Chapter 202 FIFA Virus Has a Big Impact, Li Ang Is Strong at the Bottom! [Please Subscribe! ]

Just as European countries were in full swing in the final sprint of the World Cup qualifiers.

Li Ang was at the Cobham training base, and he was also completing his daily training with a group of young players who were looking at him with stars in their eyes.

In the past two seasons, Mourinho promoted the Castilla team in Real Madrid and successfully trained a group of young Spanish talents.

At present, under the hype of the British media, a large number of young players in the Chelsea team have also received more attention.

For example, young talents like Van Ginkel, Ake, Kalas and Bertrand.

But in stark contrast to the outside reports, Mourinho did not have too much joy in his heart at the moment, but instead had a lot more heavy sense of responsibility.

Yes, when he was in Real Madrid, he brought out a group of young talents, including Real Madrid's own youth training players and young players with outstanding talents he bought.

Judging from the training results, his work is very outstanding and he can be proud of it.

But it is also because of the experience of patiently cultivating and guiding the psychology of young players in those two years.

So for Mourinho, he must be very cautious in dealing with Chelsea's young players.

There are many unknown crossroads on the road of talent. Not all young players can be like Li Ang, so he can let them go on loan with complete confidence.

If these young players finally play out, even if they fail to stay in Chelsea, Mourinho will be happy for the success of these young players.

To put it another way, Chelsea can at least get a considerable amount of transfer fee income in the end, so why not?

But the most feared thing is the situation where injuries and lack of competition will eventually hurt Zhongyong.

So it's not just Mourinho himself, including Chelsea's coaching staff and the director in charge of youth training.

Now they are all making as detailed and comprehensive training plans as possible for the future prospects of these young guys.

"Let's loan out Ake and Kalas in the winter window. We already have enough players for the two full-back positions, and they won't have many opportunities to play this season.

Young defenders still need more games and mistakes to learn lessons and grow.

Don't be reluctant to let them go. If you only loan them out for one season, they will feel awkward with their new teammates and won't be trusted by the new team coach..."

After making arrangements for the two defenders, Ake and Kalas, Mourinho focused on the detailed physical examination report of the young man Van Ginkel.

"There is no need to say more about Marco. We all know his outstanding talent, but the most difficult thing now is his physical condition with a high tendency to injury.

First, gain weight appropriately, and then slowly adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League games. These two points are very important and are also the key suggestions given by the team doctor team.

Don't arrange Marco to play in the games against lower-level league opponents for the time being. I will try to give him some opportunities to play in the second half of the Premier League and domestic cup games in the future."

"What about Ryan? He is not young anymore. Do we still need to arrange him to continue to rent out?"

Faced with the question of assistant Holland, Mourinho smiled and shook his head.

"No, Ryan will not be rented out. This season we need to fight on four fronts, and Ashley's state is also fluctuating greatly, so in the later games, Ryan will have a lot of opportunities to play. He will be an important offensive and defensive link on our left side."

Hearing Mourinho's words, everyone in the conference room immediately understood that Bertrand would most likely be promoted by Mourinho this season.

If he is competitive, Chelsea's starting left back should gradually change from Ashley Cole to him.

After making arrangements for more young players in the team, Mourinho asked about the current situation of several injured players in the first team.

Mourinho was relieved when he learned that Mikel and Azpilicueta were recovering quite well.

Now there are four people in the team who can play as defensive midfielders, Ramirez, Lampard, Essien and Matic, so Mikel's temporary absence is acceptable to Mourinho.

But with only one Ivanovic at right back, Azpilicueta's recovery has attracted Mourinho's attention.

Facts have proved that Mourinho's concern and worry are not groundless.

Just two days after Chelsea's coaches held this meeting.

Ivanovic was injured in the first half of the World Cup qualifiers due to a slight ankle sprain and returned to London in advance for further examination and physical therapy rehabilitation.

The presence of Essien and the timely return of Azpilicueta are particularly important at this moment.

But a few days later, when Chelsea's players left the national team and reported to the training base, Mourinho's worried look became more and more intense.

