Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1087 Liverpool Is Tired

In the home game against Aston Villa, Liverpool coach Martin O'Neill still carried out a rotation, but there was no large-scale rotation. He planned to continue the rotation in the game with Juventus.Some players who participated in the first leg against Juventus did not play.

But Chen Yingxiong does not rotate.

In the game against Aston Villa, Chen Yingxiong started the game.Reina wears the captain's armband and Gerrard does not play.

Although the rotation is continuous, the team's fatigue can be felt from the beginning of this game.

Liverpool is not an iron man, or even if Chen Yingxiong is an iron man, other Liverpool players are not iron men either.Consecutive fighting, plus these games are very important.

Another source of pressure is the winning streak.

I don't know when it started, the winning streak has become a burden...

Liverpool players want to keep winning, but they also know that every victory is not easy.That's not counting, what's worse is that they began to feel that they must win, they must continue to win like this, otherwise it would be wrong.When something becomes normal and indispensable, it is no longer an enjoyment, but a burden.This is why many people feel that once a hobby becomes a job, it will be miserable.

When winning has become a must, it is a burden.

Now Liverpool players are bearing such a burden.

Although Chen Yingxiong didn't think it was a burden, he alone couldn't represent the whole team.Liverpool is made up of more than 20 living people with different ideas, different personalities, and different tempers, not more than [-] Chen heroes.

So no matter how strong Chen Yingxiong is alone, it is useless.Football is a team sport... No matter how strong Chen Yingxiong is, he can't turn football into a singles event.

Although Chen Yingxiong appeared to be full of fighting spirit and physical fitness on the court, but his teammates couldn't run anymore.

Liverpool's offense is very fast, mainly supported by the speed of Gareth Bale, Sanchez and Suarez. Of course, Chen Yingxiong's speed is not slow.

Now except for Chen Yingxiong, the speed of the other three people is not as fast as before.

This is very obvious, and everyone can see it through the TV broadcast.

The quality of offense has declined.Chen Yingxiong often falls into a situation where no one supports him.

In the past, if Liverpool couldn't play a fast break, Chen Yingxiong would control the ball in the frontcourt, and soon his teammates would jump in at high speed and come up to meet him.The enemy's defense line was rushed by Liverpool's frontcourt attack combination, and it immediately dispersed.

It was different now, Chen Yingxiong took the ball in the front court, and his teammates came up at a significantly slower speed, and the number of times was less than before.

More often Chen Yingxiong has to fight alone.

Although Chen Yingxiong's ability to fight alone is still very strong, but the problem now is that Liverpool's attack times are less, no matter how strong he is, he has no chance to play...

Martin O'Neill naturally saw the team's current predicament off the court, but he had no way to change this.

In the final analysis, the team's lineup is too thin, and the strength gap between the main players and the bench players is too large.The situation caused by Benitez and the injury of Martin O'Neill cannot be completely resolved in one or two years.

This season, they can only hold on, and wait until the summer before starting to buy people to supplement them.This time not only to buy players who can play the main force, but also to buy some substitute players.Then clean up some of the current team's substitutes, and those players who can no longer keep up with the team's requirements will be removed mercilessly.

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The result of not being able to keep up with physical fitness is that Liverpool did not get any good scoring opportunities at their home court for half a day.

Instead, Aston Villa scored the first goal. At No. 207 minutes, Liverpool fell behind.

The television broadcast in turn gave close-ups of the facial expressions of most of the Liverpool players.

Suarez, Bale, Sanchez, Skrtel, Shaheen and others all looked blank, just panting heavily with their mouths open.

Only Chen Yingxiong spread his hands to express his helplessness.

He was helpless because he only played less than 10 minutes in this game, but he felt very uncomfortable.The kick was so depressing...he couldn't use his strength.

Yes, that's what it feels like.

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Chen Yingxiong is indeed very strong. Even in such a depressed situation, he helped the team equalize within 10 minutes after the start of the second half.

This was not an opportunity at all, he used his body to kill a bloody path in front of the door.

Then blast the football into the gate of Aston Villa.

After scoring the goal, Chen Yingxiong tore at Qiu Yi, venting his inner depression to his heart's content.

