Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

After all, Robert Martinez is not a coach who makes decisive adjustments on the spot.

To put it mildly, his tactical command is smooth and stable. He likes to use a fixed lineup and does not like too many variables.

To put it bluntly, it is difficult for him to make desperate tactical changes.

If it was really not the end of the rope, he wouldn't consider changing his formation to take a chance.

After the game entered the halftime period, Mourinho was mentally prepared for Everton to replace Adebayor with Eto'o in the second half.

After spending a total of 11 million pounds in the winter window last season to introduce Eto'o and Adebayor, Robert Martinez used these two forwards to rotate.

Even though Adebayor broke out in the second half of the league, Eto'o still got a lot of playing opportunities, and his 6 goals in 13 league appearances were not bad.

Even though Eto'o is 33 years old now, he is no longer the dangerous cheetah that won the La Liga Golden Boot in Barcelona in the past.

But his rich experience and agile ability to grab points can still be used in the Premier League.

At least now, Adebayor has been restricted by Mourinho using Maguire.

Eto'o changed the main rhythm and method of offense and basically became Martinez's only choice in tactical adjustment.

But what surprised all the Chelsea players and Mourinho.

After the second half of the game started, Martinez still chose not to make any adjustments to the starting lineup.

He continued to use Adebayor as the team's bridgehead, and Mourinho was naturally happy to slow down his substitution plan.

Maguire became the biggest beneficiary. Mourinho had already prepared him to leave early at halftime.

Now that's good, the opposing head coach is stubborn and won't change, so he can naturally stay on the court and limit the performance of the opponent's center.

Leon took a few more glances at Martinez's shiny bald head, and could only silently wish Hazard, De Bruyne and Lukaku the three Belgian brothers in his heart.

In the future, he can withstand the pressure under the coaching of Martinez and strive to achieve better national team results than he remembers.

As long as Martinez continues to coach Everton according to his current philosophy, it is conceivable that Everton will still fire him in one or two seasons after failing to achieve breakthrough results.

This guy focuses exclusively on offense. Not to mention his rigid offensive routine, his ability to train the team's defense is really average.

And if a team only has an offensive routine that is not good at changing, and its defense depends purely on the performance of the players, then it will be difficult to reach the end whether it is playing in the league or cup competition.

After basically figuring out Martinez's tactical adjustment ability and playing style.

Mourinho was not in a hurry to let his disciples score the third goal early in the second half and completely kill the game.

Sixty minutes after the second half, Mourinho replaced Thiago Silva and Bertrand with Karas and Ake, and immediately started practicing Everton's offense.

Martinez was furious when he saw this. At this time, he finally couldn't help it and put on a new offensive force to fight Chelsea.

But facing Chelsea, who had changed to 4231 at this moment, the offensive players replaced by Martinez could not even break through the midfielder combination of Leon and Matic.

Not to mention further threatening Chelsea's defense.

Besides, the central defender combination of Maguire and Karas is almost invincible in defending high-altitude balls, while the other is fierce in attacking and is also alert in filling positions.

The combination of the two complements each other in terms of tactics.

Whether it's Adebayor or Eto'o, they can't take advantage of Chelsea's young central defenders.

A big win is important, but the opportunity to use a mid-to-upper-tier Premier League team like Everton to help you train is even more rare.

The final score was fixed at 0-2, and Mourinho was very satisfied with the process and result of the game.

But Everton fans' extremely dissatisfied boos still resounded throughout Goodison Park after the game.

Martinez felt humiliated by Mourinho and chose to ignore Mourinho's proactive handshake after the game, but Mourinho didn't mind.

After getting the result he wanted, Mourinho was all smiles when he attended the post-match press conference, and he didn't mind suffering some language disadvantages.

Li Ang and the others celebrated lively at Goodison Park.

After winning three consecutive victories at the start of the new season, during the next international match day.

Chelsea players who have national team competition obligations can fully devote themselves to national team competitions without the burden of league results.

Players like Li Ang who currently have no national team competition duties can rest comfortably for at least a week.

Of course, Li Ang would not waste his precious training time just like this.

It just so happened that Anastasia was in China recently to deal with studying abroad, and she wouldn't be able to return to London for a while.

So Li Ang simply rested at home for one day and started additional training directly.

However, in September this year, he did not stay alone at the Cobham training base for additional training.

Both young lads Maguire and Ake will start additional moderate training with him during the international match.

This is not a request made by Li Ang or the Chelsea coaching staff, but they themselves took the initiative to ask Li Ang to take them to improve their strength.

