Chapter 265 Strong Reinforcements Have Arrived, the Legend Has Returned, This Time We Are Going to Take Them All!

While other Premier League giants are still struggling with their support targets, Chelsea has already efficiently completed two transfers in and out of the two players.

Kroos has received extra leave approved by Mourinho and will report to the Cobham training base at a later time.

Thiago Silva went directly to the training base to continue treatment and active rehabilitation.

Li Ang and Ibrahimovic met and greeted Silva at the training base that day.

In the future, Chelsea's Milan brothers combination should also be called the Milan Three Musketeers combination.

Li Ang is very happy about the arrival of his elder brother Silva.

Some fans may think that Thiago Silva, who will be 30 years old in a few months, will not be able to play high-level games for a few years.

But Li Ang knows how strong his elder brother is in maintaining his condition!

Li Ang can only sigh that the scene of Silva dragging the striker Bonera to turn the tide on the Milan defense line is still vivid in his mind.

This skill is really undeniable.

David Luiz is a good person and a good teammate, but he can't get rid of his impetuous habit.

If he plays in the midfield, Leon and Matic can still help him, but he is a central defender, so this problem is too bad.

These days, the three-center-back defensive tactics have not yet become popular in football, and David Luiz is really not suitable for Chelsea's double center-back system.

So his transfer away is a relatively good result for Chelsea and himself.

When he thinks that the big brother combination on his own defense line will become "Terry + sister-in-law" in the new season, Leon feels so relieved.

In addition to Gary Cahill, Maguire and Kalas, Chelsea has a total of five players who can rotate in the center back position in the new season, and the depth of the bench is completely enough.

If there is a real shortage of people, Ivanovic and Azpilicueta can also fill in the center back position.

So let alone three-line operations, even if Chelsea's defense is in a four-line operation, it can withstand it!

Maguire and Ake have grown significantly after playing more than 40 games in the Championship last season.

At their age, they need to play more games to find more problems in the game and correct them as soon as possible.

It is hard to say what will happen to Ake in the new season, but Maguire will not lack playing time in Chelsea.

After all, no matter how good and stable Terry is, he is one year older, and Mourinho still wants to use him sparingly.

And Maguire's advantages in frontal interception and high-altitude ball defense are indeed very prominent.

For Chelsea's coaching staff, he can play a significant tactical supplementary role on both offense and defense.

Bertrand has become Chelsea's unshakable starter at left back.

Although Mourinho will definitely arrange him to play in the Premier League and Champions League first, the FA Cup and League Cup will basically be played by Ashley Cole and Ake.

But with Ashley Cole in good health, Ake is still not able to compete with Ashley Cole.

Fortunately, Ake is only 19 years old now, so he is still young. If he continues to be loaned out for one or two years and then returns to Chelsea, he will be very young.

Ashley Cole will basically leave the team to find a retirement team after playing for Chelsea this season, so Ake will have many opportunities to perform in Chelsea in the future.

Mourinho is still optimistic about his development prospects. High-quality left-backs in today's football are really becoming more and more scarce.

If another top-level left-back in the Premier League can be trained, Chelsea will be equivalent to getting a young strong player worth 40 million or more.

Ake, who has been recognized and comforted by the coaching staff, has also been working hard to show himself in the training base during this period.

But he is still too immature after all.

With his defense as a foil, Salah, who returned to Chelsea with Maguire and others this season, fully blossomed his talent on the offensive end.

Just like Hazard who just transferred to Chelsea.

Salah, who is used to enjoying the treatment of the core of the attack in the original team and plays in a completely core style, has some minor problems in playing football.

He dribbles the ball without paying much attention to people, and he is too sticky to the ball.

But he has a strong impact on the wing. In terms of speed, Hazard may not be as fast as him.

This is exactly the tactical characteristic that Chelsea lacked on the right side last season.

After all, neither De Bruyne nor Azpilicueta is the kind of wing attacking demon with explosive physical talent.

Last season, Chelsea's right side played very stably, and both offense and defense were very methodical.

