Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 135: The King’s Farewell Game (Second Update, Please Vote for Me)

In the thirty-sixth round of the league, Liverpool faced Chelsea at home. This was Liverpool's last home game of the season, and it was also Dalglish's farewell game at Anfield.

This game is very important to the Liverpool team. The players have reached a private agreement to bid farewell to the head coach with a victory. Although Dalglish's performance was not very good when he was the head coach, he is a legend of Liverpool after all, and his status in the minds of the players is still very high. In their view, Dalglish's poor coaching performance is not necessarily due to his level, but to many objective factors. For example, Liverpool has suffered too many injuries this season, especially serious injuries. Ladd has basically not played much games this season, and it is understandable that Liverpool's combat effectiveness has declined after losing their captain.

There are also reasons why high-level officials do not support Dalglish's work. Dalglish wanted to buy Downing, but Niang refused to buy him, and finally brought Adam Johnson to Dalglish. Although Adam Johnson has also proven his strength, Niang is always right not to cooperate with Dalglish. How can you expect a head coach who won't cooperate with his senior management to perform?

Players always prefer the head coach and feel that the top management is naturally right for the team. This simple thought is easy to understand. After all, the head coach is the one who is with them all day long, and it is easiest to instill these and other ideas into them. Not to mention that Dalglish is quite interesting in his treatment of players. He always takes the responsibility on himself when he loses. Such a head coach leaves the pressure to himself, but allows the players to have a very relaxed environment.

Therefore, in order to thank Dalglish, all the Liverpool players decided to give him a home victory.

However, this game is not easy to play, because Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are now on the same score, and the two sides are competing for next season's Champions League qualifying spots. Tottenham are currently ranked fourth and Chelsea are fifth.

If they want to squeeze out Tottenham and qualify for the Champions League next season, Chelsea must defeat Liverpool in this game and wait for Tottenham to lose. If they lose to Liverpool and Tottenham beat Aston Villa at home, Chelsea will have no chance - unless they beat Blackburn by more than five goals in the final round of the league... Such a situation is not easy to happen. .

Dalglish also wanted to bid farewell to his Anfield years and his Liverpool years with a victory, so he fielded the strongest lineup he could field in this game.

Chelsea's game is not easy to play.

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This is Liverpool's last home game of the season. Many Liverpool fans came with their families to watch the game and bid farewell to the "King" of the club.

Liverpool fans are conflicted. They all like Dalglish and look forward to the club's legend leading the club back to the top and creating a new legend. But reality is cruel, legendary figures may not be able to write legends again.

Dalglish saved Liverpool once, but could not save Liverpool a second time.

The key to the future of this team is not in Dalglish's hands.

Therefore, Liverpool's poor performance this season must be attributed to Dalglish. Can't they just criticize the club's legend - Dalglish's prestige in the eyes of the fans is too high...

Hopes dashed and reluctant to scold, Liverpool fans have been tortured for a season, and now they can only bid farewell to the legend with a normal heart.

In any case, Legend is still better than Hodgson. He at least brought the team a League Cup championship, giving the team a chance to participate in the European War next season.

As long as they can continue to participate in the Champions League, Liverpool's glory as a giant will one day appear again.

The only question is who will be Dalglish's successor?

There are many media speculations about this matter, but none of them have been confirmed by the club. The club seems to be keeping a low profile and has not revealed any news.

This made the English media scoff - is it possible that you still want to poach Mourinho? It's so mysterious, for fear that the news will leak out.

It is not without media speculation that Liverpool will recruit Mourinho. Especially some time ago, the relationship between Mourinho and Real Madrid suddenly became unstable. There were many media rumors that Mourinho would not renew his contract with Real Madrid after his contract expired this summer. It was also rumored that he would be a running back. Going to buy a house in London, a series of actions indicate that his future seems to be in England.

At that time, Liverpool, which fired Dalglish, was also rumored to have an affair with Mourinho.

However, it was quickly denied by both Mourinho and Liverpool Club.

Not long after, news came that Mourinho had successfully renewed his contract with Real Madrid - Mourinho's future is still with Real Madrid, and all rumors about him coaching other teams disappeared.

Liverpool fans are very anxious. Seeing that the season is coming to an end, the new head coach has not been finalized yet. How will the team prepare for the new season? Do you have to wait until halfway through the summer transfer period to announce the head coach, and then rush to find players and build a team... Isn't this a scam?

In the transfer market at this time, all the good players have been snatched up long ago, and what is left are leftovers that no one wants. Since others don't want them, why should we, Liverpool, want them? He's not a rag picker...

As a result, the team's preparations will definitely be affected. Is it possible that the new head coach will get to know the team and get used to it in his first year? It will take another whole season to adapt to the new environment and let the team adapt to him. Isn't this another wasted season? So when will Liverpool's revival be seen?

What if it turns out that the new head coach is not good enough after one season, and then he is kicked off and replaced with someone else... When will this repetition end?