Li Ang's own plan for additional training during the international match days has long been made.

The training team hired by Mendes to train him alone is very different from that of three people.

Anyway, when Li Ang took the initiative to increase money, his training team had no objection at all.

Needless to say, Ake's talent is natural, but his desire to move forward is still a bit too strong at this stage.

Li Ang's suggestion to him is not new, which is to ask him to pay attention to strengthening his ability in one-on-one marking.

Mourinho has been personally checking the defensive joint training on weekdays. Ake is not a rebellious boy. He has completed all the joint training tasks assigned by the head coach honestly.

He also gave serious consideration to Li Ang's suggestion.

After all, in the current Chelsea team, at least at the left back position, Bertrand and Ashley Cole are not lacking in offensive ability.

When it comes to offense, not to mention Bertrand who is in his prime, even the aging Ashley Cole can beat him to nothing.

"What you need most now is more playing time. If the head coach chooses you to play, there must be a reason, right?

What are you good at, and why the coaching staff would let you start instead of your teammates because you are good at this, you have to think about this clearly..."

Li Ang said it very straightforwardly.

And he was able to get enough playing opportunities in Real Madrid that year because he deeply understood this truth.

Whether he was loaned out for training or returned to Real Madrid's first team, he was diligent on the defensive end and showed defensive skills that other midfield competitors at the time did not have.

Canales and Granero were much stronger than him in terms of overall strength at that time.

Not to mention that when he first arrived at Real Madrid, he led the league in assists with 272 in his first season.

In terms of worth, he was far inferior to these competitors at that time.

But in the end he had the last laugh and won the main defensive midfielder position of Real Madrid's first team.

It is indeed very convincing that he uses his own growth story to encourage Ake.

At the age of nineteen, he was able to play a rotation role in Real Madrid's first team, and at the age of twenty, he won the league championship and Italian Cup double with AC Milan as the main player.

It can be said that Li Ang's growth story has inspired many younger football rookies.

A young man like Ake, who is now on the same team as Li Ang, even dreams of becoming a "new little lion" one day.

In the following week, Ake worked hard on one-on-one defense like a chicken.

Maguire's situation is a bit more special, because Mourinho asked Li Ang to take Maguire to lose weight first.

It is definitely unrealistic for Maguire to easily lose weight during the long game, which will affect Maguire's preparation training.

However, during this international break, it is very suitable for Maguire to seize the time to lose weight.

Li Ang does feel that Maguire is a bit too heavyweight.

The height of 1.94 meters and the weight of 95 kilograms are indeed very impressive, which can give Maguire a great advantage in confrontation.

But one thing you need to know is that the number of heavy-duty centers in football is becoming fewer and fewer.

Among the current European teams in the four major leagues, except for Llorente and Ibrahimovic, there is not even a center who can match Maguire in terms of physical confrontation.

Therefore, there is really no need for Maguire to continue to maintain such a large weight. It is better to control the weight to less than 92 kilograms and increase the flexibility of defensive lateral movement and turning.

After adjusting his diet plan and combining it with scientific training, Maguire lost more than one kilogram in the past 10 days.

Not to mention immediately improving the body's flexibility to a new level, at least Maguire now clearly feels that his body is lighter.

Li Ang suddenly had a hunch that Maguire would probably be selected to lead the British team before the season was over, and would have the opportunity to fight for a starting position.

The European Cup two years later should be the best stage for Maguire to make a name for himself in an international competition for the first time.

By then, we will add Kane, whose growth is likely to be accelerated...

"Will England be able to make it to the final and beat France by then? The butterfly effect I fanned directly fanned out the new generation of golden England in advance?"

Li Ang made some wicked assumptions in his mind.

But when he thought about the fact that he didn't even have to play for the national team, he suddenly lost interest in continuing YY.

After the national team match day, Chelsea players who had played international matches returned to the Cobham training base one after another.

Terry recovered from his injury during this period, which is important good news for Mourinho.

But looking at a large number of Chelsea's main players who looked tired and clearly needed rest after returning to the training base.

Mourinho could only sigh softly in his heart and began to make rotation arrangements.

After the fourth round of the Premier League, Chelsea can only get three and a half days of rest before starting the new season's Champions League group stage.

That's why most of the first-team players, especially the veterans, who have finished playing for the national team, will basically rest in the fourth round of the Premier League.

Fortunately, the league opponent Chelsea will face in the fourth round is Swansea, and they are at home, so they can still have the upper hand with a rotating lineup.

Swansea's new head coach this season, Garry Monk, currently leads the team to a luxurious record of 4 consecutive wins at the start of the season.

