Chapter 346 Two Six-Time Champions, the Best in Football

Chelsea, who withstood Sevilla's counterattack pressure, finally took the lead in attacking and tearing apart Sevilla's defense.

The Chelsea players on the field surrounded Li Ang and celebrated passionately near the bottom line of the Sevilla half.

Mourinho off the court was also clenching his fists with both hands at the moment, with a confident smile on his face.

Before the start of the European Super Cup, almost all European sports media predicted that Chelsea would play steadily and use stronger defense and field control tactics to contain Sevilla's performance.

After all, in the past two seasons, Mourinho led his team to the cup finals with basically this routine.

In the Champions League final more than two months ago, Mourinho dragged the Atletico Madrid team into a battle of physical exhaustion. Don't be too steady!

So when Mourinho changed his tactical tone and started a head-on attack with Sevilla at the beginning of today's game, many media reporters on the sidelines were shocked!

But when they came back to their senses and saw that Chelsea had already taken the lead, they had to admit it.

Chelsea now indeed has the strength to compete with any team in football!

The teams led by Mourinho in the past few seasons have given fans and the media the inherent impression of solid defense and sharp counterattacks.

In comparison, "strong defense" is an indelible mark on Mourinho's coaching team.

But the data does not lie. Even when Mourinho was coaching Inter Milan, the team he led was able to achieve the highest offensive firepower in the league.

In the past few seasons in La Liga, Real Madrid also beat Barcelona to lead in goals for two consecutive seasons.

At that time, Barcelona was still at the tail end of its peak, far beyond what the current rebuilt Barcelona can match.

Chelsea is now leading Manchester City in all data gaps in the Premier League.

So judging from the straightforward data, the Chelsea currently led by Mourinho is indeed a super team with fierce offensive firepower.

There is no shortage of classic battles in which the opponent was defeated by a big score, and there is no shortage of classic scenes in which the opponent's defense line was torn apart by strong attacks.

The reason why this current Chelsea still leaves the fans with the impression that their defense is stronger.

That's because once they encounter an important cup final, the Chelsea team will use more reliable tactics to subdue their opponents.

Let’s take the Champions League final between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid more than two months ago as an example.

If Mourinho's tactical policy at that time was to attack Atletico Madrid throughout the game, Chelsea's main players would still be confident that they could achieve the final victory!

In head-to-head matches, this Chelsea team is not afraid of any opponent.

At this moment, it was completely expected for Chelsea's players to break the balance of the game and capture Sevilla's goal.

As for Mourinho, he had no intention of teasing the media and fans in this game.

He remains the same pragmatist.

Because when making tactical arrangements before the game, Chelsea's coaching staff unanimously believed that today's game would be easier to win if they focused on offense.

So Mourinho finally made the decision to fight Sevilla.

It's so clear and simple.

After all, Sevilla and Atletico Madrid are not opponents of the same level at all. It would be a waste to use the same tactics used against Atletico Madrid to deal with Sevilla~

However, confidence belongs to self-confidence. After taking the lead, Mourinho immediately issued tactical instructions to his disciples on the field not to relax and to continue focusing on the offense!

After Li Ang accepted the congratulations from his teammates, he also applauded to signal the whole team not to relax.

It is not safe to score only one goal. They must try their best to score a second goal in the first half!

The tactical tone of continuing to play against Sevilla will not change, but after returning to his own half, Li Ang took the initiative to retreat.

In doing so, it seemed that he weakened the offensive initiative of Chelsea's midfielder, but in fact, his retreat directly liberated Matic and Kroos.

In today's football world, the only one who dares to really pat his chest and say that he can play as a defensive midfielder and support a wealthy team's offensive and defensive transitions is Li Ang!

Matic is excellent. If Li Ang is not in the Premier League now, then he is the well-deserved number one defensive midfielder in the Premier League.

But Mourinho will not let Matic become the team's true single defensive midfielder in any case.

Looking at past formations, Matic either partners with Kroos to hold back, or he looks like he is holding back alone from his position, but in fact Liang will always protect and sweep in front of him.

His frontal interception ability and high-altitude aerial challenge ability are among the best in football, and his ability to organize the ball is also very good.

But he is also prone to being hit behind the ball by his opponents, and Matic can easily suffer when encountering speedy attackers.

Li Ang will not have such a problem.

He is truly the only midfielder in active football who can defend without blind spots!

The combination of his skills and his body is just right. He is tall but not too tall, strong but flexible, has a large defensive coverage area, and is fast in pursuit.

In theory, he can handle any offensive player in football today.

Therefore, if necessary, Mourinho will only ask Li Ang to delay and play the single defensive midfielder.

At this moment, Li Ang took the initiative to retreat, which directly allowed Matic and Kroos to actively intervene.

With his defensive cover, Chelsea's front-court offensive players are completely relieved and can press forward boldly!

However, for the players on the field of Sevilla after the restart.

