Chapter 294 I Must Shut His Mouth From Now On!

Mourinho held his breath and watched Li Ang's amazing performance of passing Fazio and volleying into the goal at the last moment.

Holland, who was standing next to him, was worried that Li Ang's kick would fly away and Mourinho would also volley past him.

Fortunately, Li Ang finally completed a one-stop attack and scored.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines and kept taking deep breaths and shaking his hands, and Holland could also celebrate with other assistants with confidence.

On the bench of Chelsea, which was also boiling, Lukaku still took out a small notebook and helped Li Ang record his number of goals this season.

"The 14th league goal! Together with the 5 goals in the Champions League, the boss is one goal short, and the number of goals this season can reach 20... Mamma Mia!"

After estimating Li Ang's current goal efficiency and estimating how many goals Li Ang can score this season, Lukaku was also secretly shocked.

His calculation is very watery, and Li Ang's goal feeling cannot always be so hot.

But there is no doubt that Li Ang is now the strongest scorer in the entire Premier League.

Li Ang has scored 19 goals just over a third of the season.

If the assist data is put out, Li Ang's current personal data looks too exaggerated.

19 goals plus 17 assists!

Needless to say, this season Li Ang is aiming for a single-season data of 30+30.

It depends on Li Ang's offensive efficiency in the Premier League now, which is a step further than last season. It is not difficult to achieve double 20 in the league before the end of the season.

As for whether it can surpass Henry's record of 24 goals and 20 assists in a single season in the Premier League that he once created at Arsenal, it depends on Li Ang's subsequent state.

In terms of ability, it is no problem for Li Ang to break Henry's record this season.

Neutral fans in the Premier League have long been prepared to witness Li Ang create new data records.

Of course, they don't want the team they support to become the background board for Li Ang's data achievement.

The helplessness and pain can be understood by looking at the expressions of Tottenham fans in the live broadcast.

After all, just when their team was about to equalize the score, the opponent's core player made a long-distance attack and scored a goal.

No one can bear this!

From the disappointment of 0-1 to the expectation of witnessing a 1-1 equalization, and then suddenly falling into the abyss of 0-2.

After the ups and downs, the thousands of Tottenham fans at Stamford Bridge were just like the Tottenham players on the field, and they were directly deflated.

There was no way, Li Ang's performance of this single-handed breakthrough was a complete devastating blow to the morale of the entire Tottenham team.

Watching teammates one after another completely unable to stop Li Ang's performance, Tottenham's players on the field would inevitably doubt their own abilities in their hearts.

Fortunately, after Li Ang scored this goal, there was not much time left in the first half.

So the Tottenham starting players who were stunned were temporarily relieved.

They can take a breath and clear their heads during the halftime break.

The more difficult tactical arrangement for the second half will naturally be a headache for their head coach Pochettino.

Compared with the silent away team locker room, at this moment in the home team locker room at Stamford Bridge, the relaxed Chelsea players sang the Tottenham tune arranged by the fans.

What's more fucked up is that this tune was not created by Chelsea fans. The ditty that Terry led to sing came from the Gunners fan group next door.

Li Ang could only sigh that the Gunners fans are really talented.

Whether it is the local Gunners fans or the Gunners fans in China, they are a very interesting group of people in the fan group~

After a few minutes of noise in the locker room, Mourinho clapped his hands and signaled his disciples to look at him.

The tactical arrangement for the second half was not difficult for Chelsea.

Because this residual Tottenham team itself is not suitable for counterattack tactics.

At the current 0-2 deficit, they are even less likely to give up the ball to consolidate their defense first.

Tottenham, who can only go to death on the road of attack, can't play any tactical tricks.

So it is very simple for Chelsea to kill the game safely.

Mourinho does not even need to make substitutions. He only needs to swap the positions of Leon and Kroos to directly achieve the tactical goal of further strengthening the defense and counterattack.

At the beginning of the second half, after seeing the Chelsea midfield trio change their positions, Pochettino's face showed a look of "as expected".

After the introduction of Kroos, who can play from the sixth to the tenth position this season, Mourinho is so comfortable with this simple on-the-spot adjustment.

There is no way, who can play from the sixth to the tenth position?

