Chapter 578 Battle for the Best

At noon on August 25, Sunderland Stadium of Light.

In the fourth round of the Premier League, Liverpool played against the Black Cats Sunderland.

Gerrard played a closed game against Chelsea, which resulted in him having to retire with an injury, plus he was about to travel to Monaco in mid-week for the UEFA Super Cup with Sevilla, so Benitez Appropriate rotations were made.

The goalkeeper is Reina, and the back line is Riise, Hypia, Carragher and Abeloa.

The midfielder's double midfielder is Mohamed Sissoko's partner Xavi Alonso, and Benayoun was placed in the attacking midfielder position.

The trident in the frontcourt is the combination of Yang Yang, Voronin and Pennant.

Sunderland is not a strong team, but it is definitely not a weak team, especially under the management of Manchester United legend Roy Keane, this team is still very competitive, and there are many young players on loan from Manchester United. The players are in their own home again.

Liverpool decisively adopted a head-to-head game strategy on the road. In just 25 seconds of the opening, the Red Army organized a wave of fierce pressing and pressing in the frontcourt, causing Sunderland's defender to return the goalkeeper's mistake.

After Yang Yang got the ball, he forced a breakthrough, threw off Sunderland defender McShane one-on-one, dribbled the ball from the left rib and entered the penalty area to form a single-handed shot. However, due to the small angle of the shot, the opponent's goalkeeper Gordon save.

Although it was not possible to directly form a scoring opportunity, Liverpool's attack on the opponent at the beginning and the first move was still very shocking.

Then the Red Army has been chasing Sunderland to play, and has been creating opportunities.

The Sunderland team has a style similar to Roy Keane's style, tough, even rough.

In the 16th minute of the game, Hypia was hit by the opponent's elbow in the nose during a fight for the top, and the bleeding continued. According to the preliminary diagnosis of team doctor Mark Waller, it was suspected that the bridge of the nose was fractured.

Benitez had to replace Hypia with Daniel Agger, using up an early substitution.

Using Liverpool to make substitutions and the back line was not stable, Sunderland launched a wave of rushing attacks and created several opportunities, but they were all near misses and failed to directly threaten Liverpool's goal, but on the 37th In minutes, the Red Army played a quick counterattack. Yang Yang dribbled the ball from the left and single-handedly forcibly broke through two opponents. After entering the penalty area, he suddenly knocked back.

Mohamed Sissoko plugged in from the back row, shot straight and scored his first goal of the season.

The excited Mali midfielder was the first to run to Yang Yang, who provided him with an assist. He was also very active in this game.

After Mascherano joined the team, everyone could see that the Argentine midfielder was better than Mohamed Sissoko in terms of strength and performance, especially in the stability of passing and receiving.

But as a professional player, Sissoko finally came to Liverpool, how could he be willing to admit defeat in the competition like this?

This goal undoubtedly represents his challenge to Mascherano!

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After changing sides in the second half, Liverpool launched a quick attack.

Xavi Alonso, Pennant, Benayoun, and Voronen cooperated continuously. Yang Yang pushed with his right foot from the left side of the penalty area and hit the bottom right corner of the goal. This was a very simple goal, and Yang Yang grasped it stably. Live a chance.

Two to zero, the game is basically not too much suspense.

Yang Yang was quickly replaced by Kuyt and began to save for the midweek Super Cup.

However, during a defense in the second half, Carragher collided with the attacking goalkeeper Reina. As a result, the vice-captain of Liverpool was injured and ended up. The initial diagnosis was suspected of rib fractures, which is bound to seriously affect Liverpool's subsequent formation. .

So, even if in the end, Liverpool defeated Sunderland 2-0 away, won the four-game winning streak to start the new season, and created the best Premier League start in Liverpool's history, but the team is still worried.

Because after the game, the diagnosis of both players also came out.

Hypia's broken nose and Carragher's rib were combined with pneumothorax and lung damage, the latter of which was more serious.

However, the advantage is that after entering September, there will be two weeks of national team game days. When the league is suspended, Carragher can recuperate from his injury.

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After the away game against Sunderland, the major media in the UK all praised Yang Yang's outstanding performance.

He was Liverpool's most decisive player for three consecutive games, bringing the team three victories.

After one pass and one shot in this round, Yang Yang raised the number of goals he scored this season to six, far ahead of the Premier League scorer list. The second only scored three goals, Chelsea's Lampard. and Anelka of Bolton.

But Yang Yang scored six goals and one assist in four rounds. This report card is absolutely amazing and has attracted unanimous praise from the British media.

