Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 922 Motivation for Heroes to Move Forward

After the game, the Liverpool media reported on the quarter-finals with headlines such as "Liverpool kills suspense" and "Liverpool advances to the semi-finals".No one raised any objections, and there was no worry that this would anger Twente. What if Twente makes a big comeback in the second round?
Everyone was overwhelmed by Liverpool's performance.

Liverpool's performance this season has been reborn, which is really impressive. Not only is it ranked third in the league, but they also hope to compete for the league championship. They are also advancing in the Europa League and have a great chance of reaching the final.

Now everyone thinks that Liverpool and Inter Milan will meet in the final, which is really very likely to happen...

In the Premier League, Liverpool is currently four points behind Manchester United at the top of the list, which does not mean that there is no chance at all.It's just that the initiative is now in the hands of Manchester United.

It would be better if Manchester City is in the lead, because Manchester City and Liverpool have a chance to have a direct dialogue.

But in any case, Liverpool's performance this season has been much better than last season.

Now those stubborn "Dalglish elements" have to admit that Niang decisively replaced Dalglish and let Martin O'Neill take over the team. It really was the right decision.If Dalglish continues to coach, I am afraid that Liverpool is still working hard for a place in the Champions League, the Europa League?If you break into the knockout round, you will probably be eliminated.

Martin O'Neill's character is not as tough and prominent as Dalglish, so he is certainly not the leader in the dressing room, but similarly, he will not go his own way because of his too tough personality.What's more, he only needs to have a good relationship with Gerrard and Chen Yingxiong to get the right to speak in the locker room, which is not difficult.

Dalglish is so tough and so legendary that everyone has a blind obedience to him.

There is no such situation in Martin O'Neill.

O'Neal has no foundation, so Richter is very low-key in the club. The advantage of low-key is that he can focus on the team without being disturbed by the outside world.

Because no one will take him as a target and think about dealing with him all day long.Dalgliesh was targeted by Niang because of his big tree.

In short, under the leadership of such a low-key head coach, Liverpool is making steady progress on the road to revival.This is much better than some handsome puppet.

In the past, there were people who wanted Mourinho to lead Liverpool, but the actual situation is that Mourinho, a head coach with a full personality and a strong desire for control, is here. It is estimated that he will fight Niang first and lose both.

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The Premier League has reached the No.30 three rounds, which is considered to be coming to an end, and there are still five league rounds before the end of the league.

In these five rounds of the league, Liverpool will also play against Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham.Fortunately, Liverpool defeated Twente 5:1 at home, and Martin O'Neill can give some of the main players a break.

Because the game against Twente at home is over, Liverpool will usher in a game against Arsenal on the weekend.

This game is Liverpool's away game, and Martin O'Neill intends to play with all his main force. If he loses to Arsenal, he will be left even further behind by Manchester United.

In the away game between Liverpool and Arsenal, apart from the meeting of the two strong players, there is no other gimmick for hype.

Last season, what else could the media say about the "top scorer battle", this season everyone is not interested in discussing this topic.Because in the league scorer list, Chen Yingxiong has scored 35 goals, which is only two goals away from the record of 37 goals he created last season.This season's Golden Boot has already been booked.

Although the second-ranked Van Persie is also working very hard, there is still a gap between his state and last season. He has only scored [-] goals so far, which is [-] goals behind. In the first round of the league, unless he averaged three goals per game and prayed that Chen Yingxiong would not score a goal, he would have no hope of catching up with Chen Yingxiong.

This is too difficult, so even Van Persie himself knows that he has no hope of being the top scorer.At the best time of his career, he ran into a Chen Yingxiong. It's really... sad!

For this reason, both sides were very calm before this game, and no one provoked each other's war of words.

The game between Liverpool and Arsenal is not like they and Manchester United will never have endless topics to talk about. This is just an ordinary confrontation between strong teams.

Neither Van Persie nor Chen Yingxiong expressed any views or opinions on this game.

They just focus on the game.

As a result, both of them performed well in this game——

Van Persie opened the scoring for Arsenal in the game.

Chen Yingxiong helped the team equalize in the second half.

Both scored goals, but the result did not satisfy them.

Especially Chen Yingxiong, because Liverpool was tied 1:1 by Arsenal in the away game.

Although Manchester City was defeated by Chelsea 2-0 at home, Manchester United defeated Southampton 2-0 away. In this way, the gap between Liverpool and Manchester United has changed from four points to six points, and it is farther away from the league championship. ...

Knowing this result, the Liverpool players looked very disappointed after they were finally tied by Arsenal.

