Chapter 4 Football Spirit(1/2)
In the live broadcast room of Sky TV, Eriksen was speechless by Wan Sheng's refutation. He wanted to question Wan Sheng's so-called "having a chance", but he did not expect Wan Sheng to make such a remark.
‘Losing is great too’!?
It sounds very high-end, but as long as you are a head coach, you will know that it is total nonsense!
The goal of each team will be to win, not to persist until the end. Otherwise, how could this annoying Chinese just now use "England always won't win" to keep squeezing him? As a result, it becomes "as long as you persist until the end, losing is great."
All these things come and go, it’s all my fault!
Eriksen does not have the mentality of "loss great". He doesn't know whether Wan Sheng said it is correct or incorrect, because everyone will have different opinions on this issue. For example, in the current European club, there is definitely no club that says "loss great" and other nonsense. Even Liverpool, who is three goals behind, will not say that. They must have only one goal, that is, to defeat AC Milan, win the game, and win the highest honor to represent the European championship - the Big Ear Cup!
If they can persevere until the end, they are for this purpose!
It is obviously not reasonable to achieve greatness just to persevere until the end, but Eriksen cannot debate these things with Wan Sheng. This is not a suitable occasion. What's more important is that in just about an hour, Eriksen has already understood the gap between himself and these head coaches who are in the Premier League - he really has no advantage in talking.
Let’s take a look at this young man who has only been in the top league for a season. He also talked about the same problem. He actually left himself speechless from both positive and negative aspects. As long as this gap exists, it is better to speak less. Otherwise, even if it makes sense, it will become unreasonable after it is said.
Erikson suddenly realized!
So Erikson then rationally stopped talking. Even if he had any doubts about what Wan Sheng said, he just gritted his teeth and didn't say a word at all, as if he had become a machine that nodded and asked him to express his opinions. He also pretended to be incredible and cherished words as if he was as precious as gold.
Those who don’t understand the inside story will definitely be confused. However, those who know the inside story will know that this war without gunpowder has ended with Eriksen’s ‘voluntary surrender’.
In fact, many people have the same idea as Eriksson, especially those who have a thorough research on football, who think that Liverpool has no chance at all.
Although the young former Derby coach mentioned that "loss is great" and "persistence is worthy of respect until the end" and other football spirits are very exciting, reason tells many people that no matter how perseverance is, no matter how persistent Liverpool has, there will be no chance.
This is football. It is reality!
AC Milan is so powerful that they are so powerful that Liverpool has no power to fight back at all. They are so powerful that they scored three goals in one first half time, so powerful that everyone believes that as long as the opponent makes mistakes, they can continue to expand the score.
This is AC Milan, this is the wealthy club made by modern football!
It is precisely because of this powerful strength that AC Milan was able to stand out in the Champions League and enter the finals with an overwhelming result. At this point, they are exactly the opposite of Liverpool - their path to advance to the finals is quite smooth!
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Although this young coach said it very well, Liverpool still has no chance.
But there are also people who support Wan Sheng, that is commentator George Woodgate, who often commented on Derby County games. He fell in love with Derby County led by Wan Sheng a year ago.
George Woodgate likes Derby County because of the tactics and beautiful football played by Derby County. Another point is that Derby County is also a team that creates miracles. Their results in the past season were a miracle, which was more vivid than the miracle of a game. The person who created this miracle is right in front of him, which is the victory of the 'football spirit'.
Wan Sheng himself created miracles, and he was naturally very convincing when talking about the spirit of football.
So he believes Liverpool still has a chance.
In addition, Wansheng also has thousands of fans and supporters!
These fans are not only Liverpool fans, but also many other teams. The reason why the team supports Wansheng is very simple - they watch the game with a passion. If the game does not even have the spirit of football, and the victory or defeat will be no longer suspense because of its strength, then what is the meaning of the game itself?
Does AC Milan win or Liverpool win have anything to do with them?
What they want to watch is a passionate game, a great game, rather than a performance without suspense early.
