Chapter Seventy-Nine: Anfield
If you insist on comparing the firepower of the three lines of the whole team, of course, it is talking about the forward line, the back line and the midfield, not the left, center and right. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info From the firepower comparison, Liverpool is probably the only team on this planet that has more firepower than Mainz's midfield.
Steven Gerrard, Alonso, Torres, these three are in their prime, and they are all the kind of players who are so strong in scoring goals when it matters.
In this year's Champions League, Inter Milan, who came with five consecutive wins in the group stage, suffered this away double in front of Liverpool.
And Liverpool scored 16 goals in the second half of the group stage, which is really scary.
But the problem is that Alonso has been damaged, and Liverpool's midfield has dropped a notch, from being stronger than Mainz to being weaker than Mainz.
Then, Liverpool should be eliminated from the competition.
But at this time, something interesting happened.
Liverpool are in the same Champions League shady situation as Mainz.
This time, though, it's Liverpool that's the beneficiary.
As for the reason, it's the same, or because of the disbandment of the G14.
Liverpool and Inter Milan play, both G14 teams, there is nothing good to black, no matter who advances, it is equivalent to UEFA completed the agreement and submitted a G14 team, so Inter Milan really can't play Mainz.
But Arsenal is different, Arsenal is indeed not Liverpool's opponent, but Alonso is gone!
This time, Arsenal has a good chance to pass.
However, there is a problem that when the G14 was established, Arsenal withdrew on their own initiative, and they did not get the slightest benefit from the negotiations.
Therefore, the referee missed a penalty for Arsenal in the home and away matches, and gave Liverpool a penalty that could be awarded or not, even if the Arsenal fans were very angry, but it was a foregone conclusion.
To be honest, Arsenal's squad in the quarterfinals is already the limit, and if they really break through Liverpool and walk in front of Mainz, I'm afraid they will be tortured ugly.
On the contrary, Liverpool is extremely resilient, and even if it loses, it will not be ugly.
From some points of view, although Liverpool was the runner-up in the last edition, this time it has come here, and the dark horse is deeper than Mainz.
If it's an exhibition match or something, I'm afraid that as soon as he arrives in Liverpool, Wang Zhen will go to Gerrard.
The current relationship between the two is a netizen......
That's right, the two haven't met yet.
Last year, the two went to Los Angeles to watch the Lakers and Rams play respectively, but they were just staggered on the front and back.
Netizens who have good things made pictures on the Internet, Wang Zhen's Facebook was at, and after seeing it, he communicated with netizens, but he didn't expect Gerard to also communicate with this netizen, and posted screenshots, which were Wang Zhen and Gerard and his online conversation.
This is the envy of others, so that other onlookers will not quench their thirst when they eat melons.
However, Wang Zhen and Gerald took advantage of this opportunity to pay attention to each other, and then began an online exchange that lasted for more than a year.
For example, last season's Mainz was out of the game, Gerrard comforted Wang Zhen as soon as possible, and after the loss in the final, Gerrard also received a private message from Wang Zhen.
This time, the two teams finally met.
The Bundesliga Reds against the Premier League Reds, it's a gimmick to think about.
The Sun has already published the fourth edition of the news: "The captain of the Red Army of the East, and the captain of the Red Army of the West, meet at Anfield, is it a great war or a friendly alliance?" ”
The first three editions are, of course, strippers...... However, newspapers like The Sun really can't be sold in Liverpool.
At this time, there are still two teams in the Premier League, Chelsea and Liverpool, so they have double insurance, and Barcelona visited Chelsea's home stadium the day before, and overturned 2-0, Chelsea has basically broken through in advance.
Wang Zhen knows the strength of this Liverpool team.
Once upon a time, Wang Zhen was also an old oilman in the forum, and once argued with people on sports forums about who is stronger Lakers or Celtics, and who is the strongest national table tennis player in the future, Zhang Jike and Ma Long.
Once, Wang Zhen and a person launched a shocking war on the forum.
There was a fan, who claimed to be an Ibrahimovic fan, and said something about Ibrahimovic, so Wang Zhen, who liked Ibrahimovic very much at the time, said that Ibrahimovic might as well transfer to Liverpool.
This person said that the third-rate team of the rotten toilet in 08-09, what is there to go to.
So Wang Zhen was angry, Liverpool in 0809 was much stronger than Inter and Paris at that time, if Liverpool was third-rate, what were Inter and Paris at that time?
As a result, after arguing for a long time, Wang Zhen clicked on this person's history post and found that he was a Barcelona fan.
At that time, Wang Zhen liked David Villa very much, how can he be regarded as half of the passerby fans of Barcelona, so I asked you why a Barcelona fan used the identity of a Paris fan to claim that Liverpool was a rotten toilet?
As a result, the goods began to be personally attacked, and Wang Zhen used his unparalleled hand speed to concoct a thousand-word long article in eight minutes, greeting his ancestors for eighteen generations.
In the end, a Barcelona fan in the fan forum stood up and said that he did not admit that this product was a Barcelona fan, at most it was a negative black.
Even if this thing is reincarnated ten times, Wang Zhen can't forget it, although he doesn't remember where Liverpool was strong in his previous life, but it can be concluded that Liverpool at that time had the strength to win the Premier League and the Champions League almost every season, but he lacked luck, and the two championships were only one step away each time.
During the pre-match preparations, Wang Zhen fought with Liverpool many times in the FF system, trying the current lineup was okay, trying Liverpool's best team, and was almost abused.
This is a bit unscientific, the reason is that Wang Zhen's coaching ability is worse than Klopp's, and he can't perfectly simulate the big battle between Mainz and Liverpool in the FF system.
Benitez is known as a master tactician, and Klopp is equally proficient in tactics, but it is conceivable that the position is not enough, and the tactics are drawn, which is a very difficult game.
If Liverpool are not willing to give up, then Mainz will have to be prepared to be cut at Anfield, the devil's home turf.
Fortunately, it was the guest before the host, otherwise the second half of the round would have been left in Anfield, which had created many miracles, and Wang Zhen was really worried about the result.
Speaking of Anfield, this stadium is probably more famous than the Bernabeu.
Not that Liverpool have more titles.
It's because of Shankly, the old man.
The phrase 'this is Anfield' is written in the players' tunnel, reminding everyone who passes by or comes to play here that this is a holy place, this is a legend, this is Liverpool's home stadium.
In the long history of English football, no one but the Crazy Gang, including Alex Ferguson, who advocated the removal of Liverpool, has ever been disrespectful to the stadium.
Keep in mind that if there are two top football teams in a city, then the people of the city must be divided into two factions, with almost irreconcilable contradictions.
Let's not talk about the fact that Liverpool was founded by a group of people who were kicked out of Everton, and not that Liverpool was founded with the name of Everton FC but was not allowed to pass, just say that this port city, the struggle between the white-collar class and the blue-collar working class, is chaotic enough.
Every team that comes as an enemy of Liverpool, unless it's Manchester United, is bound to receive goodwill from Everton.
This time, though, Everton fans don't seem to welcome Mainz.
The reason is the transfer rumors between Wang Zhen and Liverpool, and they have no reason to welcome the future players of their rivals.
Stepping into this stadium, sure enough, the most conspicuous thing is the sentence: "This is Anfield." ”
(To be continued.) )