Chapter 348: The Little Lion's Alternative Journey Home

Mourinho's face was a little ugly, but it was not because of Leang's red card, but because too many United fans booed Leang in the audience.

He didn't say anything, but just sent his strong hug as soon as Li Ang left the game, as a way to show his support for Li Ang!

As for the Manchester United fans who were insulting Leon at the scene?

Mourinho looked up and looked at them deeply.

Admittedly, these United fans are not wrong, and they are just fighting for their injured players.

But as Leon's "boss", Mourinho doesn't want to do anything neutral and objective thinking at the moment.

He just wants to make these people who booed his disciples and Manchester United pay!

Leon walked into the tunnel accompanied by Callas and Holland.

The Chelsea players who remained on the scene at the moment, whether they were starters or substitutes, glared at the United half in anger.

Of course, the Manchester United players are also very angry at the moment.

Because Schneiderlin, who was shoveled to the ground by Leang, was still unable to continue the game after being treated by the team doctor, he was replaced by Van Gaal in advance.

Fortunately, Schneiderlin's ligaments and ankle joints were not in any problem after a preliminary examination by the team doctor, and the inability to continue the game was more due to a hard injury caused by Leon's foot.

Regardless of whether Schneiderlin also deliberately made foul moves against Hazard before.

Anyway, the end result is that there is no attrition on the Chelsea side, but they Manchester United have really lost their players due to injury.

The brother on the field was deliberately killed by the opponent, which is a shame for Manchester United's starters!

Everyone has a fire, and whether they are qualified to be Chelsea's opponent or not, at least on the pitch now, Manchester United's players have the opportunity to fight back against Chelsea with tougher confrontations.

After the resumption of the game, United tried to take over control of the midfield to suppress Chelsea, relying on the advantage of having one more man on the pitch.

But Manchester United's players on the field did not expect that Mourinho would fight hard to change to the three-centre-back system, and he would continue to fight with Manchester United!

Kieran Trippier was moved to midfield by Jose Mourinho.

Although he can't replace Leon, with him and Nemanja Matic providing defensive protection on either side of the midfield, Kroos can also support Chelsea's attacking playmaker!

Manchester United didn't care about pressing up, but Chelsea quickly seized the opportunity to play a quick counter-attack!

In the 71st minute of the second half, Kroos received the ball and cut in on the right side with a long pass to find Salah, who also stepped forward to counterattack.

Salah forced an inside cut, brushed past Fellaini who was defending him, and then sent a through ball to the ribs to help Suarez score with a solo shot!

Suarez's superb far-corner push hit De Gea, who was in great form today, also had no temper at all.

After the goal, Suarez rushed straight to the touchline and roared into the stands where the United fans gathered!

He used to do it because he was a Liverpool player, and now he's celebrating the same after his transfer because he's going to stand up for his team-mates too!

The rest of Chelsea's players flocked to the stadium and did as Suarez did, slapping their chests and yelling at the stands of the United fans!

Manchester United's players stopped doing it and ran over to ask for an explanation, but to be honest, now that they are three goals down, this seemingly iron-clad approach is not convincing.

As soon as Chelsea scored the goal, Jose Mourinho made a substitution on the sidelines.

Eden Hazard, Mohamed Salah and Kroos were all replaced by Jose Mourinho, with Callas Karas, Van Ginkel and John Terry, who has recently returned from injury.

As for these defenders, Mourinho is not actually trying to defend better......

When Callas, who had just started at right-back, brought down Herrera with a ferocious frontal tackle, sparking another massive clash between Manchester United and Chelsea players.

The neutral fans in front of the TV instantly understood what Mourinho's real intentions were with these defenders.

"Good guy, you don't have to suffer at all in the fight, right?! No wonder the wingers and the other organizational core of the midfield were removed in advance, Mourinho's calculation is good! ”

"Bloody, I like it! Manchester United players! Hurry up and fight! ”

"If Manchester United are going to be beaten by Chelsea at Old Trafford today, then I really look down on them! This group of players is literally disgraced to the Red Devils! ”

"Isn't the Red Devil's face long gone? Moyes didn't spend much money at the beginning, take it well, what do you say this group of fools at Manchester United's top management are in a hurry to change him......"

Many fans discussed it with great interest on the Internet.

