Mourinho was relieved to look at Leang, who was still exchanging views with Kroos about the control of the game in the first half, in the dressing room.

After the absence of Leon in the last two league games, several of the Chelsea midfielders have had no problem with individual performances.

Individually taken out to see the performance review, Nemanja Matic defended hard and Kroos was also solid in the playmaking end.

As for De Bruyne?

De Bruyne, who has delivered three assists in two league games, has been blown up by various British media!

In interviews with the media, Mourinho has repeatedly stated that he will not question the strength of the new midfield combination of the three.

This is the truth, he really thinks so, but in this sentence he also hides the "lower half".

This second half is the new midfield combination that needs more game time to get used to its normal potential.

In the past, when Leon was in midfield, whether he was partnering Kroos Matic or playing as a double central midfielder with De Bruyne, he could take the initiative to adapt to the opponent's playing habits.

And these players naturally use him as the core to distribute and control the ball.

To put it bluntly, all the midfielders in the Chelsea team are absolutely convinced of Leon's strength, and Leon is also very aware of their respective strengths.

Therefore, as long as Li Ang can start normally, no matter which midfielders and his partners can play smoothly, and any omissions on the defensive end will be remedied by Li Ang in time.

But when Leon was removed from this versatile midfield, the Chelsea midfield trio that did not clearly establish a new core will naturally have a certain disconnect in terms of coordination.

However, they are both very capable and even if there is a rhythm gap in the combination, they can still do their job and keep Chelsea's attacking system running smoothly.

Defensively, their problems will put pressure on Chelsea's backline.

In the last league game, for example, Harry Maguire's late failure to keep an eye on Cavani's burst led to an equaliser.

Intuitively, Maguire himself must have a problem.

But if you analyze it further, you will find that before Maguire and Cavani went head-to-head, it was De Bruyne who had problems with his back-to-back.

His slow defence allowed Cazorla to latch on to Ramsey's through ball and dribble into the Chelsea defensive third.

It was a lethal point, as Nemanja Matic and Kroos had their own defensive targets and couldn't move their positions lightly.

Therefore, the defensive omission on De Bruyne's side allowed Arsenal to successfully seize the last chance.

If it were Li Ang, even if he was out of position in the first defensive position, he would have decisively intercepted in the next one or two seconds of critical return time, or directly put down Cazorla who had the ball!

De Bruyne can certainly shine in the midfield as a number eight or a number 10.

His talent is outstanding, and the Chelsea coaching staff have never doubted that he has the ability to play superstar in multiple positions.

But he's been up front for two seasons and it's hard to get him to settle into his new midfield role all of a sudden.

He's been a little sluggish on the defensive end, but that could be improved.

Jose Mourinho has thought of some options to allow De Bruyne to integrate more quickly into the midfield system.

He believes that with enough game running-in, De Bruyne can also establish a tacit defensive combination with Kroos and Nemanja Matic.

Many of the problems that seem to be troublesome are actually trivial.

And at this moment, watching Leon take control of the midfield, the rest of the Chelsea midfielders naturally surround him to communicate.

Mourinho was also relieved.

As soon as Li Ang came back, these small problems were also solved in an instant.

Mismatched?

Defensive malfunction?

Inexistent.

With Leon in midfield, no other Chelsea midfielder would make such a small mistake.

After all, no one wants to be dragged to the base by Li Ang to practice when it's time to rest later~

Mourinho knows that he doesn't really need to adjust his tactics much for this game.

After all, Wolfsburg's tactical hole cards are almost all presented in the starting lineup.

Their high school striker Dost was directly targeted by Maguire today, and there is also a Draxler on the front line who is quite a threat.

However, the talented winger of German football was once again targeted by Leon today.

Transferred from Schalke 04 to Wolfsburg, Draxler still couldn't get rid of Leon's targeting, which was unlucky enough.

Jose Mourinho has no doubt that Leon will be able to keep Draxler at bay today.

So in this case, if Wolfsburg want to upset the balance of the game, they need their second striker Schurrle to step up.

But is Schurrle's lack of finesse in the middle and a second striker who is not fast enough to break Chelsea's chain defence?

Mourinho is skeptical.

