Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

De Bruyne was very happy after seeing Li Ang successfully score a record-breaking goal!

Not just because he also received an assist and gave a relatively eye-catching performance.

His happiness was more because Li Ang and he had a tacit understanding of the game ideas!

It is also commonly known in football: two people can think of playing together.

Don't look at it. De Bruyne, Hazard and Lukaku have already cooperated in the national team.

But Lukaku always couldn't run to the position, and Hazard could run, but his desire to attack with the ball was too strong, and he delayed sticking to the ball, so the cooperation between the three always lacked a bit of flavor.

If Oscar is still in the attacking midfielder position today, De Bruyne, Hazard and Lukaku still cannot establish a good connection.

Because Oscar is essentially an attacking midfielder.

He prefers to go in behind to complete the goal, or to attack and threaten the opponent's defense, rather than organize and connect the entire frontcourt attack.

This is not to say that Oscar is not good, but Chelsea's frontcourt is already full of offensive talents. What is lacking is the connection point to integrate these talents into an overall system.

What Li Ang is doing at the moment is this kind of connection work.

Taking advantage of the intimidating power of Lukakula's forward penetration, he temporarily left Hazard in the cold and allowed him to clear his mind, while also speeding up Chelsea's overall frontcourt attack.

Finally, let De Bruyne try his best to use his passing talents within Mourinho's tactical framework.

After all this series of work was completed, Chelsea launched this crisp attack.

Of course, only Li Ang in the Chelsea team dares not to give Hazard the ball at all, asking him to reflect more and think about what changes he should make on the offensive end.

The beating work that Mourinho should be responsible for was personally taken over by Li Ang.

Li Ang also changed his easy-going attitude in previous training and used his goals to powerfully tell Hazard:

You must change yourself and obey the collective!

Or a little more bluntly.

Li Ang is using this beating method to tell Hazard who is the real core of Chelsea now and who he should listen to!

Hazard, who had never had much ambition or temper, only felt aggrieved at the moment.

He believed that he had shown the greatest kindness since Li Ang joined the team.

Li Ang wants to be the core of the team and the leading talker on both offense and defense, and he doesn't have any objections.

All he wants is a starting position in the Chelsea team, and he can continue to improve and perform better offensively.

But now he can't even touch the ball on the court!

Yes, this is just a warm-up match, but Hazard has really felt that Li Ang is dissatisfied or distrustful of him on the offensive end.

This caused his mood, which had been relatively good recently, to fall into a trough in an instant.

When celebrating his goal with his teammates, the smile on his face was a bit too far-fetched.

Li Ang seemed not to notice Hazard's strange performance. After high-fiving and hugging Hazard as usual, he turned around and applauded to signal his teammates to keep up their efforts and perform better.

Li Ang's firm hug made Azar feel doubtful again.

But after the game restarted, Li Ang still maintained contact with De Bruyne and even Lukaku on the offensive end.

Only against Hazard, Li Ang still had relatively few direct opportunities for the ball.

Throughout the first half, the one who cooperated most with Hazard was Ashley Cole, who occasionally launched attacks from the backcourt.

Terry and Lampard, who was now behind, took note of Li Ang's offensive choices throughout the first half.

But neither of them said anything, they just glanced at the coaching bench thoughtfully.

At halftime, the score was still 1:0.

Chelsea's players generally returned to the dressing room in a relaxed mood.

Mourinho did not praise Li Ang's performance in the first half, nor did he make any suggestions for improvement. Instead, he first made a brief summary of the team's performance.

But just when Mourinho made some fine-tuning of the offensive tactics in the second half, he asked Li Ang to cooperate with Lukaku to try more cooperation in the middle.

Li Ang unexpectedly raised a different opinion.

"Let Eden try to advance from the left more in the second half. We need to have the ability to steadily tear apart the opponent's defense on at least one wing. In this way, everyone can play more comfortably on the offensive end..."

Hazard was obviously the most surprised person in the locker room at this moment.

