Chapter 1496 Real Madrid Is Dangerous!
Liverpool's ability to reach the Champions League final is indeed very surprising.
Yang Yang's description of his former club is also correct, this is a team without top stars.
This is not Yang Yang's belittlement of Liverpool, on the contrary, this is his praise of Liverpool.
Salah, Firmino, Mane, Lallana, Henderson, Van Dijk, Lovren, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson...
Liverpool's main lineup is either abandoned by a wealthy team or has no experience in a wealthy team. Even Coutinho, who moved to Barcelona at a sky-high price, is also an abandoned player by Inter Milan.
But it is such a team, and finally reached the Champions League final astonishingly, which has to be said to be a great feat.
If they can win the championship, this is definitely an amazing achievement!
Klopp is a magical head coach, he has very strong personal characteristics, he has built this team with abandoned generals as the core into a well-known iron army in European football. It is no exaggeration for Liverpool to reproduce the previous glory in Dortmund.
What he lacks now is a Premier League champion and his dream Champions League champion!
But it is a pity that in tonight's Champions League final, he met Real Madrid.
A team aiming to win the Champions League for five consecutive times, led by superstar Yang Yang, Real Madrid!
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Although it has been nine years since Yang Yang left Liverpool, there are still legends about him in the locker room of this team and in every corner of the city.
There are legends about how he led Liverpool to win the first Premier League title and achieve the quadruple crown.
When Yang Yang led Liverpool to sweep Europa, the group of players in the Liverpool team are still not well-known.
They are either young players who have just made their mark, or they are hanging out in the youth training camp, but each of them must have watched Yang Yang's news reports and the demeanor of the game from newspapers and TV.
Even, it is estimated that many people have imagined the scene of fighting with Yang Yang in the same field.
For example, the current Liverpool midfielder Milner, when Yang Yang led Liverpool to sweep the Premier League, he had just made his debut not long ago, became famous in Leeds United, and even had a scandal with Liverpool, but he finally chose Newcastle.
Times have changed, the fledgling boy at the beginning of the year has now become an out-and-out veteran in the Liverpool team, which makes people feel that time flies and time is like a knife.
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Yang Yang felt this way when he saw Milner in the player tunnel.
Wearing Real Madrid and Liverpool jerseys respectively, the two embraced and exchanged polite greetings after meeting in the dressing room.
They were also opponents on the court back then, and they didn't have much friendship with each other, but now they have become the most familiar people between the two teams.
In today's Liverpool team, the only player Yang Yang really knows is Milner.
A group of teammates from nine years ago are now gone.
"Hello, Yang."
"Hi, hello Salah."
Yang Yang shook hands and hugged with Liverpool's number one star. Salah is often compared with Yang Yang, and tonight is a direct conversation between them.
In fact, the two are not alike at all, because Yang Yang played as a left winger when he was in Liverpool.
"Hi, nice to meet you, Yang." Right defender Arnold also came over and shook hands with Yang Yang enthusiastically.
"Hello." Yang Yang politely shook hands with this 19-year-old teenager who has performed well this season, "I watched your game and you performed very well. You must keep it up. In time, you will be appreciated by everyone." Surprised."
"Thank you for your compliment, Yang." Arnold was a little flattered, and then a little embarrassed, "Yang, don't you recognize me?"
Yang Yang was a little embarrassed after hearing this, and shook his head with a wry smile, "I'm sorry, I..."
The player channel is not big, and everyone found it interesting after listening to it. Could it be that the two of them knew each other before?
But Yang Yang thought hard for a long time, but he really didn't come up with it.
Did you see him when you were in Liverpool before?
As if he almost forgot that he had met Mbappe?
"When you were still playing in Liverpool in the last season, I was a ball boy for every home game. Many times you held my hand and walked into the Anfield stadium. Do you remember?" Arnold said somewhat nervous.
It seems that this seems to be a very great thing for him, and I'm afraid Yang Yang will forget it.
Yang Yang thought hard, but frankly, he really didn't remember.
If it were anyone, he probably wouldn't remember that he held a child's hand ten years ago and walked into the stadium, because he held too many hands.
But at this time, Yang Yang definitely couldn't say that, because he couldn't extinguish the flame of hope of a young general.
"Hiss, I remembered, but you were only ten years old at the time, and now you suddenly became so tall, I couldn't recognize you for a while. I remember you were short and a little dark." Yang Yang looked very natural. Suddenly remembered.
Arnold thought Yang Yang was just trying to put him off, but after listening to him, he immediately felt that the idol really remembered, "Yes, yes, I was really short at the time, and I couldn't grow taller, but I'm okay now."
