Chapter 293 He Is Already a Young Legend

The faces of the Tottenham players were very ugly.

Whether it was the Tottenham players who started on the field or the Tottenham players who were sitting on the bench at the moment.

Listening to the increasingly unified slogans at Stamford Bridge, their faces soon showed resentment.

In many cases, sudden anger can always stimulate people's nerves and prompt them to make some irrational behaviors and decisions.

Pochettino may still keep a clear mind, but the Tottenham players who were directly ridiculed by the Chelsea fans on the field were not so easy to calm down.

They did not seem to be too frustrated by the sudden loss of the ball. Instead, they were more active in putting the football back to the kick-off point and waiting for the game to start again.

Li Ang noticed the angry expressions on the faces of the Tottenham players, but he was not worried about it. Instead, a gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes.

And Chelsea's celebration did not waste too much time.

After all, this was only the first goal of the game, and Chelsea's players also wanted to seize the time to further expand the score advantage.

Soon, the game resumed with the whistle of Clattenburg.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines with his arms folded, carefully observing the situation on the field after his team took the lead.

Spurs, who had obtained the ball, did not do too much ball transfer in their half.

Ryan Mason, who was supposed to play the role of the metronome of the entire Tottenham team, had no intention of slowing down the rhythm.

After he got the ball in the midfield, he basically quickly transferred the ball to the left and right wings in front of him.

And Eriksson, who played as a left forward in this game, was the real rhythm core of the entire Tottenham team at this moment.

Mourinho saw this, and he believed that Li Ang on the field could also see the fatal flaw of Tottenham in the organization.

There is a very interesting phenomenon in the development trend of modern football, that is, the position of the organization core is getting further and further backward.

There are many benefits to the position of the metronome player being placed backward.

First, it avoids too many unnecessary confrontations with the opponent's players, and can put more physical energy into the organization connection.

Second, it is to further broaden the field of vision, grasp the overall situation, and give the core organization players more time to think.

As for the shortcomings in threatening pass delivery after being away from the front court,

First, it can be compensated by accurate long passes.

Secondly, now more and more versatile wingers can take over the burden of delivering threatening passes from traditional No. 10 players.

This great development trend in football is irreversible. Small teams can still play retro style, take the traditional No. 10 as the core of the team, and win some small cup championships.

But for the old and powerful teams in football, if they still reuse the core players in the No. 10 position, the cost-effectiveness of winning is really too low.

The fundamental reason is that the way these players play is destined to eat up too many offensive ball rights in the team, and the rate of losing the ball is too high!

Now the strong teams in football basically attach great importance to seizing the opportunity of attack and defense conversion.

If you want to play retro tactics, not to follow the trend, but to create counterattack opportunities for the opponent, you really deserve to lose!

At this moment, Tottenham has basically played such a set of retro tactics on the offensive end.

The only difference is that Eriksen did not stand in the center, but pulled to the side.

But the style of play is not new. Kane, Lamela and Lennon are all making tactical moves around Eriksen's possession of the ball.

At this time, if Eriksen can deliver a wonderful pass that penetrates Chelsea's defense, then Tottenham may indeed launch an efficient threatening attack.

Li Ang has been carefully observing Tottenham's tactical changes on the field.

He can see that Eriksen's tactical position on the field has been greatly improved, and he also believes that Eriksen is indeed capable of shouldering such a tactical task.

But he did not continue to defend Eriksen to limit his possession of the ball and through passes.

On the contrary, Li Ang deliberately slowed down the pressure on Eriksen on the defensive end, as if he was deliberately encouraging him to deliver threatening passes forward.

Li Ang made such a decision not because he was arrogant, but because he trusted his teammates behind him enough and the defensive system created by Mourinho enough.

Chelsea is undoubtedly one of the top teams in today's football world in terms of seizing offensive and defensive transition opportunities.

Li Ang not only saw the change in Tottenham's offensive tactics on the field, but also saw a great opportunity to further force Tottenham's counterattack during the transition between offense and defense!

So, if Tottenham's players on the field want to die, why should Li Ang remind them to stop them?

He believes that the Tottenham players on the field did not adopt this double-edged sword retro offensive style of play from Pochettino's original intention.

Because Pochettino's ability to arrange tactics before the game could not be so low.

But no matter what the reason is, Tottenham's tactics have become radical now.

Since you have already fallen into Chelsea's tactical trap, don't think about getting out easily!

The situation of the game seems to be developing in a direction that a large number of neutral fans in front of the TV like to see.

Because Tottenham did play more "threatening" attacks on the field.

Even if it seems that every time it is almost able to break through Chelsea's defense and get a threatening shot, in fact Chelsea's defense is still as solid as a rock.

But the number of attempts has accumulated, and Tottenham's initiative has also made their offensive seem to be getting closer and closer to the result of scoring a goal.

At least the game was acceptable, much better than being pressed by Chelsea in the half court.

