Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 263 Liverpool Is Tired (Second Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 263: Liverpool is tired (Second update, please vote for me)

In the home game against Aston Villa, Liverpool head coach Martin O'Neill still rotated, but there was no large-scale rotation. He planned to continue the rotation in the game with Juventus. Some players who participated in the first leg against Juventus will not play.

But Chen Yingxiong does not rotate.

In the game against Aston Villa, Chen Yingxiong started. Reina wore the captain's armband, Gerrard did not play.

Although there were continuous rotations, the team's fatigue could be felt from the beginning of this game.

Liverpool are not iron men, or even if Chen Yingxiong is an iron man, other Liverpool players are not iron men either. Continuous fighting, plus these games are very important.

Another source of pressure is the winning streak.

I don’t know since when, the winning streak has become a burden...

Liverpool players all want to keep winning, but they also know that every victory is not easy. That's not all. What's even worse is that they begin to feel that they must win and must continue this winning streak, otherwise it will be wrong. When something becomes normal and indispensable, it is no longer a pleasure, but a burden. This is why many people feel that once their hobby turns into work, they will be miserable.

When victory has become a task that must be completed, it becomes a burden.

Now Liverpool players are bearing this burden.

Although Chen Yingxiong does not feel this is a burden, he alone cannot represent the whole team. Liverpool is made up of more than 20 living people with different ideas, different personalities and different tempers, not more than 20 heroes.

Therefore, no matter how strong Chen Yingxiong is, it is useless. Football is a collective sport... No matter how strong Chen Yingxiong is, he can't turn football into a singles sport.

Although Chen Yingxiong appeared to be very motivated and physically fit on the court, his teammates were unable to run.

Liverpool's offense is very fast, mainly supported by the speed of Gareth Bale, Sanchez and Suarez. Of course, Chen Yingxiong's speed is not slow either.

Now except Chen Yingxiong, the other three people are not as fast as before.

This is very obvious and everyone can see it through the TV broadcast.

The quality of the offense has declined. Chen Yingxiong often falls into a situation where there is no one to support him.

In the past, if Liverpool couldn't make a fast break, Chen Yingxiong would control the ball in the frontcourt, and soon his teammates would jump in at high speed to meet him. The enemy's defense line was so rushed by Liverpool's frontcourt attack combination that it immediately fell apart.

It's different now. Chen Yingxiong got the ball in the frontcourt, and his teammates came up significantly slower and less often than before.

More often, Chen Yingxiong must fight alone.

Although Chen Yingxiong's ability to fight alone is still very strong, the problem now is that Liverpool has fewer attacks. No matter how strong his skills are, he has no chance to show off...

Martin O'Neal naturally saw the team's current predicament off the court, but he had no way to change this.

In the final analysis, the team's lineup is too thin, and the strength gap between the main players and the bench players is too large. The situation caused by Benitez and the injury to Martin O'Neal cannot be solved in one or two years.

This season, we can only hold on and wait until the summer to start buying people to supplement. This time it is not just about buying players who can play the main role, but also about buying some substitute players. Then we will clean up some of the current team's substitutes, and those players who can no longer keep up with the team's requirements will be eliminated mercilessly.

※ ※ ※

The result of not being able to keep up with physical fitness is that Liverpool didn't get any scoring opportunities at their home court for a long time.

However, Aston Villa scored the first goal, and in the 27th minute, Liverpool fell behind.

The television broadcast in turn gave close-ups of the facial expressions of most of the Liverpool players.

Suarez, Bale, Sanchez, Skrtel, Shaheen and others all looked blank, just breathing heavily with their mouths open.

Only Chen Yingxiong spread his hands to express his helplessness.

He was helpless because the game had only lasted less than thirty minutes, but he felt very unhappy. The kick was so depressing... He couldn't use his strength.

Yes, that's what it feels like.

※ ※ ※

Chen Yingxiong is indeed very strong. Even in such a depressed situation, within ten minutes of the start of the second half, he helped the team equalize the score.

This was not a chance at all. He used his body to carve out a bloody path in front of the goal.

Then blasted the football into Aston Villa's door.

After scoring the goal, Chen Yingxiong tore into the autumn mood and vented his inner depression.

