Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1092 Make a Sign

Liverpool was tied by Fulham, and Manchester United defeated Newcastle away. Everyone thought that there was no suspense about the title of the Premier League champion this season, but suspense arose again.

For several days, the media in England were discussing this matter.

The gap of five points is not too much, and it is not too much to say less.

To say more, compared with the previous ten-point gap, it is really not much. It only took two games for Manchester United to halve the ten-point gap.How long can the remaining five points be maintained?
At least, there will be two games anyway.As long as Liverpool play well in the next game, they can still maintain this advantage.

But after that, the two teams had another head-to-head confrontation.It was a serious battle worth six points, which was related to the league championship.

Liverpool will go away to challenge Manchester United. If the difference between the two sides is still five points before that, as long as Liverpool can beat Manchester United, the point difference will be reopened to eight points. This will definitely be a heavy blow to Manchester United. For Liverpool, it is a battle to boost morale.

If Manchester United beat Liverpool at home, the gap between the two sides will only be two points.Then Liverpool really can't have any mistakes.As long as they lose a game, Manchester United can turn defeat into victory and complete an amazing reversal.

Many people regard this game as the decisive battle of this season's championship suspense.

For Mancini, this perception is a great disservice.Because it means that everyone does not regard Manchester City as a strong contender for the league title.

Although Manchester City is indeed far behind Liverpool...they are five points away from Manchester United, not to mention the point gap with Liverpool.

And his team has ended two rounds with Liverpool, they can't stop Liverpool with practical actions.

Now they have a Manchester derby with Manchester United left.

The people of Manchester City must be very conflicted now. Should they try their best to block Manchester and let Liverpool successfully ascend to the league throne, or let Manchester United go and let Manchester United fight Liverpool?
These two teams are their mortal enemies... They can't accept helping anyone, they want to see both teams have bad luck, and then win the championship by themselves.But now this kind of thinking is wishful thinking...

Manchester City tangled.

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After the league match with Fulham, in another arena, the result page of the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League came out.

This time without any luck, Liverpool drew the strongest enemy they could draw - Real Madrid!

"Real Madrid now have the chance to avenge their loss in the UEFA Super Cup at the start of the season!"

"Our reporter noticed that when Liverpool was drawn, Real Madrid coach Mourinho curled his lips. I don't know whether he was disdainful of Liverpool or thought the result of the draw was bad...but Mourinho denied it. , he said that no matter what opponent they draw, Real Madrid will stick to their style of play and will not be moved by the opponent..."

"The most exciting matchup in the Champions League this season, a strong dialogue, not to be missed! For fans, this game is a must-see matchup between giants! But for Real Madrid and Liverpool fans, it is obviously not a good result ...Liverpool once beat Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup, so the Real Madrid people must know how good Liverpool is. And for Liverpool, Real Madrid is also a formidable opponent..."

"Martin O'Neill is very confident about beating Real Madrid. He said he was very happy to draw Real Madrid, because he had the opportunity to prove to everyone that Liverpool, who defeated Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup, did not rely on fluke..."

Martin O'Neill threw the newspaper aside, but this time the newspaper did not arrange his words indiscriminately.They reported it truthfully, but he himself was wrong!
He is very happy to draw Real Madrid?He's so happy!

He said this in order not to lose first in terms of momentum, to cheer up the Liverpool players and instill confidence in them.In fact, he can't wait to draw Porto, the weakest of the quarterfinals!

As a result, this team was drawn by Manchester United.

Is this God deliberately doing something wrong to me?thought O'Neill.

Manchester United has drawn such a weak opponent, they can easily advance to the semi-finals, and as for themselves, even if they succeed in advancing, they must have experienced two hard battles.

This consumption is not generally large.

Can you compare?
The game against Manchester United in the Premier League is after the quarter-finals of the Champions League.At that time, Manchester United will be at home again, waiting for work at leisure, while Liverpool will be a tired army. There are many disadvantages in going to an away game, and coupled with its own situation... This game is simply bad luck!

In fact, when O'Neill saw that his team and Real Madrid were drawn together, he had already started thinking about whether to give up this season's Champions League...

