Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"Damn it!"

Seeing that the last thing he wanted to happen still happened on the court, Pochettino stood on the sidelines and kicked the turf hard!

Under normal circumstances, even if his team would be at a disadvantage when facing Chelsea, they would not be able to score so early.

It is obvious that many of Tottenham's starting players today failed to perform well.

Especially the offensive players in the frontcourt. Their abnormal performance made Tottenham's famous Premier League wing offense completely unable to play in rhythm this season.

In this case, Pochettino was completely unconvinced by falling behind Chelsea!

If his players perform normally and play the game, he will accept that they can't play and lose, but if they are soft-footed and perform abnormally on the court?

He really felt aggrieved!

When he thought of this, Pochettino, who was so angry, simply returned to the bench and directly reached out to signal Ryan Mason and Shazley on the bench to go to the sidelines to warm up.

One of these two players has just returned from injury, and the other has gradually become a substitute in the second half of the season. Pochettino may not really replace them at halftime.

But he had to let some of Tottenham's attacking players on the field see his dissatisfaction and anger.

This is also a kind of knock. He hopes to use this method to tell the players who have been warned that since he can let them start, he can also knock them out at halftime!

The Argentinian marshal's beating method seemed a bit rough, but I have to say that the effect was still very outstanding.

As soon as Ryan Mason and Shazley appeared on the sidelines to start warming up, the expressions of several Tottenham attackers on the court suddenly changed.

They didn't care to worry about the unexpected loss of the ball. When the game restarted, Son Heung-min and Lamela became more aggressive in asking for the ball in a breakthrough attempt.

Eriksen is relatively calm. As the core of Tottenham's frontcourt offense, he still doesn't need to worry about being replaced by the head coach.

Besides, he retreated to organize in order to avoid too much entanglement with Li Ang in the midfield, which would only waste his physical energy.

A short-term avoidance is not a sign of cowardice. In many cases, it is actually a wise choice. As the organizational brain of the team, it is necessary to weigh the pros and cons and make a calm judgment.

Therefore, Eriksen still did not have the rashness to participate in the attack from a preliminary position. When the game restarted, he was still positioned in the midfield and backcourt with Dembele to control and sort out his own ball rights.

Under their joint organization, Tottenham's offensive rhythm finally came into play in the second half of the first half.

At least after 35 minutes in the first half, Tottenham took control of the offensive initiative of the game, and they also created many threatening opportunities on the offensive end.

Chelsea's defensive strength, which has rotated a large number of main players, has inevitably declined, and it is impossible to intercept most of the opponent's offensive attempts like when the main players are all out.

Fortunately, Chelsea's goalkeeper Oblak was in excellent condition today, blocking threatening shots from Kane and Lamela one after another, and maintaining his one-goal lead at the end of the half.

Li Ang was very dissatisfied with the team's defensive quality in the final stage of the first half, but he also knew the strength of his substitute teammates.

It is unrealistic to force Van Ginkel and Loftus-Cheek to do the work of Matic and Kroos in the midfield and backcourt.

In addition to working harder and taking on more responsibilities on the defensive end, Li Ang can only temporarily lower the ability requirements for his midfield partner.

Thinking about it from another angle, although these two young men are still lacking in ability, at least they are obedient!

Li Ang, who was constantly comforting himself, had already made plans in advance to pay more attention to backcourt defense in the second half of the game.

Mourinho's tactical adjustments in the midfield also require Li Ang to make more contributions on the defensive end.

There's no way, Matic is still watching the game at home, and Mourinho doesn't have any more defensive midfielders on hand to replace.

We cannot expect Loftus-Cheek to turn into a powerful midfielder in a short period of time, so Mourinho can only choose to suffer Li Ang again.

At the beginning of the second half, Li Ang still appeared in the defensive midfielder position. Because Van Ginkel needed to take on more organizational responsibilities, his position seemed to be much further forward than Li Ang.

The tactics chosen by Mourinho can be regarded as sacrificing most of Li Ang's offensive ability, but it has to be said that with Li Ang delaying defense, Chelsea's frontcourt players feel particularly at ease.

The psychological stability allows these Chelsea frontcourt players to perform more stable offensive performance.

In addition, Tottenham also played more unrestrained and aggressive in the second half, so the game between the two teams at Stamford Bridge quickly turned into an offensive battle.

Now the game situation has really become back and forth.

Mourinho also wants to score as early as possible in the second half to further expand the lead, so Chelsea is able to accept the current pressure of the game.

Pochettino is certainly more accepting of changes in the game situation.

After all, the less conservative Chelsea plays, the greater the possibility of Tottenham equalizing the score.

