Chapter 124: Injuries are coming
The home win over Barcelona allowed the opponent to score a valuable away goal, but anyway, it was still won
The first round of the match. Therefore, the excited fans are already shouting the slogan of the final four, because in the minds of the fans, even if they are behind, Liverpool will stage a reversal and advance smoothly, let alone in the lead, then there is no need to worry about promotion.
Fans think so, but Lao Bei doesn't think so, after all, Barcelona's strength is undoubted, and the main reason why Liverpool was able to beat Barcelona at home was because of the three-back formation that the opponent was not used to.
However, after a game, I believe that Barcelona has more or less adapted to Liverpool's three-back formation, so in the next step
In the second leg, I'm afraid Liverpool will really appreciate Barcelona's crazy attack. Plus
The second leg is played at the home of Barcelona, and I am afraid that the consequences for Liverpool will be more serious.
Therefore, Lao Bei handed over all the normal training and work of the team to assistant coach Thompson, and he put all his mind into it
In the second round of the match.
However, the good times did not last long, and in a training match within the team, in the course of another normal physical confrontation, Smitchell was unexpectedly injured, which also made Liverpool worse.
With Smitchell's injury, Old Bey. Only then did I reflect that the league and the Champions League have come to an end, and most of the team's players have gone through a long season, and the physical consumption is very serious, coupled with some minor injuries and illnesses during the period, resulting in players who are now easily injured, especially old players like Smitchell.
To know that the game is played to this time, the old ball. The experience of the players is particularly important, so after the lessons of the Smitchell incident, Lao Bei began to pay special attention to protecting the safety of the players themselves, especially some old players, because Lao Bei also needs these old players to lead the young players to the game.
The game hasn't started yet, Liverpool just. The loss of a big player is undoubtedly a big blow to Liverpool. To know
In the second round of the competition, Lao Bei originally planned to let Smitchell replace Colwill as a single striker, after all, Smitchell is more suitable for this position than Colwill.
But now that Smitchell is injured, Lao Bei can't do anything but to. Keeping Smitchell at Liverpool, with the rest of the players, came to Spain, came to Barcelona, and prepared for the Champions League quarterfinals
The second round of the fight.
Barcelona is the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It is the second largest city after Madrid, with a population of 160,000. Due to Catalonia's complex history and geography, one of the world's top clubs has been born here, and that is Liverpool's rivals Barcelona.
Coming to Barcelona or because of an injury to Smitchell. Lao Bei was extraordinarily gracious, and did not ask the players to return to the hotel where they were issued, or to adapt to the venue, as usual. Instead, the players were allowed three hours of private activities, during which they could experience the unique sights and faces of Barcelona.
As a Spaniard, Alonso naturally became the team's guide, but Alonso is not from Catalonia either, so he is not very familiar with Barcelona, and at most he is only caught up in some information on TV and in writing.
Three hours is not a long time, George and the others except for a tour of the Holy Family Cathedral, the symbol of Barcelona, for the others, really don't know much, but because of the problem of time, George and the others can only regretfully return to the hotel and start to rest.
After all, the next day is with Barcelona
In the second round, plenty of rest is necessary.
"Just follow us
You have to be positive in the first round of training, but be careful not to get hurt. The next day, the Liverpool soldiers, who were full of energy after a night's rest, came to Barcelona's home stadium at Camp Nou to start normal adaptation training under the leadership of Lao Bei.
Standing in front of the team members, looking at the energetic disciples, Lao Bei nodded with satisfaction, commanded loudly to the disciples, and at the same time motioned for everyone to start normal training.
This time, because it was an away game, there were not too many people in the whole team, and it was not enough to divide into two teams for intra-team training matches, so Lao Bei asked his disciples to train offense and defense, or the transformation of offense and defense.
"Hey~ George, you are polite, it's not an official competition, why are you so serious, if I am injured by you, it will not be a big loss. You know, I don't have a perverted body like you. ”
George and Owen are constantly attacking the back three of Steven Gerrard, Hamann and Alonso, and the aim is to do everything they can to break through the three's defense and complete the final shot. Obviously, Lao Bei's request is to strengthen the coordination and defensive strength between the three backs.
"Haha~ Harvey, if you kid can't do it, then go and rest, I didn't force you, if you can't get out of the way, let Steven and Dietmar come."
Hearing Alonso's words, George couldn't help but smile and said, at the same time, he increased his strength a little more, ready to force his way through Alonso's defense.
"I really want to change with them, you think I like to fight against you pervert, but there is no way, who told us to be superior, if I don't guard against you, then Lao Bei is not going to kill me."
Feeling George's increased strength, Alonso also said calmly, and at the same time increased his own strength, ready to stick to George, so that George could add up and escape from his defensive range.