And when the second half of the game started, Li Ang once again led his teammates to teach the Wolfsburg players a hard lesson on the defensive end!

He happened to have nowhere to vent his energy recently, and the frustration of not playing in two league games was directly slammed into Wolfsburg today.

Draxler felt Leon's vigorous physical energy and unspeakably full mental state, and compared it to the difficulty of advancing with the ball.

The whole person couldn't help but fall into doubts about his own strength again.

He thought that he had grown a lot, and he was a real star in the Bundesliga.

But why did he still feel so powerless and difficult to compete with Leon again?

Leon is like a machine that never gets tired, and he never tires of snatching the ball from his feet.

He is not Leon's opponent at the level of physical confrontation, and he has to bow to Leon's strength at the technical level that he is proud of.

was suppressed in the half-time play, and at the beginning of the second half, he was repeatedly tackled by Leon, and Draxler's mentality was completely exploded!

Black Gold was speechless from the sidelines, but he didn't dare to scold Draxler casually at this moment.

This guy is now looking at the time when his mentality is explosive and sensitive, and if he sprays him again, don't really spray him at that time, it will be worth the loss.

In desperation, the black and gold could only signal that Draxler could try to switch positions with right winger Calijuri more.

This is also a solution, after all, Leon is not going to continue to switch positions with Matic to defend him on the left in order to target Draxler, which is completely self-defeating.

After getting rid of Leon's marking, Draxler's confidence in holding the ball slowly returned to him.

But Calijuri, who switched sides with him, was miserable.

He is also equivalent to going to prison against Leon at this time, anyway, no matter who Wolfsburg replaces today, Leon will have to be deflated in the half.

Wolfsburg, which is equivalent to attacking with a limp leg, is really inefficient.

And when the game was grinded to the 65th minute of the second half, Chelsea, who was still quite fit, took advantage of the situation to launch a counter-push general attack on Wolfsburg!

The Wolfsburg midfielders who have consumed too much physical energy in front of them are really ugly at this time.

Li Ang is quite tall and the two central defenders in the Wolfsburg penalty area are quite tall, and the characteristics of not being flexible enough to turn are also frequently inserted and sent threatening through balls with Kroos!

Dante and Naldo had to be cautious about their quick start-up and could hit Hazard and Suarez behind them in an offside position at any time.

The two tall centre-backs were also tormented by Chelsea's swift attacking at the moment.

But just when they thought that Chelsea would always play this kind of rapid advancement, Leon suddenly changed his rhythm!

After once again dribbling the ball to disrupt Wolfsburg's backfield defense, Leon withstood Gustavo's defensive interference and suddenly passed the football to the top of the penalty area when the Wolfsburg double central defenders retreated in time!

De Bruyne, who was not the protagonist of the attack before, formed a tacit understanding with Leon at this time!

Diagonally, take the ball, and shoot with a little adjustment in one go!

Benario was so angry at this moment that he wanted to scold his mother!

He couldn't understand how his teammates dared to give up this important area in front of the arc of the penalty area!

He couldn't make a hasty jump to make a save, but he couldn't intercept De Bruyne's confident shot.

After successfully extending the lead to two goals, De Bruyne also hooked shoulders with Leon and rushed to the corner flag area to celebrate!

There are still twenty minutes left in the game, but the suspense of the game is basically gone.

Chelsea supporters at Stamford Bridge were singing and celebrating, while English journalists on the sidelines looked at each other.

The game ended with a strong and solid Chelsea defence.

The media reporters who were still criticising Mourinho's tactical arrangements after the last round of the Premier League seem to have become staunch Mourinhoists again.

It can only be said that it is not difficult for them at all!

After being interviewed by several familiar reporters in a formulaic manner, Li Ang threw himself into the home celebration with his teammates.

At the beginning of the Champions League Death Group, he won two consecutive victories and won the top two opponents in the group one after another.

It's a result that Chelsea players deserve a little celebration.

In the next round of group stage, Chelsea will travel to Moscow to face CSKA and the cold weather in Moscow.

Needless to say, as long as they don't lose to CSKA Moscow by then, they will be able to maintain their top spot at the halfway point of the group stage.

In a good mood, the Chelsea team organised an intra-squad dinner on the night of the win over Wolfsburg.

