Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 133: In the Purest Way... (Fourth Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 133: In the purest way... (Fourth update, please vote for me)

The game between Manchester United and Liverpool is England's El Clasico, a showdown between two of the most glorious teams in the history of English football. ""Such a game is like Spain's Real Madrid versus Barcelona, ​​Scotland's Glasgow Rangers versus Celtic, Argentina's River Plate versus Boca Juniors...

It stands to reason that such a competition should be very well-known, but the reality is the opposite. For a long time since the establishment of the Premier League, foreign fans did not understand what the showdown between Liverpool and Manchester United meant. They talked about the grudges between Ferguson and Wenger and the heated games between Manchester United and Arsenal. Or be interested in the rivalry between Mourinho's Chelsea and Manchester United.

But only true Manchester United fans know that their opponents have never been Arsenal or Chelsea. Manchester United's only mortal enemy is Liverpool.

Only by completely trampling Liverpool under their feet can they feel happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Therefore, the first 20 years of the Premier League were the happiest 20 years for Manchester United fans. In the past twenty years, they have used one championship after another to keep Liverpool firmly in the mud, allowing them to never turn over.

But who would have thought that in the 21st year, Liverpool, who had been unable to fight back, suddenly exerted their strength, stood up from the muddy pond, and overturned Manchester United who stepped on them into the mud. Manchester United was immediately covered in mud, all their pride was lost, and it also provoked a lot of ridicule from the people on the shore.

How can Manchester United fans endure this?

But in the first meeting between the two sides this season, Manchester United was defeated by Liverpool 3:1 in the away game.

This makes many Manchester United fans feel aggrieved.

Now winning the home court will be their last chance.

Manchester United fans actually know what this home game means.

If you lose to Liverpool in an away game, you can still make excuses. If you lose to Liverpool at home, you can still say it was an accident. But if you lose to Liverpool at home twice in a row, what does that mean?

There is really no way to retreat!

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Unlike the previous games between Liverpool and Manchester United, the two sides strangely did not engage in a war of words before this game. ("") Ferguson did not jump out to use psychological tactics, and Chen Yingxiong also remained silent.

Although everyone felt that this kind of calm was a bit boring, their energy was transferred to the game itself and to football itself.

So there was no war of words or intrigue in this game.

It was purely a football battle. Two giants of English football decided their future destiny in the simplest way.

The winner is king, the loser is the enemy!

When the two giants reach this point, perhaps all the words they say are false. Only speaking with their feet can they be consistent with their identities. Since they are the two overlords of English football, football can only decide the outcome.

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Game day came quickly.

In the bustling Old Trafford stadium, players from both sides stepped onto the pitch.

Manchester United fans frantically attacked the Liverpool players in the stands. They rushed to the front of the stands, raised their middle fingers at the Liverpool players, and yelled all kinds of swear words.

Liverpool fans turned a deaf ear, they were used to it. In fact, players from both sides are used to it. Manchester United will also receive such treatment when they go to Anfield, Liverpool's home ground.

So there is nothing to make a fuss about and complain about the low quality of fans and uncivilized stadiums.

And even if Liverpool beat Manchester United here, it will not alleviate this situation, it will only intensify.

Everyone knows that because they are sworn enemies, they have been sworn enemies from the beginning. As time goes by, the hatred has accumulated more and more, and it is as thick as history. This kind of hatred cannot disappear at all, just like history is there, it does not mean that you can treat it as if it does not exist by turning a blind eye.

So no one will think about how to eliminate this hatred, they will only think about how to further deepen this hatred!

The game started amidst a tsunami of boos and cheers from Manchester United fans. (《》)

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Both sides are old rivals, and they must have studied each other many times, so they are very familiar with each other. There is no need to engage in any "mutual testing" and they can get to the point directly.

Manchester United relied on their home field advantage to launch a fierce attack on Liverpool's goal. Liverpool followed their tradition and launched a defensive counterattack.

Judging from the scene, Manchester United has the advantage - after all, it is their home court.

But the Liverpool fans were not in a hurry this time, and they didn't have that feeling of fear.

Because they are full of confidence in their team and Chen Yingxiong.

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Martin O'Neill's plan for this game is very stable. He does not seek merit, but seeks no faults. Focusing on defense, even if this game ends up being a draw, it doesn't matter.

As long as they don't lose or concede, Liverpool will be invincible.

Of course, this is a tactical requirement. The actual situation is generally different.

