On the night he won the Silver Pants Trophy, Leon didn't stay long in Monaco, and after a simple cup of coffee with Cristiano Ronaldo, Leon flew back to London.

No way, the fourth round of the Premier League is about to begin, and Chelsea face Leon's favourite rivals in the Premier League, Manchester United.

Mourinho may feel that it is not a big problem to play Manchester United without Leon, but Leon does not want to miss the meeting with his little brother Lukaku~

At London Heathrow Airport that night, the successful image of Li Ang, who appeared with the brokerage team, holding the silver pants trophy, instantly killed countless films of reporters.

Leon personally didn't want to be so embarrassed, but he couldn't resist the strong demand of Mendes, who accompanied him.

After deliberately staying at the airport for a while, leaving enough time for the reporters to take pictures, Li Ang was able to go home smoothly.

The joy of winning UEFA's Player of the Year award was not as good as he had imagined.

This award is like an appetizer, and Leon enjoys it very comfortably, but what he wants to get his hands on even more is the Golden Globe Award at the beginning of next year!

So Leon didn't spend much time playing with the silver trouser trophy, and soon after returning home, he asked the agent's assistant to put the replica trophy in his honor room.

After going to the training base the next day, Li Ang received congratulations from many base staff and teammates.

But apart from a polite smile and thanks, he was calm, and this calm gesture once again raised his image in the hearts of all the base staff.

The rest of the Chelsea players were more convinced of Leon.

It's not okay to be unconvinced, if they win the UEFA Player of the Year award, not to mention the tail, then they will have to be proud for at least two days.

As a result, Li Ang was like no one, and he basically couldn't see any emotional fluctuations.

The rest of the Chelsea first team could only sigh in their hearts in the end:

Leon is so calm, no wonder he is the only man who can compete with Mero for the Golden Ball now!

And seeing that the team boss has been so successful, he can still be so calm and calm.

The young players in the longing Chelsea squad can't help but work harder.

Lao Mu was very satisfied with this, and after the last day of training before the game, he also gave these young players a surprise "reward".

Kurt Zouma was named in the starting 11 for the game against Manchester United, while Gnabry and Loftus-Cheek were both in the 18-man squad.

Maguire, who has been playing very well since the beginning of the season, was given a leave of absence by Mourinho on the day of the game, so he could rest for a day.

The three youngsters, who have basically won the playing time commitment, are very excited.

In the warm-up session on the afternoon of the game, Leon even jokingly reminded Zouma not to work too hard in the warm-up, otherwise it would be easy to get weak when he played later.

The rest of Chelsea's main players also made good-natured jokes about Kurt Zouma in an attempt to ease his nerves.

Chelsea's side had a lively half-time and the veterans were looking after the newcomers.

On the contrary, there is a slightly more silent and serious warm-up atmosphere on the side of Manchester United.

Lukaku stayed in a group of Manchester United players but looked very out of place.

No one communicated with him, let alone jokes, not even a simple polite awkward chat.

The little monster finally understood Leon's painstaking efforts to persuade him not to join Manchester United.

It's really hard to treat this giant's locker room!

The veterans are in their own way, the players brought in by the new manager are in their own way, the English speakers are playing together, and the Spanish speakers are another small circle......

Originally, Lukaku didn't think it would be difficult for him to integrate into United's dressing room.

After all, his value is here, and his ability is enough, even if there will be no new teammates to scold him, but the veterans will at least release the kindness they deserve to him, right?

Before reporting to Manchester United, Lukaku thought everything was going too smoothly and well, but reality quickly took his head start.

There were moments of unity in this Manchester United team last season.

At that time, the Premier League entered the second half, and Manchester United chased points all the way, and it was about to break into the Champions League zone.

In order to have the Champions League in the new season, both veterans and latecomers in the Manchester United dressing room at that time were united, twisted into a rope, and rushed towards the Champions League area.

As a result, at the most critical moment of grabbing points, Manchester United ran into Chelsea...

As a result, Manchester United, which had been united with great difficulty, suddenly fell apart.

The veterans, led by Wayne Rooney, have expressed strong dissatisfaction with the club's hierarchy and the coaching staff.

And the players who have only been in Manchester United for a few seasons and know that they are in the quagmire of the collapse of the giants have let their own agents run the transfer.

The operation is successful, such as Di Maria, who has already run to Grand Paris and continues to receive high salaries.

Unsuccessful like Juan Mata and Fellaini, they can't run away, and if they are bad, they will affect their reputation too much, so they can only be patient with their contracts.

The few players who really wanted to stay with Manchester United on their comeback, such as Hernandez the little pea, were cleaned up by Louis van Gaal.

In this case, it is the ghost that the Manchester United dressing room can be united!

Inside, Van Gaal's approach to managing the dressing room is too tough.

couldn't get Rooney and them for a while, so Chef Fan had the idea of starting anew, and Xia Window brought in reinforcements, so he was stunned to get another set of teams.

