Chapter 360 They Are Still Laughing Even Though They Are Behind. They Are Still Laughing!

The Hammers West Ham United currently ranks sixth in the Premier League with a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, and has performed very well since the start of the new season.

If they had not been defeated by a last-minute goal in the key match against Leicester City, they should have been in the top four of the Premier League now.

However, the league has only just reached the tenth round, and the points gap between the Hammers and the top four teams is not big, so there is still a great chance to rush up later.

After all, they are fighting on a single front. If they are not dragged down by the League Cup and FA Cup this season, they are also able to compete for the qualification for the European Cup next season.

Chelsea and West Ham United dare not underestimate this tough team, West Ham United. In addition, Chelsea is playing away in this round of the league, so Mourinho is still relatively "conservative" in choosing tactics.

On October 24, at 3 pm London time, Chelsea and West Ham United kicked off the battle at Upton Park.

In today's game, Chelsea and West Ham United both chose the more stable 4231 starting formation.

West Ham United is not troubled by multi-line operations and FIFA virus. The international match day is basically a rare rest period for the whole team.

Therefore, West Ham United still played with all the main players in this game, and the players on the field seemed to be full of energy and physical fitness.

Chelsea did not play with all the main players. Matic and Azpilicueta were both rested today, and with Hazard recovering from injury, Chelsea still made relatively large changes in the starting lineup.

Van Ginkel, Kalas and Salah all got the chance to start today.

Li Ang also played with Van Ginkel, and Mourinho had to ensure the stability of the team's defense in the first half of the game.

After the game officially started, West Ham United took advantage of the home advantage to launch an offensive attack on Chelsea.

This is exactly the style of play that West Ham United is good at now, and they are indeed qualified to put pressure on Chelsea at home.

After all, as of the 9th round of the Premier League, West Ham United's offensive firepower has surpassed Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton, second only to Manchester City and Chelsea.

West Ham United scored 22 goals in 9 rounds of the league, but there is no striker in their team who has scored more than 5 goals.

This well shows that the players on the entire offensive line of West Ham United are in good condition, and their wolf pack tactics also make it difficult for opponents to target and guard against them.

Li Ang did not take the ball too much at the beginning of the game, and Kroos almost completely controlled Chelsea's organization and dispatch at the beginning of today's game.

It's not because Li Ang has a problem with his condition today, but he needs to spend more energy on observing the performance of West Ham United's offensive cluster.

Li Ang knows several veteran attackers in West Ham United.

But today, West Ham United's head coach Bilic arranged a starting offensive combination that Li Ang was very unfamiliar with.

Lanzini, Sarath and Payet, three players who just transferred to West Ham United this summer, are now pressing over the center line and running to get the ball in Chelsea's half.

Relatively speaking, Li Ang knows Payet better.

Not only because this guy hurt Ronaldo in the 2016 European Cup final in his memory, but also because of the memory of his outstanding performance in the Premier League.

If his slightly vague memory is correct, Payet was selected for the final squad of the French team for the 2016 European Cup because of his outstanding performance in the Premier League this season.

When he checked the data of several important attackers in West Ham United this season before the game, he was surprised to find that Payet had already played very good personal data in Ligue 1.

In the 10-11 season, Payet scored 13 goals in Ligue 1 in a single season.

In the 12-13 season, Payet played double-ten Ligue 1 data in Lille, which was amazing.

Last season, this guy even played 17 assists in Marseille in a single season!

Perhaps it was because of Payet's outstanding performance last season that West Ham United willingly paid 15 million euros to bring him from Marseille to the Premier League.

This late-blooming attacking midfielder who used to be a teammate of Hazard seems to have little potential to tap, after all, he is already 28 years old.

But his combat effectiveness is exactly what West Ham United needs.

Li Ang's impression of Payet is not good, but that was "in the past". He is now more cautious and curious about Payet.

This guy is a smart man on the court. His strength ceiling is considerable, and he has rich game experience.

That is, he is a little older. If he were three or four years younger, he might be able to stroll around the bench of a football giant and play rotation.

For such an opponent, Li Ang feels it is necessary to put in more energy and vigilance to deal with it.

And the facts have proved that his idea is not wrong.

Payet quickly revitalized West Ham United's offense in Chelsea's half. He can get the ball, has an excellent long-range shot, and can pass threatening balls.

With him as the core of the frontcourt, West Ham United's offensive operation was very smooth.

Orderly forward pressure and sideline involvement, the offensive choice was not aggressive but not hesitant. This set of smooth play made many neutral fans in front of the TV bright!

Mourinho also had to overturn his pre-match assessment of West Ham United's strength.

He thought that his evaluation of West Ham United's "chance to qualify for the Europa League next season" was high enough.

But now after watching the opening six or seven minutes of the game, he felt that West Ham United was fully qualified to challenge Arsenal or Tottenham for the ranking!

