Chapter 708: Threats
The first Christmas of the transfer to Liverpool, Chen Yu was unusually glamorous, and it was also unusually awkward.
Surrounded by three women, his ex-girlfriends also called and texted blessings, which is the dream of many men, but when you are really in it, you will feel like a fight.
It turns out that Chen Yu hated the lack of a winter break in the Premier League, and he thought it was like going to school without a winter break, but now he is very grateful to the FA for this arrangement, at least he can spend most of his time at Melwood and Anfield.
Although Kayla. Knightley, Zhao Muyu and Lin Hong also came to Melwood with great interest to watch him train, but in front of many reporters and fans, the three successful or well-bred women would not pull down their faces and be jealous, but cynicism was definitely indispensable.
During watching Liverpool's training, you can also see three beauties and world stars, which makes Liverpool fans cry out for joy, and many people have speculated about the relationship between these three women and Chen Yu, and English reporters will not give up the opportunity to hype up such lace news, in this regard, British reporters are much more professional and developed than Italian reporters, but in three days, Chen Yu has been transformed into Liverpool's biggest playboy, surpassing Crouch to become Liverpool's biggest playboy, He also became the third most playboy in the British Isles after David Beckham and Wayne Rooney.
Watching the likes of News of the World and The Sun compile their own lace news every day, Chen Yu can't wait for the game against Blackburn to start playing right away, and in England, only a football match can silence these rogue journalists and calm the fans who are burning with gossip.
Like Chen Yu, Benitez can't wait for the game to start, and now that Liverpool have just won six in a row and are on the rise, and have to beat Blackburn, who have not won against Liverpool in the previous decade, Rafa does not want any surprises to end the Reds' winning streak.
Blackburn were the dark horses of the Premier League last season, finishing sixth in the league and reaching Europe, while last season Blackburn Rovers were still teetering on the brink of relegation, and Mark Hughes made Blackburn a successful dark horse in one season.
In the summer transfer, Blackburn sold the high-achieving Bellamy to Liverpool, and used the money to buy Benny McCarthy, Jeffers and Roberts three forwards, and the strength has not weakened.
Mark. Hughes is an excellent coach who plays mainly in the traditional 4-4-2 balanced formation of the United Kingdom, and uses more 4-5-1 defensive counter-attacking tactics when encountering strong teams, such a solid tactic and the team's strong style of play have made them a tough bone to gnaw in the Premier League.
At this moment, the home team welcomed a surprisingly good Liverpool, and Blackburn was full of fighting spirits up and down, bent on breaking the embarrassing record of not winning at home to Liverpool in ten years.
Now everyone knows who brought this kind of earth-shaking change to Liverpool, and before the game, the midfielder of Blackburn, who was known as the villain of the Premier League, threatened Chen Yu and said: "...... China Chen has scored 9 goals in 6 games, and there is no doubt that he is the sharpest knife in Liverpool, but he doesn't want to score at Ewood Park, in order to stop him, I would rather eat a red card and ask him to watch his legs......"
New South African signing McCarthy, who has scored seven goals and is more efficient than his contemporary, was even more efficient than his contemporaries, and McCarthy challenged the Reds ahead of the Liverpool game.
"I'm used to helping the team finish in the top four every year and I'm the top scorer. And I think here, I can also help Blackburn to achieve that goal, and I myself squeezed into the top five of the league scorers' list, it's not impossible to be in the top five, I've scored seven, only Drogba, Chen, Kanu, Doyle, but it's not easy to help Blackburn get to the top four, we need to squeeze out Liverpool or Arsenal, and I believe we can do that. ”
Liverpool can ignore McCarthy's bragging, but they can't be indifferent to Savic's threat, Chen Yu is their heart and soul, and if he is injured again, it will hurt Liverpool even more than Gerrard.
Benitez angrily said that Savage was a naked threat, and he called on the referee to protect Chen Yu and not let evildoers like Savic, Cahill and Scholes do whatever they want.
Gerrard as the captain of the Reds, the spiritual leader of the team has the obligation to come out to protect his teammates at this time, he has been mixed in the British field since he was a child, and he is very clear about this set of Premier League players, as a decent British, Gerrard is not afraid of the hooliganism of the opponent, Manchester United and Arsenal were able to dominate the Premier League back then, because they both have a villain captain, Manchester United's Keane dared to say bluntly that kicking the opponent's leg was deliberate, and the Gunners captain Vieira dared to fight with Keane on the field, Liverpool was able to compete with Manchester United and Arsenal at that time, because they had a notorious captain Adams, and although Arsenal is now playing very beautiful and artistic, it no longer has the dominance in the Premier League, because after leaving Vieira, the team no longer has the original tough domineering.
Gerald took Adams' gun, although he is no longer a villain, but he is definitely a tough guy full of courage, he has no fear in the confrontation with any opponent, in the face of Savage's provocation, Gerald immediately made a tough response.
