Chapter 370: Things Are Different Now, Manchester United Has to Adapt to Playing in the Europa League

With Li Ang successfully elected as the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, the British media that had previously helped him build momentum in the public opinion field also ushered in a bumper sales harvest!

The public opinion field of England, Europe, and even the whole world is discussing Li Ang!

And the risky transfer that shocked the world football two and a half seasons ago, looking back at this moment, was an extremely correct decision for Li Ang.

Of course, with Li Ang's successful Golden Ball Award, many people in the Chinese Football Association were quietly transferred from their original positions, or even directly hidden.

Countless Chinese fans strongly demanded that the relevant personnel who forced Li Ang out of the national team that year come out to apologize!

They also eagerly hope that Li Ang can return to the national team after the Football Association bows its head and admits its mistakes.

One Li Ang may not be able to save the overall downward trend of Chinese football.

But at least in the past few years when Li Ang's career was at its peak, Chinese fans can still have some hope for domestic football!

Unfortunately, the Football Association still chose to be a turtle in the face of such huge public pressure.

Those who want to do practical things have no say in the Football Association, and those who have say are busy making money and covering up past mistakes. How can they care about the complaints of fans outside the system?

Li Ang knows that there is a lot of talk in China about him returning to play for his country.

After all, he is also a high-intensity online surfer.

But to be honest, he has no expectations or fantasies about the Football Association at all.

In his memory, the Football Association ushered in a wave of investigations in the next few years. As a result, the top leader and head coach of the Football Association went to jail, and a large number of "talents" were implicated.

On the contrary, Gao Hongbo, who has been criticized by fans, has been spared.

In this case, Li Ang must have been kicked in the head by a donkey to choose to return to the national team again.

Let him go in and watch his national teammates who are obviously stronger sit on the bench, and some of the players who started first have more or less nepotism? !

Sorry, he really can't do it!

So he just watched from the sidelines. After seeing that the Football Association was a coward and did not respond or issue any announcement, he completely forgot about the matter.

It happened that the 21st round of the Premier League was coming. On the second night after Li Ang won the Ballon d'Or, Chelsea welcomed the challenge of Everton at home.

Before the game, Li Ang faced more than 30,000 Chelsea fans at home and showed his first Ballon d'Or trophy in his career.

At this moment, he had a warm smile on his face and looked very happy, but after the show, his eyes suddenly burned with a blazing fighting spirit!

In a good mood?

That's just an appearance.

He is very angry now and urgently needs a channel to vent!

Everton was unlucky to run into a Li Ang who was holding back his anger.

When the game officially started, Everton was still thinking about slowly testing the intensity of today's offense and defense with Chelsea.

As a result, Li Ang came up with a fierce tackle!

Barkley, who was just advancing with the ball, fell to the ground decisively, but the referee did not mean to call a foul.

Li Ang directly took the ball and pushed it back to Everton's half. Everton's old midfielder Barry signaled his teammate Besic not to rush to grab it recklessly, and to quickly return to defense with him first!

But in the small space left by the two retreating, Li Ang seized the opportunity and shot directly within his range!

Everton's old goalkeeper Howard did not dare to be careless. Facing Li Ang's heavy long-range shot, he clenched his fists and shot the ball out of the low line!

After landing, Howard kept roaring and signaled his defensive teammates not to give Li Ang a long-range shot so easily!

And Li Ang saw that the ball was finally hit out of the baseline by Howard, but there was nothing to regret. Instead, he actively signaled his teammates who were competing for the header to rush into Everton's penalty area with him!

At this moment, commentators from various countries praised Li Ang's enthusiasm for the game.

But a Li Ang who is in great form and very aggressive in the game is a complete disaster for the entire Everton team!

Li Ang grabbed a little more in the corner kick opportunity, but he finally headed the ball over the crossbar and continued to cheer to the Chelsea fans at home!

He signaled his fans to give the team more cheers and support.

Everton's head coach Martinez frowned on the sidelines, but when he thought of Li Ang who just won the Golden Globe trophy yesterday, he was relieved again.

