Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"We don't need to wait until the make-up games are over, right? Can we win two more games and win the championship in advance?!"

"Then you have to hope that Manchester City will continue to lose points in the next two league rounds. If they win two consecutive games, then we won't be able to win the championship in advance by winning two more league games."

"It would have been nice if we had finished the league with Leicester City normally, then now our lead would be 17 points, God... I simply can't wait a moment longer!"

"You want to exhaust yourself to death! If we had played that round with Leicester City, we wouldn't have won the EFL Cup final so easily."

"It's just Tottenham~ If we play another 100 finals, we will still win!"

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The night after the game against Stoke City, Chelsea had a rare team dinner in recent times.

After getting through the intensive schedule, the frequency of Premier League games has returned to normal.

With sufficient rest time, Lao Mu naturally became generous. After winning against Stoke City, he gave the entire team another two days of vacation.

In the dining room, every Chelsea first-team player was very relaxed and happy.

After working hard all season, it’s finally the critical moment for a bumper harvest, and everyone is very excited to talk about it.

After all, after quickly completing the reconstruction, they will soon achieve the achievement of defending the league championship, still in the extremely competitive Premier League.

Even if he is as calm as Li Ang, he still has some pride in his heart now.

But chatting and flirting is limited to the private dining room tonight.

After eating, several core players of the first team finished expressing their excitement and quickly regained their clarity of mind.

Even the few young people who were not very sober at least calmed down their restless emotions under the beating of the big brothers in the team.

At this time, the veterans in the Chelsea team who were used to seeing big storms still played a very important role in stabilizing the morale of the team.

They have won too much and lost too much. They have a lot of experience in terms of mentality.

"A family with an elder is like a treasure" is a saying that will never go out of style in any era or club.

Lao Mu dares to grant leave to the whole team, allowing the young players in the team to play as they please during the break.

It is also because veteran players such as Terry, Lampard and Drogba can fix the mentality of these young people.

Of course, with Li Ang taking the lead, Lukaku and Bertrand will not play too indulgently.

At least after this two-day vacation, the physical condition of none of the first-team players who returned to the team annoyed Lao Mu.

Chelsea still maintained a relatively high intensity in subsequent training sessions.

Although Chelsea's opponent in the next round of the league is the current deputy captain of the Premier League, Queens Park Rangers, Chelsea's game pressure is very small.

But considering the upcoming first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Mourinho still dare not be careless in the slightest.

Maintaining the intensity of training and maintaining the current match state of the Chelsea team is very important for Chelsea's subsequent third-line sprint operation.

If you really want to rest, wait until April 22, after Chelsea plays the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, then you can take a good three or five days of rest.

Because if nothing unexpected happens, by that time, Chelsea should have won the league title early and reached the final stage of this year's FA Cup.

Without the burden of more games, all Chelsea players will usher in a relatively long rest period.

Then only need to play the remaining four important games, Chelsea can usher in a perfect end to the season!

The season goal is no longer a vague concept, but a championship honor that is within reach and within reach.

Therefore, the recent hard work has become harder, and the entire Chelsea team can endure it.

Mourinho is extremely familiar with this stage of sprint preparations.

In the past, when he was at Real Madrid, his control over the dressing room was far less solid than it is now at Chelsea. At that time, he had to deal with many superstars in the team at the same time.

But he still successfully led Real Madrid to complete the task of defending La Liga and the Champions League.

Now there is no need to worry too much about the relationship in the locker room. Mourinho also devotes more energy to studying the tactics of the Juventus team.

The opponent's head coach is him, an old acquaintance of Li Ang and Ibrahimovic.

After many years of playing against Allegri again, Mourinho was inexplicably emotional. After all, he did not expect that Allegri would have the opportunity to lead the Serie A version of the "Galactico".

At almost the same time in Turin, Italy, Uncle Jon was also discussing with his assistants the tactical strategies that would be needed for the next game against Chelsea.

However, compared with Mourinho's focus on studying his tactics, he still has some self-proving thoughts to defeat Mourinho in front of Li Ang.

After all, the experience of trying to persuade Li Ang to stay in Milan, but being repeatedly rejected by Li Ang, still severely broke Uncle Jon's heart.

Uncle Jon also put in a lot of effort and effort into cultivating Li Ang, even if it was only for half a year.

But to be honest, without Uncle Jon's development of Li Ang's tactics, Li Ang would indeed not be able to grow up quickly and comprehensively after returning to Real Madrid.

Later, Li Ang grew explosively year by year, and under Mourinho he became a strong contender for the world's No. 1 defensive midfielder. Uncle Jon's heart was bleeding when he looked at it!

It was he who first developed the method of using Li Ang's forward attack. He gave Li Ang more tactical freedom before Mourinho.

It was also him who discovered Li Ang's organizational skills and gave Li Ang the opportunity to organize the team on his own.

But in the end, it was Mourinho who enjoyed the greatest benefits...

No head coach can handle this matter!

He used to stay in the sinking AC Milan and had no chance to continue to prove himself, so Uncle Jon endured it.

But now the Juventus he coaches also dominates his league and has also reached the top 8 of the Champions League this season!

Is his Juventus really weaker than Mourinho's Chelsea?

Allegri doesn't think so!

At the draw ceremony, when Chelsea and Juventus were drawn together, the Italian media howled.

But Allegri was extremely satisfied with the result of the draw.

He doesn't blame Li Ang for his firm choice to return to Real Madrid.

Milan at that time really couldn't give Li Ang a more promising future.

But now Juventus can give Li Ang the platform and commitment he wants!

Even if Li Ang finally chooses to continue to follow Mourinho, Allegri has at least solved his knot.

