Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Chelsea's winning streak at the start was finally interrupted.

Judging from Chelsea's performance in previous games, they were tied by Norwich at home this round, which was actually very undeserved.

But look at the recent tight schedules of European teams.

It is reasonable for Chelsea to have such a draw with an older lineup.

Many fans of other Premier League teams who had watched Chelsea win six consecutive league games and achieve unparalleled success now also breathed a sigh of relief.

"I was scared to death. I thought that as soon as Mourinho returned to the Premier League, he would regain the strength of winning the championship in the first season. Their bench was still a little weaker after all."

"Chelsea will play Schalke 04 in the next round of the Champions League. I hope they can fight harder so that we can also take advantage~"

"Manchester City fans? Come on, Chelsea just tied with Norwich City. Chelsea will play the Champions League in the next round, but they will play the league with you at home. Old Premier League fans don't know what Mourinho's home winning percentage is. How terrible?"

"It still depends on how the other Chelsea players are doing. Maybe Mourinho will use rotation when playing in the Champions League? Anyway, they have already won two consecutive games in the group stage.

Li Ang's physical fitness and condition are really impressive. If other Chelsea players don't stretch their hips, I am optimistic that Chelsea will restrain Manchester City and win..."

A draw at Chelsea attracted a lot of discussion and comments from Premier League fans.

There are many gloating views among them, and of course there are also rational analysis from Premier League fans who have grown up watching football.

In their view, there are big daddies on Chelsea's central axis who can hold down the position.

It's unlikely that there will be big fluctuations in performance, but there are quite a few problems with the team.

One is that the current young players in the Chelsea team, except for Li Ang, have considerable ups and downs in performance.

Once things go smoothly, their performance looks pretty good.

But when encountering difficulties, these young players still need to work hard, and it is unrealistic to expect them to be the savior in times of crisis.

The second thing is, of course, the problem that Chelsea has a relatively large proportion of veterans.

The age structure of Chelsea's current lineup is very interesting. Most of the players are either too young or too old.

The only players in the starting lineup who are in their prime are David Luiz and Ramirez.

Subsequently, Matic has established a firm foothold in the starting lineup, and Ramirez may have to withdraw from the stable starting list and rotate with Lampard and De Bruyne.

So no matter how things change, Chelsea's starting lineup will basically only have two players of the right age in their prime.

On the bench, Chelsea also has this problem.

The players are either too young or too old.

This has also led to the situation that once Chelsea's current veterans have physical problems or are in poor condition, the stability of the team's strength will be greatly compromised.

Fortunately, Chelsea spent a lot of money to introduce Li Ang this season. Otherwise, the current main midfielder of Chelsea would be Oscar and Lampard.

If you want to attack from behind, there is certainly no problem with Oscar Galampard's combination.

But when it comes to the combination of sweeping defense and organizing offense, neither of them can meet Mourinho's current requirements.

Moreover, the midfield combination of the two of them cannot protect Chelsea on the defensive end.

Premier League fans of all stripes have to admit this.

With Li Ang's support in the middle, Lampard can play more easily, and Matic also has the most suitable partner, who can build a steel wall in front of Chelsea's central defender.

Even David Luiz, who has been criticized by various British media in the past season and a half, does not seem to be aggressive now.

After all, when he was attacking, it didn't matter whether it was Matic or Lampard, who is now playing as a defensive midfielder.

Both will follow Mourinho's instructions and fill in for him.

Therefore, the Brazilian central defender, who was previously described as radical and somewhat brainless by the British media, transformed himself this season and became one of the top attacking central defenders in the Premier League.

Cooperated with Terry, a deep-lying central defender who is still at the top level in football.

Although Chelsea's current central defender combination is a bit old-school, it is impregnable on the defensive end.

To sum up, many old Premier League fans have a clear view of the problems that Chelsea currently has in the team.

However, they all admitted that Mourinho's transformation of Chelsea's entire defensive system can be said to be very successful.

With the current defensive level, coupled with Li Ang who hardly needs to rotate, he can always maintain his condition.

Chelsea's record fluctuations are destined to be less than other competing teams in the league.

It is too early to say that Chelsea is the favorite to win the Premier League this season.

But there is no problem in saying that Chelsea is a strong contender for the Premier League championship this season.

It depends on whether the other young players in the Chelsea team can further transform during this season's winter schedule.

Especially looking at Hazard and De Bruyne.

If the two of them can play better, Mourinho's offensive tactics will be able to perform better.

After all, from the first period of the car to the present, when Mourinho's team is most offensive, it has two wingers who are at least the first-class in football to support the system.

Without a strong winger, Mourinho can certainly find a way to deal with it by changing his formation or playing other formations.

But when his two wingers are strong enough, the team led by Mourinho will be as strong as fans expect.

At present, it seems that Hazard has reached the first-class level in football at Chelsea.

If his performance can be more stable, perhaps he will reach the top of football in the past two seasons.

The talent De Bruyne showed when he was on loan in the Bundesliga is not bad at all, but he still needs to perform better in the Premier League to prove himself.

As for Lukaku, the other member who is currently together with the two of them and known as the Belgian Third Young Master...

To be honest, all Premier League fans last season could still see what the future development path of this Belgian little monster would be like.

But let alone them this season, Chelsea fans are a little confused and don't know which direction their coaching staff wants to train Lukaku.

And within the Chelsea team.

Lukaku, who stayed at the Cobham training base with Li Ang for extra training before being called up for the national team, is also a little troubled now.

In the last round of World Cup qualifying, Lukaku was forced to sit on the bench by Benteke in the Belgian national team for a full 90 minutes.

Lukaku, whose current transformation in the club has been relatively successful, is quite happy.

He liked the development advice Mourinho gave him, and he himself felt that he would be happier playing on the wing.

