Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid - Chapter 387

c380 It is impossible to turn the tables. I want them all!

What does it mean to let Chelsea take the lead in a crucial knockout match?

In the past two seasons, too many powerful teams in the Champions League have vividly demonstrated to fans the price they paid after making mistakes in this matter.

Pellegrini and countless Bayern fans sighed helplessly at this moment because they clearly understood the serious consequences of Chelsea scoring a goal first at home.

Other powerful teams may pay more attention to face and will not make too much decision to defend after leading by one goal.

But Chelsea has used more than two seasons to prove to fans all over the world that they can really ignore the outside public opinion and can completely lose face.

In this regard, there is only one Juventus in the entire football world that can compete with Chelsea.

My uncle’s obsession with winning by a small margin is more “deep-rooted” than Uncle Bird.

Both of them are veritable football pragmatists. As long as they can win, these two coaches will not care whether the scene is good or not.

Even if the whole world criticizes their team for playing ugly football, their determination to win at all costs will not be shaken.

With the success of Chelsea and Juventus in their respective leagues and the Champions League in recent seasons, the coaching styles and tactical concepts of the two coaches can be said to have been repeatedly analyzed by major European media and completely put on the table.

Perhaps before the official start of this season’s Champions League knockout round, many fans still thought that Chelsea, who had already won a Champions League trophy and had the qualifications to be promoted to a giant, would be more restrained and change their style of play.

In fact, Chelsea did play a lot of big-score games this season, and it is an undoubted fact that they have stronger firepower on the offensive end.

But just after Chelsea suffocated Paris Saint-Germain and continued to play defensive football to advance to the quarterfinals of this year’s Champions League.

No fans had any expectations for Chelsea’s style change.

They understood that Mourinho was indeed good at coaching offense, but it was just like when he coached Real Madrid.

Except for a few games where his team had to attack the weakest teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league and had to attack strongly, the rest of the time, they still focused on consolidating the defense.

Mourinho is still Mourinho, and he pursues more economical and more stable victory in his bones.

Now this Chelsea has obviously reached the level of the hall of football in defense.

They can suffocate Paris Saint-Germain with one goal in two rounds, why can’t they suffocate Bayern Munich with one goal in two rounds?

This sounds difficult to do, and the offensive level of the Bundesliga South King seems to be stronger than that of Paris Saint-Germain.

But when the fans thought about the fact that Bayern was going to besiege Chelsea’s defense, they suddenly felt that it was not impossible for Bayern to be shut out.

Compared with other neutral fans who were just watching the fun, Bayern fans are now panicking.

They have no doubt that Mourinho and Li Ang on the court can command the entire Chelsea team to defend the entire game.

Pellegrini was even prepared to completely change the tactics and give the players a lot of chicken soup as soon as the halftime break came.

But he and the majority of Bayern fans did not expect that Mourinho did not make a tactical adjustment of retreating and shrinking the formation at this time!

The Bayern players on the field, who were hit hard, did not receive tactical instructions from their coaching staff.

So they still did not compete with Chelsea for control of the midfield after the restart.

And Chelsea still maintained the offensive style of playing that continued to put pressure on Bayern’s defense.

This unexpected scene made many neutral fans feel novel.

Chelsea, who took the lead first, did not play defensive counterattacks, but they were still pressing Bayern to attack!

Did the sun really come out from the west today?

The game situation that many neutral fans could not see through was very clear in the minds of Chelsea coaching staff and Chelsea’s starting players.

In fact, the entire Chelsea team did not think of taking over the offensive initiative and pressing Bayern at the beginning of the game.

At the beginning, Chelsea’s tactical tone was to fight with Bayern in the midfield in the first half, and then try to test Bayern’s offensive strength today, and then stab Bayern in the second half.

The reason is also very simple. Chelsea must get enough away goals in the first round. Not to mention too much, Chelsea can slowly deal with Bayern when they return to their home court with two away goals in the second round.

