Chapter 249 How Dare You Fight Back?

After scoring a goal in the first half, Li Ang did not take advantage of Tottenham, who were almost half-crippled due to the wave of injuries.

In the second half of the game, he almost stayed in his own half to organize and dispatch the offensive ball steadily.

Lukaku, this fool, had no idea of ​​showing mercy at all. He scored two goals in the second half, directly pulling the score difference to five goals!

Chelsea finally gave Tottenham a 5-0 defeat at home.

After the game, the happiest people were not Chelsea fans, but Arsenal fans.

Most of the people who mocked Tottenham on the Internet were Gunners fans, and their behavior quickly attracted the anger and attention of Tottenham fans.

The fans of both sides started a big fight, but Chelsea, the instigator, stayed out of it and moved benches to watch the excitement with other neutral fans.

It was not until the next day, when the 29th round of the Premier League started again, and strong teams such as Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal all appeared on the field, that most fans' attention was focused on the Premier League again.

After losing in the previous round, Arsenal played at home in this game and fought Swansea for 90 minutes.

Finally, relying on the team's top scorer Cavani's header in the 87th minute of the second half, Arsenal finally defeated the Welsh powerhouse 3-2.

In comparison, Liverpool and Manchester City's victory was much easier.

Sturridge, Gerrard and Suarez scored successively and beat Sunderland 3-0 at home.

Manchester City quickly got rid of the pain of losing the League Cup final and swept Aston Villa 4-0 at home.

And after this beautiful victory, Guardiola once again received praise from many media.

There is no way, Manchester City's big wins are always beautiful, and the goals are more beautiful than one.

In terms of appeal to fans, in the entire Premier League, only Chelsea, which plays aggressively and Arsenal, which has all the main players, can barely compete with Manchester City in terms of good looks.

Chelsea has a luxurious record and strong offensive ability.

But in most of the winning games, Chelsea will prefer to get three points steadily.

Even if they play offensive football in some games, when the score difference is two or three goals, Mourinho will basically signal his players to stop.

Scenes like the 5-0 win over Tottenham in this round of the league are really not very common in Chelsea's games.

The impression Chelsea brought to neutral fans in the league made these fans not very interested in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.

In the first leg, Chelsea beat Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 at home to eliminate the suspense of this round of knockouts.

Even if Li Ang said to the camera at that time that they would pay attention to Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg and go all out.

But most fans don't believe that Chelsea will play offensive football against Paris Saint-Germain at home.

With Mourinho's character, it's good enough that he can play most of the main players in the second round.

Anyway, the opinions of fans and media have never interfered with him.

When he was in Real Madrid, there was no suspense in the Champions League knockout round, and he played more vigorously than anyone else.

It doesn't make sense that after returning to Chelsea, where he is more supported and the fans love him more, he would change his temper to please the fans and continue to play offensive football?

Impossible, such a thing will never happen to Mourinho!

Most fans and football media have already defined this round of matches between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain in advance.

The French media also seemed very low-key before the game.

After all, the first round was so bad that there was nothing to say. In the second round, at most, they would lose less and win.

Normal reporters and French fans had no expectations for Paris Saint-Germain's comeback.

Maybe the players in Paris Saint-Germain thought so too.

On the afternoon of March 11, when all the players of Paris Saint-Germain arrived in London by plane and arrived at Stamford Bridge in advance?

The local media took photos of them communicating and joking in a relatively relaxed manner.

Except for 272 who was still silent with his dead fish face, Lavezzi and Khedira were even in the mood to greet the reporters in London.

Once these pre-match photos were exposed, the fans could only praise the mentality of the Paris players in addition to teasing that the atmosphere in the Paris Saint-Germain team was not bad.

However, similar news can only be regarded as an appetizer before the start of the second round of the Champions League 1/8 knockout round.

On the evening of March 11, Western European time, and the early morning of March 12, East Asian time.

The focus battles of AC Milan away challenge Atletico Madrid and Arsenal away challenge Bayern Munich started almost at the same time.

And the final result did not surprise the fans before the game.

Both AC Milan and Arsenal suffered defeats and failed to mount a successful comeback.

The only difference is that Milan lost 1-4 to the new European powerhouse Atletico Madrid.

Arsenal finally suffered a bitter defeat at Bayern's home ground, losing 0-1, and fell in front of the Champions League quarterfinals again.

