Chapter 730

When Yang Yang drove to Melwood, it was easy to feel the change in atmosphere.

The most obvious is the security guard at the gate. When they beat Manchester United 6-1, they all laughed hard, but now they are all bitter, like bitter gourds.

It's not surprising at all, because the world doesn't like Liverpool anymore.

In the history of the Champions League knockout rounds, the one-to-three at home can still make a comeback, and we can only hope for a miracle.

What's more, Liverpool originally had ambitions to hit the championship, but they were suddenly slapped by Chelsea at home in the quarter-finals. Anyone who changed it would find it difficult to accept.

But it can also be thought of the other way around. It is precisely because of Chelsea, who have been invincible this season, that Liverpool have become careless.

The Premier League leaders have to be careful when they meet the deputy squad leader, let alone in the Champions League quarter-finals?

Yang Yang didn't say much, and he was still the same as usual. He parked the car, changed his clothes in the locker room, and went straight to the gym.

...

Melwood gradually became lively as the players arrived.

But judging from the expressions on everyone's faces, their interest was not high, and they all seemed to be a little lethargic.

A 3-1 loss to Chelsea was indeed a tragic blow for Liverpool.

Everyone came to the locker room, and the topic of discussion was nothing more than the comments and analysis of the major media early this morning.

The players were very dissatisfied with the one-to-three game last night. They thought that they would never be so embarrassed to play another game for Liverpool, and it would even be impossible for Chelsea to steal a victory from home. I have to admit gloomily that the outside media are right, and the possibility of Liverpool's reversal away from home is as difficult as the sky.

You can only hope for a miracle!

Since the reform of the Champions League, no team has ever been able to win the championship after losing at home in the knockout stage.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Liverpool's players are more depressed and more regretful.

Even Gerrard, the team captain, fell into deep regret and guilt because he failed to prevent the second ball and vice-captain Carragher failed to prevent Drogba's third ball.

So much so that when Yang Yang finished his training from the gym and returned to the locker room, he found that everyone was still sitting here, and there was a sense of self-pity and melancholy in the air.

When everyone saw Yang Yang coming in, they just raised their heads and glanced at him, and then lowered their heads deeply.

If it was said that in the one-to-three match last night, who else in the Liverpool team could leave the stadium with their heads held high, it must be Yang Yang, because he opened the scoring for Liverpool in the first six minutes and laid a good start.

Afterwards, he also tried time and time again to break free from Chelsea's defense, but because the team was first equalized and then reversed, the team's morale plummeted, causing Yang Yang to be alone and unable to make a difference in the end.

But even so, Yang Yang still got the team's highest eight points.

In the words of the Liverpool Echo, this time it was everyone in the team who dragged Yang Yang down.

Under such circumstances, the players saw Yang Yang and felt guilty in their hearts.

...

Yang Yang came to the locker room to pack up, everything was the same as usual.

But he also felt the strangeness of other players, and he could somewhat understand what they were thinking at this moment.

After a long time, he finally couldn't help but open his mouth.

"If you are in this state of mind to welcome this weekend's league game and the second round next week, then we don't have to play, we will definitely lose, and we will lose badly." Yang Yang said with a sullen face. .

After hearing this, everyone in the locker room couldn't help but raise their heads and look at him.

"One-to-three at home is really bad, it's bad, and it shouldn't be, but that's all in the end, and the most important thing for us now is to think about this weekend's league game and next week's second game. round game."

Yang Yang's speech was slow and slow, and his tone was moderate, as if he was not trying to persuade his teammates, but a very ordinary thing.

This is a perfectly normal reason!

"How many times have we come back this season? What nicknames have we been given?"

Before waiting for his teammates to answer, Yang Yang said it himself, "European reversal king!"

When everyone heard this, they all nodded in unison, it was true.

This season, Liverpool have reversed their opponents many times. The outside media has given the nickname of the European reversal king. This is recognized by the media and fans around the world. Liverpool is a well-known iron-blooded team in Europe.

"Anyway, I absolutely don't believe that a 1-3 score will be an insurmountable challenge, and I also absolutely don't believe that if we can beat Manchester United 6-1 away, we won't be able to score him three Chelsea goals away, because Chelsea Not better than Manchester United, that's a fact Hiddink can't change."

In the locker room, more and more people nodded in agreement with what Yang Yang said.