Maybe because of the depth of the bench, this West Ham United will eventually fall at the door of the top four in the Premier League, but their main lineup is really qualified to fight with the top four goalkeeper teams in the Premier League!

The offense is methodical, with a core, the two defensive midfielders play steadily, plus a well-formed back line with good strength...

This main lineup configuration is really good!

"We can't let them play in our defensive hinterland anymore! We have to push out and suppress their midfield performance. This team is not simple!"

Mourinho quickly made tactical adjustments. He saw the offensive threat of West Ham United.

At this moment, he would rather the team play fewer counterattacks, and he didn't want to take the risk of letting West Ham United continue to put pressure on Chelsea's defense.

But less than two minutes after he issued the tactical order, the game was in the 9th minute of the first half.

Paye received the return pass from his center forward Sakho, and then suddenly accelerated to pass Kroos who was guarding him!

At this moment, Li Ang was still staring at West Ham United midfielder Kouyate who was joining the attack on the right side of the midfield.

He saw Payet break through Kroos, but he was not too worried that Payet could continue to dribble into the dangerous area.

Because Van Ginkel was still behind, Payet was in great form, and it would be difficult for him to easily pass Van Ginkel's defense.

But many offensive decisions on the court come from confidence in one's own strength and illogical subconscious judgment!

For example, at this moment, when Payet was dribbling the ball more than 30 meters away from Chelsea's goal.

Li Ang believed that Van Ginkel had enough time to intercept Payet, and Van Ginkel did not think that Payet would pose any threat to his own goal.

But Payet unexpectedly chose to charge a long shot directly!

At a distance of 36 meters from Chelsea's goal, Payet's long shot with full force approached Oblak's defense zone at a very fast speed!

If the ball was just fast and powerful, this long shot would not be a big threat to Oblak.

The weird scene is that it is unknown which part of the instep was used for this long shot.

The football was about to fly out of the goal frame, but it turned quickly and rubbed the goal post into Chelsea's goal!

Oblak was completely dumbfounded. How could he save it? !

The football seemed to be flying out of the goal frame and flying towards the stands in the last second, but in the next second it turned strangely and flew into the goal he was guarding?

It is completely inconsistent with scientific common sense! ! !

The defenders in the Chelsea penalty area also looked at each other, and they had to cast sympathetic eyes on Oblak.

At this moment, Upton Park was already full of cheers!

More than 30,000 passionate Hammers fans wanted to overturn their own stadium with waves of sound!

They successfully scored the first goal at home!

They are ahead of Chelsea!

The Sky Sports commentator started to say "Unbelievable!"

Zhan Jun in the studio had to applaud Payet's wonderful long shot.

You can say that his goal was largely due to luck, but a world-class goal is something that can only be achieved by chance.

Which player who has scored a world-class goal dares to say that he relied on his absolute control at the moment of creating a famous scene?

The West Ham United players celebrated wildly on the sidelines of the court.

Payet slapped his chest and roared excitedly, seeming to vent his resentment for not being able to use his talents for many years.

The director seemed to want to make trouble. At this time, he did not keep the camera facing the celebrating West Ham United fans and players, but quickly faced the Chelsea bench.

But to everyone's surprise, Mourinho was not too angry or depressed at this moment.

Instead, he was laughing!

He took two sips of mineral water while laughing!

Is this exasperated?

The director seemed to be unable to believe Mourinho's emotional state at the moment, and he turned the camera to Li Ang, the absolute focus of Chelsea's halftime.

As a result, Li Ang was also laughing!

This guy said something to Kroos with his hands on his waist, and then both of them grinned easily!

This scene made many West Ham United fans in front of the TV scalp numb!

They wanted to rush into the field directly, grabbing Li Ang and Kroos's jerseys and roaring!

"It's you who are behind now, not us! What are you laughing at?! Shouldn't you feel frustrated and annoyed!

Why are you acting so calm at this time? Don't laugh, bastard!"

The director may not be able to bear it, and soon switched the camera to the jubilant stands again.

But the famous scene of the three Chelsea masters and apprentices smiling comfortably when they were behind has been spread wildly on the Internet!

No one knows what Li Ang and Kroos said, and no one knows where Mourinho got the confidence from in the coaching seat at this time.

The game resumed after a while, but Chelsea, who were one goal behind, were not panicking at the moment.

They did not rush forward to attack West Ham United, but chose to continue to stabilize the defense in the midfield and backcourt!

This determination and calmness made countless fans in front of the TV call out "abnormal!"

West Ham United wanted to strike while the iron is hot and take advantage of Chelsea's panicked defense, but after finding that the entire Chelsea team was unbelievably calm, they quickly shrank their formation.

West Ham United coach Bilic didn't understand what tactical trap Mourinho was creating at the moment, so he simply took the lead in adjusting his team to play a defensive counterattack.

