Chapter 325 Against Arsenal, Chelsea never had to think about hiding tactics

To be honest, it's not easy to recruit people for the club.

As far as Leon's temperament is concerned, it is almost the same to be able to take the initiative to hint at Suarez on the pitch this season.

But now he has extended an offer to Suarez for Chelsea for the third time this season.

If Suarez is poached by Barcelona in the end, and the media knows about his three fruitless invitations, then he will really be a clown.

The media fans ridiculed that he would offend Liverpool by himself, which was completely thankless.

But there was no way, Ibrahimovic approached him and Mourinho in the middle of the season to express his intention that he would not continue to sign with Chelsea after the end of the season.

The reason is also very simple, which directly made Leon and Mourinho extinguish the idea of persuading him to stay in the Premier League.

"I'm going to turn 34 this year and if the team still plays with the same tactics I did when I first came in, I should be able to do it for another season, but it's impossible.

We're playing really well now, we need younger players in all positions, so I'm a bit of a stretch when it comes to running, and I'm really getting old enough to retire......

In the old days, it was hard for Leon to imagine that such words would come out of Eevee's mouth.

But the reality is that no matter how strong a footballer is, he will not be able to withstand the invasion of time.

Ibrahimovic is indeed a bit overwhelmed, and Chelsea's tactics now require a lot of movement from every player on the pitch.

Coupled with the fact that the confrontation in the Premier League is already very strong, the pace of the game is fast, and the schedule is very dense, no matter how you look at it, it is not a league suitable for players to 'retire'.

Of course, if Ibrahimovic can accept being a substitute at Chelsea, then all these challenges and problems he faces will be solved.

But Ibrahimovic couldn't accept being on the bench for the past two seasons.

His fitness has declined significantly compared to when he was younger, but he has now managed to change his habits and carve out a different track for himself as a centre-forward.

That is, at Chelsea now, he is a little overwhelmed by the tactical demands.

But when he returns to Paris or Serie A, he is still very confident that he can play as the absolute main force and attacking core of any team.

In the face of age, Ibrahimovic let go of his rebelliousness, and he began to rationally consider his next contract.

If he can fulfill his Champions League dream at Chelsea this season and make history by winning the English quadruple, then he really has no professional regrets.

Leave the Premier League for a slower-paced league. It was almost an inevitable choice for him.

From the brother's point of view, Leon really couldn't continue to persuade Ibrahimovic to stay in the Premier League for a few seasons after understanding Ibrahimovic's thoughts.

Anyone will say anything, but if Ibrahimovic really loses a serious injury or something in the Premier League by then, then Leon will only blame himself.

Mourinho also respects Ibrahimovic's ideas. And, to be honest, Ibrahimovic has made a lot of tactical sacrifices and changes in the last two seasons in order to adapt to Chelsea's tactics.

Now Ibrahimovic has the idea of leaving, and Mourinho doesn't want to put any obstacles in the way of Ibrahimovic's economic team in the transfer.

Prepared for the worst, the challenge for Mourinho and the entire Chelsea team is to find a top centre-forward who fits the Chelsea system as soon as possible.

Leon's temptation to invite Suarez has changed from a dispensable to a necessary one.

Suarez is not a high striker, nor is he a tough black and hard, but he can act as a tactical fulcrum, and his nose in front of goal and technical ability to handle the ball are also at the top level of football right now.

More importantly, now he also wants to join a strong team with the strength to compete for the championship.

Last season, he almost decided to let his financial team talk to Arsenal about a transfer, but was finally persuaded by Gerrard.

This season, he dragged Liverpool into the top six, and he really did his duty to Liverpool.

Suarez is not young anymore, and if he doesn't hurry up and fight for the championship, his hopes of winning the championship in the future will only get lower and lower.

He has this idea, and Chelsea can afford to pay it, and they are not yet a direct rival to Liverpool - after all, Liverpool are only fighting for four at most in the next few seasons, and there is absolutely no hope of winning the title.

When it comes to transfers, Mourinho has confidence in his own transfer department, so it is necessary to let Leon have a relationship at the player level in advance.

It's best to do the same as last summer window when Chelsea and Kroos talked about a transfer.

The club showed sincerity and gave a full transfer fee, and Leon went out again and directly called Kroos to make an appointment.

The two-pronged approach is to finalize the contract early and get the transfer matters done, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

After all, good midfielders and center forwards are scarce resources in European football, and if you don't start early, you will be robbed by other giants, and there will be no place to cry.

Before Chelsea won the Champions League this season, they did not have the qualifications of traditional giants to put on a show.

At this moment, Mourinho looked at Leang, who was "chatting happily" with Suarez on the field, and his heart was also settled.

He decided to let the club negotiate a transfer with Liverpool as soon as the summer window opened after the end of the season.

