Volume 1: Heroes Appear, People Pay Attention Chapter 332: Be Careful (First Update Guaranteed)

After returning to England from Germany, Liverpool must start preparing non-stop for the final battle with Manchester City. {http:

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As long as they can beat Manchester City away from home, they can win the championship four rounds in advance and give ten days of preparation time for the Champions League semi-finals.

Therefore, Martin O'Neill attaches great importance to this game with Manchester City.

He does not relax just because Manchester City is not as good as it used to be.

He has always been cautious, which makes people feel that he is not domineering enough, but domineering comes from the accumulation of championships, not arrogance.

Liverpool's reserve team once played against Manchester City in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

Manchester City basically had no power to fight back that time.

But that game cannot be used as a reference.

Because that was the game City planned to give up from the start. They fielded their entire reserve lineup. If Liverpool thinks this is Manchester City's true strength, there must be something wrong with their brains.

Martin O'Neill knows very well what Villas-Boas's goal is. There is no hope of winning the championship. Villas-Boas now hopes that the team can reach the top four and qualify for the Champions League - he even looks down on the Europa League now. After adjusting their strategies and cleaning up the locker room, Manchester City's combat effectiveness is indeed much stronger than before, and their results have also improved - this is why the top management of the Manchester City club chose to side with coach Villas-Boas. After all, the results are real. Put it there for everyone to see.

They are now just one point away from Newcastle in fifth place in the league. There is only a two-point gap between fifth-placed Newcastle and fourth-placed Arsenal.

That is to say, if Manchester City can beat Liverpool and Newcastle lose, Manchester City can move to fifth place. Further forward, we can compete for fourth place in the league. At that time, there were still four rounds before the end of the league, and anything was possible.

This is why Villas-Boas gave up the FA Cup.

Neither he nor Manchester City look down on the Europa League. Manchester City believes that only the Champions League is consistent with Manchester City's identity.

Therefore, Manchester City will never give up in this league.

Moreover, this is still at their home court, so they are more confident.

In this game, Villas-Boas is bound to win. Must let Liverpool end their undefeated season here.

The opponent's desire to win was so strong that Martin O'Neal had to be more cautious.

What he is most worried about now is that the Liverpool players are proud and underestimate the enemy.

After all, the team's morale is now high. (1_1) are also in very good condition, with almost no external factors affecting them.

Then the only person who may threaten the team is themselves.

Winning in the long term, a season so far regardless of the league. Whether it's the Champions League or domestic competitions, I haven't lost a single game. Such brilliant results were achieved during the coaching process of Martin O'Neill. Never encountered it.

But that doesn't mean he has no experience at all.

Because he is a player from Nottingham Forest.

Before Arsenal, who held the unbeaten record in the top flight of English football?

It's Nottingham Forest.

From November 26, 1977 to November 25, 1978, within one year, Nottingham Forest created an unbeaten record of forty-two league games that shocked England at the time. This record was not broken until 26 years later by Wenger's Arsenal with 49 games.

At that time, Martin O'Neal was the team's main player. He experienced all forty-two undefeated games first hand.

Although he has not participated in such a grand event as a head coach, he knows what a head coach should do in this situation because he knows what his mentor Brian Clive did.

He just had to do that.

The most important thing is not to be arrogant and underestimate the enemy. Pride can make a team that has always been full of fighting spirit ignore many things, and these things may become the things that kill them in the game.

When Nottingham Forest created a 42-game unbeaten record, "taking every opponent seriously" was the requirement that Brian Clough emphasized the most. Although Nottingham Forest has just been promoted back to the Premier League, the Forest team at that time was an out-and-out strong team. They were not even afraid of Liverpool, the double hegemon of England and Europe at the time, let alone other teams. It's good not to underestimate the enemy... So the most important thing is not to be proud and underestimate the enemy.

besides. Brian Clough also continued to instill in the players the belief that they must win.

Be aware that every game may encounter many unexpected problems. On the road to pursuing an undefeated streak, the second most important thing is to always have a winning heart no matter what problems you encounter. Only in this way can we break through numerous extreme environments and ultimately achieve victory.

Every game is actually a final for those who want to push their limits. Therefore, every game must be taken seriously and treated with the mentality of playing in the finals.

