Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid - Chapter 396

c389 The blue triple crown dynasty!

After Manchester City lost the 34th round of the Premier League against Chelsea, the string that had been tight before was broken.

Although Guardiola still wanted to seize the last chance to turn Chelsea around, his disciples were obviously at the end of their strength after the unsuccessful four-line battle this season.

In the 35th round of the league, Chelsea defeated Tottenham strongly, but the Manchester City team was lost in Stoke City’s set-piece tactics.

Crouch, who came off the bench, scored the winning header and beat Mangala, helping Stoke City to successfully reverse Manchester City 2-1 away!

When the Stoke City team celebrated wildly, Guardiola, who was sitting in the coaching seat at the time, was powerless and tired.

After playing one more game, they were six points behind Chelsea, and Manchester City only had the last three games left to play in the league.

This basically announced the death of Manchester City.

After all, looking at Chelsea’s horrible game state at the end of the season, who would predict that Chelsea would lose two consecutive games in the next league and give Manchester City a chance?

After losing to Stoke City in the 35th round, Manchester City only had one head left on the cliff.

In the 36th round of the Premier League, if Chelsea continues to win and Manchester City still can’t win the game, then Chelsea will win the Premier League championship this season two rounds in advance!

Of course, if Manchester City continues to lose, then Chelsea only needs to win a draw to win the championship in advance, which is the most perfect situation for Chelsea.

But just like not pinning the hope of winning the championship on other teams in the previous two seasons, Chelsea still trusts its own hard power more now.

After defeating Atletico Madrid and putting their energy back into the Premier League, Chelsea’s main players did not discuss the possibility of Manchester City being sniped by other Premier League teams again.

During the three days of intense preparation, they also focused all their attention on the upcoming league opponent Leicester City.

At present, Leicester City has achieved a good record of 21 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses in the Premier League.

To be honest, with not much investment in the summer window, Leicester City only lost 4 games in the entire season until the end of the league. This record is amazing.

73 points also set a record for Leicester City’s league points in a single season.

With three rounds left in the league, they are even expected to break the 80 mark in the league this season.

Such results are enough to satisfy all the Blue Fox fans.

Looking at Chelsea and Manchester City, who are ranked in the top two in the league, Leicester City fans still dare not have the delusion of winning the championship.

However, if they can maintain the current ranking until the end of the season, then Leicester City will also appear on the Champions League stage for the first time next season.

That’s the Champions League!

The dream that so many mid- and lower-level Premier League teams have been pursuing but cannot get has now been realized by Leicester City.

And when these Blue Fox fans think of being able to play in the Champions League with the team next season and show the club’s style, they are also excited.

Although the season has not really ended yet, Leicester City is already quite satisfied with their achievements this season.

In the last part of their league schedule, apart from facing Chelsea, the remaining two opponents are very weak.

There is no need to worry about the problem of getting points later. Currently, they are five points ahead of Arsenal, the fourth in the league. Naturally, the main players of Leicester City will not have much fighting spirit against Chelsea.

This has nothing to do with professional ethics and professional accomplishment.

Facing an opponent who is much stronger than themselves, it is not a life-and-death battle. The league ranking has been determined. Why should we consume a lot of physical energy to fight to the death?

Some words are hard to hear, but the truth is that people like to seek benefits and avoid harm. No one is willing to do hard work without benefits.

However, many British media are still looking forward to the excellent performance of the Foxes to give fans a big job at the end of the season.

Otherwise, if Chelsea wins the championship smoothly in advance, wouldn’t the final moments of the league be too boring?

On the afternoon of April 30, under the attention of a large number of reporters and neutral fans, the entire Leicester City team arrived in London and warmed up at Stamford Bridge in advance.

Chelsea arrived at Stamford Bridge a little later, and under the live shooting of reporters on the scene, Chelsea’s players also showed a more relaxed smile on their faces.

In order to better prepare for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final three days later, Mourinho still used a large-scale rotation in today’s league.

The front trident was directly replaced, Kroos was rested again, Leon and Matic guarded the midfield, and formed a midfield trio with Van Ginkel.

Gary Cahill and Kalas got the chance to start again on the back line, and Bertrand was directly pulled up by Mourinho just after returning from injury.

Even the starting goalkeeper Oblak got a chance to rest in this round of the league, and Begovic replaced him in the starting lineup.

After a closer look, among the players who started for Chelsea today, only Leon, Matic and Maguire were the iron main players.

