Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid - Chapter 385

c378 Double-line pressure, double-line progress.

The focus battle between Chelsea and Bayern will officially begin on April 5, when Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will appear on the Champions League quarter-finals stage on the same day.

The showdown between Manchester City and Real Madrid is also very exciting for fans. Only Juventus has the best luck in getting the soft persimmon Benfica, which basically means they have half a foot in advance to enter the Champions League semi-finals.

There is basically no guarantee that one of the remaining six powerful teams in Europe will win. It seems reasonable that whoever makes it to the semi-finals and who gets eliminated is very reasonable.

Including Chelsea, it would be normal for them to be eliminated by Bayern in the end. At most, it would make many neutral fans feel regretful.

But if you want to say that Nandawang’s victory over Chelsea is an upset, that’s not it. At most, Chelsea has a greater chance of winning now.

Generally speaking, this year’s quarter-finals of the Champions League are very interesting. There are enough dialogues between the top teams. The teams that can eventually reach the top four of the Champions League are also capable of winning the championship and are full of gold.

Neutral fans can fully enjoy it.

It’s just that the teams that have reached the quarterfinals of this year’s Champions League have to not only continue to fight hard in the Champions League, but also bear huge sprint pressure in the league.

None of the top eight teams in this year’s Champions League has achieved a dominant lead in its league.

Chelsea and Manchester City are still on the same points, and it seems that they are already in a direct dialogue to determine the outcome in the final rounds of the league.

Bayern is ahead of Dortmund in the Bundesliga, but the current lead is only two points, so there is no reason to be careless.

Juventus is now only one game ahead of Naples, the second-placed team in Serie A, and will need to fight Napoli at home in a crucial battle.

Not to mention Benfica, their current points are even worse than Sporting Lisbon.

The internal friction among the three teams in La Liga is even more serious. Barcelona, ​​currently ranked first, currently has 72 points, Atletico, second, has 70 points, and Real Madrid, third, has 69 points. The brutality of this fight is extremely rare.

It can be said that this year’s Champions League quarter-finals are gritting their teeth and fighting for the title on both fronts. They want both sides, and no one dares to let go.

At this stage of the season, the whole situation is likely to collapse after a sigh of relief, and who can bear the consequences of the collapse of the season?

Unfortunately, the number of championships is fixed. Some teams can succeed as they wish in the end, but naturally there will be teams that fall short at the last moment and regretfully retire.

In this regard, all the powerful teams that still have a chance to win the double championship are not special.

Even though Chelsea is the strongest on paper, it is no different from other competitors now. It must bite the bullet and advance on both fronts.

If we have to talk about advantages, then the current Chelsea is actually the same as the Royal Saren Third Team. Most of the main players in the team have already experienced highly successful seasons and have more “successful” experience.

Players like them who have the experience of winning the Triple Crown in a single season know how to adjust their mentality at the end of the season, and they also know how to maintain the game state as much as possible during the sprint stage of the championship.

This is their most valuable wealth of experience, and it is also the characteristic that gives them an advantage over players from other powerful teams.

In comparison, the players from the four teams of Huang Sarenche are now facing huge schedule pressure, and they are indeed more calm than other competitors.

This is very intuitive based on the recent league records of their teams.

The pressure is high, but these teams returned to the league and continued their winning streak without hesitation. The stability of the game at critical moments is still the first in Europe.

After Chelsea defeated Liverpool and gained a valuable week’s rest, they were in excellent condition and defeated the Hammers 4-1, giving Manchester City no chance to breathe.

However, after the 31st round of the Premier League, international match days followed one after another, which not only caused trouble for the powerful teams in the major leagues, but also gave many teams time to make final adjustments for the season.

While Mourinho is worried about the arrival of the international break, his old rival Guardiola is also praying that injuries will not come to his players.

But as the old saying goes, the more a person is afraid of something, the more likely he is to encounter something.

Neither Mourinho nor Guardiola want their players to suffer injuries when participating in this round of international friendly matches.

As a result, key players from both Chelsea and Manchester City were injured while playing friendly matches for their country!

When receiving player injury reports, the two coaches, Mourinho and Guardiola, both chose to curse the national football associations.

