Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 139: Half the Main Force and Half the Substitutes (Second Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 139: Half the main players and half the substitutes (Second update, please vote for me)

The situation between Ferguson and Manchester United has nothing to do with Liverpool. After the game, Chen Yingxiong and O'Neill will not care about Manchester United. For them, whether Ferguson can continue to work as Manchester United's head coach or not, they have nothing to do with it. They don't matter. ""

After the focus battle between Liverpool and Manchester United, the Champions League quarter-finals also came to an end, and all eight teams participating in the quarter-finals were announced.

UEFA then held a draw ceremony, which will directly determine the matchups in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. At the same time, after deciding the matchups in these two rounds, the matchup in the finals will be obvious.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liverpool is lucky. They are placed in the top half, avoiding the bitter rivals of Barcelona and Real Madrid. Real Madrid and Barcelona were divided into the lower half. If they want to advance to the final, they must fight each other in the semi-finals.

The showdown between Real Madrid and Barcelona has been the mainstream of European football in recent years, because these two teams are already so far ahead of other giant teams on the European continent that no one can compete with them. They can only let They can play by themselves. In La Liga, the "Western Super League" formed by the two of them far surpasses the other 18 teams. Every season, no matter who is second in the league, the gap between who is second in the league and third in the league is more than ten or twenty points. .

In the Champions League where there are so many strong players, they can always advance to the top 16 with an undefeated record.

If it weren't for Liverpool, maybe these two teams would meet in the final every year.

This time Liverpool drew a good team in the quarter-finals. Their opponent was Porto from Portugal.

In terms of strength comparison, Porto is definitely not Liverpool's opponent. Everyone said that Liverpool had already obtained tickets to the semi-finals in advance.

Porto's head coach Victor Pereira said this directly in an interview after the draw ceremony: "Liverpool is a team that the whole of Europe doesn't want to meet. Our luck is too bad... I don't know. Can we go further? It’s unrealistic to talk about it now. Let’s wait until we play the first game against Liverpool..."

In fact, Porto is a real giant in Portugal. It has won the European Champions Cup twice. Now it is prosperous in Real Madrid. The famous coach Mourinho was recognized by the whole world from Porto. Porto's No. 1 Two Champions League titles were won under his leadership. "" Villas-Boas, who was later considered "Mourinho's second", also came from Porto. He led Bordo to win the Triple Crown.

But facing Liverpool, the team with the second most championships in Portuguese football history, they had to lower their heads.

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The match against Porto won't be played until the end of March.

Before that, Liverpool had another league game - Liverpool faced Sunderland at their home court. This game was not too difficult, so O'Neill made a rotation and used half the main team and half the substitutes to face Sunderland.

Even so, Liverpool also defeated Sunderland 3:0 at their home court.

After that game, many English media ignored the feelings of Manchester United and Ferguson and directly labeled Liverpool as the "new generation of Premier League hegemons".

Martin O'Neill has always insisted on a low-key style of conduct, and it doesn't help now.

Everyone firmly believes that Liverpool has replaced Manchester United and become the true hegemon of the Premier League. After bidding farewell to the 21-year-old Manchester United era, the Premier League is about to usher in an era of Liverpool that does not know how long it will last... There is only one way to prevent Liverpool from becoming king and dominating, and that is to let Chen Yingxiong transfer. will leave.

But this is tantamount to whimsical.

Chen Yingxiong scored one goal and assisted one goal in this game. Now he is living a very happy life in Liverpool. The owner and manager of Liverpool Club are his good friends. Martin O'Neill meets all his requirements. In the dressing room, Gerrard supports him. He has a large group of good friends and Iron buddies, they rallied tightly around him, but Chen Yingxiong followed his lead. From the top to the grassroots, everyone supported him. He was just like the Supreme Emperor. Why did he leave?

Manchester City previously offered a sky-high weekly salary of 300,000 pounds to attract Chen Yingxiong, but they were unsuccessful, so financially, he will not betray Liverpool easily because of some small favors.

In terms of honors, Liverpool has already won the Premier League championship last season. Now Liverpool has the strength to compete for the championship in all aspects. It is no longer the team it used to be that can only make people shake their heads and sigh. Staying in Liverpool, the future is bright, and Chen Yingxiong really has no reason to transfer and leave.

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After defeating Sunderland with half the main team and half the substitutes, Liverpool welcomed Porto at home.

The same is half the main force and half the substitute.

The commentators were a little surprised. They didn't expect Martin O'Neill, who has always been cautious, to be so bold and bold.