But Bayern showed weakness at the beginning today and directly handed over the control of the midfield. Mourinho must be disrespectful!

Anyway, the tactical tone has not changed, that is, it is just to enter the active offensive stage in advance.

Now that they have successfully broken through and scored the first away goal, Chelsea, who has not yet achieved the tactical goal, must pursue the victory to see if they can continue to expand their leading advantage.

This has nothing to do with the tactical adjustments that Bayern will make later. Chelsea is going to make a big fuss on the offensive end today.

Who cares whether Bayern wants to show weakness to the enemy or fight back today?

As long as Mourinho does not call a halt on the sidelines, Chelsea’s offensive rhythm will continue!

Even if Bayern counterattacked, it didn’t matter. Chelsea’s tactical goal today was to score at least two away goals.

2-0 would be the best, but a 2-2 draw would be completely acceptable to Chelsea.

Everything is for the purpose of handling Bayern more calmly after returning to home in the second round.

When Mourinho and his coaching team develop tactics based on this, Chelsea will naturally transform into an offensive team that is both fierce and beautiful.

There is nothing wrong with Pergone’s too detailed research on Chelsea’s tactics before the war, but his fixed research thinking prevented him from making correct tactical judgments at the moment.

He was confused, and the Bayern players on the field were also confused!

Chelsea are still attacking, and they are still attacking continuously when they have the upper hand. This is completely different from the tactical situation predicted by the head coach before the game!

So how should we deal with Chelsea’s fierce full-line pressure now?

Should we continue to show weakness to the enemy and give up control of the midfield to Chelsea’s counterattack?

Bayern’s players, who urgently need new instructions from their coaching staff, are a little confused.

Fortunately, Peigong’s brain only stopped for a minute or two this time. Regardless of whether the tactical decision he made was correct or not, he at least gave a clear tactical idea.

Don’t panic, continue to look for opportunities to counterattack Chelsea!

This is the most practiced tactical play in the Bayern team before the game. Based on the actual situation of the current game, it is not unreasonable for Bayern to take advantage of Chelsea’s heavy pressure to play behind Chelsea’s wings.

Bayern’s players on the field received clear tactical instructions, but they quickly unified the team’s thinking.

You have to keep trying to see if it works. If you can’t counterattack, then defend well and wait until halftime.

Bayern, seeking stability, continued to tighten the gap between the midfield and backfield defenses, while patiently waiting for opportunities to counterattack.

Li Ang couldn’t help but feel a little emotional when he saw that Bayern’s team could continue to defend against counterattacks even when they were lagging behind at home, and their style of play was not chaotic at all.

This is a change from Heidegger’s Bayern in previous seasons. At this time, they are definitely picking up a knife and are going to stab each other offensively with Chelsea!

Today’s Bayern can tolerate it to this point, and Li Ang can’t say whether they have transformed and evolved as a whole or regressed.

But this is definitely a good thing for Chelsea.

As long as he and Kroos continue to take the initiative in controlling the midfield, Chelsea’s overall game situation of suppressing Bayern will not change significantly.

Chelsea can still try to threaten the goal guarded by Neuer in a steady stream of offensive opportunities.

In comparison, Bayern’s number of offensive rounds was too few.

And when it comes to counterattacks, Chelsea are already among the top players. They are not only good at counterattacking their opponents, but they are also good at preventing their opponents’ quick counterattacks.

In the face of the overall offensive and defensive trend of the game, it is completely worth it for the Chelsea team to bear more pressure from counterattacks.

Mourinho was completely seated on the coaching bench at this moment, and did not interfere at all with the players on the field continuing to attack.

Li Ang was in great condition today. Bayern retreated again and again, and he also stepped back more unscrupulously to participate in the attack.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Li Ang rushed for the ball and directly hit the crossbar of Bayern’s goal!

His hat scared the tens of thousands of Bayern fans at the scene into almost cardiac arrest!

