Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

The Premier League has finished half way ahead of the other three major leagues.

But it is no different than other major mainstream leagues, which basically give each team in the league a break after the end of the half-season.

The Bundesliga has an exaggerated winter break that ends on December 20th and then stops until the end of January. In the Premier League, it is even more like a fairy tale schedule.

Each Premier League team has only three and a half days of rest after playing the 19th round of the league, and then they will face the challenge of the 20th round of the league!

Therefore, the Chelsea team has not had time to relax and listen to the praises of the outside media.

Then he had to brave the wind and snow and embark on the journey to the away game again.

Chelsea have achieved a half-win record, and they have also refreshed the historical record.

So now, whether it is Mourinho or the Chelsea players, they no longer have the same sense of urgency and desire to continue to maintain a record of undefeated league victories.

Of course, the lack of pressure and desire does not mean that they will give up on the twentieth round of the league.

It doesn't have to be a continuation of the winning streak, but Chelsea's players don't want to lose either.

Especially when their opponent in the twentieth round of the league is still an old acquaintance, Tottenham.

The offensive battle with Southampton still consumed a lot of energy and physical reserves of Chelsea's main players.

Considering that he was about to go to White Hart Lane to compete with Tottenham, Mourinho directly gave early leave to the main players in the team who were physically exhausted and were getting older.

Li Ang naturally belongs to the group of players who consume a lot of physical energy, but he still did not get the opportunity to take a rotation vacation.

On January 1st, after cooperating with the Premier League's official promotion before the game and sending New Year's greetings to fans and citizens in China, Li Ang devoted himself to intense warm-up preparations.

For today's league, Li Ang actually didn't feel too much pressure.

Even facing a Tottenham team at White Hart Lane who had a much more complete lineup than before.

But Li Ang is still confident that he can lead the team to take away points from here.

Without him, although Tottenham's core midfielder Dembele has been selected for the starting 18-man roster, his injury problem has not been completely resolved.

Pochettino chose to bring him with him in this game, more to stabilize the morale of the army.

And Dier, another member of Tottenham's midfield and backcourt, sprained his ankle in the final game of the last round against Manchester United.

So the problems in Tottenham's midfield are still the same.

It's no problem for their lineup to play against a team in the middle of the league, and their offensive firepower is absolutely sufficient.

But it won't work against Chelsea because the midfielder and backfield can't handle the pressure.

As long as Chelsea can provide offensive firepower on the two wings and the center plays a fulcrum role, Li Ang will start again.

The midfielder and backfielder who stormed Tottenham were accurate every time!

Although Ibrahimovic is resting in this game, Drogba, who is in good physical condition, can still play a tactical role in Chelsea's center position.

Lukaku plus Salah's offensive firepower on both wings is not weak at all. It is not easy for Tottenham to take advantage of Chelsea's rotation.

It is 6:30 pm on January 1, London local time, and 1:30 am on January 2, China time.

The focus of the first game of the second half of the Premier League this season started on time at White Hart Lane!

Compared with Chelsea, whose opening tactics were slightly conservative after a large rotation, Tottenham, who are sitting at home today, obviously want to play more proactively.

Tottenham's starting lineup today is very different from the last time they challenged Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Their main defenders on both wings were unable to play due to injuries in the last round of the match against Chelsea.

In today's game, Kyle Walker and Danny Rose both started, which greatly strengthened Tottenham's offensive capabilities on both sides.

Eriksen returned to the center that suits him best, and Tottenham's main left winger Shazli this season also returned from injury.

Although the injuries of Lamela and Dier still prevent Tottenham from attacking at full strength.

But the die-hard Tottenham fans at White Hart Lane are already relatively satisfied.

They believe that their team can compete well with Chelsea today.

Well, it will definitely be difficult to compete with Chelsea who have a complete lineup, but they think they should be fine if they compete with Chelsea who have a weak lineup.

In the opening stage of the game, Tottenham did exactly what their fans expected, using a more active attack to compress Chelsea's formation in the half.

Li Ang and Mikel were positioned relatively deep, and Lampard basically retreated behind the top of his own center circle.

Such a defensive posture allows Tottenham to easily carry the ball through the center line, further putting pressure on Chelsea's midfield defense.

But after almost ten minutes of play, Tottenham kept lingering outside Chelsea's defensive third zone. The ball was passed smoothly, but they just couldn't penetrate Chelsea's defensive hinterland!

Old fans who know about football can actually see it easily now.

Spurs pressed hard in the middle of the midfield, but it was difficult for their wide players to penetrate deep into the weak side of Chelsea's defense to get the ball.