Compared with Milan's almost surrender-style defeat, Arsenal can be said to have died standing in this Champions League battle.

It is not shameful to lose to last season's Champions League runner-up, and Sky Sports also took the lead in praising Arsenal's tenacity.

If UEFA had not insisted on making trouble and drawing lots, Arsenal in these seasons would have been fully capable of breaking into the Champions League quarterfinals.

In the past four seasons, Arsenal has drawn the three teams of Real Madrid, Salzburg and Rennes, and the one drawn in the first round of the knockout round of the 11-12 season was also AC Milan, which still has some power.

So it is not because of their strength that they have fallen in the Champions League round of 16 for four consecutive seasons.

With this draw, no matter which European powerhouse comes, it will have to kneel!

Among the four teams in the Premier League, Arsenal was the first to be eliminated from this season's Champions League.

On March 12, Manchester City and Chelsea continued to represent the Premier League in the Champions League.

Compared with Chelsea's calm performance, Manchester City, who lost to Barcelona by one goal in the first round, must fight hard in the second round at Camp Nou!

When the game was about to start that night, the number of fans paying attention to the second match between Barcelona and Manchester City was much greater than the number of fans paying attention to the game between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.

Because the game was held in the middle of the week, the time node of the game was really uncomfortable for Chinese fans.

In addition, there was no suspense in the game, so many Chinese fans today did not have the idea of ​​setting an alarm to get up and watch the game.

At most, they would watch the game highlights and news before getting up to go to work the next day.

However, even so, a small number of Chinese fans who insisted on getting up at night to watch the game are still a huge audience group for UEFA.

It is not as much as the attention paid by fans all over the world to the battle between Manchester City and Barcelona, ​​but it is also slightly better than the general Champions League knockout match.

Mourinho's tactical arrangement for this game made these few Chinese fans feel an unexpected "surprise".

On the sidelines of Stamford Bridge, looking at Chelsea who were actively attacking in a 4-3-3 formation, Paris Saint-Germain head coach Blanc looked particularly ugly!

"They really look down on people!"

The assistant coach of Paris Saint-Germain standing behind Blanc muttered indignantly.

Blanc didn't say much after hearing his complaint, but just hugged his arms and stared at the Paris Saint-Germain players on the field with a serious face.

The result of the four-goal defeat in the first round left Paris Saint-Germain with not much tactical choice in the second round.

They can only attack to restore the team's dignity.

Generally speaking, Chelsea, who have gained such a big advantage, will more or less give Paris a face in the second round.

Just play some defense and counterattack, and train young players.

The two teams have no grudges after all.

Last summer, Paris Saint-Germain fully respected Ibrahimovic's choice and let Ibrahimovic smoothly transfer to Chelsea without asking Chelsea for a big price.

So Blanco felt very unhappy at the moment. He and his assistant coach thought the same thing. They just felt that Chelsea, or Mourinho, looked down on them!

But soon after the game started, Blanco saw Li Ang on the field excitedly pounced on the 272 holding the ball like a tiger coming down the mountain, and his mind suddenly became clear!

"Is it possible that Li Ang is still not satisfied after the first round?"

Blanco had such a thought in his mind, and at this moment, more Paris Saint-Germain fans were nervous because of the active defensive pressure of the entire Chelsea team.

Chelsea actually had rotations today, for example, Ibrahimovic, Matic and Terry, three main players, took turns to rest.

Torres, Van Ginkel and Gary Cahill replaced them.

Chelsea's strength has declined in defense and midfield offense.

But Li Ang and Lampard teamed up to quickly suppress Paris Saint-Germain's strength in the midfield.

And Hazard and De Bruyne's active forward pressure made Paris Saint-Germain passive in the defense of the two wings.

Chelsea still has no problem using such a formation to focus on high pressure and active offense.

First of all, in terms of physical fitness, now only two fronts are needed, and Chelsea, which has been properly rotated and fully rested, has an advantage over Paris Saint-Germain.

Secondly, in the midfield, as long as Li Ang, the center of the Blues, does not rest, the technical advantage of Paris Saint-Germain's midfield will always be difficult to fully play.

272 was still jumping happily before the start of this round of knockouts.

Not only did he make trouble for Li Ang in public opinion, he also dared to pretend that he was not afraid of Li Ang at all.

But after being rubbed hard by Li Ang almost on his head in the last game, he was completely wilted.

