Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Lukaku finally left Chelsea. On the third day after the Community Shield match, he rushed to the Carrington training base with full expectations.

Chelsea and Manchester United also issued official announcements that morning, announcing Lukaku's transfer.

Manchester United paid a full transfer fee of 65 million pounds, and also signed a clause to give Chelsea Lukaku a second transfer share.

It stands to reason that Manchester United does not need to pay such a high price to acquire Lukaku.

But when Paris Saint-Germain, the big player in the recent transfer market, also paid attention to Lukaku, Manchester United's top brass couldn't sit still.

After all, those oil guys in Paris are really not short of money!

As soon as they were released, their offers of 70 million and 80 million were just for fun, completely disrespecting the objective laws of the transfer market.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Manchester United finally had no choice but to pinch their noses and quickly reach a deal with Chelsea.

Once Lukaku left, Salah officially became the first-ranked striker on the bench.

Like Lukaku before him, he can now play as a left or right winger, and his back-foot passing and shooting skills have improved a lot compared to a year ago.

Even if Chelsea does not fight on four fronts like last season in the new season and focuses only on the league and Champions League, Salah will not have less playing time.

With 35 appearances throughout the season, 20 starting opportunities are definitely available.

This is also the promise given to him by the Chelsea coaching staff before the start of the new season, allowing him to renew his contract with peace of mind.

As for Gnabry, he mainly played in England's two domestic cup competitions this season, and it was enough to get a total of 15 appearances in the league and Champions League.

Li Ang was very optimistic about him during the interview and praised his talent as the top in football like Lukaku.

But to be honest, in terms of physical confrontation and endurance, the 20-year-old Gnabry is still not as good as the 20-year-old Lukaku.

Lukaku already proved himself in the Premier League two seasons ago.

When he was rented out to West Brom, he was able to score 17 goals in a single season. Even though he had flaws in positioning and tactical awareness, his ability to fight was unquestionable.

Gnabry, in contrast, needs more time to grow.

As a speedy winger, he now needs more protective training to grow.

This is also a good thing for his entire career.

After two seasons, he will fully adapt to the intensity and pace of competition in the Premier League, and his skills will improve. By then, he will be able to strive for the main position.

Being famous at a young age is a good thing, but playing too many games in the most competitive league during your youth is not necessarily a good thing.

Bell and Walcott, who played in the Premier League, are very clear and typical examples.

Neither of them has reached the age of retirement, but they are already suffering from injuries. They cannot play many games throughout the season and have to recuperate for a long time.

The previous method of cultivating talented players is no longer feasible in the new era of football.

Gnabry himself also understands that Chelsea values ​​his talent but will not abuse it.

Compared to Arsenal, Chelsea are now willing to develop a targeted growth plan for him, and are also willing to give him enough playing time to train in the Premier League and Champions League.

He couldn't find another wealthy team in today's football world that was willing to provide him with such training conditions.

Therefore, he now feels at ease at Chelsea, and does not have the worries of wondering which league he should go to in the future to continue his growth and development when he was at Arsenal.

Proud players like them who came out of the youth training camps of powerful teams will naturally receive more team attention and training privileges than other players who have climbed up from lower-level leagues.

Therefore, compared to Gnabry's confidence and confidence, Trippier, who was introduced by Chelsea from Burnley in the summer window this year, seems to be somewhat less confident.

But it's not his fault. After all, in terms of youth training, he came from the Manchester City team that was only ranked in the middle of the Premier League.

He is not the type of "young genius" that attracts attention among the young players who were trained at the same time.

In the end, he failed to get a first-team contract with Manchester City, but was loaned out again and again to the British Championship for training.

From Barnsley to Burnley, and finally leaving Manchester City for Burnley completely.

It took him four full seasons to make a name for himself in the Championship, but in the end he was only slightly famous in the Championship.

He was already 24 years old when he played in the Premier League for the first time with the team last season.

This does not seem to be the story of a down-and-out genius who makes a comeback.

Because there has never been a genius in football who only played in the top league for the first time at the age of 24.

Late-blooming star representative Klose was only 22 years old when he first played in the Bundesliga. At the age of 24, Klose was already the local top scorer and best rookie in the Bundesliga.

Originally, Trippier did not have high expectations for his future career development.

He just wants to stay in the Premier League forever. When he reaches the peak of his career, he can play as a substitute for several powerful teams in the Premier League. It would be great to finally retire in the Premier League.

As a result, just after he spent his first full Premier League career, the dream he expected to achieve in three or four years was achieved ahead of schedule!

