Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"Proud of the Premier League, the Blues have entered the semi-finals of the Champions League again!" 》

"The Last Stand of the Old Boys' Legion!" 》

"The Iron-Blooded Blues Return to Europe!" 》

"Leon is not only the best in the Premier League!" 》

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After defeating Barcelona with a total score of 3-1 in two rounds and reaching the semi-finals of this season's Champions League, Chelsea immediately received a lot of boasting and intensive coverage from the British media.

At the end of the season, the ownership of the Premier League championship is basically clear.

Many English sports media have summarized in advance the key to Chelsea's resurgence this season.

It's definitely not possible to just attribute the club's signing funds to be in place.

In the past few seasons, there was Manchester City and then Paris Saint-Germain, and the money spent in the transfer market was not a lot at all.

But neither team had a miraculous rise like Chelsea in just one summer window.

From being third in the league and not reaching the top 16 of the Champions League, it has jumped to becoming the league champion (most likely) plus the top four of the Champions League.

If this gap can be smoothed out with only a transfer fee of 100 million euros.

There must be no less than 10 teams in European football willing to pay such a cost.

Therefore, the more critical thing is to look at the vision of the senior management and the strength of the selected personnel.

In this regard, the ability of Chelsea's current management and the impact of Mourinho Galliang on Chelsea's reconstruction are worth talking about.

In comparison, Arsenal's current management structure is relatively chaotic, and the ongoing disputes between the two major shareholders have destined the professor to seek stability amidst chaos.

Paris Saint-Germain does not have any hidden dangers in this regard, but the senior management always likes to interfere in team construction and is not patient enough with the coaching staff.

With the same oil tycoons taking over, Manchester City's senior executives can clearly understand their abilities.

After poaching Guardiola last summer, Manchester City's comprehensive reform also began.

In terms of team building, Manchester City's top management has given Guardiola enough power and respect.

Moreover, Manchester City's senior management adheres to the concept of leaving professional matters to professionals.

If you have money, don't spend it recklessly. Step by step, you can lay a solid foundation for performance in the Premier League, and then seek a breakthrough in the Champions League record.

If this concept can be maintained, Manchester City's further transformation will happen sooner or later.

Chelsea may be luckier than Manchester City.

It was Mourinho who made the first move and directly poached Li Ang, a young midfielder who would have been Real Madrid's future captain and absolute core.

To this day, there are still a large number of fans who are shocked and incredible by Li Ang's strong transformation.

Last summer, Chelsea paid liquidated damages to poach Li Ang from the transfer.

Today, it has been regarded by all Chelsea fans as the club's most cost-effective and successful summer transfer.

Yes, even though Chelsea paid more than 80 million euros in transfer fees, from today's perspective, this transfer is extremely cost-effective!

The main reason is that Li Ang can quickly score 30+30 luxurious statistics in a single season, which seems to be too unbelievable.

You know, Li Ang's single-season statistics at Real Madrid last season were 14 goals and 13 assists.

This season, he moved to an unfamiliar league and became the core of the team's offense and defense. He was also able to double his personal data!

This growth attribute is simply frighteningly high!

If last summer, when this transfer deal came to an end, a Spanish reporter would not be afraid of death to interview Lafayette and ask him if he regretted selling Li Ang.

Nine times out of ten, Lafayette will choose to laugh and not answer. Even if he regrets in his heart, he will still hold on.

But if a reporter asked this kind of question now, Lafayette might bluntly express his regret.

Lafayette was able to hold on last summer because Li Ang had not fully realized his growth talent.

Lafayette had high expectations for Li Ang, but it was impossible to give up Ronaldo directly for him at that time.

The situation is completely different now. Li Ang has proven his dominance on both ends of the midfield in the Premier League.

And personal data is doubled directly! How many stars have achieved 30+30 statistics in the four major leagues since entering the new century?

You can easily see it by looking at past records.

Before Li Ang could enter the ranks of this terrifying statistics this season, there was only that familiar name.

Leo Messi.

In the 2011-2012 season, Messi, who reached the peak of his personal strength, handed over terrifying statistics of 70+30 for the entire season.

This is the ultimate expression of personal strength in a single season in football history.

Although Messi did not win the La Liga and European Golden Boots this season, he could only watch as Real Madrid won the Triple Crown.

In terms of collective honors, Messi in his peak season was not considered a success.

But his terrifying statistics are still remembered and amazed by countless fans.

This is also the pinnacle of strength that Messi personally can hardly reach.

So you can imagine how difficult it is to score 30+ goals and assists in a single season.

