Chapter 719 Who Can Stop Him?
On the evening of March 4, the twenty-eighth round of the Premier League.
Liverpool beat Sunderland 2-0 at home, with Kuyt and Benayoun scoring two goals in the second half.
Yang Yang did not play the whole game, but sat on the bench. This is not because he was refrigerated by the head coach, but more about the next few key focus battles.
Benitez clearly told Yang Yang before the game that he probably didn't need his shot to play Sunderland.
And the facts also proved that Yang Yang really did not need to play.
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Three days later, in the FA Cup quarter-finals, Liverpool faced Middlesbrough.
Near the end of the first half, there was an undeserved error in the back line, and Middlesbrough took the lead to score.
After changing sides in the second half, Liverpool still did not improve much.
Benitez made substitutions from the 60th minute, but he still failed to make a threatening attack.
Until the 70th minute, Yang Yang came off the bench, and the team opened up the situation. First, Yang Yang assisted Gerrard to score a goal, and then it was Yang Yang's plan, and Gerrard assisted Crouch to score.
In the end, Liverpool reversed Middlesbrough 2-1 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
Coincidentally, Chelsea defeated Coventry 2-0, Manchester United defeated Fulham 4-0, Arsenal defeated Hull City 2-1, and the Premier League semi-finals basically played their main force and left no room for their opponents. Under the slightest chance, we successfully joined the FA Cup semi-finals.
After the draw, Liverpool faced the old enemy of Manchester United, while Chelsea faced Arsenal and staged a London derby.
After the results came out, the entire British media followed in an uproar.
Liverpool and Manchester United this season can be described as old enemies.
Needless to say, there are two games in the league, and then they meet in the League Cup final, and now they meet in the FA Cup semi-final again.
More importantly, after the Champions League in midweek, Liverpool will play Manchester United away in the twenty-ninth round of the Premier League.
This battle at Old Trafford has undoubtedly become more suspenseful.
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On the evening of March 10, Liverpool Anfield Stadium.
In the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout, Liverpool host Real Madrid.
Real Madrid suffered a crushing defeat at home in the first leg, and still did not give up in the second leg away, but hoped for a miracle.
Even if it doesn't work, you have to maintain your image and keep your dignity.
Juan de Ramos is still in the 442 formation in this game, the goalkeeper is Casillas, the back line is Heinze, Cannavaro, Pepe and Ramos, and the midfielder is Robben returning to the left. Road, Gago, Lars Diarra and Sneijder, the two forwards are Raul and Higuain.
At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid took the lead in kick-off, and Liverpool, led by Yang Yang, immediately pressed against Real Madrid.
This is the strategy developed by coach Benitez before the game, that is, from the first minute of the game, to use his home advantage and not leave any chance for Real Madrid.
It is best to directly blow up the opponent's defense line and make them completely desperate.
In just one minute of the game, Liverpool stole the ball, and Yang Yang quickly dribbled the ball inside after receiving the ball from the left in the frontcourt.
Robben and Lars Diarra followed Yang Yang all the way, leaving him no chance at all.
Yang Yang skillfully took the ball and cut to the middle. Using his speed, he rushed to the top of the penalty area, and after throwing off Pepe with speed, he dribbled the ball towards Cannavaro.
The Italian central defender rushed out of the penalty area and tried to block Yang Yang, while Pepe and other players went around the penalty area behind him to prepare for defense.
But what didn't arrive first was that Yang Yang saw the opportunity and scored the ball by himself, shoved the ball behind Cannavaro, and passed it obliquely to the right side of the goal, while he bypassed Cannavaro. , quickly followed up.
"Beautiful people have divided the ball!"
"Yang Yang is activated!"
"My God, he's really fast!"
"Cannavaro can't stop him at all..."
"And Pepe, I didn't have time to catch up..."
"Yang Yang!"
"The ball is in!!!!"
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
"Just over a minute into the opening, Liverpool took the lead in scoring Real Madrid's goal!"
"Yang Yang has made a great contribution again!"
"A very exciting dribbling from the left, Yang Yang used his skillful dribbling, excellent speed, and sharp breakthrough to pass the three defenders of Real Madrid. !"
"Real Madrid's defensive players look really depressed, they all tried their best, but Yang Yang's performance is really outstanding!"
"It's really a terrifying offensive machine. It went straight into the state at the beginning, and used a world-class goal in more than a minute to give the opponent a painful blow!"
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"It's still Liverpool's attack!"
"In the first few minutes, the ball was always in Liverpool's control."
"Look this time, Gerrard took the ball and made a straight pass to the left of the front of the box."
"Yang Yang catches the ball..."
"Beautiful! Marseille roundabout!"
