Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

On the night when he won the Silver Pants trophy, Li Ang did not stay in Monaco for long. After having a simple cup of coffee with Ronaldo, Li Ang took a flight back to London.

There is no way, the fourth round of the Premier League is about to start, and Chelsea will face Manchester United, Li Ang's favorite opponent in the Premier League.

Mourinho may think that it is not a big problem if he cannot play against Manchester United without Li Ang, but Li Ang does not want to miss the meeting with his younger brother Lukaku~

That night at London's Heathrow Airport, Li Ang, who appeared with his management team, showed his successful image holding the silver trouser trophy, which immediately snapped up countless film reels from reporters.

Li Ang personally didn't want to be so embarrassed, but he couldn't resist the strong request of Mendes who was accompanying him.

After deliberately staying at the airport for a while, leaving enough time for reporters to take photos, Li Ang was able to return home smoothly.

Li Ang's joy at winning UEFA's Player of the Year award was not as satisfying as he had imagined.

This award is like an appetizer, and Li Ang enjoys it very comfortably, but what he is even more eager to get is the Golden Globe Award at the beginning of next year!

So Li Ang didn't spend too much time playing with the silver underpants trophy. Soon after returning home, he asked his agent assistant to put the replica trophy into his honor room.

After arriving at the training base the next day, Li Ang received congratulations from many base staff and teammates.

But apart from politely smiling and thanking him, he acted very calmly. This calm attitude once again enhanced his image in the hearts of all base staff.

Other Chelsea players are also more convinced of Li Ang.

It's okay not to accept it. If they had won the UEFA Player of the Year award, not to mention raising their tails, they would have been proud for at least two days.

As a result, Li Ang acted like a normal person, with basically no emotional fluctuations visible.

The other players in the Chelsea first team could only sigh in their hearts:

Li Ang is so calm, no wonder he is the only man who can compete with Melo for the golden ball now!

And looking at the team boss who has been so successful, he can still be so calm and calm.

The eager young players in the Chelsea team can't help but work harder and harder.

Lao Mu was very satisfied with this and gave these young players surprise "rewards" after the last day of training before the game.

Zouma was successfully selected into the starting 11 for the match against Manchester United, and both Gnabry and Loftus-Cheek were also included in the 18-man roster.

Maguire, who has been performing very well since starting at the beginning of the season, was granted leave by Mourinho on the day of the game, so he could have a good day off.

The three young players who basically got the promise of playing time are very excited.

During the warm-up session on the afternoon of the game, Li Ang even jokingly reminded Zuma not to work too hard in the warm-up, otherwise his feet would be weak when he comes on the field later.

Other Chelsea players also made good-natured jokes about Zouma in an attempt to ease his nervousness.

Chelsea's side had a happy half, and the veterans in the team were taking care of the newcomers' feelings.

On the contrary, Manchester United's warm-up atmosphere was slightly silent and serious.

Lukaku seemed very out of place among a group of Manchester United players.

No one communicated with him, not to mention joking, not even simple polite conversation.

Little Warcraft also finally understood Li Ang’s efforts in persuading him not to join Manchester United.

The dressing room of this wealthy family is really not nice to treat!

The veterans are in their own group, the players brought in by the new head coach are in their own group, those who speak English play together, and those who speak Spanish are in another small circle...

Originally, Lukaku didn't think it would be difficult for him to integrate into the Manchester United dressing room.

After all, his worth is here and his ability is sufficient. Even if there are no new teammates to fawn over him, the veterans will at least show him the goodwill they deserve, right?

Before reporting to Manchester United, Lukaku thought everything was too smooth and wonderful, but reality soon gave him a wake-up call.

There were moments last season when this Manchester United united.

At that time, the Premier League was entering the second half of the season. Manchester United was chasing points and was about to break into the Champions League.

In order to play in the Champions League in the new season, both veterans and newcomers in the Manchester United dressing room united together, twisted into a rope, and rushed towards the Champions League area.

As a result, at the most critical moment to grab points, Manchester United ran into Chelsea...

So Manchester United, which had finally been united, suddenly fell apart.

The veterans, led by Rooney, expressed strong dissatisfaction with the club's senior management and coaching staff.

Players who had just joined Manchester United for a few seasons and knew that they were trapped in the collapse of the wealthy club have asked their agents to handle the transfer.

Those who have successfully operated, such as Di Maria, have gone to Paris and continue to earn high salaries.

Those who are unsuccessful are like Juan Mata and Fellaini. They can't escape if they run away. Failure to perform well will affect their reputation too much, so they can only endure the contract patiently.

The few players who really wanted to stay and accompany Manchester United in their comeback, such as Hernandez, were eliminated by Van Gaal again.

In this case, it would be amazing if the Manchester United dressing room could unite!

There was disunity internally, and Van Gaal's approach to managing the locker room was too tough.

