Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

The Hammers currently rank sixth in the Premier League with a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. West Ham United has performed very well since the start of the new season.

If they had not been reversed in the crucial battle with Leicester City, they should be among the top four in the Premier League now.

However, the league has only reached the tenth round, and the points gap between the Hammers and the top four teams is not big, so there is still a great chance to catch up from behind.

After all, they are fighting on a single line. If this season is not hindered by the League Cup and FA Cup, they will also have the ability to compete for European qualifications next season.

Everyone at Chelsea does not dare to underestimate West Ham United. In addition, Chelsea is playing away from home in this round of the league. Mourinho is still relatively "conservative" in his tactical selection.

On October 24, at 3 pm London time, Chelsea and West Ham United kicked off the battle at Upton Park Stadium.

In today's game, both Chelsea and West Ham United chose the more secure starting lineup of 4231.

West Ham United is not troubled by multi-front operations and the FIFA virus. For them, the international match day is basically a rare rest period for the whole team.

Therefore, West Ham United still played the main force in this game, and the players on the field seemed to be full of energy and physical fitness.

Chelsea is not playing with all the main players. Matic and Azpilicueta are taking turns today. With Hazard recovering from injury, Chelsea has made relatively big changes in the starting lineup.

Van Ginkel, Karas and Salah all got starting opportunities today.

Li Ang also partnered with Van Ginkel to hold back, and Mourinho was bound to ensure the stability of the team's defense in the first half of the game.

After the game officially started, West Ham United took advantage of the home advantage to launch an offensive attack on Chelsea.

This is exactly the style of play that West Ham United is better at now, and they are indeed qualified to take the lead in putting pressure on Chelsea at home.

After all, as of the ninth round of the Premier League, West Ham United's offensive firepower has surpassed Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton and other powerful Premier League teams, second only to Manchester City and Chelsea.

West Ham United scored 22 goals in 9 rounds of the league, but there is no forward in their team who has scored more than 5 goals.

This is a good indication that the players on West Ham United's entire offensive line are now in good condition, and their wolf-pack tactics also make it difficult for opponents to defend against them.

Li Ang didn't get the ball too much at the beginning of the game. Cross almost completely controlled Chelsea's organization and scheduling at the beginning of today's game.

It's not because Li Ang has a problem with his condition today, but that he needs to devote more energy to observing the performance of West Ham United's offensive cluster.

Li Ang is quite familiar with several veteran attackers in West Ham United.

But today, West Ham United head coach Bilic has arranged a starting offensive combination that is very unfamiliar to Li Ang.

Lanzini, Zarate and Payet, three players who just transferred to West Ham United this summer, were all over the center line at this moment, running in Chelsea's half to get the ball.

Relatively speaking, Li Ang knows Paye better.

Not just because this guy hurt Cristiano Ronaldo on the 2016 European Cup final stage in his memory, but also because of the memory shots of him performing well in the Premier League.

If his slightly hazy memory is correct, Payet was selected into France's final squad for the 2016 European Cup because of his outstanding performance in the Premier League this season.

And when he checked the data of several important attackers in the West Ham United team before the game, he was surprised to find that Payet had already played very good personal data in Ligue 1.

In the 10-11 season, Payet scored 13 goals in Ligue 1 in a single season.

In the 12-13 season, Payet produced double-ten French Ligue 1 numbers in Lille and his performance was astonishing.

Last season, this guy even had 17 assists in a single league season in Marseille!

Perhaps it was precisely because of Payet's outstanding performance last season that West Ham United willingly paid 15 million euros to bring him to the Premier League from Marseille.

This late-blooming midfielder who once worked as a teammate with Hazard seems to have little potential left to tap. After all, he is already 28 years old.

But his immediate ability is exactly what West Ham United needs.

Li Ang didn't have a good impression of Paye, but that was "in the past". He is more wary and curious about Paye now.

This guy is a smart guy on the court, his ceiling is impressive, and he has a lot of game experience.

That is to say, he is a bit older. If he were three or four years younger, he might still be able to hang out on the bench of a giant football team and play rotation.

For such an opponent, Li Ang felt that it was necessary to use more energy and vigilance to deal with it.

And the facts proved that his idea was correct.

Payet quickly activated West Ham United's offense in Chelsea's half. He can get the ball, has excellent long-range shooting skills, and can also pass threatening balls.

With him as the core of the frontcourt, West Ham United appears to be very smooth in its offensive operations.

Press forward and pull sideways in an orderly manner, and the offensive choice is not to rush forward but not to hesitate. This set of smooth play makes many neutral fans in front of the TV brighten up!

Mourinho also had to overturn his pre-match assessment of West Ham United's strength at this moment.

He originally thought that his evaluation of West Ham United's "opportunity to qualify for the Europa League next season" was high enough.

But now that he has watched the first six or seven minutes of the game in person, he feels that West Ham United is fully qualified to challenge Arsenal or Tottenham in the rankings!

