() As the saying goes, there is no double blessing, but there is no single line of evil.

The Bronze Boy was just an individual award for Tang Wu and didn't help Liverpool much.

The front was weak + the defense was out of balance, and the Red Army suddenly fell into a cold winter.

After losing the derby, Liverpool played Portsmouth in the third round of the league three days later.

Shortly after Colwill's 69th-minute shot was again fruitless, Liverpool had to rely on captain Steven Gerrard to break the deadlock. In the 70th minute, Hamann flicked a free-kick laterally and Gerrard followed up with a long-range shot from 25 yards, and this time Ashtang could only look at the ball and sigh.

However, in stoppage time, Spanish right-back Josemi, who replaced Nunez before the end, was once again a soft underbelly of the opponent. Taylor's cross-shot from the left was met with hesitation by Dudek before the Pole's cross was intercepted in the air by Congolese striker Lualua, who headed home from close range before Hyypia.

Dudek ruined Liverpool's victory and messed up his first start since September.

It even delayed Liverpool's desire to return to the first echelon.

He didn't blame Dudek after the game, "Taylor's cross was like a cross and it put the goalkeeper in a dilemma, and I think even To's would be difficult to handle such a ball. It wasn't crucial because we should have scored more goals before we could, but we didn't take our chances. ”

"In addition, the club has promised me that they will find a strong striker as soon as possible."

The news of the club's purchase of the striker was enough to excite the fans, and the second is that the rematch with Portsmouth really helped Tang Wu a lot. Because of this make-up match, Tang Wu caught up with Liverpool's match with Magpie Newcastle.

So far this season, Liverpool and Newcastle have not performed very well.

This dialogue between down-and-out giants has long lost the flavor of the "peak" of the past. But in order to qualify for next year's Champions League, the two sides still tried their best to fight together.

It seems that the Champions League stunner has exhausted Liverpool's luck, and the Reds have completely fallen into sage time after **.

The city derby was lost, Portsmouth was held to a draw in the replayal round, and the league title became out of reach in an instant.

For Bell, the most practical goal at this stage is to secure a place in the Champions League next season, and the remaining league is Liverpool's last chance to catch up.

Although Newcastle United have not been in good shape recently, with only one win in the last seven rounds, Benitez does not dare to take it lightly, and in his opinion, Newcastle United will always be Liverpool's biggest opponent in the top four.

To Benitez's peace of mind, Newcastle have few good memories at Anfield. They have won just twice in the last 60 years, only once in the history of the Premier League, back 10 years ago. As a former Liverpool player, Newcastle manager Souness has won many honours at Anfield, but as a coach, Anfield is not his blessed land.

Souness is betting on returning goalscorer Kluivert, while Benitez will be hoping that the new striker duo of Barosch and Mailer can give the team a good start.

The forward line that the two coaches pinned on did not play a role in the slightest.

Kluivert was completely blocked by Tang Wu, who had just returned from suspension and suddenly shaved a big bald head; There were few phone calls between Mailer and Baros, and the two were always running in front of him.

But there was a turnaround in the 35th minute.

The Magpies' Bramble scored an own goal and headed Gerrard's corner into his own net.

Subsequently, although the magpie played several beautiful attacks, none of them were defused and invisible by Tang Wu.

In the 70th minute of the game, Bowyer was sent off for two yellow cards for a foul on Alonso, and Newcastle United, who were fighting with 10 men, was completely hopeless.

In this way, after two league games without a win, Newxel finally "reported the good news" for Liverpool at Anfield.

The flukely victory did not bring much joy to Liverpool, as Barcelona joined the race for captain Steven Gerrard after Chelsea and Real Madrid.

Leaving aside the goalkeeper, Liverpool has been completely reduced to Gerrard's "one-man team". The former giants have no combat power, but they have a world-class iron waist. Such a "violent thing", the wealthy and rich bosses couldn't stand it anymore, and sent people to contact Gerald, hoping to get his support.

On December 20, Christmas Eve, the 2004 FIFA Awards Ceremony took place at the Zurich Opera House.

In one of the most eye-catching awards, Xiao Luo scored 620 points in the selection, and the hot "World Footballer of the Year" was newly released.

