Chapter 290 The Winning Streak Ends, but We Can Expect to Win the Championship without Losing [Please Subscribe! ]

After the match between Liverpool and Chelsea, the scene of Leon and Suarez hugging and talking on the field quickly became the focus of media reports.

There was no way, the almost identical inexplicable smiles on the faces of the two after they parted were too intriguing.

What made the media even more curious and crazy was that they didn't know what Leon said when he hugged Suarez.

Because Leon covered his mouth with his right hand the whole time when he was talking in Suarez's ear.

So even if they found a well-known lip reading expert, these British media couldn't decipher the content of the conversation between Leon and Suarez.

In desperation, major sports media sent reporters to interview the two parties.

As a result, the responses they received were surprisingly consistent.

"I told Luis that he played very well today and the reason for the loss was not his fault. Next time Liverpool comes to Stamford Bridge, I want to invite him to dinner. I admire his playing style."

"Leon comforted me after the game. He is a very good person. He also said that he would definitely invite me to dinner in London next time if he is free. I think we will become good friends..."

Well, it has come to this point. The reporters also know that they will definitely not dig out anything from these two people.

But this does not prevent them from catching wind and shadows and linking Suarez, who is not comfortable in Liverpool now, with Chelsea, the new overlord of the Premier League.

Ibrahimovic is now Chelsea's absolute main center forward, there is no doubt about it, but if Ibrahimovic continues to stay in Chelsea, he will be 34 years old at the beginning of next season, which is also a reality.

As a Premier League powerhouse that is not short of transfer funds and has great ambitions, it is very reasonable for Chelsea to consider Ibrahimovic's successor in advance.

Let's look back at Suarez's own conditions.

After several seasons of playing in the Premier League, he has definitely adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League games, has no major injuries, has outstanding technical conditions, and is also at the top level in the same position.

Suarez, who broke Ronaldo's single-season goal record after the Premier League reform with 32 league goals last season, undoubtedly has the ability to play for a giant.

More importantly, he is still relatively young. The 27-year-old Suarez can still maintain his peak level for at least four seasons.

If he can still perform as a top center forward at the age of 33 like Ibrahimovic, then Chelsea will make a lot of money by introducing him.

Under this reasonable and logical conjecture, the big and small sports newspapers in England don't care whether Suarez and Chelsea officials say anything.

They polished the transfer rumors that fans like to see the most, and then released them with great fanfare.

Liverpool Club naturally stopped first and quickly refuted the rumors.

Chelsea Club also issued an official statement that was not painful or itchy some time later.

However, in this statement, Chelsea Club did not categorically express that it was not interested in Suarez.

The content seems to be at best an explanation to Liverpool:

Don't worry, brother, we definitely didn't flirt with your core player at the club level. We know he has a contract with you, so even if we want to do something, we must inform you first...

The two clubs spoke out one after another, and Suarez's agent also gave a player-level response after the international match day officially started.

Anyway, it's just official rhetoric, declaring to the outside world that the player will focus on Liverpool and will never bypass Liverpool and other clubs for transfer communications.

This is indeed the truth. Chelsea officials did not go down to contact Suarez and his economic team, but Li Ang gave a "greeting" in advance.

Li Ang did not tell Suarez clearly whether he had a sudden whim to join forces with Suarez or was assigned by the Chelsea club's top management to contact Suarez.

The two sides understood each other tacitly, and after an official press release came down, the so-called transfer rumors quickly subsided.

In the end, only the Liverpool top management always felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't say what was wrong, and they could only choose to continue to trust Suarez's feelings for Liverpool.

Fortunately, the arrival of the international match day can make this transfer rumor disappear before it ferments and affects Liverpool's subsequent league preparations.

The Premier League, which has gradually entered a tense period of points-grabbing battles, has also cooled down.

The two-week international match day is painful and happy for the stars who have national team competition tasks.

The coaching staff of each Premier League team also has sufficient time to review the team's previous performance in the league and make targeted tactical and lineup adjustments.

For example, Manchester United's head coach Van Gaal has already started to formally establish his big circle tactics at this time, and has learned from the previous defeat to Chelsea and further improved his tactics.

