Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid - Chapter 392

c385 If we can beat them once, we can naturally win the second time.

“Damn it!”

Seeing that the most undesirable situation still happened on the court, Pochettino stood on the sidelines and kicked the grass hard!

Under normal circumstances, even if his team would be at a disadvantage against Chelsea, it would not be scored so early.

Obviously, many of Tottenham’s starting players today did not perform well.

Especially the attackers in the frontcourt, their poor performance made Tottenham’s famous Premier League side attack this season completely unable to play rhythm.

In this case, Pochettino was completely unconvinced to fall behind Chelsea first!

If his players played normally, he would accept the loss, but they played poorly on the court?

He really felt aggrieved!

Thinking of this, Pochettino, who was so angry, simply returned to the bench and directly extended his hand to signal Ryan Mason and Shazley on the bench to warm up on the sidelines.

One of these two players has just returned from injury, and the other has gradually become a substitute in the second half of the season. Pochettino may not really replace them at halftime.

But he has to let some Tottenham attacking players on the field see his dissatisfaction and anger.

This is also a kind of warning. He hopes to use this method to tell those warned players that since he can let them start, he can also directly knock them off at halftime!

The way the Argentine coach beats them seems a bit rough, but it must be said that the effect is still very outstanding.

When Ryan Mason and Shazli appeared on the sidelines together to warm up, the faces of several Tottenham attackers on the field suddenly changed.

They didn’t care about being upset and disappointed for the unexpected loss of the ball. When the game resumed, Son Heung-min and Lamela were more active than each other to ask for the ball and try to break through.

Eriksen was still calm. As the core of Tottenham’s frontcourt offense, he didn’t need to worry about being replaced by the head coach to establish his power.

Besides, he retreated to organize in order to avoid too much entanglement with Li Ang in the midfield, which would only waste his physical energy.

Short-term avoidance is not cowardice, but often a wise choice. As the brain of the team’s organization, it is necessary to weigh the pros and cons and make calm judgments.

So Eriksen still did not rashly participate in the attack. When the game resumed, he still stayed in the midfield and controlled the ball with Dembele.

And under the joint organization of the two, Tottenham’s offensive rhythm finally came out in the second half of the first half.

At least after 35 minutes in the first half, Tottenham controlled the offensive initiative of the game, and they also created a lot of threatening opportunities on the offensive end.

Chelsea’s defensive strength, which rotated a large number of main players, inevitably declined, and it was impossible to intercept most of the opponent’s offensive attempts like when the main players were all out.

Fortunately, Chelsea’s goalkeeper Oblak was in excellent form today, blocking Kane and Lamela’s threatening shots in succession, and kept his one-goal lead at the end of the half.

Li Ang was very dissatisfied with the team’s defensive quality in the last stage of the first half, but he also knew the strength of his substitute teammates.

It is unrealistic to force Van Ginkel and Chie to do the work of Matic and Kroos in the midfield and backcourt.

In addition to working harder and taking more responsibility on the defensive end, Li Ang can only temporarily lower the ability requirements for his midfield partner.

From another perspective, although these two guys are still lacking in ability, they are at least obedient!

Li Ang, who kept comforting himself, had already made plans in advance to take more care of the backcourt defense in the second half of the game.

Mourinho’s tactical adjustments in the midfield also require Li Ang to make more contributions on the defensive end.

There is no way, Matic is still watching the game at home, and Mourinho does not have more defensive midfielders to replace.

In a short period of time, we can’t expect Chie to become a powerful beast waist, so Mourinho can only choose to make Li Ang suffer again.

At the beginning of the second half, Li Ang still appeared in the position of the back midfielder. Van Ginkel looked much more forward than Li Ang because he needed to take on more organizational responsibilities.

Mourinho’s choice of this tactic sacrificed most of Li Ang’s offensive ability, but it must be said that with Li Ang’s defense, Chelsea’s frontcourt players felt particularly at ease.

And the psychological stability allowed these Chelsea frontcourt players to play a more stable offensive performance.

In addition, Tottenham played more unrestrained and aggressively in the second half, so the game between the two teams at Stamford Bridge quickly turned into an offensive war.

Now the situation of the game has really become a back-and-forth.

Mourinho also wanted to score as early as possible in the second half to further expand his lead, so Chelsea’s current game pressure was a situation he could accept.

Pochettino was of course more accepting of the change in the game situation.

After all, the less conservative Chelsea played, the greater the possibility of Tottenham equalizing the score.

For a while, the two teams’ fights on the field became fierce.

After letting go of their psychological burden, Tottenham’s offensive cluster quickly showed their due strength and began to attack Chelsea’s hinterland many times to create threats.

