Chapter 368 The Seventh Championship of the Year, an Unprecedented Seven-Time Champion!
"Oh! This ball goes in! This ball goes in! Llorente scored a crucial goal! Of course, it is crucial for Real Madrid!
Chelsea is still very likely to draw with Wolfsburg away from home. As long as such a result occurs, Real Madrid will try hard to defeat CSKA Moscow!"
"I don't know what the Real Madrid players in the Bernabeu feel at this moment! This round of competition has become full of suspense again, and if Wolfsburg wants to take the initiative to qualify, it must now press out and continue to fight Chelsea..."
Zhan Jun and Coach Zhang talked about various possible points rankings in the studio.
Li Ang did have his own selfish thoughts at this moment.
Anyway, the players sent by Mourinho to face Wolfsburg today are basically substitutes and young players.
He will fight with these teammates, and it will not have any impact on the subsequent preparations of the main lineup.
Anyway, it's just a matter of helping out. Instead of qualifying with Wolfsburg and watching Real Madrid being eliminated from the Europa League, he would rather enter the top 16 of the Champions League in the new season with Real Madrid.
Wolfsburg coach Hei Jin watched the sudden change in the situation on the sidelines, and did not let his disciples continue to press forward and bravely fight Chelsea as Zhang suggested.
He chose a more stable shrinking formation.
Such a tactical choice is understandable, after all, they are still one goal ahead, and there is only half an hour left in the game.
As long as the Wolfsburg team stubbornly holds the score of 2-1, they will have an advantage in the last round against CSKA Moscow!
Regarding the qualification of the European Management Group, Hei Jin dare not be careless at all.
Li Ang was also not polite at all. After receiving Mourinho's tactical signal, he decisively took over the ball and led his midfield teammates to press across the center line.
In the 65th minute of the second half, Matic finished warming up and replaced a youth training midfielder who started today. At this moment, Chelsea's midfield trio has greatly increased in strength!
After Matic came on the court, he dragged back to defend, while Li Ang and Van Jink pressed forward to take the ball and organize.
The three players have a clear division of labor. With the help of two big brothers, Van Ginkel gradually played well.
With him sharing the pressure on the organizational end, Li Ang can also join the offense more often with the ball.
Wolfsburg's defenders want to cut off the passing connection between Li Ang and Chelsea's three forwards, but none of their defenders can limit Li Ang's performance at the one-on-one level!
If you want to curb Li Ang's ball-holding, you have to double-team him, but once you double-team Wolfsburg's defense, there will always be defensive loopholes due to lack of people.
That is, Hazard was rested today and did not play with the team, otherwise he would be able to break into Wolfsburg's wing at this time!
Fortunately, Mourinho brought Salah today. The Egyptian winger's personal ability is not as good as Hazard's now, but he has grown to a first-class level in football.
Li Ang is also providing Salah with artillery support at this time.
So what if your left back is Rodriguez, who is in the top three of the Bundesliga?
It's you who are in the top three of the Bundesliga!
Hei Jin did not expect that they would be so passive after losing control of the midfield.
It was too late for him to make tactical adjustments at this time. Chelsea's offensive momentum was getting higher and higher, and Li Ang also frequently made dangerous moves by getting the ball from behind!
In the 82nd minute of the second half, Chelsea finally broke through the defense on the left side of Wolfsburg!
Salah and Li Ang made a classic two-pass pass and cut cooperation. Rodriguez was a little slow in following the defense and was directly left behind by Salah!
After the Egyptian winger cut inside and broke into the Wolfsburg penalty area, he still kept his head clear.
He first used a fake move to pass the anxious Wolfsburg high school defender Naldo, and then adjusted his pace to make a shot.
As the last defensive player in front of his own goalkeeper, Dante had no choice but to take the risk and decisively shovel!
But his shovel action on the ground was indeed too slow!
After Salah reacted, he gave up shooting directly and turned to protect the ball.
In the end, Dante did stop Salah's threatening shot, but he also tackled Salah directly into the penalty area without touching the ball!
The Wolfsburg fans at the scene were in an uproar!
The other Wolfsburg defenders also immediately separated Dante from the referee. They spread their hands and wanted to explain something to the referee.
But the referee just saw Dante's foul tackle clearly outside the penalty area. He resolutely waved away all the Wolfsburg players who surrounded him, and then called Dante aside.
