Starting with playing defensive midfield for Evergrande

Chapter 137 The first appearance of the Soviet-style curve at the Emirates Stadium: a free kick goal is still a goal!
Emirates Stadium.

A full 20 minutes have passed in the game!

On the big screen at the sidelines, the score was still Arsenal trailing Chelsea 0-1.

"Mourinho is the one who can park the bus like this!"

"Look, Van Dijk has already pushed past the halfway line, but Chelsea's defense is still so solid!"

"Now it's up to Su Hao to find a gap in Mourinho's ironclad defense!"

"Sigh! We really still have to rely on Su Hao!"

As time went by, the two commentators in the commentary booth started to get a little anxious for Su Hao.

However, as everyone knows, Mourinho can be said to be the most steadfast 1-0 pragmatist in world football. In his eyes, 5-0 and 1-0 are exactly the same result. So after Hazard scored a goal through a counter-attack, Mourinho immediately waved his hand and compressed the whole team into his penalty area!

Moreover, in the ten minutes or so after the goal, even Diego Costa, the lone striker, squeezed into his own penalty area several times to participate in the defense.

It is precisely this defensive strategy, which almost completely abandons all attacking play, that has prevented Arsenal from ever having a single chance to threaten Chelsea's goal.

Yes, even Su Hao!

With Fabregas and Matic both relentlessly pressing and interfering, it was difficult for them to get a direct long-range shot opportunity.

As for crosses that travel down both flanks and then lob the ball into the penalty area...
Terry, Cahill, and Diego Costa, who comes back from time to time.
In terms of aerial ball defense alone, apart from Su Hao who can still put up a fight, Lewandowski has basically become invisible during this period.

"Boss! If this continues..."

Arsenal have been struggling to mount any effective attacks for quite some time now.

Moreover, Chelsea's Hazard, who was like a monster running around everywhere, would often cause chaos in Arsenal's defense. Steven was also somewhat worried and asked his coach if they should think of a solution.

However.
What Steven could see, the professor had naturally seen long ago as well.

The problem is, even the professor can only turn his attention to Su Hao, whom he trusts the most, given the kind of bus strategy Mourinho has adopted.

Think of ways to?
If there were a tactical system that could counter Mourinho's defensive tactics, he wouldn't be sought after by so many top clubs!

The 29th minute of the game.

Su Hao dribbles the ball forward through the middle.

As before, whenever Su Hao received the ball, Fabregas, Matic, and Oscar would immediately surround him.

Seeing that the three players were about to completely shut him down, Su Hao had no choice but to quickly pass the ball sideways to Kanté's feet.

Little Can's defense is incredibly strong, but you have to let him organize the offense himself.
This is indeed a bit of a dilemma for Kanté.

After several unsuccessful attempts to link up with Su Hao, Kanté had to pull the ball behind him and let Tazi take the lead in the attack.

Then, the previous attack continued!

Tazi stepped forward and, under pressure from Costa, sent the ball to the wing.

Sanchez on the right sprinted with all his might and delivered a cross.

Lewandowski, inside the penalty area, had little chance but could only watch helplessly as Terry cleared the ball!

Time passed like this minute by minute.

Because they were trailing by one goal for a long time and had no good attacking options, the Arsenal players gradually started to get anxious.

35th minute of the match!

Angel received a diagonal pass from Su Hao on the left and planned to launch another attack on Chelsea's right flank.

However, before the angel could even start, William, who hadn't left Di Maria's side since the start of the match, suddenly hooked her from the side and rammed her, knocking Di Maria out of bounds.

"Hi! What do you want?"

Even the good-natured Di Maria got up and lashed out at William after such a disgusting little gesture from him.

However, despite committing a foul, William spread his hands and feigned innocence when the referee arrived.

It was this feigned innocence that made Di Maria so angry that she wanted to rush forward again.

Fortunately, Su Hao arrived in time and, after pulling Di Maria back, took the initiative to communicate with the referee.

After all, the referee had seen William's little trick, and with Su Hao's intervention, the referee finally gave William a warning and let Angel off the hook for the time being.

However, the game has progressed to this point.

This is the first time Su Hao has felt somewhat troubled since being eliminated by Real Madrid last season.

Yes!

Last season, Chelsea was still in the experimental stage of Mourinho, and Hazard and his team had not yet fully broken out.

However, now, after a season of trials...

This second-generation team has undergone a complete transformation.

Su Hao even considered their defense to be among the best in all of Europe!

It's like being sandwiched between Fabregas and Matic.

From the start of the game until now, to be honest, the teamwork between these two has really made things difficult for Su Hao.

They won't stick to you or kick you.

They're like leeches, sticking around you, only stopping your shots and your forward passes.

Several times Su Hao tried his best to create shooting space, but at the last moment Oscar blocked the shot.

As for passing, with everyone standing around, Su Hao really didn't have much space to send the ball over!
that's it!
After another ten minutes or so of fruitless attacks, the first half ended with the referee's whistle.