Perhaps because of the thickness of the bench, this West Ham United will eventually fall on the doorstep of the top four in the Premier League, but their main lineup is really qualified to compete with the top four goalkeeper teams in the Premier League!

The offense is organized and core, the double defensive midfielders perform steadily, plus a well-established defense line...

This main lineup configuration is really good!

"We can no longer let them attack our defensive core! We have to push out and suppress their midfield performance. This team is not easy!"

Mourinho quickly made tactical adjustments as he saw West Ham United's offensive threat.

At this moment, he would rather the team fight less counterattacks, and he does not want to take the risk of allowing West Ham to continue to put pressure on Chelsea's defense.

But less than two minutes after he issued the tactical instructions, the game entered the 9th minute of the first half.

Payet received a back pass from his own center Sakho, and then suddenly started to speed past Kroos who was marking him!

At this moment, Li Ang was still staring at West Ham United midfielder Kouyate on the right side of the midfield, who stepped in to participate in the attack.

He saw Payet break through Kroos, but he was not too worried about Payet continuing to dribble the ball into the dangerous area.

Because Van Ginkel is still behind, no matter how good Payet is, it will be difficult for him to pass easily when faced with Van Ginkel's marking.

But many offensive decisions on the court stem from confidence in one's own strength and illogical subconscious judgments!

For example, at this moment, Payet is dribbling the ball far more than 30 meters away from the Chelsea goal.

Li Ang believed that Van Ginkel had enough time to intercept Payet, and Van Ginkel did not think that Payet would pose any threat to his own goal.

But Payet unexpectedly chose to take a charged long shot!

With a distance of 36 meters from the Chelsea goal, Payet's long-range shot hit Oblak's defense area at an extremely fast speed!

If the ball was just fast and the shot was powerful, then this long shot wouldn't be much of a threat to Oblak.

The strange scene is that I don’t know which position on the instep I used to shoot this long shot.

Originally, the football was about to drift out of the goal frame, but in the end, it made a quick turn and narrowly missed the goal post and entered the Chelsea goal!

Oblak was completely stunned. How could he attack? !

One second, the football was about to fly out of the goal frame and towards the stands, but the next second, it turned a strange corner and flew into the goal he was guarding?

It is completely inconsistent with scientific common sense! ! !

Several defenders in the Chelsea penalty area also looked at each other, and they had to cast sympathetic glances at Oblak.

At this moment, the Upton Park Stadium was already filled with cheers!

The more than 30,000 extremely passionate Hammers fans simply wanted to overturn their own stadium with their noise!

They successfully scored the first goal at home!

They are ahead of Chelsea!

The Sky Sports commentator began to say "Unbelievable!"

Zhan Jun also had to applaud Payet's wonderful long shot in the studio.

You can say that his goal was largely due to luck, but goals in the world are rare.

Which player who has scored in the world wave dares to say that he relied on his absolute ability to control the moment when he created the famous scene?

West Ham players celebrated wildly on the touchline.

Payet was so excited that he beat his chest and roared, seeming to vent his resentment over the years of not being recognized for his talents.

The director seemed to be trying to cause trouble. At this time, he did not keep the camera pointed at the celebrating West Ham United fans and players, but quickly turned it towards Chelsea's bench.

But to everyone's surprise, Mourinho was not too angry or depressed at this moment.

Instead he was laughing!

He even picked up the mineral water and took a few sips while laughing!

Is this out of anger?

The director seemed unable to believe Mourinho's emotional state at the moment, and he focused the camera on Li Ang, the absolute focus of Chelsea's half.

As a result, Li Ang was also fucking laughing!

This guy didn't know what he said to Cross, and then both of them grinned easily!

This scene made many West Ham United fans in front of the TV feel numb!

They wanted to rush directly into the field, grab the jerseys of Leon and Kroos and roar!

"It's you who are falling behind now, not us! What are you laughing at?! Shouldn't you feel frustrated and annoyed!

Why do you have to act so calmly at this time? Stop laughing, you bastards! "

The director probably couldn't stand it anymore, so he quickly switched the camera to the jubilant stands again.

But the famous scene of the three Chelsea masters and apprentices smiling comfortably when they fell behind has gone viral on the Internet!

No one knows what Leon and Kroos said, and no one knows where Mourinho's confidence comes from in the coaching bench at this moment.

The game restarted shortly after, but Chelsea, who were one goal behind, were not panicking at the moment.

They did not rush forward to attack West Ham United immediately, but chose to continue to stabilize the defense in the midfield and backfield!

This determination and calmness made countless fans in front of the TV call "Abnormal!"

West Ham United wanted to strike while the iron was hot and take advantage of Chelsea's panic at the back, but after discovering that Chelsea's entire team was incredibly calm, they quickly shrunk their formation.

West Ham United head coach Bilic couldn't figure out what tactical trap Mourinho was making at the moment, so he simply took the lead in making adjustments and let his team launch a defensive counterattack.