"It's a red card without suspense! Dante was sent off, and Chelsea will get a penalty kick! But we can't blame Dante for this foul tackle. This is his job as a central defender!"
"It's still because of his body shape. He was a little slow in shoveling. If it was a short central defender, like Cannavaro, he might have completed an excellent defense!"
After Zhan Jun and Coach Zhang communicated, they also looked expectantly at Li Ang who was walking into the Wolfsburg penalty area with a football.
"Leon played very well today, and his mentality was also good. Let's take a look at this penalty kick... The referee blew the whistle! Leon took a run-up... and shot!!! The ball went in! Castells had no way to deal with Leon's heavy penalty kick! 2-2! Leon successfully helped Chelsea equalize the score away from home!"
When commentators from various countries were amazed at Leon's ability to lead the team to a comeback, this guy actually got into Wolfsburg's goal again, picked up the football and rushed to the center circle to kick off!
At this moment, the remaining regular time of the game was less than 10 minutes, but Leon was still not satisfied with the score!
Seeing this competitive spirit, the fans of Wolfsburg at the scene wailed!
Hei Jin was at a loss now. An emotional voice in his heart kept telling him:
"Take a gamble!
Instead of losing three points to one point, it is better to gamble with Chelsea at the last moment to see if we can win!"
But another rational voice kept advising him:
"It is bad enough to lose three points to one point. At this time, we may lose at home if we play against Chelsea, who are in high spirits!
It is better to leave the suspense to the last round..."
Hei Jin's hesitation was seen by the director, but this head coach who has risen in the Bundesliga in recent seasons is not in vain.
In the end, he chose to stick to the end.
In terms of being eliminated early and having expectations for Chelsea to defeat Real Madrid in the end, he chose the latter.
So the final score of the game was fixed at 2-2.
Li Ang did not seem very happy, but he tried his best to go from 0-2 to 2-2. Whether Real Madrid can seize the opportunity depends on themselves.
After returning to the locker room and taking a simple shower, Li Ang received the news that Real Madrid defeated CSKA Moscow 3-1.
Now Real Madrid has eight points, while Wolfsburg has five points.
With only one round left in the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid did seize the opportunity and took the initiative to qualify.
After the game, fans from all walks of life were joking, asking Real Madrid to thank Li Ang for trying his best to lead the team to equalize the score and Chelsea for not letting them go.
Indeed, many fans left messages of gratitude under Li Ang and Chelsea's official Twitter.
However, Li Ang did not actively respond to these Real Madrid fans this time. Such a topic is still somewhat sensitive. If the fans of his parent team thank him and he interacts enthusiastically, what will Chelsea's top management think?
So Li Ang chose to deal with it coldly, and only sent a message during the preparation period asking fans to support Chelsea in the upcoming London derby.
On the afternoon of November 29, Chelsea rushed to White Hart Lane to fight Tottenham, which is still actively rebuilding.
This young guard, which has gradually regained its momentum in the past few years under the leadership of Pochettino, is currently ranked fifth in the Premier League.
They don't have many wins, but they have fewer losses, mainly because too many draws drag down their ranking in the Premier League.
In the first 13 rounds of the Premier League, Tottenham had 6 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss, which highlights their lack of stability.
They are easy to give away points when playing against mid- and lower-level teams. But when they meet strong teams, they can always draw with the opponent strangely.
There are enough young people in the Tottenham team, they run very actively, and the game scenes they play are also beautiful.
But because there are too many young people, the ability to win the game stably is still lacking.
Chelsea can't say that they can win against such a team, but at least they can understand their tactical context.
Without attacking and fighting in chaos, this Tottenham team will not pose much threat to Chelsea's defense.
In terms of the ability to seize the offensive and defensive transitions and counterattacks, Tottenham is even a younger brother in front of Chelsea.
As soon as the game started that day, facing the problem of Mourinho's active loss of control of the game, Pochettino could only take the initiative to swallow the tactical trap.
There is no way. The reason why he can hold the position of head coach of Tottenham now is that he can train new players and bring excellent results with the lowest cost.
Second, of course, his coaching tactics are smooth and beautiful.
Don’t look at him being very successful in Tottenham now, and the players, fans and team executives all support him.
But as long as he changes to a pragmatic style of play, or fights Chelsea on defense at home, the dissatisfied Tottenham fans will express their different opinions and put pressure on him tomorrow!
