What does it mean to give Chelsea the lead in a crucial knockout game?

In the last two seasons, there have been too many big teams in the Champions League to vividly demonstrate to fans the price they paid when they made mistakes in this matter.

Manuel Pellegrini and countless Bayern fans lamented at this moment, but also because they knew the serious consequences of being scored first by Chelsea at home.

Other strong teams may be more face-oriented, and they can't make too many rigid decisions after taking a one-goal lead.

But Chelsea have spent more than two seasons showing fans around the world that they can really ignore public opinion and can completely lose face.

In this regard, there is only one Juventus in the entire football world that can compete with Chelsea.

My uncle's obsession with winning a small victory is even more "deep-rooted" than Uncle Bird.

Both are also veritable football pragmatists, and as long as they can win, the two managers will not care if the scene is good or not.

Even if the team that has been criticized by the world is playing ugly football, their obsession with winning will not waver in the slightest.

With the success of Chelsea and Juventus in their respective leagues and the Champions League in recent seasons, the coaching style and tactical philosophy of the two coaches can be said to have been repeatedly pondered and analyzed by the major European media, and completely put on the table.

Perhaps before the official start of this season's Champions League knockout round, there are still many fans who think that they have won a Champions League trophy, and Chelsea, who has the qualifications of the giants, will restrain themselves and change their style of play.

In fact, Chelsea have played a number of big games this season, and it is an undeniable fact that they have more firepower in attack.

But just after Chelsea suffocated Paris Saint-Germain alive and continued to play defensive football to advance to the quarterfinals of this year's Champions League.

No longer have fans expecting anything from Chelsea's style change.

They can see that Mourinho does have a hand in adjusting the attack, but it is the same as when he was coaching at Real Madrid.

Except for a few games in which he had to attack aggressively in the middle and lower reaches of the league, his team was mainly focused on consolidating the defensive line the rest of the time.

Mourinho is still the same Mourinho, who is looking for a more economical and secure victory in his bones.

Now this Chelsea team has clearly reached the level of football at the defensive end.

They can suffocate Paris with one goal over two legs, so why can't they suffocate Bayern Munich with one goal over two legs?

This may sound like a difficult thing to do, and the Bundesliga South Kings also seem to be more aggressive in attack than in Paris.

But after fans thought about what Bayern were going to besiege Chelsea's defence, they suddenly felt that it was not impossible for Bayern to get a clean sheet.

Compared with other neutral fans who watched the fun, Bayern fans are now panicking.

They had no doubt that Jose Mourinho and Leon on the pitch would be able to do what it would be to command the entire Chelsea team.

Manuel Pellegrini was even more prepared to completely change his tactics and pour chicken soup into his players as soon as he entered the half-time period.

But he and the majority of Bayern fans didn't expect that Mourinho did not make tactical adjustments to the full-fledged retreat and shrink formation at this time!

The Bayern players were not given tactical instructions from their own coaching staff.

So they still haven't been fighting Chelsea for control of midfield since kick-off.

Chelsea, on the other hand, have maintained their attacking style of play that has continued to put pressure on the Bayern defence.

This unexpected scene was a novelty for many neutral fans.

Chelsea, who took the lead first, didn't even play defensive counterattacks, they were still pressing Bayern to attack!

Could it be that the sun really came out of the west today?

The game that many neutral fans can't see through is clear in the minds of the Chelsea coaching staff and Chelsea starters.

In fact, the whole Chelsea team did not want to take over the offensive initiative directly at the beginning of the game and beat Bayern.

At the beginning, Chelsea's tactical tone was to fight with Bayern in the midfield in the first half, test Bayern's attacking intensity today, and then stab Bayern in the second half.

The reason is also very simple, Chelsea must get enough away goals in the first leg to play away, not to mention too much, Chelsea who can have two away goals and return home in the second leg can slowly negotiate with Bayern.

But if Bayern can't stand it today, he actually showed weakness at the beginning and directly handed over control of the midfield, so Mourinho must be disrespectful!

Anyway, the tactical tone has not changed, that is, it is just to enter the active attack in advance.

Now they have scored their first away goal, but Chelsea, who have not yet reached their tactical goals, will certainly be looking to take advantage of the win and see if they can extend their lead.

It has nothing to do with the tactical changes Bayern will have to make later, as Chelsea are going to make a big fuss in attack today.

Who cares if you Bayern are going to show weakness today or stand up to resist?

