Volume 1 The Red Sun Rises Chapter 67 The Group of Death
After returning to Liverpool this time, Zhao Yuyu finally had free time.
In Liverpool's away game against Fulham, Zhao Yuyu did not travel with the team to London's Clavi Village Stadium at all, and he stayed at Melwood for recovery training.
He had only returned to Liverpool from Asia two days before the game and it only made sense for Benitez to leave him out of the squad. Although Zhao Yuyu's physical condition recovered faster than the team medical team expected, it was still left for Zhao Yuyu to prepare for next week's Champions League, and Super Laco was not so easy to deal with.
When the game started, Zhao Yuyu sat in front of the TV on time, ready to enjoy a rare trip to Liverpool.
After all, Fulham are in the midst of disaster, with striker Andy Cole suspended, several key players injured, and a miserable defeat to promoted Crystal Palace in the last round, so what trouble can such a bullying team cause Liverpool?
Two hours later, Zhao Yuyu turned off the TV speechlessly, shutting down Benitez's hard words that "we conceded too many goals in some key positions, but we still controlled the situation, winning makes you stronger, and winning makes everything easier".
Fulham 2:4 Liverpool.
It was a brilliant victory, but unfortunately the content of the game was very unconvincing.
This game was the 4,000th game in Liverpool's history, Benitez sent a 442 formation, Cisse and Barosh started together, there is no doubt that because of the excellent performance against Chelsea, the young Kirkland continued to be the starting goalkeeper, but it is incomprehensible that he let Dio replace Alonso.
Three of Liverpool's four midfield players are "sappers", Reese was originally a defender, and only Luis Garcia was an active pawn, which made Liverpool suffer a big loss.
Shortly after the break, Dio unnecessarily brought down Malbranque in front of his own penalty area, giving Fulham a chance to demonstrate free-kick tactics, and Pembridge's shot came close to cutting Kirkland's finger open.
In the 24th minute, he slid a nonchalant back-heel flick and Malbranck, who was ambushed on the side, cut the ball away without much effort, and the ensuing counter-attack gave Fulham a 1-0 lead - McBride crossed and Boa Mott slammed the ball in front of goal. Liverpool's backline is moving forward and it is too late to make up for Dior's mistakes.
In the 30th minute, when he lost to Malbranch again, Fulham unceremoniously taught Liverpool a lesson, when Malblanc and the United States. The countryman McBride played a beautiful one-two, the former passed to Boa Mott, and the Portuguese shot through Kirkland's "small goal", 2-0, and the two goals were separated by less than six minutes.
Alonso, who came on in the second half, changed everything, and less than five minutes into the game, he launched an attack to indirectly help Barosh equalise.
Barosh's cross wasn't too threatening, but the ball unbelievably changed direction and flew into the corner after hitting Knight. The ball was the best way to change the line – it hit Knight, bounced off his crotch and flew over Van der Sar to hang the net.
Liverpool is back on the move. In the 71st minute, Liverpool's attack went from right to left and then back to the middle, Alonso swung the ball into the small penalty area, Garcia rushed to the top and was blocked, Baros hit the shot, the score became 2-2, and Fulham collapsed!
When Josemi's two yellow cards then made Liverpool nervous, Alonso's free-kick goal took the tension away.
Alonso's free kick hit the opponent's wall, and it actually changed the line twice and bounced into the goal!
Biscayne, who came on as a substitute for Barosh in stoppage time, also scored his first league goal for Liverpool, and the score was finally fixed at 2:4!
Luck played a big part in Liverpool's strong counter-attack - two of the four goals came from a line change, and no matter how ashamed the Fulham manager may be and Rafael Benitez may be, it is a fact that such a victory is not convincing!
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After stabilizing his mood, Zhao Yuyu decided to take a look at domestic news websites and look at the fancy touting of netizens from all walks of life to change his depressed mood.
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Milan said: "Isn't Liverpool to be ashamed? Do you dare to say that it is strong? was scored two goals first, and it had to rely on the garbage from Spain to overtake, so it could be blown? No way, the garbage league garbage team, Liverpool is just a recyclable garbage in the garbage, and it still has a bit of a future! Hey~~~ I'm used to watching the great Milan, and I've really wronged myself after watching these garbage games! If it weren't for Yu Yu, Lao Tzu would really not hesitate to watch such a garbage competition! ”
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Zhao Yuyu: ......
Do I have to thank you?!
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"What are you looking at?"
Just when Zhao Yuyu didn't know what kind of expression he should put on, Li Hongbo walked in.
"Nothing, look at the domestic news." Zhao Yuyu casually closed the webpage.
"It's good to change your brain," Li Hongbo said unconcernedly.
"I'm here to tell you one thing this time, the results of the quarterfinals are out, and the Chinese team is in Group A."
"Who is in Group A?" Zhao Yuyu suddenly came to the spirit, this is a major event related to whether he can participate in the World Cup.
"Saudi Arabia, South Korea. China, Uzbekistan, and China form Group A, and there is no one to deal with, the Group of Death. Li Hongbo's smile was particularly bitter
Zhao Yuyu was very calm: "What about Group B? ”
"Japan, Iran, Bahrain, North Korea. Fresh formed Group B. ”
"Moving the Chinese team to Group B is not the group of death?"
Li Hongbo choked for a moment, and after a while, he said helplessly: "Therefore, the route planned by the domestic media for the Chinese team is to ensure the third place in the group." ”
"And then a two-legged match with the third in Group B to get a chance to compete against their opponents in North and Central America?"
Zhao Yuyu sneered: "Pure nonsense, haven't you been blowing the Chinese team to be the first in Asia, why are you striving for third now?" ”
"Isn't this a wake-up from the illusion of being the runner-up in the Asian Cup?" Li Hongbo explained: "Besides, the national team has achieved good results against the world's strongest teams in the past two years!" ”
"What can the friendly match say, it can only show that the potential of Chinese football is indeed great, and a loser like the Football Association can make a lot of money, and he has the money to invite others to play." Zhao Yuyu got angry when he said this: "I don't understand, since you can make money by doing it casually, why not do it well?" Isn't that earning more? ”
"The Football Association can make money because China has a big plate, but if you want to make a profit to a higher level, you may have to pay ten times and a hundred times the effort," Li Hongbo understands very clearly: "People are all refuge and are in a hurry, and it can only be said that these bureaucrats can't get rid of their own nature." ”
"Forget it, I always say that these things that I can't change just spoil my mood," Zhao Yuyu waved his hand: "Brother, you help me find some videos of these opponents and other things, I can look at them in my free time, and I can be regarded as having points in my heart." ”
"Okay, that's no problem," Li Hongbo agreed: "And Odin got a message, the Sun seems to want to do something." ”