"That's for sure." Yang Yang patted his shoulder haha.
This is an outstanding player in Liverpool's youth training. As long as he maintains his current momentum, he will become a legend.
"I didn't expect that you were so little back then, and now we are going to be rivals." Yang Yang laughed.
Arnold kept nodding, "Yeah, back then I kept pestering you for autographs and group photos, and now those are still posted in my room. Back then, the youth training coach Ian Barrigan also said, let me talk to you in the future. You play in the same field, I chose the Liverpool academy instead of Everton."
Yang Yang really hadn't thought about this, but now that he's at this point, there's nothing else to say.
"Work hard, and I won't be merciful to the children when I get to the court later." Yang Yang laughed.
Arnold nodded heavily, "Me too."
In fact, the football circle is still very particular about ranking seniority.
Not to mention superstars like Yang Yang, even Liverpool legends like Gerrard and Carragher are idols of a generation. If players like them coach Liverpool, they will definitely be able to convince the public.
And everyone knows that if you want to manage a team well, the locker room is the key.
A professional player, especially a superstar like Yang Yang, is born with extraordinary prestige in the locker room.
This is why Guardiola can coach Barcelona so easily and Zidane can control Real Madrid so smoothly. This is also the biggest bargaining chip for Yang Yang to coach.
Of course, if Yang Yang's coaching performance is too poor, then he will definitely exhaust the prestige he has worked so hard in his career bit by bit, and even end up in disgrace on the road of coaching.
Such cases are not without, Maradona and Van Basten are precedents.
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As players from both teams lined up in the tunnel, Andriy Shevchenko, the ambassador for the Champions League final, also appeared.
Yang Yang and Shevchenko are also considered old rivals. Whether they met AC Milan back then or Chelsea later, they had played against each other many times, and they also met on many important occasions afterwards.
Seeing each other after so many years, it was naturally a friendly conversation, after all, the two of them had no conflicts or contradictions back then.
As Shevchenko walked out of the player channel holding the Big Ears Cup, the scene immediately began a short performance before the game.
Then the players of the two teams, under the leadership of the Serbian referee Marzic, walked out of the player channel one after another.
There was a burst of cheers from Putangai.
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"Players from the two teams entered the stadium one after another, and we can now see the starting lineups of the two teams."
"Liverpool in red on the left, Karius in goal, Robertson, Van Dijk, Lovren and Trent Alexander-Arnold at the back, Milner, Henderson and Wijnaldum in midfield, three forks up front The halberds are Mane, Firmino and Salah."
"Liverpool can be said to have played their best tonight, and no players are missing."
"Real Madrid also put out their main lineup this season, four three one two, the goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Javi Martinez, Ramos and Carvajal , Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Modric are in the midfield, Hazard is in the middle of the frontcourt, Yang Yang and Suarez are forward."
"There are also no players missing from Real Madrid's side."
"The captains of the two teams were guessing and Liverpool kicked off first."
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"The referee Marzic blew the whistle, Liverpool kicked off the ball, and passed it directly back to the defense to Van Dijk."
"Real Madrid did not engage in too much entanglement in the frontcourt. It seemed that the start was still seeking stability, and the midfield and backcourt quickly retreated to their own half."
"It's the Champions League final."
"In the past nine seasons, Real Madrid has reached the Champions League final eight times. They have won the championship in the first seven times. The eighth time tonight is also a big favorite. It can be said that the experience is quite rich."
"Before the game, many people have been offering advice. Against Liverpool, we need to start steadily, because this Red Army is better at using active running and high pressure when they have sufficient physical fitness, as well as the impact of the three players in the frontcourt. to crush the opponent."
"Real Madrid is obviously prepared for this and took the initiative to retreat."
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"Liverpool overwhelmed Real Madrid on the pitch."
"Look at Liverpool's attack this time. Salah took the ball inside and split it to the right. Arnold slipped in from the edge. No one defended. The bottom pass went to the front point. It was dangerous!"
"Javi Martinez clears the ball."
"It was six minutes, a very dangerous attack from Liverpool."
"Real Madrid still haven't had a shot."
"The pace of the game was fast, but Real Madrid looked a little passive."
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"It was Salah who took the ball again, still wanted to cut in the middle and passed it to Firmino."
"The Brazilian player directly headed the ball to the right rib of the penalty area behind the defense line."
"Arnold and Salah both plugged in at the same time, very fast!"
"Liverpool have a chance!!!"
"Real Madrid is in danger!"