"

Zouma ran all the way from behind, and with a run-up jump, he successfully climbed onto Hazard's back. Hazard was so scared that he quickly threw Zouma off his neck: "Little Kurt, I haven't forgotten your contribution, very good defense!"

"Clap clap clap!"

Looking at the players celebrating wildly on the field, Mourinho couldn't help but applaud.

The atmosphere in the locker room is finally getting better!

"Hey! Jiang, come here!"

Before the next ball was kicked, Mourinho handed Jiang Yuan to the sidelines. The Portuguese coach hugged Jiang Yuan's arm and asked, "Are you tired now? How long can you hold on?"

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan shrugged and ran away, leaving Mourinho with only his back: "The end? Let's talk about it in the next life!"

Mourinho held his head and smiled bitterly, giving up the idea of ​​replacing Falcao.

"Coach He, do you think Arsenal can still defend against Chelsea's attack next time?"

"Haha, Coach Zhan, I think it's not a question of whether we can defend a few goals, but how many more goals Arsenal will concede. We can see that after one player was sent off, Arsenal was obviously not as good as Chelsea in passing and controlling the ball. This is because after Paulista went down, Wenger used players in the midfield to make up for the gap in the central defender. This has led to a gap between Arsenal's backcourt and forward line."

"Gap? Coach He, please analyze it for the fans in front of the TV. Haha, I want to hear what you have to say."

"It's nothing, actually. It's just that the lack of players in the midfield leads to fewer passing points for the defenders. Once the passing points are reduced, Arsenal's backcourt can't pass the ball. There's nothing we can do about it. Arsenal now has only 9 outfield players. In this situation with fewer players, I think it's better to replace the striker, but Wenger must have his own considerations. He thinks replacing the defensive midfielder is the right choice. Maybe he doesn't worry about Arsenal's backcourt having problems passing the ball!"

"Haha, I think what Coach He said is right. Arsenal is... Hey! Red card? What's going on! Why is it a red card?"

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(End of this chapter)