Chapter 440: Fortress (Daily Transition)

Cobham Training Base.

Tender green branches and leaves were dotted with crystal-clear dewdrops, which reflected the silhouettes of figures sprinting across the training field.

The football rolled out of bounds.

Li Kang watched as Buffon approached from afar, wearing a Chelsea training kit.

The system notification sounded softly.

【Detected that this teammate's friendliness toward you has reached the limit! Overflow!】

【Blue Bond established: Dragon Vein Curse Lv3!】

【Introduction: February 2012, San Siro Stadium, Buffon severed Milan's dragon vein.】

【Curse effect: When fighting alongside Buffon, the red-black soul on your body becomes unusually enraged; whenever any AC Milan legend's module triggers, Buffon briefly gains the reaction arc and ground speed of 2012.】

Li Kang: "..."

This curse is awesome.

After Buffon's physical reactions declined significantly, he completed a transformation in recent years; he more often resolves danger through defensive positioning and anticipation, and fans rarely see him produce spectacular saves.

The highlights of De Gea's saves from a few matches would take Buffon a whole season to catch up to.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries.

Clap clap clap.

Buffon clapped his hands, summoning several Chelsea defenders and goalkeepers together.

Cech laughed as he spread a large tactical board on the floor; he wasn't wearing a tank hat today, and probably won't need to wear one anymore.

"We don't need to overturn Chelsea's defensive system."

"You don't need to adapt to me."

"I will adapt to you."

"We just need to unify defensive thinking in the details."

"Like this, like that, and then that."

"..."

Several people discussed heatedly.

Buffon's voice was unusually loud; as he spoke, he almost threw off Rüdiger's accent.

Tuchel stood aside, stroking his chin, with a surprised expression.

That damned desire for control has long vanished without a trace.

It's great.

Dino was earnestly taking notes, feeling like a sponge desperately absorbing Mourinho's imprint, the Cantona framework, and Apennine defensive thinking.

Cech occasionally offered his own opinion.

Captain Cahill kept shifting the magnetic flags, actively working to reconcile differences in defensive concepts.

Several former top-tier defenders seemed to be constructing a "fortress".

By lunchtime.

Buffon had already become an older brother figure in the eyes of the young players.

"Your idol is Ronaldo? I've faced him many times... back then we were both young."

"Don't rush; I'll slowly tell you those stories..."

"Zidane again? Is nobody's idol me?"

"Exactly, if I had married earlier, I could have had a son named Li."

The cafeteria was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Crucially, Buffon also knows sign language, able to accurately convey what Li Kang wants to express.

"Do you see it?"

"Li's idol is me!"

Li Kang laughed and shook his head.

Everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing.

September 10.

Li Kang and his assistant went to Loughborough to complete enrollment procedures.

Chelsea made a large-scale rotation, arriving at Swansea, Liberty Stadium.

The Jack Army fans greeted Hazard with a sky-full of boos.

The story begins with the January 2013 League Cup match:

Hazard "violently kicked" 17-year-old Swansea ballboy Morgan, shocking Europe.

After the match, he specially apologized, obtaining forgiveness from the young ballboy and his parents.

But whenever the two teams meet, Swansea fans bring this up to tease the Chelsea stars.

The match had little suspense.

Swansea and the then-flourishing Chelsea engaged in an end-to-end battle.

It wasn't stubbornness.

It was romance.

The Premier League, including the Championship era, no matter the opponent, the Jack Army insists on playing attractive, pleasing football.

In 2001, Swansea was on the brink of bankruptcy; fans raised £200,000 to buy 21% of the club's shares, making Swansea a fan-owned club.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last.

Last summer, two American businessmen acquired 60% of Swansea's shares, carried out sweeping reforms, and injected the club with American football management concepts.

The shares of the fan trust organization were also eaten away.

Having money, the result of investment in signings... is still not as good as during difficult times.

For example:

Swansea originally lived frugally, eating three meat dishes and one vegetable, working hard, slowly repaying some small debts, life getting better, but one day two Americans appeared, they helped you clear those small debts, then made you eat feces every day, and all the money you earned from work had to be handed over.

Due to long-term malnutrition, failing to meet performance targets, the Premier League wants to fire you and relegate you to the Championship.

In the early 2017/18 season, the drained Swansea had overall strength at a mid-table Championship level, while the Premier League was full of strong teams, making the hope of avoiding relegation extremely slim.

Liberty Stadium.

With goals from Azhaer and Diege Kesta, Jack's Army collapsed.

Chelsea's coaching staff also successively substituted in bench players around the sixty-minute mark.

Finally.

The main referee blew the whistle signaling the end of the match.

Chelsea achieved four consecutive wins at the start of the Premier League!

Live broadcast room.

-【Bufeng's ability is just that; he happened to stand in the shooter's line of fire, dumbfounded, caught the ball, his save count is not even as good as Kabalieluo's (dog head for self-preservation)】

-【Match-fixing, how does Swansea's forward keep shooting into his embrace?】

-【Truly abnormal, Chelsea's backline and goalkeeper have completely unified defensive thinking, appearing like a moving fortress, also freeing up Kanté and Bakayoko.】

-【Final lineup.】

-【Don't speak too soon, Chelsea hasn't yet met a truly strong team; I'll cheer first, Chelsea, go!】

-【Can the Champions League defend against Barcelona? Kuniao, Suayleisi, and Dengbeilai leading the 'three hundred million' attack have already scored ten goals this season!】

Post-match press conference.

Media reporters are more concerned about the Champions League group stage opener a few days later: Barcelona VS Chelsea.

"Barcelona has invested nearly four hundred million in signings over the past two seasons; does Chelsea have confidence to emerge unscathed from Camp Nou?"

"Tuheer replied without hesitation:"

"A group... Baerweide completed the overhaul of Barcelona, they brought in a group of brilliant talent stars, facing Chelsea will be a tough match."

"Stamford Bridge disaster? Perhaps such incidents won't happen again."

"Chelsea has confidence to resolve all difficulties through victory."

Dino is equally confident: as long as Chelsea isn't blown up like Dortmund's bus, they basically won't fear any opponent.

Barcelona's first-team training base.

Meeting room.

Coaching bench members looking at the big screen: the estimated Chelsea starting lineup, deep down they couldn't help but feel a hint of... despair.

Baerweide remained calm.

Having coached lower-tier La Liga teams, he had long been forged by clubs such as Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atlético Madrid into a resilient and strong heart.

"Yinniesita, Lajidiqi, and Mexi have no physical issues."

Nokamp has always only made opponents fearful.