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Chapter 208 The Little Warcraft Bewitched by Li Ang

Chelsea's winning streak was finally broken.

Judging from Chelsea's performance in the previous game, they were tied at home by Norwich this round, which is actually very wrong.

But look at the tight schedules that European teams have had recently.

It is reasonable for Chelsea, whose lineup age structure is too old, to have such a draw.

Many fans of other Premier League teams who watched Chelsea's six-game winning streak in the league before, and played a superb record are also relieved at the moment.

"It scared me to death. I thought that as soon as Mourinho returned to the Premier League, he would regain the strength he won in the first season that year. After all, their bench is still weaker."

"Chelsea will play Schalke 04 in the next round of the Champions League. I hope they can fight harder so that we can also get a bargain~"

"Manchester City fans? Come on, Chelsea is just a draw with Norwich City. The next round of Chelsea will finish the Champions League, but they will sit at home and play the league with you. Old Premier League fans will not know that Mourinho's home win rate is low. How terrible?"

"It depends on how the rest of Chelsea's players are at that time. Mourinho may use rotation when playing in the Champions League? Anyway, they have already won two consecutive group matches.

Li Ang's physical fitness and state are really awesome. If other Chelsea players don't stretch their hips, I am optimistic that Chelsea will restrain Manchester City to win..."

Chelsea's draw attracted many discussions and comments from Premier League fans.

There is no lack of gloating views among them, and of course some Premier League fans who have watched old football have given rational analysis.

In their view, there are big daddies on the central axis of Chelsea who can hold their ground.

There may not be a big fluctuation in performance, but there are many problems with the team.

One is that the current young players in the Chelsea team, except for Li Ang, still have a lot of ups and downs in performance.

Play it right, and they're looking pretty good.

But when encountering difficulties, these young players still need to sharpen and sharpen, and it is not realistic to expect them to be the savior in danger.

The second, of course, is the issue of the relatively large proportion of veterans in the Chelsea team.

The age structure of Chelsea's current lineup is very interesting. Most of the players are either too young or too old.

The starting lineup is in its prime, and currently there are only David Luiz and Ramirez.

After Matic gained a firm foothold in the starting lineup, Ramirez may have to withdraw from the stable starting list and rotate with Lampard and De Bruyne.

So no matter how it changes, there will basically only be two players of the right age in Chelsea's starting lineup.

On the bench, Chelsea also have this problem.

Players are either too young or too old.

This has also led to the situation that once Chelsea's current veteran has physical problems or is in poor condition, the stability of the team's strength will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, Chelsea spent a lot of money to introduce Li Ang this season, otherwise, the current Chelsea midfielder will be Oscar and Lampard.

If you want to attack later, the combination of Oscar Galampard is of course no problem.

But when it comes to the combination of mopping up defense and organizing offense, neither of these two can meet Mourinho's requirements now.

And the midfield combination of the two of them can't give Chelsea the bottom line on the defensive end.

This point no matter which way the Premier League fans have to admit.

With the support of Li Ang in the middle, Lampard can play more easily, and Matic also has the most suitable partner, who can build a steel wall in front of Chelsea's central defender.

Even David Lewis, who has always been criticized by various British media in the past one and a half seasons, does not seem to be aggressive now.

After all, when he attacked, it would be good for Matic, or Lampard, who is now playing as a midfielder.

Both of them will follow Mourinho's instructions and make up for him more.

So the Brazilian central defender, who was previously considered radical and somewhat brainless by the British media, has transformed himself this season and has become one of the top attacking central defenders in the Premier League.

Cooperate with the lagging central defender Terry who is still at the top level of football.

Although Chelsea's current central defender combination is a bit old-fashioned, it is solid on the defensive end.

To sum it up, many old Premier League fans can clearly see the problems in Chelsea's current team.

However, they all admitted that Mourinho's transformation of Chelsea's entire defensive system can be said to be very successful.

With the current level of defense, plus a Li Ang who can maintain his state almost without rotation.

Chelsea's record volatility is destined to be less than other competing teams in the league.

It is too early to say that Chelsea are the biggest favorites to win the Premier League this season.

But saying that Chelsea is a strong contender for the Premier League title this season is not the slightest problem.

It depends on whether the other young players in the Chelsea team can make further changes in this season's winter schedule.

Especially look at Hazard and De Bruyne.

If the two of them can play better, Mourinho's offensive tactics will be able to perform better.

After all, from the first phase of the car to the present, when Mourinho's team was at its sharpest offensively, there were two winger support systems at least at the top level in football.

Without a strong winger, Mourinho can of course find a way to deal with it by changing formations or playing other formations.

But when his two wings are strong enough, the team led by Mourinho will be as strong as the fans expect.

At present, it seems that Hazard has reached the first-class level of football at Chelsea.

If his performance can be more stable, he may enter the top level of football in the past two seasons.

De Bruyne's talent in the Bundesliga on loan is not bad at all, but he still needs to show better performance in the Premier League to prove himself.

As for Lukaku, another member who is currently combined with the two of them and is called the Belgian Three Young Masters...

To be honest, all Premier League fans last season can still see what the future development path of this little Belgian monster looks like.

But let alone them this season, Chelsea fans are a little confused, not knowing which direction their coaching staff wants to train Lukaku.

And in the Chelsea team.

Lukaku, who stayed in the Cobham training base with Li Ang for additional training before the national team call-up, is also a little distressed now.

In the last round of the world preliminaries, Lukaku was put on the bench by Benteke in the Belgian national team for 10 minutes.

Lukaku, who is currently transitioning successfully in the club, is quite happy.

He likes the development advice Mourinho gave him, and he himself feels happier playing on the wing.

