Chapter 708: The Sixteen Curse
"AC Milan wanted to sell Kaka, and Manchester City was the buyer, but this transfer failed in the end because Kaka told me that he would either stay in Milan or go to Real Madrid!"
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In February, with the release of an exclusive interview by Kaka's father and agent Bosco Wright in Gazzetta dello Sport, the most important transfer during the winter break has attracted the attention of fans around the world. The secret news also reappeared in front of the world.
It's no secret that Kaka wants to go to Real Madrid, but just before he was basically determined to join Manchester City, he suddenly called for a stop transfer and rejected Manchester City, what happened in this, this is everyone focus of attention.
Bosco Wright's remarks undoubtedly pointed out a new direction to everyone, that is, the third player between Kaka and Manchester City, Real Madrid!
But the problem is that when Kaka was negotiating with Manchester City, Real Madrid president Calderon was suffering from a crisis of confidence and subsequently stepped down. How could he still have time to operate Kaka's transfer?
As a result, Gazzetta dello Sport made another guess, that is, Florentino, who has always been hidden behind the scenes.
Since Calderon stepped down, everyone has speculated that Florentino intends to return to Real Madrid, and listed a very amazing blueprint for a superstar, claiming that the former captain of the Galaxy battleship will spend a lot of money to build the Galaxy Battleship 2.0 version.
And now, Kaka has rejected Manchester City and made it clear that he is willing to join Real Madrid, which undoubtedly revealed a clear signal.
Gazzetta dello Sport concluded that Kaka rejected Manchester City because Florentino made a promise to him.
"He doesn't want to move to Manchester City for money!"
The Spanish media also quickly broke the news that Real Madrid's presidential election will be held in the first week of July. Polls from many media show that the voice of Florentino's return is very high, and it is even so high that if he announces If it returns, other candidates are likely to drop out.
"Kaka is not Florentino's ultimate goal, what he really wants is to fulfill his wish three years ago, to bring Yang Yang to the Bernabeu and let the best and greatest players on the planet wear On the Real Madrid jersey."
Reports from the Italian and Spanish media immediately made the entire European football world, but also the world football world, boil over.
Although it is only in February, everyone has already begun to look forward to this year's summer transfer, looking forward to this upcoming transfer drama.
Because everyone knows very well that after winning the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or for two consecutive years, Yang Yang has become the number one player in the football world and a hottest figure in the transfer market, but now Liverpool are in deep trouble. In the financial crisis, players must be sold to fill the financial hole.
In this case, once Yang Yang transfers, it is bound to be an astonishing sky-high price.
The whole world is looking forward to it.
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When media and fans all over the world were discussing the return of Florentino, the possibility of Kaka's move to Real Madrid, and whether Yang Yang would detonate the transfer market this summer, the protagonist Yang Yang flew from the UK to Tokyo, Japan.
In Tokyo, Yang Yang joined the national team and participated in a key match of the top ten in Asia.
The Chinese team played away to Japan.
The two sides played very difficultly, and Japan had a slight advantage in overall strength. After all, the Chinese team played away, but Arihan adopted a steady counter-attack strategy and pushed Yang Yang to the front line alone, provoking the team's offensive and counter-attack.
Yang Yang also lived up to expectations. Although he had traveled a long distance to return to the King of Diligence, he still took advantage of a counterattack opportunity in the 36th minute of the first half to quickly dribble the ball and assisted Chen Tao to score a goal.
However, in the 78th minute of the second half, Yang Yang was fouled by a tackle by a Japanese defender while dribbling the ball, which injured his ankle and had to be substituted early.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated Japan 1-0 away, ranking first in Group A of the top ten, and there was basically no suspense in qualifying.
But Yang Yang was injured and was substituted early, but it made the whole world nervous, especially Liverpool fans.
You must know that this season, the Red Army is in a state of collapse, and a very important reason is Yang Yang's outstanding performance. His injury is definitely a painful blow to Liverpool.
Not only the media and fans are concerned, but Liverpool also attaches great importance to it. As soon as they heard the news, they contacted the Chinese national team as soon as possible. Then assistant coach Jesterdan and team doctor Mark Waller immediately flew from Liverpool to Beijing to learn about Yang Yang’s situation. The situation, after hearing that the situation was not serious, they breathed a sigh of relief.
With an ankle injury, Yang Yang is bound to miss the next few games.
This also makes Liverpool fans feel anxious.
This season's Liverpool is called Yang Yang's team alone, which shows how important Yang Yang is to this Liverpool team.
