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A week later, the final round of the league became Liverpool's training match, the main players were all in the stands, the substitutes were fully armed, and Tottenham Hotspur played together, although they lost the game 0:2, but the Liverpool players did not care, and at the end of the game, they immediately cheered and took off their shirts and ran to the stands to celebrate their Premier League championship.

A belated award ceremony followed, with captain Steven Gerrard and Chen Yu lifting the trophy together, followed by the players raising their glasses one by one, and the celebration at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium lasted just over half an hour before the players drove back to Liverpool for the championship parade.

The route of the parade starts at Anfield, circles Liverpool City and then returns to Anfield Stadium to interact with the fans.

The parade lasted overnight and didn't end until 4 a.m.

The next day, the media again celebrated Liverpool's victory and summed up the Premier League season's performances, with Liverpool as champions, Manchester United as runners-up, Chelsea third, Arsenal fourth, and relegated teams as Derby County, Birmingham City and Reading.

In the end, the media almost unanimously agreed that Liverpool had ushered in a new era, and if they could win the FA Cup and Champions League in a week's time, it would not be an exaggeration to call Liverpool a dynasty.

Liverpool don't dare to spend too long celebrating the league title, for the rest of the team, the season is over and they can go on holiday, but Liverpool still have a lot of work to do, as they continue to prepare for the FA Cup final against Portsmouth and the Champions League final against Manchester United.

The opponent of the FA Cup final is Portsmouth, ranked eighth in the Premier League, in terms of strength alone, Portsmouth and Liverpool are incomparable, but Portsmouth only has this key game this season, they can attack and defend without scruples, and Liverpool has a more important Champions League final in four days, they can't play such an FA Cup game as desperately as Portsmouth, one goes all out, the other has scruples, and in the end it is not predictable who will die.

The 12-day break flashed by, in these days, Chen Yu in addition to two interviews, shooting two advertising videos, all his energy was spent on training, he wanted to win the treble for Liverpool, in addition to the honor, this is also his reward for Liverpool's help to him last season, after winning the treble, at the end of this season, whether he is going or staying, he has a clear conscience.

At 2 p.m. on 17 May, the FA Cup final between Liverpool and Portsmouth kicked off at Wembley.

Although the Champions League final is four days later, the FA Cup is the oldest competition in England, and it has a lot of influence in the minds of fans, Liverpool does not want to give up, and before the Champions League final, it is against a weak team like Portsmouth, if you lose the FA Cup, it will be a big blow to morale and confidence.

Therefore, Liverpool is also the main force in this game, hoping to take the lead and replace the main force to rest after seizing the advantage.

Not to mention Portsmouth, who last won the FA Cup 69 years ago, when they won the only FA Cup, and now stepping into the FA Cup final again, every Portsmouth player will want to taste the title again.

Although they are full of desire for the championship, Portsmouth has a clear understanding of the reality, and they know that there is a huge gap between the strength and Liverpool, so in this game, they lined up a conservative 451 lineup: No. 1 England's old international James is in charge, and the four defenders are: No. 5 Glen Johnson, No. 23 Campbell, No. 15 Distin, No. 7 Roleson; These four people in the back line are a little older and not as good as they were back then, but they are very experienced, and after compressing the defensive space, their advantages will be brought into greater play, and their disadvantages will be hidden a lot.

The five midfielders are: No. 17 Utaka, No. 6 L-Diarra, No. 30 Mendes, No. 19 Kranica, No. 11 Muntari; England's players are best suited for a 442 formation, so Redknapp did not change the number of people in the backline, but added one man in midfield.

Redknapp attaches great importance to defense, but he also knows very well that it is impossible to defend without counterattacks, so on the forward line he is the 27th Kanu with strong personal ability, and Kanu has a heavy task in this game, he has to take responsibility for scoring goals, but also take responsibility for receiving and organizing in the front.

