super storm

Chapter 578 The Battle for the Best

At noon on August 25th, Sunderland Stadium of Light.

In the fourth round of the Premier League, Liverpool challenged the black cats Sunderland away.

Gerrard played closed in the game against Chelsea, which caused him to be injured in this game. In addition, he will go to Monaco in the middle of the week to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup with Sevilla, so Benitez made an appropriate rotation.

The goalkeeper is Reina, and the defense is Riise, Hyypia, Carragher and Arbeloa.

The midfielder's double midfielder is Mohamed Sissoko's partner Harvey Alonso, and Benayoun is placed in the midfielder position.

The front trident is a combination of Yang Yang, Voronin and Pennant.

Sunderland is not a strong team, but it is definitely not a weak team, especially under the coaching of Manchester United star Roy Keane, this team is still very competitive, and many young players have been loaned from Manchester United, and they are at their home court.

In the away game, Liverpool decisively adopted the game strategy of winning the game first. In just 25 seconds of the opening, the Red Army organized a wave of fierce pressing in the frontcourt, allowing Sunderland's defender to pass back the goalkeeper error.

After Yang Yang got the ball, he forced a breakthrough and threw away Sunderland defender McShane one-on-one. After dribbling the ball from the left rib into the penalty area, he formed a one-handed shot. However, due to the small angle of the shot, he was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Gordon.

Although it failed to directly form a chance to score, Liverpool started off with an anti-customer, which is still very deterrent.

Then the Red Army has been chasing Sunderland to play, and has been constantly creating opportunities.

The style of the Sunderland team is very similar to the style of Roy Keane when he played football, very tough and even a little rough.

In the 16th minute of the game, Hyypia was hit by the opponent's elbow on the nose during a summit fight, bleeding profusely. According to the preliminary diagnosis of the team doctor Mark Waller, it was suspected that the bridge of the nose was broken.

Benitez had to replace Hyypia with Daniel Agger, using up a substitution early on.

Taking advantage of Liverpool's substitution and the defense was not stable, Sunderland launched a wave of rushing attacks and created several chances, but none of them were dangerous and failed to directly threaten Liverpool's goal. Instead, in No. 307 minutes, the Red Army played a quick counterattack.

Mohamed Sissoko scored his first goal of the season as he stepped in from the back row and shot straight away.

The excited Mali midfielder was the first to run to Yang Yang who provided him with an assist. He also performed very positively in this game.

After Mascherano joined the team, everyone can see that the Argentine midfielder is better than Mohamed Sissoko in terms of strength and performance, especially in the stability of passing and receiving.

But as a professional player, Sissoko finally came to Liverpool, how could he be willing to admit defeat in the competition like this?
This goal undoubtedly represents his challenge to Mascherano!

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After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Liverpool launched a quick attack.

Harvey Alonso, Pennant, Benayoun, and Voronin cooperated continuously. Yang Yang pushed his right foot from the left side of the penalty area and hit the lower right corner of the goal. This was a very simple goal, and Yang Yang firmly grasped the opportunity.

Two to zero, the game basically didn't have much suspense.

Yang Yang was soon replaced by Dirk, and began to save energy for the Super Bowl in the middle of the week.

However, during a defense in the second half, Carragher collided with the attacking goalkeeper Reina. As a result, Liverpool's vice-captain was injured and left the field. The initial diagnosis was suspected to be a rib fracture. This will definitely seriously affect Liverpool's subsequent formation.

So, even if in the end, Liverpool defeated Sunderland [-]-[-] in an away game, won the four-game winning streak at the beginning of the new season, and created Liverpool's best Premier League start in history, the team is still worried.

Because after the game, the diagnoses of both players came out.

Hypia had a broken nose, and Carragher had a rib fracture plus pneumothorax and lung damage, the latter being more serious.

However, the advantage is that after entering September, there will be two weeks of national team match days. When the league is suspended, Carragher can rest assured.

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After the away game against Black Cat Sunderland, all major media in the UK praised Yang Yang's outstanding performance.

For three consecutive rounds, he was Liverpool's most decisive player, bringing the team three victories.

After one pass and one shot in this round, Yang Yang raised his personal goals this season to six, leading the Premier League scorer list by far. The second place only scored three goals, namely Chelsea's Lampard and Bolton's Anelka.

But Yang Yang scored six goals and one assist in four rounds. This report card is absolutely amazing and has attracted unanimous praise from the British media.

In addition to Yang Yang leading the scorer list, Liverpool also led the Premier League standings with their first four consecutive victories. Chelsea ranked second, and Manchester City both scored nine points.