To strengthen the rhythm control and liberate Leon's offensive ability, Mourinho let Kroos drag back and put Leon's position forward.

And if you want to consolidate the defense and strengthen the counterattack after obtaining a sufficiently safe lead.

Then it is completely OK to swap the positions of Kroos and Leon.

After the two of them switched positions, they are fully adapted to different tactical play, and their ability to read the game is also at the top level in football.

Mourinho doesn't have to worry about or emphasize what job each player should do in each position.

Holding these two midfield cores, plus a tough Matic.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Mourinho is now the envy of all coaches in the football world.

Pochettino's cards are good enough. If Dembele and Dale can play normally, then his midfield trio will definitely be very capable.

But even so, watching the tacit position exchange between Leon and Kroos, he still couldn't help but feel sour in his heart.

This feeling is really too sour, but when he thought of Levy's stinginess in the transfer market, Pochettino's mind quickly sobered up.

If you want Levy to spend money to further upgrade the midfield configuration, Tottenham's first team must sell players first.

It took a lot of effort to form the current lineup that he is relatively satisfied with. Pochettino doesn't want to take the risk of restructuring.

There are ways to live with no money and ways to live with little money.

After the subsequent lineup is complete, Pochettino even thinks that he can stabilize the top four position in the Premier League in the second half of the season and have a good chance of competing in the Europa League.

The current Tottenham is not the first echelon of the Premier League championship.

For Pochettino, the most important thing is to reorganize Tottenham and get the Champions League qualification steadily.

Maybe in two or three seasons, after patching up, he can realize his tactical ideas in Tottenham and challenge the Premier League hegemony from the front.

But now...

Sitting in the coaching seat, Pochettino shook his head subconsciously.

Before, in the locker room, he was still encouraging his disciples not to give up the game.

But he knew very well that the teams in today's football world that dared to say that they were sure to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge might only be Real Madrid and Bayern.

And this is the so-called confidence before the game started. If they really challenged Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Real Madrid and Bayern would probably be in trouble.

So many strong teams have returned from Stamford Bridge with regret.

Pochettino doesn't think his team has any outstanding qualities that can break Chelsea's undefeated record at home this season.

He just hopes that his players can gather morale and show their style as much as possible in front of strong opponents.

The probability of Tottenham losing to Chelsea, or even losing miserably at Stamford Bridge, is very high, but the way of losing is different.

If they can fight to the last minute, Pochettino thinks this is also a good tempering of the mentality for the young guys in his team.

But for the Tottenham players on the field, the meaning of torture in the second half of the game is far greater than tempering their mentality.

Chelsea, who has a two-goal lead, has no intention of taking the initiative to attack.

And compared with the second half of the first half, Chelsea deliberately put Tottenham into their own hinterland to fish.

After the start of the second half, Chelsea directly set up a stranglehold in the top area of ​​the arc in the middle circle!

If Tottenham wants to attack Chelsea's defensive third zone now, the physical and energy costs will not be comparable to the first half.

Kane was very confident before the game and wanted to show his strength in the big battle.

As a result, he is now really uncomfortable with Maguire's headbutt.

It is difficult for teammates to pass the ball into Chelsea's penalty area. Even if it is occasionally passed in, he can't grab it at all.

Because Maguire, who is almost in conflict with him in this game, has a very large defensive area!

Kane and Maguire have never won even once in a head-on confrontation!

As the second half of the game progressed, Li Ang's defense against Eriksen became more and more tight after retreating.

The two most threatening points in Tottenham's frontcourt were eaten up by Chelsea, and the other offensive players wanted to exert their strength without a backbone.

At the end of the game, Chelsea's defenders were still eager to try and were very energetic.

And Tottenham's offensive players were all exhausted physically and mentally.

The unlucky Kane even felt that he was about to be concussed by Maguire!

Therefore, after the referee blew the whistle to end the game,

Tottenham's young players did not feel depressed or regretful, they just felt that they were finally relieved.

Thousands of Tottenham fans at Stamford Bridge also left in a hurry, not wanting to stay and suffer the ridicule of Chelsea fans.

Li Ang, who played a pass and shot performance in this game, once again won the award of the best player of the game.

