Chapter 260 The Red Devil Is Dead, the Blue Army Is Here!

"The pride of the Premier League, the Blues enter the Champions League semi-finals again!"

"The last fight of the old boys' army!"

"The iron-blooded Blues reappear in Europe!"

"Leon, not only the best in the Premier League! "

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After eliminating Barcelona with a total score of 3-1 in two rounds and entering the Champions League semi-finals this season, Chelsea immediately received a lot of praise and concentrated coverage from the British media.

At the end of the season, the ownership of the Premier League championship was basically clear.

Many English sports media have summarized the key to Chelsea's resurgence this season in advance.

It is definitely not enough to simply attribute it to the club's recruitment funds.

In the past few seasons, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain spent a lot of money in the transfer market.

But neither team has risen like Chelsea, which has been reborn in just one summer window.

From the third place in the league and the record of not entering the top 16 in the Champions League, it has jumped to the league champion (very likely) and the top four in the Champions League.

If the gap can be closed with only a transfer fee of 100 million euros,

There must be no less than 10 teams in European football willing to pay such a cost.

So the key is to look at the vision of the top management and the strength of the selected personnel.

In this regard, the ability of Chelsea's current management and the influence of Mourinho and Leon on Chelsea's reconstruction are worth talking about.

In comparison, Arsenal's current management structure is relatively chaotic, and the ongoing disputes between the two major shareholders are destined to make the professor seek stability in chaos.

Paris Saint-Germain does not have this hidden danger, but the top management always likes to interfere in the team's construction and is not patient enough with the coaching staff.

With the entry of oil tycoons, Manchester City's top management knows their own abilities.

After Guardiola was recruited last summer, Manchester City's comprehensive reform also began.

In terms of team building, Manchester City's top management gave Guardiola enough power and respect.

Moreover, Manchester City's top management adheres to the concept of leaving professional matters to professionals.

They have money but do not spend it indiscriminately, step by step, they consolidate the foundation of their achievements in the Premier League, and then seek a breakthrough in the Champions League.

If this concept can be maintained, Manchester City's further transformation will happen sooner or later.

Chelsea may be luckier than Manchester City.

Mourinho took the initiative and directly poached Li Ang, the young midfielder who would have been the future captain and absolute core of Real Madrid.

To this day, there are still a large number of fans who are shocked and incredible by Li Ang's strong transformation.

And last summer, Chelsea paid a penalty to poach Li Ang.

Today, it has been regarded by all Chelsea fans as the club's most cost-effective and successful summer window transaction.

Yes, even if Chelsea paid more than 80 million euros in transfer fees for this, but today, this transfer is extremely cost-effective!

The main reason is that Li Ang is now about to hit a luxurious data of 30+30 in a single season, which seems too amazing.

You know, Li Ang's single-season data in Real Madrid last season was 14 goals and 13 assists.

This season, he transferred to an unfamiliar league and became the team's offensive and defensive core, and his personal data doubled!

This growth attribute is simply terrifying!

If last summer, when the transfer deal came to an end, a Spanish reporter was not afraid of death to interview the old man and asked him if he would regret selling Li Ang.

The old man would choose to smile and not answer, even if he regretted it in his heart, he would have to hold on.

But now if a reporter asks this question, the old man may bluntly say that he regrets it.

The old man could hold on last summer because Li Ang had not fully realized his growth talent.

The old man had high expectations for Li Ang, but it was impossible for him to give up Ronaldo directly for him at that time.

Now the situation is completely different. Li Ang has proved his dominance in both offense and defense in the midfield in the Premier League.

And the personal data has doubled directly! How many stars have achieved 30+30 data achievements in the four major leagues since the new century?

It is easy to see by looking at the past records.

Before Li Ang could enter this terrifying data this season, there was only one familiar name.

Leo Messi.

In the 2011-2012 season, Messi, who reached the peak of his personal strength, handed over a terrifying data of 70+30 for the whole season.

This is the ultimate manifestation of personal strength in a single season in the history of football.

Although Messi did not win the La Liga and European Golden Boots this season, he could only watch Mourinho's Real Madrid win the triple crown.

In terms of collective honors, Messi's peak season was not successful.

But his terrifying data is still remembered and amazed by countless fans.

This is also the peak of Messi's personal strength that is difficult to reach.

So you can imagine how difficult it is to get 30+ goals and assists in a single season.

