Tottenham's players had an ugly face.

Whether it's the Tottenham players who started on the pitch or the Tottenham players who are sitting on the bench at the moment.

Listening to the increasingly unified slogans at Stamford Bridge, their faces quickly turned resentful.

In many cases, sudden anger can always stimulate people's nerves and prompt them to make irrational actions and decisions.

Pochettino may still be clear-headed, but the Tottenham players who were taunted directly by the Chelsea fans on the pitch were not so easy to calm down.

They didn't look too frustrated by the sudden conceded goal, but were more active in putting the ball back on the kick-off and waiting for the game to restart.

Leon noticed the angry look on the faces of the Tottenham players, but he didn't let that worry him, and there was a glint in his eyes.

And Chelsea's all-round celebration didn't waste much time.

After all, it was only the first goal of the game and the Chelsea players will be looking to extend their advantage even further.

Soon after, the game resumed at the Clattenburg whistle.

Jose Mourinho stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed, carefully observing the situation on the pitch after his side took the lead.

Tottenham, who had the ball, didn't do much passing in their half.

Ryan Mason, who was supposed to play the role of a metronome for the whole Tottenham team, didn't have the heart to slow down the tempo at all.

After he gets the ball in midfield, he basically quickly delivers the ball to the left and right wings in front of him.

And Eriksen, who played left midfielder on the left side of this game, is the real beat core of the whole Tottenham team at this moment.

Jose Mourinho sees this, and he believes Leon on the pitch can also see Tottenham's fatal flaws in the playmaking end.

One of the most interesting trends in modern football is that the core of the organization is getting further and further back.

There are many benefits to the metronome player's position being posterior.

The first is to avoid too many unnecessary confrontations with opponent players, and you can put more physical energy into the organization tandem.

The second is to further broaden the horizon and grasp the overall situation, which also gives the core organization players more time to think.

As for the lack of threatening passing after staying away from the frontcourt.

One can be compensated for by accurate long passes.

Second, the wingers, who are now becoming more and more versatile, have been able to take over the burden of threatening passes on the traditional number 10 players.

This kind of big trend in football is irreversible, and small teams can also play retro flow, use the traditional number 10 position as the core of the team, and win some small cup championships.

But for the old giants in football, the core player of the No. 10 position is reused, and the cost performance of winning is too low.

The fundamental reason is that this kind of player is destined to eat too much offensive ball in the team and concede too high a goal!

Nowadays, the strong teams in football basically attach importance to the opportunity to switch between attack and defense.

If you want to play retro tactics, just forget if you don't follow the crowd, and create counterattack opportunities for the opponent one by one, then you really deserve to lose!

At the moment, Tottenham has basically played such a retro tactic in attack.

The only difference is that Eriksen doesn't stand in the middle, but pulls the side.

But the style of play is not new, Kane, Lamela and Lennon are all playing around Eriksen's ball-handling position.

At this point, if Christian Eriksen can deliver a clever pass that breaks through the Chelsea defence, then Tottenham could indeed play an effective attacking attack.

Leon has been watching Tottenham's tactical changes carefully on the pitch.

He could see a significant improvement in Eriksen's tactical position on the pitch, and he also believed that Eriksen was capable of carrying such a tactical load.

But he didn't continue to target Eriksen defensively in the first place, limiting his ball and through balls.

Instead, Leon deliberately slowed down his pressing on Eriksen defensively, as if he were deliberately encouraging him to deliver threatening passes forward.

It wasn't that Li Ontuo made such a decision, but that he trusted his teammates behind him enough and the defensive system that Mourinho had created.

Chelsea are undoubtedly one of the best teams in football today when it comes to seizing opportunities to transition between attack and defence.

Leon not only saw the change in Tottenham's attacking tactics on the field, but he also saw a great opportunity to further strengthen Tottenham's counterattack between attack and defense!

Therefore, Tottenham's players on the field are going to die, so why does Leon need to remind them to stop them?

He believes that the Tottenham players on the pitch did not intend to adopt this double-edged attacking style of retro attack.

Because Bo Fat's tactical arrangement ability before the game cannot be so low.

But whatever the reason for Tottenham's tactics to become aggressive right now.

Now that you've fallen into Chelsea's tactical trap, don't think about getting out easily!

The game seemed to be moving in the direction of a large number of neutral fans in front of the television.

Because Tottenham did play more "threatening" attacks on the pitch.

Even though it looked like they were close to breaking through the Chelsea defence and getting a chance to threaten the goal, the reality was that the Chelsea defence was still impregnable.

But the number of attempts has cumulated, and Tottenham's initiative has made their attack seem closer and closer to a goal-scoring result.

At least it was passable on the pitch, much better than being pressed into the half by Chelsea before.

Chelsea, on the other hand, have been much quieter during the Spurs onslaught.

