super storm

Chapter 537 The strongest eighth-five queen

Liverpool ended up taking a draw away from Stamford Bridge.

One to one!

Even if Chelsea tried to attack Liverpool in the final stage, it was of no avail.

The Red Army retreated from the Stamford Bridge Stadium. In the three official games this season, Liverpool won two wins and one draw and remained unbeaten. This made Mourinho very dissatisfied after the game and pointed the finger at the referee again.

The Chelsea head coach believed that the referee missed a penalty for Chelsea, which could obviously help Chelsea expand the score, and even make Liverpool feel completely desperate, but the referee forcibly lost it.

Benitez refuted on the spot. He said that Mourinho's reason was very ridiculous, because Mascherano's foul was clearly outside the penalty area, and it was reasonable to give a free kick.

"I don't understand, why would he ask for a penalty that doesn't exist?"

The two head coaches fought on the court, but they still fought endlessly off the court.

Mourinho said he thought the draw was unjustified and that Chelsea should have won at home.

But Benitez also believes that Liverpool is better than Chelsea in terms of ball possession rate and number of shots. Liverpool should win, but it is a pity that Chelsea was luckier and scored first.

But in fact, the number of shots from both sides is nine to twelve, which is pitifully small.

It can also be seen from the number of shots that the two teams have really achieved the ultimate in targeted tactics. They both restrained each other and did not give each other the slightest chance. The number of direct shots on goal was only two for Chelsea and three for Liverpool.

Mourinho mentioned Drogba and believed that the Ivorian played a key role.

And Benitez mentioned Yang Yang, thinking that Chinese stars are the key to Liverpool's promotion.

"From Yang Yang's eyes, I can see determination, fighting spirit, and his pursuit and desire for the peak championship."

Benitez also said that when the team returns to Anfield, they will beat Chelsea and get a victory.

"I have no doubts about Chelsea's strength, and I don't deny that the Blues are indeed strong enough to compete for a ticket to the final, but I want to say that at Anfield, victory will only belong to us Liverpool!"

"In this stadium this season, we beat all the enemies that came to us, whether it was Barcelona or Roma, we all returned home at Anfield, and now it's Chelsea's turn."

Compared with Benitez's ambition, Mourinho said that the possibility of the team's promotion is still very high.

"We will be more proactive and aggressive at Anfield, and we will do our best to win an away game. In the end, we must be the ones who get the tickets to Greece!"

The verbal battle between the two coaches after the game has naturally become a highlight of the Premier League.

After the game, the British media immediately divided into two factions about who had a better chance of advancing to the final between the two teams. Many media outlets, including the Daily Telegraph and The Times, were firmly Liverpool party members.

The Daily Mail and many other media supported Chelsea, thinking that it is difficult to tell the pros and cons of a one-to-one home score, and Liverpool's home advantage may not necessarily be a real advantage, so it is still unclear who will enter the final.

The media of the two major factions launched a round of propaganda war, each found evidence in favor of its own side, and launched an attack on the opposing team and players. All kinds of gossip news were also noisy and endless.

There are even media rumors that Chelsea have already found a hotel near Liverpool and booked a post-match celebration dinner.

But how exactly, no one knows.

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The day before Liverpool's away draw with Chelsea, AC Milan played away to Manchester United.

Carlo Ancelotti once again lined up the Christmas tree formation and lost [-]-[-] to Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Cristiano Ronaldo received an assist from Giggs in the opening 5 minutes and broke AC Milan's goal, but soon, Kaka scored two goals in a row and scored twice to help AC Milan reverse.

Then Rooney also scored twice to overtake the score again.

In the end, Manchester United defeated AC Milan [-]-[-] at home. Although they won a victory, it can be regarded as a tragic victory, because they gave AC Milan two away goals, which is not good for the next second round away game.

Yang Yang set the stage with one kick and drew with Chelsea in the away game. Ronaldinho opened the scoring first, and Kaka and Rooney scored twice.

After the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, the media all over the world paid attention to the performance of these young players.

Everyone began to realize that, represented by these four players, the new forces in European football, especially the young players born in [-] like Yang Yang, Rooney and Ronaldinho, began to gradually play a leading role in European football.

Among the post-[-] generation, Yang Yang's current development momentum is undoubtedly the strongest. Whether it's the Premier League or the Champions League, he is far and away the leading scorer and assist king, and basically there is no suspense.