The reason is, apart from Chelsea's main defensive tactics at the start today, which is conducive to compressing the space for Tottenham's wing offensive players.

It's because of Mourinho's precise selection.

Ashley Cole and Azpilicueta started today, sitting on the left and right sides of Chelsea.

This is basically the strongest defensive candidate on the left and right wings that Chelsea can currently arrange.

Bertrand is younger and faster than the older Ashley Cole.

But when it comes to squatting and defending, Bertrand can only line up behind Ashley Cole.

Not to mention, Azpilicueta was named to the Premier League's Best Team of the Season with his excellent defensive performance last season.

You can say that his offensive ability is still a bit lacking.

But now, under the guidance of Mourinho, Azpilicueta's defensive strength is definitely the top level on the right side of football.

Lukaku and Salah provided defensive interference at the front end of the two wings, Ashley Cole and Azpilicueta squatted in the bottom, and Leon and Mikel actively supported the defense.

It can be said that today Chelsea was trying to restrict Tottenham's wing attack.

Under the alternating markings of Maguire and Thiago Silva, it is very difficult for Kane to receive the ball from the ground or from the air.

In desperation, Eriksen could only find opportunities to hit a dozen more long-range shots.

In a half that was congested and full of Chelsea defensive players strangulating, Tottenham's rapid advancement characteristics could not be displayed at all.

And when most of the fans in front of the TV thought Chelsea would stick to a draw today.

However, when Li Ang was about 30 minutes into the first half, he got the ball and then pushed forward, causing Tottenham's midfield defense to go crazy!

Before the game, Pochettino gave Bentaleb a hard beating.

His requirements were not high. He just asked Bentaleb to be as tough as possible when facing Li Ang today. If he couldn't stop him, he committed a tactical foul.

Bentaleb's reply to Pochettino at the time was firm, he said he could do it!

But now it seems that he is really not good at it...

Li Ang passed him hard like he was crossing the road in the early morning.

His height of 1.87 meters but only 76 kilograms is still not enough.

Li Ang was able to overcome all kinds of beasts in the Premier League last season. To be honest, Li Ang is not afraid of anyone now in terms of confrontation.

Outside the Premier League, the only opponents he needs to avoid in head-to-head confrontations are a very small number of opponents.

For example, his old friend Javi Martinez is not suffering from injuries now.

For a lanky defensive player like Bentaleb, Li Ang only needs to use the simplest way to defeat their confidence.

That means a strong confrontation, a head-on collision!

Just use your body to eat them and give them a confrontation. After two or three times, their mentality will naturally explode.

The last time they played against each other at Stamford Bridge, Li Ang used such a simple trick to directly push Bentaleb out of his mind.

Meeting again today, Bentaleb has made some progress and knows that he must use tactical fouls to stop his advancement.

But for Li Ang, this small problem is not a trouble.

After all, there is no problem that cannot be solved once. If it is not solved once, then try again~

So the young unlucky Bentaleb was quickly defeated by Li Ang again.

Between giving up using personal foul fouls or being annoyed by Li Ang's elbow, he quickly chose the former with all his heart.

And when Pochettino saw Bentaleb's coy defensive action of just pulling on Li Ang's jersey twice, he was almost so angry that he was so angry on the sidelines that he almost went out of his body!

"What kind of tactical foul is pulling the jersey?! Does he understand the meaning of a tactical foul? God!!!"

Seeing that the defense in the midfield and backcourt almost failed after Li Ang's two fierce advances.

Pochettino had no choice but to give up his all-out tactics of besieging Chelsea.

There is no way, don't let the siege fail to produce results, but Chelsea will steal the lead and take the lead.

If this situation really happens again, Pochettino feels that he is likely to feel uncomfortable and his mentality will explode!

Pochettino has had enough of the pain of his waist being easily injured and not being strong enough.

He also finally understood why Guardiola had to establish his authority and completely correct Fernandinho's tactical status when he took office at Manchester City, abandoning Yaya Toure's approach.

Even if he still advocates passing football and offensive football, Guardiola must make his team's waist stronger.

Pochettino believes that his tactical ideas are no more unreasonable and radical than Guardiola's.

Moreover, they have played against the teams led by Mourinho for so many years and suffered defeats.

He also has a profound understanding of how important an excellent and strong defensive midfielder is to building a top team...

Li Ang's offensive ability with the ball is equivalent to a nuclear deterrent, and the direct attack made the entire Tottenham team's offensive enthusiasm fade a lot.

After Pochettino made on-the-spot adjustments, he signaled the Tottenham players on the field to slow down their pace and pay more attention to the balance of offense and defense.