There were counter-attacks, but only two were considered more threatening, but they were quickly intercepted in front of their own penalty area by Tottenham's returning players.

Eden Hazard's long-range shot went wide and Ibrahimovic's failed attempt to get the ball in the box gave thousands of Tottenham fans a lot of confidence.

And in their crazy cheering, the Tottenham players on the field seem to be playing more and more energetically, and the more they play, the more they are in shape!

Mauricio Pochettino paced nervously on the sidelines, hoping that his side would have equalised before half-time.

But on the other hand, he is very aware that Tottenham's style of play is now going to an extreme, and it is an extreme that is not under his control.

Leon's previous speculation was completely correct, and Tottenham's change of style of play was not prompted by Pochettino.

Purely because of Eriksen's outstanding personal ability, among the midfielders who started Tottenham today, apart from Eriksen, there is no other existence that can stabilize the morale of the army.

Ryan Mason is a good playmaker, and he usually plays well next to Dembele or Dale.

But to expect him to sit in the middle of Tottenham Hotspur and organize and coordinate the operation of Tottenham's entire attacking system as a core is indeed too high to think of him.

In the case of falling behind, it is a normal choice to give the ball to a companion who is more capable than yourself.

It's not that Eriksen doesn't know what he means when he takes over the team's main attacking possessions, but he doesn't have a choice.

Because at this time, Tottenham always has someone to stand up and stabilize the morale of the army.

He has the ability to handle the ball, and when the rest of his teammates are expecting him to step up, even if he knows that doing so will disrupt the team's offensive system, he has to carry the burden.

So far, he's doing a good job.

Pochettino, after much thought, did not force the players on the pitch to revert to their previous attacking tactics.

So no matter what he really thinks, Eriksen can only bite the bullet and continue to lead the team at this time.

But Leon's abnormal performance made Eriksen feel unsteady in his heart.

"What fishing tactics is he playing again?"

Every time Eriksen resolutely delivers a threatening pass forward, he subconsciously glances at Leon and asks himself this question in his heart.

If Li Ang is determined to stop him from playing, then he can only passively retreat and look for opportunities to organize passes.

But Leon didn't do that now.

It's anomalous, and it's no wonder that Erikson is suspicious.

After all, the two have played each other in the Champions League for a long time.

When he was at Ajax, Eriksen had already deeply experienced the embarrassment of being marked by Leon all over the field.

It's not easy for old acquaintances to play some hidden tricks, so Erickson is very sure that Leon is fishing at this moment!

But what if you know?

He couldn't stop Tottenham from immediately changing their style of play.

At best, it is more thoughtful, pay more attention to Leon's choice between attack and defense, and then see if he can disrupt his plan one step ahead.

Eriksen is ready to pay a price to stop Leon from pushing the counter-attack.

But when this moment really came, the acceleration of Leang's escape and explosion after holding the ball still made Eriksen feel the familiar deep sense of powerlessness!

In the 41st minute of the first half, Christian Eriksen sent a through ball over the top to find Lennon, who had slotted diagonally into the Chelsea box.

But in the case of Maguire attacking in advance, Lennon has no possibility of getting the ball at all!

Kroos, who was in the inside area on the left side of the Chelsea half, unloaded the ball from Maguire's top and then turned around in style to send a short through ball!

The football passed directly between Lamela and Eriksen, who came from the counterattack, and Leon, who was speeding up, did not give the Spurs frontcourt players the slightest chance to counterattack!

Under the explosion, Leon's speed with the ball has far exceeded the expectations of the Tottenham midfielders.

Lamela and Eriksen couldn't even stop Leon for an early tactical foul.

They could only desperately chase back, and at this moment, Li Ang had already ridden the dust and rushed across the middle line with the ball!

Li Ang's wonderful performance of this long-distance run directly stimulated the more than 40,000 Chelsea fans on the scene to cheer!

And in the encouragement and cheers of his own fans, Li Ang only felt that his heart was surging, and the power surging out of his body seemed to be endless and never exhausted!

When he was at Real Madrid, he asked Kaka for advice and learned for a long time.

At that time, his absolute speed and dribbling ability were not enough.

But now he is fully equipped with the physical and technical conditions to reproduce Kaka's teaching cases.

And he wasn't facing a defensive gate yet, so why didn't he give it a try?

In the excitement of the wind whistling, Leon did not play any tricks in the face of Bentaleb, who gritted his teeth and forced him to snatch it.

With a large smash change of direction and a sprint, he left Bentaleb directly behind him, and further widened the gap between the two!

Just highlight an outstanding unreasonableness!

This is also the experience he got after watching a lot of Kaka game videos.

The best way to pass people is not to use the most gorgeous skills.

If the talent is not good enough to be like Xiao Luo, he can directly stick the ball to his feet and dribble.

and does not have Messi's ultra-fast cadence ability.

