Losing the Golden Globe by 2 points was a blow to Chen Yu, but more of an incentive.

After the injury, Chen Yu didn't have much hope of winning the Golden Globe Award, and now it is just breaking the last hope in his heart, and this unsatisfied desire stimulates Chen Yu to train harder and fight harder.

In the 14th round of the game with Manchester City, Chen Yu scored a goal in 15 minutes after coming off the bench, partially eliminating the doubts of coaches, fans, and teammates about his state, but the first time he played, he scored with the first touch of the ball, which was too lucky and not enough to completely win the trust of his teammates and coaches, and in the 15th round of the home game with Portsmouth, Chen Yu was still put in the substitute lineup.

Chen Yu has no complaints about this, he fully understands Benitez's decision to put him on the bench, with his current physical fitness, body and tacit understanding with his teammates, it is not suitable to play as a starter, it can only add more pressure to him, and coming off the bench at the right time is a kind of protection for him.

Although Liverpool's record at home is very good, Portsmouth's strength is not bad, and the form is better, and now after 14 rounds of league play, Portsmouth is ranked 6th, one place higher than Liverpool.

Portsmouth has such a result entirely because it has a great owner, the Russian rich businessman Gaidamak is known as "Abu second", he is the same as the Chelsea owner, and he is also a "player" who does not hesitate to spend a lot of money, but Portsmouth's reputation is much worse than Chelsea, even if Gaidamak is as rich as Abu, no matter how high the annual salary is, some popular superstars will not transfer to Portsmouth with their own identity, so although Gaidamak holds hundreds of billions of assets, he is very different from Chelsea in terms of recruitment, Chelsea are all about fried chicken, while Portsmouth is more of a superstar's retirement home.

However, for a relegation team like Portsmouth, which only finished fourth from the bottom last season, a few popular superstars are not necessarily effective, more to earn eyeballs, and experienced and power-hungry superstars can give Portsmouth's original players more help.

The results will give players and coaches more confidence, although Liverpool has won all the last 4 games against Portsmouth, and 5 wins and 1 draw in the last 6 games, but the current Portsmouth team is not ready to come to Anfield Stadium to play soy sauce, they are known as Hell Stadium Anfield played very smart and very patient, the purpose is certainly not empty-handed.

Seeing the Portsmouth players walking slowly to the corner kick area like an eighty-year-old man, and putting the ball in slow motion, Benitez's face showed an angry and contemptuous look, he as an experienced coach knows very well what the opponent wants to do, they want to delay the time, although they can't drag out all 90 minutes, but their behavior can provoke the opponent and make the opponent lose his cool, this kind of offensive and defensive situation is very obvious The game requires a higher accuracy of shooting. If the players are impatient, it will certainly be more difficult for them to find the back of the net.

At this moment, just 50 minutes have passed in the game time, the score is still 0:0 draw, Benitez glanced at Chen Yu on the bench, considering whether to let Chen Yu warm up, play a few more minutes today, he said at the end of the last game that he didn't want Chen Yu to be the savior, but his players were too uncompetitive to break through Portsmouth's goal at Anfield, and he didn't want to rely on Chen Yu.

Benitez is still groaning, because it takes a bit long to let Chen Yu play now, and he wants to wait a little longer, and now Chen Yu is more suitable to play for more than 20 minutes, and the effect may not be good if it is too long.

Benitez was still waiting, but the Liverpool fans in the stadium couldn't bear it anymore, and they no longer sang the team song "You Will Never Walk Alone" at the moment, but shouted Chen Yu's name, urging Benitez to let Chen Yu play early.

The on-site commentator also questioned Benitez for not sending Chen Yu on the field, "...... What is Rafa waiting for? Does he still expect his two strikers to score? If you don't score for the first 50 minutes, what's the use of giving them another 20 minutes? Now it's best to make substitutions, people say that substitutions are like changing knives, changing luck may be able to bring goals, don't look at Chen Yu's long-term sparse battle, against Manchester City, don't you also score at the beginning, and shooters sometimes score goals by smell......"

Benitez waited another five minutes, and under the pressure of the fans chanting Chen Yu, he also had to compromise.

"Chen, come here."

Chen Yu got up from the bench and walked to Benitez, although he has been eager to try, but he sat very firmly on the bench, the last substitute goal gave him more confidence and confidence, he knew that Benitez would never put him on the bench now and not give him a chance to play.

Benitez said: "Chen, you go to warm up, do a little more preparation activities, and go up to replace Crouch later." ”

"Oh."

Chen Yu agreed, wearing a coat and carefully preparing on the sidelines, it was only 55 minutes at the moment, he must have played more time today than the last game, Chen Yu is still quite satisfied.

