Chapter 197: He's not here to challenge, he's here to conquer the Premier League! [Ask the bigwigs to subscribe! ] 】
"I know Leon's passing skills are already very good, after all, he is a midfielder who has double-doubled assists in two consecutive seasons, but now he is aiming for 20 assists in the season? That's a lot of progress! ”
"Do you really think that the news reported by the Western media that Leon has patiently honed his passing skills by Xavi Alonso and Pirlo in the past three years is fake? That's the benefit of accumulation. ”
"This growth talent is simply against the sky! However, Li Ang still had a strong desire to shoot in the previous friendly match, but his shooting choice in the official game was too stable, and he was basically the absolute sanity of not wasting offensive opportunities! ”
"He's done a great job at Real Madrid, and he's developing his attacking ability after he defends well, so what other young player in football is as patient as he is?"
"I'm telling you, you'll see! Leon's stats this season are lower than Double Fifteen, so I'm going straight to London Bridge to run naked......"
When Leon picked up his third assist of the new Premier League season, his outstanding performance has completely sparked the discussion among Premier League fans!
Of course, there are certainly not many Manchester United fans among these hotly discussed fans.
They are suffering from Leon's excellent performance at this moment, and they are in the mood to praise his better and better performance.
Just like the more than 60,000 Manchester United fans at Old Trafford.
After a short period of stunned and silence, the Red Devils fans unceremoniously booed Li Ang, who stabbed them again!
If he had been at Camp Nou at the moment, Leon might have smiled and listened in celebration.
At Old Trafford, however, Leon just hugged his team-mates and celebrated, before trotting back to his own half like no one.
His idea is very simple, the fans of Barcelona will have a good life for a few years, and when Messi is there, the fans of Barcelona will not lack hope for revival.
But the post-Ferguson era of Manchester United is doomed.
It's 2013, but in Leon's memory, until 2023, a decade later, United are still on the "right path to revival".
Manchester United fans are really bitter, and Leon feels from the bottom of his heart that Manchester United fans will suffer in the next ten years.
So...
The fans of Manchester United are already miserable, and they deliberately provoke and tease others.
Playing a little heavier and winning this game sooner rather than later, it will help the United fans quickly dispel that unrealistic hope of victory, and also let them see the reality sooner.
That's the right thing!
A few boos just let them exist.
If this can make Manchester United fans feel some temporary happiness, Leon feels that he can still make this sacrifice~
Mourinho doesn't know what Leon is really thinking at the moment.
He also thought that Li Ang had really moved closer to his master Alonso in his state of mind, and became more calm and open-minded.
And watching the development trend of the game as he expected before the game, Mu Shuai also waved his hand.
Signal directly to the Chelsea players to shrink their formation and stick to the half!
It's fun to press and play, but when you know that your opponent is about to fight back, you can press forward sharply to give your opponent a chance, which is not Mourinho's style.
Sure enough, after the game soon resumed, Manchester United, who had scored the first goal from Chelsea, showed little to be discouraged.
Instead, as if enraged, they began to launch a ferocious attack, pressing into the Chelsea half in one fell swoop!
And such a familiar scene also made the more than 60,000 Manchester United fans at the scene cheer excitedly again!
It was as if it was not Moyes with a slightly reluctant look on his face standing on the sidelines at the moment.
It's still the same guy who chews gum on the sidelines of Old Trafford and has a calm face.
Over the years, the inherent self-confidence, tactical play and team temperament have made the current Manchester United players not lack blood courage and arrogance as the overlord of the Premier League!
Especially at Old Trafford.
How could Manchester United allow an old rival like Chelsea to play at half-time?
It's okay to be beaten, but Manchester United must fight back, and must play the oppressive momentum that belongs to Manchester United on the offensive end!
Mourinho is familiar with the ruthlessness of Manchester United's team.
And for many years, he has always admired Ferguson's training methods.
Many players with mediocre strength and characteristics only need to be in the Manchester United team, even if they are just playing as a substitute.
With the infection of this momentum and the blessing of Ferguson's chicken soup, they can often play well.
Mourinho admits he can't do that.
Like Lord Fo, no matter how many problems there are in the midfield and at the back, he can solve the problem by strengthening the wings and forwards, and use the attack to solve the problem.
The whole football world is here, and the rest of the coaches can't replicate this ability.
With the same team that Manchester United had a big problem in central midfield last season, Mourinho can still win the Premier League by a large margin.
Then Mourinho could only shake his head again and again, saying that he couldn't take it!
However, let him face such a team with obvious flaws in the lineup, then Mourinho is still confident, and very confident!
Manchester United still retain the pride and courage of the Alex Ferguson era, which is rare.
Jose Mourinho likes this kind of Manchester United very much.
Leon, who has almost become Chelsea's third midfielder on the pitch at the moment, also likes Manchester United's mentality of being seriously flawed and unaware.
He was still staring at Rooney's defensive efforts.
At most, pay more attention to Mata.
Like Van Persie and Welbeck, he didn't even look at it.
A glass striker who has passed his brief prime, and is not even a first-class player in football at the moment.
A black shell that is not yet enlightened, and is not very slippery.
It was enough to leave it to Ramires and the Chelsea defence behind him.
All Leon has to do now is to get down the two attacking points in the United squad that have the ability and the potential to change the tide of the game.
Rooney is the biggest threat, and once he is also a supergiant, his ability to change the situation is no joke.
Mata is also very good now, but he doesn't have the ability to force the tide of battle on his own like Rooney.
His excellence is more at the level of activating his teammates.
But now there is no "Hazard" in Manchester United's starting line-up who can stir up the storm on the other wing and help him attract defenders.
Juan Mata will have to look to link up and tear apart Chelsea's defence, and he will have to turn to Wayne Rooney's help.
