Five Hundred and Thirty-Four Points Grabbing Game

"Fletcher's header was so weird, I can't even figure out why it went in!"

"Oh my god, Cech must have collapsed. He must not have thought that a header like that could be scored!"

"The one who collapsed even more was Terry. Fletcher threw his head in front of him and scored a goal. Haha, those guys at Chelsea must have wanted to cry, but their subsequent counterattack was very strong, but Van der Sar performed too coquettishly. ”

"The funniest thing is Mourinho's expression. Have you seen that scene on the TV broadcast? I want to laugh when I see it!"

The Melwood base the next morning was as lively as a sky-shaped food market in downtown Liverpool. All the Liverpool players gathered together, and the topic of conversation was last night's 1:0 victory over Chelsea by Manchester United. , everyone looked happy and excited because Liverpool became the leader of the Premier League.

This is indeed a result that no one could have guessed, because Manchester United just lost 1-1 at the hands of Middlesbrough, and Chelsea's performance has always given people a very stable feeling. Who could have imagined that they would lose.

The players are not unhappy, because since last season, Chelsea has shown a strong dominance in the Premier League. In addition to losing to Liverpool five times last season, all other Premier League opponents were ravaged. , and the Red Army was also deprived of the league title by Chelsea last season.

Now that the situation has been reversed, they are naturally excited.

Yang Cheng walked out of the office in the training building with his assistants and went straight to the training ground.

They all heard the shouts of the players from a distance. Your words and my words were heard far and wide at the Melwood base.

"I guess if someone who didn't know the situation came in and thought it was a group of old ladies discussing the plot of those extremely boring sitcoms that were broadcast on the TV station last night, they must not have thought that a group of players also You can gossip like this!"

Yang Cheng stood in front of the players, smiled and shook his head.

The players fell silent one by one, and the queues that were originally in a mess were all aligned consciously.

"Just being the leader, does it make you so happy?" Yang Cheng emphasized, "Or is your goal just to have a few days in a long season to taste the league's first place? What does it feel like to be one, and then be kicked off again, and in May next year, watch others take away the championship trophy?"

"If only this were the case,

Then you guys are really unambitious! "Yang Cheng waved his right hand forward.

After a pause, the guy raised his right hand and made a forward-looking gesture on his forehead, "People, you should take a longer view. What do we want? Champion!"

"The leader is only temporary, what we want is the championship!" This guy said provocatively, "The league championship, the Champions League championship, the League Cup championship, the FA Cup championship, so many championships are waiting for us. If you are just the leader for a period of time and you are so happy that you can’t find your way home, then you have never seen the world.”

The players were sarcastic by him, and some couldn't help but laugh.

This kind of laughter was so contagious that everyone laughed. In the end, even the coaching staff behind Yang Cheng also laughed. The Chinese themselves couldn't hold it back, shaking their heads and laughing.

"I want to be honest, guys, the leader is only temporary, it is easy to get on, but it is difficult to sit firmly. I don't want us to be like Chelsea, being the leader for a period of time, only to be kicked in the butt. Go up and roll down in despair."

"Now that I'm sitting on it, I'm not going to come down again!" Yang Cheng became very serious.

The players all nodded in unison.

"When playing in the league, the most important thing is to attack. We must try to reduce draws, especially when playing against mid-to-lower teams. We must strive for three points, so each of you must have a belief in every game. We all have only one goal, points!"

After saying that, Yang Cheng waved his hand, dismissed the team, and let them go to train separately.

As the World Cup approaches, "there are two more national team training days in March. After the players participate in the morning training session, they will go to the national team to report in the afternoon.

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"You guy, you are obviously very happy, but you always like to put on an act!" Paul said after the training started. Bayer said to Yang Cheng with a smile.

Yang Cheng looked ahead with a serious face, "I'm happy, but the higher you stand, the more cautious you should be. Who knows if we will be beaten by Manchester United in any game, just like Chelsea." A 0:1?”

It can be said that Chelsea lost this game unjustly. Fletcher's header was completely unreasonable. God knows how he got it, but Chelsea did lose.

"I have to let them all establish a consensus. I don't want a draw. I will strive to win every game!"

To be honest, in a long season of league championship competition, a draw is not the key, the key is winning. A win is worth a draw, so the so-called undefeated is not very important. What really determines the championship is the ability to win. How many games, how many three-pointers.

This is why Yang Cheng always says that the league championship depends on offense.

Only an excellent offense can ensure victory!

Of course, this is based on a relatively solid defense.

As for the reason why Chelsea won the championship last season, it seems that strong defense is the key, but in fact their offense is also very good. Otherwise, how can Mourinho's team steadily win from other teams? To three points?

Paul and Bayer understand Yang Cheng's thoughts and plan ahead. This is definitely what every head coach should have. If you always wait until problems arise and then think about how to solve them, that would be too passive. .