"Also, we are Liverpool. I believe you have not forgotten that in Istanbul in 2005, we were three goals behind AC Milan in the Champions League final. We were able to tie the score and beat the opponent in the final penalty kick. ."

"Before Istanbul, who in the world would believe this kind of plot that only exists in virtual novels? But after Istanbul, this miracle will be remembered and missed by countless fans so far and forever."

"Similarly, the media outside now say that for more than ten years, the team that has lost the Champions League knockout rounds cannot win the championship. It's just not in the past ten years, but why do you decide that we can't do it this year? "

Everyone in the locker room fell into thinking, thinking about Yang Yang's words.

"Before Istanbul, it was absolutely impossible for anyone to believe that the Champions League final could be tied and reversed by three goals, but we did it; before this season, they did not believe that the team that lost the Champions League knockout at home, If we can come back and win the championship, I believe we can do the same.”

In today's Liverpool dressing room, not many players have experienced the miracle of Istanbul.

Gerrard, Xavi Alonso, Carragher and Hypia, these are the only four remaining veterans of Liverpool, so their feelings are naturally more profound than others.

At that time, when AC Milan trailed 0-3 in the first half, everyone felt the same deep despair.

At that time, Liverpool was very weak, much weaker than the Serie A giants, but everyone was holding back an unwillingness to admit defeat, so they tenaciously withstood the pressure in the second half and reversed their opponents.

If at halftime, as the commentator said, they completely collapsed and gave up their resistance completely, then there would be no reversal in the second half.

"I think what Yang Yang said makes sense." Veteran Hypia stood up from his seat.

In the past two years, with the successive joining of Daniel Agger and Skrtel, Hypia has gradually lost his place in the team, but he still chooses to stay in the team because he has a deep understanding of the team. emotion.

He didn't play in the Chelsea match, but the Istanbul miracle had his share of the credit. He is qualified to speak out in the dressing room at this time.

"We can even create miracles like Istanbul. I don't think it's impossible to reverse Chelsea away, isn't it the Blues? We've done them less in the past few seasons?"

Hypia speaks very aggressively, even a little arrogant, but it is very powerful and improves morale.

"It's all nonsense to say that a player who loses in the knockout round can't win the championship. This thing is used to break things. When a team creates such an impossibility, everyone's words will turn around again. The media these days are still Is there any discipline to speak of?"

"So, I think, if you lose 1-3, you will lose. There is no need to think too much. Focus on playing the second round well, and then beat them 3-0, then we will still advance, and we will still go to the finals and fight for the championship!"

Hypia speaks loudly, and the players in the locker room are equally encouraged.

If there is no precedent for the Istanbul miracle in the past, the effect may not be so obvious, but now, everyone believes that this is a team that can create miracles.

"I support Yang Yang and Hypia's statement. As the person responsible for the 1-3 loss, I feel guilty for this, but I will work hard for the next game and make sure that I will never repeat my previous stupidity. !" Gerald also stood up and shouted.

"Me too!" Carragher also stood up, "I won't let Drogba take it so easily again."

"I'm confident to turn it around on the road!" Xavi Alonso also stood up, looked at Yang Yang deeply, and said confidently.

Several veterans who have experienced the miracle of Istanbul have stood up one after another, boosting the morale of the team, and other people in the locker room are naturally infected.

Losing 3-1 to Chelsea is a real shame.

But there is a saying that is right, know shame and then be brave!

Now Liverpool do not have the arrogance when they beat Manchester United 6-1 away and defeated Aston Villa 5-0. What they have added is the determination to win, and the courage to wash away their own shame.

Yang Yang saw his teammates all stand up one after another, and he also walked over.

"Trust me, Chelsea are not terrible, we are no strangers to this team, we are absolutely capable of killing them away, but the premise is that we all have to work together, we have to show 100 per cent courage , determination and fighting spirit.”

When Yang Yang said this, he stretched out his right hand.

"Three days later we'll take out Blackburn, and next week we'll knock Chelsea out on the road!"

"We not only have to reverse, we have to enter the final, we have to win the championship, and let all those who think we are impossible know us again!"

"Okay!" Gerald shouted forcefully, and put his hand on the back of Yang Yang's hand.

Hypia, Xavi Alonso, Carragher, Kuyt, Crouch...

More and more Liverpool players gathered around and stretched out their hands, overlapping each other.

This shows the unity and determination of the Liverpool dressing room.

...

But outside, the news of Liverpool's doom is still flying around.