Chapter 263 A Kuan, Brother, the Boss Here Is Generous and the Salary Is Generous, Come Quickly!
Since Li Ang transferred to Chelsea, this is the first time that he feels physically and mentally exhausted after playing a game.
Losing 1-2 in the first round, Chelsea can barely accept the result, at least there is still hope in the second round.
But looking at the process of the game, rationally speaking, Chelsea fans may not think that their home team has much chance of turning the tables in the second round.
The game scene was really passive, and Li Ang was really tired, and it was visibly tired.
If Li Ang can't reduce the burden on midfield defense, there is no way to liberate Chelsea's offensive ability.
Maybe Mourinho can go all out in the second round, take risks on the defensive end, and let Li Ang and the offensive players in the frontcourt give it a try?
This is a feasible tactical idea, but when I think of Bayern's seemingly stronger side attack ability, well...
Chelsea fans immediately think it's better not to seek death.
The Blues fans are not dissatisfied with their own midfield core and defensive big daddy.
The duo of Li Ang and Matic, whether they are paired as double defensive midfielders or one in front and one behind, can be regarded as the top midfield combination in Europe.
As for Lampard and Ramirez who have tried their best, Chelsea fans only have regrets in their hearts.
How can real Blues fans speak ill of Lampard and Ramirez?
They only feel regret that Li Ang and Matic did not meet the best time of Lampard and Ramirez's career.
This kind of feeling about the passing of time and the players' no longer at their peak is usually accompanied by emotional sadness.
But now Li Ang can't waste time on sadness like fans.
The day after the game, when other Chelsea main players were still digesting their emotions, resting and reviewing the game.
Li Ang drove to Cobham training base at 8 o'clock in the morning and started physical examination and early recovery training.
He couldn't suddenly improve the strength of his teammates before the start of the second round.
He could only try his best to adjust his game status to the best.
Like him, all the coaching staff of Chelsea came to the training base early the day after the Champions League semi-final.
Li Ang was training extra, and Mourinho also made the final effort with his team members to find a tactical breakthrough against Bayern.
In the end, Li Ang and Mourinho's views on the second leg of the game came to the same cognitive path:
If they still want to seize the opportunity to advance, then they have to take a risk!
On April 27, in the 36th round of the Premier League, Mourinho sent a pure substitute and rotation lineup to challenge Liverpool away.
As expected by the media before the game, Chelsea simply lost 0-2.
With only 5 days between the two Champions League battles, Chelsea's main players will definitely not continue to waste their energy in the league.
On April 28, Chelsea's main players followed the coaching staff and boarded the plane to Munich one day in advance.
On the evening of April 29, Chelsea, who had completed all the preparations, made a final fight at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
They will fight with Bayern Munich for the qualifying ticket for this season's Champions League final in this stadium.
Chelsea, who lost two away goals in the first round, has no tactical options. They must focus on offense.
Even Chelsea fans think that playing against the Southern King in the Allianz Arena in Munich is not reliable.
But Mourinho still commanded the team to be aggressive.
Li Ang, who had to retreat early in the first round to assist his teammates in defense, was forced by the coaching staff to focus 100% on the counterattack in this round.
This is not to reduce the burden on Li Ang, but to let Li Ang continue to deliver shells forward under the firepower of Bayern Munich on the defensive end.
To be honest, this tactic is very exciting. It is the first time that Li Ang has played like this under Mourinho.
Since the defense is not stable, let's play it freely on the offensive end!
Li Ang can feel the determination and decisiveness of his own coaching staff.
The rest of Chelsea players, especially those on the offensive end, also fought hard in this game!
From the first minute of the game, Li Ang dribbled the ball directly to the middle of the midfield, which seemed to be the strongest of Bayern Munich.
Bayern's attention to Li Ang was obvious, and the double-team defense against him was also very good.
However, while withstanding the huge defensive pressure, Li Ang also took advantage of Bayern's defensive vigilance to create better opportunities for other Chelsea offensive players.
In the first round of the game, Li Ang lacked helpers and his performance on the offensive end was really limited.
But now it's not just Matic and Lampard who will decisively join Li Ang in the attack.
Chelsea's two full-backs have also become Li Ang's right-hand men on the offensive end.
Even if they still can't run faster than Bayern Munich, Chelsea still has to play high-pressure and fly on both wings!
Bayern Munich's Robbery combination is powerful, but under Chelsea's almost crazy double-sided forward pressure at the beginning, Bayern still had to temporarily avoid the edge.
Chelsea finally seized the initiative of the attack and also played with momentum at Bayern's home court.
But risk is risk after all.
Chelsea reaped the dividends of all-player attack, and naturally had to bear the risk of insufficient defense.
In the 18th minute of the first half of the game, Chelsea was the first to score by Ibrahimovic after receiving De Bruyne's side pass!
