Chapter 351 The Little Lion's Alternative Journey Home

Mourinho's face was a little ugly, but it was not because of Li Ang's red card, but because too many Manchester United fans booed Li Ang.

He didn't say much, he just gave Li Ang a firm hug as soon as he came off the field to show his support for Li Ang!

As for those Manchester United fans who couldn't stop insulting Li Ang?

Mourinho raised his head and took a deep look at them.

Admittedly, these Manchester United fans are not wrong, they are just grieving for their injured players.

But as Li Ang's "boss", Mourinho does not want to do any neutral and objective thinking at this moment.

He just wants to make these people who boo his disciples and Manchester United pay the price!

Li Ang walked into the player tunnel accompanied by Karas and Holland.

The Chelsea players who were still on the scene at this moment, whether they were starting players or substitutes, stared at the Manchester United half-court with great anger.

Of course, the Manchester United players are also very angry at the moment.

Because Schneiderlin, who was tackled to the ground by Li Ang, was still unable to continue the game after being treated by the team doctor, and had been replaced by Van Gaal in advance.

Fortunately, Schneiderlin's ligaments and ankle joints were fine after preliminary examination by the team doctor. His inability to continue in the game was mostly due to the injury caused by Li Ang's foot.

Regardless of whether Schneiderlin also deliberately committed a foul against Hazard before.

Anyway, the final result is that Chelsea did not suffer any attrition, but their Manchester United team actually suffered attrition due to injuries.

A brother was deliberately beaten by his opponent on the field. This is a shame for Manchester United's starting players!

Everyone is angry. Regardless of whether they are qualified to be Chelsea's opponents in terms of strength, at least now on the court, Manchester United's players have the opportunity to fight back against Chelsea with tougher confrontation.

After the game restarted, Manchester United tried to take over control of the midfield to suppress Chelsea, taking advantage of having one more player on the field.

But the players on the field at Manchester United did not expect that Mourinho would insist on changing to a three-centre-back system and continue to fight with Manchester United!

Trippier was moved to the midfield position by Mourinho.

Although he cannot replace Li Ang, with him and Matic providing defensive protection on both sides of the midfield, Cross can also support Chelsea's offensive organization!

Manchester United pressed ahead regardless of their hips, but Chelsea quickly seized the opportunity and launched a quick counterattack!

In the 71st minute of the second half, Cross received the ball and made a long pass to the right to find Salah, who also advanced to counterattack.

Salah forced an inward cut, passed Fellaini who was guarding him, and then sent a through ball into the ribs to help Suarez score a single goal!

Suarez's superb push from the far corner made De Gea, who was in great form today, show no temper at all.

After scoring, Suarez rushed directly to the sideline and roared at the stands where Manchester United fans gathered!

He used to do this because he was a Liverpool player, but now he also made such a celebration after the transfer because he also wanted to stand up for his teammates!

Other Chelsea players swarmed over, imitating Suarez, and also slapped their chests and roared at the Manchester United fans in the stands!

Manchester United's players quit and came over to ask for explanations, but to be honest, they are now three goals behind. This seemingly iron-blooded approach is not very convincing.

As soon as Chelsea scored the goal, Mourinho immediately made substitution adjustments on the sidelines.

Hazard, Salah and Kroos were all replaced by Mourinho, replaced by Karas, Van Ginkel and Terry, who recently returned from injury.

As for these defensive players, Mourinho is not actually doing it for better defense...

When Karas, who had just started playing as a right back, brought down Herrera with a fierce frontal tackle, it triggered another large-scale conflict between the players of Manchester United and Chelsea.

The neutral fans in front of the TV instantly understood what Mourinho's true intention was in playing these defensive players.

"Good guy, you won't suffer at all in the fight, right?! No wonder he removed the winger and another playmaker in the midfield in advance. Mourinho made this plan well!"

"It's bloody, I like it! Come on, Manchester United players! Let's fight!"

"If Manchester United can be beaten by Chelsea at Old Trafford today, then I really look down on them! These players are simply embarrassing the Red Devils!"

"Hasn't the Red Devils lost their face a long time ago? Moyes didn't spend much money at the beginning, and he took care of him well. Why do you think these idiots at the top of Manchester United are so anxious to replace him..."

