664 We're going to have some surprises!
Liverpool won three consecutive victories at the start!
This quickly ignited the public opinion of the British domestic media, because Chelsea drew 1-1 at home. Novel.
In other words, after the third round of the league, Liverpool ranked first in the standings with a two-point lead.
Yang Yang, who had just won the UEFA season striker in Monaco, scored a final goal in this round and helped Liverpool beat Aston Villa away, which won a lot of applause after the game.
The Times believes that Yang Yang's performance is the key to Liverpool's victory.
"Villa Park Stadium has always been a nightmare for all Premier League teams. Last season, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea played very dangerously here, and Chelsea lost 0-2, and Mourinho was dismissed not long afterwards."
"This season, Martin O'Neal's team is still very vigorous. He defeated Manchester City, which has soared by 4-2 at home in the first round, which shows Aston Villa's fighting power at home."
"Liverpool suffered a painful blow before this game. Captain Gerald was absent due to injury and was unable to participate in this game, which led to Benitez having to make adjustments in the arrangement of troops. Espanyol chose Garethbari instead of Benardon, who had a stronger offensive ability. This is obviously because he knew the horror of Villa Park Stadium."
"Some people even think that Martin O'Neal's team is fully capable of rushing into European competitions."
"In this game, O'Neal was also full of fear for Yang Yang, who had just won the UEFA season's best striker, and focused on him. This did freeze Yang Yang in the first half, but during the halftime break, Yang Yang took the initiative to propose that he could adjust his role and position on the court."
"As a result, after the second half, Yang Yang completely ushered in an explosion through a large-scale run. He used three consecutive corner kicks to create a threat at the beginning, and soon scored the only goal in the game."
The Times believes that Liverpool's condition this season is very similar to last season. They both play in form from the beginning, invest in points and win consecutively, laying an advantage from the beginning.
But the problem with this style of play lies in durability.
"After the start of Liverpool last season, he performed relatively sluggishly, relying on Yang Yang to support him alone. This led to a clear decline in Yang Yang's physical and psychological state after entering December, and then he performed very sluggishly in January and February."
"About this issue, Benitez said in an interview with the media that the team has found an effective solution to the problem, because the team's bench thickness this season is significantly stronger than last season."
"According to the news that the reporter learned, Yang Yang has not been as active as last season under the training of his personal coach Winston Bogard. His condition seems to be more stable, but he has been maintaining a high level. The purpose is to hope to continue his state for a long time and maintain stability."
Finally, the Times believes that as long as Liverpool can continue its current state and Yang Yang can maintain its current performance, Liverpool will remain the most competitive team in the Premier League this season.
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While major British media were discussing Liverpool's three-game winning streak, the Premier League was suspended and the national team match day was ushered in two weeks. This time, Yang Yang and other Chinese players studying abroad also returned to China to serve the kingdom.
Because in September, the top ten Asian qualifiers in South Africa will officially start.
After the draw, the Chinese team was assigned to Group A this time, ranking in the same group as Japan, Bahrain, Australia and Uzbekistan. On the national team match day in September, the Chinese team had only one game, which was to play Uzbekistan away.
The Chinese team is not unfamiliar with this opponent, and Alihan also attaches great importance to it, so this time, after the overseas internationals returned to Beijing from Europe, they immediately went to the national team for training.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Dalei, a young goalkeeper who currently plays for Alkmaar, has also entered the national team roster for the first time.
Wang Dalei was recommended by Yang Yang to Alkmaar because Yang Yang recognized that Franshawk was the best goalkeeper coach in European football, especially at training goalkeepers like Wang Dalei, because Wang Dalei is only 1.85 meters tall.
After joining Alkmaar, Wang Dalei was trained by Franshawk and was exposed to the most advanced goalkeeper training system and concepts in Europe. On the one hand, the club and coaching staff attached great importance to him, and on the other hand, his own talent was also quite outstanding, so he made very fast progress.
Last season, he has played ten times in various competitions for Alkmaar. For him, Van Gaal did not even sign ups on the goalkeeper position, and this season he directly promoted Wang Dalei, who was only nineteen years old, to the main position.
So far, Chinese players can play the main players in the Eredivisie, Alkmar is Gao Lin and Wang Dalei, and Feyenoord is Feng Xiaoting, both of which are the best among domestic players.
Wang Dalei is also a big-hearted player. After playing as the main player, he does not perform very stably, but he often performs quite amazingly, which makes Van Gaal love and hate him. Fortunately, Alkmal started the season well.