Similarly, Professor Wenger is also thinking about how to further enhance the offensive strength of the frontcourt and build a stronger Arsenal firepower around Cavani.

There is still some time before the winter window opens, but Wenger, who squeezed out a transfer fee from the board of directors, has already set his sights on the transfer market in advance...

For Guardiola and Mourinho, they don't need to make any major adjustments to the current lineup and team tactical structure.

What is more important is to review previous games and find out the execution problems of some players at the tactical details level.

Of course, Guardiola has no interest in this winter window, more because his team now lacks only strong top stars.

And this type of players basically will not choose to make important transfer decisions in the winter window.

Even if he wants to spend money, Manchester City's top management is willing to spend it for him, but he has to wait until the summer window to lock in the target.

Based on this reason, Mourinho is not worried that Manchester City's large-scale signings after the winter window opens will cause too many X factors to the pattern of the Premier League this season.

He also focuses more on the upcoming European Cup qualifiers and national team friendly matches.

There is no way, Chelsea is not just famous stars who will be called up by their respective national teams.

This international match day, Van Ginkel, Kalas and Maguire were all selected into the national team roster.

Among them, Kalas is still the absolute main force of the Czech team, and Maguire is also very likely to become England's starting central defender when he is first selected for the national team.

This is not the fault of the old coach Hodgson.

Compared with Gary Cahill and Jagielka, the two active England main central defenders.

Maguire's potential is undoubtedly greater and worth investing game resources to cultivate.

In terms of the advantages of back-to-back defense and high-altitude ball competition, Jagielka and Gary Cahill are obviously not as good as Maguire.

So it is undoubtedly very important to cultivate Maguire in advance and let him adapt to the rhythm of the national team's games.

After all, it is related to the results of the European Cup more than a year later.

In international competitions, if the offense is not good, you can slowly grind it. If you can't score goals with conventional means, playing set pieces and considering overtime penalty shootouts are all feasible options.

But if you can't defend in the pit, you will definitely not be able to make it to the end.

Moreover, the tactical disadvantages of reusing Maguire are not a problem for the current England national team.

The double defensive midfielder combination of Jordan Henderson and Milner is enough, at least it is enough to form an interception network in front of Maguire.

Although Mourinho does not want Maguire to be screwed by Mr. Huo and play too many games in the England national team.

But he has never worried about Maguire's ability to adapt to the England national team from beginning to end.

Compared to him who still needs to work overtime at the training base during the offseason, Li Ang is relatively freer.

After four days of extra training, Li Ang entered the box of Wembley Stadium on the evening of November 15th to cheer for his younger brother in the first match of the national team.

The live broadcast camera before the game was also repeatedly turned to Li Ang.

This is not the first time that Li Ang has watched the England national team's game.

So much so that the England national team fans at the scene are no longer surprised.

As soon as Li Ang's familiar handsome face appeared in the live broadcast camera, the fans at the scene would give enthusiastic cheers.

The English commentator also half regretted and half jokingly called on the English Football Association to contact Li Ang as soon as possible and let Li Ang consider representing the England national team in the competition.

Before the end of the 2012-2013 season, a large number of media in Spain reported that the Spanish Football Association contacted Li Ang and wanted Li Ang to change his nationality and join the Spanish national team.

You have to know that Spain had just won three consecutive international championships at that time, and was in the limelight, but their invitation was finally firmly rejected by Li Ang.

Any commentator would feel regretful to see an outstanding superstar like Li Ang miss the World Cup and other international competitions.

In addition, the current England national team is in a period of transition, and what it lacks is a strong midfielder and a leader on the field.

So it is understandable that the English commentator can't help but fantasize about the great improvement of England's strength after Li Ang joins the England national team.

But the English fans in front of the TV still have a clear idea in their minds.

After all, Li Ang ignored the signs of the Spanish national team in the past two years, and would rather not play in the World Cup than change his nationality.

Why did he agree to the call of the England national team, which is now in a period of reconstruction?

Just because of the ridiculous nickname of "European Chinese Team"?

Just go to bed. Dreams are full of dreams, so don't daydream in reality...

Li Ang didn't know that his simple appearance at the scene aroused the imagination of the commentator of the England national team.

