Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Verratti was a little anxious. He waved his arms and encouraged his teammates.

His desire to win is very strong. Chelsea played very well today, but in Verratti's view, the current score does not truly reflect the strength of Paris Saint-Germain.

They could have played better and created more chances.

Even if they are really weaker than Chelsea, they can't be this weak. This is not a normal Paris Saint-Germain!

At this moment, some players on the field in Paris have similar ideas to Verratti, such as Lucas Jr., Motta, and Silva.

They all feel very unconvinced, even if they will lose in the end, losing to Chelsea without any resistance at their home court in this way is an absolutely unacceptable result for them!

But some players still want to fight, some players are dissatisfied, and naturally some players feel depressed and indifferent.

272 is depressed and troubled.

Higuain naturally felt that he was simply implicated in the grudge match between 272 and Li Ang, and he was innocently shot.

And now it seems that our side is completely unable to control the rhythm of the game, and the midfield defense has been defeated by Chelsea's two counterattacks.

Higuain is not optimistic about the final result of this game and feels a little indifferent.

Other Paris players want to fight and are motivated to fight.

Because they still have nothing in terms of Champions League honors, their desire for the Champions League is still very strong.

But Higuain has already won two Champions League titles, and he even completed the defense of the Champions League with Real Madrid after its restructuring.

As for the club, he has already won six championships. As for what honors he still lacks, he only lacks a heavyweight championship trophy at the national team level.

On the club side, the members of Real Madrid in the past two seasons can be said to be the big winners in life.

So he is not eager to go further in the Champions League now.

He certainly has professional qualities, and with the money he will do his best to contribute to Paris Saint-Germain.

But he will definitely not try his best to guide the miracle of reversal on the court.

To put it bluntly, he chose to come to Paris to earn a high salary, enjoy the joy of football, and enjoy a comfortable material life.

If he still wants to continue fighting for honor in football, then he can choose to go to Juventus, who tried their best to seduce him in the previous summer window.

Or Bayern Munich, who want to continue to upgrade their striker.

Going to these two teams shows his ambition more than coming to Paris Saint-Germain.

In the past two seasons at Real Madrid, he has won the championship and obtained a soft-handed little smoker. He has long lost the ambition he had when he transferred to Real Madrid.

Paris Saint-Germain can 100% trust Higuain's stable ability to beat the opponent in Ligue 1, but in the face of adversity in the Champions League, forget it.

Honor hunger is still very important for a player.

Without this desire for honor and the stimulation of their nerves by the championship trophy, no matter how professional the players are, they will not be able to lead the team to create miracles.

Yes, at this point, if Paris Saint-Germain wants to score three goals in a row and come back, they basically have to pray for a miracle.

But at this moment, Blanco, who was standing on the sidelines with his arms crossed and a serious look on his face, didn't really believe that a miracle would befall his team.

He could tell that his team was a little discouraged now.

So he called three players to the sidelines to take the time to warm up!

Cabaye, Pastore, Mene!

A defensive midfielder, an attacking midfielder, and a forward.

Blanco used this method to directly show his dissatisfaction with the quality of the team's offense and midfield defense.

Although Paris' top management has always demanded that Higuain and 272 be used as starters.

But if you are not satisfied with the performance of these two players during the game, Blanc still has the right to replace them directly.

The live broadcast camera also scanned the Chelsea players who were high-fiving and celebrating, and then turned to focus on 272 and Higuain, who had previously played mediocrely.

Although the stay was not long, it switched to other Paris Saint-Germain players after a second or two.

But this focusing sequence is also very interesting.

After the game restarted again, 272 finally calmed down.

He no longer deliberately avoided Li Ang to play the game. When it was time to retreat, he would retreat honestly and help Verratti share the tactical task of organizing the ball.

And when it was time to step forward, he was able to do so in time.

His unsightly expression showed his mood at the moment, but his compromising behavior also showed that he was still holding back his breath.

He didn't want to be replaced directly by Blanco at halftime!

Mourinho also made his first tactical adjustment in the first half at this moment. Chelsea began to shrink its formation and engage in defensive counterattacks.

The main reason is that Chelsea has been actively defensively pressing Paris Saint-Germain before.

Li Ang's physical fitness is very good, but it is time for other Chelsea players to slow down their rhythm and conserve their energy to prepare for the second half of the game.

So Li Ang returned to the defensive midfielder position, partnering with Matic to guard the top of the penalty area.

