Chapter 330 Get Ready for the First English Domestic Treble!

"The Birth of the Premier League's No. 1 Midfielder!" 》

"Chelsea's Road to Defending the Championship"

"Mu's Philosophy of Success—Leading the Trend of Tactical Change"

"Another phenomenal superstar in football, made in the Premier League!" 》

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On the morning of May 25, the streets and alleys of major cities in England were filled with news reports about yesterday’s final game of the Premier League.

Chelsea finally defeated Sunderland 4-1 at home, ending the Premier League season with an exaggerated unbeaten record of 34 wins and 4 draws!

And Li Ang's personal data has temporarily reached 43 goals and 33 assists!

In the list of total goals scored in the four major leagues this season, Li Ang is now far ahead.

With Chelsea still having two finals to play, Li Ang may even hit the 80-goal mark for the season.

This is the data of Melo's peak season!

By being able to achieve such personal phenomenal data as a midfielder, Li Ang has firmly established himself as the third man behind Melo in today's football.

Now not only England, but the whole of Europe and even the whole world are discussing Leon with enthusiasm!

Discussing the upcoming FA Cup final and the even more important Champions League final!

The title of the top midfielder in the Premier League or the top midfielder in active football is no longer the focus of topics for Li Ang's supporters.

At the end of last season, Li Ang led Chelsea to win two championships, and he also scored double 30 figures for the season.

In fact, this topic has no value for discussion.

Now all fans know in their hearts that in the last two finals of this season, if Li Ang can show normal performance and lead the team to win steadily.

Then he truly has the "ticket" to compete head-on with Melo!

A Champions League won as the core of the team, and a Golden Globe Award that is truly without any water!

Only those who meet these two conditions at the same time are qualified to stand on the stage and challenge the status of Messi and Ronaldo in football.

By then, the other two Champions League trophies Li Ang won at Real Madrid will further add points to his reputation.

Just like the 2007-08 season is the season of Ronaldo and Manchester United.

In the 2008-09 season, Messi and Barcelona were the destined protagonists of football.

The two top football superstars also firmly seized the opportunity to reach the top of football when the opportunity came.

The final outline of this season's "script" has been handed over to Li Ang and Chelsea.

This is the perfect opportunity that Li Ang and Chelsea management have been waiting for!

There are very few teams with a lineup as thick as Chelsea's today.

It is very likely that this is the only opportunity to win four crowns in a single season in England!

No team will always be at its peak, and it will be difficult for Chelsea to make explosive counterattacks and stage veteran legends like they did in the summer of 2012.

Chelsea have had enough of the regrets of the Champions League.

The best opportunity has arrived, and this time, neither Li Ang nor Chelsea want to leave any regrets!

The celebration of winning the championship and the crazy celebration came to an end yesterday.

While sports media around the world continue to praise Chelsea, Li Ang and his teammates have begun preparation training in a semi-closed situation.

The FA Cup final against Arsenal is good news for Chelsea.

Wenger is not like Guardiola or Van Gaal. He rarely does any big tactical work in such key matches.

If Arsenal in the FA Cup final do not play the offensive football they are best at, then they will basically have only defensive counterattacks.

Basically, Wenger will not arrange any weird formations to test Mourinho's on-the-spot adaptability.

The tactical preparation before the game is meticulous and steady. This is Wenger's advantage, and it is also the advantage of Arsenal's entire coaching staff.

Arsenal has been able to compete stably in the top four in the Premier League for so many years. Even if the club owner's investment is not large, it can stably enter the Champions League every year. It can be said that it benefits from this.

But after losing football superstars like Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie one after another, Arsenal was left with stability, and the upper limit of explosive performance has long been lowered.

Although Cavani is good, his ability to solve the game alone is still not comparable to that of Van Persie.

And now Arsenal's midfielder can no longer pick a player who can be called a football superstar.

In cup competitions, players on the wing are trapped by the club's financial difficulties. They can be more functional, but the central axis cannot be too functional.

In the seasons when Arsenal dominated the Champions League, Henry was at the center, Vieira was in the midfield, and Campbell and Toure were on the defense. The central axis was extremely hard.

When these veterans stepped down, Arsenal also reached the top four of the Champions League in the 2008-09 season.

At that time, Arsenal's central axis was Adebayor - Fabregas - Toure.

At that time, Arsenal also had many good players such as Theo Walcott, Nasri, Alexander Song and so on.

Comparing these players in the current team, Arsenal in those years was completely star-studded, and Wenger could always lead the team to touch the butts of the Premier League champion and the Champions League semi-finals.

But now that there is no strong enough core midfielder and only a bunch of "A-level" midfielders, the upper limit of Wenger's coaching can be seen at a glance.