Guardiola scolded the Spanish Football Federation for being unreliable and injuring his midfielder Cesc Fabregas even in a friendly match.

Mourinho is denounced by the FA as always.

Guardiola injured a midfielder, but Chelsea injured two important players in the defense in a row!

Maguire sprained his ankle while competing with his opponent. It is initially estimated that he will have to rest for two weeks. He will definitely miss the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Bayern.

Bertrand’s thigh muscle strain is also quite fatal. Although he is no longer Chelsea’s main left back, he is also an important rotation player in Chelsea’s defense.

Now that he is injured, Chelsea can only rely on Azpilicueta on the left to support him.

If the Spanish full-back is injured again, the impact on Chelsea’s preparations for the end of the season will be completely fatal!

How could Mourinho not curse when two important players on the back line were injured in two friendly matches?

But now that things have come to this, apart from verbally condemning them to vent their dissatisfaction, more complaints cannot make Maguire and Bertrand return to the front line.

In desperation, Mourinho had to conduct tactical experiments and let Trippier find the feeling of playing on the left side more on the training ground.

After all, in the absence of people, Mourinho can only try to tap the potential within the team.

Not to mention Trippier, Mourinho even thought about Li Ang, who gave Mourinho a great surprise when he played as a central defender before?

However, this time, facing the expectant eyes of Uncle Bird, Li Ang could only wave his hands repeatedly to show that he really couldn’t do it.

Although he has a balanced left and right foot and a good dribbling speed, his current cross feeling can only be said to be average. It’s too fucked up that he can’t deliver an accurate cross when he plays as a full-back!

The team really has no one to play as the left back, so it’s okay for Li Ang to play as the left back, but now Trippier still has the potential for transformation, and Li Ang thinks that Mourinho should not put his hopes on himself first.

Mourinho also felt that he was a little anxious afterwards. Li Ang is capable, but it is impossible to change positions just like that.

Li Ang’s ability to play as a central defender has given him a big enough surprise before. Now he still expects Li Ang to play as a full-back. He is indeed thinking too much.

Fortunately, Trippier’s recent training as a left back is not bad. He is good at cutting inside and organizing passes in the midfield when playing as a right-footed left back. He may really give the opponent a “surprise” at a critical moment.

After several training matches, Mourinho and other members of Chelsea’s coaching staff have a bottom line in their hearts and are no longer as nervous as before.

After the left back hole can be barely plugged, Chelsea’s subsequent results do not need to be too worried.

Chelsea’s reserves in the central defender position are still very sufficient. Maguire is temporarily injured, Terry, Gary Cahill and even Zouma can take over.

If we only look at the central defender type and the partner effect, these three substitute central defenders and Thiago Silva are quite compatible, and there is no problem.

In the 32nd round of the Premier League on April 2, the central defender combination of Terry and Thiago Silva supported Chelsea’s defense very well, and there was no trouble.

Although Terry played almost the entire season as a substitute, his condition has always been good, and he has rich defensive experience and is very reliable at critical moments.

It is also thanks to the outstanding performance of the two central defenders that Chelsea shut out Aston Villa 2-0 in the 32nd round of the Premier League, raising the number of wins this season to 27 games!

Currently, with one round less, Chelsea continues to rank first in the Premier League with a record of 27 wins and 4 draws and relies on the goal difference advantage.

Manchester City followed closely behind, with a record of 27 wins, 1 loss and 4 draws, and Chelsea has the same points and is temporarily ranked second in the Premier League.

Manchester City’s resilience this season is simply beyond words. It has been biting Chelsea’s ass tightly until now and has not let go at all.

Moreover, in the 34th round of the Premier League, they still have a great opportunity to directly compete with Chelsea to regain the top spot.

They lost to Chelsea in a direct match before, so they lost the top spot in the league.

If they can successfully avenge and defeat Chelsea, then the suspense of the Premier League champion this season may really have to wait until the last round of the league to end!

And both teams still have the possibility of breaking 100 points in the league until now.

Since the establishment of the Premier League, the champion and runner-up have fought to the last round of the league to decide the winner, but it is unheard of that the champion and runner-up both get more than 100 league points at the same time!

In terms of strength and fierce competition, Chelsea and Manchester City this season are the best in the history of the Premier League.