Neuer once again got angry in front of the goal, and this time his trolling also caused Boateng and Alaba to start their explosive performance.

The two of them are already the top defensive players in active service. With their explosive performance, Li Ang is really not able to successfully grab points in Bayern’s penalty area like before.

Seeing that the offensive method was blocked, Li Ang was single and decisively returned to the previous rhythm of attacking Suarez.

However, in the last few offensive opportunities of the first half, Suarez was also moved inward by the Bayern full-back.

The Canadian central defender was double-teamed and failed to get another kicking opportunity.

Bayern, which was fully committed to the defensive end, performed very tough and successfully stabilized the situation entering the halftime period.

The entire Chelsea team was quite satisfied with the 1-0 halftime result.

Chelsea fans are also very satisfied with this. After all, it is the home court of Nan Da Wang. What kind of bicycle do you need to lead at halftime?

Just like the result goals set by the Chelsea team before the game, Blues fans did not have high expectations for the final result of the away game.

If they can score one or two away goals and try not to lose, or even suffer a small loss by one goal, then they can accept it.

As long as we don’t get a clean sheet and lose to Bayern in the away game, that’s fine.

When they return to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea fans absolutely believe that their coaching staff has enough methods to drag Bayern into the quagmire of a war of attrition.

So in this game, they were very tolerant of the team’s performance and the final result.

In the end, Mourinho did not change the tactical tone significantly during the halftime break. He just emphasized it again and asked the players on the field to remain defensively alert at all times.

As long as the referee on duty does not blow the whistle to end the game today, every Chelsea player on the field will not be able to relax.

They need to implement offensive tactics, but defense is also their most basic tactical responsibility. These two points do not conflict.

Li Ang summed it up. Before the second half of the game, he and Terry also encouraged the morale of his teammates.

“Everyone should run more, and remind the brothers around you to pay attention to the return rate! After all, it’s only the 45 minutes of the second half, grit your teeth and hold on, there will be plenty of time to rest later…”

Li Ang’s interpretation of Mourinho’s tactics is very straightforward and simple.

That is to increase the amount of running!

The offense must be in place, and the defense must also be in place. If you want to do both at the same time, there is really no other way except to run faster and persist longer than the opponent.

Fortunately, Chelsea’s main players have been scientifically rotated by the coaching staff, and they are still in good physical condition until the end of the season.

And now Chelsea is not dragged down by other cup competitions, and only needs to focus on the league and the Champions League.

So when fighting such a tough battle, Chelsea’s main players have more physical strength and energy than other powerful teams.

As soon as the second half of the game started, Chelsea’s players on the field fully utilized their physical advantages.

Don’t underestimate the extra hundreds of meters and kilometers in running.

Reflected in the game situation, Chelsea, who can run more, made Bayern’s players feel very uncomfortable on both offense and defense.

In the second half, the Bayern players who wanted to take the initiative to attack and regain control of the midfield soon found out:

They were not only strongly suppressed by Chelsea on the defensive end, but also had to face the active double-teaming of Chelsea’s returning players when they attacked after finally regaining the ball.

Such a scene immediately reminded countless Bayern fans of the dimensionality reduction attack scenes they had against other teams in the Champions League in previous seasons.

At that time, Bayern, like Chelsea today, had an advantage in physical fitness.

That is, they could run, attack, and defend.

Relying on being able to run better than the opponent, Bayern’s midfielders and frontcourt players can often form multiple strong sides on the defensive end, making the opponent shout “Why are there Bayern’s defensive players everywhere!”

Unfortunately, the overall age of Bayern’s starting lineup has increased, and Pellegrini is not as strong in physical fitness as Hai Shuai.

So today’s Bayern can no longer play the running and gunning tactics to suppress the opponent throughout the game.

But if you insist on saying that Pellegrini has problems, then he is somewhat wronged.

This tactical play must also be formulated according to the physical strength of the existing players.

You want Ribery, Robben, Javi Martinez and Lahm to run up and down like they did three years ago?

