Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"The Birth of the Premier League's No. 1 Midfielder!" 》

"Chelsea's Road to Defending the Championship"

"Mu's Philosophy of Success—Leading the Trend of Tactical Change"

"Another phenomenal superstar in football, made in the Premier League!" 》

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On the morning of May 25, the streets of major cities in England were filled with news reports about yesterday’s final game of the Premier League.

Chelsea finally defeated Sunderland 4-1 at home, ending the Premier League season with an exaggerated unbeaten record of 34 wins and 4 draws!

And Li Ang's personal data has temporarily reached 43 goals and 33 assists!

In the list of total goals scored in the four major leagues this season, Li Ang is now far ahead.

With Chelsea still having two finals to play, Li Ang may even hit the 80-goal mark for the season.

This is the data of Melo's peak season!

Being able to achieve such personal phenomenal data as a midfielder, Li Ang can be regarded as the third man behind Melo in today's football.

Now not only England, but the whole of Europe and even the whole world are discussing Leon with enthusiasm!

Discussing the upcoming FA Cup final and the even more important Champions League final!

The title of the top midfielder in the Premier League or the top midfielder in active football is no longer the focus of topics for Li Ang's supporters.

At the end of last season, Li Ang led Chelsea to win two championships, and he also scored double 30 figures for the season.

In fact, this topic has no value for discussion.

And now all fans know in their hearts that in the last two finals of this season, if Li Ang can show normal performance and lead the team to win steadily.

Then he truly has the "ticket" to compete head-on with Melo!

A Champions League won as the core of the team, and a Golden Globe Award that is truly without any water!

Only those who meet these two conditions at the same time are qualified to stand on the stage and challenge the status of Messi and Ronaldo in football.

By then, the other two Champions League trophies Li Ang won at Real Madrid will further add points to his reputation.

Just like the 2007-08 season is the season of Ronaldo and Manchester United.

In the 2008-09 season, Messi and Barcelona were the destined protagonists of football.

The two top football superstars also firmly seized the opportunity to reach the top of football when the opportunity came.

The final outline of this season's "script" has been handed over to Li Ang and Chelsea.

This is the perfect opportunity that Li Ang and Chelsea management have been waiting for!

There are very few teams with a lineup as thick as Chelsea's today.

It is very likely that this is the only opportunity to win four crowns in a single season in England!

No team will always be at its peak, and it will be difficult for Chelsea to make explosive counterattacks and stage veteran legends like they did in the summer of 2012.

Chelsea have had enough of the regrets of the Champions League.

The best opportunity has arrived, and this time, neither Li Ang nor Chelsea want to leave any regrets!

The celebration of winning the championship and the crazy celebration came to an end yesterday.

While sports media around the world continue to praise Chelsea, Li Ang and his teammates have begun preparation training in a semi-closed situation.

The FA Cup final against Arsenal is good news for Chelsea.

Wenger is not like Guardiola or Van Gaal. He rarely does any big tactical work in such key matches.

If Arsenal in the FA Cup final does not play the offensive football they are best at, then basically they will only have defensive counterattacks.

Basically, Wenger will not arrange any weird formations to test Mourinho's on-the-spot adaptability.

The tactical preparation before the game is meticulous and steady. This is Wenger's advantage, and it is also the advantage of Arsenal's entire coaching staff.

Arsenal has been able to steadily compete for the top four in the Premier League for so many years. Even if the club owner’s investment is not large, it can stably enter the Champions League every year. It can be said that it benefits from this.

But after losing football superstars like Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie one after another, Arsenal was left with stability, and the upper limit of explosive performance has long been lowered.

Although Cavani is good, his ability to solve the game alone is still not comparable to that of Van Persie.

And now Arsenal's midfielder can no longer pick a player who can be called a football superstar.

In cup competitions, players on the wing are trapped by the club's financial difficulties. They can be more functional, but the central axis cannot be too functional.

In the seasons when Arsenal dominated the Champions League, Henry was at the center, Vieira was in the midfield, and Campbell and Toure were on the defense. The central axis was extremely hard.

When these veterans stepped down, Arsenal also reached the top four of the Champions League in the 2008-09 season.

At that time, Arsenal's central axis was Adebayor - Fabregas - Toure.

At that time, Arsenal also had many good players such as Theo Walcott, Nasri, Alexander Song and so on.

Comparing these players in the current team, Arsenal in those years was completely star-studded, and Wenger could always lead the team to touch the butts of the Premier League champion and the Champions League semi-finals.

But now that there is no strong enough core midfielder and only a bunch of "A-level" midfielders, the upper limit of Wenger's coaching can be seen at a glance.

To put it mildly, Mourinho understood at least 90% of Wenger's tactics.

