Volume 1: The Male Appears, Everyone Pays Attention Chapter 305: Unable to Make a Sound (Fourth Update, Please Vote for the Monthly Ticket)
Piaotian Literature Liverpool's 1:0 victory over West Bromwich Albion away from home was considered by the media and commentators to be a narrow escape, which seems to be reasonable. After all, judging from the scene of that game, Liverpool was lucky to win the game in the end. If Chen Yingxiong's header had not just bypassed goalkeeper Foster's ten fingers, who knows what the final result would be?
Especially Martin O'Neill still insisted at the post-match press conference that Liverpool was the top favorite for the league championship, which made these people firm in their views-Liverpool is now strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Apart from bluffing and stubbornness, it has long lost its power.
They were able to beat West Bromwich Albion because teams like West Bromwich Albion are too weak.
In fact, no one expected teams like West Bromwich Albion and Bolton Albion to really stop Liverpool's pace. Everyone's eyes were still on the decisive battle at Old Trafford. In their view, only Manchester United was a threat to Liverpool, and only Manchester United had the strength to bring Liverpool down.
Although there is still a 35th round of the league with Bolton, the English media have already started to discuss the peak showdown of the 36th round with great interest.
Liverpool players did not participate in it. After the game with West Bromwich, they set off for Munich to prepare for the second round of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.
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In the game against Bayern Munich, although Martin O'Neill wanted to give up in his heart, he still did a flawless job on the surface - he sent out the full main lineup.
After getting Liverpool's starting lineup, the reporters shook their heads.
"It seems that O'Neill really wants to gamble on the Champions League..."
"But if the Champions League is not won in the end, and the domestic league is reversed, how will he explain it?"
"I think Martin O'Neill is playing with fire. He is so desperate that he may not get the result he wants in the end, but will cause the team to suffer a big collapse!"
Everyone talked about it, but they could not change Martin O'Neill's mind.
Bayern Munich was not surprised at all that Liverpool played all their main players. In the last Premier League game, Liverpool did not send out all their main players. Instead, they made a large-scale rotation. Bayern Munich knew that Liverpool was going to fight to the death with them at the Allianz Arena.
They naturally did not dare to neglect it. Although they had an away goal, they were still behind in the total score. Liverpool had the upper hand anyway, even if it was just a little bit.
In addition, they also had Chen Yingxiong, who was a pervert and had just broken Messi's record of 18 goals in a single season against them.
Such a person should not be underestimated for even a second.
Therefore, Bayern Munich dared not relax.
Perhaps in the eyes of the English media. Liverpool was already at the end of its strength, but Bayern Munich was unwilling to test it. What if it died? Wouldn't it be extremely unlucky?
Bayern Munich also played the strongest lineup they could at their home stadium.
The attitude of fighting to the death with Liverpool was obvious.
Martin O'Neill could see Bayern Munich's attitude only from the opponent's starting list. They will never be eliminated at home.
But it's okay. In the end, the team was eliminated, and no one can say that he gave up on purpose.
Everyone knows that it's not easy for Liverpool to persist in the semi-finals even though the team lineup is not complete.
Gerrard can't play in this game, and Suarez can't play because of suspension for two games. Liverpool is not the strongest lineup.
All hopes are on Chen Yingxiong.
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Chen Yingxiong didn't know that his boss was going to give up this game. He was determined to kill in the finals. It was a good thing to be able to move forward even one step. He didn't care whether it would cause problems for Martin O'Neill if he entered the finals. This kind of problem was not considered by him at all.
But from the beginning of this game, luck was not on Liverpool's side.
Bayern Munich took the lead in the opening 23 minutes and tied the total score.
"Mario Gomez! This is his ninth Champions League goal this season! Although he can't compete with the hero in terms of the number of goals, his goal is very crucial! This goal put Liverpool in trouble! If this score remains until the end, Bayern Munich will advance to the final with more away goals!"
The entire Allianz Arena was boiling, and this huge noise told every Liverpool player and fan: Here, you are all outsiders! We are the masters here! !
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Although it doesn't matter whether Liverpool can reach the Champions League final, Ferguson still watches this game in front of the TV.
He is not gloating over Liverpool being eliminated. If he has to choose, he might rather Liverpool enter the final.
But at this point, Ferguson no longer dwells on such small issues.
He watches Liverpool's games just to understand the status and performance of every Liverpool player and find places to use.
