Chapter 255 Damn, Boss Mei, Are You Serious?

Today, Li Ang scored another lore goal and helped the team win all three points. He was very happy.

Seeing that he was one step closer to his first Premier League championship trophy in his career, and he was about to play against Barcelona.

In order to further rally morale, Li Ang generously invited all teammates to have a dinner after the game.

After returning to the locker room for physical therapy, washing, and accepting an interview, the time came to about five o'clock in the afternoon.

It was just the right time to go to the restaurant to rest for a while, chat for a while, and wait for the food to be served.

Many young players in Chelsea don't even want to play in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Many people played in the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time this year.

And the next round will be against a European giant like Barcelona, ​​so it is inevitable that there will be some expectations and tension.

So on the road and in the restaurant, they also constantly asked the veterans in the team for advice on the experience of playing tough games in the Champions League.

Li Ang naturally couldn't escape the experience of being asked for advice.

He is not very old, but his experience in the Champions League, especially in important games, is not inferior to Lampard and Terry.

After all, he is a tough little expert who has achieved personal data in the Champions League finals in the past two seasons. It is reasonable for him to be admired by a group of younger brothers in the team.

However, in terms of imparting experience, Li Ang is obviously not as eloquent as the real veterans.

For example, when Hazard asked him how he could always seize the opportunity to advance and assist in the Champions League final.

Li Ang scratched his head and then spread his hands.

"Actually, it's like that. Either you pass your opponent or you gain the upper hand in the confrontation.

You exploded a defensive player, and the opponent always has to have others to double-team. Isn't there a chance to pass the ball at this time?"

As soon as Li Ang said this, his teammates in the private room immediately booed collectively, and the box was immediately booed.

Well, Li Ang thought about it himself, and this statement seemed a bit Versailles.

At first glance, it sounds exactly like what Jordan said, "You rush into the inside, pull the ball to avoid the opponent's center's block, stay in the air for one second longer than him, and then score, right?" It's exactly the same.

But to be honest, Li Ang really did this in the two Champions League finals.

Do you have to say what assist skills are?

That is, high football IQ and the advantage of mismatched position allow him to always have the possibility of seizing opportunities.

In the 2012 final, against Lampard and Ramires, Li Ang took the initiative to use strength to fight.

In the 2013 final, in addition to limiting the performance of Kroos and Muller, Li Ang would take the initiative to use his speed advantage to deal with Javi Martinez on the offensive end.

After patiently explaining, Li Ang looked at De Bruyne and Hazard's thoughtful expressions and felt very relieved.

But after turning his head and seeing Lukaku still looking confused and stupid, Li Ang could only hold back his complaints and patted his big head.

"You don't need to study this as much as they do. Listen to me, practice your small explosive moves on the wing, and then master the move of cutting in from the right and shooting. You will be able to make a living in both the club and the national team, understand?"

"Oh... OK! I'll listen to your boss..."

Li Ang smiled and nodded, and encouraged Lukaku again.

This guy is not stupid, but a little naive. He will definitely not be able to do delicate work on the court.

While he has not gained weight yet, let him practice more conventional techniques on the wing. As long as he can practice the two skills of bottom cross and cutting in and shooting well, it will be enough for this kid to have a full career.

If he is more reliable, then De Bruyne and Hazard may really have the possibility of winning a major championship at the national team level.

In the evening in the restaurant, Chelsea's first team players ate and chatted, and the atmosphere in the box was also very hot.

When they were about to leave, a sudden good news made the atmosphere of today's team dinner even more exciting!

"Manchester City was equalized by Arsenal away! Cavani came on as a substitute in the second half and scored the equalizer. We are 10 points ahead of Manchester City!"

Bertrand waved his mobile phone and started dancing and twisting his butt in the box!

"Really? We are three wins ahead of Manchester City?!"

"Quickly calculate how many games we need to win to win the championship in advance!"

"We just finished the extra game and the 32nd round of the league, it's still a fart! If we win three more games, we can hold the championship celebration in advance!"

There were cheers and whistles in the box!

