Chelsea's season-long efforts finally paid off handsomely in early April.

And at a time when the sports media across England were focused on London, Chelsea had already held an internal mini-title celebration.

It's not like the whole Chelsea team is floating.

Rather, the Chelsea management would like to thank the coaching staff and players for their hard work, as well as to boost morale ahead of the next Champions League fixture.

There must have been a celebration banquet and a beautiful leader's speech, but under Abu's bold bonus distribution, the atmosphere at the scene can be regarded as a complete climax.

Leon didn't really care about the amount of money the club gave out.

After all, in the proportion of his income now, the company and the team's bonus plus one piece does not even account for 20%.

But the undisguised expression of closeness and gratitude from the big boss Abu still made Li Ang feel very comfortable.

At the beginning, Lafayette was optimistic about himself, and Li Ang could actually understand it, but the smile that would never change on the surface of Galeries Lafayette still made Li Ang unable to get close.

In some ways, Galeries Lafayette is definitely a much more qualified and better club manager than Abu.

As long as you are strong enough and the market represented behind you is big enough, then you don't have to worry about some things off the market.

Including various awards and prestige improvements, Galeries Lafayette and Real Madrid's PR departments will naturally take the initiative to help you.

When it comes to choosing a partner to work with, Galeries Lafayette is almost perfect.

However, Li Ang still prefers that his big boss is Abu.

Abu likes his team, and which player he likes, that's unabashedly like.

His preference is unfair to the team's head coach or even some of the top of the management, but to the players, he is the best boss.

At the celebration banquet that night, the senior management of the team, the key staff of the club, the players and the members of the coaching staff were very happy.

Leon even drank half a bottle of red wine for the first time.

The next round of league fixtures will not start until six days later, and the Champions League will not start until ten days later.

Chelsea players who have not been out of action recently can celebrate with a couple of days off to go.

And almost all the Chelsea generals who opened the conversation came over with wine glasses to find Leon for a drink.

I didn't drink much, and Li Ang didn't refuse to come.

After eating, drinking and chatting with his teammates, Li Ang said hello to Mu Shuai and walked into the hotel's lounge.

After opening the window for a while, Li Ang took out his mobile phone and began to call several young teammates who were out on loan in the second half of the season.

"Harry, I'm Leon, do you see? Today we won the championship, ha, everyone is thinking about you, and so is the leader, perform well in the Championship, and we will defend the title when you come back next year......"

"Mohammed, I'm Leon, did you watch today's Premier League game? Haha, I know, you've already played for the team in the Premier League, of course you have a share of this title, we all remember it, play hard, and then you will come back with another Swiss Premier League title......"

"Hey, Natan, you've been doing well lately......"

After making phone calls one after another, Li Ang felt that his mind was also a lot clearer.

Thinking of the young teammates who will be back next season, Leon couldn't help but smile more.

And at the end of the celebration banquet that night, after returning to the villa.

Seeing Anastasia, who was standing in the living room with a smile and giving herself a surprise, Leon's heart suddenly swelled with more warmth.

Li Ang stayed at home for two days and did not go to the training base to practice.

Such a lazy break took place over the course of the season, which was a rare occurrence for Leon.

He also really understands what his former Real Madrid teammates and Mourinho often mean when they say to themselves, "enjoy life more".

The emotional nourishment soothed Li Ang's tense spirit of war preparedness.

But after the two-day vacation, Li Ang did not indulge in the gentle countryside, but regained his strong fighting spirit and returned to the training base in advance to report.

On the day of the report, the coaching staff did not take the players back to high-intensity training immediately.

Most of the main players have gone into the physiotherapy room or strength room to relax after the medical examination.

There are, of course, exceptions.

Bertrand and Hazard, for example, were taken to training by their fitness coach Mr. Ruiz because their weight soared too much during the two days off.

However, it is not a big problem, and weight loss is an easy goal for professional players to achieve in training.

In a more relaxed atmosphere, some of Chelsea's rotation players began training for Sunderland the next day.

More of Chelsea's main players have been preparing for the Champions League battle with Bayern Munich early.

Tactical drills are important and tactical meetings have been an important part of the preparation for the whole Chelsea squad during this time.

Speaking of Bayern's opponents, Mourinho and Leon are naturally the most familiar in the Chelsea team.

Because in the first two seasons, it was Muslim Real Madrid who thwarted Bayern Munich's Champions League dreams one after another.

Now this Super Bayern, which is invincible in the Bundesliga and seems to have no opponents in Europe, can be said to have been trained by the peak Real Madrid.

If there was no Real Madrid in the first two seasons, Bayern would have won a Champions League.