It’s totally unrealistic!

Ribery, Robben and Lahm are getting older, and it’s normal for their physical fitness to decline. Javi Martinez’s body is more “fragile” than before, so he must be protected.

So Pellegrini must find a way to give full play to the technical advantages of these main players.

Otherwise, these players must be put on the bench and young talents who are younger and can run faster must be promoted.

But does Pellegrini dare to do this?

To put it bluntly, if Pellegrini dares to clean up Bayern’s meritorious veterans in the locker room today, the whole of Germany will be full of front-page news about the split in Bayern’s locker room tomorrow!

The problems in Bayern’s locker room are not small at all. Do you really think that the nickname of the Bundesliga’s Southern King Green Hollywood is for nothing?

Compromise and concession are not difficult for Pellegrini, and he is indeed a good man.

But at this moment, his concession seems to have put Bayern at a complete disadvantage on the field.

Chelsea, who can run more and defend more aggressively, has made Bayern’s front line shaky.

Bayern wants to counterattack, but their offensive rhythm has been disconnected.

Several Bayern starting veterans who were targeted also felt the embarrassment of being unable to do it.

Chelsea’s defensive players’ targeted scramble is clearly consuming their physical energy, but how can they deal with it?

If they can’t run, they can’t run. They can only hold on for a while. When the game reaches 70 minutes later, they will basically be at their limit.

And the young players who replaced them are not experienced enough in such a crucial game.

How many Bayern fans will expect Coman and Douglas Costa to break Chelsea’s solid defense?

Thinking of this, Bayern’s players on the field will inevitably become a little impatient.

But for Chelsea’s defensive players, the more anxious Bayern’s attack was, the more reassured they felt.

Li Ang had no time to teach his defensive teammates some special defensive tips.

But some players are self-taught in this regard, such as Trippier, who successfully entangled Ribery’s temper on the defensive end.

The French winger has never been a good man. When he gets angry, he will make a lot of small moves in the fight.

But Trippier was waiting for this moment when he got angry.

Just after the 60th minute of the second half, facing Ribery’s deliberate push in the confrontation, Trippier fell very neatly.

The live camera may not have captured the details of the confrontation between the two at this time, and the referee on duty was also trying to get more specific information on the field from the linesman.

But the emotional Scar Man didn’t care so much at this time, and directly pulled Trippier, who was lying on the ground and spreading his hands to the referee!

This is good. After Trippier yelled exaggeratedly, he covered his shoulder and lay back on the grass again.

Kroos and Matic, who were closer to the scene, had already surrounded them and separated Trippier and Ribery on the ground.

The referee, who had just seen Ribery violently pulling Trippier, no longer needed to collect conflict information from the linesman.

As Ribery angrily accused Trippier of diving, the referee on duty decisively signaled him to calm down and asked him to come to the side with him.

At this moment, no Chelsea player came over to add fuel to the fire. Before Li Ang even had time to get close, he saw that the excited Ribery was directly given a yellow card warning by the referee!

“Yellow card? The referee didn’t look like he was going to give Ribery a yellow card just now… The French king seemed to have offended the referee with his words, and he didn’t deserve this yellow card at all.”

The commentator of Sky Sports in England was surprised when he saw Ribery getting a yellow card, and then he couldn’t help expressing his joy.

The Bayern fans at the scene booed the referee at this moment, but after expressing their dissatisfaction, they were somewhat unacceptable to Ribery’s behavior.

At this time, the fans still expect Ribery to lead the offense, but he got into a conflict with the opposing defensive player and got a yellow card…

No matter which team, it is absolutely wrong for the offensive core to do such a thing at a critical moment.

Li Ang looked at Ribery, who was being comforted by his teammates and still complained to the referee, and some other ideas came to his mind.

So what if he is a veteran on the court?

He will make mistakes when he is emotional.

Ribery’s bad temper is nothing new, and Li Ang feels that he can use this to make some “contributions” to the team.