He and 272 also had another successful matchup.

However, compared to when the game just started, most neutral fans are now less interested in the matchup between Li Ang and 272.

After Li Ang scored his second goal in this game, there was no point in forcing comparison between him and 272.

The verdict has been made!

What else are you comparing now?

Who lost more possessions? Who can remain invisible on the court longer?

Even Paris' own fans can't stand it.

Even if they want to defend 272, they can only use these similar words to avoid the serious issue:

272 is actually a good player. Compared with most offensive midfielders in football, he can have the upper hand, and his statistics are also good.

Forget about comparing with Li Ang, Li Ang should not be compared with a pure offensive midfielder now. This is simply bullying.

Li Ang is now a superstar at another level of strength!

Fans of Paris Saint-Germain have personally felt the powerlessness felt by many fans of Premier League teams this season when watching their team play against Chelsea.

The French commentator didn't even have the confidence to say "equalize the score".

With Chelsea's huge advantage of temporarily leading by two goals, they can safely counterattack.

But Paris Saint-Germain is enduring the pain of the game.

Fortunately, the referee on duty was very thoughtful and blew the whistle to end the half-time game within half a minute of the regular game time in the first half.

All the Paris Saint-Germain players on the court trotted back to the player tunnel.

On the Chelsea side, Li Ang took the lead and encouraged the Chelsea fans at the scene, and then he high-fived and hugged his teammates and slowly walked back to the locker room.

Mourinho did not steal the limelight from his players at this moment. He walked into the locker room with Holland early and moved the tactical board to the center of the locker room.

After all Chelsea's starting players returned to the locker room and laughed and rested for three or four minutes, he cleared his throat and roughly explained the tactical changes in the second half.

Li Ang listened to Mourinho's explanation of the tactics and felt relieved after learning that Mourinho did not require the Chelsea team to maintain a 2-0 score in the second half.

"Let's beat them here today! When we return to Stamford Bridge in the next round, we will give them another big gift!"

After Mourinho finished explaining the tactical arrangements, Li Ang stood up, applauded and encouraged his teammates to continue to attack aggressively in the second half and continue to stab Paris Saint-Germain hard!

Holland smiled and shook his head when he heard this, but the other Chelsea players were cheering and whistling in agreement!

"Come on! Boys, just like Li Ang said, we will eliminate all suspense of promotion today!

Kill the Parisians! Let’s slowly enjoy the game in the next round! "

Terry is not here, and Lampard, as the captain, is shouting loudly to once again encourage the morale of the team!

Mourinho does not have the tyrant image he usually displays to the outside world at this moment.

He just clasped his hands behind his back and happily watched the passionate roars of his disciples in the locker room.

Usually at this time, Mourinho likes to step aside and let the players complete their morale mobilization.

Just like at the award ceremony after winning a championship every time, he would silently step aside and give up the shining stage to the players.

The intermission ended quickly, and once again Li Ang promised to treat the whole team to a feast when he returned to London.

Chelsea's main players were all smiling and in high spirits as they stepped onto the field again!

In comparison, the Paris Saint-Germain players on the other side were much silent.

Their expressions were a little solemn, even serious, but there was not much confidence and determination in their eyes. The whole team looked a little wrong.

After all, Blanco did not make substitutions directly during the halftime break. Therefore, Paris Saint-Germain's starting 433 formation has not changed.

This made Mourinho's tactical plan laid out at halftime useless, but this is better news for the Chelsea team.

After all, Paris Saint-Germain has not made any tactical or personnel changes.

Then they can continue to use the game rhythm of the first half to deal with Paris, and there is no need to adjust the tactical details.

Even if there are tactical changes in Paris in the future, Chelsea's players on the field also believe that their coaching staff will come up with targeted tactical adjustments in a short time.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Li Ang seemed to have really returned to normal when he saw 272. He partnered with Verratti honestly and carefully sorted out Paris Saint-Germain's offense. While he was surprised, he also once again teamed up with Lan Pad completed the switch.

Chelsea will not try to steal the tempo from PSG at the start of the second half.

But Li Ang's tactical freedom is very high.

Matic and Lampard are responsible for the defense of the midfield.

Li Ang pressed close to the midline alone, and combined with Hazard and De Bruyne to continue to interfere with 272 and Verratti's organization. Of course, there was no problem.

As long as Li Ang feels it is necessary and can produce results in defensive pressure, Mourinho will have no objection at all.