Trying to win a league championship is better than getting nothing in the end, okay?
Besides, the league championship is of great significance to Liverpool people. If you have to choose one, winning the league championship is easier to win the hearts of Liverpool people than winning the Champions League, right?

He still thinks so.He began to mull over the possibility of this... After thinking about it for a moment, he shook his head, shaking the thought out of his mind - he dismissed it.

Deliberately giving up the Champions League must have dealt a huge blow to the team's morale.

Because the media has already hyped the match between Liverpool and Real Madrid to this point, it is almost called a "European derby"... If they admit defeat first, what will the players think?If the opponent is too strong and you just admit defeat, then you might as well give up the league, because the opponent is just as strong.

This tone, no matter what, cannot be vented.If he concedes now, he might as well concede against Juventus.Otherwise, what's the point of my ability to ensure the team's morale in the Champions League even at the expense of the league?
In order to keep the team from venting their anger, he knew that the team was exhausted, so he wanted to start with all the main players in the second round against Juventus, and finally won a narrow victory.

If he really gave up, why did he and the players work so hard before?

It's not that you can't lose in the Champions League, it's not that you can't be eliminated, but you can't go home in this way, it hurts morale too much!We can accept that we are not as skilled as others, that we are not lucky... and so on, but we cannot accept the practice of admitting defeat in advance.

No matter how difficult it is, O'Neill also intends to have a good fight with Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals.

The current Real Madrid ranks first in La Liga, qualified for the Champions League with a complete victory record, and won two games after the knockout round, even better than Barcelona's performance.

Real Madrid seem to be on the right track under Jose Mourinho.

If Liverpool can beat such a team again, then not only tell the outside world, but also tell their own players that they beat Real Madrid in the Super Cup before, it is really not a fluke!
For Liverpool, this can give players a big boost of confidence.It will also be of great benefit to competing with Manchester United for the championship in the next league.Maybe just because of this increased confidence, Liverpool will be able to beat Manchester United away?

The reason is very simple - we can eliminate such a powerful Real Madrid, why should we be afraid of you, a little Manchester United?So what if you're at home?Don't Real Madrid have a home court?Manchester United's current strength is obviously not as good as Real Madrid.

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The results of the quarter-final draw came out, and the happiest person was Ferguson, not only because he got Porto, the weakest eight-final team.More importantly, Liverpool has drawn Real Madrid, a tough nut to crack.

He understands Martin O'Neill, he also understands Liverpool, he knows that O'Neill is impossible to give up the game with Real Madrid.Even if you want to give up the Champions League, it is not giving up in these two games.

So it is conceivable that Liverpool will inevitably have a fierce battle at that time.

These two games will definitely consume a lot of their energy.

No matter what the result is, it is a good thing for Manchester United.

In the competition between rivers and clams, Manchester United only needs to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Regardless of whether Liverpool wins or loses, they will inevitably pay a heavy price.If they win, they will have to take on two more Champions League semi-finals. For Liverpool, this is a big burden.

If you lose, the blow of being eliminated will not disappear so easily, and it will definitely affect the Premier League decisive battle between Liverpool and Manchester United.

Ferguson now feels that the price he paid before was worth it, because he got such good luck.It's really so good that the clouds clear and the fog clears, and the clouds see the sun!

Such good luck, God is helping Manchester United.

Liverpool you are dead!

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Liverpool have two league games to play before their Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid.

They are the league No.30 away game against West Ham United, and the league No.30 round at home against Tottenham Hotspur.

Especially the game against Tottenham. After this game, Liverpool will face Real Madrid at home.

In the home and away order of the Champions League quarter-finals, Liverpool is also not dominant this time. It is really bad luck.

Not only did he meet a powerful opponent, but he also had to be the host before the guest.After the home game, they have to hand over their fate to each other.

So this home game has become extremely important.

If Liverpool can't win Real Madrid cleanly at home, and can't get a few more goal difference, if they go to the Bernabeu in the second round, they will be in bad luck...

Therefore, the league game with Tottenham may have to be sacrificed again...

Now Martin O'Neill feels that the very advantage that once made him feel at ease is actually nothing at all!It only took two games for the opponent to catch up with only five points left...

Maybe... the next time you have to lead by [-] points to be safe?
(End of this chapter)