Chapter 673 I'll Fight!

In midweek, Liverpool ushered in the first round of Group D of the Champions League group stage, away to Marseille in Ligue 1.

After sending away the most eye-catching midfield core Nasri last season, Marseille's overall strength has not declined, but has improved slightly, because they soon introduced the talented midfielder Ben Afa from Lyon, and also The introduction of Ivorian winger Kone, the two players cost Marseille a total of 20 million euros in transfer fees.

As strength increases, ambition naturally increases.

In last season's Champions League group stage, Marseille lost 0-4 to Liverpool in the final group stage, and was finally forced to play the UEFA Cup, which made Marseille feel very depressed.

It has made a comeback this season and strengthened its strength. Naturally, the Ligue 1 powerhouse wants to make a difference at home.

Especially considering that, in addition to Liverpool, Atletico Madrid and PSV Eindhoven have the strength and qualifications to rush into the round of 16, which makes the Ligue 1 team more worried and must fight every game, especially home.

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Unlike Marseille, which is strong and strong, Liverpool has consumed too much recently.

The international players all traveled long distances to return to the King of Diligence, and after returning, they kept fighting Manchester United non-stop. Everyone was physically and mentally exhausted.

So Benitez had a proper rotation in this game.

On the back line, with Carragher's comeback, Daniel Agger sat on the bench again. Carragher and Skrtel partnered in the center back, and Abeloa and Aurelio served as two wingers.

In the midfield, Mascherano and Lucas Rewa's double midfielders were discharged, Xavi Alonso and Gareth Barry were put back on the bench at the same time, and Gerrard started to play the attacking midfielder.

The trident in the frontcourt is still the combination of Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt.

Although Crouch, Gerrard, Carragher and others made a rapid comeback, Benitez still did not dare to arrange for Yang Yang to rest.

Without Yang Yang's heavy weapon, Liverpool's away game against Marseille is really worrying.

The trend of the game also confirms this.

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After the opening, Liverpool quickly relied on the midfield advantage to control the situation on the field and launched the offensive again and again.

Yang Yang didn't get too involved. This was the arrangement Benitez gave him before the game, because the team needed him to play stably for a long time, not to use him to death, so his pressing and pressing in the frontcourt was far inferior. Crouch, Kuyt and Gerrard were so positive, but everyone in the team was convinced.

With Yang Yang and without Yang Yang, Liverpool are facing two very different playing environments.

Just like in the Marseille match, Yang Yang stood there, even if he just walked slowly, it could make Marseille's defenders face a formidable enemy, for fear that he would not know when to rush.

This is a shock to the opponent players.

If Yang Yang was asked to do his best in every game, he would definitely have to take a rest.

Therefore, the Liverpool locker room also agreed with this very much. Even Gerrard and Kuyt and others told Yang Yang to let him run less, they would run for him and save energy to participate in the attack.

Although Yang Yang didn't play very hard, he still took the ball in the fifteenth minute. After the midfielder caught the ball, he turned and passed diagonally to the right. Kuyt quickly plugged in and grabbed the ball before the opponent's central defender Zubal. in, but Crouch hit the ball high.

This is Liverpool's most threatening attack since the opening, and it is also a reminder to Marseille, don't look at Yang Yang as if he is paddling for soy sauce, but if he is not careful, give him a chance, and he can kill you in minutes!

However, Yang Yang is not the kind of person who ignores the overall situation.

Liverpool's attacking round after the opening failed to work, but instead was counterattacked by the opponent.

Ben Afa made a direct pass from the middle, and Sherou assisted Cana and scored a goal, opening the scoring for Marseille.

This goal boosted the morale of Marseille very much, and caused a blow to Liverpool, because after more than 20 minutes of attacking, not only did they fail to score, but they succeeded in a sneak attack on the opponent, which is really inappropriate.

But just two minutes later, Yang Yang successfully helped Liverpool level the score.

After Carragher stole the ball in the backcourt, he directly sent a long pass to the left side of the frontcourt. Yang Yang quickly caught up. After getting the ball, he even passed the opponent's two central defenders, Hilton and Zubal. The opponent's goalkeeper Mandanda fell to the ground, and the referee did not hesitate to award a penalty.

Yang Yang gave Gerrard a penalty with a smile, and the Liverpool captain calmly took the penalty, one-to-one!

Just four minutes later, Yang Yang took the initiative to retreat again. After successfully stealing the ball, a man turned and moved forward with the ball, and suddenly passed diagonally to the right. After Kuyt got the ball and knocked back to the middle, Gerrard followed directly. With an angry shot, he shot a long shot from 25 meters away, and once again pierced the goal of Marseille, 2 to 1!