Suddenly, the fight between the two teams on the field became intense.

After letting go of their psychological baggage, Tottenham's offensive cluster quickly displayed their due strength and began to attack Chelsea's hinterland many times to create threats.

On the defensive end, Li Ang naturally tried his best to interrupt Tottenham's offensive rhythm, but Chik's defensive ability is really average, and Van Ginkel's condition today is not very good either.

No matter how strong his personal ability is, he still needs the support of his teammates. Messi and Ronaldo, who do not have the support of suitable teammates, perform very averagely on the field.

Fortunately, Mourinho saw Leon's uncomfortable situation in time. Without too much hesitation, he quickly called Kroos on the bench to warm up.

60th minute of the second half. Mourinho replaced Van Ginkel with Kroos, who had an average performance today.

Cross, who was fully warmed up, quickly helped Li Ang take a lot of pressure on the defensive end as soon as he came on the field.

The German midfielder's long passes are much more accurate than Van Ginkel, so he can organize and sort out the team's offense without being in a prerequisite position.

With his help in defense, Li Ang can also use his hands to get the ball and better connect the team's front and backcourt.

Chik is still too immature in this regard, and his advancement with the ball often seems a bit confusing.

When it's time to separate, he will suddenly choose to send a through ball, or simply lead himself to a dead end and XJB a shot.

This scene, let alone Mourinho on the sidelines, made Li Ang look a little dizzy.

Young players do need more opportunities to try and room for error, and it is also necessary to cultivate their own youth training players.

But after all, Chelsea is now a super team pursuing three consecutive league championships and defending the Champions League.

If young players want to gain a foothold in the current Chelsea and get stable playing opportunities, they must show talent and potential that far exceeds that of their peers.

Gnabry initially won the trust of the coaching staff with his outstanding performance and outstanding talent.

But it is obvious that the development potential currently shown by Chik is far from enough for Chelsea's coaching staff to be infinitely tolerant of him.

Li Ang also saw the dark expression on Old Mu's face on the sidelines, so he took back the authority to attack forward in time, drove Chick back to the backcourt and let him act as a bodyguard next to Cross.

This little guy is obedient, but he can't restrain his restless offensive heart on the court.

Li Ang saw that he couldn't change this bad habit for a while, so he could only try his best to cover up his mistakes on the court.

As for his future development prospects at Chelsea, it still depends on his own understanding. Li Ang can help for a while, but he cannot help for a lifetime...

After being freed from defense and able to participate in the offense, Li Ang quickly established a stable passing channel with Salah.

When Hazard takes a rest, Salah is undoubtedly the sharpest offensive knife on Chelsea's front line.

Multiple blooms are important for a team's offensive system, but most of the time - including wealthy teams - it is rare to have stable offensive strengths.

Chelsea are very lucky in this regard. In the starting lineup, Hazard is available to open up the left side, and in the rotation lineup, Salah is galloping on the right to suppress the opponent.

There is no doubt that Li Ang's trust in the Egyptian winger is 100%. As long as Salah himself is not in bad shape during the game and is replaced by Mourinho, Li Ang will always ensure that Salah receives a large amount of the ball.

So at this moment Salah became active again.

Getting enough ball rights has only advantages and no disadvantages for wing attackers like them.

Because they have a strong and tenacious mentality and are never afraid to bear the hopes of the whole team.

Giving them a bigger stage to perform will only make them more excited. Making mistakes and losing the ball is just a common occurrence for them, and they will not feel any psychological pressure because of it.

In terms of the ability to shed psychological burden and withstand pressure, Salah is now much better than Tottenham's two wingers.

Reflected in the game, Tottenham's Son Heung-min and Lamela's performance at this moment is not as outstanding as Salah.

The Egyptian winger got enough of the ball, but also directly suppressed Tottenham's left back Danny Rose on the offensive end.

Before Dembélé could make up his mind to assist Danny Rose in guarding Salah, Tottenham's defensive system on the left immediately collapsed, and Danny Rose's mentality almost collapsed!

The new international full-back, who has been praised by the British media many times this season and has been successfully selected for the England senior men's national team, now has to use tactical fouls to stop Salah's advance.

In just five or six minutes, Salah gave Danny Rose a yellow card, and by the way, Son Heung-min, who committed a foul while returning to defense, received a verbal warning from the referee!

Pochettino had a headache watching from the sidelines, but Salah's performance was far from over.

In the 72nd minute of the second half, Cross launched a long pass from the backcourt and directly found Llorente who had withdrawn from the Tottenham penalty area and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

The Spanish high forward leaned against the Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier who was interfering with him. After steadily winning a little ball, he chose to pass the ball back to Li Ang who came forward.

