"Look, Xiao Li is going to play, right? As I said, Mourinho will replace Van Ginkel. He can't hold down Oscar. Between these two young midfielders, either one can start in the rotation. But you have to match up with Li Ang or Lampard to suppress them..."
General Fan, who was a guest in the Sina Sports live broadcast room tonight to commentate on the Champions League game with Zhan Jun, was also patting his thigh and starting to praise Mourinho's timely response.
"Yes, after the goal was conceded, Mourinho also responded quickly and chose to send Li Ang first to stabilize Chelsea's rhythmic initiative in the midfield.
I just don’t know which Chelsea starting midfielder Mourinho will replace with Li Ang first? "
Zhan Jun knew it and consulted, but at this moment, domestic fans have already spoken out, complaining about the poor performance of today's Oscars.
Van Ginkel, although there was no outstanding performance in the first half, it was only because of you, Oscar, that you stole the ball away.
At least Xiao Fan works very hard on the defensive end and doesn't complain when he doesn't have the ball.
In comparison, Oscar, who currently overlaps with Li Ang and is playing more selfishly today, is naturally not very popular with fans in China.
A few minutes later, taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Chelsea took the lead in making substitution adjustments.
Li Ang came on as a substitute in the 30th minute of the first half of the game, replacing Oscar, who had previously performed poorly.
The scene at Stamford Bridge also erupted in thunderous cheers and applause, which fully demonstrated the confidence of Chelsea fans in Li Ang at this moment.
After high-fiving his teammates along the way, Li Ang also brought Mourinho's latest tactical adjustment instructions.
The first is the formation. Chelsea has changed from the 433 that was more offensive-oriented to the 4231 that is more balanced in offense and defense.
If Mourinho intends to let Li Ang play as a defensive midfielder, then he can continue to play four, three, and three.
Because Li Ang can do all the organizational and defensive work by playing alone as a midfielder.
But at this moment, Mourinho is counting on Li Ang to seize control of the rhythm of the game and sort out the offense in the midfield and frontcourt.
Therefore, 4,231 is Chelsea’s safest formation choice at this moment.
Van Ginkel does have the talent and potential to play as a defensive midfielder, but he is still young after all.
Talent is just talent before it is realized, which makes Mourinho, his partner with Essien as a double midfielder, more assured.
Hazard and De Bruyne on the forward line retreated one after another and returned to the left and right midfielders.
With Li Ang's reasonable scheduling and stable ball control in the center, Chelsea's offensive ideas quickly became clear.
Compared to Oscar, Li Ang's desire to shoot is not particularly strong.
When there is no good starting opportunity, he will generally be more inclined to organize and distribute the ball in the middle, allowing his teammates on the wing to involve or try to break the opponent's defense.
Only when a situation occurs like the last round of the league, when Hazard and De Bruyne are not online, will he dribble the ball more frequently and actively participate in the attack.
Of course, there is no major decline in the status of Hazard and De Bruyne today.
The two of them didn't perform much before, and it was also because Oscar grabbed too much of the ball in the middle today.
Therefore, with Li Ang's reasonable distribution of ball rights, let alone Hazard, today De Bruyne is very active in trying to achieve a personal breakthrough on the wing.
After Belgium's two wings showed off at the same time, it was naturally difficult for Basel's two defensive players to stand up.
And in the 36th minute of the first half, Li Ang stepped forward to receive De Bruyne's cross, and then suddenly kicked off and sent a through ball over the top!
This over-the-top threatening pass exceeded the expectations of all Basel defensive players, but it also seemed to be slightly beyond Torres' expectations...
So after a hasty push forward to fight for the top, Torres finally deflected Li Ang's wonderful pass and missed the goal frame.
Lukaku, who was sitting on the bench at the moment, seemed to show a slightly disgusted expression after holding his head and sighing.
It was as if he had been the striker in Torres's position just now, and he would have been able to score Basel's goal with this header.
However, Mourinho, who was equally angry at this moment, did not even consider replacing Lukaku to replace Torres.
