Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Li Ang was watching the Belgian national team's game that night when he had nothing to do.

So when he saw Lukaku taking a direct picture of his bald head in front of the camera, he immediately became happy.

Earlier, Lukaku's image with Li Ang was actually not good.

In the future, he and Chelsea will barely cheat each other, but the fact that he cheated his Inter Milan brother is really unreasonable.

It's purely a matter of saying one thing but saying another behind the scenes, which is completely different from Li Ang's favorite character.

but. After getting to know Pogba and becoming familiar with him, Li Ang felt that he had grown again in this aspect.

Of course he thinks Pogba and Lukaku will be annoying in the future, but now these two guys are just brats who want to get close to him and have good intentions.

Li Ang felt that it was inappropriate to deny a person the present because of what he might do in the future and his outlook on things that might go astray.

If the things he remembered really happened in the future, he would just slowly alienate these two people in the future.

Now, he felt that he could influence the two of them more in their daily words and deeds, and help them solidify the normal outlook they should have.

It is unrealistic to completely change a person, but now that we are in the same team, Lukaku likes to be close to him and is willing to listen to him.

Li Ang felt that he could still do his best to help this young man with low self-esteem who had a messed up future career plan and his personality might have changed due to this.

"I am such a kind and good teammate~"

Li Ang was shamelessly praising himself.

As a result, Lukaku in the live broadcast footage quickly pulled away again and assisted De Bruyne in the stoppage time of the first half to score a goal from the penalty area!

The ball was played beautifully, and the rushing Lukaku really left the Croatian full-back helpless.

But after all, Li Ang smiled and shook his head a little unaccustomed.

"Now he has truly become a professional winger..."

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On the afternoon of October 17th, Chelsea first-team players who had completed their national team matches rushed to the Cobham training base to undergo detailed physical examinations.

Lukaku, who scored two goals and one assist in two games during this World Cup qualifying campaign, seems to be in a very good mood.

But Mourinho is not in a good mood at this moment.

Especially when I got the team doctor's physical examination report and saw that it was recommended that Lampard and Ashley Cole take turns for the next league game.

Mourinho and members of Chelsea's coaching staff couldn't stop sighing.

If the current head coach was someone else, Mourinho might just scold him.

But Mourinho could only smile bitterly at the current coach of the British team, Huo Taigong.

It is difficult to lead the British national team now. There is a shortage of talent and a serious gap in talent.

If there were enough young players available in the new generation, Huo Taigong wouldn't have caught the two old guys Lampard and Ashley Cole and took advantage of them...

After taking the initiative to explain a few words to Mr. Huo from the bottom of his heart, Mourinho had to face reality.

If Lampard and Ashley Cole rest, then in the next round of the league between Chelsea and Cardiff City, Bertrand and Matic will have to start.

When Matic's name was circled, Mourinho suddenly remembered that in last week's international match calendar, Ivanovic also played two consecutive games.

So he simply circled Azpilicueta's name.

Now that's good, just give a few days off to several veterans in the team who have just finished playing for the national team.

Terry should have been on vacation, after all, his level is still at the top of the football world.

His partnership with Ferdinand can also continue to protect the England national team.

Unfortunately, after a previous dispute with Federerland, Terry officially announced his withdrawal from the England national team in September this year.

So now Terry is the same as Li Ang. When others are playing for the national team, they are taking a break for physical therapy or extra training.

For Mourinho, there is no need to worry about Terry's condition and physical condition, which can be regarded as one of the rare good news at present.

Considering that there are Cech, Terry and Li Ang who can retreat at any time in the backcourt, Mourinho immediately relaxed.

Ibrahimovic will definitely have to rest along with him, but Lukaku performed so well in this World Cup preliminaries and the feeling of scoring goals seems to be very good.

We'll just play Cardiff City in the next round, and use Lukaku as the main attacker. It seems to be a good start...

When Mourinho thought of this, he also had concerns in his heart.

In the formal training that started the next morning, Lukaku was surprised to put on a training vest representing the main team.