They don't care at all about the outcome of the match between Chelsea and Manchester United, and they just want to know if the two teams will actually fight on the pitch.

Mourinho's substitution adjustment is basically a personal offense.

But what's even more fucking is that the Manchester United players who have the advantage of being at home really don't dare to fight Chelsea like this!

Both teams did not fail to receive yellow cards in the final 20 minutes of the game.

The Chelsea defenders received three yellow cards and Manchester United also received three yellow cards, and the scene was so hot that it got out of control.

However, the conflict of the larger scene was resolved in time by the referee on duty, well... 6 yellow cards in 20 minutes, so it can't be timely!

Manchester United is a donkey down the slope.

Former captain John Terry of Chelsea's side is still planning to take a group of young brothers to block the door of Manchester United's dressing room!

However, Mourinho finally spoke up and didn't let Terry continue to make a big deal out of it.

In his post-match press conference, Jose Mourinho was on fire and lashed out at Manchester United for the lethal tactical foul they took on Chelsea in the first half of the game today!

Van Gaal is naturally not to be outdone, after all, judging from the results, Li Ang was really expelled from the game.

Manchester United is in charge, Van Gaal can be said to be full of confidence, and he even called on the FA to seriously deal with the vicious incident of Leon retaliating for the tackle on Schneiderlin.

However, contrary to many people's expectations, the FA did not immediately make a detailed punishment for Li Ang's retaliation on the field.

Of course, the statement is the first time, after all, the FA has always disliked this kind of vicious injury incident in the Premier League, which hinders commercial promotion.

Many of the neutral fans who were having fun were also interested in seeing how the FA would punish the current Premier League superstar Ang Leon this time.

Manchester United officially gave Schneiderlin's injury report that night.

The soft tissue contusion of the ankle part, combined with the photo of the severe swelling of the ankle posted by Schneiderlin on his personal social media, is quite bluffing.

But veteran fans who know the ball know what this so-called injury of soft tissue contusion is all about.

Compared to ligament and bone and joint damage, it is completely pediatric!

As long as the soft tissue contusion is not severe, the athlete can return to the game after more than a week of rest.

In other words, Schneiderlin didn't have a big problem at all.

It's scary to look at the photos, but after timely treatment, his ankle can be swollen in two days.

So Leon is not at all as "heinous" as the local media in Manchester now criticizes.

His actions were of course wrong and needed to be criticized, but as a result, his punishment did not need to rise to the level of a more than 10-game ban.

Not long after Schneiderlin's injury was identified, the FA official conveniently came forward to issue the final penalty notice:

Serious warning, £100,000 fine, plus three bans!

As soon as the result of this punishment came out, the vast majority of Premier League fans immediately felt that the FA had indeed done a good job this time.

A fine of £100,000 is not a small amount, plus the standard three-match ban, and Chelsea will also be affected by the league results because of Leon's "irrational" behavior this time.

But if you take a closer look at the FA's punishment, you will find that the FA is actually more obviously biased.

In the most watched game of the Premier League, in front of hundreds of millions or even more than a billion fans, do this kind of revenge and hurt foul action?

That is, Li Ang, if he is replaced by other players, this will not be severely banned by the FA for seven or eight games, which is completely inconsistent with the FA's current punishment style.

After all, the worldwide promotion of the Premier League is now in full swing, and any vicious incident that damages the image of the Premier League is within the scope of the FA's resolute suppression!

After all, that foul was not just about taking down a Premier League player, it was likely to kick out an important business negotiation in the Premier League.

Leon is a special existence with its own supermarket, and the FA is only willing to open up for him.

A £100,000 fine plus a standard three-match ban could gag someone else's mouth.

This is also equivalent to a disguised reminder to warn Li Ang:

I know that you have money, but if we are really determined to punish you for a ban, we can still punish you, this time we will be fined more, less banned, there is no next time, next time you make this kind of mistake again, then it will not be so easy to pass...

The FA's good intentions Leon didn't realize it for the first time, but Mendes received the signal.

On the one hand, he launched public opinion and public relations to establish Li Ang's righteous image of "standing up for his brother", and on the other hand, he took over Li Ang's personal media to issue an "apology" statement.

