Chapter 266
This is obviously impossible to be the score of this game. This is one of the data Ye Qiu got.
Arsenal scored three shots in the first half and one shot, but scored a goal. Therefore, what is currently shown on the scoreboard of Highbury Stadium is that the home team is leading the away team by 0. Chelsea seems to have no good and effective way to defend Arsenal.
Perhaps because he unexpectedly took the lead by passing the surprise in the 35th minute, Wenger was in a good mood. He turned his head and looked at Ye Qiu with a smile. This made Ye Qiu feel very unhappy and cursed angrily, "Fuck old fox."
Cunning? Yes, Wenger is indeed as cunning as the fox in this game
He released news before the game that Reyes, Lyonberg, Ashley Cole and Gilberto Silva will miss this game for various reasons, but in the end, all four players appeared and all started.
Ye Qiu was not unconsidering the possibility that Wenger was releasing smoke bombs. On the contrary, he had always paid attention to one thing.
However, Wenger's arrangement of troops in this game is indeed different from his past. He is very bold and innovative. A very interesting thing is that Borgkamp was actually a substitute, and rookie Reyes was qualified to start and partner with Henry.
Ye Qiu said before that Arsenal is a team that is very good at taking advantage of loopholes. Both ribs and back inserts are their offensive methods. If we use a more professional term, they are good at playing in the defensive combination zone.
Letting Henry and Reyes start side by side is obviously a bold change from Wenger, because the combination of Henry and Borgkamp has been touched by Ye Qiu and has not shown any effect in the past two games, so he arranged for Reyes to start in this game and adjusted the cooperation tactics of the two forwards.
The activity area of the two forwards is more about circling between Chelsea's full-back and central defender, and then through the inward cutting of Pire and Lungberg, they look for cooperation and create opportunities.
Arsenal's goal was obviously this. Pire cooperated with Henry on the left and attracted Marklele. Then he moved his big foot to the right. Lauren got the ball forward and passed it to Ryonberg. The Swedes appeared in the area between Evra and Cannavaro, and the Swedes passed it straight, tearing apart Chelsea's defense.
Reyes quickly inserted into the penalty area from Cannavaro's lost position, and after getting the ball, he directly pushed the ball with his right foot and scored, 0
After Espanyol joined Arsenal, his performance was indeed very good, and his characteristics from Borgkamp were very different, which obviously surprised the Chelsea defensive players. In the end, Arsenal counterattacked and scored a goal.
This is not a good phenomenon, because Wenger is obviously prepared for Chelsea's pre-match arrangement in this game.
Ye Qiu's tactical arrangements for this game are actually very targeted. Arsenal players fight on multiple lines, and the bench thickness is not as thick as Chelsea. The players are tired. This is what everyone knows. No matter how much Wenger hides it, he cannot hide it.
Ye Qiu made a special arrangement for Arsenal's issue. He asked Drogba, Lampard, Davis, Deco and Marklele to expand their activity space and completely suppress Arsenal's midfielder, and to be able to appear in the opponent's dangerous area when attacking and pull Arsenal's defense.
The use of attack opportunities in the back is Ye Qiu's strength, and Arsenal's fatigue makes Ye Qiu deeply believe that using this tactic can effectively drag down Arsenal, so he would be so confident before the game that Arsenal's defeat starts tonight, because he has a very strong confidence in his tactics.
Ye Qiu had expected the deadlock in the first half, and he was not in a hurry, because he knew very well that the key was in the second half, but what he didn't expect was that the defense made a mistake, Reyes, the surprise, actually worked, and scored a goal, which disrupted Ye Qiu's plan.
Ye Qiu is now very clear that the players must be confused and are starting to worry about gains and losses, because conceding goals has obviously put the team at a disadvantage, and Arsenal will definitely play defensive counterattack more resolutely in the future.
Will Chelsea make effective changes to break through Arsenal's defense?
I believe that this has become a confusion among all the fans paying attention to this game. The live broadcast footage of the scene was frequently given to Ye Qiu, who was sitting in the coach's seat on the sidelines, but found that Ye Qiu was not moving at all, just sitting there, watching the game with his fingers straight, without any expression.
German referee Merck blew the ending whistle when the first half time arrived on time, and a deafening cheer sounded at the entire Hebry Stadium, which was obviously surprised and satisfied with the team's lead in the first half.
0 took the lead. Although the team was at a disadvantage in the field, everyone had no doubt that Arsenal had already gained a certain advantage in this game, unless Ye Qiu, a guy who claimed to be a magician, could once again give the team changes in the midfield.
No one spoke in the visiting team's locker room because Ye Qiuming ordered that players were prohibited from complaining to each other, but many eye contacts between them failed to hide their disappointment and concerns about falling behind in the first half. If they lose this game, will they still have a chance to win back at home?
You know, Chelsea failed to get rid of Arsenal's tough bones after taking advantage of the two times.
