Volume 1: When a Male Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 313: The First Time This Season

While the Manchester United players were celebrating, Martin O'Neill was thinking about who to replace.

Now on the court, Liverpool's offensive combination is Chen Yingxiong at the front, Bell and Sanchez on the left and right, the German genius Gotze is responsible for organizing the attack in the middle, and the two midfielders behind are Inler and Jay. Ladd.

This kind of offensive combination is perfect in terms of personnel configuration, and there is no problem at all. Very well balanced too.

But the more this happens, the harder it becomes for him to replace him.

Replacing anyone could upset that balance.

This is what he has to replace.

Pepe is the only central defender now.

This is definitely not possible, the integrity of the back line must be ensured.

Agger has already been called out to warm up and will be ready to play in a few minutes.

Manchester United's morale is now greatly boosted. If Liverpool's defense continues to be like this, it will be a matter of time before they concede another goal.

After much thought, O'Neill felt that only Gotze could move. Gerrard and Inler must not move.

Inler is a full-time defensive midfielder. If he goes down, the midfielder will basically be undefended.

And what about Gerrard? Although his physical fitness in all aspects is not as good as before, his mental effect is now greater than his actual effect. As long as he is on the pitch, Liverpool has a backbone and a spiritual leader.

Only teams with spiritual leaders can win games when facing difficult situations.

If Gerrard is replaced now, Liverpool's energy will be exhausted.

Although Chen Yingxiong is the number one star, Gerrard's prestige in the team is still inferior to that of Chen Yingxiong.

Neither of these two people can be replaced, let alone the wing players. Liverpool's wings are the lifeline of the offense. Bell and Sanchez charged back and forth, delivering shells to Chen Yingxiong.

These two wide players are equivalent to two legs of Liverpool. Do you think a normal person would cut off one of his legs? With two legs, you can run, but with one leg, you can only crawl on the ground. Running is obviously faster than crawling.

Therefore, wing players cannot be replaced.

Chen Yingxiong cannot be replaced.

Without Chen Yingxiong, Liverpool would not even be able to win the game, let alone equalize the score.

So I thought about it over and over again. Only Gotze can be sacrificed.

Although Gotze's role is also very important. He is the inspiration for Liverpool's attacking play. With him here, Liverpool's offense will be richer.

But Liverpool could win without Gotze before, so sacrificing Gotze is the only option.

Just like that, five minutes after Manchester United took the lead, Liverpool made a substitution on a dead ball opportunity.

Gotze was replaced and Agger came in as a substitute.

Martin O'Neill also knew that this substitution was helpless. But it had to be changed, in order not to let Gotze have any bad thoughts. He took the initiative to hug Gotze, patted him on the back and praised him: "You did a good job, Mario. But it's a pity that I have to change someone..."

Unexpectedly, Gotze is quite sensible.

"I know, boss. As long as I can win. I'm fine."

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Martin O'Neill breathed a sigh of relief. He patted Gotze on the shoulder again and sent him back to the bench.

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"Liverpool made a substitution, Gotze was replaced, and center back Agger came on... This substitution adjustment was completely passive... Gotze helped Liverpool a lot offensively. This was a last resort. Substitute."

The players of Manchester United also saw it, and they became more confident in winning this game.

The Liverpool fans were worried and frowning.

Now they will compete with ten people in a fierce and high-confrontation game that lasts for 70 minutes. How long can these ten people hold on...

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After taking the lead, Manchester United did not retreat immediately. They still wanted to take the opportunity to score another Liverpool goal.

However, they were still quite calm, knowing that now was not the time to get carried away.

After attacking for a while, they gave up the idea when they saw that Liverpool's defense did not break up and was still very tight.

He went back and dealt with Liverpool honestly, waiting for Liverpool to attack, and then waiting for an opportunity to counterattack Liverpool.

Liverpool are the best at counterattacking others. Now I also taste the feeling of being counterattacked by others.

This taste is really unpleasant...

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Chen Yingxiong is now the one who is most anxious to score goals. Because even he himself was deceived by Ferguson's statement.

He also said before the game that Ferguson was really old and was scared to death by him. That's why he said such soft words.

In his heart, he looked down upon both Manchester United and Ferguson.

Unexpectedly, he turned out to be deceived!

When he discovered this, Chen Yingxiong was particularly angry.

He also found out that he had been deceived by this old fox when Ferguson rushed out of the coaching bench to celebrate.

The thing Chen Yingxiong hates most is being deceived.

Because it will make him feel like he is being played by others. If anyone rushes to show off their superiority in intelligence in front of him, Chen Yingxiong doesn't mind showing off his fists as big as sand bowls.

