Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 76: The Miserable Everton (First Update, Please Vote for Me)

Everton really represents the hard work.

What was supposed to be a closely matched Merseyside derby turned into a point-grabbing game for Liverpool people.

People didn't take Everton seriously at all. The game hadn't even started yet. In the eyes of Liverpool people, they had already secured three points.

If Evertonians knew about this mentality, I don't know how angry they would be.

But they were angry and couldn't vent their anger.

Who said they haven't beaten Liverpool in three years?

In fact, it didn't take long, but it felt like a long time had passed. Just in 2010

-In the 2011 season, Everton still had the advantage against Liverpool in the league. That season they defeated Liverpool 2:0 at home and drew 2:2 away from home.

But when Chen Yingxiong joined Liverpool, the situation changed drastically.

Chen Yingxiong scored a goal in Liverpool's first Merseyside derby, helping Liverpool defeat Everton 2:0 away from home.

Since that game, Liverpool has completely reversed the situation and has been pressing Everton. In the past three seasons, whether it is home or away, they have never lost to this city rival. No, I have to say that for one or three seasons, they have relied on , whether it was home or away, Everton lost completely!

If you can't win, you have no confidence.

In this Merseyside derby, even at their home court, Evertonians did not feel that they could beat Liverpool.

This summer, rivals Liverpool are desperately recruiting new players. And what about Everton? They are selling people. The main left back Barnes was sold to Manchester United, and the main midfielder Fellaini was sold to Arsenal.

How can this still give Everton fans confidence?

In addition, the bloody examples before this season have told Evertonians not to expect revenge. Teams that discount the banner of revenge died miserably when they encountered Liverpool.

Manchester United, who wanted revenge, lost to Liverpool 1:3 in the away game. Manchester City, who also had full hatred against Manchester United, also lost 0:3 in the away game. Why do Everton think they can succeed in revenge when they are so different in strength from these two?

Just because you are at home and Liverpool is away?

If you tell me this reason now, it will probably make you laugh out loud.

How many years has it been since Everton beat Liverpool at home? The last time they defeated Liverpool at home was in the 2010-2011 season. They defeated Liverpool 2:0 at their home court.

Next, there will be blood and tears all the way!

In the 2011-2012 season, Everton was defeated 0:2 by Liverpool at home. Chen Yingxiong scored a goal in his first Merseyside derby.

In the 2012-2013 season, it was the closest Everton came to defeating Liverpool at home. In that game, Everton once led by two goals, but Liverpool came back to win 3:2 in the second half. Chen Yingxiong scored twice to help the team beat Everton.

In the 2013-2014 season, last season, Everton lost 2:4 at their home court, which was a disastrous defeat.

What's the point of such a home court?

In the past, the most anticipated thing for Everton fans was the city derby with Liverpool. Regardless of winning or losing, watching such a game was exciting and exciting. They can vent all the emotions they have accumulated for a week, or even a season, in this game.

But no Everton fan now thinks there is anything to look forward to in the Merseyside derby.

Many people especially like to say something pretentious: the joy of football is pure. We like football because we like those exquisite extraordinary goals and exciting defense. We like football itself, and it has nothing to do with winning or losing.

If they dare to say that in front of Everton fans, they will definitely be spat on by Everton fans.

In Europe, even children who have just started to play football understand one truth - how can football that cannot win bring them happiness?

What happiness is there in always failing, always losing? No one wants to be a loser. If you don't want to be a loser yourself, what qualifications do you have to ask others to put aside their desire to win and simply treat football?

If you want children to like football, you must let them experience the joy of winning. Only in this way will they like football. Only by getting started with the desire to win can you have the opportunity to gradually come into contact with all aspects of football and fall in love with this sport.

Let alone children, even adults and professional players value victory so much. Are they all utilitarians?

There are definitely not as many fans of a team that has not won a championship in decades as there are not as many fans of a wealthy team that has won championships every year.

Arsenal, which has been without a championship for several consecutive years, cannot even retain its captain, and has suffered a serious brain drain.

Can you accuse these fans and players of being villains who are unjust for their own benefit?

No, this is human nature.

Therefore, the most fundamental thing about football is victory. Without victory, there would be no football.

The British say "no derby, no football." This shows the status and importance of the derby in the history of modern football. But in fact, it should be "no victory, no football." Why does the derby have such a high status and evaluation? Because the derby means Evenly matched means that both sides have a chance to win, and no one can overwhelm the other. Only when both parties involved will have passion and enthusiasm will a trend be formed. In the competition with each other, football will be pushed forward, and eventually it will blossom everywhere and become the "number one sport in the world" today.

If a game becomes one-sided and one team always dominates, there will be no suspense before the game. What is the point of calling such a game a "city derby"? Can it still stimulate the vigorous development of football?

Now in Liverpool, the situation is a bit like this.

Everton knows that it cannot beat Liverpool, whether at home or as a guest at Anfield.

In this way, their investment in this game is obviously not enough.