Unable to deal with Rooney and the others for a while, Chef Fan had the idea of ​​​​starting a new business.

At this stage, Lao Fan just wants to produce results quickly to prove himself, and he is too lazy to sort out the complicated relationship in the locker room.

Little does he know that the more he thinks this way, the lower the possibility of Manchester United achieving results.

Lukaku directly became a "victim" in this complicated locker room struggle environment.

He actually performed very well in the first three rounds. He scored two goals in the three rounds and also scored the decisive goal to help Manchester United win their first win of the new season in the third round of the league.

Manchester United fans like him quite a lot, but as the new main striker that Van Gaal has introduced this summer, he is not popular among the veterans in the Manchester United locker room.

Anyway, Lukaku himself couldn't figure out why he could score goals and help the team win, but still only received a cold look from Manchester United veterans.

He doesn't like the current atmosphere in the Manchester United dressing room at all.

He misses his brothers at Chelsea, misses the intimate team atmosphere where they talk about everything, and even misses the boss Li Ang who will only bring newcomers to actively integrate into the team and will never take the lead in excluding newcomers!

It's a pity that he didn't listen to Li Ang's words at the beginning. He was dazzled by the beautiful vision of joining a wealthy club.

Do you regret it now?

It's too late...

Li Ang is not sure about Lukaku's current difficult situation. After all, he has not had much contact with Lukaku recently since Lukaku transferred and left.

But he actually knows very well that Lukaku is definitely not having a good time at Manchester United recently.

Not to mention that in recent times, major British media have been keen to report on the struggles between the veterans and the coaching staff within Manchester United.

Even if Li Ang only judged based on his own impression of Manchester United during this period, he also knew that Lukaku would not get involved in the locker room struggle.

But he could do little more than sympathize with Lukaku.

After all, you choose your own path, and if you choose the wrong one, you can only bear the responsibility as an adult.

Fortunately, Lukaku already won enough championships at Chelsea before going to Manchester United. He has both the league championship and the Champions League championship, so he has no regrets...

At 3 pm on August 29, the fourth round of the Premier League match between Chelsea and Manchester United started on time at Old Trafford.

In the past two seasons, Manchester United has not won a single game against Chelsea!

To be honest, from players to fans, Manchester United is now psychologically shadowed by Chelsea.

Facing Chelsea, they can lose in any way.

Chef Fan also suffered a lot with Chelsea last season.

In the first game against Chelsea in the new season, he did not dare to be careless at all, and set up a 541 iron bastard formation very pragmatically.

Mourinho was scratching his head after looking at Manchester United's starting lineup.

He really didn't expect that one day Manchester United would be the first to give in to their opponents at Old Trafford.

However, it has to be said that Van Gaal's tactical choices successfully helped Manchester United reduce the probability of being defeated by Chelsea.

Seeing the bus formation set up by Manchester United, neither Mourinho nor Chelsea's main starting players had any desire to bite hard.

After the game started, Chelsea, who took the first kick, controlled the ball in the midfield and patiently involved Manchester United's central defense.

Li Ang looked at Fellaini Ga Herrera, who was standing conservatively in front of him, and then looked at Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin on both sides of the midfield, who seemed to be playing as wide midfielders but actually tended to defend more centrally. .

In the bottom of my heart, I can’t help but sigh at Van Gaal’s bizarre tactics today!

"Is it necessary? Is this necessary? What is the difference between this and directly playing four midfielders?

You are Manchester United, the biggest club in the Premier League. Where is your backbone? ! "

Li Ang complained a few words in his heart, but he simply ignored the fact that his boss Mourinho often liked to play four midfielders on the court.

As soon as Manchester United came up with this formation, it was clear that they were going to survive at home today.

They don't care whether they win or not, they just want to stabilize and not lose.

Li Ang can understand the mood of Manchester United players who want to focus on defense first.

But as the man who loves to break Manchester United's goal the most, he doesn't like to waste too much time on attacking Manchester United's midfield defense.

In this kind of bus formation, the smartest way to attack is to continuously stretch the opponent's defense.

It just so happened that the four midfielders sent by Manchester United today were not too fast. Li Ang just thought for a moment and quickly decided on a way to deal with the four midfielders of Manchester United!

"Eden! Come on, come here..."

Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity in the opening stage, Li Ang quickly called Hazard back, and then took the time to give a few quick instructions in his ear.

Azar listened and nodded, then showed a clear smile and made a "reassuring" gesture towards Li Ang.

The director cleverly captured Li Ang and Hazard's little moves on the court.

At this moment, many fans are also very curious about what Li Ang told Hazard.

However, their doubts did not last long.

Because soon, Hazard retreated to Chelsea's midfield and cooperated with Li Ang to unveil their new tactical strategy.

Chelsea also changed into a four-midfield formation, but compared to Manchester United's four midfielders who were all crowded in the middle, Chelsea's four midfielders made full use of the court space.