Both Ronaldinho and Rooney have also completed their transformation this season, especially Ronaldinho. His several outbreaks this season have left a very deep impression on people. Everyone knows that the Portuguese is bound to usher in the golden age of his career soon.

As for the genius Messi who was originally the most optimistic and Barcelona placed high hopes on, there is no shortage of wonderful performances this season.

Whether it was the hat-trick against Real Madrid at the Nou Camp or the five-man match against Getafe at home, people saw his talent potential, but compared to Yang Yang, he was still inferior after all.

No, when Yang Yang and others played in the Champions League and performed well, Messi's performance in La Liga was sluggish again.

However, the Catalan media also began to stand up to defend their shortcomings, thinking that among these post-[-] generations, Messi is the youngest, so naturally they should have more patience with him.

"Messi is not as good as Yang Yang? Excuse me, does Yang Yang have the ability to beat five people in a row?"

The provocation from the Catalan media was immediately countered by the British media.

"It's true that Yang Yang can't beat five players in a row, but can Messi have a five-star streak?"

"Five people in a row? No, is Messi capable of making a world wave at the beginning?"

"Yang Yang really knows nothing, he will only perform a hat-trick at the Nou Camp!"

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Under the hype of the media, the entire European football world seems to have become a battlefield.

But neither Yang Yang nor Liverpool had the extra time to pay attention to the disturbances from the outside world.

Three days after playing Chelsea, the team ushered in the Premier League No.30 six rounds.

away to Portsmouth.

Due to the bloody away game against Chelsea, Benitez made a rotation for this game.

But in the 207th minute of the first half, goalkeeper Dudek, who replaced Reina, made a mistake. The Portsmouth player lobbed and scored. Liverpool conceded a goal.

After conceding the goal, Liverpool launched a counterattack, but only 5 minutes later, Portsmouth launched a long pass to counterattack again, and Liverpool lost the goal again, losing two goals in a row.

But during the intermission, Benitez was not in a hurry to make adjustments, and his tactics remained unchanged in the second half.

In 9 minutes, Liverpool pulled one back and took advantage of a corner kick. Hyypia then nodded and scored.

The substitute central defender pulled one back for Liverpool.

Subsequently, Benitez made a decisive substitution adjustment.

First, in the No. 60 minute, Mohamed Sissoko was replaced with Harvey Alonso, and 10 minutes later, Robbie Fowler was replaced with Yang Yang, which further strengthened the team's offense.

After only 1 minute on the field, Yang Yang completed a wonderful wall-hitting cooperation with Aurelio, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso on the left. Xavi Alonso made a precise through ball and sent it behind Portsmouth's defense.
This goal also completely sounded the clarion call for Liverpool's offense.

Subsequently, Yang Yang's left side completely became the main channel for Liverpool's offense.

Yang Yang frequently made threats on this side and planned an attack. He even passed three opponents in a row in the 706th minute, entered the left side of the penalty area, and kicked directly to the goal, but was quickly inserted by the opponent's right defender Glenn Johnson from the rear and blocked the shot with his body.

This made Yang Yang very distressed, because if he was not eager to score at that time, but kicked back, he would have missed another one.

Maybe, if there are five people in a row, there will be a play.

Of course, he really didn't think too much about it at the time.

But sometimes things are like this, after this village, there is no such shop.

With Portsmouth's substitution adjustment, coach Redknapp also quickly strengthened his defense on the right, which made Liverpool's left attack once again contained.

Until No.803 minutes, Benitez made the last substitution, Captain Gerrard replaced Mascherano.

Five minutes later, Yang Yang dribbled the ball in from the left and passed it straight behind him. Gerrard then inserted a calm push and hit it.

Three to two!
Liverpool beat Portsmouth!
This sent Liverpool's players into a frenzy.

In the post-match press conference, Redknapp expressed gloomily that Portsmouth performed better throughout the game, but it was a pity that Yang Yang changed the game after coming off the bench.

"Obviously, he is a top player who can change the game through individual strength!"

Redknapp's evaluation after the game also made many British media once again give Yang Yang overwhelming praise.

But the Catalan media once again expressed dissatisfaction with Yang Yang's performance.

Although Yang Yang played one pass and one shot, they paid more attention to Yang Yang's performance of passing three players in a row but failed to score in the game. They believed that Yang Yang intended to pass five players in a row but failed.

This immediately made them find excitement again.

The reason is also very simple. Barcelona narrowly beat Levante [-]-[-] at home this round, and their performance is still very bad.

Messi started and played the whole game, but he didn't perform very well.

(End of this chapter)