On the defensive end, Li Ang naturally tried his best to interrupt Tottenham’s offensive rhythm, but Chieve’s defensive ability was really average, and Van Ginkel’s condition was not very good today.

No matter how strong his personal ability is, he still needs the help of his teammates. Messi and Ronaldo, who do not have the support of suitable teammates, perform very averagely on the field.

Fortunately, Mourinho saw Leon’s uncomfortable situation in time. Without too much hesitation, he quickly called Kroos on the bench to warm up.

60th minute of the second half. Mourinho replaced Van Ginkel with Kroos, who had an average performance today.

Cross, who was fully warmed up, quickly helped Li Ang take a lot of pressure on the defensive end as soon as he came on the field.

The German midfielder’s long passes are much more accurate than Van Ginkel, so he can organize and sort out the team’s offense without being in a prerequisite position.

With his help in defense, Li Ang can also use his hands to take the ball and advance to better connect the team’s front and backcourt.

Chik is still too immature in this regard, and his advancement with the ball often seems a bit confusing.

When it’s time to separate, he will suddenly choose to send a through ball, or simply lead himself to a dead end and XJB a shot.

This scene, let alone Mourinho on the sidelines, made Li Ang look a little dizzy.

Young players do need more opportunities to try and room for error, and it is also necessary to cultivate their own youth training players.

But after all, Chelsea is now a super team pursuing three consecutive league championships and defending the Champions League.

If young players want to gain a foothold in the current Chelsea and get stable playing opportunities, they must show talent and potential that far exceeds that of their peers.

Gnabry initially won the trust of the coaching staff with his outstanding performance and outstanding talent.

But it is obvious that the development potential currently shown by Chik is far from enough for Chelsea’s coaching staff to be infinitely tolerant of him.

Li Ang also saw the dark expression on Old Mu’s face on the sidelines, so he took back the authority to attack forward in time, drove Chick back to the backcourt and let him act as a bodyguard next to Cross.

This little guy is obedient, but he can’t restrain his restless offensive heart on the court.

Li Ang saw that he couldn’t change this bad habit for a while, so he could only try his best to cover up his mistakes on the court.

As for his future development at Chelsea, it still depends on his own understanding. Li Ang can help for a while, but he cannot help for a lifetime…

After being freed from defense and able to participate in the offense, Li Ang quickly established a stable passing channel with Salah.

When Hazard takes a rest, Salah is undoubtedly the sharpest offensive knife on Chelsea’s front line.

Multiple blooms are important for a team’s offensive system, but most of the time – including wealthy teams – it is rare to have stable offensive strengths.

Chelsea are very lucky in this regard. In the starting lineup, Hazard is available to open up the left side, and in the rotation lineup, Salah is galloping on the right to suppress the opponent.

There is no doubt that Li Ang’s trust in the Egyptian winger is 100%. As long as Salah himself is not in bad shape during the game and is replaced by Mourinho, Li Ang will always ensure that Salah receives a large amount of the ball.

So at this moment Salah became active again.

Getting enough ball rights has only advantages and no disadvantages for wing attackers like them.

Because they have a strong and tenacious mentality and are never afraid to bear the hopes of the whole team.

Giving them a bigger stage to perform will only make them more excited. Mistakes and losing the ball are just commonplace for them, and they will not feel any psychological pressure because of it.

In terms of the ability to shed psychological burden and withstand pressure, Salah is now much better than Tottenham’s two wingers.

Reflected in the game, Tottenham’s Son Heung-min and Lamela’s performance at this moment is not as outstanding as Salah.

The Egyptian winger got enough of the ball, but also directly suppressed Tottenham’s left back Danny Rose on the offensive end.

Before Dembélé could make up his mind to assist Danny Rose in guarding Salah, Tottenham’s defensive system on the left immediately collapsed, and Danny Rose’s mentality almost collapsed!

The new international full-back, who has been praised by the British media many times this season and has been successfully selected for the England senior men’s national team, now has to use tactical fouls to stop Salah’s advance.

In just five or six minutes, Salah gave Danny Rose a yellow card, and by the way, Son Heung-min, who committed a foul while returning to defense, received a verbal warning from the referee!

Pochettino had a headache watching from the sidelines, but Salah’s performance was far from over.

In the 72nd minute of the second half, Cross launched a long pass from the backcourt and directly found Llorente who had withdrawn from the Tottenham penalty area and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

The Spanish high forward leaned against the Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier who was interfering with him. After steadily winning a little ball, he chose to pass the ball back to Li Ang who came forward.

