Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

While other powerful teams in the Premier League are still struggling with their support targets, Chelsea has efficiently completed a two-out and two-in transfer operation.

Cross has received additional leave approved by Mourinho and will report to the Cobham training base at a later time.

Thiago Silva rushed directly to the training base to continue receiving treatment and active rehabilitation.

Li Ang and Ibrahimovic met and greeted Silva at the training base that day.

From now on, Chelsea's Milan brothers should also change their name to the Milan Three Musketeers.

Li Ang is very happy with the arrival of his old brother Silva.

Some fans may think that Thiago Silva, who is still a few months away from turning 30, will not be able to play at a high level for a few more years.

But Li Ang knows how strong his old brother is in maintaining his condition!

Li Ang can only lament that the scene when Silva dragged the striker Bonera to turn the tide in Milan's defense is still vivid in his mind.

This ability is really unacceptable.

David Luiz is a good person and a good teammate, but he can never get rid of his irritability.

If he mainly plays as a midfielder, then Liang and Matic can wipe his ass, but he is a central defender himself, and this problem is too damned.

These days, the defensive tactics of three central defenders have not yet become popular in football, and David Luiz is really not suitable for Chelsea's two central defender system.

Therefore, his transfer and departure will be a better result for Chelsea and himself.

Thinking that the eldest brother combination on his defense line has become "Terry + sister-in-law" in the new season, Li Ang feels very at ease.

Together with Gary Cahill, Maguire and Karas, Chelsea has a total of five players that can be rotated at the center back position in the new season, and the bench is completely thick enough.

If there is really a shortage of players, Ivanovic and Azpilicueta can still fill the central defender position.

So let alone a third-line battle, Chelsea's defense can withstand even a fourth-line battle!

After Maguire and Ake played more than 40 games in the Championship last season, their growth was obvious.

At their age, they need to play more games to discover more problems in their games and correct them as early as possible.

It's hard to say what Ake's arrangements will be in the new season, but Maguire will not lack playing time in the Chelsea team.

After all, no matter how outstanding and stable Terry's performance is, he is one year older, and Mourinho still wants to use him sparingly.

And Maguire's advantages in frontal interception and high-altitude ball defense are indeed very prominent.

For Chelsea's coaching staff, he can play a significant tactical supplementary role on both offense and defense.

At the left back position, Bertrand has become Chelsea's permanent starter.

Although Mourinho must still arrange for him to play in the Premier League and Champions League first, the FA Cup and EFL Cup games will basically be played by Ashley Cole and Ake.

But when Ashley Cole is healthy, Ake is still not very able to compete with Ashley Cole.

Fortunately, Ake is only 19 years old now, which is relatively young. He is also very young if he continues to rent out for a year or two to practice before returning to Chelsea.

After Ashley Cole finishes playing at Chelsea this season, he will basically leave the team to find a retirement team, so Ake will have many opportunities to perform at Chelsea in the future.

Mourinho is quite optimistic about his development prospects. High-quality left backs are really becoming increasingly scarce in today's football.

If they can develop another first-class left-back in the Premier League, then Chelsea will be equivalent to getting a young reinforcement worth upwards of 40 million.

Ake, who has been recognized and comforted by the coaching staff, has also worked very hard to express himself in the training base during this period.

But after all, he was still a little too immature.

With his defense as a foil, Salah, who returned to Chelsea with Maguire and the others this season, fully blossomed his talents on the offensive end.

Just like Hazard who just moved to Chelsea.

Salah, who has been accustomed to enjoying the treatment of the offensive core in his original team and is completely a core player, has more or less some minor football problems.

He concentrates on dribbling and doesn't pay much attention to people. He also has many problems with being too stick to the ball.

But he is full of impact on the wing. In terms of speed, Hazard may not be as fast as him.

This is exactly the tactical quality that Chelsea lacked on the right wing last season.

After all, neither De Bruyne nor Azpilicueta is the kind of wing attack maniac with explosive physical talents.

Chelsea's right wing performance last season was very stable, both offensively and defensively.

Mourinho likes De Bruyne who has integrated into the Chelsea system very much.

