"You have to fight for it! Do you feel pressured? Do you feel tired of this season's rotation? ”

The other Chelsea players on the training ground shook their heads at Leon's inquiry.

Not to mention that the veterans in the team have been taken care of this season, most of the main players in the first team have not played in three days or two games since the beginning of the season.

Only Leon was caught by Mourinho and scavenged with a handful of wool, but even so, Leon had much more rest at the beginning of the season than last season.

Overall, the Chelsea coaching staff have made a more rational rotation this season.

Players who are already prone to injury have a tight control of their playing time.

Veterans basically play two games and then take one break.

The players in the bench have played more minutes than last season, leaving the main players with more energy and energy to play tough games.

And if it is reflected in the record, it is that Chelsea have made it easier to win back-to-back.

In this situation, there is no fitness crisis and no injury infestation, and it is only natural that the players in the Chelsea squad have greater ambitions for results.

However, everyone had tacit knowledge before, and no one took the lead in shouting any exaggerated target slogans.

Admittedly, this way of playing is very down-to-earth and does not put too much psychological pressure on the players and even the coaches at Chelsea.

But now, when Leon was the first to shout the slogan of "flamboyance" to win four titles undefeated in the season.

With the pressure comes the infinite hunger for honor and the motivation to pursue it!

"Without pressure, how can we reach our full potential?

Every year, the strongest teams are born in European football, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern... These three clubs have become the most representative of Europe's top teams in the past five seasons.

But if we stretch the timeline back 10 years, we will never be missing from this top team that has been unanimously recognized by all the media and fans!

That's when I fell in love with the Iron Blues, and to this day, Chelsea's burst of vitality and resilience is still in front of me!

Ten years later, I, we! When we get together, we don't have to do nothing, and we always have to fill in the regrets left by the Blues at the beginning.

For Didier, for John, for Frank, for Peter, for Zlatan... Fight for our own honor!

With this goal in mind, we move forward hand in hand, with the regrets and expectations of all Chelsea fans, and this time, we must stand on top of Europe! ”

Leon delivered an emotional personal speech directly on the venue after training.

The good guy made the old boys in the Chelsea squad excited.

The young Chelsea players were even more screaming and casting adoring glances at Leon.

Leon was convinced that he was right in this moment, and he once again opened the eyes of all his teammates and inspired them.

If the chicken soup does not work, it must be drunk at the wrong time, or too little.

Anyway, Li Ang felt that he had the right time to deliver this speech, and he had poured enough chicken soup.

He was not afraid that the frustrated old boys in the team would not be ready to move, and echoed his slogan suggestions.

Mourinho, who had been standing on the sidelines and eavesdropping, felt that Leon's speech was also very good.

But seeing that the young players in the team were stimulated by Leon, there was a tendency to expand their ambitions.

Lao Mu still chose to make a move, and after kicking Li Ang away, he hurriedly asked the remaining players to do what they wanted.

It has to be said that Mourinho's current prestige within the Chelsea team is quite high.

Seeing Leon covering his ass and running away, the remaining young Chelsea players suddenly didn't dare to swell, and their eyes instantly became clear.

This intra-team communication had a passionate process and a joyful ending.

Regardless, Leon's slogans and speeches have had a profound impact on every member of the Chelsea squad.

It's not just the players, it's the coaches.

Even including Mourinho.

After all, before Leon shouted such an arrogant slogan, Mourinho had never thought of winning four titles in one season in an undefeated way!

Not to mention shouting such a slogan, just having such an idea is arrogant enough.

However, the dream of achieving such a goal is indeed attractive enough!

In the end, Mourinho did not reveal to his aides his true attitude towards Leon's slogan.

But in the coaching team's internal tactical meetings, he is indeed more serious and strict than ever.

With morale high for the whole Chelsea squad preparing for training, Sunderland became the first unlucky man to be beaten.

On the evening of 29 November, Chelsea visited the Stadium of Light to take on Sunderland.

Facing the "draw king" in the league, the strength is just a little above the relegation zone Sunderland, Chelsea today can be described as a lion Bo rabbit, directly on the cannon to fight mosquitoes.

Sunderland's manager Paul Poyet was immediately numb after picking up Chelsea's starting 11 an hour before the game.