For Chelsea, perhaps the only good news at present is that except for Ivanovic, the other first-team players who participated in the World Cup qualifiers have no more injuries.

But a group of players who have consumed a lot of physical energy and are currently in a very pessimistic state have indeed added a lot of problems to Mourinho.

First of all, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Gary Cahill and Ibrahimovic have played two World Cup qualifiers in the past ten days of international matches and have not had much rest.

So in the next round against Everton, these four players basically cannot start.

At the left back and defensive midfielder positions, Ashley Cole has Bertrand to top, and Lampard has Essien to top.

David Luiz and Gatri's central defender combination are worthy of Mourinho's trust.

Even in the center position, if Ibrahimovic takes a rest and Torres is not used, Mourinho can only use Lukaku.

Seeing that there are only a few days left before the Premier League resumes, Mourinho also quickly made starting arrangements based on the players' respective conditions.

On the afternoon of September 14, the entire Chelsea team came to Goodison Park to challenge Everton, who has not lost a single game in the new Premier League season.

Everton drew in the first three rounds of the Premier League.

At present, Everton, who lost Moyes and midfielder Fellaini, seems to be stuck in a tactical quagmire.

However, Everton's top management and fans are still confident in Martinez, the coach who led Wigan Athletic to defeat Manchester City and win the FA Cup last season.

Although they did not win a single game in the first three rounds, they did not lose at least. Everton fans have low psychological expectations for this round against Chelsea.

As long as they do not lose to Chelsea and can break Chelsea's winning streak in the new season, Everton fans will naturally be willing to give Martinez more patience and support.

Of course, they don't know now that Chelsea, who seems to be coming in with great momentum, is actually not sure of winning in their hearts.

This FIFA virus has caused great harm to the veterans in Chelsea, and Mourinho had to use a rotation lineup.

However, what he didn't expect was that even in the face of Chelsea's rotation lineup, Martinez still carefully arranged a starting lineup of 4-2-3-1.

Not only did the main defense come out, but Martinez also sent out the old and young combination of Barriga and McCarthy, who are outstanding in defense, in the position of double defensive midfielder without reservation.

If Chelsea faced teams that couldn't withstand the impact in the middle of the midfield in the previous rounds of the league, then Everton's midfield is completely different.

Old Barriga and young McCarthy and Barkley have excellent defensive experience and confrontation ability, and the talents of the two young midfielders are also outstanding.

This game is really difficult for Chelsea, which is almost a residual team.

After the game started, Everton did rely on the heavy forces accumulated in the middle of the midfield to withstand Chelsea's impact of grabbing the start.

Li Ang's state is not much different from usual.

After taking the lead and controlling the midfield rhythm at the start, Li Ang quickly directed his teammates to run and distribute the proportion of the attack direction.

However, Hazard's breakthrough performance today was indeed a bit tired.

So Li Ang had to try to give the offensive ball to De Bruyne or Bertrand who frequently inserted on the left.

Chelsea, who took control of the offensive initiative, has been unable to open a gap on the offensive end, and today there was no Ibrahimovic's retreat in the middle.

So for Everton, as long as they perform normally, they will definitely be able to find good opportunities on the counterattack end.

After all, Chelsea as a whole is still pressing forward to find offensive opportunities, so in the midfield and backcourt, Chelsea's two wings and rib areas will have a lot of gaps.

Barry definitely has the vision and the ability to launch a long pass counterattack in the backcourt.

After all, he is a powerful midfielder who can also get a starting position in Manchester City and win the Premier League championship.

McCarthy's immaturity in this regard is not a problem at all, he just needs to help Barry share enough defensive pressure.

Barry, who had the energy to launch an accurate long pass on the counterattack, soon made Chelsea feel his threat.

In the 13th minute of the first half, after personally intercepting Hazard's dribbling breakthrough, Barry only made a few adjustments to his pace and sent a long diagonal pass across the entire midfield!

Everton's left winger Naysmith was now rushing towards Chelsea's right half of the rib area at high speed!