So in the next few rounds of offense and defense, Li Ang took the initiative to get closer to the wing where Ribery was.

But what disappointed him was that Ribery actually restrained his emotions after venting his temper.

Facing his defensive provocation, the French winger not only did not fall into the trap again, but also caused several defensive fouls!

This made Li Ang very depressed.

After all, he has always been the one who makes others suffer in this regard. Today, he suffered such a loss from another seemingly irritable old bird, and he was a little nervous.

However, seeing that the referee’s eyes looked at him a little strange, Li Ang could only temporarily put aside the idea of ​​continuing to compete with Ribery and honestly returned to his defensive position.

It was a pity that he failed to take further advantage, but after this episode, Chelsea still wasted more game time.

Li Ang, who still kept a clear mind, also restrained his actions slightly in the subsequent defense and did not give the referee a chance to make trouble.

Bayern took the opportunity to push back a little, and the situation seemed to gradually tilt towards Bayern.

In the 69th minute of the second half, Lewandowski, who had been silent on the field for a while, finally successfully connected with Muller again.

After receiving Muller’s sweeping pass with the ball, he also completed his first threatening shot in the second half.

However, Oblak’s defensive energy was still quite concentrated. He did not give other Bayern forwards a chance to grab a second point and shot directly out of the baseline.

After watching several tall players in the Bayern backcourt actively run into their own penalty area, Li Ang covered his mouth and communicated with the old captain Terry in the penalty area.

Commentators from various countries naturally saw this scene, but before they had time to analyze it, the prepared Bayern had already taken a corner kick!

The football drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell directly to the middle of the Chelsea penalty area.

If you look down from a God’s perspective, you will clearly see that Matic, who is guarding the front point of the penalty area, has ended his fight with Muller.

And Terry in the middle also forcibly resisted Boateng who was trying to grab the point, and pushed the football out of the Chelsea penalty area first!

However, the most eye-catching thing at this moment is not Terry and Boateng’s confrontation and grabbing the point.

It is Li Ang who started early and started to move forward in the opposite direction after seeing the football fall into the middle of the penalty area!

His determination to move forward surprised countless neutral fans.

It looked like Li Ang had anticipated that his teammates would definitely grab the ball.

This 100% trust in his defensive partner led to Li Ang’s first reverse forward run.

Facts also proved that he did not make a wrong judgment.

Terry did withstand the pressure and hit the ball on the head of his junior Boateng!

Li Ang had adjusted his running direction in constant observation.

The ball was still flying forward in the air at this moment, and Bayern’s lagging midfielder Thiago had bravely met Li Ang’s running path!

Perhaps he also knew that he could not stop Li Ang’s pace, and the gap in their confrontation ability was indeed very large, but he still defended.

With this courage, Thiago may have thought about committing a tactical foul to stop Li Ang from advancing with the ball.

But Li Ang seemed to have anticipated his idea long ago, and did not wait for the ball to land before unloading it.

At the moment when the two were about to collide, Li Ang took the initiative to stretch out his right foot and cushion it upward while running!

The ball was directly passed over Thiago’s head, and Li Ang then burst into a sprint and continued to rush forward!

Passing the ball!

Li Ang cleverly passed Thiago who was intercepting him in a very Ronaldinho way!

Before the Bayern fans at the scene could fully exclaim, Li Ang ran straight after the ball.

In front of him, at this moment, there was already a large stretch of smooth road for him to gallop!

The Bayern players were really panicking at this moment, and Pellegrini also subconsciously rushed to the sidelines and anxiously signaled other Bayern players to return to defense quickly!

But Li Ang’s sprinting speed with the ball was too fast. Almost in an instant, he had rushed to the front of Bayern’s defensive third zone with the ball.

Both Lahm and Alaba chose to retreat as soon as possible. They didn’t dare to intercept Li Ang at this time.

Last year, they suffered a big loss from Li Ang on the defensive end. Now they have learned their lesson. Retreating together at least keeps the integrity of the last line of defense.

