1337 Chinese Derby
Liverpool's Melwood training base was calm, with The Echo's Tony Barrett interviewing a number of players in the squad in midweek to get a glimpse of the atmosphere and situation inside Liverpool.
Because the European arena has entered the final stage, many teams that have no desire have begun to prepare for summer recruitment, and there are many scouts from big teams who have come to Liverpool to take a closer look at Liverpool's players.
Real Madrid are still hoping for Alonso.
Paris Saint-Germain, a newly rising company in France, wants to complete a shocking transfer, and the president of the club publicly announced that he will use 200 million euros to bring in Qin Xiong.
Barcelona and Mascherano are eye-wrenching.
Chelsea seduced Mereles in an attempt to bolster the midfield.
Upper European teams are also impressed with Liverpool's substitutes.
Aurelio is confirmed to leave for La Liga at the end of the season.
Babbel and Ngog also had the idea of leaving, and they finally managed to get Torres out, only to have an even more unstoppable Suarez.
An inch of youth and a handful of tears!
They really couldn't stand it anymore and thought of leaving.
Sterling, as a talented player of the new generation in England, has also been thrown an olive branch by other clubs, but Liverpool FC is not a fool, it costs a lot to get Sterling, and Sterling is also growing steadily in training, and now letting him go is an absolutely loss-making deal.
Tony Barrett mainly interviews players who have been rumored to have left the team.
Qin Xiong bore the brunt of the attack, and the strength of the consortium behind Paris Saint-Germain cannot be underestimated, and he faced transfer rumors. Jokingly: "If these two hundred million euros were for me." Then I'll think about it. ”
From the point of view of interests. Qin Xiong's own "business empire" is also being established!
His brand has successfully established itself in the Asian market and even in the European market, and he needs to continue to win accolades to consolidate the results.
The rewards are very lucrative.
It has nothing to do with how much wealth he has, but his ability to create wealth, and in terms of income generation, if you join Paris Saint-Germain, maybe the salary will be high and the treatment will be good. However, all things considered, his income will actually decline.
For Qin Xiong in European football, he can go wherever he wants, but now what he is pursuing is to be satisfied, to be honored, and not so many bad things.
As for Liverpool's other players with transfer rumours, they have largely maintained a firm stance in response to the scandals, either expressing loyalty or not considering a move now due to Liverpool's upcoming meeting with Manchester United in the Champions League.
The league title is already in the bag, and the Champions League title can be defended. The next two Champions League semi-finals will be crucial if they go through. Then there will only be one final left before the title is successfully defended!
The 34th round of the Premier League comes as scheduled at the weekend, with Liverpool hosting Birmingham City, who are deep in the relegation zone.
Before the game, Coman announced the starting line-up to the media.
On the afternoon of 23 April, Anfield was overcrowded.
Because of this home match day, Liverpool may be crowned Premier League champions four rounds early!
In the pre-match dressing room, Coman looked around the starting XI and as everyone was ready to play, Koeman said: "The reason why I announced my starting XI yesterday was to make the opposition think that we would take this game lightly. The whole world knows we're going to face Manchester United in four days' time and it's only a matter of time before they win the league, but what about Birmingham? Birmingham are still in the relegation zone and they need points to fight for relegation, can you imagine how the game will play out? ”
The players who usually serve as substitutes were scheduled to start today, and they looked at each other, but it was not difficult to guess what the opponent was thinking.
Birmingham must have thought Liverpool would stay for the Champions League, and rightly so.
But staying in force doesn't mean that today's starting lineup is low in combat!
As a result, Birmingham will have to play against Liverpool at Anfield anyway.
Liverpool can fully target Birmingham City in this game.
Koeman saw everyone's expressions and knew the players had figured it out.
He said lightly: "I hope the team can announce the championship today!" Because Manchester United, the second in the Premier League, has a hard-mouthed manager, Ferguson is still insisting to this day that Manchester United has a chance to complete the comeback, we will not fight with Manchester United, but we will let Manchester United's hopes be completely shattered! This will dampen United's fighting spirit and confidence and help us to come into better shape and posture against Manchester United in a few days' time! In the Champions League! Your task today is to beat Birmingham City at home! Help your team win the league title! Suppress Manchester United's momentum! So, today you are the protagonists! ”
It is undeniable that Coeman's remarks had a great stimulating effect, which made the fighting spirit of the Red Army generals instantly rise.
With the belief that they would win, the Reds starters left the dressing room.
The atmosphere at Anfield Stadium was enthusiastic, and this match between Liverpool and Birmingham was also hailed as a Chinese derby by the media!
Because both clubs now have Chinese elements.
Birmingham are owned by Chinese billionaire Yang Ka Cheng, who won the Carabao Cup 2-1 two months ago after beating Arsenal 2-1 in the Carabao Cup for the first time in 48 years.
While this is a brilliant achievement for the club, it cannot hide Birmingham's embarrassment in the league.
They are still in the relegation zone.
With Koeman's starting XI announced yesterday, plus the team set to face Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals in a few days' time.
And now Birmingham need points to stay in the relegation.
A number of factors led to the belief that Liverpool would give Birmingham at least a draw.
The defending champions give the relegation team 1 point, which is definitely a very face-saving one.
Especially at home.
If the two owners really have a good personal relationship, then maybe Liverpool will generously send Birmingham warmth to give them three points.
Of course, this is all suspicion from the outside world.
After the start of the game, Liverpool's forward line, led by Suarez, including Kuyt and Raheem Sterling, shone exceptionally in the front line.
Birmingham guessed wrong, Liverpool is really not that generous!
When Birmingham were knocked on the back of the net by Liverpool in the 32nd minute, it was the uproar created by the cheers of the Reds fans at Anfield that woke them up.
Liverpool didn't even think about losing this game!
And Liverpool is trying to win!
Birmingham had no choice but to press heavily when they were behind, and then Liverpool used counter-attacks and fast attacks to storm the opposition again and again.
Before the end of the first half, teenager Sterling received Suarez's return pass from outside the penalty area and scored with a low shot, rewriting the score to 2:0!
Birmingham is more than lucky! (To be continued.) )