Many fans started discussing it enthusiastically on the Internet.

They no longer care about the final outcome of the game between Chelsea and Manchester United. They just want to know whether the two teams will really fight on the court.

Mourinho's substitution adjustments are basically to end the game in person.

But what's even more damning is that the Manchester United players, who have the advantage of home court, really don't dare to fight Chelsea like this!

Both teams received a lot of yellow cards in the last 20 minutes of the game.

Chelsea's defense players received three yellow cards directly, and Manchester United also received three yellow cards. The scene was once heated out of control.

However, the larger conflict was resolved in time by the referee on duty. Well... 6 yellow cards were issued in 20 minutes, how could it not be in time?

Manchester United is taking advantage of the situation.

Chelsea's former captain Terry is still planning to take his younger brothers to block the door of Manchester United's locker room!

However, Mourinho finally spoke up and did not let Terry continue to make a big fuss.

At the press conference after the game, Mourinho went all out and strongly criticized Manchester United's lethal tactical fouls against Chelsea in the first half of the game today!

Van Gaal was naturally unwilling to be outdone. After all, judging from the results, Li Ang was actually sent off with a straight red card.

Manchester United was right, and Van Gaal was full of confidence. He even called on the English Football Association to seriously deal with Li Ang's revenge on Schneiderlin.

However, contrary to many people's expectations, the English Football Association did not immediately make a detailed explanation of the punishment for Li Ang's revenge on the field.

Of course, the statement is still the first time, after all, the English Football Association has always disliked such vicious injuries that hinder commercial promotion in the Premier League.

Many neutral fans who were just there for fun also became interested and wanted to see how the FA would punish the current Premier League star Li Ang this time.

That night, Manchester United officially gave Schneiderlin's injury report.

The soft tissue contusion of the ankle, combined with the photo of the severely swollen ankle posted by Schneiderlin on his personal social media, is still quite intimidating.

But old fans who understand football know what this so-called injury of soft tissue contusion is all about.

Compared with ligament and bone joint damage, it is completely child's play!

As long as the soft tissue contusion is not serious, the athlete can rest for more than a week and then return to the game.

In other words, Schneiderlin has no big problem at all.

The photo is scary, but after timely treatment, his ankle will be swollen in two days.

So Li Ang is not as "unforgivable" as the local media in Manchester now criticizes.

His behavior is certainly wrong and needs to be criticized, but in terms of the result, his punishment does not need to rise to the severity of a ban of more than ten games.

Not long after Schneiderlin's injury was identified, the FA officially issued the final penalty notice:

Serious warning, fine of 100,000 pounds, plus a three-match ban!

When the penalty result came out, most Premier League fans immediately felt that the FA had done a good job this time.

A fine of 100,000 pounds is not a small amount, plus the standard three-match ban. Chelsea's league performance will also be greatly affected by Li Ang's "irrational" behavior this time.

But if you take a closer look at the FA's punishment, you will find that the FA is actually obviously biased.

In the most watched game in a round of the Premier League, such a retaliatory foul in front of hundreds of millions or even more than one billion fans?

That's Li Ang. If it were any other player, the FA would have severely punished him with a seven or eight-game ban, which would be completely inconsistent with the FA's current punishment style.

After all, the global promotion of the Premier League is now in full swing, and any malicious incident that damages the image of the Premier League is within the scope of the FA's resolute suppression!

After all, that malicious foul not only knocked down a Premier League player, but also may have kicked off an important business negotiation in the Premier League.

Li Ang is a special existence with his own supermarket, so the English Football Association is only willing to give him a break.

A fine of 100,000 pounds plus a standard three-match ban can shut up other people.

This is also equivalent to a disguised reminder and warning to Li Ang:

We know you have money, but if we really want to suspend you, we can still do it. This time we will fine you more and suspend you less. There will be no next time. If you make this mistake again, it will not be so easy to get away with it...

Li Ang did not realize the good intentions of the English Football Association at the first time, but Mendes received the signal.

On the one hand, he launched public relations to establish Li Ang's image of "standing up for his brothers", and on the other hand, he took over Li Ang's personal media to issue an "apology" statement.