He came to Wembley to watch the game today, firstly because his girlfriend went back to Huaguo University to attend classes, and he had just finished extra training recently and had nothing else to do.

Secondly, in addition to his teammates such as Gary Cahill, Bertrand and Lampard, there is now another young brother Maguire in the England team.

It happened to be in London to watch the game, so it was right to come and cheer up his teammates.

At 6 pm London time, the European Cup qualifier between England and Slovenia officially started.

Except for Gary Cahill who was on the bench, the other three players selected by Chelsea for the England national team all started the game.

Maguire and Bertrand teamed up to take charge of the defense on the back side of England, and Lampard also played as a left defensive midfielder.

It is no exaggeration to say that these three Chelsea players supported half of England's backcourt.

On the field of play, the England national team, which started with a 4231 formation today, firmly controlled the game situation.

At least in terms of midfield organization and defense, England did not give Slovenia any chance to take advantage.

Finally, with goals from Rooney, Welbeck and Lallana, England beat Slovenia 3-0 at home.

Maguire was always protected by two defensive midfielders in front of him, and he played bravely in this game.

Facing Slovenia's high-profile offensive tactics in the second half, Maguire directly used seven successful headers to make the Slovenian forwards feel lost.

That is, he was a little unlucky in the corner kick attack in the second half and hit the goal post once, otherwise Maguire might have scored his first goal in his first match for the national team.

Such offensive and defensive performances naturally made Maguire receive unanimous praise from all English fans after the game.

Mr. Huo even said bluntly that Maguire would grow into the new Terry of the England national team in the next two seasons.

Such an evaluation is not low.

When Li Ang left Wembley Stadium after the game, he was stopped by reporters for interviews, and he kept giving thumbs up to the camera and praising his younger brother.

"Well done, excellent Maguire!"

After the international match day, Maguire, who reported back to the Cobham training base, was teased by his teammates.

Terry even personally agreed to give Maguire the nickname "Little Terry", which made Maguire blush.

However, in the 12th round of the Premier League on the afternoon of November 22, Mourinho did not comply with the call of the English media before the game and continued to send Maguire, who was in excellent form, to start.

In other words, the main players of Chelsea who had played two rounds of national team games in succession basically did not start in this league match between Chelsea and West Bromwich.

Terry, who had a full rest, teamed up with Gary Cahill to directly block West Bromwich's counterattack.

And when Li Ang scored a long shot in the 23rd minute of the first half, helping Chelsea to take the lead early.

Chelsea, which rotated, still easily won another league victory at home.

The final score was not big, a mediocre 2-0.

Li Ang and Ibrahimovic scored in the first and second half, and Chelsea's unbelievably stable defense also caused West Bromwich Albion to be beaten.

Only two days after the end of this round of the league, Mourinho went to Germany with young players and a small number of substitutes.

In the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, Chelsea, who was purely training, squatted in the pits of Schalke Stadium for 90 minutes and managed to get one point!

The central defender combination of Maguire and Kalas once again shone throughout the game, and they prevented Schalke 04's offensive group from breaking through the defense!

Sporting Lisbon, who defeated Schalke 04 in the last round of the Champions League group stage, was ecstatic about the result.

They originally had four points, but they defeated Maribor 3-1 in this round of the Champions League group stage, and now their points have reached seven.

After five rounds of group matches, they are two points ahead of Schalke 04 and have successfully surpassed the second place in the group!

In the last round of the group stage, Schalke 04 will challenge Maribor away, and they will also challenge Chelsea away.

The schedule is undoubtedly more favorable for them.

Now the Chelsea players, who have no desire for the final match of the Champions League group, have focused all their attention on the upcoming Premier League and League Cup.

After the tie with Schalke 04, Chelsea's winning streak this season has been interrupted.

However, Chelsea's players have been mentally prepared for the arrival of this day, and they don't feel much regret.

Winning all three or even four lines of competitions in a row and winning the season is simply a fantasy.

It is definitely impossible to keep winning, at least there is no defeat yet.

So Chelsea's players have begun to consider the possibility of another thing.

Is it possible to win the championship in four lines without losing this season? !