Mourinho likes De Bruyne who has integrated into the Chelsea system very much.

But after witnessing De Bruyne's complete performance and growth for a season, Mourinho has become more determined to let De Bruyne grow and transform further in the midfield.

De Bruyne can play as a right winger, and he is also very threatening on the front line.

But Mourinho always thinks that letting De Bruyne play as a right winger is a waste of his talent.

And last season, Chelsea always relied too much on Hazard for local attacks.

Playing like this for one or two seasons may not be a big problem, but if the offensive tactical focus is always placed on one wing, Chelsea's tactical dilemma will soon come.

Let's not talk about the Champions League for now, let's just talk about the Premier League where Chelsea is based.

Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool, who seem to have successfully recovered and risen, who are also eager for the Premier League championship, will not let Chelsea's lame offensive tactics go untargeted.

Salah's recent outstanding performance on the training ground can be regarded as the final supplement for Chelsea's defects in the right-wing attack.

His minor football problems are not a big deal in Mourinho's view.

As a young man, the first thing is this talent and drive, and the problem can be solved bit by bit in the long season.

Moreover, seeing Salah's tactical attitude of complete obedience to Li Ang on the training ground, Mourinho did not think that this Egyptian boy would become a problem in Chelsea.

If he is willing to listen, then everything will be fine. If he is willing to listen to Li Ang, then Mourinho feels that Salah has broadened his path in Chelsea.

Starting from July 16, Chelsea played 4 warm-up matches with low-level league teams in England and a "traditional strong team" in the Slovenian league.

The strength of the opponents is not strong. Chelsea has directly won four consecutive warm-up matches while rotating the substitutes and young players in the team.

These games do not have much reference value. They are purely Mourinho's honing of newcomers.

After the holiday, Kroos, who has reported to the Cobham training base, has not yet played a single game for Chelsea.

Or in other words, the first team players who played in the World Cup this summer have not yet appeared in the warm-up matches.

Their tactical training plan is also gradual. This is not because Mourinho is too careful about their physical health.

Rather, when the substitutes are improving their tacit understanding and playing more warm-up matches, the main players should slowly adjust their physical condition and conduct devilish physical training!

Mourinho can rationally accept the result of losing to Bayern in the Champions League semi-finals last season.

However, Mourinho is still very concerned about the physical gap between his own team and Bayern Munich!

When he was coaching Real Madrid before, other teams were always beaten by Real Madrid.

Bayern and Dortmund were so fast in the 2013 season, but when they met the desperate Real Madrid, the two Bundesliga giants were still no match!

Mourinho doesn't like to suffer such a loss, so now the veterans in Chelsea are fine, and the younger players must increase their physical strength!

Pintus is still working in Real Madrid, and Mourinho can't force him to dig.

But it is no problem to ask Pintus to help online and remotely assist Ruiz in analyzing the players' situation and formulating training plans.

Kroos had already experienced high-intensity physical training at Bayern, so his adaptability was good.

But the young players who returned to the team this season were miserable.

On the first day of the team's devilish physical training, Li Ang witnessed the miserable situation of Maguire and Salah being vomited by training.

The first time these young guys received such training intensity, they must not be adapted.

However, after the first day of physical training, in order to appease the depressed mood of his young teammates.

Li Ang once again vividly told the story of Guo Feng being vomited by Pintus in less than half an hour.

Everything is afraid of comparison.

Originally, Maguire and the others felt that their physical fitness was very poor.

But when they thought that Real Madrid's main center, superstar Benzema, seemed to be worse than them, the boys' hearts were immediately balanced.

Of course, the psychological problem was temporarily solved, and the next day's training still had to be done.

A week later, the main players of Chelsea's first team, who had gradually become accustomed to this training intensity, also welcomed their friendly match before the start of the new season.

This was also the first time that Li Ang and his team collectively appeared in the expectation of Chelsea fans after more than two months of off-season.

The Dutch Eredivisie team Vitesse welcomed the challenge of Chelsea's main players at their home stadium.