As long as Mourinho doesn't stop on the sidelines, Chelsea's attacking rhythm will only continue to play!

It doesn't matter if Bayern are counter-attacked, Chelsea's tactical goal today is to score at least two away goals anyway.

2-0 is of course best, and a 2-2 draw is perfectly acceptable to Chelsea.

Everything is for Bayern to be more relaxed after returning to home in the second leg.

When Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff develop tactics based on this, it is only natural that Chelsea will transform into an attacking team that is fierce and good-looking.

It was not wrong that Pei Gong was too meticulous in his tactical research on Chelsea before the game, but his fixed research thinking made it impossible for him to make correct tactical judgments at the moment.

He was confused, and the Bayern players on the field were also confused!

Chelsea are still attacking, still the kind of continuous attack that will not stop, which is completely different from the tactical situation that the manager predicted for them before the game.

So what do you do now about Chelsea's ferocious pressure across the board?

Do you want to continue to show weakness and give up control of the midfield to play Chelsea's counter-attack?

Bayern's players on the field, who are in dire need of new instructions from their own coaching staff, are a little disorganized.

Fortunately, Pei Gong's brain only stopped for a minute or two this time, and although the tactical decision he made in this situation was incorrect, he at least gave a clear tactical idea.

Don't panic and keep looking for opportunities to play Chelsea's counter-attack!

This is the most practiced tactical play in the Bayern team before the game, and from the actual situation of the game now, it is not unreasonable for Bayern to take advantage of Chelsea's pressure to play behind Chelsea's wings.

Bayern's players on the pitch were given clear tactical instructions, and they quickly unified the thinking of the whole team.

If it doesn't work, you have to continue to try, and if you can't counterattack, then do a good job of defending and drag it out until halftime.

Bayern, seeking stability, continued to tighten the gap between the midfield and backfield defenses, while waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

Li Ang watched the whole Bayern team continue to insist on playing defense and counterattack when they were behind at home, and his playing style was not chaotic at all, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

This is going to replace the Hai's Bayern in previous seasons, and at this time, it is definitely about to stab each other with Chelsea in the offensive end!

Today's Bayern can endure to this point, and it is difficult for Leon to say whether they have evolved or regressed as a whole.

But it's definitely a good thing for Chelsea.

As long as he and Kroos continue to control the initiative in midfield, there will be no major changes to the situation in which Chelsea have dominated Bayern as a whole.

Chelsea could still try to threaten Manuel Neuer's goal with a steady stream of attacking opportunities.

In comparison, Bayern's attacking rounds are too small.

And when it comes to counter-attacking, Chelsea are already a top player, they are not only good at counter-attacking, but also good at defending opponents with quick counter-attacks.

In the face of the overall offensive and defensive momentum of the game, it was totally worth it for the whole Chelsea team to bear the pressure of being beaten on the counter-attack.

Mourinho was also completely seated in the dugout at this time, and did not interfere with the momentum of the players on the pitch to continue the attack.

Leon is in great shape today, Bayern retreats again and again, and he is also more unscrupulous to participate in the attack.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Li Ang stepped into the scrum and rushed to the top and hit the ball directly into the crossbar of the Bayern goal!

His top scared tens of thousands of Bayern fans at the scene to the point of almost cardiac arrest!

Manuel Neuer was furious again in front of goal, and this time his spraying move also sent Boateng and Alabaa into a blast.

The two were originally the top defenders in the current team, and it was really difficult for them to play this explosive game, and it was really difficult for Li Ang to grab points in the Bayern penalty area as before.

Seeing that the offensive method was blocked, Li Ang was also single, and decisively returned to the rhythm of attacking Suarez before.

However, in the last few attacking chances of the first half, Suarez was also admitted by the Bayern full-back

The central defender was very stubborn and couldn't get another chance to get a kick.

Bayern, who were fully engaged in the defensive end, performed very tough, and they successfully stabilized the situation and entered the halftime period.

For the 1-0 half-time result, the whole Chelsea team was quite satisfied.

Chelsea fans are also content with this, after all, it is the home of the Nanda King, what more bicycle can lead at half-time?

As with the pre-match Chelsea targets, Blues supporters did not expect too much from the final result on the road.

To be able to score one or two away goals and try not to lose, or a small defeat, then they can accept it.

As long as it's not a clean sheet and a loss away from Bayern, it's OK.

Back at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea fans are confident that their coaching staff have what it takes to drag Bayern into a war of attrition.

