The poorest Premier League star, the whole network begs for money

Chapter 133 The Sleeping Team

Whether it is short or long, a month will pass quickly.

Arsenal scored 6 draws and 2 win in the match with the big1 teams, winning Chelsea, tying Tottenham and Manchester City.

Arsenal's league record ranks third.

No.1, Liverpool, 52 points

No.2, Manchester City, 48 points

No.3, Arsenal, 45 points

No.4, Chelsea, 39 points

No.5, Manchester United, 34 points.

The time has come to 2020/01/21, and the semi-finals of the English League Cup are coming as scheduled.

Leicester City vs Aston Villa,
Arsenal vs Chelsea.

Arsenal and Chelsea collided again in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.

Chelsea's local media is already building momentum for this game.

Arsenal have beaten Chelsea many times in the last two seasons.

Chelsea has a lot of investment every year. They are only ranked fourth in the Premier League. Both the players and the fans are a little dissatisfied with this.

So this time, people at Chelsea really want to win Arsenal.

Although the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup were just a tasteless game, it was not a big deal to advance to the finals.
But for the honor of the team, both sides of the game will go all out.

The English League Cup commentator explained, "Tuchel and Chelsea are now facing a lot of pressure from public opinion. They have no Champions League games this season, and they are only ranked fourth in the league. After losing Hazard, they spent 4 million to introduce Haval. Ci, and the state of Abraham and Mount is up and down, their current lineup is still not running well, and it may take time to adjust."

"And Arsenal's recent league results are also unstable, because the main players in the lineup have injury problems, such as Xhaka and Martinelli."

"Arsenal will have another month to go, on 2020/02/17, they will play a knockout game against Real Madrid in the Champions League. One month seems to be a long time, but it will pass soon, hope their state be able to adjust in time.”

Chelsea's lineup is:
Goalkeeper: Kepa.

Backcourt: Azpilicueta, Christen, Rudiger, Alonso.

Midfield: Kovacic, Havertz, Mount.

Frontcourt: Willian, Aubameyang, Pulisic.

And Arsenal's lineup is:

Goalkeeper: Leno.

Backcourt: Ben White, Gabriel, Papastathopoulos, Bellerin.

Midfielder: Equation, Thomas, Ronaldo.

Frontcourt: Saka, Lacazette, Harland.

As soon as the game started, the two sides entered the confrontation.

Stamford Bridge fans are very concerned about winning or losing this game,

After the game started, they sang Chelsea's team anthem to cheer for the home team when they saw Chelsea struggling to conduct the football.

When Arsenal grabbed the ball, the home fans immediately booed loudly.

Especially when Equation got the pass, many people booed even more, trying to feel the state of the midfield core.

Until 3 minutes, Kovacic got a pass, he suddenly dribbled the ball through the middle, and was involved in the running position of his teammates, he sent a through kick.

Aubameyang got a pass in the penalty area, but was destroyed by Saliba in the end, and there was no chance to shoot.

"Kovacic, he is in great form today. Although he just moved to Chelsea and only cost 4500 million euros, he is the best player in Chelsea right now."

"It's a pity that Aubameyang didn't seize the chance to score"

Chelsea has a slight advantage at home, because it is a Carabao Cup semi-final, they can attack with confidence.

The final of the English League Cup will be held on February 2. This is the National Cup that will end in the middle of the season. Whether it is important or not is just a matter of opinion.

Tuchel's tactical arrangement is obviously to start a blitzkrieg, taking advantage of Arsenal's not fully warmed up.

And Arsenal seems a bit out of shape today, they seem a bit inactive when facing Chelsea's pass and run.

The commentator immediately discovered Arsenal's problem, "Is Arsenal tired of playing in recent games? Their top tackles are not as active as before. We can see that the equation seems to have lost a little bit of aggressiveness. Coach Arsene Wenger needs to start Think about how they should play this game."

On the court, Equation did feel a little heavy under his feet.

In addition, this is just a Carabao Cup, everyone has a little bit of contempt for this game, maybe they haven't noticed it themselves.

The most important thing is that Equation has played many games this month and is in full attendance.

