Chapter 194 System? Li Ang Himself Is an Attack and Defense System [Please Subscribe! ]

When the official announcement of Ibrahimovic's transfer to Chelsea was officially released by the two clubs, Chelsea's players continued to sleep in the morning light of Indianapolis (Miami was mistakenly written in the previous article, which has been corrected).

The recent training and the hardship of jet lag on the plane made Chelsea's players look particularly tired when they first arrived in the United States.

But fortunately, they slept soundly in this first sleep in the United States.

Li Ang stretched his body and got up at around nine o'clock in the morning local time.

There was no training class this morning, and Mourinho deliberately put the last training before the friendly match after two o'clock in the afternoon.

So Li Ang was not in a hurry to rush to the nearby university training ground at this time.

The relevant transfer news that popped up on the mobile phone naturally made Li Ang happy, and he couldn't wait to call Ibrahimovic directly!

"Hahaha! Little Lion, I made a bet with Jose that you would definitely call me first. Sure enough, I won!"

Listening to Ibrahimovic's hearty laughter on the other end of the phone, Li Ang didn't mind Ibrahimovic's teasing, and asked directly with a smile:

"Zlatan, are you coming to the United States? If you are coming, what date will you come?"

"Isn't this nonsense! If I don't come to the United States, I will have to delay the time to get along with you. I will leave this afternoon! I will wait for the result of your first friendly match in New York."

"It's okay, as long as you can catch up with the next round of games, then we will meet and play against our old teammates~"

Li Ang's words made Ibrahimovic laugh again, because after Chelsea played Inter Milan in the first round, they would go to New York to play AC Milan in the second round.

Both teams are Ibrahimovic's old clubs, but with Li Ang's words, the friendly match between Chelsea and AC Milan will naturally be more interesting.

There are still many players in the Milan team who are old friends and teammates of Ibrahimovic and Li Ang. They will be able to reunite in the United States and reminisce about the past.

The two communicated very quickly and quickly. After agreeing to meet in New York tomorrow, they hung up the phone directly.

In the hotel where the Chelsea team stayed, as lunch time approached, the Chelsea players who finally gathered in the restaurant also excitedly talked about Ibrahimovic's transfer.

Lukaku was a little absent-minded at the moment.

On the one hand, he was also very happy. After all, Ibrahimovic is one of the top center forwards in football. He will definitely learn a lot by following Ibrahimovic in the new season.

But on the other hand, he was naturally worried about his position.

Originally, when Demba Ba and Torres were interviewed, he was very happy in his heart.

The two old men in front did not get Mourinho's trust, and Chelsea did not introduce a new center forward. Then the probability of him starting in the new season is not quite high?

Speaking of self-awareness, Lukaku, who scored 17 Premier League goals for West Bromwich Albion last season, has a surge in confidence.

It's not his fault. Any 19-year-old player who can perform like this in the Premier League will have to swell for a while.

So after learning that Ibrahimovic really transferred to Chelsea, Lukaku's mood was very conflicted.

But Mourinho couldn't take care of Lukaku's psychological counseling at the moment.

There are only less than 20 days left before the start of the new season, but Chelsea's right side is still lacking a reliable winger.

He and all the members of the Chelsea coaching staff are exhausted from selecting people.

But they really can't find the right candidate.

Originally, Di Maria was the most suitable, after all, Bale was about to join Real Madrid, and Mourinho felt that Real Madrid's priority for Di Maria's contract renewal would definitely drop significantly.

So a few days ago, he personally called the old man to discuss the introduction of Di Maria.

The old man still has nothing to say about Mourinho. , directly gave the green light for Mourinho to talk to Di Maria in person.

The clubs on both sides also conducted preliminary negotiations at the official level.

But with Ancelotti's intervention, the transfer went from being a sure thing to being dead in the womb.

Because Ancelotti had watched Mourinho's transformation of Di Maria into a midfielder before, he directly promised Di Maria that he would continue to start in the midfield position in the new season.

Well, this time Mourinho has shot himself in the foot. Di Maria got Ancelotti's starting promise, so he naturally prefers to stay in Real Madrid.

Di Maria couldn't be poached, and Mourinho had his eyes on Reus and Robben.

As a result, he just asked the club to contact him, and he got a cold response from the two Bundesliga giants.

Well, Mourinho also really experienced the helplessness of not being able to poach the players he wanted even if he had money and reputation.

Since they couldn't find a top winger that met their tactical requirements, the only option now was to fine-tune their tactics and tap their internal potential.

While the Chelsea players were enjoying their lunch, the Chelsea coaching staff was also discussing in a small restaurant on the other side.