Because Chelsea's current center Ibrahimovic has already gone to the sidelines to warm up under the leadership of assistant coach Faria.
The Chelsea fans who watched this scene also blushed rarely.
After all, many of them made similar jokes like "Ibrahimovic came to London to retire" after seeing the official announcement of Ibrahimovic joining Chelsea at the beginning of the season.
Unexpectedly, Ibrahimovic will not be able to grow old now, but will be eaten up by Chelsea.
This reversal made it impossible for Chelsea fans to make the same joke again.
On the contrary, they are very fortunate that the club only spent less than 20 million in transfer fees to buy a reliable center like Ibrahimovic.
However, Mourinho ultimately did not make his second substitution card in the first half.
Seeing that the team has clearly taken control of the offensive initiative and has steadily blocked Basel's counterattacks many times.
Mourinho was quite satisfied and returned to the tunnel after the midfield game.
Ibrahimovic, who had fully completed his warm-up, also walked to the team's locker room.
All Chelsea fans understand that Ibrahimovic will definitely play directly at the beginning of the second half.
Thinking that both Leon and Ibrahimovic will be on the court in the second half, Chelsea fans have nothing to worry about the temporary lagging situation and score.
The thousands of Basel fans at Stamford Bridge naturally did not become worried because of Chelsea's tactical changes in the second half.
Before coming to London, they never thought that their team could take the lead at the end of the half-time game.
For them, happiness at this moment is the most important thing!
The Basel fans who cheered and sang at Stamford Bridge also conveyed their support to the Basel players whose morale was greatly boosted.
Salah, who scored a very beautiful deadlock goal in the first half, is also full of confidence now.
He firmly believes that his chance to become famous is today!
However, when the second half of the game officially came, Chelsea showed a completely different defensive aggressiveness from the first half.
Basel's offensive organization immediately became disorganized.
Faced with Li Ang, who was attacking with all his strength, Frye and Dias, who played the ball in the Basel midfield, were quite uncomfortable.
So much so that Salah had to start frequently retreating to the midfield to meet his teammates and assist them with the ball.
After specifically limiting the performance of Salah, Basel's sharp winger, Chelsea also launched frequent attacks on the wings.
Azpilicueta prefers to defend, so De Bruyne's forward pressure is not very large.
But on the other side, Bertrand and Hazard just wanted to live directly in Basel's half.
With Li Ang's extra attention to the defensive tilt, Bertrand's forward penetration became more and more unscrupulous.
Such a scene can easily remind Chinese fans that when Li Ang was still at Real Madrid, Marcelo and Ronaldo's alternating attacks could often quickly suppress the opponent's offensive mode on the right.
It is difficult to say whether the new left corridor of the Blues created by Mourinho is based on the ultimate wing offensive combination of Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo that he created when he was at Real Madrid.
But one thing the fans can be sure of is that Mourinho will only delegate power to such an extreme wing offensive duo when Li Ang is on the court.
The left wing combination of Bertrand and Hazard is definitely not comparable to the Real Madrid corridor of Marcelo and Ronaldo.
But it’s not too much to say that the former is a beggar version of the latter.
And when Hazard is in normal condition, his impact is definitely not as good as Ronaldo's.
But in this area of tearing apart the opponent's defense, Hazard's dribbling threat is no worse than Ronaldo.
In addition, what we have to deal with today is just Basel's defensive system.
So when Bertrand and Hazard work together on the offensive end, Basel's right-side defense can be regarded as a dimensionality reduction blow!
Salah was unwilling to do so and tried to find opportunities to counterattack on his own while bearing Chelsea's torrential offensive pressure.
But when the defensive player he faced changed from Essien to Li Ang, he quickly understood a truth.
The defensive players who were able to limit Messi's performance one-on-one two years ago are so damn strong!
In terms of abilities such as steals, tackles, reactions, and explosive speed, Li Ang cannot be said to be the strongest defensive player in today's football.
But when he has reached the first-class level in today's football in terms of these ability values, and some of his abilities have even reached the top threshold.