Li Ang did not hesitate and directly passed the ball with one kick, and once again passed the ball to Salah, who was in hot form.

This time, Salah did not choose to take the ball and force a breakthrough from Danny Rose to pass from the bottom. Instead, he knocked the ball passed by Li Ang inward, and then he cut directly inward and dribbled the ball laterally!

Tottenham’s defense at the moment is still very complete, and Danny Rose quickly followed up. The fans at the scene almost all thought that Salah would be unfavorable in his next breakthrough and would probably pass the ball back to Li Ang.

Li Ang himself thought so too. He had even taken the initiative to move closer to Salah, ready to receive and redistribute the ball.

But the next moment, after finishing his head-on dribbling, Salah almost didn’t adjust his pace, and directly chose to shoot against Danny Rose’s defense!

His shooting choice shocked everyone at the scene, but it was also unexpected enough. At least Lori’s save reaction was half a beat slower!

The football drew a beautiful arc in the air, which looked like a rainbow. The speed of the ball was not too fast, and Lori’s late save seemed to be timely.

But the angle of Salah’s shot was very tricky!

After Lori jumped up and flew halfway, he estimated the distance between his palm and the football in the air, and his face suddenly changed!

The football also barely brushed Lori’s fingertips amid the exclamations of commentators from various countries, and finally plunged into the upper left corner of Tottenham’s goal!

This was an absolutely beautiful world wave shot!

With surprise in his eyes, Li Ang looked at Salah who was running to the baseline with a confident smile. He felt that his teammate might have made another transformation in strength recently…

Then, he was filled with the joy of “picking up” an assist for free.

After running to the baseline together, Li Ang waited for Salah to make a heart gesture to the live camera, and then patted Salah’s head affectionately.

The rest of Chelsea’s frontcourt players then rushed forward, surrounded Salah and Li Ang, and started the second happy celebration of the game!

Mourinho jumped up from the bench, first breathed a sigh of relief, and then applauded his disciples with a smile on his face.

To be honest, after making the decision to rotate a large number of main players before the game, he was still a little nervous.

Chelsea may not be able to win the game with a rotating lineup and fight against Tottenham now.

Fortunately, the offensive players who started the game today did not disappoint him. Li Ang even held up the defense in the midfield and backcourt when his midfield partner did not perform well.

Up to now, it was a surprise for him that Chelsea could take a two-goal lead.

Next, he would use the most reliable defense to get the three points!

Chelsea’s celebration time was a little longer this time, so that the linesman had to remind him.

After being forced to end the celebration early, Li Ang soon found out. Mourinho had been constantly explaining the precautions to Maguire and Trippier who had warmed up.

Sure enough, more than ten seconds later, the fourth official raised the electronic substitution card on the sidelines.

Chelsea made two substitutions in a row, directly using up all the substitutions. Maguire and Trippier came on the court, and Li Ang and Gnabry, who scored the first goal today, were replaced.

Mourinho’s adjustment was decisive and simple. Chelsea, who replaced two defenders, directly set up a luxury bus.

Five defenders blocked the penalty area, while Trippier played as a defensive midfielder, and together with Kroos and Loftus, they protected the front of Chelsea’s penalty area tightly.

Salah and Llorente also returned to their own half. It was very difficult for Tottenham to attack on the ground at this moment because there was not enough space.

In desperation, Tottenham could only play the old traditional British long pass rush tactics.

The result was that Kane was once again lost in Chelsea’s iron-clad defense.

After coming on the court, Maguire turned into a super air tyrant, and in just six or seven minutes, he directly scored four successful headers!

Tottenham became less and less confident on the offensive end. At the end, the players on the two wings of Tottenham had some deformed footwork when passing the ball.

The referee on duty did not waste any time when he saw this. As soon as the three minutes of stoppage time came, he decisively blew the whistle to end the game!

Two consecutive wins!

Before the tough battle of the Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea withstood the huge schedule pressure, defeated strong opponents in the Premier League, and further consolidated its top position in the league!

Such a victory also continued to bring great confidence and confidence to the Chelsea team.

At least they can devote themselves to the first round of the Champions League semi-finals with Atletico Madrid, and don’t have to worry about Manchester City taking advantage of the situation to reverse the standings.

After this league, facing the enthusiastic interviews of reporters, Li Ang wisely chose to refuse.

He didn’t want to cause some public opinion storms before the Champions League semi-finals and distract his teammates.

However, in a private team gathering, he had already made a pre-war mobilization speech very domineeringly:

“Atletico Madrid is just our defeated opponent. We were able to beat them once last year, and this year we can beat them a second and third time!”