Dante was completely suppressed by Ibrahimovic in this defense, and Boateng was attracted by Li Ang's defense and did not have time to double-team Ibrahimovic.
As soon as the ball was scored, Chelsea immediately became full of momentum!
However, just when Chelsea continued to press forward with all players and wanted to strive for another goal in one go, Bayern's sharp counterattack came.
In the 23rd and 31st minutes of the first half, Bayern Munich scored two goals in a row for Chelsea through two fast and sharp side counterattacks!
Thomas Muller played a huge role in these two counterattacks.
Once he received a cross from Robben after cutting inside, and scored a header at the back post with the help of Mandzukic's cover.
Once he held the ball in the counterattack, attracted the defensive attention of Matic and David Luiz, and sent a straight pass to assist Ribery who was diagonally in the penalty area to score a low shot!
Matic was a little anxious. His defense seemed to have no effect at all on Muller, an offensive player who was slippery and did not seem to have outstanding footwork.
During the halftime break, Li Ang could only patiently calm Matic's emotions.
To deal with a special player like Muller who can run and always get to the right place, if you want to limit his performance, you really have to defend him directly for the whole game like Li Ang did at the beginning.
If you don't do this, then you will defend him for 70 or 80 minutes in front, and he may suddenly jump out in the stoppage time and give you a hard blow!
But now Li Ang is definitely unable to retreat to limit Muller's performance.
At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea showed a stubborn attitude and continued to increase its offensive strength.
So the neutral fans who watched this game were in for a treat.
The fierce offensive and defensive competition between the two teams in the first half continued into the second half, and it seemed that there was no sign of stopping.
In the end, Chelsea did score the team's second goal in the game as expected, wiping out Bayern Munich's two away goal advantages.
But before that, Bayern had already scored their third goal in the game.
Mandzukic scored a goal, a stunning volley side hook!
This Croatian center forward, who is also very good at playing tough games, proved at this moment that he is fully worthy of Heinks' trust.
Mandzukic was able to completely put Gomez on the bench this season. How could he be the civilian center forward promoted by the British media before the game?
As soon as the ball was scored, Bayern Munich simply turned to the stage of shrinking the defense and consolidating the victory.
With a two-goal lead in hand, the Bayern team played calmly, and Chelsea's past bus-breaking methods did not seem to work for Bayern today.
After all, Bayern's two defensive midfielders were strong enough to interfere with Chelsea's penetrating long shots.
In their penalty area, the two tall central defenders were also enough to prevent Chelsea's high-altitude bombing.
When the referee finally blew the whistle to end the game, Li Ang had just fired a long shot.
Neuer chose to use both hands to shoot Li Ang's long shot.
After hearing the referee's whistle, Neuer turned over from the grass and roared excitedly to the sky.
The Bayern players on the bench also rushed into the court excitedly.
Li Ang pursed his lips, leaned on his knees with both hands, took a few deep breaths, then stood up again and walked towards his teammates.
The Premier League schedule has not yet ended, but Chelsea has already won the championship in advance, so after being eliminated from the Champions League, Chelsea's journey this season has also come to an end.
Li Ang originally thought that he would feel very unwilling after losing to Bayern.
But at this moment, his heart was surprisingly calm.
So calm that he even had extra energy and thoughts to comfort his teammates.
Seeing the Bayern Munich players excitedly celebrating the team's entry into the Champions League final again, Li Ang felt a trance in front of his eyes.
Last season, the season before last.
He and his teammates in Real Madrid were so high-spirited and excited to celebrate entering the Champions League final, and they also looked forward to winning the Champions League.
Chelsea now is just like Bayern and Dortmund at that time.
Some people win, and some people lose.
No team, no star can always be the winner in the world of competitive football.
Li Ang has always felt that he is very lucky. At the important stage of his career, he rose with Real Madrid.
In the past few seasons, he has also won heavyweight championship trophies that many professional players envy.
He has tasted the taste of victory and honor.
Now facing the ups and downs and failures in the Champions League, Li Ang found that he could face it calmly.
It is not to escape, nor to satisfy the pursuit of honor.
Instead, his heart is always filled with confidence in his own strength and expectations for the growth prospects of the new team.
"This is a valuable lesson we have learned in the Champions League. We fell this time, so we can get up better next time. Come again next season. By then, you have to work hard to become stronger, Eden..."
After comforting the teammates in front, Li Ang finally came to Hazard with red eyes and gave him a strong hug.
Mourinho walked onto the court.
The season belonging to Chelsea is over. They did not make it to the end of the Champions League, but Mourinho was extremely satisfied with his disciples.
For Chelsea's veterans, a more cruel thing is that they have to slowly give up more starting time after the end of this season.