He does it for no other reason than to prove to Li Ang that he is no worse than Mourinho!

He can also make good use of Li Ang and let Li Ang perform at this level!

Uncle Jon's obsession is very strong. In order to allow the veterans in the team to get more rest time, they can face Chelsea with a better attitude.

He even decisively gave up on the 30th round of Serie A, allowing Roma and Lazio to close the points gap between them and Juventus.

Of course, even if Juventus lost to Parma in this round, they are still twelve points ahead of second-placed Roma in the standings.

Strategically giving up a round of the league is completely affordable for Juventus, and Juventus fans can understand it.

Chelsea actually sent out an almost pure rotation lineup in the league before the Champions League war, and also rotated all the main veterans in the team.

Fortunately, the opponents Chelsea faced in this round of the league were too weak, and they eventually won the away game easily 2-0.

Li Ang only played 60 minutes in this round of the league and did not obtain personal data.

But in the first half, Li Ang launched an attack to help the team score an early goal to open up the situation.

The other two main Chelsea players who started the game, Hazard and Thiago Silva, were also decisively replaced by Mourinho after half-time.

After the 32nd round of the Premier League, just one day later, the entire Chelsea team took a flight to Turin.

Mourinho once again becomes Juventus's opponent.

He once again received countless boos in the city.

Although the grievances come from the two years when Mourinho coached Inter Milan, he has also left Serie A for a long time.

But it is obvious that Mourinho, who led Inter Milan to win the Triple Crown, has been branded with a strong blue and black label.

He is the meritorious coach of Juventus's bitter rival.

Even in 10 or 20 years, as long as he is still coaching, he will be the object of boos from Juventus fans when he comes to Turin.

Even the entire Chelsea team was inspired by the strong smell of gunpowder before the game!

After finishing the tour, the Chelsea team quickly returned to their hotel.

Even Bertrand, the most fun-loving member of the Chelsea team, had no intention of experiencing Turin's nightlife on the eve of the game.

On the morning of April 14, Chelsea completed the last practice before the game on the training ground provided by the Turin team.

And the focus of this season's Champions League quarter-finals has officially entered the countdown before the start!

Compared with the Champions League quarter-finals between Atletico Madrid and Arsenal that will start at the same time tonight, the matchup between Chelsea and Juventus has much more traffic.

The competition between the two major league hegemons, the tactical game between the two "utilitarian" representatives Mourinho and Allegri, the meeting again between Liang and Pirlo...

There are really too many things to watch in this game. After the live broadcast of the game started that night, the crazy increase in overseas ratings and viewership also made the UEFA executives smile from ear to ear.

However, the scene where Li Ang and Pogba smiled and shook hands with each other during the lineup ceremony still diluted a lot of the atmosphere of the game.

It is now well known in football that Pogba is a fan of Li Ang, even though the French supernova is only two years younger than Li Ang.

Not long after he became famous in Serie A, Pogba directly expressed his admiration for Li Ang in an interview.

Regardless of whether he admired the comprehensive growth that Li Ang showed at that time or the speed of harvesting the heavyweight championship trophy, that's what he said anyway.

And he hasn't changed his tune in the following seasons.

Li Ang doesn't like to recruit young people indiscriminately, but Pogba has made his position clear and greeted him with a smile. Of course, he also had to mean it and express his friendliness.

However, it is okay to be friendly before and after the game, but during the game, Li Ang is not so easy to talk to!

At 19:45 that night, Italian time, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Juventus and Chelsea officially started!

Juventus, who was sitting at home, put on a defensive stance at the beginning, while Chelsea, who took the first kick off, was also rude and directly controlled the midfield line after expanding their formation.

Facing Allegri's team, Mourinho did not have the same tactical politeness as before.

Because he knows that Allegri, like himself, will firmly let the players on the field stick to their guns and not make any tactical detours when they need to defend first.

The most important thing against the current Juventus is to fight for control of the midfield.

After all, when it comes to midfield strength, Chelsea is now ranked number one in European football.

But there are different opinions on the second position. Many fans still habitually believe that the midfielders of Bayern and Real Madrid are strong enough.

But in Mourinho's heart, Juventus' midfield strength is now second only to them in Europe!

Real Madrid's midfielder is in urgent need of replacement and reinforcement after Alonso gets older, while Bayern is troubled by Schweinsteiger's condition declining too quickly.

Only Juventus, with its current midfield configuration that combines old and new, with a balanced offense and defense, can compete with Chelsea.

Mourinho attaches great importance to Pirlo's performance.

So today he directly asked Li Ang to go to the front of the midfield, just to let Li Ang compete with his former teacher in Serie A!

With Li Ang's protection, Pirlo could safely delay the organization and regain his second spring in Milan.

And now, when the protector becomes the destroyer, Mourinho wants to know whether the thugs Allegri arranged for Pirlo restricted Li Ang's ability?

After many years, Li Ang met Pirlo again in a formal arena. Li Ang was very grateful to the master who taught him.

Isn't Pirlo filled with emotion at this moment?

However, both of them finally suppressed their emotions of excitement or emotion.

At least today, on this court, they are no longer masters and apprentices, but direct competitors who need to draw their swords against each other!

With Pogba and Marchisio on his left and right sides, Pirlo can safely hand over the organizational power temporarily.

Li Ang is not in a hurry, because he knows that Juventus will ultimately need his teacher to control the rhythm of the game.

In terms of organizing the offense, Pogba and Marchisio have no problem, but in terms of overall control, neither of them combined can compare with Pirlo.

Li Ang knew the important task he shouldered today.

He looked up and saw Pirlo looking back with the same smile at the moment.

"Master Pi, I will no longer protect you this time.

I'm here to show you the skills I've learned over the years! "