So in this game, they were very tolerant of the team's performance and the final result.

Jose Mourinho didn't change his tactical tone at half-time, he just stressed it again, telling the players on the pitch to be on their defensive alerts at all times.

As long as the referee on duty doesn't blow the whistle for the end of the game, every Chelsea player on the pitch will not be able to relax.

They are about implementing the tactical idea of attacking, but defending well is also their most basic tactical responsibility, and the two points do not conflict.

Leon summed it up by saying that he and John Terry had also encouraged their teammates before the start of the second half.

"Everyone runs a little more and reminds the brothers around them to pay more attention to the return defense rate! It's been 45 minutes in the second half, gritting his teeth and holding on, and there is time to rest later......"

Li Ang's interpretation of Mourinho's tactics is very straightforward and simple.

That's to increase the amount of running!

The offense has to be in place, the defense has to be in place, and if you want to do both at the same time, there is really no other way than to run more and be more persistent than the opponent.

Fortunately, Chelsea's main players have been arranged by the coaching staff to rotate scientifically, and they are still relatively physical until the end of the season.

And now Chelsea don't have any other cup drags and just need to focus on the league and Champions League.

Therefore, when playing this kind of tough battle, the physical strength and energy of Chelsea's main players still have an advantage over other strong teams.

As soon as the second half began, Chelsea's players made the most of their physical strengths.

Don't underestimate the extra few hundred meters and a kilometer in terms of running momentum.

Reflected in the situation of the game, Chelsea, who are more capable of running, made Bayern's players feel very uncomfortable at both ends of the pitch and attack.

In the second half, Bayern players who wanted to take the initiative to attack and regain control of the midfield soon discovered:

Not only are they being pressed by Chelsea defensively, but they are also having to deal with the aggressive envelopment of Chelsea's defenders when they attack.

Such a scene suddenly made countless Bayern fans subconsciously recall the dimensionality reduction and attack pictures of them playing other teams in the Champions League in previous seasons.

At that time, Bayern also had the physical advantage like Chelsea today.

That is, you can run, you can go on offense, and you can get back on defense.

Relying on being able to run better than the opponent, Bayern's midfielders can often form multiple strong sides on the defensive end, making opponents shout "How are Bayern's defenders everywhere!" ”

It's a pity that the overall age of Bayern's starting lineup has come up, and Pellegrini is not as strong as Hai Shuai.

Therefore, today's Bayern can no longer play the run-and-bomb tactics of suppressing the opponent all over the field.

But if you have to say that Pei Gong has a problem, then his old man is somewhat wronged.

This tactical style of play also has to be formulated according to the physical strength of the existing players.

You're going to let Ribery, Robben, Harvey Martinez and Rahm run up and down like they did three years ago?

It's completely unrealistic!

Ribery, Robben and Rahm are getting older, and it is normal for their physical fitness to decline, while Javi Martinez is more "brittle" than before, so he must be protected.

Therefore, Pellegrini must find a way to make more use of the technical advantages of these main players.

Otherwise, these players will have to sit on the bench and vigorously promote younger and more talented young players.

But would Pei Gong dare to do this?

To put it mildly, Pellegrini dared to clean up Bayern's meritorious veterans in the dressing room today, and tomorrow the front page news of the split in the Bayern dressing room will spread throughout Germany!

The problem in Bayern's dressing room is not small at all, is it really the nickname of the Bundesliga Southern King Green Hollywood?

Compromise and compromise are not difficult for Pellegrini, and he is indeed a good man.

But at the moment, his concession looks like it puts Bayern completely at a disadvantage.

Chelsea, who are more capable of running and more aggressive in defending, have pushed Bayern's line to the brink of collapse.

Bayern wanted to counter-attack, but their attacking rhythm was already disjointed.

Several Bayern starting veterans who were targeted also felt embarrassed.

Chelsea's counter-attacking players are draining their energy on the cards, but how can they deal with it?

If you can't run, you can't run, and you can only hold on for a while, and when you play for 70 minutes or so, they will basically be on top.

The young players who replaced them were inexperienced in such crucial matches.

How many Bayern fans would expect Coman and Douglas Costa to break down Chelsea's solid defence?

Thinking of this, Bayern's players on the field will inevitably be a little impatient.

But for Chelsea's defenders, the more anxious Bayern's attack is, the more reassuring they become.

Leon didn't have time to teach his team-mates some special defensive tricks at the back of the line.

