Midfielder

It's hard for this kind of top-ranking battle to be without the smell of gunpowder, and this is even more true for the players on the field. The continuous bombardment from the outside world has already made their blood boil, not to mention the head coach's fanning the flames in the locker room.

Even though the old man Wenger doesn't have the hair dryer skills of Ferguson, his instigation is equally powerful.

Otherwise, those Arsenal players who have been declining recently will not all look like angry bulls in the tunnel at this moment, with eyes blazing when they look at the Chelsea players.

Lin Yi dares to vouch for anyone. If someone in the Chelsea team extends his middle finger to the opponent at this time, then there will definitely be a full-scale martial arts show in the player tunnel. This is not a guess, but it will definitely happen.

Even in the Champions League decisive battle with Manchester United last year, Lin Yi did not feel such a hot atmosphere.

Now Lin Yi has experienced what fanaticism is. Not only are there football hooligans among the fans in England, he is not surprised at all that this crazy atmosphere breeds a few crazy players.

"Enemy." I don't know why, but at the moment when he got out of the players' tunnel, such a word suddenly appeared in Lin Yi's mind. Yes, they seemed to have been enemies for hundreds of years.

It seemed as if they were not stepping onto the court to decide the winner, but looking for a place where they could decide life and death.

But Lin Yi didn't think about the reason at this time, because the fanatical arena had already made his blood boil, and he also wanted to conquer his opponents at this time, just like the most primitive fighting.

Only by winning such a duel and then stepping on the opponent's body with his feet, might he have the capital to show off to the surroundings with his hands raised. Victory in this peak confrontation is the most fascinating feeling.

"It's no wonder why those people are so obsessed with Arsenal and Manchester United, that's probably why."

This is the most attractive thing about football. It often brings people the most primitive desire to conquer.

At this moment, whoever can truly defeat his opponent is the undisputed king, at least at this moment, he is.

Although these eleven Chelsea players and Mourinho's guys are not afraid of anything just because this is Highbury, this is indeed not Chelsea's blessed place, at least not since the beginning of the Premier League.

Since 1996, Chelsea have never won against Arsenal, whether at home or away, and have rarely drawn. Highbury is more like a nightmare for them.

In derby battles in London, Arsenal always have the upper hand, while Chelsea are always the poor losers.

It is precisely because of this that those Arsenal fans put up such a banner on the sidelines, "Chelsea people, you'd better remember that this is the sixteenth game and Highbury will still be the grave where you are buried!"

This is a naked provocation and insult. Arsenal fans are using their past sense of superiority to oppress Chelsea.

Those Arsenal fans have never been stingy with their ability to create a terrifying home court. They have been roaring at Chelsea loudly since the two teams warmed up, as if they wanted to eat these guys.

"A purely English expression. Although there are many French people in the Arsenal team, don't expect the fans here to be as polite as the French. As long as it is a football match, there are no gentlemen."

After nearly half a season of training, Brito has long been familiar with the crazy state of the Premier League away games.

Especially in the home stadiums of traditional giants, this kind of noise will continue from the beginning of the game to the end. Even when they fall behind, this kind of noise will not reduce the volume. This is the tradition of the English people.

Arsenal is no exception. Their fans exaggerate the atmosphere at Highbury to make the visiting team fearful.

Although the results in the past games are so poor, this will never be a weapon to weaken Chelsea's courage.

They couldn't take any advantage here last season. Ranieri, the good old man, couldn't change the seemingly embarrassing results in front of Wenger. Now they can only hope that Mourinho will have this good luck. .

However, Mourinho does not understand Wenger's continued trust in Reyes in such a crucial game. In his calculation, Reyes' position is more likely to be replaced by Fabregas.

But at this moment, the guy who was about to be sold off by the team during the winter transfer period was still standing on the court like a starting player. This somewhat made Mourinho a little alert.

"What does that old French man want to do?" Especially when he saw Fabregas and Ljungberg taking their places on the bench, Mourinho had to be even more careful about what tricks Wenger would come up with.

After all, the old guy has been in the Premier League for too long, and his on-field command experience is as rich as Ferguson.

There might be some traps left for Chelsea somewhere. Even if Mourinho trusts his players, he still has to be prepared for emergencies that may arise at any time. After all, this is Arsenal's home court.