Real Madrid has indeed lost Li Ang now, but in the future when everything is still uncertain, Real Madrid may still call Li Ang back.

Li Ang is only 23 years old now, and he may still have two or three years of development period before he reaches the peak of his career.

In other words, he is still growing...

So the old man will never block Li Ang's way back to Real Madrid because of face issues.

Of course, if there is no major change in the past two or three seasons, Li Ang will basically stay in Chelsea and Mourinho to create a dynasty.

Just like in the 2010-2011 season, Mourinho took a season to build the team and establish the tactical tone in Real Madrid.

As long as the midfield and forward problems are solved in the first season, the next few seasons will be the honor harvest period for Mourinho's team.

Without a reliable center and a tough midfielder, Mourinho's team is indeed likely to collapse under his high-pressure control.

But there is no such problem in Chelsea now, so as long as the championship is in hand and the honors are enough, it is only a matter of time before Mourinho's Chelsea takes off.

Perhaps, apart from team building, the only thing that worries many Chelsea fans is the relationship between Mourinho and the management.

After all, Mourinho's first Chelsea came to an end after the trust between Mourinho and Abramovich broke down.

But this time...

The day after Chelsea entered the Champions League semi-finals, the media reported photos of Abramovich chatting and laughing with Mourinho at the celebration party.

Chelsea fans are really relieved.

After overcoming another difficult hurdle, Chelsea's main players still did not get enough rest.

The English Football Association made concessions for Arsenal and Hull City, who were about to play in the FA Cup, and agreed to postpone their next round of the league.

Manchester United benefited from the fact that they would play against Hull City in the next round of the league, and they could take a break after playing the Champions League.

But Chelsea is not so lucky. They will play against Swansea in the 34th round of the Premier League on the afternoon of April 13.

In the league championship stage, facing such a tight schedule, Chelsea's main players can't help but complain a few words no matter how good their mood is.

On the afternoon of April 10, Chelsea's main players who had just finished the Champions League battle successfully completed the recovery training.

And that night, the remaining two Champions League quarter-finals second-leg matches also started on time.

Real Madrid, who led Dortmund 3-0 in the first leg, played a heart-pounding game in the second leg and lost to Dortmund 1-3.

If Ramos hadn't scored a lore goal in the injury time of the game, Real Madrid would have started an overtime battle with Dortmund!

By then, Dortmund, with full morale, might really have the possibility of a four-goal reversal against Real Madrid in the second leg.

This battle sounded the alarm for the slightly careless Real Madrid team.

Dortmund lost the opportunity to enter the top four of this season's Champions League, but still won the respect of countless fans.

In contrast, Manchester United, who were fighting against Atletico Madrid, had no ability to turn the tide.

In the first round, Manchester United was beaten 2-0 by Atletico Madrid away from home. In the second round, Manchester United returned to Old Trafford and was beaten 2-0 again!

It can only be said that Manchester United lost to Atletico Madrid without any temper.

The midfield was completely messed up by Atletico Madrid, and the defense line could not withstand the impact of Diego Costa.

"The Beauty of the Golden Age" scored two goals in the two-round knockout match with Manchester United, which greatly increased his value.

But to be honest, Moyes was absolutely meritorious for leading Manchester United to the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season.

In this regard, Manchester United fans also admitted that they were very satisfied to be able to reach this point in the Champions League this season.

However, Manchester United is only ranked seventh in the league and cannot even make it into the top six, which makes Moyes' coaching prospects at Manchester United still very unclear.

Many English media are also reporting that Manchester United's top management is already looking for a new head coach in advance.

Rumors are flying everywhere.

As long as the well-known head coach who is well-known in the football world is likely to be poached, he is basically linked to Manchester United.

Manchester United fans are still very excited about this.

Little do they know that it is from the next season that Manchester United will embark on a long and endless "road to rise".

And this time Mourinho has a 99% chance of not lying in the muddy water of Manchester United again.

So the little treble that Manchester United won in history is likely to never happen again...

Li Ang is not interested in whether Manchester United can finally rise successfully, even if some of the butterfly effects are caused by him personally.

Now he, like all Chelsea players, is focusing on their opponent Swansea and their title rival Manchester City in the next round of the league.

Manchester City will go to Anfield to challenge Liverpool, who is currently ranked third in the Premier League, in the next round.

Before, Manchester City had always waited for Chelsea to fail to seize the opportunity. In the next round of the league, it is finally Chelsea's turn to wait for Manchester City to fail.

