In this confrontation with Liverpool, Wigan Athletic's tactics had a less obvious but actual change from their previous opponents, and that was the selection of players.
That's right, during the game, no matter how fiercely Liverpool attacked, Wigan Athletic always left at least three offensive players in the frontcourt to counterattack at any time. And even when defending, Wigan Athletic did not shrink back.
In front of the goal, they pushed their first line of defense very far forward.
Although the front line conditions gave Li Yi several opportunities to pass through, causing the city gate to fall, the effect of their counterattack was not much worse than that of Liverpool.
After a hard-fought 90 minutes, both sides finally scored 3 goals each and the game ended in a 3-3 tie.
"Pah, pah, pah!" He clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention to himself. After the game, Rogers, who returned to the locker room immediately, said with a smile, "What's the expression on your face? Isn't it just a draw?"
In my opinion, this is a good thing. Why are you depressed? Or do you really want to set a world record of winning consecutive games for an entire season? "
"Uh?" After hearing Rogers' words, the Red Army members, including Li Yi, who were very unhappy after being tied by a weak team, were suddenly shocked. Yes, it was just an ordinary league tie, not the end of the world.
, it seems really true, there is no need to be depressed.
Although it would be very exciting to really create a league victory record and win the championship, but if you have a little bit of brainpower, you will know that this idea is too absurd and simply impossible!
The Premier League points record was set by Chelsea in the 2005 season, under the leadership of Mourinho, with 95 points. In that year, Chelsea achieved an impressive record of 29 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss in 38 league rounds.
And even this season, doesn't Chelsea have 8 draws and 1 loss? In comparison, after 15 league rounds, Liverpool, which has 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, is not weaker than the former in terms of record alone!
In view of this, the Red Army members who finally figured out their joints finally had a smile on their faces again.
Squinting his eyes and glancing at his disciple, Rogers smiled and continued, "Well. In fact, strictly speaking, this draw came very timely. Because if the winning streak continues like this, the remaining opponents will be forced to
If we use the Iron Barrel Formation to fight us, the team's current staffing will not be enough to support third-line operations for the entire season. In my opinion, our winning streak has been interrupted, and future opponents should not be so desperate anymore! Okay.
Come on, don’t think about this game anymore. You’ve all been working hard recently, so I’ll give you a day off tomorrow.”
After speaking, Rogers took the lead to leave the locker room, leaving space for the first-string players.
"Artus, I heard you right, the coach said he has a day off tomorrow?" Balotelli asked in a funny tone as he approached Li Yi.
"Oh, Mario, what's wrong with you? Isn't it a fever? Or is there something wrong with your head? It's so pitiful that you are hearing hallucinations at such a young age. The coach just asked us to come to training early tomorrow.
You can actually give me a rest. Well, I am really defeated by you!"
After saying the above words with a serious face, Li Yi rushed into the bathroom while holding his belly that was about to explode with laughter.
According to the staff, it seemed that around 8 o'clock the next morning, Balotelli ran to the training ground with a sleepy face. He waited until 10 o'clock and no teammates showed up before letting Balotelli know.
I was deceived!
Because of this, Li Yi was often blackmailed by Balotelli afterwards. However, our teammates had one more thing to talk about after dinner. And from time to time, some people would use this to make fun of Balotelli.
On December 8, 2012, the 16th round of the Premier League began with an all-out war.
The focus of this round of the league is undoubtedly the Manchester duo, currently ranked second and third in the standings.
In the end, in this focus battle, with Rooney's two goals and Robin van Persie's stoppage time winner, the Red Devils successfully broke Manchester City's unbeaten home record in the league this season and scored 3 points.
Moreover, it is with these 3 points that the Red Devils surpassed Liverpool, who had one game less, and climbed to the top of the league standings.
However, the Red Army, which is no longer what it used to be, will naturally not let up at such a critical moment. One day later, they reversed West Ham United 3-2 in an away game. With the goal difference advantage, Liverpool once again put their butts in the heat.
Manchester United, pulled down from the standings.
At this point, after 16 league rounds, the top three Premier League divisions are as follows.
No. 1: Liverpool, with 12 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, with 39 points.
Second place: Manchester United, with 13 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses, with 39 points.
3rd place: Manchester City, with 9 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss, with 33 points.
