Chapter 331 Atletico Madrid Is Very Strong, but I Hope They Can Realize Their Dream of Winning the Champions League Next Year

"We are ahead, Jose! We scored the first goal!"

In front of the Chelsea bench, which was already boiling with excitement, Holland hugged Mourinho passionately, shouting non-stop, and seemed very excited!

If it was just to win an FA Cup, Holland would not be so excited at all.

Having worked with Mourinho for almost two years, Holland has already won two Premier Leagues and two League Cups, and he has seen a lot of ups and downs.

But what Chelsea is doing now is a great cause that is destined to be engraved in the history of the Premier League!

If Chelsea wins this FA Cup smoothly, the Premier League will have the first super team in history to win the domestic triple crown!

And every member of Chelsea, not just the players, but coaches like them will also be talked about and praised by later generations as part of the glorious history!

Mourinho can understand the excitement of his assistant at the moment. He first comforted Holland, and then turned around and signaled the young players on the bench to stabilize their emotions.

At this moment, Li Ang, who had briefly vented his passion, met his excited teammates and suppressed his excitement, making the same move as Mourinho.

"Hey, hey! Listen to me, brothers... Let's celebrate briefly first, then clear our heads, don't be too excited, and stay focused on the game!

I know it's not easy to do this, but we must bring this championship trophy back to Stamford Bridge! Don't give Arsenal any chance to turn the tables!

There is still a long time left in the game, let's take it slow, step by step to grasp the victory in our hands..."

Li Ang's restrained reminder made the other Chelsea players who came around calm down quickly.

Yes, this game is still a long way from the end.

In such a final, besides passion, it is more important to be patient and try not to make mistakes to give the opponent a chance.

It's not the time to celebrate freely.

As Li Ang said, they will bring all the championship trophies back to Stamford Bridge after the real end of this season!

Only then can they celebrate safely.

Chelsea must have the last laugh, and they will have the last laugh!

The celebration time of Chelsea players on the field was not long.

It can even be said that the scene of them encouraging each other to return to their own half after a simple celebration was beyond the expectations of most neutral fans!

Mourinho stood on the sidelines with a satisfied and relieved smile on his face.

On the other side of the coaching bench, Wenger's sad expression in the corner of his eyes looked a little more intense.

"This can actually be considered an unconventional goal. Szczesny has done his best in saving the ball, but Ibrahimovic's reaction and Li Ang's choice of shot at the last moment are too appropriate!

We can no longer blame Szczesny, and the players on the Arsenal defense have also tried their best to prevent this goal from happening.

But countless unexpected and uncontrollable events are also an indispensable and exciting part of football games.

Unfortunately, luck may not be on Arsenal's side today. I hope Arsenal's players can regain their momentum and get out of the impact of this goal loss as soon as possible..."

The commentator of Sky Sports in England said a few words for Arsenal in a relatively neutral way at this moment.

But in an important final, especially facing a strong opponent like Chelsea who has been unbeaten all season.

It is not easy to quickly adjust your mentality and boost morale.

After the game resumed, Arsenal's players on the field were still worried that Chelsea would take advantage of the victory to increase their offensive firepower and strive to further expand their lead in the first half.

But Chelsea did not attack as passionately as they expected, but calmly shrank their formation and decisively chose to defend the half court.

Such a scene made Arsenal players and Wenger feel relieved and a little disappointed.

It seems that Arsenal can slowly adjust its status and tactics without worrying about Chelsea's fierce offensive.

But the calmness shown by Chelsea today also made the whole Arsenal team feel greater psychological pressure!

The opponent is stronger than you, but at the same time, he is more tolerant and clear-headed than you, and would rather take every step carefully than give you more chances to reverse.

Such a situation is undoubtedly very cruel to Arsenal, the weaker side.

Wenger was once again entangled, but in the end, he still failed to change his old habits and chose to wait until the game entered the halftime break before making major tactical changes.

Chelsea's players on the field were even less anxious.

Seeing that Arsenal did not want to launch a forward attack in the last stage of the first half, they safely kept the 1-0 lead until the halftime.

It turns out that the tactical design made by the Chelsea coaching staff against Arsenal today was quite successful.

Even at the beginning of the game, Arsenal's high-pressure tactics surprised Chelsea a little.

But Mourinho still has a way to deal with it in the tactical record.

This is undoubtedly the biggest confidence for all Chelsea players to play the game with peace of mind!

During the 15-minute halftime break, Mourinho also quickly gave two tactical plans to counter Arsenal.

"At the beginning of the second half, we can still let go of the offensive initiative first. The more critical time point for us is in the 65th minute!

It is impossible for the Arsenal team to maintain high-intensity high-pressure play after the 65th minute, so at this time point, we can take over the rhythm of the game more easily.