Mourinho can be thinking about the possibility of Wenger staying on the coaching bench, but the players on the field cannot think about so many things. After the referee's whistle blows, they must muster all their energy to deal with their opponents.

Especially in the battle between the two teams in the midfield, it can be said that they did not give up an inch of ground. Reyes, Cole, and Pires, these important offensive weapons of Arsenal, began to attack Chelsea's two wings in a very targeted manner.

They took advantage of the first kick-off and attacked the two flanks as soon as they came up, especially Robben's side. They seemed to have rehearsed it in advance. They passed the ball twice in a row and hit the back of the Dutch Peter Pan.

Strong attack and weak defense, this is the chronic disease of Dutch wingers, even Cruyff is the same, they are good at attacking but not good at defending.

Arsenal's very targeted offensive method did suppress Chelsea's idea of ​​pressing from the two flanks, and Pires, who had just returned from injury, showed his good competitive state.

Less than a minute after the opening, he tore a very fatal gap on the right side of Chelsea.

It was not an offensive opportunity, but the tacit understanding between the Arsenal players found a gap. Vieira got the ball in his own backcourt and made a precise long pass before Lin Yi came up to interfere.

Originally, he just wanted to find a gap behind Duff to get the ball, but Pires's magical stop allowed him to find an opportunity to break through Ferreira.

A stop-and-go move made Ferreira miss. He didn't even touch the edge of the ball before Pires completely passed him. The elegant Frenchman passed Ferreira in the most gorgeous way.

"French ballet! Robert Pires once again showed us what an elegant pass is!"

The Arsenal team's on-site broadcaster seemed to be full of blood. After seeing Pires play such a wonderful performance, the whole Highbury cheered for his gorgeousness!

But Ferreira definitely didn't want to be an unlucky background man. After he lost his defensive position, his first thought was to turn around and intercept. In such a game, he didn't want to make himself a sinner so early.

Compared with his elegant pass, Pires's dribbling speed was not so outstanding, even a little slow, and Ferreira's accelerated pursuit seemed to have enough time to block his advance.

Especially when Pires seemed to be concentrating on preparing to cross the ball from the bottom, Ferreira's sliding tackle on the grass had a chance to kick the damn football out of the bottom line, which was just a corner kick for Arsenal.

But at this moment, Ferreira, who only wanted to make up for his mistakes, ignored a problem. When you face a player with particularly good footwork, never think that he will simply prepare to cross the ball from the bottom after passing the opponent.

Especially for guys like Pires who are right-footed players but deliberately pull to the left, sometimes they are more dangerous than those pure wingers. He can choose any way to deal with the opponent at will.

This time, Pires taught Ferreira a good lesson, making this last season's best right back in Europe completely become the background on the court, and in a very embarrassing way.

At the moment when Ferreira's lighted sole was about to kick the football, Pires deftly pulled and lifted the football with his sole, and the football obediently jumped on the spot. This not only made Ferreira's flying foot kick empty, but also gave Pires the opportunity to take the next step.

Pires used his right foot to kick the football in the air towards the goal. The Frenchman's cross-ball method at this moment was unique. He did not choose to use any arc ball to cross.

He was simply practicing shooting, but everyone could see that this guy was passing the ball, not shooting.

Because on the trajectory of the football, there was a guy in a red and white uniform, who was stretching his toes to point at the flying football, and behind him, Terry was desperately pulling him.

Henry! All Arsenal fans could clearly recognize who the figure in front of the door was, especially when the toe pointed the football towards the goal, Cech's desperately open hands could no longer block the goal.

A beautiful volley, a standard blitzkrieg, from the whistle to the goal, Arsenal took only 70 seconds.

And Henry tore through the best defense of the Premier League, just relying on his toes, and his 14th league goal was scored under the double defense of Cech and Terry, with a fierceness like a king!

When Lin Yi and Mourinho saw this scene, no one noticed that they both spat fiercely at almost the same time, and even the gritting of teeth looked so consistent.

Falling behind in the first minute of the game, this is definitely an unforgettable start for this group of tough beasts. . .

(Uh, which god is this, actually rewarding continuously... I am under great pressure at the moment...)