Li Ang's retreat defense was like a blow to the head, which made them a little overwhelmed.

After all, although Li Ang has been away from La Liga for more than two years, most of the players on the field of Sevilla at this moment have been restricted by Li Ang in La Liga.

They can't forget the taste of being defended by Li Ang.

At the beginning of this game, Li Ang invested a lot of energy in the offensive end, so they didn't play against Li Ang.

But now looking at Li Ang's retreat position, they will inevitably have to continue to fight with the first midfielder in the La Liga field in the past!

Several main offensive players on the field of Sevilla are now having a headache.

Banega subconsciously increased the proportion of passes and no longer actively looked for opportunities to advance as before.

But he was playing as a defensive midfielder after all, so there was nothing wrong with him doing so, but his midfielder teammate Ivora had to bite the bullet and go up to face Li Ang.

There was no way, because he was playing as a front midfielder? He was just in the same position as Li Ang.

In the 20th minute of the first half, Ivora received the ball for the first time in the game and faced Li Ang.

He originally wanted to dribble the ball to the side to avoid Li Ang's interception pressure, but as soon as he made a move, Li Ang decisively approached him and gave him a close confrontation interception!

Ivora's physique should not suffer a loss, after all, he is a big man with a height of 1.9 meters and a weight of 80 kilograms.

But somehow, at the moment when the two of them were in close confrontation, Ivora's mind emerged with the fear of being dominated by Li Ang throughout the game when he was in Levante...

Li Ang's feet moved quickly while confronting, and he directly poked the ball controlled by Ivora.

The close fight between the two was not long, almost only one second. After passing each other, Ivora was a little surprised, but Li Ang had already got the ball and started to advance!

Li Ang, who passed the ball to Kroos during the advance, completed his task in this counterattack.

Kroos played the No. 10 position again after a long time, and passed the ball to Hazard who went straight behind the Sevilla defense line.

Unfortunately, Zaball King failed to cut inside with the ball this time, and was stopped by Rami in the Sevilla penalty area.

Sevilla, who got the ball back, started a counterattack against Chelsea, but Reyes was not so lucky this time.

His dribbling on the sideline did not even threaten Azpilicueta's defense zone!

Because at the critical moment when he just received the ball and turned to speed up, Li Ang decisively headed him and shoveled him out of the sideline with the ball!

Two consecutive key head defenses interrupted Sevilla's offensive process!

Li Ang also showed his important value in the position of the defensive midfielder for a long time.

Although these two defenses did not directly help Chelsea to gain a further lead in the score, they really hit Sevilla's offensive morale.

In contrast, Chelsea can continue to press forward with more confidence.

As one side rises and the other side falls, the situation on the field is further tilted towards Chelsea.

Countless Chelsea fans in front of the TV are completely relieved.

After watching the situation of the game on the sidelines for a while, Mourinho boldly signaled the two wing backs to actively press forward.

After Sevilla's several counterattacks were ineffective, they would lose their composure.

At this time, Chelsea needs to decisively increase the bet on the offensive end!

Hazard and De Bruyne can move inward and go to the ribs on both sides of Sevilla's half to receive the ball or rush forward.

At this time, Azpilicueta and Trippier can go straight behind the two wings of Sevilla that are restrained like traditional wingers and send threatening crosses!

Matic, who came in from behind, could help Suarez share the pressure of heading in the penalty area.

Kroos, who was pressing at the top of the Sevilla penalty area, could calmly handle the second penalty, or commit a tactical foul in the first time to stop Sevilla's counterattack...

Chelsea's offensive routine was completely linked together, and the high-pressure offensive was mixed with aggressive pressing defense!

Under heavy pressure, Sevilla's defense line also began to make frequent mistakes.

In the 35th minute of the first half, De Bruyne, who was inward in the middle of the midfield, received the ball with his back, and then decisively passed the ball to the side!

Trippier made a forward run, led the ball and quickly rushed past Sevilla's right back Tremulina!

Suarez and Matic, who had already pressed into the Sevilla penalty area, ran in a staggered manner and began to attack Sevilla's goal.

But Trippier did not rush to send a cross at the first time. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity when Sevilla central defender Krechowiak was inward and chose to cut in decisively and break into the Sevilla penalty area!

His choice immediately made the defensive players in the Sevilla penalty area nervous.

Rami yelled and directed the defensive midfielder Banega to quickly intercept Trippier!

However, the full-back Tremulina, who returned to defense earlier than Banega, had already defended from behind Trippier!

The two of them fought together, and the live broadcast camera could only barely see Tremulina seemed to be anxious to kick from behind Trippier.

Then, Trippier fell in the Sevilla penalty area as if he had suffered a serious violation!

Sevilla goalkeeper Beto felt a chill in his heart at this moment.

He immediately shook his finger and rushed to the referee who was also running towards the scene of the incident, repeatedly stating that his teammates did not commit a foul.