The game also completely entered a stalemate stage.

At halftime, all Chelsea players were relaxed in the dressing room.

Mourinho did not make any major tactical adjustments, because the current game situation is what he wants.

Of course, Chelsea will also increase their counterattack intensity in the second half of the game. After all, it is better to win.

But today, in terms of tactical games, Mourinho encountered a steady Bo Fat who also quickly recognized the reality.

If Tottenham invests a lot of troops on the offensive end, then their midfield defense will naturally not be good enough.

But when Tottenham pays attention to the efficiency of returning to defense and can organize defensive players to be in place as soon as Chelsea launches a counterattack, it will not be so easy for Chelsea to score.

After the 70th minute of the game, Chelsea gradually shrank its formation, reduced the number of counterattacks, and concentrated on consolidating its defense.

Seeing this, Tottenham's players gradually lost their intention to continue attacking Chelsea's defense.

Therefore, in the final stage of the game, this so-called Premier League highlight event did not set off a wave of confrontation.

After a dull 0-0 ending, Tottenham became the first Premier League team to break Chelsea's winning streak this season.

But Tottenham's players and fans were not happy at all.

Because they all understand that Chelsea did not try their best to play against them.

And they were sitting at home, but they once lost control of the rhythm of the game.

Such game process and results can only make Tottenham players feel that the gap between them and Chelsea is widening!

This self-perception is hurtful and frustrating.

Chelsea fans are quite satisfied with the fact that they have successfully gone through the devilish schedule, no players were injured, and the team currently maintains an unbeaten record in the league.

After this league game, Li Ang finally got a long-lost three-day holiday.

He also missed the third round of the FA Cup on January 4.

However, in this FA Cup match, Matic and Kroos, who had been well rested before, both started.

Chelsea finally defeated their English Championship rival Watford 3-0 at home and advanced to the next round of the FA Cup.

Since then, all Premier League teams have ushered in a 6-day rest period.

It was not until January 10 that the Premier League war resumed.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on the 10th, Chelsea faced the challenge of the Magpies Newcastle at home.

Chelsea, with all their main players attacking, did not give Newcastle much room to resist.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Li Ang headed the ball back in Newcastle's penalty area and assisted Ibrahimovic with a sideways volley to score!

In the stoppage time of the first half, De Bruyne sent a wide arc pass from the right, and Hazard passed the ball back to the center from the back of the penalty area.

However, this time it was not Li Ang who followed up the shot, but Kroos, who rarely penetrated into the opponent's penalty area!

A steady shot from the near corner broke Newcastle's goal again.

Cross turned around gracefully near the baseline and pumped his fist in celebration.

And Chelsea basically took the victory in this game into their arms.

In the 71st minute of the second half, Torres, who came on as a substitute for Ibrahimovic, received a through ball from Hazard's ribs and pushed the far corner to score!

This goal completely killed the suspense of the game. Chelsea finally defeated the Magpies at home with three goals and won their 20th league victory this season!

After the game, Chelsea's first team players held a team dinner that night.

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Ang took a plane to Zurich, Switzerland in advance.

Because he already knew the ranking results of this year's Golden Globe Awards in advance, Li Ang remained relatively calm throughout the award ceremony.

In this awards ceremony, only Liang and Ibrahimovic of the Chelsea team were selected for FIFA's annual eleven.

Bayern Munich became the most dazzling wealthy club at this awards ceremony.

And Ribery also successfully reached the top of football and became the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or!

Li Ang and Messi ranked second and third in the Ballon d'Or rankings.

However, the number of votes between them is very close, and the number of votes between Messi and fourth-ranked Ronaldo is also very close.

Thanks to the fact that he led the Argentina national team to the World Cup finals last summer, Messi has a considerable advantage in the Ballon d'Or rankings.

Otherwise, Ronaldo, who had better data last year and went further in the Champions League, should continue to break into the top three.

Overall, this year's Golden Globe Awards and rankings are well-deserved.

And Li Ang finally reached the highest stage in football that he dreamed of.

Although he is still not the protagonist this time, compared to himself last winter, he has made great progress from the stage to the stage!

Countless football legends and current stars who have watched Li Ang grow up also gave him heartfelt congratulations and applause.

Li Ang looked at Ribery who was holding the golden ball in his hand and was so excited that he burst into tears. He was also very emotional for a moment.

He also began to think about what kind of acceptance speech he should make in this position if he became the protagonist this time next year.

after all.

Mr. Silver Ball in 2014 is just the beginning for him.

And he is already determined to win the 2015 Ballon d'Or!