Coupled with his defensive positioning ability that cannot be measured by statistics, he is the unique and strongest single defense monster in active service!
After Salah was taught a lesson by Li Ang several times, he had to accept it even if he refused to accept it.
Currently, he only has one explosive speed that can give him a slight advantage when facing Li Ang.
But how could Li Ang, who now has rich defensive experience, give him enough space to start?
So it became inevitable that Salah's performance gradually fell into silence.
In the 61st minute of the second half of the game, Ibrahimovic, who received a pass from the penalty area after Hazard's breakthrough, also successfully completed the goal!
Ibrahimovic's goal this time fully demonstrated his physical talent and technical advantages over Basel's defensive players!
At this moment, after seeing Ibrahimovic successfully scoring the equalizing goal on the offensive end, Mourinho also raised his arms and shouted vigorously in front of the bench!
But after the celebration, Mourinho also made a little complaint.
"Back then, I asked you kid to listen to me and change the way you play football as soon as possible. You refused. This has been wasted for several years. Now you have not transformed and embarked on this path..."
Faria, who heard Mourinho's little complaint clearly, also smiled knowingly.
When he and Mourinho moved to Inter Milan together, Mourinho was very optimistic about Ibrahimovic.
Not only did he personally formulate a transformation plan for Ibrahimovic, he also invited Ibrahimovic to stay and work with him to bring a heavyweight championship trophy to Inter Milan.
Of course, everyone knows what happened next.
Ibrahimovic indeed missed his best chance to win the Champions League trophy, and also wasted several years at the peak of his career.
Of course, even if they failed to reach an agreement in the end and failed to go to the end side by side in Inter Milan, Ibrahimovic still had a very good impression of Mourinho.
He has said more than once that he admires and likes Mourinho. What he likes most is Mourinho's recognition and sincerity towards him.
Perhaps it is precisely because of Mourinho's sincerity.
Therefore, after Ibrahimovic received calls from Leon and Mourinho in the summer window of this year, he quickly and decisively submitted a transfer application to Paris.
It is true that Ibrahimovic has slowly passed the peak of his career compared to when he first cooperated with Mourinho.
But his physical and technical conditions are here after all. As long as he is willing to transform, he can make full use of his physical and height advantages.
Then Ibrahimovic is still dominant in the penalty area!
And this dominance was not fabricated by Faria and Mourinho.
But it was what Ibrahimovic achieved with his four-goal performance in four games at the club in the new season!
Seeing Ibrahimovic and Liang hugging each other and cheering to the fans on the court at this moment, Faria's heart was filled with great passion!
In Porto, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, he and Mourinho have worked together to create miracles and dynasties.
The only regret that year was of course not leading the iron-blooded Blues to win the Champions League.
And now the opportunity to make up for their regrets is right in front of them.
Faria is also extremely convinced that this time he and Mourinho will not leave only sad tears at Stamford Bridge...
After scoring the equalizing goal, the morale of Chelsea's players was naturally high!
Li Ang was shouting over and over again at the top of his lungs, encouraging his teammates to keep up the good work!
Someone was yelling, someone was pulling, and Chelsea's young players could see an extremely clear direction before their eyes.
Chelsea's veteran captain Terry, who was sitting on the bench at the moment, couldn't help nodding with satisfaction.
In the first half, he was worried that Chelsea, which was lagging behind, would not be able to find a way forward and lack the motivation to push forward.
After all, for a long time in the past, there would always be someone from himself, Lampard or Drogba who would take care of the situation and boost the morale of the team.
But today he and Lampard both took turns, so Terry, as the veteran captain, was inevitably a little worried.
However, after seeing a series of encouraging actions and performances performed by Li Ang after coming on the field, Terry felt that he could rest assuredly on the bench.
Even if Chelsea only tied with Basel in the end of this game, Terry felt that the young players in the Chelsea team had gained a lot.
After all, the spirit of the Iron-Blooded Blues cannot always exist only in old guys like them.
The younger generation of Chelsea players need more exposure to this kind of competition. More mental pressure is needed.
