Chapter 093: Ideal and Reality
In the 71st minute, taking advantage of a dead goal, Liverpool made substitution adjustments, No. 25 up and No. 7 down, Liu Ting came on to replace Robbie Keane.
When Liu Ting came on the field, there were a lot of boos in the stands.
But this is not for Liu Ting, this is for Robbie Keane, who was substituted, he is the second most expensive player in Liverpool this summer, but he performed badly at Anfield, even Liverpool fans think this is a bad transfer, Robbie Keane is a parallel product.
Liu Ting and Robbie Keane symbolically hugged and ran onto the field, while Keane went off the field with a black face.
Liu Ting knows that if he can't perform well for a long time, he will definitely become the second Robbie Keane, and it will definitely feel bad to be booed by the home fans.
Liu Ting played with Torres and Kuyt, Torres in the center, Kuyt on the right, and Liu Ting on the left.
Zhan Jun said: "Liu Ting is finally on the field, this is his first Premier League game, the first time to represent Liverpool, the majority of fans and friends, from this moment on, Liu Ting is a real Red Army soldier, a real Liverpool man, maybe many years later, we will be proud to say that we witnessed that moment." ”
Liverpool fans just can't afford to get hurt, and they start dropping their book bags as soon as they are happy.
The high-spirited Liu Ting came on the field, imagining that he would ride alone to break through the barrier and ask for the Lord or something.
Reality quickly made him bow his head, Stoke City's defense is very tight, Liu Ting faces a bag as soon as he takes the ball and dribbles, and the Premier League's referee system is loose, and many actions that will be blown in Ligue 1 are normal physical contact.
In the past few days of training, Liu Ting still felt that he could perform well under the defense of his teammates, but now he knows that it was training, and his teammates did not go all out to defend him.
In short, in the defense of Stoke City, he was constantly fighting with his muscles and being closely interfered with with the ball, and Liu Ting was also lost like Robbie Keane.
Seeing that Liu Ting did not have an effect, Heynckes had to make another substitution adjustment.
Fast forward to the 90th minute, when the fourth official on the sidelines raised a sign and gave three minutes of stoppage time.
This game is Alan Hansen and Vaux Lawrence, the two are Liverpool fans and Manchester United fans, European commentators like to use this kind of rival configuration, and now Liverpool's deputy Carragher and Manchester United's Fernando will partner in the commentary after retirement, and they are still very popular in England.
Alan Hansen is a former Liverpool player who has been leaning towards Liverpool since retiring as a commentator, and his most famous incident was the famous quote in the summer of '95: "With a bunch of kids, he can't win anything." ”
This is Alan Hansen said that Ferguson's class of 92 should now be called Manchester United's 92 golden generation, the class of 92 has Beckham, the Neville brothers, Giggs, Scholes and Bart and other famous players, and now they are all stars, and there are superstars like Beckham.
However, in 95, it was indeed just a group of children, Alan Hansen sarcastically said that he couldn't win anything with a group of children, and in the summer of 99, Ferguson won the treble with this group of children, Hansen was slapped in the face and not too badly, and there were people who talked about it everywhere he went.
Although he was slapped in the swollen face, Hansen became famous and his career flourished as a result, and he became a famous British commentator.
Vaux Lawrence, on the other hand, is a native of Manchester, who has only played amateur games but has been a commentator and has been a supporter of Manchester United ever since.
Vaux Lawrence said: "Alain, maybe you are going to be sad, although Liverpool has changed a rich owner, obviously Chinese do not understand football, spend a lot of money to buy back some parallel goods, now this Chinese kid also seems to be a parallel goods, Liverpool's Premier League championship dream seems to be far away." ”
Alan Hansen immediately countered: "It's only his first game, you can't judge anything because of one game, Ronaldo was also a little devil who only knew how to cry when he first came to Manchester United, and he was not necessarily better than Liu." ”
Lawrence: "Do you think he can compare to Ronaldo?" He just needs to perform worthy of his value, and Liverpool should thank God. If Liverpool's two biggest transfers in a season are parallel goods, Liverpool should probably bring you in the management of the squad. ”
Entering stoppage time, Stoke City's defense is more determined and tighter, and Liu Ting also knows that this game is basically like this.
Soon after the game was over, the referee blew the whistle and the whole Stoke City team cheered, and they had reason to cheer if they could walk away a point at Anfield.
The whole Liverpool team walked back in a gloomy manner, and Liu Ting suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and he saw that it was Gerrard.
Gerrard said: "You don't take this game to heart, the first time you play, no one will blame you. ”
'I almost scored an own goal in my first Premier League appearance, but I quickly adjusted myself for the next challenge.