Don't say anything else, so far, the Premier League has scored 33 goals and 17 assists in 25 rounds. One person has directed most of Liverpool's goals, and he has scored five goals in six group matches in Europe. The ball, two assists, Yang Yang's importance to the current Liverpool team is evident.
Even Benitez himself has to admit that Yang Yang is currently the most important core player of this Liverpool team.
His injury naturally depressed pro-Liverpool media and fans, and excited Liverpool's opponents.
From the start of the Premier League in August to mid-February, Yang Yang has played almost all important games like an iron man, but now he is finally injured.
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On February 14, the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3-1 at home.
Gareth Barry opened the scoring for Liverpool in just four minutes, but then just four minutes later Aston Villa equalised.
In the 24th minute, Harvey Alonso received an assist from Crouch for Liverpool to win another victory, and the score exceeded again.
After changing sides in the second half, Gerrard received a pass from Crouch in the 76th minute and scored another victory for Liverpool. In the end, he defeated his opponent three-to-one and advanced to the next round.
Although the game was won, it could be regarded as a tragic victory, because Crouch, who contributed two assists, relapsed after the game with an old muscle injury and was forced to stop for two to three weeks.
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In the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League, Liverpool host Manchester City at home.
Yang Yang and Crouch were absent due to injury, and Kuyt was pushed to the center position.
The two sides played very stalemate, Mark Hughes's team in the face of strong opponents, the defense is still quite well organized.
Abeloa made a mistake in the 51st minute and scored an own goal.
And Kuyt equalized for Liverpool in the 78th minute.
In the end, the Reds drew with Manchester City 1-1.
What's really worrying is that Gerrard was substituted by Benayoun in the 61st minute of the game.
This substitution led to Benayoun assisting Kuyt's goal to equalize the score, but soon the media broke the news that Gerrard was injured shortly after the start of the game, but he continued to play until the 60th minute. He couldn't hold on, and was forced to ask for a replacement.
First Yang Yang, then Kuyt, and then Gerrard. After Liverpool entered February, they began to usher in a wave of injuries.
For this situation, outside analysis is not surprising, because the Red Army has played too well this season, and there are few injuries, and it is the team with the least number of casualties among the top four teams.
But the more so, the more prone to problems in the second half.
And whether it's Crouch or Gerrard, both of them have recurred old injuries. Only Yang Yang was shoveled by the Japanese international and injured his ankle. These are difficult to avoid on the court.
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Liverpool drew with Manchester City, but Manchester United won consecutive battles. With the goals of Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, they beat Blackburn 2-1 at home and successfully narrowed the points gap with Liverpool.
Ferguson said happily after the game that he was waiting for a mistake from Liverpool.
"We're producing an incredible result because we've won nine in a row so far, which is unbelievable, and I'm sure we'll eventually overtake Liverpool as the Premier League champions this season."
Ferguson said that his confidence comes from his opponent's injuries and mistakes.
"No team can be stable for a long time, so is Liverpool, and more importantly, they will face the challenge of the Champions League. Real Madrid is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Juande Ramos knows Liverpool very well."
Ferguson's intention is also very obvious, that is, to fight psychological warfare.
The two legs of the Champions League are held on February 25 and March 11, and during this period, both teams will play two Premier League rounds each, but on March 1, Manchester United and Liverpool will also arrive. A League Cup final at Wembley Stadium.
On March 14, Liverpool will play Manchester United away.
In a very short period of time, they faced continuous hard battles, and the pressure on both teams was very high. Liverpool was not easy, and Manchester United was also not much better. The only thing that is fortunate is that Manchester United’s bench is thicker and Ferguson is more comfortable to rotate. .
It happened that Liverpool ushered in a wave of injuries, which added a bit of help to Manchester United.
Not to be outdone, Benitez quickly counterattacked, saying that Inter Milan is also not a fuel-efficient lamp.
"Mourinho is also very familiar with the Premier League, his familiarity with Manchester United is not comparable to anyone."
The Red Army coach is also beating Ferguson. The meaning is very clear. Our opponents in the Champions League round of 16 are not weak, but your opponents are also good. Inter Milan led by Mourinho is even more terrifying than Real Madrid.
At the very least, Real Madrid has been stuck in the round of sixteen for many years.
And Juan de Ramos, who is far away in Spain, also wants to take this opportunity to break through the curse of the top 16 that has plagued the team for many years.
The team's recent streaks in La Liga have given him confidence and confidence, so he responded to Ferguson's psychological warfare from afar, saying publicly, "In Europe, Real Madrid is a much stronger club than Liverpool. We hope to achieve results at the Bernabeu commensurate with our quality and position."
The implication is that he wants to snipe Liverpool at the Bernabeu and lead the team to the promotion!