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Chapter 520 Taking advantage of his illness to kill him

Confidence is such an elusive thing.

It's hard to build, but once you have it, it really makes a difference.

After the team eliminated Barcelona with a total score of 30-[-], Liverpool suffered a [-]-[-] away draw with Aston Villa in the subsequent Premier League No. [-] round.

Benitez has tasted the sweetness from the rotation system and continues to rotate the team lineup.

Yang Yang, Crouch, Harvey Alonso and others were all placed on the bench, which severely restricted the team's offense.

The midfielder has a combination of Mascherano and Sissoko. Benitez seems to have both the meaning of investigating the players and the idea of ​​​​training the team. After all, with the deepening of the Champions League, the opponent will become stronger and stronger.

As a result, the team's offense was a mess in the first half.

After changing sides in the second half, Harvey Alonso came on as a substitute in the 60th minute, then Crouch came on in the 70nd minute of the 803th, and Gerrard didn't come on as a substitute until the [-]rd minute.

In the end, Liverpool failed to break through Aston Villa's goal.

Martin O'Neill's team defended very firmly at home, especially in the second half, almost impenetrable.

For this result, both Benitez and Liverpool fans expressed satisfaction and found it acceptable.

Although, after this round of competition, Liverpool fell behind Manchester United by two points.

Everyone knows that there are still eight rounds in the league, but the next knockout round is crucial, and every step can't go wrong.

Playing on two fronts, especially in the Premier League, is really difficult because there is no winter break.

Liverpool does not have enough bench thickness, so some trade-offs must be made appropriately.

Manchester United beat Bolton [-]-[-] at home thanks to braces from Park Ji-sung and Wayne Rooney.

Chelsea also won Sheffield United at home, but Arsenal lost [-]-[-] to Everton in the away game.

The current situation of the Gunners is indeed full of embarrassment, and the performance of last season's Champions League runner-up cannot be seen at all.

In the Premier League, they withdrew from the championship team early on. In the Champions League round of [-], they lost to Eindhoven with a total score of [-]-[-] in two rounds, and stopped in the round of [-].

It can be said that the Gunners' state ups and downs are indeed great, but this is not a bad thing for Liverpool.

Because of the No.30 round of the Premier League, Liverpool will sit at home against Arsenal.

This is the only Premier League team that Liverpool has not beaten so far this season.

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Although the away game was tied by Aston Villa, the atmosphere in Melwood is still quite good.

Winston Bogarde returned to Beijing after only a week in Liverpool, and he was worried about his gym in Beijing.

Since training with Winston Bogarde, Aurelio and Mascherano have come to Melwood early every morning. They will train with Yang Yang in the gym, but the items are different.

After an hour of gym training, the rest of Liverpool's players are almost there, and they will start a scrambling training, which is more like a warm-up exercise, mainly moving muscles.

Captain Gerrard and Carragher are always the first to arrive at the training ground every morning, what they call leading by example.

The players who came early will form a circle with Yang Yang and other players who are training in the gym and conduct circle training.

Now, Yang Yang no longer takes the initiative to invite Ying into the circle to grab the ball. He trains like everyone else, and it is not easy for others to get him into the circle.

This kind of training is not very intensive, and the players are relatively relaxed, and they don't forget to chat a little while training.

For example, in the match against Aston Villa yesterday, Mascherano played very well, performed quite well, and almost scored with a long shot, but unfortunately it was still a little bit short.

If he scored, this would be the first goal of his career!

Since the Argentine midfielder joined Liverpool, his overall performance has indeed been on the rise, especially in the past half month, after training with Winston Bogard, he seems to have become more and more confident on the court.

Yang Yang could also feel the urgency in his heart, after all, it was already the end of March.

There are only more than two months left before the end of the league, and if he does not show a decent performance, how can Liverpool spend 2000 million pounds to sign him?

Yang Yang also found an opportunity to ask about Paco Yesterdam's situation. Both Gerrard and Carragher said that Yesterdam himself was still considering it, and Benitez wanted to keep him, but the specifics were not clear yet.

In this regard, everyone has no good way.

Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position.

Yesterdan was working for Benitez in Liverpool. He must have the idea of ​​​​development on his own. For example, Queiroz, who was an assistant to Ferguson, went to Real Madrid to coach for a year. After failing, he came back to continue to be an assistant to Ferguson.

But Yang Yang's main concern is Benitez. Without the lubricant of Yesterdan, can Benitez really control the locker room?Can he really continue to get along so well with everyone?
Sometimes people change.