But after witnessing De Bruyne's complete performance and growth throughout the season, Mourinho became more determined to let De Bruyne further grow and transform in the midfield.

De Bruyne can play as a right winger, and he is also very threatening on the front line.

But Mourinho always believes that letting De Bruyne play on the right wing is a waste of his talents.

Moreover, Chelsea always relied too much on Hazard in local attacks last season.

Playing like this for one or two seasons may not be a big problem, but if the offensive tactics are always focused on one wing, Chelsea's tactical dilemma will soon come.

Let’s not talk about the Champions League for now, let’s just talk about the Premier League where Chelsea is based.

Now, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool, who are also eager for the Premier League title, and Liverpool, which seems to have successfully recovered and risen, will not let Chelsea's lame offensive tactics go unchecked.

Salah's recent outstanding performance on the training ground has finally made up for Chelsea's shortcomings in the right attack.

His minor playing problems are not a big deal in Mourinho's opinion.

As for young people, the first thing they need is this talent and drive. Problems can be solved bit by bit during the long season.

And looking at Salah's tactical attitude of complete obedience to Li Ang on the training ground, Mourinho did not think that this Egyptian boy would become a problem for Chelsea.

If you are willing to be obedient, then everything will be easy to talk about. If you are willing to listen to Li Ang, then Mourinho will feel that Salah has broadened his path at Chelsea.

Beginning on July 16, Chelsea played four warm-up matches with England's lower-level league teams and a "traditional strong team" in the Slovenian league.

The opponent's strength was not strong. Chelsea directly won four consecutive warm-up matches while sending out substitutes and young players in the team.

These games don't have much reference value. They are purely Mourinho's training of newcomers.

The holiday is over and Cross, who has reported to the Cobham training base, has yet to make a single appearance on behalf of Chelsea.

In other words, none of the first-team players who have played in the World Cup this summer have yet appeared in a warm-up match.

Their tactical training plan is also gradual. This is not because Mourinho is too careful about their physical health.

But while the substitute players are improving their tacit understanding and playing more warm-up matches, the main players like them will slowly adjust their physical condition and perform crazy physical training!

After losing to Bayern in the Champions League semifinals last season, Mourinho was able to accept this result rationally.

But Mourinho is still very concerned about the physical gap between his team and Bayern Munich!

When I was coaching Real Madrid before, other teams were always beaten by Real Madrid.

How good Bayern and Dortmund were in the 2013 season, but when faced with the desperate Real Madrid, the Bundesliga duo were still no match!

Mourinho doesn't like to suffer such a loss, so forget about the veterans in the Chelsea team now. The younger players must improve their physical strength!

Pintus is still working at Real Madrid, and Mourinho cannot forcefully poach him.

But there is no problem in asking Pintus to help online and remotely assist Ruiz in analyzing the players' situation and formulating training plans.

Kroos has already experienced high-intensity physical training at Bayern, so his adaptability is not bad.

But the few young players who returned to the team this season were miserable.

On the first day that the team's devilish physical training officially started, Li Ang witnessed with his own eyes the tragic situation of Maguire and Salah being trained to the point of vomiting.

It is the first time for these young boys to receive such intensity of training. They must not be used to it.

However, after the first day of physical training, in order to appease the frustration of his young teammates.

Li Ang once again vividly told the story of Guofeng's practice of vomiting in less than half an hour after being forced to do so by the Pintus boss.

I am afraid of comparison in everything.

Originally, Maguire and the others felt that their physical fitness was very poor.

But when they think about Real Madrid's main center, superstar Benzema, who seems to be inferior to them, the boys' hearts suddenly become balanced.

Of course, the psychological problem has been temporarily solved, and you still have to practice the next day.

A week later, the main players of Chelsea's first team, who had gradually become accustomed to this intensity of training, also ushered in their friendly match before the start of the new season.

This is also Li Ang's group's collective appearance amidst the expectations of Chelsea fans after more than two months of offseason.

Eredivisie team Vitesse welcomed the challenge of Chelsea's main players at their home court.

