Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1196 This is the voice of the defending champion! (The third asks for a monthly ticket)
Gotze finally took the initiative to approach his new teammates and began to try to integrate into this new environment, instead of passively waiting for the new environment to accept him as before.

But he still has to live with Chen Yingxiong, because his English is not good enough to live independently, so let him out like this, Chen Yingxiong himself is a little worried.

Chen Yingxiong will occasionally take him to activities with people in the eating, drinking and playing band.Of course, they don’t go to that kind of nightclub every time, and the activities of the Skittles Band are not as lewd as people think—sometimes they also go to ordinary bars, and everyone just finds a place to sit, drink and chat.

Thornton integrated into the team and the new environment quickly because he joined the eating, drinking and playing group.

He looks like a duck to water on the team now.

McCarthy and Kelly are both from the British Isles, so there is no problem.

With Reina's help, Pepe integrated into the team very quickly.In addition, Pepe is not a dull person, unlike Gotze.When he was at Real Madrid, he and Marcelo were a couple.In Liverpool, although Marcelo is gone, there are still a lot of treasures, and there is always room for him to play.

Agger was injured last season, and the injury has not healed until now. Pepe naturally firmly occupies a main position, and his performance is also good, not disappointing. From the warm-up match to the Community Shield, All are solid.

Pepe is characterized by excellent physical fitness, fast speed, strong explosive power, good one-on-one defensive ability, good air defense ability, and excellent anticipation ability, because many of his defenses start in advance to grab the opponent's ball. If the prediction ability is not good, the opponent has already easily passed by.If it weren't for his temper, he would have become the well-deserved number one central defender in the world.

After he joined the team, judging from his performance in daily training and warm-up matches, the problems of Liverpool's central defenders turning slowly and not being able to defend behind the ball have also been solved.Under the arrangement of Martin O's content, Pepe is responsible for the attack, giving full play to his characteristics of accurate prediction and strong explosive power. Even if he makes a mistake in the attack, he can still catch up with his speed.Skrtel was behind him to provide protection and support.

With such a combination of central defenders, even if Agger returns from injury, he may have no choice but to accept the fate of rotation...

Only Gotze is left, but Gotze has gradually integrated into the team, so there is actually nothing to worry about.

And throughout the pre-season training, Liverpool did not have any major injuries, but there were minor injuries, but they were all injuries that would be fine after three or five days of rest.This is great news for Liverpool.

They can usher in the first round of the new season with a fairly complete lineup.

In the first league game, they will challenge Tottenham Hotspur away.

This is not an easy game to play.

Originally, the first game at the beginning of the season was not easy to play, because the players might not be able to adapt to the atmosphere and rhythm of the league immediately, as if there was no activity, they behaved timidly.In addition, it is still an away game, which will affect their state even more.

In the end, their opponents are still opponents like Tottenham Hotspur.

Although Gareth Bale and Modric have left the team one after another, there are still three catties of nails in the rotten boat, and the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.Tottenham Hotspur is also a traditional strong team, and it may not be able to pose a threat to Liverpool at its own home court.

You must know that they had an away draw with Liverpool last season, and they almost pulled Liverpool from the top position in the league and put Manchester United on top.

Even with Chen Yingxiong and other good players, Martin O'Neill does not dare to be proud and underestimate the enemy now. He still takes every game seriously and plays hard.

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The match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur is the last game in the first round, and the game time is also the latest.The opening game of the league is Chelsea against the newly promoted Hull City, which kicked off the 2014-2015 Premier League season at noon on August [-]th.

In the end, Chelsea defeated the newly promoted Hull City 2:1 at home and won a good start to the league.

Then starting from the afternoon, various Premier League games started one after another.

As Liverpool's title rivals, Manchester City also won their first victory. They easily defeated Blackburn 2-0 in the away game.

Arsenal beat Everton 5:1 in the away game, which caused an uproar in public opinion.Everyone knows that Arsenal are better than Everton, but they don't think they can be so much stronger...

Some media said that it seems that the blow Liverpool brought to Everton in the Community Shield has not been eliminated.

The next day, August 1, Manchester United defeated Birmingham, who was also newly promoted, 0-[-] at home.

So far, Liverpool's competitors have all won without exception.

All eyes are on Liverpool. As the defending champions, they are the last to play in this round of the league, playing away games, and facing the strong enemy Tottenham Hotspur, what kind of answer can they give?
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In the crowded White Hart Lane stadium, in the visiting team's dressing room, Liverpool manager Martin O'Neill was giving his staff a final speech.