According to the current points gap between the two teams, if Manchester City loses to Liverpool in the next round of the league, then Chelsea can win the championship four rounds in advance by winning Swansea away!

This is also what countless Chelsea fans have been looking forward to.

However, Chelsea has come all the way to now, and the mentality of the players in the team has long been very calm.

Li Ang does not think it is a good thing to put too much hope on competitors.

It is still safe to win the game by yourself.

Anyway, it is just a matter of winning two more rounds of the league. This round will play Swansea, and the next round will play Sunderland. The schedule is very powerful, and it will be done!

On the afternoon of April 12, the 34th round of the Premier League officially started. Tottenham, who played in the early game, was tied by the relegation team West Bromwich, which was a big upset.

Countless gamblers cheered and excited because of this.

The next Premier League teams also became 200% alert because of Tottenham's upset.

Everton and Southampton, who played on this day, finally won 1-0 steadily.

Except for the first Tottenham and West Bromwich, which tied 3-3.

In the other 5 Premier League games on that day, the results were coincidentally 1-0.

The game process seemed to be quite tense, and at the end of the season, the physical reserves of the players of each team were almost exhausted.

However, the energy burst out by the relegation team was still very surprising.

Swansea is currently ranked sixth from the bottom in the Premier League, only three points away from the relegation zone, and they still have to fight for relegation.

With the example of West Bromwich's outbreak in front, the Chelsea team dared not be careless about Swansea.

Mourinho even held an extra tactical meeting with the coaching staff the night before the game.

Before the game, the only good news for the entire Chelsea team was that the game between Manchester City and Liverpool would start before their game!

After the battle between Manchester City and Liverpool was completely over, Chelsea's game against Swansea would officially begin.

So even if the entire Chelsea team did not pin their hopes of winning the championship on Manchester City being the first to fail.

They could still calmly wait for the final result of the game from Manchester City.

At 13:35 pm on April 13, in the terrifying atmosphere of the home field at Anfield, Liverpool took the lead and took the initiative to attack Manchester City.

At this moment, the entire Chelsea team was still resting in the hotel.

So Li Ang and his teammates watched the first half of Liverpool suppressing Manchester City.

However, although Liverpool had the advantage of suppressing the scene, they had not been able to score.

Li Ang could not help but feel a little helpless.

Players who are used to playing games know what such a scene means.

If he made the worst plan, Li Ang even thought of the scene of Manchester City stealing the chicken in the second half and killing Liverpool at Anfield.

"Suarez, please don't be silent, and Sturridge! If you score a goal and beat Manchester City today, I will invite you to London to have fun for three days and three nights..."

On the way to Swansea's home Liberty Stadium by bus, Li Ang listened to Bertrand's muttering and couldn't help but chuckle with his teammates.

Bertrand could really do such a thing.

Mourinho also laughed and cursed in the front row.

If Suarez and Sturridge can really explode and beat Manchester City today, Bertrand doesn't have to pay, Chelsea Club can invite them to London privately.

"Don't think too much, just do our best first, at worst we can win this game and then beat Sunderland in the next game, brothers, then I will really invite you to have fun for three days and three nights!"

Li Ang's words after applauding directly made the young Chelsea players in the bus scream.

The previous atmosphere of anxiety also dissipated with the lively discussion in the Chelsea team.

Mourinho gave Li Ang a thumbs up in the front row.

Li Ang didn't say much, and cleared his mind of all thoughts about the result of Manchester City's game.

After arriving at the Liberty Stadium, Li Ang, who had changed his equipment, encouraged his teammates to participate in the final warm-up before the game.

Time was passing quickly, and a few minutes before the end of the warm-up of the two teams, a commotion suddenly sounded in the stands of Swansea's Liberty Stadium.

Li Ang and other Chelsea players turned their heads and looked at the stands where Chelsea fans gathered. The noise quickly turned into excited cheers and shouts!

Such a signal was almost a clear indication. The Chelsea players who patiently completed the last set of warm-up movements quickly ran to the player channel.

In the locker room, they finally waited for the good news they had been looking forward to.

"Liverpool beat Manchester City 2-1!!! Suarez actually scored at the last moment! Guys, now it depends on your performance!"

Holland excitedly said the moment when Manchester City and Liverpool played.

In the away locker room of the Liberty Stadium, Chelsea's players raised their arms and cheered loudly!