Without much hesitation, Martinez made a tactical adjustment directly, signaling his disciples on the field to shrink the formation first.

If you can control the ball, control it first. If you can't control the ball, don't give Chelsea too much space to press forward.

At first glance, Martinez's tactical adjustment is still no problem, but in fact, such an adjustment has completely exposed Everton's players on the field.

Martinez's defensive training skills have never been outstanding. Since last season, Everton has become a mid-to-lower-level team in the Premier League because of the problem of losing too many goals.

This season, Everton still failed to improve its poor defense. The central defender line composed of Jagielka and Stones has lost 29 goals in 20 games!

This makes Everton's defensive efficiency only ranked sixth from the bottom in the Premier League, but their number of goals ranked fifth in the Premier League, so watching Everton's games is very interesting.

The key factor that often determines whether they can win a game is whether they score faster or lose the ball faster.

So at this moment, when Martinez decided to temporarily put aside the team's offense and stabilize the defense first, they were destined to be passive on the field.

Li Ang was not at all flustered when he saw Everton's tactical adjustments. He still stared at the midfield area on Barkley's side.

Even if Everton's entire team returned to defend, Barkley would not settle down.

After all, Li Ang taught Barkley all the way and watched him grow up. He still has the confidence in his vision!

Sure enough, less than 5 minutes after Martinez made the tactical adjustment, Barkley was eager to move again with the ball!

Li Ang saw the opportunity and made another accurate shovel on the ground. Barkley also fell very cleanly, but the referee still had no intention of calling a foul.

After Kroos took the ball, he decisively sent a long diagonal pass from the midfield.

Hazard, who was waiting for the opportunity, rushed along the sideline at high speed. After unloading the ball, he faced the defense of Everton's right back Oviedo. He only used a slight change in rhythm to directly pass Oviedo who kicked and successfully cut inside!

After observing the positions of the players on both sides of the Everton penalty area, Hazard decisively sent a pass!

This pass was like a pass and a shot, making it difficult for the defenders in the Everton penalty area to handle.

At the critical moment, Suarez moved forward and shook his head and slightly touched the ball skin, changing the running route of the football!

But Howard was like Buffon at this moment, and at the critical moment, he used his fingertips to force the football out of the goal range!

The football saved by Howard just floated towards Salah's route, but Jagielka also got stuck in the defensive position at this time, not giving Salah too good a supplementary shooting angle.

In a flash, Salah caught a glimpse of a blue figure heading towards the middle of Everton's penalty area!

He didn't even have time to confirm which teammate was advancing, and he decisively knocked the ball back!

Martinez, who was standing on the sidelines and anxiously watching the development of the situation in his own penalty area, was also shocked!

"Stop his shot!"

He roared!

Stones, who was known as a talented defender in Everton's penalty area, also decisively ran towards Li Ang who was advancing at this moment!

But Li Ang didn't give him any time to intercept, Li Ang directly chose to meet the ball without adjusting and shoot!

Choosing to shoot so close to the goal, either there is no choice, or he is extremely confident in his footwork.

Li Ang obviously belongs to the latter. Howard played well enough today, but facing such a close-range shot, he could only be powerless!

The football crossed the goal line without suspense and hit the Everton net!

Li Ang put his hands behind his ears the next moment, and ran to the corner flag area passionately to listen to the cheers of the home fans!

The anger in his heart temporarily subsided with the goal, but one goal was not enough!

After celebrating with his teammates, Li Ang encouraged other Chelsea starters to keep up the good work on his way back to the half!

Mourinho stood on the sidelines and watched Li Ang fight so hard, and didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so he simply made tactical adjustments and let the Chelsea team continue to press forward!

So Everton, who lost the ball before 10 minutes in the first half, was suppressed by Chelsea and had no power to fight back.

Martinez understood at this time that he had to take the initiative to attack to survive, but it was too late, and his team could not organize a decent counterattack at all.

On the defensive end, Stones' immaturity became the key point for Chelsea's forwards to exploit!

