Chapter 52: Shining JJB Stadium (Part I)
Drew Charlton Athleticly, and Liverpool was suddenly distanced by Arsenal, only in the second position, which more or less made Liverpool a little unconvinced.
Indeed, the draw with Charlton was not because of how excited and desperate Charlton played, and not because Liverpool was not as strong as Charlton, but only because of the existence of the guy Moni, which had to end in a draw. For such reasons, Liverpool naturally has reasons to be unhappy.
But I didn't wait for Liverpool to complain about anything, in fact, I didn't dare to complain about anything, after all, Liverpool didn't want to try the taste of Manchester United in '95. At this time, the English league has all started, the cup competition has also started at the same time, and the Champions League group stage, the only thing Liverpool can do is to devote themselves to the game.
After the league match with Charlton Athletic, the whole Liverpool team immediately headed for Manchester, where they were ready to take on their opponents in the Cup, Wigan, who were in the Championship at this time.
Wigan is only a small part of Manchester, just a small town to be exact, and the whole town together does not have 100,000 people. It is such a small town that at Stadium B, Wigan welcomed Liverpool, a formidable opponent.
The two teams are not at the same league level, there is a clear gap in the strength of the two sides, all the managers and players of both sides did not have too much handover, after a series of pre-match procedures, the two sides finally stood in the **B stadium and started the game.
B: The capacity of the stadium is not large, at most more than 40,000 people, but because this time Wigan's opponent is from the powerful Liverpool, so this time**B: The stadium has poured into many residents of Wigan Town. All Wigan fans want to see how their team fights against the mighty Liverpool on their home turf, and of course, Wigandhi fans want to see the Liverpool superstar in person.
"Damn, I really envy Wigan's team, although the strength is not very good, and it has not been promoted to the UK, but it does have the support of the local residents. Looking at the number of people who have entered the stadium, most of the people in this town have come to the stadium. ”
Owen, who was standing in the ball circle and quietly waiting for the players on both sides to stand up for the game, said with some envy when he saw the full **B: court.
Listening to Owen's words, George smiled and didn't say anything, indeed, for a town with less than 100,000 people, except for those who have jobs and don't like football, the tens of thousands of fans on the scene can basically be said to be all the fans in Wigan Town. Owen is extremely normal, although Liverpool is very strong and has its own large fan base in Liverpool City, but the city's rival Everton has long been regarded as their own team by virtue of the fact that the club was founded earlier than the Liverpool club.
While Everton are no match for Liverpool in terms of games and honours, they have far more fans than Liverpool in the city's fan base.
This situation is not unique to Liverpool, London and Manchester, these places are like this, often like Liverpool giants, such as Arsenal and Manchester United, in their own cities, the number of local fans is far less than the number of sworn enemies in the city, this may be because of the hatred of the rich psychology is at work.
"Okay, what do you care about, you can kick your own ball first." Helplessly, George immediately passed the ball to Owen on the side, and he rushed towards Wigan's penalty area. Because at this time, the referee has already blown the whistle for the start of the game.
Wigan is like a lethal child for Liverpool, and the difference in strength between the two sides is really a bit huge, so less than five minutes into the game, Liverpool has gradually controlled the situation, suppressed Wigan in their own half, and began to carry out the most common thing for strong teams to meet weak teams, that is, offensive drills.
For a weak team like Wigan, Liverpool players are indeed a little demoralized, even if they attack, they play relatively simply, relying on their individual ability to break through, pass a kick from time to time and then shoot. So Liverpool's attack, while ferocious, doesn't pose much of a threat to Wigan's goal.
After receiving a pass from Smitchell, Owen calmly looked at his teammate's position in front of the penalty area. Because the opponent is not strong, and this game is not an important game, Owen has no mind to perform and attack, and in the first year of getting the ball, he did not plan to look for opportunities to shoot, but to pass the ball to his teammates.
However, after a second, Owen's current teammates did not have a good position for a while, seeing this situation, Owen confessed, there was no way, the ball could not be passed, and he could only choose to do it alone.
With a very simple feint to change direction, Owen broke through defender Tomei's defense and fired an out-of-the-box volley directly from outside the box into the far corner of the goal.
Liverpool have no interest in playing Wigan and can't lift their spirits, but that doesn't mean Wigan is the same. On the contrary to Liverpool, Wigan attaches great importance to Liverpool and is involved in the game earlier than the Liverpool players.