Don't look at it as just an ordinary intra-team training match, but the process of the game is still very intense at times. The match between the main players and the substitutes, or, as now, between George and Alonso.
Alonso has been in Liverpool for almost a full season, although he is not as proud as he was at the beginning, but he still has the pride and dignity of a talented player in his heart. Although it was only a match within the team, in the face of an opponent like George, who was also a talented player, Alonso, as the defensive side, seemed to be unyielding, and the competition between the two geniuses made both sides begin to get serious.
"It's going to start again!" When Alonso and George were seriously competing, assistant coach Thompson, who was standing on the sidelines, smiled and said to Lao Bei.
"yes, it's here again!" Lao Bei nodded, his eyes looking at the battle between Alonso and George with some expectation.
For the seriousness between George and Alonso, Lao Bei did not blame him, after all, a team has so many talented young players, and comparisons and competitions between each other are inevitable. What's more, if Alonso and George get serious, then the training is more active, and Lao Bei will naturally not be dissatisfied.
George and Alonso are teammates after all, and they have been together for almost a year, so they know each other very well. George is very aware of Alonso's defensive strength, knowing that the opponent's defensive strength is good, but in terms of physical confrontation, compared with himself, there is still a little gap, so George did not take too complicated breakthroughs, but directly relied on degree and strength, ready to force a breakthrough from Alonso's side.
Just like George knows Alonso, Alonso also knows George very well, and knows that George's degree and strength are incomparable to himself, so when George just started to prepare for a breakthrough, Alonso took a step across and stopped in front of George, and at the same time his hands were like all defenders, sticking to George's waist, ready to pull at any time.
George was not surprised to see Alonso stop in front of him, if Alonso really allowed himself to break through so easily, it would be surprising. That's why the situation is normal.
But Georgebu was ready to continue to entangle with Alonso, and began to force, relying on simple and simple strength, and began to push Alonso to the left with his left hand, ready to pass Alonso in such a manly way.
Alonso also gritted his teeth and used all his strength, but due to the huge disparity in strength between them, although Alonso had done his best, he still couldn't change his body, and was slowly pushed aside by George.
Seeing this situation, although Alonso was unwilling, he couldn't help it, after all, this was no longer a technical mistake, and any defense seemed to be very weak in front of the terrifying force and savage breakthrough.
"Hehe~ Actually, the other party, you kid is so simple, I'm sorry, buddy, I'll go first." Seeing that Alonso had lost half of his body, George couldn't help but smile at Alonso with a wicked smile, and as soon as he finished speaking, George began to add, ready to rush over from the half of Aaron's lost position.
"Boom!" With a muffled sound, George fell to the ground helplessly, and although he broke through Alonso's defense, George didn't notice Haman standing behind Aaron. At the moment when George was about to start the game, Harman suddenly rushed over and made a direct sliding tackle, breaking the ball and causing George to fall hard.
"Dietmar, you're not interesting enough, I'm playing with Xavi, what are you doing here." Although he fell hard, it didn't matter at all to a pervert like George. Getting up from the ground and looking at Harman, who was standing on the sidelines, smirking evilly, George said dissatisfiedly.
"O~ Dear George, I'm really sorry, the boss asked us to train offensive and defensive drills, but not for us to watch the battle between you and Harvey. You must know that my task is to stand behind Harvey and Steve to protect, and since you have broken through Harvey, of course I will stop you. ”
Hearing George's complaint, Harman looked indifferent and said as a matter of course, but it could be seen from the evil smile on Harman's face at this time how proud Harman was at this time.
"Well, even if you have a point, don't be so savage, you know that you just slid a shovel, what if you hurt me."
"Hehe, I'm still very confident in my footwork and defense, and I naturally believe that I won't hurt you by mistake. Besides, even if it hurts you by mistake, judging from your body, I believe it's fine. ”
Haman continued to speak in an indifferent tone, and as he spoke, Haman's tone seemed to change to that you are a pervert, and if I don't shovel you, I'm really sorry for myself.
Listening to Haman's helpless explanation, George could only shake his head, not knowing what to say.
In fact, George didn't just fail to see Harman rushing over to tackle, and it wasn't impossible to avoid Harman's tackle, but George did it on purpose, deliberately letting Harman shovel himself.
Nonsense, in Callahan's special training, under the pursuit of more than a dozen rugby players, George has long practiced the ability to see six ways and listen to all directions. If Harman hadn't rushed over just now, that would have been a failure.
The reason why he deliberately pretended not to see Haman and asked Haman to put himself down was actually deliberately done to show Alonso behind him. After all, George had just broken through Alonso, although it was just an indifferent head-on confrontation, and the attacking side always had the initiative and had an advantage over the defending side. But Alonso also has his own self-esteem, which has been broken through by a younger person like himself with simple strength, and I believe that Alonso's psychology will definitely be uncomfortable.