The fixtures are not relaxed at the moment, with Chelsea travelling to St James' Park to face Newcastle in the eighth round of the Premier League in four days' time.

However, considering the slight fluctuation of the last league record, Li Ang also has to be banned for one game.

Terry and Leon both felt the need to hold a dinner party at this time to give the whole team a good cheer.

Mourinho doesn't have a problem with this, it's just a more relaxed intra-team dinner, not a strange party.

He also generously gave the whole team a day off, and Chelsea's main players have been in good form lately.

Rather than training more rigorously, what the Chelsea first team players need now is plenty of rest, proper mental relaxation and more scientific recovery training.

Mourinho's proper relaxation has proven to be effective.

The main players of Chelsea, who had a team dinner and a comfortable day of rest, were in quite full spirits.

On the afternoon of 3 October, also during the National Day in China, Chelsea travelled to play the Magpies in a fierce match.

Today, Mourinho is still a midfield combination of Kroos + De Bruyne + Matic.

It's just that unlike the previous two league games, Kroos no longer plays as a double central midfielder with De Bruyne, but partners with Nemanja Matic to form a double midfield.

This line-up makes Chelsea's backline look more solid.

More importantly, De Bruyne has been given more tactical freedom in midfield.

Kroos dragged his feet and the task of advancing forward with the ball and delivering threatening passes was on De Bruyne's shoulders.

But he didn't feel pressured by this, he was quite excited!

Mourinho is taking the burden off De Bruyne's defense, allowing him to focus more on the attacking playmaking side.

As for the fact that he may not be able to return to defence in time after losing the ball, it is not a problem to have Kroos and Nemanja Matic to cover him.

This is also the tactical arrangement that the Chelsea coaching staff have negotiated in a short period of time that is most suitable for the new midfield trio to play.

And reflected in the game, De Bruyne, who almost only needed to attack with all his strength today, quickly opened up his firepower, and it only took half time to directly assist Suarez and Hazard to score one after another!

However, while Li Ang, who was watching the battle in the box today, was in a happy mood, the expression on his face was also a little strange.

Because he felt that the style of play used by his team today was very similar to the way he remembered the play of Solskjaer during Manchester United's tenure.

De Bruyne is also very much like a large B fee.

The simple tactic of the dog biting the frisbee is actually quite suitable for the current configuration of Chelsea's midfielders.

This style of play is simply invincible when it comes to counterattacking!

Of course, the effect of playing the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League will be more obvious, and this tactic is still easy to be dismantled when encountering strong teams.

However, Mourinho apparently only used this specific tactical style occasionally, and Leon only teased it in his heart.

Chelsea thrashed Newcastle 3-0 away from home, with Kevin De Bruyne scoring twice and Luis Suarez, Eden Hazard and Harry Maguire netting.

Chelsea also swept away the frustration of being drawn at home by local rivals Arsenal in the last round of the league!

However, they still failed to regain the top spot in the league as City also won the early game.

Chelsea's current Premier League record is seven wins and one draw, and they sit second in the table with 22 points.

Manchester City has won 8 consecutive games and is at the top of the standings!

Arsenal, which is currently in third place, and Tottenham, which is in fourth place, both have a record of 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, and they have been opened up by the two monster teams in front of them.

It's a rare move from a leader to a chaser, which is a strange feeling for players in the Chelsea first team who have won two consecutive league titles.

After all, they have been under a lot of pressure to win the championship in the past, and this pressure has made them successful, and it has been spurring them to continue to move forward and build their own three-consecutive championship dynasty.

But now that Manchester City has taken the initiative to bear such public opinion pressure for them, they themselves do not feel much lost, on the contrary, they are emotionally relaxed a lot.

Leon didn't think it was a bad thing.

Winning the league championship is not a 100-meter race, but a marathon that tests the will and comprehensive strength of the participants.

Manchester City's growth in strength has always been expected by Leon, and it is unrealistic to try to suppress such evolving rivals from start to finish.

So occasionally competing with Manchester City as chasers also helps the Chelsea players to calm down and exercise their will.

As for the Premier League this season?

It's too early to talk about that.

We'll see!

(End of chapter)