After the reversal, Liverpool was extremely excited, especially Gerrard, who scored twice, was the first to run to Yang Yang and celebrate his goal with him.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Marseille once played a rush attack, especially the wing attack began to increase, but it was mainly concentrated on the left, and the right was more defending Yang Yang.

But in the 58th minute, Liverpool instigated a counterattack. Crowe made a wonderful pass to the right. Kuyt drove the ball straight in, and finally made a cross to the goal. Yang Yang ran easily and scored a cool push. !

Then, Benitez quickly replaced Yang Yang with Gareth Bale, and the score of three to one remained until the end.

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At the post-match press conference, Benitez said that his pre-match idea was to let players such as Yang Yang and Gerrard only play for 60 minutes, and then the remaining players would keep the victory.

"I'm very happy to see the final score, we achieved the goals we set before the game and everyone contributed."

Marseille coach Gretz said gloomily that Liverpool can win because they have two world-class stars.

"Yang Yang and Gerrard are both world-class players, especially Yang Yang, he made us unable to focus on attacking, he didn't touch the ball many times, but he created a threat every time, especially like that penalty, we really Can't imagine how to stop him other than fouling, he changed the whole course of the game."

But in the end, the best of the match belonged to Gerrard, who scored twice, because the Liverpool captain was obviously more hardworking.

UEFA's rating is that Yang Yang only played seriously for less than ten minutes in this game, but he created two goals for Liverpool, and the goal in the second half was more like a coincidence when he was wandering around.

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On the weekend, in the fifth round of the Premier League, Liverpool sits at home against newly promoted Stoke City.

It was a tough matchup, and no one doubted that Liverpool could win at their home.

And after the start of the game, Liverpool did, as the outside world expected, from the very beginning, a tidal wave of attack.

After a midweek Champions League game, Liverpool were out of the rotation again.

The back line starts with Glen Johnson on the right, Gareth Bell on the left, Carragher and Skrtel in the center, and Harvey Alonso and Gareth in the midfield. · Barry partner double midfielder, Gerrard forward.

The trident in the frontcourt is the combination of Yang Yang, Crouch and Benayoun.

Just two minutes into the game, after Benayoun had a tactical cooperation with Glen Johnson on the right, Glen Johnson was fouled by the opposing defender when he took the ball, giving Liverpool a free kick in the frontcourt.

The ball was far from the goal, 36 meters to the right, and everyone basically concluded that it was an indirect free kick. Because of such a long distance, it was really unlikely to hit the goal directly.

But just as Benayoun and Gerrard were discussing how to cooperate, Yang Yang suddenly ran over from the left.

"I'll fight!" Yang Yang said eagerly.

"Fight directly?" Gerrard and Benayoun both suspected that they had heard it wrong.

This is a full thirty-six meters, and it is on the right side, so it is not easy to hit.

But Yang Yang didn't say much. Standing at the penalty spot, he glanced at the goal more than 30 meters away, and then looked at Stoke City's goalkeeper, the 32-year-old Danish veteran Thomas Sorensen. Rice ninety-six.

"I'll try it." Yang Yang smiled.

Of course Gerrard and Benayoun would not have any objections. The Liverpool captain even patted Yang Yang on the shoulder jokingly, "Remember, if this goal is not scored, you will have to make up three more."

Yang Yang didn't take it to heart, but looked up at the sky, walked over again, picked up the ball, wiped it carefully, and put it back on the grass gently. After stepping on the turf behind the ball, he kept silent. Counting the steps back.

At this time, all the fans in the audience also noticed Yang Yang's actions, and everyone cheered.

"God, is Yang Yang going to hit the door directly?"

"This is really too difficult. We just calculated that this position is 36 meters away from the goal. It is not very difficult to hit the goal directly, and his move has obviously been given to Stoke City players. Signal."

"Thomas Sorensen is definitely ready. In this situation, it's really difficult to take a direct free-kick from such a long distance. It's definitely a challenge."

But the Liverpool players didn't seem to feel much. Crouch even shouted at Yang Yang from a distance, "Hey, Yang, upload it if you can't, I'll wait for you!"

Yang Yang waved at him, as if to say, don't quarrel with me!

After practicing for more than a year, Yang Yang's free kicks have indeed improved considerably. He has already scored a lot of free kicks, but there are few long-distance free kicks and nothing. Chance.

In the fight against Stoke City today, Liverpool are very confident, so Yang Yang wants to give it a try, just take it as his own will, try his feet, and stimulate himself by the way.

No matter how realistic the super training ground is, the simulation is still a simulation. It is not as exciting and stressful as the live competition. For Yang Yang, these are the best stimulation and the biggest motivation.