But there are some players who just don't know how to teach themselves, such as Kieran Trippier, who has managed to get Ribery up on the defensive end.

France's wide flank superstar has never been a good man, and his temper is no small when it comes to scrambling and fighting.

But Trippier was waiting for this moment on his head.

Just after the 60th minute of the second half, in the face of Ribery's deliberate push in the confrontation, Trippier fell very neatly.

The live camera may not have captured the details of the confrontation between the two at this time, and the referee on duty is also trying to get more specific information from the linesman.

But the emotional Scar Man didn't care so much at this time, and went directly to drag Trippier, who was lying on the ground and signaled to the referee!

This is fine, Trippier exclaimed exaggeratedly, and then directly covered his dragged shoulders and lay back on the turf again.

Kroos and Matic, who were closer to the scene of the incident, had already surrounded them, and the two directly separated Trippier and Ribery on the ground.

And the referee, who had just seen the scene of Ribery roughly dragging Trippier, did not need to collect information from the linesman about the conflict at this time.

In Ribery's irritable and angry speech about Trippier's fake fall, the referee on duty decisively signaled him to calm down and asked him to step aside with him.

At this time, no Chelsea player ran over to the fire, and Leon didn't even have time to get close to the front when he saw the excited Ribery directly receive a yellow card warning from the referee!

"Yellow card? The referee didn't look like he was going to give Ribery a yellow card... The French king seems to have offended the referee verbally, and he was not wronged at all with this yellow card. ”

The commentator for Sky Sports England was surprised to see Ribery's yellow card, and then couldn't contain his joy to express his opinion.

The Bayern fans at the scene booed the referee at this time, but after expressing their dissatisfaction, they were also somewhat difficult to accept Ribery's approach.

When is this, the fans still expect Ribery to lead the attack, but he also got into a conflict with the opposing defender and received a yellow card......

Regardless of which team it is, the attacking core should never do such a thing at a critical moment.

Leon watched Ribery, who was comforted by his teammates, still chattering and complaining to the referee, and some other thoughts came to his mind.

What about the old ballpark birds?

When you are emotionally upset, you will make mistakes.

Ribery's short temper is nothing new, and Leon feels he can use him to make some "contributions" to the team.

So in the next few rounds of attack and defense, Leon took the initiative to get closer to the side where Ribery was.

However, to his disappointment, Ribery actually managed to restrain his emotions after venting his temper.

In the face of his defensive provocation, the French wing king not only did not play again, but also made several defensive fouls against him!

This can make Leon depressed.

After all, he has always made others suffer in this regard, and today he suffered such a loss from another seemingly irascible old bird, and he was also a little nervous.

However, seeing that the referee on duty looked at him and looked at him a little wrong, Li Ang could only temporarily put aside the idea of continuing to compete with Ribery and honestly returned to his defensive position.

It was a bit of a shame that they couldn't take advantage of it further, but Chelsea still lost more game time after that episode.

Li Ang, who still maintained a clear head, also restrained his actions slightly in the defense after this, and did not give the referee a chance to attack.

Bayern took the opportunity to press back a little bit, and the situation seemed to be gradually tilting in Bayern's favor.

In the 69th minute of the second half, Lewandowski, who had been silent on the field for a while, finally successfully connected with Muller again.

After receiving Muller's sweeping pass from the side with the ball, he also completed his first dangerous shot of the second half.

However, Oblak's defensive energy was still quite concentrated, and he did not give other Bayern strikers the opportunity to grab two points to make up the shot, and simply saved the ball directly from the bottom line.

After watching several tall players in Bayern's backfield actively run into his own penalty area, Li Ang covered his mouth and communicated with the old captain Terry in the penalty area.

The commentators of various countries naturally saw this scene, but before they could analyze it, the prepared Bayern had already taken a corner!

The ball arced beautifully in the air and fell straight into the middle of the Chelsea penalty area.

If you look at it from God's perspective, you will clearly see that Matic, who is guarding the front of the penalty area at the moment, has ended the fight with Muller.

And Terry, who was in the middle, also stubbornly withstood Boateng, who grabbed the point, and took the first step to push the football out of the Chelsea penalty area!

However, the most eye-catching thing at the moment is not the confrontation between Terry and Boateng.

Instead, after seeing the football fall to the middle of the penalty area, he started in advance and began to reverse the forward insertion of Leon!

His resoluteness in the front row surprised countless neutral fans.