Real Madrid has indeed lost Li Ang now, but when everything is still uncertain in the future, Real Madrid may still call Li Ang back.

Li Ang has just turned 23 now, and he may still have two or three years of development before the peak of his career.

In other words, he is still growing...

Therefore, Lafayette will never block Li Ang's return to Real Madrid because of face problems.

Of course, if there are no major changes in the past two or three seasons, Li Ang will basically stay at Chelsea and work with Mourinho to create a dynasty.

Just like the 2010-2011 season, Mourinho spent a season in Real Madrid to build the team and establish the tactical tone.

As long as the midfielder and forward issues are solved in the first season, the following seasons will be the harvest period for Mourinho's team.

Without a reliable center and a strong defensive midfielder, Mourinho's team is indeed likely to collapse under his high-pressure control.

But there is no such problem in the current Chelsea team, so as long as the championship is won and the honor is enough, it is only a matter of time before Mourinho's Chelsea takes off.

Perhaps apart from team building, the only thing that worries many Chelsea fans is the maintenance of the relationship between Mourinho and the management.

After all, Mourinho's Chelsea came to an end after the trust between Mourinho and Abramovich broke.

But this time...

The day after Chelsea reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, the media reported photos of Abramovich chatting and laughing happily with Mourinho at the celebration banquet.

Chelsea fans are truly relieved.

After overcoming another difficulty, Chelsea's main players still failed to get a full rest.

The Football Association has made accommodations for Arsenal and Hull City, who are about to play in the FA Cup, and agreed to postpone their next round of league games.

Manchester United will benefit from this because they will face Hull City in the next round of the league. They can take a break after playing in the Champions League.

But Chelsea are not so lucky. They will play Swansea in the 34th round of the Premier League on the afternoon of April 13th.

In the league championship stage, faced with such a tight schedule, no matter how good the mood is, Chelsea's main players will inevitably complain.

On the afternoon of April 10, Chelsea’s main players, who had just finished playing in the Champions League, successfully completed recovery training.

That night, the remaining two second-leg matches of the Champions League quarter-finals also started on time.

Real Madrid, which led Dortmund 3-0 in the first round, had a heartbeat in the second round and lost 1-3 to Dortmund.

If Ramos hadn't scored the winning goal in stoppage time of the game, Real Madrid would have started an overtime battle with Dortmund!

Dortmund, with their morale fully restored by then, might actually have the possibility of a four-goal comeback in the second round to overturn Real Madrid.

This battle sounded the alarm for the slightly careless Real Madrid team.

Dortmund lost the chance to enter the semi-finals of this season's Champions League, but still gained the respect of countless fans.

In contrast, Manchester United, who are fighting Atletico Madrid on the other side, have no ability to make a comeback.

In the first round, Manchester United was beaten 2-0 by Atletico Madrid in the away game. In the second round, back at home at Old Trafford, Manchester United was beaten another crisp 2-0!

It can only be said that Manchester United lost completely out of temper when losing to Atletico Madrid.

The midfield was completely disrupted by Atletico Madrid, and the defense could not withstand Diego Costa's impact.

"Shengshi Meiyan" directly scored two goals in the two rounds of the knockout round against Manchester United, which greatly increased his net worth.

However, there is one thing to say: Moyes can definitely lead Manchester United to the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season.

In this regard, Manchester United fans also admit that they are very satisfied to have reached this point in the Champions League this season.

However, Manchester United is currently only ranked seventh in the league and cannot even make it into the top six, making Moyes' coaching prospects at Manchester United still very unclear.

Many English media are also reporting that Manchester United's top management is already looking for a new head coach in advance.

Rumor has it that it's called flying all over the sky.

As long as there are well-known coaches who can be named in the football world, they are basically associated with Manchester United.

Manchester United fans are very excited about this.

As everyone knows, it is from the beginning of next season that Manchester United has embarked on the "road of rise" that is far away.

And this time there is a 99% chance that Mourinho will not lie in the muddy waters of Manchester United again.

Therefore, the small treble that Manchester United won in history will probably never happen again...

Li Ang is completely uninterested in whether Manchester United can finally rise successfully, even if there are some butterfly effects that he personally caused.

Now, like all Chelsea players, his attention is focused on their opponents Swansea and title rivals Manchester City in the next round of the league.

Manchester City will go to Anfield in the next round to challenge Liverpool, currently ranked third in the Premier League.

In the past, it was Manchester City who waited for Chelsea to fall behind and seize the opportunity. In the next round of the league, it is finally Chelsea's turn to wait for Manchester City to fall behind.