But then the two soon discovered the severity of the defensive situation.

Chelsea is not the only one who is advancing fast with the ball.

At this moment, Suarez and Hazard, who are sprinting without the ball, have already passed other Bayern defenders and have rushed to the Bayern penalty area with Li Ang!

3 vs. 2 in the frontcourt, Chelsea’s absolute good opportunity!

Even though Hazard and Suarez did not completely shake off the Bayern defenders who were following them, they were able to rush into the first echelon of the counterattack, which was enough for Leon!

The two teammates’ simultaneous progress on both wings obviously helped Leon to greatly distract the defensive attention of Lahm and Alaba.

In this case, the two Bayern defenders really did not dare to move lightly, and most neutral fans also believed that Leon must have shot himself.

Neuer clapped his hands hard, staring at Leon’s foot movements with his eyes.

He was not afraid of Leon’s long shots outside the penalty area, and he was also very eager to have another top competition with Leon!

But just when Neuer was fully prepared, Alaba couldn’t stand it and wanted to rush out of the penalty area and make a final effort to interfere with Leon’s shot.

Leon did not hesitate to pass the football to Suarez who was running forward on the right side beside him!

Alaba’s position at this moment was a little too inward, which made it easier for Suarez to receive Leon’s pass and break into the Bayern penalty area!

Neuer’s expected 1v1 battle with Li Ang did not happen.

After Suarez entered the penalty area, his decisive shot aimed at the far corner of the goal was more like a sneak attack.

Neuer didn’t even have time to glare at Li Ang with angry eyes, and he had to do his best to rush to the far corner of the goal!

But to be honest, when a top shooter like Suarez successfully completed the shot with a half-step lead, even a goalkeeper as strong as Neuer was extremely passive in saving the ball.

The German goalkeeper’s straightened fingertips did not touch the football in the end. Suarez’s shot was too tricky, and it finally rolled into the net by rubbing the inside of the goal post!

Neuer, who failed to perform a miracle save, slapped the grass hard with some annoyance and self-blame.

This time he didn’t get angry with any teammates again. He only blamed himself for not making enough preparations in advance and blocking Suarez’s shot!

Suarez, who successfully broke through Bayern’s goal, seemed very excited and happy at this moment.

He made his familiar celebration, kissing his palm while running to the bottom line of Bayern’s half.

Leon chased after him with a big laugh, then threw himself on Suarez’s back, and cheered with him to the live camera!

At this moment, I don’t know how many Bayern fans covered their heads and were heartbroken watching this scene.

It’s not that they lost confidence in their team in advance, but if they look at this game from a rational perspective, Bayern’s hope of a reversal is really not great.

When Leon assisted Suarez to expand the score to 2-0, the most rational choice for Bayern was to consolidate the defense and prepare for the next round in advance.

Otherwise, what can they do?

Chelsea gave Bayern too few offensive opportunities throughout the game. From a defensive perspective, Bayern and Chelsea are really not on the same level now.

Perhaps their coaching team’s game strategy today was wrong from the beginning. Bayern should not have given up their equally advantageous offensive capabilities at the beginning of the game.

If Bayern had seized control of the midfield at the beginning of the game, would the result of today’s battle be completely different?

Bayern fans, while feeling regretful and disappointed, could not help but fantasize.

But the outcome of this game was basically set. Even if they were unwilling, they could only wait until the next round to see how their coaching staff adjusted.

As everyone expected, Mourinho decisively chose to shrink the formation and focus on defense after the team achieved the goal of a two-goal lead.

Hazard, who had some physical problems, was replaced first. Kalas came on the court and stood directly at the right center back position. Chelsea also changed to three center backs.

Six minutes later, Mourinho took advantage of a dead ball opportunity and replaced Suarez, the hero of today’s goal, with Van Ginkel.

This was a deliberate substitution to interrupt Bayern’s offensive rhythm at the last moment. Pei was deeply dissatisfied with this, but he could do nothing about it.