Currently, the Chinese national team lacks players in the goalkeeper position, so Alihan recruited Wang Dalei into the national team.
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After a week of training in Beijing, interesting news about studying abroad became a hot topic for national team internationals.
From the national team to the national Olympic team to the national youth team, the entire overseas style is getting stronger and stronger. Domestic players with potential and talent are eager to go to the European League. Whether it is the Dutch Eredivisie, Portuguese Super League, or even worse leagues such as Austria and Switzerland, you can see the current Chinese players.
The national team then went to the Middle East to challenge Uzbekistan away.
After ninety minutes of fierce battle, the Chinese team struggled to defeat their opponents 1-0 away, and Yang Yang assisted Chen Tao to score a goal.
But just as the Chinese team narrowly defeated the strong opponent away, the international players disbanded on the spot. Yang Yang immediately returned to the UK. When he met Su Ye in London, he received a piece of news that was quite unfavorable to Liverpool.
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Manchester United Carrington training base in western suburbs of Manchester.
Ferguson sat in the head coach's office for an afternoon.
He first sat on the sofa and watched TV for a while, then walked to the window, stared at the uninhabited training ground, and finally sat back on the sofa opposite the TV.
At this time, a news broadcast on TV was that Liverpool's central defender Carragher was injured in his first training session when he returned to the team. This was the second Liverpool player to be injured in the past two days.
The previous one is Peter Crouch.
The English tall man represented England in the World Cup qualifiers in the European region and played against Croatia away. He performed well and fully played his role as a tactical center, helping the team beat Croatia four-to-one, but he was injured in the 85th minute.
When he heard the news, Ferguson laughed a little gloatingly.
He felt that Liverpool should be very upset about this because Capello's team allowed Crouch to play in two consecutive games, but unexpectedly, Crouch was injured at the last moment of the second game.
Benitez must be furious now, needless to say.
But this is the disaster brought about by the national team competition. Liverpool is not the first and will not be the last.
But unexpectedly, Crouch was just injured, and Carragher was injured again.
At the age of thirty, injuries began to increase.
In addition to Gerald, who was injured before, now Liverpool is an important member of the front, middle and back three lines, all of whom have suffered injuries.
It is easy to know without guessing that this will be a huge blow to Liverpool, but it is a rare opportunity for Manchester United.
what to do?
This question was placed before Ferguson, who was troubled by it for an afternoon.
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Sitting on the sofa, Ferguson looked at the closed office door countless times, and he was eager for his assistant coach Mike Ferran and René Mullenstin to knock in and tell him, "Boss, good news, those bastards in Liverpool are injured, I think we should be right away..."
But every time, he was disappointed.
There is no doubt that this is something Carlos Quiros would do. Mike Ferran and René Murenstin didn't dare to do this at all. They were too honest and always felt that Ferguson should be doing things in the office and should not disturb him.
But though he didn't know, Ferguson sat in the office for an afternoon, waiting for them to come.
Ferguson really wants to kill Liverpool because he knows very well that he can no longer let Liverpool continue to win like this. Benitez's team has always been very stable, and the fourth round is a rare opportunity.
Yang Yang traveled back to Asia to play games for a long distance, and he must be very tired. Gerald had just recovered from injury and participated in training, but probably couldn't play in the game. Now Carragher and Crouch are injured again, which is a big blow to Liverpool.
If Manchester United makes a strong move at this time, grab Liverpool from the leader and interrupt the Reds' winning streak, not only will Manchester United's morale soar, but even Liverpool will suffer a big blow.
Otherwise, if they continue to let them win like this, who can stop them?
Ferguson still remembers the success of Liverpool's winning streak last season.
But opportunities also represent risks, because this is at Anfield Stadium and nothing is easy to say.
This is what Ferguson is struggling with, but after Carlos Queros left the team in the summer and went to coach the Portuguese national team, he could no longer find someone to negotiate.
Mullensting's biggest role is to train players, and Mike Ferran's biggest advantage is that he can be a spokesperson for Ferguson and accept interviews from the media that he does not want to accept.
Only Queros, who can truly sit down with Ferguson, study and discuss how to kill those damn opponents.
Suddenly, Ferguson felt a sense of loneliness and a sense of loss surged in his heart.
But soon, he took a deep breath, stood up from the sofa, and walked out of the door.
As soon as he heard the door open, Mike Ferran and René Mullenstin walked out of the office next door.
"Hey, boss."
"Prepare, we'll have some surprises on the weekend!"—
Chapter completed!