After the players from both sides came on the field, they tied the red and blue ribbons representing the team on their arms, and then exchanged team flags and team emblems, took photos and picked sides, after which Liverpool kicked off first and launched an onslaught on Portsmouth, hoping to seal the win early so that they could replace the core and rest and win the FA Cup with the lowest gold content at the lowest cost.

Liverpool knew Portsmouth were going to be desperate, but it was only after the game that they really felt how strong the grassroots team's desire for the title was.

Liverpool played a 442 formation in this game, and the striker was the partner of Chen Yu and Kuyt, which is a typical offensive and defensive balanced formation, four midfielders Gerrard, Mascherano, Alonso, Benayoun, with speed, strength, technology and vision, it stands to reason that there should be no problem in dealing with Portsmouth, but because Portsmouth is five midfielders today, and there are four defenders behind, the new Wembley stadium is also big, but 9 big men are on the defensive, and they are all running hard, The space is also very small, and the offense can't get in at all.

Benitez watched from the sidelines for about ten minutes, and then walked back to the dugout in a rage. But the bus is not foul, and Benitez has nothing to say, so he can only get angry.

In the face of Portsmouth's dense defense, Chen Yu and Kuyt have no space to take the ball to do action, Chen Yu is a little better, he is fast, he can still bring two feet, and he has a chance to take a free kick, Kuyt almost becomes a stake, he can't catch the ball, he can't hold the ball when he catches it, and there is no space to pass and shoot when he holds the ball, which is similar to the decoration.

Liverpool's midfielders also had no way to break through the iron wall in the middle of Portsmouth, so they had to seek a breakthrough on the wing. , from a wide cross looking for a goal.

Liverpool's header ability is only at the mid-level level in the Premier League, Portsmouth's ability to defend headers is not weak, and there are many people, Liverpool passes the ball from the side, and the middle can't grab the landing point, and the threat to Portsmouth's goal is very small.

Liverpool's attack was blocked, and they could only circle around the perimeter of Portsmouth, who put heavy forces on defense, and invested too few troops in the attack, and could not get a few opportunities to counterattack.

The first half of the game lasted fifteen minutes, and both sides did not have a single shot on goal, which made fans, reporters, and coaches shake their heads and feel that this game was really boring.

The commentator of Sky Sports said depressedly: "Although the tournament has been nameless since ancient times, it is rare to play so badly, no wonder the attendance rate of Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate 90,000 people, is only 7 percent." If it weren't for Liverpool reaching the final, but Cardiff City, it would be estimated that the number would not even be half. ”

After 30 minutes, although Liverpool still could not break Portsmouth's iron bucket formation, they continued to besiege and still got some chances.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Reese and Benayoun cooperated on the side, Benayoun crossed to the front of the penalty area, and Chen Yu shot with a golden hook upside down with his back to the goal, and the ball was high above the crossbar.

In the 37th minute of the game, Chen Yu pulled the side, broke through to the bottom line and crossed in front of the goal, Gerrard inserted a shovel shot in the back row, and the ball was shoveled into the arms of goalkeeper James by him.

In addition to those two dangerous shots, Liverpool had a long-range shot and a header in the first half, while Portsmouth did not have a shot, but Kanu had a counter-attack opportunity when he dribbled into the box, but was a step late and was disrupted by a returning Carragher.

At the end of the first half, the score was 0-0, Liverpool had only four shots on goal, two on target, and Portsmouth had no shots on goal.

It's certainly not going to be a good match for Liverpool fans, but Portsmouth fans are satisfied, they only gave Liverpool four shots on goal in the first half, they didn't concede a goal, and it's definitely something to be proud of to play like this with the new Premier League champions, and as long as they play at this level in the second half, they can hopefully drag the game into a penalty shoot-out, and that's when everything is possible.

After the break, Benitez was dissatisfied with the content of the game and took the lead in making substitution adjustments, Babel came on the field, replaced the delicate but not strong Benayoun, and let Babel come on the field to fight with Portsmouth.

