Starting with Real Madrid kicking the midfielder

Chapter 216 Scored No. [-] in the Premier League, top three in the double list, and the strongest defense, this is Li Ang!
"Chelsea has taken a 3-0 lead before the half-time is over! This result was probably not expected by many audience friends before the game, and neither did Director Zhang and I!"

"The head coach of Schalke 04 is completely at a disadvantage in terms of tactical arrangements. They should play more proactively, because there is no way out!

You conceded three goals before finishing half the game. It is meaningless to pursue whose fault it is, which defender did not perform well, or the goalkeeper did not perform well today.

We have to attack!
Huashan is a road, and it is best to score a goal at the end of the first half.

If you can't score, you should relax and relax your mind. During the intermission, you should clear up your thoughts, and when you get to this point, just go straight to attack..."

He Wei and Zhang Lu are chatting in a relaxed mood in Wutai's studio at the moment.

When Ibrahimovic and Li Ang scored goals successively, the two had already celebrated passionately.

So from the standpoint of Schalke 04 at this moment, Director Zhang still put forward a lot of pertinent suggestions.

After all, at this level, to put it bluntly, the game has been spent, and it is completely meaningless to worry about which player performed poorly.

The most important thing is to seize the intermission time of the meeting later and unify the thinking of the whole team.

If it is said that the psychological pressure can be relieved smoothly, he can press out and fight Chelsea for the bayonet, and score one or two goals to save face.

But if they can't turn the corner of this thinking, then the second half of the game will still be pure torture for Schalke 04.

At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea fans are already celebrating that the team has won the top spot in the Champions League group ahead of schedule!
After all, it doesn't matter what the result of Steaua Bucharest and Basel on the other side is.

As long as Chelsea can win this game against Schalke 04, then Chelsea will be able to get the top spot in the group two rounds in advance.

With the recent tighter schedule, this is excellent news for Chelsea.

In the next two rounds of the Champions League group stage, Chelsea can use youth training and rotation players to deal with it, and the main Chelsea players can concentrate on dealing with the league.

But for the fans of Schalke 04, their qualifying situation has reached a serious point where they cannot make mistakes in the follow-up.

If this round of competition, Basel beat Steaua Bucharest.

Then in the last two rounds of competition, Schalke 04 must first defeat Steaua Bucharest by a big score, and then defeat Basel head-on!

If there is one link that is not in place, they may all be squeezed into the Europa League by Basel.

After all, there is a high probability that Chelsea will have no desires and desires in the next two rounds, and they will use young players to practice.

Why should you help Schalke 04 go shopping in Basel again?
The fans of Schalke 04 are quite transparent, knowing that after this round of disastrous defeat, they can only rely on themselves to qualify.

Schalke 04's coach Keller obviously figured it out during the halftime break and quickly adjusted his tactics.

He first replaced the left midfielder Fuchs, who had been mediocre in the first half, with Clemens.

Then he replaced the old American midfielder Jermaine Jones in the team with Max Meyer.

As soon as Director Zhang saw Keller's substitution and adjustment, he immediately patted his thigh and said it was right.

Schalke 04 also changed to 433.

The midfield combination of Boateng and Max Maier has the ability to push forward and organize the ball.

It is definitely not comparable to Chelsea, but it is enough for their own offense, which just matches their current striker level.

Schalke 04, who let go of the game, has something to say about offense.

Draxler got closer to Chelsea's penalty area. At this moment, Chelsea double-teamed him, and his ball distribution became particularly threatening.

On the defensive end, although Schalke 04's defensive strength was much smaller than in the first half, the division of labor among the various defensive players suddenly became clear.

The pressure is great, but there is no need to worry about pig teammates anymore.

So this competition in the Champions League group stage officially entered the most exciting stage in the second half.

In the first half, it was purely Chelsea slaughtering Schalke 04. In the second half, the Bundesliga giants were also trying to make their own counterattacks.

The two teams played back and forth, which is definitely better than a unilateral massacre.

Mourinho did not issue tactical instructions, asking the Chelsea players on the field to shrink their formation, so the Chelsea team is still looking for opportunities to continue scoring goals.

It's a pity that Schalke 04 has a relatively loose view of other Chelsea attacking players.

Only Ibrahimovic and Li Ang, the two "executors" who raised their butcher knives high in the first half, were stared at very hard.

Rao is that all the passers of Chelsea are working hard to make the ball for Ibrahimovic, hoping that Ibrahimovic can successfully perform a hat-trick in the Champions League.