"If you press forward and attack, I will hit you to counterattack. If you don't attack, I will hold the lead until halftime. I'll see what you choose..."

Bilic was full of confidence at the moment, and he didn't think that his team would be able to easily win this game after taking the lead.

But he still has the confidence to hold on to the lead until halftime!

The players on the field at West Ham United also have similar thoughts.

They defended very actively and hard.

Chelsea, on the other hand, only started to press forward on a large scale after taking complete control of the midfield initiative in an orderly manner!

The game time came to the 17th minute of the first half, and Mourinho was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Under the organization and scheduling of Li Ang and Kroos, Chelsea finally launched an ultimate pressing attack against West Ham United!

At first, the players of West Ham United were very happy to see this kind of scene happen.

After all, this means they also have a chance to beat Chelsea's quick counterattack.

But after being held down by Chelsea for only 5 minutes, they quickly changed their minds!

Because now they are just being beaten passively.

Fight back?

Chelsea resorted to crazy running and high-position pressing tactics, and the counterattack expected by the West Ham United players was simply not possible!

They finally got the ball once, but they hadn't organized a pass yet. Chelsea's frontcourt players who were attacking and running a second ago turned into ball-grabbing machines and double-teamed them!

Payet, who scored first, was even worse!

After being targeted by Li Ang, he couldn't even catch the ball a few times!

This scene of being hit on the head is so fucked up!

There is no way to fight back. The key is that Chelsea, who are attacking fiercely, don't seem to have any physical crisis at all. Is it possible that Chelsea really wants to be pressed and kicked for half an hour?

West Ham United fans booed and cursed in the stands, hoping to anger Chelsea's attacking players and make them lose their cool.

Chelsea's players were indeed irritated at the moment, but they were still calmly and methodically exerting physical and energy on the West Ham United defense.

With Kroos controlling the organization, Chelsea's offensive direction changes very frequently, but this kind of scheduling and transfer is precise without losing accuracy.

Li Ang also intervened frequently at this moment, causing West Ham United's two defensive lines in the middle and backfield to become turbulent!

On the offensive line, Salah, Suarez and Li Ang are all very threatening points to get the ball.

De Bruyne hasn't penetrated West Ham United's defense much at the moment, but his threatening passes have always made West Ham United's defenders wary.

The energy of defensive players is destined to be limited. Chelsea has played against too many wealthy teams in the past two seasons and has broken through all types of defenses.

West Ham United's defense is good, but it is far from being difficult for Chelsea's offensive players.

In the 31st minute of the first half, West Ham United's defense, which was completely stretched by Chelsea's frequent and rapid ball transfers, had many loopholes.

Li Ang received Salah's cross pass and then moved forward decisively. West Ham United's late midfielder Kouyate quickly defended the center and quickly called the defensive players on the wing to move in.

As a result, as soon as West Ham United left back Cresswell moved, Li Ang passed the ball directly to the left wing of West Ham United!

De Bruyne, who took advantage of the situation, took the ball and accelerated directly to the bottom!

And this time, De Bruyne did not observe Li Ang's movement after the forward penetration. Taking advantage of the fact that several defenders in the West Ham United penalty area were not in place to defend, he decisively sent a big diagonal shot to the ground from the wing. Cross!

This pass quickly cut through West Ham United's weak defensive hinterland like a scalpel!

Suarez fell to the ground and tackled the ball in front of the penalty area, but neither he nor the West Ham United defender Tomkins who was marking him touched the football in the end!

Another West Ham United centre-back, Collins, who was trailing in the middle of the penalty area, also failed to disrupt the trajectory of the football!

When they reached the back of the goal, Salah, who was running at full speed, reached the football one step ahead of defender Jenkinson.

But at this moment, his shooting angle was almost gone, so he kicked the ball very decisively and passed the ball back into the center of the West Ham United penalty area!

Under the almost desperate gaze of West Ham United goalkeeper Adrian, Li Ang, who was just in position at this moment, directly faced the ball and completed a powerful volley!

The football whizzed past Adrian's saving palm like a shell, and finally spun and hit the net behind the West Ham United goal!

The noisy Upton Park stadium fell into a brief silence at this moment, and then thousands of Chelsea fans cheered passionately!

Li Ang opened his arms and ran towards the bottom line, but he didn't look very excited at the moment, and the smile on his face was still so bright and relaxed!

Mourinho also stood up from the coaching bench with a calm pace and walked to the side of the court.

He smiled and clapped, and then raised his arms to signal the Chelsea fans who were traveling with the team today to celebrate louder!

Chelsea's players gathered around and hugged and high-fived. They were happy, but not very excited, as if the equalizer in the first half was what they had expected!

At this moment, many neutral fans in front of the TV couldn't help but think of the "abnormal" smiles on the faces of Mourinho and Li Ang twenty minutes ago.

Why are you still laughing when you are lagging behind?

Now they know the answer.

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