Of course, if they don't grab the offensive right at the beginning of the second half, then we will increase our ball possession rate and we must stay calm!

It’s them who should panic at this time, not us. If we hold the ball, sooner or later they will have to press us. After they press us, we will do what we do best..."

When Mourinho stood in the middle of the locker room arranging tactics, his eyes flashed with confidence.

Li Ang finally nodded calmly, his mood still relatively relaxed.

Again, he will always trust Uncle Psy's tactical arrangements and on-the-spot adjustments.

This has nothing to do with Mourinho's current reputation and prestige within the team.

The fundamental reason is that Li Ang and Mourinho have teamed up to create the most brilliant football record.

Together they won six crowns, overturned Barcelona's dominance of La Liga, and even completed the feat of defending the Champions League!

For Li Ang, Mourinho no longer needs to prove his tactical insight and adjustment skills to him.

For Mourinho, Li Ang is the core player who best understands his tactics and is most worthy of his trust in his coaching career.

On the playing field, they have complete trust in each other.

So at this moment when Mourinho issued a tactical instruction, Li Ang's first reaction was to implement it thoroughly.

If such a tactical arrangement is wrong, then Li Ang also believes that Mourinho off the field can make corrections and adjustments in time.

It's that simple.

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The 15-minute break passed quickly. While Chelsea re-formulated their tactical plan, the Arsenal team once again unified their tactical thinking.

The game restarted quickly in the second half. Arsenal did not immediately start the game and increased their offensive intensity 100%.

Instead, they first chose to slow down the pace of the game, seemingly to postpone the time of the final battle.

But this was also expected by the Chelsea players.

Li Ang decisively chose one of the tactical plans given by Mourinho, and he and Kroos consciously increased the time of possession of the ball in their own half.

This can be regarded as one of the most commonly used tactics of "Cosmic Barcelona" back then.

To a certain extent, increasing the time of passing and controlling the ball in one's own half after taking the lead can indeed better wear down the opponent's will and protect one's own defense.

Back then, Barcelona had this technical confidence. If their opponents couldn't bear to press forward, they could take the opportunity to attack quickly.

No matter whether other neutral fans would think this so-called "pass and control" style of play is too boring and rogue.

Barcelona did use such tactics to defeat countless powerful enemies in that era.

As one of the coaches who is most familiar with Barcelona's tactical system and style of play, it is not surprising that Mourinho would let his team practice such tactical routines.

His character is very practical, and Chelsea's players are also very pragmatic.

As long as such a routine works well in the game, it's not a bad idea to use it occasionally.

So a rather funny scene appeared in the live broadcast of the game at this moment.

Chelsea, which used tough play to defeat Barcelona in two consecutive seasons, is now using Barcelona's best pass-and-control tactics to deal with Arsenal...

Many neutral fans even feel that this scene is quite ridiculous!

But at this moment, the Arsenal players on the field did not have the complicated emotions of the fans. They just felt uncomfortable!

The tactical adjustments made by Wenger during the halftime period also required them to restrain their emotions and give up the initiative to attack first.

The purpose of this is to lure Chelsea to press out and continue the attack. Chelsea invests forces on the offensive end so that they can have more opportunities to counterattack.

But now that Chelsea has the ball, they pass the ball in the backcourt? !

This is completely inconsistent with their tactical expectations during the midfield stage!

So what are they going to do now?

Should he press forward to regain the ball and take the initiative to attack, or should he continue to be calm and just watch Chelsea kill the game time?

Arsenal's players on the field had to start to get anxious. At this time, Wenger looked at Chelsea's almost helpless ball control and was also in awe.

Mourinho felt the murderous look in the eyes of the old man next door.

But he remained unmoved and acted as if he hadn't seen it.

This is actually how tactics are used. If you can make your opponent feel anxious and depressed, your side will be more than half successful.

Want Chelsea to take the initiative and make mistakes?

That is absolutely impossible!

If Arsenal can really endure it, then Mourinho can count them as great.

Other teams may not feel very comfortable with the 1-0 score, but Chelsea doesn't mind using such a score to win an important final!

Chelsea's confidence was absolutely abundant when they fought hard to defend until the end.

There's really no need to rush!

The Chelsea players on the field at this moment are not anxious at all.

But the more they calmed down, and as the game time went by, the entire Arsenal team became more and more anxious.

Before Mourinho set the time for Chelsea to start the final battle, Arsenal could not help but open the curtain of the final battle.

In the 60th minute of the second half, Arsenal once again resumed the high-pressure style of play throughout the game, and took the initiative to press into Chelsea's half to compete for the ball!

Seeing this, Li Ang was also very single and kicked the ball directly in the backcourt, returning the ball to Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny.