But Ibrahimovic played until he was replaced in the 80th minute of the second half and did not score again.

But before leaving the field, Ibrahimovic still added personal data. He assisted Hazard and scored Chelsea's fourth goal of the game!

The counterattack goal scored by Lukaku in the stoppage time of the whole game can be regarded as the end of this goal battle.

In the end, the score of this game was also fixed at 5:2!
Ibrahimovic made two passes and two shots, and Li Ang made one shot and two passes!
The pair were involved in all five of Chelsea's goals and scored three of them.

After the game, the two immediately became the targets of the reporters on the sidelines.

And Mourinho also comforted Keller, who was looking sad at the moment, with a smile on his face.

However, after less than a minute, Keller, who had heard the good news from his assistant, had a pleasant smile on his face!
Not only him, but all the Schalke 04 players also made surprise calls in the visiting team's locker room!

On the other side, the results of the match between Steaua Bucharest and Basel came out.

The two teams drew 1:1 again, and Basel missed the opportunity to overtake Schalke 04 and become the second in the group. With three points, they are still ranked third in the group!

At this moment, the German media is almost blowing up the Bucharest star!

However, one thing is that Steaua Bucharest's performance in the past two rounds of the Champions League has been quite tenacious.

Although they couldn't beat Schalke 04 and Chelsea, but facing Basel which is still stronger than them, they stubbornly won two points for themselves and still have enough dignity...

Well, that's a nicer way of saying it.

To put it bluntly, the two chickens were pecking at each other, but the bigger chicken capsized in the gutter, and he didn't beat his opponent for two consecutive rounds!

Li Ang and his teammates shook their heads when they heard the coaches jokingly talking about this matter after the celebration and thank you.

"Sazi, Sazi, it's really not that brother doesn't help you, you are useless if you give us a chance!"

After complaining from the bottom of his heart, Li Ang also forgot about his next Champions League opponents.

For these Chelsea's main players, this season's Champions League group stage has ended today.

If you force it later, you will only be criticized by the media and fans as being a data brush.

Even if Li Ang doesn't care about public opinion anymore, it's impossible for him to do such a thankless thing.

The most important thing for him at this stage is the remaining Premier League games in November and December.

The Champions League knockout round and the subsequent FA Cup will have to wait until next year.

In addition to the league this year, Chelsea only need to play one more quarter-final of the Carabao Cup.

The same game will determine the outcome, and the opponent is only Stoke City.

Somewhat difficult, but not a strong opponent at all.

So Li Ang's mood is quite relaxed at the moment.

After Mourinho announced that all Chelsea players participating in this round of the Champions League will get a day off, Li Ang also cheered with his teammates.

Before the close round of the game is completely over, the rest time of this day is so precious.

Li Ang didn't go to the Cobham training base for additional training the next day, but stayed at home honestly and slept late, pampering himself comfortably for a day.

Of course, his indulgence still includes aerobic exercise such as jogging and swimming in the afternoon.

After all, I am used to exercising at ordinary times, and if Li Ang is suddenly allowed to indulge in a day or two of no exercise at all, he can't do it.

On the morning of November 11, Li Ang and his teammates arrived at the training base on time for a report and physical examination.

After the training session in the afternoon, Mourinho also took Li Ang to his office.

Mourinho told Li Ang a good news and a bad news.

The good news is that in the next round of the league against West Bromwich Albion, Li Ang can gain greater tactical freedom on both ends of the offense and defense.

The bad news is that the team doctor advised Hazard and Lampard to rest in the next round of the league, so Li Ang had to reduce two more helpers in the midfield.

In other words...

"You have worked hard for the next round of the league, little lion. I will find a chance to let you take a rest later."

Listening to Mourinho's unreliable promise, Li Ang felt that he should look forward to the day when Lukaku can kick the center suddenly...

Time was running out, and Li Ang did not show any pretense and directly reassured Mourinho.

Matic in the midfield can be stable, Ibrahimovic in the front and Terry in the back, this configuration is enough for West Bromwich Albion.

Mourinho thought so too. On the afternoon of November 11th, he made a rare starting formation of 9.

At the back, Azpilicueta, Terry, David Luiz and Ivanovic lined up.

Matic and Li Ang sit in the middle of the midfield.

Bertrand's position is premised, today he will play the starting left midfielder, and De Bruyne will be the right midfielder.

Ibrahimovic and Lukaku are partner strikers.

