Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1228 Marseilles who made a mistake
Marseille's head coach Eli Pope knows how difficult it is to play Liverpool away, and he also knows what Martin O'Neill is thinking.

Because he and Martin O'Neill wanted to go together.

The two teams are now on the same points, and in terms of goal difference, Liverpool has the advantage.Therefore, Liverpool is currently ranked first in the group.

If Marseille wants to qualify as the first in the group, they have to find a way in the direct dialogue with Liverpool.

In the away game, Pope intends to let the team play a defensive counterattack, first solidify the defense, and then wait for an opportunity to attack. If there is no good opportunity, then don't even have a sneak attack, just concentrate on defense.As long as they can draw with Liverpool away and return home, Marseille can find a way to beat them.

Pop really has such confidence, and I don't know whether to say that he believes too much in his players, or he underestimates the strength of Liverpool...

In fact, he was quite well prepared, but he underestimated Chen Yingxiong's determination to compete for the top scorer in the Champions League - before this round of the league, Real Madrid's game had already been played, and Cristiano Ronaldo scored another goal in the game , and now scored five goals in three Champions League games, ranking first in the scorer list.

How could Chen Yingxiong sit back and watch the gap between himself and him widen?
In this game, Martin O'Neill needed a victory, while Chen Yingxiong needed a goal. When Marseille embarked on the journey, their fate seemed to be doomed...

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"Hero! Hero! Hero!!!"

There was a huge cheer from the fans in the stands.

Chen Yingxiong, whose name was called by them, was just below the KOP stands, shaking his fist vigorously, following the rhythm of the fans shouting.

"Hero - it's his fourth goal in the Champions League this season! He scored with a header for Liverpool!"

"Only 10 minutes into the game, Liverpool took the lead! They scored again without any suspense!"

"Marseille defended with all their strength after the start of the game, but they still couldn't hold back the flood of Liverpool's offensive!"

Harry Levy, who took over from Hutson to explain the Liverpool game, shouted: "Welcome to Anfield, Marseille guys!"

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Seeing the Liverpool players celebrating the goal, Pope waved his hand angrily, looking helpless.

This goal... the hero's air superiority is too obvious.

Now that your team has conceded a goal, what should you do?

The decision made by Pope was to continue to defend and fight back.

Now that a goal has been conceded, the priority now is not to equalize the score as soon as possible, but to try not to concede more goals in the next game.

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After Chen Yingxiong scored a goal, he did not stop. His team's desire to score goals will never be satisfied.

Besides, the Portuguese was on top of him.

He must have pulled him off of himself!

Faced with such a hero Chen, Marseille still wants to keep the peace?What a wishful thinking!
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Pope's intention was to stop conceding goals before the end of the first half, and before the No. 403 minute, it looked like his team had a good chance of accomplishing this goal.

Then at No. 403 minutes, Chen Yingxiong personally shattered his dream.

Liverpool launched an attack from the wing, the football passed to the center, this time it was not a high ball, so the Marseille defender had to be a little looser on Chen Yingxiong's defense - Chen Yingxiong's header is so famous that some people will forget it sometimes In fact, Chen Yingxiong is now a very versatile center.

You must know that Chen Yingxiong used to force himself to use his right foot for a season because of the safety of his header, so his ability to score with his feet has long been trained.

Chen Yingxiong stepped forward, grabbed the ball in front of the Marseille central defender, turned around and shot.The kick shot by Chen Yingxiong was fast and tricky. Marseille goalkeeper Mandanda had no time to react, and before he had time to wave his hand upwards, the football had already rushed into the goal!

"Beautiful! Beautiful! Heroic! He scored twice!"

"The hero's movements are too agile! It doesn't match his height of 1.9 meters [-] at all!"

"Two heroic goals before the end of the first half gave Liverpool the lead! Now that Marseille is in crisis, will they make any adjustments at half-time?"

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Shit adjustments!
Pop cursed in his heart, but he didn't know whether to scold Chen Yingxiong or his own players.

Seeing that the first half was coming to an end, the opponent actually seized an opportunity to expand the lead...

All calculations are in vain!

Once the ball was lost, what continued to defend, what waited for an opportunity to counterattack...all came to naught.

Marseille has no choice and no confidence to continue to defend. All Marseille players know that they are already very dangerous. If they are still required to continue to defend during the intermission, strictly implement the tactical requirements.No matter how high Pop's prestige is, I'm afraid it won't work.

