Chapter 570 Unspoken Rules

As the first strong dialogue of the season, Liverpool's home game against Chelsea has attracted the attention of media reporters and fans around the world, and it has caused huge repercussions in British and European football.

Surprisingly, it was surprisingly calm before the game.

The day before the game, when Chelsea held a press conference to announce the team's roster for Liverpool's game, Mourinho excused that he couldn't attend in time, and assistant coach Boas attended on his behalf.

But in fact, according to the inside story obtained by the media afterwards, Mourinho was in the Cobham training base at that time.

Instead, in Liverpool's Melwood, while Benitez attended the pre-match press conference and announced the squad for the match, he publicly stated in an interview with the media that in recent years, the person who has made the most contributions to Chelsea is Abramo. Vitch.

This seems odd, doesn't it?

But in fact, this is Benitez adding to Mourinho.

Because everyone knows that Mourinho and Abramovich are in a feud, and the two sides have not even spoken for a long time, and last season's winter break transfer, about the relationship between Alex and Ben Haim The choice between the two also has their own opinions and does not give in to each other, and now Chelsea are not keen on the Daniel Alves that Mourinho wants.

No one knows what's going on inside Chelsea now, but Benitez doesn't mind giving Mourinho a distraction before the game, but he didn't expect that Mourinho would be uncharacteristically, and he didn't fight a lot of words. Didn't even attend the pre-match press conference, which made Benitez's punch seem to hit cotton.

For Carvalho missed this game, Benitez said this is good news.

"According to the data, without Carvalho, Chelsea's chance of winning is 30% lower"

For the next game, the Spanish coach said that the team will try its best to score three points.

"Yang Yang will still be the key to our victory in the game. I feel that his state is unprecedented, he is almost unstoppable, I have a hunch that he will score goals in the game, but don't forget, we have other people ."

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Although Mourinho did not come forward to accept the move, but before the war, the atmosphere in the whole of England became very tense.

The city of Liverpool is full of smoke.

Everyone is full of expectations for the upcoming match, which is hailed by media reporters as the key matchup of the championship outpost, and at the same time is very uneasy. I don’t know whether Liverpool, who is playing at home, is better, or Chelsea, who is playing away from home. retreat.

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Liverpool still checked into the Hope Street Hotel on time the night before the game.

But while everyone was focusing on this upcoming crucial decisive battle, FIFA quietly occupied the pages of major media around the world on the morning of the game.

Although there are still four months before the FIFA Awards Ceremony in December, FIFA has already begun to warm up for this event in four months, and has taken the lead in announcing the list of 30 candidates for the World Footballer of the Year. .

Yang Yang's name appeared on this list for the third year in a row, and Messi appeared for the first time.

There are also Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs, Chelsea also has Drogba, Cech and Essien shortlisted, but Shevchenko missed this list.

Although it is normal for players to enter and exit the list with the ups and downs of their performance, Shevchenko's rate of falling out of the list this time is indeed a little faster, especially given his current situation, he thinks It would be even more difficult to go back to this list.

Last season's Champions League champion Liverpool only had two players shortlisted, that is, Yang Yang and Gerrard, but AC Milan shortlisted six players, namely Kaka, Pirlo, Seedorf, Maldini, Great Inza Kat and Gattuso.

AC Milan is also the team with the most shortlisted players, which makes many people wonder about this list. After all, AC Milan's performance last season was not very good, especially in the Champions League. In the end, it failed to beat Liverpool to win the championship. How did so many people get nominated?

However, considering that FIFA's selection has always been a tradition of focusing on fame and underestimating actual performance, I am relieved of this list.

It's just that there is a heated discussion all over the world about who will be the last world footballer.

Yang Yang is undoubtedly the number one favorite. Not to mention that he just scored a hat-trick in the Premier League. Last season, he alone won the Premier League's top scorer and assists, as well as the Champions League scorer and assists. The grand prize, each one is heavy and genuine.

It can be said that if he does not take it, who is qualified to take it?

But there are also many people who think that Yang Yang was born in a weak football country. Although there was no major national team competition in 2007, and more reference to the Champions League, the overall strength of Liverpool where Yang Yang is located is slightly stronger than AC Milan, which makes many people think that, Yang Yang is more dependent on the whole.

