Chapter 697: Spike
When the second half of the game reached 65 minutes, the score on the field was still 0:0, facing Manchester City, the first away game of the Premier League this season, Benitez was very dissatisfied, and he also saw that it was unrealistic to expect Crouch and Kuyt, he walked to the bench and said to Chen Yu: "Chen, you warm up and get ready to play." β
"Okay."
Chen Yu had been waiting for this moment for a long time, he took off his coat and quickly came to the sidelines to warm up.
The fans waited for Chen Yu to play like the stars and the moon, and when they saw that Chen Yu finally came out to warm up, there was thunderous applause in the stands of Anfield.
"Hurry! Chen Yu is on the field! β
"Chen! Warm up! β
"Hurry, hurry! Time is running out! β
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Seeing the fans' expectations for Chen Yu so much, Benitez became worried, in his opinion, Chen Yu is not suitable to be a savior, which puts too much pressure on Chen Yu, Chen Yu is a superstar on the stage, the opponent will definitely use all means to stop him, and even take unconventional foul measures, which will definitely affect Chen Yu's performance, and the fans' expectations will make him more anxious, which will only increase the chance of Chen Yu's injury.
Benitez actually hopes that Chen Yu will play with the team's big lead, mainly not to become a savior, but to adapt to the atmosphere, so he chose to play Manchester City, an away bug, to let Chen Yu come back, I didn't expect the striker to be too uncompetitive, the game played for almost 70 minutes, and he didn't even score a goal.
The fans in the stands were looking forward to Chen Yu coming on the field as soon as possible, but Chen Yu warmed up on the sidelines for ten minutes, Benitez still didn't say anything, Chen Yu himself was in a hurry at this time, he stopped warming up, walked to Benitez, and said: "Coach, I'm almost done." β
At this time, Kuyt on the field broke through the side pass to Gerrard, the captain volleyed the edge of the box, the ball grazed the post and flew out of the bottom line, Benitez sighed, knowing that he could no longer count on these people on the field to score, he could only let Chen Yu go up to try his luck, hoping that the Chinese who claimed to average one goal per game could live up to his reputation.
"Good! You go up and replace Kuyt, if you can't find an opportunity in the middle, you can move more on the wing, tear open space from the wing, pass the ball to Crouch, your opponent is ......" Benitez pointed to Sun Hai, "...... Your compatriot, I believe you can beat him and win the Chinese derby, but don't get hurt. β
Benitez patted Chen Yu on the shoulder, he asked Chen Yu to play on the left side, in fact, he felt that Sun Hai was Chen Yu's compatriot, so as not to make dangerous moves to hurt Chen Yu, as for whether Chen Yu can make a breakthrough on the side, he is not sure, the training in the team is completely different from the real fight on the field, Chen Yu played well in training, but it does not mean that the game can be played well.
In the 77th minute of the game, Liverpool got a corner kick opportunity, and at this time, the fourth official on the sidelines finally raised the substitution sign, No. 18 Kuyt went down, and No. 9 Chen Yu went up.
The Liverpool fans at the scene have been waiting for too long, and they even have the idea of pulling Chen Yu out as a substitute and pushing him onto the field, seeing Chen Yu finally play, the applause suddenly sounded like a tsunami, and at the same time, nearly 40,000 fans chanted Chen Yu's name together.
ββ¦β¦ Old! Chan finally came out, dressed as Ian. The number 9 shirt worn by Rush and Robbie Fowler, he pinned the hopes of all Reds fans on the goal, and although it was only 13 minutes, we still hope that he can score like his predecessors, becoming another goal ......scorer in Liverpool's history.
The on-site commentator stood up and took the microphone to the stadium, rendering the atmosphere more enthusiastic.
Manchester City manager Pierce also stood up a little nervously, and called his right-back Sun Hai to the sidelines, "Sun, keep an eye on him, that compatriot of yours, don't let him get the ball comfortably." β
"Don't worry, coach, I won't make it easy for him."
Sun Hai looked at Chen Yu who was waving to the fans, and sighed infinitely in his heart, what is a superstar? This is a superstar, only a superstar has such an appeal, but he only has envy and honor and no jealousy, because Chen Yu is too far away from him, he is just an ordinary professional player struggling in the substitute position, and Chen Yu is a superstar at the top of the biological chain, he can't be jealous if he wants to.
Liverpool's corner kicks are mainly punished by Gerrard and Alonso, and when these two people are not there, they are punished by newcomer Aurelio, but Gerrard knows that Chen Yu has a set-piece stunt, so before taking the corner kick, in order to show respect, he also came over to Chen Yu and said: "Chen, are you grabbing a point or kicking a corner kick?" β
Chen Yu binds the consciousness of two stars today, one is Spanish winger Vicente and the other is Swedish striker Larsson. The reason why these two players were selected is because Chen Yu knows that he is either replacing Crouch or Kuyt today, after binding the consciousness of these two stars, he can cope with either one of them he replaces, and he can also suddenly change his consciousness in the game and catch the opponent off guard.