So they support Wansheng extremely!
Wan Sheng didn't know that so many fans supported him, he just said what he said.
After a break, there were a few minutes of comments on the game. Wan Sheng continued to talk about his opinion, "Just as I said just now, I think Liverpool still has a chance. The gap between the three goals is a bit big. If they want to win, they must play the offensive and play in a state."
"As for the current situation of the two teams, it is not easy to do these two points, it depends on how Benitez will adjust it."
"At this time, the player's personal performance is actually more important than the team's tactics and strength. The Liverpool team is most worth looking forward to is their captain Steven Gerrard, who is a natural leader."
"If Liverpool still has a chance, then I believe it will be related to Gerald!"
"We should put more shots on Gerald, even if he didn't get the ball." Wan Sheng joked a little and continued to talk about AC Milan. "AC Milan's performance in the first half can be said to be perfect, especially their talented midfielder Kaka, this Brazilian young player has shown unparalleled talent. He will be one of the world's best players in the next few years, and I'm sure of this."
"Schepchenko is not doing it either. Many Italian media have highly praised him, even saying that he is the best striker in the world. If he hadn't played in Serie A, he might even compete for the European Golden Boot Award!?"
"Oh, no. I don't look down on him. But he relies more on his teammates to score goals. If he replaces with a team, I mean if, then it's not easy for him to perform well. Other teams don't have Kaka, Sidov, and Pirlo makes the ball for him. Crespo is better than him in this regard. It's a pity that neither Ancelotti nor Mourinho seems to like Crespo very much."
In fact, Wansheng still feels very puzzled about Crespo.
Last season, Crespo transferred to Chelsea for 2,600 euros. Next, due to injuries that lasted throughout the season, he only played 17 times for Chelsea, but scored 11 goals. This efficiency is definitely quite high. But after Mourinho arrived, he actually loaned him directly to AC Milan. Regarding this, Wan Sheng can only understand that "Murinho is creating space for Drogba to play". After all, with Crespo here, Drogba's playing time will definitely be affected.
Crespo is playing for AC Milan this season. He cannot compete for the main position with Shepchenko, and can only compete with Da Inzaghi and others for the opportunity to play, but he also scored 26 appearances and 13 goals.
This efficiency is not low!
You should know that Crespo is the "second striker" in AC Milan. This is not only the second in position, but also the second choice for teammates to pass the ball. When Shepchenko and him have the opportunity at the same time, their teammates will definitely give priority to Shepchenko. As the second striker, Crespo often has to create opportunities for Shepchenko. Because of this, his assist data also has 7 gorgeous numbers.
Crespo, who performed in this way, is definitely not bad, not to mention the top level in the world, but Wan Sheng can see it clearly. Crespo's strength evaluation is purple, which means that his comprehensive ability as a striker is above '90', which is definitely the world's top level.
But he is not likable from Chelsea or AC Milan. Perhaps the only explanation is Crespo's age, after all, he is already 30 years old.
When you get off time, talk about the game format and the players of the two teams, time has slowly passed.
Wan Sheng became the protagonist of the live broadcast room. At the same time, as the captain of Liverpool, Gerald was in a heavy mood. In the first half, he knew how difficult AC Milan was and learned the strength of those opponents. What impressed him the most was the opponent's young star Kaka.
Kaka's dribble speed is really too fast!
Gerald felt that he was following the opponent in the whole first half, following the opponent's shadow. In his impression, he had never encountered a player dribbling so fast. Gerald originally felt that his speed was already very fast, enough to deal with most dribbling players, but when he dealt with Kaka with lightning speed, he felt that he was out of reach.
As for Gattuso, who was provoking himself, Gerald didn't feel anything.
Gattuso looks very aggressive, but in fact it is not scary at all, because he feels that he will not be injured or threatened when he fights Gattuso, and Gattuso has no ability to score goals.
What Gerald fears most is the midfielder with excellent skills - Riquelme, Kaka, and Ronaldo Jr.!
For such players, their football is to "breakthrough-exceed-bang-goal"!