Even if he was calm, Li Ang couldn't help hugging his teammates, patting each other's shoulders passionately, and shouting loudly to celebrate.

But the rationality in his mind quickly brought Li Ang back to reality. Mourinho also stood in the middle of the locker room, clapped his hands vigorously, and signaled his disciples to calm down first.

Manchester City's failure did give Chelsea the opportunity to win the championship in this round of games, but the premise is that Chelsea must beat Swansea!

There is no need to worry about morale. Now Chelsea's main players are eager to go on the court immediately and kick Swansea directly!

But at the tactical level, Mourinho repeatedly emphasized that Swansea must be given attention on the defensive end.

"Even if we played conservatively in the first half, we must first ensure a solid defense! We cannot give Swansea any threatening offensive opportunities.

Young men, take your time, don't rush, we will definitely win in the end..."

Mourinho clarified the tactical ideas for Chelsea's starting players at the last moment.

And Li Ang also made a "rest assured" gesture to Mourinho.

After suppressing the excitement and following the referee team to complete the pre-match formation ceremony.

Li Ang and Terry also called their teammates to gather around for the last time before the game to cheer them up!

Chelsea, who won the first kick-off right, quickly spread out the formation at the kick-off whistle of the referee on duty, and made an active offensive attempt against the home team Swansea.

I don't know if they also learned about the result of Manchester City's game before the game.

The entire Swansea team put on a defensive posture from the beginning of the game, and it seemed that they did not want to become a stumbling block on Chelsea's road to winning the championship.

But their choice to give up the initiative in the game directly was very stupid in Li Ang's view.

It doesn't matter to Chelsea whether Swansea focuses on offense or defense in this game, because the gap between them and Chelsea in terms of hard power is too big.

Li Ang was originally worried that Swansea would increase its defensive strength, compete with Chelsea for the ball in the midfield, and disrupt the rhythm of the game, disrupting Chelsea's offensive organization.

But now Swansea is so generous that he lets him pass the ball calmly?

Li Ang was also amused, and directly made a tactical gesture, indicating that the full-backs on both sides of his side should also press forward, and they were going to have a fair and upright crushing style of play!

Want to force Chelsea to play a positional war?

Good guy, it's really a mouse taking the initiative to enter the cat's nest, and it's not even a head-giving like this!

Steadily pushing the ball across the center line and pressing before and after Swansea's defense, Li Ang distributed the ball to the two wings and began to involve Swansea's midfield defense.

If Swansea, who mainly plays 4231, shrinks in their own half, they actually have sufficient midfield defense.

But if we put aside the superficial advantage of defensive numbers and analyze further, it is not difficult to see that:

Swansea is used to playing ground cooperation in the front, and head coach Laudrup advocates the Spanish style of passing and controlling, and wants to play beautiful football.

Routledge and Nathandale on the two sides are also fast wingers with much stronger offensive attributes than defensive attributes.

If you let these technical players participate in the defensive bus, his tactical execution may be fine, but his tactical thinking and defensive ability can't hold up.

In terms of shrinking defense, Chelsea can be said to be invincible in the Premier League. They are the team that is best at playing this tactic.

It is precisely because of their expertise that the entire Chelsea team understands how to crack the bus tactics.

De Bruyne and Hazard frequently attack and test in turn.

Beside them, Azpilicueta and Bertrand are also actively overlapping, involving Swansea's defensive players on both sides.

If they can rush down smoothly, Chelsea will have at least three impact points in the middle: Ibrahimovic, Lampard and Li Ang!

This does not count Azpilicueta, who can diagonally cut into the Swansea penalty area from the right when Bertrand kicks the ball from one side.

His header ability is not weak at all, and he can withstand many offensive players' headers as a central defender.

Even if he can't smoothly go down the side, with Li Ang and Lampard sitting in the middle, Chelsea's ball transfer speed is fast enough.

Swansea's defense can hold up for a while, but it can't hold up the whole game. Sooner or later, there will be a moment of chaos in the defense.

If their back line and defense system can withstand the decline under Chelsea's full attack.

Then they would not have finished the first 33 rounds of the Premier League and just got out of the relegation zone.

Li Ang's organization and transmission are very patient, and he is also waiting for a suitable opportunity.

In a sense, Li Ang feels that he is really very similar to Brother Long, and he is very good at seizing opportunities when switching from offense to defense.

It’s just that Brother Long’s movement speed is a little slow, so he usually chooses to use long passes to guide quick counterattacks.