Because the entire team was not pressing forward to press high at the moment, Li Ang increased the scope of his running sweep to continue to put pressure on the two midfield organizers of Paris Saint-Germain.

Hazard and De Bruyne can at most play a defensive role in assisting him in double-teaming.

Their defensive pressure and defensive investment are not very great.

Li Ang was basically running without hesitation, trying his best to slow down PSG's midfield ball and offensive rhythm.

Naturally, such a single-player defense mode cannot produce too many steals and effective interception data intuitively.

But all fans who watched this game had to admit that Li Ang did use his running interference to successfully slow down Paris' offense.

Sixty minutes into the second half, Blanco suddenly became anxious when he saw that the attack speed could not be picked up.

He started to make the first substitution adjustment of this game!

Neither 272 nor Higuain ended the game. Blanc chose to replace the serious defensive midfielder Motta in the Paris team with forward Mene!

As soon as his substitution adjustment was made, all the fans and commentators knew that Paris was going to go all the way to the end on the offensive end!

Sure enough, after Mene came on the field, he went directly to the front line and formed a double forward with Higuain, and Paris Saint-Germain also directly changed the formation and played 424!

Normally, it might be better to change the formation and play 442 at this time.

The two wide players in Paris can either go forward to break through and cross, or they can defend and move in to protect the midfielder whose defense has become increasingly thin after Motta left the field.

However, Lavezzi and Lucas are still very close to Chelsea's penalty area, and they have no intention of changing to playing as a full midfielder.

Blanco's desperate spirit won Mourinho's respect.

So Mourinho also made his own substitution adjustments accordingly.

Essien, who had not started a game for a long time, finished warming up at this moment and was sent on by Mourinho to replace Lampard.

Of course he will continue to play as a defensive midfielder when he comes on, and Chelsea's defensive capabilities in the midfield and backfield have also been further strengthened.

Li Ang is still nailed in front of Paris Saint-Germain's two organizing midfielders, even though Paris Saint-Germain's offensive style has become simple and clear now, and the ball can be smoothly given to the wing even if it does not pass through the midfield.

But Li Ang still had no idea of ​​retreating. He stayed firmly on the center line, as if Chelsea's backcourt defense no longer needed him at this moment.

But in fact, Paris's offensive is still quite fierce at this moment, and the forward Mene has a very good ability to play the ball.

So even if 272 is unable to move forward in time to deliver threatening passes at this moment, Mene, who has received the pass from his teammates on the wing, can still act as a small attacking midfielder. His presence can also help Higuain open up his position. space.

In the past two seasons, Higuain has slowly reached the peak of his career. Don't look at the fact that Xiao Yanqiang has been slowly taken away from the starting position in Real Madrid by Ben Zima in the past two seasons.

But if you give him enough power to fire and design tactics around him, his excellent running position and superb shooting skills are enough to make him a threat that all defenders in the current football world must be afraid of!

After Blanco chose to change his formation, Higuain had already scored three goals in just ten minutes!

Two of the shots hit Chelsea's goal frame, and they were both quite threatening, directly testing Cech!

Higuain's three-goal goal made many Chelsea fans in front of the TV nervous.

But when the game entered the 70th minute of the second half. When Karas intercepted Mene's cross pass to Higuain, Chelsea fans suddenly became excited again!

Karas did not delay in handling the ball on his own. He knocked the ball forward to Matic who raised his hand.

And Matic also quickly turned around after taking the ball, and then distributed the ball to Essien who had already started to advance!

Essien's familiar figure of dribbling the ball reminds countless Chelsea fans of the peak years when the African buffalo dominated the Premier League.

Now Essien naturally no longer has the strength at his peak.

But in the second half, he came on as a substitute and played for 30 minutes, facing a group of opponents who could seriously consume him. Essien's advancement seemed quite threatening!

His speed is not as fast as when he was young, but his confrontation ability is still at the top level in football.

At least at this moment, facing Verratti's interception, Essien still managed not to lose the ball relatively easily, and steadily passed the football to Li Ang's feet in the Paris half.

Compared with the first half, Paris Saint-Germain, whose midfield interception ability was further weakened at this moment, was directly stunned by Chelsea's counterattack!

Li Ang, who received the ball, was almost facing Paris Saint-Germain's back line!

Although there is a 272 following him, he understands his defensive ability.

Even the most optimistic Paris fans don't expect 272 to stop Li Anglai in a one-on-one situation.