Hazard and Li Ang were on the left and right sides of the court, with Matic and Kroos in the middle.

Suarez and Salah seem to have become two forwards at this moment, and they are both forwards who have the ability to drop back to catch the ball and then advance with the ball themselves.

After making slight adjustments to the formation, Chelsea's midfielder and frontcourt began to press forward as a whole to test the attack.

However, they don't pass the ball forward much, and more often they spread out their formation and make horizontal passes.

Hazard and Li Ang both have strong ability to protect and dribble the ball. They are currently on both sides of the midfield. No matter who is the ball holder, the defensive players in Manchester United's midfield do not dare to neglect!

Cross and Matic sit in the middle, and their ability to transfer the ball is top-notch.

Therefore, Chelsea's ball transfer is very smooth, the ball speed is fast enough, and the passing position is also very accurate.

After the horizontal pass is stretched, Li Ang and Hazard may catch the ball at any time and attempt a breakthrough.

This is a great test of the sweeping coverage and defensive capabilities of Manchester United's midfield defenders.

If Schweinsteiger is still at his peak, that's no problem. He can use his strong running ability to make up for Fellaini's lack of horizontal sweeping.

But the fatal point is that Schweinsteiger's current state has declined significantly.

Not only was his physical condition declining significantly, but also his desire for championship honors was running low.

He has many Bundesliga titles, the Champions League, six crowns, and even the World Cup!

Xiaozhu is not short of any championship. To put it bluntly, he came to Manchester United just to get a high salary to retire.

His physical condition is not as good as before, and his mentality has become very Buddhist. It is completely impossible for Schweinsteiger to work hard for Manchester United.

Apart from Xiaozhu, the other three players in Manchester United's midfield four today are not very capable.

It's not that Li Ang looks down on people, but Herrera, Fellaini and Schneiderlin. The three of them really don't have the ability to play as the starting lineup in a prosperous giant.

A few people are diligent, but at this moment, facing Chelsea's fast passing, it is difficult for them to continue to stabilize the line, let alone take the initiative to defend and put pressure!

Fellaini felt very frustrated, after all, his defensive strength is frontal interception.

If he is asked to follow Chelsea's rapid conduction and move quickly laterally, is it completely difficult for him?

Van Gaal also looked anxious off the field.

He probably expected what kind of tactical adjustments Chelsea would make when facing the lineup he had arranged today.

But he really didn't expect that his four-midfield defensive system would be so quickly involved by Chelsea that it would be difficult to stabilize the position!

The game has only been played for seven or eight minutes, and Fellaini is a little unsteady and about to fall off.

Van Gaal really didn't dare to think about it. How will Fellaini support it when the two teams' offense and defense further speed up?

And just when Van Gaal was considering whether to replace Fellaini early in the first half and replace him with Ashley Young to enhance the defensive flexibility of the midfield.

Li Ang, who had not tried to break through before, suddenly took the ball in the right midfield and drove it into the heart of Manchester United's midfield!

Schneiderlin, who was guarding Li Ang, couldn't keep up, and was immediately left behind by Li Ang, who burst into speed!

Fellaini immediately retreated, forcing Li Ang to possibly cut inside.

But with his move, Cross, who penetrated from behind the midfielder, gained enough space to advance forward.

Li Ang decisively scored the ball in an inverted triangle. After Cross stepped in to get the ball, he sent a diagonal long pass directly without any hesitation!

He had already observed before that the transfer ball passed to Hazard was very accurate.

Manchester United's seemingly solid midfield defense fell apart at this moment!

Because Schweinsteiger also couldn't keep up with Hazard's forward pace!

After passing two Manchester United defenders, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Darmian, in two or three steps, Hazard took advantage of the situation and then sent a cross to the back of the Manchester United penalty area!

Hazard's cross was very clever.

The ball directly bypassed the tall central defender Smalling in the front of the Manchester United penalty area, and Suarez, who was competing with Blind at the back of the penalty area, already had a positional advantage!

Suarez, who worked hard to complete the summit, originally planned to run to the bottom line to celebrate.

But De Gea, who was at the peak of his career, saved Manchester United with a seemingly impossible miracle save!

Well...or half saved.

Because just after he saved Suarez's header, Li Ang, who came out of the middle of the penalty area, hit the second penalty kick with a non-stop volley!

Now De Gea is like a god descending to earth, and he can't make a second save!

After scoring the Manchester United goal again, Li Ang finally showed a comfortable smile on his face.

He called on his teammates to go to the corner flag area with him to celebrate.

But now Lukaku, who was standing in the Chelsea half and had not touched the ball for five minutes, looked at the familiar scene with envy.

I think back then, he and his teammates gathered around Li Ang to celebrate happily like this...

But now, happiness only belongs to his former teammates. He himself has nothing but depression and grievance!

"Boss, is it too late for me to regret it now? I don't want to stay at Manchester United anymore!"