The news that Manchester City was equalized by Arsenal was no less than a shot of adrenaline for Chelsea.

After a while of noise, under Terry's stop, several restless players in Chelsea suppressed the idea of ​​going to the nightclub to celebrate.

Just as they were all going home to rest, the news of the draw between Manchester City and Arsenal had spread throughout the English football world on the Internet.

The news of Li Ang's bold statement that Chelsea will definitely win the championship in advance was dug out by the fans.

This time, in the face of the reality that Chelsea and Manchester City have opened a ten-point gap, no other fans dare to jump out and say that Chelsea will overturn.

There are only six games left in the Premier League this season, and Chelsea is leading by 10 points. This advantage is enough to open champagne in advance.

However, most Chelsea fans on the Internet are not too ostentatious at this moment.

The closer they are to winning the championship, the more low-key and calm they seem to be.

When they returned to the team for recovery training the next day, the entire Chelsea team was also required to keep a cool head under Mourinho's training.

The veterans of the Blues who have rich experience in winning the championship also stood up at this moment to calm the restless hearts of the younger brothers in the team.

At this time, the advantage of the veterans in the team was revealed.

Their mentality and experience are invaluable assets, and with their leading role, the young players in the Chelsea team can't jump even if they want to.

With the frequent good news in the league, the morale of the Chelsea team has once again risen.

After resting for two and a half days, at noon on April 1, after lunch at the Cobham training base, Mourinho led the team to board the plane to Barcelona.

And this time, the training ground rented by Chelsea in Barcelona. Mourinho and Li Ang are also very familiar.

At the Danny Jacques Sports City training base, Mourinho and Chelsea's players were warmly welcomed by the Espanyol Club.

Anyway, no matter what club it is, as long as they come to Barcelona and Barcelona to play, they will basically receive such a warm reception from the Espanyol Club.

In other words, the Spaniards may not necessarily beat Barcelona head-on, but as long as they can cause trouble for Barcelona, ​​the Spaniards must help the scene!

After completing a simple afternoon training session at the familiar Espanyol training base, Li Ang and his teammates took a bus to Camp Nou to complete the field.

On the way, Li Ang soon saw the Barcelona fans who were waiting on the roadside in advance and sent their cordial "greetings" to the Chelsea bus.

Well, this smell is right!

If Mourinho had not warned Li Ang in advance not to cause trouble, Li Ang would have opened the car window and had an intimate interaction with the local fans of Barcelona.

On the way to and from the stadium, the Chelsea players witnessed the enthusiasm of the Barcelona fans, but fortunately they were not disturbed to rest that night.

To be precise, a small number of Barcelona fans touched the vicinity of their hotel and made noise for a while.

But with the Spanish fans standing up and the explanation and expulsion of the local police, these extreme Barcelona fans soon dispersed.

In general, the fan groups of these big clubs in Europe now will not take the group extreme route like some fans of Eastern European teams.

Moreover, the real big club fans, at least most of them, still pay more attention to face.

Going to the guest team's hotel to make trouble all night and disturbing other players' rest is still relatively rare in the big clubs.

Of course, if it was Real Madrid that came to Barcelona to play away today, the situation would be different. It is not the time to talk about face when dealing with mortal enemies.

The fierce confrontation between Chelsea and Barcelona was still before 2010.

In recent years, that is, in the 2011-2012 season, Barcelona was successfully sniped by Chelsea's old boys in the Champions League.

There is no big grudge. After all, Chelsea was declining during the period when Barcelona reached the top of Europe.

So apart from Mourinho and Li Ang, Barcelona and Chelsea can barely get along peacefully before the game.

However, fans on both sides also know that after this round of knockouts, they are expected to set off a bloody storm in public opinion again...

On the morning of April 2, the entire Chelsea team completed the last pre-match training at the Spanish training base.

Before this battle officially started. A group of Real Madrid superstars also cheered for Li Ang and Mourinho on their personal social media.

If Chelsea played against other teams in this game, Real Madrid players would not openly support Chelsea's promotion.

But who made Chelsea play Barcelona?

So Real Madrid players can stand on the side very happily.