And Mourinho also suits his taste, allowing him to play freely on the offensive end without forcing him to constantly fight with defenders in the penalty area.

This kind of tactical freedom surprised other Chelsea players.

But then I thought about it, their opponent in the next round is the newly promoted Cardiff City.

When Ibrahimovic takes a rest, it is reasonable to let Lukaku play a game.

After all, if Lukaku can really show his performance in the national team, it will be easy to beat Cardiff City.

The complete training only lasts one day.

On the morning of October 19th, all members of Chelsea took a flight to Cardiff, Wales.

As a newly promoted team this season, Cardiff City's performance so far has exceeded the expectations of the media and a large number of Premier League fans.

They have two wins, three draws and two losses in their first seven league games and are currently ranked 12th in the Premier League standings.

Such an achievement is enough to make the Cardiff City players proud.

Therefore, even if they face Chelsea, the current top team in the Premier League, in this round, the Cardiff City team, which has the advantage of home court, also has high morale.

So when the Chelsea players came on the field, Li Ang, who was the most famous in the starting lineup today, was naturally "greeted" cordially by the Cardiff City fans.

Regarding this familiar boo, Li Ang didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

In the live broadcast, he just smiled and raised his eyebrows, still looking very calm and confident.

As the players from the two teams lined up to walk through the pre-match ceremony, the Sky Sports commentator was also praising Li Ang's performance throughout September.

Although on October 14th, the Football Association officially announced that the best player in the Premier League for September was Arsenal No. 7 Cavani.

Cavani scored four goals and one assist in four Premier League games in September and helped Arsenal win four consecutive league victories.

But Li Ang also helped Chelsea win all three Premier League games in September, and the statistics are also very good, with two goals and two assists.

So in terms of contribution to the team's victory and personal performance, Li Ang is actually no weaker than Cavani.

But if the striker reaches the target number of goals in this kind of selection, he will always take advantage, and Cavani is also a new player like Li Ang. The meaning of the Premier League's sharing of the cake is obvious.

But today the Sky Sports commentator's love for Li Ang is obvious.

Even though Li Ang did not gain any personal data in the last round of the league with Norwich, the commentator is still very optimistic about Li Ang's performance in today's game.

Cardiff City's young coach Malky McKay is also quite afraid of Leon.

Cardiff City players and fans can be confident, but McKay always keeps his head clear.

In order to limit Li Ang's performance, he even formed a three-midfielder formation today.

Different from the victory that the fans preached in front of the media before the game, the young coach seemed to be down-to-earth, and it was obvious that he was going for a draw.

Mourinho still admires this young but down-to-earth coach.

But this does not prevent him from making a big move today and taking away a hearty three-pointer at Cardiff City's home court!

Chelsea, who set up a 4-3-3 starting lineup, actively pressed forward from the beginning of the game, looking for offensive opportunities and holes in Cardiff City's defense.

Li Ang, who served as the starting central midfielder together with Oscar today, still controls the team's offensive ball.

It is up to him to decide how to choose the direction of attack, which route will be the main attacker, and which offensive player will get more ball distribution.

When faced with Cardiff City's defensive midfielder, Li Ang also decisively asked Oscar to cooperate with him to pull Cardiff City's middle defense and provide offensive cover for his teammates on both wings.

He doesn't care much about becoming the main attacker.

Seeing this, Oscar could only follow Li Ang's rhythm, watching with envy as Hazard and De Bruyne continued to make offensive attempts from both directions.

The Brazilian offensive player didn't know that Li Ang was completely thinking about him at the moment.

Li Ang has no impression of most of the current players in the Cardiff City team.

But in Cardiff City's midfield, there is a short midfielder who is also an old acquaintance of Li Ang.

Chilean bull Gary Medel.

Yes, Cardiff City snapped up Medel from Sevilla this summer for a record transfer fee of £11 million.

So Li Ang met again with an old rival in La Liga today.

Li Ang quite recognized Medel's strength.

Don't look at the fact that he seemed to beat Medel in the matchup last season.

At that time, he also had the intention of deliberately irritating Medel, so he caused the opponent to receive a yellow card in advance and was replaced early.