Ramirez, who had been following the team's overall forward pressure to the midfield, could not interfere with Naysmith's forward movement at the first time.

Fortunately, David Luiz did not retreat this time, but was very bold to attack and shovel directly!

The Brazilian central defender's aggressive defense can sometimes become his fatal flaw.

But at this moment, he undoubtedly became the hero of Chelsea's defense!

Terry and Essien, who returned to defense, pulled David Luiz off the grass passionately and hugged him with a high five.

Although the referee on duty gave Everton a free kick opportunity in front of Chelsea's penalty area.

But for Chelsea players, the price is worth it.

At least Naismith and Jelavic, who had just entered Chelsea's penalty area, were not allowed to shoot.

Li Ang shook his head slightly with a serious expression.

Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines with his hands folded, had a similar expression.

Mourinho's decision to press forward at the start of the game was completely fine.

The problem was that after pressing Everton across the center line, Chelsea only played a performance of gaining the upper hand but not scoring.

Then a series of problems will naturally follow when the opponent counterattacks.

This time Everton's counterattack attempt was indeed resolved by David Luiz's excellent defense.

But what about next time?

After Everton's continuous threatening counterattacks, can Chelsea guarantee that there will be no problems with their own defense every time?

When he thought of this, Mourinho subconsciously looked at Li Ang on the field.

But after just thinking seriously for a few seconds, Mourinho gave up the idea of ​​letting Li Ang drag back.

If Li Ang is now a full-time defender, he can even do better than Ramirez and Essien.

But that would be a waste of Li Ang's current offensive ability.

"This damn FIFA virus..."

Scratching his head and not knowing how to break the situation, Mourinho could only let Li Ang run more on both offense and defense.

With greater ability comes greater responsibility. With his absolute trust in Li Ang, Mourinho had no choice but to make Li Ang suffer more.

This is not a problem for Li Ang. Whether it is defense or offense, as long as the team needs him to focus on his performance, he has no problem doing more work.

So in the remaining time of the first half, watching Li Ang run both offense and defense, playing both father and mother.

Even if you are not a Chelsea fan, you can only say:

Tears!

It was precisely because of Li Ang's unremitting midfield sweep that Everton's repeated counterattacks did not really threaten Chelsea's goal in the end.

Unfortunately, Chelsea still got nothing on the offensive end.

De Bruyne, who played in two World Cup qualifiers, and Hazard, who played in only one World Cup qualifier, were in almost the same state.

Their performance was average, so most of Li Ang's ball distribution was in vain.

Not to mention the lack of offensive feedback, the key is that Lukaku, who was at the front, always couldn't get to the right position!

Lukaku did a good job in normal off-ball movement and finding gaps.

But just before the shot, he was either too fast or too slow, and Li Ang could only sigh helplessly in his heart.

Li Ang believed that if Chelsea adjusted its tactical thinking immediately and didn't play so many complex side-to-center combinations and mid-way penetration.

Just play counterattacks and let Lukaku have enough space to rush, then his performance would definitely be better.

But Chelsea is not such a team. With such a style of play, at best they can fight for European qualification, let alone expect the championship.

So Chelsea can't change, and Lukaku's habit of playing in the middle can't change.

Then on the offensive end, Mourinho can only find other ways to change.

However, during the halftime break, Mourinho looked around and looked at Oscar. He was a little moved, but in the end he shook his head.

This guy has good ability, but on the one hand, it conflicts with Li Ang's current position.

On the other hand, his ability is not yet outstanding enough to forcibly change the stalemate.

After a circle, Mourinho finally withdrew Lukaku from the center position.

Torres went on the court directly after the start of the second half and reached the front of the front line.

Even if Torres couldn't score a goal under the defense of Everton's back line, he could at least withdraw to be a fulcrum.

Lukaku was not directly replaced, and it was Hazard who was replaced today.

Not to mention his weak foot when breaking through, Hazard also shot the ball directly into the stands in a good shooting opportunity in the first half.

Lukakula at least has a strong impact after pulling the ball.