"Otherwise, let Oscar try it first. After all, he has experienced the test of the Premier League last season. Even if he can't open a gap on the right, at least he can still make long shots and passes from behind."

"What we lack now is not offensive means and threatening passes from behind. Eden can cut inside and tear open the opponent's defense line. Li Ang can complete the back insertion and threatening passes."

"Then it is best to use a player with a balanced offense and defense on the right."

"That's still a dead end. Isn't our team lacking such a player now? Otherwise, let Li Ang play a guest role on the right first?"

"It's still not suitable. This completely wastes Li Ang's current ability. He can radiate the entire front and back courts in the middle and support the overall offense and defense."

"If it doesn't work, let Ramirez play a guest role. Anyway, we are still experimenting with the lineup. We still have to continue to buy people later..."

Listening to the chaotic discussions in his ears, Mourinho rubbed his temples.

And at this moment when his thoughts were confused, a name that was not yet discussed by the coaching staff members suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Perhaps, now that we have come to this point, why not try more boldly?"

Mourinho's thoughts gradually became clear, and the sound of his knocking on the table became more and more rhythmic...

On the evening of August 2, at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, players from Chelsea and Inter Milan were greeting each other in the player tunnel.

Because the nature of the game was just a warm-up match, both teams sent a lot of young players.

On the Chelsea side, De Bruyne, who was selected in the starting lineup, was still a little confused and unbelievable at the moment.

Li Ang has been watching De Bruyne's reaction.

Since the end of the afternoon training session, when Mourinho announced the starting lineup for tonight's friendly match, De Bruyne has been in this surprised and nervous look.

Li Ang felt a little funny but also a little emotional.

Who would have thought that De Bruyne, who once became a strong contender for the world's No. 1 midfielder in Manchester City in the future.

Now he is still surprised to get a starting position in Chelsea's friendly match.

"Kevin, do you remember the coach's tactical arrangement for you?"

Li Ang suddenly turned around and asked De Bruyne.

This made De Bruyne's brain wake up quickly.

"I remember... to support your attack, pay more attention to the side, and pass the ball behind the opponent's defense line..."

Before De Bruyne finished speaking, Li Ang patted his shoulder with satisfaction.

"Such a tactical task must be easy for you, right?

First get a stable starting position, and then prove to the boss that you have more talent and passing talent. Don't worry, I will help you, Kevin."

De Bruyne was very grateful for Li Ang's consolation and promise, and he also understood the correctness and importance of what Li Ang said.

He must first prove to Mourinho that he can integrate into this tactical environment and system, and be qualified to fight for the starting position, then he can use his performance to obtain more tactical resources and tactical freedom.

And today is a good start!

Lukaku, who also qualified for the warm-up match tonight, seems to be more heartless.

Even though he was still worried about Ibrahimovic joining at noon, now all you can see on his face is joy and excitement.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started amid the cheers of tens of thousands of local residents and enthusiastic tourists.

Inter Milan, who kicked off first, quickly deployed their formation to make a long pass attack test at the beginning.

Chelsea also stabilized their front line, with Li Ang completing the header defense first.

Chelsea's starting formation is 4231, and the starting lineup is not much different from the media speculation before the game.

Starting goalkeeper Cech.

Left back Ashley Cole, central defender combination is Terry and David Luiz, and right back is Bertrand.

In the midfield, Ramirez and Lampard form a double defensive midfielder, and Li Ang is the attacking midfielder.

Left forward Hazard, right forward De Bruyne, and forward center forward Lukaku.

Except for the fact that De Bruyne played as the right winger, which was different from the media's speculation that Oscar would start as a guest player before the game, the starting lineups for other positions were basically consistent.

In general, Chelsea's current starting lineup is very solid in the backcourt.

Although on the defensive end, except for Bertrand and David Luiz, Chelsea's players are a little older, they are still strong and experienced, and they are not easy to deal with at first glance.

In the frontcourt, Chelsea has a youth storm.

22-year-old Hazard, Leon and De Bruyne, and an even younger Lukaku who just turned 20.

Such a young offensive quartet is undoubtedly very interesting to fans and the media.

And because of Li Ang in the team, today's International Champions Cup friendly match between Chelsea and Inter Milan has received a lot of attention in East Asia.

When the game started, it was around 8 o'clock in the morning in China.

Although this viewing time is not normal, it is quite friendly to fans in China and the entire East Asia.

When they first saw the picture of Li Ang running on the court wearing Chelsea's blue jersey, many Chinese fans still felt a little weird.