It looked as if Leon had anticipated that his teammates would be able to grab the football.

This 100% trust in his defensive partner led to Leon's first reverse forward.

Facts also proved that he was not wrong.

Terry did withstand the pressure and took a strong lead in the head of his junior Boateng!

Leon has adjusted his running direction in the constant observation.

The football is still in the air at the moment, and Bayern's lagging midfielder Thiago has also bravely faced Leon's running path!

Maybe he also knew that he couldn't stop Li Ang's progress, and the gap between the two people's confrontation ability was indeed very large, but he still defended up.

With that courage, Thiago may have thought about making a tactical foul first to stop Leon's dribbling forward.

But Leon also seemed to have anticipated his thoughts, and did not wait for the ball to hit the ground before unloading the ball to advance.

At the moment when the two were about to collide, Li Ang took the initiative to stretch out his right foot and pad it upwards while running!

The football was directly cushioned over Thiago's head, and Leon then burst into a sprint and continued to rush forward!

Cushion the ball!

Leon spiritually passed Thiago who intercepted him with a small Luo shot!

And before the Bayern fans at the scene could completely exclaim, Li Ang ran straight after the football landing point.

In front of him, there is already a large area of smooth road to gallop in front of him!

Bayern's players on the field were really panicked at this moment, and Pellegrini also subconsciously rushed to the sidelines and hurriedly signaled to other Bayern players to quickly return to defense!

But Leon was so fast with the ball that he was already rushing to the front of Bayern's defensive third almost instantly.

Ram and Alaba, both of whom chose to retreat as soon as possible, did not dare to go up to intercept Leon at this time.

Last year, they suffered a big loss on the defensive end, and now they can be regarded as obedient, and they retreated together to maintain the integrity of the last line of defense.

But then the two soon discovered the severity of the defensive situation.

Chelsea weren't just Leon who was fast with the ball.

At this time, Suarez and Hazard, who were sprinting without the ball, had already swept past the other Bayern defenders and had rushed to the Bayern penalty area with Leon!

3 against 2 in the front, an absolute chance for Chelsea!

Even though Eden Hazard and Suarez didn't completely shake off the Bayern defenders who followed them, they were able to break into the first echelon of the counter-attack, which was completely enough for Leon!

The two team-mates went hand in hand on both flanks and clearly helped Leon to distract Rahm and Alaba defensively.

In this case, Bayern's two defenders really didn't dare to move lightly, and the vast majority of neutral fans also thought that Leon must be going to shoot himself.

Neuer clapped his palms hard, his eyes fixed on Leon's movements.

He wasn't afraid of Leon's long-range shot from outside the box, and he was very eager to have another top-notch battle with Leon!

But just when Neuer was fully prepared, Alaba couldn't resist the need to rush out of the box and make a last-ditch effort to disrupt Leon's shot.

Leon did not hesitate to give the football at his feet to Suarez, who was running forward on the right side next to him!

Alaba's position at the moment was a little too inward, which made Suarez receive Leon's pass relatively easily and burst into the Bayern penalty area!

Neuer's expected 1v1 battle with Leon did not take place.

Suarez entered the box and aimed at the far corner of the goal, and the volley was more like a sneak attack.

Neuer didn't even have time to glare at Leon with angry eyes, so he had to pounce on the far corner of the goal with all his might!

But let's be honest, when a top scorer like Suarez is half a step ahead and successfully completes the goal, even a goalkeeper as strong as Manuel Neuer is extremely passive in terms of savings.

The German goalkeeper's outstretched fingertips didn't touch the ball in the end, and Suarez's shot was too tricky and rolled into the net completely on the inside of the goalpost!

Neuer, who failed to make a miracle save, slapped the turf with some chagrin and some self-reproach.

This time he didn't get angry at any of his teammates, he only blamed himself for not preparing well in advance and keeping Suarez's shot out!

And Suarez, who successfully broke through the Bayern goal, looked very excited and happy at the moment.

He made his familiar celebration, kissing the palm of his hand as he ran to the bottom of Bayern's half.

Leon laughed and chased after him, and then pounced directly on Suarez's back, and shouted with him to the live camera!

At this moment, I don't know how many Bayern fans are covering their heads and heartbroken when they watch this scene.

It's not that they lost confidence in their team in advance, but if they look at this game from a rational point of view, Bayern's hope for a comeback is really small.

When Leon assisted Suarez to make it 2-0, the sensible option for Bayern was to consolidate their defence and prepare for the next leg.