Chen Yu has not yet played, Portsmouth's head coach Redknapp is not calm, the shadow of the famous tree, there are too many legends about Chen Yu, he scored in the last game and scored, he was very worried that Chen Yu would seize the opportunity, so when Chen Yu was doing warm-up activities, Redknapp would run to the sidelines every time the dead ball time to issue orders to his players, so that the defenders and midfielders were ready to prevent Chen Yu from dying.

Chen Yu warmed up for 10 minutes, and at the 65th minute of the game, Liverpool won a corner, and Chen Yu finally got the chance to play, this is his second appearance in the Premier League, and his game time has been extended to almost 30 minutes.

"Chen goal! Chen goal! ”

Chen Yu, who was standing on the sidelines, heard cheers and applause from all directions, and he waved confidently to the fans, and his greeting attracted even more enthusiastic applause and cheers.

Crouch heard such warm applause on the field, he was very uncomfortable, today he was not without a chance to score, in the 4th minute, Portsmouth was not firmly established, defender Hyypia long pass, he got a chance to shoot on the line of the penalty area, but his shot was confiscated by James. In the 35th minute, Finnan's long pass, Crouch's header was ferried, Gerrard's shot from the right side of the box bounced off the goalkeeper, but Crouch didn't take the opportunity, the ball was shot into the side netting, and on another occasion, Pennant's cross he and Kuyt both shot the goal but did not touch.

It is not uncommon to get three good shots in a game, after all, the striker will be closely guarded by the opponent as a goalscorer, especially a high striker like him, more often as a bridgehead to attract firepower, not a killer, but the failure to grasp the three opportunities overshadowed his watch today, so that he was replaced early.

Redknapp waited for 10 minutes, and now the fear has finally become a reality, Chen Yu is on the field, and it is still a corner kick on the field, Benitez is simply giving Redknapp eye drops.

"Campbell! Primus! The two of you must keep an eye on China Chen, and you can't let up for a second, and tell your teammates that if you lose your position, they will have to make up for it in the fastest time, and you can't let Chen Yu face the goal alone.

"Yes."

"Understood."

Campbell and Primus nodded, they knew what kind of character this person was, and they knew how powerful he was, even if he hadn't played for half a year now, he would still be more threatening than those strikers who played every day, just like a lion would never forget its instinct to prey even if it rested at home for half a year.

Campbell is the biggest big star of this Portsmouth club, today he and Primus are steady, defusing Liverpool's multiple attacks, although it can't be compared to his peak at Arsenal, but today Campbell can score 9 points on his own form, as long as he can defend Chen Yu in the remaining 30 minutes, Campbell thinks this is the perfect game.

Chen Yu and Crouch high-fived, and then quickly ran to the penalty area to fight for a corner.

Almost the same moment, the same corner, the penalty is still Gerrard, which makes the Portsmouth players highly nervous, almost everyone focuses on Chen Yu, not only Campbell watched Chen Yu closely, Portsmouth striker Muwarivari also stuck to Chen Yu's side, not only clamped Chen Yu to prevent him from jumping easily, but also blocked the direction of his running, and did not let him get rid of it lightly.

Referee Alain. Wiley's whistle sounded, Gerrard's ball had not yet been released, and there were already people in the penalty area, Chen Yu was also pushed to the ground by Muwarivari, and the referee Alain. Wiley had no choice but to ask Gerrard to stop the free throw, and came over to verbally warn the players on both sides, telling them to move quietly and not to foul again, otherwise they would have to be dealt cards.

Today's referee Alan Willi was a little soft, and the players on both sides did not take him seriously, and when Gerrard took the penalty again, both sides committed fouls in the penalty area, but Alain Velli let it go and let the game continue.

Gerrard played a ball at the back post again, the ball was actually found by Riese who cut in from the wing, and let Risse cross a second time when the opponent was in chaos in the box, so that the probability of scoring would be a little higher.

Obviously, Gerrard's old trick did not have the effect of the last game, Chen Yu, Kuyt and teammates at the front point did not grab it, and Portsmouth protected the back point very well, Ricse did not grab the ball at the back point, the ball was pushed out of the sideline by Portsmouth's midfielder O'Neal, and Liverpool sent a throw-in to continue the attack.

Seeing that Chen Yu didn't grab the point in this corner, the players and fans of Portsmouth breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone pressed in their hearts was temporarily moved.

In fact, Liverpool fans and players are also full of expectations for Chen Yu, seeing that Chen Yu did not have a chance to touch the ball under the attack of the two, everyone was a little disappointed, but thinking about the game There are still more than 20 minutes, and the confidence of Liverpool fans in Chen Yu has come up again.