This kind of fans want the team to play well and want to win the championship, which is really difficult to serve.
Real Madrid fans have this privilege because Real Madrid is not short of money, and the annual investment is also very large, which can always maintain strong competitiveness.
You Tottenham trains little demons and lets you catch big fish in the transfer market. In this case, you still want the championship?
Honestly enter the top four of the Premier League every year, and be eliminated in the Champions League in one or two rounds.
Chelsea forced Tottenham to play the so-called beautiful football in their home stadium. Before the first half of the game was over, Chelsea had already used the counterattack opportunity to score two goals against Tottenham!
In the second half, Chelsea shrank its defense and did not give Tottenham any chance to counterattack quickly.
So in the final moment of the strong attack, Harry Kane was once again taught a lesson by Thiago Silva and Maguire!
As for the Korean winger Son Heung-min, who transferred from Leverkusen to Tottenham in the summer window this year, he was even more mediocre in the rotation of Li Ang and Azpilicueta.
In the end, the whole Chelsea team was very satisfied to take away another victory from White Hart Lane.
Manchester City was tied 2-2 by Southampton at home in this round of the league, which is completely good news for Chelsea!
However, the Chelsea team, including Mourinho, did not have time to be happy for a few days, and was tied 1-1 by Bournemouth in the home game of the 15th round of the Premier League...
Chelsea, who fired 20 shots throughout the game, failed to break Bournemouth's goal twice.
Two shots on the post in the second half made Suarez and Hazard roar in frustration.
Chelsea was tied by a team in the middle and lower reaches of the league, and it was the turn of Manchester City fans to be happy!
However, in the next two rounds of games, Chelsea first drew 0-0 with Real Madrid at home, ending this season's Champions League group stage journey, and then defeated Watford 3-0 without suspense, and did not continue to lose in the league.
After defeating Watford on the afternoon of December 14, the entire Chelsea team flew to Asia to participate in this year's Club World Cup!
The schedule of the Club World Cup is very simple. On December 17, Chelsea will first play a Club World Cup semi-final against the AFC Champions League champion Guangzhou team.
After that, they will rest for three days and play the Club World Cup final against the winner of Hiroshima Sanfrecce and River Plate.
Today's Club World Cup is no longer a hotbed for South American teams to upset.
As the major European teams have invested more and more funds, the dominant teams in Europe have long opened up a gap with the so-called strong teams in Asia and South America.
So the Chelsea team does not think they will encounter any big troubles in this Club World Cup journey.
However, Chelsea's coaching staff has been telling their players not to relax too much.
After all, the whole world is watching Chelsea, who is about to win a record seven championships. If they fail in the end, they will be nailed to the pillar of shame!
Li Ang deeply agrees with this. He even watched the semi-final match between Hiroshima Sanfrecce and River Plate in front of the TV.
On December 17, Chelsea and Guangzhou team appeared in Yokohama. Li Ang also greeted these domestic players in a friendly manner before the game.
After all, he also added luster to Chinese football at this time point and won the AFC Champions League trophy.
However, as soon as he entered the game, Li Ang immediately took 100% of his seriousness!
Guangzhou team really seemed to want to have a good fight with Chelsea.
But just in the 8th minute of the first half, Hazard directly broke through the right defense of Guangzhou team with his personal ability, and crossed the penalty area to assist Suarez to score!
After opening the goal account, Chelsea also took advantage of the situation and scored goals in the 21st and 28th minutes of the first half!
In the second half, Mourinho directly replaced Li Ang, Suarez and Matic. In the end, Chelsea defeated Guangzhou team 4-1 very decently, giving Guangzhou team a goal and saving face.
However, in the final against River Plate, Mourinho, who wanted to establish victory as soon as possible, did not let his disciples play with their hands tied.
Li Ang, who was just warming up in the previous game, scored twice in this game, helping Chelsea to win the game in the first half!
In the end, Chelsea swept River Plate 4-0 in Yokohama and won the Club World Cup at the end of 2015!
And when Li Ang held the trophy and cheered and roared, Chelsea also achieved an unprecedented top achievement of seven championships!
These days, big guys should not set a flag that they will not catch a cold. I said in the writer group the day before yesterday that I rarely get sick once a year, but I got a fever last night! It's terrible! My throat hurts and my head is heavy, it's so uncomfortable!