Li Ang, who had deliberately given up his attack throughout the first half, was now speaking for him and helping him gain the tactical weight of the offense?

Azar couldn't understand Li Ang's intention.

But facing Mourinho's scrutinizing gaze, he subconsciously puffed up his chest and nodded, indicating that Mourinho could shoulder this offensive task.

After the start of the second half of the game, the situation that Hazard was worried about Li Ang's violation did not appear.

Chelsea's offensive rhythm subsequently changed to what it was last season.

Several young offensive players in the frontcourt each showed their talents, and the scenes they played seemed to be quite good.

But without Mata holding the ball on the right, Hazard controlled more of the offensive ball.

His beautiful dribbling and excellent skills made the American audience very satisfied and cheered!

However, as time gradually came to the 70th minute of the second half, Hazard looked at the double-teamed Inter Milan defense in front of him, which was still difficult to penetrate, but his mood was not good.

In less than half an hour of play in the second half, he had already made many attempts to break through.

But for the Inter Milan players who were fully prepared before the game, Hazard's stubborn behavior was tantamount to acting as an undercover agent to deliver the ball.

At first, Cambiasso was very worried that Hazard would create danger by spreading the ball while attracting many defensive players from Inter Milan.

But as time went on, he was no longer afraid of Hazard using his breakthrough dribbling to cause damage.

Everything depends on comparison. Of course Hazard himself knows how Chelsea's overall offensive unfolded when Li Ang dominated the offensive ball in the first half.

Looking at his somewhat angry attack methods and the situation he played now, the grievances in Hazard's heart gradually subsided.

He is also a smart man.

In the first half, he was suddenly deliberately ignored by Li Ang, so his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog.

I couldn't understand Li Ang's intention, nor could I see the difference between Chelsea's offensive development in the first half and usual.

All he needs to do now is think about it carefully, and Azar will understand.

After his several delayed dribblings in the first half delayed the opportunity to attack, Li Ang began to deliberately ignore the offensive ball rights on his side.

What else is there to say? Facts speak louder than words.

Hazard also had to admit that compared to communicating and admonishing in private, this sense of gap experienced personally on the court impressed him more.

There is no lesson learned, but Hazard knows that if he wants to keep up with Mourinho's tactical thinking and Chelsea's growth, he himself must start to change...

Li Ang looked at Hazard who started to take the initiative to give the ball to him, and felt relieved.

Regardless of whether Hazard really understood his intentions or whether he really felt the urgency to change his bad habit of sticking to the ball.

At least at this time, Hazard's actions revealed his willingness to make changes for the team.

This is enough for Li Ang. Chelsea will still have a long time to adjust.

As long as Hazard is willing to change, Chelsea's offensive edge on the left will only get sharper.

Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines watching the situation on the court, also had a smile on his face.

In the end, Chelsea won Inter Milan 2-0 in the first round of the International Champions Cup.

In the 86th minute of the second half, Lampard used a long overhead pass to assist Lukaku to score Chelsea's second goal.

Li Ang took the initiative to extend his hand to Hazard after the game.

After the two high-fived and hugged, Li Ang also said something in Hazard's ear, and then the two smiled and walked towards the fans together for the routine post-match farewell.

This is a relatively good result.

Chelsea's players may not know it, but Chelsea's coaching staff understand it very well.

If Hazard had chosen another rebellious path today, what kind of conversation would he have faced?

Mourinho is naturally as patient with Hazard as he is with other young Chelsea players, but during the training process, it is inevitable to say some serious and unpleasant words.

Fortunately, Li Ang and Hazard dealt with this problem first on the court.

Chelsea, which had won its first warm-up match, rushed to New York with high morale.

On the afternoon of August 3, all Chelsea players met up with Ibrahimovic, who had completed his physical examination, at their hotel in New York.

Chelsea's old players are okay, such as Essintri and Lampard. Their football status is actually not much different from that of Ibrahimovic.

After becoming teammates, you can greet each other in a relaxed and pleasant manner and get familiar with each other first.