Such a lineup arrangement is indeed a bit bold. Leicester City is the third in the Premier League today. If Chelsea really fails to seize the opportunity and loses, it is conceivable how much public pressure Mourinho will bear.

But a madman is a madman. He must know the disadvantages of such an arrangement, but he still made a very bold decision.

After returning to the locker room after the warm-up, the Blue Fox players who received the information of Chelsea’s starting eleven were somewhat surprised.

In order to preserve strength and earn points more stably in the last two rounds of the league, Ranieri actually arranged rotations today.

But Leicester City’s rotation only allowed half of the main players to rest. Compared with Chelsea’s “boldness”, their rotation today seemed a bit childish.

With a slightly complicated mood, Leicester City’s starting players finally followed the referee’s footsteps and stepped onto the Stamford Bridge.

They may have been considering changing the established tactics and trying to break Chelsea’s unbeaten home record this season while most of Chelsea’s main players were resting.

But without Ranieri’s words, these Leicester City starting players could only honestly put on a defensive posture first.

After receiving the return pass from his teammates at the beginning of the game, Li Ang, who won the right to kick off, also observed Leicester City’s defensive position while actively thinking about the direction of attack.

Although he started as a front midfielder today, he still retreated many times to organize the ball and organized the team’s opening attack in an orderly manner.

After seeing Kante still start, Li Ang decisively gave up the method of advancing from the middle to organize the ball and strengthened the passing connection with the two sides.

After having the experience of playing against Kante in the first half of the league, Chelsea’s midfielders and frontcourt players are now playing smarter when facing the famous Kante.

It is not shameful to be difficult to get past Kante, because there are too many Premier League stars who have been intercepted by Kante this season.

Mourinho also emphasized many times before the game that the offensive end should try to avoid the problem of Leicester City’s heavy defense in the middle.

Chelsea’s offensive system is not only Li Ang’s forward in the middle, but also Chelsea’s advantage in playing side attack.

When Li Ang concentrated on organizing the attack in the middle and took the ball and passed it to the sides many times, Kante could not take care of the defense of the two sides at the same time even if he could run.

Chelsea’s wing attack was slowly unfolding under this smart choice of attacking the weak and avoiding the strong.

It happened that Salah’s main attack was on the left side of Leicester City, where the defense was slightly weaker.

Mahrez’s defensive strength and defensive commitment were still slightly weaker than other Leicester City offensive players.

Salah had a strong confidence in breaking through when he took the ball one-on-one against Fuchs, who was already over 30 years old.

No matter how rich Fuchs’ defensive experience and how mature his defensive choices were, his relative weakness in speed had doomed him to face Salah alone.

In the 20th minute of the first half, Fuchs had to frequently call on his teammates for help.

His defense along the way was not directly blown up by Salah, but it was an indisputable fact that Leicester City’s left side became the weak side of defense at this moment.

Kante began to focus more of his defensive attention on the left side, and Leicester City’s defensive imbalance was even more noticed by Li Ang.

In the 24th minute of the first half, Kalas blocked Mahrez’s ball-holding advance with a one-on-one tackle on the right.

The Czech defender who got the ball back immediately stood up and swept the ball to the middle.

Matic, who got the ball forward, did not stick to the ball too much, and quickly passed the ball diagonally to the feet of Li Ang who was running.

At this time, Li Ang’s position was more inclined to his right side, and Salah also took advantage of the situation to run forward along the sideline, and raised his hand to signal Li Ang to boldly pass the ball behind him.

Kante gave up the idea of ​​returning to defense with Drinkwater. He rushed forward in the opposite direction to Li Ang who got the ball, hoping to interfere with the passing connection that Li Ang was about to form with Salah.

But Li Ang’s next pass choice was beyond the expectations of all Leicester City defenders!

He made a slight adjustment and sent a long and flat pass to his left front before Kante intercepted it!

Gnabry, who had been a little quiet and looked not very active before, rushed forward like a cheetah at this moment!

It only took him one or two seconds to directly get rid of the defense of Leicester City right back Danny Simpson!

Gnabry, who is not yet 21 years old, made the 29-year-old Simpson deeply feel the ruthlessness of the passing of time.

It was still a crushing speed, without any skills, just rushing and hitting!

Gnabry, who successfully killed behind the Leicester City defense line, did not hesitate too much after successfully unloading the ball, and directly observed and kicked the ball into the middle of the Leicester City penalty area!