The away team's locker room.

With a one-goal lead, Mourinho beamed and praised his players.

In particular, he provided an assist in the first half and worked with Matic to limit Su Hao's Fabregas.

Of course, after praising each player, Mourinho promptly pulled over the tactics board and reminded the players of the issues they needed to pay attention to in the second half.

Especially the restrictions on Su Hao.

The frenzied Mourinho even shouted that Costa should focus all his attention on Su Hao when defending.

If necessary, Costa could stop Su Hao by committing a foul!
In the away team's locker room, the entire Chelsea team confidently began studying their defensive strategy for the second half.

Meanwhile, in the home team's locker room not far away.

The professor frowned, pondering whether he needed to make some adjustments.

After much deliberation, the professor finally made up his mind.

Ta Zi Ge is off the field!
Giroud came on as a substitute.

从4-3-3改为4-4-2！

The professor was going to take a desperate gamble.

The professor didn't care about the final league results; all he wanted now was to make that annoying Mourinho leave the Emirates Stadium in tears.

"Go ahead and attack according to your own plan, either on the flanks or in the middle!"

"Or, if the opportunity arises, we could try a set piece!"

The professor was just tentatively suggesting it.

But upon hearing the professor's words, Su Hao's eyes suddenly lit up!
Yes
How could he forget this?
Keep in mind that with the system panel information being refreshed and overwritten, he hadn't even used that free kick with a score of 84 that he'd gotten by sheer misunderstanding in a match.

During training, he secretly tried it many times.

To be honest, 84 doesn't sound as exaggerated as Beckham's 98.

However, with his free kick rating of 84 and his curveball rating of 85, his free kick technique is indeed quite good!
Since Chelsea likes to siege us so much, then
The 15-minute halftime break ended quickly.

After the players from both teams switched sides, the game resumed.

"su!"

"su!"

"You are Arsenal's own su!"

"su!!!"

"su!!!"

"You are the best Su in the whole world!!!"

The stands at the Emirates Stadium.

Although they were still trailing, and Fabregas, whom all Arsenal fans loathe, continued to appear as a key player in Chelsea's attack and defense.

But Arsenal die-hards still sang the Suho song, which they knew by heart, in their wildest voices.

It was precisely in this soaring song that...

Su Hao dribbled the ball into Chelsea's half for what felt like the umpteenth time.

Diego Costa was the first to rush forward!
Without any pressure, with just a simple left and right dodge, Su Hao directly devoured Costa from the front.

However, as soon as he passed Costa, the Oscar and Fabregas duo pounced on him.

Kante followed up on the left, but Matic was also waiting to pounce on him with a cross.

Sanchez followed on the right, but Hazard also closely followed him.

"Hey! Here!"

Just as Su Hao was contemplating whether he should stabilize the ball first, Giroud, who had just come on as a substitute in the second half, suddenly shouted. Uh...
Although Su Hao didn't think much of Giroud, after all, Giroud had already retreated here.

Since he didn't really have any better passing options, Su Hao could only quickly swing his right leg to send the ball towards Giroud's retreating direction.

"Chelsea's defense is still retreating!"

"The defense around Su Hao is indeed too strong!"

"Give the ball to Giroud!"

"Not bad, Giroud controlled the ball well, pulled the ball back and turned!"

"Matic has caught up!"

"Cahill inside the penalty area also lunged at Giroud!"

"Su Hao is calling for the ball!"

"Big Gilru!!!"

At the Emirates Stadium.

Just as Su Hao had worried.

Although Gillude took the initiative to retreat and support him, his slow turn made it impossible for him to coordinate effectively.

Sure enough, just 30 meters from the goal, Giroud was sandwiched between Diego Costa and Matic, who had both dropped back.

With this tight marking, Giroud couldn't pass or shoot effectively.

Fortunately, Giroud is a French international, and he was able to hold the ball securely even when sandwiched between the two.

Su Hao naturally rushed over as well, however, perhaps sensing Su Hao's intentions.

Costa didn't dare give Su Hao another chance to receive the ball.

A brutal, direct, and forceful collision, coupled with a hooking motion underfoot.

Big Gilru immediately collapsed to the ground!

"what!!!"

A scream echoed throughout the Emirates Stadium.

Costa was stunned!
what's the situation?
He did exert his strength just now, but the fucking target of his strength was Giroud.

This guy looks about the same size as me, or even a bit stronger.

This thing is so fragile!

"Beep beep beep!"

Giroud screamed and collapsed to the ground!
Wenger, standing on the sidelines, immediately panicked upon hearing Giroud's pitiful cries.

Although Giroud is now considered a substitute striker, his role is still very important.

With three fronts to fight, he really didn't want any of his team members to get injured!
The Arsenal players on the bench began to look at Giroud with concern.

But
On the field, Su Hao and Kanté instinctively exchanged glances when Giroud screamed in pain.

Have no idea
Because Giroud recently went to Thailand with Kanté and a few others, visiting Zhang Linpeng and Gao Lin for a few days.

