Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo was not too disappointed at the celebration ceremony that day, even though he did not enter the top three rankings of the Ballon d'Or this year.

At first, Li Ang thought that Ronaldo had already had psychological expectations and had already accepted the result after learning the news in advance.

At least Li Ang didn't feel anything emotionally wrong with Ronaldo when he was chatting and communicating with him.

But it wasn't until he had afternoon tea with Ronaldo that Li Ang learned from Ronaldo the main reason why he didn't care much about this Golden Globe Award.

"Messi is third and I am fourth. In fact, they are just foils... Looking at your personal performance, I think you are more deserving of the Ballon d'Or, little lion. Of course, Ribery also deserves the award."

Li Ang automatically filtered out Ronaldo's words of praise for him, and he finally understood that Ronaldo still only had Messi as his opponent.

Neither Messi nor he can win the Ballon d'Or, so for him, the competition between him and Messi last year didn't mean much.

Ribery won the Ballon d'Or this time, and it is impossible to directly reach the top two among active football players.

Therefore, Ronaldo doesn't care at all about the fact that he is not even among the top three in the Ballon d'Or rankings. He only has Messi and No. 1 in his eyes.

The two talked freely during this brief encounter.

Cristiano Ronaldo is still so upright, not only asking Li Ang about the current ecological structure of the Premier League and the current situation of Manchester United.

He even complained directly to Li Ang about the small conflicts between Real Madrid management, or Lafayette, and him personally in the past season.

In private conversations, Li Ang has always been firm on Ronaldo's side.

It's no wonder that he has been away for a season and a half, and Ronaldo still regards him as one of his few best friends.

After all, some things are not judged by whether they make sense or not, and whether they are judged right or wrong by looking at reality.

Many times the direction of your butt is more important than your clear mind, and can win the trust of others.

And Li Ang is also strict enough. When he was still at Real Madrid, he could handle the relationship very well whether it was with teammates from the Spanish Gang or the Portuguese Gang.

Being able to do this is not just because he speaks nicely.

Good at communicating, good at listening, and better at keeping secrets.

This is the important reason why he is so successful in developing interpersonal relationships.

"Sometimes...I'll be honest, little Lion, I really wish you were still in the team, James is very good, he is very good...but you are completely different. I miss playing games with you very much." day."

Before parting, Cristiano Ronaldo and Li Ang revealed their true feelings when they hugged each other.

In fact, as early as last season's Champions League semi-final loss to Atletico Madrid in two rounds, Ronaldo expressed a similar statement very frankly in an interview with a reporter from Marca.

At that time, Atletico Madrid fans also ridiculed Ronaldo, saying that he could not afford to lose.

However, with the public opinion environment prevailing, no Atletico Madrid fan dared to say boldly that even if Li Ang was still at Real Madrid, they could still win the two rounds of tough battle with Real Madrid.

It can be said that Ronaldo's regret at that time was the regret of all Real Madrid fans.

Li Ang could no longer remain silent about this.

He patted Ronaldo on the shoulder.

"I also miss the days of fighting side by side with you..."

After the two said goodbye, they looked at each other and smiled.

After tacitly ending the discussion on this topic, Cristiano Ronaldo and Li Ang parted ways in Zurich.

Their private friendship remains, but when it comes to striving for the highest status in football, they are already one of each other's opponents.

Of course, their competition is still ongoing, but that doesn't mean it will be the same in the future.

After all, Ronaldo is six years older than Li Ang, and his mentality will eventually change as he grows older.

Never say "impossible" in football.

Maybe one day in the future, they can join hands and fight together. Who can say for sure?

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Li Ang returned to London with the aura of Mr. Silver Ball, but the major media in England gave him an extraordinary welcome treatment in terms of public opinion building.

Passers-by who didn't know the situation thought that Li Ang won the 2014 Golden Ball on behalf of the Premier League.

This battle made Li Ang somewhat helpless.

But there is no way. The Silver Ball Award that Li Ang won this year is already the strongest personal honor received by a Premier League player since Cristiano Ronaldo in early 2009.

