Last night’s showdown between big London rivals from London in Orlando gave us clear indications in the final stage of the pre-season for the start of the English Premier League. Chelsea are significantly behind their biggest rivals in local football at the moment and it will be extremely difficult for Thomas Tuchel to build this team into a squad that can enter the battle for trophies, while on the other hand Arsenal finally seem to have the quality and game to mess things up for the most ambitious teams in the league. The Gunners demonstrated exceptional speed and the ability to press hard in front of the opponent’s goal, and then from the transition they destroyed any hope of the weak Blues and inflicted a heavy defeat on them – 4-0 (0-0).##NAJAVA_MECA_6520941##It was the fast transition that was key to Mikel Arteta’s team’s first two goals in the match. The hesitation of Chalobah, who was suddenly isolated in his own half, was cruelly punished by the opposing players in the 15th minute. After a bad pass, the ball quickly reached Gabriel Jesus, who then sent the ball behind Edouard Mendy with ease.In the 36th minute – copy what Chalobah did and paste it with the Blues goalkeeper. Mendy had no one to pass the ball to from the edge of the penalty area, so he sent a rather poor long pass towards the middle of the pitch, where Thomas Partey was left alone. It was in that play that Arteta’s team demonstrated the possibility of a fatal transformation in the opponent’s half. In three moves, Arsenal’s players were in front of the opponent’s goal. The elusive Martinelli sent the return ball to Odegaard at the right moment, and the latter defeated the helpless French net keeper with a powerful low shot.The aforementioned Martinelli was completely uncatchable for Chelsea’s defense and one of the most responsible for the comfortable advantage of Arteta’s team. The Brazilian moved extremely fast and phenomenally hid the ball and moves from the completely indisposed opposing defenders.In the second half, Chelsea tried and managed to change the state of the match a bit, but it was a situation that obviously suited an opponent that was too fast for the Blues. Saka threw Alonso out of the game with one move, then Martinelli and Xhaka tried from a distance, and after the second deflection, it was Saka who was in the right place to practically solve the question of the winner.Everything was decided in the second minute of stoppage time, when Chelsea’s defense completely forgot Albert Sambi Lokonga at the far post. Cedric sent a great cross from the right flank, so Lokonga only had to bow down and send the ball into the opponent’s net.