In addition to Yang Yang leading the scorer list, Liverpool also led the Premier League standings with four consecutive victories at the start. Chelsea is in second place, and Manchester City both scored nine points.

After the away game against Sunderland, the team returned to Liverpool, and after two days of rest, they went to Monaco non-stop.

The European Super Cup will be played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.

But before this game, Yang Yang and Gerrard were invited to participate in UEFA's annual UEFA Champions League group stage draw and award ceremony.

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"From the information I have so far, AC Milan is doing its best to help Kaka."

As soon as Liverpool arrived in Monaco, Yang Yang's agent Raiola was already waiting at the hotel.

Recently, he has been rushing about Yang Yang's affairs. After all, he also hopes that his players can become the world footballer, which is definitely a great honor.

To a certain extent, this award is equivalent to a gold medal for avoiding death.

After you get it, no matter how your career develops later, you will be worry-free in the end.

Of course, those who can get this honor are all the best in the world.

If Yang Yang wins the award, it will be a huge boost to himself, his agent, and everyone around him.

Raiola is naturally very concerned about this, and has been running for Yang Yang recently.

"I can say that purely from the point of view of performance, there is no doubt about you, and there is no suspense about the award, but the problem is that you come from a football weak country, and Liverpool is also seriously lacking in operation experience in this regard. As a result, Kaka now has a faint stance of coming from behind."

Yang Yang nodded silently.

When he was an ordinary fan, he thought that the World Footballer of the Year or the European Ballon d'Or would be more fair, and he would give it to whoever performed well, but that's not the case.

Just like Hollywood's Oscar winners and actresses are always full of various unspoken rules of operation, the same is true for the World Footballer and the European Golden Globe Awards. Whether the club knows how to operate and whether it is willing to fully support it is very important. of.

"In this regard, basically all the teams in the Premier League can be said to be seriously inexperienced, but Serie A and La Liga, especially Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​are masters of this aspect."

"With your grades, at Real Madrid or Barcelona, ​​winning is almost a certainty, but at Liverpool it's not necessarily the case."

Yang Yang understood what Raiola meant, and he figured it out early in the morning.

It would be a pity if he didn't get the prize this year, but he wouldn't be discouraged because of it. He would continue to fight to the top and break this damn cage.

"This award ceremony of UEFA is known as a frontal battle. According to the information I got before, UEFA specially adjusted Kaka's winning position this time."

"What do you mean?" Yang Yang didn't understand.

"According to the previous statement, Kaka should belong to the striker, but you scored thirteen goals last season, and you are the champion. If you don't give it to you, you won't run. If you don't give it, the authority of the award will be destroyed. Yu once was, so they moved Kaka to midfield and gave him the best midfielder."

Raiola gave a wry smile, this is UEFA's own considerations.

"What about the best player?" Yang Yang asked with concern.

Raiola shook his head, "This is the biggest suspense right now, and I haven't gotten any news."

The best player is the most important award in the upcoming awards ceremony, and it is also the award that everyone cares about the most.

In fact, at the level of Yang Yang and Kaka, no matter who they give it to, they can find a lot of sufficient reasons, and they can also find many reasons for doubt.

Although Wen has no first, Wu has no second, and the game has a winner and a loser, the problem is that the game is the result of eleven people fighting, and one player is singled out to comment. , My mother said she was right.

But one thing is certain, after winning this award, it will be a great help for the next two individual awards.

Yang Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly. He himself has always been focusing on playing football, but he never thought that even if he was focusing on playing football, for his sake, it would be impossible to worry about these things without being distracted.

Unless you don't pay attention at all.

But let me ask, for the sake of playing football, who can truly be indifferent?

Yang Yang is not a saint, he will also have his own vanity and sense of honor, so he will also want to fight.

"Don't worry, it's not without good news." Raiola knew that he was under a bit of pressure now, "I received news that the British media have reached a consensus that they will do their best to support you in your fight for the World Player of the Year and the European Golden Ball. Award, so in the next period of time, they will do their best to build momentum for you."

"British media is still very influential in the world of media, and behind this, Liverpool also contributed a lot, Alan Hansen and Dalglish and others are also helping you, so you don't need to Worry too much."

"I will continue to run for you with the Italian media, as will the media in other European countries. This will be a long-term war, and what you need to do is to maintain your current share during this period of time. state."

"As long as you can score continuously on the pitch, as long as Liverpool are invincible, I believe this award will belong to you." Raiola encouraged.

Yang Yang nodded heavily, this is the only thing he has mastered and worked hard to do.