Midfielder

Just a few months ago, when Arsenal and Chelsea met, they were still evenly matched.

Even if the opponent had a better league record than him, Wenger only felt the pressure from the opponent in the face-to-face competition between the two sides, but this did not mean that Arsenal performed worse than the opponent.

Even when playing at home, Arsenal's performance once surpassed Chelsea. If Lin Yi had not found a breakthrough in the confrontation with Vieira, the final result would actually be difficult to predict.

But just a few months later, the gap between the two sides was so big that Wenger was a little scratching his head.

The opponent added a few strong players, but he did not suffer too much. The problem that Wenger is worried about now may be why Chelsea is so scary now.

There is really a feeling that makes people a little scared. Chelsea seems both familiar and unfamiliar.

What is familiar is that most of the players are still those iron main players, and only a few positions have been replaced by newcomers, but what is unfamiliar is the current style of play of this team, and the sense of oppression makes people breathless.

This feeling was only felt by the Argentina team led by the madman Bielsa, but now Wenger also felt the wild ferocity from the Chelsea team led by Mourinho.

It seemed that every player of the opponent was pressing the ball route of the Arsenal team, but the Chelsea players were not all running desperately, but this sense of oppression was actually reflected in the game.

Even the shrewd Wenger was unsure when facing Mourinho's change of tactics this time.

Before the game, the media that had been following Chelsea's reports said that Arsenal would definitely not gain any advantage in this confrontation, but many people thought that this was just Chelsea's psychological warfare.

Even Wenger didn't care about the opponent's remarks before the game, especially this sentence was not said by Mourinho at all. Even the professor thought that this was just the hype of the opponent's media before the game started.

As for the opponent's slogan of clamoring to win the fourth trophy, Wenger was even more prepared to give them a blow. The triple crown was enough for Chelsea to show off, and the professor didn't want to add icing on the cake.

As an old coach who has been in the Premier League for so many years, Wenger is very clear about the value of this game. A Community Shield may not matter, but the momentum of the players on both sides is something that no one can afford to lose.

This is the competition before the start of the league. If you are suppressed by the opponent at this time, then you will always be at a disadvantage in the subsequent confrontation. After experiencing the embarrassing situation of chasing points last season, Wenger does not want to chase Chelsea desperately in the new season.

Wenger originally planned to take advantage of the opponent's personnel adjustment to let the team play a beautiful game. Although he did not care whether he could win the championship in this cup, he did want to suppress Chelsea.

Arsenal did not add so many strong players in the transfer period, but Wenger was also prepared. His team's tactical play and personnel matching have always been very stable, and the cooperation between each other is not a problem.

Chelsea has just replaced several main players, and it is likely that there are still problems in tactical running-in.

Wenger played this game with this idea in mind. After all, the running-in period exists for any team, but Wenger forgot that this abnormal team has a abnormal commander.

With Lin Yi's threading in the midfield, even if the running-in period of the entire team has not completely passed, his agile passing can still control Chelsea to complete the fierce suppression in the offense.

Originally, Wenger wanted to rely on his skillful cooperation to grind with the opponent, but now it seems that this is not so easy at all. The opponent has indeed become more fierce after the personnel adjustment, especially in the offense. They changed the defensive counterattack tactics of last season and took a lot of initiative in the offense.

If Chelsea relied on a center forward and two wingers to support the entire offense last season, then everything has changed now. Mourinho has completely created a new tactic for Chelsea.

In the past, an African elephant received the cross from the two flanks and created killing opportunities in the penalty area.

Now, in addition to the elephant still being brave, Mourinho also equipped him with two shiny tusks. In the past, only Lampard was waiting for an opportunity behind him, but now there is another Gerrard.

This is like the elephant soldier in the Lord of the Rings, but this time Chelsea has armed the elephant more terrifyingly. There are not only one or two sneak attackers who can shoot arrows on its back.

Drogba is now like tying two cannons on the back of his elephant that can be fired at any time, and the caliber of these two cannons is fucking extra large, with scopes.

Originally, in order to guard against Drogba's threat to his penalty area, Wenger had arranged for Gallas and Lauren to guard the two flanks, just to prevent Robben and Duff from getting a chance to cross the ball calmly.

Unfortunately, his adjustment strategy can prevent Robben and Duff from wreaking havoc on the flanks, but there is no way to curb the two cannons in the middle. Lampard and Gerrard are simply like fish in water.

These two guys were lurking behind Drogba throughout the first half, firing at least six threatening long shots. They probably took out all the energy that they couldn't use in the national team on Lehmann.

Except for the goal scored by Gerrard, Lehmann was almost tortured to death by the cruise missile-like shots in the 45 minutes. He didn't know how many times he had saved such long-range shots with his hands, but the German could clearly feel the tremors in his hands.