In the 89th minute of the game, Mourinho used up the last substitution quota and replaced De Bruyne with young player Gnabry.

However, in the injury time, almost all Chelsea players retreated to their own penalty area, and Gnabry had no chance to use his speed advantage after he came on the court.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 2-0, and Chelsea took away a nearly perfect result from Bayern’s home court.

Li Ang was also successfully elected as the best player of this game based on his passing and shooting data!

Once again, Li Ang led the team to win a crucial battle. Naturally, Li Ang also caused widespread heated discussions among fans after the game.

His offensive and defensive performance at key moments in the game, his selfless passing and assists, and even his confident smile in front of the live camera before the game.

These have become topics that fans love to talk about.

And countless Chelsea fans with high self-confidence have also expressed on the Internet that as long as Li Ang plays normally, Chelsea will never “turn over” on the road to defending the Champions League!

At this time, the Champions League has just reached the first round of the quarterfinals, and Chelsea fans have made such a judgment, which is somewhat like setting a flag for death.

But there is no way, who let Chelsea win so easily?

Chelsea defeated the opponent head-on at Bayern’s home court, and Chelsea fans are naturally qualified to show off on major sports forums.

Even if Chelsea loses in the future and the Blues fans are liquidated by other fan groups, that is a matter for the future.

Now Chelsea is greeted with the amazement and praise of the whole network. Of course, there are voices singing the opposite tune, but in comparison, they are too few.

With the high morale of the Champions League victory over Bayern, Chelsea faced the challenge of the 33rd round of the Premier League on the third day after the match with Bayern.

In this round of the league, Chelsea will travel to the away game and continue their goal of grabbing points at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.

At present, Swansea ranks 12th in the Premier League and has long been out of the relegation zone, but they are also far away from the European war zone, and are basically in a relaxed state waiting for the holiday to come.

Not as good as the top, but more than enough than the bottom, Swansea has had a good life in recent seasons.

Being able to stay in the Premier League stably and get a large amount of broadcast revenue every season is already a great success for Swansea.

Swansea’s current state is undoubtedly very beneficial for Chelsea to grab points.

Swansea, who has no pressure to win, obviously will not risk player injuries and Chelsea at the end of the season.

In this round of the league, they can only show their fighting spirit to please the fans at home.

So for the entire Chelsea team, the pressure of the game is indeed not great.

In order to better deal with Bayern in the next round of the Champions League knockouts, Mourinho decisively chose to rotate some of the main players in this round of the league.

Hazard, Suarez, Kroos, Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva and De Bruyne, the main players who started in the last round of the Champions League knockouts, all got the opportunity to rest at home in this round of the league.

Chelsea’s rotation seems to be a bit large, but the players who come up are all powerful players.

Maguire and Bertrand continue to recover from injuries. Judging from the recovery, Maguire is in a slightly better condition and is expected to return to the front line before the second round of the knockout match with Bayern.

But Bertrand is basically out of this round of the Champions League knockouts.

So when Azpilicueta actually still has the strength to fight in the league, Mourinho also chose to let him rest and accumulate physical strength.

There is no way, who let Azpilicueta, who can play as a left back in Chelsea, be the only one.

Mourinho can still let Trippier take the lead when playing against a mid-to-lower-level team in the league, and Azpilicueta’s physical strength and energy should be used more in the Champions League.

On the afternoon of April 9, Chelsea, which rotated most of its main players, debuted at the Liberty Stadium.

The Swansea fans at the scene looked at Chelsea’s starting lineup, which had declined a lot on paper, and they inevitably had some expectations in their hearts.

But when the game officially started, it took less than half an hour for Li Ang to break the delusion of Swansea’s home fans with his younger brother Chick.

Without Kroos, Chelsea’s midfield control has indeed declined a lot, but the decline in midfield strength depends on who the opponent is.

