Chapter 665 Three Consecutive Victories at the Start

When Yang Yang walked quickly to the podium and took over the best striker trophy from Eusebio, there was a burst of warm applause and cheers in the Grimaldi Conference Center.

On the big screen on the podium, all the goals and assists of Yang Yang in the Champions League last season are being played.

This is the third consecutive season he won the Champions League top scorer, this achievement is not easy for him.

The football practitioners at the scene also responded with warm applause for a long time to show their affirmation of Yang Yang's award.

Until the applause stopped, Yang Yang slowly walked to the microphone, grabbed the trophy with his right hand, and thanked everyone in the audience. He won warm applause again, and Gerald and Carragher cheered loudly.

"Thank you UEFA, thank you to all the fans at Liverpool, thank you to all my teammates, thank you to everyone who voted for me, thank you very, very much for your support and love for me."

When Yang Yang said this, thunderous applause broke out in the conference center again.

"I was at Liverpool for two seasons, with this great and unique team, with a great group of players, with a lot of passionate fans, we won the Champions League and the Premier League, that's two An extraordinary season that left an indelible mark on my life."

"I've scored a lot of goals, but I'm still hungry and I'm very proud and proud to be voted the best striker, but at the same time, I will see this trophy as an encouragement and The encouragement has given me more confidence to improve myself.”

"Here, I also want to tell my teammates and fans that we will move forward together, and in the next season, we will continue to work hard to win more honors and championships!"

After speaking, Yang Yang slowly took two steps back and bowed deeply, "Thank you!"

There was thunderous applause, and everyone was very satisfied with Yang Yang's speech and performance.

This is the second year in a row that he has won this award, but he still maintains this humble attitude.

Many people at the scene looked at Yang Yang on the stage, and felt strange in their hearts. Everyone was different.

It has been six years since Yang Yang debuted in Ajax, and in the past six years, he has been associated with too many teams, some of whom once looked down on him and some did not pay attention to him. He, and others, regretfully passed him by.

At this moment, the representatives of these clubs are sitting in the audience and watching Yang Yang holding the best striker trophy on the stage. No one will know what they are thinking.

Benitez once said that the introduction of Yang Yang for 40 million euros is to introduce a striker who can provide a steady twenty goals per season for Liverpool.

But since Yang Yang joined Liverpool, he has scored at least 40 goals, and even more than 50 goals last season. Liverpool made a lot of money in this transfer.

He can win the game and the championship again, his worth is still rising, and there is huge commercial value behind him. Yang Yang stands on the stage, as if his whole body is made of gold, which is extremely dazzling.

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After Yang Yang won the best striker, Liverpool's draw in the fourth pot continued the previous bad luck and drew the strongest Atletico Madrid in the fourth pot, which undoubtedly increased Liverpool's position in the Champions League group stage. difficulty.

Eindhoven, Marseille and Atletico Madrid, these three teams are not easy to play.

Although Liverpool's overall strength occupies the leading position in this group, but if they really want to fight with these three teams, the Red Army can't say that they have any certainty of winning, let alone qualifying easily.

In contrast, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal are all lucky.

Chelsea have drawn Roma, Bordeaux and Cluj. Although there are teams like Roma and Bordeaux, it is difficult to shake Chelsea as a whole. The Blues qualified from the group or even won the first place in the group. There should be no any questions.

Manchester United drew Villarreal, Celtic and Aalborg. This group may really shake Manchester United is Villarreal, but the overall strength of the Yellow Submarine is still better than that of Manchester United. obvious difference.

As for Celtic and Aalborg, there is a huge gap in strength with Manchester United.

Arsenal will be relatively difficult. They have drawn Porto, Dynamo Kyiv and Fenerbahce. The problem of qualifying is not big, mainly to see if the Gunners can win the first place in the group.

Judging from Wenger's operations over the past few years, Arsenal lacks ambition. The league focuses on securing the top four, and the Champions League is not aggressive enough. This can be seen from the Gunners' transfer operations.

Taken together, among the top four teams in the Premier League, Liverpool has the worst luck.

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After the results of the lottery were released, Yang Yang, Gerrard and others all smiled bitterly, but they were not afraid.

In an interview with the media after the game, Yang Yang said with a smile that the strength of the four teams is relatively close, so it is impossible to talk about which game will be particularly difficult.

"We need to play every game steadily to make sure we get out of the group."