Judging from the current points gap between the two teams, if Manchester City loses to Liverpool in the next round of the league, then Chelsea can win the championship four rounds in advance if they win against Swansea in an away game!

This is what countless Chelsea fans have been looking forward to.

However, Chelsea has come all the way now, and the mentality of the players in the team has long been very calm.

Li Ang doesn't think it's a good thing to put too much hope on competitors.

You still have to win the game yourself to be safe.

Anyway, it’s just about winning two more rounds of the league. We’ll play Swansea in this round and Sunderland in the next round. The schedule is very impressive, so we’ll be done with it!

On the afternoon of April 12, the 34th round of the Premier League officially started. Tottenham, who played in the early game, was tied by the relegation team West Bromwich Albion, which immediately caused a big upset.

Countless gamblers cheered and got excited.

The top teams in the Premier League that played next were also 200% vigilant because of Tottenham's upset.

Everton and Southampton, who played on this day, both won steadily 1-0.

In addition to the first appearance, Tottenham and West Bromwich Albion played a 3-3 draw.

In the other five Premier League games that day, the results coincidentally were 1-0.

The game process seemed quite anxious, and by the end of the season, the physical reserves of the players of each team were almost bottoming out.

However, the energy burst out by the relegation team is still very surprising.

Swansea is currently ranked sixth from the bottom in the Premier League, only three points away from the relegation zone, and they still have to fight for relegation.

With the example of West Bromwich Albion breaking out in front of them, the Chelsea team does not dare to be careless against Swansea.

Mourinho even held an extra tactical meeting with the coaching staff the night before the game.

Before the game, the only good news for the Chelsea team may be that the game between Manchester City and Liverpool will start before their game!

After the battle between Manchester City and Liverpool is completely over, the game between Chelsea and Swansea will officially begin.

Therefore, even the entire Chelsea team did not pin their hopes of winning the championship on Manchester City being the first to lose.

They can still wait calmly for the final result of the game from Manchester City.

At 13:35 in the afternoon on April 13, under the terrifying home atmosphere of Anfield, Liverpool took the lead and took the initiative to attack Manchester City.

At this moment, the entire Chelsea team is still resting in the hotel.

So Li Ang and his teammates watched the first half of Liverpool suppressing Manchester City.

However, although Liverpool gained the advantage of suppression on the scene, they never scored.

Li Ang inevitably felt a little helpless in his heart.

Players who are used to playing the game know what such a scene means.

If he prepares for the worst, Li Ang has even thought about the scene where Manchester City steals the chicken in the second half and beats Liverpool at Anfield.

"Suarez, please don't misfire, and Sturridge! If you score a goal today and defeat Manchester City, I will invite you to London for three days and three nights..."

On the way to the Liberty Stadium, Swansea's home stadium, on the bus, Li Ang couldn't help but chuckle with his teammates when he listened to Bertrand's muttering.

It was really possible that Bertrand could do such a thing.

Mourinho also laughed and cursed in the front row.

If Suarez and Sturridge can really defeat Manchester City today, there is no need for Bertrand to pay. Chelsea Club can privately invite them to come to London to play.

"Don't think so much, let's be ourselves first. The worst we can do is win this game and then win Sunderland in the next one. Brothers, I really treat you to a three-day and three-night game!"

What Li Ang said after applauding directly made the young Chelsea players in the bus howl.

The previous faint atmosphere of anxiety also dissipated with the active discussion of fun within the Chelsea team.

Mourinho gave Li Ang a thumbs up in the front row.

Li Ang didn't say anything more and cleared his mind of all thoughts about the outcome of Manchester City's game.

After arriving at Liberty Stadium, Li Ang, who had changed his equipment, encouraged his teammates to get into the final warm-up session before the game.

Time was passing quickly, and a few minutes before the end of the warm-up between the two teams, a commotion suddenly sounded in the stands of Swansea's Liberty Stadium.

Li Ang and other Chelsea players turned to look. In the stands where Chelsea fans gathered, the noise quickly turned into excited cheers and shouts!

This signal was almost clear, and the Chelsea players who patiently completed the last set of warm-up actions quickly ran towards the player tunnel.

In the locker room, they finally got the good news they had been waiting for.

"Liverpool defeated Manchester City 2-1!!! Suarez really scored at the last moment! Boys, now it depends on your performance!"

The moment Holland excitedly announced the result of the match between Manchester City and Liverpool.

In the visiting team's locker room at Liberty Stadium, Chelsea's players raised their arms and let out deafening cheers!

