Chapter 305: Li Ang's Data Ambitions, the Battle for the Golden Boot Resumes

The referee has not yet blew the whistle for the end of the game, but there is no longer the sound of Barcelona fans cheering at the Camp Nou.

The huge 4-0 score number on the electronic scoreboard seems to have turned into an invisible dagger at this moment, and it has been inserted into the hearts of every Barcelona fan!

This score is actually abnormal.

Even the most optimistic Chelsea supporters could not have imagined before the game that their team would be able to slaughter Barcelona on the road.

After all, the record of the two teams last season was there.

Chelsea won both legs in a narrow matchup.

But a 2-1, a 1-0, it can be said that Chelsea suppressed Barcelona's strength, but to say that Chelsea had a fault lead over Barcelona at that time, it was not enough.

As a result, a year later, Chelsea have been able to score four goals in one game at Camp Nou!

Such a growth and transformation of strength is really amazing!

If you have to say that Barcelona are a notch weaker than last year, it is that they are too weak and not that Chelsea have become stronger again.

What about Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which are currently behind Barcelona in La Liga?

A new storm of public opinion has begun.

And now the Barcelona players on the field have no heart to think about how they should deal with the crisis of public opinion after the game.

The result of being washed in four-ball blood has already nailed them to the pillar of shame.

In this case, anything said after the game is just a weak excuse.

Unless they can pull off a stunning comeback in the second leg and force an equaliser to send Chelsea into extra-time.

But will Jose Mourinho and the Chelsea coaching staff, who are already on the winning stake, really give them this chance?

The vast majority of the players in the Barcelona squad are completely pessimistic.

Enrique let the cold wind blow his hair, and sat in the dugout looking at the pitch with an indifferent expression.

Messi ran back to the kick-off with the football in his arms, he was a little confused, disappointed, and very angry!

But he didn't think about giving up like that.

He still didn't open his mouth to roar, even if it was just complaining and venting his emotions.

What the current Barcelona team needs most is not tactical guidance, but mental support.

Every Barcelona player knows that they can rely on Messi, but in Messi, it is difficult for them to get emotional feedback.

If Puyol was still on the field at this time, he would not hesitate to wake up his teammates, and then forcibly "carry" them to continue playing.

This spiritual leadership is very important.

Xavi can do most of his captaincy, but he's not Puyol after all.

The spirit of the whole Barcelona team has been dispersed at this moment, and the result of Messi taking over the ball and attacking alone is a solo fight out of the system.

Li Ang can understand Messi's mood very well at this time, but he is still like a stone in his heart today, who single-handedly led this bloody tragedy!

After Barcelona's weak attack in the last ten minutes, at the last moment, he finally ushered in Messi's solo breakthrough.

Messi attacked, he defended, and the one-on-one grappling contest between the two was officially staged at the final moment of the game.

But at this time, Messi's heart was chaotic, and his actions were also chaotic.

After losing possession of the ball in the face of Leon's marking twice in a row, Messi's mood inevitably became impatient.

And just when he forcibly took over the ball for the third time and wanted to make another final attempt, the referee on duty pinched his watch and blew the whistle at the end of the game without giving face at all!

Leon stopped defending and let Messi rush past him with the ball.

At this moment, all the players and coaches on the Chelsea bench rushed onto the pitch with impatient cheers!

Yes, they and Barcelona still have the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, but the winners and losers of this round of knockout rounds have been sealed at this moment.

What they are celebrating is not the end of this game's big victory over Barcelona, but the end of the suspense in advance and the Champions League quarterfinals this season!

In this game, Li Ang, who played two passes and two shots, had just celebrated with his teammates when he was surrounded by impatient reporters.

After finally dealing with this group of reporters, Li Ang looked into the stadium again, and could not find Messi and Iniesta.

Barcelona's players basically chose to leave the field in a hurry after the official end of the game.

Messi followed Xavi and others to make a simple thank you to the home fans, and then left decisively.

He really didn't have the heart to catch up with Leon at this time.

The Barcelona players who played this game just want to go home quickly and heal themselves quietly.

However, they now have the option of remaining silent and quickly returning to the locker room to leave.

Their head coach, Enrique, had to travel to the post-match press conference to meet the reporters' questions and caustic questions.

In stark contrast to him, of course, is the smiling and high-spirited Mourinho at the post-match press conference.