"Starting today, guys. We're starting the season as defending champions. How is defending champions different from what we've always been? I'm not going to say 'it's not different' because there are It's a big difference. Because our every move will be put under the microscope, and everyone will stare at it. Some people have high hopes for us, and some people want to find a little bit of fault. What is the difference, The difference is that we are under more pressure, we can't make mistakes, we can't make a single mistake! Because we are the defending champions! I hope you can always keep this in mind, we are the defending champions, which is both a huge honor and a great honor. A heavy burden, don't disappoint those who support you, and likewise, don't be crushed by the pressure!"

Chen Yingxiong raised his hand, indicating that he had something to say.

Martin O'Neill called his name, and he stood up: "Boss, I don't think it's that serious."

It turned out to be the one who stood up and sang against himself, Martin O'Neill rolled his eyes in his heart.

"We were ranked No. [-] for most of last season. Wasn't it more stressful for us? The pressure should be greater. But we persisted in the end and did not lose the chain. So boss, don’t worry, the league championship this season must still be ours! Don’t you think so?”

He turned to ask the other players.

Having just won the Community Shield, the summer transfer has added a number of strong players, and the morale of the Liverpool team is at an all-time high stage.

What Chen Yingxiong said is actually their voice: We are the defending champions, what are we afraid of?Others should be afraid of us!
So when Chen Yingxiong asked, everyone responded loudly: "That's right! We are the champions!!"

Martin O'Neill looked at this group of excited players, there was nothing he could do. He spread his hands, smiled and shook his head.

It's a good thing the players have such confidence and fighting spirit.Didn't he say so much before to encourage the team?Now that the goal has been achieved, what else can I say?
No, one more thing to add.

He waited for the players to finish yelling before saying: "This is the first league game, and we were the last to play. Now everyone is focusing on us. Some people are full of expectations for us, and some people want to watch us laugh. This game The competition is a good opportunity, go and give those people a standard answer!"

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People watching Liverpool do have a lot of questions.

As the defending champions, will their performance be affected by this title and play abnormally?
In the first game of the league, did Liverpool win, lose or draw?

Can Liverpool players adapt to this new identity after changing their identities?
There are too many questions.

And the answer is in this game.

Therefore, when the match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur started, whether it was ordinary fans, people in the news media, or their opponents, everyone stared wide-eyed, wanting to see what this Liverpool can do. What kind of answer.

Their answer was...

Goal!

"Stephen Gera—de!!"

Accompanied by the roar of the commentator who suddenly raised the volume, Gerrard drew his bow and arrow outside the penalty area, and shot a long shot!
The football flew towards the goal like a shell fired!

Gerrard shot suddenly, and the football flew directly to the upper left corner of the goal.

This is a dead corner. If he is allowed to hit within the range of the goal frame, it will be a goal in all likelihood.

Gomez flies towards the football.

But he couldn't touch the football, Gerrard's long shot was too fast...

But the football didn't just fly into the goal, but hit the crossbar hard!
A crisp sound made Gomez feel relieved.

If the ball doesn't go in, that's fine...

As soon as he had this thought in his mind, he felt something was wrong—why are his teammates still fighting, what are they fighting for?
Joel Luka, who is 1.9 meters tall, is competing with Chen Yingxiong for the second spot.

After the football hit the crossbar, it didn't bounce off the bottom line directly, but bounced back, and it didn't bounce far, right in the penalty area!
And Gomez has lost his center of gravity and position, so now the Tottenham defender is even more nervous.

Chen Yingxiong and Joel Luka competed for their favorite second spot in the penalty area.If Joel Luka can get in position and clear the ball, it's a very successful defence.

But can he?

Chen Yingxiong is not afraid of anyone when it comes to fighting for headers.

At the beginning, he competed with Joel Luka for the position of the second landing point, but it was just a fake move. The cheated Joel Luka put all his attention on competing with himself for the landing point, and then he withdrew abruptly. Force take off!
Joel Luka was pushing towards where he was, but Chen Yingxiong suddenly withdrew his strength, and he was squeezed by himself immediately, his body staggered, and his center of gravity was all used to maintain his body balance. How could he jump at this time? up?

I can only watch Chen Yingxiong rise from the ground!

Then headed the football into the goal without interference in the air...

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"

Old Hutson screamed loudly. He had been holding his breath for more than 20 minutes. From the beginning of the game to now, he was finally able to let it out!
This is the voice of the defending champion!
(End of this chapter)