What does it mean? Didn't you have a good rotation at Chelsea before?

Dare to rotate when playing Manchester United, why did you play our small relegation team today, but the main force came out?!

On the other hand, Chelsea, who are all in the squad today, do have enough respect for Sunderland, but Sunderland's fans are crying.

"Who the wants your respect! Hurry up and despise us, and send your rotating lineup, bastard! ”

Unfortunately, the sincere appeals of Sunderland fans to Mourinho were not heard.

The main Chelsea players on the field pressed the halfway line strongly from the beginning of the game, took over the control of the midfield, and constantly put pressure on the Sunderland backline.

Kroos, who started today, did not lag behind anymore, and pressed directly to the top of the center circle of the Sunderland half with Leon.

He blocked the door of Sunderland to organize an attack, and Li Ang slipped into the Sunderland penalty area from time to time to play and inserted to grab points!

Sunderland manager Poyet was in a hurry to watch from the sidelines!

He kept signaling his disciples to expand the defensive zone and fight hard to push Chelsea back into the halfway line.

But it's a good idea, and Sunderland's midfielders couldn't help but roll their eyes when they heard the manager's tactical instructions.

Yes, they have a numerical advantage in the midfield area, after all, they played 451 today.

But what is the configuration of Chelsea's three midfielders? What kind of configuration and personal ability do we have, and you don't have a little bit of pressure in your heart as a head coach?

You have to be able to grab it.

That Kroos in the Chelsea team is like your mother's robot, and he hasn't missed a passing pass.

Leon retreated to take the ball and turn it in a circle, which could stun the three of them who grabbed the ball!

Mobilize more midfielders to press, yes, Kroos knocks back, and Nemanja Matic picks up a long diagonal pass.

Now, Hazard or De Bruyne will go straight to the heart of Sunderland's defense with the ball!

Bag clips? At this time, the bag clip of the hammer is also on!

The five midfielders are all pressed to grab the ball, no matter how fast you run, someone can pass it fast!

Expect the full-backs to make one-on-one interceptions every time and stop Chelsea's attack?

It would be better to pray that Hazard and De Bruyne will slip in their form today.

It is now possible to look at Chelsea's wingers on both wings one-on-one defensively, and that is not going to play for Sunderland.

Poyet still has the vision to see in the end, and when he saw that his team took the initiative to force behind the wings of Chelsea, he decisively closed his mouth.

'Well, it's better to keep Chelsea on the doorstep and organise the attack, we can shrink the defence further, it should work... Right? ”

Poyet made up his mind, but it was only the lesser of two evils.

It's easy for Sunderland to shrink the formation, but if you want to start a counterattack again, it's difficult!

Playing this kind of bus formation is a completely familiar process for Chelsea.

Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne began to move in further, with the area of activity mostly on either side of Sunderland's half.

They gave up space on both flanks and handed it to Bertrand and Azpilicueta, who were plugged in behind.

That way, with the forward pressure of Leon and Kroos, Chelsea had at least seven players in the Sunderland half in tandem possession!

From the flanks to the flanks to the middle of midfield, Chelsea's attacking players can be seen in every area of threat.

In the face of Chelsea's fast and precise conduction pull, the deployment of Sunderland's midfield defense is not seamless at all.

In the 19th minute of the first half, Kroos received De Bruyne's return pass and made a precise pull pass to shift the attack to the left again.

This time, Hazard, who was supposed to open up space for Bertrand in the rib area, took the initiative to run to the left wing, looking like he was going to take the ball.

But at the moment when he and Bertrand completed the handover of possession, he suddenly stuffed the ball straight into the rib area of Sunderland's right half of the court with wide space at the moment!

The one who received his pass was Li Ang, who was still wandering in the middle just now, and he didn't know when he ran to this side!

Li Ang, who received the ball and entered the heart of Sunderland's defense, immediately stirred up the Sunderland backline.

Sunderland's right-back Berheini and right-centre-back O'Shea immediately packed and defended Leon to buy time for midfielder Cattermole.

But Leon didn't have the head-iron to continue to make a hard arch into the Sunderland penalty area.

He cleverly pushed the ball in front of his left.

And Bertrand, who had previously handed over the ball to Hazard, took advantage of the situation to go down to the bottom, and at this time comfortably took the ball and cut inside, and hit the bottom line area of Sunderland's penalty area!