Llorente overpowered Leicester City center back Morgan, and completed the head shot with a fierce momentum of rushing forward!

But this time, Schmeichel also had a divinely assisted prediction and flew back, blocking Llorente’s powerful header with one hand!

At the critical moment, Li Ang, who had inserted into the position, relied on his long legs to grab the ball that bounced over before Drinkwater.

But when several Leicester City defenders around him double-teamed him, he knocked the ball to the right side of the Leicester City penalty area in time!

Salah, who had been waiting for a long time, did not waste the opportunity that Li Ang had grabbed. He adjusted his steps and shot the ball directly into the far corner of the goal!

This shot was made at a very tricky angle, the speed of the ball was not too fast, but the arc was very large!

Schmeichel, who had just made a great save, gritted his teeth and jumped up again, but this time the goddess of luck did not favor him.

The football finally passed his fingertips and plunged into the net in the upper left corner of the goal behind him!

The scene at Stamford Bridge was suddenly filled with thunderous cheers, and the strong cheers swept across the entire stadium and echoed around!

Salah, who scored a goal, pointed at Li Ang and smiled.

Li Ang also rubbed Salah’s fluffy hair again, and ran shoulder to shoulder with him to the corner flag area to celebrate passionately!

This goal completely made tens of thousands of Chelsea fans at the scene agitated.

They roared and hugged passionately in the stands, and then they linked their shoulders and sang the self-composed song “We want to win three consecutive championships!”

Mourinho was also very excited, but at this moment he still made a gesture to the Chelsea players on the field to keep their heads cool.

After waiting for the celebration to end, the Chelsea starting players who returned to their own half were almost all warned and encouraged by Li Ang.

Under the dual reminders of their own coach and captain, these Chelsea players on the field quickly suppressed their agitated emotions and began to retreat calmly.

Ranieri was a little hesitant at first whether to take advantage of Chelsea’s main rotation to launch a sneak attack.

But now that Chelsea has scored the first goal, he suddenly has no extra thoughts in his mind.

The hesitation of the tinker in on-the-spot adjustments is also an old problem. At this moment, the Blue Fox players on the field urgently need the adjustment signal from their coaching staff, but Ranieri did nothing.

The morale of the Leicester City players was greatly affected and they lost interest in fighting Chelsea.

So the half-time offensive and defensive battle expected by the Chelsea players did not happen in the end, and Leicester City seemed to have completely accepted the situation of falling behind first.

This situation continued until the start of the second half of the game. Leicester City’s will to counterattack was not strong. Seeing this, Mourinho signaled his disciples to suspend the attack.

It was not until the 67th minute of the second half that Leicester City launched another offensive climax after Vardy came on as a substitute.

However, Chelsea seized the opportunity of Leicester City’s massive attack and hit Leicester City’s counterattacks several times.

Finally, in the 76th minute of the second half, Suarez, who came on as a substitute, received a long diagonal pass from Li Ang and volleyed in the Leicester City penalty area!

After the score was rewritten to 2-0, Chelsea began to defend with all their players, and the Leicester City players quickly lost their appetite for strong attacks.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 2-0. Chelsea completed the set goal before the game and did not add trouble to their road to winning the championship.

After the game, almost all Chelsea players did not want to celebrate at home first, but all ran to the coaching seat to ask assistant coach Holland about the situation of Manchester City’s game on the other side.

Holland was still refreshing the real-time news page on his mobile phone. After about half a minute, he jumped up from the coaching seat with wide eyes and cheered!

“Southampton tied with Manchester City 2-2 at home! It’s over! We won the championship ahead of time!!!”

Before he finished speaking, the surrounding Chelsea players screamed excitedly and scattered, then rushed into the stadium together and began to celebrate wildly!

The Chelsea fans in the stands who had not yet received the exact news saw the passionate posture of their own players on the field, how could they not understand that they had won the championship ahead of time? !

The strong and uneven cheers broke out again!

Mourinho, Ruiz and Holland hugged each other tightly and turned around enthusiastically on the sidelines.

Li Ang and Matic ended their strong hug, and Hazard, who rushed into the stadium, jumped directly on his shoulders and shouted passionately in his ear:

“Boss! We did it! We won three consecutive championships!”

Li Ang laughed and patted Hazard’s butt with his backhand, and then proudly cheered to the fans in the stands!

Yes, they did it, they have established a blue dynasty in the Premier League!

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