This lineup configuration can't be said to be bad in any case. Before the game, the media commented that it was more than enough to play West Bromwich Albion, which is currently ranked 12th in the Premier League.

But what no one expected was that in this round of the Premier League match that day, the first team to score the goal was actually West Bromwich Albion!

Sean Lang, the center forward who scored 11 goals for West Bromwich Albion last season, received a sweep pass from his teammate Amalfitano in the No. 209 minute of the game and completed the goal!

West Bromwich Albion fans are boiling at Stamford Bridge!
And David Luiz, who was supposed to block the ball, was a bit slower in defensive action just now for some reason.

After losing the ball, he also looked unusually annoyed, and slapped himself hard on the forehead.

The Chelsea offensive players who had been fruitless for a long time before also seemed very helpless.

Their offensive development today is relatively smooth.

But less than 30 minutes into the first half, they had already hit two goalposts, and the goal luck was extremely poor!

After Li Ang saw the team's setbacks on both ends of the offense and defense, he did not encourage the morale of his teammates as passionately as usual.

He pointed to his temples, then made another hand-down motion to his teammates.

"Calm down, brothers, we need to stay calm, don't worry, start with defense first, let's take our time!"

After calming down the emotions of his teammates loudly, Li Ang also took Bertrand to explain.

Bertrand can attack and defend, and it's okay to occasionally play as a left midfielder, but he is now a serious left back after all.

In the case of focusing on defense, he and Azpilicueta can directly lock West Bromwich Albion's right attack.

In the middle, Li Ang and Matic, who took the initiative to retreat, were guarded.

It is even more difficult for West Bromwich Albion to advance in the middle.

With this defensive posture, West Bromwich Albion, who originally wanted to strike while the iron was hot to see if they could succeed in stealing chickens, also ran out of three tricks and had no follow-up.

Chelsea just stuck to it for the remaining ten minutes of the first half, and Mourinho was not at all dissatisfied with Li Ang's temporary tactical decision on the field.

On the contrary, he praised Li Ang severely in the player tunnel, praising him for his calmness and clear thinking.

At this moment, all Chelsea members, who had already eased their mood, returned to the locker room, and were quickly aroused by Mourinho's stimulating words.

Adjust tactics, boost morale, and finally relieve the mood of all players and help them unload their psychological burden.

After this set of bloody procedures, Mourinho can only choose to trust his disciples 100%.

After the start of the second half of the game, Chelsea, who no longer pursued sideways advancement and crossing speed, but instead did more penetrating articles in the middle, played very patiently.

Lukaku was more at the forefront, attracting the attention of West Bromwich Albion defenders.

Ibrahimovic, on the other hand, frequently dropped back to catch the ball and cooperated with Li Ang to widen Chelsea's offensive width.

Under the patient guidance, the players on Chelsea's left and right wings continued to test into West Brom's defensive hinterland.

In the No.60 second minute of the second half, Li Ang once again received Ibrahimovic's return ball, and chose to transfer the ball directly without stopping the ball!
He kicked the ball to the right of De Bruyne's open position.

This sudden change in passing made all West Bromwich Albion's defensive players subconsciously tilt to their left.

And this season, De Bruyne, who has been well-known in Chelsea, has kicked out threatening passes again and again.

At this moment, he also confidently sent his iconic big arc cross!
Lukaku caught up head-on, and the powerful impact made the two central defenders of West Bromwich Albion not dare to ignore it!
But De Bruyne's cross ended up bypassing all three of them.

At the moment of going back, Ibrahimovic, who was deliberately behind by one position before, stopped!
West Bromwich Albion's Irish goalkeeper Myhill abandoned the goal and tried to expand his defensive area to force Ibrahimovic to make a shot error.

But Ibrahimovic used a stretched and realistic fake shot to pass Myhill first, and then he pushed the empty goal and succeeded!

After scoring the equalizer goal, Ibrahimovic simply celebrated with a punch in West Bromwich Albion's penalty area.

Then he ran towards his own half with Li Ang who rushed into the goal and scooped up the football!
The other Chelsea players whose morale was soaring couldn't care less about celebrating at this time. They waved their arms and roared to cheer themselves and their teammates!

However, West Bromwich Albion, which was hit hard suddenly, was a little panicked.

In the past 10 rounds of the Premier League, they have scored 10 goals and conceded 10 goals.

The offensive level can only be ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, but the defensive level looks good.

But after being hit by Chelsea twice in the first half and being scored in the second half this time.

The players of West Bromwich Albion understand that the data cannot reflect the hard power gap between them and Chelsea.