No matter how calm he was, Li Ang couldn't help but hug his teammates at this moment, patting each other's shoulders and backs passionately, shouting at the top of his lungs in celebration.

But the reason in his mind quickly brought Li Ang back to reality. Mourinho also stood in the middle of the locker room, clapped vigorously, and signaled his disciples to calm down first.

Manchester City's failure indeed gave Chelsea a chance to win the championship in this round, but the prerequisite is that Chelsea defeat Swansea!

There is no need to worry about the morale problem. Now Chelsea's main players are eager to go on the field and beat Swansea directly!

But at the tactical level, Mourinho took the trouble to emphasize repeatedly that Swansea must be given attention on the defensive end.

"Even if we played more conservatively in the first half, we must first be solid defensively! We cannot give Swansea the slightest opportunity to threaten and attack.

Guys, take your time, don't rush, we will win in the end..."

Mourinho gave Chelsea's starting players some tactical clarity at the last minute.

And Li Ang also made a "reassuring" gesture to Mourinho.

Suppressing his excitement, he followed the referee team through the pre-game lineup ceremony.

It was also the last time that Li Ang and Terry greeted their teammates to gather around and cheer them up before the game!

Chelsea, who had the right to take the first kick, quickly rolled out their formation at the referee's kick-off whistle and took the initiative to test the home team Swansea.

I don’t know if I also learned about the result of Manchester City’s game before the game.

The entire Swansea team put on a defensive stance from the beginning of the game and seemed not to want to become a stumbling block for Chelsea on their way to winning the championship.

But their choice to directly give up the initiative in the game seemed very stupid to Li Ang.

Whether Swansea focuses on offense or defense in this game is of little significance to Chelsea, because on both ends of the offense and defense, the gap in hard power between them and Chelsea is really too big.

What Li Ang was originally worried about was that Swansea would increase its defensive strength, compete with Chelsea for the ball in the midfield, break up the rhythm of the game, and disrupt Chelsea's offensive organization.

But now Swansea is so generous and allows him to calmly dispatch the ball?

Li Ang was also amused, and he directly made a tactical gesture to signal the full-backs on both sides to also press forward, and he was about to use an upright crushing style!

Want to force Chelsea to play positional warfare?

Good guy, it’s true that a mouse has taken the initiative to enter the cat’s nest, and he doesn’t give it away like this without his head!

Steadily pushing the ball across the center line and behind Swansea's defense, Li Ang distributed the ball to both wings and began to involve Swansea's midfield defense.

If Swansea, which mainly plays 4231, shrinks in its own half, the defensive force in the midfield is actually very sufficient.

But if you put aside the superficial defensive numerical advantage and analyze further, it is actually not difficult to see:

The Swansea team is accustomed to playing on the ground, and the head coach Laudrup advocates the Spanish style of passing and controlling, and fundamentally wants to play beautiful football.

Routledge and Nathandale on the two wings are also fast wingers whose offensive attributes are much stronger than their defensive attributes.

If you let these technical players participate in the defense, their tactical execution may be fine, but their tactical thinking and defensive ability will not be able to sustain it.

In terms of shrinking defense, Chelsea can be said to be invincible in the Premier League. They are the team best at playing this tactic.

Precisely because they are good at it, the whole Chelsea team knows better how to break the bus tactic.

De Bruyne and Hazard took turns testing each other frequently.

Beside them, Azpilicueta and Bertrand were also actively lining up, involving the two Swansea defensive players.

If they can rush down smoothly, Chelsea who is passing the ball will have at least three impact points in the middle, namely Ibrahimovic, Lampard and Li Ang!

This does not include Azpilicueta, who can slant into the Swansea penalty area from the right when Bertrand takes the ball from one side.

His heading ability is not weak at all, and he can withstand the attacks of many offensive players when playing as a central defender.

And even if they can't successfully set up the ball, with Leon and Lampard sitting in the middle, Chelsea's ball transfer speed is fast enough.

Swansea's defense was able to hold up for a while, but it couldn't hold up the whole game. Sooner or later, there would be moments when the defense was in chaos.

If their backline and defensive system can withstand the decline under Chelsea's full attack.

Then they won't all have played the first 33 rounds of the Premier League and have just escaped the relegation zone.

Li Ang's organizational conduct is very patient, and he is also waiting for a suitable opportunity.

On a certain level, Li Ang feels that he and Brother Long are really very similar, and they are very capable of seizing opportunities when switching from offense to defense.

It's just that Brother Long's movement speed is a bit slow, so he usually chooses to use long passes to guide quick counterattacks.