Then practice the most basic smash and dribble well, and practice solidly!

The combination of man and ball is good enough, the smash is fast enough, and the explosive speed is beyond ordinary people.

With only the most basic skills, you may not be able to become a master of long-distance running!

After Leon transferred to the Premier League, he basically tried to pass and run according to his own experience.

It turned out to be a bit rough to say, but it was true, and his way of doing it did work wonders.

After another burst of Bentaleb, Leon didn't even give Ryan Mason a chance to stop him.

He forcibly picked up the speed again, and was stunned to break through the last line of defense in the Tottenham midfield to intercept!

Watching Leon rampage through Tottenham's defensive hinterland like a humanoid tank with no scruples.

The cheers of the Blues fans at the scene also looked even more crazy!

Mourinho put his hands in his pockets on the sidelines and watched with a solemn look on Leon as he approached the Tottenham backline.

Although on the surface, Mu Shuai seems to be quite calm at the moment, the hands he hid in his pockets have been tightly clenched into fists!

Faced with the last hurdle of Tottenham's defense, Leon did not choose to slow down.

Because there are no too many Tottenham players chasing after him, and if he dares to slow down at this time, he is likely to face a two-fold situation.

And he has already broken through the two blockades, and his state is completely out, it would be a pity if he chose to relax at this time.

Ibrahimovic was almost on the offside line and kept putting pressure on the Tottenham backline.

His diagonal run had brought Tottenham's left centre-back Vertonghen directly to the right of the Tottenham penalty area.

Tottenham's other tall centre-back, Fazio, had to switch places with Vertonghen as a result.

He was facing Leon face to face at the moment, and Leon soon stepped on a fast bicycle unexpectedly!

It's just that Li Ang only stepped on the bicycle for a short period of two or three times this time, and then decisively made a decision to change direction.

These bicycle movements only slightly confusing Fazio.

Fazio was very solid in his position and did not make his feet early, he was very tall and very strong in frontal interception.

Because of this, he wants to play his best skills even more, and if he occupies a position without kicking, he doesn't need to use his clumsy turn to deal with Li Ang's flexible advance.

However, although his ideas and choices are good, he still makes the mistake of inertia when it comes to the awareness of defensive anticipation.

Generally speaking, offensive players who change direction and break through in this area will basically choose to go outside the penalty area.

Because in this case, even if you don't get a shot at the end, you can at least send a cross, so this kind of attacking option is more secure.

And according to Fazio's own intelligence knowledge of Leon before the game, he knows that Leon's shooting skills have improved a lot compared to two years ago.

But Leon still couldn't play a tricky shot with a balanced left and right foot like a real striker.

So he didn't think Leon would change direction and go to the inside of the box and shoot with his left foot.

But now Li Ang just surprised him to lead the ball and change direction to the inside line!

So much so that in his astonishment, Fazio's speed of moving and intercepting was half a beat slower!

And the next more fatal thing was that Leon led the ball to change direction, and after seeing Fazio follow and make a defensive tilt action, he quickly smashed the ball and made a second change of direction in a short period of time!

Between the collar and the button, Leon still maintained an excellent balance of his figure, but Fazio could not.

His height of 1.95 meters has become his biggest defensive obstacle at this moment!

Under Leon's two flexible and quick direction change feints, he was like a puppet, being dragged into a clumsy movement defense.

Li Ang only felt that the tall central defender in front of him was really slow to move defensively!

So much so that after he made the second smash action, he had completely thrown off the opponent's position.

In an instant, the eyes suddenly opened up.

Leon could even clearly see the surprised and slightly flustered look on Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris's face.

And when the shooting angle is large enough and the space is open enough, Leon's choice is very simple.

The right calf quickly swung back, almost in the blink of an eye, and Li Ang had already completed the volley action in the penalty area!

The ball roared out from under Leon's feet like a cannonball, heading straight for the far corner of the Tottenham goal!

Lowry had predicted the direction in which Leon would hit the goal, but his save was still too slow!

The ball that Leon shot had already bounced into the net on the underside of the goal crossbar behind him, and his save was too late!

The whole Stamford Bridge stadium seems to have been completely detonated by the birth of this goal!

The corners of Leon's mouth curled up under the sound wave of crazy explosions, and then he stretched out his hands and held them high to the sky that his eyes were staring at!

The commentator of Sky Sports also seems to be completely conquered by Leon's crazy performance at this moment!

"Unbelievable! Unbelievable!!!

It was an unbeatable goal!

A 60-meter long run! Get rid of a full five defenders!

Leon put in a magical performance at Stamford Bridge that was enough to destroy the confidence of the entire Tottenham team!

Check out Leon's celebratory gesture as he pays homage to his former teammate and good friend Kaka!

And I believe that after this crazy performance, Leon will become the object of worship and emulation by more young players!

He's already a young legend in football! ”

(End of chapter)