They wanted to hold on, and so did West Bromwich Albion manager Steve Clark.

So West Bromwich Albion quickly unified their tactical thinking after the re-kick-off, tightly shrunk in their own half, trying to hold the ball more to delay time.

The Chelsea team actively overwhelmed the center line, and quickly spread out their formation after gaining possession of the ball, and continued to besiege West Bromwich Albion!
Previous goals have proved Mourinho's tactical adjustment is correct.

The Chelsea players also doubted him, and continued to patiently use passes to tear West Bromwich Albion's defense.

Ibrahimovic, who scored a goal, has clearly become the focus of the West Brom defenders at this moment.

However, Ibrahimovic's excellent skills and stature make it difficult for him to be marked to death.

Even if he can no longer kick easily, he can also serve as a fulcrum and firepower attraction to help other Chelsea attacking players get their chances.

Chelsea's patience allowed them to still get a few good shots on the offensive end.

Even if no goal is scored, all Chelsea members always have firm confidence and great hope.

And Li Ang has been actively looking for the next time when West Bromwich Albion's defense appears a wide gap.

It wasn't until the No.804 minute of the second half that Li Ang found such an excellent opportunity again!
When Ibrahimovic was fighting in the penalty area with West Bromwich Albion's centre-back and his national team-mate Olsson.

Lukaku suddenly moved forward and rushed to the right side of West Bromwich Albion's penalty area!

There was indeed a small gap in that place briefly.

The defenders of West Bromwich Albion also quickly filled the position after realizing it and double-teamed Lukaku.

Li Ang moved at this moment.

But instead of passing the ball in the direction of Lukaku's running position, he did the opposite and distributed the ball to Bertrand who cut into the West Brom penalty area on the left!

Bertrand, who got a golden opportunity, looked at the densely populated West Brom penalty area at the moment, knowing that his pass might be destroyed by West Brom's defenders first.

So he suffocated and used his left foot to directly draw a strong ball that seemed to be passed and shot!
The ball may hit the goal, or it may fly directly out of the goal frame, but Bertrand dared to bet, and the defenders of West Bromwich Albion would not dare to bet!
Another West Brom defender Macaulay, who is about to turn 34, chose to fly to block the hole of the gun!

He used his chest to block the football drawn by Bertrand out of the small penalty area!

But the tightness and pain in his chest made his mind extremely clear at this moment, so he also clearly saw Li Ang who had started to adjust his pace to the football landing point!

Li Ang was not as happy and sure as Macaulay thought at this moment.

It's hard to hit the volley, even if he just scored a very beautiful volley a while ago.

But he himself has to admit that at the time he was not more than half sure of scoring goals.

To put it bluntly, sometimes playing this kind of ball is gambling!
But Li Ang has no other choice at the moment, he can only gamble!
If you lose the bet, the big deal is to be ridiculed for a week.

Li Ang can afford this price, and he is not afraid of being laughed at.

He was even more afraid that he would not dare to try when faced with an opportunity!

So when the football flew towards Li Ang's controllable range, he didn't think too much, let alone stop the football and readjust the offense.

Take a deep breath, quickly adjust your pace, judge the landing point of the football, swing your legs, and use your strength!
Li Ang really felt the tightness of his right foot and the real touch of the football.

He tried his best to suppress his own strength, and also tried his best to suppress the football running towards the goal.

In the blink of an eye, Li Ang saw West Bromwich Albion's goalkeeper Myhill kicking off the ground and making a save.

He also saw the surprised and worried look on Macaulay's face.

After losing balance, Li Ang blinked, but he didn't see the trajectory of the football clearly.

But just half a second later, he saw the picture of the football passing by the fingertips of Myhill's save and heading into the goal of West Bromwich Albion! ! !
Almost at the same time, the passionate screams of more than 3 Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge suddenly sounded!

It also suddenly roared into Li Ang's ears!

He Wei was completely excited!

His commentary was as fast as a machine gun firing bullets!
Under his passionate celebration commentary, Director Zhang couldn't get into the conversation at all, and could only keep laughing!

At this moment, the commentator of Sky Sports was also completely impressed by Li Ang's tough and wonderful performance!

"Once again a savior in danger! The eighth goal in the Premier League debut season! Eight goals and six assists in the eleven rounds of the league! The number of goals made is the first in the Premier League! The top three in the double list of goals and assists! The defensive data is far ahead! This!

It's Leon! ! ! "

　Hurry up, today's [-] words are still reached...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)