It took six years to wait for such a giant to compete for the Ballon d'Or. It is understandable that the British media are all excited about this.

However, due to the media's exaggeration, the number of fans who have a bad impression of Li Ang or Chelsea has also increased in recent days.

Many of them are fans of Bayern and Franck Ribery.

Li Ang's performance last season was indeed outstanding, and his data at the beginning of this season was also explosive.

But after all, it was Ribery who won the Champions League and Triple Crown last season.

While public opinion across Europe was praising Ribery and Bayern for their achievements last season, the media in England were shameless and irritated.

Anyone would find this unbearable and want to launch a public counterattack.

At this moment when collective emotions are aroused, reason naturally becomes a luxury.

Many Bayern fans accidentally hurt Li Ang when they cursed the English media, and Chelsea fans would naturally launch a counterattack.

As soon as the economic team behind Li Ang saw that something was wrong, they decisively started public relations mode.

However, Li Ang himself behaved very calmly under such a storm of public opinion.

Li Ang, who has experienced many waves of public opinion, has not changed his psychological awareness when he first entered the professional arena.

A star, whether his reputation is good or bad, and his status in football, often need media praise and public opinion to build momentum.

But as a professional player, his reputation among fans has always been very intuitive.

Playing well in the game is not as good as playing well in the game, and playing well in a certain schedule is not as good as playing well in the game year after year.

Show performance on the field, be able to fight tough battles, and win games.

Then public opinion will naturally help you gain the upper hand.

It is not difficult for Li Ang to "play well" now. What he does not need is exaggerated praise.

After taking the initiative to block the intensifying public opinion attacks from the outside world, Li Ang also devoted himself to preparation training for subsequent events.

He won the honor of Mr. Silver Ball with his outstanding performance and team record last season, which is also a very morale-boosting thing for the Chelsea team.

Mourinho sees the positive changes in the team.

Now there is no need for the coaching staff to play chicken soup.

Both the older and younger players in the Chelsea team are full of energy now.

They were still far away from reaching the top of European football last season, but they have come far enough, and this season they have also completed a major reinforcement of their lineup.

Many regretful experiences are enough once, and the pain of failure will prompt them to start over and reach a higher peak.

Now, whether it is Li Ang personally or the Chelsea team's honorary goal, the only thing left is to reach the top of football.

So whether it's for themselves, for the Chelsea team, or to help Li Ang, they all have more motivation and determination to reach the top.

After completing the last three days of preparation training step by step, the Chelsea team once again embarked on the journey to the Premier League.

On January 17, Mourinho led his team to Swansea to meet the challenge from the 22nd round of the Premier League.

Swansea's performance and ranking in the Premier League this season are quite good. At the beginning of the season, they even reached the top six in the league and were close to the top four.

However, after the arrival of the Christmas Devil schedule, their ranking, like many similar mid-to-lower teams in previous years, began to fluctuate and decline.

Since the 19th round of the league, Swansea has lost two and drawn one, and has been winless in three consecutive league games.

This caused their league ranking to slip directly from sixth to tenth.

At present, it seems that Swansea, which has lost many of its main players due to the winter devil schedule, will continue to have a hard time of declining rankings.

Chelsea are not showing any mercy to Swansea just because of their recent misery.

After a full week of rest, Terry and Ibrahimovic once again played with full blood.

The other young main players in the Chelsea team are extremely energetic and physically fit.

Chelsea, who had a starting lineup of 433, turned away at the Liberty Stadium and launched a strong pressure and impact on the home team Swansea from the beginning of the game!

Compared with when the two teams met in the first half of the league, Swansea's head coach Garry Monk is much more pragmatic now.

He didn't expect to create a miracle in this game and beat Chelsea.

After all, when the two teams competed for the first time this season, Swansea's main players were all present, and there was no good way to defeat Chelsea's powerful midfielder.

Now Swansea's two main defensive midfielders Ji Chengyong and Shelvey are both absent due to injuries, and Garry Monk can only choose to fight back pragmatically.

