Chapter 33 How thick is this guy?
In the past, Liverpool's popularity was completely overwhelmed by Manchester United, but head coach Hollier still led the team to create a thirteen-tall record in 2001 (FA Cup, League Cup, League Cup), so Liverpool is still regarded as an important force in the championship competition, and the slogan "You will never walk alone" is also engraved in the hearts of Red Army fans.
But anyone knows that in the past two seasons, Liverpool has completely fallen. Since the glory in 2001, Liverpool's competitiveness in the league has become less and less. In order to regain its glory, the club's senior management finally made up their minds after the end of last season to remove the meritorious coach Hollier, who once brought Liverpool four championships in the Cup, and instead hired former Valencia coach Benitez, who won the La Liga championship twice in three years to coach.
Benitez took office in the first year of junior high school, and the club gave great support. Although Liverpool could not retain England's golden boy Michael Irving in the summer, the club provided 30 million pounds of transfer funds, so Benitez added three Spanish players to the team - Xavi Alonso, Luis Garcia and Josemi. In addition, Liverpool also bought the excellent French striker Cice to supplement the front line, strengthen the team's offensive ability, and only talked about the lineup. Liverpool's strength has improved greatly compared to last season.
The same is true for the league. Although Liverpool's results can only be described as "winning the game that should be won", at least they won all the games that should be won, and did not create miracles, but there were no mistakes. It was already quite good that they could achieve such results in one round less.
In the previous league, Liverpool also showed strength. At the same time, the newly joined Xavi Alonso has stabilized his main position, and Cice also won the hearts of Liverpool fans with continuous goals.
But there was bad news in Liverpool last round, that is, their forward striker Cice was injured, which was in the Liverpool match against Blackburn.
Ewood Park has become Liverpool's "graveyard". In the past two seasons, three Reds have broken their legs here. Cice has also become one of them. After the game, the media reported that the French may bid farewell to this season.
Last season, the two teams met here, and the Reds left two broken legs. At that time, Barroche broke his bones in a fight with Babel, and Lucas Neal even fiercely tackled Carragher's leg. There were similar examples earlier. In the mid-1990s, Liverpool's fierce opponent McCartill was also kicked by Blackburn's McKinley. This time it was Cice's turn. It seemed that Blackburn's broken leg curse always enveloped the Reds.
In the 35th minute of Cice's tragedy, Cice broke into the Blackburn penalty area. The opponent's defender McVelley immediately went to tackle the ball, and his foot was brought to Cice's calves. Cice suddenly screamed in pain and fell to the ground. At this time, Cice's calves had been seriously deformed. After a brief treatment, the team doctor carried him out of the field with a stretcher and sent him directly to the hospital.
Barros, a relatively recent Liverpool player at the time, said after the game: "I heard something, I think it was a fracture. Such behavior is shameful."
After diagnosis, Liverpool Press Officer Ian Cotton said after the game: "The team doctor has confirmed that Cice had a comminuted tibia and a fibula on her left leg. Cice will undergo surgery on Sunday morning. Steel nails will be inserted into his tibia. Unfortunately, he may not be able to play again this season."
Cice's injury will have some impact on Liverpool, but more media believe that the impact is not great. Their reason is, "In addition to having a good performance before the start of the season, Cice has never performed well in the league and has not been able to replace Irving's position in Liverpool. Moreover, the combination with Barroche has also caused a lot of controversy. For Benitez, the injury of the first choice is a huge blow. He has to consider what forward combination to deal with Derby County, whether Barroche and Melo, or Barroche and Pangler? It seems that Liverpool has lost far more than 2 points at Ewood Park."
It's not just a match against Derby County. Cice's injury forced Benitez to introduce new forward power in the winter transfer, otherwise Liverpool's forward will likely be in a situation where no one is available.
Of course, the media is paying attention to the upcoming competition.