You know, Wigan players want to be the heroes of Wigan Town, and if they can play well against a strong opponent like Liverpool, it will be absolutely
The hero of the town. Of course, more importantly, the Wigan players also hope to attract the attention of the English team with their wonderful performances in the game.
Although Wigan is only in the Championship, although Wigan is just a small town. But in any case, this game is also against the mighty Liverpool, even if Wigan is not attractive, but Liverpool will at least have some attraction.
It is precisely because of this that all the Wigan players are holding their breath and are ready to wave it well in this game, so that a certain club in England will take a fancy to themselves and make themselves ** Vegan, a hell in dire straits.
In the face of Owen's shot, Phelan yelled, and Phelan, who was very mentally concentrated, made a save at the moment when Owen shot and pounced sideways towards the ball. And because the power of Owen's shot was not very large, Phelan even held the ball firmly in the air instead of dragging it out of the bottom line.
"Ao ~ big save, Phelan made a Banks save, Phelan is using his actions to tell the Liverpool superstars, this is **B: Stadium, is Wigan's territory, not a place where you can be arrogant, with me Phelan here, don't think about going in."
Seeing Phelan firmly grasp Owen's shot, the commentator immediately excitedly explained, as the situation in Wigan Town, the commentator also has a fanatical love for Vigan, not to mention that Phelan's save this time is really wonderful, even if it is not, the commentator can describe Phelan's save this time as great, even the save of the century.
"See, that's what I'm capable of, Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, David Moyes. Don't you hate Liverpool's goals, don't you hate Owen's troublesome guy, see my save this time, come to me quickly, take me to your team, I will protect your goal for you. ”
Saving Owen's shot, Phelan roared excitedly, which immediately caused huge applause and cheers on the court. At this time, Ferran seemed to be the only star in the game, stretching out his hands to wave to the fans, and excitedly drove the ball to the midfield.
Damn, isn't it just that I saved Lao Tzu for a shot, is it necessary to be so excited, you really think you're Banksy,!
Although he was a little surprised by Phellan's textbook save just now, looking at Phelan with a stinky face and a non-stop roar, Owen still scolded with disdain.
"Kavanagh passed the ball to Kamara, Calama had a chance, burst in and shot~~~~~~~~~~ it's a pity, Carama's shot was a little hasty, it was a pity, it was missed."
Ferran's big kick was directly received by midfielder Cavanagh, and after flashing past the mentally unfocused Riese, Cavanagh immediately stuffed the ball into the box, Camara suddenly cut in, and forced a kick shot past Hyypia, but in the end it was missed.
"Damn, what are you doing, cheer me up. Steven, how can you make it so easy for the opponent to grab the ball? Reese, you're still sleeping, even if the other party breaks through a girl, it won't be as easy as breaking through you, you're not even as good as a girl. ”
As the captain, Hyypia will never despise the opponent because of the strength of the opponent, seeing that Vigan almost broke the deadlock with a single shot, the angry Hyypia finally couldn't help but explode, and blamed a few teammates who had just not invested.
Hyypia's accusation immediately embarrassed Gerard and Reese, indeed, the two were indeed a little careless just now, and they were not fully involved in the game, otherwise, no matter how good Cavanagh was, he would not be able to break through the defense of Gerard and Reese.
"Wigan be careful, Liverpool's attack came, Liverpool's attack was fast, Colwill broke through Bynice's defense and went under, crossed. George headers the goal, oh my God, it's Ferran again, Ferran made a wonderful save, it's incredible, in the powerful George and Owen at the moment, Ferran is like a paladin, firmly guarding Vigan's goal, praise God, praise Vigan, praise Phelan. ”
Hyypia loudly accused many Liverpool players of starting to pay attention to the game, no, Liverpool suddenly moved a Liverpool-style attack, relying on Colwill's breakthrough and dribbling, and directly crossed the bottom. In front of George's door, he jumped straight to the top.
Under normal circumstances, George's fish jump to the top this time will definitely not score, because this fish jump to the top, whether it is angle or power, can be called flawless.
But I don't know if Ferran has a good character, or if he suddenly exploded, in the face of George's steady leap to the top, he was stunned to grab the ball before it drilled into the goal, slapped the ball out on the goal line, and refused George's shot.
"Damn, is this Ferran so powerful?" Seeing that nine out of ten fish jumped to the top and did not score, George looked depressedly at Ferran, who was standing in front of the goal and yelling, with an excited face. Although Phelan made this save with absolute luck, Phelan's own strength should not be underestimated, without a certain strength and quick reaction nervous system, even if he was lucky, he could not block this kind of shot. ()