It's a pity that today he has set his tactical posture low enough, but the entire Chelsea team is unwilling to let go of the weak Swansea team easily.

Li Ang was basically only responsible for guiding the offense in the frontcourt today, and he did not do any work on the defensive end.

Matic and Kroos are enough to stifle Swansea's less threatening counterattack.

And Li Ang, who was concentrating on tearing apart Swansea's defense, did not keep Chelsea fans waiting for too long.

Just after the 13th minute of the first half, he used a back-up pass in the frontcourt and turned around, directly passing Sigurdsson, who was playing as a defensive midfielder today, into a Muggle.

Sigurdsson is also very helpless. He was not originally meant to play the position of midfielder, but the team is currently very short of players in the backcourt, so he has to make a temporary cameo.

His defensive awareness is not the least bit poor.

Although he pursued desperately in the follow-up, he still couldn't stop Li Ang from sending a diagonal through ball, assisting Hazard to break into the penalty area and score a low shot from the near corner!

Fabianski failed to save and was so angry that he wanted to curse.

But when he looked up, there was no sight of the familiar captain Ashley Williams in front of him, and he forcefully swallowed the curse words that were already on his lips.

"...The injuries in Swansea's midfield and backfield are really serious. Neither of the two main midfielders can play. The main central defender Ashley Williams is also absent due to injury. Their current defense is really It’s hard to resist Chelsea’s attack!”

After Zhan Jun enthusiastically celebrated the successful connection between Li Ang and Hazard in the studio, he couldn't help but say a few words for Swansea.

If the Premier League schedule is arranged more reasonably and one of the two domestic cup competitions is cancelled.

Swansea, which created a magical record at the beginning of this season, should still be ranked in the top six or even competing for fourth place.

It is because of the unreasonable winter devil schedule and heavy cup competition tasks.

In this way, a Swansea team that could have performed miracles was brutally destroyed by a wave of injuries.

As a spectator and commentator who loves the Premier League, Zhan Jun naturally feels pity for small and medium-sized teams like Swansea from the bottom of his heart.

But there is no way. The tight schedule and fast-paced game mode have also contributed to the development and prosperity of the Premier League.

Only if you survive can you create a miracle and become Leicester City. If you cannot survive, Swansea will just be Swansea.

The Swansea fans at the scene were heartbroken to see the almost crushed game situation.

But at this moment, Li Ang is like an executioner without mercy, still tirelessly looking for opportunities to further open Swansea's wounds!

The game reached the 22nd minute of the first half, and it was less than ten minutes before Chelsea scored the deadlock-breaking goal.

It was Li Ang who faked a shot and dunked on the right side of Swansea's penalty area again, performing a wonderful extraordinary performance!

After getting rid of Swansea's young defensive midfielder Tom Carroll, Li Ang quickly picked the football into the middle of the Swansea penalty area before Swansea central defender Amart could get in position!

Cooperating with Li Ang tacitly, Ibrahimovic, who completed the forward penetration, blocked Fernandez, another central defender of Swansea, and then chose to volley directly without stopping the ball!

With such a powerful volley from such a close range, Fabianski only slightly touched the side of the football, changing the trajectory of the football, but still failed to prevent the football from crossing the line and entering the net!

In less than half an hour of game time, Li Ang sent two assists with his superior personal ability.

The fans of Chelsea and Li Ang were very happy to see the pace of the game.

However, after the first half of the game, Li Ang's personal data was still fixed on two assists and failed to gain anything more.

It was not until the 68th minute of the second half that Li Ang received his third assist of the game.

After receiving the ball from Ibrahimovic at the front of the penalty area, Li Ang chose to advance directly with the ball and broke into Swansea's penalty area.

Amat was afraid that Li Ang would shoot directly in the penalty area, so he immediately came over to interfere with Li Ang's shot.

But Li Ang made a crisp cross pass, helping Ibrahimovic easily push the goal behind the goal!

When Li Ang completed his hat trick of assists, even if the game was not over yet, the public opinion dispute surrounding him was immediately subsided.

It is necessary to build public opinion, but only by showing toughness can we be really tough.