"Hi! Watch your movements!"

The scream was exaggerated, but Costa did commit a foul after all.

Therefore, after rushing to the players of both teams, the referee did not hesitate to warn Costa and then gave Arsenal a free kick in a fairly good position.

Free kick.
From the beginning of the season, Sanchez was handpicked by the manager to be Arsenal's first-choice free-kick taker.

Although this guy seems to have good free-kick skills, he has actually failed to score a single goal in any of Arsenal's matches so far.

This time, Sanchez naturally took the ball and walked to the penalty spot again.

Chelsea's defensive wall was also set up according to Sanchez's shooting habits!
However, just when everyone was habitually waiting for Sanchez to masturbate!
Su Hao, who usually chooses to go into the crowd to get a chance to take a free kick, surprisingly went towards Sanchez.

After whispering to Sanchez, he and Sanchez stood on either side of the ball.

"Oh dear! Su Hao, this is... this is a little... you know!"

"That's true. From the time Su Hao officially entered the Chinese Super League to the current Premier League, he has never taken a free kick in any match. However, Su Hao's presence here can indeed serve as a deception!"

"But the problem is, everyone knows Su Hao can't take free kicks at all, which is confusing."

Su Hao's actions caused Lao Huang and Zhan Jun in the commentary booth to break down first.

Of course, it's not just these two.

Mourinho, standing in front of the Chelsea bench, looked at Su Hao with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot.

Who is he?
He is Mourinho, the madman who plays the best defense in the world.

He has clearly made all the necessary preparations for this match to put Arsenal in such a difficult position.

He had even explained the characteristics and habits of the Arsenal substitutes to his own players countless times.

Su Hao's actions were completely... were he just treating them like fools?

Mourinho simply curled his lip in dismissive disdain.

Similarly, the Chelsea players forming a human wall on the pitch, and Courtois in front of the goal, didn't pay any attention to Su Hao's positioning.

With everyone knowing that Sanchez is the primary free-throw shooter, Su Hao's confusion is completely meaningless.

However.
Soon, a scene that silenced the entire Emirates Stadium unfolded.

Because after the referee blew his whistle.

Su Hao, who strode towards the ball, did not leap over the player as everyone expected!

This 1.92-meter-tall aerial threat actually struck the bottom right edge of the soccer ball hard with his right foot.

"boom!"

With a strength bonus of 92, Su Hao's right foot slammed into the football, and a terrifying explosion resounded throughout the Emirates Stadium.

Next!

Under the watchful eyes of over 50,000 Arsenal die-hard fans, the football at Su Hao's feet suddenly rose from the ground, spinning with considerable distance as it hurtled towards Chelsea's expensive wall of players.

At this point, the Chelsea wall players were completely unprepared.

They all thought that Su Hao, who had never taken a free kick before, was just a decoy for a feint attack.

So they just watched helplessly as the football flew over their heads.

With the added force of the intense spin, it traced a beautiful arc in Chelsea's penalty area before soaring past the frantically diving Courtois and slamming into the top corner of the net!

"Beep!!!"

All the Chelsea players stared in disbelief at the football still spinning in the net.

The referee decisively blew his whistle and pointed to the center circle with both hands to indicate that the goal was valid!

"pretty!!!"

"pretty!!!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"The ball went in!!!"

Arsenal have scored!

"Su Hao!!!"

"Su Hao!!!"

"The second half has just begun, less than four minutes in!"

"Su Hao has finally scored!"

"My God, who would have thought!"

"Su Hao, who has never shown his free-kick skills in a match before, actually unleashed such an explosive curved shot in front of Chelsea at such a crucial moment!"

"The football has bypassed the expensive wall of players including Costa, Matic, and Terry!"

"It also bypassed Courtois's five fingers and finally slipped into the corner of the goal!"

"1:1!!!"

"Su Hao has helped Arsenal equalize!"

"And it was a top-class free-kick goal with a perfect curve that absolutely surprised all Su Hao fans!"
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[Holy crap! Holy crap! Has Su Hao developed yet another new technique? That arc, that ball speed, and that spin—this is fucking professional!]
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[Exactly! This goal looked much better than Sanchez's. Damn, how long has Su Hao been hiding it? Was he specifically hiding it for Mourinho?]
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[Haha, that was awesome! Look at the expressions on the Chelsea team's faces, they were completely stunned by Su Hao's free kick!]
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[1-1! Su Hao has broken through the defensive wall, making the game interesting again. Chelsea definitely doesn't want to take just one point, so what follows is the highly anticipated attacking battle!]

Su Hao scores from a free kick!
The more than 50,000 Arsenal fans naturally went wild, roaring and worshipping their king.

As for Chelsea's bench.

Despite feeling he had everything under control, the madman still had that wide-eyed expression.

Yes!

The madman was dumbfounded!

What... what's going on?
When did this guy, this 1.92-meter-tall guy, secretly start practicing free kicks?

(End of this chapter)