This scene made countless Arsenal fans in front of the TV break their defense and curse!

"You are really a dog! You really don't give any chance? You are so extreme, right!"

Tens of thousands of Arsenal fans in Wembley Stadium also booed Li Ang.

But this is nothing for Li Ang, who was booed by nearly 100,000 fans at Camp Nou.

This is just the beginning, and this is originally part of Chelsea's tactical plan.

Aren't you Arsenal going to attack the ball?

Come on, I'll give it to you directly!

Remember to attack aggressively, you must attack aggressively, without any regrets.

Hehe...

Except for Ibrahimovic who was still in the Arsenal half, the rest of the Chelsea players almost all retreated to their own half at this moment.

Chamberlain was just about to roll up his sleeves and do a big job, but the next minute, he was shoveled out of the sideline with the ball by Li Ang!

It was impossible to get injured, and Li Ang did not go to others, but the pain of a head-on collision was inevitable. Chamberlain's head was buzzing as he lay on the grass!

Li Ang's tough confrontation defense cast a shadow in the hearts of all Arsenal's offensive players.

Even though he received a severe verbal warning from the referee on duty, Li Ang still felt it was a good deal.

And the effect of his demonstration defense was reflected in the game situation, that is, Arsenal's offensive rhythm, which was about to speed up, suddenly stagnated.

Wenger was naturally very annoyed and complained excitedly to the fourth official.

However, Chelsea did not need Mourinho to personally take action. Holland was the first to rush up and ask the professor if he could not afford to lose.

The professor was actually a man of temperament. He rolled up his sleeves and wanted to have a good "argument" with Holland.

Finally, after the other coaches on both sides pulled each other, Wenger and Holland said goodbye elegantly and returned to their own coaching seats.

After a lot of trouble, the head coach suspended the game again, ran to the sidelines and sternly warned the coaches of the two teams, telling them not to cause trouble again.

Uncle Bird felt a little regretful when he saw that the professor did not get the ruby ​​card.

But the incident on the sidelines delayed the game time for a while, and he was quite satisfied.

After this commotion, when Arsenal really picked up the offensive rhythm, the game time had reached the 70th minute.

The professor was awake at this time and cried out that he was fooled!

But the wasted game time could not be repeated. Looking at the last 20 minutes left, the professor was ruthless and asked all the offensive players on the bench to warm up on the sidelines!

The final battle of the FA Cup final has finally arrived.

The entire Chelsea team was ready, but after a few minutes, they did not feel the huge defensive pressure as expected.

"They can't hold on any longer!"

Li Ang made a conclusion in his heart. Thinking of this, he tilted his head and looked at Kroos's eyes.

Chelsea's two midfield brains quickly reached a consensus at this moment.

The next minute, facing Cazorla who was holding the ball and looking for an opportunity, Li Ang suddenly attacked and rushed to grab the ball!

Cazorla did not dare to be careless and passed the ball horizontally to Ramsey who came to support.

But almost at the same time, Kroos, who had been honestly lagging behind, suddenly moved forward and intercepted the ball before Ramsey!

After successfully intercepting, Kroos took the ball and advanced. Coquelin pressed forward at the first time under the command of Turan.

However, Kroos did not want to play 1-on-1 with Coquelin. After seeing that Leon also accelerated forward, he directly stuffed the ball into the open area in front of Leon!

Arsenal had been attacking heavily before, but was suddenly counterattacked by Chelsea at this moment, and it was impossible to quickly return to defense for a while!

Facing the fighting and retreating Tularan, Leon did not give the veteran midfielder a chance to continue to delay time.

The ball that Kroos passed to him was quite advanced, and he did not choose to stop the ball, but dribbled the ball vigorously and accelerated forward!

Tularan was almost passed by Leon in one step!

However, Leon's dribbling this time also caused him some trouble, because Monreal had left De Bruyne behind and rushed towards the football decisively.

The football was moving away from Leon and rolling towards Monreal.

No matter how you look at it, the probability of Monreal getting the ball first is much greater than Leon.

Leon did not have time to think too much at this time, let alone wasting time and regret.

He just kept squeezing out his energy, running forward at his maximum speed!

Finally, before Monreal touched the ball, Li Ang successfully poked it with his foot!

Just half a step faster, Li Ang poked the ball to the right!

De Bruyne had already given up hope that Li Ang would grab the ball.

Fortunately, when the surprise came, his first reaction was still quick, he took the ball in time, and pushed it to the Arsenal baseline.

After a quick observation, De Bruyne sent a cross with a perfect landing point.

But Ibrahimovic was closely watched by Mertesacker this time, and the two jumped almost at the same time in the middle of the penalty area!

In the end, Mertesacker, who occupied a better defensive position, still successfully headed the ball out of the penalty area.