This is the 10th person to be crowned World Footballer of the Year in 14 years, with Henry in second place for the second year in a row with 552 points, and Shevchenko in third place with 253 points.

This year, in addition to the 157 national and regional team managers, 145 national and regional team captains participated for the first time.

Each voter can choose 3 players, with the first player receiving 5 points, followed by 3 and 1 points respectively.

Ronaldo topped the 89 votes, followed by Henry and Shevchenko with 79 and 34 votes, respectively. Zinedine Zidane, who was ranked fourth last year, withdrew from the national team after this year's European Championships, behind Zizou.

After former World Footballer of the Year Wich read out FIFA's evaluation of the three, the name of the winner, Ronaldo Jr., was revealed on the big screen. The hall erupted in applause, with Blatter handing the gold medal to the slightly shy Ronaldo, and Henry and Sheva receiving the silver and bronze awards from Beckenbauer and Wech respectively.

In his speech, Ronaldo said: "This is a very special moment in my career, this award is very important and will motivate me to fight for being here again. ”

Xiao Luo is too young, only 24 years old. However, he has never been a player with the most goals, and some people even say that he was elected to this honor because of the light of La Liga and Barcelona.

A few days earlier, the attribution of the Golden Globe Awards also provoked a war of words.

Why Shevchenko?

People are puzzled.

How is he better than Deco, Ronaldo Jr. or even Thierry Henry?

In response to this result, many of the judges who named Sheva the best of 2004 made the same comment: "He just can score!" ”

In this regard, the Ukrainian striker did his job perfectly.

In the 03-04 season, he scored more than 30 goals in AC Milan and became the top scorer in Serie A with 24 goals, which was the most favored honor by the judges.

Of course, there are other reasons for this.

Can you expect a coach who hasn't even watched Shevchenko play at AC Milan to vote for him?

Of course not.

For the most part, the votes of most managers in non-football-developed countries have gone to well-known stars.

Obviously, Serie A's AC Milan have done a very good job of this.

In fact, Serie A is still a small case, and in the long run, La Liga is the best league for "public relations" over the years.

Compared with the Premier League and the Premier League, La Liga emphasizes more attack and the free play of players. Teams can lose in front of their home fans, but they can't afford to lose. It is this trait that has attracted a large number of stars, especially attacking players.

Even Totti once said: "If I leave Serie A, I will go to La Liga, because it is a paradise for attacking football. ”

In this way, it is not difficult to see why La Liga players have won the World Footballer of the Year crown eight times since FIFA established the award in 1991.

While it is true that the World Footballer of the Year award is more based on the fame of the star, there is a deeper reason why this award always favors La Liga.

In terms of the overall level of the league, UEFA's official leaderboard is the most authoritative.

At present, La Liga ranks first in the league with 67,092 points, followed by the Premier League with 53,938 points, and Serie A's poor European record in recent years has been caught up by the Premier League, and it can only rank third with 53,328 points.

It's no surprise that the best and most famous players come from the highest leagues.

But there are still some long-term people who see a different taste.

That's the Golden Boy Award.

This year's Golden Boy Award Rooney, Xiao Xiao Luo, and Tang Wu are from three different countries and play in the same league, and Rooney and Xiao Luo are still teammates.

Does this mean that the future Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year will develop into the Premier League?

Or will the Premier League surpass La Liga as the most influential and famous league in the world in the next few years?

In any case, the announcement of the award really envied those players who had been selected for the squad, but were brushed off halfway.

For example, Tang Wu and Gerrard.

"Goo-dong..."Tang Wu raised the fruit beer in front of him and took a sip, this kind of taste was like juice, and the drink that could make his companions think that you were drinking was highly praised by Tang Wu.

"So, that's why you're going to La Liga?"

"I never said I was going to La Liga." Gerald sat next to Tang Wu and also took a sip of whiskey. "I'm not used to the air!"

The game against Newcastle was a fluke, but Liverpool's problems have been exposed lately so severe that Liverpool boys like Steven Gerrard have lost faith in the team.

"So you're going to Chelsea?!"