He also has to guard the transfer of Suarez before starting his own happy vacation!

Li Ang didn't know that he was being targeted by Mu Shuai again, and he was still completing his task seriously.

Looking at the intention in Suarez's eyes, he also warmly invited Suarez to come to London for a visit after the season.

When the time comes, you can take a look at the living quarters and schools in advance......

Messi can call Suarez to make an invitation, and he is more direct on his side, offline invitation, once is not enough, three times!

He didn't believe it, in this case, Suarez could still be abducted to Barcelona by Messi.

Barcelona is a great place to live, but London is also attractive, and Suarez's wife may not be able to resist the temptation to settle in London in the future.

After completing his task, Leon generously completed a hug with Suarez on the field, and then left in style under Gerrard's vigilant watch, and went to the field with his teammates.

Curious reporters swarmed around again, wanting to ask about the conversation between Leon and Suarez.

'I consoled Luiz that they have had some problems this season and to be honest, it's very unfortunate that a traditional English club like Liverpool didn't qualify for next season's Champions League.

Transfer rumours? No, no, no, I don't know about that, and there are no fewer scandals in the transfer market every year, isn't it?

Luiz is a 100 per cent Liverpool player now and he also told me that he was doing well at Liverpool and I just comforted and encouraged him, it's as simple as that......"

There was nothing wrong with Leon's interview speech, but the transfer scandal between Suarez and Chelsea that night was once again in full swing.

But this time, transfer rumours won't have subsided as quickly as they did in the first half of the season.

Liverpool's PR department is here to refute the rumours, but Chelsea's side is extremely quiet.

Don't ask, just now that Chelsea are preparing for the FA Cup final against Arsenal, they don't want to be bothered by other matters.

The reasons given by Chelsea are good and reasonable, but they just don't explain the transfer scandal.

This is actually a test before the official contact at club level.

The same was true for Arsenal last season, with a lot of rumours rife with Suarez before making a formal offer to Liverpool.

It's not a big move on Chelsea's side.

If the Liverpool hierarchy is sensible enough, Suarez should now be mentally prepared to leave the team in the summer window.

After all, Suarez promised to renew his contract with Liverpool last year, but very resolutely only agreed to renew his contract for two years.

Now, Suarez and Liverpool have only one year left on their contracts.

Either get together and disperse, sell a large transfer fee to the team's reinforcements, or force Suarez to stay for another year, and finally let the other teams pick up the leaks.

The gains and losses in this have to be weighed by Liverpool's top management......

Most of Chelsea's main players have been given another holiday, and even if the league match against Arsenal is about to begin, Mourinho is still very relieved to let most of his main players rest first.

The outside world has made Chelsea's next round of replay very important.

At league level, this round of supplemental fixtures does not mean anything to Chelsea or Arsenal as their positions are already fixed.

But before the FA Cup final, the two teams played such a game, which can be seen as a tactical preview of the FA Cup final.

The whole Arsenal team still takes this very seriously.

In their previous games against Chelsea, they had suffered from tactical restraint.

If you want to make a change, then this round of replay is not impossible to do a tactical experiment.

On the afternoon of May 20, Mourinho led his team to the Emirates Stadium in the same city.

In his pre-match press conference yesterday, he made a rare surprise in announcing his starting 18-man squad a day earlier.

In this list, there are only six key players in Chelsea's first team, with the rest either rotating on the bench or academy youngsters.

But this is also expected by the media.

But before the start of the game that afternoon, after Chelsea's starting 11 list was released, all kinds of media reporters couldn't calm down!

Because of the 6 main players in Chelsea's 18-man squad, only 1 Li Ang started the game!

The rest were on the bench and, in short, Arsenal had to deal with an almost rotational Chelsea side today!

Is it looking down on Arsenal or hiding something?

A big question mark appeared in the minds of the reporters at the scene.

And Arsene Wenger, who learned of Chelsea's starting lineup today, was also dismissed by Mourinho.

But the game is about to start, and it is not good to make big tactical adjustments on the spot at this time, and Wenger can only let his disciples act when the time comes.

If you can't play Chelsea's tactics, then try to break Chelsea's unbeaten record this season!

If that can be done, then Wenger thinks it's worth it.

At 3 p.m., the round of make-up matches kicked off at the Emirates Stadium.

Chelsea came up very sloppy and put on a stubborn posture.

But Arsenal, who had suffered all the hardships of Chelsea's counterattack before, have now learned to be well-behaved and are not in a hurry to put on a posture and attack aggressively.

Arsenal's forward pressure was cautious, and Leon was happy to see it, allowing Arsenal's midfielders to battle wits with the air.

He dragged in the middle and back anyway, and he was not in a hurry to command his teammates to come forward and press.