Of course, Li Ang would not be polite to 272. He didn't even make a fake move. After receiving Essien's pass, he simply accelerated the ball while lying down!

In the penalty area of ​​Paris, Alex and Diego Silva are still retreating.

Maxwell's previous assist was very large, and now he is still trying to catch up.

Only Van der Wiel was able to drive the general back to the edge of his own penalty area, but he was also restrained by Hazard, which prevented him from directly moving in to defend.

Therefore, Li Ang is confident.

Seeing that he was about to enter the firing range again, Silva lamented in his heart and could only attack in advance to intercept his old teammate from Milan!

This was the moment Li Ang was waiting for. The moment he saw Silva stepping out of the penalty area, Li Ang stepped forward and passed the football directly into the Paris penalty area!

Alex is a very strong central defender, but in one-on-one situations with Ibrahimovic, he still fell behind.

And Ibrahimovic doesn't need to completely defeat him in terms of strength, he just needs a chance to catch the ball.

And now, that opportunity has come!

Li Ang's pick-up pass was not fast, but it was not slow either. This gave Ibrahimovic enough time to think and adjust his receiving posture.

Alex has pushed Ibrahimovic to the right side of the penalty area, a relatively partial position.

But after Ibrahimovic unloaded the ball sideways with the instep of his outside foot, he still leaned on Alex very confidently, and then directly swung his long legs and hit a powerful and heavy volley on the spot!

Perhaps it was because the push shot that demonstrated his superb shooting skills in the first half was not scored, so this time Ibrahimovic chose a more direct and unreasonable shooting method!

The football flew straight to the left side of the Paris goal like a cannonball!

Ibrahimovic hit a far corner kick, and Siligu predicted the right direction this time and made a correct and timely save.

But his bullet speed is not enough, far from enough!

Just like in the first half, he saved Li Ang's long shot from outside the penalty area. The direction of the save was in the right direction, but his ability was inferior.

And Ibrahimovic's shot was the same as Li Ang's shot at that time. It crossed the goal line directly and hit the net!

This is basically the final goal!

At the Parc des Princes, Ibrahimovic did not choose to celebrate.

He pursed his lips and raised his hands slightly.

But Li Ang didn't care so much. He and the nearby Hazard rushed directly to Ibrahimovic, hugged him and headed to the corner flag area to start a grand celebration!

Mourinho couldn't sit still anymore, rushed to the sidelines and punched three times!

Now he was completely relieved. With a wave of his hand, he asked several players on the bench to go to the sidelines to warm up.

Next door to him, Blanco was already slumped on the coach's bench, looking at the field and shaking his head.

They were completely defeated in this game!

He also knows that the two-round knockout round is basically like this. It is too difficult to go to Stamford Bridge to complete the comeback in the second round.

So the only thing he wants to see now is that his players can score a face-saving goal at the last moment of the game.

But in the end he didn't wait for this scene to arrive.

Paris Saint-Germain played in a bit of chaos in the last ten minutes of regular competition.

And they also lack a high center forward. Under such adversity, they also lack a powerful weapon to open the gap in Chelsea's defense.

Whether it is Higuain or Mene, they are not the type of center that is particularly good at heading the ball.

They need space and opportunities to move forward. At this moment, Chelsea's penalty area is almost crowded with defenders, but their skills are almost useless.

So all Blanco waited for was repeated failures on the offensive end.

And in the final stoppage time, Lukaku, who came on as a substitute for Ibrahimovic, bullied Maxwell on the wing. After the explosion, the inverted triangle pass helped Hazard score Chelsea's fourth goal of the game, a devastating ending!

Paris was defeated!

Chelsea completely eliminated the suspense of the two-round match in one battle!

And the sharp counterattack they showed in the game once again made the other strong European teams fearful.

Li Ang even made some amazing quotes in an interview after the game.

"We won the first round, but there is still the second round. I don't think we have steadily entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season. The question you asked is very disrespectful to Paris Saint-Germain."

Listening to Li Ang's nonsensical answer, the reporters on the sidelines were stunned.

"Do you think Paris Saint-Germain can still come back after conceding 4 goals in the first leg?"

"Why not? Never say it's impossible in football!"

"This is really a bit..."

"We take PSG very seriously, so..."

When he said this, Li Ang looked serious, as if it was Chelsea who lost in the first round.

"We will continue to be prepared at Stamford Bridge and strike hard!"

Damn it, I fell asleep on the sofa in the middle of typing!