In addition to counterattack, Li Ang now has the ability to penetrate from behind with great threat.

The game entered the 24th minute of the first half. Li Ang, who was a little too calm, finally got the opportunity he wanted to advance.

After seeing Lampard steal the ball from Swansea midfielder Hernandez near the midline, Li Ang immediately lost his previous identity as the playmaker and headed towards Swansea's half!

There was no need for Li Ang to remind him, Lampard just pushed the ball forward to him!

Swansea midfielder Hernandez's loss of the ball directly opened a hole in Swansea's midfield defensive system.

Facing Swansea's two slow-moving defensive midfielders, Li Ang did not slow down and directly burst through the interception of Swansea's right midfielder Britton!

This is the death of Swansea's defense!

While Shelvey, the defensive midfielder on the other side, was on his way to fill in, Li Ang had already moved his kick and sent the ball to De Bruyne on the right!

Without Shelvey's marking, De Bruyne took the opportunity to lead the ball and cut inside the Swansea penalty area!

Swansea centre-back Ashley Williams had no choice but to attack De Bruyne.

Another Swansea centre-back, Flores, followed Ibrahimovic's advance and retreated.

De Bruyne quickly knocked the ball horizontally at this time.

He did not choose to pass the ball vertically, and it seemed that the passing threat was not great.

But seeing Li Ang stopping the ball and swinging his legs on the line of Swansea's penalty area, the hearts of the nearly 20,000 Swansea fans at the scene were all tight!

"De Bruyne's cross pass! Li Ang stopped! Hit-!!!"

Zhan Jun roared excitedly in the Sina Sports studio!

In the live broadcast footage, Li Ang first stopped the ball to the right side in front of him, and then fired a powerful shot with his right foot that penetrated the fingers of Swansea goalkeeper Vorm!

The moment the football crossed the line and hit the net, Mourinho rushed out of the coaching bench, roared and stretched out three fingers, proudly signaling to everyone!

His third Premier League championship trophy is about to be obtained!

This kind of celebration is a bit arrogant and very "crazy".

Swansea fans were very angry after seeing it, but there was nothing they could do.

The Sky Sports commentator almost praised Li Ang to the sky at this moment.

But Li Ang does deserve the praise of these exaggerated words!

This season in the Premier League and Champions League, Li Ang has used countless opening scores and equalizing goals to help Chelsea open the door to victory!

This time is no exception.

After Li Ang scored this goal, there was no point in setting up a bus for Swansea.

Laudrup stood on the sidelines and laughed helplessly.

After the whole Chelsea team celebrated wildly, Laudrup also made his tactical decision.

Since you can't hold on, let's play the football style that Swansea is best at at home!

Swansea took the initiative to attack Chelsea after the restart.

After getting rid of the ideological baggage, the energy burst out by the Swansea team still gave Li Ang a new assessment of their strength.

However, respect belongs to respect, and it is related to the ownership of the league championship. Li Ang also unceremoniously led his teammates to kill Swansea.

In the 39th minute of the first half, Hazard received the ball from Li Ang and entered the Swansea penalty area. Then he decisively swept the pass and assisted Ibrahimovic to score from the back point!

In the 49th minute of the second half, Swansea took the lead and successfully pulled a goal back.

Their main forward Boni scored his 16th Premier League goal this season, and his performance has far exceeded the British media's evaluation expectations of him before the season.

But just when the Swansea team wanted to pursue the victory, Chelsea scored another goal in just three minutes, directly ending the Swansea players' unrealistic illusions!

This time, De Bruyne received a pass from Li Ang in the rib area of ​​the Swansea half, successfully countered offside, and scored with a low shot to help Chelsea win another victory!

In the 67th minute of the second half, Lukaku, who came on as a substitute for Hazard, received a header from Ibrahimovic and scored Chelsea's fourth goal of the game against Vorm alone.

All the local Chelsea fans in London were excited and reveling!

The overall situation has been decided!

Chelsea regained the Premier League title after 4 years and rose strongly!

Countless neutral fans who watched this game also had to sigh with emotion at how quickly Chelsea was rebuilt.

At this point in time when the Manchester United dynasty collapsed, it should have been a chaotic period of wolves competing for the title in the Premier League.

The result was something no one expected.

The Iron-blooded Blues, who once dominated the Premier League, have re-entered the attention of all Premier League fans with the return of Mourinho and the joining of Li Ang!

A new ruling order has been quietly established on the ruins of the Red Devils dynasty.

The Red Devils are dead, the Blues are here to stay!