Li Ang did not hesitate and directly passed the ball with one kick, and once again passed the ball to Salah, who was in hot form.

This time, Salah did not choose to take the ball and force a breakthrough through Danny Rose to pass from the bottom. Instead, he knocked the ball passed by Li Ang inward, and then he cut directly inward and dribbled the ball laterally!

Tottenham's defense at the moment is still very complete, and Danny Rose quickly followed up. The fans at the scene almost all thought that Salah would be unfavorable in his next breakthrough and would probably pass the ball back to Li Ang.

Li Ang himself thought so too. He had even taken the initiative to move closer to Salah, ready to receive and redistribute the ball.

But the next moment, after Salah finished dribbling the ball, he almost didn't adjust his steps and directly chose to hit the goal against Danny Rose's defense!

His shooting choice shocked everyone present, but it was also surprising enough. At least Lori's saving reaction was half a beat too slow!

The football drew a wonderful arc in the air, looking like a rainbow. The ball speed was not too fast, and Lori's belated save seemed to be timely.

But the angle of Salah's kick was very tricky!

After Lori took off and flew halfway, he estimated the distance between his saving palm and the football in the air, and his expression suddenly changed!

The football also passed Lori's fingertips amidst the exclamations of commentators from various countries, and finally plunged into the upper left corner of Tottenham's goal!

This is an absolutely beautiful world-beating shot!

With surprise in Li Ang's eyes, looking at Salah who was rushing towards the bottom line with a confident smile, he only felt that his teammate may have undergone a transformation in strength in the near future...

Immediately afterwards, his heart was filled with the joy of getting an assist for free.

After running to the bottom line together, Li Ang waited for Salah to finish making love gestures to the live broadcast camera, and then patted Salah's head affectionately.

The rest of Chelsea's frontcourt players then swarmed up, surrounding Salah and Li Ang, and started the second joyful celebration of the game!

Mourinho jumped up from the bench, first heaving a sigh of relief, and then applauded his disciples with a smile on his face.

To be honest, after making the decision to rotate a large number of main players before the game, he was still a little worried.

Using a rotating lineup to compete with the current Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea may not be sure of victory.

Fortunately, none of Chelsea's starting offensive players let him down today. Li Ang even managed to support the defense in the midfield and backfield when his midfield partner failed to perform properly.

So far, it is a surprise for him that Chelsea can take a two-goal lead.

And next, he will use the most reliable defense to collect these three points!

Chelsea's celebration took a little longer this time, so much so that the linesman had to give a warning.

After being forced to end the celebration early, Li Ang soon discovered. Mourinho has been telling Maguire and Trippier who are warming up on the sidelines what they need to pay attention to.

Sure enough, more than ten seconds later the fourth official raised the electronic substitution sign on the sidelines.

Chelsea made two substitutions in a row, directly using up all the substitution places. Maguire and Trippier came on, and Liang and Gnabry, who scored the first goal today, were replaced.

Mourinho's adjustment was decisive and simple. Chelsea, who replaced two defenders, immediately set up a luxury bus.

Five defenders were blocked in the penalty area, and Trippier played as a defensive midfielder. Together with Cross and Loftus-Cheek, he tightly protected Chelsea's front edge of the penalty area.

Salah and Llorente also returned to defend in their own half. It would be very uncomfortable for Tottenham to attack on the ground at this moment because there is not enough space.

In desperation, Tottenham could only resort to the old British traditional long pass tactic.

The result was that Kane was once again lost in Chelsea's iron-clad defense.

After coming on the field, Maguire immediately transformed into a super aerial bully, and in just six or seven minutes, he directly produced four successful aerial battles!

The more Tottenham played on the offensive end, the less confident they were. At the end of the game, Tottenham's players on both sides of the ball became somewhat deformed in their passing skills.

The referee on duty did not waste any time when he saw this. As soon as three minutes of stoppage time arrived, he decisively blew the whistle to end the game!

Two consecutive wins!

Before the tough battle in the Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea withstood the huge schedule pressure and defeated strong opponents in the Premier League one after another, further consolidating its top position in the league!

Such victory also continues to give Chelsea team great confidence and confidence.

At least they can devote themselves to the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals with Atletico Madrid, and don't have to worry that Manchester City will take advantage of the situation to reverse the standings.

After this league game, faced with enthusiastic interviews from reporters, Li Ang wisely chose to refuse.

He didn't want to create some public controversy before the Champions League semi-finals and distract his teammates.

However, in a private team gathering, he already gave a very domineering pre-war mobilization speech:

"Atletico Madrid are just our losers. Last year we were able to beat them once, and this year we can beat them for the second and third time!"