Mourinho, to be modest, understood at least 90% of Wenger's tactics.

Chelsea's nearly crushing record against Arsenal in the past two seasons is the biggest source of confidence for the Chelsea players at this moment.

There is no psychological pressure, plus sufficient rest and preparation.

On the afternoon of May 30, the Chelsea players, who were in extremely high spirits, took a bus to Wembley Stadium.

This is the second time they have played a cup final at Wembley Stadium this season.

Seven days later, they will still come here to play Atletico Madrid in this season's Champions League final.

When they thought of this, the eyes of the Chelsea team looked at Wembley changed.

Li Ang didn't think there was any need to say that the stadium was a blessed place.

He has played too many tough finals over the years, and he will win a championship in at least one cup competition every year anyway.

In terms of cup championship experience, he is the most experienced among the young generation of Chelsea players.

Even among veterans, his final experience is quite solid.

Therefore, when other young Chelsea players were more or less nervous or overly excited, Li Ang had adjusted his mentality as usual.

After completing the warm-up in the stadium step by step, before returning to the player tunnel, Li Ang suddenly raised his right arm high towards the stands where Chelsea fans gathered!

His action immediately attracted cheers from his fans.

Under the "favored" care of the reporters on the scene, his confident smile was quickly transmitted to the world through the Internet before the game officially started!

He is ready!

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At 17:30 on the afternoon of May 30, the FA Cup final of the 2014-2015 season officially kicked off at Wembley Stadium!

This final, which is very likely to create England's first domestic triple crown, attracted countless fans to pay attention on time.

In China, a large number of fans and viewers also rushed into PPTV's live broadcast room as soon as possible to watch this game that had been preheated for a long time and was also broadcast for free.

Zhan Jun took the commentary prepared before the game and quickly introduced the starting lineups of the two powerful teams in London today to all the audience.

As many media expected before the game, neither Chelsea nor Arsenal made much of a fuss about the starting lineup today.

Chelsea used the most stable 4231 starting lineup.

Cech was the starting goalkeeper.

Bertrand, Terry, Thiago Silva and Azpilicueta were in the back line.

Matic and Kroos were the defensive midfielders, and Li Ang was the attacking midfielder.

Hazard and De Bruyne were on both sides of the midfield, and Ibrahimovic was in the front.

Arsenal also used the 4231 starting lineup.

Except for Arteta and Chambers who were unable to play due to injuries, Arsenal also played with all the main players today, and fought a desperate battle!

Arsenal's starting goalkeeper today was Szczesny, who regained his position.

On the back line, Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker and Bellerin lined up from left to right.

The double defensive midfielders are Coquelin and veteran Toulalan, Cazorla is the attacking midfielder, Chamberlain and Ramsey are on both sides of the midfield.

Cavani rushed forward and served as the starting center forward.

The two teams started to fight for control of the midfield from the beginning of the game.

There is no more tactical probing, because the players of both teams are very familiar with each other's tactical play and personal strength.

Arsenal's players no longer leave themselves any retreat. This is their last game of the season and their last chance to win the championship!

The Chelsea team does not want to leave any regrets for this season, but is it not the same for Arsenal?

In the past league matches, Chelsea players were physically fit and rotated in place, and they always made Arsenal suffer in high-position pressure.

But in today's final, Arsenal players who are fully committed to the game and no longer consider physical loss can also be absolutely active and unyielding in the fight!

Li Ang also had to sigh that today's Arsenal was completely beyond his expectations. It seemed that the professor had also studied Chelsea's further improved tactical play this season.

If they really want to rebuild, Arsenal may become the third club in the Premier League to keep up with this wave of tactical changes after reorganizing the midfield next season.

The professor is old, but his tactical thinking and tactical learning ability are still beyond reproach.

Moreover, this wave of tactical reform trend is more in line with Wenger's tactical concept.

High-pressure defense is also to seize more offensive and defensive transition opportunities and play more fast and smooth offenses.

Now just look at the first ten minutes of this final, Arsenal, who ran at all costs and played high-pressure tactics. It really looks like that!

However, Arsenal's play style can barely be regarded as Chelsea's tactical expectations before the game.

In essence, Wenger still played his old tactics, and the surprise was that he integrated more radical high-pressure.

After observing, Li Ang signaled Hazard and De Bruyne to retreat first, and he himself was stuck in the key road in the middle of the midfield and began to passively defend.

Mourinho's subsequent tactical adjustments followed one after another, which coincided with Li Ang's.

He also asked the Chelsea players on the field to consolidate their defense first and focus on interception in the middle of the midfield!

This is actually easy to understand, because Arsenal's current wing attack ability is not strong.