Lampard and Gerrard were famous long-range gunners in the Premier League. Now they have Drogba, the elephant, fighting for headers in front of them, and there is a gunpowder depot behind them that can be filled at any time. These two guys don't need to think too much, just fire at the periphery.

If Chelsea still maintains the usual tactics of last season, Wenger has a certain confidence that he can limit the opponent in the opening stage, but Chelsea's fierce offensive momentum disrupted his arrangement.

Although the opponent only added Gerrard in the offense, the effect shown on the field is amazing, especially in terms of destructive power, Gerrard completely played the role of a terminator.

It was like this when he was in Liverpool. Gerrard often stepped up to solve the offensive problems when the team was unable to open up the situation. Now he has released his offensive power.

Originally, Wenger did not expect Mourinho to take such a risk to send out the two Germans in the Community Shield, but now it seems that the Portuguese has already made any preparations.

Not only did he dare to send out this incompatible combination in the national team, but he also knew how to use them. Even the commentator squeezed Eriksson when commenting on this lineup.

"I think, after watching this game, Eriksson should know how to use the two of them."

"It's not that they can't coexist, but our great Swedish coach doesn't know."

I really don't know what expression Eriksson, who was sitting in the stands, had when he heard such an evaluation. Anyway, the Swedes must be complaining that Mourinho has Lin Yi to sit in the midfield for him, but where can the England national team find such a midfield commander who can even embroider with his feet?

It is simply too difficult to pick out such a technically outstanding person among a group of tough guys.

It is because Mourinho has Lin Yi that he can let the two Drogba coexist so unscrupulously.

Moreover, both of them are behind Drogba, which makes Arsenal's midfield defense very difficult. It is enough for Flamini to have Lin Yi wandering in the midfield, and the rest of the players are also busy.

Even during the period of Chelsea's fierce attack, Wenger could only ask the central defender to properly close the distance between him and the defensive midfielder, and not let Lampard and Gerrard have too much space for movement.

But such a temporary countermeasure can only let Lin Yi take advantage of the loophole. This kid is not as good as before, but his pass is more tricky and slippery than last season, making it hard to defend.

Who is the most painful for Lin Yi's performance now? If Vieira is on the court, he must be the one with the most headache, but now it seems that Vieira is really wise, and he has already taken the lead in getting out of the way.

Now this troublesome kid can only be stopped by Flamini, a miserable guy. Unfortunately, as a Frenchman, Flamini is not as strong and fierce as Vieira.

If Flamini could still limit Lin Yi with his interception ability when they met in the league last season, now, he basically can't even limit Lin Yi.

Running, this is the pain of Flamini. He can only run desperately behind Lin Yi's ass, but even so, he can't catch the rhythm of Lin Yi's pass and the ability to control the pulse of the game. He can only follow Lin Yi so miserably as an unlucky reference.

Almost every time the big screen of the stadium replays Lin Yi's wonderful pass just now, Flamini follows Lin Yi in a panic, but his outstretched foot has never been able to successfully steal the ball.

Not only can he not steal the ball, it is also very difficult for Flamini to follow Lin Yi to interfere appropriately. When the kid is on the court, he always keeps wandering and never stops.

Moreover, every time the ball is at his feet, he will pass it at the first time. Compared with last season, his speed and reaction have become faster, so fast that it is difficult for Flamini to foul.

Lin Yi's weapon is not only flexible, but his body is also much stronger than last season. If Flamini wants to block Lin Yi with his body and strength, it is an impossible task.

In the first half of the confrontation, Lin Yi squeezed past Flamini at least twice when he was forcing Flamini, and the only feeling left by the Frenchman was that he could not stop him at all.

And Lin Yi was also very unkind to tease Flamini with the pass. For this old opponent who overturned him in the game last season, Lin Yi did not want to miss the opportunity to ravage the opponent.

Not only did he stimulate the opponent's nerves in action, but he was also busy in language, "Hey, I'm going to pass from your right." Then the boy really completed the pass from the right.

You can imagine how depressed Flamini's face was at that time. He was like an idiot, being beaten back and forth by the opponent on the court, like a stiff wooden man.

Even Mourinho whispered to Brito when he saw this scene on the sidelines, "How come this kid suddenly became so evil after being trained by Faria and the others for a month?"

Brito also looked melancholy, because he really couldn't answer Mourinho's question. Evil? Well, it's not that you asked Mendes to find a few beast-like mentors for Lin Yi.

What kind of good people can be trained by those three beast-level guys? Even Costa, who is a good guy in real life, is a beast that can ravage the opponent's nerves in the game.