In contrast, Mourinho thinks that keeping Lukakula on the field may have a greater offensive effect.

And Hazard certainly knows that he played poorly today, so he very obediently expressed that he understood the coach's arrangement.

After the change of formation, Chelsea finally opened a gap on the left side.

Lukaku has space and the ball is really useful!

And Li Ang, who has gained more tactical freedom from Mourinho, is also more bold to press forward near Everton's penalty area!

Although Li Ang's shooting ability value has just passed 74 so far.

But he has now crossed the threshold of 85 long-range shooting ability and 87 header ability, which gives him a lot of offensive space inside and outside Everton's penalty area.

After Li Ang further advanced his position, the defensive players in the center and the penalty area of ​​Everton could not help but get nervous!

After all, in the last round of the Premier League, Li Ang scored twice against Aston Villa.

A shot to break the deadlock and a header to score a goal made all the Premier League teams dare not underestimate Li Ang's back-up.

But when these Everton defensive players made a tighter defense against Li Ang, Lukaku on the left got a wider performance space.

In the 64th minute of the second half, Li Ang received Torres's back-to-back header, but he did not rush to move forward or pass the ball to the side.

After he pulled to the right side by himself, he first signaled De Bruyne to continue to go down the bottom, but then he knocked the ball back to Essien who inserted into the middle.

Li Ang's advance cross pass and Essien's running and insertion were quite tacitly coordinated.

After receiving the ball, Essien pretended to shoot from a distance. After Everton's defense line was in chaos, he passed the ball to Bertrand who was actively circling the left side before Barry intercepted it!

Almost at the same time, Lukaku who cut inside and Torres who returned to Everton's penalty area again raised their arms and started to rush forward!

Bertrand observed for a while and directly made a slightly rounded cross!

Distin subconsciously ran towards Lukaku, Chelsea's tallest and strongest offensive player in Everton's penalty area.

Jagielka realized that something was wrong.

But just as he was about to let go of Torres and run towards Leon who had adjusted his pace and jumped at the back of the penalty area, he was blocked by the experienced Torres!

Before he could even swear, Jagielka saw that Leon had already overpowered his left back Baines and completed a header!

"Oh, this is a good opportunity! Lukaku let Bertrand go! He's making adjustments... He made a cross! In the back of Everton's penalty area! Li Ang--!!!"

When Zhan Jun's high-pitched roar resounded in the ears of every Chinese fan watching the Premier League live, there were quite a few fans who excitedly roared with him!

Li Ang's header was very powerful this time!

After all, Baines, who is only 1.7 meters tall, did not give him too much pressure in the header.

Howard, the old American goalkeeper, is very experienced, but his reaction is declining year by year with his age.

Facing this close-range header, Howard didn't even make a save!

The only thing he could do was to turn his head and watch the football rub against the inside of the goal post and the side net, and finally cross the line and fall on the grass inside the Everton goal without any dispute!

The game situation that had been deadlocked for almost 65 minutes was ruthlessly broken by Li Ang at this moment!

Mourinho was also completely excited, even more excited than when Chelsea won a clean sheet at Old Trafford!

He rushed out of the coaching booth, almost exactly like Li Ang, and after sprinting for a distance, he jumped up and punched and roared to celebrate!

Of course, Mourinho must not jump as high as Li Ang now, but the passion of the two is almost the same!

Just when the Chelsea players on the field rushed to Li Ang with passion.

Countless Chelsea fans also covered their heads and kept screaming in front of the TV!

They have been completely convinced by Li Ang's ability to fight hard battles!

It is said that hearing is false and seeing is true.

And now the Premier League fans who have seen Li Ang's hard battles with their own eyes have nothing to say.

The impact of the FIFA virus on Chelsea is indeed great, but so what?

Li Ang's ability to cover the bottom is strong!

There are big problems with the update status these days, and the foodie is also actively adjusting. Tonight, I typed out this chapter by hand.

The remaining time is definitely not enough to write the second chapter. I will make up for it tomorrow. The update tomorrow will not be less than 15,000 words. I will continue to write now.