Naturally, most of Chelsea's young players have to look up to Ibrahimovic, a top center who is very popular in football.

Of course, Li Ang is an exception.

He and Ibrahimovic fist bumped and hugged each other in a tacit understanding, which made other young Chelsea players envious.

But there is no way, Li Ang and Ibrahimovic are old teammates who have won a double championship in Serie A together.

Even though they had only been teammates for just over half a year, the relationship between Ibrahimovic and Li Ang is also notoriously good in football.

Even this time Ibrahimovic quickly transferred to Chelsea, it is said that there was a reason for Li Ang's persuasion.

The rumors are somewhat exaggerated, but they are not groundless. At least now other Chelsea players believe that some of these rumors are true.

Ibrahimovic has also participated in Paris Saint-Germain's pre-season training and warm-up events, so his physical condition and game feeling are very good.

On the afternoon of August 3, Ibrahimovic started his first formal training after moving to Chelsea.

It will naturally take a while to understand the tactics and get used to it with your teammates.

But because he had worked with Mourinho and Li Ang before, when they came together again, Ibrahimovic understood his tactical positioning quite quickly and thoroughly.

The match against Milan is about to start, and Chelsea only have three training sessions to get used to it.

Therefore, many outside media have speculated that in the next round of the International Champions Cup between Chelsea and Milan, Mourinho will let Ibrahimovic play in the second half to find a sense of cooperation with his new teammates.

Even Uncle Allegri thinks so.

Like Inter Milan's formation, Uncle James also used a relatively large number of young players in this International Champions Cup.

Among them, the one who has attracted the most attention from the outside world is naturally the young player Shalawi who became famous last season.

However, when Chelsea's starting lineup was revealed before the game, all the media and fans who followed the game felt a surprise.

Because Ibrahimovic directly appeared in the starting lineup for this round of Chelsea and Milan warm-up matches!

The pre-game greeting session with old friends that Milan fans have been longing for has just begun.

Ibrahimovic, Leon, Abate, Abbiati, Boateng, Kaka...

In tears!

If it weren't for this damn financial crisis, Milan's lineup would have been even more luxurious!

Ibrahimovic and Li Ang are likely to be among them, and Pirlo will not leave...

All kinds of emotions and regrets finally turned into a sigh on the lips of Milan fans.

But in terms of complexity of emotions, the emotions of all Milan fans now are more complex than Allegri's.

"This was supposed to be my center and my midfielder, it's mine!"

When exchanging greetings and hugs with Ibrahimovic and Li Ang, Allegri couldn't help roaring in his heart.

That is to say, Mourinho doesn't know what Uncle Jon is thinking at this moment. If he knew, he might just backhand and say:

"I'm sorry, I cooperated and trained these two people first~"

That would be a direct kill.

It's a pity that such a lively program effect does not appear in reality.

However, in the friendly match that day, the two teams directly started to attack each other.

The American fans at the scene saw an offensive battle at the upper level of Europe's top leagues!

The cheers at the scene lasted from the 6th minute of the game to the 80th minute of the second half, and never stopped during this period.

Ibrahimovic and Li Ang immediately became the focus of today's friendly match, because the two teamed up to score a total of five non-repeated goals!

Li Ang contributed one goal and two assists, and Ibrahimovic scored a hat trick!

De Bruyne and Hazard, who were working with a center like Ibrahimovic for the first time, fully felt the joy of having a big brother who could eat the cake steadily.

When Chelsea narrowly defeated AC Milan 5-4 and won another warm-up match, the New York sports media directly put Leon and Ibrahimovic on the pages of major sports newspapers!

They call Li Ang the most calm and powerful midfield commander among the new generation of players.

Ibrahimovic is compared to a hungry beast.

Compared with the previous two or three seasons, Ibrahimovic, who now prefers to directly use his physical fitness to tear apart the opponent's defense, appears more violent and aggressive!

And when there is Leon sitting behind him, with Hazard and De Bruyne on both wings.

A new offensive combination that is extremely destructive and has unlimited possibilities was born in the hands of Mourinho!