After being trained by them for a month, Lin Yi's performance is now considered normal.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid he would have been trained into a demon long ago, but that kid is no different from a demon now. When he ravages others, his face looks like a beast.

It can be said that the rhythm of the entire game was no longer under the control of Arsenal from the moment Drogba scored the first goal. In the first half, they were able to maintain a situation of 0-2 behind. Luck also helped. Lampard and Drogba each hit the post with one of their shots. Otherwise, the score might have continued to expand. However, the 45 minutes of bombardment completely stunned Arsenal.

The difference of two goals is not too exaggerated. In a high-level confrontation, such a leading advantage may be lost with a negligence. Wenger's team has also had classic games with big reversals.

But in this confrontation, Wenger had no confidence in the reversal, and not long after the halftime break, Wenger replaced Henry and Bergkamp with two new generations, Van Persie and Hleb.

The only tactical adjustment he made was to add a defensive midfielder to the team. After Gilberto came on the court, Flamini's defensive pressure was reduced a little, but the most important reason was that Lin Yi left the court.

However, before Lin Yi left the court, the score on the field had been rewritten to 3-0. His third assist was given to Robben, who cut into the penalty area from the wing. The Dutch flying man shot through the goal.

Lehmann also pounded the grass with his fists for the third time to vent his anger, but the German was too lazy to lose his temper with his defenders. This opponent was so strong that he had no way to deal with it.

Facing a madman who could put the ball between the legs of two people into the penalty area, Lehmann was helpless.

With a score of 3-0, Chelsea had completely grasped the life of Arsenal. If they wanted to try to turn the tables under such circumstances, even Wenger himself would not have such a delusion.

It can be said that the score was not rewritten in the second half because in the 65th minute, Lin Yi was replaced by Mourinho from the field. Lampard replaced him as the midfield commander.

Gerrard was still behind Drogba, but Wright had been replaced on the right, and Duff also returned to the bench to rest. After replacing Lin Yi, Mourinho quickly changed the team's formation.

It was not just a simple replacement of the team's frontcourt players, but a change in the entire formation. Lin Yi was substituted, but Chelsea cut a full-back, Ferreira was replaced by Crespo.

Carvalho, Ashley Cole and Terry guarded the back line, Makelele did not move, but the forward line formed a very rare double striker, but the two wingers were more crazy than at the beginning.

Compared with Duff, Wright was less strong and more fast. Mourinho just let this kid rush up at the last moment and use speed to eat Lauren's defense in the wing attack.

Drogba and Crespo turned the tide in the opponent's penalty area, leaving Gerrard behind them as the second point of attack. The double center forward style directly made Arsenal's penalty area the most dangerous area. The tactical adjustments made by Wenger just now became a decoration in an instant.

In the last 20 minutes of the game, Wenger was not even standing on the sidelines. He sat quietly in the coaching booth, waiting for the final whistle. For him, the damn game was over. Want Mourinho's team to make mistakes? Maybe that really needs to wait until the end of the world.

However, Wenger's laissez-faire policy brought Arsenal good luck. When Chelsea continued to attack, their defense line also had a little loophole that could be exploited.

Fabregas, who was entrusted with an important task by Wenger, keenly captured the omission of that moment. When facing Makelele's defense, he was still able to use his flexible feet to get past the Frenchman's defense.

Although Fabregas' pass to Van Persie was blocked by Terry's tackle, the ball that bounced out was not cleared, but was met by Fabregas who inserted from the back row with a long shot.

Cudicini, who replaced Cech, had been idle for most of the game. Facing such a sudden shot, he was a little dumbfounded. He was half a beat late and could not stop the shot at all.

But Fabregas did not celebrate after the shot. He just looked up at the score that had just been rewritten on the big screen and Lin Yi who was wearing clothes on the sidelines.

The British media also called him a promising star who would dominate the Premier League in the future, but now it seems that the gap between the two is like this damn score, making the pursuer feel a little desperate.

The score of 3-1 was not rewritten again, but at the end of the game, Chelsea had already lifted their fourth trophy of the year, the Quadruple Crown, a result that makes people worship.

But in the eyes of those Chelsea fans, this is not their last trophy this season. They still have a chance to win the Club World Cup and the Five Crowns, which is the monument that Chelsea wants to write.

A clean victory not only made Wenger bow his head helplessly in the first round of the match, but Chelsea also used their fierce performance to make all opponents who tried to compete for the league championship realize a problem. Damn, these guys in blue clothes have become more terrifying!

Rampant, perhaps, will continue to spread in the Premier League. . . This is the era of blue. . .

(Alas, Argentina’s current state is really worrying. It can’t even handle Bolivia...)