Chen Yingxiong fought until the end of the game, but unfortunately he failed to bring the team a victory with such hard work.

Although he raised his goals in this game to 36, but in the face of this result, everything became meaningless.

He watched Liverpool get further and further away from the league title, but could do nothing, which made him feel helpless.

It's a bad feeling.

He clenched his fist, then let go, clenched again, and let go.

Head coach Martin O'Neill came up to comfort his players. He walked up to Chen Yingxiong and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't take it too seriously, hero. Sometimes, you have to accept the result, it's football. Life is like football, it's not just about victories and titles..."

Chen Yingxiong turned to look at his boss: "I know, boss. But I just want to be a winner, and this is also the motivation for me to keep moving forward. If I acquiesce to this rule, maybe I won't be able to go far."

Martin O'Neill patted him on the shoulder and didn't talk about him anymore. He knew that as a player who had won many honors at a young age, it was normal to have such thoughts. Don't want to be a loser.Wasn't it like this when he was young?

So there is nothing to blame and nothing to teach about this.What the hero said is not bad, he has already won so many honors at such a young age, if he hadn't had this kind of energy to refuse to admit defeat, he might have really lost the motivation to move forward.At a young age, I lay down on the credit book and slept on it, living on my laurels until the day when I sat on the mountain.

So Martin O'Neill didn't say anything, just smiled.

He thought, maybe when Chen Yingxiong entered the end of his career, as his physical ability and technical ability gradually declined, as he encountered more and more helpless things like this, he would gradually get used to and accept it. kind of feeling.

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In any case, Liverpool was tied away by Arsenal, and they are farther away from the league title.This evening, the happiest people are the Manchester United fans, who have even begun to celebrate the championship in advance.

Whether it is Manchester City or Liverpool, they feel that they are not their opponents.Especially in the penultimate round of the league, Liverpool played against Manchester City at home, which is a direct dialogue between the second and third in the league.No matter what the result is, Manchester United can sit back and reap the benefits.

After being tied by Arsenal, Martin O'Neill also reflected on his gains and losses during this period.

The prospects for the Europa League are bright, and they have been ranked No.1 in the league. It seems that both championships can be won this season.It turned out to get him carried away.He wants to win both titles.

You must know that the goal he set at the beginning of the season was to enter the knockout round of the Europa League and qualify for the Champions League next season in the Premier League. It's that simple.

But the actual performance this season has far exceeded his expectations.

So much so that he had delusions that he shouldn't have, and thus messed up his plan and the team's preparations.

It is precisely because of his eagerness for success during this period that led to his predicament in the league.In the last six games, apart from winning a Merseyside derby with Everton and a game against Southampton, the other four games drew two and lost two.This is the team's worst performance this season.

The team also officially dropped from the first place in the league to the third place now.

If he continues to insist on winning championships on both fronts, he is afraid that he will soon have a collapse, and he will not be able to win the last two championships. In case he loses the qualification for the Champions League next season, That's the lost underpants.

In order to avoid such a situation, he must readjust his strategic focus in the future. He should not compete with Manchester United for the first place in the league and keep the current third place in the league.

At the same time, try your best to reach the final of the Europa League, defeat your opponents, and win the championship trophy.

This is the perfect end to the season.

To put it bluntly, Liverpool's lineup is not strong enough, and they are not ready to win the championship on both fronts.So delusional thinking about the double crown now will not work.

Still down-to-earth, being able to win the Europa League championship is also considered an ability.

Next, recruit troops and buy horses this summer, buy strong support, and start to attack the league championship again.

As for the Champions League champion...Martin O'Neill thinks that Liverpool should not think about it in a short period of time, and there is no need for Liverpool to worry about the Champions League.

The league title is what Liverpool fans want most.After all, since the establishment of the Premier League, Liverpool has not won a league title...

As a traditional giant in England, Liverpool, which claims to be the most successful team in England, absolutely cannot accept this reality.In particular, the rival Manchester United has won the most Premier League titles, and this tone is even more contested.In any case, the league championship must be won!

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PS, I have something to explain to everyone. From tomorrow 15th to 18th, I will go to Shanghai to participate in the starting point annual meeting. Zhang Guaranteed update, in fact, this is a normal update...

In the past three months, I have basically had continuous outbreaks, at least three times a day, nearly [-] words have to be updated, is it possible that there will be four consecutive outbreaks and five major explosions or something...

Please forgive me. After I return to Chengdu on the 19th, I will continue to update the three chapters every day, and then there will be four consecutive updates from time to time~~
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