Chapter 315 Master Pi, I Am Here to Show You My Skills

"We don't need to wait until the make-up match is over, right? Can we win the championship in advance if we win two more games?!"

"Then you have to hope that Manchester City will continue to lose points in the next two rounds of the league. If they win two games in a row, we still can't win the championship in advance if we win two more league games."

"If we had played the league game with Leicester City normally, we would have been 17 points ahead now. God... I can't wait any longer!"

"You want to tire yourself to death! If we had played that round of the league game with Leicester City, we wouldn't have won the League Cup final so easily."

"It's just Tottenham~ We will still win the final 100 times!"

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On the night after the game with Stoke City, Chelsea held a rare team dinner in recent times.

After going through the dense devil's schedule, the frequency of Premier League games has now returned to normal.

With sufficient rest time, Mourinho naturally became generous. After winning Stoke City, he gave the whole team two days off.

In the dinner room, every Chelsea first-team player was very relaxed and happy.

After working hard for a whole season, it was finally the critical moment of a big harvest, and everyone was very talkative.

After all, after quickly completing the reconstruction, they will soon achieve the achievement of defending the league championship, and it is still in the highly competitive Premier League.

Even as calm as Li Ang, there is some pride in his heart now.

However, chatting and chatting are limited to this dinner room tonight.

After dinner, several core players of the first team expressed their excitement and quickly regained their clarity of mind.

Even the few young people who were not so clear-headed, at least restrained their restless emotions under the knocking of the big brothers in the team.

At this time, the veterans in Chelsea who were used to big waves still played a very important role in stabilizing the morale of the army.

They won too much and lost too much. In terms of mentality, they are very experienced.

"An old man in the family is like a treasure" is a saying that will never be outdated in any era or any club.

Mourinho dared to grant the whole team leave and let the young players in the team play freely during the vacation.

It is also because the old players such as Terry, Lampard and Drogba can tie up the mentality of these young people.

Of course, with Li Ang's leading role, Lukaku and Bertrand will not play too indulgently.

At least after the two-day holiday, none of the players who returned to the team were in a physical condition that annoyed Mourinho.

Chelsea still maintained a relatively high intensity in the subsequent training.

Although Chelsea's opponent in the next round of the league is the current second-to-last team of the Premier League Queens Park Rangers, Chelsea's game pressure is very small.

But considering the upcoming first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Mourinho still dare not be careless.

Maintaining the intensity of training and maintaining the current game state of the entire Chelsea team are very important for Chelsea's subsequent sprint battles on three fronts.

If you really want to rest, wait until April 22, when Chelsea has finished the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, then you can rest for three or five days.

Because if nothing unexpected happens, by that time point, Chelsea should have won the league championship in advance and reached the final stage of this year's FA Cup.

Without more game burdens, the entire Chelsea team will have a long rest period.

Then they only need to play the remaining four important games well, and Chelsea can have a perfect season ending!

The season goal is no longer a vague concept, but a championship honor that can be touched at hand.

So it's harder to work harder recently, and the players of the entire Chelsea team can bear it.

Mourinho is already familiar with the sprint preparation work at this stage.

In the past, when he was in Real Madrid, his control over the locker room was far less solid than it is now in Chelsea. At that time, he had to deal with many superstars in the team at the same time.

But he still successfully led Real Madrid to complete the task of defending the La Liga and the Champions League.

Now there is no need to worry too much about the relationship in the locker room. Mourinho has also invested more energy in the tactical research of the entire Juventus team.

The opponent's head coach is an old acquaintance of him, Li Ang and Ibrahimovic.

After many years, Mourinho faced Allegri again. He was inexplicably a little emotional. After all, he didn't expect that Allegri would have the opportunity to lead the Serie A version of the "Galactico Battleship".

At almost the same time in Turin, Italy, Uncle Jon was also discussing with his assistants the tactical countermeasures needed to be taken in the next match against Chelsea.

However, compared with Mourinho's single-minded study of his tactics, he still had a self-proving mind to defeat Mourinho in front of Li Ang.

After all, the experience of trying to keep Li Ang in Milan but being repeatedly rejected by Li Ang still hurt Uncle Jon's heart.

In the training of Li Ang, Uncle Jon also made great efforts and spent a lot of effort, even if it was only for a short period of half a year.

But to be honest, without Uncle Jon's development of Li Ang's tactical use, Li Ang would not have been able to grow up quickly and comprehensively after returning to Real Madrid.

After that, Li Ang has been growing explosively every year. Under Mourinho, he has become a strong contender for the world's best defensive midfielder. Uncle囧's heart is bleeding when he sees this!

It was him who first developed the method of using Li Ang's forward attack. He gave Li Ang more tactical freedom than Mourinho.

It was also him who discovered Li Ang's organizational ability and gave Li Ang the opportunity to organize the team alone.

But in the end, it was Mourinho who enjoyed the greatest benefits...

No head coach could bear this!

In the past, when he stayed in the sinking AC Milan, he had no chance to continue to prove himself, so he just endured it.

But now the Juventus he coaches has also dominated the league and also made it to the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League!

Is his Juventus really weaker than Mourinho's Chelsea?

Allegri doesn't think so!

At the draw ceremony, when Chelsea and Juventus were drawn together, the Italian media wailed.

But Allegri was extremely satisfied with the draw result.

He didn't blame Li Ang for his firm choice to return to Real Madrid.

At that time, Milan really couldn't give Li Ang a more promising future.

But now Juventus can give Li Ang the platform and promise he wants!

Even if Li Ang finally chooses to continue to follow Mourinho, Allegri has at least untied his knot.