Kroos wore the No. 8 jersey left by Oscar in this warm-up match and partnered with Li Ang to control the middle of the midfield.

Matic still serves as the starting midfielder.

Defense: Bertrand, Terry, Thiago Silva, who has returned from injury, and Ivanovic made their first appearance.

Starting goalkeeper Cech.

On the forward line, the trident combination of Hazard, Ibrahimovic and De Bruyne also took the lead.

Azpilicueta had some muscle discomfort before the game, so he sat on the bench for this game. Young players such as Salah and Maguire were also on the bench.

There were many media reporters from England on the sidelines. They were very excited to take photos and observe the Chelsea players who were starting on the court.

If nothing else happens, Chelsea's main lineup for the new season will be very similar to the current starting situation on the field.

Mourinho may still consider and adjust certain positions at that time, but the starting lineup of 433 should be determined.

At present, the mainstream playing styles of the wealthy teams in European football are changing from 4231 and 442 to 433.

This is the general trend. Even if Mourinho likes the defensively solid 4231, he must keep up with the pace of the times and reuse a starting formation like 433 that is more capable of taking the offensive initiative.

In this warm-up match, Chelsea also fully achieved the tactical purpose of controlling the midfield situation and suppressing Vitesse's continuous active offensive.

After all, Chelsea's lineup has not changed significantly, and the core players worked well together last season.

In addition, Cross and Thiago Silva have integrated into the team system very quickly.

So rather than saying it was a warm-up match for tactical experiments, the superior combat power displayed by Chelsea quickly turned the game into a one-sided massacre.

Tevez lost 0-6 at his home court!

However, their fans were still open-minded. They watched Chelsea score crazy goals throughout the game, and there was no shortage of applause at the scene.

After 60 minutes of the second half, Mourinho made a big wave of his hand and directly chose to change the lineup.

Salah, who replaced De Bruyne as the right winger, performed very well.

After he comes on the field, he hits hard!

Together with Lukaku on the left, he directly broke through Waiters' defense in the second half.

Mourinho and the Chelsea coaching staff are extremely satisfied with the result of this warm-up match.

Three days later, Chelsea, who arrived in Germany, started a friendly match with Werder Bremen, a traditional Bundesliga team.

De Bruyne returned to his original loan team and won the support and cheers of local fans during the game.

However, this kid didn't take into account the feelings of his old teammates. He used three passes and one shot to help Chelsea win another 5-0 friendly match!

After winning two consecutive friendly matches, scoring 11 goals but conceding zero goals, Chelsea's outstanding firepower immediately attracted the attention of mainstream sports media from various European countries.

And Cross also used his stable performance to initially create a wave of impressions in front of many Premier League fans.

Old fans who are used to watching the game certainly know the meaning of Cross's passing success rate of more than 90% in these two friendly matches.

Younger fans just think Cross's passing is excellent and stable.

Matic is the one who shines on the defensive end, and it is Li Ang who is more active on the offensive end.

They don't yet have a deep understanding of Cross's tactical value.

But it doesn't matter. When the Premier League starts in the new season, they will know how important Cross is who can liberate Li Ang on the organizational side.

On August 10, Chelsea, who returned to London, ushered in a friendly match with La Liga team Real Sociedad.

In this game, Chelsea changed their style of play again and once again used the 4231 starting lineup.

Mourinho seemed to want to test the team's strength on the defensive line, using two completely different sets of defense in the first and second half.

Chelsea finally defeated Real Sociedad 2-1 at home. Maguire scored a beautiful header from a corner kick in the second half of the friendly match.

Chelsea fans are impressed by his huge head.

After the game, Chelsea officials also announced a blockbuster transfer news.

Center forward Drogba, who currently plays for Turkish giants Galatasaray, has returned to Stamford Bridge on loan!

When the Blues fans saw this news, they immediately fell into a carnival!

Chelsea, which has introduced strong reinforcements, also welcomed back their team legend at this moment.

This summer window, Chelsea has made a surprise transfer, which has silently announced to the world:

In the new season, they have great ambitions. This time, they want to win everything!