"Is this looking down on Porto?"

To say that Liverpool looks down on Porto, everyone really believes it.

After all, the strength gap between the two teams is too big, and Liverpool has an invincible Chen Yingxiong. What does Porto have? The previous meritorious players are almost gone. They were able to reach the quarterfinals entirely because of their good luck.

Generally speaking, if Liverpool uses such a lineup to deal with an opponent in the Champions League, the opponent will definitely feel insulted, will be very angry, and want to fight Liverpool to the death.

But Porto coach Pereira was just the opposite - he didn't feel insulted at all, on the contrary, he was very happy. Because Liverpool still used rotation when playing against them, this shows that Liverpool did not use their main force. If the main force is not used, then Liverpool will not be as strong as the legend says. Maybe Porto can take advantage of it?

With this idea in mind, Pereira asked his players to go all out in the away game. Don't just think about keeping a tie, but try to score goals.

As long as there are away goals in hand, Porto will not panic. When they return to home, does that mean they won't have a chance to compete?

Before the game, Victor Pereira really felt that his team was out of luck.

But looking at it now, Liverpool only used half of their main players!

He was keenly aware that this might be his opportunity.

So he hastily modified his strategy for this game a few minutes before the game, hoping to get at least one away goal.

But when the game started, Pereira discovered how wishful thinking he had...

Liverpool who only use half of their assistants are still Liverpool!

And the most important thing is that no matter how Martin O'Neal rotates, Chen Yingxiong is still on the court!

This is the most terrible thing!

If you have the ability, O'Neal can rotate half of the main players and Chen Yingxiong!

Through this game, Victor Pereira fully realized that Chen Yingxiong can beat half of Liverpool's main force. The so-called rotation of half of the main force does not count as long as Chen Yingxiong is still on the court. Even if only Chen Yingxiong is rotated, it can be called "half of the main force is rotated"!

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Twenty and eight minutes into the game, Liverpool took the lead, and the goal scorer was Chen Yingxiong.

The game then entered the rhythm that Liverpool is most familiar with. After taking the lead, they could comfortably engage in defensive counterattacks.

Because Porto temporarily adjusted its strategy before the game, the players pressed hard to get an away goal, so the defense was naturally empty.

So at the end of the first half, it was not surprising that Porto, who was eager to score, was beaten by Liverpool again...

Leading by two goals in the first half, the game has basically lost its suspense.

The two goals were like two basins of cold water, completely waking up Porto's head coach Victor Pereira.

It made him realize what kind of behemoth he was facing! He actually wanted to steal at least a goal difference at their home court...

I simply don’t know how to write the word “death”!

During the halftime break, Pereira returned to the team's previous tactics - to defend, except to defend.

In fact, Pereira planned to let the team defend a 0:0 away game. In this case, it would not be so passive when returning to the home court.

Unexpectedly, I was confused by Liverpool's withdrawal of half of the main force, and I actually had thoughts that I shouldn't have.

Now that the big mistake has been made, I don’t know if it’s too late to make amends, but it must be done. It's better to concede two goals than four goals, right?

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In the second half, Porto retreated with all their strength. Liverpool initially thought that the opponent was trying to lure the snake out of the hole. Because Porto showed a very strong goal-scoring desire in the first half, everyone felt that Porto still wanted to score.

After observing for more than ten minutes, I found that Porto really didn't want to score goals, they just wanted not to concede goals...

In this case... Liverpool can press forward with confidence and boldness.

Then in the 74th minute, Liverpool finally broke through Porto's dense defense and Chen Yingxiong scored a goal.

In the end, thanks to Chen Yingxiong's brace and Adam Johnson's goal, Liverpool defeated Porto 3-0 at home.

This result made many people feel that the second round of the game had lost its suspense.

After the game, Porto head coach Victor Pereira also admitted that Liverpool was too strong and they could not compete with them.

"I think the three teams of Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid should form another Champions League. The three teams will play a home and away double round-robin system, and the championship will be determined by points."

Pereira was helpless on the stage, but the reporters in the audience were amused by his complaints.

This may be the sentiment of many other team coaches!

Because these three teams are really too strong now. Although Liverpool is not as powerful as Barcelona and Real Madrid, it is only a matter of time before it reaches the heights of the two teams.

Liverpool just defeated Manchester United, a double-double in one season, and defeated the opponent twice in a row at Old Trafford. They have lost their opponents in England, so naturally, they will sweep across Europe!