The team's coaching staff was busy preparing in the locker room, while the masseur began to massage and relax some players' legs. Many players took off their legs as soon as they walked into the locker room, and everyone was no longer surprised by this.
And this is also the unspoken rules and sacred place of the locker room
Just imagine, if a reporter or a fan rushed into the locker room, saw this scene, and spread it, how terrible would it have on the team? Players' privacy will completely become a topic discussed and talked about by fans and the media.
Of course, the football coaching staff prohibits women, and this is not without consideration.
In the silent locker room, the players are doing their own things, but without exception, all of them are facing the locker room door from time to time, waiting for the head coach to arrive. At this time, no matter whether they are big names such as Ronaldinho, Cannavaro, or young rookies, they all need the head coach to give them some support and tell them what to do.
If the head coach cannot support them at this time, his prestige will be severely weakened.
Let me ask, who would be convinced of a guy who is unreliable at a critical moment?
Ye Qiu finally pushed open the door of the locker room and walked in. Many players stopped the masseur directly, signaling that they no longer needed massage, and began to concentrate on waiting for the head coach to arrange the second half task.
The coaching staff, staff and masseurs all left the locker room one after another, and the rest were Ye Qiu and the players.
"I don't have much time, I'll tell you a long story short." Ye Qiu still didn't seem anxious at all. He seemed very calm, but a little urgent. This was what he wanted to convey to the players, that is, the game was still planned and there was no need to lose his composure, but the situation was a bit urgent and everyone needed to pay more attention.
"We performed the tactics in the first half well. As I said before, Arsenal's physical fitness was obviously not as good as us. According to my observations in the first half, I am very sure of this. Whether it is Gilberto Silva, Lyonberg, Ashley Cole, Vieira and others, their physical fitness is obviously insufficient."
Speaking of this, Ye Qiu changed his tone, "But I want to adjust the tactics of the second half. We are now behind and it is impossible to continue to pin our hopes on the counterattack after the opponent's lack of physical fitness. Therefore, we must advance the counterattack time."
Originally, Ye Qiu and Peter Brandt initially estimated that Arsenal's physical fitness would have problems after 65 minutes, and after 75 minutes, their fighting spirit would definitely be affected by physical fitness. By then, Chelsea would put on a heavy pressure to counterattack.
In terms of physical fitness, Arsenal is not as good as Chelsea, which is why Ye Qiu deliberately dragged down Arsenal's physical fitness from the beginning of the game, but he didn't expect that Arsenal would score first.
The result of the goal first is that if you continue to wait like this, Arsenal's fighting spirit will become more tenacious, because they are ahead and see hope. Even if there is physical problems, fighting spirit will try to ensure that they will stick to the end.
Therefore, Ye Qiu's strategy is that the team must equalize the score 75 minutes before, otherwise it will be difficult to play in this game.
This is a test of physical and psychological qualities
"Remember what I told you? Arsenal will have physical problems in 34 every year. Once this team has physical problems, their combat effectiveness will often decline rapidly. Last season, they were the league champions who performed poorly in April, which is a psychological disease."
Regarding the data that Arsenal frequently fell behind and performed poorly in 34, Ye Qiu had already given a very complete explanation to the players before the game and was accepted by the players, in order to build confidence in the game.
"On the surface, Arsenal has no obvious weaknesses, but that doesn't matter. Without weaknesses, we will create weaknesses for them." When he said this, Ye Qiu walked to the middle of the locker room. "Gilberto Silva didn't run much, and there was indeed a problem with physical fitness. Arsenal's midfielder relied on Vieira, but the Frenchman's condition was not good. I believe this will be more obvious in the second half."
"So" Ye Qiu pointed at Davis and Marklele, "In the second half, you should pay attention to suppressing Vieira, attack his side when attacking, and suppress him more when defending. I want to make him exhausted, and be careful of Pire."
Davis and Marklele nodded unstoppably after hearing this. This task was nothing difficult for them to understand.
"In the second half, we have to adjust the team's offensive tactics. I found that Arsenal obviously had targeted arrangements for Drogba in this game. Campbell always follows you, right?" Ye Qiu asked.
The bare and exposed bird of Côte d'Ivoire elephant king nodded, "That guy is so difficult"
"Yes, but one thing I noticed is that Lauren doesn't have a good grasp of the distance between his teammates around him. Khlo Toure and Campbell are obviously different, especially when we put pressure on the opponent's defense line and the entire Arsenal defense line is in a straight line, Lauren's position is often on the right."
After listening to Ye Qiu's words, all the frontcourt players paid attention because they all knew that Ye Qiu was trying to play Arsenal's weakness.
"They like to attack our ribs, and we have to reverse and hit their ribs now. Ronaldinho should pay attention to getting the ball on the left. After getting the ball, use your personal ability to cut from the ribs and create a cooperation between Lauren and the right center back. As long as they make mistakes, it is our chance."
