Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1318 Half of the main force and half of the substitute

The situation between Ferguson and Manchester United has nothing to do with Liverpool. After the game, Chen Yingxiong and O'Neill will not care about Manchester United. They are ok.

After the focus battle between Liverpool and Manchester United, the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals also came to an end, and all eight teams participating in the quarter-finals were also released.

Then UEFA conducted a draw ceremony, which will directly determine the quarter-finals and semi-finals. At the same time, after the two rounds of matches are determined, the situation of the finals will be obvious.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liverpool had good luck. They were assigned to the upper half, avoiding the deadly rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid.Real Madrid and Barcelona were divided into the bottom half. If they want to advance to the final, they must fight each other in the semifinals.

The confrontation between Real Madrid and Barcelona has been the mainstream of European football in recent years, because these two teams have already led too many other European giants, and no one can compete with them. They play by themselves.In La Liga, the "Western Super League" formed by the two of them far surpassed the other 20 teams. Every season, no matter who is the second in the league, the gap with the third in the league is more than ten or [-] points.

In the Champions League where the strong are like clouds, they can always advance to the top [-] with an unbeaten record.

If it weren't for Liverpool, maybe these two teams would meet in the final every year.

This time Liverpool drew a good draw in the quarter-finals, and their opponent is Porto from Portugal.

In terms of strength comparison, Porto is definitely not Liverpool's opponent, and everyone said that Liverpool has already won the semi-final tickets in advance.

Porto's coach Victor Pereira said this directly in an interview after the draw: "Liverpool is a team that the whole of Europe is unwilling to meet. Our luck is too bad... I don't know. Can we go further, it's impractical to talk about it now until we play the first game against Liverpool..."

In fact, Porto is a real giant in Portugal. It has won the European Champions Cup twice, and now it is flourishing in Real Madrid. The famous coach Mourinho was recognized by the world from Porto. Porto's first The two Champions League titles were won under his leadership.Later, Villas-Boas, who was once considered "Mourinho's second", was also from Porto, and he led Porto to win the Triple Crown.

But facing Liverpool, the team that has won the second most championships in Portuguese football history, had to bow its head.

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The game against Porto will not be played until the end of March.

Before that, Liverpool had another league game-Liverpool played against Sunderland at home. This game was not too difficult to play, so O'Neill made a rotation, using half of the main force and half of the substitute to face Sunderland.

Even so, Liverpool beat Sunderland 3-0 at home.

After that game, many English media didn't care about the feelings of Manchester United and Ferguson, and directly put the hat of "the new generation of Premier League overlord" on Liverpool.

Martin O'Neill has always insisted on a low-key style of acting, and now it doesn't help.

Everyone firmly believes that Liverpool has replaced Manchester United and has become the real overlord of the Premier League.After sending away the 21-year Manchester United era, the Premier League is about to usher in a Liverpool era that will last for an unknown period... There is only one way to prevent Liverpool from dominating the world, and that is to let Chen Yingxiong transfer and leave .

But this is tantamount to whimsical.

Chen Yingxiong scored one goal and assisted one goal in this game.Now he is very happy in Liverpool. The owner and manager of the Liverpool club are his good friends. Martin O'Neill meets all his requirements. In the dressing room, Gerrard supports him. He has a large group of good friends and Tie buddies, they are closely united around him, but Chen Yingxiong is the leader, from the top to the grassroots, everyone supports him, he is like the emperor, why did he leave?

Manchester City offered a sky-high weekly salary of 30 pounds to attract Chen Yingxiong before, but they were unsuccessful, so economically, he will not easily betray Liverpool because of some small favors.

In terms of honor, Liverpool has already won the Premier League championship last season, and now Liverpool has the strength to compete for the championship in all aspects, and it is no longer the previous team that can only make people shake their heads and sigh.Staying in Liverpool, the future is bright, Chen Yingxiong really has no reason to transfer and leave.

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After finishing Sunderland with half the main force and half the substitute, Liverpool ushered in Porto at home.

It is also half the main force and half the substitute.

The commentators were a little surprised. They didn't expect Martin O'Neill, who has always been cautious, to be so unrestrained and bold.

"Is this looking down on Porto?"

If you say that Liverpool look down on Porto, everyone really believes it.

