Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 144: Desperately Seeking Monthly Votes)
Chapter 144: Working hard without caring about one’s own safety (Third update, please vote for me)
Everyone focused on Liverpool's defense, because during this period, Tottenham Hotspur was pressing Liverpool's 30-meter area and laying siege. The broadcast camera always looks at Liverpool's half, and if you want to look elsewhere, you can't see it.
Fifteen minutes into the game, Liverpool didn't even have a shot. This is very rare.
According to Liverpool's attacking tactics, they often launch an attack quickly after the game starts, using their powerful offensive lineup to launch a fierce offensive into the opponent's penalty area, one wave after another, and then strive to take the lead as soon as possible. Under such circumstances, how could Liverpool have fewer shots? A specialized data analysis agency has analyzed the data of every Liverpool game. The final result is that they found that Liverpool had the most shots in the first 20 minutes of the game. During this period, The shooting accuracy is also very high, with an average of 9.56 shots. There is almost one shot in just over two minutes, which shows the intensity.
But these are the tactics and statistics of Liverpool's first team.
Liverpool's reserve team obviously cannot meet this requirement, and the tactics of Liverpool's reserve team are not like this.
While everyone is paying attention to Liverpool's defense, they are also paying attention to Tottenham's offense.
Tottenham's offensive was so fierce that many people thought that their next attack might be able to penetrate Liverpool's goal.
I have been looking forward to it for a long time, but unfortunately I have not seen it for fifteen or six minutes.
Another five minutes passed, twenty minutes into the first half, and the score remained motionless, as if it was welded to the scoreboard on the big electronic screen.
While everyone was surprised, they could not have imagined how firm the belief of the players in the Liverpool reserve team was.
At this time, the players of the reserve team are not just for their own future. A man who knows his friends will die. They feel that Chen Yingxiong will risk contradicting the head coach to let them get this opportunity. That is because others believe in them, so they How could Chen Yingxiong be disappointed and embarrassed? They didn't know how Chen Yingxiong talked with Martin O'Neill, but they believed that O'Neill would not easily agree to his request. After all, if it were them, they would think that Chen Yingxiong was crazy, and he was crazy alone. Forget it, there is no need to go crazy with him.
But they can imagine what Chen Yingxiong paid for everyone.
If his performance is poor, it will not only cause the team to lose, but also implicate Chen Yingxiong.
He could have ignored them and easily defeated Tottenham with his first-team teammates - it shouldn't be too easy for the first-team to win against Tottenham!
Now he has chosen such a path full of thorns just to fulfill his promise to them.
It would be false to say that the players in the reserve team must be grateful.
In fact, the players of the reserve team were not only a little grateful and moved, but also moved to tears.
There is absolutely no need for him to do this. Even if he fails to fulfill his promise in the end, no one will complain because everyone knows that this is human nature.
But he did it, he put his reputation on the line and took them to Wembley Stadium. He even bet on more things, but they didn't know it...
The hero is so kind to them, how can they bear to let the hero down and be laughed at by others?
Therefore, we have to work hard to maintain the reputation of the hero and help him, just because he is the only one who is willing to believe in us and help us!
The tenacious fighting spirit coupled with reasonable tactical arrangements made Tottenham's offense feel like stepping into a quagmire when it reached Liverpool's 30-meter area, unable to move even an inch!
Every Liverpool player is like a defender who uses his body to block the eye-catching Huang Jiguang, regardless of his own safety.
In the 24th minute of the game, Tottenham got an excellent opportunity. Midfielder Hoddlestone broke into the penalty area, received a pass from his teammate, and shot directly.
As a result, he was blocked by Liverpool defender Evans with his face!
It's just that the football didn't bounce far, but bounced to the side. Holdstone's reaction was quick enough. He was only stunned for a very brief moment before he immediately rushed forward again.
At the same time, although Evans, who was lying on the ground, was a little dizzy from Hoddlestone's shot, he saw the current danger, so he got up from the ground and chased after him.
Hoddlestone caught up with the football again and instead of stopping the ball to adjust, he shot directly!
It's Evans again!
In the meantime, Evans threw his body out like a diving dive, and once again blocked Hoddlestone's shot with his face!
"Evans!!"
The commentator shouted, and there was a burst of exclamation from the stands.
Because no one could have imagined that Evans could block the football with his face twice in a row at such a short distance and in such a short period of time...
The football he blocked flew directly out of the baseline this time, and he fell to the ground...