The win was a brilliant victory for the entire Chelsea squad and a complete victory for Mourinho's tactical set-up.

It is conceivable that after the end of this game, the sports media of various countries have to speculate for a long time around the tactical game between Mourinho and Enrique during the game.

And a very real problem is about to be faced by all clubs in football.

At a time when the new trend tactics have been very successful, it is a choice to increase investment and introduce players suitable for the new tactics to keep up with the trend and enjoy dividends.

Or do you choose to stay on the sidelines, but have a good chance of being left behind by your competitors in just a season or two?

Tactical changes have already begun, and they are still being deepened.

Whether they like it or not, the major clubs in Europe's major leagues will eventually stand in the new ring and compete.

Stronger confrontation, faster impact speed, and more physical strength.

If the young players in the future do not have these qualities, it will be more and more difficult to gain a foothold in the giants.

In this battle, Chelsea not only defeated Barcelona, but also woke up many old giants in European football.

It was only at this time that they really let go of the inherent prejudices in their hearts.

Jose Mourinho is no longer just pursuing utilitarian defensive football, and Pep Guardiola is not just a top player in the Premier League.

It turns out that they have already gone so far in tactical change!

And after Hai Shuai has made it clear that he will not return to coaching.

I don't know how many of the senior management of the big clubs have their eyes on Jurgen Klopp, who is still in the position of manager of Dortmund after tonight.

It can't be helped, who made Klopp also walk out of this path of football tactical change?

It is certainly unrealistic to poach Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, but strengthening Klopp can really give it a try.

Borussia Dortmund will not be able to make the big investments they have been making in the transfer market for years.

They can't keep Götze, they can't keep Lewandowski, and they can't keep Klopp, who is still ambitious.

Jurgen Klopp can build a team, make good use of young people, and his tactical concept is in line with the development trend of future football.

These characteristics are combined, and it is really difficult for him not to be interested in other football giants.

However, the lively summer window will have to wait another four months for it to arrive.

Jurgen Klopp may be the focus of discussion among fans by then, but at this point, the only hot topic in football is Chelsea's four-goal win over Camp Nou!

So much so that on the evening of February 17, Shakhtar Donetsk's upset draw with Bayern Munich at home was basically not discussed on the second day.

The whole Chelsea team, which flew back to London the next morning, also ushered in the expected all-England rainbow fart.

First of all, I'm definitely happy, but when I think about coming back, I won't have a vacation, and I'm even going to start recovery training this afternoon.

The Chelsea players are feeling a bit tired, too.

In three days' time, Chelsea host Burnley for the 26th round of the Premier League.

Li Ang estimated that Mu Shuai would choose to rotate again, but he would definitely not be able to run and continue to start.

So after the recovery training that afternoon, Li Ang directly used up the physical recovery potion that had been useless before.

Sure enough, after the training on February 19, Mourinho gave several of the team's main veterans a holiday in advance.

Petr, Terry, Silva and Ibrahimovic all received three days off.

On the other hand, Begovic, Maguire, and Drogba are basically in the starting eleven for the next round of the league.

Against Burnley, who are now third from bottom in the league and deep in the relegation zone, Chelsea have little pressure to play even with half of the main players in the rotation.

Chelsea, who suffered two draws shortly after the start of the second half of the league season, are currently narrowly closed by Manchester City in the table.

This has finally met a soft persimmon, and Chelsea must of course pinch it well to try to open up the points gap with Manchester City again.

And for Leon, the next round against Burnley is also a good opportunity for him to score his twentieth league goal this season.

After entering the Christmas Devils schedule, Leon's goal efficiency has decreased a lot.

From the fourteenth round to the nineteenth round of the league, Leon scored five goals in six games.

But since the 20th round of the league, Li Ang has only scored one goal in the last six games.

This slippery slope of goal statistics is not to say that Li Ang's performance is not good.

It was a devilish schedule with a lot of rotation, and the whole Chelsea team needed Leon to play the defensive end.

He can hold on to it, and Chelsea's record is stable.

Otherwise, in the first game of the second half of the league against Tottenham, Chelsea may have to suffer their first defeat of the season.

Leon is sacrificing his personal data to help the team continue to move forward steadily in the league.

In addition to the delay in his 20th league goal, Cavani and Suarez, who were previously separated by him in the Premier League's scorers' charts, have now caught up.