"If you press forward and attack, I will counterattack you. If you don't attack, I will defend the lead until the end of the half. I'll see what you choose..."

Bilic was full of confidence at this moment. He didn't think that his team could easily win the game after taking the lead.

But he still had the confidence to defend the lead until the halftime break!

West Ham United's players on the field also had similar ideas.

They defended very actively and hard.

Chelsea, on the other hand, started to press forward on a large scale after they had completely controlled the initiative in the midfield in an orderly manner!

The game time came to the 17th minute of the first half, and Mourinho was still sitting on the Diaoyutai.

Under the organization and dispatch of Leon and Kroos, Chelsea finally launched an extreme pressure attack on West Ham United!

At the beginning, the players of West Ham United were very happy to see this scene.

After all, this means that they also have the opportunity to play Chelsea's quick counterattack.

But after being pressed on the head by Chelsea for only 5 minutes, they quickly changed their minds!

Because they are just passively beaten now.

Counterattack?

Chelsea used a crazy running high-position pressure tactic, and the counterattack expected by West Ham United players could not be played at all!

They finally got the ball once, and they hadn't organized a pass yet. Chelsea's frontcourt players who were still attacking and running in the last second instantly turned into a ball-grabbing machine and double-teamed!

Payet, who scored a goal first, was even worse!

After being targeted by Leon, he couldn't even receive the ball a few times!

This scene of being pressed on the head is too fucked!

They couldn't fight back. The key point was that Chelsea, who were attacking wildly, didn't seem to have any physical crisis at all. Could they really be pressed down by Chelsea for half an hour?

West Ham United fans booed and cursed in the stands, hoping to anger Chelsea's offensive players and make them lose their composure.

Chelsea's players were indeed angry at the moment, but they were still calmly and methodically consuming both physical and mental energy on West Ham United's defense.

With Kroos controlling the organization, Chelsea's offensive direction shifted very frequently, but this kind of dispatching and shifting was accurate.

Li Ang also frequently inserted at this time, making West Ham United's two defense lines in the middle and back fields panic!

On the offensive line, Salah, Suarez and Li Ang were all extremely threatening ball-carrying points.

De Bruyne didn't go deep into West Ham United's defensive hinterland at this time, but his threatening passes always made West Ham United's defenders nervous.

The energy of the defensive players is bound to be limited. Chelsea has played against too many top teams in the past two seasons, and has broken through all kinds of defenses.

West Ham United's defense is good, but it is far from being difficult for Chelsea's offensive players.

In the 31st minute of the first half, West Ham United's defense, which was completely pulled apart by Chelsea's frequent and fast transfers, had many loopholes.

Li Ang decisively moved forward after receiving Salah's cross pass. West Ham United's lagging midfielder Kouyate quickly defended the middle and called on the defensive players on the wing to move inward.

As a result, as soon as West Ham United's left back Cresswell moved, Li Ang passed the ball directly to West Ham United's left side!

De Bruyne, who took advantage of the situation, accelerated to the bottom after getting the ball!

And this time De Bruyne did not observe Li Ang's running position after the forward insertion. Taking advantage of the fact that several defenders in the West Ham United penalty area had not returned to defense, he decisively sent a long diagonal ground pass on the wing!

This pass was like a scalpel that quickly cut through West Ham United's weak defensive hinterland!

Suarez fell to the ground and shot in front of the penalty area, but he and the West Ham United center back Tomkins who was marking him didn't touch the ball in the end!

Collins, another West Ham United center back who was dragging behind in the middle of the penalty area, also failed to disrupt the trajectory of the ball!

It was not until the back of the goal that Salah, who was running at full speed, reached the ball one step ahead of defender Jenkinson.

However, at this moment, his shooting angle was almost gone, so he kicked the ball very decisively and passed the ball back to the middle of the West Ham United penalty area!

Under the almost desperate gaze of West Ham United goalkeeper Adrian, Li Ang, who was just in position at this moment, directly faced the ball and completed a powerful volley!

The football whistled past Adrian's palm like a cannonball, and finally spun and hit the net behind the West Ham United goal!

The noisy Upton Park Stadium fell into a brief silence at this moment, and then thousands of Chelsea fans cheered passionately!

Li Ang opened his arms and ran to the baseline, but he did not seem very excited at the moment, and the smile on his face was still so bright and relaxed!

Mourinho also stood up from the coaching seat with a calm pace and walked to the edge of the court.

He smiled and applauded, and then raised his arms to signal the Chelsea fans who were traveling with the team today to celebrate louder!

Chelsea's players gathered together to hug and high-five. They were very happy, but not very excited, as if they had expected to equalize the score in the first half!

At this moment, many neutral fans in front of the TV could not help but think of the "abnormal" smiles on Mourinho and Li Ang's faces twenty minutes ago.

Why smile when you are behind?

Now they know the answer.

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