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The relationship between Chen Yu and coach Benitez, Chen Yu and Gerrard, and Gerrard and Benitez has become very delicate, although everyone is careful to maintain the superficial harmony, but not only they but also the other veteran players of Liverpool know that this harmony is fragile, and it only takes a small contradiction to bring this harmony to nothing.

Whether the relationship between Chen Yu, Benitez and Gerrard will affect the team's record, no one knows, but everyone knows that the test is coming.

In the 31st round of the game, Manchester United and Liverpool are the two favorites to win the championship directly, just as the FA Cup Liverpool and Chelsea basically determine the final champion of the FA Cup, the competition between Manchester United and Liverpool will also largely determine the final ownership of the league championship.

Liverpool and Manchester United are now separated by just one point, with only seven league games left after the game.

If Liverpool wins, the points difference between them and Manchester United will reach 4 points, in the next 7 rounds, Liverpool only has a difficult game with Arsenal, and Manchester United has to play against Chelsea and Arsenal, Manchester United is at a disadvantage in the schedule, even if Manchester United plays 7 consecutive wins, it will be difficult for them to surpass Liverpool, Liverpool has only lost three games this season, it is difficult to imagine that they can lose two games in the last 7 rounds.

In this sense, if Manchester United lose this game, their hope of winning the championship is not great, if the game is drawn, the title competition will be very anxious, if Manchester United win, they will take the initiative, and the possibility of winning the title will be greatly increased.

Manchester United's advantage is playing at home, and Old Trafford is not as famous as Anfield, which does not mean that Old Trafford is a good place where any team has to peel off a layer of skin.

Liverpool's advantage is that the score is ahead, 1 point is also a lead, and they can also take the initiative, in addition to the advantage of the schedule, even if it is a draw, it is completely acceptable, while Manchester United will have a hard time accepting the result of a draw.

The strength of the two teams is similar, and they also know each other, the fundamental factor that determines the outcome is not in the players, nor in the coach, in such a game, no one will make a faint move, no one will let the opponent's players play to the fullest, the key to victory is in the details, who can prepare more fully, who can have a better performance in the game, and even the substitute players can have a good performance, who can get the final victory.

Carrington Training Base

After a morning of training, the Manchester United players dragged their tired bodies into the bathroom, and after rinsing off their stinky sweat and exhaustion, they lazily came to the restaurant to sit down, ready to replenish a little energy.

Carrington training base is only half an hour's drive from the city center, many players actually want to be able to go home for lunch, but manager Alex Ferguson has a rule that all players must eat in the restaurant at noon, Ferguson is a god-like existence at Manchester United, his words are holy orders, and no one dares to disobey them.

Once the players found their seats in the cafeteria, the first thing they saw was manager Alex Ferguson's seat.

In the past, Coach Alex Ferguson was always the first to sit there, and when he saw his eye-catching rosacea nose, everyone was quiet, eating seriously, resting after eating, and no one dared to make any moths.

And if Ferguson doesn't come, the restaurant will be lively, there are eating, chatting, laughing, and pranks, once, Ferguson was not there, Rooney's scrambled eggs were put yogurt by Fletcher, the two almost fought in the restaurant, although they were pulled by their teammates, but the baked dough, refreshments and plastic bottles were thrown all over the sky.

Just when the restaurant was about to become lively, Ferguson came in with a gloomy face, and from the moment he stepped into the restaurant, the temperature in the restaurant seemed to drop by more than ten degrees, and the noise disappeared in an instant.

Ferguson didn't look at the other players, just ordered two slices of lemon flounder, toasted bread, returned to his seat and sat down, and tasted slowly.

In fact, Ferguson has no appetite at all, anxiety, anger, powerlessness, worry, longing, all kinds of emotions are mixed together, this feeling has not been felt for a long time, and the last time I had this feeling was when I played Mourinho for the second time.

Ferguson needs to win, and Manchester United need to win even more because their opponents are Liverpool.

Liverpool and Chelsea are different, one is an old enemy, the other is a rookie, Liverpool is a big trouble, enough to affect Manchester United's dominance in English football, although Chelsea is strong, but after all, the foundation is limited, can run rampant for a few years, just look at Arsenal, how arrogant and domineering it was to win the championship with an undefeated record, but now, even a cup title can not be sought, and now Chelsea's record has plummeted after leaving Mourinho, and it may be difficult to become a real opponent of Manchester United in the future.