But the young talents in Chelsea will benefit from this, they will further hone themselves and improve their strength.
And this new Blues will further develop its potential and have a higher strength ceiling.
Mourinho will not do too much cleaning of the team.
Except for the veterans who want to leave and the players who are not suitable for his team building ideas, the rest of the Chelsea players who want to stay and continue to fight for the team will get new contract extensions.
Chelsea, which is on the right path, not only needs talented young talents and key stars who are in their prime.
Mourinho also needs green leaf puzzles and experienced veterans to consolidate the thickness of the bench.
Such a team building idea will not be wrong after all.
Chelsea's 2013-2014 season ended today, but Mourinho's planning and preparations for the new season have quietly begun.
After gathering at the scene and expressing repeated thanks to the fans who came from afar to accompany them in the battle, Chelsea's players soon returned to the visiting team's locker room.
Munich tonight is a city where all Chelsea players cannot sleep peacefully.
So after a quick wash and clean up, Chelsea players and the coaching staff rushed back to London overnight.
The remaining two rounds of Premier League games are of no significance to the veterans in Chelsea.
Suarez has scored his 30th Premier League goal of the season in the last league match against Chelsea.
Ibrahimovic currently has 22 Premier League goals, and it is not practical to catch up with Suarez in two rounds.
So Ibrahimovic, like Lampard, started his vacation early after returning to London from Munich.
Li Ang's personal data has risen to 30 goals plus 28 assists, and he only needs 2 assists to achieve the double 30-plus achievement of the season.
So in the 37th round of the Premier League on May 4, Li Ang still started and led his teammates to meet the challenge from Norwich, the second-ranked team in the league.
The game that day was not fierce, because Norwich had been relegated two rounds in advance before the start of this game.
Without the motivation to stay in the league, Norwich players really found it difficult to raise their fighting spirit in the game.
Li Ang was not hypocritical in his fight for data.
However, facing an opponent who had no intention of fighting, he had no idea of taking advantage of the situation to brush up his data.
After assisting Oscar and De Bruyne to score in the first half, Li Ang took the initiative to make a substitution gesture to Mourinho.
His season data just stopped at 30 goals and 30 assists.
However, his league data did not break through the double 20, missing one goal.
But Li Ang didn't care much, he was already very satisfied to achieve the double 30 data record of the season.
Besides, he was tired for a season, and it was time to relax and rest.
For a goal, he competed with the team's youth training players for the starting position in the last round of the meaningless league. It was really embarrassing to say it out.
After the season-ending home game with Norwich, Chelsea received the 2013-2014 Premier League championship trophy in the presence of the home fans!
On the podium, the entire Chelsea team and fans shared this joyous moment.
On May 11, after the last round of the league this season, Chelsea also held a parade celebration in London to celebrate its victory.
Then came the arrival of the happy holiday time.
Li Ang started his summer training with a special task assigned by Mourinho.
On May 24, after completing the first phase of training, Li Ang set off for Lisbon, Portugal.
At the Luz Stadium in Lisbon, Li Ang disguised himself and witnessed the moment when Bayern finally defeated Atletico Madrid 3-1 to win the Champions League in the stands.
Yes, after Chelsea lost to Bayern Munich and missed the Champions League final, Real Madrid was also tied 0-0 by Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
So this season, it was not only Li Ang who failed to reach the end and meet his Real Madrid teammates at the top.
Bayern Munich also failed to meet their long-cherished revenge target in the Champions League final.
Atletico Madrid still became a tragic hero, and in the end they could only watch Bayern reach the top in Europe.
But Li Ang came to Lisbon today not just to watch the game.
After the game, he left quietly. When he checked into a hotel nearby, he sent a text message to his old friend Toni Kroos, who came on as a substitute at the last moment today.
At this moment, he was celebrating with his teammates and temporarily forgot about the renewal communication problem with the club. After seeing the congratulatory text message sent by Li Ang, the happy Kroos was stunned.
When he returned to Munich that night, at the team celebration banquet, Toni Kroos's interest seemed to be affected by Li Ang's text message.
After returning home, Kroos did not call his agent first. He wanted to think about it first.
But as soon as he closed his eyes that night, the straightforward and generous words of seduction in Li Ang's text message would appear in his mind...
"TK, brother, the boss here is generous, the salary is good, and more importantly, there is a famous coach and brother here. Brother knows that what you want is not money, but respect! It just so happens that here, we have enough respect and money!
And you have helped Bayern win the Champions League, you have done your best! I believe that you can be popular everywhere with your skills, and Bayern's top management will regret their attitude towards you sooner or later.
A new life and road to honor are waiting for you in London. We will recruit more soldiers in the summer and continue to fight for the triple crown next year. Mourinho misses you very much, and brother is also looking forward to working with you. Come quickly, come quickly..."