The first 10 minutes of the first half were uneventful, and the whole Arsenal team looked as if Chelsea were really bent on holding on, and this was when they began to make a move.

In the sprint stage of this year's season, Arsenal did not have the urgent need to fight for the top four, and they also played a little lazier in attack, and Cavani's goal efficiency fell off a cliff at this stage.

So far, he is two goals short of Leon's 27 league goals, and if he can't make a statistical breakthrough in this round of the league, it will be too difficult to score a hat-trick in the final round.

So from the beginning of the game, Cavani was very active in pressing in the Chelsea penalty area and frequently raised his hand to ask for the ball.

But just like the previous Chelsea players blindly passed the ball to Leon, Leon played averagely.

The more Edinson Cavani rushed to get the ball out of his way, the more Chelsea defended him was targeted.

Anyway, we all know that Arsenal's other attacking players will only feed Cavani alone in the end, so it is natural to concentrate on defending to limit Cavani's play.

The two teams soon began to practice in attack and defence in the Chelsea half.

It's just that Arsenal's attack is too rigid, and there is quite a kind of posture of light thunder and no rain.

Cavani forced six shots in the first half-hour of the game, but only two of them hit the woodwork, making it a ......

It's not a difficult pattern for Chelsea's defensive players to deal with.

Seeing this, Wenger also pulled Cazorla on the sidelines, not knowing what to say to him.

Taking advantage of the deadball opportunity later, Cazorla found Cavani, and the two covered their mouths and whispered a few words.

In the final stages of the first half of the game, Cavani slowly calmed down, no longer blindly looking for shooting opportunities, and re-played the tactical role that a top center forward should have in attack.

However, he was a little slow to adjust, and Arsenal's attack picked up slightly, and the referee blew the whistle at the end of the half.

After a short 15-minute break, Arsenal wanted to continue the siege, but Chelsea changed the rhythm of the first half of the passive defense!

Take the initiative, press and press, and quickly counterattack when you get the ball!

Chelsea sacrificed the crazy running tactics of high pressure throughout the game, forced the rhythm of the game, and kicked the Arsenal defenders in a daze!

Chelsea didn't send their main trident up front today, but Lukakuga and Salah's two-wing combination counter-attacked, and the impact was no less than that of Hazard and De Bruyne!

Coupled with Drogba, who can stably act as a fulcrum in the middle, and Leon, who began to take the ball frequently, Chelsea's counter-attacking offensive is a boom!

At this time, Wenger was unable to react quickly.

Arsenal's defence began to become more passive, and the Arsenal players in midfield were unable to drop back in time to assist their team-mates at the back to help relieve them of the pressure.

Under heavy pressure, the young Arsenal right defender Bellerin made a mistake, and after Lukaku took the ball and pressed into the penalty area, he subconsciously went all out to fight with his upper body!

In terms of the ability to fall to the ground in the penalty area, Lukaku is certainly not as good as Hazard and Salah.

But Bellerin fed all the opportunities into his mouth... After the two were entangled, they fell together, and Bellerin innocently spread his hands, but the referee on duty still pointed to the penalty spot with a firm hand!

Wenger was numb at this moment, and Cavani's face was even more ugly!

Li Ang didn't expect such an unexpected joy at all, patting Lukaku's bare head and praising him again and again for a good job!

After the referee forcibly separated the players of the two teams who were still pestering and arguing, Leon walked into the Arsenal penalty area with the ball and looked at Arsenal substitute goalkeeper Ospina, who was a little nervous at the moment.

The strength of the Colombian international is actually quite good, but his height of 1.83 meters is indeed a shortcoming that limits his ability to go further.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Ang made up his mind, and when the referee blew the whistle, he also sprinted quickly and pulled out the football vigorously!

It's the card that draws the ball to the top left corner of the goal!

Leon didn't make any eye hints, and Ospina saved very resolutely, but his arm was just so short that he couldn't reach it!

I think that at the beginning, Li Ang's powerful volley penalty kung fu was practiced under the guidance of Casillas.

Casillas knows what goalkeepers hate the most.

Ospina and Casillas are about the same height, but in terms of reflexes and physical fitness, he is not a little worse than Cassie.

The football was drawn into Arsenal's goal by Leon without any suspense!

Ang Lee, who scored his 28th Premier League goal of the season, excitedly celebrated with his teammates at the Emirates Stadium!

Cavani and Suarez, who still have 25 and 26 goals in the league, are already hard to surpass him!

Mourinho, who got up from the coach's seat, also showed a confident smile and kept applauding Leang's performance!

Hidden tactics?

Maybe against other teams, Mourinho will consider doing that.

But against Arsenal, Chelsea never need to hide tactics.

Never.

(End of chapter)