Liu Ting saw that it was Mascherano who came to speak, this little brother is usually quiet, but as soon as he came on the field, he helped the team defend very well, typical people don't talk much, but they actually came out to comfort people at this time, Liu Ting was still very moved.
Before he came on the field, Liu Ting was fantasizing that he would lead the team out of the predicament by himself, but now reality gave him a blow to the head.
The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.
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Liverpool's draw at home is not big news, after all, Liverpool has been in turmoil this summer, and it is normal for results to have ups and downs.
Many British media still reported on this game, Liu Ting and Robbie Keane are the key objects of care, Robbie Keane has been completely labeled as a parallel import, and Liu Ting is likely to be a parallel import.
Liu Ting can only turn a blind eye to these tabloids and train with peace of mind to adapt to the style of the Premier League.
The midweek cup tie is not a big deal, but a number of Chinese journalists have arrived, as Zheng Zhi will start the League Cup last-32 match between Liverpool and League One side Crewe.
In fact, Heynckes arranged all substitutes for this game, and Heynckes, who was in charge of Liverpool in his first year, obviously did not want to play on multiple fronts, and he had already expressed his willingness to focus only on the Champions League and the Premier League in the dressing room, and the League Cup and FA Cup will be substituted to go as far as he can.
In the end, Liverpool defeated the English third-tier team 2-1 at home, Zheng Zhi's performance was decent, without merit, and the Chinese reporters were satisfied with how to go back to report on Zheng Zhi's first game of his Liverpool career.
In the 5th round of the league, Manchester United drew 1:1 with Chelsea, Arsenal won with 5 games, 4 wins and 12 points to the top of the table, Liverpool and Chelsea with 3 wins, 2 draws and 11 points, Liverpool ranked 3rd with a goal difference disadvantage, this round is the new local tyrant Manchester City played a big score of 6:0, and the British media have touted Robinho to go.
The 5th round of the league is followed by the 6th round of the league.
This round is the Liverpool derby, or Merseyside derby, where Liverpool take on Everton away.
On September 27, the match between Liverpool and Everton came, Liu Ting was still sitting on the bench, Liverpool won the Liverpool derby in the first leg of the season 2-0 away, and Torres scored twice.
In midweek, on 1 October, in the second game of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool won 3-1 at home to PSV Eindhoven, with Robbie Keane scoring his first competitive goal in Liverpool, as well as Kuyt and Steven Gerrard.
Liu Ting came on as a substitute in the 82nd minute, his first Champions League game, but unfortunately he also did not score an assist, after all, the playing time was too short.
On October 5, Liverpool played Manchester City away, which was another game suitable for domestic fans to watch, at 22 o'clock Beijing time.
Liverpool is now a giant with Chinese, Manchester City has Sun Jihai before playing, and it is a big club against upstarts.
In order to appeal to the Chinese audience, Heynckes took the advice of Liverpool's upper echelons, and Zheng Zhi sat on the bench and watched the game with Liu Ting.
The game did have its ups and downs, with Manchester City leading 2-0 in the first half, and Liverpool starting to fight back in the second half, with Fernando Torres scoring twice to equalise.
Torres is worthy of Liverpool's star of the game, scoring twice in two consecutive games.
Then the game was deadlocked, in the 78th minute Liu Ting came on, Heynckes wanted him to go up to break the situation, Liverpool did break the situation, but it was planned by Xavi Alonso, Kuyt scored with a low shot from inside the box in the 90th minute, and Liverpool reversed the score 3-2.
Zheng Zhi also came off the bench in stoppage time, and his play was to delay time and strengthen the defense by the way.
Chinese fans are very happy to watch this game, there are stars who score goals, there are reversals to win, Liu Ting and Zheng Zhi have appeared, but neither of them has a good performance, which is also a fly in the ointment.
At the end of this game, it was the day of the national team break, and the national team players went to participate in the national team competition.
Liu Ting, who did not play in the national team, stayed in Liverpool, he has been in Liverpool for 2 months, Liverpool has played 7 games, he has come on as a substitute for 3 games, and he has done nothing.
This also made Liu Ting feel a little pressure, even if he was adapting as soon as possible, but not preparing for training with Liverpool still had a big impact, and now that the season has started, he can only train in the interval between games, which still has a big impact.
Speaking of which, Liu Ting joined Bordeaux last season and did not prepare for training together, and it took more than 1 month to integrate into the team when he arrived in Bordeaux, but at that time, Ligue 1 and Spain were similar in style and both were attacking football.
Now that he has arrived in the Premier League, he has still delayed his preparation and training, and the style here is different and it is a new coach and new teammates, and it took Liu Ting two months to start to feel a little bit of playing in the Premier League.
Liu Ting believes that when the national team game is over, he will be able to perform.