The 4th minute of the match.
Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole pushed forward, received a pass from Mikel, and without stopping the ball, sent a cross into the penalty area for Drogba.
Drogba leapt high, overpowering Varane to head the ball.
Fortunately, Fabianski saved it in time, tipping the ball with his fingertips, causing it to change trajectory and slide wide of the goal.
Chelsea earned the first corner kick of the match just 4 minutes into the game.
Drogba looked at the young lad he had just dominated, spat, and provoked:
"Kid, your body is too weak!"
"With a build like that, you can play center-back?"
"Arsenal really has no one left!"
Facing Drogba's taunts, Varane did not respond.
Because he knew that in football competition, you ultimately have to let the football do the talking!
No matter how much he said, it wouldn't be as effective as scoring a header right in front of him!
After Ashley Cole took the corner kick, Drogba in the penalty area was just about to leap high.
However, Varane grabbed him hard by the hand next to him, preventing him from jumping fully, forcing him to fall, and he could only watch the ball slide over his head.
"Hey! This guy is pulling people in the box, that's a foul, sir, you should give us a penalty!" Facing the referee's indifference, Drogba was immediately dissatisfied and went forward to complain.
But the referee ignored him, because it is very normal for defending players to make small movements in the penalty area during a corner kick.
As long as the foul is not too excessive or too obvious, the referee generally will not pay attention.
"Shit!!! The Premier League's dog referees are no different from that blind guy Henning, what else can they do besides protecting the opponent?"
After spitting, Drogba stared at Varane, and a fierce look appeared on his face.
Varane did not back down, staring back at Drogba for a few seconds, and finally only gave up under the pull of Koscielny.
"Stinky kid, you wait for me, if I don't blow you up, I'm garbage!"
After the match started, the war of words between the players from both sides was endless.
Especially the Beast Drogba, he seemed to have decided that the young Varane was easy to bully, constantly provoking him.
Although Varane was unhappy, under the calming influence of his compatriot Koscielny, he did not have any excessive reactions.
The 8th minute of the match.
Wilshere took the ball in midfield, dribbled left to get past Ramires, and in the gap before Essien closed in, kicked the ball towards the front left of the field.
Fly accelerated from a standstill almost the instant Wilshere kicked the ball, leaving Ivanović behind.
After Fly caught up to the ball, before he could make his next move, Alex had already come forward to engage in a physical challenge.
Fly nudged the ball slightly towards the byline, and before he could accelerate again, he was timely taken down by Alex.
Chelsea's defensive fouls were very decisive, giving Fly no chance to pose a threat with the ball.
The referee blew his whistle, and Arsenal were awarded a free kick opportunity to the left of the penalty area.
"Kid, with me here, you won't get into the penalty area easily today!"
After fouling Fly, Alex said fiercely, the experienced Brazilian defender tried to make the young Fly collapse mentally.
But unexpectedly, Fly was really not a soft touch who had just debuted, and retorted: "If I get into the penalty area today, you kneel down and call me daddy, dare you?"
Fly's retort left Alex stunned.
Because in his subconscious, a newcomer like Fly would absolutely not dare to talk back to an old guy in a war of words.
The fact that Varane did not respond directly when Drogba mocked him just now was the best proof.
But he didn't expect to hit a steel plate this time.
Alex wanted to ask Fly: We are both newcomers, how are you so arrogant?
After Nasri took the ball, because the free kick position was indeed quite wide, it was very difficult to shoot directly!
So Nasri chose to cross.
Unfortunately, Chelsea's aerial defense capabilities are second to none in the entire Europe football world!
Ultimately, the ball was cleared by Terry.
Diaby outside the penalty area met the bouncing ball with a first-time shot, but the ball flew into the stands.
In the subsequent match, Chelsea and Arsenal gradually fell into a stalemate, with neither side having many good chances.
Chelsea's muscle forest made Fly feel completely out of place, playing extremely uncomfortably.
After about 20 minutes of the match, Fly finally understood why even a team as strong as Dream Three Barcelona struggled so much against this Chelsea.
They are too damn tough!!!
Playing against a group of muscular guys who are full of stamina, strong, and also very disciplined is simply torture!
Fly's current stamina and strength are only considered average in the entire Premier League.
His strength is at a mid-to-upper level, while his stamina is at a mid-to-lower level.
This made Fly's shortcomings very obvious in this match.
In the first twenty minutes, apart from the one chance that wasn't really a chance in the eighth minute, Fly was basically ineffective the rest of the time.
These performances were all noticed by the media and football professionals who were following Fly.
It must be admitted that the current Fly is still lacking something.
However, apart from a few small media outlets that rely on sensationalism to attract traffic, most regular media did not jump to conclusions too hastily.
One reason is that the match had just started, and no one knew what would happen next.
Another reason is that Chelsea are already very strong, and it is difficult for any star player to perform well against this team.
It is also normal for Fly, a newcomer who has just debuted for two months, to feel lost when playing against Chelsea.
Fly himself was not that anxious, because he knew one thing, which was that Chelsea could not maintain this high-pressure state for a long time.
They would eventually have moments of relaxation.
What Fly needed to do now was to remain patient and find a way to seize these few opportunities.
The 30th minute of the match.
Wilshere and Nasri played a wall pass, forcefully extracting the ball from Chelsea's midfield Strangulation (stranglehold).
Just as he was about to fall, Nasri kicked the ball to Fly.
Fly received the ball, pulled it back, successfully evaded the sliding tackle from Ivanović behind him, and then cut inside along the left flank.
About 5 meters from the edge of the penalty area, Fly was surrounded by Alex, Mikel, and Essien from three sides.
Before losing the ball, Fly slotted it to Arshavin who was in a vacant space.
The Tsar received the ball and burst forward, forcefully getting past Terry's defense, dribbling madly to the right, and before Cole could arrive, seeing that the angle was still barely acceptable, he shot directly.
The quality of this shot was very high, the ball flew straight towards the near post.
Unfortunately, Čech is not Almunia, wanting to score past the goal he guards with such a near-post shot is undoubtedly as difficult as ascending to heaven!
The hat-trick specialist easily pushed the ball out of bounds, and Arsenal were awarded their first corner kick of the match.
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