Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

After winning the championship in advance, the Chelsea team held an unofficial celebration directly at their home court.

This season's league competition with Manchester City is really tough.

They fell behind Manchester City several times in the middle of the season. Fortunately, the head coach's bold decision to reduce the burden allowed the team to gradually take the initiative to win the championship in the middle and late stages of the league.

Fortunately, Manchester City was too greedy this season and wanted everything on the fourth front, leading to a complete collapse at the end of the season due to lack of physical fitness.

Otherwise, it is really hard to say that Chelsea can defeat Manchester City in advance and win the Premier League championship this season.

Now that I think about it, Chelsea relied on rotation to withstand the pressure at the tightest moment of the schedule and did not give Manchester City a chance to come back, which was really bold.

But now that the league championship has been won, whether the outside world says Chelsea are lucky or that Manchester City can win the championship by fighting alone, it is an indisputable fact that Chelsea is the league champion this season!

Li Ang was so happy at home that he even rode on Maguire's shoulders with his upper body bare and sang and cheered with his teammates.

Even though he seems to be weak in winning the championship, he has now collected the championship titles of three of the four major European leagues, but it is also the first time for him to achieve the achievement of three consecutive leagues, and it is inevitable to get excited.

However, Chelsea's coaching staff finally persuaded this group of extremely excited young players to calm down.

Although it is gratifying to successfully win the league championship, their season journey is not over yet. Three days later, they will face Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

The preparation time is tight, and the rest time is even tighter. It is not wise to put too much energy into celebration at this moment.

After Li Ang calmed down, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​inviting his teammates to have a carnival at night.

Although I couldn't go to the nightclub, I still had no problem treating my teammates to a sumptuous celebration dinner that night.

After reporting to Lao Mu, Li Ang led his teammates to the best French restaurant in London.

And just as the Chelsea team celebrated their league championship, various British media also took advantage of the situation and entered the period of harvesting public opinion.

It's just that this time, compared to the previous fancy flattery, the way these British media attract the attention of fans is very different.

They chose the most traffic-generating method and directly compared Manchester United, another traffic king in the Premier League, with Chelsea.

Of course, we are not comparing the current Manchester United with Chelsea, but comparing the former undisputed hegemon in the Premier League with the current Chelsea.

Since entering the new century, the team that has won the most Premier League trophies is the Red Devils Manchester United. Since 2000, Manchester United has reached the top of the Premier League a total of 8 times.

It can be said that, except for a few seasons of decline, Manchester United under Ferguson has always been a very dominant top team in the Premier League and Champions League.

After Chelsea won three consecutive Premier League championships, the number of championships in the new century has also reached 6 times. In terms of domination of the Premier League, there is still some gap between Chelsea and Manchester United.

But in terms of achievement, Chelsea surpassed Manchester United last summer and set a ceiling record for Premier League honors in a single season.

In the past, major Premier League fans liked to compare Chelsea and Manchester United during Mu's first period, just because Chelsea at that time was closer to Manchester United in terms of on-field performance than other Premier League teams.

But now more fans compare Chelsea with Manchester United, and they really think that after entering the new century, Chelsea is already qualified to be on an equal footing with Manchester United!

Both teams have the UEFA Champions League honors in hand. One team has won 8 Premier League championships, the other has won 6 Premier League championships. Both teams have established three consecutive championship dynasties.

In terms of annual achievements, Chelsea has an unprecedented seven championships. In this regard, the Blues must stabilize the Red Devils!

Not to mention that Manchester United's current management is in extreme chaos, and their corrupt performance on the court in the past three seasons has greatly damaged the perception of them by passers-by.

On one side are the established giants that have fallen rapidly and currently have no hope of rising.

On the other side are the new giants that are flourishing like the rising sun and are expected to defend the Champions League.

Fans know exactly how to choose, and emotionally they also prefer Chelsea, who have less off-field gossip.

So one day after Chelsea won the championship, "Sky Sports" launched a questionnaire for the majority of fans, and there was an overwhelming answer to the question of who the fans think is the strongest Premier League team in the new century.

Chelsea once again won everything, not just games and honors, but also the entire public opinion environment in England.

Red Devils supporters were certainly furious.

