Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

At first glance, Li Ang's reply to correct the Sky Sports Italy reporter's statement was just self-effacing.

But in fact, from the beginning of the professional arena, whether it is in Real Madrid, Milan, or now Chelsea.

When faced with similar flattering remarks from reporters, Li Ang gave the same reply.

He really doesn't think there is any such thing as one's own strength in football. The media can praise it like this, and fans can express their love for a certain star in such an exaggerated way.

But as a professional player, if he really thinks this way, it is really a fucked up and sad thing for his teammates.

Without teamwork, there is no football.

Similarly, without the help of his teammates and sacrifices on the field, even the most powerful star will only be lost in the unscrupulous tactics of his opponents.

So Li Ang doesn't like reporters asking stupid questions like this in person.

In his heart, team victory always comes first, and he always respects the teammates he recognizes.

After briefly dealing with the questions from the other two reporters, Li Ang lost interest in continuing the interview and directly interrupted the other reporters' questioning.

After hugging and celebrating with his teammates, Li Ang walked towards the Juventus half.

"Alvaro, you did a great job today."

"Boss."

Li Ang opened his arms and gave Morata a big hug first.

They haven't seen each other for a long time.

Morata, who did not get the main position in Real Madrid, finally chose to leave La Liga and came to Juventus.

Li Ang also had to lament that the inertia of "history" still exists.

But compared to the Morata he remembers playing in the rotation at Juventus.

Today, Morata has perfected his center arsenal early in Real Madrid, and is now one of Juventus's main strikers.

After all, he is a talented center who rotates as the main striker of Real Madrid.

He has already harvested a lot of honors at a young age and has proven his abilities on the top stages of La Liga and the Champions League.

If Juventus does not make a commitment to the main players, then Morata may not come to Serie A.

Morata, who has now scored 17 league goals in his first season in Serie A, has gained a firm foothold.

Li Ang was sincerely happy for his little brother.

If nothing goes wrong, Morata should be able to steadily enter the ranks of the top centers in football in the next few seasons.

The two also chatted happily in the stadium. In the end, the two brothers exchanged jerseys neatly and hugged each other goodbye.

Afterwards, Li Ang trotted shirtless to Pirlo, who had just exchanged jerseys with Cross.

"Grandmaster!"

"Little lion."

It has been almost two years since the two met in a pre-season friendly match in the season when Li Ang moved to Chelsea, and the two met on the court for the second time.

Li Ang was very happy, and Pirlo was even more happy.

I can see that the juniors I taught have not forgotten their original aspirations and are moving forward bravely in the professional arena, and are about to represent midfielders and reach the top of football again.

For veterans like them who have entered the end of their careers, it is really a matter of comfort and pride.

The old era of football has passed, but in the new era, there are still disciples of these old guys.

Putting aside the results of the national team, if Li Ang can really lead the team to the Champions League this season as the absolute core and team leader, then he will definitely win the Golden Ball early next year!

This personal achievement has surpassed Alonso and Pirlo, and is directly catching up with Zidane, who represented the midfielder in football.

To put it more selfishly, Pirlo actually didn't mind being one of the backdrops on Li Ang's path to becoming a god.

His career has been very complete. He has won championship honors of all sizes, and he has tasted the taste of failure and success very fully.

The three top giant clubs in Serie A all have records of playing for each other, winning the league championship, the Champions League, and the World Cup.

Pirro thinks he has nothing to regret in the professional arena.

Even though he lost to Spain in the European Cup final in 2012, he doesn't feel too much regret now.

He led the slightly mediocre Italy team all the way to the finals, killing the German tanks and facing off against the Matador Legion, which was still at its peak.

This in itself is already a miracle.

At the end of his career, he can still become the core midfielder of a strong Champions League team. Of course, he also wants to rush for the Champions League trophy again.

But he encountered Chelsea as a stumbling block in advance. If he really couldn't win, he naturally hoped that Chelsea and Li Ang would be the final winners.

At least, they just lost to the strongest European team this season...

The two had a tacit understanding on the court and did not talk about the next round of competition.

They are just concerned about each other's recent living conditions.

By the way, let me recall the time when we played together in Milan.

After a while, Ibrahimovic also came over, and the three of them laughed together and covered their mouths to communicate.

This should have been a joyful reunion of old friends, but it made many Milan fans feel sad.

On a well-known football forum in China, as soon as this photo of the three Milan brothers was posted by the editor, the fans who left comments below rushed to leave comments:

"Protect Milan!"

"The Association for the Protection of Milan sends a condemnation!"