Just like Hodgson...after Benitez left, Liverpool's two head coaches didn't last long. Frequent changes of coaches have also made the team's tactics vague and changeable, leaving players at a loss as to what to do. That's why Liverpool's tactics are so chaotic this season. Even the players themselves couldn't say what their tactics were.

Dalglish hasn't done his job of stabilizing Liverpool either, so who can? In their spare time, Liverpool fans like to guess who will be the new head coach of Liverpool. In today's English football, and even in European football, there are not many head coach candidates who are unemployed at home, capable, and may join Liverpool. As for those head coaches who are in office but whose position is unstable and may be dismissed at any time, there are actually not many. It’s really hard to guess this choice.

This may seem a bit ridiculous - the current head coach is still sitting in the coach's chair, but fans are starting to speculate on who their next head coach will be.

It's not that they don't respect Dalglish enough. If they didn't respect him, the team's performance would be so poor, and the scene would have been booed, and they wouldn't be able to show their respect to Dalglish in this last home game. Send off.

However, after this season of games, many fans have to admit that Dalglish's coaching level is really limited, and many of his ideas are outdated. So Liverpool have no future under him and they will only waste more time like this season.

I have to say that Niang made a good decision. He did not fire Dalglish immediately, but gave him plenty of time. This seems to be a decent farewell to Dalglish. In fact, this is a gamble. Niang is betting on his understanding of Dalglish's level. He believes that even if Dalglish is given a full season, the old Scottish man will not be able to lead Liverpool to complete the revival, because he It is already far behind this era.

So he spent a whole season letting Dalglish play to his fullest, thus allowing fans and public opinion to fully realize that Dalglish's level was limited to this.

You have to know how many fans and local public opinion objected and protested when the club officially announced that Tice had ended its contract with Dalglish. They all thought that the club's senior management was doing nothing to get rid of a club legend. It was simply a big deal. shame. During that time, both he and Chen Xing were under tremendous pressure.

But looking back now, there are almost no voices criticizing them. Everyone is excitedly discussing who is Dalglish's successor. Because everyone can see that Dalglish is really not suitable to continue leading this team...

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Liverpool's rival Chelsea has also experienced a coaching change this season. Before the season, Villas-Boas, the young coach who came to Chelsea from Porto with the reputation of "Mourinho's second", finally failed at Stamford Bridge. His failure proved from the side that Mourinho is really the best. The special one, no one can be his second.

Chelsea are now performing strongly under the leadership of acting head coach and former assistant coach Di Matteo. Not only have they reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, they are also chasing Tottenham in the league and are on the verge of overthrowing Tottenham. The posture of getting off the horse.

Changing coaches is like changing swords.

If Liverpool had sacked Dalglish decisively, would it have been better to replace him?

Of course, no one knows the answer to this question.

Before the game, the two coaches shook hands on the sidelines. Neither team has finalized the head coach candidates for next season, but the fate of the two people is very different. If Di Matteo performs well, he may be able to be promoted and become the official head coach next season - although this hope is slim, there is always a way forward. And Dalglish will definitely be dismissed, no matter what the team's results are.

The two coaches, who were in completely different situations, shook hands with each other and then parted ways. Then he sat on the coach's bench and waited for the game to start.

Although it is a bit heartless to start discussing Dalglish's successor now, in fact, Liverpool fans really came to say goodbye to Dalglish seriously.

Various flags and banners were flying in the stands of Anfield Stadium, filled with words of farewell to Dalglish.

When Dalglish appeared on the stage, there was a huge cheer.

They shouted Dalglish's name.

"Kenny! Thank you!"

The fans really want to thank Dalglish, even though Dalglish did not bring any substantial changes to the team. However, last season the team faced the difficult situation of changing ownership and coaching. It was he who stepped forward and took over the coaching reins, helping the team successfully avoid relegation and win the League Cup this season.

Overall, Dalglish is worthy of Liverpool and the fans' love for him.

Dalglish sat on the coaching bench, looking at the flags and slogans in the stands opposite, feeling a little emotional.

But on the surface, he still acted calm and composed.

His mission is not over yet, now is not the time to reveal his true feelings.

His Liverpool, and the last two wars.

He has completed the team's mission, and he also has a personal mission, which is to send Chen Yingxiong to the top scorer's throne.

He wants Liverpool to produce a top scorer, and use this honor and emotion to influence Chen Yingxiong in his heart. Maybe all his efforts in the next season will reflect their value.

He really worked hard for Liverpool.

He moved his eyes away from the slogans saying goodbye and thanking him, and moved his eyes to Chen Yingxiong.

He has done everything he can to keep this man at Liverpool for a few more years.

He doesn't know whether everything he does will lead to Liverpool's future glory, or whether it will eventually become a joke.

But some things always have to be done by someone.

If no one else does it, then I will. Anyway, as an old man who is about to retire, I have nothing to be afraid of.

Being laughed at? Have I been ridiculed enough this season?

As long as it's for the good of Liverpool, what's the point of such a little ridicule?

Maybe I really did something wrong at the beginning of the season, but fortunately I still have a chance to undo it now...