This is of course a great thing for Premier League fans, but it is too cruel for the players of Chelsea and Manchester City.

If the peak periods of their two teams are staggered, they can easily establish a league dynasty.

But fate makes people, and they have to let these two teams compete fiercely in this turbulent era of a major reshuffle of the Premier League.

But there is only one throne. If one of the two teams can become the king, the other can only swallow the bitter fruit and watch its team continue to create points records belonging to the Premier League runner-up.

This is actually a kind of honor, but it is too bitter. Being engraved in the history of the Premier League as the most successful loser is just a background board after all…

The second direct dialogue between the two teams this season is very eye-catching, but before they decide the outcome of the season, the arrival of the Champions League quarter-finals has ignited the fans’ enthusiasm for watching the game.

On the afternoon of April 5, the entire Chelsea team set off for Munich in advance, and Li Ang once again came to the Allianz Arena in Munich, which he is already very familiar with.

In this world-renowned top football stadium, Li Ang has too many game memories.

He once represented Real Madrid in a hearty battle with Bayern here, and he also represented Chelsea in this stadium.

Fortunately, he has tasted the joy of victory in this stadium far more times than the bitterness of failure.

Of course, he has always remembered the pain of losing to Munich in the season when he just transferred to Chelsea.

There is no saying that Chelsea is not strong enough to face Bayern Munich now. Li Ang is eager to play against top European teams like Bayern, and he has never won enough.

This time, when they met Bayern again at the Allianz Arena, Li Ang and his teammates never thought about drawing with Bayern first, and then going back to Stamford Bridge to fight Bayern to the death.

They came here to win!

No matter how tough Bayern is at home, they have to force themselves to gnaw on this super hard bone!

That evening, after completing the field walk at the Allianz Arena in Munich, the photo of Li Ang smiling confidently at the camera and making a victory gesture immediately spread all over the Internet with the release of Chelsea’s official Twitter.

Looking at the photo of Li Ang making two victory gestures directly, no fan thought that Li Ang was just posing for the camera.

Obviously, Li Ang has expressed his full confidence in winning the game through this photo.

Dare to make such a confident expression at Bayern’s home court, it must be said that Li Ang is really brave!

And his expression behavior soon caused dissatisfaction responses from many Bayern fans and German sports media.

But for Leon, the new Ballon d’Or winner, the German media only expressed some dissatisfaction, suggesting that Leon needs to have more “respect” for Bayern.

Apart from that, they did not make any other excessive counterattacks.

There is no way, Leon’s previous winning rate against Bayern is indeed a bit high, and even when Chelsea lost to Bayern last season, Leon’s personal performance in the two rounds was impeccable.

For such a “Bayern nemesis”, the German media are still somewhat guilty.

They don’t want to be like the sports media in Catalonia, who always have a verbal battle with Leon before the game and have to be ridiculed by fans all over the world after the game.

Bayern fans are also very practical and put their energy into cheering for the home team first.

If Bayern can win this round, they are naturally qualified to criticize Leon.

Otherwise, the early counterattack will be too embarrassing when the home team loses.

Leon doesn’t know that the German media and local Bayern fans are guilty of him.

He has won many times against Bayern, and he has an advantage in the psychological level. He also rested well on the eve of the game.

After finishing the last training the next morning, he even had the mood to stop and answer a few questions when he was asked by German media reporters outside the training ground.

On the evening of April 6, Li Ang, wearing the captain’s armband, led his teammates on the journey of the battle under the dazzling lights and the gaze of thousands of people at the Allianz Arena.

Looking around, all he saw were old opponents he was familiar with.

Lewandowski, Ribery, Robben, Muller, Thiago, Javi Martinez…

During the handshake session, Li Ang also smiled brightly almost the whole time and greeted old acquaintances with his eyes one by one.

His confident attitude made countless Bayern fans on TV feel very uncomfortable.

But for Chelsea fans, Li Ang’s confident smile is the picture they want to see most before the game!

At 8:45 pm Munich time, the referee on duty blew the whistle to start the game on time.

At this moment, Li Ang also pressed forward to meet the Bayern players who kicked off and pushed across the center line.

The temperature and lighting were perfect tonight, a great time for him to win!