If Wenger uses Walcott as the starter today, Mourinho will give Arsenal more respect in wing defense.

Unfortunately, the little tiger was affected by injuries in the second half of this season, and his state has been fluctuating.

Wenger did not dare to use him easily in the final, and basically gave up on the wing attack.

Chamberlain's momentum and physical fitness are enough, but his strength is still a step up.

Ramsey is more like a wing midfielder, and it is unrealistic to let him be a burst point to force Chelsea's defense.

In comparison, Arsenal's manpower advantage in the middle of the midfield is more significant.

So after Li Ang and Mourinho observed and reacted, they immediately thought about blocking Arsenal's penetration attack in the midfield.

Wenger frowned when he saw this and sat in the coaching seat.

Chelsea's on-the-spot response adjustment is really too fast!

Li Ang's style of play at this moment is to play as a defensive midfielder, directly covering the top of the arc area in the entire center circle.

Cochrane and Toulalan have no problem getting the ball in Arsenal's half, but as long as they want to get to the center line, they must face Li Ang's defense.

In desperation, the two can only pass the ball to the side more, and Cazorla and Ramsey have to go around so much if they want to get the ball.

Arsenal's offensive efficiency can be said to be abruptly lower.

At this moment, Chelsea's tactical execution is also in place. If they say they will switch to defense, they will switch to defense decisively!

Arsenal wants to control the initiative of the offense, so just give it to them first.

They still have more physical strength to support such a new tactical style in the first half of the game, but what about the second half?

It's easy to make a choice, and you don't even have to wait until the second half...

After Li Ang filtered and intercepted most of Arsenal's direct passes from back to front, the defensive pressure on Chelsea's backcourt players has actually been reduced a lot.

Matic watched Ramsey very closely.

But on Kroos' side, he rarely chose to defend Chamberlain.

He and Azpilicueta both defended more passively, and when defending, they also retreated deeper.

This gave Chamberlain more space to sprint, and gradually, Arsenal's main attack direction tilted towards the left side of the midfield.

This is inevitable. After all, the game now looks like Chamberlain has a better chance to get the ball and advance.

Even if these opportunities do not seem to pose too much threat to Chelsea's defense, Arsenal has no choice.

They also know how many minutes they can last in this game.

If Chelsea really drags them into the tug-of-war stage in the second half, their physical fitness will become the biggest breakthrough.

So they can't help but be anxious, and Chamberlain is also very active in looking for any possible bottom opportunities on the court.

Li Ang waited very patiently until the 35th minute of the first half, and then he participated more deeply in his own backcourt defense.

When he suddenly chased back and teamed up with Kroos to steal the ball from Chamberlain, the game time had already reached the 38th minute of the first half.

Arsenal, who dominated the offensive initiative for most of the first half, consumed a lot of physical energy.

Correspondingly, Hazard and De Bruyne, who had been dormant for almost half the game, seemed to have just finished warming up.

After Li Ang got the ball, he made a slight adjustment and directly sent a long counterattack pass!

The speed of Arsenal's return defense is not slow, but compared with the flat and fast long pass sent by Li Ang, their return defense rate is still not good enough.

Hazard almost perfectly completed the unloading of the ball during the high-speed forward insertion.

Without waiting for all Arsenal's defenders to arrive, he had already cut inside and entered the Arsenal penalty area in advance!

After avoiding Bellerin's slightly reckless steal, Hazard also got enough space to kick!

The iconic smooth shot!

Hazard shot this shot with confidence!

If Arsenal still used Ospina as the starting goalkeeper in this game, Hazard's goal would most likely bypass his save and go into the goal.

Fortunately, Wenger chose Szczesny to start today.

The Polish goalkeeper's physical talent is extremely outstanding. His height of 1.95 meters and extremely long arm span helped him to save Hazard's shot at the critical moment!

Ibrahimovic, who was at the back of the penalty area at the moment, did not expect Szczesny to save even this ball!

He did not connect the action to make up the shot in the first time, and could only subconsciously sweep the ball to the middle of the penalty area before Koscielny cleared the ball!

For a while, there was a panic in Arsenal's penalty area!

Mertesacker rushed towards the football desperately, but he was still a step late in the end.

Li Ang, wearing the No. 10 jersey, inserted at this critical time node, almost throwing himself out, and fell to the ground to complete the shovel shot!

No matter how fast Szczesny reacted, he was powerless to Leon's close-range shovel shot!

When the ball crossed the line and hit the net, the entire Wembley Stadium seemed to shake along with it!

After turning over from the ground, Leon spread his arms and rushed to the baseline!

His roar was almost heard by the whole world at the same time!

A tribute to Chelsea!

Get ready to welcome the first domestic treble in England!