"I don't want to bet on Chen, but I can guarantee that if Chen Yu is really injured by him, I will definitely break his nose."
Troubled young Bellamy, a former Blackburn Rover, is now back at Ewood Park to face his old club and face a war of words between old and new team-mates, and he is clearly on the side of his new team-mates. "The outside world thinks that I am a player who likes to use violence, in fact, this is a reporter who demonizes me, I am a gentleman, if I can solve the problem fairly and peacefully, I never advocate violence, but if someone wants to threaten my friend, I will never be polite to him."
On the Internet, Liverpool fans also launched a call to protect Chen, and the KOP hardcores called on more fans to go to Blackburn Rovers to put pressure on their opponents, and some of Chen's hardcores were even ready to write a death letter to Savage.
Fans, teammates and coaches all came out to help themselves speak, Chen Yu wisely chose to be silent, not to stimulate Savic, at this time to stimulate Savage is definitely not a wise move, England and Chinese love face very much, for the sake of dignity can go to the opponent duel, if Savage is stimulated, no one knows what will happen on the field.
Blackburn manager Mark Hughes is a student of Ferguson, but he does not have the domineering spirit of Ferguson's old man, at this time, he did not fight a war of words with the tough Liverpool, but chose to calm down the situation.
When Mark Hughes and Benitez attended the pre-match press conference together, facing the Spaniards who were sinking like water, Mark Hughes smiled and said that football is just football, although Shankly said that football is higher than life and death, but football is not war after all, the purpose of football is to win, not to hurt the opponent, he believes that Savage is not trying to hurt Chen Yu.
Obviously, in the face of Mark Hughes's conciliatory attitude, Benitez's face softened a lot of theories, and he actually didn't want the conflict between the two sides to intensify, Benitez said: "Liverpool's players are not afraid of things and are not afraid of death, this is a great tradition that wants to leave Klee. But it's best to let football take care of it and I'm looking forward to a great and not brutal afternoon. ”
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the match between Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers kicked off.
Although this is a battle of strength and weakness, because of Savic's outrageous remarks before the game and the war of words between the two sides, and because Blackburn was defeated by Arsenal in the last round with 6 shots, the game started with extra dignified.
Christmas was originally the devil's schedule, and Liverpool did not play because of the previous League Cup, and had to play one more game, in order to maintain his body, Benitez rotated the starting lineup, but Benitez did not use the 442 lineup that he was already familiar with, nor did he use the 433 lineup of the last game, but sent 3 central defenders, the returning Hyypia and Ager partnered with the central defenders, Carragher replaced Alonso as a midfielder, Bellamy and Chen Yu started, Kuyt and Crouch sat on the bench, Liverpool went from 442 to 4132.
There is no doubt that the focus on the field is Chen Yu and Savic.
On the field, Chen Yu played as a striker, and Savic played as a midfielder, but the two often played against each other, but Chen Yu played as a center today, and there were few breakthroughs, mainly to get the ball and grab points. Although Savic wanted to teach Chen Yu a lesson, except for a scramble for a header, the two collided, and then never found a chance.
The 442 and the 4132 look similar, but Carragher is by no means a midfielder, he is just a standard defensive sapper, he is on the pitch, Liverpool defends better, but the offensive and defensive transitions are very unreasonable, so that Liverpool's favorite quick counter-attack cannot be played.
And Benitez sent Bellamy on the field is also a failure, Blackburn's players are too familiar with Bellamy, Bellamy's speed advantage under the defense of his former teammates can not be played, and the breakthrough is cut off in Blackburn's tough defense, it is difficult to help Chen Yu.
The game lasted nearly 20 minutes, Liverpool did not have any advantage on the field, and did not score, and the two sides mainly fought in midfield and on the wings, and neither could help the other.
At this time, Chen Yu consciously walked to the side, wanting to change positions with Bellamy, but Bellamy could not play center, Chen Yu had a chance to break through on the side, but Bellamy couldn't grab the landing point, and Chen Yu's crosses were all wasted.
At this time, Liverpool's problem is already very clear, Carragher can only defend as a back and is not conducive to attacking, Bellamy can not play a role in either the side or the middle, Benitez hopes that Bellamy can give his old club a counterattack, but Benitez can not replace Bellamy in the first half, the first is that the substitution in the first half is not conducive to the adjustment later, the second is that Bellamy is a bastard, Benitez does not give him face in front of his old club, it is conceivable, He certainly won't give face to manager Rafael Benitez either.
Benitez thought twice and decided to wait until half-time to make adjustments, after all, Liverpool still had a slight advantage on the field, and if Chen Yu could continue to pose a threat on the wing, Bellamy and Gerrard were also likely to seize their chances.
At the beginning, when Chen Yu didn't play much, Savage and Blackburn's players didn't make much movement, and after Chen Yu continued to create a threat on the wing, Blackburn's movements gradually increased.