He did it for nothing else but to prove to Li Ang that he is no worse than Mourinho!

He can also use Li Ang well and let Li Ang play at this level!

Uncle囧's obsession is very strong. In order to allow the veterans in the team to get more adequate rest time and face Chelsea in a better posture.

He even decisively gave up the 30th round of Serie A, allowing Roma and Lazio to narrow the points gap between them and Juventus.

Of course, even if Juventus lost to Parma in this round, they are still 12 points ahead of Roma, the second place, in the standings.

Strategically giving up a round of league is completely affordable for Juventus, and Juventus fans can understand it.

Chelsea actually sent out an almost pure rotation lineup in the league before the Champions League, and also rotated all the main veterans in the team.

Fortunately, the opponents Chelsea faced in this round of the league were too weak, and they finally won the game 2-0 easily away from home.

Li Ang played only 60 minutes in this round of the league and did not get any personal data.

But in the first half of the game, Li Ang instigated an attack to help the team score early and open the situation.

The other two Chelsea main players who started in this game, Hazard and Thiago Silva, were also decisively replaced by Mourinho after the end of the game.

After the end of the 32nd round of the Premier League, just one day later, the entire Chelsea team took a plane to Turin.

Mourinho once again became Juventus' opponent.

He once again received countless boos in this city.

Although the grudges came from Mourinho's two-year coaching period at Inter Milan, he had left Serie A for a long time.

But it is obvious that Mourinho, who led Inter Milan to win the treble, has been branded with a strong blue and black label.

He is the meritorious coach of Juventus's mortal enemy.

Even in another 10 or 20 years, as long as he is still coaching, he will be the target of Juventus fans' boos when he comes to Turin.

The whole Chelsea team felt the strong pre-match gunpowder smell in Turin!

After finishing the field walk, the whole Chelsea team quickly returned to the hotel where they stayed.

Even Bertrand, who loves to play the most in Chelsea now, has no intention of experiencing Turin's nightlife on the eve of the game.

On the morning of April 14, Chelsea completed the last pre-match training at the training ground provided by the Turin team.

And this focus match of the Champions League quarter-finals this season has officially entered the countdown before the start of the game!

Compared with the other Champions League quarter-final between Atletico Madrid and Arsenal that will start at the same time tonight, the traffic of the match between Chelsea and Juventus is much higher.

The competition between the two major league leaders, the tactical game between Mourinho and Allegri, the two "utilitarian" representative coaches, and the reunion between Leon and Pirlo...

There are so many highlights in this game. After the live broadcast of the game that night began, the crazy growth of overseas ratings and viewership also made UEFA executives smile from ear to ear.

However, the scene of Leon and Pogba smiling and shaking hands with each other during the parade ceremony still diluted a lot of gunpowder in the game.

It is now well known in the football world that Pogba is Leon's fan, even though the French supernova is only two years younger than Leon.

Not long after he became famous in Serie A, Pogba directly expressed his admiration for Leon in an interview.

No matter whether he admired the comprehensive growth shown by Leon at the time or the speed of harvesting heavyweight championship trophies, he expressed his attitude anyway.

And in the following seasons, he has not changed his words.

Li Ang doesn't like to recruit followers randomly, but Pogba has made it clear and greeted him with a smile, so of course he has to show some kindness.

However, being friendly before and after the game is fine, but during the game, Li Ang is not so easy to talk to!

At 19:45 Italian time that night, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Juventus and Chelsea officially started!

Juventus, who played at home, showed a defensive posture at the beginning, while Chelsea, who kicked off first, was not polite and directly controlled the midfield line after unfolding the formation.

Facing Allegri's team, Mourinho did not have the tactical politeness he had in the past.

Because he knew that Allegri, like himself, would firmly let the players on the field defend when he needed to defend first, without making tactical detours.

And the most important thing to do against the current Juventus is to fight for the control of the midfield.

After all, in terms of midfield strength, Chelsea is of course the first in European football.

But there are different opinions on the second place, and many fans still habitually think that Bayern and Real Madrid's midfield is strong enough.

But in Mourinho's mind, Juventus' midfield strength is now second only to theirs in Europe!

Real Madrid's midfield is in urgent need of replacement and reinforcement after Alonso is old, while Bayern is troubled by Schweinsteiger's rapid decline in form.

Only Juventus, with its current midfield configuration combining the old and the new, balanced offense and defense, can compete with Chelsea.

Mourinho attaches great importance to Pirlo's performance.

So today he directly let Li Ang go to the front of the midfield, just to let Li Ang compete with his former teacher in Serie A!

With Li Ang's protection, Pirlo could rest assured to delay and organize, and regain his second spring in Milan.

Now, when the protector becomes a destroyer, Mourinho really wants to know whether the thugs Allegri arranged for Pirlo have restricted Li Ang's ability to play?

After many years, he met Pirlo again on the official field. Li Ang was very grateful to the master who taught him.

Isn't Pirlo full of emotion at this moment?

However, both of them finally suppressed their excitement or emotion in their hearts.

At least today, on this court, they are no longer master and apprentice, but direct competitors who need to draw swords against each other!

With Pogba and Marchisio on his left and right, Pirlo can rest assured to temporarily hand over the right to organize.

Li Ang is not in a hurry, because he knows that Juventus will eventually need his teacher to control the rhythm of the game.

In terms of organizing the offense, Pogba and Marchisio have no problem, but in terms of overall control, the two of them combined cannot be compared with Pirlo.

Li Ang is clear about the important task he is responsible for today.

He looked up and saw Pirlo looking back at him with a smile.

"Master Pi, I will no longer protect you this time.

I will show you the skills I have learned over the years!"