"Leon really scored! Madonna! Those commentators are right, he is really the Beckenbauer of our time! ”

"It was such a beautiful shot! The best goalkeeper in La Liga has no way to face such a shot, I love such heavy artillery! ”

"Will Leon switch directly to center forward next season? To be honest, Leon's 10 minutes of playing as a central striker has outperformed 95% of the so-called center forwards in football right now, and I am optimistic about his future development in the forward position. ”

"Then after Leon changed to a striker, who is the first midfielder in football? Kroos, Luka Modric, or Cesc Fabregas? ”

"It depends on Mourinho's arrangement, as long as Leon retreats to play in the midfield, then he is the world's No. 1 midfielder and central midfielder, and when he doesn't play in midfield, it's another ......"

When Li Ang cameo as a center forward and really scored a goal, fans around the world immediately became excited, and they continued to discuss the possibility of Li Ang directly switching to a center forward in the future on the Internet forum.

They didn't think that Mourinho was just temporarily playing Leon as a central striker in order to play a special tactical role.

Almost all fans believe that this is a precursor to Leon's imminent transformation again.

Who made Leon give the fans too many surprises after changing positions?

From the world's No. 1 defender to the world's No. 1 midfielder and even the world's No. 1 midfielder, Leon has told fans with practical actions:

With him, anything is possible!

Three years ago, no fan would have believed that he would be able to play at a dominant level in the midfield position.

Two years ago, there would have been no fans who would have believed that he could really create a dynasty at Chelsea and win the Ballon d'Or!

But now, all of this has become a reality.

The faces of those fans who once didn't believe that Li Ang could succeed after leaving Real Madrid still have a faint pain on their faces.

So, predict that Leon will be able to continue to play at the top of the football in the center forward position?

Why not?

After the "overkill", fans now have a kind of mysterious trust in Leon.

If Li Ang knew the hot topic of the fans at this moment, he might feel flattered in his heart:

It's over, it's over, the fans are really blowing a little too much!

Although he Lao Li said that he had a dream of being a center forward when he was a child, he really let him change to play center forward now and completely get out of his midfield comfort zone, which is still somewhat ridiculous.

Happy to score, Li Ang still knew in his heart that his goal was still due to the pull and cover of his teammates.

Essentially, he scored by inserting in from the back of midfield to get involved in the attack.

He really let him go into the Atletico penalty area to fight a group of defensive men, and he thought that he was not as good as Llorente who was sitting on the bench at the moment.

Rengui is self-aware, and after Leon celebrated passionately near the bottom line, he immediately turned around and hugged Hazard who gave him the assist.

Thanking his teammates is essential, and Leon has never lost his heart in this regard.

The Chelsea players who came together to celebrate brought a lot of confidence to the Blues supporters.

Mourinho didn't waste much time indulging in the excitement on the sidelines, always keeping a shred of vigilance to keep his head clear.

The tactical success limit is welcome, but Mourinho also understands that there was a lot of luck in Leon's goal.

After all, the formation change tactics he designed used Leon as the fulcrum and tactical bait in the frontcourt, and the scoring burden was still on Suarez.

If all goes well, Suarez should be the one who celebrates the goal at this moment.

Fortunately, Mourinho has always been very receptive to surprises on the pitch, and the result of the goal is even more important for an important knockout game such as the Champions League semi-finals.

After rubbing his hands on the sides of his cheeks a few times, Mourinho pulled past Holland, who was still celebrating excitedly, and directly discussed with him the countermeasures that Atletico might take next.

It's hard to guess at the details of the tactical tweaks, but Atletico, who are behind at the moment, are bound to set off a counter-attack at Chelsea's home stadium.

If nothing else, wouldn't it be nice to steal an away goal?

Even if Atletico lose this game at Chelsea's home stadium, as long as they can lose 1-2, then they will be considered to have managed to take advantage of the promotion.

So Chelsea's game looks good right now, but in reality they need to be more careful with Atletico's counter-attack.

