Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Because Chelsea and Aston Villa, Arsenal and Liverpool played in the FA Cup semi-finals on April 26.

Therefore, in the 34th round of the Premier League that started at almost the same time, the showdown between Chelsea and Arsenal was postponed.

But three days later, Chelsea still did not escape the pressure of the Premier League schedule.

On April 29, Chelsea ushered in the 27th round of make-up match against Leicester City in the Premier League.

According to common sense, Chelsea, who had already won the championship ahead of schedule, no longer needed to consider the remaining Premier League schedule.

However, in order to achieve the same goal of unbeaten league championship this season, Chelsea's coaching staff did not dare to directly arrange for youth training players to play rounds.

Therefore, it is necessary to formulate a rotation lineup with main players.

With good physical condition, Li Ang naturally did not escape Mourinho's "squeeze".

He, Hazard, Matic, and Thiago Silva became Chelsea's main players who started the first round of this round of supplementary games.

In the remaining positions, Mourinho used rotation substitutes.

At present, Leicester City is barely able to survive relegation. Mourinho's use of such a lineup is completely sufficient to deal with Fox City.

Facing Chelsea, who had already won the championship ahead of schedule, Leicester City had no intention of taking advantage of the situation.

They kept their posture very low at home and directly set up a 532 anti-counterattack formation, which seemed to be quite cautious at the tactical level.

In fact, neither pair had a strong desire to attack in this make-up match.

Chelsea's game goal is very simple. Anyway, the bottom line is not to lose. It's best to win. It doesn't matter if you can't win.

Leicester City is more practical. They just want to get points in the matchup with Chelsea, and one point is enough.

There was no excitement in the game. At the King Power Stadium, Leicester City looked a little tired but defended tenaciously.

Mourinho saw that he really couldn't take any advantage, and directly adjusted his tactics to let Li Ang lead his teammates to control the field more.

Li Ang looked at Drinkwater and Cambiaso opposite him, and he was actually a little eager to try.

After all, his opponents today are just Brother Drinking, who has not yet reached his peak, and Commander Kan, who has passed his peak.

He is at least 80% sure that he can suppress the midfield combination of these two people and make a huge difference in Leicester City's midfield and backcourt.

But once again seeing Hutt and Morgan in Leicester City's penalty area, Liang grinned and gradually gave up his intention to cause trouble in the heart of Leicester City's defense.

The defense of these two central defenders is tough enough. Even Ibrahimovic may not be able to withstand it today, let alone Torres who is in average condition. Li Ang does not want to compete with these two central defenders...

After the tacit mutual testing ended, Leicester City took the lead in expressing its sincerity.

Their two forwards, Vardy and Ulloa, directly defended behind the top of the center circle in their own half.

Chelsea's offensive mode has basically become Hazard's personal show. Li Ang basically handed over the offensive ball rights to Hazard, allowing him to play freely.

During the game, Hazard almost broke through Leicester City's right-side defense a few times.

However, Torres, who started today, was very average in his shooting accuracy. He missed one shot from the spot in each of the first and second half.

These are Chelsea's two most threatening offensive opportunities in today's game.

In the end, the two teams shook hands with each other 0-0 at the King Power Stadium, and everyone was happy.

Three days later, the 35th round of the Premier League was held as scheduled.

The away challenge was West Bromwich Albion, which had just escaped the relegation zone. Chelsea also adopted a large-scale rotation.

Li Ang got a chance to rest in this round of the league. He didn't even make the 18-man roster for the game, so he just stayed at home and lay peacefully for the day.

Lukaku scored the first goal in the second half of the game, but in the injury time of the game, West Bromwich Albion seized the opportunity of a set kick to equalize the score.

This was a small surprise, but in the end Chelsea held on to the tie and continued their unbeaten record this season.

After the end of this round of league games, the prelude to the Champions League war began slowly.

Chelsea and Bayern Munich will be the first to debut on May 6.

The two teams that have already won the league in advance are fully rested and prepared.

Without the burden of the league, Chelsea and Bayern Munich put all their minds on the upcoming Champions League semi-finals.

Chelsea wants to seek revenge from Bayern for last season, and the Bayern team also has a psychological advantage in the game.

After all, they defeated Chelsea in both rounds of the Champions League semifinals last season.

Although Bayern's players are wary of Chelsea's current strength, they still firmly believe that they will win in the end.

After Pellegrini took over as coach this season, he still held high the banner of offensive football at Bayern.

The Bundesliga has won the title four rounds ahead of schedule. So far, Bayern has scored 92 goals in 31 league rounds and conceded only 16 goals.

