Chapter 311 We Have Already Completed a Quarter of Our Goal of Winning the Championship This Season

"The opposing coach must be dumbfounded now. I'm curious about how he will adjust later."

"He dare not leave the midfield empty. We are not Everton. There are a lot of engineers in the midfield. The boss's attack from behind is enough to make Tottenham suffer!"

"Tottenham should still focus on offense. Their forward line can definitely rank in the top four of the Premier League this season. Liverpool's two flanks can't compare with them..."

After celebrating collectively near the bottom line of Tottenham's half, Chelsea's players smiled and covered their mouths to communicate with each other.

After scoring a goal first, the atmosphere in Chelsea obviously became relaxed.

To be honest, Pochettino's tactical strategy of defending first and then attacking in this game is completely to reduce the burden on Chelsea's players.

After all, this kind of stalemate is the game mode that Chelsea is better at.

If they tighten the fence and slowly attack the opponent's weaknesses, then Chelsea is not afraid of anyone.

After all, their offensive mode is quite balanced, not "biased" at all. Slowly testing, they can always dig out the weak points in the opponent's defense line.

If Pochettino is ruthless and dares to fight Chelsea today and speed up the game.

Then Tottenham might be able to find some loopholes in Chelsea's defense.

This is inevitable. In the fast-paced offense and defense rotation, even the strongest defensive team will inevitably make some mistakes.

Anyway, Li Ang thinks that if he is Pochettino, he would rather take the risk to fight Chelsea today.

Because this is more conducive to Tottenham's performance. The offense has lost its former sharpness. What trump card does Tottenham have to compete with Chelsea?

Compare the stability of defense?

Compare who is better at catching the opponent's defensive mistakes in positional warfare?

If it comes to these two abilities to decide the outcome, then Tottenham will basically have to surrender if they don't explode.

Li Ang doesn't particularly understand Pochettino's idea of ​​​​changing tactics in today's important final.

But Pochettino also didn't understand why Li Ang was willing to make tactical sacrifices for the team, giving up his personal data and retreating to organize and defend.

After all, all the tactical targeting he did before the game was based on Li Ang continuing to serve as Chelsea's offensive core and controlling the offensive ball.

Otherwise, he would have been too full and used two defensive midfielders with stronger defensive capabilities to limit Li Ang's performance, so that his own offensive capabilities were weakened?

But reality gave him a ruthless slap in the face.

Li Ang really gave up the position of offensive core in this game!

Now anyone who can understand football games knows that Chelsea's offensive threat is the greatest, and the player with the most ball possession is Hazard!

Li Ang put more energy into controlling the rhythm, organizing and dispatching, and retreating to defend.

This made Pochettino's carefully arranged defensive tactics before the game a joke!

He arranged Dembele and Dale to defend the middle, but in the end they defended a group of "air"!

No, it can't be said completely.

Because Li Ang is still playing on the field, he is not involved too much in the forward attack.

But if Tottenham changes his formation later and Mourinho makes Li Ang the core of the attack, how should Tottenham adjust?

Such tactical passivity is extremely bad.

Tottenham's players on the field, even those on the bench, can complain at this moment that Chelsea's tactical routines are too dirty.

But Pochettino has no extra time to criticize Mourinho in his heart. He must rack his brains to think of a way to break the deadlock.

The game started again soon. Tottenham did not launch a counterattack immediately after the kick-off because their pre-match tactical arrangement was completely invalid.

Now all Tottenham players on the field are waiting for their head coach Pochettino to make new tactical instructions.

Eriksson has a strong desire to attack, but he is not Li Ang, and Pochettino does not give him too much tactical authority like Mourinho.

He dare not try to change tactics before the head coach like Li Ang, relying on his ability to read the game.

So even if he felt that attacking was the only way out now, he didn't dare to take the initiative and lead his teammates to attack in a big way.

The rhythm of the game suddenly became slower, and Tottenham was not in a hurry, so Chelsea's players were naturally less anxious.

Pochettino is still a popular young coach in the football world with online ability.

No matter which head coach, he will inevitably have some experience of misjudgment and incorrect tactical choices before important games.

Guardiola and Mourinho have also made such mistakes.

The difference between them and more ordinary coaches is that their on-the-spot adjustment or post-match self-correction ability after making mistakes is quite strong.

Pochettino is naturally one of these coaches with strong self-correction ability.

His on-the-spot adjustment ability is definitely not the top in football, but it is enough at this moment.

At least after thinking clearly for a few minutes, Pochettino gradually woke up.

His Tottenham can't really use its own tactical strengths to attack Chelsea's tactical weaknesses.

But at least we should make the most of our strengths to have a chance of a comeback!

He was too stubborn before the game.

It is not impossible to lower your posture and play defense in an important final, but it depends on who the opponent is!

Playing against teams like Manchester City and Liverpool, it is no problem to park the bus, because they will take the initiative to attack.

And facing low defense, the ability of these two teams to break through is obviously slightly weaker.