That includes three consecutive Premier League wins and one EFL Cup win.

The 2-1 victory over Manchester United in the first league game of the new season quickly earned Garry Monk the praise and recognition of all Swansea fans.

With such a luxurious start to the season, Garry Monk naturally has more ambitions.

This round coincided with Chelsea's major rotation of main players, and he felt that his team had no chance of continuing to win an upset victory.

On the afternoon of September 13, Mourinho released his starting lineup for today just one hour before the game.

He defied all media expectations by starting Drogba and Torres together, and directly launched a 4-4-2 formation that had not been played in a long time.

Garry Monk also didn't expect Mourinho to directly implement a "retro" game today.

In the midfield, Li Ang and Van Ginkel sit in the middle, with Ramirez and Salah on the left and right sides.

Azpilicueta played as a left back today. Terry and Gary Cahill started as central defenders, and Ivanovic started on the right.

The starting goalkeeper is Begovic, who just moved to Chelsea before the summer transfer window closed some time ago.

Although he was introduced as a substitute for Cech, Begovic also received a commitment from the Chelsea coaching staff that he would be given sufficient playing time.

And in order to get the Sky City's main goalkeeper, Chelsea paid a premium transfer fee of 12 million pounds to Stoke City in the final period of the summer window.

Speaking of which, Courtois was supposed to return to Chelsea this season, and the strength he showed at Atletico Madrid was enough to replace Cech.

But because of the now-well-known rift between him and De Bruyne, Mourinho chose to loan him to Atletico Madrid for another season.

And Courtois may not be able to return to Chelsea next season.

When this vicious cuckolding incident occurs, between Courtois and De Bruyne, Chelsea can basically only choose 1 from 2.

With the strength and talent De Bruyne has shown now, it is normal for Mourinho to choose him and give up Courtois, who may grow into a new generation of goalkeepers.

But now that Cech is older, Begovic is very qualified as a substitute, and his age is also very suitable.

Chelsea still have to find a younger and more talented new main goalkeeper...

Chelsea's rotating starting lineup doesn't look weak at all.

At least Garry Monk's tactical plan to seize the offensive initiative in the early stages failed.

After all, even if De Bruyne and Kroos take turns, Leon is still on the court, and the midfield combination of him and Van Ginkel is enough to seize control of the game.

And just when Swansea's players wanted to take advantage of their numerical advantage in the midfield to regain the initiative in the game.

However, Chelsea decisively avoided too much entanglement with Swansea in the middle and directly started a simple and crude two-wing tactics!

Ramirez feinted on the left, and Azpilicueta was the killer move from the bottom.

And Salah on the right got Hazard's tactical privileges today and got enough opportunities to hit with the ball.

What's even more fatal is that Chelsea seems to have only two forwards in the middle.

But in fact, Li Ang's back-breaking attack allowed Chelsea to easily outflank and grab points with three points every time.

Azpilicueta and Ivanovic's crosses from both wings can deliver enough bombs to Chelsea's offensive cluster.

And Salah's smooth shot after cutting inside further enriched Chelsea's offensive mode on the right.

Swansea's defenders today re-experienced the uncomfortable feeling of the Premier League defenders being bulldozed over their heads by Drogba.

And Li Ang also used Drogba to disrupt the space deployed by Swansea's defense.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, he jumped in and knocked on the door of Swansea guarded by Fabianski!

After scoring this goal, Chelsea leisurely launched Swansea's counterattack.

In the stoppage time of the first half, Torres missed a semi-lone opportunity from Drogba's header.

However, in the 59th minute of the second half, facing Ramirez's inverted triangle return pass after breaking into Swansea's bottom line, Torres finally seized the opportunity!

After scoring his first official goal of the new season with a shot into the near corner of the Swansea goal, Torres happily embraced and celebrated with his teammates amid huge cheers at Stamford Bridge.

And Swansea head coach Garry Monk completely recognized the reality at this moment.

Comparing Chelsea to the teams they have beaten before is laughable.

Chelsea is not Manchester United, and they are still re-establishing a tactical system.

Manchester United's style of play has not yet been fixed. Although there are many stars in the starting lineup, the mid-to-lower teams do have the opportunity to exploit their tactical loopholes.

After a full season of Mourinho's tactical construction, Chelsea's teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League are completely different.

And the strength of Chelsea's current rotation cannot be underestimated.

Rotation?

Chelsea, who are rotating, are at least a strong team at the European level.

Not only Swansea, but all the mid- and lower-tier teams in the Premier League this season will be well-served by Chelsea's rotation.