Edinson Cavani scored his 19th Premier League goal of the season in the last round and currently shares top scorer with Leon.

Suarez has scored two fewer goals, but with his ability, he can catch up with a single game.

So now Leon's top spot in the Premier League scorer list is really shaky.

I didn't have the opportunity to get the league's Golden Boot before, and Li Ang didn't care much about this personal honor.

But now as long as you work hard enough, you are likely to win the Golden Boot Award, and Leon also has the ambition to compete with Cadazo and Suarez!

At 3pm on 21 February, Chelsea kicked off the 26th round of the Premier League against Burnley at Stamford Bridge.

In addition to the rest of several veterans in the squad, Mourinho also put Kroos, Nemanja Matic and Eden Hazard on the bench today.

In midfield, Van Ginkel and Frank Lampard formed a double midfield, with Leon making a rare start in the midfield position recently.

Chelsea's forward trident today is Didier Drogba, Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne.

At the back, Ake, Harry Maguire and Kalas also made rare group starts, with Big Ivan starting at right-back and Begovic in goal.

Against Burnley, Mourinho's formation was much more aggressive, and directly discharged the 433 formation that was full of attack.

Burnley, on the other hand, lined up a 442 formation with very clear defensive counter-attacking intentions.

From the start, the game went into the rhythm of Chelsea's siege of Burnley.

In contrast, Chelsea's players even felt that Burnley did a much better job of defending against the rhythm than Barcelona.

After all, Burnley really lowered their posture from the beginning of the game, and really counterattacked to the end.

And they also put a lot of emphasis on the efficiency of seizing offensive and defensive transition opportunities.

In terms of defense alone, their ability is actually not bad, at least they can be ranked in the middle of the Premier League.

They had previously scored less points, mainly because of the lack of strength in the attack.

At this moment, the main defensive counterattack tactics can be regarded as playing to the strengths and avoiding the weaknesses.

But with only the defensive strength of the Premier League's mid-table level, Chelsea is not afraid.

After almost 20 minutes of patient penetration in the opening game, seeing that the effect was not significant, Mourinho waved his hand and adjusted the attacking means.

With Frank Lampard and Lyon in the middle of midfield, Chelsea have no shortage of good shooters.

After trying a kick first, looking for a feeling.

In the twenty-sixth minute of the first half, Li Ang received the ball after Drogba's retreat and directly rounded his thigh, and tried to hit a heavy artillery shot about 30 meters away from the goal!

Burnley goalkeeper Heaton barely saved Leon's long-range shot.

After a corner, several of Chelsea's best headers were active in the Burnley penalty area.

Harry Maguire was clearly the centre of attention at the moment, and his big head kept Burnley's defenders looking back a lot.

Leon stepped up to Maguire's side.

The two didn't communicate much, but just standing there put a lot of pressure on all the Burnley defenders!

It didn't take long for De Bruyne to make a tactical gesture before he got up and hoisted the ball into the Burnley penalty area.

The pass was quite De Bruyne's personal character, with a large arc and a quick maneuver in the landing area.

Maguire took the lead and rushed into the pile of defenders like a heavily armored soldier!

Michael Keane, the strongest and tallest central defender in the Burnley backline, did not dare to slack off, even if he fell behind in the confrontation, he was entangled with Maguire!

Neither of them ended up jumping high enough, and the soccer ball flew over their heads.

In the area that Maguire pulled away after rushing forward, Li Ang, who was full of strength, carried away another old central defender of Burnley, Shakel, and then shook his head with full force!

Shackle, who is only 1.8 meters tall, lost his defensive position.

And on his side, Li Ang, who confirmed that the football hit the net after shaking his head and attacking the goal, landed and ran to the bottom line of Burnley's half!

Burnley goalkeeper Heaton shook his hand in annoyance, and his attention was all focused on Maguire, so much so that he didn't have time to react when Leon attacked the goal!

In the stadium of Stamford Bridge, which cheered the whole audience, Leon put his hands behind his ears and came to a passionate kneeling celebration!

And the commentator of Sky Sports also passionately shouted at this moment that Li Ang has achieved the data achievement!

"Leon's 20th Premier League goal of the season! It was also his 30th total goal in all competitions!!

It was a powerful response from Leon to all opponents at Stamford Bridge!

If you want to challenge him, let the horse come!

Here he is!

He's setting a new benchmark! ”

(End of chapter)