This terrifying offensive firepower and top offensive and defensive levels have attracted the attention of powerful teams across Europe.

Even if we compare Bayern's record at this time last year, Bayern Munich's statistics this year are not bad at all.

Two more goals were scored, one more goal was conceded, and the same league won the championship early. The data comparison is very intuitive.

Therefore, Bayern fans also have strong confidence in their team.

In the eyes of most neutral fans, Chelsea is very strong this season, but Bayern and Chelsea are still the top European teams in the same league.

Before this round of battle started, Bayern Munich held the title of defending champion of the Champions League and even gained more fans' optimism.

On the afternoon of May 5, the Bayern team arrived in London by plane. Countless English reporters swarmed in, wanting to interview Bayern Munich players.

Sky Sports even directly headlined the front page news the next morning, "European Overlord Comes to London."

There is no way, Bayern's Triple Crown last season was indeed very oppressive.

As the European hegemon whose performance in the past five seasons is second only to Mourinho's Real Madrid, Bayern has enough confidence to bear the optimism and boast of countless fans.

In this public opinion environment, the Chelsea team has maintained an unusually low profile.

Even in the pre-match press conference, Mourinho directly ignored reporters' questions about the strength evaluation of the two teams.

This silence was seen by many neutral fans as a sign of Chelsea's lack of confidence.

In comparison, Chelsea fans are much more effective online and offline.

Li Ang's social media is also quiet, and he did not tease Bayern's "old friends" as usual before the war.

At the critical moment, it was Kroos who stood up and said "We will beat Bayern neatly at home!" Mobilization statement.

In last summer's transfer drama, it was indeed Bayern's senior management who felt sorry for Kroos first.

But now that Kroos is no longer a member of Bayern, Bayern fans are quite dissatisfied with his radical statement that seemed to declare war on his old club.

Some Bayern fan groups even spoke out, saying that they would definitely give Kroos a deep sense of the feeling of "going home" in the second round.

The bickering between the fans of the two teams became more and more fierce. On the afternoon of the game, there was even news that fans of the two teams had a small conflict outside Stamford Bridge.

Fortunately, no fighting or bloodshed occurred.

But such news undoubtedly further aggravated the atmosphere before the game.

Neither Mourinho nor Pellegrini released their team's starting 11 for today's game.

Therefore, it was not until an hour before the game that the media reporters got the specific lineup information.

As soon as the live broadcast started that night, commentators from various countries took the time to analyze the tactics of the head coaches of the two teams today before the game.

In the PPTV studio, Director Zhang Luzhang looked at Pellegrini's starting lineup today and directly raised his doubts.

"This is indeed the 433 starting lineup that Bayern has used the most this season, but the Bundesliga and the Champions League are still very different.

Today, Pellegrini used Bastian Schweinsteiger to partner Diego in the middle. Is it a bit too much?

There will be a lot of hidden dangers in defense! I still think that the double defensive midfielder combination of Martinez and Bastian Schweinsteiger will be more secure..."

Along with Coach Zhang's analysis voice, in the live footage of PPTV, players from the two teams also followed the referee team and stepped onto the court.

Zhan Jun took over the conversation tacitly at this time. As the pre-match ceremony went smoothly, the live broadcast footage also began to show the starting lineup and player information of Chelsea and Bayern today.

“Chelsea’s starting goalkeeper today is Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech.

On the back line, Bertrand, Terry, Thiago Silva and Azpilicueta lined up from left to right.

In the midfield, Matic and Kroos are still partnering at the back today, with Li Ang stepping forward as the attacking midfielder, left midfielder Hazard, and right midfielder De Bruyne.

The starting center is Sweden's Mota Ibrahimovic. "

“For Bayern, today’s starting goalkeeper is German goalkeeper Neuer.

In the defense, Benatia and Boateng formed a double central defender, with Bernat as the left back and Lahm as the right back.

In the midfield, Pellegrini chose Thiago, his most trusted midfielder this season, to partner with Bastian Schweinsteiger, Muller as the attacking midfielder, and Ribery and Gotze on both sides of the midfield. Serve as left and right midfielders.

The starting center is Polish striker Lewandowski! "

With Zhan Jun's introduction, the 4231 starting lineup adopted by both teams today was also presented to all Chinese fans.

Compared with the previous Bayern team, Bayern has made considerable adjustments in its starting personnel this season.

Both Martinez and Robben have been gradually excluded from the starting lineup due to too many sporadic injuries this season.

The direct beneficiaries are naturally Thiago and Gotze.

In the defense, after Dante was sold off, Benatia became Boateng's new partner.