But in the Belgian team, there are too many players who can play wide, and the coach of the national team also needs him to stand firm in the middle.

Otherwise, it will be between Benteke, who is more suitable for playing as a center forward, and him.The national team coach will naturally be more inclined to let Benteke start with Hazard and De Bruyne.

This made Lukaku feel very depressed.

And as another international match day approached, the perplexed little monster didn't want to go to the national team to report early as usual.

So he stayed at the Cobham training base, and while practicing with Li Ang to vent his depression, he also inevitably wanted to find someone to confide in.

In terms of comforting people, Li Ang has always done a very good job.

Besides, others are not sure what path Lukaku is suitable for in the future, what formation is most suitable for him to play, can he still not know?
So Li Ang, who had no psychological burden at all, pulled the little monster to sit on the sidelines of the training field after the first day of extra training with him, and comforted him with earnest words.

"You have to have more confidence in yourself, Romelu. You also feel that you are playing more comfortably now, and you can make continuous progress in training and games, right?"

Lukaku looked at Li Ang innocently, and nodded vigorously.

"Yes, I really like the boss's arrangement for me now, but in the national team..."

Li Ang waved his hand, then patted Lukaku's big head.

"So I said you have to be more confident in yourself, what does the head coach of the national team need you to do, what do you have to do?
Then in order to let you have a stronger static confrontation in the middle, he asks you to sacrifice a certain speed to gain weight, are you willing? "

As soon as he heard Li Ang say this, Lukaku's slightly confused eyes instantly became clear.

"Then how can it be?! The boss has already said that it is good to maintain my current weight, and I may have to lose some weight accordingly in the future. Only my speed and explosiveness can guarantee my versatility..."

Looking at Lukaku's rattle-like head, Li Ang also smiled.

"That's right, so, other people's suggestions are not necessarily correct.

Let me tell you, Romelu, on this international match day, at least you will be the starter in the first round of the world preliminaries, believe it or not? "

"Ah? Why?"

"Hey, did Benteke score a goal in the last round of world preliminaries?"

"No."

"Then it's over!"

Li Ang continued to analyze for Lukaku with confidence.

"Whether the position is suitable? What tactics do you want? In fact, what the coach of the national team wants is a striker who can score goals!
There is not much difference between you and Benteke in the Premier League last season. Benteke had a little injury before. The coach of your national team used him to start the last round. As a result, he did not score. This round is Isn't it time to send you up to take a look at the effect? "

The more Lukaku listened to Li Ang's analysis, the more transparent his mood became, and in the end he even slapped himself heavily on the thigh!

"You are right! Li Ang, why didn't I think of it before? As long as I can score more goals, no matter what kind of playing style I prefer on the field, Mr. Wilmots will give me more opportunities to start. ..."

Seeing that Lukaku became obviously agitated, Li Ang also had to pat him on the back first, signaling him to calm down.

"Have you figured it out? But there is one thing I have to remind you, in the national team, you still have to move more in the middle, and try not to pull out frequently.

In that case, whether you can adapt is one thing, don't take up the space for your teammates on both sides to move. "

Li Ang saw that Lukaku was listening carefully at the moment, so he continued to suggest.

"Put in behind the opponent's defense line, national team games, sometimes it's not that difficult to score goals, if your team likes to play defense, that's even better.

Use your speed, understand?Give full play to your speed and impact, and find a gap at the right time. Grabbing spots in the penalty area is not your strong point, so you should try to avoid them as much as possible.

Also, from now on, you should try to play more activities on the right, and then communicate with Kevin more. He can play on the side or in the middle, and it is convenient to change positions with you. "

"A lot of activities on the right?"

"Yes, after all, your priority is to score goals. If you move on the right side, it will be more conducive to your in-cut shots. You should practice more in this regard. If it doesn't work, use your small explosion to shake the opponent away, and then Let's take a quick shot!"

When Li Ang was excited, he immediately pulled Lukaku to practice on the training ground.

The thing to practice is not complicated, that is, on the right side of the penalty area, Li Ang is on the inside of the penalty area to defend, and Lukaku directly bursts in and swings the angle to shoot.

There is definitely no beauty. Lukaku relies on using explosives to gain foot space.

His left foot is very strong, so Li Ang did not suggest that he pursue arcs and angles like Robben.

It's just to break the skill with strength, cut inside and lie down, then receive the burst and it's over!

Of course, Li Ang estimated that Lukaku would not be able to learn Robben's inside cut technique...

Simply let him directly practice a simple and rude, but equally effective in-cut shot and it's over.

This effectiveness does not necessarily mean that a goal is guaranteed. It is also good to let the opponent's goalkeeper get rid of it and take a few corner kicks.

Lukaku was working hard, and Li Ang looked at his slightly curly short hair for the last time, and as if he remembered something, he spoke directly.

"Romelu, or you should shave your hair!"

"what?"

"Reduce air friction, maybe you can run faster then?"

Li Ang made a gesture, but he didn't expect that Lukaku nodded seriously after thinking about his wicked suggestion.

So four days later, the image of a bald braised egg appeared so prominently in the Belgian national team's starting lineup!
In the World Preliminaries match against Croatia, Lukaku also used his speed and impact to make Croatia's defense suffer a lot!
Bearing in mind Li Ang's suggestion, Lukaku, who has always maintained a rushing state, made Lovren and Joel Luka take turns complaining.

In the No. 306 minute of the first half, Lukakula moved to the right, suddenly broke out and cut in, and then shot through the goal guarded by Pletikosa with his left foot.

The commentators who commented on the world preliminaries from various countries were all excited!

And Lukaku kept patting his bald head passionately, and rushed to the live camera!
"Brother Lion, you still understand me!"

(End of this chapter)