It is precisely because of this that George deliberately let Haman shovel down, no, Alonso, who was originally broken through by George, still had a little bad look, but when he saw Haman put George down, his face improved slightly.
George, who had been paying attention to Alonso's expression, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after seeing Alonso's expression improve. George is going to deliberately make Alonso have an idea, that is, it is not that he can't defend George, but the reason why he was broken through by the opponent just now was deliberately done in order to give Hamann behind him a better chance to break the ball.
"Damn, this captain is really not good, you have to take into account the feelings of your teammates, damn!" Rising from the ground, George shook his head helplessly, as if there was no way to explain Harman's scoundrel.
"Damn, come again!" With a loud roar, George and Owen once again stepped back to a distance of ten meters from Gerrard, Alonso and Hamann, announcing another attempt.
Hearing George's roar, Hamann couldn't help but smile and immediately passed the ball to George, while the back three were also ready to defend.
"Ahh Just as George was about to break through the defense of Gerald's three again, suddenly, a scream came from behind the voice.
"It's John!" Hearing the screams, George understood that it was Reese who had come out, and quickly turned his head to look, only to see Reese lying on the ground with a painful face, holding his left foot with both hands, and constantly rolling on the ground. And beside Reese. Cowell looked innocent and stood there worried.
"What the hell is going on?" Seeing this scene, George suddenly became puzzled, and quickly ran towards Reese, thinking to himself.
Not only George, but Reese's scream immediately attracted everyone's attention, and everyone began to run towards Reese's place.
"What's wrong, what's wrong, what's wrong!" Reese's screams naturally attracted Lao Bei's attention, and when he saw Reese at the end, Lao Bei couldn't help but get nervous, showing everyone that he used to be a football player, like a leopard, he came to Reese's side for the first time, and asked nervously.
"I don't know, I really don't know, I didn't even have time to touch John, John just went to the end all of a sudden." Hearing Lao Bei's inquiry, Cowell also replied nervously at this time.
"Let me go, get out of the way!" At this time, the team doctor also came to the scene of the incident, squeezed into the crowd with all his might, came to Reese's side, and immediately began to examine Reese.
Under everyone's gaze, half a minute later, the team doctor finally raised his head, sighed helplessly, and shook his head at Lao Bei.
"What the hell is going on?" When Lao Bei saw the team doctor shaking his head at him, he couldn't help but be surprised, and asked with doubts.
"It's nothing, it's just that my body was very tired because of the long game, so during training, I strained my calf muscles. But don't worry, it's not a problem, it's just a minor injury. However, tonight's game against Barcelona, John will not be able to play. ”
In response to Lao Bei's inquiry, the team doctor shook his head, stared at Reese's feet again, and said lightly to Lao Bei.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a muscle strain, it's okay, John, you can rest well!" Hearing the team doctor's answer, Lao Bei couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief and said lightly.
In fact, Lao Bei's heart was not as relaxed as his expression showed, and at this time, Lao Bei was shocked and scolded his mother again, after all, he was going to be with Barcelona in the afternoon
In the second leg of the game, Reese's unexpected injury had a great impact on Liverpool.
However, considering not to worry other players, and at the same time not wanting to make Reese feel a lot of guilt, Lao Bei deliberately said in a very indifferent and relaxed tone.
"Okay, okay, there's nothing to do, what are you doing around here, I haven't seen a muscle strain, I'll go back to training." Seeing the other players who were still around, Lao Bei was furious and immediately roared.
In Lao Bei's roar, George and the others, who were taken aback, immediately left. Everyone is not stupid, although it seems that Lao Bei's expression is normal at this time, but after all, Reese is injured, and Liverpool's back line has lost a big general, and Lao Bei must be in a bad mood at this time. Therefore, everyone didn't dare to disobey Lao Bei's intentions, and immediately returned to the place where they started and began to train.
Seeing the team doctor and the staff at the Camp Nou carrying a stretcher together, carrying Reese out of the field and preparing to be sent to the hospital, Lao Bei Wuna shook his head, the injury of the general before the game is really a very bad sign.
"The team doctor just said that at this time, the players' bodies have been in a very tired state after a season, and they are easy to get injured, I hope you can pay attention to it." Assistant coach Thompson came to Beck's side and spoke out the team doctor's advice.
'yes, Smitchell is injured, Reiser is injured and if Liverpool want to get better honours this season, they won't be able to withstand any injuries again.'
Lao Bei nodded, looked at the disappeared Riser and the others, and muttered. At the same time, at this time, Lao Bei also secretly decided that the originally scheduled two-hour adaptation training was shortened to one hour. This is to protect the players from further injuries.