After the away game against Sunderland, the team returned to Liverpool. After a two-day rest, they went to Monaco non-stop.

The UEFA Super Cup will be held at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.

But before this game, Yang Yang, Gerrard and others were invited to participate in UEFA's annual UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony and awards ceremony.

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"From the information I have obtained so far, AC Milan is doing its best to help Kaka operate."

As soon as Liverpool arrived in Monaco, Yang Yang's agent Raiola was already waiting at the hotel.

Recently, he has been busy with Yang Yang's affairs. After all, he also hopes that his player can become the World Footballer, which is definitely a great honor.

To some extent, this award is equivalent to a gold medal for avoiding death.

After getting it, no matter how your career develops later, you will still be worry-free in the end.

Of course, those who can get this honor are all the best in the world.

If Yang Yang wins the award, it will be a huge boost to himself, to his manager, and to everyone around him.

Raiola is naturally very concerned about this, and has been running for Yang Yang recently.

"I can say that purely from the performance point of view, you are unquestionable, and there is no suspense about the award to you, but the problem is that you are from a weak football country, and Liverpool is also seriously lacking operational experience in this area. This has led to Kaka's faint posture of catching up from behind."

Yang Yang nodded silently.

When he was an ordinary fan, he felt that the World Footballer or the European Ballon d'Or was more fair, and he would give it to whoever performed well, but it was not the case.

Just like the Hollywood Oscar winners and actresses are always full of various unspoken rules of operation, the same is true for the World Footballer and the European Golden Globe Awards. Whether the club understands how to operate and whether they are willing to fully support them is very important. of.

"In this regard, basically all the teams in the Premier League can be said to be seriously inexperienced. On the contrary, Serie A and La Liga, especially Real Madrid and Barcelona are masters in this aspect."

"With your results, if it was Real Madrid or Barcelona, ​​it would almost be a sure thing to win the prize, but in Liverpool, it might not be."

Yang Yang understood what Raiola meant, and he figured it out early on.

It would be a pity if he didn't win the award this year, but he wouldn't be discouraged because of it. He would continue to fight hard, strive for the top, and break this damn cage.

"The award ceremony of UEFA is known as a skirmish. According to the news I got before, this time UEFA specially adjusted Kaka's awarding position."

"What do you mean?" Yang Yang didn't understand.

"According to the previous statement, Kaka should belong to the striker, but you scored [-] goals last season, and you were the champion. If you don't give it to you as the best striker, you won't run away. If you don't give it, the authority of the award will be destroyed. So they moved Kaka to the midfield and gave him the best midfielder."

Raiola smiled wryly, this is UEFA's own consideration.

"What about the best player?" Yang Yang asked with concern.

Raiola shook his head, "This is the biggest suspense right now, and I haven't gotten any news."

The best player is the most important award in the upcoming awards ceremony, and it is also the award that everyone cares about the most.

In fact, at the level of Yang Yang and Kaka, no matter who it is for, they can find a lot of good reasons and many reasons for doubt.

Although it is said that Wen Wu is the first and Wu Wu is the second. There are winners and losers in the game, but the problem is that the game is the result of eleven people playing against each other. Picking out one player to comment on is a bit like Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong. , The mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law is reasonable.

But one thing is certain, after receiving this award, it will be a great boost to the next two personal awards.

Yang Yang shook his head and smiled wryly. He himself has always focused on playing football, but he never thought that even if he concentrates on playing football, it is impossible for him to worry about these things without being distracted.

Unless you don't care at all.

But let me ask, who can really be indifferent when playing football to this extent?
Yang Yang is not a saint, he also has his own vanity and sense of honor, so he also wants to fight.

"Don't worry, it's not without good news." Raiola knows that he is under a lot of pressure now. "I have received news that the British media have reached a consensus. They will do their best to support you to compete for the World Footballer and the European Ballon d'Or. So in the next period of time, they will do their best to build momentum for you."

"The British media is still very influential in the world's media field, and behind this, Liverpool has also contributed a lot. Alan Hansen and Dalglish are also helping you, so you don't need to worry too much."

"I will continue to run for you on the Italian media side, as well as the media in other European countries. This will be a long-term war, and what you need to do is to maintain your current status during this period of time."

"As long as you can score consecutive goals on the court, as long as Liverpool can be invincible, I believe that this award will definitely belong to you." Raiola encouraged.

Yang Yang nodded emphatically, this is the only thing he has mastered and tried to do so far.

(End of this chapter)