Manchester United and Ferguson's hatred and fear of Liverpool is in the blood, and if given the choice, United would rather Chelsea and Arsenal, or even Manchester City, take the throne than Liverpool win the treble.

When Ferguson arrived, his assistant Mullens was sweeping the food in front of him, Mullens was a big fat man of more than 1.8 meters, he had a big nose like Ferguson, and looked rough like a butcher, but in fact he had a very small heart.

When Ferguson came in, he had been quietly observing Ferguson, thinking about how to communicate with him.

"Alex, are you worried about tomorrow's game?" Mullens put down the knife and fork in his hand and wiped his lips with a napkin, indicating that he had eaten.

Ferguson continued to chew the bread in his mouth until he swallowed the last bit of bread crumbs into his stomach, then he raised his head and said solemnly: "Do you understand our situation?" “

Mullens said: "We must not lose, we ......"

Ferguson interrupted Mullens roughly, "No, we have to win, it's our only chance, if we win against Liverpool at Old Trafford, we'll miss out on the title." “

Mullens admires Ferguson very much, Ferguson's control of the game, speculation about the situation, management of the dressing room, and encouragement of player morale are all top-notch, but he is still a little skeptical of Ferguson's judgment just now, he does not think Liverpool can win all the remaining games.

"Alex, are you overestimating Liverpool, I admit that Liverpool's main squad is very strong, but their bench lineup is actually not the strongest in the top four, and they have three events to play, and their ace Chen Yu will fly back to Asia to participate in the World Cup qualifiers after this game, I don't believe they can win all the last games."

Mullens spoke slowly, and he spoke as he thought, lest he miss something he didn't say.

Ferguson shook his head and said: "Mulens, what you said is true, this is the difficulty that Liverpool needs to overcome, they are really not sure to win all the games, when we won the treble in 99, in fact, luck played a big role, but what supports my judgment just now is not all because of how much I believe in Liverpool, but I know Manchester United better, Liverpool will definitely not be able to win all the games, but can we win all the remaining games?" ”

Ferguson's rhetorical question made Mullens suddenly realize, he only considered the difficulties of the opponent Liverpool, but did not consider the difficulties faced by Manchester United, Liverpool could not win all the last seven rounds, Manchester United also could not win all of them, such a score remained until the end, the champion is Liverpool, a penny suffocates the heroes, and a point can still make one team go to heaven and another team to hell.

"If we want to draw, we are still sure, it is difficult to win, Liverpool is good at defending and counterattacking, and there is such a sharp knife as Chen Yu." Mullens told the truth, he didn't want to just say nice things, and Ferguson didn't need a sycophant by his side.

Ferguson sighed and said, "My biggest headache now is how to defend that Chinese kid." ”

Ferguson's powerless look made Mullens a little sad, this 67-year-old guy has always been energetic and ambitious, so people don't even think about his age, and at this moment, Mullens feels that Ferguson is indeed old.

The sharp knife characters in the opponent's camp must be well guarded, and the tactics of marking are also ever-changing, there are regular ways, and there are wild ways, these means are trivial to Ferguson, who has been teaching the Premier League and the Soviet Super League for more than 20 years, and he even has better means to deal with Chen Yu, but are these methods really useful? If it is useful, Chen Yu will not still maintain the terrifying goal efficiency of one goal per game, if it is useless, then what should be done? “

Ferguson was so suddenly lost in thought that Mullens whispered to him that he didn't hear it.

"Coach!" Mullens' voice rose an octave, as if he was afraid that Ferguson would not hear him.

"Hmm." Mourinho's eyes gradually focused, and soon became sharp again.

Mullens said in a low voice: "Chen Yu is at his peak, his skills, body, mentality and football wisdom are unparalleled, the possibility of trying to prevent him is too small, and no team can do it now......"

Ferguson interrupted Mullens again, saying: "But we have to guard against him, otherwise we won't have a chance to win, he's so scary, I've never seen such a horrible player except Maradona." ”

Mullens smiled weirdly and said: "Alex, through Chen Yu's game video, I found that in fact, the performance of players like Chen Yu depends a lot on the referee's penalty scale, if the referee's scale is loose, his performance is average, if the referee's strictness, Chen Yu's performance is very good......"

This time I don't want Ferguson to interrupt his words again, Mullens stopped halfway through, he can't say any more, but he believes that Ferguson will understand what he means, if Ferguson can't understand, then Ferguson doesn't deserve to be praised as a football legend, the best coach in Europe.

There was a hint of hesitation on Ferguson's face, but in the end, he only said "eat" lightly, and did not speak to Mullens again.