Clough's teachings benefited Martin O'Neill a lot from the beginning. It still plays a vital role to this day.

This was valuable experience he had before he became a head coach.

Now he has passed on these experiences to his disciples, and he hopes that his disciples can benefit a lot from it. Looking back on it years later is like looking back on Clough now.

"...Manchester City is actually very strong. This can be seen from their player equipment. So I will not allow you to have the slightest carry. Even if you have defeated them once, twice, five times, ten times, or even Thousands of times! It has nothing to do with this game! Let me tell you, boys, any single game is illogical. Don’t try to analyze any reasonable results from previous games. Come on. All you have to do is simple, show your most serious attitude, perform at your highest level, and then beat them on the road just like every other game you have participated in!"

These words may sound callous to the ears of every Liverpool player, but Martin O'Neill is still tirelessly instilling them in his players.

He doesn't even expect every player to value him sincerely, as long as they can develop a physical instinct. In intense football matches, the body's instincts are often faster than the brain's reaction speed.

As long as their bodies remember their words, that's enough.

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At Martin O'Neill's insistence, Liverpool's preparations for the match against Manchester City were carried out in a very serious and cautious atmosphere.

Martin O'Neal even organized a closed training session to avoid too much contact between the outside world and the team.

At the same time, it also allowed some players who were carried away to calm down.

The league championship is right in front of them, and it is inevitable that some people will have a feeling of "the end is right in front of them, I can take a breath."

Once this realization occurs, they will relax - without exception, this is human nature. Many people have this experience. When a task is about to be completed, if there is no effective means of supervision, they will think, "There is only a small amount of progress, we just finished it casually, now let's take a rest and relax." " idea. Then the work that could have been done in one day ended up dragging on for a month...

In a fierce competition, this kind of slackness is even more fatal, because during the competition, when they want to tighten their slack spirit, it is too late. Such examples are common in football.

Liverpool's cautious and even excessive attitude makes the outside world very strange.

This season, Liverpool has swept across Europe. Although the season is not over yet, everyone knows that Liverpool is invincible.

Such a team met Manchester City again. Ever since Chen Yingxiong joined Liverpool, Manchester City has suffered eight bad fortunes. From a thriving and rapidly developing emerging force, Chen Yingxiong turned it into a struggling mid-range team struggling to qualify for the Champions League.

It can be said that Liverpool has an absolute psychological advantage when facing Manchester City.

In the eyes of outsiders, Manchester City has long been beaten out of courage by Liverpool.

I'm afraid I have to walk around when I see Liverpool.

Just like Villas-Boas giving up the FA Cup, this is typical of a walk-around. They believe that Villas-Boas gave up the FA Cup not only because the FA Cup will cause the team to fight on two fronts and consume energy. Another very important reason is that Villas-Boas knows that even if his first team encounters Liverpool's reserve team, as long as Chen Yingxiong is still there, he will pay a high price to win the game.

It's so difficult to meet a reserve team and a Chen Yingxiong, but what if you meet a Liverpool first team?

There is absolutely no chance of winning!

The media analyzed this game and said that as long as Manchester City can keep a tie, it will be considered a victory. Even if it's a draw, the probability is actually very low...

The media couldn't figure out why Liverpool had to prepare so carefully.

Closed training camp, something like this, Liverpool has not done many times before...

And even if something unexpected happens in this game and they fail to win the championship four rounds in advance, with Liverpool's huge advantage, it will be a matter of time before they win.

Can Liverpool lose all five league games and then let Manchester United overtake them?

They couldn't understand Martin O'Neill's caution.

This incomprehension translated into ridicule of Martin O'Neill in the media.

"The Sun" also published a cartoon mocking Martin O'Neill's caution. In the cartoon, O'Neal has a piece of shit in front of him, while O'Neal holds a magnifying glass in one hand and reaches his mouth with the other hand. And he said, "Yeah, sure, it's shit!"

Such ridicule is really vicious.

Martin O'Neill turned a deaf ear.

These false names have long lost their influence on him. Even if you are scolded as a coward, so what? As long as we can win the championship, let's see who laughs in the end! (To be continued...)