The actual situation is that even if they lose this game, as long as it is not a big defeat, Liverpool can afford to lose. Because it didn't break the muscles or break the morale.

Morale, that's the most important thing.

If it fails miserably, it will be a real disaster.

However, the chance of this happening is very small. Today's Liverpool are not soft persimmons. If Manchester United wants to defeat Liverpool and have a massacre, even at their home court, it may not be easy.

Therefore, Liverpool's players are very relaxed. What O'Neill said before the game was to let them relax a little and not put any pressure on them. They can perform how they want.

It stands to reason that if such a situation occurs before the game, the team will definitely relax too much and then lose to the opponent because of this during the game.

But such a bloody situation is impossible to happen to Liverpool.

Because Chen Yingxiong refuses to be bloody!

Liverpool naturally refused to be bloody.

Liverpool's defense was very solid. No matter how much Manchester United bombarded them, their defense did not relax.

Because of Chen Yingxiong, many people think that Liverpool's strength is offense and its weakness is defense. Especially before Pepe came, the two tall central defenders Skrtel and Agger had more than enough air defense capabilities, but their turning speed was slow and they were easily beaten behind. Therefore, Liverpool should have conceded a lot of goals. Theirs Defense is also an area that many teams study hard.

But in fact this is not the case. Only in Chen Yingxiong's first season with the team, the team conceded more goals, forty-three, because of Dalglish. The next number of goals conceded did not reach forty.

In the 2012-2013 season, Liverpool conceded only 28 goals, making it the third-fewest team in that season.

Liverpool conceded more goals last season, but only conceded thirty-six.

After thirty rounds of play this season, Liverpool has only conceded 23 goals, which is the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the entire league.

In fact, Liverpool's tradition is not attack, but defense. Liverpool is a team that attaches great importance to and emphasizes defense. Whether it is the Liverpool under Martin O'Neill or the Liverpool that swept Europe before, defense is very important.

This season they have taken it to the extreme. Score a goal at the beginning, then shrink the defense after the goal, and then use tenacious defense to resist the opponent's counterattack, and then take advantage of the opponent's counterattack to make a beautiful counterattack and score the goal. After expanding the score advantage, Liverpool's defensive counterattack went more smoothly. In the end, Liverpool won the game with its defensive counterattack.

This has happened many times this season.

After the introduction of Pepe, Liverpool's defense has been further strengthened. Pepe and Skrtel have a clear division of labor. Pepe is responsible for attacking because of his explosive power and speed, while Skrtel is positioned further back and cannot easily move forward. He is responsible for filling in for Pepe at any time from behind. s position.

Because of Skrtel's supplementary position, Pepe's attack became more unscrupulous, and his success rate was naturally higher, because he would no longer hesitate and lose the most suitable opportunity.

In front of such a defense is a ball-grabbing machine. Gerrard is a defensive player who can attack and defend well. With a defensive player like Lucas sitting on the bench, it is naturally impregnable.

It is precisely because of these dedicated defensive players that players like Chen Yingxiong and Gotze can give full play to their offensive talents in the frontcourt, sending the football into the opponent's goal again and again, killing them.

The same is true today. Faced with Manchester United's successive attacks, the entire Liverpool team retreated, and even Chen Yingxiong retreated to near the center circle.

Faced with such a dense defense, Manchester United was a little helpless.

When they couldn't open up the situation, they slowed down the pace of the game and took the initiative to retreat, luring Liverpool's players to press out and break up their formation, so that Manchester United could find opportunities.

This is a very well-established and widely used correspondence method. When facing a defensive team, many teams will kick back and forth from the outside to induce the opponent's players to come out to grab the ball, and then pass it back step by step. Finally, they simply pass the football directly to the goalkeeper's feet, and the goalkeeper reorganizes the offense.

The purpose of this is to break up the opponent's formation and expose them to more openings.

This is not even the arrangement of the head coach, but an experienced professional player, something that an experienced team knows. They will automatically make some adjustments based on the situation on the field, and this adjustment is made by the head coach. within the scope of authorization.

Generally speaking, when Manchester United retreats, Liverpool will definitely press forward. Unless they make up their mind to defend today, they will still score.

To score goals, you have to attack.

The attack must be pressed out.

When pressed out, there will be a gap behind you.

If there is an opening, Manchester United will catch it.

This is the purpose of Manchester United's retreat.

But they got one thing wrong, generally speaking, but their opponent today, Liverpool, is not an ordinary team.

Because there is an extraordinary Chen Yingxiong in this Liverpool team.