But facing Chelsea and Arsenal, parking the bus is completely giving away heads.

Both teams have high center forwards, and the whole team has good long-range shooting ability, and is also strong in set-piece tactics.

In addition, Chelsea also has Hazard, the top winger in the Premier League, whose personal ability is really outstanding. He has already torn through Tottenham's defense before using headers and long-range shots!

In this case, if you continue to squat and defend, you really deserve to lose.

Pochettino, who woke up, didn't care about limiting Li Ang's performance.

He quickly deduced on the tactical board with his assistant coach, and then made the latest tactical adjustments.

Dembele moved forward, Eriksen's position fell back slightly, Tottenham had to play with two central midfielders, and they were going to attack all in!

Such tactical instructions are undoubtedly like a shot of adrenaline for all Tottenham players on the field.

Being able to play back their best tactics, all Tottenham players have the courage and confidence in their hearts!

If they fight to the end, even if they lose in the end, they will at least have no regrets and complaints.

However, facing their overall pressure attack, Chelsea did not set up the same posture as they wished, and stabbed them with knives.

This disappointed the entire Tottenham team and countless Tottenham fans in front of the TV.

But for Chelsea, shrinking the formation and relying on defense at this moment is also a very normal tactical adjustment.

There is no reason to take the risk of attacking against the opponent who is about to fight desperately.

Now Chelsea is leading again, so naturally they have to choose the most favorable way for Chelsea to wear down the counterattack will of the entire Tottenham team.

Mourinho doesn't care whether the final scene is good or not.

The Chelsea players on the field also just want to get the League Cup championship steadily.

A good scene can't help them win the championship steadily. The honor is the hard truth. No matter what others say, they just need to be happy in the end!

Li Ang and Matic teamed up to block the middle of the midfield directly, and Kroos moved forward to cooperate with Hazard and De Bruyne to sweep and interfere with Tottenham's offensive ball holders.

And Kane was naturally handed over to his sister-in-law again.

Compared with the time when he partnered with the "God Striker" Bonera in Milan, he must be prepared to defend one to two at any time.

The sister-in-law is very satisfied with her current central defender partner.

Whether it is Terry, Maguire or Gary Cahill, they can give him confidence and security when he attacks and defends the opponent's core arrow figure alone.

At this moment, he went all out and made Kane disappear directly in and out of Chelsea's penalty area.

If he wants to do something, Kane must withdraw from Chelsea's defensive hinterland, and even withdraw from Chelsea's own defensive third zone, so that he can stably receive the ball and act as a fulcrum.

His current game experience is not enough for him to gain the upper hand in the competition with Thiago Silva, a top central defender in football.

Another thing is that he has not successfully gained weight.

Kane's weight and confrontation ability are not enough now.

At least in front of Chelsea's steel defense, he still has to complete another round of scientific weight gain before he can compete with Terry.

Of course, Kane is very smart in playing football, has good positioning, and is willing to do things to help his teammates relieve pressure. These are his great advantages.

Unable to stand in the penalty area, he pulled out to receive the ball and pass the ball, which can help teammates on both wings to open up some offensive space.

In the second half of the first half, Tottenham relied on Kane's hard running and pulling in the frontcourt to get several long shots and corner kicks.

Among them, Eriksen's long shot from about 30 meters away from Chelsea's goal was a test for Cech.

But in the other corner kicks, Tottenham didn't have much of an advantage.

Maguire didn't start today, but Terry still suppressed Tottenham's 1.95-meter tall central defender Fazio with his strong confrontation and high-altitude ball competition ability.

With Li Ang, Marco and Ibrahimovic retreating to the penalty area to defend, Chelsea's corner kick air defense ability is still perfect.

Tottenham attacked for more than 20 minutes, but finally failed to find any good opportunities.

The two teams entered the halftime break with a score of 1-0.

In the locker room, Mourinho did not make too many tactical changes.

He just emphasized that Chelsea's defensive players in the second half of the game need to pay more attention to another Tottenham winger, Lamela, who may come on the bench at any time.

Today Pochettino chose to let Townsend start as the right winger, probably to make Lamela a trump card and a winner in his tactics.

This Argentine offensive player who once played 15+6 data in Rome this season obviously has the ability to change the situation of the game after an outbreak.

As long as his body is healthy enough.

Li Ang nodded secretly when he heard this.

However, his mind was not on limiting Lamela's ability to play the game.

He was more alert to Lamela's dirty moves on the field and the mentality of his teammates.

As soon as the second half of the game started, Pochettino directly replaced Townsend with Lamela, and it seemed that he was going to make a desperate move in advance.

Seeing this, Li Ang decisively exchanged positions with Matic.

After Lamela came on the pitch, he advanced with the ball for the first time and faced Li Ang who was rushing towards him with a fierce look.

The Argentine winger curled his lips, silently put away some small ideas in his mind, and honestly played pass and cut with his teammates.

There was no way. Lamela really didn't have the courage to play dirty with Li Ang. He had been taught a lesson by Li Ang on the field before.