Chelsea, who won 14 consecutive Premier League games in one breath after the start of this season, also made the headlines of almost all sports newspapers in England again!

Chelsea's start record last season was also very strong, but in the first 14 rounds of the league, they still drew two games.

And at that time, Chelsea and Manchester City, which ranked second in the league, and Arsenal, which ranked third, did not open up too much points gap.

And Chelsea, who won 14 consecutive games in the Premier League this season, has now opened up 7 points ahead of Manchester City in the standings.

The lead over Arsenal, which ranked third, is as much as 12 points!

At present, Chelsea's winning streak will not be easily interrupted.

After all, in previous games, they have played against the other three teams currently ranked in the top four of the Premier League.

Except for a little twist in the match against Manchester City, Chelsea completely suppressed Arsenal and today's Tottenham!

Dominance is accumulated slowly through victory after victory.

Chelsea, which has a more ambitious season goal and is currently in high spirits, has overcome the difficulties of a tight schedule.

Just three days later, Chelsea, with a complete lineup, will travel to Newcastle to challenge the Magpies.

Of course, Mourinho's rotation protection of the main lineup has also played a very important role.

At least the main players of Chelsea, who are working non-stop, do not feel too much discomfort.

And they are not like Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, who will play the last round of the Champions League group stage immediately after the 15th round of the Premier League.

These three teams will also strive for a higher priority ranking, or even a chance to qualify.

Chelsea is just going through the motions.

However, considering the fact that the last round of group matches will be played at home and cannot lose.

At that time, Mourinho may also arrange some young main players and rotation players to start.

But most of the main players in Chelsea, especially the main veterans, can get at least a week of rest time in the future.

The Chelsea team, without physical anxiety, will naturally go all out at St. James' Park.

This is a disaster for Newcastle, which is currently ranked tenth in the Premier League and is almost two levels behind Chelsea in strength.

In the opening stage of the game, Newcastle was able to deal with Chelsea with its midfield "hardness".

But when Chelsea used the high-pressure tactics of running all over the field, Newcastle's rough midfielders were left to slip away.

But Newcastle was unwilling to play defense directly at home, so their porous defense was almost penetrated by Chelsea three times in just 20 minutes!

Chelsea seized two of these three excellent offensive opportunities.

So in the 26th minute of the first half, Chelsea was already leading Newcastle 2-0.

If Lukaku hadn't wasted the counterattack half-single opportunity after the third interception, Chelsea could have directly ruined the game in the first half of the first half!

Fortunately, in the 39th minute of the first half, Lukaku received Ibrahimovic's header and successfully headed the ball into Newcastle's goal.

Otherwise, when the halftime is over, this kid will inevitably have to endure the hair dryer skills of several big guys in the locker room.

Li Ang and Ibrahimovic were replaced by Mourinho before the 70th minute of the second half.

In the end, Chelsea also successfully took away a 4-0 victory at St. James Park.

After the celebration, most of the main players in Chelsea ushered in a two-day leisurely vacation.

Li Ang and Thiago Silva can only get one day off because they have to start in the Champions League group match four days later.

The players of Sporting Lisbon who learned the news were not happy instantly.

On the evening of December 10, Chelsea played at home and ushered in the last round of challenge from Sporting Lisbon.

For this game, Chelsea did not pursue any results or have any game pressure.

Anyway, as long as they did not lose at home, the whole Chelsea team focused on a resolute defensive counterattack from the beginning of the game.

Sporting Lisbon certainly did not dare to pin their hopes on Maribor's successful sniping of Schalke 04 in the last round.

So in order to secure the right to appear, they must at least get one point at Stamford Bridge.

Neither team had a very intense desire to win.

Chelsea didn't need it, but Sporting Lisbon had the advantage of points and goal difference, which gave them psychological security.

So the game was played tepidly from the beginning.

The half ended 0-0, and after receiving the good news that Maribor tied Schalke 04 1-1 at home in the first half.

The fans of Sporting Lisbon at Stamford Bridge even excitedly played Mexican waves in the stands.

In the second half, Chelsea and Sporting Lisbon were not interested in fighting. Seeing this, Mourinho replaced Li Ang and his sister-in-law, who were holding the line, and started to defend in advance.