Chelsea's performance during the period of Tottenham's fierce attack was much quieter than before.

There were counterattacks, but only two were relatively threatening, but they were quickly intercepted by Tottenham's returning players in front of their own penalty area.

Hazard's long-range shot missed and Ibrahimovic's failed header attempt in the penalty area gave thousands of Tottenham fans great confidence.

And with their crazy cheers, the Tottenham players on the field seemed to be getting more and more excited and in better shape!

Pochettino kept pacing nervously on the sidelines. On the one hand, he was very much looking forward to his team successfully equalizing the score before the end of the first half.

But on the other hand, he was very clear that Tottenham's current style of play had reached an extreme, and it was an extreme that he could not control.

Li Ang's previous guess was completely correct. Tottenham's change of style of play was not due to Pochettino's suggestion.

It is purely because of Eriksen's superior personal ability. Among the midfielders that Tottenham started today, there is no other one who can stabilize the morale of the troops except Eriksen.

Ryan Mason is a good organizing assistant. He usually performs well next to Dembele or Dale.

But expecting him to sit in the Tottenham midfield and organize the operation of the entire offensive system of Tottenham as the core is indeed overestimating him.

When the score is behind, it is a normal choice to give the ball to a teammate who is more capable than oneself.

Eriksen is not unaware of what it means when he takes over the main offensive ball of the team, but he has no choice.

Because at this time, Tottenham always has to have someone stand up to stabilize the morale of the troops.

He has the ability to take the ball. When other teammates are looking forward to him standing up, even if he knows that doing so will disrupt the original offensive system of the team, he has to take up this burden.

At present, he has done a good job.

After thinking again and again, Pochettino did not force the players on the field to return to the previous offensive tactics.

So no matter what he really thinks, Eriksson can only bite the bullet and continue to lead the team.

But Li Ang's abnormal performance has always made Eriksson feel uneasy.

"What fishing tactics is he playing?"

Every time Eriksson resolutely delivers a threatening pass forward, he will subconsciously look at Li Ang and ask himself this question in his heart.

If Li Ang is determined to stop him from playing, then he can only passively retreat and look for opportunities to organize passes.

But Li Ang is not doing this now.

This is very abnormal, and it is not surprising that Eriksson is suspicious.

After all, the two have played against each other in the Champions League a long time ago.

When he was in Ajax, Eriksson had deeply experienced the embarrassment of being marked by Li Ang throughout the game.

It is not easy for old acquaintances to play some hidden tricks, so Eriksson is very sure that Li Ang is fishing at this moment!

But what can he do after knowing it?

He can't stop Tottenham from changing their style of play immediately at this moment.

At best, it's just a matter of paying more attention to Li Ang's choice between offense and defense, and then seeing if he can disrupt his plan one step ahead.

Eriksson was ready to pay a certain price to stop Li Ang from pushing for a counterattack.

But when this moment really came, Li Ang's escape and burst of acceleration after holding the ball still made Eriksson feel the familiar deep powerlessness!

In the 41st minute of the first half, Eriksson sent a through pass, trying to find Lennon who cut into the Chelsea penalty area.

But with Maguire's early attack for the header, Lennon had no chance of getting the ball at all!

In the inner area on the left side of Chelsea's own half, Kroos perfectly unloaded the football headed by Maguire, and then turned around and sent a short through pass!

The football passed quickly between Lamela and Eriksson who counterattacked, and Li Ang, who increased his speed, did not give Tottenham's frontcourt players any chance to counter-grab!

Under the outbreak, Li Ang's dribbling speed has far exceeded the expectations of Tottenham's midfielders.

Lamela and Eriksen couldn't even stop Li Ang by committing a tactical foul in advance.

They could only chase back helplessly, but at this moment Li Ang had already ridden away and crossed the center line with the ball!

Li Ang's wonderful performance of long-distance running directly stimulated the more than 40,000 Chelsea fans at the scene to cheer loudly!

In the encouragement and cheers of his own fans, Li Ang only felt his heart surging, and the power surging in his body seemed to be endless and never exhausted!

When he was in Real Madrid, he asked Kaka for advice and learned for a long time.

At that time, his absolute speed and dribbling ability were not enough.

But now he has the physical and technical conditions to replicate Kaka's teaching case.

And what he is facing is not a defensive gate, so why doesn't he give it a try?

In the excitement of the wind whistling past, Li Ang did not play any tricks when facing Bentaleb who was gritting his teeth and pressing him.

With a large spike, a change of direction and a sprint, he directly left Bentaleb behind him and further widened the gap between the two!

It just highlights the unreasonableness of passing!

This is also the experience he gained after watching a lot of Kaka's game videos.

The best way to pass is not to use all the most gorgeous passing skills.

If you are not as talented as Ronaldinho who can stick the ball to your feet and dribble.

And you do not have the super-fast pace ability of Messi.

Then practice the most basic dribbling and dribbling, and practice them thoroughly!