At the end of the first half, Gerald felt very unhappy. It was not just a three-to-six situation. In fact, as a player, he didn't need to think so much. What he was even more angry was the performance of AC Milan players when they left the court. For example, Gattuso left the court with a proud smile, and his expression was really annoying.
There are two other Milan players who wave to fans and their families when they leave the court
So disgusting!
At this time, the Liverpool locker room was silent.
Everyone sat there motionlessly. After a while, the players started talking, without blame or complaining.
Gerald clenched his fists and stood up and shouted to everyone, "Guys, what's wrong with us? The coach kept us focused and didn't make mistakes. And the whole first half was one-sided and we haven't even started."
"Don't let Milan kick us at 5:0. I don't want to be slaughtered." Carragher continued.
Gerald knew the team needed to boost morale.
Benitez walked forward, and he pressed his hands down to start to adjust, "Everyone is quiet. Finn goes south and Haman comes up, and we three defenders are enough. Haman and Alonso's main task is defense. You two must watch Kaka. Smitchell is in the back, Steven goes forward, and attacks with Garcia and Barroche. Pirlo doesn't run a lot, watch him and don't let him pass the ball. Hold the ball."
Benitez doesn't say much, but it's all the key points. He rarely does morale-boosting work, but it's enough to ask players to do it. But this time he still did some ideological work, "Don't let everyone down their heads, don't forget that you are fighting for Liverpool. For fans, you must also lift your heads. Don't let them down. Believe that you can do it. Give yourself a chance to become a hero!"
Although the scoreboard clearly stated that Liverpool fell behind 0:3, the Liverpool fans on the scene were still unyielding. They sang loudly "You will never walk alone" and expressed their support to the Liverpool players in the locker room through singing.
No matter how difficult it is, fans will support us through the ups and downs and we will never walk alone!
Gerald shouted excitedly: "They haven't given up yet, and we can't give up! These fans have spent a lot of money and come here to support us from all the time. We must not let the fans down. If they can score a goal, the fans will support us more. In that case, we can get another one!"
"Brothers, come on!"
Liverpool players stepped forward and held each other's hands tightly.
They can't wait to go back to the court and have some fun!
"For Liverpool!"
"For the fans!"
Simple slogans, but very useful.
Gerald knew that he was the captain, and the captain had the responsibility to lead the team to launch a counterattack.
When he arrived at the stadium and listened to the deafening singing of Liverpool fans, the AC Milan player opposite him looked confused, and Gerald felt that he had become confident again.
Soon as the game he felt the AC Milan players start to slack off, as if they had completed the task, and even if they lost a goal, Maldini and his teammates would think the ending would be 3:1.
Since that's the case, let me give it a try!
Haman appeared, he shared the defensive tasks, and Gerald was freed and could try more offenses!
In the 54th minute, Riser took the ball from the left, and Gerald quickly followed up and broke into Milan's penalty area.
"If he can pass, I can shoot. Riser, hurry up and pass the ball into the penalty area!" Gerald shouted in his heart when he looked at Riser. It was a pity that the ball was intercepted by Kafu. He looked around and thought that the ball might be able to pass again.
Riser successfully passed the ball before Kafu intercepted it again!
The ball is very fast!
Gerald was more than ten meters away from the goal and was not very good at shooting, but he used his head to send the ball into the goal. AC Milan goalkeeper Dida opened his arms, but the ball still flew from the top of his head into the net.
The ball has entered!
Header!
Gerald's goal!
This was also Gerald's only header for the whole season. He ran excitedly to the stands of Liverpool fans, waved his arms at them, and made them shout louder.
With Gerald's goal, the miracle officially started!
Just two minutes later, veteran Haman took the ball and passed the ball to Smitchell, who was 25 yards away from the goal. Obviously, Milan did not think there was any threat to Smitchell's position, and Seddorf was too lazy to reach out to intercept him. As a result, Smitchell sent the ball directly into the goal.
Only one ball is missing!
To be continued...