So when Rooney was defended by Leon and couldn't use his strength, Mata's wing gradually lost his voice.
This kind of performance is certainly not satisfying for the United fans.
Even in the first round of his debut of the new season, Juan Mata helped United to a 5-1 thrashing of Swansea City with a passing performance.
But the Reds supporters, who are eager to see the team open up in attack and deal a heavy blow to Chelsea, are also temporarily amnesiac.
They have apparently forgotten their praise for Juan Mata after the opening round of the league.
I also forgot the online thanks they had given to Chelsea Football Club for giving up a player who had played a season's double-20 plus stats to Manchester United.
At this moment, more than one Manchester United fan is starting to think:
If Nani or Valencia were on the pitch at this point, would United be able to tear apart Chelsea's wide defence?
Well, players who don't qualify for the start will always show up in the fan's reverie with a better game.
At this moment, Nani and Valencia have become more suitable players than Juan Mata in the minds of Red Devils supporters.
But it didn't last long.
Because after outlining Manchester United's formation and draining enough Manchester United players' attacking will, Chelsea decisively launched a quick counterattack from the backfield!
This counter-attack did not come from a direct interception by Leon.
However, it was thanks to his defensive pressing on the flanks that Rooney made a mistake on the ball at the end, allowing Frank Lampard to make a quick interception in front of him.
The positive push came from Branislav Ivanovic, who was in excellent form today.
The Serbian international's desire to attack has never been weak.
At this moment, Frank Lampard and Leon cut in front of the middle to lead away the defenders, and Ivanovic broke through the halfway line with the ball very smoothly, and went all the way to the core hinterland of Manchester United!
Patrice Evra, who had almost become a winger because of Manchester United's heavy pressing, could only follow Ivanovic's ass and chase back desperately.
Seeing this, Carrick had no choice but to let Cleverley go to fill the hole in the wing defense first.
And Ivanovic was waiting for this time, after Cleverley let go of his defensive area, he quickly knocked the ball sideways!
Frank Lampard deliberately moved out of the way of receiving the ball and stepped forward to open up space for Leon.
And after Leon holds the ball, he has to start to force Carrick again!
As soon as he put this posture out, let alone Carrick.
The defenders in the Manchester United penalty area were all on standby, and they did not dare to give Leon the opportunity to burst into the box and shoot with his feet.
But just when everyone – including Manchester United fans – thought Leon would force Carrick again and create an attacking threat for Chelsea.
Li Ang chose a hidden short pass straight stopper!
And the target of his pass was Frank Lampard, who had been inserted all the way to the right side of the Manchester United penalty area!
Leon's choice of pass this time was not much of a direct threat to United's goal.
Frank Lampard is in a position where he is at the moment, although there are no United defenders to mark, and he has little angle to shoot.
But for Frank Lampard, it was enough to get a stare pass in that position!
With little to no thought, Frank Lampard delivered a quick sweeping pass straight into the United penalty area!
If you send in a high cross, Ferdinand and Jones will definitely be able to keep Ibrahimovic in the Manchester United penalty area.
But this kind of fast sweeping pass is completely different, for Manchester United's defenders, a bad handling can easily lead to an own goal!
And for an experienced centre-forward like Ibrahimovic, dealing with such attacking opportunities is clearly a breeze.
After taking the first step to stop Rio Ferdinand, who was about to turn 35, Ibrahimovic stared at the trajectory of the football behind Phil Jones.
Phil Jones still desperately threw himself out, trying to stop Frank Lampard's sweep at the front post.
But this approach to defending is clearly a bit too risky.
Had Phil Jones chosen to wrap up Ibrahimovic with Rio Ferdinand at this point, the outcome could have been completely different.
It's a pity that he opted for an aggressive defense that was more rewarding, but also more risky.
So when his toes didn't touch the football, Ibrahimovic, who was ambushed behind him, used his long legs to easily complete the tackle shot on the ground!
This is an ordinary but mature goalmouth grab!
Phil Jones paid the price for his aggressiveness, but Ibrahimovic scored his second Premier League goal in his second appearance in the Premier League in a very unfriendly way!
Such an efficient performance made Ibrahimovic once again gain countless unexpected and surprised exclamations from Premier League fans!
Including the vast majority of Chelsea players.
And Li Ang, who has always had firm confidence in Ibrahimovic, also waved his fist and happily ran to his good brother at the moment when Ibrahimovic scored the goal!
At this moment, the game time has just passed the 40th minute of the first half.
And watching the electronic scoreboard change again, it has become a dazzling score number of 0 to two.
Countless Manchester United fans are in a state of confusion.
Yes, Chelsea have been strong on paper this season and Manchester United fans know it.
However, last season's double win over Chelsea in the league has left most United fans confident in this strong conversation.
If you take 10,000 steps back, even if you can't win against Chelsea this season, it's always okay to draw at your home stadium, right?
Even the most cautious Manchester United fan never imagined that at Old Trafford, with half time not played, United would be 2-0 down to Chelsea!
Don't talk about the Red Devils spirit and self-pride at this point.
The game scene is like this, attacking, attacking, and defending, it is completely led by the opponent's nose!
At this time, Moyes, who was standing on the sidelines with a sad face, still had the slightest spirit to beat Swansea in the first round?
Compare Mourinho to Mourinho, who is already clapping with his hands raised next door, signaling the cheers and celebrations of the Chelsea fans who are travelling with the team to Old Trafford.
Moyes is more than one notch weaker in terms of momentum.
Looking at Leon, who was roaring towards the sky with Ibrahimovic at the moment, many fans of other Premier League teams were subconsciously nervous.
Who is this to challenge the little lions of the Premier League?
This is simply the young Lion King who wants to lead the team to conquer the Premier League!
(End of chapter)