Chapter 6 Giroud's Desire to Score

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The entire Wembley Stadium became lively, and violent cheers hit the entire stadium.

After the baptism of the World Cup, the Community Shield, which represents the opening of the league, also officially kicked off.

Chelsea kicked off first.

After Morata kicked off, Chelsea as a whole showed a steady formation and did not press forward.

The distance between players was also extremely dense, forming a very close connection in the midfield.

Sarri is a head coach who advocates offense and ground penetration. His team also focuses on short passes. Although it is not a hard requirement, Sarri still intends to deal with Arsenal in this way at the beginning.

After the pre-season warm-up match, Sarri believes that Chelsea already has enough strength. Although the control time is too short and he cannot fully put his ideas into the team, the overall lineup is still good.

Sarri has studied Arsenal, and he must admit that Arsenal is a very strong team.

Whether in terms of team structure or technical and tactical capabilities, Arsenal is one of the most winning clubs in Europe.

But Chelsea should not be underestimated either.

With the tight midfield position, Chelsea players have stronger control in the midfield.

Not to mention their half.

Sarri looked at the court confidently. He believed that for Chelsea, they only needed to get over the initial pressing.

The Arsenal players rushed to the opposite half the moment the whistle sounded.

They pressed and pressed very hard in the opponent's half.

This kind of pressing comes from the overall movement. It seems that one or two are pressing, but the others are not just watching. The rest are more about blocking the passing route.

For this reason, Chelsea began to pass the ball backwards under the pressure of Arsenal, and there was a feeling that they could not move forward in the midfield.

Seeing this scene, Sarri also frowned slightly.

This is completely different from his idea. Arsenal will press at the beginning. Arsenal has a deep understanding of pressing, and Sarri knows all this.

But Arsenal's performance after the opening made him a little worried.

"Pass back! Pass back!"

"I'm here!"

"Pass it to me! Pass it over!"

Chelsea players communicated frequently, and it was not difficult to hear some anxiety in their tone.

Every pass they made was restricted, and it was difficult to play the stability of passing and controlling.

The ball rolled to Barkley's feet, and as soon as he stopped the ball, he felt a slight push from behind.

Barkley did not dare to stay, and passed the ball horizontally to Jorginho, and then Barkley was pushed out and could not stand steadily.

Noginho observed before receiving the ball, and seeing Giroud in front of him, he almost didn't think about it and passed it back directly.

The posture of the pass was relaxed and free, and he immediately ran to meet the pass after the pass.

When the ball came to Noginho's feet again, Mane rushed over again.

Noginho chose to pass back again, this time he passed it to the full-back, who passed it to the center back David Silva, who passed it forward again to Noginho who had completed his run.

The ball was constantly passed back and forth in Chelsea's backcourt.

Although each time was a back pass, it was extremely stable.

Of course, this stability is built on the tip of a knife. Once there is a mistake or an interception, it will be a fatal problem.

But Noginho's back pass timing and back pass distance are very safe.

This is the same style as his style in Serie A.

This is the back midfielder known as the 'safe ball master' or 'back pass master'.

Several consecutive back passes not only brought safety to Chelsea's passing control, but also stabilized the rhythm.

This scene also made Sarri breathe a sigh of relief. Noginho lived up to Sarri's expectations.

After Sarri took office as Chelsea's head coach, the first transfer he launched as the new coach was to dig into the corner of his old club and pull his favorite Noginho from Naples to Chelsea.

It can be said that Sarri wants to train Noginho as a core player in the midfield.

Noginho's performance in Serie A is also very good. Although sometimes too stable, his ability will not be questioned.

For a long time, Noginho will be compared with defensive midfielders such as Casemiro and Kroos.

Compared with the latter two, Noginho's style of play is more simple, and back passes and safety balls are almost his trademarks.

However, this game is also very stressful for Noginho.

He came to the Premier League and accepted Sarri's call not entirely for the high salary provided by Chelsea.

He came here to challenge himself.

In this game, right now.

On the opposite side, the black-haired Arsenal No. 4 is known as the world's No. 1 defensive midfielder.

The existence of Lekai makes Noginho have a certain desire to perform.

He wants to compete with Lekai in this game and prove himself.

For now, Noginho feels that the rhythm is good.

At least the start is extremely normal.

Although Arsenal's pressing brought him some pressure, he was also constantly consuming Arsenal's pressing with one pass after another.

You know, high-pressure pressing can't last too long.

And he could also feel that Arsenal's pressing pressure was gradually decreasing.

It can be seen that Arsenal began to become tired under the pressure again and again.

And this is Nozinho's time to fight back.

When the ball came to Noginho's feet again, he found that the previous pressure had disappeared. He could complete the turn and control the ball at his feet for two seconds before passing it to William on the wing.

William is a Brazilian player who has the same agile dribbling as Brazilian players and can provide certain offensive help for their wingers.

Nozinho believes that this is the most suitable wing for attacking after the opening.

William also turned around after receiving the ball.

However, he did not dribble forward. Instead, he looked at his teammates in front and passed the ball to center Morata. He then pulled it toward the wing, trying to hit the wall and pass Robertson directly.

But Robertson is not the kind of inexperienced full-back. The moment William passed the ball, he retreated directly towards the wing, blocking Morata's passing line.

Seeing that there was no passing line, Morata immediately turned his head and looked to the other side.

But before he could turn his head, Hummels behind him suddenly pushed forward.

Under the huge force, Morata subconsciously lowered his body and continued to protect the ball.

At this moment, a foot suddenly appeared from the right side and poked the ball out.

Morata wanted to stop it, but he found that with his center of gravity lowered to fight, he could not lift his feet at all.

He could only watch helplessly as Lucky took the ball away.

"Steal! A steal from Kai and Hummels!"

In the Sky Sports live broadcast room, Andy Gray said loudly; "The moment Kai was about to press, Hummels was also under pressure instantly. The two people cooperated very well, and the press was clean and neat. During the whole process, Morata did not Can protect the ball.”

"And now the ball has come to Kai's feet. Fortunately, Arsenal are unable to form a counterattack."

Before he finished speaking, Andy Gray's words were choked.

He saw Lucai bending his bow and setting an arrow, and kicked the ball towards the half court.

Pass the ball?

Shot?

Under Andy Gray's surprised gaze, the ball flew high in the air across Chelsea's half and landed accurately on Giroud's running route.

Giroud resisted David Luiz for the first time.

He suppressed the opponent with his whole body, and at the same time looked up at the ball. After judging the landing point, he gently touched the ball with his left foot, completed the unloading, and then turned around and volleyed!

The ball flew towards the goal with strong spin.

With a bang and a crisp sound, the ball hit the goal post and bounced out of the baseline.

At this moment, the entire stadium was silent.

The next second came the exclamations of Chelsea fans and the regretful voices of Arsenal fans.

The commentator Andy Gray even held his head and said with a pity on his face: "The whole ball is such a pity! Kai's long pass found center Giroud. During the confrontation, Giroud completed the unloading of the ball and immediately turned around and whipped out. Shoot. David Luiz failed to restrain him effectively!"

"For Chelsea, this ball is too dangerous, or in other words, this sudden attack method makes it difficult for their defense to respond effectively. The most important thing is that Giroud is in good condition and he has the ability to score goals. Very strong desire!”