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Chapter 500 One Gain, One Loss

After dealing with Su Ye's matter, Yang Yang began to devote himself to the adjustment plan for the winter break.

This was formulated for Winston Bogard with Yesterdan and the new fitness coach De Michel before he left, mainly because he had just arrived and was only 20 years old, and needed more time to adapt to the Premier League schedule.

After playing the No.20 second round of the Premier League, Liverpool ushered in two more cup games non-stop.

They are the third round of the FA Cup and the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

What's interesting is that the opponents in these two games are Arsenal.

Liverpool is a team aiming to hit the championship. It is currently only three points away from Manchester United and has entered the top [-] of the Champions League.

In this case, Benitez and the coaching staff had to make a choice.

Therefore, in the next two cup games, Liverpool did not have a main player.

During the ten days or so, Yang Yang also conducted a half-time physical strengthening reserve training, mainly to store energy for the second half.

After the Christmas devil's schedule, Yang Yang's physical fitness has been a little too much. It is rare to have a buffer opportunity. Naturally, he has to stop and recharge his batteries to prepare for the next league and the Champions League.

In contrast to Arsenal, the league is basically hopeless, and Wenger has played with a semi-main lineup.

As a result, Liverpool lost all the two cup matches, with scores of [-]-[-] and [-]-[-] respectively, both at home.

Although this result was expected by the media reporters and fans, it is somewhat unacceptable. The League Cup and the FA Cup are both hailed as the fig leaf for strong teams. Liverpool is now eliminated.

But it can also be viewed in reverse, Benitez and the team can focus more on the league and the Champions League.

The outside world's choice of Liverpool is also different, but in any case, Liverpool will no longer be affected by the cup from now on, which is very important for the team's next preparations.

Especially the first leg of the Champions League round of [-] against Barcelona.

According to the UEFA Champions League round of [-] knockout rounds, the first round will be held at Camp Nou.

On the eve of the Nou Camp battle, the Premier League teams will usher in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Fans who are familiar with the Premier League know that the FA Cup has always been scheduled to be held on weekends, crowding out the league's time.

Liverpool has now been eliminated from the FA Cup, so after finishing the league No.20 seven rounds on February 21th, after the away game against Newcastle, until the away game against Barcelona on the [-]st, Liverpool will have eleven days to prepare for the game.

This will have a huge physical advantage for Liverpool's visit to the Nou Camp.

Benitez has even asked the club to start preparations. After playing Newcastle, he plans to lead the team to Portugal for a short-term training camp to prepare for the Nou Camp game.

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When Liverpool suffered a two-game losing streak in the cup, the Premier League official website finally announced the best awards in December.

Manchester United and Liverpool both had five wins and one draw in December. Both teams performed very well, but there is another team that also won five games, and that is Allardyce's Bolton.

This team lost [-]-[-] to Liverpool in the last game of the devil's schedule during the winter break, but that already belonged to January and had nothing to do with their December game.

Although Bolton is slightly behind Manchester United and Liverpool in terms of performance, Allardyce's five victories are obviously more rare, which has allowed Bolton to suppress Arsenal for a long time, ranking fourth in the Premier League.

Therefore, Allardyce won the title of the best head coach of the Premier League in December.

In the selection of the best player, Jim, a member of the Premier League review team, publicly stated that this is indeed a very difficult choice, because Yang Yang is as good as Cristiano Ronaldo.

"This is undoubtedly a happy trouble, because these two top players have played very amazing performances and statistics in December. Ronaldinho has seven goals and four assists, and Yang Yang has six goals and seven assists. Both of them performed quite eye-catching."

"A lot of the judges in our panel thought it was the hardest selection ever made in the Premier League."

But Jim also said that no matter how difficult it is, it is necessary to choose the best one. Therefore, the judging panel finally awarded the best player of December to Yang Yang.

In this regard, many media who support the Portuguese believe that this is suspected of splitting the award equally, because Yang Yang won the best award in October before, Cristiano Ronaldo won the best award in November, and now it is given to Yang Yang again in December.

But Jim quickly accepted an interview with the media and said that there was absolutely no such thing.

"The reason why we chose Yang Yang is because of his teamwork. Liverpool beat their opponents [-]-[-] in four consecutive games and played a crazy offensive storm. Yang Yang made a huge contribution to this."

"Sometimes, the performance of a player on the court cannot be measured entirely by statistics."

"Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in three consecutive games is indeed very good, but if you look at the whole December, he is indeed slightly inferior to Yang Yang, so we chose Yang Yang."

Yang Yang accepted the official award from the Premier League in Melwood and accepted an interview. He said that he was proud of being able to win this award for the second time, and thanked the official Premier League for the affirmation and the support of all fans.

"For me, this is a kind of affirmation, but also a spur, and I will continue to make persistent efforts."

In an interview, Yang Yang also mentioned the desire of Liverpool fans for the league title, expressing that he hopes to satisfy all Liverpool fans after this season.

As for his competitors Cristiano Ronaldo and Drogba, Yang Yang said that these are two great players, and they are also role models for his hard work and learning.

Yang Yang won the best player of the month for the second time, Benitez missed the best head coach of the month, and Liverpool gained and lost.

While Yang Yang won his second player of the month award, the outside media also officially announced that the Red Army has reached an offensive with West Ham United for the transfer of the 22-year-old Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano.

The two sides agreed that Mascherano will temporarily transfer to Liverpool on loan.

At the same time, Liverpool also sent an application to FIFA, mainly in the hope that FIFA would be lenient on Mascherano's transfer network.

According to FIFA regulations, a professional player can only play for two or more club teams between July [-] and June [-] of the following year. This is to prevent players from transferring too frequently.

Mascherano played for Corinthians in Brazil before moving to West Ham, and then played for the Hammers after moving to West Ham, so in theory, he is no longer qualified to play for Liverpool.

However, the reasons given by Liverpool are also very sufficient, saying that after Mascherano transferred to West Ham United, he only got a total of seven chances to play, and several of them played in garbage time.

The reason for Liverpool's complaint is that this player is very good. He played all the games of Argentina during the World Cup in Germany and performed very well. Liverpool believes that he has enough strength to strengthen the team's midfield.

FIFA accepted Liverpool's application, but said it would give an answer within half a month.

With all the calculations, the fastest answer will not be until the end of January.

In this regard, Liverpool has nothing to do but wait patiently.

Mascherano flew from London to Liverpool immediately after Liverpool's announcement, participated in Liverpool's medical examination, and then directly followed Liverpool for training.

Yang Yang only met Mascherano in Melwood the morning after he arrived in Liverpool.

He is not small, but he gives people the feeling of a tiger head and a tiger head. He moves quickly with his feet and has excellent running ability. In addition, his fighting spirit is very strong in the game, and his ability to hold and deliver the ball is also quite good. He left an impression on Yang Yang in just one training session.

Benitez still has a vicious vision in terms of selection.

As the top player in the team, Yang Yang, together with Gerrard, Carragher and others, congratulated Mascherano on joining Liverpool and chatted with him for a while.

This is the normal state of professional players.

Similar to what Yang Yang did at Ajax, he mingles with his teammates and hangs out with his teammates all day long, which is definitely an alternative, because Ajax has gathered a group of young players in their 20s, and this group of peers can only produce this effect when they get together.

On the contrary, it's like arriving in Liverpool, from 30s to [-]s to teens, it's impossible to get along.

Even Yang Yang, who joined with a sky-high transfer fee of 4000 million euros and the club's first annual salary, let alone a young player who was promoted with several youth teams in the team, even with the young French players Pangle and Le Talay who met in the Toulon Cup that year, it is difficult to get together.

Of course, not long after Yang Yang joined, Pangele was loaned to La Liga Huelva, and Le Talay was loaned to Ligue [-] Le Mans. When they saw Yang Yang, they were somewhat embarrassed.

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At noon on January 20th, there will be three rounds of No.[-] in the Premier League.

Liverpool away to Watford.

Benítez played again in a four-three-three formation, with Aurelio pushed into midfield alongside Gerrard and Xabi Alonso.

Yang Yang started as a left winger, but because he has been adjusting his state recently and making physical reserves, his performance was not active, but as the core of Liverpool's attack, he still showed strength.

No.304 minutes, Dirk, Crouch and Finnan cooperated continuously in the middle and right. Finnan sent an empty goal kick to Yang Yang.

Then Crouch hit a header to expand the score.

In the second half, after changing sides and fighting again, Aurelio sent a precise through ball, Yang Yang made a quick cross from the left, and Crouch made a push in front of the goal, scoring twice.

In the end, Liverpool beat Watford [-]-[-] away.

A week later, Liverpool ushered in Chelsea at home.

(End of this chapter)