At this stage, Lao Fan just wants to prove himself quickly, and he doesn't bother to sort out the complicated relationship in the locker room.

As everyone knows, the more he thinks about it, the less likely it is that Manchester United will produce results.

Lukaku has directly become a "victim" in this complex dressing room fighting environment.

He was actually very good in the first three rounds, scoring two goals in three rounds and scoring the decisive goal to help United get their first win of the new season in the third round of the league.

Manchester United fans are very fond of him, but as the new main striker that Louis van Gaal has brought in this summer window, he is not popular among the veterans in the Manchester United dressing room.

Anyway, Lukaku himself can't understand why he can score goals and help the team win, but he can only get the cold face of Manchester United's veterans.

He doesn't like the atmosphere in the dressing room at the moment.

He misses his brothers at Chelsea, the close-knit team atmosphere where everything is talked about, and the boss Leon, who will only lead newcomers to actively integrate into the team and will never take the lead in excluding newcomers!

It's a pity that he didn't listen to Li Ang's words at the beginning, and he was carried away by the beautiful vision of joining the giants.

Regret it now?

It's too late......

Leon is not very aware of Lukaku's current predicament, after all, he has not been in contact with Lukaku recently since his transfer.

But he actually knows very well in his heart that Lukaku, a kid, has definitely not had a good time at Manchester United recently.

Not to mention that the major British media have been keen to report on the struggle between the veterans and the coaching staff within Manchester United in recent times.

Even if Leon only judged from his own memories of Manchester United's impression of this period, he knew that Lukaku's involvement in the dressing room struggle was not pleaseable.

But he can't do anything other than show sympathy for Lukaku.

After all, the road is chosen by yourself, and if you choose the wrong one, you can only bear it as an adult.

Fortunately, Lukaku had won enough trophies at Chelsea before he left for Manchester United, and he had both the league title and the Champions League title, so he has no regrets......

At 3pm on 29 August, the fourth round of the Premier League match between Chelsea and Manchester United kicked off at Old Trafford.

In the past two seasons, Manchester United have faced Chelsea without a win!

To be honest, from the players to the fans, the current Manchester United has been psychologically shadowed by Chelsea.

Against Chelsea, they can afford to lose anything.

Chef Fan suffered enough for Chelsea last season.

In the first game of the new season with Chelsea, he didn't dare to be careless at all, and he pragmatically put out the 541 Iron King Eight formation.

Mourinho also scratched his head after looking at Manchester United's starting line-up list.

He really didn't expect that one day Manchester United would be the first to admit to their opponents at Old Trafford.

However, it has to be said that Van Gaal's tactical choice has successfully helped Manchester United reduce the probability of being killed by Chelsea.

Seeing Manchester United's big bus formation, whether it is Mourinho or Chelsea's starting forces, there is no desire to bite hard anyway.

From the start of the game, Chelsea, who were the first to kick off, controlled possession in midfield and patiently involved United's central defence.

Leon looked at Fellaiga Herrera, who was standing conservatively in front of him, and then at Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin, who seemed to be playing as wing-backs on either side of the midfield, but were actually more defensive in the middle.

In the bottom of my heart, I can't help but sigh at the wonder of Van Gaal's tactics today!

"Is it necessary? Is this necessary? What's the difference between this and swinging the back four?

You are Manchester United, the number one giant in the Premier League, what about your backbone?! ”

Li Ang complained a few words in his heart, but he ignored the fact that his boss Mourinho often likes to play four midfielders on the field.

As soon as Manchester United's formation came out, it was clear that they were going to hold on at home today.

They don't care if they win or not, they just want to stabilize and not lose first.

Leon can understand the mood of the Manchester United players who want to stand on the defensive first.

But as the man who likes to score Manchester United's goals the most, he doesn't like to waste too much time on attacking Manchester United's midfield defence.

To play this kind of big bus formation, the smartest way to attack is to constantly pull the opponent's defense.

It just so happened that the speed of the four midfielders sent by Manchester United today was not too fast, and Li Ang just thought about it for a while, and quickly decided on a way to deal with the Manchester United midfield quartet!

"Eden! Come on, come here......"

Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity in the opening stages, Li Ang called Hazard back in a slip of the way, and then seized the time to quickly command a few words in his ear.

Hazard nodded as he listened, then showed a knowing smile and made a gesture of "rest assured" to Leon.

The director cleverly captured the small movements of Leon and Hazard on the pitch.

At this moment, many fans are also very curious about what Leon explained to Hazard.

Their doubts didn't last long, though.

Soon, Hazard dropped back into Chelsea's midfield and unveiled their new tactics with Leon.

Chelsea have also changed their formation to a midfield four, but compared to United's four midfield giants who are crowded in the middle, Chelsea's four midfielders make full use of the space on the pitch.