Ronaldinho knew very well that Ye Qiu wanted to use himself to act as the team's tactical core of the team's frontcourt offense. If he got his words, he would get the biggest advantage of Chelsea's frontcourt offense, and other teammates would have to play around him.
"Drogba should be careful. Once Ronaldinho gets the ball, try to lean on the right. You can make your own decisions on the specific situation. It depends on whether it is Clos Toure or Ashley Cole. Just choose it and kill them."
"Received, head" Drogba smiled and showed his white teeth, nodding to assure.
"Evra should pay attention to moving forward and respond more to Ronaldinho. We should open the situation from the left." Ye Qiu reminded the French left-back that Evra also focused on attacking and defending, but because of the strong midfield strength, Ye Qiu was not worried about being beaten behind.
"Lampard was paying attention and inserted. Gilberto Silva's physical fitness was seriously insufficient. I believe he would be difficult for you to cause trouble. After Ronaldinho took the ball and forced Arsenal to reveal his flaws when he exposed his defense, remember, don't stick to the ball, don't miss the opportunity, pass the ball once he finds an opportunity. Do you understand?"
"Understand" the players agreed, especially Ronaldinho.
The Brazilian is very clear that Ye Qiu is reminding him that taking risks with him as the core of the offense. If he performs well, then Chelsea will also be successful. But if he sticks too much to the ball or performs poorly, then Chelsea will also be frustrated.
In the past half of the season, Ronaldinho has proved with games one by one that he deserves Ye Qiu's trust.
Of course, the Brazilians themselves know that if he is not worthy of Ye Qiu's entrustment, then Ye Qiu will not be able to give him a chance.
After arranging the tactics, Ye Qiu looked at the time and it was almost done, so he slapped a few hard times.
"Guys" he walked into the middle of the locker room and pulled all the players' attention to himself. "I can tell you very clearly that I don't want a draw in this game. Remember, I don't want a draw. A draw means losing. You must remember this for me."
Everyone nodded constantly after hearing this. Ye Qiu's desire to win was never compromised because of who his opponent was. At least on the surface, he never said anything like a draw was good.
"I'm very sure that Arsenal's physical fitness is almost out of reach. What you need to do next is to use your active running and oppression to limit Arsenal's discovery, disrupt their rhythm, and control the game in our hands. Then they will completely become the target of your fish."
"We have met Arsenal twice in the past six months, and both times they were tied. We had the advantage, but we couldn't even beat Arsenal. I don't want to see the third time, so I just need to win this game. Except for victory, even if it's a draw, it will be a failure for me."
Ye Qiu's excited remarks made everyone present feel his strong desire to win.
Some people say that it is difficult to play away games in the Champions League knockout stage, but Ye Qiu feels that away games are actually not difficult. The difficult one is the first round duel, because the result of the first round duel will seriously affect the second round match.
If he loses at Highbury Stadium tonight, then in the second round, he will have to do his best to attack, and Wenger will definitely adopt a strategy of defending to the end, so the outcome of the game will be even more unpredictable.
A draw and a away goal was a good result for Chelsea, but Ye Qiu hoped that the players could fight for more. This was a bit like a sky-high price and a landing payback. He could not tell the players that the draw was also good, which was a stupid saying to boost the team's morale.
After a pause, Ye Qiu obviously waited for the players to digest their words and showed a confident smile, "Guys, I can guarantee you that I can even swear that as long as we defeat Arsenal and advance to the semi-finals, no matter whether our opponent is Real Madrid or Monaco, I swear that the team that appeared at the Ao Shirley Stadium will definitely be us."
After hearing Ye Qiu's words, everyone couldn't help but show a longing look, which was the desire to appear on the stage of the Champions League finals, and the desire to re-prove their strength.
Ye Qiu used guarantee and swearing, such words to describe his strong self-confidence, which greatly infected all the players and allowed them to clearly see how strong the head coach's confidence in reaching the finals was.
Whether it is Real Madrid or Monaco, in Ye Qiu's eyes, they are not as good as the Chelsea team now
"Now, I and you all have only two choices"
Ye Qiu swept over all the players and said word by word, "One, defeat Arsenal, advance to the semi-finals, and finally reach the finals, you will become the focus of fans around the world, become the pride of all Blues fans, and you will even win the first European championship in history for Chelsea; Two, losing to Arsenal, becomes the laughing stock of countless people, making everyone in the world laugh at you, a group of mercenaries who have no fighting spirit and no fighting spirit."
"We have no other choice. For us, there is only one way from beginning to end this season, that is, fight to the last second, defeat all opponents, defend our dignity with facts, and prove our strength with performance."
"In this game tonight, there is only one winner, either Arsenal or Chelsea. The winners will receive extremely generous prizes, the Champions League and the Premier League, and the losers will definitely pay the most painful price, that is collapse."
When he said this, Ye Qiu raised his head, looked at the player without blinking, and stretched out his right hand, "Tell me, Chelsea fighters, are you going to win? Or collapse?"
Chapter completed!