Of course, there is an apology in the name, but in fact, this explanation edited by Leon's agency team is all about apologizing for Leon for not taking the lead in promoting the image of the Premier League.

There was also an apology for the supporters of Leon, but there was no apology for Manchester United and Schneiderlin.

In the eyes of the managers of many other Premier League clubs in the industry, the FA's punishment of Li Ang this time is also full of warmth.

They must also be dissatisfied.

After all, is it a difference, the FA's punishment of a three-game ban is also not painful, and the players who usually make mistakes on their team are completely selfless!

But let's be honest, many commercial endorsement contracts from Huaguo in the past two seasons have further enriched their club's purse...

Thinking about the endorsement income that may increase next year, these Premier League club executives will turn a blind eye and no longer get involved in this troublesome matter.

Manchester United, of course, refused to give up, they expressed their dissatisfaction with the FA's penalty to Leon, and then continued to appeal, demanding a heavy penalty for Leon!

After Chelsea helped Leon directly pay a fine of 100,000 pounds, they also collected a collection of malicious fouls committed by Manchester United players against Chelsea players in the last round, and also appealed-for-tat!

The two clubs are still clashing their relationship in the arena of public opinion, and the FA is still having a headache.

But Li Ang, who was in the center of public opinion, was already like no one at this time, and after two days of comfortable rest, he once again started training during the international break.

During the international break, the vast majority of the players in Chelsea's first squad were called up by their respective national teams.

Leon and the rest of the youngsters came to the Cobham training base for a round of physical training.

Jose Mourinho brought in a few more young players from the second team to try out training with the first team.

After the international break, Mourinho watched the main players of the team who had more or less physical problems after watching the two national team games, and made a decisive decision to make Zouma and several of them ready to start in the fifth round of the league.

In the past, Leon would continue to start as the core of the formation.

But now that Leon is suspended, Mourinho has to rely more on substitutes, hoping that these young lads can top the crucial games of the main body's recovery.

On the afternoon of 12 September, Chelsea travel to Goodison Park to face Everton in the fifth round of the Premier League.

Suarez, Eden Hazard, Nemanja Matic, Thiago Silva and Cesar Azpilicueta were not named in the starting line-up.

Kroos partnered Kevin De Bruyne in midfield for the first time.

Behind them is Van Ginkel, while in front of them is a new forward trident of Gnabry, Llorente and Mohamed Salah.

At the back, Bertrand was once again back in the starting line-up.

He and Kieran Trippier were Chelsea's starting wing-backs for the day.

The double centre-back pair was partnered by Harry Maguire and Gary Cahill.

The starting goalkeeper is still Oblak, who has not been affected much by his form.

The quality of Chelsea's starting line-up at the back actually looks pretty good, but the forward line has somewhat made Chelsea fans beat the drums.

However, after the official start of the day's game, Llorente still used his rich game experience and tough confrontation ability to help his teammates open up the situation on the offensive end.

The tall Spanish center forward can carry people and hold the ball, and Mourinho is simply not too handy with such a high striker.

Although Gnabry's slightly nervous state on the day was not well played, Salah completed his tactical task.

Patrice Evra's right-back Galloway was completely blown away by Salah!

In the first half alone, Salah managed to break Galloway as many as 6 times!

After tearing apart Everton's right side of the defense, Salah can be described as overturning in the Everton penalty area, whether it is a shot or pass after cutting inside, it can disturb the peace of Everton's defenders!

Mohamed Salah scored in the first half to give Chelsea a 2-1 lead over Everton.

Although Everton scored the equalizer in the second half, Llorente's crucial goal was another seal for Chelsea!

In the end, Chelsea had a thrilling goal to beat Everton and take all three points away from home.

Chelsea's new bench gangsters have not only proved their value to the team, but have also bought a valuable three days off for their key players.

Three days later, Jose Mourinho boarded a plane to Madrid, Spain.

It's both an away trip and a special "comeback".

On the way to their hotel at the airport, the Chelsea players were surprised to find:

On both sides of the road, there are many fans wearing Real Madrid shirts, holding up cards to welcome Mourinho and Leon "home"!

Li Ang smiled and lay by the window along the way, waving to the familiar Real Madrid fans.

Mourinho also has a smile of remembrance on his face.

Yes, they "went home"!

(End of chapter)