Now in the Premier League, a league that strongly encourages physical confrontation between players, Medel is not so easy to get cards.

Li Ang is not afraid of entangled with Medel, but if Oscar is allowed to control the offensive ball at this moment, then this young man may be targeted by Medel.

Therefore, it is more reliable to play on the wing.

Compared to Cardiff City's heavily stocked midfield, which is guarded by tough players, their wing players look mediocre.

Facts have proved that this is indeed the case, at least in one-on-one marking, whether it is Cardiff City's right midfielder Whittingham or their right back Catlin.

Both of them were quickly defeated by Azar's skills.

Hazard, who has already scored two goals and three assists in the Premier League, is full of confidence.

As long as there is no problem with his own condition, basically no right back in the Premier League would dare to guarantee that he can limit his performance.

Catlin, the right back introduced by Cardiff City from Ligue 1 this summer, is not particularly familiar with the rhythm of the Premier League, but he is still a heavy full-back!

When Li Ang came on the court, he had already paid attention to this black defender who looked very strong and even slightly bloated.

If Cardiff City used him to play as a central defender, the effect might be better, but playing as a full-back would be a bit cumbersome.

Hazard just likes this kind of reaction and an opponent who is a beat slower.

Catlin is very strong and seems to have outstanding frontal interception ability.

But Hazard never engages in static entanglement with Catlin at all. After rushing up, he often changes direction to open up space for breakthrough.

After being raped several times, Catlin couldn't bear it anymore, and had no choice but to call on his teammates to help with defense.

Li Ang was waiting for such an opportunity!

After seeing that Cardiff City's midfield defense had to tilt towards their right.

Li Ang immediately changed positions with Oscar, asking Oscar to contain Medel.

He himself came behind Hazard to provide support.

Hazard, who has already kicked out the feeling, is very brave to make moves now.

Even if Cardiff City used a double-team defensive model, he was not afraid at all and was often able to force the ball out.

Li Ang was still patiently defending Hazard's side.

It looks like the same as before, not much desire to get the ball forward.

Due to defensive pressure, Cardiff City had to expand its defense and began to actively press Hazard and other Chelsea offensive players.

If there is an upper hand, of course there will be differences in one's own defense and even loopholes.

At the 25th minute of the first half, Hazard's personal performance was still not over.

His smart dribbling and dribbling performances caused exclamations from Cardiff fans at the Cardiff City Stadium.

But after passing Whittingham again, Hazard did not continue to go deep into Cardiff City's half as he had done several times before, looking for opportunities to cut inside or make a pass.

Because Li Ang decisively raised his hand to ask for the ball!

And Hazard didn't hesitate much. After passing Whittingham, he knocked the football to Li Ang who suddenly came forward!

Oscar and De Bruyne on the right joined Li Ang almost at the same time.

But at this moment, Li Ang did not transfer the ball to the two people who had attracted the attention of most Cardiff City defensive players.

He directly rubbed it through while running and sent out a concealed and fast overhead through ball!

Lukaku, who had been running horizontally, suddenly pulled forward and rushed forward!

The moment Li Ang's overhead pass landed on the right side of Cardiff City's penalty area, Lukaku also accelerated to overtake the Cardiff City left center back Turner who had been marking him before!

Taking advantage of the trend, he knocked the ball with his right foot and took a step inside. Lukaku aimed at the near corner of Cardiff City's goal and fired a smooth shot in the penalty area!

Cardiff City goalkeeper Marshall bet on the direction of Lukaku's shot at this moment.

But his goal-line skills were still lagging behind, and in the end he didn't make the dramatic save before the football crossed the line!

The football almost scraped the turf and finally hit the net, lifting the white net high!

Thousands of Chelsea fans cheered passionately.

Li Ang looked at Lukaku, who was pointing at him and running towards him, with a satisfied smile on his face!

With this assist, he has currently scored five goals and six assists in Chelsea's third-tier competition!

Ambition is spreading and growing!

Li Ang also made up his mind at this moment!

Before the end of the season, he will reach double ten personal statistics!