Even if Cice was injured and unable to play, the media was optimistic about Liverpool. They believed that Liverpool could ‘win the game that should be won’, so Derby County would lose at Anfield Stadium, and this voice accounted for the majority.
Derby County was very dissatisfied.
The media on both sides started arguing, and the quarrel was very fierce. Generally speaking, the voices supporting Liverpool accounted for the majority. Who made Liverpool a wealthy family with background? At the same time, there were so many hostile media in Derby County?
Wan Sheng felt that the argument between the two sides was a joke.
Who can tell the outcome of the football match clearly? Even if he doesn't dare to guarantee that he will win the game, even if he faces a small team, so it's meaningless to say that these things before the game, but when he saw those reports saying "Liverpool will win", Wan Sheng was still slightly unhappy.
So at the press conference before the game, Wan Sheng talked about this, with disdain on his face, "Many people say that Liverpool will definitely win? I don't know which point Liverpool seems to be able to defeat us, but I think this game is a 'the game that should be lost' for Liverpool, so the winner can only be us."
Liverpool media was furious when they heard this.
But it was no surprise to those who soon got to know Wansheng, including those hostile media reporters in Derbyshire, because they knew that Wansheng was like this. It would be strange if he didn't say anything in the face of these many reports.
Media reporters who don’t know Wansheng are labeled as “arrogant” and “arrogant” by Wansheng.
He actually said in public that Derby County would take away three points at Anfield Stadium? Isn't this arrogant or arrogant, and what else can it be?
Wan Sheng doesn't care about this at all. He said so to improve the players' fighting spirit. At the same time, even if he loses, he will not lose. Do you all say Liverpool can win?
As the coach of Derby County, I naturally say that we can win!
Perhaps because of Wan Sheng's remarks at the press conference before the game, the Liverpool fans at Anfield Stadium were not very friendly. At the beginning of the game, when they saw the Derby County players enter the court, they booed collectively. Many people know that the booed by the Liverpool fans to the Derby County coach, the young Chinese. But the camera pointed at it and saw that the young man didn't care at all, with a faint smile on his lips, and that expression was like the booed by the Liverpool fans was praise.
"Winnings are much more steady than before..." Sky TV commentator George Woodgate said, "He has become mature, and the voices of Liverpool fans cannot affect him at all."
George Woodgate's analysis is correct, but Wan Sheng is calmer than before, but more importantly, he has more confidence in the team, so he doesn't care what others say at all. That can't affect the game at all.
Liverpool fans also saw Wan Sheng's behavior and expression. They felt very partial. At the same time, they also felt that they were making a big fuss. The other coach said that he could score three points at Anfield Stadium and really scored three points? Just like the media said, it was just arrogant and arrogant. They began to look forward to Liverpool's frequent goals in the game, allowing this young Chinese to know the gap between Derby County and Liverpool.
Unfortunately, this is just their idea. It doesn't mean that the game will be held like this.
Fifteen minutes after the game started, many Liverpool fans stopped talking. Following their eyes, they saw that the scoreboard of the stadium clearly marked the current game ‘0:1’. Home, front and back, Derby County led Liverpool with one goal at Anfield Stadium.
This goal belongs to Cruivet.
In this game, Cruivet started, and he was in good condition on the front line. This time he ran to the position. After receiving a pass from his teammate, he turned around and completed a cold shot. Goalkeeper Jersey Dudek did not expect Cruivet to suddenly shoot. When he reacted, it was too late to save, so he could only watch the football flew into the goal.
"goooal!!!gaol!!!Paderick Cruivet, the Barcelona abandoned the player and scored his first goal for Derby County! 0:1, Derby County led Liverpool away!"
Cruivet, who scored the goal, was also very excited.
This was his first goal in the Premier League. As the commentator said, he was Barcelona's abandoned player. Barcelona has no place yet, so he left freely. After arriving in Derby County, Cruivit's situation has not actually become very good. It is not easy for him to have a starting opportunity.