Otherwise, what can be done?

Chelsea gave Bayern too few attacking opportunities throughout the game, and from a defensive point of view, Bayern and Chelsea are really not on the same level now.

Perhaps their coaching staff's strategy for the day was wrong from the start, and Bayern should not have given up their attacking prowess at the start of the game.

If Bayern had snatched control of the midfield at the beginning of the game, would the outcome of today's battle be completely different?

Bayern fans couldn't help but think about it while feeling regret and loss.

But the outcome of this game is basically decided, even if they are unwilling, they can only wait until the next round to see the adjustment methods of their own coaching staff.

Jose Mourinho, as everyone expected, chose to shrink his formation and focus on defending after his team reached the goal of leading by two goals.

Eden Hazard, who had some fitness problems, was the first to be substituted, with Callas coming on and moving directly to the right centre-back, while Chelsea switched directly to a three-centre-back.

Six minutes later, Jose Mourinho took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to bring on Van Ginkel for Suarez, the man of the day.

It was a deliberate substitution that interrupted Bayern's last-minute attacking rhythm. Pei Gong was deeply dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing he could do.

In the 89th minute, Mourinho used up the last substitution and replaced De Bruyne with teenager Gnabry.

However, in stoppage time Chelsea dropped almost all of their time to the periphery of their own penalty area, and Gnabry came on and had little chance to exploit his speed.

In the end, the score was settled at 2-0, with Chelsea taking home a near-perfect result from Bayern's home stadium.

Li Ang was also successfully elected the best player of the game with his passing data!

once again led the team to win a key tough battle, and Li Ang naturally aroused widespread heated discussions among fans again after the game.

His offensive and defensive performances at key moments in the game, selfless passing assists and even a confident smile in front of the live camera before the game.

These have become the talk of the fans.

And countless Chelsea fans with high self-confidence have also said on the Internet that as long as Leon plays normally, Chelsea will never "overturn" on the road to defending the Champions League!

This Champions League has just reached the first leg of the quarter-finals, and Chelsea fans have made such a judgment, which is somewhat dead-locked.

But it can't be helped, who let Chelsea just win with ease?

Chelsea beat Bayern Munich head-on, and Chelsea fans are naturally entitled to be featured on major sports forums.

Even if Chelsea lose and Blues fans are liquidated by the rest of the fanbase, that's a matter for later.

Now Chelsea are greeted with praise from all over the network, and there are certainly voices that oppose it, but it is too few and too few in comparison.

With a high morale boost over Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Chelsea faced the 33rd round of the Premier League on the third day after the match with Bayern Munich.

Chelsea will travel away for this league game to continue their quest for points at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.

Swansea are currently 12th in the Premier League and have long been out of the relegation zone, but they are also far from the European places and are basically in a relaxed state of waiting for the holidays to arrive.

Compared with the above, it is more than enough, and Swansea has had a good life in recent seasons.

Being able to stay in the Premier League and get a large share of the broadcast every season is already a great success for Swansea.

Swansea's current form is undoubtedly very good for Chelsea to grab points.

Swansea, who are not under pressure to win, are clearly not going to risk injuries to Chelsea at the end of the season.

In this round of the league, they are playing at home, at most, they will show the momentum of hard work to please the fans at home.

So for the whole Chelsea team, the pressure of the game is really not too big.

In order to better deal with Bayern in the next leg of the Champions League knockout round, Mourinho also decisively chose to rotate some of the main players in this round of the league.

Eden Hazard, Luis Suarez, Kroos, Cesar Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva and Kevin De Bruyne, the main players who started the last round of the Champions League knockout round, were given the opportunity to rest at home in this round of the league.

Chelsea's rotation seems to be a bit larger, but the players at the top are also good players.

Harry Maguire and Bertrand continue to recuperate from injury, and if we look at the recovery, Maguire is in slightly better condition and is expected to return before the second knockout leg against Bayern.

But Bertrand basically missed out on this round of the Champions League knockout round.

So when Azpilicueta actually still has the energy to play in the league, Mourinho also chose to let him rest and accumulate energy.

It can't be helped, who has made Azpilicueta the only left-wing-back in the Chelsea team right now.

Mourinho, a mid-to-lower team in the league, can still let Kieran Trippier take the lead, and Azpilicueta's fitness and energy will still be used more in the Champions League.