Benitez was angry in the dressing room, and after the start of the second half, Liverpool played more aggressively than in the first half, and the pressing was more ferocious, mainly within Portsmouth's attacking third.

At the start of the second half, Liverpool took advantage of the press to get a shot on goal, which was a mistake by Campbell with a big kick-off, and the ball bounced off his team-mate and bounced at the feet of Kuyt, who pulled out his foot and fired wide.

Five minutes later, Babbel also had a chance to shoot, but it was deflected off the line.

Liverpool grabbed two chances to shoot in ten minutes, which made Portsmouth's old coach Redknapp very worried, like this, if the ball happened to fall to the feet of masters like Chen Yu and Gerrard, maybe he would score, he hurried to the sidelines, waved his players forward, pushed the battlefield to the center circle, and did not let Liverpool get a chance to steal at the edge of the penalty area.

There were pros and cons to all tactics, with Portsmouth pushing Liverpool out of the final third and no longer having to worry about Liverpool launching a comeback after a tackle on the edge of the box, but they also gave Chen Yu and Kuyt plenty of room to move around at the back.

It's not too much of a problem to give Kuyt some space, but it's too dangerous to give Chen Yu space.

In the 66th minute of the game, Liverpool defender Alonso made a long pass to find Chen Yu, Chen Yu **** stopped the ball, did not wait for the ball to land, picked the ball over his top, and then quickly turned around and shook off Muntari, who was staring at him, at this time Kuyt ran out of the vacant position and quickly reached out to ask for the ball, but Chen Yu did not pass the ball, he did not wait for the ball to land, and volleyed sideways at 28 meters.

This is definitely a cold shot, goalkeeper James didn't expect Chen Yu to volley in that position, and Kuyt was in a very advantageous position at that time, if Chen Yu passed the ball over, Kuyt had a chance to shoot, so James's attention was also attracted a lot, who would have thought that Chen Yu ignored Kuyt and chose an unreasonable hard shot.

Under normal circumstances, although James is old, there is no problem in saving this shot that is not too awkward, but as soon as he is distracted, his reaction is slow, he flew and saved and was not able to touch the ball, the ball roared into the net, and Chen Yu's cold shot helped Liverpool break through the door of Portsmouth.

1:0

Liverpool took the lead.

The Liverpool fans at the scene finally became happy, waving their flags and slapping their chairs one by one, cheering, and the sound was earth-shattering, and finally suppressed the Portsmouth fans who had been wondering where they were.

After Liverpool scored, Benitez finally relieved, for a team like Portsmouth, the most feared thing is not to score, to score late, and when their morale and confidence rise, it will be too difficult to suppress them, beat their morale, and then stabilize the rhythm and play a few counterattacks, Portsmouth will be completely out of play.

Liverpool's players also felt that the game would be easy to play after taking the lead, so they shrunk their formation and prepared to play Portsmouth's counter-attack.

However, the Liverpool generals underestimated Portsmouth's desire for victory and title, and after Liverpool's recovery, Portsmouth pressed all over the line and bombarded Liverpool.

After falling behind, Portsmouth's players also let go, the action is very big, many of them are hurtful actions, Liverpool still has the Champions League final to play, that dare to be tough with Portsmouth, almost half of the goals were robbed by Portsmouth, and most of the breakthrough opportunities were also abandoned, so that Liverpool really fell into the disadvantage of the game, and there was almost no chance to counterattack, so he could only defend his half and be beaten passively.

Although Portsmouth had the upper hand and had a lot of shots, their strikers were too poor in seizing opportunities, and Liverpool's defense was one of the best in the Premier League, with Portsmouth attacking for 20 minutes and changing three players, but they still couldn't knock on Liverpool's door.

At the last moment, Portsmouth pressed all the players, even goalkeeper James played, but there was still no way to take Liverpool's defense, and finally after 94 minutes of play, Portsmouth could only accept the result of defeat, Liverpool successfully won the second championship trophy of the season with Chen Yu's world wave.