Sevilla's defenders also rushed up and surrounded the referee directly, as if they did not want him to make a penalty so quickly.

But after receiving the assistance signal from the linesman, the referee on duty still decisively took out a yellow gem battle card from his pocket!

Seeing this scene, tens of thousands of Sevilla fans at the scene covered their heads and cried out.

"Yellow card plus penalty! There is nothing wrong with the referee's penalty! We can clearly see through the replay that Tremulina tripped Trippier from behind!

The French full-back may not have done it on purpose, but the fact is that he did not deserve the yellow card at all!"

Zhan Jun, who switched from PPTV to LeTV Sports this summer, is now in the new studio and is delivering passionate live commentary to domestic audiences as always.

At this moment, fans in China were just like Zhan Jun, excitedly looking at Li Ang trotting forward from the backcourt in the live camera!

The referee's decision was made, and the Sevilla players, whether angry or disappointed, could only disperse from their own penalty area at this time.

Li Ang took the ball from Kroos and walked to the penalty spot with a calm face.

"This penalty is unwarranted! I will save it!"

Beto shouted at Li Ang at this time, but his facial expression did not look as confident as his tone.

Li Ang ignored him, and after placing the ball, he retreated to the penalty area line.

As soon as the referee whistled, he strode straight towards the football, and then drew his iconic powerful shot!

At this moment, Beto still made his choice very firmly, and he rushed to the left side of the goal!

But the football drawn by Li Ang went straight to the middle of the goal!

The football hit the net behind the Sevilla goal for the second time in the first half of the game without any suspense!

Li Ang deliberately slowed down his pace of celebration this time.

After his teammates caught up with him, he made a celebration gesture, and then laughed and led his teammates to slide down on their knees at the bottom line of the Sevilla half!

The International Stadium in Tbilisi was also completely filled with the cheers of Chelsea fans at this moment!

After the team scored two goals, Chelsea fans completely threw away their reserve and began to celebrate the team's sixth championship of the year in advance!

However, they can open champagne in advance, but the players on the court still need to keep a cool head and not show off in advance.

With the advantage of a two-goal lead, Chelsea no longer needs to fight against Sevilla.

There is no need for Mourinho to make any tactical instructions in advance. After the game resumed again, the entire Chelsea team directly shrank its formation and began to defend with all their strength!

Facing Chelsea who was defending the half, Sevilla, whose morale was severely hit, had no offensive methods.

Chelsea successfully maintained the score of 2-0 until the halftime break.

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea launched a violent and active attack!

Sevilla was once again confused by Chelsea!

Chelsea, who had taken the absolute initiative in the game, continued to put pressure on Sevilla's backcourt defense.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Li Ang, who had been defending honestly for almost half the time, suddenly dribbled forward again, completely disrupting the defensive layout of Sevilla's midfield!

After Banega was forced to cooperate with his teammates to double-team Li Ang, Matic, who was almost unguarded, received the ball from Li Ang in time!

In the rib area on the left side of Sevilla's half, Xiao Ma Ge only observed it for a while after getting the ball, and then sent a comfortable pass with his foot!

Suarez, who was running at the back of the Sevilla penalty area, jumped forward like a ghost!

The Uruguayan striker unloaded the football almost perfectly, and then he decisively pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal!

This goal perfectly demonstrated Suarez's exquisite running and superb shooting skills.

Beto has tried his best to save the ball, but his landing speed is still a bit slow!

Once the ball went in, Chelsea completely established the victory of the game!

Mourinho replaced De Bruyne with Van Ginkel 5 minutes later. The secret card is to strengthen the defensive ability of the midfield and backcourt.

Sevilla was forced into a desperate situation, and their head coach Emery had no choice but to make substitutions in advance to attack.

Konoplyanka and Immobile, two forwards on the bench of Sevilla, were replaced by Emery one after another.

And the full-back Tremulina and a defensive midfielder Krondelli, who played mediocre in this game today, were replaced.

Sevilla made a desperate attack, but at this moment Chelsea had no intention of continuing to counterattack, just defending in the half!

Later, Mourinho also used two substitutions to slightly disrupt Sevilla's offensive momentum, and replaced Kalas and Gary Cahill one after another.

Suarez, the goal scorer, and Kroos, who played very well in the midfield today, were replaced one after another.

Chelsea deployed a super bus formation of six defenders and four midfielders at the last moment, which made the Sevilla players miserable!

Finally, when the referee on duty blew the whistle while pinching the watch, the Sevilla players finally got relief.

And the Chelsea team also welcomed their sixth championship trophy of the year amid the thunderous cheers of the whole stadium!

As the captain of the team, Li Ang led the team to win the European Super Cup and also won the second six crowns in his career!

Although he still lacks the last Club World Cup of this year to be called a club honor grand slam in Chelsea.

But at this moment, with two six crowns in his hands, he has undoubtedly become the top honor in the new era of football!

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