In this warm-up match, Kroos wore the No. 8 jersey left by Oscar and partnered with Li Ang to control the middle of the midfield.

Matic still served as the starting midfielder.

On the defensive line: Bertrand, Terry, Thiago Silva who returned from injury and Ivanovic made their debut.

Starting goalkeeper Cech.

On the forward line, the trident combination of Hazard, Ibrahimovic and De Bruyne also took the lead in the game.

Before the game, Azpilicueta had some muscle discomfort, so he sat on the bench for this game, and young players such as Salah and Maguire were also on standby on the bench.

There are many media reporters from England on the sidelines. They are very excited to take pictures and observe the Chelsea players who are starting on the field.

If nothing unexpected happens, the main lineup of Chelsea in the new season will be almost the same as the current starting lineup.

Mourinho may consider and adjust some positions at that time, but the starting lineup of 433 should be determined.

At present, the mainstream playing style of the top teams in European football is changing from 4231 and 442 to 433.

This is the general trend. Even if Mourinho likes the defensive and stable 4231, he must keep up with the pace of the times and reuse the starting lineup of 433, which is more capable of taking the initiative in attack.

In this warm-up match, Chelsea also fully achieved the tactical goal of controlling the midfield situation and suppressing Vitesse's continuous active offensive.

After all, Chelsea's lineup has not changed much, and the core players have cooperated well enough last season.

In addition, Kroos and Thiago Silva have integrated into the team system very quickly.

So rather than playing a warm-up match for tactical experiments, the super strength shown by Chelsea quickly turned this game into a one-sided massacre.

Tevez lost 0-6 at home!

However, their fans were quite open-minded. They watched Chelsea score goals crazily throughout the game and received a lot of applause from the audience.

After the 60th minute of the second half, Mourinho waved his hand and directly chose to change the lineup.

Salah, who replaced De Bruyne as the right winger, played very well.

He rushed hard after he came on the court!

Together with Lukaku on the left, he directly broke through the defense of Vitesse in the second half.

Mourinho and Chelsea's coaching staff were very satisfied with the result of this warm-up match.

Three days later, Chelsea, who arrived in Germany, played a friendly match with Werder Bremen, a traditional Bundesliga powerhouse.

De Bruyne returned to his original loan team and received support and cheers from local fans during the game.

However, this kid didn't care much about his old teammates' feelings, and used the luxurious data of three passes and one goal to help Chelsea win a 5-0 friendly match again!

After two consecutive friendly matches, Chelsea scored 11 goals and conceded no goals. Chelsea's outstanding firepower immediately attracted the attention of mainstream sports media in European countries.

And Kroos also made a preliminary impression in front of many Premier League fans with his stable performance.

Old fans who are used to watching the game certainly know what it means that Kroos has achieved a pass success rate of more than 90% in these two friendly matches.

Younger fans just think that Kroos's pass is excellent and stable.

Matic is the star on the defensive end, and Li Ang is more active on the offensive end.

They don't have a deep understanding of Kroos's tactical value.

But it doesn't matter. After the new Premier League season starts, they will know how important Kroos is who can liberate Li Ang on the organizational end.

On August 10, Chelsea, who returned to London, ushered in a friendly match with La Liga team Real Sociedad.

In this game, Chelsea changed their style of play and used the 4231 starting formation again.

Mourinho seemed to want to test the team's strength in the back line, using two completely different back lines in the first and second half.

Chelsea finally won 2-1 against Real Sociedad at home, and Maguire scored a beautiful header from a corner kick in the second half of the friendly match.

Chelsea fans were impressed by his huge head.

After the game, Chelsea officials also announced a major transfer news.

Drogba, the center forward currently playing for the Turkish giant Galatasaray, returned to Stamford Bridge on loan!

Blues fans watched the news and immediately fell into carnival!

Chelsea, which has introduced strong reinforcements, also welcomed back their team legend at this moment.

This summer window, Chelsea has silently announced to the world with a series of surprise transfers:

In the new season, they are very ambitious, and this time, they want to win everything!