Yang Yang believed that the Barcelona players must have been cheering when they sent off the iron-blooded coach Ten Carter. Everyone was thinking in their hearts that they must still be able to maintain self-discipline, and there was no need for a guy like Ten Carter to supervise him.

But the result?

Rijkaard did not stay, which must have been enthusiastically supported by the players, but now, do the players still support Rijkaard so much?When Eto'o criticized Rijkaard on the spot, how many people stood up and accused the Cameroon striker?

Managing a team well is no different from managing a company well.

No one is perfect, Ferguson is so, Rijkaard is so, and so is Benitez.

But now, everything about Liverpool is really very good. If the bench is not thick enough, the team can really stick to the two-line battle.

Yang Yang's worries were not mediocre. Gerrard, Carragher and others also had the same concerns. Therefore, after Yang Yang raised it in private, they all immediately communicated with the coaching staff and management.

But if Yesterdan really wants to leave, then no one can stop him.

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"By the way, against Arsenal at the weekend, Javier and Fabio will both play, and Alvaro will also start."

Speaking of this, Gerrard looked at Mascherano and Aurelio, "You guys perform well, this is a rare opportunity, you played well, maybe you will also be able to enter the Champions League in the middle of next week."

As soon as the captain finished speaking, Mascherano and Aurelio were overjoyed.

Arbeloa is not here, otherwise, it is estimated that he will be equally full of expectations.

These three players all joined the team last summer or this winter, but they have not fully proved themselves so far.

Needless to say, Mascherano played only a handful of games; Arbeloa started both games against Barcelona in the Champions League and performed quite well, but his starting position was at left back, which he is not good at.

It can be said that this is a countermeasure made to limit Messi, and it will not last long.

In the long run, Arbeloa's rival should be Finnan.

As for Aurelio, he was constantly competing with Riise, but in the two rounds against Barcelona, ​​Benitez chose Arbeloa, which somewhat made Aurelio feel the pressure as a left back.

This is not a bad thing.

Appropriate pressure can keep players alert and easier to maintain.

In the draw for the quarter-finals, Liverpool's opponent is Roma from Serie A. The home game will be played first and then away. Therefore, next Wednesday's home game is very important. The team must do their best to win in order to play away games in a more relaxed environment.

Benitez will definitely consider starting players in better form.

As for Yang Yang, Benitez told him during training that when he played against Arsenal on weekends, he would arrange for Yang Yang to play for an hour, and then he would be replaced to prepare for the mid-week UEFA Champions League.

Yang Yang is very clear about his mission. The most important thing for him now is to maintain his own state and try his best to help the team go further, whether it is the Champions League or the league.

The only difference is that the Champions League is more imminent.

If possible, Yang Yang would of course want both the Champions League and the league, but if he had to choose between the two, he would choose the Champions League.

He has longed to have his own Champions League for four years!
Liverpool this season is undoubtedly the year that made him feel the most confident, and he really doesn't want to miss it.

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Relatively speaking, Arsenal's situation is not so good.

Insisting on multi-line battles this season, the final result is that Arsenal have been eliminated on all fronts. In March, they are doomed to be empty-handed. What's more sad is that there are still many injuries in the team.

Henry was injured, Van Persie was injured and now even Gilberto Silva is injured.

Recently, Wenger has not had any good news. The only thing that can be regarded as gratifying is that Togo center Adebayor has returned from the ban.

Now, Arsenal's situation is very similar to what happened to Liverpool when the two sides competed for the first time, both of which were at a trough due to injuries.

But for 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, now it's Liverpool's turn to be lucky. Of course, he is taking advantage of his illness to kill him.
The last time they lost to Arsenal in the away game, and this time at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool obviously did not intend to let their opponents go back unharmed, even if the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals will be ushered in midweek.

Yang Yang still clearly remembers that when he was at Ajax, Ronald Koeman and the coaching staff once told him that Arsenal's biggest problem lies in their physical fitness, because they have to maintain their own passing and possession system.

Passing and controlling the ball is difficult and difficult, and it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult.

But this style of play places high demands on players' running, and running requires physical fitness.

Especially in the tactical environment of the Premier League, to face the impact of opponents, players need to run more and consume more energy. That's why Arsenal collapsed every season around the winter break. This is definitely not accidental.

Yang Yang believes that Wenger must be aware of Arsenal's problem, but this season he still insists on multi-line combat. He wants to play in the league, Champions League, UEFA Cup and FA Cup. What is the reason for this?

(End of this chapter)