The Red Army currently occupies the top spot in the league, and in the Champions League, Liverpool is also unequivocal. Three days ago, on December 5th, in the final round of the group stage, after defeating Schalke 04 2-1 at home, Liverpool won 5 out of 6 games and drew 1.
Group B breaks through.
In the league and Champions League, Liverpool is infinitely strong, but in the League Cup and FA Cup, it's a bit of a pain!
First, they lost to a British Championship team 0-1 and were eliminated from the League Cup. On December 19, the Red Army stopped in the third round of the FA Cup.
Of course, in these two games, the Red Army played with all substitutes, so it is not incomprehensible that they lost.
In the 17th and 18th rounds of the Premier League that followed the FA Cup after the League Cup, Liverpool's main team fully continued its strength. After two consecutive 4-0s, the Red Army expanded its lead in the standings.
Due to an unexpected draw with Swansea in the 18th round, the Red Devils are temporarily 2 points behind Liverpool in second place.
"Huh!" He threw his backpack aside. After returning home, Li Yi didn't even bother to change his shoes and just lay down on the sofa.
I have to say that the Premier League’s advanced schedule is really necessary. The schedule is really tight! What’s even more speechless is that the Premier League schedule is not only tight, but they are also the only one among the five major leagues that does not have a winter break.
of league.
In the past four months, Liverpool has played double games almost every week. When they are unlucky, Li Yi and the others have tried playing three games a week.
In this tight situation, even if Li Yi was physically strong, he was still exhausted to the point of death.
"Li Yi, are you back?"
Hearing a voice coming from behind, Li Yi twisted his neck with difficulty and put on a smile that was uglier than crying. Li Yi smiled and said, "Yes!"
The familiar person came and sat down next to Li Yi. Lei Ting said hesitantly, "Well, I have a question. I don't know if I should ask you?"
"explain."
Putting her hands on her thighs, she rubbed them uneasily for a while. Just when Li Yi couldn't help but ask again, Lei Ting said, "Well, that December 31st, the end of the world, I don't know if it's true or not."
of?"
"Pfft!" He straightened up and looked at Lei Ting carefully. It seemed that he was not joking with him. Li Yi said with a bit of laughter and tears, "The end of the world? Do you believe this stuff?"
“Isn’t that what everyone on the internet says?”
"Okay, as an atheist, I don't know how to answer your question. But I know that if we live on this earth now, it's not a big deal if we continue to live on it for tens of millions of years! Okay, I'll go up and take a nap first.
, call me during dinner." After saying that, Li Yi picked up his bag and went upstairs to catch up on his sleep.
On the 26th, the first day after Christmas, Liverpool welcomed their 19th league opponent - Stoke City.
It is said that this was originally just a very ordinary game, but due to certain factors involved, Red Army fans paid special attention to this game!
This factor is - the league half-time championship.
Although Liverpool has won 18 English top league championships and is the second most successful club in England, unfortunately, the last time they won the cup dates back to the 1989-1990 season, which is more than 30 years ago.
Although Liverpool had its glory days in the early years, winning the Champions League many times and being awarded the title of European Champions by the world. However, none of these can make up for one of Liverpool's shortcomings, that is, since 1992, the Premier League has
After the restructuring, they have never won the league championship!
In other words, although there are 18 league trophies in Liverpool's awards showroom, there are none belonging to the Premier League!
Therefore, although the half-season championship has no practical significance or any persuasiveness, it is just a term hyped by the media. The Red Army fans, who have already seen through the Premier League championship, are still happy with it.
In order to witness this historic moment with their own eyes, as many as 15,000 Red Army fans spontaneously organized and went to Stoke together, turning this game completely into the Red Army's own home court.
And now that Li Yi has successfully taken over the baton from the Jays and taken up the captain's armband, he will naturally not disappoint these fans who have come from afar.
There was an assist in each half and a penalty kick. In the end, Li Yi used his perfect performance to help Liverpool successfully take 3 points from Stoke's home court.
And with this victory, the Red Army got what they wanted and won the half-time Premier League championship!
The fly in the ointment is that in this round of competition, Manchester United's luck was not bad. When Li Yi and other teammates thought that Manchester United would definitely capsize, no one could have imagined that with a decisive stoppage time, Manchester United magically won.
reversed Newcastle 4-3 and continued to chase the Red Army in the standings.