The moment he received the call from Mourinho, he was extremely grateful that he had chosen to become a full-back.

If he is an offensive player, then he will not be able to get into the eyes of Chelsea's coaching staff at this moment.

His full attendance data and good defensive performance at the right back position last season finally earned him this dream contract.

After moving to London, he was not overly immersed in the joy of moving to Chelsea, nor did he spend too much time celebrating with his family.

He resumed training alone before Chelsea's pre-season training began.

After joining his new teammates for training, he completed the training plan formulated by the coaching staff every day without any compromise.

In terms of training, he is definitely incomparable with the physical maniac Li Ang in the Chelsea team.

But in terms of commitment and diligence, he is now among the top five players in the Chelsea team.

Now, his training performance has brought him another surprise.

At the end of the Community Shield match and before Chelsea played Fiorentina in the last International Champions Cup friendly match before the start of the new season, he was qualified to start!

This is the first time he has won a starting position in a friendly match after moving to Chelsea!

Although he ultimately did not obtain any personal data in the International Champions Cup match with Florence.

He just did his defensive work diligently and looked inconspicuous, let alone compared with Gnabry, who made great contributions in passing and shooting in the game.

But just after training one day before the official start of the new season, assistant coach Holland was announcing the list.

Gnabry, who stole the show in the last friendly match, was not selected for the 18-man roster for the first Premier League game of the new season.

However, he was included in the starting eleven, contrary to the expectations of many players on the scene!

Yes, not only was he selected for the final 18-man roster, he was even able to start at right back in Chelsea's Premier League opening game of the new season!

When this huge surprise hit his head, he didn't even know what to say.

It was Li Ang who congratulated him immediately and joked to him that he should invite everyone to a dinner after the game.

The dizzy Trippier naturally walked down the steps given by Li Ang.

He didn't understand why the coaching staff suddenly put Bertrand on the bench. They would rather let Azpilicueta play at left back to cool down Bertrand, who was so popular last season.

All he knew was that he seemed to have a chance to make a comeback!

It comes from his own diligent training and stable performance, but also from Mourinho's appreciation!

This time, it was difficult for him to calm down his excitement in a short period of time.

Until the afternoon of August 8, the warm-up was completed at Stamford Bridge at home, and the morale mobilization session in the locker room had even been completed.

He stood in the player tunnel, still taking deep breaths carefully and urgently, trying to slow down his emotions and calm down as soon as possible.

"Hey, Kieran, how are you feeling? Kevin will have to rely on you to wipe his ass today, and maybe he will need you to provide him with offensive support."

Li Ang patted Trippier on the shoulder at this time.

He did not signal Trippier to relax, nor did he try to comfort the player who was one year older than him.

Because he believes in Trippier's strength, he also believes that Trippier, who has been working hard in the professional arena for six years, will adjust his mentality in time.

He suddenly moved from a mid-to-lower Premier League team to a new giant in the Premier League, and became a starter for the giant team in the first league game of the new season.

No matter who this encounter happens to, everyone will be excited for a few days. The key point still depends on the performance on the field.

And Li Ang happened to feel that Trippier was a player who would be fully committed as soon as he stepped on the court and also had a big heart.

"Of course, no problem, I will behave well!"

Trippier took a deep breath at this time, then turned to look at Li Ang, stretched out his hand and firmly grasped the palm that Li Ang offered to him.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Li Ang then clapped and signaled his teammates in the tunnel to perform well later.

Chelsea's opponent in the league's opening match this season is Swansea.

Swansea performed very well in the Premier League last season and can be called another dark horse in the Premier League after Southampton.

At the end of the season, Southampton was ranked seventh in the Premier League, and Swansea was ranked one behind Southampton.

In the end, they were only six points away from entering the European theater, and their strength was still quite strong.

Compared with Southampton, which was poached by other Premier League powers in the new season, Swansea's main lineup remains relatively intact.

For a mid-to-lower team like them, it is very rare to have a season without selling out the main players, and even the boss is willing to spend money to continue to buy players in the transfer market.

The Chelsea coaching staff still attaches great importance to Swansea.

Except for the promotion of Trippier as the starting right back, today's starters are all Chelsea's main players in the new season.

The goalkeeper is Oblak.

In the defense, Azpilicueta, Maguire, Thiago Silva and Trippier started.

In the midfield, the trio of Matic, Kroos and Li Ang made an appearance.

On the forward line, the Chelsea forward trident of Hazard, Suarez and De Bruyne made their first appearance at Stamford Bridge in the new season!