The combination of man and ball is good enough, the dunk is fast enough, and the burst speed is beyond ordinary people.

It is not impossible to become a long-distance sprint master with only the most basic skills!

After Li Ang transferred to the Premier League, he basically followed his own experience to try to pass and sprint.

Facts have proved that this principle is a bit rough, but it is indeed correct, and his passing method is indeed effective.

After breaking through Bentaleb again, Li Ang did not even give Ryan Mason the opportunity to drag back and block him.

He forced to speed up again, and broke through the last line of defense in the Tottenham midfield!

Watching Li Ang rushing through Tottenham's defense like a human tank, he was reckless.

The cheers of the Blues fans at the scene also became more crazy!

Mourinho put his hands in his pockets on the sidelines, looking solemnly at Li Ang approaching Tottenham's defense line.

Although Mourinho seemed calm at the moment, his hands hidden in his pockets were already clenched into fists!

Facing the last checkpoint of Tottenham's defense, Li Ang did not choose to slow down.

Because there were no fewer Tottenham players chasing back behind him, if he dared to slow down at this time, he would probably face the situation of being sandwiched from both sides.

Moreover, he had already broken through two blockades, and his state was fully played. It would be a pity to choose to relax at this time.

Ibrahimovic was almost on the offside line, constantly putting pressure on Tottenham's defense line.

Previously, his diagonal run directly brought Tottenham's left center back Vertonghen to the right side of Tottenham's penalty area.

Tottenham's other tall central defender Fazio had to switch positions with Vertonghen.

He was facing Li Ang face to face at this moment, and Li Ang soon pedaled a fast bicycle to his surprise!

However, Li Ang only pedaled two or three times this time, and then made a decisive decision to change direction.

These bicycle movements only slightly confused Fazio.

Fazio stood very steadily and did not kick in advance. He was very tall and had a very strong ability to intercept from the front.

Because of this, he wanted to play to his strengths. If he occupied the position without kicking, he would not need to use his clumsy turn to deal with Li Ang's flexible advance.

However, although his ideas and choices were good, he still made inertial mistakes in terms of defensive prediction awareness.

Generally speaking, offensive players who make changes in direction in this area will basically choose to go outside the penalty area.

Because in this way, even if they don't get a chance to shoot in the end, they can at least send a cross, so this offensive choice is safer.

Moreover, according to Fazio's own intelligence about Li Ang before the game, he knew that Li Ang's shooting skills had improved greatly compared to two years ago.

But Li Ang still couldn't shoot a tricky shot with both feet like a real striker.

So he didn't think that Li Ang would change direction and go to the inside line of the penalty area and then use his left foot to shoot.

But now Li Ang just happened to lead the ball and change direction to go to the inside line, which was beyond his expectation!

So much so that Fazio's speed of moving and intercepting was half a beat slower in shock!

And the next more fatal thing was that Li Ang led the ball and changed direction. After seeing Fazio followed up with a defensive tilt, he quickly dunked the ball and made a second change of direction in a short time!

Between the lead and the dunk, Li Ang still maintained an excellent balance of his body, but Fazio couldn't.

His height of 1.95 meters became his biggest defensive obstacle at this moment!

Under Li Ang's two flexible and fast change of direction fakes, he was like a puppet, being dragged by clumsy mobile defense.

Li Ang only felt that the tall central defender in front of him was really slow in defensive movement!

So much so that after he made the second dunk, he had completely gotten rid of the opponent's position.

In an instant, the scene in front of him became clear.

Li Ang could even clearly see the surprised and slightly flustered expression on the face of Tottenham goalkeeper Lori.

And when the shooting angle was large enough and the space was wide enough, Li Ang's choice was very simple.

With a quick swing of his right calf, Li Ang had completed the volley in the penalty area in almost the blink of an eye!

The football whizzed out from Li Ang's feet like a cannonball, and went straight to the top of the far corner of Tottenham's goal!

Lori predicted the direction where Li Ang would shoot, but his save was still too slow!

The football shot by Li Ang had already rubbed the bottom edge of the goal crossbar behind him and bounced into the net, and his saving palm was late!

The entire Stamford Bridge seemed to be completely detonated by the birth of this ball!

Under the crazy explosion of sound waves, Li Ang raised the corners of his mouth, then he stretched out his hands and raised them high to the sky where his eyes were staring!

The commentator of Sky Sports seemed to be completely conquered by Li Ang's crazy performance at this moment!

"Incredible! Incredible!!!

This is an unparalleled goal!

A long-distance attack of 60 meters! Getting rid of five defensive players!

Leon played a magical performance at Stamford Bridge that was enough to destroy the confidence of the entire Tottenham team!

Look at Leon's celebration, he was paying tribute to his former teammate and good friend Kaka!

And I believe that after this crazy performance, Leon will become the object of admiration and emulation for more young players!

He is already a young legend in football! ”