"Milan fans can't stand this."

"Who said there is no Milan in the Champions League? Look, aren't these all Milan players? Hahahahaha!"

"There's another crazy person upstairs, take him away and take him away."

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After the game, there seemed to be only friendliness and warmth left in the Juventus Arena.

However, Li Ang and Ibrahimovic were not able to stay in Italy for one more night and have dinner and reminisce with their old teammates.

This side has just finished the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, and then the pressure from the league comes, whether it is the Premier League or Serie A.

The entire Chelsea team flew back to London overnight on the night the Champions League game ended.

The 33rd round of the Premier League will start on April 18. Chelsea’s opponent in this round is Crystal Palace, one of its neighbors in the London area.

At present, Crystal Palace has no relegation pressure, and they have almost achieved relegation points.

Therefore, facing Chelsea, Crystal Palace should not be too desperate.

But no matter what, they still successfully defeated Manchester City's ruthless character in the last round of the league.

Chelsea's players don't want to overturn at the last moment of the season and forcefully create suspense of winning the championship.

Therefore, during the preparations after returning to London, the entire Chelsea team was very serious and cautious.

On the other side, Manchester City is preparing to play the second Manchester derby of the season with Manchester United.

Since entering the second half of the league, Manchester United has been chasing points. Van Gaal used his unique big circle tactics to defeat powerful enemies, winning the double red club and the focus battle with Arsenal.

Nowadays, there is no problem with Manchester City's tactical strength, but the mentality of the players is not particularly stable.

At this juncture, if we encounter Manchester United, who is good at beating strong teams, the result is really hard to say.

If Chelsea are lucky enough, they can defeat Crystal Palace in this round and still wait for the result of Manchester City's defeat.

Then Chelsea will end the suspense of winning the Premier League this season five rounds in advance and successfully defend the Premier League title!

The possibility of such an outcome is still quite high.

Chelsea fans turned into loyal supporters of the Red Devils before the start of this round of league games.

No joke, that's more devout than real Manchester United fans who want Manchester United to win.

Fortunately, Manchester United also has its own reasons to defeat Manchester City.

The Red Devils have been chasing points in the second half and have now reached the fifth position in the Premier League. If they want to return to the Champions League next season, they will have to strive to gain points in the last six rounds of the league.

After all, Tottenham, who is ranked one ahead of them, is still four points ahead of them, and Liverpool, who is ranked one behind them, is only two points behind them.

The battle for the top four in the final stage of this season is undoubtedly very cruel, and Van Gaal must try his best to win for his coaching position.

Manchester United had no reason to retreat, which made Chelsea fans very reassured.

The major sports media in England were also ready to witness Chelsea's successful defense of the league championship early on.

The three days of preparation time passed quickly.

On the afternoon of April 18, Chelsea and Manchester City were both at home and faced their respective key opponents.

The games on both sides start at the same time, so the players of both teams can concentrate on their respective battles without being disturbed by external information during the game.

But for fans, this kind of key game that starts at the same time is undoubtedly very exciting.

What is very interesting is that today most Chelsea fans will give priority to watching the Manchester Derby, and most Manchester City fans will also give priority to Stamford Bridge.

At 15:00 that afternoon, the two games that attracted the attention of almost all Premier League fans started on time at the same time!

For Chelsea, Mourinho only rotated Ibrahimovic and Terry, and almost all the main players started against Crystal Palace.

Manchester City is completely the main force and wants to compete with Manchester United.

It is also rare for Mourinho to adopt the same tactical strategy as Guardiola in the same league round.

From the beginning of the game, Chelsea, who set up a starting lineup of 433, was on full fire, attacking Crystal Palace from all fronts!

Chelsea is not afraid of Zaha's explosion and can penetrate their own defense on the counterattack.

Azpilicueta will keep an eye on the goal scorer in this game.

Kallas, who started today and partnered with Thiago Silva, will also focus more defensive attention on the explosive winger of Crystal Palace.

The two Chelsea defenders are equally capable in individual defense.

Mourinho has already prepared tactical targets, and Chelsea's offensive players naturally feel confident.

Li Ang is on the bright side today. He must protect Hazard and break through Crystal Palace's right defense line.

Bertrand also supported from the side, ready to step in at any time.

Chelsea mainly attacks on the left, and the players and coaches of Crystal Palace also understand this, but they just can't prevent it!

Hazard and Bertrand's left-sided attacking combination is already invincible in the Premier League and is also at the top offensive level in the Champions League.