As for Swansea, the main players are also out today, hoping to show their style in the opening game of the new season.

Gomi, Andre Ayew, Sigurdsson, Ki Sung-yueng, Shelvey, Ashley Williams, Fabianski and other Premier League players all started.

In addition to the opening match between Manchester United and Tottenham that started in the early game and is now over.

Basically, the game between Chelsea and Swansea is the most popular.

At 17:30 pm on August 8th, London time, Chelsea and Swansea stood opposite each other at Stamford Bridge after the opening ceremony.

With the referee's whistle, one of the opening games of the 2015-2016 Premier League season started on time!

After winning the kick-off, Swansea quickly expanded its formation and attacked Chelsea's midfield defense.

Ki Sung-yong took the ball in the backcourt and sent a long pass directly in the direction of Gomi's running.

This is a very standard opening attack test in the Premier League.

The long pass and lob tactic has its value in any era of football.

However, it is very difficult for Gomi to score this goal in Chelsea's half at the moment.

Because Maguire had already stepped up, he jumped up behind him and pushed the football back to the midfield!

Li Ang had the last laugh in the fight with Sigurdsson.

He stopped the ball with his chest and then passed it back.

Cross, who stepped in, responded with a long pass from Swansea!

However, unlike Ki Sung-yong who chose to pass a long pass to the center at the beginning of the game, Kroos's diagonal pass went directly to De Bruyne on the wing.

Kroos' long pass cleverly avoided the defensive army accumulated in the Swansea midfield.

The Swansea players, who had been pressing forward just now, could only turn around and return to defense in a hurry.

After unloading the ball, De Bruyne moved forward along the sideline. Taking advantage of the unstable foothold of Swansea's defense, he originally wanted to send a cross to test his feet.

But just as he was making adjustments to pass the ball, a shout from his side quickly attracted his attention.

He turned his head and saw that it was Trippier who had not known when to step forward and take the inside line, and had already touched the right rib area of ​​the Swansea half!

This kind of running position choice is very interesting, because now the full-backs in football will basically choose to cover the side first when they come in, and then go directly to the bottom in response to the pass from the winger.

It is still too rare for Trippier to play an offensive style of playing inside, almost acting as a central midfielder.

However, in previous training, Trippier has shown his unique running style many times.

Mourinho didn't say much about this, and the rest of the Chelsea players had more or less adapted to the running routes of their new teammates, so De Bruyne was not surprised at this moment.

Without any hesitation, De Bruyne decisively knocked the ball across to Trippier who raised his hand.

After getting the ball, Trippier observed very quickly. Almost as soon as Li Ang passed by him, he rubbed the ball forward and sent an overhead through ball!

"This ball is not offside?! A wonderful pass from Trippier!!! Leon faces Fabianski!"

Zhan Jun's eyes widened in the studio and he was in awe!

And Li Ang, who succeeded in countering offside and received Trippier's overhead through ball, was facing Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski alone at this moment!

Li Ang's unloading of the ball was completed in one go, leaving no chance for Ashley Williams to catch up with him.

His shooting skills have now been trained hard to reach an ability value of 87, and he is balanced on both feet, so after getting the chance to stand alone, Li Ang behaved very calmly and calmly!

Facing Fabianski who abandoned the goal, Li Ang leaned over, adjusted the angle, and tried to use his left foot to shoot into the far corner of the goal.

Fabianski was disturbed by Li Ang's movements, and the focus of the save was entirely on his upper body.

But in the next moment, Li Ang decisively shot with his left foot!

The football rolled quickly against the turf between Fabianski's spread legs, and finally crossed the goal line without any suspense and hit the net behind the Swansea goal!

At this moment, the game time has just passed the first minute of the opening!

Premier League commentators from all over the world didn't even get excited at this moment, so they passively gave passionate praise to Li Ang and Chelsea!

The cheers of the home fans at Stamford Bridge did not seem very exciting, and more Chelsea fans were even dizzy!

Is this a goal? !

Li Ang, who scored the fastest goal in the Premier League this season, pointed to Trippier and more teammates who provided him with an assist, and motioned for them to go to the corner flag area with him to celebrate!

Recorded by the live broadcast footage, Chelsea's players on the field hugged each other confidently and passionately!

The major English media who got Chelsea's starting lineup an hour before the game are now completely speechless about Mourinho's employment.

Who dares to question Mourinho's bold decision to use Trippier?

This lucky guy gave Li Ang an assist within the first minute of the game!

Just wait and see, tomorrow he will inevitably appear on the front pages of major sports newspapers with Li Ang!