Chelsea's nearly crushing record against Arsenal in the past two seasons is the biggest source of confidence for the Chelsea players at this moment.

There is no psychological pressure, and I have enough rest and preparation for the battle.

On the afternoon of May 30, Chelsea players, who were in extremely high spirits, took the bus and rushed to Wembley Stadium.

This is their second cup final at Wembley Stadium this season.

Seven days later, they will still come here to play this season's Champions League final with Atletico Madrid.

When I thought of this, the whole Chelsea team looked at Wembley with a change in their eyes.

Li Ang doesn't think it's necessary to say that the stadium is a blessed place.

He has played in too many tough finals over the years. Anyway, he will win a championship in at least one cup every year.

In terms of cup-winning experience, he is the richest among the younger generation of players in Chelsea's current squad.

Even for a veteran, his experience in the finals is quite good.

Therefore, while other young Chelsea players are more or less nervous or overly excited, Li Ang has adjusted his mentality as usual.

After completing the warm-up step by step in the stadium, before returning to the player tunnel, Li Ang suddenly raised his right arm high toward the stand area where Chelsea fans gathered!

His action immediately attracted bursts of cheers from his fans.

Under the "preferred" care of the reporters on site, his confident smile quickly spread to the world through the Internet before the game officially started!

He is ready!

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At 17:30 on the afternoon of May 30th, the 2014-2015 FA Cup final officially started at Wembley Stadium!

This final, which is very likely to create England's first domestic Triple Crown, attracted countless fans' attention on time.

In China, a large number of fans and viewers also rushed into the PPTV live broadcast room immediately to watch the live broadcast of the game that had been warmed up for a long time and was also broadcast for free.

Zhan Jun took the commentary prepared before the game and was quickly introducing to all the audience the starting lineups of the two powerful teams in London today.

As expected by many media before the game, neither Chelsea nor Arsenal made any big fuss about their starting lineup today.

Chelsea came up with the safest starting lineup of 4231.

Cech became the starting goalkeeper.

Bertrand, Terry, Thiago Silva and Azpilicueta anchor the defence.

Matic and Kroos partnered as the defensive midfielder, and Li Ang served as the attacking midfielder.

Hazard and De Bruyne lined up on both sides of the midfield, with Ibrahimovic advancing forward.

Arsenal also set up a starting lineup of 4231.

Except for Arteta and Chambers who are unable to play due to injuries, Arsenal can be considered as the main force today, fighting against the odds!

Arsenal's starting goalkeeper today is Wojciech Szczesny, who has regained his position.

In the defense, Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker and Bellerin lined up from left to right.

The double defensive midfielder is Kirkland partnering with veteran Tulalang, Cazorla serves as the attacking midfielder, and Chamberlain and Ramsey are on both sides of the midfield.

Cavani stepped forward and became the starting center.

The two teams started a real battle for control of the midfield from the beginning of the game.

There are no more tactical tests, because the players from both teams already know each other's tactics and personal strengths very well.

Arsenal's players no longer leave any escape route for themselves. This is their last game of the season and their last chance to win the championship!

The Chelsea team does not want to leave any regrets for this season, but why not Arsenal?

In past league competitions, Chelsea players have sufficient physical fitness, good rotation, and always make Arsenal suffer when pressing high.

But in today's final, Arsenal players who are fully committed to the game and no longer consider the physical loss can also be absolutely positive and unyielding in the fight!

Li Ang also had to lament that today's Arsenal was completely beyond his expectations. It seemed that the professor had also studied Chelsea's further improved tactics this season.

If they really want to be serious about rebuilding, Arsenal may become the third club in the Premier League to keep up with this wave of tactical changes after reorganizing their midfield next season.

The professor is older, but his tactical thinking and tactical learning abilities are still outstanding.

Moreover, this wave of tactical reform trend is more in line with Wenger's tactical philosophy.

The purpose of high-post pressing defense is also to seize more opportunities for offense and defense transitions and to play more fast and smooth offenses.

And now just looking at the first ten minutes of this final, Arsenal ran around and also used high-pressure tactics at all costs. It’s really like that!

However, Arsenal's approach to playing this way was barely expected from Chelsea's pre-match tactics.

In essence, Wenger still played his old tactics. The surprising thing is that he incorporated more aggressive high pressure.

After observing, Li Ang signaled Hazard and De Bruyne to take back their positions first. He himself got stuck in the key channel in the middle of the midfield and began to defend passively.

Mourinho's subsequent tactical adjustments followed one after another, which coincided with Li Ang.

He also asked the Chelsea players on the field to consolidate their defense first and focus on interceptions in the middle of the midfield!

This is actually easy to understand, because Arsenal's current wing attack ability is not strong.

If Wenger uses Walcott as the starter today, Mourinho will give Arsenal more respect in terms of wing defense.

