Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1636 Opponent Inter Milan
Liverpool did not announce their new plans to the public, but the savvy media still found some clues, because they smelled something unusual.

There are still two league games before the start of the Champions League game, and Liverpool have won the final victory in both leagues.One was Liverpool beating Blackburn 2-0 away.The other game was the Merseyside Derby, where Liverpool beat Everton 1-0 at home.

It is normal for Liverpool to beat Blackburn away. What is abnormal is that the number of goals is too small.Facing a team like Chelsea, they were able to score seven goals. Against Blackburn, they only scored two. Even if it is Blackburn's home game, this is not the case.All of a sudden, the teams that were abused by Liverpool became psychologically unbalanced...

If the two-goal victory over Blackburn only made those teams who had been abused by Liverpool feel uncomfortable, then the next game surprised many people.

The second game is the Merseyside derby.In fact, the Merseyside derby has existed in name only for more than ten years. Even during the nine-month suspension of Chen Yingxiong, Everton has not defeated Liverpool at home. The strength gap between the two sides is very huge.Everton has been completely reduced to Liverpool's foil.

But in the end, Liverpool only won by one goal in this game, which surprised many people.They originally thought that Liverpool would easily beat each other.

Unexpectedly, Gerrard started a rotation in this game, and most of the main players did not play, so Liverpool only won one goal at home.

This really surprised many people.

With the strength gap between Everton and Liverpool, and it is Liverpool's home court, Liverpool can't win by four or five goals, it can't be called a win.

But Liverpool really only won by one goal.

Chen Yingxiong scored the only goal of the game. If it weren't for him, maybe Liverpool would not have won.

There must be something wrong.

A lot of people noticed Gerrard's rotation.

In the first half of the season, the team also faced a two-line battle in the domestic league and the Champions League group stage. At that time, Gerrard did not use rotation.Because he knows that if he uses rotation, the result may be a two-lane fiasco.So he gritted his teeth and insisted on using a main lineup.

Unexpectedly, in the second half of the season, he suddenly started a rotation.

In fact, rotation is not impossible, just like the first half of the season, it is surprising to everyone that there is no rotation.

But if Liverpool rotates, everyone thinks that they should give up the Champions League and ensure the domestic league.After all, what is the biggest wish of Liverpool and Chen Yingxiong now, everyone knows.They value this league title very much this season.If they really have to choose between the two, they should decisively give up the Champions League and choose the domestic league.

How could it be like now, to rotate in the domestic league and keep the main players in the Champions League?
Are they planning to give up the domestic league?
Even if they are still behind, it is not a reason to give up the domestic league.After all, they are not far behind. After their pursuit, they are only eight points behind No.1 Arsenal.Judging from Liverpool's performance after January, they are in good shape and have a good momentum. This eight-point gap is nothing to them at all.

There is no reason to give up the domestic league.

If they think that the overall situation of the domestic league has been decided, they will definitely win the league championship, but they are too confident, right?No matter what, they are still eight points behind... Now I feel that if I can win the league championship casually, I am afraid that I will suffer a big loss in the end!
So after seeing their performance, everyone was a little confused.

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The head coach of Inter Milan, Stella Maggioni, was studying the recent Liverpool games, and Liverpool's strange performance in the last two games naturally attracted his attention.

He also wondered about Gerrard's rotation. It stands to reason that Liverpool's focus this season should be on the domestic league.

Everyone knows about the grievances between Liverpool and Manchester United.

Does Liverpool want to do their best in the Champions League?For this reason they can only rotate in the domestic league?

This explanation seems reasonable, but it doesn't make sense at all, because... why would they do this?
Liverpool's goal this season is the league championship, and it is also Chen Yingxiong's biggest wish before retiring.Chen Yingxiong has won ten Champions League titles in his career, and he is the player who has won the most Champions League titles in history.The Champions League should not be attractive to him, right?

So why does Liverpool have to rotate specifically for the Champions League?
Stella Marcioni was puzzled.

Although he didn't understand, he still had to prepare.Prepare for the game on the premise that Liverpool will do their best in the Champions League.

Stella Maggioni is the "second entry into the palace", this is his second time coaching Inter Milan.He has coached for three seasons before, won a league title and an Italian Cup title, but struggled in the Champions League.At that time, it was the time when Liverpool completely monopolized the Champions League championship, let alone Inter Milan, and no other European giants would want to take this honor away from Liverpool.