After all, the strength gap between the two teams is too large, and Liverpool has an invincible Chen Yingxiong, what does Porto have?The previous meritorious players have almost left, and they were able to reach the quarterfinals entirely because of their good luck.

Generally speaking, if Liverpool use such a lineup to deal with an opponent in the Champions League, the opponent will definitely feel insulted, will be very angry, and will fight Liverpool to the death.

But Porto's coach Pereira is the opposite-he doesn't feel insulted at all, on the contrary, he is happy.Because Liverpool still use rotation when playing against them, this shows that Liverpool has no main force.If there is no main force, then Liverpool will not be as strong as it is said to be. Maybe we Porto can take advantage of it?

With this in mind, Pereira asked his players to go all out in the away game. Don't just think about keeping the tie, but try to score as much as possible.

As long as there are away goals in hand, Porto will not panic. Returning to the home court, does it mean that there will be no chance of fighting?
Before the game, Victor Pereira really felt that his team was out of luck.

But looking at it now, Liverpool only used half of the main force!
He was keenly aware that this might be his opportunity.

So he hastily modified the strategy of the game a few minutes before the game, hoping to get at least one away goal.

But when the game started, Pereira realized how wishful he was...

Liverpool with only half the assistants, that's Liverpool too!

And most importantly, no matter how Martin O'Neill rotates, Chen Yingxiong is still on the court!

This is the most terrible thing!

If you have the ability, O'Neill should rotate half of the main players and replace Chen Yingxiong!

Through this game, Victor Pereira fully realized that Chen Yingxiong can replace half of Liverpool's main players. The so-called rotation of half of the main players does not count as long as Chen Yingxiong is still on the court.Even if only Chen Yingxiong is rotated, it can be called "half of the main force rotated"!
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At 8 minutes and [-] minutes into the game, Liverpool took the lead, and it was Chen Yingxiong who scored the goal.

Then the game entered the rhythm that Liverpool is most familiar with. After they took the lead, they could play a defensive counterattack comfortably.

However, because Porto temporarily adjusted its strategy before the game, the players pressed heavily and wanted to score an away goal, so the defense line was naturally empty.

So at the end of the first half, it is not too surprising that Porto, who was eager to score, was defeated by Liverpool...

Leading by two goals in the first half, the game has basically lost its suspense.

The two goals were like two basins of cold water, completely waking up Porto's head coach Victor Pereira.

It made him realize what kind of behemoth he was facing!I even tried to steal at least one goal difference at their home court...

I simply don't know how to write the dead word!

During the intermission, Pereira returned to the team's previous tactics-defense, in addition to defending or defending.

In fact, Pereira planned to let the team keep a 0:0 away game before. In this case, they will not be so passive when they return to the home court.

Unexpectedly, I was confused by Liverpool's removal of half of the main force, and I actually had thoughts that I shouldn't have.

Now, the big mistake has been made, and I don't know if it's too late to make up for it, but it has to be done.Better to concede two goals than four, right?

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In the second half, Porto retreated with all its strength. Liverpool thought it was a trick to lure the snake out of the hole at first. Because Porto showed a very strong desire to score in the first half, everyone felt that Porto must still want to score.

After observing for more than ten minutes, it turned out that Porto really didn't want to score goals, they just wanted not to concede the ball...

In this case...Liverpool can be confident and bold.

Then in the No.704 minute, Liverpool finally broke through Porto's dense defense, and Chen Yingxiong scored a goal.

In the end, relying on Chen Yingxiong's brace and Adam Johnson's goal, Liverpool beat Porto 3-0 at home.

This result made many people feel that the suspense was lost in the second round.

Porto coach Victor Pereira also admitted after the game that Liverpool were too strong for them to compete with.

"I think the three teams of Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid should form another Champions League. The three teams will play a home and away double round-robin system, and finally the champion will be determined by points."

Pereira on the stage was very helpless, but the reporters in the audience were amused by his complaints.

This may be the voice of many other team coaches!

Because these three teams are really too strong now.Although Liverpool is not as powerful as Barcelona and Real Madrid, it is only a matter of time before they reach the height of the two teams.

Liverpool just defeated Manchester United, a double play in one season, and defeated each other at Old Trafford twice in a row. They have lost their opponents in England, and then, naturally, they will sweep Europe!

(End of this chapter)