"After two weeks of national team matches, our opponents in the next few rounds of the league are not strong. I will make sure to get points in every game based on arranging rotations. This is a point-grabbing game, no matter it is We, Chelsea, even Manchester United and Arsenal will rush for points to ensure an advantage."

Any strong team that wants to make a difference in the league must score as many points as possible against a weak team. This is inevitable.

"We have to fight for the first place in the Champions League group. Only in this way can we meet a relatively weak opponent in the top 16 knockout rounds." Yang Cheng has already made a detailed plan for his winning strategy this season.

Even his plan was very detailed, down to the focus of the team's operations each week. It also included leaving room for the team to make mistakes, but the final purpose was to ensure that the team would do its best to make mistakes. Staying competitive on every front continues to go hand in hand.

"There is no guarantee that they will arrange for us to meet a strong team in the old strong team!" Paul Bayer said with a smile. Each group has its own strengths and weaknesses. Only the Liverpool group is the group of death, which shows how big the deviation is.

"Don't worry, they won't do anything too obvious. They are just a bunch of guys who set up archways as BZs. Although they are not good birds, at least they will not put such things on the table!" Yang Cheng is not like that. look.

Nowadays, there are rumors all over Europe that a certain UEFA executive has said that he wants to kill Liverpool. Although UEFA strongly denies it, this is also an undisclosed fact, that is, UEFA will not let a team continue to Defended the Champions League for two seasons.

This is an inevitable means to maintain the competitiveness of the Champions League. If a team is allowed to defend the title continuously, it does not mean that the suspense is revealed in advance. Who will pay attention then?

This is very disadvantageous in terms of commercial promotion and football attention.

But they also have to consider a balance and not make it too obvious. Firstly, the fans will be dissatisfied, and secondly, the club will be disgraced. Moreover, they also have to consider the market appeal of the powerful combination of Liverpool and Yang Cheng.

Looking at European football, the strength gap between all the strong teams is often just between the same. The gap is not as big as reflected in the scores of certain games. Therefore, many times, as long as the style of play is incompatible or there is some bias from the referee. A misjudgment may completely change the outcome of the game, and everyone knows how to create this situation.

In other words, it doesn't have to be so obvious if you want to kill a team.

"The top four are the threshold, keep it!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

Strong, taking into account the appeal of the defending champion and the risk of the finals, especially after witnessing the miracle of Liverpool's reversal of Juventus, if anyone really wants to kill Liverpool, they will definitely not let them Liverpool enters the final, the risk is too great!

"You should run for UEFA president with Platini!" Paul Bayer was persuaded by Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng laughed, "I think so too, but unfortunately, I'm not European!"

This is purely a joke. For someone like him who is not even willing to change his nationality, how can he possibly run for and serve as UEFA president? Moreover, the precedent of Yang Cheng's bad deeds has long been known to the public. If he is really fooled, European football will probably be in trouble.

After two weeks of national team matches, the league resumed.

"On March 19th, Liverpool's home game: Defeated Portsmouth and won consecutive Premier League wins.

However, Chelsea also defeated Newcastle 3:0 at Stamford Bridge. The Magpies' performance this season is really bad. Although they have introduced powerful stars such as Owen, their overall combat effectiveness has become very weak, especially when playing against strong teams, it is almost impossible to form a resistance.

Manchester United and Arsenal have also defeated their opponents successively. Arsenal almost capsized in the ditch against Wigan in the away game. In the case of being overwhelmed, they were forced to get two goals back. In the end, Henry was the savior at the critical moment, helping Zaisena retired from the away game.

Compared with the strong Arsenal team two years ago, this season's hot strength has dropped too sharply.

"On March 22, in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool was at home and defeated the visiting Villarreal 2:0. The Yellow Submarine was accelerated by Liverpool from the beginning. Riquelme was beaten by Yang Cheng Essien was specially arranged for marking, and Villarreal's midfielder was suppressed by Liverpool, and finally swallowed the bitter pill before his eyes.

As Juventus tied Benfica 0:0 at home, Liverpool qualified from the group ahead of time with a score of "points". Juventus and Villarreal had the same points and competed for second place in the group. Benfica Definitely eliminated.

The final round will be a key battle, with Liverpool hosting Juventus and Benfica hosting Villarreal, which will determine who among the Bianconeri and the Yellow Submarine will qualify second in the group.

Returning to the Premier League, in the away game, Liverpool relied on Gerrard's goal in the first minute. Defeated Manchester City, won Ings' winning streak, and continued to occupy the league leader's throne.

Chelsea followed suit, defeating Portsmouth 2:0 away from home, and continued to chase after Manchester United and Arsenal, who also won successively.

In the fourth round of the League Cup, Liverpool faced the English League One team Doncaster away from home. Yang Cheng continued to arrange many youth team players to start, plus some first-team substitutes. The away game:. Defeated Doncaster and successfully entered the League Cup.