Of course they also need a new leader who is contemporary with them!
The spirit shown by Li Ang in this regard made Terry very satisfied.
And in the 82nd minute of the second half, when Liang almost carried the defensive interference of Basel midfielder Dias, he broke into the Basel penalty area and successfully created a point.
Terry's satisfaction turned into a strong impulse!
Terry, who is about to turn thirty-three, is like the young Chelsea players sitting on the bench with him at this moment. He rushed out of the bench and celebrated with a passionate roar!
At this moment, Li Ang, who was looking happy, was surrounded by excited teammates, patted and pulled him up, but he quickly hugged the football, and then stuffed it into the arms of the slightly surprised Lampard, who had just come on as a substitute. .
"Li Ang, aren't you going to take a penalty on this ball?"
Lampard had been fully prepared to give up this penalty kick opportunity, allowing Li Ang to enjoy the cheers of the fans after leading the team to a successful reversal.
He indeed did not expect that Li Ang would give up this opportunity to become the focus of the audience very simply.
At this moment, Li Ang just smiled and shook his head, and made a joke with Lampard.
"You are the first penalty taker on the field, Frank. Besides, the boss didn't allow us to discuss who would take the penalty kick~ I don't want to be caught by the boss and have a hair dryer after I get off the field. "
After listening to Li Ang's words, Lampard also laughed and patted Li Ang on the back of the shoulder. Lampard took firm steps and walked to the penalty spot with the football in his arms!
Even though he came on as a substitute in the 76th minute of the second half, Lampard's confidence in penalty points at this moment was not weak at all.
After the referee blew the whistle, Lampard didn't even look at Sommer's reaction and firmly kicked out a powerful volley aimed at the center of the goal!
This time Sommer pounced on the left side of the goal, and his prediction failed!
And Lampard also used a crisp penalty kick to help Chelsea successfully complete the reversal against Basel at home!
The player who completed the reversal goal was Lampard.
But at this moment, the reporters at the scene once again focused their cameras on Li Ang, who was celebrating happily with his teammates.
In this Champions League group match, Li Ang did not gain any personal offensive data.
But his important performance was imprinted in the eyes and hearts of every fan watching the game!
When the referee finally blew the whistle to end the game, the entire Stamford Bridge burst into thunderous cheers and applause!
Salah was very disappointed. And when Li Ang took the initiative to find him, the live broadcast camera immediately focused on the best players of the two teams in this Champions League group match.
After teaching another representative star of the future generation born in the 1990s, Li Ang encouraged him as usual.
Salah, who was still a little depressed, suddenly became excited again. After exchanging jerseys with Li Ang, the two even hugged and exchanged words.
Being able to turn around and win the Champions League this season is a result worth celebrating for the Chelsea players.
However, before it was Li Ang's turn to speak in the locker room that night, Terry and Lampard came forward and actively invited all the team players to have a dinner together in the city.
This kind of dinner has a warm atmosphere and is very conducive to bringing closer relationships between the new and old players in the team. Of course, Mourinho will not control it too much.
At the dinner that night, all players from the Chelsea first team participated, and even Ivanovic and Mikel, who were still recovering from injuries, were present as scheduled.
Since the start of the new season, Chelsea has maintained a record of two-way wins.
For Chelsea's senior players, they haven't had such a near-perfect start for several years.
So the faces of all Chelsea players that night were full of smiles.
After the night of celebration, the next afternoon, Chelsea players adjusted their mood and condition and rushed to the Cobham training base to start their recovery training.
It's not that Mourinho doesn't want to give the players more time to rest, but the Premier League schedule has become intensive now.
Three days later, Chelsea will compete with Fulham at home in the fifth round of the Premier League.
There will be a round of EFL Cup games next.
In the sixth round of the Premier League, Chelsea is going to challenge Tottenham Hotspur away!
Playing two London derbies and a domestic cup match in succession, Chelsea's first big test of the new season's schedule is here!
I’ve coded 10,600 words, and there are still 4,400 words left. Come on!
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