The fans in the stands at Anfield also gave out huge cheers.Like Chen Yingxiong, they were extremely depressed, and finally took this opportunity to vent their depression.

However, the Liverpool people were not happy for too long, and the next game still made them depressed.

No.70 minutes, Aston Villa was pushed to the ground by Skrtel in Liverpool's penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty without hesitation.

There was no suspense in this penalty kick, and Aston Villa took the lead again.

After that, it stands to reason that Liverpool should counterattack frantically.But no.

The Liverpool players behaved as if they were the ones in the lead. They took their time on the field and did not see that they had the idea and ability to equalize the score.

In fact, it's not that they don't want to equalize the score, but that they have no spare energy to equalize the score.

Because they can't run anymore.

So good at running that Suarez had cramps in the No.801 minute, which is very telling.

Although Martin O'Neill used up three substitutions, but this can not change the situation of Liverpool.

I think that in addition to physical fatigue, there are also psychological ones.If I'm tired, I really can't fight...

Now Liverpool wants to get nervous and fight hard, but there is nothing they can do.

When Aston Villa scored that penalty, the string in the hearts of many Liverpool players was directly broken...

Once the string snapped, the Liverpool orchestra would sound out of order.

A chain reaction followed.

In the end, Martin O'Neill gave up.

He returned to the coach's bench and sat there motionless with his legs crossed.

He had already thought about how he would comfort the players at the end of the game.Don't let them lose confidence and fighting spirit because of this game.

——At this time, if you lose, you lose.Losing a game may be a relief... If this goes on, the mental pressure on the players is really too great.

Anyway, we are still [-] points ahead of Manchester United. Even if we lose this game, we still have a [-]-point advantage.

Losing a game isn't the end of the world.

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"The game is over! It's incredible! The invincible Liverpool lost to Aston Villa at home! Their [-]-game winning streak is over!" When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game , the narrator shouted.

"Liverpool's performance in this game was indeed not outstanding. The whole team was almost out of shape, except for the heroes...but this was because they were too tired...continuous battles, coupled with huge psychological pressure , finally crushed these players..."

The live TV gave Chen Yingxiong a close-up.

"If you want to say who is the most unwilling in this game, then it must be Chen Yingxiong... He scored a goal in this game and once helped the team equalize the score, but he did not play the role of the team's savior. "

When the commentator said this, Chen Yingxiong was being interviewed by a TV reporter.

He was in a bad mood.

"Yes, I've scored nineteen games in a row, but so what? Our team loses, and I'd rather not score in exchange for a win for the team... well, that's it... ..."

Without finishing answering the reporters' questions, he left the mixed area in a hurry and went back to the locker room.

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The mood in the Liverpool dressing room was low, everyone was upset about the loss.

Martin O'Neill pushed the door in, and he slapped his hands: "Okay, lads! Don't take this game seriously, pack yourself up and go home! We just lost a game, we still have Seven points ahead of Manchester United, nothing to be nervous about! Let the pressure go, the winning streak is ended, it's okay. Now the winning streak is a burden, I would rather it be ended!"

Assistant coach Sammy Lee also shouted: "Go take a shower, go change your clothes, think about who you are going to lie in bed with at night, just don't think about this game for me!"

Someone couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere finally became a little lively.

But overall, it's still far worse than before.

Martin O'Neill was no different. He could only stand in the locker room and look at the players who were not in high spirits with worried eyes.

It's just a loss in a game, don't take it so seriously, okay?

Although I hope that my players have a strong competitive spirit, but the competitive spirit is used in the right way, no matter how much you worry about the lost game, it will not be able to change the result.Instead of that, take it easy...

At the same time, he was also worried that even if he tried his best to help the players adjust their mentality, once the media hyped it, they would return to the pre-liberation period.

After winning [-] consecutive games and being unbeaten in [-] consecutive games, Liverpool finally lost. This will definitely be big news for English football.

Martin O'Neill could guess with his knees that from this evening until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, there will be various news reports and comments about Liverpool's loss in the media.

At that time, maybe any moths will fly out.

Those people are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and they obviously don't care about Liverpool's life or death.

(End of this chapter)