In the first leg of the two Champions League quarter-finals completed last night, Real Madrid defeated Dortmund 3-0 and basically stepped into the top four of this season's Champions League.

Ancelotti gave the entire Real Madrid team a day off.

So Xabi Alonso, Ramos, and Nacho, a group of Real Madrid first-team players from Castilla, simply came to Camp Nou to watch Li Ang's game.

Before the game, Li Ang and his old teammates hugged and gathered outside the hotel where they were staying, which was also photographed by the following reporters.

So before the game started that night, when the live camera was aimed at the box full of Real Madrid players, the Barcelona fans at the scene immediately booed.

But Long Ge and his team didn't care. After all, they had long been accustomed to it, and they could even smile and nod politely in front of the camera.

When the players of the two teams followed the referee team onto the field, the live camera was aimed at Mourinho and Li Ang.

The Nou Camp scene immediately booed several times more violently than before!

Neymar, who had just transferred to Barcelona and had not played a full season, was very surprised.

Because except for playing for Real Madrid, he had never seen his own fans so manic.

But his teammates, such as Messi, Iniesta and Pique, were also used to it.

After all, there was a player on the opposite side who could surpass Ronaldo and become the most hated player by all Barcelona fans.

What's more important is that he smiled at the live camera again...

Don't mention the Barcelona fans. The Barcelona players on the field wanted to boo Li Ang when they saw his familiar smile!

Messi avoided Li Ang who wanted to chat with him before the game today.

When the two sides shook hands, facing Li Ang's wink, Messi still maintained a serious attitude.

This frightened Li Ang a little.

Looking at the coal boss who seemed to have a mustache earlier than he remembered, Li Ang was also muttering in his heart.

"Didn't you say you would treat me to barbecue last night... today you pretended not to know me? You are really good, Xiaomei!"

Messi looked serious, and Li Ang quickly restrained the smile on his face, his eyes became solemn.

The changes in their expressions were seen by countless fans, and the reporters on the sidelines also pressed the shutter at the two of them frantically.

Right!

This is how tit-for-tat should feel. To fight such a tough battle, you need to be indifferent and tough.

If the two of them still play the game of old friends meeting on the field, the media waiting for dinner will not be happy.

As the game time approaches, the tension of the battle is about to break out and immediately enveloped the entire Camp Nou stadium.

After choosing the sides, the captains of both teams trotted back to their own half, seizing the last bit of time to boost the morale of the team.

It was also at this moment before the game that the commentators of various countries basically introduced the starting lineups of the two teams today.

Mourinho's tactics did not change much. He still took out the 4231 formation that he was most comfortable with in the past against Barcelona.

The goalkeeper is Cech.

On the defensive line, Ashley Cole, Terry, David Luiz and Azpilicueta started the game.

In the midfield, today Matic and Ramires formed a double defensive midfielder, and Li Ang still played as a front midfielder. The left and right forwards are Hazard and De Bruyne respectively.

The starting center forward is Ibrahimovic.

As for Barcelona, ​​today's formation change is quite obvious.

Because the main goalkeeper Valdés was injured in the last round of the league and was out for the season.

So Barcelona's old goalkeeper Pinto temporarily took the starting position.

On the defensive line, Jordi Alba, Mascherano, Pique and Alves' starting arrangements are fine.

The midfield is also full of the iron triangle of Ha, Bai and Bu.

Only on the forward line, Messi, who has played in the middle for most of the season, returned to his most familiar right side again today.

Messi is on the right, Neymar is on the left, and Sanchez is back to the center position.

Barcelona's current head coach Martino has changed his arrangement for Messi. This quickly attracted the attention of Mourinho and Li Ang.

However, Mourinho did not intend to make targeted tactical adjustments to Barcelona, ​​or to the change in Messi's position.

After a while, the referee finally blew the whistle to start the game.

At this moment, Mourinho also paced to the sidelines and carefully observed the situation on the field.

This was the first time that Li Ang played against Messi's team, but he did not restrict Messi's performance in a one-on-one match.