It can be said that none of the salary Arsenal gave him was wasted.

After Wenger saw the opening through ball on the sidelines, he became a little anxious and shouted a few times to the defense.

So Saliba and Gabriel had no choice but to cheer each other up and improve their concentration.
The two of them quickly guarded the space behind them and did not give their opponents a chance to hit the ball behind them.

4 minutes later,

Mount accurately shoveled the pass, hoisted it to the far corner, and the ball missed the far corner post slightly.

Haverts is tall and handsome, with the ability to control the air, but he is a bit not burly.He hit the football and ferried it to Aubameyang not far away.

Aubameyang volleyed and slammed into the Arsenal goal at a tricky angle.

But goalkeeper Leno was very focused and fell to the ground to suppress the flying football.

Aubameyang suddenly looked regretful, and he sighed.It seems that it is a pity that he failed to break through the door of his old club.

Score 0:0
"Arsenal's situation is a bit dangerous, Chelsea's first shot almost broke the goal."

"Ronaldo seems to be a little unclear about his position, and because of the poor state of Equation, they have lost control of the midfield now."

"While Arsenal used to have possession of the ball a lot in the previous games, now they lose control of the midfield, which is a rare situation. It's something that needs to be fixed as soon as possible."

Chelsea rushed a little fiercely, and Equation and Ronaldo did not stand up in front,

And Thomas is also a little tired today, resulting in his low interception efficiency,
Thus,
Saka and Lacazette could only come back to fight the fire and help their teammates reduce the pressure, while Harland stayed in the frontcourt, ready to launch a counterattack at any time.

However, the situation did not improve. Chelsea relied on the momentum at home and continued to launch a quick offensive.

Alonso's lap was aggressive, which put a lot of pressure on Ben White's defense,

Arsenal's formation was squashed very flat.

Coupled with the assists from Kovacic, he quickly inserted or overlapped to occupy the space, received a pass from his partner, and relied on a personal breakthrough or two-to-one cooperation to complete the shot.

Chelsea played on the left for a while and then started playing on the right.

Soon, William dribbled the ball in from the right. Facing Ben White's defense, he changed the rhythm of dribbling and was about to break through.

Thomas defended and came over, only to knock down William from the side and break through from the wing.

Alonso took the free kick from the wing,
Standing before the white line,
He carefully observed the direction of the goal,

From 25 yards on the left, kicked a beautiful curve ball.

This is a direct attack.

The football went over the wall with a beautiful arc, fell to the lower right corner of the goal, and the net moved.

Chelsea break the deadlock first
The score was 1:0.

"Alonso's free kicks are getting more and more accurate. This is also one of the ways Chelsea score. Although their frontcourt players may not have worked well, their backcourt players have absolutely first-class footwork. Alonso and Kovacic has scored in consecutive games."

"Arsenal now have to adjust themselves as quickly as possible."

Seeing this conceded goal, the reaction of the entire Arsenal team was very heavy.

In the past, Arsenal used a free kick to break through the opponent's gate, but now, it was Chelsea who broke the deadlock on the field with a free kick.

Fang Fang felt that as his captain, he should remind his teammates.

Because Xhaka was injured, he did not play in this game, and Ronaldo replaced the starting position.

"Wake up, we are No. 3 in the league! They are No. 4 in the league."

Fang Fang clapped his hands and shouted to his teammates, "We can no longer be lost on the court. This is a semi-final, and we must win the game."

Now that the score has fallen behind, Arsenal can only push out the defense and attack Chelsea.

The game time has passed more than 20 minutes.

Fang Fang ran back to the backcourt to catch the ball. At this time, he used all his strength, and then he dribbled the ball quickly across the center line like a bulldozer.

Ronaldo cooperated and played a two-for-one cooperation with Equation before Chelsea's halftime.

However, Rudiger rushed out and held his position, as if he had accidentally knocked down the equation.

Equation fell heavily on the ground, and did not receive Ronaldo's ball.

However, the referee raised his hands to signal the game to continue and no foul occurred.

bang,
Chelsea fans applauded like booing, which is in agreement with the referee's penalty.