As the most successful club since the inception of the Premier League, Manchester United is also the well-deserved super overlord of the Premier League. In the past, it would have been the well-deserved number one in the Premier League no matter which media it was on.

The rest of the Premier League teams can at best smell the exhaust of Manchester United. They are still far from getting close, let alone surpassing.

But now that Chelsea has won three consecutive Premier League titles, it has suddenly become a presence that can be compared with Manchester United in the field of public opinion.

How can this make the Red Devils fans, who have been proud for a long time, calm down? !

But those team honors that once made them so proud have finally passed away. Now it is difficult for Manchester United to talk about success, and the public opinion environment is not as good as before.

Even though the Red Devils fans are fighting fiercely on the Internet, they are no match for the vicious "siege" of more Premier League fans.

As a young surfer, Li Ang, of course, loves to browse the Internet and read the rainbow farts blown by fans against his team during his spare time.

But speaking honestly, he believes that there is still a big gap between Chelsea and Manchester United in terms of global influence and business development.

This thing does not mean that a sudden wave of heavyweight championship trophies will lead to a huge improvement in the short term.

Chelsea still needs time and smarter business operations to slowly catch up with the established giants in Europe in terms of global influence.

Li Ang could not give any advice on the specific operation method, but as a player who has personally experienced the power of Real Madrid's global commercial promotion, he still intuitively feels that Chelsea's current shortcomings in this regard.

As the current captain of Chelsea, of course the only thing he can help is to lead the team to play well and try his best to complete the team's Champions League defense.

On the afternoon of May 2, the entire Chelsea team flew to Madrid.

After completing their routine pre-match walk at the Calderon Stadium in the evening, Chelsea players returned directly to their hotel to recharge their batteries.

The next morning, the well-rested Chelsea players took the bus to the Valdebebas training base to complete the last practice before the game.

Being able to borrow Real Madrid's training base before the game is naturally the result of Mourinho contacting Real Madrid's senior management in advance.

When Li Ang returned to his hometown again, he felt as relaxed and comfortable as going home.

The security personnel at the gate of the training base, the cleaners inside the base, the youth training coaches and the staff coming and going... Li Ang knew them all.

After the training that morning, Li Ang led the team to the base restaurant. Here, Chelsea's generals also bumped into the Real Madrid stars who had just completed the morning training.

A handshake and greetings were inevitable, and Li Ang hugged and laughed with his old teammates again.

Chelsea will complete the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid tonight at the Calderon Stadium.

Real Madrid will complete the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals with Juventus tomorrow night.

Players from both teams are now friendly and cheering each other on, saying different kinds of blessings for the finals.

Li Ang thought for a while and finally pulled Modric and Casemiro aside.

"Tomorrow night you must lock in Pogba's performance. Brother Face's state is up and down. If you give him strength in confrontation, he usually cannot perform well. Isn't Marchisio injured? ? So you must restrict Pogba, his performance will be affected, and Juventus will lack organization on the offensive end..."

Li Ang gave his reminder to his former partner. Modric and Casemiro looked at each other, and then nodded to Li Ang.

Li Ang does not expect that his suggestion will be directly adopted by the Real Madrid coaching staff, but as long as it can help Real Madrid a little, then his reminder will not be in vain.

As for the specific tactics Real Madrid will choose when facing Juventus, that is not something he should worry about.

After having lunch at Real Madrid's training base, the Chelsea team took the bus back to their hotel for a lunch break.

That evening, Chelsea showed up at the Calderon Stadium on time with everything ready.

This five-star football stadium, which can accommodate more than 54,000 people, is already full at this moment.

And when the Chelsea players appeared on the court to warm up, the audience immediately burst into uniform and loud boos!

Thousands of Blues fans at the scene wanted to resist, but their cheers were directly drowned out by the roar of Atletico Madrid fans.

But such a battle is nothing to the current Chelsea main players.

After successfully completing the warm-up, they jogged back to the player tunnel for final pre-war mobilization.

The live broadcasts of matches in various countries basically started in advance, so fans all over the world quickly saw Simeone with a slightly solemn face under the live broadcast camera.

Today's big battle does not seem so friendly to Atletico Madrid.

They were one goal behind in the first round at Chelsea's home court, so in the second round they had to find a way to score first to equalize the score, but also try to prevent Chelsea from scoring again.