Although Chen Yu thinks that the set-piece ability is no worse than Gerrard after binding Vicente, he still chose to grab points, "Thank you, captain, I'll go grab points, we need to score more." β
Gerard smiled slightly and patted Chen Yu on the shoulder, "I expect you to give them a fatal blow." β
Chen Yu smiled bitterly, this is the first game after recovering from injury, he really doesn't know how much he can play, after all, consciousness is consciousness, body is body, no matter how good his consciousness is, it is useless if his body can't cooperate.
Gerald walked to the corner flag area, Chen Yu walked to the forbidden area, and Sun Jihai followed Chen Yu's side closely.
"Brother Hai, don't be so tight, okay."
Chen Yu joked with Sun Hai.
Sun Hai said in a low voice: "We are each our own masters now, I don't dare to let you go." β
"If you don't let go, I'll run by myself."
Chen Yu said and suddenly started to rush forward to grab Gerrard's corner kick.
Sun Hai knew that Chen Yu was fast, so he reached out and tugged at Chen Yu's jersey, reducing Chen Yu's speed while following Chen Yu's side.
However, Chen Yu is very clear about the characteristics of Gerrard's corner kick, fast speed, big spin, and sudden fall, and he can't grab the ball at the front point, so he just feints forward, and after making a forward action, Chen Yu suddenly turned back and rushed to the back point.
Sun Hai kept up with Chen Yu for the first time, and he also turned around for the second time, but there were too many people in the penalty area, and after Chen Yu passed for the first time, Sun Hai was blocked, and at this time, no one came to make up for Chen Yu, and Chen Yu was instantly unguarded.
As the saying goes, when luck comes, the mountains can't be stopped, just when Chen Yu was running, Risse had already grabbed the landing point at the back point, but Richie's small-angle header hit Dunn who was guarding the post and bounced out, just bounced towards Chen Yu.
The height of the ball popping up was very awkward, neither high nor low, just flying towards Chen Yu's crotch, Chen Yu was too late to dive the header, and the volley could not be drawn, but Chen Yu's reaction was extremely fast, he used an unconventional action of kicking, and kicked the ball towards the goal with the sole of his foot.
At this moment, Manchester City goalkeeper Wefoe has rushed to the back post when Lisse's header is headed, and he has not come back at the moment, but there are still a lot of people in the penalty area, but Chen Yu's shot flew into the net from between Sacher's legs.
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Chen Yu broke through the door of Manchester City with his first touch of the ball.
There are a lot of people in the penalty area and it is very chaotic, but when Chen Yu shoots, there is no one around, everyone can see it clearly, it is Chen Yu who kicked the ball into the net, but no one applauds, everyone's brains seem to be short-circuited at this moment, no one can imagine that after half a year of injury, Chen Yu, who came on as a substitute for the first time, scored with the first touch of the ball.
This pause was very short, like a video recorder jamming the tape, and then the shouts and applause of the tsunami from the stands gushed out like a volcanic eruption, and all the Liverpool players on the field except for goalkeeper Reina almost subconsciously rushed towards Chen Yu, hugging Chen Yu who was about to rush to the stands.
βgoalgoalgoalβ¦β¦ Old! Old! Chan scored! Incredible! Incredible! Chan scored with his first touch of the ball! What did Crouch and Kuyt struggle for more than 70 minutes and Chen did in a few seconds? This is the instinct of the shooter, this is the essence of the killer! One goal per game? No! Chen: This is the rhythm of scoring goals every game! β
Benitez on the sidelines had a happy face, he thought about all kinds of possibilities, but he just didn't expect such a scene, when Chen Yu scored, he was still talking to the team doctor Waller Yan about how likely Chen Yu was to be injured again, and the field began to celebrate.
It's a bit of luck, but there's no doubt that Chen Yu's running leads to luck, maybe that's the shooter's intuition, Benitez and the team doctor Waller hugged, thinking to themselves.
You can score goals like this?! Seeing Chen Yu kick the ball between Thatcher's legs, Pierce's eyes straightened, he couldn't believe what he saw, what the fuck was this shit luck, the first touch of the ball scored, Pierce couldn't completely blame Sun Hai for the goal conceded, except that Sun Hai was blocked, this goal was more of luck, without this bounced ball, if it didn't hit between Sarcher's legs, the ball would be no play, but all kinds of coincidences came together, and the goal happened.
Liverpool Chairman Morse, who was sitting in the VIP box, was equally surprised to be able to put an egg in his mouth, "Ah! Oh, God! Is this a broken door? Why is it so difficult to score goals against Crouch and Kuyt? β
Kuyt, who was sitting on the bench, was also jealous of Chen Yu's good luck when he applauded, and he began to ponder if he hadn't been replaced, would it be himself who scored the goal now? But Kuyt soon decided no, because he wouldn't be that kind of runner at all.
After Chen Yu broke the deadlock, Manchester City strengthened his marking, and Chen Yu's speed and strength have not been fully recovered, and the ball and shooting under the high-intensity confrontation are still lacking a little fire, in the next ten minutes, Chen Yu only had two shots, but they did not hit the goalpost, and Liverpool's other players were not able to grasp the opportunity to score under the advantage, and finally only relied on Chen Yu's goal to defeat Manchester City 1:0, keeping his home dragon name, and also confirmed the title of Manchester City's away bug.