Judging from the current situation, the offensive threat may only be inferior to Real Madrid's left wing.

The wing attack combination of Neymar and Alba is no less impressive.

Crystal Palace's right back Mariappa only played the first five or six minutes of the game and had no choice but to seek support from his teammates.

Midfielder Pang Qiong on the right retreated to help defend, but was still overwhelmed by Hazard!

Just into the 10th minute of the first half, Crystal Palace's right defense almost collapsed.

Hazard and Bertrand's attacks in turn forced the Crystal Palace backcourt defense to tilt to their right.

In the 14th minute of the first half, Hazard once again got rid of the defensive interference of Crystal Palace right midfielder Pang Qiong.

At this time, Bertrand had already moved to the side, and Mariappa followed back to defend, but Li Ang suddenly raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Hazard, who was thinking about cutting inside and inserting himself into the rib area in front of the Crystal Palace penalty area, didn't think much and directly passed the ball back to Li Ang.

And Li Ang also made a decisive long pass in the next moment, sending the football diagonally to the left area of ​​the Crystal Palace half!

Previously, because the overall defense line tilted to the right, Crystal Palace's left defensive force was relatively thin at this time.

De Bruyne, who came in from behind, unloaded the ball and observed it almost without interference.

When the Crystal Palace defense was in turmoil, he sent a quick pass!

Li Ang's late penetration forced the Crystal Palace defenders to pay attention to the back of their own penalty area.

At this moment, Drogba stepped forward from the center of the penalty area and almost used the inside of his thigh to "bump" De Bruyne's cross into the Crystal Palace goal!

Drogba, who helped the team open the scoring, was very happy. The Ivory Coast center called on his teammates to rush to the corner flag area with him.

Then he led a very classic slide to celebrate!

Li Ang followed closely and threw Drogba to the ground. The Chelsea players on the field swarmed up!

On the sidelines, there were thunderous cheers on the Chelsea bench, and Mourinho and Holland hugged each other firmly!

This goal was just the beginning. It opened up the Chelsea team's game state, but for the Crystal Palace players, this was an extremely bad disaster!

Crystal Palace's counterattack today was not good. They became more and more open from behind and tried to press forward to look for more offensive opportunities.

However, in the 31st and 39th minutes of the first half, Chelsea once again seized the opportunity and scored two more goals!

Chelsea, who scored three goals in the half, almost declared the end of the suspense of this game.

On the other side, Manchester United and Manchester City paused the game for 45 minutes and had to wait until the second half of the game to decide the winner.

Chelsea's players had no intention of trying to score a goal difference against Crystal Palace, and the second half of the game focused on controlling the field.

After Lukaku came on as a substitute, he received a through assist from Li Ang in the 74th minute of the second half and scored Chelsea's fourth goal of the game.

This is also the last goal of the game.

The goalkeeper wanted to help Crystal Palace save some face, but unfortunately, with Azpilicueta and Karas taking turns marking each other, he failed to get any threat opportunities today.

The full stoppage time was only a short two minutes. After the stoppage time, the referee on duty also decisively blew the whistle to end the game.

However, the Chelsea players did not celebrate the victory immediately. Instead, they rushed to the coaching bench and asked the coaching staff about the result of the Manchester derby on the other side.

"There are only two minutes left."

Holland, who received the additional time information from the other side, also nervously conveyed this news to the players.

At this time, the score between Manchester United and Manchester City is still 0-0.

Li Ang stood on the periphery of the crowd with his hands folded.

He was actually not calm at the moment.

"There are only two minutes left, Manchester United, you must hold on! Don't let Aguero kill you then..."

Lukaku rubbed his hands and muttered nervously.

But then, he got a "friendly" pat from his teammates.

Li Ang smiled and continued to count the time in his heart.

And just when he had just counted one minute and thirty-seven seconds, Holland looked at his phone in advance and started roaring!

"It's over! Their game is over! 0-0! We win the championship!!!"

The Chelsea players surrounding the coaching bench exploded at this moment, and then they laughed and rushed to the court!

As if receiving some signal, the entire Stamford Bridge stadium shook and reveled at this moment!

The 40,000-strong Chelsea fans at the scene gave out loud cheers.

Li Ang did not rush into the stadium to celebrate like his teammates, but immediately ran to Mourinho's side and hugged Mourinho to celebrate with him!

Another year of early victory!

They already have the foundation to build a dynasty, just like Manchester United once did!

The league title defense has arrived, and the Premier League's new Triple Crown dynasty will surely be known as the Iron-Blooded Blues next season!