Eden Hazard and Leon split the pitch on the left and right flanks of the pitch, with Nemanja Matic and Kroos in the middle.

Suarez and Salah look like they have become two strikers at the moment, and they are both strikers who have the ability to drop back and receive the ball and advance with the ball themselves.

After a slight change, Chelsea's midfield began to test the attack with an overall forward press.

However, they didn't pass the ball forward much, and more often pulled out the formation to do lateral passing.

Hazard and Leon both have strong ability to protect the ball and dribble the ball, and the two are on either side of the midfield at the moment, no matter who is the ball carrier, the defenders of Manchester United's midfield dare not slack off!

Kroos and Nemanja Matic are in the middle and their ability to transfer the ball is top-notch.

So Chelsea's possession was very smooth, the ball was fast enough and the pass was very accurate.

After the lateral pass is pulled away, Leon and Eden Hazard could catch the ball at any time and try to break through.

This will be a great test of Manchester United's midfield defenders' sweeping coverage and defensive ability.

If Schweinsteiger is still in his prime, he can use his strong running ability to make up for Fellaini's lack of lateral sweeps.

But the fatal point is that the current Schweinsteiger's form has dropped significantly.

It's not just that his physical condition has dropped dramatically, but also that his hunger for championship glory is running out.

He has many Bundesliga titles, the Champions League, a six-time winner and even a World Cup winner!

Little Pig has no shortage of championships, to put it bluntly, he came to Manchester United to get a high salary for retirement.

The physical condition is not as good as before, and the mentality has become very Buddhist, and it is completely impossible to let the current Schweinsteiger work hard for Manchester United.

In addition to the piglets, the other three players in Manchester United's four midfielders today are not very capable.

It's not that Leon looks down on people, but Herrera, Fellaini and Schneiderlin, the three of them really don't have the ability to play as the main starters in a big club.

Several people are diligent and diligent, but at this moment, in the face of Chelsea's fast passing, they don't want to take the initiative to attack and put pressure on defense, and it is difficult to even continue to stabilize the line!

Fellaini felt very aggrieved, after all, his defensive strength was frontal interception.

Let him follow Chelsea's rapid transmission at the moment to do a rapid lateral movement, that is completely embarrassing for him!

Louis van Gaal was also anxious off the pitch.

He probably expected Chelsea to make tactical changes to the squad he had lined up today.

But he really didn't expect that his four-midfield defensive system would be involved by Chelsea so quickly!

It's only been seven or eight minutes now, and Fellaini is a little unstable about dropping the chain.

Van Gaal really can't think about how Fellaini will support it when the two teams' offense and defense are further accelerated?

And just when Van Gaal was considering whether to replace Fellaini in the first half and bring on Ashley Young to enhance the defensive flexibility of the midfield.

Li Ang, who had not made a hard attempt before, suddenly took the ball in the right midfield and slammed it into the hinterland of Manchester United's midfield!

Schneiderlin, who was staring at Leon, couldn't keep up, and was directly left behind by Leon who broke out at speed!

Fellaini retreated as soon as possible, forcing Leon to cut in.

But with his move, Kroos, who cut in from the back of midfield, got plenty of space to get forward.

Leon decisively reversed the triangle ball, and after Kroos inserted the ball, there was almost no hesitation, and he directly sent a diagonal long pass to transfer!

He had already observed that the move to Hazard was very accurate.

Manchester United's seemingly solid midfield defense is falling apart at the moment!

Because Schweinsteiger also can't keep up with Hazard's pace!

After two or three steps directly erased Schweinsteiger and Darmian, the two United defenders, Hazard took the opportunity to go down and then sent a cross to the back of the United penalty area!

Eden Hazard's cross was smart.

The football directly bypassed the tall central defender Smalling at the front of the Manchester United penalty area, and at the back of the penalty area, Suarez, who grabbed a little bit with Blind, already had a position advantage!

Suarez, who had completed the summit with all his strength, had planned to run to the bottom line to celebrate.

But De Gea, who is at the peak of his career, saved Manchester United with a seemingly impossible miracle save!

Well... Or rather, half saved.

Because just after he saved Suarez's header, Leon who came out of the middle of the penalty area met the second penalty kick and volleyed a non-stop ball!

This time, De Gea is a god descending from heaven, and he can't make a second save!

After breaking through the Manchester United goal again, Leon finally showed a comfortable smile on his face.

He beckoned his teammates to join him in the corner flag area to celebrate.

At this moment, Lukaku, who was standing in the Chelsea half and had not touched the ball for five minutes, looked at the familiar scene with envy.

I think that at the beginning, he and his teammates gathered around Li Ang to celebrate happily......

But now, happiness only belongs to his former teammates, and he himself has nothing but depression and grievance!

"Boss, is it too late for me to regret it? I don't want to stay at Manchester United anymore! ”

(End of chapter)