However, when they saw that Li Ang had truly become the real midfield core of Chelsea, the mood of Chinese fans also became excited!

Of course, many Real Madrid fans in China must be in a very complicated mood at this moment, but for Li Ang, they can only bless and support him.

Although Li Ang has never made any positive response to the media about the reason for leaving Real Madrid.

But with the spread of some rumors and the fact that Li Ang was officially established as the midfield core after transferring to Chelsea.

Real Madrid fans have gradually understood Li Ang's current positioning demands.

From not understanding to understanding, it is actually a question of empathy.

Doesn't Li Ang deserve more offensive tactical leaning and core position now?

When this question was put nakedly in front of all Real Madrid fans, they really couldn't say the word "not worth it".

If he continued to stay in Real Madrid, Li Ang could only continue to share the small number of offensive firing ball rights with the rest of his teammates.

Because of Ronaldo, it is impossible for Li Ang to want more offensive tactical leaning.

Real Madrid can't give this support. Even if Ronaldo is willing to make tactical sacrifices temporarily, the probability of conflict between the two on the court is not small in the long run.

So after this period of calm precipitation, Real Madrid fans can only convince themselves to let go and accept reality.

When there is no Real Madrid game, watching Chelsea's game and continuing to support the little lion has become the natural choice of most Real Madrid fans.

At this moment, Li Ang also showed his signature defensive skills at the beginning of the game, just like when he was still in Real Madrid.

Because he no longer plays as a defensive midfielder, Li Ang has fewer opportunities to face his opponent's attacking players.

However, he now has more opportunities to face the opponent's attacking core.

Because Mourinho has given him a high degree of tactical freedom, Li Ang's sweeping coverage in the midfield is very large.

He had already stolen the ball from Guarin and Alvarez in succession before the first 5 minutes of the game.

After the first steal, he directly launched a long pass to find Hazard on the side.

But unfortunately, Hazard's attempt to pass was unsuccessful, and Cambiasso stole the ball instead, and Inter Milan took advantage of the situation to launch a quick counterattack.

So after Lampard double-teamed and stole the ball for the second time, Li Ang decisively held the ball and quickly moved forward!

In comparison, Hazard is now far inferior to Callejon in tactical execution, let alone Di Maria.

Hazard still needs more game training and the supervision and training of the coaching staff.

If he doesn't change his habit of sticking to the ball, then Chelsea's counterattack efficiency will be slowed down.

When Li Ang intentionally moved closer to the right side of the midfield, Inter Milan's defense naturally locked more on De Bruyne who was pulling to the side to assist.

However, Li Ang played an extremely beautiful pass two seconds later!

He did not pass the ball to De Bruyne who was on the side, nor did he pass the ball to Hazard who raised his hand again, but directly passed the ball over the top and fed it to Lukaku who suddenly pulled to the left and accelerated!

This is normal in the eyes of the Chelsea coaching staff.

After all, after so many days of training, they have gradually accepted Lukaku's habit of pulling to the side and dribbling the ball.

But in the eyes of the fans at the scene, Li Ang and Lukaku's pass and run cooperation this time was extremely beautiful!

After all, who would have thought that Lukaku, such a dark and hard young center, would suddenly pull to the side and compete with the opponent in speed? !

Li Ang's pass was also clever and timely.

The fans at the scene couldn't help but cheer and applaud subconsciously!

Camparonia, who was playing as the right center back, was embarrassed by Lukaku's brutal attack.

Lukaku, who played in the middle, naturally had a general sense of position and was timid in the confrontation.

But what does this have to do with my Lukaku who was running on the side?

There was enough space on the counterattack end, and the impact of Lukaku who could rush up was indeed not to be underestimated.

The combination of speed and tonnage almost made him cut directly into Inter Milan's penalty area.

However, the double-teaming of Camparonia and Ranocchia still made Lukaku make a mistake in dribbling.

Hazard was tired of raising his hands, and in the end he still didn't get Lukaku's ball protection back pass.

Li Ang looked at Lukaku's figure who finally took the ball out of the baseline, but he didn't say much.

Well, Li Ang had already anticipated the performance and mistakes that Lukaku might make.

What he wanted now was for Lukaku to show his power in the wing and make Inter Milan's defense afraid.

It was enough to achieve the goal. He didn't think that he could tear open Inter Milan's three-center-back defense system with Lukaku alone.

After a counterattack failed, Li Ang looked at Lukaku's thumbs-up and shook his head.

Then he called on his teammates in the front court to quickly return to defense.

After Li Ang's offensive and defensive performances, Chelsea fans were naturally very happy!

The hardness of the defensive sweep!