Later, after the contract expired, Inter Milan did not renew the contract with Stella Maggioni.Stella Maggioni also planned to go to other places for another experience, so he left Inter Milan.

Wandering around outside, after coaching Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and other teams successively, now he was invited back by Inter Milan again.

Under his leadership, Inter Milan re-emerged.It has been four seasons since he coached Inter Milan for the second time. In these four seasons, he has won two league titles and three Italian Cup titles for Inter Milan. In addition, there are two Italian Super Cup titles. Of course, the most important thing is Under his leadership, Inter Milan regained the Champions League title, although only once, it was enough for Stella Maggioni to step into the ranks of European coaches.

Because of his outstanding performance, Inter Milan renewed his contract for another three seasons.

It can be said that he is the representative of the backbone of the current European football coaches.

Mourinho is old and Stella Maggioni is likely to take his place.

Stella Maggioni's success is justified. Facing the uncertain situation, he was still cautious and made the most serious preparations.

Although he has won many championships, he is still very humble.

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The quarter-finals of the Champions League are about to begin.

The media on both sides also started to hype.

The biggest highlight of this game is that Chen Yingxiong will return to the Champions League stage after nine months. What kind of performance can he bring to everyone?In the domestic league, he has responded to doubts with practical actions.So in the Champions League, can he still do this?

After all, the Champions League is not the Premier League, and the knockout stage of the Champions League is much higher than that of the Premier League.

Just because he can do well in the Premier League doesn't mean he can do well in the Champions League.

It is normal for people to look at this game with such doubts.

The Italian media is divided into two factions, one is to question Chen Yingxiong's performance in the Champions League.What they say is so well-founded that people have to believe it.

They cited the example of Liverpool not winning the Champions League in the last six seasons to show that Chen Yingxiong is not omnipotent.Liverpool lost the league title because Chen Yingxiong was suspended for nine months, which makes sense.Because when Chen Yingxiong was not suspended, Liverpool had always been the league champion, and any fool could see how important Chen Yingxiong was to Liverpool winning the league championship.

But when Chen Yingxiong was not suspended, Liverpool had not won the Champions League for five seasons.This shows that even if Chen Yingxiong is there, Liverpool may not be able to win the Champions League.Chen Yingxiong may still be dominant in the Premier League, but in the Champions League, his power has obviously weakened.

This just shows that the Champions League is more difficult and of a higher level than the Premier League.

Therefore, Chen Yingxiong has nothing to be afraid of after his comeback.

He couldn't help Liverpool win the Champions League again at the beginning, and now he has been suspended for nine months, and he is still nearly 41 years old. In terms of his body and strength, it is even more impossible.

So there is no need for Inter Milan to worry. Facing Liverpool with Chen Yingxiong, they can completely beat each other.

The views of this school of media are the most acceptable, and many people think they are right.

Because in the past six seasons, they have all seen Liverpool's performance.Chen Yingxiong can no longer rely on his own strength to help Liverpool reverse the situation. This is the change that everyone has watched.

They couldn't believe that after being suspended for nine months, Chen Yingxiong became even stronger...

In addition, there is another school of opinion that Chen Yingxiong’s comeback is a major benefit for Liverpool. He may not be able to bring any direct strength enhancement to the team, but he can improve the morale of the team. It can be seen in Liverpool's game afterwards.Liverpool after the team morale improved is terrible.Of course, now Liverpool can no longer monopolize the championship. They have not won the championship for six seasons.But despite this, they are still strong contenders, or have the ability to disrupt the situation.

And the other group of people obviously didn't understand a problem-even if Liverpool can't win the championship, they can always enter the quarter-finals, semi-finals or even the finals.This is the quarter-finals. In the past six seasons, Liverpool has only stopped at the top twice, and the remaining four times have all passed the quarter-finals.

Doesn't this explain the problem?
As for whether Liverpool can win the Champions League, there is no need for Inter Milan to worry about it.Even if they don't win the championship, as long as they can beat you to Inter Milan and knock you out, that's fine.Where Liverpool will go and stop is their own business, and your Inter Milan will stop in the quarter-finals.

Regardless of Liverpool and Chen Yingxiong, they at least have this strength.

There are not many people who support this view, because most people firmly believe that Inter Milan is stronger than Liverpool.In their view, not only could Liverpool not win the championship, they would definitely not be able to beat Inter Milan in the quarter-finals!
(End of this chapter)