In addition to counterattacks, Li Ang now has a huge threat of back-up ability.

In the 24th minute of the first half, Li Ang, who was a little too quiet, finally got the opportunity he wanted to go forward.

After seeing Lampard steal the ball from Swansea's front midfielder Hernandez near the center line, Li Ang directly threw away his previous identity as the core of the organization and rushed to Swansea's half!

Without Li Ang's reminder, Lampard directly passed the ball to him!

Swansea's front midfielder Hernandez's loss of the ball directly tore a hole in Swansea's midfield defense system.

Facing Swansea's two defensive midfielders with slow movement speed, Li Ang did not slow down, and burst out in one breath to rush through the interception of Swansea's right back midfielder Britton!

This time, Swansea's back line was dead!

On the other side, the back midfielder Shelvey was still on his way to make up for the position, and Li Ang had already passed the ball to De Bruyne on the right!

Without Shelvey's defense, De Bruyne took the ball and cut inside to the Swansea penalty area!

Swansea center back Ashley Williams had no choice but to attack and intercept De Bruyne.

Another Swansea center back Flores followed Ibrahimovic's forward advance and retreated.

De Bruyne quickly knocked the ball horizontally at this time.

He did not choose to pass the ball vertically, and it seemed that the threat of the pass was not great.

But seeing Li Ang stop the ball and swing his legs on the line of the Swansea penalty area at this moment, the nearly 20,000 Swansea fans at the scene all felt their hearts tighten!

"De Bruyne's horizontal pass! Li Ang stopped! Hit-!!!"

Zhan Jun roared excitedly in the Sina Sports studio!

In the live broadcast, Li Ang stopped the ball to the right in front of him, and then shot with his right foot, which had penetrated the ten fingers of Swansea goalkeeper Worm!

At the moment when the ball crossed the line and hit the net, Mourinho rushed out of the coaching seat, yelled and stretched out three fingers, proudly signaling to everyone!

His third Premier League championship trophy is about to be won!

Such a celebration is a bit arrogant and very "crazy".

Swansea fans were very angry after seeing it, but they could do nothing about it.

The commentator of Sky Sports almost praised Li Ang to the sky at this moment.

But Li Ang really deserves these exaggerated words of praise!

This season in the Premier League and the Champions League, Li Ang has helped Chelsea open the door to victory with countless first-time goals and equalizers!

This time is no exception.

After Li Ang scored this goal, it was meaningless for Swansea to park the bus again.

Laudrup laughed helplessly on the sidelines.

After the whole Chelsea team celebrated wildly, Laudrup also made his tactical decision.

Since they can't defend, let's play Swansea's best football style at home!

Swansea took the initiative to attack Chelsea after the restart.

After getting rid of the ideological burden, the energy burst out by the whole Swansea team still made Li Ang have a new assessment of their strength.

However, respect is respect, and when it comes to the ownership of the league championship, Li Ang also took his teammates to kill Swansea without hesitation.

In the 39th minute of the first half, Hazard received the ball from Li Ang and broke into the Swansea penalty area, and then decisively passed the ball to assist Ibrahimovic to shoot and score at the back point!

In the 49th minute of the second half, Swansea grabbed the start and successfully scored a goal.

Their main striker Bony scored his 16th Premier League goal this season, and his performance has far exceeded the British media's evaluation expectations of him before the season.

But just when the whole Swansea team wanted to pursue the victory, Chelsea scored another goal in just three minutes, directly breaking the unrealistic fantasy of the Swansea players!

This time, De Bruyne received a lob pass from Leon in the half of Swansea, successfully beat the offside, and scored with a low shot to help Chelsea score another goal!

In the 67th minute of the second half, Lukaku, who replaced Hazard, received a header from Ibrahimovic and scored Chelsea's fourth goal of the game against Worm.

All the local Chelsea fans in London were excited!

The overall situation has been decided!

Chelsea regained the Premier League championship after 4 years and rose strongly!

Countless neutral fans who watched this game also had to sigh at the speed of Chelsea's reconstruction.

At this time point when the Manchester United dynasty collapsed, it should have been a chaotic period of wolves competing in the Premier League.

The result was unexpected.

The iron-blooded Blues, who once dominated the Premier League, have re-entered the sight of all Premier League fans with the return of Mourinho and the joining of Leon!

The new ruling order has been quietly established on the ruins of the Red Devils dynasty.

The Red Devils are dead, and the Blues should be established!