After the results of the draw were released, many bookmakers, including William Hill, offered odds one after another. Chelsea became the team with the highest odds of winning the title, followed by Real Madrid, followed by Manchester United, Inter Milan and Barcelona. , Liverpool and Arsenal.

As for why Real Madrid, which has been in the top 16 for many years in a row, ranks second, it can only be said that there are more fans supporting Real Madrid, while Chelsea has strengthened its strength this season, especially the joining of Deco. The field has improved a lot.

The general reaction of the British media is also like Yang Yang's conjecture, that Liverpool and Arsenal are in danger, and Chelsea and Manchester United are lucky in the draw.

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On the afternoon of August 31st, Villa Park, Birmingham.

Liverpool face Aston Villa in the third round of the Premier League.

Before the game, Liverpool suffered an injury raid. Captain Gerrard had to miss this game because of the recurrence of an old groin injury and received treatment. He is expected to miss about two weeks.

Since the next game is the national team, the impact of this break on Liverpool is not particularly great.

But the good news is that Mascherano, who helped Argentina win the Olympics in Beijing, has returned to the team, as has Brazilian midfielder Lucas Rewa, and there is no shortage of Liverpool midfielders.

Benitez formed a four-three-three formation away from home. There was not much change in the back line. It was still a combination of Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher and Abeloa. Barry, Mascherano and Harvey Alonso's three midfielder combination, the frontcourt is composed of Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt trident.

It is not difficult to see from the formation of troops that Benitez played very cautiously on the road.

Aston Villa head coach Martin O'Neill has a four-four-two formation, but he also doesn't dare to be careless.

Both sides played very cautiously at the start. It was not until the tenth minute that Aston Villa seized an opportunity and shot the first shot, but then the two sides were still relatively conservative.

It was not until after the 25th minute that Liverpool began to exert their strength gradually.

Villa Park has always been the most difficult away game in the Premier League. Almost all Premier League teams have suffered here. Benitez's caution is understandable.

In the face of Liverpool, which has won two consecutive victories this season and has a strong army, Martin O'Neal also adopted a defensive counterattack strategy, especially for Yang Yang's defense, and arranged two such as Luke Young and Milner. Players, focus on freezing Yang Yang.

The absence of Gerrard has caused Liverpool to lose a very important attacking point at the front of the penalty area and a response point for large-scale activities. Aston Villa targeted this point and effectively cut Liverpool's front three.

The final result is that Yang Yang hardly got any good chances in the entire first half. As soon as he got the ball, he was immediately marked by Aston Villa's defenders.

The first half ended in a 0-0.

During the intermission, Yang Yang also put forward his views to the head coach, hoping to expand his scope of activities.

The combination of Gareth Barry, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso ensured that Liverpool's defense was solid, but they had little support for the attacking force in the frontcourt, whether it was Ashley Young or Abon Rajo , are very fast players, this is a great test for Liverpool's counterattack.

In the absence of support from the midfield and backcourt, Yang Yang needs to further expand his scope of activities and get rid of the marking from Aston Villa.

Benitez agreed to Yang Yang's request and asked Crouch and Kuyt to cooperate with him.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Liverpool's players were positioned a bit like four-three-one-two, with Crouch and Kuyt at the top, and Yang Yang became a free agent in the frontcourt, and routed him on the wing. play.

This completely activated Yang Yang.

He began to be more active on the pitch. Liverpool got three consecutive corner kicks after the opening, all created by Yang Yang, but unfortunately, Liverpool failed to seize it.

In the fifty-second minute of the game, Yang Yang suddenly ran from the left to the middle. After receiving the pass from Gareth Barry, he turned and got rid of Milner behind him. to Crouch's feet.

Crouch understood and blocked the Aston Villa central defender with his body, passed the ball diagonally behind Petrov, and passed it back to Yang Yang.

Yang Yang threw off the defending player at the fastest speed, and after catching up with the ball, he waded into the arc of the penalty area and shot directly with his legs.

Friedel reacted quickly and flew to make a save, but Yang Yang's shot came quickly and quickly, and the angle was also very tricky. It directly wiped Friedel's fingertips and hit the right side of the goal.

One to zero!

Yang Yang rushed out of the court excitedly, celebrating his goal!

In the end, Liverpool also relied on Yang Yang's goal to capture Villa Park, the devil's away game in the Premier League, and scored a precious three-pointer. At the same time, they also won three consecutive victories at the beginning of the season!