The fans in the stands of Anfield Stadium also gave huge cheers. Like Chen Yingxiong, they were extremely depressed and finally took this opportunity to vent their frustration.

However, the Liverpool people were not happy for long, and the next game still made them extremely depressed.

In the 70th minute, Aston Villa was pushed to the ground by Skrtel in the Liverpool penalty area. The referee did not hesitate to award a penalty kick.

There was no suspense about this penalty and Aston Villa took the lead again.

After this, it stands to reason that Liverpool should counterattack madly. But no.

The Liverpool players acted as if they were in the lead, taking their time on the court, and it was completely impossible to see that they had the idea or ability to equalize the score.

In fact, it's not that they don't want to equalize the score, but that they have no energy left to equalize the score.

Because they can't run anymore.

The running was so good that Suarez had cramps in the 81st minute, which speaks volumes.

Although Martin O'Neill has used up three substitutions, this cannot change Liverpool's situation.

I thought that in addition to physical fatigue, there was also psychological fatigue. If my heart is tired, then I really can’t fight anymore...

Now Liverpool wants to be nervous and fight, but there is nothing they can do.

When Aston Villa scored the penalty kick, the strings in the hearts of many Liverpool players were directly broken...

Once this string is broken, the sound of the Liverpool orchestra will be messed up.

A chain reaction followed.

In the end, Martin O'Neill gave up.

He returned to the coaching bench and sat there motionless with his legs crossed.

He had already thought about how he would comfort the players at the end of the game. Don't let them lose their confidence and fighting spirit because of this game.

——At this time, if you lose, just lose. Losing a game may actually be a relief... If this continues, the mental pressure on the players will be too great.

Anyway, we are still ten points ahead of Manchester United. Even if we lose this game, we still have a seven-point advantage.

Losing one game is not the end of the world.

※ ※ ※

"The game is over! It's incredible! The invincible Liverpool lost to Aston Villa at their home court! Their thirteen-game winning streak ended!" When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game , the narrator yelled.

"In this game, Liverpool's performance was indeed not outstanding. The whole team was almost out of shape, except for the heroes... But this is because they are too tired... Continuous fighting, coupled with huge psychological pressure , finally crushed these players..."

The live TV broadcast gave Chen Yingxiong a close-up.

"If there is anyone who is the most unwilling in this game, then it must be Chen Yingxiong... He scored a goal in this game and helped the team equalize the score, but he did not play the role of the team's savior. "

When the commentator said these words, Chen Yingxiong was being interviewed by a TV reporter.

He was in a bad mood.

"Yes, I scored in nineteen consecutive games, but so what? Our team lost, and I would rather not score in exchange for a victory for the team... Okay, so be it... …”

He hurriedly left the mixed area and returned to the locker room without answering the reporters' questions.

※ ※ ※

The mood in the Liverpool dressing room was low, and everyone was very upset about losing the game.

Martin O'Neal pushed the door open and clapped his hands: "Okay, boys! Don't take this game to heart, pack up and go home! We just lost a game, we still have Seven points ahead of Manchester United, there is nothing to be nervous about! Let go of the pressure, the winning streak has been ended, that's okay. Now the winning streak has become a burden, I would rather it be ended!"

Assistant coach Sammy Lee also shouted loudly: "Go take a shower, go change clothes, and think about who you are going to lie in bed with at night, but don't think about this game for me!"

Some people couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere finally became a little lively.

But overall, it's still far worse than before.

Martin O'Neal was helpless. He could only stand in the locker room and look at the players who were in low spirits with worried eyes.

It's just a failure in a game, so don't take it so seriously, okay?

Although I hope that my players will have a strong competitive spirit, the competitive spirit must be used in the right way. No matter how brooding you are about losing the game, you cannot change the result. Instead of that, why not take it easy...

At the same time, he was also worried that even if he tried his best to help the players adjust their mentality, the media would return to the situation before liberation as soon as the media hyped it up.

After 13 consecutive victories and 18 consecutive unbeaten games, Liverpool finally lost. This will definitely be big news for English football.

Martin O'Neill could guess with his knees that from tonight until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, there will be no shortage of various news reports and comments about Liverpool's loss in the media.

Maybe some moths will fly out by then.

Those people are worried about the world being in chaos, and they obviously don't care about Liverpool's life or death.

…