Chapter 662 Dream Start

This summer, Yang Yang deeply reflected on his performance in the past two seasons.

A big part of last season's slump was his mentality, but part of it was his physical and mental problems as he entered December, especially around Christmas.

The winter break has always been a watershed moment for the Premier League.

Ferguson is famous for saying that if a team can lead until the end of the winter break, it is the real favourite to win the title, and Manchester United have always been known for their Christmas and winter break comebacks. .

Teams are like that, and so are Premier League teams.

Almost all players who land in the Premier League will inevitably face the problem of the winter break, which is a double test for the players' body and mind, because everyone is on holiday, and the family gathers together to spend Christmas happily, Planning where to travel, but only the Premier League players are still struggling to maintain training and competition.

If it is easier for domestic fans to feel the same way, when everyone is celebrating the Spring Festival and going home to celebrate the New Year, you not only have to continue to work hard, but even the workload is even greater than usual, so what? If there is no double bonus, what would you think in your heart?

Even if you love your job, what about your family, relatives and friends? Wouldn't they inject some negative negativity into you?

When talking about the devil's schedule in the winter break, the English local players always kept making fun of themselves, "We are a group of unlucky bastards who have never had a good rest since 1960."

Yang Yang's first stop in European football was the Eredivisie. The winter break was very long. After he moved to the Premier League, there was no winter break. As a result, he has not been able to adapt to the Premier League's winter break devil schedule in the past two years. The performance of time has not been ideal.

But this is not a problem for him alone. Most players who join the Premier League will encounter such problems, and the speed of adaptation is also fast or slow.

Of course, not everyone like Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The Dutch center did not perform well before the winter break in his first season at Manchester United. He only scored five goals in the first sixteen rounds of the league, but after mid-December, with Manchester United's overall performance improving, He scored ten goals in the next eight rounds, scoring consecutively.

Everyone has a different physique and physical condition, and the speed of adaptation is naturally different.

But Yang Yang firmly believes that if he can overcome the Premier League's winter break, he will not be afraid of any challenge.

After learning the lessons of the previous two seasons, he began to communicate and negotiate with Winston Bogard and the club's coaching staff this summer to adjust his own physical training and physical reserves.

From the beginning of the new season, Yang Yang also decided to let himself play more loosely.

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On August 23, exactly 15:00 pm, Liverpool Anfield Stadium.

In the second round of the Premier League, Liverpool host Middlesbrough.

As many players are still participating in the Olympic Games, Liverpool's starting lineup is still unable to make full use of the main force.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher and Abeloa, the midfield is Xavi Alonso, Benayoun and Gerrard are in the middle, and the front is The combination of Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt.

What is different from the first round is that Yang Yang appeared in the starting lineup immediately after his return, and the midfielder replaced Gareth Barry with Benayoun, who has stronger offensive and organizational skills and better creativity.

Benitez's starting lineup has been in shape from the start, with all three points at home.

This is also Yang Yang's first official game of the new season and his debut at Anfield. When he followed the team out of the player tunnel, all the Liverpool fans in the audience were chanting his name and cheering for him.

Although it is rumored that Yang Yang's stay in the team is only temporary, Liverpool fans are very proud to be able to keep him.

"Everyone is now looking forward to whether Yang Yang can lead Liverpool to continue to win the league title and the Champions League after staying in the team, and whether he can reproduce the outstanding state and momentum of last season."

Yang Yang raised his hands and clapped in return in return for the Liverpool fans' love for him, but he looked relaxed and jumped a few times on the pitch, without the tension before the game at all.

But Middlesbrough's manager, Southgate, was very nervous after seeing it, because he knew that the more this situation happened, the less he could be careless, because at the level of Yang Yang, he might be able to change with a sudden flash of inspiration. game trend.

Therefore, Southgate is very careful to tell the players that they must be careful.

Middlesbrough defenders such as Robert Huth and David White have experienced Yang Yang's sharpness before, and they did not dare to be careless.

But even so, Yang Yang quickly made a threat.

Just two minutes into the game, Yang Yang forced a breakthrough with the ball on the left. After passing two Middlesbrough players in a row, he passed to the back point. Kuyt volleyed from the back point and was flew by Middlesbrough goalkeeper Turnbull. save.

Then Liverpool pressed the attack heavily.

First, Benayoun got the ball from the right and made a pass, and Skrtel quickly inserted the header into the penalty area and missed the goal.