Otherwise, if Chelsea scores another goal, they will have to score three goals in a row to get a chance to advance.

The game is very difficult, and Simeone inevitably feels a little nervous at the moment.

In contrast, Mourinho, who was sitting on the coaching bench in advance at this moment, seemed very relaxed.

As the game time approached, the referee waved for the players from both teams to follow them onto the court.

The commentators from various countries immediately became energetic and took the time to introduce today's starting personnel and formations of the two teams to the fans before the game.

Chelsea's rotation in the last round of the league was proper, so the main players who had received sufficient rest can continue to play in this round of the Champions League semi-finals.

Mourinho still chose the more secure starting lineup of 4231 today.

Starting goalkeeper Oblak.

The central defender combination is still Thiago Silva plus Maguire, left back Azpilicueta, and right back Trippier.

In the midfield, Kroos and Matic partnered in the deep position, with Li Ang as the attacking midfielder, and Hazard and De Bruyne on his left and right sides.

Suarez serves as center forward.

Atletico Madrid, who urgently needed the first goal in this game, started with an offensive-oriented 433 starting formation.

Carrasco, Diego Costa and Griezmann form a front three.

In the midfield, Koke and Saul jointly controlled the organization, and Gabi stayed deep in defense.

Savic, who returned from injury in time, replaced Jimenez and Godin to form a double central defender in this game, while the left and right full-backs were still Felipe Luis and Juanfran.

Starting goalkeeper Courtois.

Both Chelsea and Atletico Madrid have spent all their money to fight for victory in this round of battle.

Compared to Chelsea, which is more fully rested, Atletico Madrid, which is still competing with Barcelona for the league title, appears to be more tired.

However, Atletico Madrid is also an extremely mentally tough team, and they have already reached this point in the Champions League. Even if they grit their teeth, they still have to work hard to reach the finals!

The Atletico Madrid generals who failed to seize the opportunity in the first round are burning with raging anger in their chests at this moment!

They are eager to prove themselves again in the cheers of the home fans, and they are even more eager to defeat the powerful Chelsea and enter this season's Champions League final with a hearty comeback victory.

So after the referee on duty blew the whistle to start the game, Atletico Madrid, who had won the kick-off, quickly spread out their formation and actively pressed forward towards Chelsea's half!

However, these Atletico Madrid players who were pressing forward and behind were soon surprised to discover:

Chelsea, who should have consolidated their defense first in this game, uncharacteristically chose to confront them tit for tat!

Gabi's long offensive pass from his own half was pushed back by Maguire, who was in an aggressive position.

Li Ang leaned on Cork with his back and passed the football to Trippier who was running in from the wing.

Trippier, who was playing in his first Champions League semi-final, was not stage frightened. After receiving the ball, he decisively moved in from the center, avoiding Felipe Luis who was about to intercept him.

And when Gabi and Felipe Luis pressed him almost at the same time, he distributed the ball to De Bruyne who easily moved forward!

The Belgian midfielder just made a brief observation, and then directly kicked the ball into the Atletico Madrid penalty area in an unconventional cross area!

The football quickly drew an arc in the air and headed straight for Suarez, who was running forward from behind the Atletico Madrid goal!

However, at this time, Suarez's side was still closely guarding Savic, and it was difficult for him to attack the goal. He finally chose to ferry the header.

The Uruguayan forward's ability to play the ball is quite good. The football flew towards the center of Atletico Madrid's penalty area. At this moment, Li Ang, who was in position, just like the explosive shot and goal in the first round, once again chose to kick and volley!

The football roared towards the Atletico Madrid goal like a shell!

But this time, Courtois, who was prepared in advance and had always focused on Li Ang, gritted his teeth and pounced, blocking Li Ang's powerful volley back!

The football landed in Atletico Madrid's penalty area, and Godin made the first big move and drove the football back to the midfield!

All Atletico Madrid defensive players were in shock at this moment, while Li Ang bared his teeth and held his head in frustration for a moment before encouraging his teammates to continue to put pressure on Atletico Madrid's defense!

Digging defensively?

No!

Today's Chelsea will not be beaten passively!

The Champions League knockout stages are a stage for the brave.

It is normal for Atletico to realize its shame and then act bravely.

The team that dares to attack at the opponent's home court under huge pressure is truly brave!

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