The rhythm control from defense to offense!

The accuracy of the combination of long and short passes!

It can only be said that the 81 million spent by his own club was absolutely fine!

The 22-year-old midfield core who can carry both offense and defense and drive both ends, they are more and more satisfied.

However, Li Ang was not very satisfied with the slightly stalemate situation on the field at this moment.

The speed of the two wings' rapid advancement was not enough. The center forward could not be pulled out as a fulcrum to attract the opponent's defense and then make a pass.

Before Ibrahimovic arrived, it seemed that it was not feasible for their front-court offensive 4-man team to rely on Real Madrid's previous offensive mode to pry the situation.

So Li Ang made a quick decision after a brief thought. If his teammates could not change, he had to change first!

As for how to change, the previous experience of playing in Milan and the tactical inspiration brought to Li Ang by Uncle囧 played a key role at this moment.

Of course, it was not XJBT's offensive style, but a decisive blow from the back of the midfield!

In the 16th minute of the first half, the game situation that had been deadlocked for a long time was broken by Li Ang and Lampard again.

Inter Milan's young striker Icardi is also a born calf who is not afraid of tigers.

If he was stuck in the penalty area at this moment, Li Ang would not say anything.

Even if he is a young version of Acalanatha, his ability to grab points and his sense of smell in front of the goal are also very good.

But if he pulls out of the penalty area to receive the pass from his teammates and turn to advance, he will not take Lampard and Li Ang seriously.

After being intercepted by the front and back biscuits, Icardi sat on the grass angrily and raised his hand to complain to the referee that Chelsea had committed a foul.

But at this moment, the referee had already run away with Li Ang's forward advance.

Before Cambiasso pressed forward to intercept, Li Ang passed the ball directly to De Bruyne who followed him forward on the right.

De Bruyne, who had hardly had any outstanding performance before, was unusually clear-headed at this moment.

He remembered the tactical arrangement that Mourinho explained to him in detail before the game.

In fact, he did not like this kind of tactic that was arranged to be fixed on a certain route.

He would feel that this was a constraint on his talent and a lack of trust in his passing ability.

If it were earlier, he would have forgotten the coach's arrangement after entering the court.

But today he was patient because of Li Ang's persuasion before the game and the trust he showed in him!

If Mourinho had asked De Bruyne to do his best to support Lukaku or help Oscar create space for forward insertion before the game.

De Bruyne might not be so obedient.

But he was willing to assist Li Ang, who had been very good to him these days and had been encouraging him to fight for the starting position!

After receiving the ball and pulling to the side, trying to attract the defensive forces of Inter Milan's midfield and backcourt as much as possible.

In De Bruyne's wide field of vision, Li Ang and Lukaku appeared in the figure of accelerating forward insertion at the same time.

Intuition told De Bruyne that it would be a better offensive choice if he sent a cross directly behind Inter Milan's defense line at this time.

But he quickly suppressed this thought.

It's not that he thinks he can't pass a good ball that can pass Inter Milan's defense line.

Instead, he thought that there was a 90% chance that Lukaku would miss the ball he passed!

His teammate in the Belgian national team looked like a tough and good player.

In fact, his sense of position in front of the goal and his nose for grabbing points were a mess!

So De Bruyne finally sent a slightly backward, large arc and ground pass.

This pass almost penetrated Inter Milan's defense horizontally, and Cambiasso's interception did not interfere with the trajectory of the ball!

On the route of the ball, Li Ang, who had already inserted one step in front of the top of the arc of Inter Milan's penalty area, did not hesitate at all.

He took the ball and rushed into Inter Milan's penalty area!

Lukaku's previous forward insertion was not completely useless, at least Ranocchia had been taken away from the defensive position by his chaotic rush.

And this is what Li Ang wanted, Lukaku's "empty deterrence"!

After a small swing of his legs, Li Ang held his breath, exerted force suddenly, and completed a close-range burst!

Handanovic was ready to save the ball from the far corner, but just as he pushed the ground, a bad thought flashed through his mind!

Because Li Ang's shot in the penalty area didn't seem to have any angle, and it went straight to the middle of Inter Milan's goal!

"What a fool!"

Handanovich only had time to curse in his heart, and then he could only watch the football hit the crossbar in the middle of the goal and finally bounce into the goal!

When Inter Milan's crossbar was still buzzing and shaking, the enthusiastic fans at the scene had already raised their arms and cheered and screamed for Li Ang's violent volley goal!

And Mourinho on the sidelines also clapped his hands with relief!

Offense and defense in one, breaking the deadlock is effective!

Now Li Ang is an offense and defense system!