The next second, Mertesacker's national team teammate Kroos appeared in the live broadcast!

Countless Arsenal fans shouted in horror!

But Kroos, who was pretending to take the ball and shoot directly, was extremely calm in the next moment, faking a shot and dribbling past Koscielny who rushed out to defend him!

Kroos's technical connection movements were very fast.

When the other Arsenal defenders didn't react, he sent a diagonal lob to the back of the Arsenal penalty area!

The speed of this over-the-top through ball was not fast, but it just avoided Mertesacker's defense area.

Under Turan's desperate reminder, Monreal was unable to withstand Li Ang's terrifying impact and was knocked to the ground!

Szczesny moved quickly, but Li Ang's head shot was completed even faster!

In a flash, Li Ang, who had made a header, couldn't even stop his steps and finally strode across the bottom line of Arsenal's half!

The moment he looked back, the football had already hit the net behind the Arsenal goal, and his teammates all ran towards him excitedly!

"Good shot! Kroos dribbled past Koscielny! The pass went in! Li Ang's header--!!! The ball went in!!! The ball went in!!! Li Ang scored twice! Chelsea led Arsenal 2-0 at Wembley Stadium!!!"

"Oh, this ball!!! It's the 74th minute! Li Ang's goal almost killed the suspense of the game! Kroos passed beautifully, Li Ang headed beautifully, and the cooperation was so tacit!"

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu celebrated passionately in the PPTV studio!

On the field, Li Ang also opened his arms and hugged Kroos, who ran towards him first!

"I said it! Tony! You will win everything here! We will win everything!"

"Of course I believe in you! This is also an important reason why I came here!"

The two hugged each other and just interacted passionately, and they were drowned by the teammates who swarmed in.

At this moment, Wembley Stadium was almost completely a sea of ​​celebration for Chelsea fans, just like the second half of the previous League Cup final!

As soon as the ball went in, Chelsea fans felt relieved!

How did they lose?

With this score and situation, you tell us how Chelsea lost? !

However, compared to the fans who had completely let themselves go, the Chelsea players on the field and Mourinho standing on the sidelines still needed to keep calm in the last minute of the game.

The Arsenal players were in a very bitter mood at the moment.

What made them even more desperate was the two substitutions Mourinho made before the game resumed.

Ashley Cole and Maguire came on to replace Bertrand and De Bruyne!

At the same time, Kalas, Ramirez and Lampard continued to warm up on the sidelines.

Chelsea had to defend with all their players!

Arsenal also started their difficult battle with only a little time left.

However, as time passed, Cavani, who was at the forefront of Arsenal's formation, lost more and more confidence in the reversal.

The professor replaced Giroud and Walcott in the last 10 minutes of the game.

These are also Arsenal's last two trump cards on the offensive end.

Wilshere has just returned from injury, and sending him up at this time will hardly pose any threat.

With Giroud sharing the offensive pressure beside him, Cavani finally had a chance to breathe.

Arsenal finally relied on a simple long pass and lob tactics. They really had some shooting opportunities.

However, these shots were basically kicked with great reluctance.

Cech's condition today was still very good, and his saves were very stable, giving Arsenal's forwards no chance to make up.

The game had only 4 minutes of stoppage time, and Mourinho also replaced Hazard with Lampard at the last moment.

Chelsea changed directly to 541, and put 4 midfielders in front of the penalty area with impeccable defense to kill Arsenal's last hope of a comeback!

When the referee blew the whistle, the first team in the history of the Premier League to win three major domestic championships in England in a single season was officially born!

This season, Chelsea players celebrated their cup title at Wembley Stadium for the second time. They slid down and knelt together in the stadium to celebrate!

Arsenal players either sat down on the grass or put their hands on their hips, looking unwillingly at the stands.

At this time, they actually didn't want to stay in this stadium that made them sad.

But they still had to accompany the award ceremony, and could only pray patiently that the award ceremony would end as soon as possible.

Li Ang also comforted the Arsenal players he knew.

For example, old friends Mertesacker, Cazorla, Ramsey and others.

Whether he won or lost, he would spend some time reminiscing with his acquaintances after the game.

However, when he was interviewed by reporters after the game, he put away the gentle smile on his face and put on a formal smile.

"This was a tough match, and we didn't win easily. Arsenal is a strong opponent. My first goal today was indeed a bit of luck, but fortunately I seized the opportunity.

Two goals or assists short? Okay, but to be honest, I'm not really interested in the record of 80 goals in a single season...

Because I know Chris and Rio have both played better data, and I still have a long way to go compared to them.

Speaking of the Champions League final, Atletico Madrid is a very strong team...

But I wish them to realize their dream of the Champions League again next year~"