He made money by messing with other people's mentality, and he and Tottenham benefited, but if he dared to mess with Li Ang, it would be his own ribs that suffered.

The feeling of being elbowed was really unforgettable for him. The key was that Li Ang could also hide his movements. He didn't get a card even if he elbowed him. Who could stand it!

Lamela, who played honestly, was able to add a lot of vitality to Tottenham on the right side, but that was all.

After Li Ang switched to this area to assist in defense, Bertrand could also take a breath and go back to make up for the defense.

After all, Xiao Ma Ge's defensive habit is to stand in position first, and Bertrand needs to go up and defend first.

Li Ang's sense of position is also very good, but he is fast and physically strong. He can take the initiative to attack and return to defense quickly, so Bertrand can naturally take a breath.

Chelsea, who don't have much desire to counterattack, don't give Tottenham a chance to seize the attack and defense transition.

In the second half, the strong attack lasted for almost 15 minutes without any results. Pochettino stood on the sidelines and shook his head.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Chelsea ushered in their first corner kick opportunity of the whole game.

When seeing Chelsea's header masters in the backcourt rushing to the frontcourt and rushing into Tottenham's penalty area, I don't know how many Tottenham fans were sweating at this moment!

Set-piece opportunity, this is one of Chelsea's best offensive items!

Fortunately, Maguire hasn't played yet, otherwise it would be too scary. Chelsea has too many people who can create lethality in corner kicks.

When De Bruyne raised his hands high and performed a tactical operation, Pochettino's heart suddenly started beating wildly for some reason.

He had a strong feeling of uneasiness in his heart!

But the game time was still passing by mercilessly, and the cross sent by De Bruyne also flew quickly to the back point of Tottenham's penalty area!

Fazio and Ibrahimovic were entangled in the middle, and there was no time to compete for the header at this time. He could only put his hope on his teammates.

Dale jumped first, but he was a little reckless and headed directly.

Li Ang had the advantage in the battle with Kane.

Facing the stubborn Kane, Li Ang directly put all his strength into it, sinking his body to push Kane away, creating enough space for himself to jump!

Although he didn't jump high enough this time, and his strength was not particularly sufficient, it was enough to complete the header ferry!

So when Lori rushed to the back point of the goal, almost all Tottenham players in the penalty area also focused their defensive attention on Li Ang.

Li Ang's header back-swinging action became the last straw that broke the camel's back for the entire Tottenham team!

"Li Ang is at the back post!!! Beautiful back-swing! Matic! This ball is in --!!! Matic headed the ball into the Tottenham goal! Will this be the goal that kills the game?!

A header connection from the midfield duo of Li Ang and Matic! Chelsea leads Tottenham 2-0 at Wembley Stadium!!!"

In the studio on the scene, Zhan Jun celebrated Chelsea's second goal of the game with passion!

This is also Li Ang's 29th assist this season!

31 goals plus 29 assists!

Li Ang has scored a total of 60 goals this season!

Li Ang, who excitedly rushed to the corner flag area with his arm around his little brother, once again became the focus of the field at this moment!

The Chelsea players on the bench couldn't help but rush out with excitement.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines, raised his arms high, and his proud face was full of smiles!

They are already celebrating their first championship trophy of the season in advance!

This is a bit like opening champagne in advance, but at this moment, not many neutral fans think that Chelsea's players are too arrogant and careless.

Seeing the game now, they all understand that Chelsea will not give Tottenham any chance to counterattack in the next game.

You Tottenham have been attacking for so long, but they have only threatened Chelsea's goal once.

In the final stage, facing a Chelsea team with all players retreating, what means do you have to talk about a reversal?

Of course, there are still many Tottenham fans who are unwilling to face this reality at this moment.

But it doesn't matter, Chelsea's coaching staff will help them face it.

After the passionate celebration, Mourinho decisively let Maguire and Kalas, who had finished warming up, play.

They just replaced De Bruyne and Hazard!

Withdrawing two wingers and replacing two defenders, this tactical intention is too obvious.

But Kalas didn't play directly as a defender when he came on the court at this time. He first went to the position of defensive midfielder.

Chelsea also directly changed the formation to 541, and the fence was tied too tight!

The last game time was a complete torture for the entire Tottenham team.

After the 80th minute of the second half, Spurs had no other options but to use long passes.

But with Maguire dominating the penalty area, even if Fazio was at the front of the Spurs lineup and acted as a tactical center forward, it would be useless, let alone Harry Kane.

When the game entered the injury time, tens of thousands of Chelsea fans at the scene were already waving their Mexicans, excitedly celebrating their victory.

As soon as the four-minute injury time was up, the referee blew the whistle to end the game!

At this moment, Li Ang first hugged Kroos.

Then, facing the live camera, he directly drew the gestures of "1" with his left hand and "4" with his right hand.

The neutral fans watching the game didn't quite understand what Li Ang meant, but Chelsea fans knew very well.

This was Li Ang telling them.

"We have completed a quarter of our goal of winning the championship this season!"