It's not wrong to say that Stones is a genius. This good friend of Maguire since childhood has unlimited potential for future development.

But even if he is a talented player, he has a growth process to adapt to the top league.

There is no big problem in letting Stones and Jagielka play against the middle and lower teams of the Premier League.

But when he meets top teams like Chelsea and Manchester City, his inexperienced defensive flaws will be infinitely magnified.

In the 24th minute of the first half, Suarez leaned on Stones and shot the ball into the goal!

In the 36th minute, Salah forced a cut from the right side, and successively passed Baines and Stones, two Everton defenders, and shot the ball into the goal!

With a three-goal lead at halftime, Chelsea can be said to have directly ruined the game!

But after the second half of the game, Chelsea still showed no signs of stopping.

Today, Li Ang, who was in a hot mood, took the lead in a long-range shot in the 61st minute of the second half. In the 69th minute, Li Ang assisted Suarez to score twice!

It was not until the five-goal victory that Li Ang felt comfortable all over his body and no longer encouraged his teammates to continue to put pressure on Everton.

At this moment, Stones, who was repeatedly taught a lesson by Chelsea's offensive players, had already been kicked unconscious.

Not to mention Martinez, even Mourinho felt a little sorry for this young man.

So in the 73rd minute of the second half, Mourinho directly replaced Leon, Suarez and Hazard in one go.

This final substitution adjustment also made Everton fans who were crying with tears in their eyes feel relieved.

The Everton players, who were discouraged, did not launch the final offensive, and the final score of this game was fixed at 5-0!

Li Ang's performance in the first game after winning the Golden Ball Award was extremely eye-catching, and sports media in various European countries also praised Li Ang.

But for Manchester United, who will play against Chelsea in the next round of the league, Li Ang's explosive performance is a death warrant.

After all, Manchester United's recent performance is not online. They have lost two and tied one in the last three rounds of the Premier League, and the losing teams are Stoke City and Swansea.

Only the 3-3 draw with Newcastle can be regarded as thrilling, but it did not win the game.

The poor performance in the last three rounds of the league also caused Manchester United to drop from the sixth place in the Premier League to the seventh place in the Premier League.

Now it seems that Manchester United's big money signings in the summer window last year and Van Gaal's solemn promise to return to the championship ranks have become a joke within the Premier League.

When Manchester United's top management didn't invest money, Van Gaal led the team to fight for the top six. Now that Manchester United's top management has invested money, Van Gaal still leads the team to fight for the top six!

Angry and ashamed Manchester United fans scolded Manchester United's top management for being unprofessional, and at the same time, they blasted Van Gaal for taking the money and not doing anything!

You have bought all the players that should be bought, and the club's top management also bought Martial, who was only 19 years old and cost 36 million pounds. Now the team still can't achieve results. Who else can you blame if not you? !

As an insider, Van Gaal is actually qualified to speak out for himself, but Manchester United's fans don't buy it at all. They believe that he is being stubborn and keep mocking him for his rigid tactics and ugly playing style.

In this case, Van Gaal, who led the team to face Chelsea, was ruthless and directly set up a 4231 main offensive formation at Stamford Bridge!

Lukaku, Martial, Rooney and Lingard all started!

Carrick, who was delayed, was responsible for organizing the team, and Fellaini took on most of the interception tasks alone!

Such a midfield and frontcourt arrangement is completely top-heavy, and it is a counterattack against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge?

Mourinho doesn't know what Van Gaal is thinking, but facing a Manchester United team willing to take the initiative, he is more than happy!

Chelsea played against Manchester United without any worries, and the final score of 4-1 also made Manchester United players lose face!

However, in the post-match interview, Li Ang still said a few words for Van Gaal:

"Manchester United's main problem now is obviously not the coaching staff and players. In addition to finding this main problem and improving it, I suggest that Manchester United fans lower their expectations and psychological attitudes for the team's performance.

Things are different now. Manchester United may have to take the initiative to adapt to the days of playing in the Europa League for a long time..."