Fortunately, Verratti's performance is still pretty good and there is no problem.

He and Motta still ensured the offensive and defensive rhythm of the entire Paris Saint-Germain team.

Li Ang pressed 272 one-on-one, making the Turks lose face at the beginning.

272 held the ball repeatedly but did not dare to boldly advance. As long as Li Ang pressed over, he could only pass back frequently.

Seeing this, Verratti decisively distributed the ball more to the wingers on both wings. I think it was also a tactic arranged by Blanco before the game.

Today, Lavezzi was very active on the left. Within ten minutes after the opening, he took the ball and challenged Azpilicueta twice, and the results were very good.

As the second scorer of Paris Saint-Germain this season, second only to Higuain, Lavezzi is also a threat point that the entire Chelsea team attaches great importance to.

So when he tried to open the situation from the wing, Chelsea's entire defense line would naturally slowly lean towards him.

There is nothing wrong with this defensive choice. Gary Cahill has been signaling Karas to continue to keep an eye on Higuain's movements.

As long as Lavezzi and Higuain can't cooperate well, Paris Saint-Germain's attack will not be a big threat to Chelsea's defense.

But in the 14th minute of the first half.

Lavezzi once again received the ball and forced to cut inside, but he didn't cut inside like the previous times and couldn't get rid of Azpilicueta and continued to stick to the ball and turn, trying to go down the bottom.

This time he cut inside and directly rubbed the ball two steps, and passed it to Higuain who pulled out of the penalty area to meet him!

And just as Kalas followed Higuain out of the penalty area, Higuain jumped up to meet the ball, and then shook his head and rubbed it back!

This is a very standard center forward retreat header ferry.

Since Higuain transferred to Paris Saint-Germain, he rarely takes the initiative to act as a tactical supporting role and pass the ball to his teammates.

So at this moment, his change in playing style caught Chelsea's defense off guard!

At least Kalas didn't return to defense in time, and Lucas, who was advancing on the right side of Chelsea's penalty area, also seized such a fleeting defensive gap.

He didn't stop the ball, and directly received Higuain's header and volleyed!

Facing such a close-range far-angle push, Cech's reaction was also a beat slower.

He didn't touch the football, and Lucas's spiritual push was at a very tricky angle. In the end, the football wiped the far corner post of the goal and went into the net!

More than 3,000 Paris Saint-Germain fans cheered in surprise!

Lucas was also very excited, constantly patting the team logo on his chest, and ran wildly near the bottom line of the court to celebrate!

Maybe before the game, many Paris Saint-Germain fans, and even players, did not have confidence in this game.

But Lucas was not one of this group!

He still wanted to fight, he still wanted to fight, even if the hope was very slim, he wanted to resist on the court until the last second!

For the fans of Paris Saint-Germain, being able to score a goal so quickly at Chelsea's home stadium is enough to make them feel excited and excited.

But Chelsea's fans felt very bad, even if they still had confidence in the team's final victory.

But at this moment, they did not want to see the opponent's fans cheering and celebrating in their own stadium.

Mourinho was fighting on the sidelines, but he was not in a hurry to make any tactical adjustments.

But facing the Chelsea players, he raised his right index finger and tapped his temple.

This action already explained everything.

Li Ang did not look at the Paris Saint-Germain players who were cheering.

He first came back and pulled Van Ginkel, who seemed to have not yet entered the state, to explain a few words, and then he looked at Gary Cahill.

"I made a mistake in command, it's my fault, but they don't want to use the same trick to continue threatening our goal, I promise!"

Gary Cahill decisively admitted his previous command mistake, and Li Ang nodded gently after hearing his defensive assurance.

At this time, what teammates need most is trust.

On the defensive end today, at least in the first half, Li Ang couldn't give his teammates much help.

But he believes that Van Ginkel can wake up and enter the game state as soon as possible to assist Gary Cahill and Kalas to disrupt the subsequent offensive rhythm of Paris Saint-Germain at the front of their own penalty area.

And he himself will naturally make further efforts on the offensive end and drive his teammates to make further efforts.

"They dared to fight back, I'm very upset!"

Waiting for the Paris Saint-Germain players to end the celebration and restart the game.

Li Ang put his hands on his waist and said this to Hazard and De Bruyne.

The Belgian wingers looked at each other, then nodded to Li Ang in tacit understanding.

They understood what Li Ang meant.