Of course, there is an apology in the name, but in fact, this statement polished by Li Ang's agency team is apologizing for Li Ang's failure to take the lead in being a good image promoter of the Premier League.

There are also apologies to fans who support Li Ang, but there is no apology statement to Manchester United and Schneiderlin.

In the eyes of many other Premier League club managers in the industry, the FA's punishment of Li Ang this time is also full of warmth.

They must be dissatisfied.

After all, it is a different treatment. The FA's three-game suspension is not painful. Usually, it is completely impartial to players who make mistakes in their team!

But to be honest, many commercial endorsement contracts from China in the past two seasons have further enriched their club's wallets...

Thinking about the possible increase in endorsement income next year, these Premier League club executives will turn a blind eye and no longer get involved in this troublesome matter.

Manchester United is of course unwilling to give up. They expressed dissatisfaction with the punishment given to Li Ang by the FA, and then continued to appeal, demanding a heavy punishment for Li Ang!

After helping Li Ang directly pay a fine of 100,000 pounds, Chelsea also collected a collection of malicious fouls committed by Manchester United players against Chelsea players in the last round of games, and also appealed tit-for-tat!

The two clubs are still launching their own confrontations in the field of public opinion, and the English Football Association is still in a headache.

But Li Ang, who was at the center of public opinion, was like nothing happened. After resting comfortably for two days, he started extra training again during the international match day.

During this international match day, most of the players in Chelsea's first team were called up by their respective national teams.

Li Ang took the remaining young players to the Cobham training base for a round of physical training.

Mourinho brought a few young players from the second team to the first team for training.

After the international match day, Mourinho looked at the main players in the team who had just finished two national team games and had some problems with their physical fitness. He decisively decided to let Zouma and the others prepare for the fifth round of the league.

In the past, Li Ang would continue to start as the core of the team.

But now that Li Ang is suspended, Mourinho has to rely more on substitutes, hoping that these young guys can play in the key games when the main players' physical fitness recovers.

On the afternoon of September 12, Chelsea traveled to Goodison Park to compete with Everton in the fifth round of the Premier League.

Suarez, Hazard, Matic, Thiago Silva and Azpilicueta were not selected in the starting lineup in this round of the league.

Kroos and De Bruyne partnered in the midfield for the first time.

Behind them was Van Ginkel, and in front of them was the new front trident composed of Gnabry, Llorente and Salah.

On the defensive line, Bertrand returned to the starting lineup again.

He and Trippier served as Chelsea's starting left and right full-backs today.

The double central defenders were Maguire and Gary Cahill.

The starting goalkeeper was still Oblak, whose state was not affected much.

Chelsea's starting lineup actually looks quite good in the backcourt, but the forward line has made Chelsea fans a little nervous.

However, after the game officially started that day, Llorente still used his rich game experience and strong confrontation ability to help his teammates open up the situation on the offensive end.

The tall Spanish center forward can carry people and hold the ball. Mourinho is very comfortable with such a center forward.

Although the two-wing flying tactic was not well played because of Gnabry's slightly nervous state that day, Salah completed his tactical task.

Evra's right back Galloway was completely eaten alive by Salah!

In the first half of the game alone, Salah successfully broke through Galloway as many as 6 times!

After tearing open Everton's right defense, Salah was in Everton's penalty area. After cutting inside, whether it was shooting or passing, he could disturb Everton's defenders!

In the first half, Salah scored a goal and helped Chelsea lead Everton 2-1.

In the second half, although Everton scored the equalizer, Llorente's goal at the critical moment once again helped Chelsea to secure the victory!

In the end, Chelsea won a narrow victory over Everton and took away three points from the away game.

Chelsea's new bench bandits not only proved their important value to the team, but also won three precious days of rest for the main players.

Three days later, Mourinho led the team on a plane to Madrid, Spain.

This was both an away trip and a special "return".

On the way to the hotel on the bus at the airport, Chelsea's players were surprised to find that:

There were many fans wearing Real Madrid jerseys on both sides of the road holding up cards to welcome Mourinho and Li Ang "home"!

Li Ang smiled and lay by the window all the way, waving to the familiar Real Madrid fans.

Mourinho also had a smile of memories on his face.

Yes, they are "home"!