But in the Belgian team, there are too many players who can play on the wing, and the national team coach also needs him to gain a foothold in the center.

Otherwise, it will be between Benteke, who is more suitable to play as a center, and him. The national team coach will naturally prefer Benteke to start with Hazard and De Bruyne.

This made Lukaku feel very depressed.

And as another international match day approaches, the confused little Warcraft does not want to report to the national team early as usual.

So he stayed at the Cobham training base and practiced extra with Li Ang to vent his frustration. At the same time, he inevitably wanted to find someone to talk to.

Li Ang has always done a very good job in comforting people.

Besides, others are not sure what path Lukaku is suitable for in the future and what formation is most suitable for him. How can he still not know?

So Li Ang, who had no psychological burden at all, pulled the other person to sit on the side of the training field after the first day of extra training with the little monster, and comforted him with sincere words.

"You have to have more confidence in yourself, Romelu. You also feel that you are more comfortable playing now and can continue to improve in training and games, right?"

Lukaku looked at Li Ang naively and nodded vigorously.

"Yes, I like the boss's arrangements for me very much, but in the national team..."

Li Ang waved his hand, and then patted Lukaku's big head.

"So I say you have to be more confident in yourself. Do you have to do what the national team coach needs you to do?

So in order to give you a stronger static confrontation in the middle, he will ask you to sacrifice a certain amount of speed to gain weight. Are you willing? "

As soon as he heard Li Ang say this, Lukaku's slightly confused eyes suddenly became clear.

"How is that possible?! My boss has said that I just need to maintain my current weight. I may have to lose some weight accordingly in the future. Only my speed and explosiveness can guarantee my versatility..."

Looking at Lukaku's head shaking like a rattle, Li Ang also smiled.

"Yes, so, other people's suggestions may not always be correct.

Let me tell you, Romelu, on this international match day, you will definitely be the starter in at least the first World Cup qualifying match. Do you believe it? "

"Ah? Why?"

"Hey, did Benteke score in the last round of World Cup qualifying?"

"No."

"Then it's over!"

Li Ang confidently continued his analysis for Lukaku.

"What kind of position is suitable? What kind of tactics are needed? In fact, what the national team coach wants is a striker who can score goals!

Your and Benteke's statistics in the Premier League last season were not much different. Benteke was still suffering from minor injuries. The coach of your national team started with him in the last round, but he failed to score. This round is Shouldn't it be time to send you up there to take a look at the effect? "

The more Lukaku listened to Li Ang's analysis, the more enlightened he became, and in the end he even slapped his thigh hard!

"You're right! Leon, why didn't I think of this before? As long as I can score goals better, no matter how I prefer to play on the court, Mr. Wilmots will give me more starting opportunities. …”

Seeing that Lukaku was obviously excited, Li Ang had to pat his shoulder and back first to signal him to calm down.

"Have you figured it out? But one thing I have to remind you is that in the national team, you still have to move more in the middle, and try not to pull out frequently.

In that case, it's one thing whether you can adapt to it or not. Don't take up the space for your teammates on both sides to move. "

Li Ang saw that Lukaku was listening carefully at the moment, so he continued with his suggestions.

"Put in behind the opponent's defense. In national team games, sometimes it's not that difficult to score goals. If your team likes to play defense, that's even better.

Use your speed, okay? Make full use of your speed and impact, and find gaps at the right time. Grabbing points in the penalty area is not your strong point, so try to avoid them as much as possible.

Also, from now on, you should try to move more on the right side, and communicate more with Kevin when the time comes. He can play on the wing or in the center, and it will be easy for him to switch positions with you. "

"Do you mostly work on the right side?"

"Yes, after all, your first priority is to score goals. If you move on the right, it will be more conducive to your inward shooting. You have to practice this aspect. If it doesn't work, just use your small blast to shake the opponent away, and then Give me a quick cumshot!"

Li Ang got excited about it and immediately pulled Lukaku to practice on the training ground.

What he practiced was not complicated. He just opened the ball from the right side of the penalty area, and Li Ang pressed inside the penalty area to defend. Lukaku directly broke out and cut inside to deflect the angle and shoot.

There is definitely no beauty. Lukaku relies on bursting out to gain foot space.

His left foot is very powerful, so Li Ang did not suggest that he pursue arcs and angles like Robben.

Just use strength to defeat skill, lay down inside and then explode again, and that's it!

Of course, Li Ang estimates that if Lukaku is asked to learn Robben's cutting technique, he will not be able to learn it...

Just let him practice a simple and crude but equally effective inside shot.

If this is effective, it does not necessarily mean that a goal will be scored. It can make the opponent's goalkeeper take off his hands and get a few corner kick opportunities.

Lukaku was practicing vigorously. Li Ang took one last look at his slightly curly short hair and spoke directly as if he remembered something.

"Romelu, why don't you shave your hair!"

"ah?"

"Reducing air friction, maybe you can run faster then?"

Li Ang made a gesture, but he did not expect that his suggestion with bad taste would receive a serious nod from Lukaku after thinking about it.

So four days later, the image of a bald braised egg appeared so clearly and prominently in the starting lineup of the Belgian national team!

In the World Cup qualifying match against Croatia, Lukaku also used his speed and impact to make Croatia's defense suffer a lot!

Lukaku, who kept Li Ang's advice in mind and always maintained a rushing state, made Lovren and Joel Luka complain in turn.

At the 36th minute of the first half, Lukakula moved to the right, suddenly cut inside, and then blasted a shot with his left foot past the goal guarded by Pletikosa.

The commentators from various countries who were commentating on this world preliminaries were excited and excited!

And Lukaku kept patting his bare head passionately and rushed towards the live broadcast camera!

"Brother Lion, you still understand me!"