Mourinho didn't dare to be careless, and when he saw his players finish celebrating and walk towards his own half, he directly gestured to Leon to pay more attention to the defensive tactical gesture next.

Seeing this, Li Ang also nodded, and after a while, he pulled his teammates to convey Mu Shuai's instructions.

For Chelsea's players on the pitch, it has never been difficult to focus on defence.

When the game resumed, no matter how Atletico adjusted, they were the first to shrink their formation and stand in defensive positions.

And seeing Chelsea put on a half-time posture again, the whole Atletico Madrid team also had a headache.

Simeone's tactical adjustment is not complicated, and without making a substitution first, he can only choose to change the formation to release the team's aggressiveness.

Carrasco moved forward to the attack, Koke recycled and Saul played as a central midfielder, and Gabi dragged on, and Atletico suddenly changed from 442 to 433.

Carrasco, Diego Costa and Griezmann's forward trident are still very strong.

Leon is not afraid of Griezmann and Diego Costa's sudden attack, and he knows the technical characteristics of these two men better.

He was more worried about Carrasco's sudden burst of play in attack and surprise Chelsea's backline.

So when he was dragging his back, he also put more defensive attention on Carrasco.

As a result, his defensive options really limited Atletico's attacking variations once again!

In Simeone's attacking system, Antoine Griezmann needs to organize the attacking direction of the front court, and Diego Costa is a battering ram and-stirring stick, acting as both a tactical fulcrum and a scoring load.

At this time, Carrasco, who broke through sharply, was a rare flashpoint on Atletico Madrid's forward line.

This kind of attacking combination with its own role is very dangerous when it is played normally.

But its flaws are also very fatal.

The division of labor is too clear, and the skills of the strikers are not well-rounded, and if one of them is limited by the opponent's targeting, then the power of their forward combination will be greatly reduced.

Leon is also a blind cat this time, and he subconsciously wants to squeeze Carrasco, the uncertainty factor on Atletico Madrid's front line.

As a result, he just happened to solve the explosive point in Atletico Madrid's forward line.

Without Carrasco's breakthrough threat, Atletico's attacking system after the change of formation was immediately greatly affected.

Griezmann's organizational ability on the offensive end is indeed very strong, but he is just a playmaker, and Diego Costa, who receives the ball in front, can't do anything with Maguire!

The cross-and-run link between him and Carrasco is still very important.

But when Leon restricted Carrasco's space to move, Griezmann's pass couldn't reach the back of the Chelsea defence, and Carrasco couldn't get past it.

Simeone was also very distressed when he watched this scene, and in desperation, he could only signal Felipe Luis to step forward more, go to the side to meet Carrasco, or simply find a way to catch the ball himself.

This can compensate for Atletico's attacking firepower in the front field to a certain extent.

But there are pros and cons to everything, and after Felipe Luiz pressed forward aggressively again, the Chelsea midfielders who were waiting to play Atletico Madrid's counterattack suddenly had a new direction.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Hazard quietly switched positions with De Bruyne in front of the field and came to the right side.

Before Saul could remind Felipe Luiz, Matic, who grabbed the ball at the back, decisively sent a counterattacking long pass!

Atletico Madrid's left flank without Felipe Luiz makes Hazard burst through!

Saul was in early position to retreat to help the defense, but his defensive ability was really a bit lacking in front of Hazard.

The Belgian winger galloped all the way to the bottom, and although Atletico Madrid's two central defenders were also calm, they finally couldn't sit still when they saw Hazard inch by inch into their own penalty area!

Godin made a decisive interception, and Hazard didn't send in a cross until this time!

Under the nervous gaze of hundreds of millions of fans in front of the TV, Suarez, who was outflanked in place, decisively completed the push in front of the goal!

However, this time it was not Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Courtois who did a 1v1 confrontation with him, but Jimenez, who fell to the ground and stretched out his feet to intercept at this moment almost at the same time!

Suarez's shot of the ball hit Jimenez's calf and flew directly out of the goal!