But after Middlesbrough sent the goal kick, it was quickly cut off by Liverpool again. Xavi Alonso moved to the left with an oblique pass. Yang Yang kept the ball and volleyed the ball directly with his left foot, sending the ball homeopathically. At the top of the arc at the front of the penalty area, Crouch followed and volleyed, slightly wide.

A minute later, Gerrard took a long shot from 30 meters away from the goal, but it was obviously higher than the goal.

Liverpool continued to strengthen their offensive, especially in the frontcourt. Yang Yang created a lot of threats on the left, forcing Middlesbrough to invest heavily in defense on their right, but in this way, the middle and Liverpool's right can be frequently obtained. Chance.

Yang Yang also played more restrained in this game, and did not blindly want to launch a direct attack by himself, but used himself as a bait to attract the opponent's defensive attention and let his teammates participate in the attack.

Such a change made Middlesbrough's defenders miserable, because they did not dare to relax their vigilance against Yang Yang.

When the game entered the seventh minute, it was Yang Yang's attack from the left. Aurelio slanted into the front of the penalty area and crossed to Benayoun who was inserted in the back, causing Middlesbrough to foul Benayoun. , gave Liverpool a free kick from the front of the penalty area.

Yang Yang did his part to stand on the penalty spot, and this time it was Benayoun who screened for him.

The Israeli midfielder's free kick skills are also good, but compared with Yang Yang, it is still slightly inferior.

With Yang Yang's frequent free-kick successes in the past year, his free-kick reputation is getting louder and louder, which makes Middlesbrough not dare to be careless, carefully set up the wall, and goalkeeper Turnbull keeps on Communicate with teammates, command the wall to move, and want to create a defensive formation that is most beneficial to you.

But with the referee's whistle, Yang Yang quickly sent out, and this time he didn't even run away from Benayoun.

Hearing a bang, Yang Yang quickly took a free kick.

After the ball crossed a graceful arc, it flew over the head of the jumping Middlesbrough's human wall. The speed did not decrease, but the ball fell rapidly. In the area close to the goal, there was a sudden obvious The change in the arc caused goalkeeper Turnbull to make a wrong judgment and fly directly into the goal.

One to zero!

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"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"A wonderful free kick scored directly, from Yang Yang!"

"Only seven minutes into the game, Yang Yang scored Middlesbrough's goal with a wonderful direct free kick."

"It's definitely been a painful blow for Middlesbrough."

"Yang Yang scored in the first game of the new season. It seems that he is in good shape."

"And the goal in seven minutes is a pretty good start for Liverpool."

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Yang Yang's goal completely ignited Liverpool's passion.

After the game restarted, after Middlesbrough served, Liverpool quickly pressed on and quickly grabbed the ball.

Gerrard returned a pass to Xavi Alonso, the Spanish midfielder made an oblique pass from the left, Yang Yang stopped the ball, faced Robert Huth, made a beautiful forced breakthrough, and made a pass from the left side of the penalty area.

In the penalty area, Crouch scored a close-range header in front of the goal, 2-0!

The Liverpool fans in the stands were thoroughly excited.

Eight minutes, two goals ahead, it's a fantastic start!

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Subsequently, Liverpool continued to strengthen the pressing and pressing of Middlesbrough, while also increasing the offensive efforts in the frontcourt.

Before the end of the first half, it was another opportunity created by Yang Yang on the left. Aurelio passed to the middle, Gerrard quickly threw the ball through and gave it to the back of the defense. Kuyt stepped in and pushed calmly. Shot, three to zero!

In the end, Liverpool ended the first half with a three-goal lead.

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In the second half, we changed sides and fought again. Southgate took the lead in making substitutions. Andrew Taylor replaced Robert Huth and adjusted the team's back line, hoping to stabilize the position.

And this really played a role, especially in the first half hour, Middlesbrough defended well.

But after 70 minutes, Liverpool gradually played the advantage.

In the 79th minute, Yang Yang suddenly retreated to the midfield to receive the ball. Benayoun quickly sent the ball to his feet. After Yang Yang got the ball, he made a diagonal pass with his right foot behind the defensive line. Jumped to the top and sent the ball into Middlesbrough's goal again, four to zero!

The whole Anfield stadium was completely boiling.

Everyone knows that Yang Yang's return can greatly improve the team's offense, but I didn't expect the improvement to be so great, and it directly brought a 4-0 victory. Simply a huge improvement.

One goal, two assists, Yang Yang brought three goals directly after his return, and even the third goal came from Yang Yang's plan, and without Yang Yang, Liverpool would have no idea what they would have done tonight. What's it like to kick.