In the end, Chelsea kept their unbeaten record at home and ended this season's Champions League group stage journey with an unbeaten record of 4 wins and 2 draws.

Sporting Lisbon successfully took one point from Stamford Bridge. They have eight points after six games and are ranked second in the group because of their goal difference advantage.

Schalke 04, which finally defeated Maribor and got eight points in this round, ranked third in the group due to the goal difference disadvantage and missed the Champions League 1/8 knockout round.

Speaking of which, Schalke 04 also blamed themselves for not being able to qualify from the group this time.

In the third round of the Champions League group stage, Schalke 04 played at home and could have defeated Sporting Lisbon by a large score.

But they became relaxed after leading by two goals, and eventually Sporting Lisbon chased two goals in a row when they were leading 3-1, and had to rely on the last-minute goal before the end of the game to win three points.

If Schalke 04 could have kept the two goal differences against Sporting Lisbon at that time, they would have qualified at this moment.

Because in the Champions League group stage, if the points are the same, the two teams’ head-to-head results and goal differences should be compared first.

The two teams scored a last-gasp goal against each other, and the goal difference in the match was one, and the away goal number in the match was three, so it was impossible to tell who was the winner, and that’s when the goal difference came down to it.

It can only be said that you need to be strong before you can strike.

Schalke 04 handed over the right to qualify for the Champions League group stage to its opponent this season.

And Sporting Lisbon, who surprisingly won the right to qualify, also made an official announcement after the game to thank Chelsea for not killing them in the last round.

So far, the top 16 teams in this season’s Champions League have all been announced.

The top teams in the group include Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Monaco, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Porto.

The second-placed teams in the group are Juventus, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Manchester City, Barcelona, ​​Sporting Lisbon and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Three teams in the Premier League have reached the Champions League knockout rounds this season.

Liverpool performed poorly in Group B of the Champions League, with one win, two draws and three losses, and only scored five points. They ranked behind Basel and missed the Champions League knockout rounds.

Manchester City and Arsenal both qualified in second place in their respective groups.

This situation makes the English media, which used to be noisy in the past, afraid to brag about it.

With the smoke from the Champions League still not clearing, the sixteenth round of the Premier League began, and Chelsea faced the challenge of Hull City at home.

Li Ang had a rare rest, and Chelsea, which had a large number of substitute players, did not overturn and still won the opponent 2-0 steadily.

Drogba and Salah both scored in this game.

Even if Li Ang took a rest in the league, he still occupied the top spot in the Premier League scorer list with 15 league goals.

Cavani currently ranks second in the Premier League scorer list with 13 league goals, followed by Suarez with 12 goals.

In the Premier League assists list, Li Ang also occupied the top position with 10 assists.

Fascination, who ranks second in the assists list, currently has 8 assists.

The report that Li Ang topped the Premier League data list instantly hit the hot list of sports news in various European countries.

On December 15, after the draw ceremony for the Champions League 1/8 finals, the discussion about Li Ang was once again detonated by fans!

No way, who made Li Ang open his mouth? UEFA did give him face, and they really drew Chelsea and Barcelona together in the 1/8 knockout rounds of the Champions League!

When Chelsea drew Barcelona, ​​the neutral fans watching the excitement shouted "Good guy!"

It seems that after this draw, the biggest fun team in football has also appeared.

The blood pressure of Barcelona fans suddenly rose.

Indeed, when this happens, they should blame their own team and players.

After all, if they could win Paris in the last round of the group stage, or if they could get a point when they played away games in Paris.

Then they will not fall to second place in Group F of the Champions League by one point.

If they had not fallen to second place, they would not have directly drawn Chelsea in the 1/8 knockout rounds.

Everyone knows that UEFA carries out rectification every year, and how badly Arsenal has been rectified before!

Barcelona has fallen from the top of Europe for several seasons, so where do you have the confidence to avoid being targeted by UEFA?

Barcelona fans actually understand this simple truth.

But at this moment they still want to say:

"Before drawing lots for the Champions League knockout rounds from now on, we must shut up Li Ang's open mouth! We must shut him up!"