Suarez, who missed an absolute chance for the second time in the first half, couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar again.

More neutral fans were applauding Atletico's defensive tenacity today.

However, after marveling, they once again looked at Li Ang under the gaze of the live camera.

It seems that if you want to break through Atletico's steel defense, you still have to use Leon's unreasonable and violent shots to be effective......

Leon was not involved in the counter-attack this time, and after seeing Suarez's shot blocked in midfield, he beckoned Maguire to step forward with him for the next corner.

Set-pieces are indeed a very good scoring tool for Chelsea these days, and Maguire is a superstar in football.

However, under Atletico's cautious positioning, several of Chelsea's top headers have also been restricted.

In the end, Nemanja Matic was distracted by Felipe Luiz and Saul and deflected the ball straight back to Atletico.

However, in the last few minutes, Chelsea's counter-attack climax still forced Atletico to suspend the attack first.

Felipe Luiz returned to the defensive end, and Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne were no longer aggressive in getting the ball forward.

Leon was still staring at Carrasco, and he also directly pressed Atletico's attacking variation point.

Simeone really didn't have much to do at this time, and he didn't continue to make new tactical adjustments until halftime.

There were no major tactical changes for either team in the 15 minutes of midfield.

Chelsea started the second half on the defensive foot, with Atletico still playing in an attacking formation of 433 and actively seeking an equaliser.

And no matter what details the Atletico Madrid coaching staff will make in terms of tactical adjustments in the future, the tactical tone of their main attack will not change.

A 1-1 draw or a narrow 2-1 defeat against Chelsea in this game is perfectly acceptable against Atletico.

But if you lose 0-1, the whole Atletico team really can't accept it!

At the end of the day, Atletico still want at least one away goal.

But for Mourinho, the 1-0 result is enough to satisfy him now, so why should he direct the team to take the initiative to attack Atletico Madrid, so as to give Atletico more opportunities to counterattack?

If Atletico can keep a clean sheet in this game, Atletico Madrid's home Chelsea only needs to score one goal in the second leg, and Atletico Madrid will need to score at least three goals to turn the tables against the wind!

What a beautiful thing!

Besides, what's so bad about 1-0?

Jose Mourinho has full confidence in the defensive resilience of his own disciples.

As long as there are no players in the team, he doesn't believe that Atletico Madrid's attacking three-board axe can force Chelsea's steel gates.

As a result, throughout the second half, Chelsea invested relatively little on the counter-attack.

Even as Atletico pressed more and more before the full 70 minutes of the game, the space at the back was getting bigger and bigger.

But none of Chelsea have ever launched a quick counter-attack with too many players involved.

Seeing that Chelsea were really rushing to defend the 1-0 result, Simeone was really anxious.

However, even if he directly changed the formation to 424, Chelsea remained unmoved at half-time.

On the stage where he needed to show his offensive conditioning ability the most, Simeone delivered an answer that did not satisfy his own fans.

Carrasco was eventually replaced by Correa after being invisible for most of the game, with Atletico Madrid's other striker, Vietto, on the bench, also getting twenty minutes on the pitch.

But they didn't manage to put in an impressive performance in attack, or in other words, they were still a little short of the top in Europe.

Diego Costa and Antoine Griezmann also ended up getting lost in the strong muscles of the Chelsea defenders.

In the 80th minute of the second half, Mourinho replaced Terry and Callas in succession, and the game came to an end.

Atletico's late comeback was insane, but Chelsea paid enough to drag the score 1-0 to full-time!

Kroos, Leon, Suarez and Callas, who came on as a second-half substitute, all received yellow cards.

But in the case of a win in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals, they don't care about the price.

The slightly frustrated Atletico players had to convince themselves of the defeat after trying their best.

After receiving the enthusiastic cheers and encouragement of the fans at home with his teammates, Li Ang also made a mobilization to win the league championship in advance.

"Manchester City will drop the chain again, we have to be ready to win our third Premier League title in three years!"

(End of chapter)