"Yang Yang passed Pepe and rushed into the penalty area with the ball..."
"The ball is in again!!!!"
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!"
"God, this is unbelievable!"
"It's just over four minutes, and in less than five minutes, Yang Yang scored twice!"
"Real Madrid's back line is too fragile. In front of Yang Yang, their back line is like a piece of paper, vulnerable to a single blow!"
"Juande Ramos should really think about the defensive tactics of the team.
"A 0-4 defeat at home and a game against Liverpool on the road, but still adopting a more risky attacking tactic at the beginning, but met with a head-on blow from Liverpool, and Yang Yang scored two goals in five minutes, which was a painful blow to Liverpool. "
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Liverpool scored two goals in a row, and the total score quickly expanded to six to zero.
At this moment, the whole world knows that Real Madrid will once again stop at the round of sixteen.
But the team still hasn't given up.
Liverpool patiently controlled the situation, waiting for Real Madrid to attack, and then hit Real Madrid's counterattack.
Mascherano quickly used a wonderful long-range lob to almost break Real Madrid's goal, but Casillas reacted very quickly and saved the ball with one hand.
Then Crouch's header, and Gerrard's shot, are frequently threatening Real Madrid's goal.
Casillas acted like a god, high blocking and low receiving, and he just didn't let Liverpool score again.
Real Madrid captain Raul also came forward quickly to stabilize the players' emotions, but the game was still under Liverpool's control. Real Madrid's weak defense line looked like a candle in the wind, which could be blown out at any time.
Liverpool have gradually slowed down their offensive, but the pressure on Real Madrid's defenders is still very high.
In the 29th minute of the first half, Heinze committed a handball foul in the penalty area and was given a yellow card by the referee and sentenced to death.
Despite the Real Madrid's strong appeal, the referee still believed that Heinze had an obvious open arm movement, which caused the ball to touch his arm and change its direction.
Gerrard calmly took a penalty kick and extended the score for Liverpool, 3-0!
The first half ended with a score of 3-0.
Benitez was very satisfied with the team's performance in the first half. Although Real Madrid has been thoroughly integrated into his blood, he still asked Liverpool's players to take the second half seriously at half-time. Leave any chance for Real Madrid.
"We're not just going to win a win, we're going to win beautifully!"
In the second half, changing sides and fighting again, Real Madrid made a substitution at the beginning, and Marcelo replaced Robben.
But then, Liverpool actively instigated the offensive.
In a quick attack, Xavi Alonso sent the ball in front of Crouch in the penalty area, and the English man stopped the ball to Kuyt, who passed back to Gerrard.
After the Liverpool captain caught the ball, he pushed it slightly to the left.
Yang Yang, who has always moved like a ghost, suddenly appeared in the penalty area, facing Gerrard's pass, and hit a half-high ball with his right foot.
Although Casillas flew to make a save, but because the ball came too suddenly, it was ultimately beyond the reach of the whip.
Four to zero!
hat trick!
There was a tsunami of cheers from the entire Anfield stadium.
More than 50,000 fans in the audience shouted Yang Yang's name.
And Yang Yang, who had just scored a hat-trick, was watched by all the fans in the audience, and in front of the live broadcast cameras all over the world, he quickly rushed to the bottom of the fans' stand, knelt directly on the ground, opened his arms, looked up Started.
This scene made him get a tidal wave of applause and cheers from the fans in the stands.
No one would have thought that Yang Yang would play so well against Real Madrid.
He scored an assist hat-trick in the first round, scored twice in five minutes in the second round, and scored a hat-trick in forty-seven minutes. This will definitely push Real Madrid to a dead end.
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"Yang Yang's recent state is so good, it's unbelievable!"
"Liverpool, led by Yang Yang, is also unstoppable. They just beat Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final to win the championship, and now they have beaten Real Madrid 4-0 at home."
"We really can't imagine that in the face of such a Liverpool team, in the face of such Yang Yang, who else in European football can stop them?"
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No one knows the answer, but this is also the suspense in everyone's heart.
So far this season, Liverpool have been the biggest, highest and best performer at the same time.
Let's not say that it is in the Premier League, but it is the Champions League. In the first leg of the knockout round of the 16th round, Liverpool was the most popular, winning 4-0 away from Real Madrid.
Although Bayern Munich beat Sporting Lisbon 5-0 away, it was the Portuguese Super League team, but Liverpool beat Real Madrid, which was not on the same level.
Now, in the second round, Liverpool continued their performance in the first round, which is bound to further push up the outside world's expectations for Liverpool, even surpassing Guardiola's Barcelona.
Because the latter did not perform well in the first round, they drew Lyon one-to-one.
And Liverpool not only double-killed Real Madrid in two rounds, but also a hearty rout!