From a purely personal performance point of view, Kaka is even more difficult, because he dragged AC Milan to the final almost alone, and he was born in Brazil. As we all know, Brazilian players are more favored in this selection. Tradition.

After FIFA announced the list of 30 players, major European gaming companies have also opened the first round of odds.

Judging from the first announced odds, Kaka surpassed Yang Yang and became the number one favorite to win the world football player, which has to be said to be a very surprising thing.

Yang Yang came in second in popularity, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba.

The odds offered by bookmakers have once again sparked heated discussions.

In the end, who is more likely to win the award, Yang Yang, Kaka or Ronaldinho, will undoubtedly become the focus of attention and heated discussion by all fans and media reporters around the world in the next four months.

And that's clearly what FIFA is about.

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Liverpool players read the news from newspapers provided by the Hope Street Hotel during their matchday morning meal.

Liverpool felt incredible that Yang Yang had lost to Kaka in the bookmaker's odds.

"Those who bet on Kaka must be crazy. We are the champions. Yang Yang won all the Premier League awards by himself, as well as the Champions League scorer and assists king. Who else is there?"

"Who said no? Anyone who is not blind knows to vote for Yang Yang."

"But don't say, it's really not easy for players from weak football countries to win this award."

"Let's not talk about World Footballer. Shevchenko won the European Ballon d'Or, thanks to Berlusconi personally calling the headquarters of the French Football Magazine to deal with it?"

"Yeah, there's no way, it's really hard for Asian and African players to win awards."

Teammates, you are discussing with each other.

However, Yang Yang ate in silence all the time, as if he didn't take this matter to heart at all.

Gerald sat opposite him, looked up at him, and comforted: "Don't take it too seriously, sometimes this kind of thing is like this, no matter what others think, in my eyes, you are the strongest in the world. "

Yang Yang nodded and smiled at the captain, "Thank you."

"The odds of the bookmakers are changing at any time. Judging from the current situation, it can only show that they are more optimistic about Kaka, that's all, but who knows what will happen next?"

Gerald's remarks made Yang Yang nodded again and again.

"I know, so I never took it too seriously. I will continue to do my best to show my best state to prove myself. As for whether I can get it or not, it's up to my fate."

Gerald nodded with a smile, "The better you behave, the less they dare not to award it to you. Otherwise, this award will lose its credibility sooner or later, and we will see who still holds them."

Yang Yang smiled lightly. He admired Kaka very much. To some extent, he was far closer to Kaka than Ronaldinho and Messi, because they were not only competitors, but also friends.

From the first time he participated in the UEFA draw and award ceremony, he knew Kaka, and exchanged phone numbers and contact information with each other, and then had several communications.

But there is only one award, everyone wants to get it, and Yang Yang is no exception.

Therefore, we can only rely on our own abilities and strive for our own.

Yang Yang is not surprised that the so-called weak football country is more difficult to win awards, because it is the truth.

Players from football powerhouses are more conducive to winning this award, which is recognized by everyone.

In other words, this is an unspoken rule of professional football.

But knowing does not mean approval, it does not mean surrender.

Yang Yang can't control what others think, but he must fight to the end.

Regardless of whether he can win the award or not, at least he has a clear conscience.

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FIFA announced the list of 30 players, which somewhat affected Yang Yang's mind, but it did not affect his preparations.

On the match day, everyone at Liverpool also prepared in an orderly manner according to the plan arranged by the coaching staff. Everyone clearly felt that this battle against Chelsea would be the team’s first test of the new season. .

On the day of the game, Liverpool were constantly receiving news from their opponents.

That afternoon, the coaching staff announced in the last tactical meeting that John Terry would play with an injury.

The coaching staff did not disclose where the news channel came from, but there must be Liverpool scouts spying on Chelsea's military situation.

This is a war without gunpowder smoke, and in any war, food and intelligence are the top priorities.

Benitez started specifically for John Terry and made appropriate adjustments to the team's offense, but the overall situation has not changed much. Yang Yang will continue to play the starting role, and Crouch and Kuyt will be his partners.

In the past two rounds, the Spanish coach has successively rotated a number of players, with a lot of effort. The purpose is to make the team's main lineup in the best condition to play Chelsea at Anfield.

And now, it's time to test the team's preparations throughout the summer, as well as the results of the rotation for this part of the season.