And Chelsea got the ball, they snatched it back angrily at Arsenal, and couldn't pass the ball forward.

After Kovacic glanced at the equation that was still lying on the ground, he had no choice but to kick the football off the field.

The football has gone out of bounds, Harland and Ronaldo quickly protested to the referee.

"Isn't there a foul in this collision?"

Arsenal's protest is very rational. If Xhaka is on the field, it will be another situation.

However, the referee did not let go, shook his head, and said that Arsenal should stop talking nonsense, and the game must be resumed.

"The referee didn't see clearly just now. Rudiger did make a collision. It may be that the referee's sight was blocked."

"Arsenal's attack was very threatening this time. It should be that Arsenal's core has recovered. We can see that the equation has just dribbled the ball from the back and crossed the halfway line. This did not appear in the first 10 minutes of the game. scene."

This is the right time, place and people for Arsenal, and neither of them has taken advantage of it.

Fang Fang was helped to stand up after the team doctor came on the field.

He really feels that his state has not reached 50.00% of the previous one,
However, if the state of his teammates is still there, Fang Fang believes that his current physical condition is absolutely sufficient.

The problem is that the state of the teammates is also very poor.

But now, the score has fallen behind, and the Arsenal team can only bite the bullet and bring out their physical potential.

Soon, Arsenal's offensive intensity rose accordingly, and Chelsea also selectively retreated to make a defensive counterattack.

Chelsea's defense is already very solid, with Rudiger in the central defender, they are not afraid of conventional offensive methods.

After 4 minutes, Fang Fang received a long pass from his teammate. In the narrow space, everyone thought he would stop the ball and make a mistake.

After all, in everyone's opinion, Equation didn't expect the football to fall where he was, and just raised his right foot hastily.

but,

I saw that the football seemed to be stuck to his feet, without the slightest rebound.

The football was parked in front of him.

Kovacic and Mount, who were very close, rushed over quickly. This is the one who is holding the ball.

Faced with this situation, the choice of the equation is very reasonable. He managed to play the ball in time and accurately found a forward line of the ball.

Haaland got the pass, he flicked the football, turned around and kicked a shot, the football drew a diagonal line and hit the right post.

Two minutes later, Saka received the oblique plug, took two steps forward, and immediately swept the football to the middle,

Harland missed in the middle, followed by Equation, kicked a low shot,
But Rudiger followed in time, stretched out his foot and blocked the low shot!

"omg! It was only a little bit short, the equation really recovered, and his consecutive passes and receptions were all reasonable. Arsenal regained control of the midfield rhythm."

"Unfortunately, there are only 3 minutes left."

The time of the first half slipped away unknowingly. Arsenal seemed to have just entered the rhythm of the game, and then it was the intermission.

In the locker room, both teams are seriously preparing for the second half of the game.

Fang Fang listened carefully to the head coach while eating bananas.

Soon, the second half begins.

Arsenal took the ball and immediately launched an offensive.

Soon, Haaland kicked a quality long shot, but the football was still hugged by the goalkeeper.

This time, Chelsea chose to control the ball. They passed it slowly, and suddenly they were not in a hurry to start attacking. They wanted to lure Arsenal to fight back and consume Arsenal's physical energy.

In this regard, the equation is very clear about the opponent's ideas, and will not let the opponent's ideas succeed.

two minutes

Saka, Haaland, and Equation jointly snatched the pass from Chelsea.

Harland retreated and kicked a kick pass,
Instead, Fang rushed into the penalty area on the left, 8 meters away from the goal.

He didn't stop the ball and volleyed a kick.

The goalkeeper immediately fell to the ground, his hand blocked the path of the goal, but the football was so fast that it crashed into the goal in just a second.

Arsenal equalized
The score was 1:1.

"goooooooooooooall—"

"Equation's volley scored the goal! He helped the team equalize."

"Both sides are back on the starting line, Arsenal are not giving up the game."

Seeing that the score was equalized, Chelsea coach Tuchel's face sank slightly,
The game was really not that simple. Although Arsenal played ugly in the first half, they were like sleeping lions.

Once the lion is awake, it is still very dangerous.
(End of this chapter)