Not only are the players showing little interest, but so are the media.

Does a game with no suspenseful outcome have any reporting value?

The Merseyside derby, once the derby with the most red cards in England, is becoming less attractive year by year.

For football in the city of Liverpool, this is not necessarily a good thing.

So you can completely imagine that when football was just developing, it was like this in Nottingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, London, Birmingham and many cities with multiple teams. If one team is one-sided, can football still develop in England as a whole?

Absolutely impossible.

The sport will also lose a lot of its charm.

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Although it is not a good thing for Liverpool's football development, it is not a good thing for Everton. But for Liverpool fans and players, this is definitely a good thing - the ultimate goal of all Derby teams is to completely defeat their mortal enemies, suppress them, and prevent them from ever coming back. You can always be so arrogant in front of your rival's fans.

Although sometimes they will pretend to say something: "If we lose such an opponent, what is the meaning of our existence? It is precisely because of the strength of our opponent that we can reflect our greatness!"

But this is just a way for winners to show off their grace. Has anyone ever seen a losing team say this in a derby?

No, because if you say that, you will be considered an idiot.

The Merseyside Derby means nothing to Liverpool, it doesn't matter, they only need three points.

Perhaps Everton fans will be frustrated and bitter that they cannot beat Liverpool in the derby.

But Liverpool fans will not feel it is a pity.

Everton only has eyes for Liverpool, but Liverpool's goals are all over the world.

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In the Merseyside derby, the most painful person is not the Everton fans who know they are going to lose, but Everton's head coach Moyes.

Moyes is a very capable manager, which can be seen from his years of coaching at Everton. He joined Everton in 2002 at the age of thirty-nine and has been here for twelve years.

Under his leadership, Everton has been a stable team in the middle of the league, and can occasionally participate in European competitions.

Although they are only in the middle, it is not easy. You must know that they have not been downgraded yet.

He has won the title of Coach of the Year selected by the English League Coaches Association three times, and is the coach who has won this award the most times. This honor is sponsored by the Premier League sponsor of the same name and is sponsored by the four-tier English leagues (Premier League, Championship, League One and League One). B) All team coaches vote together, so the gold content of this award is evident. This is the Coaches Association's Coach of the Year Award, which is not the same award as the Premier League Coach of the Year Award. The latter is the award that Ferguson has won the most.

His level has also been recognized by the wealthy clubs. Every time there is news that Manchester United coach Ferguson is retiring due to physical reasons, Moyes must be one of the candidates for Manchester United's next coach.

Moyes was also very ambitious and wanted to build Everton into a strong team. To this end, he worked hard and tried his best. Under his leadership, Everton even reached the Champions League in 2004-2005. This season is his third season coaching Everton. Although it is only a qualifying match, it is already remarkable. You know, just three seasons ago, Everton was almost relegated.

He later led Everton to the UEFA Cup for three consecutive seasons. However, due to various reasons, Everton's own background and limited financial resources, he was ultimately unable to take Everton to a higher level.

You can imagine how painful it is for such a capable and ambitious head coach to face a Merseyside derby that he can never win or draw, but can only lose.

The fans are in pain, they just need to passively accept the result.

The pain for the head coach is that he knows that no matter how hard he tries, he will lose to his opponent, but he still struggles desperately. Of course, it is impossible for him to give up before the game and send a bunch of second-team players just because we can't beat Liverpool. Then there are no tactics, just let them do whatever they want.

He still has to rack his brains to find a way to deal with Liverpool. Even if there is only a 0.001% chance, he will try his best 100%.

However, these efforts proved to be in vain. All the hard work was wasted,

That feeling is really heartbreaking.

But next time, with the Merseyside derby, he made the mistake of repeating the cycle.

Now, a new cycle has arrived.

How to deal with Liverpool?

This question, which can be called the "Goldbach's Conjecture in football", has left famous coaches all over the world at a loss, but Moyes is racking his brains very seriously to think of the answer.

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If Moyes, after some hard thinking, finally suddenly realized and figured out a way to crack it, and used the method he came up with to successfully defeat Liverpool in the game, making the whole of England exclaim "big upset", then it would be certain It is an inspirational novel with Moyes as the protagonist.

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Unfortunately not. The protagonist of this book is Chen Yingxiong.

To motivate Lou, Chen Yingxiong must come...

In the Merseyside Derby as scheduled, Chen Yingxiong was very "inspirational" and scored two goals and an assist, helping Liverpool defeat Everton 4:1 away from home and win another game. Merseyside derby victory.

At the seventy-minute mark of the game, twenty minutes before the end of the game, Liverpool was already leading Everton 4:1.

Everton fans in the stands began to leave en masse.

This is not an expression of dissatisfaction with the team. In fact, Everton's players performed very well, but the opponent was too strong.

They did this just because they didn't want to stay here and suffer the pain of being humiliated by their sworn enemies in the same city.

If I can't afford to offend him, can I still afford to hide?

Out of sight, out of mind, can’t I just not look at it? ! .