What about attacking... Pop frowned.

He knows what the end of the offense is, but does he choose?Can he keep his players from attacking?If not, wouldn't the players themselves attack?The players are people with thoughts and brains, not cold data, they have their own ideas.

Instead of letting them attack in a disorderly manner according to their own ideas, it is better to organize it by themselves.It might work...

Pope, who made up his mind, didn't watch the first half of the game. He walked off the court early and returned to the locker room.

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In the second half, the Marseille team really started to attack Liverpool.

Pope was betting on his team's ability to score goals and even tie the game.Bet on your team scoring a goal before Liverpool.

Not everyone in this world is good at gambling, some people will lose every bet.Of course, Pop is not someone who is sure to lose every bet, but his luck in gambling today is not very good... In other words, he lost the bet!
Opening up the posture and attacking Liverpool, this is Liverpool's favorite.Because there will be more space behind the opponent's defense, and for Liverpool with Gotze, this situation is Liverpool's favorite!

In the 608th minute, Gotze assisted Gareth Bale and scored Liverpool's third goal of the game.

Five minutes later, Gareth Bale assisted Gotze, the German genius dunked the bulky Marseille central defender in the penalty area, and then rubbed the ball lightly, the football went straight to the far corner and fell into the goal...

Marseille only scored a face-saving goal when Liverpool was not prepared in the No.808 minute.

At that time, Martin O'Neill had already replaced three players in one go, including Chen Yingxiong.Looking at O'Neill's posture of substitutions, if there were no rules and restrictions, he would definitely want to replace all eleven players.

Because there is still a big event on the weekend-the first England national derby of the new season, Liverpool vs. Manchester United at home.

O'Neill is no longer thinking about the Champions League at this time, he is thinking about the domestic league.

Even so, Marseille has no chance.

The result was that Pope, who was determined to keep a tie in the away game, almost lost his underwear in the end.

The 1:4 defeat was Marseille's first defeat in the Champions League this season, and it was also the heaviest.

After losing this game, Marseille's planned goal has to be adjusted from competing with Liverpool for the first place in the group to competing with Fiorentina for the second place in the group.

Fiorentina narrowly beat Olympiacos 4:3 in the away game, scored three points, and approached Marseille in points.

Liverpool, who have won all three games, has basically locked in a place to qualify for the group stage. Although there are still three games before the end of the group stage, no one thinks that they will not even qualify for the group stage.

What makes Pop even more upset is that in the post-match press conference, O'Neill talked about the game against Manchester United the most. As for the game against Marseille, he only briefly mentioned it.It seems that Marseille is not at all in mind...

Not only Martin O'Neill, but other English reporters were not very interested in Marseille. When it was his turn to play, only a few French reporters asked some questions, and the English reporters didn't even bother to raise their hands—the British and the French The relationship between people is not good, and the mind is really not here.

So in Pope's eyes, it means being insulted even after losing.

But as a loser, what else can he say at this time?

He could only hold back his breath, wait until he returned to his home court, and then find a chance to vent it.

On November [-]th, Marseille will face Liverpool at home, which is Pope's revenge.

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No wonder Martin O'Neill didn't take Marseille to heart.It seems to be the strongest opponent in this group. Before that, the points and Liverpool were the same. They scored five goals and did not concede a goal.No matter how you look at it, it has the qualities and symbols of a strong enemy, right?

But as soon as the war started, Marseille quickly turned to... They were dealt with in less than a chapter.How do you let Martin O'Neill take such an opponent to heart?
Compared with them, Manchester United is the real formidable enemy.

Although they defeated Manchester United at Old Trafford last season and stole the league title.This game was considered by many to be a watershed moment, but Martin O'Neill did not dare to think so.

Because the victory or defeat of a game can't explain too many problems.A well-known Argentine football commentator once said a wise saying: "A game has no logic at all."

Manchester United lost that game, but it does not mean that they will lose in the new season.

So every encounter with Manchester United was sloppy.

The so-called centipede is dead but not stiff. A team as strong as Manchester United is centipede. A defeat in a game cannot kill them.

With an opponent like Manchester United, Marseille is naturally not enough.

The whole of England has entered the atmosphere of the "National Derby" ahead of time at this time, and no one has time to talk to Marseille.

(End of this chapter)