In Leon's memory, Bayern would have replaced Heynckes, who was bent on leaving and retiring, with Pep Guardiola this season.

And the Universe Bayern, which has almost no shortcomings in terms of squad composition and tactical play, also dismembered itself under Guardiola's tactical experiments.

But now Bayern has not won the Champions League, Heynckes has not retired, and Guardiola has also gone to Manchester City.

So under the butterfly effect caused by Li Ang, "Cosmic Ren" survived directly to the 13-14 season, and became the most terrifying revenge team in the entire European football.

To be honest, Leon is even a little empty in his heart now, because he has played against this Bayern.

Of course, he knows how strong Bayern will be if they haven't slipped in terms of strength and are still more resilient mentally.

If Leon is still at Real Madrid, he doesn't think Real Madrid will be sure to beat Bayern this season.

Just looking at the strength of the team on paper, Real Madrid, which has Leon, is of course the strongest in Europe.

But Li Ang can only guarantee that he still has a thirst for honor.

Maybe Cristiano Ronaldo has it too, but what about the other Real Madrid players?

The Real Madrid players who have just eaten the six crowns, defended the Champions League, and defended the league still have the mentality of being eager to prove themselves?

The spiritual will has never been accurate.

However, Bayern Munich do not have this problem, and they are in the same state of craving the heavyweight championship trophy as Real Madrid in the 2011-2012 season.

Real Madrid, who dares to give it a go and fight with its opponents like a beast, is the most terrible Real Madrid.

But Leon doesn't think that Real Madrid can still become a beast this season, maybe they have become hunters with complete hunting means but no worries about food and clothing?

When the time comes to lie on the credit book and enjoy the glory, even if you can finally clear your head, most of the players in the Real Madrid team will need to take a big break to adjust their mentality.

At least that's what Leon thinks.

This season is not so much that Real Madrid and Bayern are at the pinnacle of European football, but that Bayern has further metamorphosed into a monopoly mountain.

Jose Mourinho also takes his old rival seriously.

Therefore, every time he holds a team tactical meeting, he will take the trouble to tell the players about the complexity and strength of Bayern's tactical evolution today.

After a tactical explanation, the Chelsea team has long since lost that blind idea of winning.

Self-confidence is important, but it is even more important to recognize the difference in strength between your opponent and your own team, and to find the right way to break the game and win.

As time went on, Chelsea's preparations continued to be perfected.

Soon, April 19th arrived.

Chelsea received a round of applause at home to rivals Sunderland ahead of the 35th round of the Premier League.

However, the Black Cats, who are in dire need of points and relegation, did not have the slightest warmth for Chelsea in the game.

Chelsea, who started the game with a large number of rotational substitutes, even trailed Sunderland in the opening stages.

It wasn't until Oscar took the ball and played two rounds alone, hitting the post with a long shot, that he slowly found his way back to the field in the situation.

Essien and Mikel, who started the game, are both veteran players in the Premier League, even if they are no longer at their peak.

Playing a relegation team, after the opposite side fought past the opening three boards, the two of them jointly blocked the midfield.

In terms of independent attack, Oscar and Lukaku rely on it, and in terms of defense, Essien and Mikel still help the team a lot.

It's a pity that Sunderland's luck in attack was really good today.

Chelsea took the lead twice, only to be equalised twice by Sunderland from set-pieces.

In the end, Chelsea managed to draw 2-2 at home.

Fortunately, the league title is in hand, and with the unbeaten home advantage retained, this draw is harmless.

Anyway, the Chelsea fans were very excited in the stands today, and even played the Mexican wave in the middle of the game.

Leon, Ibrahimovic and Eden Hazard all got their chances to play after the 70th minute of the second half, as they warmed up before the Champions League clash in the run.

After this round of league games, fans across Europe and even around the world are focused on the next Champions League match.

On April 22, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid played the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals at the Calderón Stadium.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 2-1 at home!

It was a hard-fought victory that gave Atletico a huge morale boost.

However, for Real Madrid, although the pre-match goal was not achieved, it was not unacceptable to be able to score an away goal in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals.

The tiebreaker between the two teams still depends on the second leg, and the competition of strength and luck are very important.

Just looking at the performance in the knockout round, it is normal for Madrid to qualify for this year's Champions League final.

And after the thrilling Madrid derby, fans turned their attention to London again.

On the morning of April 23, Muller joked in a pre-match interview with Sky Sports that they had come to seek revenge on Leon this time.

And Li Ang finally realized the "downside" of being too successful in previous seasons.

Because he counted it carefully, he found that the European giants who want to seek revenge on him in the Champions League seem to have to queue up......

(End of chapter)