In fact, he didn't need to do this work himself. Especially when he was already 73 years old. There were special scouts who would collect the opponent information he needed for Ferguson.
But this season's matchup with Liverpool was so important and so difficult. At this critical moment, Ferguson didn't trust those scouts, even though he knew their abilities. But he felt that only by seeing it with his own eyes could he truly grasp the movements of everyone in Liverpool.
Seeing Gomez score the goal, he lowered his head and began to write and draw in the small notebook in his hand, recording. As he got older, his memory was not as good as before, and he had to think about a lot of things every day. He really didn't have more energy to waste on memory, so he used a pen to write down what he could.
There were already a lot of things recorded on this page, and there was almost no room. These things were Ferguson's "secrets" to deal with Liverpool.
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Martin O'Neill didn't show any regret or frustration when he saw the team lose the ball. He even felt a little relieved in his heart - it's finally here!
After sitting on the chair for a while, he stood up and walked to the sidelines, pretending to supervise the game.
He cast his eyes on Chen Yingxiong. He did not tell Chen Yingxiong about the idea of giving up the Champions League game. He instinctively told Chen Yingxiong that he would definitely oppose it fiercely.
Sure enough, Chen Yingxiong proved Martin O'Neill's worries in the next game.
Chen Yingxiong was looking for or creating scoring opportunities like crazy.
But this time. Liverpool was really tired... Although all the main players were on the field, Chen Yingxiong lacked support.
In fact, Liverpool was completely relying on one breath before, and that breath was completely deflated after Bayern Munich scored a goal.
Now it is difficult to force it to be encouraged.
It can be said that if Liverpool still wants to advance to the final, it can only rely on Chen Yingxiong. Only Chen Yingxiong is really fighting.
But for him today, it is destined to be the most difficult battle he has ever encountered!
In the 37th minute. Chen Yingxiong still did not help the team score a goal, but Bayern Munich scored another goal, and the full-back Lahm suddenly inserted from behind. He dribbled the ball to the front of Liverpool's penalty area, then kicked the ball and flew directly into the goal guarded by Reina.
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"This couldn't be worse! Liverpool is two goals behind! They are also behind in the total score... Now Liverpool must score a goal..."
When the commentator said this, he was looking at Chen Yingxiong, not just him. All Liverpool fans turned their eyes to him.
Especially those Liverpool fans at the Allianz Arena.
We need heroes!
This thought came to everyone's mind.
Then call his name!
"Hero!"
They shouted loudly.
"Hero!"
But when they opened their mouths, they almost couldn't hear their own voices - at the Allianz Arena, the two-goal lead made Bayern Munich fans crazy, and they made huge cheers and noises. Except for themselves and the voices allowed by them, no other voices were allowed to appear above the Allianz Arena.
Liverpool fans are a group of people that Bayern Munich pays special attention to, and there are some Bayern Munich fans around Liverpool fans. Responsible for monitoring the movements of Liverpool fans. As long as they intend to cheer for Liverpool, Bayern Munich fans will make a huge noise to disturb them.
Liverpool fans don't believe in evil, they raise their voices and continue to shout: "Hero!!"
Still drowned by the shouts of Bayern Munich fans like a storm.
"Damn it!" Tom Jackson cursed unhappily.
They couldn't make any sound, as if their mouths were blocked.
They cast their eyes on the court. In the middle of the court, Chen Yingxiong was running, looking for opportunities.
But he couldn't hear our voices...
The red giant bear and the idol they supported were cut off for the first time.
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In the first half, Chen Yingxiong didn't score, and Liverpool fell behind Bayern Munich 0:2 away.
During the halftime break, Martin O'Neill seemed to have no other choice but to encourage the players. He couldn't come up with a more effective way to change all this.
Chen Yingxiong was unwilling, and he clenched his fists.
O'Neill saw Chen Yingxiong's reaction. He knew that Chen Yingxiong was unwilling.
He knew that Chen Yingxiong would definitely fight harder in the second half.
Wouldn't that hurt him?
A thought flashed through Martin O'Neill's mind, but it was quickly squeezed out - just kidding. I have coached Liverpool for more than a year and have never seen that monster get injured!
He decided to ignore Chen Yingxiong and let him play freely.
I just hope that all the fear and depression in the Champions League can be vented on Manchester United at that time...