Now he finally scored a goal!
The first goal was quite important. After ten rounds of the league, he played four times but didn't score. This entry also meant that he broke the goal drought, so he was still quite excited. During the crazy celebration, Cruivitt's excited eyes were a little red.
Side by.
Wan Sheng and Diamares hugged each other happily.
This goal came quickly, which surprised Wan Sheng a little. At the same time, he was even more happy to score the goal. Cruivet was quite famous, but now he can only be the team's substitute, because he did not perform very well in the game, and it was not as good as Bolton Reit. In other words, Cruivet had the opportunity to start, and this goal was also very important. If Cruivet never scored, Wan Sheng could only use him as a substitute. But with the goal, Cruivet's mentality would definitely be much better. The team's forward line was equivalent to having an extra choice. After all, Cruivet was much stronger than Bolton Reit in terms of technology. He could make the team's offense more flexible on the court, which was stronger than Reit.
In Derby County coaches, the players were happy about the goals, while the Liverpool fans in the audience were a little confused. They couldn't imagine why Derby County scored first.
Didn’t it mean that Liverpool is stronger?
Didn’t it mean that Liverpool can win the game that should be won?
What's going on now... Derby County is actually leading!? Liverpool fans are a little unbelievable.
The Liverpool coach, Rafael Benitez, who was sitting on the sidelines coach's bench, was also a little surprised. He attached great importance to Derby County, mainly because Derby County ranks in the top three in the league. Being able to achieve this result cannot be described as a temporary state. Derby County must be very capable.
But Benitez believes that Derby County is not able to compete with Liverpool, so he did not invest much energy in this game at Anfield Stadium, but now Derby County suddenly leads, and not counting this goal, they performed quite well before, and they could even play against Liverpool. At this time, Benitez was out of mind. He didn't think the team could easily win such Derby County.
In addition, Cisee was injured and Liverpool's forward ability was much worse. More offenses depended on midfielder Gerald's performance, but what should I do now?
As Benitez was hesitating, the game time had soon jumped for 30 minutes. By this time, Benitez still had no adjustments to the tactics, but this time Liverpool's luck came. After the full-back Riser gave the ball, the Derby County goal was in chaos. In the chaos, Gerrard seized the opportunity and pulled the ball into the goal with one kick, and the score was also rewritten to 1:1.
Only then did Benitez breathe a long sigh.
No matter what, it is always good to equalize the score, but this period of game has also allowed Benitez to see something. The most important thing is that if you play head-on, it is not easy for Liverpool to defeat Derby County. The opponent's defense of pressing the whole game is too suppressive, at least Liverpool does not have the ability to suppress it back.
Benitez quickly waved his hand and told the players on the field to change their tactics.
Liverpool's tactical changes are very simple, that is, the whole team retreats, strengthens defense, and then finds opportunities to fight back. Such tactical changes will make Liverpool's defense more stable.
But Wan Sheng was stunned.
After leading by one goal, Wan Sheng thought that the team should shrink its defense and use the advantage of leading by one goal to play a defensive counterattack. However, the first ball came a bit too early. Wan Sheng still planned to make a chance to make adjustments, but now he saw Liverpool score a goal, and he still scored a somewhat chaotic goal. In short, Liverpool tied the score again, and the advantage was no longer in Derby County.
What surprised Wan Sheng was that Benitez actually adjusted his tactics now and let Liverpool shrink his defense... What does this mean? Is Liverpool planning to defend the draw? Or do they believe that Derby County will attack?
Wansheng doesn't know.
He turned to look at the Liverpool coaching seat. Espanyol was sitting there. His face was solemn, but Wan Sheng saw some old fox meaning from it. At the same time, he secretly complained in his heart, "This is Anfield Stadium, Liverpool is at home, and he plans to start a passive defensive counterattack just now. This guy... is too thick-skinned! He is not afraid that Liverpool fans will be dissatisfied with the game!?" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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