On the afternoon of 9 April, Chelsea, who had rotated most of their main players, took the stage at the Liberty Stadium.

The Swansea fans at the scene looked at Chelsea's starting lineup that had dropped a lot on paper, and it was inevitable that there was still some expectation in their hearts.

But when the game officially started, it didn't take half an hour for Leon to take his younger brother Loftus-Cheek to break the delusions of the Swansea home fans.

Without Kroos, Chelsea's midfield control has indeed dropped a lot, but the decline in midfield strength depends on who the opponent is.

If they meet Manchester City at this time, it will indeed be enough for Chelsea to drink a pot, and Leon is not entirely sure that he will be able to continue to suppress the Manchester City midfield in Kroos' absence.

But against Swansea, without Cross Leon and Nemanja Matic, it would be much easier to keep Swansea at bay.

Leon chose not to rush forward in the opening stages of the game, first retreating to comb the ball and control the tempo of the game, but Swansea's midfielders could do nothing about him.

Unable to grab the ball, unable to fight and fighting, Swansea's midfielders only struggled for 10 minutes to realise the reality.

Li Ang didn't feel proud when he saw this, but he honestly took root in the backcourt to organize the ball, and he directly handed over the task of holding the ball to his younger brother Loftus-Cheek.

is curious Ke also likes to insert forward, and it is the same as the original face brother.

In order to avoid this kid being hit by Mu Shuai's hair dryer skills at halftime, Leon specially told Loftus-Cheek not to stick to the ball too much in the front court, and directly transferred the ball to Salah.

Although Loftus-Cheek is sometimes prone to mistakes on the offensive end, he still has great respect for Leon, a big brother who is generous and often instructs him.

Since Li Ang has spoken, he will naturally listen to it.

His foot skills are relatively rough, but his body is thick, and his confrontation ability is relatively strong, but the effect is still very good when he concentrates on promoting the pass.

A non-sticky ball player who only focuses on advancing passes, Loftus-Cheek is undoubtedly a good B2B seedling.

Leon combed the ball, Salah got enough passing support in attack, and Llorente acted as a tactical fulcrum, creating comfortable space for Salah and Gnabry to break through.

This set of seemingly simple offensive tactics is also very threatening after playing smoothly.

Mohamed Salah is the heart of Chelsea's attacking midfield today, and he has repeatedly made risks after eating enough of the ball.

Leon had enough patience to block Swansea's ability to play a quick counter-attack with Nemanja Matic in central midfield.

With him in charge of the midfield and organising, Chelsea's attack has been consistent.

As the so-called drops of water wear through stones, Chelsea's offensive efficiency today is not very high, but in the 34th minute of the first half, Llorente still received Salah's low cross at the back of the penalty area and successfully grabbed the goal!

As soon as the game-breaking goal was scored, Chelsea's subsequent games were much smoother.

In the 57th minute of the second half of the game, Nemanja Matic made a successful tackle at the back and won the ball from the feet of Swansea forward Sigurdsson.

Leon stepped forward decisively, and after winning the ball, he sent a long diagonal counterattack, and the sound of the east and west helped Gnabry get a one-and-a-half one-and-a-half chance!

The young Chelsea winger handled the ball calmly, first smashing the ball past Swansea centre-back Ashley Williams, who was about to catch up with him.

Then, just when everyone thought he was going to break into the Swansea box to seek a shot, he chose to scuffle the far corner of the goal at the edge of the Swansea penalty area!

Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski didn't expect Gnabry to be so bold!

By the time he reacted and made a save, the ball had already plunged into the top right corner of the goal behind him!

Gnabry, who scored in the Premier League for the first time, ran to Leon, who provided him with an assist.

After hugging the excited young man, Li Ang also patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to hurry up to the corner flag area to celebrate in front of the live camera.

The rest of the Chelsea players also smiled kindly and hugged Gnabry.

After Chelsea's goal, the Swansea team's already small will to resist was even more dissipated.

Mourinho also saw the situation, and in the end, Chelsea beat Swansea by two goals, continuing to collect points steadily, putting pressure on Manchester City, who came out later.

In his post-match interview, Leon was even more blunt in saying that Chelsea had completely taken the lead in winning the league title and they would never give Manchester City the slightest chance.

With the season already on the beaten track, can Chelsea turn the tables on other teams?

Don't even think about it!

He wants the Champions League and the Premier League this summer!

It's been a long time since I've done a big chapter, so I'll have a shot today~

(End of chapter)