In the past, when he was in Real Madrid, Mourinho needed his tactical sacrifice to freeze Barcelona's ace core, and Real Madrid also had enough offensive firepower to attack Barcelona's defense.

But now Chelsea really needs Li Ang's offensive support.

If he still makes tactical exchanges, Chelsea, which lacks the support of the midfield core on the offensive end, will not be able to break Barcelona's midfield control.

There are gains and losses, and Mourinho also wants to see whether the double defensive midfielder combination of Matic and Ramirez can withstand the dribbling impact of Messi and Sanchez.

Chelsea, who kicked off the game first, took the initiative to attack Barcelona in a rare test.

It was still Li Ang who controlled the ball, and it was still Hazard, who had the most offensive threat, who tested Barcelona's defensive strength all the way.

Aves, whom Hazard will face today, is undoubtedly an absolute active winger superstar.

Alves, who is still at the end of his peak, is not much slower than Hazard.

More importantly, while he is very strong in attacking ability, his ability to limit single players on defense is also first-class in football.

Compared with his teammate Marcelo, who is seriously biased in the Brazilian national team, his offensive and defensive abilities are more balanced.

At least at the beginning of today's game, Hazard did not get much benefit from his one-on-one defense.

Li Ang also felt that Alves seemed to enter the game very quickly today and played better than usual.

So after seeing that Hazard failed to pass Alves in two dribbling attempts, he decisively received the ball and then made a long pass to his own right.

De Bruyne has a stronger sense of cooperation with his teammates.

After Li Ang handed the ball to him this time, he successfully covered Azpilicueta's bottom line, and Chelsea also completed the first successful cross attack attempt since the start of the game.

Li Ang inserted himself in front of Barcelona's penalty area, but at this moment Ibrahimovic had already completed a header against Pique's defense.

After seeing Barcelona's old goalkeeper Pinto steadily pick up the ball, Li Ang also applauded Azpilicueta who passed the ball, and then actively returned to defense.

However, the speed of Barcelona's forward pass was beyond Li Ang's expectations.

In detail, from Pinto throwing the ball to Alba, Alba dribbling forward and connecting with Iniesta successfully, this process seemed to take less than two seconds!

Li Ang felt a sense of uneasiness inexplicably, and he yelled at Ramirez, who was standing in front, to retreat quickly, but Iniesta immediately sent a threatening pass that tore through Chelsea's wing defense!

Messi's figure decisively cut inside after taking the ball appeared in Li Ang's sight!

"Messi speeded up on the wing! His cut inside was very decisive, and Matic's chase back was a bit slow!"

In the TV station Wu studio, He Wei, who was commentating on the live broadcast tonight, also became nervous!

In the live broadcast, Messi really shook off Matic with two quick changes of direction, and then he ran all the way with the ball and killed Chelsea's defensive hinterland!

Sanchez was at the forefront, desperately running to the left, pulling David Luiz's defense away.

Neymar's diagonal insertion on the right also made Ashley Cole dare not easily retract his position to interfere with Messi.

Terry was stuck on the way Messi entered the Chelsea penalty area alone, and did not dare to act rashly.

But at the moment of approaching the top of the Chelsea penalty area, Messi adjusted one step, then stretched his body, and directly rubbed out a deadly tricky arc with his left foot!

His shot was very decisive, so decisive that Terry wanted to intercept and interfere at this time, it was too late!

And Li Ang also stopped his steps back at this time. Because the football had passed Cech's palm and jumped into the dead corner of the upper left corner of Chelsea's goal!

Just six minutes into the game, Messi scored with his left foot in his first run with the ball!

Just like he had done countless times in the game, he took the ball at a seemingly inappropriate time and then sent the ball into the opponent's goal!

This is definitely his superstar moment!

The Camp Nou, which can accommodate nearly 100,000 people, also gave out a terrifying cheer at this moment!

They were reveling and venting to their heart's content, and there was no lack of mocking words towards Mourinho and Li Ang!

Li Ang touched the back of his head, and looked at Messi's excited celebration figure running to the bottom line, and couldn't help but swear.

"Fuck! Boss Mei, you are serious today!"