The main lineup got a week's rest. Liverpool played an almost crazy offensive against Wigan at home on December 1, beating Wigan 6:0 at home and winning the English victory in a row. Ladd even scored a hat trick in this game.

Chelsea and Manchester United won successively. Arsenal lost 0-0 away to Bolton and fell directly out of the top four in the league. Tottenham followed closely and rushed into the Champions League qualifying area. This was also surprising. Wenger relied on this After all, a batch of young players are still unable to take on big responsibilities at critical moments.

That is, after playing the 15th round of the league, Liverpool ushered in its long-lost rival Juventus at Anfield Stadium.

Before the game, the atmosphere between the two teams was not bad. Juventus' management troika was fully mobilized, and Liverpool also gave the Bianconeri the highest standard of reception. Even when the Bianconeri arrived at Anfield Stadium to adapt to the venue, Liverpool arranged for the player to send a gift to express the club's goodwill.

After the Heysel tragedy that year and the miracle in Istanbul last season, the grievances between the two teams have been diluted a lot. Although the opposing emotions between the players are still there, they are not too intense. The conflict, and the Liverpool Police Department also takes it very seriously, so the atmosphere between the two sides before the game was very good.

But when it comes to the game, it's completely different.

Liverpool rarely deployed a 4231 tactic in this game. The defense was Riise, Vidic, Carragher and Finnan. The double midfielder was Davis and Carrick, the front midfielder was Ashavin, and the left wing was Robben, Gerrard on the right, and Drogba in the center.

Ronaldinho played the entire game against Wigan, so he rested against Juventus. Robben was moved to the left by Yang Cheng, and Gerrard occupied the right.

From the beginning, Liverpool showed an attitude of strengthening ball control in the midfield, making full use of the midfield ball control capabilities of Ashavin and Carrick, coupled with the assistance of Davis, Gerrard and Robben. , attaching great importance to controlling the ball.

Although it has reached a last-ditch battle, Capello still adheres to his usual tactical strategy and focuses on defense. But everyone knows that his goal is not for a draw, but to capture the goal without losing the goal. Seize the opportunity, seal your throat at the sight of blood, and directly deal a fatal blow to Liverpool.

This is also the way Capello has won since he took charge.

Yang Cheng also knew the key to the game against Juventus and knew that Capello could not drag the rhythm into an uneventful situation. That would only drain the team of its last bit of energy and wait for Juventus to suddenly take action.

Therefore, he actively pressed forward from the beginning, taking advantage of the home court advantage, taking the initiative to attack, and taking advantage of the ball control in the midfield to calmly attack the Juventus goal. However, Liverpool's offense was more on the two wings. Give full play to the impact capabilities of Robben and Gerrard on the wing, and use Drogba's high point to make a fuss.

After testing for the first 20 minutes, Liverpool took the lead in scoring in the first minute. After Robben broke through one-on-one on the left, he made a wonderful pass into the middle. Drogba overwhelmed Thuram with a header and crossed to the back. At the point, Gerrard stepped in from the right and scored with a push, opening the scoring for Liverpool.

After losing the ball, Juventus began to consciously strengthen their offense. The two-forward combination of Trezeguet and Ibrahimovic began to hope for more cooperation in the frontcourt, but in less than 10 minutes, Liverpool took advantage of After a breakthrough from the right, Gerrard shook off Panucci and his cross was blocked from the baseline, earning him a corner kick.

Asavin took a corner kick and Vidic broke the net with a header at the near post, rewriting the score to 2:0!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Capello replaced Del Piero to strengthen the attack. Juventus began to actively attack. Liverpool took advantage of the kick-off opportunity and was beaten a little. , but Vidic performed very well at the critical moment.

First, in a one-on-two situation, when facing the threats of Ibrahimovic and Trezeguet, he calmly and decisively blocked Ibrahimovic and cut off the Swede's feet. The ball resolved an offensive threat from Juventus.

Then he shot Trezeguet close at hand, blocking the baseline with his body and resolving a crisis in front of Liverpool's goal. After that, the defense line formed by him and Carragher also became very strong, time and time again. Defeated Juventus' attack.

As Yang Cheng said before, although a strong team like Juventus focuses on defense, it does not mean that they cannot attack. Once the Bianconeri attack, the lethality is amazing, especially at the last moment, Capello almost risked his life. They fought hard and even forced Liverpool to retreat on three fronts.

But even so, Trezeguet still got a goal back for Juventus in the 87th minute, but in the end it was difficult to prevent the team from taking away a 1: defeat from Anfield Stadium, which also made Juventus Sri Lanka was eliminated from the Champions League group stage this season and had to accept the result of playing in the UEFA Cup.

While Liverpool ensured that they would qualify first in the group in advance, they still tried their best to send Juventus out of the Champions League, which once again ignited the flames of hatred between the two teams. ! .