Two consecutive heavy shots hit his face, and he really couldn't get up from the ground anymore. In fact, he was able to get up the first time, which was quite unexpected. He just gritted his teeth and persisted.
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Seeing Evans lying on the ground, Liverpool players quickly ran over to see how he was doing.
But not everyone will care about Evans' life or death.
Such as their opponents.
As a member of Tottenham, Hoddlestone is in a very anxious mood now. Because facing a weak team, they have been unable to win the game. He is the core of the team's midfield. After Modric left the team, he took on the important responsibility of the core. He hopes that he can lead the team to the final and win the FA Cup.
When they were drawn to Liverpool before, everyone was quite frustrated because they almost certainly couldn't beat Liverpool. Unexpectedly, they heard before the game that Liverpool would use the reserve team to play, and they immediately rekindled their confidence and fighting spirit.
Hoddlestone is such a person, he thought they could easily beat the weak Liverpool.
Unexpectedly, it has been almost half an hour, and Liverpool's goal has not been breached yet.
Hoddlestone became anxious.
Especially when his two consecutive sure-goal shots were blocked by the opponent's bastard whom he had never heard of, he became even more anxious!
When Evans blocked his shot for the second time and fell to the ground, Hoddlestone raised his right hand and slapped his right arm hard with his left hand, signaling to the referee: "Handball! He It was a handball! He blocked the football with his hands!"
Chen Yingxiong, who ran back to care for his teammates, happened to see this scene, and the fire in his heart suddenly burned.
He rushed over to get in front of Hoddlestone, pointed at Evans behind him and angrily scolded Hoddlestone: "Have you ever seen someone block the ball with his hand to cover his nose from bleeding?!"
Behind him, Hoddlestone had been turned over, the blood on his face very conspicuous, flowing from his nose.
Hoddlestone also saw it, but at this time it is not a question of who is right or wrong, it is a question of who benefits and who does not!
Of course, Hoddlestone would not give in. He pushed forward: "Who knows if he hit the ground face first when he fell..."
"**you……"
When Chen Yingxiong heard that Hoddlestone used such vicious words to insult a teammate of his who was working hard for the team, he suddenly became furious and wanted to grab the opponent's shirt.
Of course, Hoddlestone noticed Chen Yingxiong's emotional changes. He was so happy that he even wanted to push his chest forward to help Chen Yingxiong close the distance between them.
He had already thought that as long as Chen Yingxiong reached out and touched him, no matter where he touched, he would immediately wail and cover his face with his hands. At this time, the referee is busy paying attention to the injured Evans, and he will definitely not care about this. So as long as his performance can attract the referee's attention, he can give Chen Yingxiong a red card - Chen Yingxiong Everyone knows his bad temper, so in such a situation, almost no one would suspect that he was acting...
If Chen Yingxiong can be defeated by himself, Liverpool will completely lose the weapon that threatens Tottenham. It will also be a very heavy blow to Liverpool's morale. He does not believe that the boys in Liverpool's reserve team can still hold on.
His wishful thinking was really brilliant.
But unfortunately, a man rushed up and stopped him.
Jay Spearing reached out and pushed Hoddlestone away: "What the hell are you talking about!"
Then he turned around and stopped the hero: "Hero! Leave this to me, you should score goals!"
Chen Yingxiong was woken up by his shouting. Yes, I almost fell for this bastard! This guy wants to trick me!
After reacting, Chen Yingxiong looked at Hoddlestone who was pushed to the ground by Jay Spearing, and his eyes gradually became cold. The Hodes children looked at him, actually a little frightened.
Then he suddenly remembered, opened his arms and shouted: "Referee! Referee! They pushed someone! A Liverpool player pushed someone!!"
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His nose was hit by two consecutive heavy shots. Evans' nose was bleeding profusely. The team doctor rushed up and was checking whether his nose bone was broken. Right next to them, Chen Yingxiong and Hoddlestone struggled, and then Jay Spearing pushed Hoddlestone down...
The scene suddenly turned into a mess.
There were also commentators and fans in the stands adding to the chaos. Fans from both sides booed dissatisfiedly. The Liverpool fans were booing Hoddlestone. When he raised his hands to signal Evans' handball, everyone saw it. - This is so shameless!
Tottenham fans were booing Spearing when he pushed down Hoddlestone. They thought Spearing should have been sent off.
The commentator, fearing that the world would not be in chaos, pointed out that Evans had no handball, and loudly said in a gloating tone: "There was a conflict on the field. It was indeed such an important match as the FA Cup semi-finals! There seemed to be a lot of tension between the two sides. concentrated!!"
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