Unfortunately, the little tiger was affected by injuries in the second half of the season, and his condition has been ups and downs.

Wenger did not dare to use him easily in the final, and basically gave up making a fuss about wing offense.

Chamberlain's momentum and physical fitness are sufficient, but his strength still adds a bit more.

Ramsey plays more like a midfielder, and it is even more unrealistic for him to be used as a breakthrough point to break through Chelsea's defense.

In comparison, Arsenal's strength advantage in the middle of the midfield is even more significant.

Therefore, after Li Ang and Mourinho observed and reacted, they immediately wanted to block Arsenal's penetration attack in the midfield.

Seeing this, Wenger frowned while sitting on the coaching bench.

Chelsea's on-the-spot adjustments are so fast!

Li Ang's kicking style at this moment is completely from the back to the front, directly covering and sweeping the top area of ​​the arc in the entire middle circle.

There is no problem for Cochran and Tulalang to take the ball in Arsenal's half, but as long as they want to think about the midline, they must face Li Ang's defense.

In desperation, the two of them could only deliver the ball more to the wing. Cazorla and Ramsey had to go around in such a circle if they wanted to get the ball.

Arsenal's offensive efficiency has dropped sharply.

At this moment, the Chelsea team's tactical execution is fully in place. When it comes to switching to defense, it means decisively switching to defense!

If Arsenal wants to take control of the offense, just give it to them first.

They still had plenty of physical strength to support such a new set of tactics in the first half of the game, but what about the second half?

The choice is easy to make, and you don’t even have to wait until the second half...

After Li Ang filtered and intercepted most of Arsenal's direct passes from back to front, the defensive pressure on Chelsea's backcourt players has actually been reduced a lot.

Matic takes Ramsey seriously.

But on Cross' side, he rarely chooses to defend Chamberlain.

Both he and Azpilicueta defended more passively, and when defending, their positions also dropped deeper.

This gave Chamberlain more space to sprint. Gradually, Arsenal's main attack direction tilted towards the left side of the midfield.

This is an unavoidable situation. After all, the game now looks like Chamberlain's side has a better chance to advance with the ball.

Even these opportunities did not seem to pose much of a threat to Chelsea's defense, but Arsenal had no choice.

They also all know how many minutes they can last in this game.

If Chelsea are really going to be dragged into the tug-of-war phase of the second half, their physical fitness will become the biggest breakthrough point.

So there was no reason for them to be in a hurry, and Chamberlain was also very active in looking for any possible opportunities on the court.

Li Ang waited very patiently, and it was not until the 35th minute of the first half that he became more deeply involved in the defense of his own backcourt.

When he suddenly chased back and combined with Cross to steal the ball from Chamberlain's feet, the game time had reached the 38th minute of the first half.

Arsenal, which dominated the offensive initiative for most of the first half, consumed a lot of energy.

Correspondingly, Hazard and De Bruyne, who had been dormant for almost half the game, seemed to have just finished warming up.

After Li Ang got the ball, he only made a slight adjustment and then directly sent a long diagonal counterattack pass!

The return speed of all Arsenal players is not too slow, but compared with the flat and fast long pass sent by Li Ang, their return rate is still not good enough.

Hazard completed the offloading almost perfectly while driving forward at high speed.

Before Arsenal's defense players were all in place, he had already cut inside and entered the Arsenal penalty area in advance!

After dodging Bellerin's slightly reckless attack, Hazard had already gained enough space to kick his feet!

The iconic foot rub and cum!

Hazard's shot was quite confident!

If Arsenal still uses Ospina as the starting goalkeeper in this game, then Hazard's goal will most likely bypass his save and go into the goal.

Fortunately, Wenger chose to start Szczesny today.

The Polish national goalkeeper's physical talent is extremely outstanding. His height of 1.95 meters and extremely long wingspan helped him save Hazard's shot at the last moment!

Ibrahimovic, who was in the back of the penalty area at the moment, didn't expect that Szczesny could even save the ball!

He didn't take the action immediately to make a follow-up shot, and could only subconsciously sweep the ball towards the center of the penalty area before Koscielny made a clearance!

Suddenly, Arsenal's penalty area was in turmoil!

Mertesacker rushed towards the football with all his strength, but in the end he was a step too late.

Li Ang, wearing the No. 10 jersey, stepped in at this critical time and almost threw himself out, fell to the ground and completed the shovel shot!

No matter how quick Szczesny reacted, he was still powerless against Li Ang's close-range tackle!

When the football crossed the line and hit the net, the entire Wembley Stadium seemed to shake along with it!

After getting up from the ground, Li Ang spread his arms and rushed to the bottom line!

His roaring voice spread to the whole world almost at the same time!

Tribute to Chelsea!

Get ready for England's first domestic treble!