Because Lahm is getting older, he and Rafinha will rotate at right back this season.

However, in important games, Pellegrini still trusts Lahm and will still choose to start him.

After Pellegrini corrected Thiago, Schweinsteiger directly became the core deputy.

This is not wrong, because Schweinsteiger's performance this season is indeed not very stable, and it is time for Bayern to replace the core of their midfield.

If Kroos had not fallen out with Bayern's senior management, he would have been the absolute core of the new Bayern's midfield.

It's a pity that Bayern's top management is stubborn and refuses to admit when it's wrong. They just sold Kroos to Chelsea to save face.

Thiago has done well at Bayern this season, but his attendance rate cannot be compared with Kroos.

It's just that Pergone took office a little late, otherwise he would definitely try his best to retain Cross.

It can only be said that Cross and Bayern are destined to have no fate.

Today, Kroos and Bayern are actually hostile to each other on the playing field. Let's think back to the days when Kroos was the future core of Bayern.

Many Bundesliga fans are also lamenting...

At 19:45 London time that night, the first game of the Champions League semi-finals started on time at Stamford Bridge!

Bayern, who got the right to kick off the ball, took the initiative to press forward and start the attack.

Their firepower has not diminished this season, they have defeated countless teams on the offensive end, and their self-confidence is quite high.

Thiago and Gotze were once defeated by Li Ang, but now they are eager to challenge Li Ang again.

Continuous wins and success will indeed greatly enhance the players' self-confidence.

But to a certain extent, such continuous victories will also blind the players' vigilance and awe of powerful opponents.

In the opening stage of the game, when he saw Gotze wanting to challenge Matic's defense when he got the ball, Li Ang's first reaction was:

"This kid got kicked in the head by a donkey today?"

If the person who did this was Robben, then Li Ang would not have such thoughts at all.

Because Robben has this qualification, his speed advantage can give him an advantage when facing Matic.

Why do you Gotze?

The speed is not as fast as Ribery and Robben, and the skills are not top in Europe. Why do you have the confidence to challenge Matic?

Gotze's strength lies in his versatility and threatening passing.

As a midfielder, and integrated into the tactical system, there will naturally be a lot of room for performance.

But if you want to get out of the system at this time and follow Robben's example of blasting at a single point, isn't that looking for death?

Li Ang's complaints soon became a reality. Matic, who was at home today and didn't worry much about the direction of the whistle, would not spoil Gotze.

After getting stuck in position, Matic decisively stepped forward to press.

In terms of confrontation, Gotze was no match for Ma Ma, and this 1-on-1 contest ended very quickly!

At this time, Muller had already inserted himself into the rib area of ​​Chelsea's half, waiting for Gotze to pass the ball.

As a result, he turned around and saw that Matic had grabbed the ball from Gotze and started to counterattack. This scene really left him speechless.

Ma Ma's forward thrust was just a feint. When Thiago moved to intercept him, he directly passed the ball diagonally to Li Ang!

Li Ang, who had already accelerated at this moment, was completely unreasonable against Bastian Schweinsteiger.

With a burst of acceleration, he was stunned in the confrontation and forcefully broke through Xiaozhu's interception!

But this time, there is no Martinez behind Schweinsteiger to help him defend!

Like a fish entering the sea, Li Ang went straight towards Bayern Munich's backcourt defense.

Suddenly, the siren blared in Bayern's penalty area. Boateng and Benatia's retreat speed could not keep up with Li Ang's advancement speed!

In desperation, Boateng could only choose to take the initiative to intercept, and Li Ang decisively sent an overhead pass at this moment!

Ibrahimovic stretched out his long legs, got rid of Benatia's defense in a few steps, and fired a non-stop shot towards the Bayern goal!

At this moment, the game had only started for about two minutes, and seeing Chelsea getting such a threatening opportunity, countless Bayern fans in front of the TV all exclaimed in pain!

At the critical moment, it depends on Neuer abandoning the goal and attacking.

The German national goalkeeper raised his waving arm high and touched Ibrahimovic's powerful shot. Ibrahimovic's powerful shot from close at hand finally missed the goal frame!

After the successful save, Neuer was not very happy. Instead, he yelled angrily to let his defensive teammates focus!

Li Ang, like Ibrahimovic, covered his head at this moment, regretting that the goal was not scored.

But after a brief period of regret, he became more confident in winning today's game.

Because Bayern has indeed abandoned its martial arts skills as Mourinho said before the game.

As for Heidegger Bayern's tactical orthodoxy, what does that have to do with Bayern?

Now at Chelsea!