He wanted Ferguson to understand one thing, that the way to irritate him was not just to sneer at him before the game.

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In fact, Ferguson himself was a little cautious about exposing his thoughts so early. But who made the goal come so early? Even though the goals have been scored and he remains indifferent, the team's morale will really be severely damaged, so he must come out.

At the same time, he also felt that Liverpool was one goal behind and one person missing. Even if they know that they have been cheated and deceived, so what?

Could it be that such a good situation still allows Manchester United to win the game?

When he thought of this, he rushed down and celebrated exaggeratedly.

And the effect is very good. Manchester United's morale suddenly rose, while Liverpool's morale declined at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Under the circumstances, even if Manchester United shrinks its defense now, it is still a contraction that has an advantage.

After Ferguson scored, he did not return to the coaching bench. He stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets and watched the game on the court.

He said nothing, did nothing, just stood on the sidelines. It brings endless strength and confidence to the players.

This is the highest level of a head coach. The ability of a legendary coach who has been coaching a team for thirty years.

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But today, Chen Yingxiong is about to fight with this legendary coach. Who told him to treat himself like a monkey?

He really couldn't swallow this breath.

Chen Yingxiong began to raise his hands frequently to signal his teammates to pass the ball to him.

In the past, he only did this occasionally when he ran to the shooting position. In fact, as everyone became familiar with him, he no longer had to raise his hands, and the football would naturally be passed to him.

Now, no matter where he is, he always raises his hand for the ball.

This shows that he is really angry.

His teammates also obeyed and passed the football to his feet one by one.

Anyway, Gotze is out, and there is a lack of offensive organizers in the future. Liverpool's offense now becomes very simple, that is, pass the ball to Chen Yingxiong from the backcourt, or from the wing, and then attack hard.

Chen Yingxiong no longer goes to the penalty area, he withdraws to ask for the ball.

If he wants the ball, give it to him.

Then he didn't take the ball after catching the ball. He didn't pass the ball, he just shot.

It doesn't matter where it is, it's just a shot.

This is unreasonable, but over the years, Liverpool players have long been accustomed to it.

Even the newcomers who just joined the team this season have gone through the steps from "surprise" to "unfairness" to "calmness" and finally to "getting used to it."

Chen Yingxiong has this ability and qualification, what else can we say?

In fact, Chen Yingxiong is rarely so rude nowadays.

Most of the time, he still acts like a normal player, cooperating with everyone and creating opportunities for others.

The real unreasonableness like now is when he shoots the ball himself. You don’t see that twice in a season.

For the first time this season, he used it against Manchester United.

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No one at Manchester United realized what Chen Yingxiong meant by doing this.

In their opinion, Chen Yingxiong must have become angry and eager for success, so he began to leave his teammates and go it alone.

Not only are they not afraid, they also hope that Chen Yingxiong will do this more.

Because this will make Chen Yingxiong isolated from his teammates, and he will lose the support of other teammates. So what if he is the best alone?

Wasted opportunities like Chen Yingxiong's practice is actually draining Liverpool's morale.

As time goes by, everyone naturally loses their fighting spirit. Anyway, the ball was wasted by Chen Yingxiong in the end, so why should the others try hard?

But the game didn't go as they thought it would.

No matter how unreliable the football Chen Yingxiong shot was. Liverpool's players are constantly sending shells to Chen Yingxiong. At this time, no matter how big-name players are, they are willing to give Chen Yingxiong a green leaf. Because Chen Yingxiong is bigger than them.

Manchester United gradually felt the pressure.

And what worries them the most is...

Chen Yingxiong's doing this is tantamount to reducing Liverpool's offensive pressure. They don't need to invest too many personnel in the attack, so they can naturally keep more people in the backcourt to defend against Manchester United's attack.

This numerical disadvantage is completely invisible...

Anyway, Manchester United failed to make a single counterattack in the past ten minutes. Several times, even after half the attack, they were quickly faced with Liverpool's superior strength and then were surrounded and annihilated. Even Rooney can't help it, let alone anyone else.

However, Manchester United's strict defense has indeed put in a lot of effort.

Just relying on Chen Yingxiong alone, the best he can do is take a long shot from outside, but he still can't completely open Manchester United's goal.

You must know that Menren is not a vegetarian from goalkeeper to defender.

If you want to hit their goal with a long shot, it must be a world wave.

But unfortunately, Chen Yingxiong has had twelve shots so far, and none of them has made a world wave. Either it was too upright and was tackled by David De Gea, or it hit the Manchester United defender and bounced out, or it simply shot away.

The two sides remained in a stalemate until the end of the first half.

The score is still 0:1, with Manchester United leading as a guest.