If they meet Manchester City at this time, it will be enough for Chelsea to drink a pot, and Li Ang is not completely sure that he can continue to suppress Manchester City’s midfield in the absence of Kroos.

But against Swansea, without Kroos, Li Ang still has Matic next to him, so it is much easier to suppress Swansea.

Li Ang chose not to rush forward at the beginning of the game. He retreated to organize the ball and control the rhythm of the game. As a result, Swansea’s midfielders had no way to deal with him.

Unable to grab the ball, and unable to fight, Swansea’s midfielders only struggled for 10 minutes before they realized the reality.

Li Ang was not proud of this. Instead, he honestly took root in the backcourt to get the ball and organize. He directly handed the task of holding the ball to his younger brother Chick to do it.

It happened that Chick also liked to advance, and he was exactly the same as the face brother at the beginning.

In order to prevent this kid from being hit by Mourinho’s hair dryer skills during the halftime break, Li Ang specifically reminded Chick a few words, asking him not to stick to the ball too much in the frontcourt and directly hand over the ball to Salah smoothly.

Although Chick sometimes tends to be stubborn on the offensive end, he still respects Li Ang, the big brother who is generous and often instructs him.

Since Li Ang has spoken, he will naturally listen.

His footwork is relatively crude, but he is big and strong in confrontation. He can still achieve good results if he just concentrates on passing the ball.

A player who does not stick to the ball and only focuses on passing the ball is undoubtedly a good B2B player.

Li Ang organized the ball well, and Salah received enough passing support on the offensive end. Llorente acted as a tactical fulcrum, creating comfortable breakthrough space for Salah and Gnabry.

This seemingly simple offensive tactic is also very threatening after it is played smoothly.

As the core of Chelsea’s frontcourt attack today, Salah repeatedly created dangers after having enough ball possession.

Li Ang has enough patience, and he and Matic directly blocked Swansea’s possibility of a quick counterattack in the midfield and backcourt.

With him in the midfield to organize and dispatch, Chelsea’s offensive has always maintained consistency.

As the saying goes, water drips through stones. Chelsea’s offensive efficiency today is not very high, but in the 34th minute of the first half, Llorente still received Salah’s low cross at the back of the penalty area and successfully scored!

Once this breakthrough ball was scored, Chelsea’s subsequent games will be much smoother.

In the 57th minute of the second half of the game, Matic successfully tackled the ball in the backcourt and won the ball from Swansea’s front midfielder Sigurdsson.

Li Ang made a decisive advance, and after getting the ball, he sent a diagonal counterattack long pass, helping Gnabry get a half-single chance by making a feint to the east and attacking to the west!

The young Chelsea winger handled the ball calmly, and first dribbled past Swansea center back Ashley Williams who was about to catch up with him.

Then, just when everyone thought he was going to further break into the Swansea penalty area to seek a shooting opportunity, he chose to rub the ball into the far corner of the goal at the front of the Swansea penalty area!

Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski did not expect Gnabry to be so bold!

By the time he reacted and made a save, the football had already plunged into the upper right corner of the goal behind him!

Gnabry, who scored a rare goal in the Premier League again, ran to Li Ang who assisted him at the first time.

Li Ang hugged the excited young man and patted him on the shoulder, indicating that he should go to the corner flag area to celebrate in front of the live camera.

The other Chelsea players also smiled kindly and came forward to hug and congratulate Gnabry.

After Chelsea scored this goal, the resistance of the entire Swansea team was completely gone.

Mourinho saw this and stopped when he saw the good, and Chelsea finally won two goals against Swansea, continuing to steadily harvest points and putting pressure on Manchester City, who came on later.

In an interview after the game, Li Ang bluntly stated that Chelsea has completely taken the lead in winning the league, and they will never give Manchester City any chance.

The season has already rushed to this point, can Chelsea still let other teams turn the tide?

Don’t even think about it!

He wants both the Champions League and the Premier League titles this summer!

I haven’t done a big chapter for a long time, so here’s one today~