After the game finally resumed, the players of Paris Saint-Germain soon felt the "anger" of the entire Chelsea team.

Torres may not be able to provide as much tactical support to Chelsea's frontcourt players as Ibrahimovic did on the offensive end.

But when he is needed to defend, he is more hardworking and dedicated than Ibrahimovic!

So the life of the ball-controlling organizers in the backcourt of Paris Saint-Germain suddenly became difficult.

Behind and on the sides, there are double-teaming from Torres and Chelsea's two wingers, and in front of him, there is Li Ang who is fighting against the pressure without sparing his physical strength.

Whether it is Motta or Verratti, the difficulty of them wanting to organize the ball stably is suddenly several times more difficult than the opening stage!

Even if 272 and Lavezzi took the initiative to retreat to respond, the offensive rhythm of Paris Saint-Germain could not continue at all.

This feeling of being madly oppressed by the opponent is exactly the same as when they faced Chelsea in the first round!

In fact, if they had honestly accepted their fate in this game, they would not have encountered such a situation.

But since they fought back, they must be mentally prepared to withstand Chelsea's full-strength high-position pressure.

As for Chelsea's offensive tactics, every player of Paris Saint-Germain actually knows it well.

Or is it still the high-pressure tactics to seize the opportunity of attack and defense conversion?

If it is tactically targeted, Paris will return to defense at this moment, and have an absolute advantage in the number of people in their own half, which can also compete with Chelsea's high-pressure tactics.

But Blanco did not have such tactical determination, and the players of Paris Saint-Germain did not want to invest energy in defense at this time.

They just want to attack and continue to seize opportunities to break Chelsea's goal.

However, ideals are always full, but in the real world, Paris Saint-Germain, who did not want to invest too much manpower in their own half, was soon disrupted by Chelsea's high-pressure tactics.

In the 25th minute of the first half, Paris Saint-Germain, which had been robbed by Chelsea for a full 10 minutes, could not control the situation at all.

However, after Chelsea seized the ball and turned from defense to offense, they did not seize the threatening opportunity in time.

De Bruyne and Torres' two shots did not threaten Sirigu.

So after another steal, Li Ang decided to go in himself!

He advanced with the ball very quickly, almost instantly passing through the double-teaming defense of Verratti and Motta.

However, Verratti's reaction was still very quick, and he chased back in time.

Li Ang was not panicked when he saw this, he continued to advance with the ball calmly, he didn't believe that Alex could continue to keep calm and defend the penalty area with Silva!

Sure enough, after seeing that Li Ang was about to enter the effective shooting range, Alex took the initiative to attack and joined Verratti to double-team Li Ang.

After Li Ang saw Alex attack, he felt relieved to pass the ball to Hazard who was advancing with him on the left.

Facing Paris Saint-Germain's right back Yalai, who was not fast enough, Hazard forced to speed up the moment he received the pass from Li Ang, and overtook the outside line on the sideline!

Yalai, who turned 30, has a good ability to confront.

But in the situation where he couldn't get close to Hazard at all, he tried his best and couldn't keep up with Hazard's speed!

In a flash, Hazard turned inside when he was close to the bottom line of Paris Saint-Germain and dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area of ​​Paris Saint-Germain!

Seeing this, Torres sprinted with Thiago Silva at the back of the penalty area of ​​Paris Saint-Germain!

Alex, who hurried back to defense, had to leave Li Ang behind and turn around to limit Hazard.

Seeing his slightly clumsy figure, Hazard calmly sent a reverse triangle pass!

Li Ang finally exerted force and completely got rid of Verratti. After jumping off the ground, he shook his head and slammed Hazard's pass into the goal of Paris Saint-Germain!

The football almost instantly hit the net behind him before Sirigu made a save!

Nearly 40,000 Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge also roared and cheered in a venting manner at this moment!

The previous nervousness and anxiety were swept away, replaced by a heavy sense of steadiness and joy!

Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief, and before Holland hugged him, he turned his head and told Holland to go to the sidelines to remind Chelsea's players:

"Don't let these guys get too excited. Since Paris Saint-Germain still wants to fight back today, we have to beat them into the mud!"

Holland nodded repeatedly after hearing Mourinho's domineering speech.

At this moment on the court, Li Ang and his teammates celebrated for a while, and also signaled them to follow him and trot back to their own half.

"Let them know the price of fighting back!

Keep pressing!

Keep attacking!"