Leon's side attracted the defense of two defenders, and Bertrand made a little observation, and swept the ball directly towards the back of the Sunderland penalty area!

Ibri carried the marking of Wiss Brown and used his leg length advantage to stab the football first!

But Sunderland goalkeeper Pantilimon also quickly went to the ground and used his toes to block Ibrahimovic's stabbing shot!

The ball flew crookedly towards the right side of the Sunderland penalty area.

And Leon's reaction speed helped him complete the follow-up shot at this moment!

O'Shea's leg-stretching defense looked clumsy and sluggish in the face of Leon's quick volleys.

Pantilimon only got up from the turf at this moment, and in the face of Leon's volley, he could only helplessly watch the football cross the line and enter the net!

1-0, before the twentieth minute of the first half, Sunderland's goal was lost!

Poyet stood on the sidelines with a completely messy look in the wind.

And the commentator of Sky Sports also opened his throat at this moment and shouted that Li Ang's feet were hot, and he had completely gone crazy on the offensive end!

No way, after Leon surpassed Cavani to top the Premier League scorer list, everyone thought that Leang's form was advancing fast this season, but basically it came to this point.

It's impossible for you, a midfielder, to compete for the Golden Boot with a striker, right?

As a result, now that the Premier League has passed a few rounds, Leon is still hanging high at the top of the scorer list, and the goal efficiency is so stable that it is simply unbelievable!

With this goal, Leon has already scored twelve goals in thirteen league games!

And this game is far from over, and it is very likely that Leon will continue to pull his average goals per game to the terrible number of "1".

On the contrary, Cavani doesn't know if his mentality has been affected, or if he has had a problem with his recent performance, and he has failed to score in three consecutive league games, and his current goal tally is still stuck at ten.

I really want to play according to the current trend until the end of the league.

Then Leon is really likely to compete for the Golden Boot award with a group of strikers in the Premier League as a midfielder this season!

Leon, who did not deliberately record his goals and did not compare his goals with Cavani, was simply enjoying the joy of helping the team score first.

As soon as the goal was scored, Sunderland's tactics of shrinking naturally became meaningless.

Unless they are really determined to be cowards in front of the more than 40,000 fans at home.

But in that case, the morale of Sunderland's main players would be too bad.

Poyet is nowhere near the best coach in football, but he knows what tactics to play and when.

If he really dared to continue to put the bus behind at home today, he might not wait until the halfway point of the league to finish, and he will be sacked by Sunderland's management.

For the sake of his position below the butt, and for the sake of defending the dignity of Sunderland's home stadium.

In the end, Poyet chose to let his disciples take the initiative to take the initiative to meet Chelsea.

As a result, this touch caused Sunderland to be hit again in the 36th minute of the first half.

De Bruyne counter-attacks from Kroos' through ball.

Leon stepped forward to distract the Sunderland backline.

Ibrahimovic finally beat O'Shea at the back post and sent De Bruyne's cross into the Sunderland goal!

With a 2-0 advantage, Chelsea went into the second half in a happy mood.

Sunderland, who were in a hurry to get behind, moved more and more defensively after the start of the second half.

Kroos and Leon were keenly aware of the restlessness and instability in Sunderland's backline, so they handed over the ball to Eden Hazard.

Hazard also lived up to expectations, and in the 64th minute of the second half, he used a series of strong bursts to make Sunderland right-back Bershini explode.

Eventually, Bercini brought down Hazard with a clear pull in the box.

He was lucky not to get a red card, but the penalty basically sealed Sunderland's death sentence!

Leon didn't give in this time.

He confidently turned the ball to the penalty spot, and then blasted home the goal!

Pantilimon pounced in the wrong direction, snarling in frustration on the turf.

Leon had already beckoned his teammates to rush to the corner flag area of the Sunderland half, and then they came to celebrate with a group kneeling!

The commentator of Sky Sports looked at Li Ang, who was in high spirits at the moment, and couldn't help but cheer excitedly together:

"Thirteenth goal in the league! Chelsea's Lion King doesn't just want to be the top scorer for a while, he's serious about winning the Premier League Golden Boot this season! ”

(End of chapter)